THE GIANT OF THE CENTURIES Justice Boner's Idea of the United States. A MODERN OCULES CLUB. la Address to the ' eopte's Fornm on the larger and Higher Life of the Nation, He Refer to the Tremendous Growth of the Country in National Wealth and to Some of the Danger. New York (Special) Justice David J. Brewer, of the United State Su preme Court, spoke Sunday at the session of the People's Forum, In New Rochelle. upon "The Larger and HlKher Life of the Nation." Th-i 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 Tlew of the future. Mr. Edward M. Shepard presided and Introduced the Justice, who read hi 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 tlmo 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 example of the growth that has been attained by ?orporatlons In America. "Think of the Standard OH Com pany," said he, "that corporation whose assets are so great thiu they ;annot bo disclosed." Laughter greeted this sally of the speaker. THE NEWS ' OF THE WEEK. Domestic. In an address before the Civic Federation Andrew Carnegie said he believed the major portion of the estates of very rich men should go to the tate upon their death, but he opposed a graduated income tax. Melville lngalls, the noted railroad man, came out for an Income tax. In granting a rehearing on the matter of a postofllce site In Pitts burg Secretary of the Treasury Shaw denies that he snapped his fingers in the face of President Kngllsh, of the Pittsburg Chamber of Commerce. Rev. C. S. Qulnn, a former priest In rharge of a Catholic Church, at Atlantic Highland, N. J., and Molly H. Klley, his housekeeper, were found dead li a furnished-room house In New York. i,n,mnt on thn demurrers of the railways and grain firm charged by Indictment with giving and receiv ing rebntes. were begun in the Vnited States Court at Minneapolis. Announcement was made 01 a iv no,- ronl tncrenne in the wages Of all employees of the transportation de partment or the L,nrKawanna. Jesse C. Rumsey. the hoy train robber, was sentenced In Marshall, Mo., to 20 years In tne penitentiary. ruiTnrrt 1 1 nop. the Hartje coach man, was sentenced to six years im n.i.,.non in vittnhurir for perjury. Frank Massa, a wealthy Italian of Vco, Vnrii a na hnt and killed, it la hoiiovnri hv ninck Hand. rtatniiaa ,f thA COn vlctlon of George Burnham, Jr., vice president of the Mutual Reserve Company, for grand larceny, ball for President Hurnham and Vice President George W. Eldredge, both of the Mutual, inlntlv indicted with George Burnham, was raised. Presl Hon Riirnhnm from 112. COO tO $20,- 000 and Vice President Eldredge's hall from 11; ROD tO 115.000. Praaf.lnnf Paill MortOn. Of the tfnnitnhie Life has called a meet ing of the presidents of 30 life insur ant's rnmnanles to form a national organization to look after the Jnter ests of the corporations and policy hnl.lertt. The publisher, the editor ana me sporting writer 01 me .- iinmini Toipffraiih have been ar rested, charged with contempt of SAYS ITS WAR IGSINSTTHE CHURCH Statement From the Pope On the Trouble. NOT A RELIGIOUS L'BERTY LAW. Dtclara Ion From the Vatican Say the Concordat Ha Not Yet Been l)e. nounced by French G irernment The Holy See Not Opposed to the Making of Application. THE VATICAN'S SIDE. The Pope say the Concordat ha 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 State. A real law providing for real liberty Instead of arbitrary minis terial circulars Is needeJ. There Is no truth in the state ment that the French Episcopacy and clergy are ready to make ap plications to hold religious meet ings. The Holy See Is not opposed to the making of applications under the new law, but takes exception to the whole spirit of the Briand circular. AT THE NATION'S CAPITAL Soma Interesting Happening Briefly Told. 1tT mi una w an V Vfiiimlf "I know of no better Illustration court In publishing alleged false of the phenomenal growth that stor es or me yiee everywhere characterizes the history of our national life," continued the Justice, "than that afforded by the State of Kansas. When I 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 Its grain crop last year was large enough to supply 20 bushels to every family in the United States. "That Is an example of our big ness In this land of ours. Do I 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 possess a big stick in Washington." Laugh- , The speaker said that he thought bach, rescued cPta' 'r0" that danger lay in national tendency the mas head and f" to worship mere bigness and the to a hatch adrift of the sca-going f .,.th barge Buena jenuna "Those responsible for all the President Baer, of the Philadelphia greatness of this country must an- and Reading Railroad, has decnnea ..-,. tn.il,.. nnciiinni hofni-., nnr tn irr Ant the demanaB of toe cngi value to the world and before the neer. firemen and conductors, who world can be determined. The real threaten a strike. rinrenre Pniiier. an orphan boy of Pittsburg, has been Bleeping in sheds and alleys since his mother died four months ago. Frank Mumford, a Middletown (.n. Y.) shoe dealer, has been sent to jail fo 60 days for stealing a kis3 from a customer. Harry C. Sutton, a Pittsburg mo torman who nearly ran over a moth er and child, died of nervous shock. Judgo Lanhorn, of a Vnited States court in Wisconsin, upholds the right of labor to strike. The banks of Chicago are enjoying the largest prosperity in their history. The Great Northern Railroad will issue $60,000,000 of new stock at par. The business section ol warenam, Mass., was destroyed by fire. Chester E. Gillette was sentenced to be electrocuted at Auburn Prison in the week beginning January He will be taken to Auburn within the next ten days. A motion for a new trial was denied. Michael F. Bruso. a Green sea man on the tug Walter A. Lucken- q nest ton Is: 'Which way is the country looking? What are the ideal and the inspirations of this nation? Is this republic seeking only material development, ostenta Uon and parade, or is it. striving for Foreign. Fiftv French seminaries which re fused to comply with the associa tion's laws are being closed. A num her of annllcatlons for permission to the higher life, which shall benefit hold religious meetings were made both the nation and the people? "We are building tip 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. by parishoners. Many suits nave been brought in connection with en dowments for masses for tne neao. 'lhe London female suffragists madn another attempt to hold a meeting within the precincts ot tne House of Commons. lney lougni desperately and kicked and scratched the officers. Emneror William dissolved the Justice Brewer answered this ques- Reicnstag and ordered new elections tlon 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 ily, he said. New York City owes In consenuenee of the government's defeat on the bill providing lor sena lng more troops to Africa. It was denied In the House of Commons by the government that the War Olllce had contracted with 1421,000,000. The nation is running Chicago firms over 10,000,000 pounds deeper into debt each year. 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 erutlon. hand, a bullet hole behind her right ear, while beside her lay a man known by the name of At wood, 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 consciousness. The Clark woman had told some of the lodgers that she hud sent tor At wood, who was In Denver. He ar rived a w-ek ago md the two had been living together ever since. of corned beef. The British Foreign Secretary de clined to announce In Parliament what action, if any, the uovernment would take on the Congo question. The Russian government has bought six million bushels of grain In Western Siberia for the famine- stricken peasants. Edouaid Muller, vice president of the Swiss Federal Council, was elected president of the Swiss Fed Rome (By Cable). The Pope and the papal secretary, Cardinal Merry del Val, have refused all request to grant an interview for publication on the Franco-Vatican situation, but the following statement is autnorizea by the Vatican: "The situation may be summarized a follows: "The concordat, the most solemn bilateral contract, has not yet been denounced by the French Govern ment, which wishes to establish a new leeal standing for the church In France. The government did not agree with the Holy See on this sub ject and repeatedly and openly Bhowed hostility toward the head of the church. Violence may pre vail for a time, but those who are suffering from this state of oppres sion preserve all their rights and all their claims. The explosion of Joy among the Masonic and demagogic societies as a result of the persecu tion on the part of the government shows that the war is against the church and religion. "Notwithstanding the bills passed and regulations adopted, France at the present time has no law granting religious liberty to those who do not comply with the law providing for the separation of church and State. "The one good point in the cir cular issued recently by the French minister of public worship, M. Bri and, is his confession tnat it is Im possible to apply to cultural associa tions the law of 1881. and isol. which were adopted for the regula tion of other kinds of associations meetings. Therefore, what is needeJ s a real law providing for real lib erty, Instead of arbitrary mlnistrlal circulars. The loyalty and good will of the Holy See under similar cir cumstances was shown in Brazil There there was a monarchy and a concordat, both of which the Repub lican suppressed and proclaimed their separation from the Holy See, under certain reserve. Later the Brazilian Republic came to an under standing with the Vatican, and a papal nuncio was accredited to Rio Janeiro, while a Brazilian minister was accredited to the Vatican. "The search of the nunciature at Paris and the expulsion from France of Mgr. Montagnlnl, secretary of the nunciature, were steps taken with the object of making the world be lieve the false statements circulated later, and which were said to have originated in the uiscovery of docu ments seized at the nunciature, such as the report that some of the French episcopacy and clergy were ready to make applications to hold religious meetings. There is no truth in the statement. The Holy See is not op posd to the making of applications under the law, but takes exception to issued by Minister of Public Worship Briand. THE RELATIONS ARE STRAINEO Testimony wa given the House Committee on Agriculture by editor of farm Journal to how that the American pres ha not been in fluenced by pecuniary inducement to take tip the light against tne gov ernment free eed. The report of the commission which ha been engaged for a num ber of year in a codification and revision of the general statue of the mited State wa submitted to President Roosevelt. The House Committee on Banking and Currency heard Joseph T. Tnl bott, of Chicago, and J. C. Walruff, of P'.itsburg, on the clastic currency proposition. The Secretary of War ha called upon the governor of the Philippines for a report on the death of 10 In mates of the Blllbid prison from plague serum. Transatlantic steamship men de nied the Interstate Commerce Com missions' Jurisdiction to interfere with rate 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 Sennte passed a hill adopting the regulations agreed on by the International Maritime Congress to prevent collisions at ea. The House in committee of the whole voted for the retention of the entlie board of pension appeal of the Interior Department. President Roosevelt, by an execu tive order, has revived the system of permitting enlisted men In the Navy to purchase a discharge. . Congress received from Secretary Bonaparte the draft ofMie plan for the big battleship provided for at the last gessoln. The Interstate Commerce Commis sion ha 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 SupremeCourt; Charles J. Bonaparte, to be Attorney Gener al; Victor H. Metcalf, to be Secretary of the Navy, and Oscar S. Strauss, to he Secretary of Commerce and Labor. President Roosevelt Is said to have In contemplation a message to Con gress asking for such legislation as will give the Interstate Commerce Commission Jurisdiction over the dis tribution of freight cars. In the Senate Mr. Rayner, of Mary land, made a speech in which he as sailed the position of President Roosevelt In reference to the admis sion of Japanese Into California school. The urgent need of more drydock facilities is emphasized by Rear Ad miral Capps, chief of tho Bureau of Construction and Repair, Navy De partment, in his annual report. Thomas W. Garrett, for many years secretary to Senator Morgan, has been discharged because of his alleged activities for the lobby be hind the Congo Free State cruelties The Farmers and Drovers' Nation' al Bank of Waynesboro, Pa., was closed by order of the Comptroller of the Currency. Mr. Gearin. of Oregon. Introduced a resolution in the Senate calling for the exclusion of Japanese coolie by treaty. Postmaster General Cortelyou will succeed Secretary Shaw at the head of the Treasury Department on March 4. Congress will adjourn December 20, to meet January i. Russian and Japanese Diplomats At Cdds. NAVIGATION ON THE AMUR RV.R. i The Good Faith of Russia Regarding the Institution of the pen Door" Question by the Japanese Russian Offic'als Say Japan I Taking Advan tage of Russia's Weakness. St. Petersburg (By Cable). Tho relations of the Ruslsan and Japan ese diplomat 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 rellectlng upon the good faith of Russia regarding the institution of lhe "open door," and Insinuating that she Is evading tho stipulations of the Portsmouth treaty l.i the matter of getting her troops out of Manchuria. This Japanese statement is char acterized hero as a tissue of Inexacti tudes, designed to Influence tho pub lic opinion of the world, while Japan I taking advantage of RussU'B weakness to obtain profit never con templated by the treaty of Ports mouth. Particular apprehension Is felt here over the effect that these Japanese Insinuation with regard to the "open door" may have upon American sentiment. As an evidence of Russia' sincere adherence to that principle, it is ex plained here that she is even con templating opening to international navigation the Amur and Sungarl Riv er. The navigation of these rivers wa reserved by the treaty of Algum of. 1858 to Russia and China Jointly, but, Russia insist tnat Japan can, nder no construction of the Ports mouth treaty, which neither men tion nor Implies navigation privi leges, demand this as a right. Japan bases ner pretentions 10 me nvleatlon of the Amur and its af fluents on the argument that the treaty of Aigun was abrogated en tirely hv the treaty of Portsmouth and the Chlna-Janpanese treaty of 905, by which all agreements in fringing upon the sovereignty oi Chln were nullified and Manchuria nnpned to international trade. Rus sia contends that the arrangement ior the Joint navigation of these rivers does not Infringe upon the sover eignty of China, and does not pre vent the entrance ol toreign goous Into Manchuria. With regard to the evacuation of Manchuria, It Is maintained here that Japan and not Russia Is the real cul prit. The Japanese lorce now in Manchuria Is nearly double thnt of Russia, apd In view ot the spirit shown by Japan in these negotia tions, the presence of this body of men Is a source of serious anxiety uj the Russian government. MEDALS FOR BRAVE MEN. The Difference AdjiiNted. San Juan, Porto Rico (Special). The difference between the federal and the Insular government over the division of the public lands in Porto Rico have been amicably adjusted subject to the approval of the Secre tary, of the Navy. Capt. Samuel C. Leroly, U. S. N., retired, who repre sented the Navy In the adjustment, ailed for New York December 12 on board the steamer Philadelphia. Fishing Vessel Frozen I'p, St. John, N. F. (Special). The British culser Brilliant, which ar rived here from Bay of Islands, re ports everything quiet on the herring fisheries. The captain of the iteam- tr Active has been fined $400, with an alternative sentence of six month' Imprisonment, for conveying colon ists beyond the marine boundary to Join American vensel. he latest telegrams report a heavy frost at Kay of island, and say that 3,000 net are frozen In the ice among the Great Britain, France and Italy have signed an arrangement for the malntenanco of the integrity of Abyssinia. In the recent revolutionary fight near the River Azoques, In Ecuador, 12 men were killed und IS wounded. James Bryce la likely to bo ap pointed British anibandor to the Lnueu tjiaies. The conditions of the Shah ot Per sia has taken a turn for the worse. An antlextortlon rising has broken out In Kurdistan, and a force com manded by the Shah third son has been defeated by the rebellious tribesmen. A band of robbers-held up the of ficials and cleaned out the Peters burg International Bank In Odessa, carrying oft $14,500. Edith Evelyn Blgelow, daughter of Poultney Bigelow, was quietly mar ried in London to James r . A. Clark a Boston banker. King Oscar of Sweden is critically 111 with heart trouble. Russian newspaper are advocat Ing a Russo-American rapprochme-nt to discourage Japanese aggression. A court martial in Yekaterinoslav Imposed the death sentence on eight leaders of the armea uprising oi ue cember last. The report of the defeat of the rebels In Ecuador by the government troops has beon confirmed. Europeau buyers are co-operating for a change in tne contracts ror American grain. France baa sent word tnat Henry White is persona grata TO tne gov God And Constitution. Guthrie, Ok. (Special). The Con stitutional Convention had a heated discussion as to whether the Supreme Helng should be designated as "tho Supreme Ruler of the Universe" or God Almighty. Petition from different religious sects and one from athpists were presented asking that there be no religious discrimination in the language ot the constitution. Bill To Suitably Honor Survivor Of Forlorn Hope Party. Washington, (Special). An Inter eating incident occurred In the Sen- ate Committee on Military AffalrB when the bill to grant medal to the survivor and heir of volunteers of the Port Hudson (La.) Forlorn Hope storming party was taken up for con- --h," .T. sideratlon. About 1,000 men had ,,o aW...t i .A hv Motor nnnornl N P. Banks, commanding tne Depart ment of the Gulf during the Civil War. to storm Port Hudson. He promised the men medals of honor but Congress never na maae tne ap propriation necessary to provide them. Senator Bulkley called the bill and Chairman Warren told hi col leairues tho circumstances under which the promise was made. Mr Warren, as a private in the com mand, had been a member of the first nartv which prepared tho way with logs and false work for the approach of the storming party. Very few men of the first party escaped helng kill ed, and Mr. Warren was severely wounded. He recelvea a congress ional medal for the part he played in the charge. 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 57,973. The plurali ties for the Democratic candidates for tho state offices below that of governor ranged from 5,442 for Chanler to 14,250 for Martin II. jlynn, the Democratic candidate for comptroller. FOUGHT TYPHOON AT SEA. Crew Of Vessel Kxhaiirtetl in iwice Fight Inff For Life. Boston ( Special ) . The British freight steamer St. George, com manded by Capt. H. B. Sadler, arriv ed at this port after it had escaped destruction by a typhon, and later by fire, which broke out in tho cargo of hemp. The St. George left New York last June for Japan, laden with steel for the Japanese government. Since that time she had traveled 34,uuu mnes, and for the past 78 day she has been steaming almost continuously. While the freighter was on ner way from Kutsinoisu, japan, iu Cebu, a typhoon chased the vessel. It wa the same disturbance that devastated the port of Hongkong. For a time it looked as if the vessel would be unable to escape, but just as the crew had abandoned hope the freighter steamed out of the grasp of the typhoon, which was shooting great columns skyward. The St. George men proceeaea 10 Manila, from wuich port she sailed on October 4 with a cargo of hemp. Sailing from Algiers on November i the steamer' was out less than 24 hours when a brisk fire was dis covered In No. 3 hold., 8team was Injected Into the compartment and the vessel headed for Gibraltar. Just when It was Lelleved the fire was subdued, flames broke out anew and were not extinguished until sev eral hours after the steamer had reached Gibraltar. IN THE C000 OLD WAY Congress Won't Have New-Fangled Spelling Heas. - Washington (Special) The House of Representatives Wednesday went on record In opposition to the new spelling a recommended by the President. By a vote of 142 to 25 the following wa adopted as a sub stitute to the Item reported by the Appropriations Committee in the Legislative, Executive and Judicial Appropriation Bill, which read as follows: No monev appropriated In this act shall be used in connection with printing documents authorized by law or ordered by Congress, or elth' er branch thereof, unles the same shall conform to the orthograpny recognized and used by generally ac cepted dictionaries of the English language." For hours the debate on simpli fied spelling held the attention of the House, and n score or more members took pa.t l;i tho discussion. Representative Crumpacker, of In diana, mndo a point of order against the orlgtnnl paragraph In- the bill which provided that public docu ments should bo spelled as Webster's or other generally accepted diction aries spells them. This provision was held to change existing law, and the point of order was sustained. Representative Blnghnm, of Pennsyl vania, In charge of the bill, then of fered tho amendment quoted, which was adopted. During the discussion Mr. Sullivan, of Massachusetts, remarked that if the President by "Imperial ukase could change the spelling of 300 words of the English language he would have the authority to change 30,000 words, or every word In our language. If thl could bo done he thought a new court language might be established by executive decree for the new American empire. "We got along very well with the English language until the relgnnf the present President of the United States," said Mr. Snlllvari. Offensive To The Eye. Representative Lacey, of Iowa, thought the paragraph a,s originally reported should renlaln In the bill. He said the new worJs were offen sive to the eye, but "perchance by constant, association we might get used to them." To put them by executive order Into the lnws of the land before they have reached literature," remarked Mr. Larey, "Is getting the thing wrong end foremost. Literature comes first, orthography afterward. Let this Congress put this declara tion Into law; Jt is not enacting any thing, but It is simply protesting against Interference with established ouBtoms as it has been followed foi more than 1 00 years." Mr. Crumpacker, of Indiana, said the House was not responsible for an order of the executive on tho question of simplified spelling. He was f)l the opinion that legislation would retard progress and reform in Bpelling. Mr. Lacy asked Mr. Crumpacker If he thought the public printer would have the discretion to spell the word "Crumpacker" with a "K" and Mr. Crumpacker replied that he thought he would. Representative Grosvenor, of Ohio, wanted to know what existing law that the paragraph changed and in sisted that there was no law a to spelling, except as to the commonly accepted way. The effort to define how words should be spelled, ho said, was absolutely germane to the bill. Mr. Tawnoy remarked that if the simplified spelling should go Into effcet it would necessitate the re printing of all the schoolbooks and dictionaries, to say nothing of the cost It would put upon the govern ment to make the change. . STATE OF PEomraT I I II Latest News Gleaned From Various Parts. L Jailed For Peonage. Pensacola, Fla. (Special). W Harlan, manager of the Jackson Lumber Company, was fined $5,000 and sentenced to 18 months In the penitentiary on the charge of "con spiracy to commit peonage." Five other attaches of the same company, convicted of the same offense, were fined tlOO each and sent to the fed eral prison for 13 months. Appeals will be take. a.NANCAL WOULD. WabaBh's net profits In October In creased 1111,261. Estimates now put the cash and security surplus of United btate Steel at $100,000,000 The Baltimore & Ohio' wage In creaBe will tane about ii.uuu.uuu from tho company' treasury Mother To Spend .MMI,000. Selling of Reading that came from PlttBburg, Pa. (Special). Half a Quarters close to H. C. Frlck didn't minion aonars is me amount wnicn MrB. William Thaw expects to spend to clear her son, Harry Kendall Thaw, of the charge of murdering Stanford White, according to btatement which she Is said to have made to an intimate friend during corporation show it confidence in ner recent visu to mis ruy. uur- continuance of prosperity Dy autnor izlne construction of several uiasi fni-nui-eu two structuul mills and numerous other finishing plants.' The market I Btrong, although high nrlces are diminishing the couBump- tloa to some exteut.'' Northern Central last year charged 80 per cent, of the gross earnings to look much as If the rumors or a big extra dividend were to be realized. Frlck Is a director of the company a great trader In stocks as well. This Is from the "Iron Trade Re view." "The United Slates Steel ng the course of a long walk with her friends, Mrs. Thaw said that she estimated that.the counsel fee would amount to $250,000, and that close to $75,000 would bo spent here In Pittsburg Kliot Japanese Hervunt. Washington (Special). The Navy Department has been informed by operating expenses. Jim Hill always cable that on December 3 Private boasts that 50 per cent. Is enough Mldwav Islands, while duck hunting out his way, but then again he does accidentally fired a bullet Into the Commercial Cable Company's build ing, wounding a Japanese mess ser vant, Yoka Bayaahl, in the leg. The bullet shattered the bone. The shooting wa purely accidental, a dulp was 1,500 yard from the build- ng when be fired, the bullet strik ing the water and rlchochotlng into he building, which was out of sight not make the Improvements that Northern Central doe. In six months the Western Union' net surplus after payment ot the dividend decreased $604,000. Great Northorn rose a point and then suddenly dropped eight, which frightened the little fellows a good Knockout For New SMlling. Washington ( Special . President Roosevelt will withdraw bis sim plified spelling order to the public printer, and hereafter all documents from the executive departments will again be printed in the old-fashioned 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 matter of great importance and expressed a illingness to revoke hi order for the new spelling In caise the House Of Representatives should go on re cord as opposed to the system. Ac cordingly, Mr. Landis introduced tho 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 ot the government, ho Government Printing Office should observe and adhere to the standard ot orthography prescribed n genarlly accepted dictionaries of the English language." Gen. Xogl Injured. Toklo (By Cable). General Nogl, the Japanese commander who cap- ured Port Arthur, was thrown from his horse while returning home from the palace. He fell on hla head and became unconsclouB. lie waB re moved to hlB home, where he revived under medical treatment, and Is be lieved to be out of danger. Valise Full Of Jewelry. Omaha, Neb. (Special). Three men entered tho pawnshop of Jos eph Sonnenberg, at 1305 Douglas Street, bound and gaged the proprle tor, his clerk, and a customer; filled a suit case with Jewelry worth $8,000 and escaped. One of ti.e men, who gave bis name as Edward Elliott of Denver, was captured by the po lice. Part of the Jewelry was re covered. Explosion In Mine, Wllkcs-Barre, Pa. (Special). The econd explosion within a week 'oc curred in the Buttunwood mine, near here, four men being seriously burned. The accident happened in the Hlllman vein, operated by th Parrish Coal company, tnrougn heavy fall of coal, which changed the air course, ana mis pormittea i volume ot gas to gather in this por tion of the mine. Tho gas was lg ntred by coming In contact with naked lamp on the cap of one of th miners. Assistant Mine Forema Thomas Morgan was badly burned on Taught Carnegie. Washington (Special). John Howard l.Brcombe, 86 years old, a veteran employe ot the Pension Ofllce and the man who taught Andrew Carnegie telegraphy, died at Belts vllle, Md., near this city. When be retired from office some months ago Mr. Carnegie gave him a pension of iiou a monin ior me. The Lackawanna Railroad Com pany will grant a general Increase or 6 to 10 per cent, to all employes other than conductor, trainmen, engineers and switchmen. The last threw classes of employees were recently awarded an Increase, and the former are now negotiating for a raise. Th increase will go Into effect the first of the year. All men, women and boys employed by the company, In the transportation department, in cluding station agents, baggagemen, clerks and operators, on all the di vision from Hoboken to Buffalo, will be entitled to this increase. The company employ about 1000 per sons on this division, divided into classes a clerks, ticket agents, bag gagemen, telegraph operators and station masters. The IncreaBO, al though running from 6 to 10 per cent, averages nearly 10. The pay roll of the company will be increased by about $120,000. The lowest paid men get an Increase of 10 per cent., while the high snlarled men hold near the 6 per cent. mark. The sal aries of the telegraph operators will 'oo Increased from $50 to $75. Whether the fncnlty of the Wav eiiy High School is to be broken up because of lovo will depend on the developments of a "romance recently made public. Waverly 1 a village iiltuated about ten miles north of this city and whilo more recently the Summer residence of coal barons like E. L. Fuller, T. H. Watklns and C. D. Simpson, is a typical New Eng land place, many years older than Scranton and the seat of the aris tocracy of the countryside. Prof R. L. Wood and Mrs. Jessie Stark con stitute the faculty of the Waverly High School. Both began teaching there two years ago. Wednesday night the professor strolled into the school board meeting and announced that he expected to break up tbe school by marrying Mrs. Stark. The board was seized with dismay, for it is considered difficult to find a suc cessor to the pretty anl talented young widow, and after some argu ment a partial promise was Bcctired from the brlde-groom-to-be that he might be persuaded to allow hi bride to finish the term. He insisted, however that the marrlago must take place- at the holiday vacation. William Campbell, residing near Elysburg, awoke early the other morning suffering greatly from coal gas. After raising a window and In haling fresh air he recovered suffi ciently to enter more -bedrooms, where he found three members of his !amlly unconscious and almost dead !rom asphyxiation. He opened all :he windows and doors and summon d a doctor. All the victims were re mscltated, but are yet in a critical condition. Governor Pcnnypacker may writo jf the advisability of enacting con current legislation with New Jersey inout fishing in the Delaware River !n his forthcoming message to tho Legislature. Governor Stokes, of Sew Jersey, wrote n few days ago '.o the Fish Commissioner Meehan, asking him to send to Trenton con rlderable data on the subject to guide Governor Stokes In ndvlHlng the New lersey Legislature In the matter. dommlsBloner Meehim prepared a let ,er to the New Jersey Governor cov srlng all of the points desired. Gov ernor Pennypacker also intimated '.hat he may have something to pay ibout the subject in his mesEuee lext month. The other morning William Wil iams, of Edwardville, was shot and 'atally wounded by two men who ittacked him and several companions vho were on their way home. As .he young men were walking up the naln street of Edwardsvllle two men in the opposite side threw stones at hem and then opened fire with a re volver. Going to the cellar to get coal ilrs. James" Thompson, of Cresaon, :ound herself looking Into the mnz !lo of a revolver held by a burglar ivho hud entered Jhrortgh the coal jolo. He compelled her to walk npst airs, hand over her husband's monthly wages, amounting to $60, md with a polite "thank you" walked out the front door and disappeared. Bath borough town council has granted a, franchise to a concern to erect nn electric light plant lnthat town. Slipping oh an Icy sidewalk, John J. Parry, an aged man of Wind Gap, broke an arm in falling. James Fagan, aged 80, of Altoona, who taught A. J. Cassett, president of the Pennsylvania Railroad, to lido horseback, fell "down a flight of stairs at his home and , was probably fatally injured. Fagnn was stable man for Mr. Cassntt when ho was stationed at Altoona. By an explosion of gas at Morea mine of the Dodson Coal Company, Timothy Watzel, Robert Harris and George Beling were bo badly burned that small hope Is held out for their recovery. The Btatement of the Prohibition State Committee for tho recent cam paign was filed at the State Depart ment, showing that tho receipts were $16,605.65, while expenditures were $17,636.65, and there are unpaid bills amounting to $3,91 S. 91.. Tho Btatement also shows that Homer L. Custlo, Prohibition nominee for Gov ernor, received $850 from tho com mittee funds for expenses and that he was paid $250 for his services in 1905. The committee owes State Chairman McCalmonJt $1,875 In sal ary and $425 on account of cash advanced. Raiding Tea In South Carolina. Charleston, S. C. (Special). Mar keting was br,gun of the first crop of American tea grown on a commer cial scale. Twelve thousand pounds have been raised on a plantation In Colleton County, a few miles from Charleston. For several years tea has been marketed from Plnehurst, tho government experimental garden at Summervlllo, but the product mar keted today is the first of a purely commercial venture. The output next year promises to be very large. Killed His Wife. Wilmington, Del. (.Special). Mrs. Catarina Uzzp died as a result of being shot by her husband in their, bedroom. In her dying deposition she said he saw her husband with; a revolver, and when she asked him' what he Intended to do, the revolver! went off. Mrs. Uzzo would have be-i como a mother In a few Weeks. . Heil husband, Michael Uzzo, who fled to Jersey City Dd wa arrested there,; Cashier Measey, ol the State Treas. ury, said that thero la a State de posit of, $73,000 In the defunct Nat ional .Bank, of Waynesburg, but that the amount Is amply socured. "We will have no difficulty at all in col lecting the money," said Mr. Measey, "and will pcybably do no next week." Nell Ferry, of McAdoo, a member of the Seventh District Miner' Ex ecutive Board, wa futally injured at Hazleton. Jle was caught by a premature blast tn the Honeybrook mine which lew off his nose and tore out both eyes. He cannot recover. Dr. J. Swan Taylor, captain of Company H, Fifth Regiment, Penn sylvania Volunteers, during the Span Ish-Amerlcan War, received . word from the United States Court of Claims that the Court has allowed E4 of his men one extra months pay for service rendered during the war. Soon after the war Dr. Taylor and Second Lieutenant John Seanor tiled their claims with tha department. Chaplain; Francis Murphy, now ot Los Angeles, Cel., later filed hla claim and a short time ago it was also granted. Inlets. eminent. if Culp. ideal. the hsnd ana iscn. was returned to v innington.
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