flIS A lllftll Senor Palma Approves ol Control of the Republic by Amerlclans. WILL FULFIL PLEDGES Given Proof of Conference United States Will Protect Life and Property Shocked at Dissensions IJvcs Humbly on Lonely Ranch. Mazanlllo, Cuba, Jan. 31. From the remarks which follow It U evi dent that while Senor Palma avoids the name "protectorate," he strongly approves the thing Itself, says the New York Herald. "During the four years of my ad ministration there was peace and tonfidence. Public Improvements wero made, foreign capital flowed Into the country to build railways and develop natural resources. There was security and opportunity for all who desired to engage in business and work for all who wanted to earn an honest living. The country's cred it waB high and there were millions In the treasury. "When this portion had been at . talned after such havoc and pro trateed struggles it was a painful shock to see that the Cuban people aid not the patriotism to stand uni ted before the world, but were fo menting dissension and starting a evolution against their own govern ment. "With the millions in the treasury could unquestionably have sup pressed the revolution, but in doing this I could not prevent the destruc tion of property or the shedding of 7 Si'"1 iUU- t: : Ton ins Kstrudo l'lUiua. Cuban blood by Cubans. It was to ivort these calamities thnt I stood aide to permit the United States to xercise the right and duty It had (assumed of preserving Cuban inde pendence and protecting life, prop wry and individual liberty. "The United States has solemnly issumed the obligation to do this. Americans are a moral people and till. I know, fulfill their obligations. ,ty absolute confidence that they will .rotect life and property is shown in hat I am doing here. When I re ..vered this place It was barren. With, the savings from my salary I w gradally stocked It until I have caw about one thousand head of cat tle. With money from the sale of my ,i.ouse In Pleasant Valley, N. Y., I ipect to erect a dwelling here for y family and other Improvements : make thia ranch, my future home, productive. "Everything I own In the world Is -reposed right here. I am setting an -ktample of confidence to my neigh bors, encouraging them to go to vork In the assurance that the merlcans will give absolute protec tion to life and property." "Do you believe that should be (tone by declaring a protectorate, ;ik that over Egypt?" he was Miked. "You. mean," responded Senor alma, "that the peace and prosper of the Cuban people require an . ministration like that of Lord iromer in the land of the Nile. I 111 not undertake to say precisely hat measures should be taken. It for the American people to say by -hat means they shall fulfill their -'.ligation, but I have absolute con V'.dence they will do whatever Is ne- assary to enforce the reign of ace, law and order, and to make certain that there shall never be an other revolution In Cuba. Her peo jle may work in the assurance that viey will enjoy the fruits of their ttbors and that capital to develop the resources of the Island and bring well being to the people can come In confidence." No Mrs. Jackson Pension. Raleigh, N. C, Jan. 29. The Sen ate of North Carolina received a let mt from Mrs. "Stonewall" Jackson tocllnlng to accept a pension of $100 a month, provided under a resolu tion Introduced recently. She suggested that the money be appropriated for the relief of desti tute widows of Confederate veter ans. In accordance with her desire 'he bill calling for the pension was withdrawn from the calendar. Squall Sinks Fifty Junks. Hongkong, China, Jan. 80. A ter rific rain squall broke over Hong kong and In the space of tan minutes nk over fifty Chinese craft In the wbor, more than a hundred native being drowned, l ft) s ' ' BABY'S OUTDOOR GARMENTS Hyfllenlo Petticoat Has Replaced thu Old Style Ones. Mothers uid not turn It poxhlitle some years ago to Uie tuuir u.tuu wilnout a Lm row com. To-day they are seldom used, duo tors navlng agree 1 tn&t it Is limui k wtap the i ay'a leet so tight; it auuiu have the lihe of ii.eiu, as ivi.i.t, ulu' theui m growing. The hygienic petticoat has aUeit taken lh place of the oid myic ui.es, Which had a broad band drawn i.gui ly around the child under tnu ami. 6u many bands are uncomfortauie, uud are, therefore, to be avoided. Theau new skirts are made to oiieii on ti.o shoulder seams and it wlil be beeii that they can be taken off without uu dressing the baby. The front of tao petticoat is a straight piece, slig.uiy gored at the bottom, and thu top ta4 tho neck and armholes cut Into it. The back is cut with a small a.uount of fullness. Royalty's Love of Pearls. Queen Alexandra, as most poop'o know, has a love of pearls and sl.e i:i very fond of wearing an exquisite dog collar necklet of these precious gcius, which are also the favorite Jewels of the queen-dowager of Italy, herself known as the "Pearl of Savoy." Since her widowhood the queen dowager t.an no longer taken pleasure In her Jewels as formerly, and her famous ropes of pearls, to which her devoted husband always added another (In each of her birthdays, have now passed Into thu possession of her beautiful daughter-in-law, Queen Elena. On Waterloo's Battlefield. Mine. Veuve Dupuls, nearly 101 years old, who was a guest of honor at the unveiling of Gerome's monument, "the Wounded Eagle," on the scene of the struggle of giants, had her wish to travel to the Waterloo battlefield In a motor car gratified. She did not, however, remain long away from he residence at Cliapclle-les-Herlalncourt, as she did not now how her "hoys" aged 80 and 78, would get on without her. Book and Music Cabinet. The disposition of sheet music so that It will be accessible and yet be preserved from dust Is something of n puzzle In the home where space is at a premium. Music cabinets of vary ing sizes and designs have bt-en brought out In recent years and a sat isfactory one for ordinary service In here pictured. It is of mahogany tall enough to serve as a pedestal on which to display a specimen of pottery or bric-a-brac, while the compartments for sheet music are sufficient to ac commodate a goodly supply. Under neath the drawers, music books can be stowed away conveniently and. If desired be screened from view and from dust by curtains of silk. The Art of Drinking. Every child should be taught that thirst quenching does not depend so greatly on the quantity of fluid swal lowed as on the length of time during which liquid is kept In contact with the tissues of the mouth and throat. A small quantity of water used as a mouth and throat wash will relieve thirst more than a pint Bwallowed has tily. A child should never be allowed to drink iced water, or for that mat ter any kind of Iced drinks. Questions for Engaged Girls. Do you really know the man whose wife you have promised to be? Are you acquainted with his Ideas and Ideals of life? Do you find that his tastes and yours are congenial? Have you heard what his men ac quaintances say about him? Have you ever seen him In any but conventional surroundings? Do you know how he spends his time when he is not with you? A Cure for Warts. Vinegar and cooking soda in solu tion are said to make a capital cure for warts. It the wart is kept moist with It for ten minutes several times a day It will disappear in the course of a week or so In ordinary cases. An other cure is to touch frequently with acetic or nitric acid, but one must be careful not to Irritate the surrounding skin by dropping either acid. Saving the Hair. Many women lose quantities every summer, and as soon as the cold weather comes the shedding ceases. It might be avoided entirely If they were careful and as a woman grows older it is more than ever Important to save what she has, for new hair does not grow quickly or often on an old scalp. An invalid's desire for oranges, flga or grapes may usually be heeded. White china silk washes like a handkerchief. THE COLUMBIAN, 11 mm Covering Minor Happen ings from all over the Globe. HOME AND FOREIGN. Compiled aad Condensed tor tn Busy Reader A Complete Record f RaropeM Despatches and Im portent Event from KveTywhesw Boiled Down tor Hasty Perusal Bret Harte's daughter, Mrs. Jes samy II. Steele, Is In Portland, Me., Almshouse, trying to revise and sell the manuscript of one of her father's stories. Fire In the Baldwin Locomotive Works, Philadelphia, caused $l,noo. 000 loss. Arrearage of franchise tnxe amounting to $825,000 were paid to the city by the Long Island Rautoud Company. District Attorney Kennoy declared there was sufficient evidence for an Indictment In the Townsend murder casf. Adjutant General Henry accepted the resignation of Captain Louis Wendel, First Battery, and dismissed the court of Inquiry previously or dered "by command of the Gover nor." Methods and policy of the Stan dard Oil Company were vigorously assailed In the Interstate Commerce Commission's report to Congress. Encouraging results have been ob tained at the lepers' settlement In Hawaii by the use of extract of eu calyptus In treating leprosy. Messrs. Blrdsall, Hlnslow and Wil son, members of the House Commit tee on Merchant Marine, refuse to sign any report on ship subsidy. New Jersey legislators decided to listen to Senator Dryden's plea for re-election at a conference to be held Monday. Minority members of the House Committee on Merchant Marine are at odds over the report to be sub mitted on the Ship Subsidy bill. The argument In the proceedings against Attorney General Jackson for contempt of Court wns heard at Albany, N. Y. Americans sailors gave great ser vice In driving off thieves in wrecked Kingston, declared resident, replying to Governor Swettenham. Washington reported a rumor that Rear Admiral Evans would retire from active service in the navy. Senator Dryden asked for a meet ing of New Jersey's Republican legislators In order that he may ad dress them and try to overcome any objections there may be to re-eloct-ing him to the Senate. Threatened trouble over the May oralty of Santiago de las Vegas. Cuba, has been settled by Governor Nunez, who ordered the office turned over to Mayor Plnar. Dr. Charles Wllmot Townsend, a well known physician of Staten Isl and, was shot by a masked man while In bed In his home at four o'clock In the morning. George Barnham. Jr., former vice president of the Mutual Reserve Life Insurance Company, began his term of Imprisonment In Sing Sing. President Roosevelt's birthplace, No. 28 East Twentieth street, New York city, was sold for $80,000. Kingston reported that Governor Swettenham, fearing disease among the earthquake refugees, would clear the parks and that the homeless would resist. Radical changes In the postal laws hitting at Sunday supplements of newspapers were proposed by a Washington commission. The naval programme is to be taken up by the House, when there will be a line-up between those fav oring more war ships and those fav oring disarmament. New. York State Lunacy Commis sion reports a total of 6,761 new cases of Insanity last year, slight la crease over the previous year. Two more shocks were felt at Kingston, Jamaica, which levelled buildings. Aid arrived there from Americans at Panama. Advices from London declared that Governor Swettenham's career at Kingston was probably ended. The House Committee on Naval Affairs voted In favor of authorizing a second big gun battleship of 20,000 tons. State Engineer, pleading great In crease in work in his office, seeks to have several new assistants who shall be exempt from civil service. Mr. Roosevelt changes his mind about sending a car shortage mes sage to Congress Just now, and will wait to see If the Interstate Com merce Commission cannot find a remedy. Because they could not marry, a seventeen year old schoolboy of New York city, and his sixteen year old sweetheart kept a suicide pact. POHBIQN If JEWS. In Interviews with the leading fi nancial men In London, the opinion is expressed that there is no organ ized campaign against American 1 stocks abroad, says a despatch. The Persian Assembly decided to BLOOMSBURO, PA. end the Grand Vlzter an ultimatum regarding the Cabinet being present at the session, says a cable from Te heran. A cable from Nice reports the theft from Admiral Makaroff's widow of all her Jewels and a decoration given her by the Czar. French bishops propose that ths government lease the church build ings to the ecclesiastical authorities, rent free, and Paris papers urge ac ceptance of the plan. On account of the failure of the hbme crop, Russia will bo a large purchaser of American wheat. Fire in the Saarbrueck mine is under control, the victims will prob ably number forty-eight and a relief fund of $7,600 has been collected. A cable from Caracas tells how In a fight, after surprising Vice Presi dent Gomez's friends at a meeting, Governor Mata, of the Federal dis trict, was killed and several were wounded. Declaring that the American In dustrial and financial situation Is not free from danger, the Journal des Debats, as quoted In a cable, says that Europe Is over a mine. By a Are damp explosion In a coal mine near Saarbruecken, Rhenish Prussia, nearly two hundred men were killed, says a despatch from Berlin. A serious difference of opinion be tween the Shah and Deputies has arisen over the presence of the Min istry In the Assembly, according to a despatch from Teneran. A despatch from Alexandria says that the Russian refugees were ship ped to Odessa, and the escutcheon over the consul's office that had been torn down by a mob was replaced. Germany la not positive as to a discussion of the disarmament ques tion at The Hague It Is reported from Rome that the Pope has changed his position to ward France and will admit of pub lic worship under the supplementary separation law. In an Interview, cabled from Paris, Mr. S. Lahni, father of the winner of tho Coupe Internationale des Aero nautes, favors St. Louis as the start ing point of the airship race and praises the work of the Wright brothers. According to a despatch from Te heran the National Assembly haa de cided that revenues from railways, pearl fisheries, mines and concess sions shall belong to the national bank, the Shah being asked to ap prove the decision. The salient feature of the Paris Bourse, was the continued weakness of French rentes, due, says a de spatch, to the probability of a tax ou the incomes derived therefrom. Returns from the German elec tions Indicate that the government parties have made a net gain of six seats, while centrists and socialists together havo lost fifteen. When Mr. Meyer, the American Ambasador In St. Petersburg, took his leave from the Czar the latter decorated him with a high order. In his great London store, Wil liam Whltely, a noted merchant, vas shot dead by a youth, who, after shooting himself, declared he was the victim's son. Denouncing the new French Apos tolic Catholic Church organized In Paris, the Vatican authorities de clared Archbishop Vllalette an apos tate. SPORTING NEWS. There will be twenty-aeven con flicting baseball games this season In tho National and American base ball league. Cambridge oarsmen ridicule the report that they may come to Amer ica to row the Harvard crew. A new ice yacht, the Imp, won two races on the South Shrewsbury. Three automobiles make the trip to Boston to test the comparative fuel values of kerosene, denatured alcohol and gasolene. The X. L. N. C. won the cham pionship ice yacht pennant of the South Shrewsbury Club over a ten mile course. Poor Advice Cost $7,000. London, Jan. 31. Lord Chief Jus tice Alverstone handed down a deci sion In which he holds C. A. Pear son, the publisher. In one of whose newspapers an Invitation Is given to its readers to apply to the editor for financial guidance, responsible for the loss of a patron's money. Pearson was sued , for $7,000, which the plaintiff gave to an out side broker for lnveetment upon the editor's advice and which was lost. Pearson Is ordered to pay the full amount. Slot Meter Kills Two. Bridgeport, Conn., Jan. 29. James and Gustaf Aposlask, broth ers, twenty-five and eighteen years old, respectively, were asphyxiated at a local lodging-house. A gas heater in their room was supplied through a quarter-ln-the-slot meter. The boarding house mistress drop ped a coin In the meter in the morn ing and the new flow of gas killed both men. Fisherman on Ice Floe. Riga, Russia, Jan. 31. Fourteen fisherman are adrift on an Ice-floe in the Gulf of Riga. The men were fish ing when the Ice broke and they sud denly found themselves being blown out to sen by a strong wind. Steam ers are searching for the fisherman. MANAGING A MAN. how Any Woman Can' Make Hsrsolf an Adept In This Line by a Dtp tie Study. If any poor little soul who feels her hold slipping from about the heart of the man she loves desires a recipe for bringing him back to her, let her Ket the family cat upon the heartnstoue and study him. When she has at tained a scientific knowledge of his likes and dislikes, his habits and Idi osyncrasies, his faults and his vir tues, she will have acquired the sub tle art of managing a man. A cat Is not really a wicked animal. He Is lovable In a way. But he has a complex nature quite different from that of the simple dog, whose affec tions are written In his eyes, A dog needs only to be loved. A cat must bo very deftly handled. Most women make the mistake of approaching a man as they would a dog. Before marriage they let him trot at their hqels, carry their packaged and sit at their feet. After marriage they smother him with caresses and cling about his neel: in a manner that would send the best natured cat In the world scuddinj away to freedom. It is the woman herself who pos sesses the dog nature long suffering devoted and enduring. Possibly that Is why she cannot understand the mas culine cat. A dog loves his master; a cat loves his home. A woman loves her lover; a man loves the society of the woman who makes him most com fortable. The strongest masculine love that the world has ever known has not been able to endure the strain of burned chops and curtain lectures, while the vainest and weakest wo men living will often stand up In the police court and fight for the freedom of the man who has been arrested for beating her. It requires a sixth sense in a dog or a cat or a man or a woman to understand each other. A man, like a cat, may be coaxed; be cannot be bullied. The girl who at tempts to attract a man by pursuing him with those obvious feminine at tentions such as makng love to hlo sister and Inviting him to call when he hns not thought of coming is, In vulgar parlance, "flinging herself at his head." She is trying to charm him as ho would try to charm a cat by catching it by the nape of the neck and rub bing its fur the wrong way or by fling ing It a bone as she would fling a bootjack. The man, like the perse cuted cat, Is aware that something Is about to descend upon him and ho runs. It Is that subtle woman who lookn the other way while she dangles n ribbon who attracts the most atten tion from a cnt or a man. The woman who can wenr a picture hat without apparent purpose, the woman who makes tho most of her own charms but does not flaunt them she is of tho subtle class. A cat will always run after a ball of bright worsted, provided It Is not flung at him. Kato Clyde In Topcka State Journal. A Few Laundry Lines. Make your iron holder of asbestos cloth Table salt in the starch will help in the Ironing. ' A little borax in the last rinsing water will make handkerchiefs easier to iron and look better when done. A useful thing to remember is that the Iron will not stick to the clothes If the starch used has been mixed with soapy water. Rub the irons with a cloth soaked in kerosene to prevent scorching. Fre quent rubbing on sandpaper will keep Irons from sticking. Three ounces of borax and two pounds of sliced white bar soap dis solved In two quarta of hot water will make a splendid lather for washing clothes. If you wash black stockings In a warm lather of soap and water no soda and add a little vinegar to tho rinsing water they will keep a good color till worn out. . A Pale Complexion. Paleness of the complexion is often one of the aligns of anaemia, a com plaint from which young girls very of ten suffer nowadays. For these an indoor life Is exceedingly undesirable, and they thould be out in the fresh air as much as possible. A course of cod liver oil and iron Is beneficial, and the diet should consist of milk, farinaceous foods, etc., and a cold or tepid morning bath Is excellent as causing belter circulation of the blood. Japanese Toilet Women have always aspired to be beautiful and have painted their faces and "tired their heads" since time Immemorial and in all countries. The geisha of Japan changes the color of her Hps three times in one evening and no little Japanese wdy ever misses an opportunity of whipping out the rouge pot and mirror which form Indispensable parts of her toilet- After Cooking Lima Beans. After cooking lima beans, take a few tablespoonfuls of them from the saucepan and mash them wIA a spoon. Add half a tablespoonful of butter, a little cream, and a quarter of a cupful of the water the beans were boiled In. Drain all the water off the beans and pour in the sauce. Stir, and let it boll up once before serving. Delicate colored silks should never be laid away In white paper, as the chloride of lime used in bleaching the paper often draws out the color. The woman who tolls for a living al ways says she Is proud of her post tlon. PKATH V ALLEY ftNOWIIOLNIH IV.Jzr.iird tinge Over What In Usually a lim ning Plain of Hand. 8nn Francisco, Jan. 81. Th Imagination picture of Death Valley Is a level, sun blistered waste of heat quivering sand, with the sun reflect ing from blenched bones of horsU and men dead of thirst. It has remained for this winter to change this scene and to disclose a blizzard swept plain. W. II. Parker, Juut back from the gold country, says: "There is ten Inches of snow at the bottom of Doath Valley, a thing nev er before heard of. I went down to Ely two weeks ago and could not get out for five days, even though I had my own team. The whole coun try was snowbound. "A family of four started across Death Valley, were caught In the storm and have not been heard of." Inheritance Tax Stands. Washington, D. C, Jan. 30. Ths Supremo Court of the United States denied the petition for a writ of re view In tho case of Mary Sherman McCallum, adopted daughter of the late Senator John Sherman, against the Collector of Internal Revenue for the district of Columbia, Involv ing tho rate of taxation assessed against a part of the sum inherited by her from the Senator. Under the Inheritance tax provis ion of the war revenuo law of 1898 a tux was levied on $90,000 in cash re ceived by Mrs. McCallum, which placed her in the fifth class of heirs, or "those who are srangers to ths blood," who were required to pay tn highest tax. Five Dead In Trnin Crash. Deerfleld, Mass., Jan. 31. FIt men were killed and one seriously in lured as the result of a freight train running Into the rear of a pas senger train on tho Fitchburg divis ion of the Boston and Maine Rail road about a mile west of West Deer field. Tho dead are George B. Busseno, of the express train, lived at Troy, N. Y., forty-seven years old, married; G. W. Harrington, baggage muster of tho express, lived at Troy, N. Y.; M. A. Fltzpatrlck, engine driver, Rot terdam Junction, N. Y., and R. N Dennlson, flremun, Mechanlcsvllle, N. Y. Chronic Hlder Dies In a Street Car. Lexington, Ky., Jan. 31. Mra. William Allen, aged sixty years, died suddenly on a street car here. She was a member of a widely known family. She had a hobby of riding on street cars, and every morning Immediately after rising she board ed a car and rode all day, leaving only for meals. Hands Up and Turn Round. Feodosla, Russia, Jan. 31. Gov ernor General Davldoff, in the fear of assassination, has Issued orders that all men who meet him in ths street are to turn their backs and hold up their hands until he passe out of sight. FINANCIAL. The United States Steel Corpora tion Issued a statement showing Its net earnings In 1906 to have been $166,619,111, and declared the usual dividend. Copper authorities denied chargws of James Noroton, of Boston, that large quantities of copper are being concealed to keep the price up. Atwood Vlolett issued a statement on the cotton trade of the North, de claring for actual Instead of theoret ical differences In prices of grade cotton. NEW YORK MARKKT8, Wholesale Prices ef Farm Prod see Quoted for the Week. The Milk Exchange price for stan dard quality Is 3c. per qt Bnttrr. Creamery, extra 28H2 Firsts 2( 7 State dairy, fancy 26 26 Cbeeee. Fancy 13 41V4 Small UHOlttt Part Skims 9 Eggs. State and Penn... , . . . . 34 3I Western Firsts 80 Live Poultry. Chickens, per lb... 11 Fowls, per lb Dressed Poultry. Turkeys, per lb 14 17 Fowls, per lb S OlStt Chickens. Phlla. lb. ... IS fll Fowls, per lb 8 &li Ducklings, per lb 12 1$ Fruits Fresh. Apples Greenings per bbl $1 60 $3 Ot King, per bbl 8 00 $ 26 Ben Davis per bbl... 1 60 t. 6t Vegetable. Potatoes, L. I., bbl...$l 60$1 Tl Cabbages, per 100... I 60O 4 t Onions, white, bbl... 2 00 6 6t Carrots, per bbl 1 76 3 0 Turnips, per bbl...... 16 gt Hay and Straw. Hay, prime, cwt...$l 00 p$l IS No. 1. per cwt. . It 6 1 Ot . No. 3, per cwt. . 90 0 10 Straw, long rye... 16 Q 71 Grain, Eto. Flour, Win. pats. $3 80 $$76 Upring pats... 4 10 4 $0 Wheat, No. 1.... 90)4 No. 2, red..,. tl Oats, mixed.... 19 . Clipped whit. 40 O ii lire Stock. Beeves, city drs'd Calves, city drs'd. 3 14 - Country, drs'd. 7 O 1$ , Sheep, par cwt.. $4 00 $6 00 J