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VERNON COUNTY CENSOR
O. G. Munson, Publisher.
VIROQUA, - • WISCONSIN,
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ART OF DRESSING.
The way to be artistically gowned
Ss to discover one’s best feature and
then dress up to It. This law has
been laid down to the class in ar
tistic costuming which was recently
added to the fine arts department of
the New York Teachers' college, and
the instructor, who formerly designed
for a Fifth avenue dressmaker, ap
plies It to emphasize the importance
of developing one’s individuality, says
the Roston Transcript. "If you have
attractive eyes,” says the expert,’
"make the most of them by your style
of dress. If your hair is your sole
claim to beauty, the tone of the dress
Should be such as to make the halt;
seem to beautify the entire face. If
*he pink of your cheeks is alluring In
Its delicacy choose some complemen
tary shade for your dress." Converse
ly, unattractive features —a prominent
nose, eyes that squint or a too ample
mouth —should be “dressed down,”
and the expert affirms that such fea
tures may be subdued and better fea
tures given prominence if one knows
the secret of the new art of beauty.
These secrets are to be imparted. It j
Is understood, before the winter Is j
over. “Any woman," whether a mem
ber or not, may pose before the class,
phlch will frankly discuss her good
points and poor ones and plan an ar
jtistic costume of the proper fabric j
and the most becoming color, on the
lines best suited to her figure.
The sheer waste In this country is
appalling Our working men get less
(comfort and enjoyment out of a given
(expenditure than the workmen of
{France; the same is true of our mid
dle classes as a whole; our local au
thorities muddle away money; our ini
fperial concerns are extravagantly
(managed; our manufacturers throw
jmoney Into tho sewers or into the
(atmosphere and destroy more money
lin the process. It Is not tho com
parative luxury among us so much as
itbe comparative waste that strikes
people who intelligently observe the
ways of other nations. Avery good
defense may be set up for those re
finements of life which collectively
are termed luxury, says the London
Time*. Hut for waste there Is abso
lutely no defense possible, and the
(real Indictment, against us as a na
tion Is that we stupidly fall to obtain
[the luxury and the pleasure which our
{expenditure might procure.
An exchange calls attention to the
Jfacl that while sermons were being
©reached on tuberculosis In Its balll
jwlck the churches themselves were
(filled with Impure air and other
{phases of the white plague. There Is
la trouble that the tuberculosis peo
ple will have to tight—crowded, 111-
faired halls and churches. The troublo
;ls that the means for ventilation are
fcnot provided, says the Columbus (O.)
{State Journal. Opening a window or
ta door in most cases is object louable.
jThat creates a draft and Rtarts a cold,
■which brings discomfort If not disas
ter. It would be interesting to aoe
(the statistics, to know which was the
snore fata'—drafts or tuberculosis.
fTbere are few places for general as
semblage tliut are hyglenically ventt
fated.
Another proof that the American
girl is equal on every occasion. The
young ladles who attend Wellesley
jcollege have organised a tire brigade,
[with fourteen captains, all of whom'
five in dormitories and assume charge
whenever fire Is discovered. The
jbrtgade will be drilled for efficient
(service, and there Is no doubt that
{when necessity arises these firefight
ers of the gentler sex will be "on
ithe job.”
Asa result of the census Chicago
Js making a virtuous pose because
000,000 of the population are set down
as •■regular’' church attendants. That
{looks pretty good unless attention Is
{directed to the 1,300,000 of Irregular*.
iAnd what some of those Irregulars do
(when the regulars are at church, la
is caution.
The conquest of the air is not to bo
left in the sole possession of record
'breaking laurels. One of the great
steamships Is to make the round trip
to Europe and back In eleven days,
including time for loading and un
loading of freight. Imagination Is
taxed to foretell what wonders the
next generation will accept as ordi
nary daily facts of life.
A college student In Minnesota, or
dered to propose marriage to a num
*ber of young women as a condition
of his admission Into a college club,
•.proposed to twenty-three girls and
•was rejected by them all. By way of
toning down a man's belief In his
own attractions this method seems to
be even more chastening than hazing.
The happiest woman we Know of is
the one who has twenty one Christmas
(gifts bought already.
The good sense of the American
people is attested to by the com
plaisance with which they submit t
ithe will it *he majority.
London has imported an edible
raer.Vey 'r< m Peru. New York will
v ~v to see how London likes It be
tore it Imports one. too.
Are we returning to barbarism?
|J3ngllsh women have taken to wearing
-anklets.
’fgSrLD PEACE
Carnegie Gives Bonds for Battle
on War.
TRUSTEES TO HAVE CHARGE
I Elihu Root at Their Head and Taft
Is Honorary President —Founda-
tion is to Be Per
petual.
———
Washington. Andrew Carnegie
j turned over to 27 trustees $10,000,000
in five per cent, first-mortgage bonds,
pow valued at $11,500,000, to be de
voted to the establishment of univer
ral peace and the progress and happi
ness of man.
When wars between nations shall
|iave ceased, the fund is to be applied
to such altruistic purposes as will
'best help man in his glorious ascent
anward and upward,” by the banish
pieui. of Uie “most degrading evil or
tvils” then harassing mankind.
Carnegie Reads Deed.
As Mr. Carnegie read an informal
deed of trust announcing at length the
general purpose of his gift there was
prolonged applause. He then ex
; plained the Incidents which inspired
the giving of the money at this time
and declared with emphasis that if the
English speaking race in the United
States and Great Britain once consoli
dated in the movement for interna
tional peace the success of the meas
ure in the rest of the world would be
assured. That Great Britain stood
ready to co-operate with this country
Mr. Carnegie said he felt certain, and
all that was now needed he added, was
the concurrence of the president and
the senate (n promulgating the move
ment on behalf of the United States.
A resolution of thanks was present
ed by Joseph H. Choate, former United
States ambassador to Great Britain,
which was adopted, and John L. Cad
walader of New York proposed that a
committee of seven be appointed to
consider the subject of the organiza
tion of the body of trustees, the form
of charter to be obtained and other do
-alls of organization. This resolution
also was adopted.
Root Elected Chairman.
Senator Elihu Root of New York
was unanimously elected permanent
chairman and James Harry Scott, so
licitor of the state department., was
chosen permanent secretary of the
board of trustees until a more definite
organization shall have been effected.
President Taft has consented to be
honorary president of the foundation.
Exactly what purposes will be
served by the gift of $11,500,000 and
Its estimated annual income of $500,-
000, none of the trustees could say, as
the whole project has been brought
forward under the most general terms,
leaving wide discretion and comprehen
sion to the trustees in the fulfillment
of the premises of the gift.
Prominent Men as Trustees.
Trustees of the fund are: Senator
Elihu Root, former secretary of state
and former secretary of war; I)r.
Nicholas Hutler, New Y’ork, president
of Columbia university; Dr. Henry S.
Pritchett, president of the Carnegie
Foundation for the Advancement of
Teaching; Joseph H. Choate, lawyer,
{former ambassador to Great Britain;
Albert. K. Smiley. Lake Mohonk, edu
cator and humanitarian; Dr. Charles
W. Eliot, president emeritus of Har
vard university; James Brown Scott,
solicitor of the state department; John
W. Foster, lawyer, former secretary of
state; Andrew J. Montague, lawyer,
former governor of Virginia; William
M. Howard, lawyer and congressman.
Lexington. Ga.; Judge Thomas Burke,
Seattle, Wash.; James L. Slayden,
congressman, San Antonio, Texas; An
drew I). White, former ambassador to
Germany; Robert. S. Brookings, law
yer, St. Louis; Samuel Mather, banker
and steel manufacturer, Cleveland;
J. G. Schmidlapp, railroad man, Cincin
nati; Arthur William Foster, regent of
the University of California, San Fran
cisco; R. A. Franks, hanker, Hoboken,
N. J.; Charlemagne Tower, former am
bassador to Germany and Russia; Os
car Strauss, ambassador to Turkey;
Austen G. Fox, lawyer, New Y'ork;
John Sharp Williams, senator-elect
from Mississippi; C. L. Taylor of Pitts
burg, chairman of the Carnegie hero
fund commission; George YV. Perkins
of New Y’ork, financier and philan
thropist; Robert S. Woodward of
Washington, president of Carnegie in
stitution; Cleveland H. Dodge of New
Y’ork. secretary of Carnegie institution
of YY’Rshington.
PENSION BILL CUT $2,000,000.
Measure Carrying $153,688,000 Is Re
ported to the House.
Washington. The pension ap
propriation bill, carrying $ 153.688,-
000, vis ordered reported to the
house by the appropriations commit- !
tee. The amount is about $2,000,000
less than appropriations for the cur
rent fiscal year.
Slain in Quarrel.
Greensburg, Pa —Peter Belolml, a ;
barber of New Madison, Pa., went to
a boarding house early Tuesday to
collect a bill. A quarrel ensued and
he was shot in the back, dying in
stantly. Twelve foreigners were ar
rested.
Aunt of Mrs. W. H. Taft Dies.
Decatur, 111. —Mrs. Hannah J. .lack,
aunt of Mrs. Wiiliatu H. Taft, and
sister of Judge John W. Herron, Cin
cinnati. died here Tuesday of pneu
mon'a. She was eighty-nine years old.
Deputy Sherift Shot Dead.
Hutchinson, Kan.—Thomas Fowler,
a deputy sheriff, was shot dead here
Monday by an unidentified man,
whom he had arrested on suspicion
that he was a burglar.
Cupid's “Jonah” Quits Bench
Columbus, Ind.—Discouraged be
; cause all couples, with one exception,
whom he had joined together te wed
lock bad been divorced. David D.
Coons, justice of the peace In Need
ham township, resigned Monday. Ho
aatd he was a “Jonah of matrimony.''
S. E. CALDWiN REFUSES
TO MEET ROOSEVELT
Will Not Sit at Banquet With For
mer President—His Refusal Is
Kept Quiet.
New Haven. Conn. —Governor-elect
■ Simeon E. Baldwin was not pres
r ent at the annual banquet of the
Ney HHven chamber of commerce for
the reason that he had refused to sit
lat the same table with Theodore
Roosevelt.
Till the last, however, the governor
refused to tell whether or not he
would attend the banquet and there
were a few of the diners who felt
confident that Judge Baldwin would
put in an eleventh hour appearance at
the banquet hall.
: ” Officials of the chamber here, how
! ever, had been notified. Neither they
| nor Judge Baldwin wished it known
j that he had refused tc attend the
banquet because any definite an
nouncement of such action by him
would have resulted in a stampede by
the Democratic members of the cha.a
be -and so many of them would have
fol'owed the governor in refusing to
attend that the banquet would have
been a fizzle.
There were 700 present when
Colonel Roosevelt entered the Yale
ciin.ng hall, where the feasting was
held. At the speakers’ table were
Colonel Roosevelt, Col. Isaac Ullman,
president of the onamber of com
merce; President A. T. Hadley of
Yale,”Secrefar) Anson Phelps Stokes,
Jr.; Chief JusDce Frederick B. Hall
of Bridgeport, former Gov. R. S.
Woodruff, former Gov. P. C. Louns
bury and Mayor F'rank J, Rice.
Colonel Roosevelt was greeted with
cheers, which lasted fully a minute,
when he rose to speak. "It seems to
me that nothing could be a better
augury of the future of this country,”
he said, “than that a Republican pres
ident should appoint an ex-Confed- |
erate of opposite political faith chief
Justice of the United States and re
ceive unanimous applause of his coun
trymen.
“With the permission of your presi
dent I shall propose two toasts; First,
(o President Taft, and second, to that
learned jurist. Chief Justice White.’’
After the toasts had been drunk
Colonel Roosevelt said he was glad
to say In New Haven "precisely what
he had said to many former gather
ings in the west." Colonel Roosevelt
ofld that during the last half of the
last century people had concerned
themselves with the accumulation ol
material well being, thinking its( dis
tribution would take care of Itself. But
the people had come to see, he added,
that they must concern themselves
with an equitable distribution of
wealth.
JOHN F. DIETZ TRIAL OPENS
Judge Refuses Change of Venue But
Grants Weeks Postponement.
Hayward, YVis. The conclud
ing chapter of the story of the
defense of the famous Camjron Dam
opened at Hayward when John F.
Dietz was put on trial on a charge
of murdering Deputy Oscar Harp, be
fore Judge Alexander Reid of Mer
rill.
The flrrt day’s proceedings were de
voted entirely to an attempt to have
the scene of the trial changed to an- j
other county.
Judge Reid denied application for |
change of venue hut will grant con
tinuance for a week.
CUBANS FIGHT STREET DUEL.
One Statesman Is Killed, Another Fa
tally Shot —Two Others Wounded.
Havana. —Political differences led
to a street duel between Severo
Moleon and Sanchez FI gu eras. In
which the former was killed and ;
the latter probably fatail/ wounded.
Both were Liberal members of the
Cuban house of representatives. Two I
other persons—both of them innocent i
bystanders—were wounded by stray \
shots
The duel was an Impromptu one. J
CHARLESTON WARRANT ISSUED.
Italian Ambassador Gets Government’s i
Decision —New Jersey Action Next.
YY'ashington. The state depart- |
ment has Issued to the Italian
ambassador the warrant for the sur- j
render of Porter Charlton, charg'd !
with the murder of his wife at Lake j
Como. The case has passed out of j
the hands of the state department and j
its final adjudication depends upon i
the result of the habeas corpus pro- ■
ceedings Instituted tn New Jersey.
MRS. SHONTS FOUND INNOCENT.
Collector Loeb Declares She Is Guilt
less of Smuggling Gems.
New Y’ork. —Collector Loeb has
found Mrs. Theodore P. Shonts,
wife of the head of the Interborough
Rapid Transit company, guiltless of
an attempt to smuggle and the jewt.<s
which she fa.led to de-dare on her
arrival on December 7 have beer r>
stored to her on the payment cl the
regular 60 per cent. duty. The anount
of tlo’ duty was SIO,SOO.
Glavis Acquitted by Jury.
Golden Gate. YY’ash.— Ixmis V. Olav
is. principal witness in the Pint-hot-
Ballinger hearing, was YVedoestlay ac
quire.! of the charge of having started
a forest fire. The jury was out 2C
| minutes.
Christmas Mall Misses Steamship.
New York.—-Christmas mail for per
| sons In Europe may be late because
210 mail hags filled with Christma#
letters and presents were left Ik hint
by the steamer Adriatic when she
sailed for Liverpool YVetlnesday.
Dr. G. E. Vincent >s Honored.
; Minneapolis, Minn. —Dr Georg* Ed
j gar Y’inccnt, dean of the faculty oi
! arts, literature and science in the
! University of Cbicngo, was Tuesday
chosen by the regents to succeed Dr.
Cyrus Nortlirup as president of the
University of Minn esc‘.a oud has ao
cepted the office.
Two Killed in Explosion.
Charleroi, Pa.—Two -on were In
stantly killed Tuesday by a pcerne
turo explosion of dynamic at the
Charleroi Commercis' Wo; ks
BADGER STATE HAS
2,333,860 PEOPLE
Gain Is Sufficient for One More
Congressman.
GROWTH IS 12.3 PER CENT.
Wisconsin Ranks Thirteenth Among
the States in Population—Tnis Is
the Same Position She
Held in 1900.
Madison —Wisconsin's population is
now 2,53.’,860 as against 2,069.042 in
1900, which is a gain of 264,818 in ten
years, or 12.3 per cent.
This increase is sufficient for one
more congressman.
The population in 1880 was 1,693,-
330, so the gain in the ten years fol
lowing was 375,712, or 22.2 per cent.
Wisconsin ranks thirteenth among
the state*.- in population, the same po
sition she held in 1900. In 1890 Wis
consin ranked fourteenth.
Following is a recapitulation of the
population of Wisconsin as shown by
the successive United Ststes census
since 1840:
1840 30.945
1850 305,391
1860 773.881
1870 1,064.670
1880 1,315.497
1890 1.693,330
1900 2,069.042
1910 2,333.860
It is apparent that some of the
agricultural communities of Wiscon
sin will show practically no gain over
the census of ten years ago. and that
other agricultural sections will show
a loss.
In tne last decade Milwaukee
gained 31 per cent., or nearly three
times the percentage of gain for the
state at large. Outside of Milwaukee
the gain for the state was 176,276.
State Supreme Court.
In the supreme court the following
matters were heard:
in the matter of the petition of John
F. Dietz for a writ of habeas corpus:
Argued on motion to quash the writ
by F. B. Lamoreaux, J. C. Davis and L.
M. Sturdevant for the sheriff and by
W. B. Rubin and Moritz YVfttig for
petitioner.
State ex rel Dietz against Madden,
sheriff: Motion to quash the writ of
habeas corpus granted and petitioner
remanded to the custody of the sher
iff to be held under the commitment
under which he wss held prior to the
Issuance of the order.
149. Greene et al, appellants,
against Curtis Automobile company,
respondent: Argued by YV. E. Burge
for appellant and by W. F. Adams for
respondent.
150. YV. H. Pipkorn company, re
spondent. against Evangelical Luth
eran St. Jacobi society, appellant: Ar
gued by James T. Drought, YV. F.
Adams and Charles E. YVild for re
spondent and submitted for appellant
on case and briefs.
151. Puffer et al, respondents,
against YVelch et al, appellants: Ar
gued by Harrfßon S. Green for ap
pellants end by A. R. Barry for re
spondents.
State 14. Union Lime company et
al, appellants, against railroad com
missioners of YVlsconsin: Argument
commenced by George Lines for ap
pellant and by O. H. Ecke and Rus
sell Jackson, deputy attorney general
for respondent. Not completed.
Crisis tn Badger Student Affairs.
Students of the Uni /ersity of YV’ls
consln are anxiously awaiting the op
portunity to voice their sentiments
upon student self-government, and
the recently developed differences
between themselves and the univer
sity faculty, at the meeting called by
Prof. A. L. P. Dennis, chairman of
the student Interests committee
The Rugby football proposition, the
abolishing of the state high school
basketball tournament at Madison,
and a letter written several days
since by Professor Dennis in which
self-government was labeled as ‘ silly,
are responsible for the movement In
opposition to faculty control.
Two radical movements, introduced
at a meeting of the student confer
ence committee, but hushed up before
being made maters of recerd, have
caused many students to take an en
tirely different view of the situation.
Some who were radically opposed to
faculty domination, now feel that ff
students are guilty of such action as
was suggested before the student con
ference, they should be held 1n check
by superior authority. The actions
referred to are those suggesting the
removal of Professor Dennis from the
student conference, and the Intima
tion that all possible should be done
to oppose Director Ehler of the
physical training and partment.
New Corporations.
Articles of incorporation were filed
in the office of Secretary of State
Frear as follows;
Tne Industrial club. Multiset; cap
ital. $500; incorporators. Jam. s Mor
ton, J W. Powell, Oliver A. Clark.
Anchor Pleasure club. Milwaukee;
no capital stock; incorporators. Mar
tin Snopek, August Berka. Charles
Hoefert.
Rhinelander Produce and Commis
sion company. Rhinelander; capita!.
$25,000; incorporators, John Hess. B,
L. Horn. R F. Tompkins.
Advertisers’ cluh, - Milwaukee; no
capital stock; lncori-orators. A M.
Oandee. R. R Johnstone. J.
Hohl
Amendments were filed as fo’lows:
The Peerless Poultry Plant, l lintrn.
increasing its capital stock from
$6,000 to SIO,OOO.
The Beerbaum company. Milwau
kee. changing its name to C. B L*dd
ersdorf company.
W. J. Sutton Fuel and Cartage
company, Milwaukee; capital, $lO.-
000; incorporators. W. J. Sutton. John
J. Sutton. Andrew J. Rebfcolx.
' Plan Social Service Work.
At the closing session of the Wis
con*ia Federat' u of Chuehea ant
Chrisian Workers a committee war
created to be known as the social
service commission of the Wisconsin
Federation of Churches, to be con
posed of 15 members.
The members named are: Rev
U. G. Humphrey, Milwaukee, superin
tendent of the Wisconsin Anti-Salon
lag ,e; Charles J. Galpin, Baptist uni
versity pastor, Madison; Prof. 8. W’
Gilman, professor of commerce, Uni
versity of Wisconsin; Prof. R. C
Chapin, professor of political econom}
at Beloit college and author of th
Russell Sage Foundation book on th 4
Workingmen’s Budget; President W
O. Carrier of Carroll college; Rev. R
H. Edwards, Congregational univer
sity pastor, editor of a series ol
studies in American social conditions;
J. G. Rosebush, professor of econom
ics at Lawrence college, and M. 8
Dudgeon, secretary of the Wisconsin
free library commission. These nine
members were empowered to elect
the remaining six members.
The functions of the commission
will be along the following general
lines, its specific work to be deter
mined by the commission itself.
First, to Increase the acquaintance
of the people of the churches with the
facts of the leading social problems,
such as the labor problem, child labor,
the liquor problem, poverty and the
social evil, to be done by the publi
cation of literature, the holding ol
meetings under the auspices of the
commission, and in such other ways
as the commission may choose.
Second, to serve as an advisory
committee in matters of the relaion
ship between the churches and social
betterment movements.
Third, to investigate any moral,
social and industrial conditions of an
aggravated nature and to report its
findings.
Fourth, to represent the federation
at hearings of legislative committees
in support of opposition to proposed
legislation in the name of the Federa
tion of Churches and Christian Work
ers, it being understood that a four
iiths affirmative vote of the whole
commission shall be necessary before
such action be taken.
Country Life Conference Called.
A call for the first Wisconsin coun
try life conference to be held at
Madison under the auspices of the
College of Agriculture of the Univer
sity of Wisconsin February 14-15, has
just been issued by Dean H. L. Rus
sell. The purpose of this conference
is to bring together those who are
interested in the social aspects of
country life and to describe what has
been accomplished through various
agencies in this state.
The two days’ program will include
general discussions of the social and
economic problems of country life in
the state, and each afternoon will be
devoted to a round table conference
on particular topics. On Tuesday,
February 14, the functions of the
church, the business man, and the
farmers’ organizations will be the
subjects for discussion. Representa
tives of these various lines of activ
ity in the country will describe what
hr.a actually been accomplished s .
“The Country School, the Press
and the Library" will be the subject
of the round table February 15. This
conference will be distinguished by
the character of the addresses, which
will consist primarily of the experi
ences of those in intimate contact
with Wisconsin country life rather
than discussions by those brought
from other states. It is believed that
many of the problems in rural life
are being solved by the existing Wis
consin institutions and that a confer
ence in which these experiences may
be exchanged wilt result in much
good.
The conference Is held during the
per'od of the ten days’ farmers’
course at the college of agriculture,
and those in attendance will have an
opportunity to get in close touch with
the economic phases of agriculture as
presented in this course.
Must Improve Service.
The Wisconsin rate commission is
sued an order requiring the Kau
kauna Gas, Electric Light and Power
company to make such additions to
its power plant and equipment as will
enable it to adequately furnish the
city of Kaukauna with proper service.
Tlie complainants In the case were
tne city authorities.
On complaint of the city of Wash
burn, the Washburn Water Works
company was ordered to install
meters.
A petition by the Northern Pacific
railway asking for the nolltng of the
commission’s order that switching
charges at Superior be reduced from
$5 to $2.50, was denied by the com
mision. The railroad pleaded that the
switching was interstate commerce.
This was denied by the commission.
Hoard no Longer Regent.
Ex-Gov. W. D. Hoard of Fort Atkin
son resigned as president of the re
gents of the University of Wisconsin
owing to the condition of h!s health at
the December meeting of the board.
Taken All Sheep Prizes.
Complete announcement* Just made
of the awards at the international
live stock exposition at Chicago show
; that the University of Wisconsin col
lege of agriculture won 56 prizes,
amounting to SBB7. Every prize tn col
lege classes was won by the univer
sity flock of sheep. At all of the
11 International shows YY’tsconsln has
taken first place in the college classes.
The prizes included six champion
ships, '7 first prizes. 12 second. 15
nirds, three fourths and three
liths.
Bakers Ask Day of Rest.
The Wisconsin Association of Mas
ter Bakers w-tll follow the barbers to
asking legislation to prohibit bakers
r-orliing on Sunday. They may even
; *ake a step farther and have their
stores closed on Sundays. These twe
questions w iii be decided at a meeting
| of local bakers wno are members of
tne state association. The meeting
will be held >n Milwaukee. It Is prob
able that this time they will ask fot
a law which will prohibit bakers from
b&ki: s on Sundays but will permit
1 them to keep their stores open.
IMPROVERS OF CITIES
MEET IN WASHINGTON
National, State and Municipal Parks
and City Planning Are Leading
Topics on the Program.'
V ’
Washington.—Delegates to the num
ber of 400 from every section of this
nation were present at the New Wil
lard hotel Wednesday when Pres
ident J. Horace McFarland called the
sixth annual convention of the Amer
ican Civic association to order. The
chief subjects of discussion among the
delegates will be laying out of cities
and plans for parks, national, state
and- city.
City planning will be discussed by
a number of prominent landscape ar
chitects, among them Frederick Law
Olmstead. The subject will be pre
sented to the convention in many
phases, and reports will be made by
modern plans have been adopted and
put into effect.
Regarding the subject of national,
state and municipal parks, attention
will be called to the scarcity of state
parks. Resolutions will be offered
providing for the advocacy of a large
public park in every state in the union.
In this connection much stress will
be laid upon the fact that less than
half a dozen states have established
public parks of any particular note.
It is the intention of the convention
to call the various state governments’
attention to the importance and neces
sity for creating these parks.
Certain public nuisances will be dis
cussed, most prominent of which will
be the public billboards and sign-boards
and a number of papers will be read
dealing with the legal side of this sub
ject.
SENATE PROBE CLEARS LORIMER
Investigators Decide Bribery Charges
Are Not Proven.
Washington.—The subcommittee of
the congressional committee on elec
tion which investigated charges of
bribery in the election of Senator
William Lorimer, unanimously voted
to report to the committee on elec
tions that the charges were without
proof.
The committee took up the evi
dence in its entirety at an executive
session. It canvassed the testimony,
weighed the evidence and the argu
ments and took Into consideration all
of the facts that have been advanced
in connection with the charges con
cerning Lorimer's election and decid
ed there had been shown no founda
tion for the charges that bribery had
entered into the case in connection
with Mr. Lorimer’s election.
CHARGE RAILROAD WITH FRAUD.
Government Sues to Oust Southern
Pacific From Oil Lands.
Los Angeles, Cal. Suit was
filed by the federal government in
the United States circuit court at
tacking the title of the Southern Pa
cific railroad to 6,100 acres of oil
lands in Kern county, valued at $lO,-
000,000. Fraud In the patenting of the
lands Is charged.
This suit is said to be only the be
ginning of a general move on the part
of the government to reclaim from
the Southern Pacific oil lands in
Kern, Kings and Fresno counties, val
ued at many millions of dollars. The
name of Attorney General YVlcker
sham is affixed to the complaint.
BOILER BLAST CAUSES PANIC.
Two Are Hurt and Occupants of Big
Store Driven OuL
Cincinnati. An explosion in
the basement of the 18-story Union
Trust building at Fourth and YValhut
streets caused the serious injury of
at Least’ two persons and drove all the
occupants of the structure to the
streets. A : tuic followed the rush of
steam up the elevator shaft and stair
ways.
The explosion jarred the down-town
section of the city and was caused by
the blowing out of a cylinder head in
the boiler room, enveloping the build
ing In darkness.
SCIONS WANT TO HEAR LODGE.
Massachusetts Legislative Leaders
Ask Senator to Make Defense.
Boston. ; A request by state
legislative leaders that Senator
Henry Cabot Lodge come to Boston
before the opening of the state legis
lature and defend himself at a public
mass meeting on the question of the
coming election of a United States
senator from Massachusetts to suc
ceed Mr. Lodge was sent to the sen
ator at Washington.
WISCONSIN NOW HAS £333,860.
State Gains T?isßß Per Cent.—Twenty
Counties Show Losses.
Washington. Wisconsin’s popu
lation ils 2,333,860, an Increase of
264,818. or 12.8 per cent, over 2.067,042
in 1900. Between. 1890 and 1900 the
state's population increased 382.162, or
22.7 per cent. Except in those coun
ties containing tife cities and larger
towns no appreciable increase has
been made, while 20 of the 72 counties
show a decrease over 1900.
Boy Who Killfd Cruel Sire Freed.
Omaha. Neb.—Following a verdict of
justifiable killing by a coroner's jury
District Attorney English Wednesday
ordered the release of Henry Walther,
Jr., eighteen years old, who last week
shot and killed his father while the
tatter was attacking the boy's mother
and sister.
Lynch Is Re Elected League President.
New York. —Thomas J. Lynch was
Wednesday re-eiected president of
the National baseball league for a term
of one year.
Russia Industrial Field.
St. Petersburg.—John. Hays Ham
mond, the American mining engineer
and promoter, arrived here Monday.
He comes in the interest of a finan
cial group to investigate the possibili
ties for the investment of American
capital to Russia.
Scldier Barracks Burned.
Vancouver Barracks, Wash.—Fire
Monday causea by the furnace de
stroyed the new barracks of Battery
D. Three soldiers were slightly in
jured. The damage Is $4,000.
ASKS RECEIVER FOR PYTHIANS.
New York Complains That Knights
Are Insolvent In That State.
Albany, N. Y. —Attorney General
O’Malley was asked in a letter from
Milton G. Buc-key, a New York
lawyer, to begin an action
against the Knights of Pythias, one
of the largest of the fraternal orders,
to cancel their certificate to conduct
a life insurance business in this state,
and for the appointment of a re
ceiver of their assets and property In
the state.
The letter alleges that the organi
zation is insolvent on its own show
ing. It claims that information sup
plied by the supreme lodge of the
order shows that at the present time
it is carrying insurance of the fourth
class amounting to $20,667,500, with
cash on band to pa., this totaling
only $615,568. Mr. Buckey is acting
for Thomas Barber of Brooklyn.
The Knights of Pythias have a
total membership of about 703,804.
The attorney general has the'letter
under consideration.
RIOTS BREAK OUT IN MADEIRA.
Mobs In Cholera District Attack Doc
tors’ Houses and Open Jails.
Funchal, Madeira.—The cholera epi*
demic is increasing. There have been
800 cases with 200 deaths, about
>lf of them in Funchal, since
me outbreak started two months ago.
General discontent is felt against the
Lisbon government. There has been
no communication wi’h Lisbon for
three weeks.
Serious rioting occun and at .he vil
lage of Machine, ten ties distant
from Funchal. The he es of physi
cians and civil authork were at
tacked and medical stores were de
stroyed. The jail was opened and the
prisoners released. Troops were sent
to the village and order was restored.
WOULD KILL WIFE AND SONS.
Indiana Physician Lands in Jail After
Quarrel With Spouse,
Princeton, Ind. —Charged with hav
ing attempted to kill his wife and.
two sons, Dr. Randall Goodwin was
arrested after a fight at his wife’s
home in Illinois, across the, Wabash
river from East Carmel, Ind.
, Mrs. Goodwin and one of her sons
were slightly wounded and the other
son got a deep gash ifi the throat
from a knife wielded by Doctor Good
win, it is alleged. They will recover.
Mrs. Goodwin and her sons recently
left Doctor Goodwin’s home at East
Carmel. It is alleged he went to their;
home, and after a quarrel attacked his;
wife with a knife, and the sons went'
to their mother's rescue.
BRAZIL PUTS CREWS IN PRISON.
Order* War Vessels Disarmed —New
Force to Be Enlisted.
Rio Janeiro.—Radical changes la
the personnel of the Brazilian
navy will be as a conse
quence of the two recent mutinies.
The government has ordered the dis
armament of the dreadnoughts Sao
Paulo and Minas Geraes, the battle
ship Deodora and the scoutship Bahia.
The crews of these vessels already
have been imprisoned in a fortress
on the Island of Villegaignon in the
center of the bay. Ail these warships
will hav new crews throughqut.
ILLINOIS CENTRAL PAYS TAXES.
Railroad Has Paid State $1,217,927.88
During the Year.
Springfield, 111. —A check from the
Illinois Central Railroad company for
$610,009.68 for the six months ending
October 31, 1910, was received by the
state as a percentage on the road’s
earnings. JThis makes a total of
$1,217,927.88 for the year ending
October 31, 1910. The total payments
to the state by the Illinois Central
Railroad company since March 24,
1855, is $29,602,798 00.
DENY HELEN BOYLE NEW TRIAL.
Is Serving 25-Year Sentence for Kid
naping Willie Whltte.
Pittsburg, Pa. YY’hen told by
friends tn Riverside penitentiary
that the state superior court sitting
fn Philadelphia, had refused her re
crest for anew trial. Helen Boyle,
one al the two kidnapers of Willie
Whftla, fainted and was revived with
some difficulty. Mrs. Boyle is serving
a 25-year sentence, while her hus
band. James Boyle, Is serving a life
sentence on tbe same charge.
PURE FOOD EXPERT IS TO WED.
Dr. Wiley Announces His Engagement
to Anna G- Kelton.
Washington, D. C.—Dr. Harvey
W. Wiley, the government's pure food
expert who heads the bureau of chem
istry of the department of agricul
ture. soon will cease to be a bachelor.
He admitted that he is engaged to
Miss Anna G. Kelton cf this city and
that they would be married next
spring. Miss Kelton is an employe in
the library of congress.
Pugilist Burns Injured. -
Seattle. Wash. —Tommy Burns, for
mer heavyweight champion pugilist of
the world, was severely injured in a
collision on the Seattle-Tacoma Inter
urban railroad Wednesday and will be
confined to his bed for an indefinite
period.
Goes to Help Raise Maine.
Mobile, Ala. —The sea-going dredge
Barnard, after undergoing repairs
here, left Wednesday for Havana to
engage In the work of raising the
wreck of the battleship Maine.
Dooms Two to Gallows.
Jefferson City, Mo.—The Missouri
supreme court Tuesdry sentenced
Mort Holman of Pike county to hang
for an attack on a woman and Eu
gene Tucker of Greene county to hang
for murder. Both executions will be
on January 26. 1911.
House Passes Pension Bill.
Washington.—The pension appro
priation bill, carrying $152,225,000,
passed the house Tuesday. The
clause providing for eighteen pension
agencies was stricken out.