THE GINT OF THE CENTURIES Justice Braner's Idea of the United States. A MODERN -HIRCULES CLUB. In Address to the Veople’'s Forum on the Larger and Higher Life of the Nation, He Refers to the Tremendous Growth of the Country in National Wealth and to Some of the Dangers. New York (Special) —Justice David J. Brewer, of the United States Su- preme Court, spoke Sunday at the session of the People’s Forum, in New Rochelle, upon “The Larger and Higher Life of the Nation.” The Justice dwelt upon the general scope of national tendencies in the politi- cal and moral life of the American people. He found some things to criticise and expressed an optimistic view of the future. Mr. Edward M. Shepard presided and introduced the Justice, who read his speech from manuscript. He said in part: “The United States is the marvel of the ages, it is the giant of the centuries. Not merely in its popula- tion, but by its wealth, culture and achievements. This country has as- tonished the whole world. Three centuries ago this republic was born out of nothing. Since the time when, isolated from Europe and dependent upon its own resources the nation began to work its own destiny, the progress of the American people has been by geometrical rather than arithmetical progression.” The Justice then dwelt at some length upon the material welfare of the country. The Pennsylvania Rail- road and Standard Oil Company he referred to as the best examples of the growth that has been attained by corporations in America. “Think of the Standard Oil Com- pany,” said he, “that corporation whose assets are so great thac they cannot be disclosed.” Laughter greeted this sally of the speaker. Kansas as an Example, “I know of no better illustration | of the phenomenal growth that everywhere characterizes the history of our national life,” continued the Justice, “than that afforded by the State of Kansas. When 1 studied geography there was no such name on the maps of our domain. When I first went to the territory there was not a line of railroad in it, and the people used to gather to see the pony | express dash by with its packet of mail for the people farther West “Today there are 1,500,000 people | in the borders of that state, and {ts grain crop last year was large enough to supply 20 bushels to every family in the Unjted States, “That is an example of ness in this land of ours. Do 1 err! when I say that pride in the bigness | of things is one of the chief American characteristics? Pride in the bigness and fullness of plenty? Do we not | point out the longest ear of corn, | the tallest building? Do we not hail the mother of triplets? “We stand out among the nations like a Hercules If we don't have a | Hercules’ club, we at least DOSSESS a big stick in Washington.” [Laugh- ter.] The speaker said that he thought | that danger lay in national tendency to worship bigness and the] glory of strength. “Those responsible for all greatness of this country must swer further questions before value to the world and before world can be determined. The question is: ‘Which way ig the country looking? What are the | ideals and the inspirations uf this | nation? Is this republic seeking only material development, ostenta- tion and parade, or is it striving for | the higher life, which shall benefit | both the nation and the people?’ “We are building up a big navy: | we are now the fourth naval power. In all our cities we vie in ostentation. | We buy libraries by the cubic yard | and galleries by the job lot. We | want to have the biggest and fastest yachts, the most gorgeous private | castles. What does this all signify?” | Getting Extravagant, Justice Brewer answered this ques- tion by pointing out what he be- lieved to be the growth of extraga- gance, in the individual, the muni- cipality and the nation. More than half of the states are in debt heav- fly, he said. New York City owes $421,000,000. The nation is running deeper into debt each year. our big- mere the | an- our the real i i THEY DIED TOGETHER. Bullet Wounds Point To A Murder And Suicide. Boston, Mass. (Special).—A dou- | ble tragedy in the South End was disclosed when the body of Margery Clark, 40 years old, was found in bed in a lodging house on Dover Street, with a revolver clutched *~ her right hand, a bullet hole behind her right ear, while beside her lay a man known by the name of Atwood, 40 years, said to have been her hus- band, dying from a bullet wound in the forehead. Atwood died at a hospital with- out recovering coneciousness, The Clark woman bad told some of the lodgers that she had sent for At- wood, who was in Denver. He ar- rived a week ago snd the two had been living together ever since, The Differences Adjusted, San Juan, Porto Rico (Special). The differences between the federal and the Insular government over the divigion of the public lands in Porto Rico have been amicably adjusted, gubject to the approval of the Scere tary of the Navy. Capt. Samuel C. Lemly, U. 8 N., retired, who repre- gented the Navy in the adjustment, _sulied for New York December 12 4 In an address before the Civic Federation Andrew Carnegie sald he believed the major portion of the estates of very rich men should go to the state upon their death, but he opposed a graduated income tax. Melville Ingalls, the noted railroad man, came out for an income tax. In granting a rehearing on the matter of a postofiice site in Pitts- burg Secretary of the Treasury Bhaw denles that he snapped his fingers in the face of President English, of the Pittsburg Chamber of Commerce. Rev. C. 8. Quinn, a former priest in charge of a Catholic Church, at Atlantic Highland, N. J., and Molly B. Kiley, his housekeeper, were found dead in a furnished-room house in New York. Arguments on the demurrers of the railways and grain firms charged by indictment with giving and recelv- ing rebates, were begun in the United States Court at Minneapolis. Announcement was made of a 10 per cent. increase in the wages of all employees of the transportation de- partment of the Lackawanna. Jesse C. Rumsey, the boy train robber, was sentenced in Marshal, Mo., to 20 vears in the penitentiary. Clifford Hooe, the Hartje coach- man, was sentenced to six years’ im- prisonment in Pittsburg for perjury. Frank Massa, a wealthy Italian of New York, was shot and killed, it is believed, by Black Hand. Because of the conviction of George Burnham, Jr., vice president of the Mutual Reserve Company, for grand larceny, bail for President Burnham and Vice President George W. Eldredge, both of the Mutual, who were jointly Indicted with George Burnham, was raised. Presi- dent Burnham from $12,600 to $20, 000 and Vice President Eldredge's bail from $12,600 to $15,000. President Paul Morton, of the Equitable Life has called a meet- ing of the presidents of 30 life insur- ance companies to form a national organization to look after the inter-| ests of the corporations and policy- | holders. i The publisher, the editor and the | sporting writer of the New York] Morning Telegraph have been ar-| rested, charged with contempt of| court in publishing alleged false | Clarence Collier, an orphan boy of | Pittsburg, has been sleeping in sheds | months ago Frank Mumford, a Middletown (N Y.) shoe dealer, has been sént to jail fo 60 days for stealing a kiss from a customer. Harry C. Satton, torman, who nearly a Pittsburg mo- ran over a moth- Judge Lanhorn, of a United States | The banks of Chicago are enjoying | prosperity in their his- Northern Railroad will} 000 of new stock at The Great issue $60,000, The business section of Wareham, was destroyed by fire. Chester E. Gillette was sentenced to be electrocuted at Auburn Prison the week beginning January 28 He will be taken. to Auburn within the next ten days. A motion for a Michael F. Bruso, a Greek sea- on the tug Walter A. Lucken- bach, rescued the captain, frozen to | and a seaman, frozen | hatch adrift, of the seca-going Buena Jentina. of the Philadelphia | has declined demands of the engi- conductors, who to a barge President Baer, grant the neers, firemen and a strike to Foreign. Fifty French seminaries which re- | to comply with the associa- | A num- ber of applications for permission to | hold religions meetings were made | by parishoners. Many suits have been brought in connection with en- masses for the dead The London female SUMTAEISLS | made another attempt to hold a meeting within the precincts of the House of Commons. They fought desperately and kicked and scratched the officers. Emperor William dissolved the Relcnstag and ordered new elections in consequence of the government's defeat on the bill providing for send- ing more troops to Africa. It was denied In the House of Commons by the government that the War Office had contracted with Chicago firms over 10,000,000 pounds of corned beef. The British Foreign Secretary de- clined to announce in Parliament what action, if any, the government would take on the Congo question. The Russian government has bought six million bushels of grain famine stricken peasants, Edouard Muller, vice president of the Swisge Federal Council, was elected president of the Swiss Fed- eration. Great Britain, France and Italy have signed an arrangement for the maintenance of the Integrity of Abyssinia. In the recent revolutionary fight near the River Azoques, in Ecuador, 2 men were killed and 18 wounded. James Bryce is likely to be ap- pointed British ambassador to the United States, The conditions of the Shah of Per- gia has taken a turn for the worse, An antlextortion rising has broken out in Kurdistan, and a force com. manded by the Shah's third son has been defeated by the rebellious tribesmen, A band of rebhbers held up the of ficlals and cleaned out the Peters burg International Bank In Odessa, carrying off $14,500. Edith Evelyn Bigelow, daughter of Poultney Bigelow, waa quietly mar. ried in London to James F. A, Clark, a Boston banker, King Oscar of Sweden Is critically ill with heart trouble, on board the steam:r Philadelphia. # : .. * SNS ITS WAR AGAINST THE CHURCH A Statement From the Pope On the Trouble. NOT A RELIGIOUS L'BERTY LAW. Declara’ion From the Vatican Says the Concordat Has Not Yet Been De- nounced by French Givernment-— The Holy See Not Opposed to the Making of Applications. THE VATICAN'S SIDE, The Pope says the Concordat has not yet been denounced by | the French government. | The joy of the Masonic Soci- eties shows that the war Is against the church and religion. France has no law granting | religious liberty to those not | complying with the laws provid- ing for separation of church and Btate, A real law providing for real liberty instead of arbitrary minis- terial circulars is needed. There is no truth in the state- ment that the French Eplscopacy and clergy are ready to make ap- plications to hold religious meet- ings. The Holy See to the making under the new law, but takes exception to the whole spirit of the Briand circular. is not opposed of applications Rome (By Cable) .—The Pope and the papal secretary, Cardinal Merry grant an interview for on the Franco-Vatican situation, but the following statement is authorized as follows: “The concordat, the most solemn | bilateral contract, has not yet been | denounced by the French Govern- ment, which wishes to establish a new legal standing for the in France. The government did not agree with the Holy See on this sub- ject and repeatedly and openly showed hostility toward the head of the church. Violence may pre- vail for a time, but those who are this state of oppres- sion preserve all their rights and all | The explosion of Masonic and demagogic a result of the persecu- part of the government that the war against the church and religion. “Notwithstanding the bills passed adopted, France at the present time has no law granting JO% the as the is comply with the law providing for the separation of church and State “The good point In the cir-| cular issued recently by the French | minister of public worship, M. Bri-| is hia confession tnat it i= im- possible to apply to cultural associa- the law of 1881 and 1801, which were adopted for the regula- of other kinds of associations Therefore, what ig needed real law providing for real iib- erty, instead of arbitrary ministrial circulars. The loyalty and good will of the Holy See under similar eir- cumstances was “shown in Brazil th was a monarchy and ai inere one suppressed and proclaimed certain reserves Later the | the was Vatican, and a accredited to Rio a Brazilian minister | to the Vatican “The search of the nunciature at | Paris and the expulsion from France | papal nuncio Janeiro, while nunciature, were steps taken with the object of making the world be- and which were said to in the .iscovery of docu- ments seized at the nunciature, such as the rejort that some of the French episcopacy and clergy were ready to | make applications to hold meetings. There ig no truth in the statement. The Holy See is not op- posd to the making of applications under the jaw, but takes exception to the whole spirit of the circular Issued ty Minister of Public Worship Briand.” Official Returns In New York. New York (Special). —Complete and official returns of the vote cast for state officers in every county of New York State in the recent state election shows that the entire Demo- cratic state ticket, except its candi- date for governor, was elected. Charles E. Hughes, Republican can- didate for governor, was elected by a plurality of 57,873. The plurali- ties for the Democratic candidates for the state Bffices below that of governor ranged from 06.442 for Chanler to 14,260 for Martin H. Glynn, the Democratic candidate for comptroller. God And Constitution, Guthrie, Ok. (8pecial).—The Con- stitutional Convention had a heated discussion ‘ag to whether the Supreme Being should be designated as “the Supreme Ruler of the Universe” or “God Almighty.” Petitions from different religious sects and one from atheists were presented asking that there be no religious discrimination of the constitution. A sR AR ISA Pittsburg, Pa. (Special) Half a million dollars fs the amount which Mrs. William Thaw expects to spend to clear her son, Harry Kendall Thaw, of the charge of murdering Stanford White, according to a statement which she is sald to have made to an Intimate friend during her recent visit to this eity. Dur. ing the course of a long walk with Yer friends, Mrs. Thaw sald that she estimated that the counsel fees would amount to $250,000, and that close to $75,000 would be spent here in Ww AT THE NATION'S CAPITAL Some Interesting Happenings Briefly Told. Testimony was given the House Committee on Agriculture by editors of farm journals to show that the American press has not been in- fluenced by pecuniary inducements to take up the fight against the gov- ernment free seed The report of the commission which has been engaged for 4 num- ber of years in a codification and revision of the general statues of the United States was submitted to President Roosevelt, The House Committee on Banking and Currency heard Joseph T. Tal- bott, of Chicago, and J. C. Walruff, of Pittsburg, on the elastic currency proposition. The Secretary of War has called upon the governor of the Philippines for a report on the death of 10 in- mates of the Bilibid prison from plague serum, Transatlantic steamship men de- nied the Interstate Commerce Com- missions’s jurisdiction to interfere with rates beyond the water's edge. The Indian Appropriation Bill for 1908, carrying about $8,000,000, was agreed upon by the House Commit- tee on Indian Affairs. The Senate passed a bill adopting | the regulations agreed on by the] International Maritime Congress to | prevent collisions at sea. The Hodse in committee of the Pittsburg whole voted for the retention of the board of pension appeals of President Roosevelt, by an execu- permitting enlisted men in the Navy A SO. AN ANI SAE 4505853 RELATIONS ARE STRAINED ——————— Russian and Japanese Diplomats At Odds. NAVIGATION ON THE AMUR RIVER. The Good Faith of Russia Regarding the Institution of the “Open Door’ Question by the Japanese — Russian Officials Say Japan Is Taking Advan. tage of Russia's Weakness, THE 8t. Petersburg (By Cable).—The relations of the Rusisan and Japan- ese diplomats who are negotiating the treaty of commerce between their respective countries have been seriously strained by the publication, an act obviously inspired from Na- gasaki, of a dispatch reflecting upon the good faith of Russia regarding the Institution of the “open door,” and insinuating that she is evading the stipulations of the Portsmouth treaty troops out of Manchuria. le opinton of the world, while Japan is taking advantage of weakness to obtain profit never con- templated by the treaty of mouth, Particular apprehension felt here over the effect that these Japanese insinuation with regard the “open door” may have American sentiment, As an evidence of Russia's adherence to that principle, it is ex- plained here that she ven oon- templating opening to international ig to sincere is « . - : Congress received from Secretary | Bonaparte the draft of the plans for The Interstate Commerce Commis- gion has begun the investigation of competition in transatlantic traffic. Prof. Henry F. Osburn declined | the position of secretary of the Smithsonian Institute. The Senate confirmed nominations of William M. Moody to be associate justice of the Supreme Court; Charles J. Bonaparte, to be Attorney Gener- al; Victor H. Metcalf, to be Secretary of the Navy, and Oscar 8. Strauss, to Secretary of Commerce and Labor. President Roosevelt is sald to have in contemplation message to Con- gress asking h legislation as will give the Interstate Commerce Commission jurisdiction over the dis- tribution of freight In the Senate Mr. Rayner, of Mary- nd, made a speech in which he as- ed the Roosevelt in reference to the admis gion of Japanese into California be “a for suc CArs sail position of President The urgent need of more drydock Rear Ad- miral Capps, chief of the Bureau of Construction and Repair, Navy De- partment, in his annual report. Thomas W. Garrett, for many secretary to Benator Morgan, | has been discharged because of his | alleged activities for the lobby be- | hind the Congo Free State cruelties, | "he Farmers and Drovers’ Nation- | al Bank of Waynesboro, Pa., was | closed the Currency Mr. Gearin, of Oregon, introduced | a resolution in the Senate calling for the exclusion of Japanese coolles by | Postmaster General Cortelyou will Shaw at the head the Treasury Department on March 4. i Congress will adjourn December , to meet January 3. ! 20 - | MEDALS FOR BRAVE MEN, i i i Forlorn Hope Party. Washington, (Special).—An inter- ate Committee on Military Affairs, survivorg and heirs of volunteers of the Port Hudson (La.) Forlorn Hope storming party was taken up for con- sideration About 1,000 men had been accepted by Major General N. P. Banks, commanding the Depart- ment of the Gulf during the Civil War, to storm Port Hudson. He promised the men medals of honor, but Congress never has made the ap- propriation necessary to provide them. Senator Bulkley called the bill, and Chairman Warren told his col- leagues the circumstances under which the promise was made. Mr. Warren, as a private in the com- mand, had been a member of the first party which prepared the way with fogs and false work for the approach of the storming party. Very few men of the first party escaped being kill- ed, and Mr. Warren ‘was severely wounded. He received a congress. fonal medal for the part he played in the charge. FINANCIAL WORLD, Wabaza's net profits in October in- creased $111,261. Estimates now put the cash and security surplus of United States Steel at $100,000,000. The Baltimore & Ohio's wage in- crease will take about $4,000,000 from the company’s treasury. Selling of Reading that came from quarters close to H. C. Frick didn't look much as if the rumors of a big extra dividend were to be realized. Frick Is a director of the company a great trader in stocks as well, This ig from the “Iron Trade Re- view:” “The United States Steel Corporation shows its confidence in continuance of prosperity by author fzing construction of several blast meres or Suni pans. numerous other fin Pp @ although market is high prices are dimin n the consump- tion to some extent. ¢ ers. The navigation of these rivers Japan can, the Ports- men- privi- Russia insists tnat no construction of treaty. which neither nor implies navigation but mouth Japan bases her pretentions to the of the Amur and its af- the argument that the Afgun was abrogated en. the of Portsmouth China-Janpanese treaty of 1805, by which all fringing upon the sovereignty Chin® were nullified and Manchuria opened to international trade Rus- gia contends that the arrangement for the joint navigation of these rivers does not infringe upon eignty of China, and does the entrance of {« into Manchuria With regard to Manchuria, it I& maintained here that Japan and not Russia is t real cul- prit The Japanese force in Manchuria is nearly double of and in view of the spirit shown by Japan in these negotia- tions, the pregency of this boldly of men is a source of serious anxiety the Russian government on of by and the treaty treaty agreements In- ¥ as the sover- nres relay eed WEeIEn EOUGSE no the ev n of acgation he now that to FOUGHT TYPHOON AT SEA. Fighting For Life, The George, British com- { Special) st H. B tor | afte i Boston freight manded b3 gleamer Capt Sadler, arriv- | t had and my rt me I later by a typhon, by fire. which broke out in the cargo of hemp The 8t. George left New York last the Japanese gov ernment. Since that time she had traveled 34,000 miles, for the ast 78 days she has steaming almost continuously the freighter was on her from Kutsinotsu, Japan, Cebu. a typhoon chased the vessel ft was the same disturbance devastated the port of Hongkong Pp been 2 While way freighter steamed out of the typhoon, which was shooting The St the steamer was out less than 24 hours when a brisk fire was dis- covered in No. 3 hold. Steam was injected into the compartment and the vessel headed for Gibraltar. Just when it was Lelieved the fire was subdued, flames broke out anew and were not extinguished until sev- eral hours after the steamer had reached Gibraltar. Jailed For Peonage. Pensacola, Fla. (Special) —W, L. Harlan, manager of the Jackson Lumber Company, was fined $5,000 and sentenced to 18 months in the penitentiary on the charge of “con- gpiracy to commit peonage.” Five other attaches of the same company, convicted of the same offense, were fined $100 each and sent to the fed- eral prison for 13 months. Appeals will be taken. Gen. Nogi Injured. Tokio (By Cable).—General Nogi, the Japanese commander who cap- tured Port Arthur, was thrown from his horse while returning home from the palace. He fell on his head and became unconscious. He was re moved to his home, where he revived under medical treatment, and is be lieved to be out of danger. a AA ARORA ADRS Valise Full Of Jewelry, Omaha, Neb. (Special). — Three men entered the pawnshop of Jos- eph Sonnenberg, at 13056 Douglas Street, bound and gaged the proprie- tor, his clerk, and a customer; filled a sult case with jewelry worth $8,000 and escaped. One of tue men, who gave his name as Edward Elliott, of Denver, wag captured by the po- lice. Part of the jewelry was re- i 1 AE NS. SAA stems sino IN THE GOOD OLD WA Congress Won't Have New-Fangled Speliing Ideas. Washington (8pecial)-—-The House of Representatives Wednesday went on record in opposition to the new spelling recommended by the President By a vote of 142 to 2b the following was adopted as a sub- stitute the by the Appropriations in the Judicial read as an to item reported Committees and which Legislative, Executive Appropriation Bill, follows: "No money appropriated in this act shall be used In connection with printing documents authorized by law or ordered by Congress, or eith- er branch thereof, unless the same shall conform to the orthography recognized and used by generally aec- cepted dictionaries the English language.” For hours the debat« simpli fied spelling held the attention of the House, and a score or more members of on took part in the Repre sentative discussion Crumpacker, of In- order against in the bill docu- 1 Webster's £ diction- provisior law sustained the orig which mente sho other nihil D ible Aries and the point Penpsyl vania, in Are then of. fered the amendmen! quoted, which WHS ; During the digeugsion of Massachusget President 1ld change of the a ne ia have 8 the y¥ 3 ¥ 1} Er n i guage he change in our one he a new irt language might the authority 20.000 words. every language f this thy could ight be eo decree for the "We English the present States new got langua President of American empire wel until ti reign 3 Ii'nited ith the ’ Z very w 9 Mr Su Lgl : ' said ‘ T Offensive To Representati The Eye. Lacs of paragraph ve the URnt the repor He Bive ted said the should legislation i reform in mpacker printer to spell h a "K" lied that he of Ohio, tisting law iat the paragraph changed and in- as to mmonly define th law spelling, words was Tawney remarked simplified epelling should effcet it would necess printing of all the sche dictionaries, to say not} cost it would put upon the ment to make the chang govern. For New (Special, Knockout Washington Roosevelt his sim- plified order the public printer, and hereafter all documents from the executive departments will Spelling. President will withdra= spelling to style. Representative Landis, of the joint committee on spelling, had a confer. ence with the President, when the President said that he did not wish to have spelling overshadow matters of great importance and expressed a willingness to revoke his: order for the new spelling in case the House of Representatives should go on re- cord as opposed to the svstem. Aec- cordingly, Mr. Landis introduced the following resolution in the House: “Resolved, That it is the sense of the House of Representatives that hereafter in printing reports, decu- ments or other publications author ized by law, ordered by Congress or either branch thereof, or emanating from the executive departments, their bureaus or branches, and in- dependent offices of the government, the Government Printing Office should observe and adhere to the standard of orthography prescribed in genaxlly accepted dictionaries of the English language.” Tanght Carnegie. Washington (Special). —< John Howard Larcombe, 86 years oid, a veteran employe of the Pension Office and the man who taught Andrew Carnegie telegraphy, died at Belts. yille, Md., near this city. When he retired from office some months ago Mr. Carnegie gave him a pension of $100 a month for life. Raising Tea In South Carolina, Charleston, 8. C. (Special). — Mar keting was begun of the first crop of American tea grown on a commer cial scale. Twalve thousand pounds have been raised on a plantation in Colleton County, a few miles from Charleston. For several years tea haz been marketed from Pinehurst, the government experimental garden at Summerville, but the product mar. keted today is the first of a purely com; venture. The output
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