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Party Lines Obliterated When ft Field Day Tactics Enter Into the Fight. Washington, 1). C\, Feb. 27.—With Its war paint on the House of Representa tives by sweeping majorities many times defied the Senate by rejecting its •amendments to the executive appro priation bill providing for salary in creases for the president, the vice presi dent, the speaker, the judiciary and for the creation of the offices of under secretary and fourth assistant secre tary of state. Party lines were obliter ated completely. It was a regular field day in the low er body, where oratory and confusion vied with each other for honors. Not during the present congress has the -speaker been compelled to wield his gavel with such force to bring about order as today. Bill to Conference The battle waged for more than six hours, at the end of which the bill was •-••sent to conference. So much time was consumed in the consideration of the conference report on that measure that •a night session was made necessary in order that further discussion of the •sundry civil appropriations bill, which has dragged along for several days, might be had. The house conferees strenuously de fended their report, which, insofar as there was no disagreement, was adopt ed. Mr. Clark, of Missouri, declared that Instead of $50,000 the president ^actually received $291,000 per annum. The vote on each increase was taken separately, and by a vote of 57 to 102 the House refused to accept the amend ment increasing the speaker's salary. Cannon Votes for It. Before the announcement was made Speaker Cannon directed that his name be recorded in the affirmative. An unusual scene followed. Members were on their feet in a general scram ble for recognition for motions of one sort or another. The speaker, unruffled by his besiegers, held that a motion by Mr. Watson, of Indiana, to recede from the amendment and amend it so as to make the salary $75,000, was preferen tial. Mr. Watson sought to shut off debate by moving the previous ques tion. and on that proposition the roll again was called. The previous question was ordered, and on the vote being taken on the adoption of the amendment it was car ried, 163 to 149, amid republican ap plause. The amendment will make the presi dent's salary equivalent to the present salary plus the $25,000 appropriation heretofore allowed him for traveling expenses, the latter appropriation be ing stricken out. AN OWL STORY FOR LITTLE ONES New Tork, Feb. 27.—What was the crowd in the city hall park doing? Looking at a little owl in a little tree. Was the crowd large? Five hundred persons, at least. What was the owl doing? Looking wise. Did any persons in the crowd have important engagements? Certainly. Why did thoy stand looking at the owl? Because they were jay New Yorkers. Did the owl do anything? Yes, it finally flew away. What did the crowd do? It cheered. Do New Yorkers often act that way? Yes, my child, crowds will col lect to see an asphalt repairer, to see a fallen horse get on his feet, or watch a mechanical toy. Residents of Yapliank are not more fond of "rubbering", than New Yorkers. KAISER'S SON MAY VISIT THE UNITED STATES Berlin. Feb. 27.—The Crown Prince Frederick William, the future German ?niperor, is seriously considering the acceptance of an invitation from lead ing yachtsmen of the United States to pay a visit to America in the present year. August is mentioned as a likely date for his imperial highness' trip. J-Hver since his uncle, Admiral Prince Henry, of Prussia, visited America in 3 902. the crown prince has had an ar dent desire to visit the land of pretty girls and skyscrapers. He never fails to say so whenever he meets Ameri cans, of whom he Is genuinely fond. The crown prince's appearance in the United States as a sportsman will re veal him in the role wherein he is now most conspicuous in his own country. His imperial highness,, who is equally at home on horesback, tennis court, motor car. skifL' or schooner, has put himself unofficially at the head of the movement to inculcate the love of sports in the Fatherland on some such Scale as exists In America and Eng land. EXPECTS SMALLER BUT BETTER NEWSPAPERS New Haven, Conn., Feb. 27.—Schools of journalism, qualifications for news paper work and newspaper independ ence were discussed by Hart Lyman in the second and final of the Bromley lectures at Yale. HOUSE TURNS DOWN QUASH FARMERS'JURY THE SALARY BOOSTS Mr. Ijyman said there never was a bc-tter time perhaps than now to begin work on a newspaper. We have been living for a good many years in the age of quantity, but soon a higher value may be put on quality. He was hope ful that the next notable change in tho newspaper world would be a return to smaller papers. Every element enter ing into their composition might cost more than now, excepting the print pa per, which would cost less because less of it would be used. There would come also, Mr. Lyman thought, a clearer perception of what is intrinsically worth printing. If the country is not getting tired of the jour nalistic scoop net. it ought to be. SENATE DISCUSSES THE AGRICULTURAL MEASURE Washington. Feb. 27.—The agricul tural appropriation bill was under dis cussion In the Senate during the entire session yesterday. Senator McCumber, of North Dakota, dlscussed at length the right of con- !gress under the constitution to fix standards for grain, and declared that present practices make impossible the sale of western grain at the prices to .which it is really entitled. Senator Heyburn denounced the methods of administering the forest service In a speech which occupied two hours. ,, iSSkri" PANEL IN OH TRIAL Retrial of Famous Fine Case Js flayed by Action of 1 the Court. Chicago, Feb. '26.—The retrial of the [Standard Oil company, of Indiana, was unexpectedly delayed when Judge An derson, in the United States district court, quashed the panel of 150 venire men on what he considered the singu larly large proportion of farmers there on. It was a so-called "farmers' jury" which brought in the verlict making Judge Landis' fine of $29,240,000 in the original case, and Judge Miller, of the defense, was prompt in calling the court's attention to the fact that the panel of the new trial contained but three Chicagoans. "It looks like design, or, if not de sign, it looks like a strange coinci dence," commented Judge Anderson, whereupon the jury commissioners In sisted that the panel had been drawn exactly as in other cases. This the court later admitted. District Attorney Sims said that there was no statute to compel the Jury commission to take geography or occupation into consideration. "I don't want to start in this hear ing feeling that there is anything un fair," said the court. "I think this panel ought to be set aside. I will instruct the jury commission to put in 150 names of men, a good proportion of whom shall be good business men from Chicago and Cook county. It so happens that this case is tried in a district composed of an enormous com mercial city and several rural counties. The country may have purer air, a higher moral standard and greater In telligence than the city, but that is an open question. However, I am not go ing outside the issue when I sav that if the jury was composed partly of business men who would realize the industrial and commercial phases of the case a more satisfactory and just verdict may be reached." Judge Anderson said he would hear the argument of counsel as to whether shipments or settlements of freight charges constitute the offense. The government will contend that each shipment of oil on which an alleged rebate was paid forms a separate vio lation of the law. Under this construc tion of the law it would be possible to fine the defendant, if found guilty, a maximum of $10,000,000. There was, it is charged, 30 settlements of freight charges on these shipments. Accept ing this view, a maximum fine of $720. 000 is possible. The jury commission was ordered to produce the new panel Thursday. SOUTH VISITED BY DISASTROUS STORM Memphis, Tenn., Feb. 26.—The storm of wind and rain which prevailed In eastern Arkansas, northern Mississippi and western Tennessee, is most severe, say advices received early today. In the counties of Lonoke, Wood ruff, Prairie and Poinsett in Arkansas, the force of the storm, which appar ently originated in the first named county, was felt. The town of Fisher, in Poinsett county, was practically destroyed, re ports stating that but two building re main intact, while six persons were killed and a number of others sus tained more or less serious injuries. Near Augusta, the dead number six. In Lonoke a child was killed. Telegraph and telephone wires through the storm swept section, how ever, are prostrated and the full ex tent of damage is not yet known. In Mississippi. In Mississippi, considerable damage was done to property. Near Greenville several substantial structures were wrecked and a number of smaller buildings were demolished. At New Albany two electrical and wind storms prevailed and several houses were struck by lightning. At Tunica a number of buildings were damaged and several completely wrecked. In Memphis and vicinity the storm was quite severe. At Aulon, Mrs. C. E. Baldwin was caught in wreckage of her home and seriously injured. At Greggs Station a church build ing was razed and several small houses w--re wrecked. W. T. Barnum was „ured. At Binghampton several buildings were damaged. In Memphis trees were uprooted and telegraph and telephone wires tangled, but no casualties occurred. THIRTEEN KILLED IN AN ARKANSAS STORM Little Rock, Ark., Feb. 26.—Thirteen persons were killed, several seriously injured and much property was de stroyed by a storm which, originating in Lonoke county, in eastern Arkansas, and moving northeastward, traversed the counties of Lonoke, Prairie, Wood ruff and Poinsett. Because of the interruption of wire communication with the stormswept territory only the most meager infor mation was available. At Fisher, a town of 400 inhabitants, it is reported that but two buildings remain stand ing, and the Injured are imprisoned in the wreckage. MRS. BOOTH TO UNDERGO A SURGICAL OPERATION New York, Feb. 26.—Mrs. Maude Bal lington Booth, wife of the commander of the Volunteers of America, is to undergo a surgical operation. It is to be performed by Dr. Howard A. Kelly, of Baltimore, professor of gyntecology at Johns Hopkins. Members of her fam ily hopes she will be able to resume ac tive work early in the summer. Mrs. Booth has not been in good health for some years. Her trouble is attributed to an affection of the heart. TRAIN PLUNGES OVER PRECIPICE 25 KILLED Guayaquil, Feb. 26.—A passenger train on the main line, bound north west, was today thrown over a cliff 100 feet high at a point near Rio Bamba and crashed to the bottom of the ra vine. Twenty-five persons were killed and 40 were injured. The accident was caused by a displaced rail. SIX BIRTHDAYS IN ONE FAMILY ON ONE DAY Sterling. 111., Feb. 26.—Jonas Klinger's family celebrated six birthdays today Tho father is 67, the son Jonas, 40, Jen nie and Susan, twins, 28, and Clayton and Robert, twins, 22. All were born on the same day of the same month. Mexico's coffee crop for 1908 is esti mated at 45,000,000 kilos, a kilo being equal to 2.2 pounds. The yield Is 25 per cent under that of 1907. ,'t OOLLAR A WORD FOR ROOSEVELT WRITINGS On Trip to Africa He Will Travel as Faunal Naturalist for the Smithsonian. Washington, Feb. 26:—The complete plans for President Roosevelt's hunting trip in Africa have been given out. The president, it seems, will go as a faunal naturalist, commissioned and outfitted by the Smithsonian institu tion. He will take with him his son, Kermit Major Edward A. Mearns, U. S. A. (retired for physical disability) J. Loring Alden and Edmund Helletv R. J. Cunninghame, the English hunter, will join the party in Africa. The president will remain in Africa somewhat more than a year. In all he will be absent from America two years, but part of his second year will be devoted to travel and lecturing in" Europe. He will lecture at Oxford uni versity, England the Sorbonne, in Paris, and at the University of Berlin. By Rail and Caravan. The Roosevelt party will leave New York about the middle of March, going by the Mediterranean route to Gibral tar and Naples, where it will board a steamer of the German East African line for Kilindini harbor, Mombasa island. They will arrive at the East African port toward the end of April, proceed by the Uganda railroad to Nairobi, spend six months there, then continue by rail to Port Florence, Lake Victoria Nyanza, making a total dis tance of 684 miles by rail. The expedi tion will cross Uganda by caravan, and finally pass down the whole length of the Nile, reaching Khartoum about April, 1910. Much of the hunting and specimen collecting will be done in British East Africa, where the Uganda railroad will be used as a means of ready transportation from Nairobi, which will be the base of supplies. At Khartoum, it is expected, the president and his son will be joined by Mrs. Roosevelt, who will accompany them on their trip to Europe. To Scale Volcano. Upon reaching kilindini, April 24, the party will spend a short time in Mom basa and then procfeed by train on the Uganda railway to Nairobi, the capital of Ukamba province and headquarters of the administration of British East Africa protectorate, a city of 13,514 in habitants, of whom 579 are Europeans. Nairobi will be used as the headquar ters and base of supplies, and from there trips will be made into the coun try thereabouts, which abounds with animals. It is in this section that Mr. Roose velt hopes to do most of his hunting and collecting. Trips, extending from, a week to a month in length, will be made in all directions. Supplies and camping outfit will be carried by na tives and camps established at various points on the trips. It has been decided that snow-capped Mount Kenia, 18,000 feet high, an ex tinct volcano near Ndoro, to the north of Nairobi, will be the objective point of one of these trips. One of the objects of Mr. Roosevelt in taking this trip is for the purpose of collecting material for writing several books regarding his experiences. Dur ing last summer he contracted with the Charles Scrlbner's Sons, of New York, giving that firm all the rights for the serial and book form publication of whatever he might write on his visit to Africa. It is said that the contract price agreed upon is $1 per word, but this never has been verified. His contract with the Scribner firm will not interefe with a contract he signed last October to become an as sociate editor of The Outlook magazine. For that publication lie will write on other matters in which he may become interested while abroad. From time to time that magazine will print articles under his name. Said to Want Privacy. Mr. Roosevelt wishes it understood that he will not permit himself to be feted as General Grant was on his trip around the world. He wants no news paper correspondents along, it is as serted. He would also like it under stood that one of his reasons for going away is to prevent any assertions that he is exerting influence over Mr. Taft. The president will be joined by Mrs. Roosevelt at Khartoum on his way out of Africa, and she will remain with him on his European tour. At Paris Mr. Roosevelt will lecture in French on the Marquis de Lefayette. and at Berlin he will address the stu dents in German on the 100th anniver sary of the founding of Berlin univer sity. POLICE CATCH CLEVER BUNCH OF SWINDLERS Little Rock, Ark., Feb. 26.—That their field of operations extended over the entire country and their victims num bered nearly a hundred, from whom almost half a million dollars was ob tained in the past two years, is the declaration of state and federal of ficials who caused the arrest of J. O. Maybury and three alleged confed erates, leaders, is is charged, of a thor oughly organized band of swindlers. The charge is using the mails to de fraud. In searching the effects of Maybury records were found giving the names, the authorities declare, of men who were victimized, and of over 300 others, in every state in the union and in sev eral provinces in Canada, who, officials assert, acted as agents of the men. Their operations, it is alleged, were to arrange bogus wrestling matches and foot and horse races WELLMAN ADVISES ANDREW CARNEGIE TO ENDOW BIG PAPER Columbia, Mo., Feb. 26.—In an ad dress on journalism before the TJniver-s sity of Missouri Walter Wellman ad vised Andrew Carnegie to "build his most useful and enduring monument by founding at Washington the greatest newspaper in the world." It should be a newspaper not for profit (though managed on the basis of a business enterprise), but a newspaper with pur pose, and that purpose the promotion of international peace and of good gov ernment, progress and reform in Amer ica. BIG FIRE IN ST. LOUIS. St. Louis, Mo.. Feb. 26.—A fire which attacked the. upper portion of a sup posedly fireproof six-story structure at 112-114 North Twelfth st. today, caused a loss estimated at $100,000. The build ing was occupied by the Mulvihill Fur niture company, NEW YORK NEAR8 5,000,000. New York Feb. 26.—The estimated population of the city of New York is 4,422,685, according to Health Commis sioner Thomas Darlington'n annual re port, issued today. The Increase during lt-08 aggregated 137,250 persons. Kj, MONTHS CO*. tflllGHr WITH Goow I nm The umit Salem, Ore., Feb. 3.—How can a wom an keep on her head a 33-inch creation of Paris pattern with a hatpin less than a foot long? That is the question which so agitates the fair sex of all )his commonwealth, for the house of representatives has passed a bill re Deer Become a Nuisance. Either a closed season for cabbages, says the New York Press, or else less mercy for the poor, dear deer, is the cry just now of many Long Islanders who are waking up each' morning to find their kitchen gardens have been used during the night as feeding grounds by the animals which the law permits to bo turned into venison only at rare and brief intervals. All through Suffolk county deer have destroyed vegetables that would have brought hundreds of dollars if tliey could have been marketed but the animals may not be shot or otherwise destroyed, and the truck farmers have to permit them to eet the hearts out of their choicest cabbages, with only tho most distant hope of ever profiting by the sleek fat ness the deer attain. "It seems rather unsportsmanlike to pursue deer with clubs and broom sticks," said Captain .lohn Burr, of Oakdale, who lias been one of the prin cipal sufferers from the depredations, "but it a case of protecting ourselves rather than hunting the deer. We have to keep watch ii: our fields and fairly throw sticks and stones at them to keep any of our garden stuff for our own use. If a cow persisted in coming into my cabbage patch and eating the hearts out of all my winter cabbages, that cow would soon become beek steaks, but the deer seem to know they are safe. They stop at no barrier, leaping the highest fences a man's purse will enable him to build." Jewel of Great Price. "When the pearls are taken from the dead fish they are first sorted according to sibe. This is done by passing them through a set of ten small brass sieves, called baskets, with meshes of varying sizes. Pearls of. the first class that are perfect both in sphercity and in lustre are called ani. Those of the second class, that to the average observer seem equally without flaw, are anttari: the most of the pearls we see in the West ami on general sale come under this head. Of the third .class, called iriasnuku, are those that are somewhat Irregular in shape and a trifle "off" in color, it that are valuable for use. in clusters and are largely used by eastern artificers in mountings of various sorts. ICural is the double or twinned pearl, which when of good lustre and suf ficiently freakish shape is sometimes enor mously valuable. In this class the most wonderful specimen on record Is the great Southern Cross pearl, which is in reality nine pearls, naturally grown together and forming a perfect cross an Inch and a haif long. It was found off the coast of west ern Australia in 1R74. Many seed pearls and rejections—called vadivu—are gener ally ground into chunam and used as an ingredient In a favorite sweetmeat. From China, also conies a heavy demand for seed pearls and in India bushels of tliem, HOW CAN WE KEEP THEM ON} t? JUST ANOTHER VARIATION. Do Quiz—Did you hear about Jones? De Whlz—No. De Quia—He lost his right leg. De Whiz—Gracious! I thought he had everything in his wife's name. Cm J» to NATURAL DEDUCTION. Jessie—They say Mrs. Peck is a hyp notist. Do you suppose It is true? Jack Shouldn't wonder. She has neither wealth nor beauty, yet she got •tarried. stricting thp length of metal millinery moorings to an insignificant 10 inches, and the measure is in a fair way to pass the senate. The bill is said to have been sug gested by a bald headed bachelor, who had his eye grazed by the protruding point of a hat pin, and he has been making trouble throughout the whole literally, are used in the decoration of idols and sacred images and of weapons as well. Pearl oysters are of two varieties, the large white shell and a smaller black species, but which produces the best pearls is an undecided question. Probably there is little choice. One rule that does seem to hold good, however, is that the deeper the water from which the shell is taken the larger and finer will be the pearl.—C. B. Taylor, in the January Everybody's. J': I The Great Berlin Library. From the New York Evening Post. The number of volumes on the shelves of the Berliip royal library is about 1,260,000. On the first of August, 1908, there were employed 45 librarians, 57 male and fe male assistants, 46 attendants, and so on, making a force o? more than 150 alto gether. The number of volumes lent out during the last year was 344,000 in Berlin and 36,000 elsewhere, while the dally de mand In the reading room averaged 888 volumes. Sixteen persons are kept busy in the cataloging department: the number of leaves added to the catalog within a year was 6,700, and the titles of 18,000 new volumes were registered. The number of volumes, old and new, added to the col lection was 57,000. In pursuance of a new policy some valuable old books and manu scripts were obtained from other libraries, among them 900 books of the 16th century, contributed by Heiligenstadt. In 1906 a musical department was added. The scores and volumes in these were contrib uted largely as gifts by various publish ers, and how greatly this new feature is appreciated is shown by the fact that no fewer than three librarians, two directors and 15 assistants are already kept busy in this youngest branch of the institution. Thirty-Nine DoubtfuK Thirty-nine ballots were doubtful and went to the contest committee appoint ed by Speaker Feely. Corrie now had a load of five, and unless the recount of the 39 should give a majority of at least six to Baxter, Corrie had won the fight. Before the recount of the 39 began Attorneys White and Johnson, of Ida Grove, appearing for Mr. Baxter, ar gued a motion to dismiss on the ground that tho opening of the bags had dis closed carelessness on the part of elec tion officials in packing the ballots in bags before sending them to County Auditor Varner. The motion was over ruled, and the committee, comprising Representatives Stillman, Cooper, Goodykoonts, Calkins and Bauman, began a recount of tho 39 contested ballots. The result was that six ballots were thrown out, 16 were credited to Baxter and 17 to Corrie. The committee was unanimous on its decision on each bal lot. BITS OF HUMOR. PROPER EXPRESSION. Dolly—Why do you call her a "decided blonde" Polly—She decided on the color only last week. HUMAN NATURE. Bronson—What are die respective ages of the father and the son? Woodson—Well. I judge that the for mer Is over 50, because I notice he likes to be called "my boy." and that the lat ter is under 25. for the reason that it pleases iim to be addressed as "old IM9S MDtWM -fe= Rooted to tho Spot. From tho New York. Press. Once a reporter went around to certain residence in New York., t0r get details about the master of the house, who had just died, in order that an obituary might appear in the newspa per which he represented. Such de tails, as a rule, are very easy:to get, as few people have objections to glv-' ing them out for publication. The re porter, therefore, was intensely tur-' prised when the widow of the deceased. with scarcely a word, slammed the door in his face. She retired into the house. Pres ently the door bell rang furiously. She refused to stir. Again the door bell rang, more furiously than before. Still the lady of the house would not stir. "I have told him that I don't want to say anything about my husiiahd," she thought to herself, "and he has no right to be so persistent." So she sat still, while the door bell rang again and again, and again. At last she could stand it no longer. So, opening a window over the front door, she poked her head out and re marked severely: "Young man, I do not desire to say anything to you. Kindly do not disturb me any more. Go away, young man." "I can't," roared the reporter* beside himself with exasperation. "You've shut my coat tails in the door,- The Land of Vanished Home*. Where is the summer, the gay, gla^ summer. Radiant with light and bright witl* flowers? It has given place to this sad newcomer," Who has stripped the trees and scorched, the bowers. :rv.- .r And where are the siimmets bel&V(Sa "ana »iS departed fcfe-Jsi. Which long, long ago gave joy to the earth? Where then is the one when the lion- King Richard reigned a&d the. Crusades had birth? And where is {he one which saw Kenil-'* worth's glory Which the stately Elizabeth deigned tofe-*" review? And when Shakespeare lived, and his pea 4 told each story Which comes down through the years, a ever living and new? ,%.*• Where is the summer when life spread' i?L before us 'b Sweet to the heart and fair to the view,, When we saw no cloud in the azure sky' o'er us, 5 #t When earth was all glory and eachf wk? friend was true? Oh, the late and the long ago summers are dwelling 'ir In a place warm with sunshine and ,v ,r lovely with flowers sf? There each to the other Its storv is telling In the heautiful land of the vanished \,i«a hours! —Ninette M. Lowater, in New York Sun. 'J NEVER SAW HIM MORS. Miss Oldgirl—Suppose I were to tell you that I didn't believe one word re garding the lasting qualities of your af fection. What would you say? Mr. Wise—Why, I would say that you are far too wise for any ordinary man to marry. Goodbye. HE KNEW WOMEN. Jlgson—Your wife Is always In such good humor. How do you manage It? Jagson—I make her think I'm Jealous of bar. •hi 4 tjw «/., OUGGttfe like, hats LOCWN S *-OUT THer Use. jCfeATJg(!t$p state. Opponents of the bill are usmjf every filibustering tactic known, but It is likely that they will protest in' vain. They are in despair, for adviccfc from the French capital state that the hats which are now In the works will b® broader than ever before and Gha,t the spring styles call for cart wheel' dimen sions. mmi A i-wk ••MM -H 7 Vi|i t., $£ vfi -vM mzm