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NEWS OF THE WORLD
SB ORT TELEGRAPH ITEMS FROM
ALL PARTS OF THE GLOBE.
A Review of Happening! In Both
Ouring the Past Week—National,
Personal
Eastern and Western Hemiepheree
Historical, Political and
Events.
Among the passengers who arrived
on the steamer Princess Irene from
Genoa was Archbishop Christie of
Portland, Ore.
The democratic house caucus chose
John Sharp Williams as nominee for
speaker.
Sir Clinton Edward Dawkins, part
ner of J. P. Morgan, died recently In
London after a short Illness of heart
disease.
Mexico City.—Vice President Corral
continues seriously ill of typhus fever.
Honolulu.—The Russian cruiser
Lena, which was interned at Mare
Island, San Francisco hay, during the
Russian-Japanese war, has sailed for
Vladivostock.
The town of Cokevllle, Wyo„ was
wiped out by fire Saturday, with a
property loss estimated at {115,000.
Cokevllle is a small town on the Ore
gon Shortllne, In western Wyoming.
In Chicago to oppose government reg
ulation of traffic rates,
Former Judge Gilbert F. Little of
Seattle, the pioneer American attor
ney in the canal zone, died recently
at Ancon, Panama, Judge Little at
one time presided over the Hilo cir
cuit in Hawaii.
Senor Felipe Pardo, Peruvian minis
ter to Washington, and brother of the
president of Peru, has left Callao,
accompanied by Sonora Pardo, his
wife, for Panama, on his way to Wash
ington.
James Lesllw, law student of Liver
pool, England, and said to be the son
of an English lord, was recently sen
tenced at Racine, Wls., to one year
In state prison for stealing an over
coat and pair of gloves.
Lord Curzon, the former viceroy of
India, and Lady Curzon, have arrived
In London.
After eight weeks and the examina
tion of nearly 4800 veniremen, a Jury
was secured at Chicago to try Charles
Gllhooley, who is charged with caus
ing the death of a nonunion workman
during a striae.
Edward Duuley Kenna. first vice
president of the Atchison, Topeka &
Santa Fe railroad company, has re
signed.
Senator Depew says the report he
has resigned his seat in the senate is
absurd. Ho declares he never thought
of such a thing.
Charles D. Godfrey, a retired New
York banker, committed suicide re
cently near La Mesa, Cal., by shoot
ing himself.
Henry Hocksemo, the leader of a
Chicago gang of freight car robbers,
was arrested and about { 10,000 worth
of booty found in his home. His wife
was also taken In custody.
Red McCarthy, who is charged with
being the leader of the bandits that
looted the Great Northern train on
October 2, is located at Victoria, B. C.
Nine persons whose names are not
yet known, occupying a "pullboat" on
Mobile river, met a terrible fate re
cently. all being burned to death In a
fire that destroyed the boat.
A verdict of not guilty was report
ed by the jury at Boston which de
llberkted the case of Dr. Percy D.
McLeod, charged with being accessory
after the fact to the illegal opera
tion which resulted in the death of
Susanna Geary, tue victim of the suit
case tragedy, and with concealing the
crime. The prisoner was discharged.
Chicago is now connected with Mil
waukee by electric road.
A fair circuit reaching from the
Mississippi to the Pacific and embrac
ing North Dakota, Montana, Wash
ington, Oregon and Utah, is the latest.
The switchmen's union of North
America is not In the movement
launched by the railroad brotherhoods
IN DARK AS TO MOSCOW.
Last News From There Is of Pillage
and Arson.
Berlin, Dec. 6 .—Absence of news
from Moscow leads to the worst con
clusions In respect to that city's fate.
The latest information was that the
old capital was in the hands of mobs
that sacked and burned all the gov
ernment buildings, and the police and
Cossacks pillaged the imperial gran
erles and cut the telegraph wires. It
is evident the last line of communica
tion was severed at least 24 hours ago
and that Moscow is isolated, not only
from the world, but from the remain
der of Russia.
Honolulu Wants Laborers.
Honolulu.—It is reported that the
Immigration
wishes to send Territorial Secretary
Atkinson to Europe to secure labor,
and will charter steamers for purposes
of transportation. The laborers will
probably be brought from the Azores.
If Secretary Atkinson is not allowed
sufficient leave of absence, It Is said
that he may resign his official posi
tion.
territorial board
of
Bold Robbery in Spokane.
Spokane, Wash.. Dec. 6 .—While re
turning from a dinner party shortly
after 11 o'clock at night, Mr. and Mrs.
W. O. Parker of 1819 Eighth avenne
were held up by a highwayman at the
point of a revolver at Ninth avenue
and Oak street and robbed of four val
uable diamond rings, a diamond scarf
pin and a watch. The articles are
valued at $800.
8t. Petersburg. Dec. 6.—The most
elaborate precautions have been tak
en aestnst a feared outbreak by the
troops as a result of the Sebastopol
mutiny. The naval battalions have
been completely won over by the
revolutionaries and are almost beyond
control. They have been deprived of
J
Disarm Naval Battalions.
their arms.
BALFOUR AND CABINET RESIGN
King Edward Accepts Same and In
structs Campbell-Bannerman
for Form New Cabinet.
London, Deo 6 .—The political crisis
I in the United Kingdom has reached a
climax Arthur J. Balfour, the pre
fias formerly tendered the resig
nations of himself and the members of
his cabinet to King Edward, who ao
œpted them. His majesty has invited
Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman to an
interview, when he will offer him the
mission of forming a new cabinet. Sir
Henry will accept the task, and within
a few days a new government will be
formed
It may be stated as certain that Eord
Rosebery will be entirely ingored in
the makeup of tlie cabinet and that
John Morley will be one of the chief
advisers of Sir Henry in drawing up
the list of hie official family, which
will be presented to his majesty.
Mr. Morley himself is considered like
ly to go to the Indian office, and it is
probable that Herbert Henry Asquith
will be chancellor of the exchequer.
The foreign affairs portfolio will go
either to Lord Elgin or Sir Edward
Urey, thongli the latter is considered
likely to be made secretary of the colo
nies.
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One thing is certain—that Sir Henry
Campbell-Bannerman has explained
his attitude on home rnle for Ireland
to those liberal leaders who are known
to be opposed to home rule on the lines
of the last bills introduced in parlia
ment. Since bis speech at Stirling,
which raised such a fuiore, Sir Henry
has not made any statement, but it is
confidently asserted in the liberal clubs
that he is ready with a policy which
will secure the adhesion of the British
nationalists, and at the same time
avoid raising the issue of one of the
prominent planks in his platform.
There is some uncertainty as to when
the dissolution of parliament will be
effective, but it is not considered prob
able until after the new year.
An interesting feature of the politi
cal situation is the prospect of a closer
alliance between the Irish and the
labor parties in the new parliament.
James Keir Hardie, the socialist sud
independent member, in a political
speech tonight frankly invited snob an
alliance. He pointed out that 46 labor
members combined with 75 Irish mem
bers would provide a voting strength
which no government, however strung,
oonld afford to ignore.
RECORD OF LIFE SAVERS.
Thousands of Persons Rescued and
Many Crafts Saved.
The work of the life saving service
tor the last fiscal year is summed up
In a report of General Superintendent
Kimball to the secretary of the treas
ury, recently made public. The life
saving crews saved and assisted in
saving 464 Imperiled vessels and their
cargoes, besides affording assistance
of more or less importance to 677 oth
er vessels, including craft of all kinds,
making a total of 1141 vessels to which
aid was furnished. In addition, the
report states, 83 steamers and 88 sail
ing vessels running into danger were
warned of their peril by the signals of
the patrols and lookout In time to
escape disaster. The saving of many
lives and much property is attributed
to such warnings.
No less than 365 disasters to docu
mented vessels occurred during the
period stated. Involving the lives of
4809 persons, of whom 27 were lost.
The estimated value of vessels and
cargoes so affected was {10,320,660, of
which {7,917,385 was saved. Sixty
three vessels were totally lost. Succor
was afforded at the various stations to
624 persons, to whom an aggregate of
1510 days' relief was furnished. F'our
hundred and twenty casualties were
sustained by undocumented vessels,
such as sail boats and row boats, in
volving 955 persons. 10 of whom were
lost. The value of property involved
in these casualties is estimated at
{264,690. of which {258,025 was saved.
The report concludes with an earn
est appeal for pensions to widows and
children of members of the life sav
ing crews losing their lives in the
performance of duty and for retire
ment when disabled from injury or dis
ease incurred in the service.
THREW AT ROOSEVELT TRAIN.
Deadly Chunk of Iron Hurled Into Car
In Quaker City.
Some unknown person hurled a
heavy Iron plumbbob through the win
dow of one of the cars of President
Roosevelt's special train on the run
from Princeton to Washington.
The missile, which was thrown with
terrific force, crashed through the
Gothic stained glass transom on a
window of the combination car and
tell at the feet of Major Webb Hayes,
a son of the late President R. B.
Hayes, who was a guest of the presi
dent on the trip to the army and
navy football game.
FTagments of the broken glass fell
upon Major Hayes, who was sitting
with his back to the window, but
did not injure him.
BOMBS EXPLODE; WOUND REDS.
Rusaiitis at Geneva Are Hurt by Their
Own Contrivances.
Geneva, Switzerland, Dec. 4.—A
number of Russians were seriously
wounded by an explosion here while
they were preparing bombs In a pri
vate residence. An investigation by
the authorities led to the discovery
of a number of explosives, fraudulent
passports and a secret printing press.
Two of the men wounded In the ex
plosion were taken to a hospital, but
the others succeeded In evading ar
rest.
Kills Himself and Woman.
Chicago.—FTank Krouskeke, a cigar
marker, Sunday night shot and killed
Mrs. Antoinette Liska, at which bouse
he was boarding, and then shot him
self In the head, dying instantly,
Krouskeke, it Is claimed, had tried to
force bis attentions on Mrs. Liska.
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f Lord Templemore, the "father of the
bouse of lords," sat in that body for
28 years before he delivered his maid
en speech, and his effort consisted of
21 words.
CONGRESS RESUMED
MONDAY'S SESSION BEGINNING OF
Message Tuesday—Preliminary work,«
MOST IMPORTANT MEETING.
Only Will Occupy Attention for a
Week—New Senator» Appear—In
Upper House There Will Be Four
to Take the Oath.
Very little besides the organization
of the house will be accomplished the
first week of the session, although it
is possible that an emergency appro
priation for the Panama canal may
be passed the last of the week. Un
til the committees are appointed such
a bill would have to he considered by
unanimous consent or under a special
order.
The leaders of the house have been
informed that the emergency approprb
atlon will not be needed until Decem
ber 25, and consequently the bill may
not be passed until next week.
Monday was taken up with the elec
tion of a speaker and other house of
ficers. It is already understood that
the rules of the last house will be
adopted, as the members have been
sworn In. The biennial lottery for
seats was an interesting occasion on
the first day, and at its conclusion ad
journment followed. Tuesday was de
voted to the reading of the president's
message, and that closed the real busi
ness of the house for the week.
Speaker Cannon has not yet com
pleted his committees, but it is expect
ed he win be ready to announce them
early in the session. *
Bills will be introduced every day
that the house is in session from the
beginning, and will be printed and re
ferred to the committees when ap
pointed. It is expected that many im
portant propositions will be presented
during the early days of the session.
Work in Senate.
Nothing hut preliminary work will
engross the attention of the senate
ihls first week of the session. The
senate is already organized, as It is a
continuous body, and besides, there
was a special session last spring,
when the new senators were sworn In.
Senators Brandegee of Connecticut,
Warner of Missouri, Frazier of Ten
nessee and LaFolIette of Wisconsin
have not yet taken their oaths. The
two former had not been elected when
the special session adjourned.
Monday was a very short session
and the senate adjourned out of re
spect for the late Senator Platt of Con
necticut as soon as the necessary for
malities for the beginning of a new
congress have been concluded. Tues
day the president's message was re
ceived and read, and Wednesday was
devoted to the introduction of bills. A
short session wa^ held Thursday, and
the senate then adjourned until the
following Monday.
MILLIONS SPENT IN ELECTIONS.
Immense Sums Spent During Presi
dential Campaigns.
The Washington Post prints under a
New York date what is declared to be
an authoritative statement of the cam
paign fund raised by the republican
national committee during the last
presidential canvass and the manner
of its distribution.
The statement shows an approxi
mate aggregate of {1,900,000 was rais
ed and expended.
The figures for the McKinley cam
paign of 1900 are given as {2,800,0000
and for 1896 as {3,800,000.
The sum expended by the demo
cratic national committee for the elec
tion of Mr. Cleveland In 1892 is placed
at {4,100,000.
The article says about 1000 In
dividuals contributed to the last re
publican campaign, of which 40 per
cent disclosed their identity and 60
per cent were unknown.
The largest individual contribution
was {75,000 or {100,000, the funds be
ing turned in by a member working
on one of Treasurer Bliss' committees,
who did not know who furnished the
money.
OREGON ITEMS.
The president has made the follow
ing appointments in Oregon: To be
United States attorney for the dis
trict of Oregon, William C. Bristol. To
be register of the land office at Rose
burg, Benjamin L. Eddy, of Tillamook.
Ore. To be receiver of public mon
eys at Roseburg, James M. Lawrence
of Bend, Ore.
Boyd Redner, who left Pendleton
suddenly a few weeks ago, accused
of stealing a package containing one
thousand dollars, was brought back
to Pendleton Saturday by a detective
of the express company. He was
caught in the middle west and Is
accused of taking a package contain
ing {1000 gold shipped from Portland
to the First State bank at Prescott,
Wash.
Recently the Farmers & Merchants'
bank at F'orest Grove was entered by
robbers who blew the safe with nltro
glycerine and secured {6000. No clue.
Governor Chamberlain and State
Land Agent West have secured the
last link in a chain of evidence that
spurious certificates of the state land
board, bearing a forged signature of
the secretary and seal of the state of
Oregon, have been sold or hypothe
cated to banks throughout the east.
The fraud was perpetrated by secur
ing a genuine certificates, which was
reproduced by zinc etching.
December Attractions at The Spokane.
Dec. 7-8—Britt Nelson Moving Picture.
Dec. 12-13—"Jolly Girls."
Dec. 19—"Innocent Maids."
Dec. 20—Haverly's Minstrels.
Dec. 24-25—"Prince of Pilsen."
Dec. 26-27—"Yankee Counsel."
Dec. 28— Modjeska.
Parties desiring to have seats re
served for any of the above attractions
should write Joseph Petrich, manager
of the Spokane theater.
The Pennsylvania railroad is plant
ing trees so as to provide crosstles
for use 15 or 20 years from now.
SPORTING NOTES.
The thirteenth annual six day bi
cycle race wa. started In Madison
Square garden Sunday night, With 16
teams of two riders each competing.
I Five of the teams are composed of
I foreigners, and many of the riders,
I both from this country and abroad,
are making their first appearance In
day contest. The prizes this
year amount In the aggregate to
|4805.
Barney Mulltn of Spokane beat Jack
Reilly at La Grande, Oregon, recent
ly. Barney swung his right to Jack's
jaw and the curtain dropped.
Despite all the dentals at the meet
ing of the American league In Chicago
of any amalgamation between the Na
tional and American leagues there are
some of the magnates who honestly
believe that some such move will be
made.
It now looks as though Matty Fitz
patrick would be the next match for
Honey Melody. The Chicago boy has
been trying to get a go with Gardner
or Sullivan, but has about given up
hope as the two latter men claim to be
lightweights. Now Fitzpatrick comes
out with the statement that he is after
Mellody and wants to fight the Boston
boy In San Frnacisco.
The following is the All Northwest
Intercollegiate F'ootball team as select
ed by a vote from eight of the nine
coaches of the teams belonging to the
Northwest Intercollegiate association:
Position.
Middleton (162).. Idaho. .Quarterback
Walker (211) ....O, A. C.Center
Roosevelt (210) ..Idaho_Left guard
McDonald (195) .Wash ..Right guard
Larson (185)
Dimmick (ISO) .Whitman.Right tackle
Moores (168) _Oregon_ Left end
Pullen (190) _Wash._Right end
Williams (190) ..O. A. C...Left half
Rader (165) ....Wll.Right halt
Hardy (190)_ W. S. C. __Fallback
School.
Name.
Idaho..Left tackle
The athletic conference of Iowa col
leges has adopted the following reso
lutions: "Resolved, That American
football as now played is not a game
suitable as au athletic sport for insti
tutions of learning, and unless the
authorities controlling the game make
radical changes we shall favor Its dis
continuance in Iowa colleges next
fall."
After 12 rounds of grueling fighting
Jerry McCarthy's seconds threw up
the sponge for their man, thus declar
ing Ketchell the winner of what bad
been scheduled for a 20 round con
test at Great l'alla, Mont.
Battling Nelson, champion light
weight of the world, and Terry Mc
Govern will meet in about six weeks
to battle for lue laurels now held by
Nelson.
Army and Navy Even.
Princeton, N. J.—Array 6 . navy 6 .
While the army-navy football game
Saturday was probably one of the
most exciting ever played between the
I wo Institutions, it was simply a side
show to the social football event of
the season. The 25,000 people saw
the game. F'rom all sections of the
Untied Brate» came spectators who or
dinarily would not travel a score of
miles to see a football contest. All
this was doubtless brought about by
the fact that President Roosevelt was
to be present.
Standing at end of Pacific coast
league season:
P. C.
.600
Ijos Angeles ..
San Francisco
Oakland .. ..
Seattle .. ..
Portland .. ..
Tacoma .. ..
.541
.604
.476
.461
.413
IDAHO NEWS.
Governor and Mrs. Gooding and
their daughter have left for Phila
delphia, where they will participate
in the launching of the battleship Ida
ho on Saturday. Miss Gooding is to
christen the vessel.
Senator Heyburn has Introduced a
measure providing for the withdrawal
from public entry of lands for town
site purposes in connection with irri
gation projects. The bill further pro
vides that money derived from the
sale of town lots be expended upon the
construction of water and sewer sys
tems, and to be repaid by the town
authorities in annual instalments.
The supreme court has banded down
a decision denying a retrial for John
Knudson, convicted in Latah county
of arson. He was charged with firing
a saloon he owned in Moscow tor the
insurance. He is at the penitentiary,
serving a sentence for six years.
R. O. Mead was found dead on the
banks of Snake river, six miles below
Mineral. He had been dead several
days. He had a trap set for coyotes
and wolves near the river bank and
had evidently gone to examine It. His
revolver was lying on the ground be
side him, and It Is supposed it drop
ped from bis pocket and was dis
charged, as one of the chambers was
be
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by
the
of
of
empty.
The calendar of the district court
shows that
for Snohomish county
there are fewer cases to be heard at
this term than at any other former
term In recent years.
James Williams, familiarly known
as "Nigger Jim," a colored man and
an oldtlmer of Wardner, recently died
from cancer of the throat.
The state has sold 2194.16 acres of
school land on Emmet bench under
the canyon canal now being construct
ed for {55,746.95. The price ranged
from {10 an acre to {46. On top of
this comes a charge of {20 an acre for
water. These are regarded as high
average prices for land still covered
with sage brush.
W. Poirier, a miner employed In the
Snowstorm mine near Mullan, recent
ly fell down a chute In the mine,
sustaining injuries from which he may
not recover.
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Army Wants More Money.
Strong effort will be made at the
coming session of congress to obtain
more money for the medical and or
dnance departments of the army that
the officers In these departments may
have increased rank.
Mark Twain, 70.
Thanksgiving day marked the end
of the 70th year of Mark Twain, the
famous humorist. He has had a long
and undisputed reign.
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WASHINGTON NOTES.
FTed Gagnon, a barber, is dying at ;
Seattle as a result of a mysterious
murderous assault made upon him. A
man named Bell, who shared the room
with Gagnon, has disappeared.
The shingle mills of Washington are
shut down tighter than a drum, under
the agreement to close for the holi
days.
Louis Oiraldin, material man for the
Pacific Coast company at Seattle, has
been notified that be is one of the
heirs to the estate left by Mrs. Caro
line Oiraldin Rose of St. Louis. His
share is {250,000.
George Edward Adams, the clerk of
the Seattle assay office, who con
fessed to taking {35,000 of gold with
in the past six months, will not make
a fight against his conviction.
Six new vessels have been contract
ed for in England by the Chicago, Mil
waukee & St. Paul road. The boats
are to be used in the oriental trade
from Puget sound.
As the culmination of a quarrel be
tween their wives, J. W. Martin shot
William Bernard at Butler's camp,
near Belfast, Skagit county.
The strange disappearance of Geo.
Rummings of Tacoma is fast develop
ing into a mystery.
The governor has reappointed Carl
Kock of Spokane as a member of the
state board of barber examiners.
Mrs. Oscar O'Kelly has a broken
arm, internal Injuries and is suffer
ing also from shock to her nervous
system, caused by a runaway near the
town of Aluon.
While H. W. Fellows of Spokane
was trying with a crew of men to
place in position the new generator
In the Klickitat river canyon. It slip
ped on the skids, got away from the
men. and lays broken beyond repair
in the canyon. The generator Is valued
at {4000.
The Chelan lake region was visited
by another earthquake shock recent
ly. The Jar, which was quite heavy,
lasted fur several seconds and was
followed by a prolonged rumbling.
Ixmis Kunce. aged 30 years, was in
stantly killed and Robert Soucinski
and William Prince were dangerously
injured In an accident in a coal mine
Ravendale
Souncinski may die.
Eugene Lorton has resigned as man
aging editor of the Walla Walla Daily
Union.
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Sunday afternoon.
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An order by the adjutant general
announcing the results of the year's
target practice by national guard com
panies of the state places Company E
of North Yakima again at the bead.
At the November teachers' examina
tion there were 1172 applicants for
certificates. In all 624 applicants were
successful, 153 receiving first grade
papers, 230 second grade and 241
third grade.
The annual report of the state fish
commissioner and game warden gives
the total value of the fish product of
Washington for 1905 at {10,361,363.88.
These figures exceed those of the pre
ceding year.
It is estimated there are now be
tween 250,000 and 300,000 sheep and
about 300,000 cattle owned by stock
men living in wauowa county.
The body of Alex Kanseler, who was
drowned with his brother Thanksgiv
ing day in Lake Kahlotus, has been
recovered.
A large number of Indiana at F'ort
Spokane have signed the agreement
providing for the opening of the south
half of the Colville Indian reserva
tion after lands have been allotted
in severalty and with the understand
ing that the tribes shall receive { 1 ,
500,000 for the already ceded north
half of the reservation.
Justice of the Peace Henry A. White
of Rainier Beach, south of Seattle,
was instantly killed by a street car
near his home Saturday afternoon. He
left one car and was standing on the
opposite track when struck by another
car. His body was horribly mangled.
The Washington congressional dele
gation, in conference with Secretary
Hitchcock, has asserted itself. As a
result the interior department will ap
prove the Okanogan irrigation pro
ject and authorize work to begin there
at once. About $500,000 will be set
Secretary
aside for the purpose.
Hitchcock is disposed to limit expen
ditures in Washington to the restrict
ed deposit, which is about {1,600,000,
hut the delegation, it is stated, will
make a fight for at least { 4 ,000,000,
which they claim would enable the de
partment also to take up the Sunny
Tieton
CANNON CHOSEN SPEAKER.
Republican Caucus of House Members
Decides on Officers for Session.
The republican members of the Fif
ty-ninth congress tnet in caucus Sat
urday night in the hall of the house
of representatives and renominated all
of the elective officers of the house
who served during the last session.
Representative Hepburn was again
chosen chairman of the caucus. The
feature of the evening was the speech
of Joseph G. Cannon, who was for a
second time unanimously chosen for
speaker. ,
The nomination of Mr. Cannon and
his speech of acceptance created
hearty enthusiasm among the republi
can members, and his remarks were
generally approved.
Still Hold the Fort.
(»irard, Kan., Deo. 5.—Mrs. Ina (or
Sallie) Berry ot Spokane, Wash., who
while a passenger to Tulsa, 1. T., be
came insane last Saturday and with a
pistol drove the other occupants from
the oar, is still In posssessiou of the
oar. She is suffering from cold and
hunger, but refuses to surrender, say
ing she will die in the oar.
Cornelia, countess of Croven. form
erly Miss Bradley Martin of New York,
whose marriage at the ago of 16 was a
sensation some years ago. Is regarded
as one ot the best dressed women in
England. She cares little for society,
being fond of home life and of her
garden, and is an expert In fancy poul
try. It Is said that her hair was "put
up" young lady fashion for the first
time on the day 01 her wedding.
Nome. Alaska. Is 300 miles west of
Honolulu. Alaska has almost two and
a half times as much coast line as the
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rest of the United States.
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TOPICS OF 1 HE TIMES.
; A CHOICE SELECTION OF INTER.
ESTINQ ITEMS.
Comment« and Criticism« Baaed Upon
the Happening* of the Day- Histori
cal and Newa Notes.
"Legal expenses," like charity, cover
a multitude of sins.
Alaska now claims that she has vast
coal fields, as well as vaster cold
Helds.
Hazing was put down a few years
ago, as may be remembered, but it
didn't stay put.
A trolley line from the Atlantic to
the Pacific la being talked of. Kindly
accent the "talked."
Carnegie has shattered another Idol.
He doeà not believe that woman's
crowning glory Is her hair.
The Hall of Fame Is for men who
are famous in the minds of one hun
dred out of eighty million people.
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A policy holder would be justified in
charging his premium* to any expense
account he could put hi* finger upon
while blindfolded.
A machine for milking cows by elec
tricity has been Invented. It Is report
ed to work fairly well
can be Induced to stand still.
when the cow
The clerk who had charge of Banker
Dougherty'« account* was blind In
eye. This goes to «how that it 1* not
enough to keep one eye on a banker.
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Crankies* automobiles are to be put
on the market
would be highly encouraging if fewer
of them we.-« to have reckless chauf
feurs.
next season. This
A French savant denounces kissing
as "an unpleasant custom.'' In the
case of the crabbed, old French sa
vant one can readily comprehend what
it might be.
"Yon can't," says Thomas A. Edison,
"work too hard or too much." With
such on Idea Mr. Edison would find it
hard to be contented as a life Insur
ance director.
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The president of Georgetown Uni
versity says football is a game that 1 «
fit only for thugs. The great trouble,
however, Is that the thugs can't be
Induced to play It
In the last five years there have
been forty-five deaths caused by play
ing football. As an aid to race sui
cide a whole decade of football Is not
equal to one fourth of July.
Carnegie wants the five leading na
tions to get together and make the
world accept peace. The great trou
ble Is that If the five leadiug nations
ever get together they will be likely
to fight.
A Kansas fai-mor invested $7.500 In
a farm and In two years made * 0 , 000 .
A few years ago that would have been
an encouraging showing, but since the
exposures in New York a profit of only
7S per cent seems almost as bad as
losing money.
Professor Perclval Lowell claims to
have made photographs of Mars which
prove that the canals on that planet
are for irrigating purposes. They will
now cease to Interest people who think
the chief purpose of a canal should al
ways be to furnish fat jobs for gentle
men who are too tired to work.
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Charles H. Treat became treasurer
of the United States on July 1. It
was not until September IB that the
experts In the treasury completed their
task of counting the money in the
vaults to see If there was on hand the
amount which the report of Mr. Rob
erts, the former treasurer, indicated
there should be. It was all there.
According to a circular of Instruc
tions Issued by the War Department,
medical ofiloers should reject appli
cants fur admission to the volunteer
military companies If there Is a dif
ference of less than two Inches In
their chest measure when their lungs
are full of air and when they are
empty. The minimum chest measure
ment allowed Is thirty-two inches.
Every healthy boy ought to be able to
expand his chest more than two
Inches, whether be Intends to enlist in
the national not.
will
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The president of a bank, when asked
by a young clerk how be could dis
tinguish bad bills from good one«, said,
"Get acquainted with the good bills,
and you will recognize bad bills at
sight." The principle on which this
advice la based Is so sound that It
ought to be more widely applied In
practice. When one knows all there
Is to know about first grade com or
wheat or potatoes or sheep or cotton,
he can detect at sight everything that
does not come up to the standard.
One who is fully occupied doing the
right thing will have no difficulty In
refraining from the wrong.
Students of life Insurance revela
tions In New York are Involved In a
discussion as to whether the briber
or the bribed Is the more blameworthy
for the part that corruption has played
in the production of legislation favor
able to great corporations In New York
or in the strangulation of pendiug
measures the enactment of which
would Jeopardize the interests of those
organizations. One point has been
made very clear, and that Is the con
tempt which the bribe giver holda for
his victim. The men who give bribes
and those who accept them may carry
on their debate to their hearts' con
tent, and the public will not be Influ
enced by the award of honor» that
may result from the discussion. The
average American citizen, with bis re
spect for the law and his love of hon
est dealing, will make no choice be
tween the briber and the bribed. Ho
detests them equally.
Finding suitable work for all who
want It and awakening wholesome as
piration In all who are without it con
stltnt# the greatest human problem of
the ages. Gen. Booth, as head of the
Salvation Arm;, hat Issued a remark
able appeal for help In carrying out a
scheme he has evolved tor dealing
with the idleness and distress of the
congested cities. The two chief reme
dies he proposes are; Land coloniza
tion and emigration. The millions of
the great cities, who from lack of
force or lack of ambition are unable
to hold their own In the keen strife for
existence in crowded communities, he
would transport to the open country
or to less densely populated
Contact with nature's boundless
sources, it is hoped, will quicken the
aspirations and stimulate the
dence upon which success depends.
It Is a proposition to do on a world
wide scale what the Salvation Army
has so successfully been doing in the
United States. The idea upon which
were founded the farm colonies In
Ohio, Colorado and California is en
larged to embrace Canada and Aus
tralia for the relief of the poor of Eng
land.
lands.
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The waste places of the world
call for the transforming touch of
man's toll.
And the helpless, hopeless
man crowded down In the congestion
:vf big cities calls for the neglected
land. Tr *"ke landless man to the
manless land, though oceans Intervene,
Is the .c k which Gen. Booth Is now
under' «I
Three large steamers
have been chartered to sail from Lon
don. Llv 1 — -v>l and Glasgow early
next spring, hearing to Canada their
freight of hopeful thousands, helped
to a chance to lead productive and
happy lives. In the scheme there Is
no charity, in the common meaning of
the word. Men are loaned money for
their passage and to buy stock and Im
plements. It must be paid back at a
fixed time, and the land chosen must
be paid for in Installments. Nothlug
la actually given them except oppor
tunity to help themselves. Already
the British government has provided
some assistance. The government of
New Zealand has adopted some such
plan. The late Senator Hoar, a couple
of years ago. Introduced a bill In Con
gress to create a national fund for
such use In relieving the congestion
of cities and populating the lands of
the West. It is a movement that had
a bumble beginning, but is to-day
commanding the attention of the great
est philanthropists and statesmen hi
the world.
CHAT WITH THE BARBER.
Men Don't Cut Their Own Unir, but
Mar Trim Their Beard.
"No," said the barber, "1 never know
of a man that cut his own hair, but I
know of a man who trims bis own
beard. He Is a very good customer of
mine; I have cut his hair for years, but
he trims his own heard.
"He wears only a short pointed
beard on his chin, trimming the sides
of his face closely. He never could
get a barber to trim his beard exactly
as he wanted it, and so be took to
trimming It himself. He bought him
self a clipper for the sides of bl» face,
and then, with a pair of shears, he was
all equipped.
"He trims his brant every day, ami
he makes a pretty good Job or it. a
barber could tell that it was baud cut,
so to speak, but you couldu't tell that
now ao easily as you could at first, be
cause he's improved in his work, and
now he turns out a pretty good job.
So there's one man, anyway, that
trims his own beard, but I never knew
anybody that cut his own hair.
"Y'ou say you knew a mau once that
had thirty-one razors, one for every
day in the month? Well, that'a a good
many razors, more than I ever heard
of. A good many men have a case of
razors, seven, one for every day In the
week, and plenty of men own two or
three razors. But one razor will do a
man very well If It's a good one.
''What about the Idea that a man
ought to have more than one razor, so
that he can use a razor one day and
then let It rest a day, that a razor Im
proves by resting? Well, 1 don't take
much stock In that Idea.
"It a man's got a good razor and
he's got It iu proper condition. It will
cut and keep on cutting. I've got a
customer who shaves himself with the
same razor right along, day after day.
fur six mouths. Then he brings il i
to me to be sharpened, and I put it
into proper shape for him, and then he
starts in again with It, using it day
after day.
"Don't I use the same razor many
times a day? Sure. What you want Is
a good razor In good order, and you
can shave with such a razor any
time.
"Difference In razors? Why, cer
tainly. Some razors wear well and
keep their edge, and some don't. Y'ou
might buy two razors at the same
price at the same time and out of the
same stock of razors, very likely, prob
ably, in fact, made at the same time
from the eame bar of steel, and find
them very different. It's In the tem
A Frenh Ale«.
When President Roosevelt alighted
at Red Hill, Va., when he went over
to see hla wife's new cottage, he no
ticed that an elderly woman was about
to board the train, and, with his usual
courtesy, he rushed forward to assist
her. That done, he grasped her hand
and gave It an "executive shake." This
was going too far. and the woman,
snatching her hand away and eyeing
him wrathfully, exclaimed: "Young
man. I don't know who you are. and
I don't care a cent; but I must say
are the freshest somebody I've
The President
you
seen In these parts."
tells this as a good Joke on himself.
XVhat He Needed.
"Want t' put adv-tlzahment In your
paper," said the bibulous man. "Musht
have shomebody take care me."
"Yes," replied the clerk, "you want
to advertise for a valet?"
"No. Better shay: 'Wanted—Sbnake
charmer."—Philadelphia Press.
When a man regrets that he didn't
his youth.
get much schooling
somehow bis sons who have to go to
school don't sympathize with him as
much as he expected.
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What has become of the old-fash
ioned woman who grated bard roast
ing ears, and made mush out of the
meal?