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The nich HUI Tribune. r.KO. It. IX) WELL, Publisher. RICH HIM. MISSOl'IU. Castles in the Air. Weslihy American women have r-rf-ntly taken up ballooning, and a friendly observer Is Inspired to dilate upon the lnexpenslvcncss of the pas time, and then to 1M his Imagination eonr. A fine balloon, he tas, cost only $300, end one "sailor" can run tt, whereas a yacht, of even an automo bile, may easily rat up a modest for tune evety year. This Is fact. Fancy takes command as the author suggest the charm of vacations spent In cap tive balloons, or, better still. In '"kite houses," moored anywhere from a thousand! to 10,000 feet aboTe the sur face, in flint pure and rarefied at mosphere which invalids gt- far to And. Provisions would be seit up and letters ent down In a traxeling bas ket; there could be telephoi.e connec tion; and harsh sounds, unsightly scenes and disagreeable odors would all be ct off by distance. 'o be sure, the nin l and the kite hojse might take a notion to fall simultaneous?). Then a woman who had ucended to escajie '.he tension of bus-ness or so ciety or family attains wuld have a fine chance to learn whether the ex I e rim? at had strengthened her nerves. Hut, say the Youth's Companion, granting that all went well above, and granting that our women would con sent to flee or fly their responsibili ties, such an undertaking would prob ably 1 hampered from elow. I'nless the occupant of an air castle arranged to return to earth at frequent inter vals ber husband or sweetheart would pet her back, even if Le had to take the risk of climbing up the cable. The attempt of ihe Methodist church to make $1,000 the minimum salary which any of Its ministers shall receive may be followed by sim ilar action on the part of the Congre gationalists. The Rev. Dr. George A. Gordon of Boston, In commentls on the matter recently, called attention to something which Is frequently forgot ten, namely, that conditions of life have changed, until now. Instead of churches somewhere nearly equal in financial resources, there are Bome very rich and powerful churches, and some very poor and weak; and what is needed Is a general sustentation fund which shall put the poorer churches more nearly on a part with the richer ones. Dr. Gordon sas, probably with justice, that It is fast becoming an impossibility to get self respecting young men. even among those who follow an ideal, to work for such small salaries as many churches pay, and therefore the churches suffer from the lack of the kind of preachers most needed. Clean sport never had more distin guished friends and patrons than now. President Roosevelt, ex-President Cleveland, Dr. Henry van Dyke and the best of the nature writers can Dsh and hunt and give a fair account of themselves in their relation to beasts and fishes. At a recent convention of anglers Dr. tan Dyke defined a true sportsman as "a man who finds his recreation in a fair and exciting effort to get something that is made for hu man use la a way that involves some hardship, a little risk, a good deal of skill and ability, and plenty of out-of-door life." Mr. Cleevland sent his word of protest against "fishing hog gery," and Mr. Roosevelt's utterance on the subject Is characteristic: 'To make a veiy large ha;, whether of d"er. or pruirle chickens, or d icks, or quail, or woodcock, or trout. Is some thing of which to be ashamed and not to boast." To oMr graduates of American col leges, and to most adults who have not beer, to college, the solemnity of Ihe undergraduate youngster is naive ly funny. One col!cg paper. In such bitter style as might be appropriate to some mighty moral or political Issue, chastise the entire undergraduate body for not turning out to cheer the football team at practice. All other practice, say fit penmanship or the piano, can be carried on by the prac tice with the requisite tools. Foot ball, apparently, cannot be learned ex cept In presence of a mob. Another college paper gravely protests against the freshmen's increasing habit ol walking on the prohibited side of a certain street, and declares college customs to a sacred tradition, to be reverently observed by each youns batch of collegians. A Brooklyn uiun died 13 days after bis wedding Nope, you lose. He wasn't married on Friday. . Modern . Improvements have their daiiKeis. A man wiose tarn Is light d ty electricity attempted to pu t whs'. t thought was thu cord which tui cd the current. lotteij, b tiRl.'ed a mule's (till. A great lltut danced go hlia very suddenly. The French military dirlt'lule La Tattle, which is causing the govern tuent soma worry by running, oi rather flying away, la sul J to b yellow Jit-r ont-is will vree that thi Is bu Vavlug la a dotldedly yellow uuuuor SCORKS BROvVNSOtf. President Roosevelt Says His Recto ing Rather Than Obey Order - Was Reprehensible-. Washington. President Rooscv cit's attitude on the question of the cum miind of hospital ships In the navy which resulted in the resignation ol Rear Admiral W 11 lard H. Itroannon and Incidentally some caustic observa tions on thr.t Incident and the con-troM-isiiH anions the naval olllccrt and their adherents as to details ol naval construction and methods ol training, were made known Sunday when Secretary Metcalf gnv.- to thf Press two letters from the president addressed to hint on the-"! subjects In the first of these letters. Presi dent Roosevelt, without mlnrln? words, condemns In unmeasured terms the act of Admiral lirownson declaring it to be unseemly and im proper. The question as to which Admiral Iti-ownson took Issue with the navy department the president de c'ares Is one as to which there can be entirely legitimate differences of opinion, but he adds, "there 19 no room for difference of opinion as to the gross Impropriety of the admiral's conduct in resigning sooner than carry out thesorders of his superior officers In such a matter. The officers of the navy must remember that It Is not merely childish, but In the high est degree reprehensible to permit either personal pique, wounded van ity, or factional feeling on behalf of some particular bureau or organiza tion to render them disloyal to the Interests of the navy and therefore of the country as a whole." The New Moral Outlook. New York. Defending President Roosevelt's attitude toward trusts and declaring that the American standard of morality was graduallv raisins. I'nited States Senator J. P. Dolliver of Iowa delivered an address on "The New Moral Outlook." Sunday In Brooklyn. lVspite the critics who contended that the government was in the hands of the corruptl.mists. Senator Dolliver said that the ountrv was improving steadily. Speaking of President Roosevelt, who he !e?'.are1 the greatest American he had ever known. Senator Dolliver said: "Then are many business men who say that the country has taken alarm from what the president did in trying to clean up the market places of harmful influences. I think the market places should be purged, and I believe the right course has been pushed." Damaged Bank Building. Kansas City. An explosion in the basement of the First National batik building Saturday injured nine per sons and damaged the building to the extent of 110.0(H). The cause of the explosion Is still a mystery but from the effects produced it Is almost cer tain to have b;'en caused by dynamite, nitroglycerine or some other high ex plosive. Why It was placed ther? and what the motive that prompted the art may have been are as yet not determined and may always remain a mystery. The Incubator Baby Case. Topeka. Kan. In a decision handed down Saturday Judge Pollock, of the I'nited States circuit court, announced that his court had no jurisdiction in the "Incubator baby" case. This leaves the chill ia charge of Mrj Charlotte M. I'tleakley, the mother Mrs. James Barclay, who waB given the child by adoption papers at the St luls world's fair, will appeal to the I'nlteJ States supreme court. Powers Jury Disagreed. Georgetown. Ky. Aftr being out more than 4S hours the Jury in tin case of Caleb Powers, tried on e charge of complicity in the murder ol William Ooehcl, Saturday reported foi the second time that they were un able to aicree upon i verdict and wcr discharged by Judge Morris. Will Bid for the Flag. Halifax. N. S. American patriotic societies, it lit said. lil be bidders lr Ialiihm when the flag of the 1'nltec States frigate Chespcuke. captured 1 S 1 3 off iio.oloii by the Hritlsh wurslil; Shannon Is put up at auction Janu ary 2'J. Th flag is greatly delred af a un-riiorlitl to mu.iander Ijiwietict w ho. mortally wounded In the hlsiurh Conflict, gasped with his d)lug breath "Don't give tip the ship." Cars Running In Muncie. Munrie, Ind Ihe backbone O Muncle' mob ajement Is broken. Can we'e run Sunday from early inoriiliif until dusk over all lines and with tin exception of a little stone-throw In on the outskirts the cars were unino lested, notwithstanding they wer mi' umd by imported strikebreaker! and unguarded. Pett bon is Acquitted. Boise. I ia. Alter II hours' dellber btion a veid lit of not guilty wai reached Saturday by the Jury try In Ceorge A. PeliilMiite charged with complicity lu the murder of exdov Frank A. Slcuiienberg. Men Wilt Return t Work. St. Louis. Mo. According to an nouiicemeiit made Sunday &n aggre gate of C.O'lO ti, en will be re employee January IS. by many large Induslrla plants In East St. l-oiil. III., and vl cl'ilty. A Cominissioner'a Mother Dead. w asiiitiKtou. Word has been re ceived lure of the death Rimdny Is Ran Francisco of Mrs. C. M. Ijine, mother of Franklin M. I-una a mem ber of toe Interstate commerce com Bilsslou. Mrs. Kane was 70 years old. WHEN THE NAVY PUT. DOCTOR IN SHIPS. ITU M Cnlvhvon. la ('lilc-ii Pnlly Tr!lnni ) M: 'Tie a fearful thing in winter To be shattered by the blast. And to hear the trumpet thunder: "Amputate the mast!" FLEET MAY KEEP THE PEACE K German Authority Affects to Ee lieve Conditions Are Critical. Transfer of Tremendous Naval Pov.ef to the Pacific Thought to In sure Peaceful Relations. Berlin. The next two mouths are regarded by the German foreign of fice and the ndmirality as constituting a critical period in the relations be tween the I'nited States and Japan. If they pass without witnessing a break In the relations, high govern ment officials are convinced that the United States and Japan will then en ter upon an easier and safer basis of agreement. The development of the American Japanese situation Is beln studied here day by day because from It there may Issue events which might change the present International balance and deeply affect Europe as well as Amer ica. The Marine Rundschau, the principal naval magazine of Germany, says In Its January number: "If war does not come between Japan and the I'nited States, the I'nion may thank the preponderance of its fleet for the maintenance of peace. This fleet already is sufficient ly strong to restrain Japan from the hazard of war." In conclusion the magazine says the threatened conflict may now be entirely avoided as a result of the transfer of the fleet to. and other de fensive measures In the Pacific. Tournament of Roses. Pasadena, Cal Wednesday was Pasadena's annual tournament of roses. It Is the festival of flowers. Buds and blossoms of every hue and color; folint;e and ferns of countless kinds, plants, shrubbery, twigs, vines of all variety, floral beauty of every sort and description have been gath ered together to make this the great est day In the history of the city. It Is estimated fio.nou visitors have poured Into the city from all over Southern California. Cracker Trust Quits Nebraska. Lincoln. Neb The Lincoln agent of the National Biscuit company Thurs day afternoon notified ihe retail grocers of the city that the concern would quit Helling pai-kane goods In Nebraska. This action, ll was stated. was taken as a result of the attitude of Food Commissioner Johnson, who insisted that all cracker packages be branded to show net weight and con tents. Anti Futures Act Upheld. Little Rock, Ark. Judge Trb-btier, In the federal court Thursday upheld the constitutionality of the antl fu tures act. The court declares that the state did not exceed Its power III enacting the statute as a police regu lation to protect the morals of the public. The suit was b -gun by a Chi cago brokerage firm. Work for 1.200 In 8edalia. Sedallu. Mo. Seven hundred per sons will resume work at the Missouri Pacific shops Thursday after a ten days' lay-off. At the Missouri. Kan sas ti Texas shops ,V' will go bark to work after a week'a lay-off. Michigan May Banish Cigarettes. Ijiniilng. Mich. lu the constitution al convention Wednesday a cigarette discussion that Id the beginning gave Ihe appearance of bavluf been en tered Into Jokingly pnnnej quickly into the serious sttgv and resulted In the adoption of a proiosal prohibiting the manufacture and sale of cigar ettes In this state. The pioMs!tlon was carried In committee of the whoU and later was adopted It to 17 in for mal session. The opposition to tha propoksl will be renewed WbeO It cotri'-s up on second reading. CCMMA.NJ Of THE HOS?ITAL HOPE FOR SETTLEMENT. Administration Would Secure Assur ances From Japan Making Ac tion By Congress Unnecessary. Washington. Further information relative to the contents of the com munication from Ambassador O'Brien dealing with the Japanese reply on the immigration question was refused at the state department Friday. Thir ls the Invariable rule la cases when negotiations are still In procrrss and the Inference Is that Mr. O'Brien re gards the Japanese answer as evine ir.g a satisfactory disposition towards the American desires, but that th reply is not conclusive. It Is expected that the Japanese government will l:i some formal man ner register Its purpose of preventing the further immigration of coolies tc the I'nited States and when the as suranee on this point has taken satis factory form the administration 1I see to It that congress Is acqualntec with the facts and thereby reliever from the necessity of enacting au legislation looking to the exclusion o: Japanese immigration as a whole. At tempts in that direction already hav l-een made by the Pacific coast repre sentatlves and If tho president is abb to convince congress that the Japan ese government Is In good faltfc en deavorlng to do by Internal reeula tlon what it Is proposed to do hen by statutory law. namely, stop the in flux of Japanese coolies, he will no find It necessary to recommend uch legislation. anj A LARGE DEFICIT. The Government's Expenditurea An Exceeding Receipts By Amounts That Art Noteworthy. Washington. The monthly stal- merit "of the government receipts ant expenditures shows that for thi month of lccernlT. 19i'T, the receipt! were 17.!!s3,s25 and the exp''n.iiturei f."..-,.:12.&73. leaving a deficit for tlx month of S.J.!.'.(tinr. The receipts fel off as compared with December, ljut about s.r.l'.il.OiiO and the expenditure! Increased by about I'.i.HhI.oo.j. 1 h receipts from customs for December 1!"7. were f. '1.741, K72. which is a de crease fur the month of about $7,0u0 000. Interna revenue ulso showed t marked decrease, the receipts falllnt from :'3.:,S3.!i';a In December, P0C to t.'u.l i:,,'.e'4 in December. ISM7. rur the six month of the present fiscal year a deficit Is shown of t, S'l.t.Ooo, ns compared with the first half of the last fiscal year, the c .pis for the last six months show decrease of about $1.000. (tin) and th expenditures an Increase of over 123, 000,000. Moving the Earth at Pnm. Washington. 1 hi average amount of earth excavated on the Panama canal for each working day (luring D- rember was 8M.000 cubic yards, or total of 2. 200. 530 yards for the mouth This Is an Increase of about 36Q,iMifl cubic yards over the previous month and nearly i."0,0nu yards over the month of September last. Stubbs Will Be a Candidate. Topeka. Kan W. It. Btubhe I.awr"nce announced Friday be will be a candidate for the republican uo;u (nation fur governor. She Lived 119 Year. Illilshoro, Ore. Mrs. Mary Rarusr Wood, 119 ears old, and the oldest white woman In Oregon, died Wednes day mom lug at the home of her daughter lu this city. Mrs. Wood was a native of Tennessee and later live In Missouri, coming from there Oregon. Taft to Speak In Kansas City. asliliiKluu. Secretary Taft ha been -riiagd to address the Youmr Men's Itepiiiillcan club of Missouri at Kansas City, February 10. WHITE HOUSE RECEPTION. For Three Hours the Line Paasod Before the President Who Shook Hands With 6.64S Persons. Washing ton.- - President ItoiiM'Velt received at the White house Wednes day a New Year's throng of well whhers which was three hours In passing. Mrs. Roosevelt end Ihe mem bers and ladlts of the cabinet were his iissbitants. Though curtailed in numbers, ".(' 15 by more than l.OlHI over the prcedltis New Year's day, the reception was resplendent In all the Incidents of tradition which hav accumulated to Its Interests for more than p'd years. The gorgeousness of the diplomatic and militant features, the cordiality of the many personal friends of the president, who made him their seventh annual greeting as such aid the Intensely human and patriotic characteristics of the American peo ple typified by the thousands who represented them all combined to make a happy conclusion to the his toric event. From greeting In stately dignity and aproprlate surroundings the am bassadors and ministers of the na tions of tho world, to s!:)oplug far down to grasp the hand of a "dolly" that Its toddling parent of a year and a half m!;;ht be gratified, were tho ex tremes required of the president, and both the Inrant nnd the dlplemat real ized an anticipated pleasure. A'id the president enjoyed It all. BY PRIMARY IN OHIO. The People of That State Will Rejit ter Their Choice for Presi dential Candidate Direct. Coltimtus. O. The r-iubiican-i of Ohio will be given an oj p:rt mity to express by direct vote Cieir choice fo: the party's candidate fcr picslJ -tit at primaries to be held on Fe. r. ary 11, when delegates and a!ti mates to tb republican state roaventio'i vi'.! b.' elected. The convention will b h.'ll In C'-UiPihus on March .'1 an! i. aad !t will telect in addition to f nir d.'L--gates at large to the republican na tional conve'itlon, candidates for gov ernor and other s;at? ofVer. The call for the primaries and con vention was adopted Thursday eve ning by the republican state central committee after a protracted and live, ly session. The friends of William H. Tafi. secretary of war, and candidate for the republican nomlrinllon for president, were In control of the cmi mlttee. casting 14 votes to 7 for t! supporters of Senator ForaUer, al-io an mowed ciunlldat" for the presi dency. ' Kansas Bank Statement. Topeka, Kan. The statement of State ll.iuk Commissioner J. Q. Royce, Issued Thursday rhows that there hurt been a shrinkage of d- Hlis of IK OftO.Otiu In the past two months In Kansas state and national banks. The reHrt shows 2.3r,.!isS more cash on hand at the close of iisiness l mber A than on Auinist The cash and sight exchange on deposit In the state banks Is IL'S.- .3 1 it. I'll and In national hanks l.'j,- tiOi;.:;!M w. Militia Ordered to Muncle. Muncie, Ind. The militia has been ordered to Muncle. to re ich here at a. m. Saturday. Martial law will not be declared, but the soldiers will assist the police. Kfforts of the street car company to run car Friday resulted In serious riots und early In the afternoon the attempt was ahan- ned and the cars run to the barn. the officers declaring they would make no more attempts to resume service until protected by troops. Some Troops Leave Coldfield. (loldfield, Nev. Seven companies of nlted States troops under command of Col. Reynolds, left ColdflelJ Friday by special train bound fir their re spective California posts. The iroipi rem, lining In camp, aliout 1 t" men. hnve heen divided into two fu'l co:n i.tnti s Captain William II. Wassail and Lieut ;odwtll will be In com maud. No Liquors on Dining Cars There. New Haven, Conn The stile of liquors, It Is understood. Is to be dis continued on the dining curs of the New York. New Haven & Hartford raliroad, wIiIIm the curs are passing through the state of Connect lent be cause there Is no law of this state under which the railroad company aild obtain a license to legalltn such sales. A Railroad Life Saving Medal. Washington. The president hae awarded a railroad life saving medal to Kdward McGrsth of Milwaukee, Mr. Mcliratti was crippled In herolcal ly saving the life of a girl, who was crossing a track in front of an on rushing train. No Mora C. O. D. for Them. New Orleans. La. Announcement that express companies In New Or leans will ship uo more liquor r. o, d. to southern states was made Prl lay night. German Libel Trial Ends. Berlin The notorious llardeu Voa Moltko libel trial came to an eu 1 Frt day evening wlieii th accused editor of Die Zukunft was sentenced to four moult s' Imprisonment and to psy th entire costs of both the present and the former trial. An Arisona National Forest. Washington. The president signed a proclamation creating has th Verdu National forest In Arlxuua. with an area of 721.7S0 acres located MarlcopA and Yavapai counties. la THE "flRt" DISTRICTS GROW Larje Addition! Weie lUda o Pro h.bliion letritoty lu V?Z7. rorty Million People In This Caun'.r Are Living Without Saloons There Are More t Follow. Ohieii ;.. There I.-J Joy a .H'H iio hildt luiilM over the bum s ih.i; tc been fereh-e In the last 12 tiv:itlis by ' King , Aiohol" and "O'l Jolin Har'ey cum," and the new ji-ar will mark large additions to "dry" d's irii ls throughout the country. Local had.-r.-. in the "dry" ca.tip point out lluU Cooi.;!u und Okl.l'.ir run now have passed Into the proMMtloU column, while Mississippi Is w;:ing fcr its legislators to keep their pheigo to pass a prohibition act for that states. The iipw yar, they say. will see 40.000,00ij p rsons 1 hibitlon territory i:i viag in iito- the Cnit.I i predict that Slates, and party lead the white Bag soon will wave over stales where opposition to the tem perance movement heretofore has been keen. "The two latest acquisitions to the prohibition ranks are Oklahoma and tleorgia." said Alonzo K. Wilson at Chicago prohibition headquarters Wednesday. "Alabama has voted against liquor nnd Mississippi wl-l follow next month. In H!ln.:!a we have a good start lu four cojr.tlc.'." To Oust Leavenworth' rY.jycr. TojM-ka. Kan. F. S. Jack, on, attor ney general, and his spe.-la! a vistsnt. Charles I). Shukers, ftiej ia th? su preme court here Wetl'ii sj.ty an ousti t suit atalnst Peter Kvtrhardy, mayor of Leavenworth, and a citation for co-'.tempt for Captain J. T. Ta;. lor. Captain Tayk r is the in charge.! with In In;; the go-l etwe. n for the joiiitist. and the city. lie was llr. co'iector who s- cured the mom.;, from the jolntltts and then j ;;id It to tho city. The on-.-te,' tult Is br...;g':t against Major Fv. :h.i.-ly because h has violated his oath of o.IUe in al lowing sa!co".s to run and in not fur t ishing the evidence that ti e pro hibitory law was bi Ir.g violated to t'ae coiicty attorney. Another Kentucky Raid. Uussellvllle. Ky NUht riders U'O strong swooped down on llussellvtlle. l.ogan county, early Friday morning, and after overpowering the three po licemen and provld!r:g against the giving of an alarm. dnaniltcl arhl burned the two Independent tobacco concerns In the city und several oth er establishment a and r0e away otl on the llopklnsvllle anj C!..rks ville pike. lliree men were woumie-l and the telephone gills ...nd for i.t'j;l ; jllre three ere held t Worn ra ours. Adaltertted the Sausage. tensing. Vh'h --Circuit Ju.Ue st Friday afternoon In an opinion held that the use of cereal ai d water in sausage U an adulteration of the prod uct und brings It within the scope of the state pure food law prohib.ting adulterations. The de liion was made lu the application o! Armour Ac o. for an Injunction I.) restrain th state dairy a'id fsid di partmenf from Interfering wiih the sale of their sau sage because cereal nnd water are used lu Its manufacture. Another Mrs. Eddy Suit. Huston. Mass. Disputing the power of Mrs. Mary ltker (ilover Kddy. head of the Christian Science church, to make disposition of so r a part of r fortune, formal notices, have been served upon trustees McClellan. Fun- nald and Maker, having In charge Mrs F.ddy's estate, ordering them not to make the t1.000.IDO to found a churl table Institution recetitlv iinno.incol or any other appropriatl.it from Mrs. Kddy's estate, pending the outei.me of litigation. Col. M. M. Murdock Dead. Wichita. Kan Colonel "Marsh" M. Murdock, Kistmaster of this city and editor of the Wichita K.mle. died Thursday morning at 1 o'clock, utter un Illness of two weeks He suff-red from cirrhosis of the liver and ruturrh of the stomach Durlnj the la-t two lays he could hot recogulte even hi most tiitimute friends. His boa, I nil gresnmaii Victor Murlock. iirririd Wednesday from Wellington. "Marsh" Murdock was 70 years i.'d. A Woman Ambulance Surgeon. New York. ItriHikLn had lu first fliuipKe of a woman ambulance ur gcon Wednesday when Dr. Mary Mer rill answered calls from the illtaiiis burg hoMillul. Dr. Mirrltt Is a pre possessing voung woman of 21 )ear. who won the msl of ambulance sur geon after a competitive examination In which 34 Mien fresh from coll.fc,s entered. Pecced the Famine Appropriation. St. Petersburg The council of i tn plre Friday passed the famine ap propriation of the (lontna a'id then adjourned for the Russian Christmas holidays. Georgia G" Dry. Atlanta, (la - W ith the ndn at of the new year tho law preventing the manufacture and sale of lutoxlcatmi.' liquors passed ky the lust session of the legl ilaturo become effective, mnk Ir.g (ieorU the first of the s.uitheiu states to be placed In the prohili't'on column. The law Is very dia.-tlc ! i Its prohibition and prevents the keep. Inn or giving" away of liquors In pub lie plr.ccs and Imposts a tax of t on clubs whose members are ullo. 1 to keep drinks of an Intovli mlnr u ture In their Individual locker.