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li i For the Woman who'Wants to Know. For the Son and Daughter who Need to Know. For the Business flan Too Busy to Know. What Was Done Last Week In This World of Ours History-making Eventa In All Lines of Activity. Brief, Clas?lflcd, Complete, to Date. A Ready Reference Encyclopedia. J?merican J?ffairs. 'The question of Miss Clara Barton'? centro) of tho Red Cross In this; country has been raised again by the reported ?otlon of the Executive Committee of that society favoring her retirement; Mobi? liers of the committee want to offer Mis? Barton' the honorary, presidency for life, and put Admiral Van Reyp?n formerly ?tirgeoh-general of the havy, in chargo of the society. They, say President Roose? velt and his cabinet will servo On the board again with this arrangement. ?'GOLDEN RULE? 'JONES AGAIN. ' fMayor Jones of Toledo, .who has been four ,times elected on his "Golden Rule" platform, announces that he'will be a candidate a r.fth time, without the nomi? nation or guardianship of any party or? ganization, ?EGROE SCORNS PENSIONS, Before ? mass meeting of negroes at New. York last Sunday Bishop Derrick of tho Afrjcan M. K. -church said that the ejave pension bill rrocontly introduced in? to Congress was an Insult and prophe? sied political death for those who pro? posed It. Ho said the Blair education bill ?was what they wanted. NEW YORK CANAL VICTORY.' By ' a.? srote . of 33-to It the Now York etatoSenato passed tho ,.$101.00,00 toous and ton barge bill, Tuesday, after a fierce contest, which broke tho lines of obth parties. The Influence? of Tammany was thrown for the bill while the principle opposition came from tho rural repre? sentatives. The Mil went to ->the As nembly.' .DEMOCRATS WA4VT "REGULAR." Senator Stone of Missouri and Senator . Carmack of Tonnossoe, In giving fhelr views of .tho Democratic Presidential nomination, say that Southern and '<Vos t?rn Democrats will not favor any man Who was.not "Regular" In the last two campaign? but thoy do hot Insist that the . candidate1' must stand on former plat? forms. This Is regarded as favorable to . the candidacy of Judge Parker of New York. -"?'?? NEGRO POSTMASTER TURNED OUT. .President Roosevelt has removed from office Samuel H, Vick, the negro -post? master ?t Wilson, N. Ci, against whom the "Lily White" Republicans protested some time ago, on the ground that he had not? supported the Republican tick? et. In his place S> C. Person one of the "Lily Whites" has "been .appointed. ' ? PORTO RICAN'S CAN'T VOTE.. Investigating tho question of ?Porto Rlcan's right to ;yoto. in this country Congressman Mann-has fdund that the treaty of Paris, which, oeded Porto Rico to this'.government, left the citizenship of' its residents to be determined later by Congress and that while the Civil Government act provides that they shall be citizens of Porto Rico It does not say ' .'at they are citizens of the Unltedi ; States, The Investigation , was started for the benefit of seven Porto Ricana living In Chicago who w'shed to vote at tne mayorallty elections. RATHRONE VS. WOOD. Secretary of War Root decided Monday, that ho', answer to the charges made by Ik.ajor E. G. Rathbono, formerly direc? tor of Cuban Posts, was required from Generar Wood and the charges were .without foundation. Gonoral Wood Iti a statement, to Secretary Root had, how? ever," mad?ra general denial of Rath bone's charges. Later Major Rathbone carried hls^-caso directly* to President Roosevelt. . HAY'S REPLY TO ARGENTINE. ?/ '"' The reply of Secretary Hay to the note of the Argentine Republic Is non-commit? tal on the main point, namely to the col? lection of foreign debts by .force, but ex? presses the hope that dlapntes-llko Vene? zuela's case may be settled by arbitra? tion. ' H? referred to tho recent messages, of the president, dealing with the Mon? roe Dictrlne. PITTSBURG'S NEW BROCH. Pittsburgh newly elected Recorder, W. B. Hayes, has notified all of tho 3,000 emr ployes In the city's; pay that their ser? vices will not be required after April 1st", thus making tho cldanest official sweep on record. CIVIL SERVICE VIOLATIONS. Ili the Federal Court at Louisville, Ky., Monday, Charles E.. Sapp, ono of the Hanna lieutenants, and two other men pleaded guilty to violation of the Civil Service '-'> act In collecting assessments against Federal employes for political p'unposes. . Add -new York canal victory." ;: The bill was passed In tho Assembly, Thursday, by a ?vote ?f 87 to 65. The goy-. e'rnor'e; signature was a foregone con? clusion'. In order to become a law this bill must be approved by the majority of the voters at tho next fall election, TREASURY TO HOY BONDS. \ rSecretary of the Treasury' Shaw . an? nounced, Thursday that on and after' April 1st he would receive for refunding' sjay bonds of tho three'.per cent. 100S-1S Issue and of the four pisr cent, loan off 1907'?up to "100,000,000 worth. The bonds aro to be surrendered at. two and one ? fourth per cent., and new bonds at a premium of two per pent, will be Issued; This, Is expected to' release several mil? ione cash from the treasury. ?tJCOClttWQ. MANY "RURAL ROUTES." ' The Rural Free Delivery Service of the Postonico Department has granted 719 routes'for the fiscal year, the greatest number yet allotted. Thoy cover nearly ?11 the States of tho Union, Nebraska heading -the list with 117 routes and New York coming second with 104, They go Into operation July 1st. EXECUTING MIHITIA LAW, The Army War College Board has In? terpreted the new militia law, holding that allot the miljtla of any State must conform to regular army standards of or ganizaMon, uniform arid armament on or before Janyary 28, 1008, or be deprived of the Federal a Ilo tino ? r. .UNCLE SAM'S WOMEN WORKERS, Complying with the request of the Board of Lady Managers of the St, Louis Fair, which. Is collecting data regarding the efficiency of women, ?President Roose? velt has ordered that statlstlce.be gath? ered : regarding the records of women employes of the'various government de? partments, their salarlos, work accom? plished eta. ?LIEUTENANT. CARTER DISMISSED. Lieutenant Commander Fidelio S. Car? ter, charged with grounding the gunboat Plscataqua. and attempting to compel a Warrant officer to withdraw charges ?gaipst him, has been found guilty by a qpurt-msrtlaj at Cavito, P. I., and sen? tenced to dismissal from tho navy, '. WLVER FOR PHILIPPINES, v In tho execution of tho Philippine cur? rency act Secretary of War Root, on ad? vice of Governor Taft, has decided to sell 11,000,000 worth of one year four per cent certlnaotes In denominations of f 1,000 each and with the proceeds to purchase ?Wrer bullion. for coining into pesos. The silver will be purohased in ; this oountry, - JM1GRATION POST BOARD, Marcus Braun, editor of tho Austrp Mungarlan Gazette at New York, has ?HA arnie % special injector under th? Immigration act to make confidential In? vestigation of Immigration conditions in Europo, THANKS'TO GENERAL WOOD. ? Brlgadlcr-Gonero! Wood left Washington Wednesday, for' tho Philippines to tatto command'of tho Military Department at Mindanao, En route he will visit Egypt, Slgnaporo, bh'o Straits Settlements and. other placos to study tho methods of* colonial governments, Secretary Root Is? sued an order on General'Wood's depar? ture by direction of tho president thank? ing him for his scrvloos In Cuba. NATION'S SHIELD PROTECTED.' Tho Commissioner ?f Patonts has con? firmed a ruling prohibiting tho uso of tho nation's shlold as a trademark by adver? tisers on the ground that auch use of tho emblem Is against public policy, taking from It Iti patriotic significance and sanc? tity. ?Religi ous. BIBLE COMMISSION AT WORK, | Tho Very Rov. Dr. Charles P. Grannan, of tho Catholic University at Wash-j Ington, has boon appointed a member of tho International Biblical Commission, created /by the Popo to conduct extensive researches In order that the Catholic Church might possess the best transla? tion of tho Bible Tho commission has boon Increased from the original twelve to; forty mombers, and work has'.been be? gun through correspondence. A.session of all member? Is expected to take .place at Jtome In the autumn. - . D?WIKB' NEW YORK PLANS. "'- ' Ajexnnder Dowlo announced at Chi? cago, March 21, that the Zlon restoration host would start for Its campaign against evil In New York city on October 14, and that meetings would begin October 18 at Madison S-mare, He has called on his followers for $300,000. to build a templo in ???? City. WOMAN'S CHANCE OF HEAVEN. "No woman who wears a sea gull or a song bird on her hat *can ever get to Heaven" was tho Htartling announce mpnt mode ?? ^-ofessor D.1H- ?* . Bharp , of Boston University, In a sermon at Boston last Sunday. He. told the women to" get Eastor bonnets and wear them to church, for "they were an honor to God and a benediction to the soul." but warned thom to get the bonnets' without robbing or stealing. BELIEF IN HELL AFFIRMED. . Bishop Huntington, of the' Episcopal Dlocose of New York, affirmed his be? lief In hell in his last Sunday's sermon, road throughout the Diocese, and se? verely criticised ministers who gain pop? ularity by casing men's consciences about punishment for their sins In the here? after. Ho said the English translators wrote hell becouso tho Lord's word meant hell, and thnt for the sinner he could see but one of two things?retribu? tion or annihilation. STRENGTH OF (LUTHERANS. Lutheran tract* reoently distributed, show that, while. -.Lutherans are. numeri? cally weaker In this country than many other*rellRlous bodies, thoy are stronger In Europe. They claim a world mem? bership of 70,000,000, ns compared to 21, 000,000 Episcopalians, 17,000,000 Metho? dists. 11.000,000 Baptists and -9,000,000 Presbyterlnns. MISSOURI FINES MEAT TRUST. The Supreme Court of Missouri award? ed a writ of ouster, March 20th against the beef packers comprising the meat trust for violation of the Missouri anti? trust laws, but ordered tho writ suspend? ed on condition that each ,of the com? panies pay $5,000 fine, -During tho pro? ceedings, which were started by Attor? ney-General Crow, Independent packers had testified that tho trust regulated j prices and controlled tho market and gave Information concerning spoiled meats which wore sold by the trust to dealers at reduced prices. PARKHURST ON FUNSTON. -Tho Rev. Charles N. Parkhurst, of New York,. In his last sermon on the subject of lying robuked the American people or condemning and rewarding the "damn? able perfidy" of General Funston In his deceitful, method y{ capturing Aguinaldo. ???- ' educational {Realm, INDUSTRIAL'SCHOOL BEQUEST. . Property valued at $7,000,000 was loft by Arloch Wen'tworth, who died at Bos? ton March 10th, for the purpose'of es? tablishing an industrial school in that city. ?-.?-.' NEWS OF THE COLLEGES. Miss Laura D. Gill, the dean of Bar? nard, has been appointed ndvlsjer to the women graduate students- of 'Columbia University. The Cornell faculty of arts and sciences has decided'against a change In tho re? quirements for the, A. ,B,,degree, leaving tho courso a four-year one! Now regulations at Anihorst graduatloh In three years, and In three years and one term, ! A course. In Insurance has been estab? lished at Yalo, ? President Hndloy, of Yale .and Mrs. Hadley are to visit Germany and Switzer? land during the summer vacntlon. Statistics regarding tho marriage of Wosltjyan alumni, who have been out of college moro than twenty-!We years show that eighty-six per cent, have married, and that tho average number of children per marriage has bwj, b.4, The curriculum at Vassar has been mod? ified for the first two'years, the number of hours for each subject, being reduced to throe por week for a'year. This per? mits combinations of subjects not hereto? fore possible. A fellowship li tho hlsWr? of music has beon established at Michigan Uni? versity. Tho faculty of that college has granted permission to the sophomore class In tho medical department to con? duct Its own examination? on the honor system. Yalo University announced that a stp dont can now got his degree 1? three years, Instead of four, as heretofore. Sixty hours of Work must still bo com? pleted for a bachelor of arts degree, but a student Is allowed to make extra work ahead, and so complote the course In three years. A student In the academia department may cut out ono y?mr In a professional school? by taking this work In his senior class. COLLEGE MEN ON ENGINES. "Three Cornell students havo been tak? ing trips from Baltimore to Washington op tho fastest express locomotives, by permission, In order to make practical toste as -a basi? for Uiolr graduation theses, ' l FOR PORTO RICO UNIVERITY. ? pr, Samuel Lindsay; of Philadelphia, who Is Commissioner of Education, for Porto Rico has introtluced'lnto tho Execu? tive" C'ou.ticll qf.the Island a bill to estab Hah a Porto Rlcan University. It Is to consist of a normal depa.rtrp.opt for the training of teachers, besides agricujt?* ral, mechanical, ecle-ntlCa, engineering, architectural, i^w. end' other. aepartment?, t The Whole Field at a Glance. Though you have read your paper diligently y each day/.you'll find it hard, to single out one greatest event of the past week for the reason that it. contained so much big news in so many lines. Nor will it be found easy to realize the extent and variety of the happenings since the week before, Sciences cornes well to the front with three achievements. Word was received from the British Antartic Expedition steamer "Discovery" that the new farthest south record of 82 degrees and 17 minutes had been made by Captain R. F. Scott'and party, confirming theory of an Antarctic continent. The French scientist Curie announced discovery that radium gives off heat without chemical or molecular change. Locatiin of a new star by Mme. Ceraski, of Mos? cow, was reported at Harvard. Use of electri? city to locate mineral deposits was succesafuil)' tested in England. In human interst the presentation of the Irish Land Purchase bill by the Tory Govern? ment of Great Britain probably appeals to the most people. Besides this grant of ' $60,000,000 to Irish tenant.s and offer of easy loans up to half a billion the.rumor has gained headway that a measure of home rule is also about to be offered. The accusation of Major-General MacDonald and his suicide at Paris has shocked the British public. The French Government of M. Combes hascompleted its solution of the religious prob? lem by expelling the preaching orders^ including, the Carthusian monks. South African colonies have signed preferential trade treaties with Great Britain. China has asked French aid to quell disturbances. Ladrones in Mindanao captured' a .town and Moro uprising feared. Santo Do-' mingo's rebels in control of island. Fatal riots in Trinidad. President Castro withdrew his re? signation on request of Venezuelan Congress. Uraguay outbreak ended. Brazil and Bolivia made up. England to free Mrs. Maybrick. Here at home we have seen an extension of the Civil Service rules, the Treasury's offer to buy three and four per centi bonds of 1908-?8 and of 190; up to $100,000,000. Decisi?n to sell $1, ooo.ooo of certificates to buy silver bullion for Philippine coin. Appointment of W. M,'Collier as solicitor for the new Department of Commerce and Labori to enforce anti-trust Iaws( appoint? ment of Marctis'Braun to inaevtigate immigration conditions abroad and'the President's decision .gainst the negro postmaster Vick, at WiLon, N. C. An important step in the march of Amer? ican commerce has been taken by the Legislature of-New York in submitting to the people the $101,000,000 canal project looking to a deep waterway from Lake Erie to the Hudson priver. The Steel Trust has consolidated three of its constituent concerns in a new 'company to re-, duce expenses arid is reported to have absorbed the'Joncs-Laughlin and two other competitors. The Beef Trust has shown its hand by organizing a $15,000,000 corporation to.combine ttie small? er packers. The. leading automobile^manufac? turers have organized an association for economy and mutual protection. Shortage in' northwest? ern wheat acreage. Grain buyers at war with Farmers' Trust. Rush to new Alaskan gold field. The United States Circuit Court at Chi? cago, has restrained a number of Indiana coal operators from combining to fix prices. The Newark (N.J.) grand jury indicted for a man? slaughter the executive officers of the' trolley company whose car collided with a railroad train February ,19th, causing the death of nine high school pupils and injury of many others, Twelve and fifteen per cent, wage increase to' trainmen on the Southern Pacific. The new al? liance of coal companies in Maryland and .West Virginia means 15 to 18 per cent, increase in wages of 18,000 miners. New Haven Toad avert? ed strike by making concessions to employes. National regatta of Amateur Oarsmen goes to Worcester, Mass. Commercial. In order to get more direct connection with the new Pacific cable, the Postal Telegraph Company has arranged to build a lino bf wlrea on the right of way of the Union Pacific Railroad from Omaha to|the Pacific coast. It will carry six wires and cost $1,600.000. ?BIGGER THAN KLONDIKE." General Greely, chief signal officer of the army, reported that nearly, every civilian engaged In iputt|ng ,up militare telegraph lines In Alaska had quit work to go to the hew gold field In th? Tand? nah District, -said to be "richer than the Klondike." Many enlisted men of , tile signal corps are asking for discharges for the same purpose, and the work of the corps In Alaska Is greatly hindered. PACKING COMP'Y INCORPORATED. The Incorporation of the National Pack? ing Company, capitalized'.at $15,000.000 and Including several of 'the smaller plants of Chicago, Omaha and other places, was announced at Chlbagb, Tues? day. It was incorporated in" New Jer? sey and Its directors are all Interested In tho big Chicago packing companies. STEEL TRUST ACQUISITIONS. In Wall Stroet It was taken for granted that tho steel trust had purchased the control of the Jones and Laughlln prop? erties and of the Clarlton plant at Pltts urg and tho Snyd'er ore and furnace interests in the Lake Superior and She nango Valley districts, An official an? nouncement .was expected. AN AUTOMOBILE TRUOT. Formal announcement was made Wed? nesday, of the organization of the Asso? ciation of Licensed Automobile Manufac? turers composed of thirty makers of electric and gasoline machines. The Sei? den patent and 400 others are secured by the association, one object of which Is the saving of the large amounts which would b spent by individuals on liti? gation Ovor patents,, etc. COTTON 'DUCK COMBINE. The managers of-tho various mills com? posing- the Mount Vernon-Woodberry C?tton Duck Company and the United States Duck " Corporation met at Balti? more, Tuesday to arrango the centra? lizing of "manufacture and the apportion? ing'of output. '??? CHINESE TRADE BOOMING. 'That the United States has regained lost prestige in its trade with China is shown by a gain of $10,572,995 in Chinese exports'to this country during last year over the proceeding year. The total was $27,189,283, gold. ??-? - Ytytscot/anoous, NIAGARA TEMPORARY DRY. Owing to an ice jam near Goat's Ieland which diverted the water to the Canadian channel, the remarkable spectacle of Nia? gara is gone dry was witnessed last Sun? day. Tho water barely trickled over the American falls and people walked across on foot, Tho same thing occurred last In 1848. ACCIDENTS AND DISASTERS. During the grand military and naval re? view of Chang Chill Tung's modern drill? ed Boldlers In the Yang-tse provinces, China, the populace became bo alarmed by a sham battle that a ponlc. ensued and many , deaths: resultde. Thinking, an "Invasion was taking place, some of the natives killed themselves or their children. In response to appeals from the Gover? nors of Tennessee and Arkansas Secretary of War Root authorized the sending. of tents for,the use of refugees from the flooded districts along the Mississippi. A largii part of Eastern Arkansas was a raging sea In the early part of the week and additional breaks in the levees were reported on the Mississippi side below Memphis. The vast delta region was thought to bo In danger. Railroad trafilo has been greatly Impaired, An explosion of gas in a coal mine at Athens, III.; March 23d, resulted In the~ death of nix men and the serious Injury of another. DEATHS. Tho Very Rev. Frederlo William Ferrar, Dean of Canterbury, since 1S95, died at London March ??d. He was borne at Bom? bay In 1831, while his father was chaplain of that porU During his tifo ho publish, ed, over fifty books, including his well known "Lifo of Christ." Frank W, Noroross, the oldest Trade Journalist ip the country, died March 10th at 'the ago of sevoiuy-two. Forty-si* years ago he formed the "Shoe und Leather Reporter," the first shoe paper, and the second trade published in the .United, ? tut?, ?'"'' / ?Scientific. X-RAYS G? THE SPECTRUM.. Lord Rayleigh, of the Royal Institu? tion, at London, announced that M. Blondelot,? a French experimenter, had secured evl?ence showing that Roetgen rays are susceptible of polarization and can. be traced in the spectrum. NEW WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY. A new system of wireless telegraphy, Invented. by Ernst Ruhmer, has been, tested by the German navy, It Is In? tended for communication between ves? sels In'harbor and along the coast. By an. arrangement of -parbollo mirrors elec trlo waves are directed exclusively to one point, making entire secrecy In transmission possible. It Is available for distances of from twelve to fifteen miles and h,as a velocity of twenty-five words a minute. THE HEARING OF FISHES. ,The United States Fish Commission has published a pamphlet on hearing and allied eenses In ? fishes, based on re? cent Investigations by Professor G. H. Parker at Wood's Hole, Mass, An ar? rangement of a viol string In the aqua? rium, which made a sound without dis? turbing the water, proved by making the fish start that they had the sense of hearing. Those 'from which.the auditory nerve and ear sacs had been removed made no. motion. MAN'S BRAIN HEAVIER. Pr?/esSor ' Marchand, English brain speclallst,-publishes a thorough analysis of 1,169 cases. He gives the average weight of the brain at birth, of a male child as 360 grammes and that of a fe? male child 353 grammes. The difference, he says, Is not only because of the wo? man's smaller statue, as a comparison shows the male brain to be invariably heavier, In a growing child , until it j reaches a statue of seventy oentlmetrps, the brain Increases proportionately with the body length irrespective of age: or sex. After that the male begins to out? strip the female. SAYS FORMALIN FAILED, Dr. Hill, of the Boston Health Depart? ment, pronounces formalin as a cure for blood poisoning, a failure. Ho experi? mented on four rabbits, affected, two with bubonic plague and two with glan? ders. One of each was treated with formalin and thoy died boforo the two not treated at all. Instead of destroy? ing'the germs. Dr. Hill says the formalin evidently was absorbed In the tissues and helped In the destruction.. NEW BTAR DISCOVERED. Harvard astronomers announced the discovery of a now star of the Agloo class by Mme. Geraskl of Moscow. A study of the 300 photographic plat?e cov? ering that region showed that 300 con? tained Impressions of the new star. IS NERVE FORCE ELECTRICITY. , ' Dr, J. E,? O'Brien's address before the -American Medical Association, now pub? lished In the Journal of that body, says that progress both In medical and electri? cal science tends to confirm the electrical concept of nerve forco which he advanced three.years ago. ?(ffricutturat* WAR ON FARMERS' TRUST, The association of grain buyers In the great westorn whoat growing State?, Whose business Is menaced by the re? cently organized Farmers' Trust, havu ordered the Chicago commission mon not to reoelve the trusts shipments. To off? set this the farmers aro proparlng to buy terminal facilities at Chicago. About 8,000 elevators will bo concerned In this tight, Including those of the various rail? road Uno companies as well as those of the trust and the Independent buyers. SHORTAGE IN WHEAT. The Washington drain Commission has reported that the winter wheat of Eas? tern Washington, Oregon and Idaho will not exceed half the regular acreage ow? ing to hea>ry rains In the fall whloh pre? vented planting This will necessitate the heavy importation of Eaetern grain into that section for the Oriontal and Austrian trade. BURBANK'S POTATO REST, . Luther Burbank famous horticulturist, recelypd word from Ireland that after careful experiment the Burbank potato, first'"produced In Massachusetts by Bur? bank 28 yer?ra ago, Is found to be proof against tho potato blight. It Is predicted that In the futuro this variety will bo grown BHcluslvely ,ln Ireland, thus pre .iventlng thepotato famine so much dreaded. Burbank Is now engaged In fruit and flgur OUltUl'O In Californie whor^ ha flUS" " ? rick, \ industrial, ? '.?????? ) ??' Every day since the award' of the. An thraclte Commission, -was made public It has multiplied the indications of its uni? versal popularity. It becomes an epoch making event in the evolution of Industry and the relations of caplU? and labor. It Is a triumph for arbitration. The satis? faction felt by the. miners havo been voiced by their, leaders, John Mitchell,, who said that theaward in Itself was a recognition of the power and Influence of the Miners' Union. . Operators as well as minera have acquiesced ..Its Justice and fairness to all concerned/ ? In a1 speech at Huhnlngton, W. Va? Mr. Mitchell said that all theories and chimeras must bow b for the great f?cte In'the'sproblem, of capital and labor now pressing for solution. No defended strikes whioh he described as "the sledge ham? mers that weld tbe connecting links of labor and, capital and make the endless chain of commercial prosperity." H? did not adftOcate. strikes but thought they were sometimes' necessary to clinch the argument of truth. A CHINAMEN'S UNION. The progress of organized labor has not failed ' to moke its impression on the Chinameli of New York city where an In? corporated union haa Just been formed, know as the T. Jook Llm "Workingmen's Union. SANITARY SHAVE BY liAW. All barber shops In the State of Penn sylvatiln will be subject to sanitary rules and regulations of a State board of bar? bers In addition to tho1 Board of Health, If the law enacted by the State legisla? ture Is approved by the governor. The Barber's, Board will have power to ex? amine Journeymen barbers as to both charaoter and skill, NE WHAVBN,ROAD'S CONCESSiONS. Tho threatened strike of trainmen, con? ductors and other employes of. tho Now York New Havori and Hartford Rnll road was averted by the concessions of tho directors of tho company In announn In,Thursday, now schedules of work, and pay ?nd a?greelpg to moot .committees of tho union ' providing each class of work? men Is treated soparaaly.. Tho company expressed a desire to pay wages equal to that given for -like service by other lead? ing-railroads. SOUTHERN PACIFIC WAGES UP, Between 3,500 and 4,000 employes of the Wostorn Division of the Southern Pacific Railroad are affected by a recont ad? vance in wages, an Inorease of fifteen per cent, having been granted to freight trainmen, and'.fcwelvo per cent, to pas? senger trainmen of that line; J?egal and Criminal, COAD OPERATORS RESTRAINED, Ten Indiana coal companies and ten In? dividual operators wore restrained by Judge Kahlsaat, of tho United tSatea Circuit Court Tuesday from continuing their combination for the rgulatlon of coal prices and output and wero given un? til April 6th to show why the order Should not be made permanent. These same operators woro dismissed by 'the Illinois court recently on the ground that tuo of?nso was against tho Federal laws and not against tho statutes..of Illi? nois, Tim BUROICIC INQUEST, Tho coroner's Jury? Into the murder of E. h, Burdlok at nuffal?, was'?ontlnued with tho examination of Mrs, Burdlck, Her admissions tended to throw suspi? cion on Mr. and Mrs. Ppnnell and tho be? lief has gained ground that tho Pennella committed suicide, The press of the coun? try has printed every obtainable, detail regarding this mysterious case, Mrs, Burdlck declared that she had no Ideit who the murderer was, hKQAh NOTES. Attorney-Oeneral Cunneon, of New York has decided that New York city may not grant absoluto to foe to land held by charity Institutions under perpetual leaso, tho question arising from tho wish of a hospital to sell Ita sito and movo to a now one. Governor Murphy of Now Jersey, sign? ed a bill to lloonBo automobiles'. The Governor of fyHzona has vetoed tho woman suffrago bill passed by the legislature. A lloston court has made a, new proc?? dent by setting aside > Jury verdict of $A),000 damages against a trolley company on the ground that the Jury had been In? fluenced by the beauty o? the ^UUiiUff. a ??un? sonta* 3*or g? ff ? ?Poi?? ?? s. SWEDEN STILL SUFFERING. . It was stated by the Swedish Minister of Agriculture that $250,100 nddltlonal was needed to relieve tho distress of tho peo? ple of that* country. Ho expressed pleas? ure at, tho holp". oxtcndod by Swedes In America, but deprecated tho exaggerated accounts of tho' famine which had ap? peared. In tho American newspapers. This waS, -he said, "humiliating to Sweden." The Christian Herald relief party, of New York, reached Stockholm Monday and re? ceived a popular : demonstration, , STUDENT RIOTS IN HUNGARY. Student riots occurred at Budapest, In ,Which thirty-six-persona woro wounded, Including two members ot tho lowor house of Parliament, Two htudents died as the r*sult of injuries received, Tho ocoaslon .Was, the celebration of tho anniversary of the death of---K?ssuth, nnd tho police charged with drawn snhors students who ondeavbrcd to force,people to hoist black flags over tholr houses. Tho students af? terwards marched to Parliament and de? manded tho punishment of those guilty of the death of their, comrades'.! They got a reprimand by the Prime Minister in? stead. FRANCE THREATENS CHINA. It was reported from Shanghai Monday that the Chinese Board of Foreign Af? fairs had received from the .Governor of French Indo-Chlna a warning that French troops; would ho sent te Kwangsl if the continuous dlsturbances/ln that province were not quelled." Later'advlcea said that China .had requested French aid In sup? pressing- an Insurrection, BRAZIL AND BOLIVIA AT PEACE. The.modus vivendi recently proposed to Bollvtaiby Brazil in connection with the ownership, of the Acre territory, was signed: at La Paz, the capital of Bolivia, lust Sunday. URAGUAY REVOLT ENDS, ; The recent outbreak In Uraguay ended last Sunday with tho , signing of ponce terms. between the government and the rebels, after slight concessions were made by the former. The trouble arose from dissatisfaction on the part of the "White," or. Nationalist, Party with the new Pres? ident, Ordonez, and with the appointment of departmental prefects, six? of whom aro now'to be appointed under direction of the. former rebels. CONGO HORRORS DISAVOWED. Upon the protest of King Leopold of Belgium, England has caused to be with? drawn the book titled "Cures of Cetifral Africa" which Was published "last month. The book re-veals a horrible state of slavery and inhumanity under the regime pf-the Congo Free Sta te. Company. FRANCE EXPELS THE ORDERS. - The French Chamber of Deputi?*, Tuesday, by vote of 804 to 248 rejected all applications for authorisation"* o*f re? ligious preaching orders. \ During a discussion of ? the expected In? vasion of Belgium by these orders In the Belgian Chamber the Minister of Jus? tice upheld his country's right to offer hospitality to all strangers. regardless of race or creed so long as their presence did . not prejudice the community. ; , SOUTH AFRICAN. RECIPROCITY. A tariff treaty providing for 10 per cent preference In favor of Great Brltlan and reciprocating colonies has been signed by representatives of the Transvaal, Orange ?Rliver Colony, Cape Colony, Natal and Rhodesia. With the recent. reductions In railway freight rates this" will largely re? duce the cost of living in the, Afflcan colonies. ' FATAL RIOTS IN TRINIDAD. Riots at Port of Spain, Trinidad, Mon? day, In opposition to a new water or? dinance reducing the allowance and. rais? ing? the rate, resulted in tho death of 12 natives and the injury of 60. The gov? ernment building was burned' after ail documents were destroyed, Sailors land? ed by the British Cruiser Pallas aided In restoring order and guarding other public hulldlngs. PHILIPPINE REBEL VICTORY. / The town of Surlgao, Mlndaona, was captured by ladrones last Sunday, Police Inspector Clarke and several others were killed. U. 8. troops were ordered to the saene of ? battle for the first time eince the signing of peaoe with the Moros. Governor T?ft and General Davis started Wednesday to hold a conference with the Sultan. The town was recaptured Tues? day. SWEDEN'S'RIGHT TO WI8MAR. Tho Swedish Government has asked Parliament to wkl?vo the right to re? possess the town of WIsmar on the Bal? tic which was given as a pledge by Swe? den to Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Germany, In June 1803 for. l,2?8,00O thalers on condi? tion that Swedon bo entitled to repos? sess the town after 100 years on the, re? payment of the money advanced with three per cent Interest, SPAIN'S VENEZUELAN CLAIMS. The Spanish Government has agreed to sign with "Minister Bo wen a protocol providing for a mixed commission to sit at Caracas and adjust tho Spanish claims against Venezuela. The president, of Mexico will bo asked tq name an umpire. This leaves only Denmark unprovided for. The nine nations outsldo of the alliance nro expected to unito In firmly opposing preferential treatment In tho payment of the claims of tho allies. SAN DOMINGO REBELS WIN. The revolutionists 'In Santo Domingo oaptured a fort near the capital Monday and gained full possession of that city af? ter a battle In which many woro killed on both elds, Including the commander of the government forcos, General Pena, Political prisoners woro released and the foreign Minister sought refuge in the American Legation, On Tuesday it was reported that tho revolutionists had prao ttcally obtained control of tho Island as the Minister of War had surrendered, MRS. MAYBRICK TO BE FREED. Tho British Home.Ofllco has announced that Mrs. Florence Maybrlck, tho Ameri? can woman who was oonviotod at Liver? pool In 18S9 on the ohnrgo of murdering her husband nnd sentenced to penal ser? vitude for Ufo, will be liberated In July of 190-1. ' HorJawyers hnve been autho? rized to use "tho fact of her release In scouring tho postponement of land suits In Virginia and Kentuoky Jn whloh she Is interested, TREATY IN CUBAN SENATE. Summoned by President Palma the Cu? ban Senato mot In extra session ofr tho consideration of tho amended reciprocity treaty. In his message Palma urged adoption In1 time for exchange of ratirt catlons by March 8lst, after which tho treaty would expire. The whole matter was referred Tuesday to the Foreign Re? lations Committee. The question was raised whether tho phrase " ratification by the Congress" might not mean the Cuban Congress as well as the American. HONOR TO MRS. OHAMBERL1N. To his Amorlcan wife Colonial Secreta? ry Chamborlln |n a public address at- ; trlbuted largely his success In reconciling the Boers to English rule, roforrlng to hor taof and sympathy during the reoent South : African Journey. Mr. Chaniber-v" lln has declined a proffered special mark of honor from tlio King, nutgostlng that if be given to hi? wife Instead, ' .... BRITISH ARMY HERO ACCUSEL.^1 Major General Heator Mao Donald of the British army, a popjular Idol since his command of the Highland Brigade In ttiouth Africa? and. now iu command at ? Colombo,-'Ceylon, has been ordered befort a court-martial on charge? of rmmori conduct, MILLIONS FOR IRELAND. Chief Secretary of Ireland, Wjrndhiun Introduced into the I-Iouso of Commons, Wednesday the lortg expected Irish land bill. It proposes a free grant of 160,000,000 and tenant? are to /pay throo and one-fourth per cent. Interest on govern? ment loans. All sales and purchases are to bo conducted by three commissioners '?'. under tho Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, Its main object Is to stop absentee land? lordism and enable tho tenants to be? come land owners. Tho Introduction of this measure as grootod with Irish and Tory cheers and Irish loaders admit that It represents a groat advance over any/ former government offer. Secretary Wyndham , In hie speooh, maintained . that a reduction ,of $1,250,000 had been, made In Irish expenses and that not over ?2,000,000 would bo required In, any on?? year to carry out the proposed grant. CASTRO STILL ??????G????. The Venezuelan Congress having rex ? fused to accept the resignation of Presi? dent Castro and requested hi mto re? ? consider It, the same was with draw?. In a special message Wednesday. In this ho said his motives had been frnlerepere sonted. and that he bowed before the will of the Congress and the need? of hi* country, Sociological, EMANCIPATION OF MARRIAGE. Wide comment in the press -has ? been made on the Recent address of/Carroll D. Wright In which the wage earnln? woman was discussed.- Speaking of the marriages women m.ake for fear of pov? erty or commercial slavery, he said: '?.?'? "I cannot see much difference, except hr degree, ?between a woman whor sell?., her whole freedom and her soul to. a . man for, life because ho furnishes her ' with certain conveniences and one who sells her temporary freedom. . and ;her, soul for a temporary remuneration."?'? , PRISONERS AS OBJECT LESSONS. The 'Russian Ministers of the Interini? and of Public Instruction have appropri? ated |2SO,000 for the advancement of the study of crlmnology. -An institute for' that purpose, will be established and) professors will be appointed , In the va-.' 1 rlous universities. Typical criminals will be exhibited to determine whether crime' ds tho result of social circumstances OR. of physologlcal (inheritance. -, - ??> IS POVERTY A ; BLESSING 7 v Replylng'to' two recent and widely quoted declarations of principle, namely,'/ the claim of ex-Governor Black,; of; New York_that character Is best formed amid poverty, and tho assertion of President Eliot, of Harvard that nobody was ever Injured by working as long as he waa physically capable, the ourrent Issue of Gun ton's Magazine takes exception. It says that poor raoes are never.great and. that tho whole trend of civilisation, is' toward wealth as a means of study and development. It. points to the factory' acts limiting the hours,of labor for wo?? mon and children as beneficent because preventing all? the, working hours from' being filled with struggle. ; PENAL METHODS UNPOPULAR. ': ? Writing1 In the- North American Re? view,-.< Julian. Hawthorne, 'the author? Journalist,' points; out .that public;senti--, ment Is turning ; steadily against the re? vengeful principle?' of .punishment for orlme and suggests a'revival of ,tho me? thod of marking criminals' in some way for certain periods and then letting''them-, go free, even those convicted of murder. THE HIGHER PATRIOTISM, In a leaflet recently sent out by John' C, Havemoyer, of Yonkers, N. Tv, th?; ordinary conception of .patriotism Is challonged, , Ho says the government has no right to make war a fixed occu? pation for. a citizen and that, the teach? ing of patriotism In the schools make?? for a ?elfish generation ito . come. . He : would Interpret: lovo of country-as love; for the people in, (t.. and a love which/ would necessarily < expand to all men in the world. , ? jfrtj 9/fustc, j?e tiers, "CHIEF LTTERART MAN." ' Hamlin Garland In the ourrent North' American Review writes at some length' to demonstrate that W. D, Ho wells, tho: novelist, Is' "our ohlof literary, man." He bases this claim on Mr, Howell'a "sani-' ty In (lotion"?the higher, art to do what Whitman calls "toaohlng the average man the glory of his dally; work and trade." In this he thinks Howella' ' real Ism has no kinship with the natural-, ism of ?Sola. AUSTRIA BARS SHAW'S PLAT, The Austrian authorities have forbid? den tho performance of Bernard Shaw'? play "Arms and the Man", because ol Its "dangerous revolutionary tenden-? clos," "THE PIT" TO BE STAGED. Doubloday Page & Co,, publishers of Frank Norrls" novel "The Pit" announce that It Is to bo dramatized and staged next season. ARTISAN A LTTERART GENIUS. Hugo Bertsch, a skilled furrier of Brooklyn, N. Y., fifty years old, has Jus! been acolalmed a literary genius compa? rable tojtho Hungarian romancer, Gorki, by AdoTl Wilbrandt, one of the leading poets ana critics of Germany. ?Ini? Judgment is based enUroly on one work by Bertsch whioh Is about to be pub. liahed by Cotta at Berlin. It Is in the form ?/ a story entitled "Die Geich, wlster" or 'brother and Sister. IMPORTANT BOOKS. .?,,.*.' "A history of the Babylonians and As? syrians" by George Godspeed of Chloaeo University. (Scrlbnors.) "The.substituto" by WIll'H. Harbon. '"Tho oonquerlng of- Ka'to" by Andrew C. AViioelor. (Nym Crinkle) Doubl?day Pago and Company.) Volume IV of "Tho History of Woman Suffraga." Edited by Susan B, Anthony and Ida II. Harper. (Miss Anthony, Ro? chester, ?. t.), ??": . , . ', ?,, "Exit? and Entrances" by Charles War ron ' Stoddard. (Lothrop.) , "Lord Leonard the Luckless" by VS. fa. Norria. (Henry Holt.) ?Tho OoUi Wolf" by Max Pomborton. (Dodd Meurt'.'ft Company.) "Our Neighbors',' by Ian Mao Laren. (Dodd Mead & Company,) "Conjurers House" by Stewart Edward White. (McCluros.) i "Tho American Retpublio and its Gov? ernment" and "Political Parties and Par? ty problems In the" I/nited States." By James Albert Woodburn. (Putnams.) 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