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For tho Woman who Wants to Know.
For the Hon and Daughter who Need to Know.
For the Business HanToo Busyto Know,
What Was Done Last Week
In This World of Ours
Hlstory-maklng Eventf ln At! Llnes of Activity.
Brief, ClHSfiified, Comp'lcte, to Date.
A Ready Reference Encyclopedia.
jtmerican jiffairs.
QEORGIA SLIGHTS ROOSEVE-T.
At tho annual banquot of tho Qoorgla
Soclety In New York clty, Tuesday nlght,
tho uaual toast "Tho Presldont of tho
Unitod Statoa" wa8 omltted and ono to
'"tho United States of America" sub
slitutod. Govornor T?rroll, of Georgla,
apoke at length on tho raco questlon,,
Baylng that in tho solutlon ot lntornal
problema tho peoplo interested ncoded
"Intolllgent sympathy wlth'out Interfcr
enco moro than Ignorant asslstance wlth
projudlced Intermcddllng." Mayor Low,
of Now York. apoke on tho subject of
chlld labor, aaylng, "ali the proflts of tho
cotton Industry aro not worth tho llfo of
a alnglo chlld. of Georgla."
VHRMONT FOR LOCAX. OPTION.
Tho epoclal referendum voto ln "Ver
mont, Tuosday, was 30,688 for local optlon
and llcense law nnd 28,916 for contlnuance
of prohlbltlon. Vermont votod for pro
hibltlon ln 1863 by 1,600 majority. ,
TBNNESSEB NEGROES D1FFER.
Nogroos of Tcnnossco aro plannlng a
CongrcsB at Blrmlngham In May "to'an*
nounco tho exact posltion and fecllng of
the negro to-ward the whlto people of the
Bouth." It in sald negroes of thls boc
llon aro anxlous to correct the Impres
ilon that the two races aro flghtlng each
otfier aad wlll declare that tho white
man of tho South Is the negro's best
trlend and- tlio South the best placo for
hlm.
PUSDIC OWNEIISHIP IN CHICAGO.
Tho Clty Councll ot Chlcago has aaked
the Stato leglslaturo to pass tho Flnn
bllls provldlng for publlc ownershlp of
gas and electrtc llght plants. Cheaper
llght and beat In tho homes at such a
prlco as to mako another coal famlno Im
posalble are tha features argued in favor
of the bllls.
aDDICKS OUT OF THE RACE.
John Edwaru Addlcks. who had been
Ihc cause of sonatorlol dcodlocks in three
Delaware Legislotures, mado formal an
pouncemont at Dover Thursday, hls
Wlthdrawal as a candldate beforo the
present Legislature provlded the regular
Republlcans would Joln hls supporters ln
a caucus for the selectlon of candldates
for tho Senato by majority rule. Thco
rles of thls action held by hls cnemles
are that the nomlnecs would be frlcndly
to hlm, ono of whom mlght reslgn m hls
favor.
BBRESFORD FOR MONROEISM.
Lord Charlos Bcresford, os chlet guest
of tho Pilgrim Soclety of the United
States, whlch met at Now York Wednes?
day nlght, volced tho support of England
for the Monroe Doctrine and pleadod for
an Amerlcan navy whlch should protect
Amerlcan commerce. Ho arguod for a
"natural alliance" of Great Britaln and
America "through the ownershlp of the
great Industries of the world and the
sharlng of thelr proflt-s.
GROSVENOR BOOK SCANDAX..
Itcprcsentatlvc Grosvcnor, of Ohlo, gavo
to- tho newBpapers Tuesday a formal
statement of hla connoction wlth the
"Book of tho Prcsldents," who30 pub
llsher and agonts used hls name and
personal needs ln aoilcltlng subscrlptlons.
Mr. Orosvenor says that while he wro'te
the book under contract, ho had no pe
cunlary Interests in Its sale. He denies
autbenticlty of aoilcltlng letters signed
wlth hls name.
KENNAN FLAYS ADDICKS.
Georgo Kennan, ln the current number
of tho "Outlook" beglns a serles of ar?
tlcles on Addlcks and the hold up tn.
Delaware. He says that the hlstory of
polltical oorruptlon ln Delaware is the
hlstory of one man and a single party.
V? b?lo others have resorted occasionolly
to dlAionest methods no "systematlc at
tempt was ever made to corrupt the
whole population and buy up the whole
State untll Addlcks and the Union Re
publican party took tho fleld." He tells
of condltlons ln Southern Delaware, whero
"selllng votes to Addlcks has grown to
be a matter of course among mon of all
partles and where hls oorruptlon fund ls
consldcred a good thlng for poor farmers.
GENERAL, POLITICAL NOTES.
Tho New Jersey Senato Monuay adopt?
ed a resoluLon urglng tho enlargement
and betterment of the navy for defence
of Monroe Dootrlne. Leo S. Overman
was nomlnatod for United States Sona
tor, January 20th by tho --emocratlc Leg
tslatlve caucus ln North Carolina to suc
ceed Prltchard.
Work of Congress*
BENATE'S ANTI-TRUST BILL.
The Senate passed wlthout dlscusslon
Benator Elkln's Inter-State Commerce
blll to further regulato railroad trans
portatlon. It prohlblts under flne not ex
ceedlng $20,000, the glvlng or recelvlng of
rebales.
HANNA'S NEGRO BILU
Senator Hanna Introduced Wednesday,
by request, a blll for penslonlng colored
ex-slaves who were omanclpated by Lln
coln. It provldcs for a graded scale of
penslons and bounty accordlng to age,
and also for a penslon to relatlves
charged wlth care of ex-alnves. The
measure ls planned to benefit 350,000 ne?
groes.
"LOUD" WARNING TO HOUSE.
Chalrman Loud, of tho Post Offlce
Commlttoe, ln hls farowell speoch Wed?
nesday, repcated hls annual warnlng to
the House not to approvo the proposed
aystom of automatlo wage Increaso for
postal employes. Thls law, now ln ope
ratlon wlth rogard to tho carrlers, ho sald
was costlng tho Government J5.O00.OO3 an*
nually bosldos removlng tho Incentlve
for a man to oxcell. Loud was warmly
applauded,
STAFF BILL AGAIN CHANGED.
Tho Army Staff Blll was passed by tho
Senate for tho thlrd tlmo, Wednesday,
wlth the provlslon assoclatlng tho Secre?
tary of War ln authorlty with tho Presi
dent ln susponslon of all troops and staft
corps, restored. Tnls clausa had boon
ellmlnated by the House and twlce re
atored by tho Senate.
_EGISLATIVE NO'i?S.
Houso Committeo jn rules decedod to
glvo tho Uttlefield antl-trust blll right of
way In the Houso attor tho Post Offlce
approprlation blll.
Monday tho Housp authorlzod tho ro
?umptlon of the negotlatlons wlth Great
Brltain for the preservatlon of tho Alaa
kan fur noals.
Tho Senato blll approprlatlng $1,500,000,
for a, new Dopartmont of Agrloulturo
hulldlng waa passed by tho Houso, Mon?
day.
On January 30tb, tho lost prlvato clalma
day of the sesslon ln tho Houso, forty
flve bllls were rushed through In splte of
all offorts to balk thom. Many dated
Xrom beforo the clvll war,
HOUSE ANTI-TRUST TALK.
.Tho LUtlefleld Antl-Trust blll oa modl
fldd In commlttee, was takon up ln the
Houso Thursday, under a spoolal rule
allowlng thlrteen hours' debate, after
whloh a flnal vote was to be takon,
Under tho same rule the Senate blll to
Kr?ilto Bulta under the Shorauit Anti
Trust law. wns passed, ono hour's do
bate.
FAST MAILS FOR. THE BOUTH.
Tho Post-Onico Approprlatlon bill wns
passed by tho Houso Thursday, Includlng
tho Itcm for carrylng fast malls from
Eastorn polnts Into tho South and from
Kansas Clty south and west.
?xQCUtlUC.
TAFT PARDQNS HEYES.
Rcycs, tho Flllplno labor agitator, who
was convictcd of consplracy o.nd threats
ot vlolenco durlng tho recent olgar
makcrs' atrike, has been pardoncd hy
Governor Taft on the ground that he was
convlcted under an old Bpanlsh statutc.
SAMPSON HAD APHASIA.
Washington dlspatches, Monday, gave
tho country a mlld shook by tolllng that
the penslon of J.TO a month. granted re?
cently to tho wldow of Admlral W. T.
Sampson was based on tho showlng of
the medlcal rccords of the War Dopart
ment that the Admlral sufforcd from
acuto aphosla for flvo years before nls
death. Thls dlsease denotes tho general
brenklng-up of the metital facult,les and
lmpalrs the faclllties for speech and
wrltlng as well os the Judgment. The
Admlral recelved promotlon and hls Cu
ban campalgn asslgnment whllo this fact
was of offlclal record. It is sald that
CapL Chadwlck substltuted when Samp?
son was ill and that Llcutenant Staunton
wroto tho Santlago dlspatch beglnnlng
"tho flcet under my command" and the
Gunner Morgan letter.
'PATENT OFFICE IN )002.
The Commissioner of Patents recelved
13,400 appllcatlons for patents and grant
?L,27'"e durlng 1902- -" s-? Perlod
2,000 trade-morks, 707 labels and PW
prlnts were reglstered. The excess of
recelpts over expendltures -was flB9 "514
More patents were issued to cltlzens of
tho Distrlct of Columbla ln proportlon
to population than to any other Btate
or Terrltory, the ratlo belng one to 1,080.
CHIEF OF PHIL1PPIXES POLrCE
Captaln Henry T. Allen, Sixth Cavalry,
has been appolnted chlef of the Phillp
pino constabulary with the rank ot brlga
dlcr-gcneral.
AMERICA'S FIGHTING STRENGTH
,S'ary Root transmltted to the House
Monday an abstract of tho returns made
to tho adjutant-gencrals of the army by
^i^JU?anVgeneral3 of the various
States. showlng tha mllltla strength of
HMl".?Sii!i '? bt* M f0,,ows: Ofllcer.,
r.B?-S=t^te mllittainen 10,853.380.
CRAMPS TO BCILD CRUISERS
The recent award of contracts for new
whlehrS-J? thn, Cramps of ^fl-SSpWa!
w?7u. ^ 1>rf!tef,te<1 IV the Unlon Iron
]Z t, nd *!ther8' ls t0 stand- Presl?
dent Roosevelt so informed the Callfor
nla senators Monday. One reoson glven
was the nccesslty of great haste
HOBSON RESIGNS FROM NAVY
Naval -Constructor Rlchmond P. 'nod
son havlng falled in hi? long effort to
securo a transfer to the retlred llst on
I..6 m!? , ?f .!)oor ?,y?s|frht has tender
cd hls reslgnatlon from the Navy. See
sfdTth^aVnt^^ hIm t0 reCOa"
ASSIGNMENT OF GE.VERAL9
The War Dcpartment announced Wed
?SS'7,th? followlnS aaalgnments to take
i C,^Ld^r,nBr tnc coraln* summer:
T^{?r;G^eraI Bates' dcpartment *f
Lakes, in place of McArthur -
PWh^d^?'G.ener?M Wade' Department of
tlre" * eV? General D?vls, re
J*r,?ad,ler"Gen6ral ???<*. Department
of MIndanao. Phllipplnes. ?ar?**ent
Brigadler-General Funston, Department
Brigadter-General Baldwln. Department
T^il?JJUk^ '" Plac(> of Funstoa "
Br-Igadler-General Carter from War
College Board to Department of PhUl"
offira rNSPECTORS OF IMMI
Tho recent decision of the Treaaurv
?nPsh oT hnt0 emp,,0>- wome" '"~
on shlps, has resulted In the aoDoInt:
S.Mt 1* NT Tork ot flve women?There
?, lwo hundred appllcatlons for the
fhf i "8-, Thuey wl" b0 requlred to ooard
cuttor?3 y ladd6r ir?m the re^?e
?Jn?Ri?RS MUST NOT BORROW
Tho PostofTIce Department at Washliur
on issued an order to all postSors
tlmt any letter carrler who borrowe?
money from a "shylock" at exhorbitant
ratos of lntorest would be dlsmissed.
?: ?-?
FOR CHTJRCH UNION.
x*1?!6 t!llrd onnual conference of the
heldT'tho^fn,110^ ?f cK>? -as6
Tuesdal oi bl,a House in New York
Hnn? ??? Genera' l-^ffress in many sec
t>> .eadng clergymen of all denomlna
St^Ttbl onSrc^^l
J?^ r?1" Jln? N0T BEATIFIED.
lhe Popo has rofused F-ranco's request
to bea ify Jonn of Are. saying the laws
goyernlng tho procoduro of "he congre
gatlon of rlghts must bo observed
DOWN WITH CHURCH BARRIBRS.
At an lnterdenonilnatlonal meeting ln
New York Monday, mlnisters applauded
he statcment of Dr. S. D. McConnell
(Eplscopal), that "tho increaslng num?
ber of non-churched. Chrlstians was due
to unneoossary nnd unlmportnnt lntel
loctual bar.rlers In tho shapo of nrticlos
of falth ralsed by tho churches thom
selves." Tho hopo was generally ox
pressed that the unlty so apparent every
whero else to-day would soon be effeot
ed among churches.
NEW MISSISS1PPI BISHOP.
Tho Rov. Arthur S. Lloyd, Gonernl
Secretary of tho Domoatlo nnd Forelgn
Mlsslonary Soclety, has beon oloctcd to
flll the placo of tho lato Hugh Mlllor
thompson ns Hishop of Mlsslsslppi.
DOWlE.GOrNG TO NEW YORK.
John Alexander Dowio, hoad of tho
Zlonlst movemont ln Chlcago, has an?
nounced thnt ho will tako tho "Rostora*
tlon Host" of from 3,000 to 5,000 pooplo
to Now York In tho onrly suminer nnd
ondoavor to securo 100.000 convorts. Ho
has takon optlons on Curneglo Hall nnd
Madlson Square Garden nnd has phuined
to hold 1,800 stroet meetlngs dnlly. Dr.
?hW|0' ,Ba/Su ll ls tne sreatost worls evor^
attempted by tho followers of any, rell
NEW YORK CHURCH F1GURES, ..
J}-, ?iouti 8tatlB'lcs of New York gath*
orod by tho Fedorutlon of Church show
a thlrd?o? ttr llZf'T PB?P>? o? aboTt
T?L,J o ?} the PPPW'ttdon of the clty are
Jews and people without any known re
llgton and uthat tho unbel aVara aro as
m'WLaa tha Jewa' Thoae without any
rellglbn are as many as tlie ohurch
goors, only ono-thlrd of the estflmated
Oathollo and Protestant population belng
T/ie Whole Field at a Glance.
Our Americnn acnso of humor has been Ucklcd and ish War, General Corbin's cstimate of our mllltary I
our pridc of expanding power has been- touclicd by'tho strength n.t 10,853,390 and Jnnuary's incroase in Trons
wcek's scenes in diplomacy's nmazing international drnma ury's lmlancc were the lending topics in tho public servieo.
on tltc boards nt Washinglon. Jtidging from press com- Tlio prcsenco of 1,000 soidiers at Watorbury, Conn.,
ment, we liavo smiled East, We3t nnd South to witness to "P6?*" street cars stopped by strike of cighty men has
the lofty arnbnssadors of three great European nations *?n l\n?. ?f*n'of Tnn JJ lllb?r Probl<f' Striko vl?*
, ., , , .. . ,.. , , ,cncc nt hlizabcth, N. J. BitumiuoiiB conference on wngo
in the act of asking an Amcncan cit.zen permission to inorf,nsc (ijsngreca. striko commiasion. finished hcaring of
stnnd flrst in line at the slicnring of tho Venezuelan sheep testlraony.
?and gctting a positivo "no" for their nnswer. What* The Wnbasli system won its long battlo for legal
ever tho outcome ns to mothod of settlement this incident cnlmnco into Pittsburg. New' Orleans grantcd extenslve
ls prcgnnnt with historic significancc. rlghts to the N. O. & S. F. system. Wcstern roads es
It can mean but one thing?the triumph of the Mon* tablished cmbargos to relievo froight blockado. Sugar
roe Doctrine. ' trust rctlnerics at New York closed down. Pennsylvania's
Aside frpm this Intcrnational crisis tho legislativo Chicngo "flier" taken off. Rock Islnnd got Gulf outlet by
tilt of tho party in power ngalnst the bad trusts ns op* Southern Pacific to Galveston.
posed to tho good ones hns largcly ccoupicd public ntton* 0ut of much forcign news, the chtef is: Defeat of
tion. Besidcs actually competing one anti-tTUst bill, for Morocco's pretender in second bnttle- Castro's defeat of
the enforccment of existing laws tho Republican ma- rebcls; Germany'fl prohibition of child labor; outbreak of
jority hns passed the Elkins bill in the Senato, for the olvil war in Honduras and ominous wnr signs in Jln
prevention of rebatcs and has puBhcd through the Houso cedonia.
the Littlcfield compromiso measure. Eear of a neces- A harmlcss substitute for phosphorous ln manufoc
sary extnv Bession has revived tnlk of a statchood com- turo of matches wns announced in Germany. Prof. Bedell,
prorniae in the Senato which body continued "in statu of Corncll, announced method of sonding nltornating and
Quay." Another twist to the race issue was given by dircct currents on ono wire at the samo time. Dr. Aron
Senator Hanna's introduction of a slave pension bill, by son's scnrlct-fevcr serum officially recognized at Berlin,
request. The political sensation of the week was tho Moctings of national federations of churches nt Now
unexpeoted withdrawal of Addicks from the senatorial con- York emphosized church unity trend. Dowieism planning
test in Delaware with a caucus string tied to it. ' Vermont \o attack iS'ew York.
adopted local option and license by a narrow majority 8tatu.es of Maryland'a honorcd sons accepted by Con
after half a century of prohibition. ', gress for Statuary Hall. , ," ;
Licntenant Hohson's resignatiori and tiie disclosuro of Pirst Rhodcs scholarship in this" country grantcd to
Admiral Sampson's mental incapaoity prior to the Span- E. II. Lehman, of New York, a Yale man.
Commercial,
W1RELESS TO R0ME.
Tho Italian Minlster of Posts and Tele
graphs has announced a blll ln the
Chamber of Deputles for a wlreless telo
graph statlon to connect Italy and the
United States.
LARGEST COTtPORATION CHARTER
ED.
The largest capltallzed, corporatlon In
the world, the International Constructlon
and Development Company wlth JIO.OOO.*
000,000 capltal, has been chartered in Arl*
zona. It wlll go lnto wholesale manufac*
turlngln the undoveloped Western States,
Vcnezuela, Mexlco and other Southern
countrles.
BIG RAILHOAD FINANCING.
What Is consldered one of tho most
remarkablo flnanclal transactlons of the
day ls tho courso of the Pennsylvanla
Railroad Company in redeposltlng Its-,
loan of $35,000,000 wlth the banks frorn-i
which lt was borrowed, and drawlng
thereon 3 per cent. Thls gives the com?
pany the prlvllege for one year of calling
any part of thls blg sum for the consld
eratlon of 11-2 per cent. per annum, or
$525,009.
DECREASE IN OLEOMARGARINB.
The suecess of the Oleomargarlne act,
whlch went lnto effect last July, is shown
by the Bureau of tho Internal Revcnue.
Slnce that tlme the productlon has fallen
off 18,000,000 pounds.
WIBELESS NEWS FOR VOYAGERS.
The flrst attempt to supply Incomlng
steamers wlth a regular news servlce was
made Jan. 30, when 100 words were flled
by a telegraph company wlth the Mar
conl Company for the Cunard liner Lu
canla, duo at Queenstown Jan. 31. At
present messages are only transmlttdo
20 to 30 mlles from Brow Head.
NEW OHJO OIL GUSr-TER.
One of the largest oil gushers ever
found in Ofllo was struck by Connectl
cut capltalists near Vaa Wert last Sun?
day. Tho oil fiowed faster than cisterns
could be dug to hold lt, and although
hlgh embankments were thrown up, lt
threatened to flood the community.
SUGAR REFINERIES CLOSING.
A number of largo sugar reflnerles In
and near New York, includlng the Have
meyer plant ln Brooklyn, omploylng 4,000
men, the Amerlcan Company's plant at
Jersey Clty and the National Company's
plants at Yonkers and Hoboken. have
shut down fndefinltely. The reason is be?
lleved to be the large supply of the re?
flned product now on hand. About 20,000
out of work.
CLEVELAND BANKS MERGED.
The consolldatlon of tho Saving3 and
Trust Company and the Cltlzens' Savlrig
and Loan Assoclatlon, of Cleveland,'
Ohlo, under the name of the Cltlzens'
Savlngs and Trust Company, was ratl
fied in that clty Monday at n jolnt meet?
lng* of tho stockholders of the two con
corns. Tho company wlll bo capltallzed
at $3,000,000.
NE1W YORK WOJIEN'S HOTEX,.
The Hotel Martha Washlngton, built
exclusively for women by tho Womnn's
Hotel Company at New York, ls to bo
opened Fobruary 15th. It ls a twelve
story up-to-dato hotel, containing accom
modatlons for flvo hundred permnnent
and ono hundred and flfty translent
guests and employlng female help as far
as posslble. Its tenants, who nre.already
secured, are professlonal and other self
supportlng women, many of whom are
ntockholders ln the company. Rooms wlll
be rentod at from $3 to $17 a weok.
WESTEIIN ROADS BLOCK FREIG'HT.
Becauso of frelght congestlon on east?
ern roads, western railroads l*ave Issued
blocknde frelght notlccs affectlng seve?
ral necossarlca of llfe, Includlng flour. In
conscquence a bread lamlne was Jeared.
Uransportation,
WABASH WINS AT PITTSBURG.
Tho Select and Common Counclls of
Plttsburg have granted a franchiBO to
the Plttsburg. Carnegio and Western, the
Wabnsh oxtenslon, thus romovlng all ob
structlons to tho entrance of that road
Into Plttsburg nnd Alleghany.
AFTER A WASIUNGTON TEtRMINUS.
Tho Gould-Wabnsh lnterosts are sald to
be ? belrlnd tho syiiUlcato brganlzod to
buy the old Ohosupeoke and Ohlo cnnnl.
Tho Goulds havo trlod beforo to secure
thls canal for n raad-bert from Cumber?
land to Washlngton, a short easy routo
from tho AlloBhanles.
"BIG FOUR" INTO PITTSBURG.
Plans havo been porfeoted by tho Van
derbllta for a brnnch of tho "Qig Four"
lnto Plttsburg, A cross-oountry llno from
Galllon, Ohlo, to Youngstown ls to ba
bullt to oonnoct two ot tho important
Vanderbllt roads. .,
RETURN TICKETS ON ALL LINES.
Tho North Atlnntlo Assoclatlon, In?
cludlng tho llnes of tlie Morgan Shlpplng
Comblno, havo effootod nn ngreement
maklng roturn tlckets vnlld mutunlly on
all llnes.
CHI0A0.0 "FLYER" ANNULLED.
? The Pennoylvanla Railroad has deold
otl to take off Its twonty-hour "flyer" be?
tween New York and Chlcago In order to
hroak up frelght und coal congestlon, Tho
"New York and ChloaRO Llmlted," r
tweiUy-fpui'-how traja wlll ba retained.
Soc/o/oyr/ca/.
BOOKER WASHTNGTON'S COURTESY.
Prof. Booker T. Washlngton, on hear
lng of objectlon' to his speaklng at the
Galnesvlllo, Fla., teachers" meetlng on
account of hls color wlred Galnesvllle's
Mayor hls wllllngness to cancel the oa
gagement.
CTTIES NOT SO BAD.
The New Y'ork State mortallty bulle
tln for 1902 shows that clty mortallty ls
not so much grfeater than xurai as ls
generally supposed,
CHEAP COAL IN CHICAGO.
The dlstrlbutlon of bltutnlnous eoal at
cost price by Chlcago authorities, half a
ton to each person, has relleved the
poor ot that clty.
FOR SANITARY BARBER SHOPS.
Reprosentatlves of 80,000 organlzed bar
bors urgfcd tho New York State Legis?
lature to pass the blll Introduced for a
Stato Baxher Commlsslon and compul
sory sanitaUon of barbors' shops and
lmplements.
TO DEPOSE CLARA BARTON.
The Exccutlve Committeo of the Red
Cross Soclety has P?tfsted toCongress
agalnst the admlnlstratlon of Clara Bar
ton, Us presldent, and agalnst tho re?
cently adopted by-laws maklng her ell
rible to llte tenure. In response to Pres
Went Roosevelfs suggestlon Mlsa Bar
ton made publlc the fact that he and
Cablnet could no longer act as advisers
t7 the, Red Cross. She sald her relatlons
wlth the soclety had been mlsrepresent
ed.
BEGGARS GET ?5 A DAY.
Benlamln C. Marsh. a student at the
uSvewUy ot Fennsylvania, and an
Lint for tho Soclety of Organlzed Char
ftv durlng two months' dlsgulse as a
regular street beggar ln ?*^P?>^
found that many beggara ^^f" ?u^
a= ? a day. It is posslble to llyo at
the varlous charlty shelters free for? a
year or more. Mr- Marsh advocates the
"work test" os the only guard agalnst
fraud. ?_
CARDINAD GIBBONS ON DTVORCE.
Preachlng at Baltlmore laat Sunday
C_rdlnal Glbbons sald that aivorca was
a soclal scourge more hllghting and
more destructlvo of famlly llfe than
Morraonlsm.
RICHES A MISFORTUNB.
Addresslng an audience of newsboys at
Boston, Presldent Ellot, of Haxvard. sald
that lt was a tcrrlble misfortune to be
born rlch, as It left no lncentive for
work. He told them that an almost
suro way to succeed was to be ready tu
volunteor to do somethlng beyond thelr
real duty and that work was the founda
tlon of all the joy and happiness In the
world.
A NEGRO WARNS NEGROES.
The negro edltor of tho Norfolk News,
John E. Dlckorson, objected ln hls Jan?
uary 31st lsauo to Presldent Roosevelt's
action ln pamperlug a fow leaders of hls
race to tho detrlment of tho masses. He
also worned hls l'ellow negroes agalnst
acceptlng tho Presldent's Invltatlons,
saylng: "Lot the negro look to lt that,
whon he bursts the bonds of Ignorance,
he does not cnmesh hlmself wlth the
far worse fetters of falso prldo and emp
ty vanlty."
COAL iFAMTNE CHARITIES.
A report on the fuel shortage from
charitablo organlzatlons of twenty-flve
largo cltlos shows that the cltles whlch
provlded dlstrlbutlng centres for coal ln
small auantltlos wero much more suc
cessful ln rellevlng tho sltuatlon than
thoso whlch relled on publlc approprla?
tion. The sufferlng was most severe
where tlio poorcr classes wero accus
tomed to anthraclte and haJd no knowl
edga of substltutes. Thoro was an un
preccdented employmont of the poor and
llttlo |f any Increaso ln the demand for
charitablo rellcf.
ALARMING DECREASE IN
BIRTHRATE.
Goorgo F, Shrady, of tho Now York.
"Modlcal Record," doclaros that the cle
creaso ln the blrthrate among Amorlcan
mothcrs ls alarmlng and that a decrcas
Ing populatloa wlll soon be the rosult, as
ln Franco to-day. The domands of so?
clety and uor llfe ln fiots "where a baby
Is moro unwolcomo than a dog," are
glven as rensons. Our Anglo-Saxon pru
dery, Dr. Shrordy says, stnnds in the
way of any goneral cnmpalgu of educa?
tlon on tho subject.
NEW YORK'S CtHlLD LABOR,
Superlntendont Maxwell, of Now York
Clty, aa|d tlin-t whlla ohlld labor was
kllllng the wholo white race of tho South,
lt was even worse ln New York propor
tlonatoly thnn In South Carolina. Ho
told of lnstanoos where little ohlldron
were oompelled to work two hours bo*
fore school and aftorwards from B to
11 P, M-.
BENAMIN KIPD ON TRUSTS.
Bonjamln Kldd, the soolologicul writer,
sald nt London on hls rotum from tho
United States that "tlio truets of to-day
were tho revlval ln lnduatrlal llfo of ox*
notly the same splrlt thnt croaUcl abso
lutlsm ln tho States," and that lt waa
"aa vltal to the Interosta of. humftnlty and
progresB that flnanclal absolutlsm should
be destrciyod us lt was that absolutlsm
among rulers shouW be apolUh?u,"
tfndustri'al.
UNION PACIFTC STRIKB FAILS.
Tho "Unlon Paclflc Railroad Company
has announced that os far as It Is con
cerned. tho strlke of Its shop employes
is over. Thelr places have been satis
foctorily fllled and as tho road ls doing
more and better work than ever befone?
pieoo work?agalnst whloh tho strikers
held out, has been found to be the most
successful system and the strikers are
not to be taken back.,
PRTNTHRS' NATTONAL COMPACT.
Tho prlntlng trades' conference at In
dlanapolls resulted ln a natlonal corn
pact. The dlfferent. organlzatlona wlll
malntaln Indivldual oxlstences, but all
dlsputes wlll be referred to a Board of
Appeals. Sympathetlc strlkes cannot bo
called ercept by the Executive Board of
an organlzatlon.
EMPLOYES COfNTROL EMPLOYERS,
Employes of the Utlca Flre Alarm
Telcgraph Com-pany, of Utlca, N.. Y.,
who -went on strlke last Soptember, and
thelr places belng fllled entered the elec
trlcal manufacturlng field as competltors
of thelr' former employes, have : now
galned oontrol of the orlglnal company.
Tho prosent employes wlll bo dlsmissed
and the- strikers relnstated.
SODDIBRS RULED WATERBURY.
Tho strlko o'f street car employes at
Waterbury, Conn., continued ln a,serles
of rlots durlng the. week.' ln whlch sevo?
ral people were Injured and many cars
badly damaged. A thousand of tho Stato
Mllltla was called out last-Sunday by
Governor Chamberlain and statloned at
barns and on cars to protect jion-unlon
men. Tho company perslsfently re
fused to grant tho strikers' demnnds for
relnstatement of two dlsmissed employes,
recognitlon of-the unlon-'and' a wage
Increase and sald the_ cars-would con
tinuo to be run by nori-unlbn; jnen .under
tho protectlon of milttla asrlong as was
necessary. Many contrlbufloris were re?
celved by the strikers from other unlons,
RIOT IN ELIZABETH N. j".
Elizabeth, N. J., was tho scene, Wed?
nesday, of a flerce riot among strikers
from the Townsend and Downey shlp
yards. Tho strlke began two weeks ago
and a number of men secured posltlons
elsewhere angerlng tho strikers who tried
to force them to quit work. Shots were
flred and many arrests made. Two mon
were wounded.
RBWARDING NON-UNION MEN-.
The Rlo Grande Railroad has volunta
rlly Increased hy 2 1-2 to 5 per cent. the
wages of its non-unlon shop employes,
contlnuing tho organlzed men at the
old rate.
Ocienttfic.
A SAFETY MATCH AT LAST.
Tlie Germans havo found a harmless
substituto for phosphorous and the Gov?
ernment has placed lt at tho dlsposal ot
all the match factorles whlch are stlll
uslng phosphorous. A measure has beon
Introdiuoed In tho Relchstag absolutely
prohlbiting the uso of phosphorous ln
maklng matches. Franca has a standlng
offer of $12,S00 for tho invcntlon of a
satlsfactory substituto for phosphorous
but tho prlze has not yot been awardod.
TO SEE THE SEA'S BOTTOM.
Slgnor Plno. of Italy, whoso hydro
scope was recently tested In tho Medl
terranean, says hls Inventlon allows a
clenr view over an area of sevoral thou?
sand yards at a depth of from 400 to B00
ynrds. It can be used on shlpboard to
gunrd agalnst submerged objoots and for
the reclalmlng of wrecks, otc, Ho has
also invonted a subrnarlno bont, littcd
with screws and whoels to allow it to
crawl' on the hottom of tho soa.
HYPNOTISM NOT REMEDIAL.
The commission of mental dlseaso ex
ports appolnted by tho German Ministry
of Education to investigate tho heallng
power of hypnotlsm, haa roportod that It
Is essontially worthless and that Its uso
by laymen Is dangorous. Its only vlrtuo,
they assort, ls ln rare lnstancos whoro lt
enn be used to remove syrnptoma through
suggestlon. Thoy say Its effeots aro.
grenter on patlents who rogard lt as mar
volous nnd supornntural.
ARROPLANE'S UNEXPECTED
FLIGHT.
? Tho aeroplano flying machlne, whlch
Prof. Langley of tho Srnlthsonlan Insll
tutlon at Washington has beon worklng
on for several years, took nn unexpeoted
fllght In a galo ono day last wook, car?
rled nlong the housoboat to whlch It was
moored, nnd after a serles of errutlo
munoeuvres over tho Potomao, broko
looae'und llghtcd on tho flagpole of a
steninor whllo tho housoboat rnn Into
nnd amashod tho stcamor's raillng.
BIBLB MSS. D1SCOVERED.
In Calro, Kgypt, the manusorlpt of
tho flve books of lloses, written In 11(1
of tho Moslem era or VAt> A, 1'., has boon
dlscovefedl Tho manuscrlpt contalns
2fi5 follos. They aro 38 coutlmoters long
and oontnln twenty-four llnes to tho
page, Comparlsonr) ahow that several
possagos are omltted ln tho modern llo
brow Wblo,
HBLfGIAN WORKMEN'S INSURANCE
A Govornmcnt moasuro bafore tho Bel*
gluu Ctiaiuu?r provldea inBunuico iu cuuu
Joreign tPotitics*
of accldont or\ doath to employea ot all
comraerclal and Industrinl entorprlses re*
cclving n maxlmum wogc of $450 annual
ly. Tho Indemnlty Is flxed at 00 por
cent. of loss of wage earnlng capaclty
whlch amount goes to the vlctlm's helrs
annually In case of death.
GERMAN DUBLIST IMPR1SONED.
Lleutenant Von Grawert, of Germnny,
who killed Dr. Ayo, of Flensburg, In a
duol Jan. 10th, has been sontcnced to
two years' Implisonmcnt in a fortross.
Tho duel wns In pursuance to tho flnd
Inga of a mllltary court of honor.
BRUSSMLS CONVENTTON RATIFIED.
After a stormy scone and n suspenslon
of sittlng caused by tho lobbylng of su?
gar roflnors, the Austrlnn Relchstng
ratlflcd tho Brupsols Sugar Conventlon
and' passed the thlrd readlng of tho Su*
gar Taxatlon bill.
RUSSIA RAISTES \>UT1ES.
Russla has replled to tho new German
tarlft by a revision of tarlff, lmposlng
higher dutles on Germany's chlef ex
ports. Tho duty on Iron ls raised ono
and ono-half tlmes, with a supplemen
tary duty of 20 por cent. when imported
by land. This Is snld to bo a differen
tlation in favor of Engllsh eeaborno
goods.
AMIHRICAN '"TREIC" BY BOERS.
lt ls reported 'rom Lond&u that wlth
in two months Oou fomllles of Boers are
comlng to New Mexico, where thelr
agents havo purchased 1,000,000 acroa of
land. whlch is to be pald with an Issuo
of $50,000,000 of bonds to bo securod by
tho land, stock and bulldlngs. Thoy aro
to engage in cattlc-rals lng, ostrlch
farrnhig and vlnoyards.
CK1L-D LABOR IN GEJRMANY".
On January 31st the German Reiehstng
passed the second readlng oC the hlll
prohlbltlng chlld labor ln shops and fac
tories, Twelvo years ln some branches
of industry and thirtecn ln others wero
tho llmlts set. Movements by the So
clallsts to extend the law to agrlculture
and household work were voted down.
AMBR1CAN" AMBASSADOR'S UNL
FORM,
After some Inslstenco on the part of
tha Russlan Court ofnelals. the new Unit?
ed States Ambossador, McCormic, has
consented to adopt tho black cloth gold
trlmmcd uniform worn by hls predeces
sor, Mr. Tower.
YANKEE BAND CHARMS KXNG.
At the recent concert glven by Sousa
and hU band ln Wlndsor Castle Klng Ed?
ward asked for encores of several
Amerlcan pleces. He sald the next tlmo
he wanted all Amerlcan musle on the
programme. The wholo court stood whlle
the Star Spangled Banncr and God Save
the Klng -were rendered.
WAR IN HONDURAS.
News camo from Honduras Tuesday of
a clvil war outbreok whlch threatens to
Involvo tho wholo of Central Amcrlca.
It ls known that the Prosldents qf Sal
vador, Nicaragua and Honduras favor a
unlon of the I Central Amerlcan Btatea.
Tha present troublo arosa from^tho re
fusal of Presldent Slerro, of Honduras,
to concodo the electlon of Senor Bonllla.
who waa recently chosen to succeed hlm,
but who ls charged oy.Slerra with fraud.
Amerlcan lnterests asked for protoc
tion and-ln response tho Navy Depart?
ment--ordered Admlral Casey at San
Franclsco to procced to Amapala Hon?
duras, where the leader of the revolu?
tion is gatherlng troops.-The New York,
Boston, Marblehead nnd Ranger are
the shlps now under Casey's command.
AMERrCAN RAILROAD FOR CHINA.
The. concesslon . for a llne of rallway
from Chln Tu to Hankow, where con
nectlon wlll be made with the Hankow
Canton llne, has been secured by Ohin
ese ofllclals for Amerlcan capltalists.
The llno wlll parallel ttho Yangtze rlvor
In a general way and the nativea do not
llke tho Idea, as such a llne wlll dlvert
a largo part of tho trafflc- now dependent
on tho great rlver.
RBFOP.M3S IN FRENCH ARMY.
Several reforms aro planned in the
French Army by Genoral Andre, the Mln?
lster ot War. One Is to make it posslble
for an offlcer who has been dlsmissed to
re-enter tho army by permission of the
Cabinot Councll. Another ls to establlsh
the army mess, ofllcers havlng hitherto
boardod at hotels or elsewhero at their
pleasure. ?)
PRINCE TO RJENOUNOE THRONE.
It ls reported that tho Crown Prlnce
of Saxony will rcnotince all rlghts of suc
cesslon to the throne because of the elope
ment of tho Crown Princess with her chil?
dren's music teacher. He wlll renounco
in favor of hls 10-year-old son. George.
BLOOD F-LOWS' IN MOROCCO.
TQiursday's advices from Tanglers told
of another battle between tho arniles of
tho pretender and tho Sultan noar the
gates of Fez In whlch more than 2.GO0
conibatants fell. Agaln tho pretender's
support was weakencd by tho Sultan's
successful bribery of certnln trlbes.
SAN DOMINGO TO ARBITRATE.
Representatl'/es ot tho United States and
San Domlngo slgned a protocol January
31st provlding that the dlsputed claims
of the Santo Domlngo Improvement Com?
pany of Now York be referred to lnter
natlonnl arbltratlon and that the Domin
lcan Government pay tho comipany 14,600,
000 for Its rlghts and franehlsos. The
claims have boen tn dlspute several yoars.
TAFT ILX. FROM EXPOSURE.
Governor Taft was reported 111 from a
recurronce of hls Intostlnal troublo, due
to exposuro to the sun and to bad drlnk
Ing water.
Manlla has been doolarcd a clean port
nnd the quarantlne has been removed,
Cholora is stlll opldomic ln Interlor towns.
Jtrt TTfusi'c Xetters.
MARYLAND IN STATUARY irALL.
Statues of Charles Carroll and John
Hnnson, flrst prosldent of the Contlnental
Congress, presented to Statuary Hall by
tho State of Maryland, were aocepted by
tho Senate nnd House January 31st In
tho prosence of many dlstlngulshed cltl?
zens of that Stato. The statues wero exe
culed by Richard E. BrookH, a young
Amerlcan soulptor resldlng In Paris.
PHILADELPHJA'S ART SHOW.
The annual exhlhttlou of tho Pennsyl?
vania Academy of Flno Arts. now In pro
grcss nt Phl'ladolphla, Is rocelvlng tho
hlghcat trlbutes from loodlng art orltlcs.
It marlts the doclinlng Interest takton by
tho publlo ln what ls known ns "gonre"
palntlng. Few examples of thls typo
of work aro shown and thero Is a cor
respondlng Increase In landsoape palnt?
lng and portralture. Thls oxhlblllon has
come tn bo regarded as a genulne Amer?
lcan snlon.
IMPORTANT NEW BOOKS.
?"The BboluJ Evll," with spoclnl refer?
ence to conditlons exlstlng ln New York
olty, A report prepared under tho dlreo
tlon of the Commlttee of Fifteen, (Put
nams.)
"Tho Grounds of Thetstlc and Chrls
tlnu Bollef," by Charles Park ,Flaher.
(Serlbners.) j
"Mont Peloo ua? thu Tragody of Mttr
tlnlnuo," by Angelo Heilprln.' (Llppln*
cotts.)
"Modlaoval Indla Under Mohammedan
Rule," by Stnnloy Lane-Pool, No. G6. ln
"Tho Story of tho Notlons." (PutnamsO
"Agnosttclsm," by Robert Fllnt, profcs
sor of dlvinlty In tho University of Edln
burg, CScrlbners.)
"Farther North Than Nanson." Tho
Voyngo of the Polar Star, by tho Duko
of Abruzl. (Howard Bell, London.)
"Man, Men and Thelr Masters," tho
Bedell Lectures by Blshop Pottor, (Oor
ham, New York.)
"London ln the Eltjhtecnth Century,"
by Walter Besant. (Macmlllan.)
"BOOK BUYER" NOW THE "LAMP."
Serlbner'a llterary magazlne heretofora
known as tho "Book Buyor" now appears
as the "Lamp," edltod by Robort Yard,
$700,019 for MARQUAND TREASUREis:
The Marquand sale of art trcasures^ln
New York clty, closed January 81st wlth
a grand total of $706,019. Tho largast
price pald for ono artlcle was $88,000 for
a Pcrslan rug. A piano deslgned by
Alma-Tadema brought $8,000, Tho pur?
ehaser of tho rug later refused an offe*
of JjM.OOO for lt.
CRAZE POR FICTION SUBSIDING.
Jamos M. Whitney,'the retlrlng* Hbra
rlan of the. Boston publlc llbrary, sald
that the craze for flctlon ln thls country
was subsldlng and that th? people as a
whole were reading more serlous works.
In tho maln llbrary of Boston the de?
mand for flctlon ls iess.:than 60 per cent,
of the total.
FOR A NATIONA.il THEATRE.
Tho A.merlcan Dramatlsts* Club of Nevc
York ls conslderlng tho establlshmenl
of a national thcatro from a fund ae
cured by popular subscTlptlons for stoclc
or s'oats instead of waltlng for Congress
to aot. on the resolutlon Introduced fot*
thls purpose. J. I. C. Clarke. vlce-prea*.
Idont of tho club, suggests that $150,003 j
bo ralsed and work bebcgrun at once la
a hlred theatre. '?
GONCOURT ACADEMY\!JRECOGNIZBTA,
After slx years of iltlgatlon the ParlJ
"Soclety Lltteraira Goncourt" has been
oftldally recognized by the Councll d'Eta*
and nllowed to aceep.t "tbe legacy of 65,000
francs a year leit by Edmona de Gon?
court ln hls wlll. the donor nxed tha
number of mombers at ffcnand gave each
6,000 francs a year to support hlm as a)
man of letters. A prlze ot 5,000 francs
was offered to the author ot the best
Imaglnatlve romanco or novel.
Xejai and Criminal.
FTLIPINOS STILL ALIENS
Antonlo M. Oplsso y do Ycaxo, thfl
young Flllplno, who somo months ago,
lnstltuted mandamus proceedlngs to com?
pel tho Dlstrlct of Columbla Suprema
Court to accept hls citizenshlp declara
tlon whlch was refused on tho g-round
that he was not an allen, has now been
declared an allen by the court. As such
he Is entltled to becomo a United States
cltlzen and hls declaratlon has beon or-.
dered to bo recelved.
HOMES OF RICH UNPROTECTED.
To provo that tho many reoont robbcr-;
les ln New York's mllllonalrets dlstrlct
were not duo to carelessness of. the .po?
llce, detectlves were sent out to (ind out
how many prlvate houses could be cn
tered wlthout challehge. Withln a fe.v.
hours, tho sleuths cntered and roamed
through forty-slx resldences through un
locked doors,
C1RCUS POSTBRS PROTECTED.
Justlce Holmea of the United States .
Supreme Court. declded Monday ln the
caso of Blelsteln vs. Donaldson, that clr
cus posters are protected by copyrlght
law. saylng that the ballet was as legl
tlmate a subject of lllustration as any
othor.
WOMAN'S CONSCIENCE SACRED.
Justlce MacLean of the Supreme Court
at New York, ln denylng an appllcatlon
for separatlon pn account of the wlfe's
ante-marltal error, declded that such a
separatlon wouH be Inconsistent wlth
ethlcs and wlth clvll law. Ho sald somo
space should be '!a|Jowcd:' for repentanco
and that not even" a husband had' the
right to court ald1 ln'wrestlng from hta
wlfe tho secrets of her own consclerce.
COPPER PROCES_ DBQISI,ON.
The United States Court' at Helena,
Mont., declded that the Manhos procesa
of convertlng copper ore lnto commerclal
copper was merely the Bessemer procesa
of convertlng lron Into stoel applled to
copper and that tha owners of the pa
tent were not entltled to damage for In
trlngemcnt. Nearly all the copper In tha
country lis converted by the Manhes pro
cess.
?ducattonal ZReaim*
GIFTS FOR COLUMBIA.
Columbla University recelved $120,259
last week, Includlng $100,000 from th*
Duo do Loubat for tho establlshment of
a chalr of Amerlcan Archaeology.
FIRST* RHODES SCHOIiARSHIP.
To Eugene ..H, Lehman, of New York,
a Yale i-raduato of 1902, has been glven
the flrst CecU Rhodes Scholarshlp ln
America, Ha ls twenty-two years old
nnd has won a number of priaes for
oratory, Hls credentials stood hlgher"
than those of 200 other' applicants, _8)
wlll enter Oxford next autumn. Lead?
lng educators of several Eastern and
New England States have conferred wlthi
Professor Parkln, agent of the Rhodesi
fund, and agreed oa Stato conamltteea
for tho selectlon of candldate*
NEW WAY TO STU\vir HISTORY.
William J. Mann ln hls new book en?
tltled "America In Its Relatlon to tha
Great Epoohs of Hlstory," thlnks it de?
sirable and practlcablo for tho sohool
boy to study Amerlcan hlstory in its re
Intlon to the whole of modern hlstory and
not in the old narrow exclusive method
Iho boolu Is publlshed by Little. Brown
& Co. Boston.
T-AC'JUNO VS. MAIIRJ.AGE.
Tho "Journal of Educatlon," comment
lng on Now York Clty's recent barrlne of
nwrrled women from Its 11st of teacbera
says "theoretlcnlly thls ls rldlculous-lt
lo the best womau for teachlng that ls da.
sirable.
NEW DOM1NIOAN SBMINARV
A now bullding ls to bo ereeted by tha
pomtnlcan Order noar the Cnthollc Uni
versity at Washlngton. Students wlll ba
transferred there from tho aeminary at
Somerset, Ohlo. whleh is Inadequate to
tho present neads. ^ " '"
ILLINOIS AND OHTCAGO JOINED
Tho Illlno-is College uV Jadtaonvllto
ono of the oldeat ln the West hasbaYn
?"?_! 5&V1 th0 B?'???? ?"cift
Slini ^..^".e5e rec?nt*>r rnlsed $200,000
whlch glvoa lt an emlowment of $500000.
UARNEGIE TABOOS HOMER
Andrew Cnmeglo, apeaklng at the ln
auguratlon of Alexander C. Humphr?ya
oa presldent of-Stevena Inatltute, Ho
nlcai Insututlona were not tha only ona?
yeraltles had glven too njuoh attentlon
to antlque neroea-"to such aeoundreh
aa xtgfure fn Homer." in reading re?
cently the prayer of Achlllea he sald lu
had been dlsr"**"i and had put th*