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Our civilization is a crowd civiliza
tion, says Gerald Stanley Lee in At
_ _ , l;intic. The only
Our C run il
beauty of art or
Civilization. ... . , _
life that such a
civilization can produce must be pro
duced by making' the crowd beauti
ful. The crowd can only be made
beautiful by the great man in it. A
man can only be great in it by be
ing a two-world man, an artist. He
can only be a great artist by pos
sessing and expressing the New
Testament temperament, the tem
perament of the great novelist, mak
ing the crowd beautiful by being a
crowd in himself. In its last analysis,
the solution of the crowd is the prac
tical man in it; that is. the diviner, the
Interpreter of persons. He sees so
much that he makes us all see. He is
ihe lifter of the horizons in which we
live our lives. He is the man whose
seeing is so deep a seeing that it is a
kind of colossal doing—who goes about
amongst us, world-making with lils
eyes. He gazes on each of us through
the world's heart. He is the eye of a
thousand years. It takes a thousand
years for the world to make him. and
when he is made, he makes the world
for a thousand years. Men shall be
born, troops of generations of them,
and go through t heir days and die. that
the visions of a man like this may be
lived upon the platform of the earth.
History is the long slow pantomime
acted by all of us —now in sorrow, aud
now in joy—of the dreams of a man
like this. We cannot escape him. He
is universal. Only by being out of the
universe can we escape hiin. The stars
are his footlights. We are born in the
cast of his dreams. He is the play
wright over us all.
A decision was rendered in a New
London (Wis.) justice court a few days
ago which is entirely new to juris
prudence. It was in the case of Julius
Heinz against a local meat market.
The plaintiff discovered a black bear
in its den. It became frightened and
ran away. He secured a rifle and
tracked the animal's trail for a few
days, w hen anot her hunter. 11. Schroed
er, shot the bear and claimed owner
ship. Neither of the two hunters was
aware of the other's presence in the
woods before the bear was shot.
Schroeder sold the animal to a meat
market in New London for S4O. The
hunter who scared the bear out of its
den claimed part share of the car
cass, but as Schroeder would not
recognize the claim Heinz brought a
replevin suit against the meat deal
er. The case was tried by a jury and
the verdict was that the carcass was
the legal property of the man who
first discovered the bear and not the
man who killed it. The case has
been appealed.
It is reported that the Mediterranean
moth is giving a good deal of trouble
in the flour mills of Wisconsin and
Minnesota. It thrives in flouring mills,
evidently feeding on flour dust, and
multiplies at an enormous rate. Thus
far no effective way has been found
to get rid of it. The immature worms
play havoc with the machinery plant,
weaving webs in the machinery, in the
dust collectors, und various chutes of
the mill, and blockading operations. In
one of the mills of Superior the moths
got into some of the wooden chutes,
and finally it was necessary to takeout
the chutes and burn them. The moths
are transferred from mill to mill, it is
believed, through the interchange of
sucks and bags.
They tell in southeast Missouri of a
young man there who advertised under
an assumed name for a wife. The fel
low's sister happened to see the adver
tisement and answered it, also under
an assumed name, and then they ex
changed photographs. The outcome
may be imagined, but what the oid
folks said when they found that there
were two such fools in the family mav
not be repeated in print. The law for
bids it.
Decision has been rendered by the
lowa supreme court to the effect that
a stock feeder who buys stock to feed
and s.-il is not a merchant within the
meaning of the code ant! cannot be as
sessed for taxation purposes in the
same way as a merchant would be as
sessed. The case came up on appeal,
the lower court liuving held a con
trary- rp!r'-n.
TOWNE OF MINNESOTA.
Thtn arose the Kitted Charley,
Charli y Towne, of Minnesota,
Town*, the accidental statesman.
Statesman from the Zenith City,
Minnesota's Boanerges,
Champion of Agulnaldo,
Full of zea! to earn his mileage.
Towne, tall-ender, tall and talky.
Opened all his vocal floodgates,
Churr.fd himself Into a fever,
Shook his little bag of brimstone,
Pointed with a scornful finger
At the country's "lust for slaughter,"
At the man within the white bouse,
At the whole gum-dasted business
From the battle of Manila
To the Philippine commission.
And he thundered and he snorted.
And he snorted and he thundered.
Sang fortissimo his swan song,
Bellowed it in mighty volume.
Split the ear drums of the groundlings,
ltamped and roared and whooped regard
less.
Till the pale, affrighted hearers
Shook and shivered to their marrows.
Ami in agitated whispers
AsJted the question: "Why in thunder
Can't he stop'.' He's earned his mileage!"
Then the fiery, untamid statesman,
Minnesota's Boanerges,
Champion of Aguinaldo,
Hooter for the Filipinos,
Howling dervish of the Aunties,
Wearing Cushman Davis' toga
Like a beanpole In a clothes-bag,
Vocalist of nonexpansion.
Towne, th? statesman accidental.
From I>uluth, the Zenith City,
City of the seas unsalted.
Feeling his last hour approaching.
Bellowed out his peroration,
Lifted up his voice and scouted,
Sounded forth his solemn warning.
Gave the world his tarewell message,
Bald aside his misfit toga,
Wiped his chin, pulled down his waistcoat,
Anil made way for his successor.
—Chicago Tribune.
PARITY OF SILVER.
Effortn of It <'|Mil»l l<*ii hk to M«ke I In*
Cheaper Money K«Mieem
alile in (■ ol<l.
The republicans are determined, to
push through congress before the
TRYING THE SALT RESUSCITATION METHOD.
close of the present term some meas
ure which will keep silver at a parity
with gold under all conditions. Sev
eral bills making silver dollars re
deemable in gold at the option of the
holder are now before the commit
tees of one or other branch of con
gress. The democratic members of
the committees, of course, are hostile
to all oi them, but there is a strong
probability that their attitude will
avail nothing. The house coinage com
mittee has just ordered a favorable
report on one of these measures, that
introduced by E. J. Hill, of Connecti
cut.
It seems that the democratic mem
bers of the committee wanted the bill
to be held until after the opinion of
Bryan on the measure could be ob
tained. The republican members of
the committee, who are in the ma
jority, wisely refused to delay the
bill. Neither the democrats nor the
republicans are in any doubt as to
just what Bryan would say about it.
He would tell his ex-supporters in con
gress that the bill was intended to fix
the gold standard on the country per
manently. and would advise all demo
crats to vote against it.
Bryan would be entirely correct in
saying that the silver redemption
measure is intended to make the gold
standard permanent in the United
States. This is one of the avowed
purposes of the men who are pushing
the bill. The committee divided on
partisan lines on the measure. lOvery
democrat voted against reporting it,
and every republican voted in favor of
bringing it up in the house at the
earliest possible hour. The republicans
will triumph. The bill will be enact
ed. It is known that both the presi
dent and the secretary of the treasury
are ardently in favor of its enactment
before the expiration of the present
congress. The influence of the presi
dent, it was reportetrti few weeks ago,
was being exerted in favor of early ac
tion on this line. When the bill is
passed, making silver dollars redeem
able in gold on the same terms as
greenbacks and treasury notes the
one defect in the financial act of
March 14. 1900, will be supplied. This
measure ought by all means to be
put upon the national statute book
by March -I at the latest.—St. Louis
Globe-Democrat.
IKTMudging from the parts tele
graphed. the Commonplace would be
a better name for Mr. Bryan's po
litical weekly,—-Detroit Free Press
(Dem.). "
CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1901.
A PROGRESSIVE MEASURE
Aa Increase*! Army la Xecesnni-jr to
l*voleet Our (iron lii^
Nation.
The army bill, passed by such a de
cisive vote through the national sen
ate. has been in some quarters de
nounced as a step toward militarism
and ('aesarisin. The people of the
United States do not share this view.
Counting the paired votes in favor of
the bill with those actually recorded
for it, it is seen that rib out of 43 states
supported the measure. There was
nothing sectional about the vote.
Kentucky's two votes and one each
from Maryland, the two Carolina®,
Alabama and Mississippi helped its
passage. California gave it two votes,
p.s did also Oregon.
The bill provides for what is merely
a necessary army. It is not. under
its provisions, proposed to employ one
superfluous soldier. True, there are to
be more soldiers than formerly, but
just as in former , imes due care was
taken to make adequate provision for
the military necessities of the coun
try, similar precautions must be t«\k
en to-day. A state militia or a city's
police force grows with the growth of
state or city. The military effective
ness of a nation must in like manner
increase.
In the late Spanish conflict the
small American army ol the day was
overwhelmed with the necessities of
the president's call for 200,000 men.
The number of thoroughly trained
soldiers tit home was at the outset
totally inadequate to the exigencies
of the situation. There is no purpose
in promoting increased military ef
ficiency to disparage American volun
teers, who have made such a noble
record and must, in any great war.
be the country's mainstay. The truth
is that at the outbreak of hostilitiet
with Spain we had not soldiers enougt
toman the sea coast defenses.
The present strength of the army it
about 100,000, scattered in seven dif
ferent portions of the world. There
are, out of a total of 530 company or
ganazations, but 148 in service at
home. In the Philippines and in Chip*!
there are 309 companies; Cuba has
54; Alaska, 10; Porto Rico. 7: Hawaii
4. The forces at home consist of 4>'
companies of infantry, 61 batteries ol
artillery and. 36 troops of cavalry, be
sides two companies of engineers and
one signal company.
We have not only vast territory t«
protect, we have ever-expanding com
mercial interests to guard. We neec
an expansive army to meet these ex
pansive conditions. The present con
gress has done well to ratify by s<
decisive a vote the verdict in favor ol
adequate military protection and in
creased military effectiveness, pro
nounced by the people in Novembei
last.—Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
CURRENT COMMENT.
II. Hill has secured his OWTJ
consent to be the next democratic
candidate for president. What lit
wants now* is Croker's.—Philadelphia
Press.
ICTAs a result of that plurality of
850,000 in the United States, the Fili
pinos are tumbling over each other to
take the oath of allegiance.—St. Louis
Globe-Democrat.
C 7" Democratic congressmen voting
solidly against the 100 gold cents sil
ver dollars only give further proof
that that party is still divided by
dead issues.— lowa State Register.
CTThere are those who do not take
kindly to the proposition to keep the
silver coinage of the United States at
par with gold; yet they are calling
themselves friends of silver.—lndian
apolis Journal.
113" W. .1. Bryan has been invited to
address a congressional committee on
the money question. It is evident that
some of the congressmen don't be
lieve Mr. Bryan fully expressed him
self on this matter last summer.—Chi
cago Times-Herald.
ETPlainly, now is the time to settle
all doubts as to the security of the
money standard of the American na
tion. Delay is needless and danger
ous, but there will be delay unless
strong and continuous efforts shall
lie made to force congress into action
—Cleveland Leader.
BROKE UP THE CAMP.
American* It ald an Inaarzent Mrun;-
hold Fill pllloa' Luurn L.a»t .flonUl
Were Larue.
Manila, Feb. 6. —A representative
of the fedwral party, who has re
turned here after organizing
branches in the island of Maria
duque, brought rolls containing 5,G00
signatures of membership. He nay*
this will result in the termination of
the insurrection in Marinduque.
The new camp of Gen. Trias, com
manding' the insurgents in the south
ern district, which was occupied by
20 men with 130 rifles, under Col.
Gomez, was captured and destroyed
Sunday by the Forty-jsixtli regiment.
A number of houses, large barr-icks
and quantities of supplies were de
stroyed. The occupants escaped
except one man, who was killed and
two who were wounded.
The enemy's losses in the depart
ment of Visay.i for January—deaths,
captures and surrenders are 51 of
ficers, 560 men and 240 stands of
arms.
The editors of three of the dozen
Sp.u.ish papers in Manila are liable
to be deported to the island- of
Guam. Salas, the editor of the Dia
rio, whose paper was suspended Fri
day last by the provost marshal, has
been kept in custody since then. He
shows no indication of penitence. His
paper has twice before been sup
pressed. and he only resumed publi
cation a few months ago. Provost
Marshall Hell says that Salas pub
lished denunciations of the federal
party's peace efforts on purpose to
be suppressed and then pose as a
martyr. Two Spanish fiapers, which
are ostentatiously sympathetic with
Salas' course are being' closely
watched for sedition.
ARMY PROMOTIONS.
Bens. IVlllcs, Young, « bailee and Tlae<
Arthur are <;iven Hinlicr Itank.
Washington, Feb. 6 —The president
yesterday sent the following nom
inations to the senate: To be lieu
tenant general, Nelson A. Miles; to
lie major generals, Samuel B. M.
Young, Col. Adna 1!. Chaffee, Brig,
(ien. Mac Arthur.
An unusual course was pursued by
the president with respect to the
nomination of Maj. Gen. Miles to be
lieutenant general. The question of
making the nomination was submit
ted to the cabinet and a ballot was
taken upon it. It resulted in favor
of the nomination and it therefore
was sent to the senate.
Gens. Young and Mac Arthur are
jumped over Brig. Gen. Wade and
Merriam, and Gen. Chaffee also is
advanced over these two officers as
well as over (iens. Mac Arthur and
Ludlow and 5.1 colonels who had
higher relative rank than he in the
regular army. The action in the
case of Gen. Chaffee is accepted in
military circles as an indication that
he is to be placed in supreme com
mand of the military forces in the
Philippines and that Young- and Mac-
Arthur are to be relieved shortly
and assigned to duty in the United
States. The law provides for six
major generals and the promotion of
Miles leaves another vacancy in that
grade which will be fulfilled by the
appointment of Brig. Gen. J. F.
Wade.
INVENTORS ARE BUSY.
Patent Oftlcl Issued 26,-118 l'atenti
■ tortus the Ycur I !><JO.
Washington, Feb. 6.—The report of
the commissioner of patents for 1900
shows that during the year there
were received 39,673 applications for
patents, 2,225 applications for de
signs, 82 applications for reissues, 2,-
0'.)!) applications for registration of
trade marks, 943 applications for
registration of labels, and 127 appli
cations for registration of prints.
There were 20.418 patents granted,
including designs; 81 patents reis
sued. 1.721 trade marks registered
and 737 labels and 03 prints. The
number of patents that expired was
21,016.
The number of allowed applica
tions that were forfeited for non
payment of the final fees was 4,215.
The total expenditures were $1,250,-
100. 1 he receipts over expenditures
were 90,888. The total balance to
the credit of the patent office in the
treasury of the United States on
January 1, 1901, was $5,177,458. Dur
ing the year 1,070 patents were
granted to residents of Germany. 987
to those of England, 367 to those of
Canada and 341 to those of France.
Missionary Accused of Kxtortlon.
Pekin. Feb. 6.—William S. Anient,
one of the American missionaries ar
rested by German and French troops
near Tung- Chow and charged with
endeavoring to extort money from
the Chinese villagers, has not yet
been released. The French troops
are holding him for investigation,
assorting that he obtained money
from between 30 and 40 villages
where Christians had been killed, on
the ground that the money was in
demnity payable to the families of
the killed.
Duke of Cornwall Will Attend.
New York. Feb. 6. —The Tribune
says:"The Duke of Cornwall will
be present at the America's cup
races, which begin off Sandy Hook
on August 20. It was part of his
program to cyme here from Canada,
on his way back from Australia and
the queen's death will not alter the
previous plans."
Addison Cammaek » -1
New York, Feb. 6. —Addison Cam
mack, aged 74 years, at one time one
of the most prominent speculators
in Wall street, died at his home in
this city yesterday. Mr. Cammaek
was born in Kentucky, but his busi
ness career began as a clerk in New-
Orleans early in the '6os. Subse
quently he was interested in block
ade running schemes. In 1566 Mr.
Cammaek came to New York. As a
broker Mr. Cammaek dealt on a
heavy scale, and when the time was
ripe to "hammer the market" hig
name was one to conjure with.
AN ANTI-DRUG CRUSADE.
Women Who Believe In I'aith Cun
Attack Hit- Slornt of (lilt-ago Ftaar*
mnclaCft.
Chicago, Feb. 7.—Crying out that
drugs were the agents of the devil, a
half dozen women followers of
Dowie, the faith cure leader, adopted
the tactics of Mrs. Carrie Nation yes
terday and wrecked a number of
drug stores on the West Side. In
some instances there were hand-to
hand fights with the druggists.
Armed as they were with pitch
forks, umbrellas and canes, the wo
men came out the victors in nearly
every encounter and succeeded in
destroying property wherever they
went.
The women went in a well organ
ized band, were of middle age and
well dressed. Most of them wore
automobile coats, under which they
concealed their implements of de
struction while on the street. On
leaving a drug store they invariably
sang "Praise be the Loru" or "Zion
Forever." Policemen saw them, but
attached no significance to their ac
tions and no arrests were made.
The first place visited was Charles
G. Foucek's drug store, at Eighteenth
street and Center avenue. Calling
the proprietor to the front of the
store the crusaders upbraided him
for dealing in traffics of the devil.
Then one of the women, who seemed
to be a leader, asked "Don't you
know that all the ills of humankind
can be cured by prayerr '
"I am not aware of the fact, if
such is the case," said the druggist.
"Hurrah for Dowie," shouted the
women. At that her companions
drew canes and umbrellas from be
neath their long cloaks and began to
strike at the druggist's head. He
dodged the blows and took refuge
behind the prescription case. Then
the women turned their attention to
the shelves and showcases and began
to strike right and left. The besieg
ers were finally dispersed by the
clerks of the store, who armed them
selves with buckets of water which
they dispensed freely among the wo
men.
Four other <lrug stores in the
neighborhood, belonging to R. Low
enthal, Leo L. Mrazek, Herman Lim
erman and (). Shapiro, were also
wrecked by the crusaders and the
same tactics used. The women final
ly separated after being driven from
one of the stores at the point of a re
volver.
TICKET SCALPING.
Railroad OtHclalfc Will Again Try to
Drive tile Broker* Out of Bu»lneK».
Chicago, Feb. 7.—Chairmen of all
the passenger associations in the
United States held a conference here
Wednesday for the purpose of or
ganizing from their own membership
a protective association for the pre
vention of frauds of all kinds upon
the passenger departments of the
roads.
The efforts of the new association
will be directed especially against
manipulations of tickets by scalpers
in such a way as to deprive the roads
of a large amount of revenue. All
efforts heretofore made to suppress
ticket scalping have proved fruitless
and all hope of prevailing upon con
gress to pass an anti-ticket scalping
law has practically been abandoned.
It was therefore deemed necessary,
in order to drive the ticket scalpers
out of the market, to unite all the
passenger associations in the work.
The new association of chairmen
will undertake the enforcement of
the various state laws prohibiting
ticket scalping and will investigate
all cases of alteration of tickets, for
gery of signatures, alteration of des
tination, etc.
WITH VELVET WEED.
An lowan Find* u Way to Beat the
Twine Combine.
Creston, la., Feb. 7. —State Senator
Clark, of l'age county, has made pub
lic a way to beat the twine combine.
At a farmers' institute he displayed
a piece of twine and a piece of rope
resembling- a good quantity of hemp.
These lie explained were made from
velvet weed, which grows rank on al
most every farm and has been consid
ered a useless weed. The discovery
that the weed could thus be utilized
was made by D. 1). Weir, a farmer
living near Clarinda. Mr. Weir dis
covered the strength of the fiber of
the weed about two months ago. He
picked up a few strands from the
ground after they had lain there
rotting since last siunmer and found
them very strong. They were sep
arated into strands as fine as the
best of hemp. He endeavored to se
cure a patent, but found that a dis
covery of that nature could not be
patented. A machine for making it
could be patented, but the use of the
weed for making twine and rope
must be left free to everybody.
Two Negroes are Shot to Death.
Dade City, Fla., Feb. 7.—Will
Wright and Sam Williams, negroes,
charged with being implicated in the
killing of two wnite men at Kice &
l'helps' camp on June 26, were killed
in the coi:nty jail by a mob of 50 men
late Tuesday night. After the sheriff
refused to give up the keys to the
jail the lynching party broke through
the outer wails, but could not break
into the steel cells. They then opened
tire on the two prisoners through the
bars, killing t»cm both. The cor
oner's jury returned a verdict that
the two men had been killed by par
tics unknown to the jury.
Better Stay Away from Chicago.
Chicago, Feb. 7.—"1 don't believe
Mrs. Nation is heading for Chicago
to wreck saloons,' said Mayor Har
rison yesterday when t*>ld that Mrs.
Nation had announced her intention
>f visiting this city. "If she is she
had better remain away and avoid
trouble. Here a saloon is recognized
is a legal institution, entitled to the
full protection of the law. No as
saults on them will be tolerates. jf
Mrs. Nation, understanding these
Lings, persists in disorderly conduct,
she will have to settle fines as fast
ta she indulges in offenses."
FIVE WERE KILLED.
A Wreck on fUe Erie Ro>4 it Green
ville, Pn. -.l«ny I'ercon* Injured.
Greenville, Pa., Feb. 8. —Train Xo.
5, the Xew York and Chicago limited
on the Erie railway, was wrecked
Thursday morning within the town
limits. Five passengers were dead
when taken from the wreck, several
are missing and there are many bad
ly injured. The dead are:
Sergeant Major Harry A. Hart,
Fort Wood, Xew York.
George W. Patterson, Philadelphia,
Company I. Tenth infantry.
Peter J. Curry, private Tenth in
fantry, aged Si.
Unknown man, supposed to be Clar
ence Leek, Somerville, X. J.
Unknown man.
Hardly a passenger escaped with
out some injury. The ill-fated train
was composed of vestibuled Pullmans,
three sleepers, a day coach, smoker
and baggage car and a mail car, and
was drawn by one of the new en
gines. It was in the smoking com
partment that death laid a ruthless
hand, for there not one of the 10
occupants escaped without being
killed or injured. This car was com
pletely telescoped by the steel mail
car ahead, which went through it as
if it were paper, tearing, crushing,
maiming and carrying death.
The scene of the wrec' on a
sharp curve. On one side, 40 feet
below, flows the Shenango river, on
the other side a steep bluff. The
engine left the track at the curve and
before it had ffone two car lengths
plowed into the steep hill, where it
fell upon its side anil was half buried.
The scenes inside the telescoped
cars were terrible. Men begged to
be released and screamed in agony.
The injured were placed on a special
train and taken to the Spencer hos
pital, Meadville.
Very little was left of the baggage
or express matter in the cars and
most of it was dumped into the river
in order to clear the debris for res
cue. Several hundred sacks of mail
were apparently little injured.
A remarkable act of fortitude was
exhibited by !'. A. Marsden, of Phila
delphia, who, pinned in the smoker
by a beam, his foot and chest
crushed, his face spattered with the
brains of one of the soldiers, insist
ed on the rescuers releasing an un
fortunate Jew nearby. Marsden's
wounds are considered fatal.
BLOWN TO PIECES.
An KX|>IOKIOU of Dynamite In a Jlex-
Ican Silver Mine Cmiti'K the Ue>tb
ol 87 I*eople.
Chihuahua, Mex., Feb. B.—Word has
just reached here of one of the most
terrible mining disasters that ever
occurred in Mexico. An explosion
in the San Andras mine, situated in a
remote locality of the Sierra Madre
mountains, in the western part of the
state of Durango, caused the death
of 87 men, women and children and
injured many others. The catastro
phe was due to the explosion of sev
eral cases of dynamite which were
stored underground. Electric wires
connecting with the hoisting ma
chinery passed through the room in
which the dynamite was stored and
it is supposed that these wires be
came crossed, causing a fire which
set off the dynamite.
All of the killed and injured were
located on the surface, most of them
occupying residences immediately
above the underground workings of
the mine. The explosion tore away
the whole top of the mountain on
which the village of miners was lo
cated and men, women and children
were blown into small pieces. Among
those who were killed was Herman
Leutsman. the superintendent of the
mine and all the members of his fam
ily. Hut few of the mangled re
mains were recognizable.
WU DISCUSSES OTIS.
I'lilneite Jllnlater Finds Fault with the
L.rnerul Cor Kiiforelnt: the EICIUMOD
I.HW In the I'hlllppliieK.
Xew York, Feb. 8. —Maj. Gen. Otis
was the guest of honor at the an
nual dinner of the Society of Genes
see at the Waldorf-Astoria last night.
There were 200.
Letters of regret were read from
President McKinley, Admiral Dewey,
Andrew Carnegie, (Jen. Miles and Sec
retary Hoot.
Wu Ting Fang, the Chinese min
ister, also sent a letter of declination.
It was as follows:
"While I appreciate your courtesy
highly, 1 feel that I am obliged to de
cline for the following reasons:
"I admit that I feel great admira
tion for Gen. Otis as a military com
mander and respect him highly as a
gentleman, but I think he, while mil
itary governor, committed an egregi
ous error and did great injustice to
the Chinese by introducing the Chi
nese exclusion act into the Philip
pines, which has stirred up race
prejudice and done harm to those
islands."
Woman Wreck* a Saloon,
Milwaukee, Wis., Feb. B.—At) tin
known female yesterday entered a
saloon, seized an armful of pool balls
and hurled them about with such
good aim that mirrors and other
glassware about the place were com
pletely demolished. Habitues of the
saloon scrambled for the doors when
the woman began throwing the balls.
She finished the work of demolition
and escaped before an officer could
be brought to the saloon.
Ltonne* In a Volunteer ltcgliiieni
Manila, Feb. B.—The Thirtieth vol
unteer infantry. Col. Gardiner com
manding, arrived here Ihursday on
(he transport Ivilpatrick from Tay
bos province, Luzon, and will sail for
home February 15. Col. Gardiner
says there are practically no insur
gents in the province of Taybos.
Eighty-seven members of the regi
ment have died of wounds and dis
eases and 250 have been discharged
because of sickness. Hundreds of
teachers in the United States are ap
plying for positions in the Philip
pines.