I BEWEY SAYS WE CM WHIP THEM MM States Need Have No Fear of the Japanese. ADMIRAL USES VIGOROUS LANGUAGE. Bitterly Denounces the Timidity of Cer tain Persons in High Places, and De clares That. If a Conflict Is to Come, Now Is the Time. Befor i Japan Has Recnperated i ram the Russian War. Washington. D. C. (Special). Pending the arrival or Mayor Schmltz, of San Francisco, and the Members of the local school board, all of whom started for Washington Sunday night, the Japanese situation will rest unchanged. "Were it to come to war with Japan, nf which I see not the least danger.'' said Admiral George Dewey ahort time ago, "there would be o cause for alarm. W could get our navy Into Eastern waters In six weeks, and within two weeks nfter Ita arrival there the Japanese navy could be swept from the face of the earth "If war should be declared," he Bald, "the Philippines would doubt less be seized by the Japanese, and possibly Hawaii. This could be done before we could reach the scene of action, but no sooner would wo ar tiro there than we could retake them. Our present navy is amply able to deal with that of the Japan ese and to insure no doubt of the Immediate issue in case of a conflict. "By this I do not mean that the navy should not be increased con stantly, for money so spent Is the strongest possible insurance of peace and, as an insurance, well spent. But there Is no Immediate danger. There Ih no denying the fact that Japan is entirely exhausted financial ly, and it is preposterous to suppose that she could finance an enterprise ao monstrous as a war with a pow erful nation. "There is another matter that is being much discussed, and that is a matter "f great coast defenses and the possibility of a foreign nation Japan, for instance taking one of our seaport cities. In the science of warfare it is ridiculous to suppose that any nation would attempt to do so. Should Japan capture San Francisco it would require her entire navy to hold the port and her forces would be cut off from all source of supply and surrounded on the land side by the entire military force of this nation. Were such a thing pos sible it would never bo practicable and will never be tempted by any nation. We .re too powerful a na tion for any other nation to fancy that it could fasten its forces Upon as and retain the hold. Coast de fense is not a need of the nation." It is known by those close to the administration that when the war cloud first arose Admiral Dewey wus summoned to the White House and was asked his opinion as to whether or not the present navy would be able to cope with the Japanese in case of a conflict. The Admiral Is reported to have been very positive in his declarations as to the various rumors that have been circulated of late relative, to the possibilities of war and as to the manner in which they have been received in different circles. He Is known to have expressed the opin ion that the attitude of some men In high authority over the Japanese is nothing less than damn cowardice." He has denounced forcibly on all occasions the show of dread of a conflict with Japan, and holds that it trouble Is to come it would be advisable to precipitate it now rather than wait until Japan had recuper ated from the Russian conflict. INSISTS UPON TREATY RIGHTS. Any Solution of Tin- Controvert) Must Be Based Thereon, Toklo (By Cable). After a care floi survey of public feeling here re garding the prospect of a satisfactory solution of the San Francisco school controversy, it may be stated that while the approach of the termina tion of the disagreeable affair is wel comed, yet the report from Wash ington that a solution may be ef fected by a mutual treaty excluding the immigration of laborers Is gen erally llsbelleved as unreasonable. According to the prevailing feel ing, a solution must be effected on Japan's treaty rights pure and sim ple. However, confidence continues that a solution of the question will be reached without the least sacrifice of Japanese honor and prestige. David Peck Hhoittles Dead. Bridgeport, Ct. (Special). David Peck Rhoades, one of the founders of the New York Tribune and an as sociate of Horace Greoly, died at his home, in Stratford, aged 84. After leaving the Tribune Mr. Rhoades formed the New York News Com pany, which business he conducted for many years until he sold out to the American News Company and retired. Death was the result of a shock caused by a fall suffered by Mr. Rhoades a week ago as he left the rooms of the Stratford Social Club. Mrs. Iongwortli 111. Washington (Special). Mrs. Alice Roosevelt Longworth, wife of Repre sentative Longwor'h. of Ohio, Bnd daughter of the President, is ill at her home In hls city with what Is stated at her home to be a slight at tack of grip. The President und Mrs. Roosevelt spent sometime at the Longworth home, and were very mufcb concerned about their daugh ter's health when they were inform ed by the attending physician that her temperature had gone up to 101'. win Pacific Wreck. Woodland, Cal. (Special). A southbound Southern Pacific train was partially wrecked north of Dun aingan. probably by a broken rail. Uspress Messenger Charles F. Furies v ts killed. Several passengers were bruised The expresu messenger kill ed wus the hero of two holdups and three w rocks He distinguished him self recently in a holdup in Oregon, when the robbers dynamited the ex press car, by sticking to his post and avoiding the rubbers off with a shotgun THE HEWS OF THE WEEK. Domestic. Professor Marshall, of Ohio Wes leyan 1'nlverslty, In an address on "Race Kffects of Immigration." said race suicide was due to immigration. In a dispute at the breakfast table between John Oebhardt and his son Charles, at Steubenvllle, O., the fath er was shot and killed. The grand opera house and seven other buildings In the business dis trict of Harrlsbttrg. Pa., were burn ed. Total loss about $250,000. Federal Judge Holla-d fined the Camden Iron Works Company. Of Camden. N. J.. $3,000 for accepting rebates. Mrs. John Mct'ausland, her two children and her brother-in-law were asphyxiated In their home at Day ton. O. Capt. George B. Boynton. sentenc ed to six months' Imprisonment for complicity In a plan to counterfeit Venezuelan money, was released af ter having served three months on a pardon signed by President Roose velt. The hearing of the Harriman mer ger in San Francisco was resumed before Interstate Commerce Commis sioner Lane. John Aldiidge. barged with killing his wife, was convicted of murder in the first degree at Cartersville, Gn. The fight for prohibition Is on in the Oklahoma Constitution Conven tion Fire, which started with an ex plosion in the paint shop, destroyed a section of the Baldwin Locomotive Works. Philadelphia, causing a loss of $1,000,000. The Princeton Elevator Company, of Princeton. Ind , was placed In the hands of a receiver. It Is claimed 'the assets are $30,000 liabilities I i . . n a , 9 l ou.eue. The Senate of California has adopted a resolution protesting against (he federal government in terfering In the Japanese school question. The Little Miami Railroad Com- : pany has Increased itB capital stock $2,000,000 and modl'ied its lease to the Pennsylvania. Two Jurors were excused and (wo accepted in the Thaw trial, making nine now in the box. Five railroad employes were killed In a wreck on the Boston and Maine Railroad. Conferences wore held at Chicago between the managers of railroads west, southwest and .northwest of Chicago and representatives of the organizations of conductors and trainmen regarding the demands of the latter for an eight-hour day and an increase of wages. Lieutenant Drury and Private Dowd, U. S. A., are on trial in Pitts burg for murder, having shot young William Crowley outside a military reservation for alleged larceny with in an army post. A man and woman, after kissing and embracing, stood on a bridge and awaited death under an electric train near Camden, N. J. Gasper Kublczal, of Jersey City, committed suicide by placing his head on a railroad '.rack In front of an approaching train. United States Senator Alger was buried with military honors, the Grand Army ritual being used at the tomb. Arguments on the demurrers filed by Ruef and Schmltz, indicted for extortion, were begun in San Francisco. The Allis-Chalmers Company was fined $4,000 for importing four Iron- molders from Manchester, England. Three firemen were buried under falling walls and Id injured in a blaze in Buffalo, N. Y. Three men were killed by the ex plosion of ammonia in Armour & Co.'s plant. Chicago. James H. Beatty. Cnlted States district Judge of Idaho, has resigned. Foreign. President Roosevelt, in a letter to the Norwegian foreign minister. writes that he will value the Nobel medal so long as he lives, and after his death it will be highly prized by his children. Officials of the Congo administra tion announced that the uprising in the Manyanza district had been sup pressed, and that the native chief, who instigated it has been appre hended. Advices from Solomon Islands, in the South Seas, state that the en tire topography of the islands has been changed by an earthquake. Prof. Karl Hau, of Washington L'nlverslty, charged with the murder of his mother-in-law in Frankfort, Germany, admits having worn a false beard, but still denies the mur der. Completed returns from the Ger man Reichstag elections show that all the political parties Increased their vote, the Socialists continuing the largest party numerically. Lifeboats from Hartlepool rescued 21 of the crew of the British steamer Clovering, ashore fit the mouth of the Tees. Twenty-nine lives were lost. A formal statement has been Is sued by the family of the private settlement of the differences between the Duke and Duchess of Marlborough. 31r Alfred Jones arrived at London and at once proceeded to "white wash" Governor Swettenhum of an blame for his conduct. Governor Guldema, of the political prison on Basil Island, Russia, was assassinated by a youth, who es caped. A prison warden who at tempted to arrest the assassin was fatally shot. The Phoenix Coal Company of Lulsberg. Germany, has absorbed the Nordstern foal Company of Essen. Tho combine will have a capitaliza tion of $2f,, 00(1. 000, M. Clemenceau, the French pre mier, offended M. Brland, of the Chamber of Deputies, and had to apologize to prevent the latter from resigning. The German government has de manded the punishment of Fehlm Psha, chief of the Turkish Sul tan's secret police, for seizing u ship's cargo destined for Hamburg. Lord Admiral Bercsford sailed from Southampton for New York to look nfter the estate of his brother in this country. Soclalhits summoned by a bank of ficial who was afraid to call the po lice executed a man who made a de maud for $500. The government of Salvador has dispatched troops to suppress what Is officially denied to be a revolution. The fire In the mine at Soarbuck, Rhenish Prussia, having been con trolled, the work of removing the dead was resumed. Relief funds for the widows and orphans reach $7,600- EDWARD HIPPLE KILLS HIMSELF Philadelphia Second Suicide in a Family. HIS BROTHER WRECKED A BANK. Worry Over Frank Hippie's Part in the Looting of the Real Estate Trust Company Said to Be Probable Cause of His Taking His Life-Was Prominent In Church Work. Philadelphia ( Special ) . - Edward P. Hippie, brother of the late Frank K. Hppile. who ended his life last summer after wrecking the Real Es tate Trust Company, of this city, of which he was the president, com mitted suicide at his home here with a revolver. Mr. Hippie's family was at break fast when he committed the deed. His wife heard an unusual noise, and sending her sons upstairs to investi gate they found the father In hl3 bedroom with a bullet wound In his head. He was hurried to A hospital, but died on the way. He was about TO years of age had been in the real estate business. At the time of the suicide of his brother Frank and the subsequent failure of the truBt company Edward Hippie owed his brother a large sum of money upon mortgages. Theso mortgages were recently foreclosed and the procedes from their sale were turned over to the Real Estate Trust Company under the reorgani zation plan. One of Mr. Hippie's sons said that his father worried a great deal over Prang Hippie's part in the trust com pany failure, but he did not think he was in any way Involved In that crash. Like his brother, Edward Hippie was very active in church work and was well known in church circles. He was superintendent of the Sun day School of Oxford Presbyterian Church and treasurer of the church. He was also president of the Quaker City Baking Company. Mr. Hippie's widow survives him and the following children: Kate, the oldest; May, who married Stephen Ferguson, a Bon of the late Judge Ferguson; two sons (Edward P. Hippie, Jr.. who lived at the family home, and Frank Elwood Hippie, who about three months ago married Miss Lucy Kern). The Hippie residence Is located at the southwest corner of Thirteenth and Norris Streets. It Is a big brick mansion with front of brown stone, with front bay windows. Cuba's Rural GuHrd. Washington, ( Special ) .As a re sult of a conference at the White House between the President, Secre tary Taft and General Bell, chief of staff, an order has been issued direct ing an increase of the rural guard of Cuba from 6,000 to 10.000 men. The purpose 1b a avoid increasing the number of American troops in the island, as originally intended, the native guards being more ac ceptable to the people. Fire In A Theater. Philadelphia (Special) Fire which started in one of the dresBing-rooms of the Lyceum Theater destroyed the costumes of the "City Sports" bur lesque show and slightly damaged the theater. An entire suite of dressing-rooms was burned out, en tailing a loss of $6,000. The fire was discovered shortly before 7 o'clock. The evening performance was given with the members of the company appearing in street clothes. The origin of the fire is not known. Old Indian Chief Dead, Green Bay, Wis. (Special). Rev. Cornelius Hill, an old Oneida Indian sachem, is dead on the reservation at the age of 7! years. He was the oldest of the Oneida Indian chiefs. He bore the name of Chief Onon-Gwat-Ga and was the most influen tial of the present-day chiefs. For his efficient and lengthy service he was ordained an Episcopal priest five years ago. Minister Has Thirteen Wives. Toledo. Ohio (Special). Charged with bigamy and credited with hav ing 13 wives, Rev. Albert Holden, reported to have two sons aUo un der Indictment for bigamy, pleaded guilty and wai sentenced to serve six years in the penitentiary. Holden married every time the spirit moved him. His courtships always took place during one of his revivals and his victims were always one of those whom he had taken into the church. Gen. Drown Injured, Cincinnati, O. ( Special ) Gen. R. B. Brown, commander-in-chief of the G. A. R.. received a sprained ankle In a collision between a Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern pussenger train and a switch engine, near here. General Brown was on his way from Cincinnati to Zanesville, his home. Want President's Portrait. Washington ( Special ) . President Roosevelt is having made a full length portrait which is to be placed In the Peace Palace of The Hasue. The gift will be from a group of peace friends in Europe. Xtm York Artist SiifTocutd. New York (Special). John J. Schmidt, an artist, built a bonfire of paper ki his room in a lodging-house in liushwirk Avenue. Brooklyn, when he cume home and was suffocated by smoke. The fire was extinguished without serious financial loss. Arrested For Forgery. New York (Special).- Frederick Norman, 20 years old, was arrested In this city at the Instance of the police of Chicago, where he is wanted on u charge of forgery. a . Aged Poet Defends Hon. Tacoma, Wash. (Special) At torney Will II. Thompson, the poet, brother of Maurice Thompson, the novelist, began his address to the Jury in behalf of his son Chester, .o for seven weeks has been on 'rial, charged with the murder of ludge Emery at Seattle. His ad iress brought tears to the eyes of the Judge and the Jury, and even he attorneys for the state were over time The aged attorney recited 'rom hie own poem, "The High Tide at Gettysburg." AT THE NATION'S CAPITAL Some Interesting Happenings Briefly Told. The latter hours of the 8ennle were given over to the memorlnl exercises In honor of the late Arthur Pne Gorman, of Maryland, the mi nority leader In tho Senate during his service. Addresses were delivered by Messrs. Rnyner and Whyte (Mary land), Aldrlch (Rhode Island), Clay (Georgia), Hale and Fryo (Maine), Oultom (Illinois), Blackburn (Ken tucky), Spooner (Wlnconsln). Over man (North Carolina), Carmaek (Tennessee), and Tillman (South Carolina). Andrew F. Burleigh, one of the Incorporators of a railroad In Alas ka projected from Cordova Bay to Eagle, right in the heart of the cop per country, declared before the Senate Committee on Territories that Simon Guggenheim, the recent ly elected Senator from Colorado, and his associates, were opposing the bill to charter this road for the sole purpose of keeping up the price of copper. The House Committee on Inter state and Foreign Commerce decided to make a favorable report on the Livingston resolution providing for an Investigation of the New York Cotton Exchange by the Department of Commerce and Labor. The Senate passed a bill increas ing the salaries of city mail carriers, making the first year's salary $600. with an annual increase of $100 until a maximum of $1,200 has been reached. By a strict party vote, the sub committee of tho House Military Affairs Committee defeated tho Sims resolution, which indorsed the Presi dent's discharge of tne colored troops. The Omnibus Lighthouse Bill, cur rying $1,640,000. was favorably re ported to the House by the Com mittee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. Tho House increased the appro priation for the Bureau of Entomo logy from $75,000 to $118,000 in order that scientific investigations may be made of the white fly pest of Florida, the gipsy moth of Massa chusetts, thrlps that attack the cher ry trees of California, and the tobne 00 Insect which devostates the dark regions of Kentucky and Tennessee. In response to an Inquiry from Mr. Beverldge, the chairman of the Com mittee on Agriculture announced in the Senate that his committee would In a few days take up for considera tion the Beverldge bill, which aims to put the cost of governmental beef inspection upon the packers. George A. Kessler, a guest at the recent Gridiron dinner, wus prompt ed by the custom of distributing flowers at the dinners to charitable institutions to give $5,000 to the Children's Hospital. Further advices were received at (he State Department telling of the frightful condition of famine exist ing In China. An urgent recommendation has been made to Congress by Secretary of War Taft that the proposed ap propriation of $100,000 for fortifi cation of Pearl Harbor, Hawaiian Islands, be Increased to $350,000. The Indian Appropriation Bill car ries more extensive recommendations than any similar measure In recent yeara. Representative Livingstone argued before the House Committee for his resolution for an Investigation of the fluctuations in the cotton mar ket. Carrie Nation tried to call on the President, but was refused admis sion to the executivo offices. The Senate passed a bill placing the control of the Panama Railroad under the Isthmian Canal Commis sion. The Senate adopted a resolution asking the Interstate commerce Commission for Its findings as the result of the recent railroad acci dents. Senator Morgan submitted to the Senafc committee a proposition for the reorganization of the Isthmian Canal Commission. IN THE FINANCIAL WORLD. The net income of the Lackawan na Steel Company last year was $::. 358,965. It la likely the "official" rato for call money In Philadelphia will thiB week be marked down to 5 per cent. J. P. Morgan has effectually dis proved the recent reports of his seri ous illness by appearing at several public dinners within a week. London was a conspicuous buyer of American stocks in the New York market. A small London failure produced but little effect. The Detroit United Railways Com pany sold $2,000,000 of 5 per cent, notes, maturing in three years, at 95 H. This means that the com pany Is paying at least 6 V4 per cent, for its money. Like some other eminent observ ers, Jacob H. Schiff says this country is suffering from too much pros perity. He adheres to the theory that a man can have more things to out than is good for him to de vour. President F. T. Chandler, of the Philadelphia Stock Exchange, says: "Looks as though Mr. Keene Is In charge of the bear forces and up to now has met with only passive re slstence from any of the recent bull cohorts." "The market has more kick and snap to it than for some time. There may be no very sharp advance, but I believe stocks arc a purchase on breaks " This is the advice of a well-known banker, who has been a pronounced bear for some time. At 170 Union Pacific neta 6 per cent. Income to the buyer. Only a fear that the preient 16 per cent, dividend may be reduced as uuex ported I as it was created, prevents a lot of Investment buying. A lack of such linylng la not a flattering commentary on the management of the road. The value of iron and steel ex ports during December was $14,800, 508, against $15,986,261 In the pre vious year and for the year $172, 555,588, against $142,930,513. De cember iron and steel Imports were valued at $8,986,659, bringing year's total up to $34,827,132. The possibility of Union Pacific's being obliged to give up Its domi nating stock In Atchison and possi bly In Southern Pacific Is one of the things that discourages the bulls in the first named road. Some peo ple think, however, that Southern as an Independent line would be benefited. DETERMINED TO KILL THE LOTTERY Department of Justice Waging a Crusade. SEVERAL AGENTS NOW IN JAIL Decision Reached to Secure Indict ments Against Officials and Agents of the Honduras National Company in Alabama, Delaware and Massachu setts as the Result of Raids. Washington (Special). As the re sult of a conference at the Depart ment of Justice, participated In by Assistant Attorney General Cooley, United States District Attorneys W. B. Ambrecht, of Mobile, Ala., and John P. NleldR. of Wilmington. Del., and Assistant District Attorneys Wil liam H. GHiland. of Boston, and J. C. Adklns, of Washington, D. C, and John E. Wilkle, chief of the Secret Service, and three of hlB operatives. It was decided to take steps designed lo put an end to the operations of the Honduras National Lottery Company In this country. Assistant Attorney General Cooley announced that in dictments would at once be returned against ugents and employes of the company In Boston, Mass., Mobile. Ala., and Wilmington, Del., as a re sult of recent raids In these three cities, in with a large number of the lottery tickets were seized and agents of the company arrested. The raids were the result of evidence collected by the Secret Service men and. ac cording lo the government, show In terstate shipments of a large ami .:it of lottery matter. Word was received at the confer ence from Robert ('. Alston, assistant general counsel of the Southern Express Company, that his company was In full sympatb with the ef forts of the government to break up the lottery, and would cooperate with It to the fullest extent. Boston, Mbbb. (Special). The Se cret Service officers In this city have been very active during the past month in their efforts to suppress tho sale of lottery tickets. Raids have been made In Somerville. Lynn, Wlnthrop, East Boston and Rox bury, and several thousand tickets, together with lists of prizes, have been seized and a number of arrests have been made. In all cases where the parties have been urralgned be fore the United States commissioner they have been held for action by the United Slates grand Jury, and Beveral are at present in Charles Street Jail in default of bail. 2.-,ooo FOR CLEVELAND, Elected Chairman of Life Insurance Presidents. New York (Special). Grover Cleveland, former president of the United States, was elected chairman of the Association of Life Insurance Presidents at a meeting of the execu tive committee of that organization In this city. Mr. Cleveland's election was unanimous, and he has accepted the position. The Association of Life Insurance Presidents, which recently was or ganized, Is composed of the execu tives of the principal life Insurance companies of this country. The ob ject of the organization Is to co operate for all kinds of reform, which, the members claim, will In crease dividends to policyholders. Mr. Cleveland also will act as chief counsel for the association. In ad dition to these duties, Mr. Cleveland will act as referee in cases of dispute between the companies. For these services he will receive from the as sociation the salary of $25,000 a year. It wus announced that Mr. Cleve land will remain a trustee of the majority stock of the Equitablo Life Assurance Society, but for these ser vices he will receive r.o compensa tion from any source. The position of secretary of the as sociation has been tendered to J, V. Barry, at present state superintend ent of insurance of Michigan. It Is believed that he will accept. The duties of the office of secretary are actively to represent the association in publicly presenting the insurance side of all questions, from an asso ciation point of view. Threw Himself In Coke Oven. Unlontown, Pa. (Special). Tired of life, owing probably to mental trouble, Tony Sain, a foreigner, went to a coke oven at Oliver No. 1, de liberately undressed in the cold and threw himself naked, head first, into the bed of fire and was burned to death. Boys who saw the act re ported the matter, and men pulled out the badly charred body. Sain was wandering about the streets several days ago, and the officers locked him up to investigate his san ity, but his brother secured his release. A Governor Killed. Wlllemstad (By Cable). Accord ing to advices received here from Caracas, Governor Mata, at the head of a body of armed troops, surprised a secret political meeting in the garden of Vice President Women, at Caracas, Venezuela, during the night of January 27 and in the flghtiug which followed Governor Mata and several others were killed and a larger number, Including the com mander of the troops were wounded. Hank Teller Kills Himself. New York (Special). John T. Williams, paying teller of the Lin coln National Bank for the past six yearB, was found dead In the bushes near the Southern boulevard end of the Bronx Park. Beside him lay an empty two-ounce bottle marked "tio roform." Williams hud been uway from the office since last Thursday, and until Monday was confined to his bed with pneumonia. As is the cus tom at the bank his cash was count ed on the day he reported licit and was found to be correct. Iron Company Fined. Chicago (Special) The Allis-Chalmers Company, muuufaoturers of mining machinery, wub fined $4,00o by Judge Landls in the United Stales District Court following the return by a Jury of a verdict finding the company guilty of importing (our Iron molders from Manchester, Eng land. In violation of tho alien con tract labor law. Counsel for the company took an appeal aud win seek to hare the verdict reversed by the United States Circuit Court of AppeuU THE DANDER OF COLO STORAGE STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA. Interesting Experiments By Dr. Har vey W. Wiley. Washington (Special). Dr. Har vey W. Wiley, chief Of the Chemistry Bureau of the Department of Agri culture, and the government's pure food expert, gave much Interesting testimony concerning the deteriora tion of foodstuffs In cold storage be fore the House Committee on Agri culture, whose hearings on the Agri cultural Appropriation Bill have Just been made public. Two cold storage warehouses are at Dr. Wiley's disposal In Washing ton, and he gave the results he hae attained by experiments with all sorts of foodstuffs. "Milk begins to deteriorate right away, and so does cream." said Dr Wiley. "Eggs also begin to deter iorate Immediately. Fruit 1b Im proved, and sometimes continues to Improve, for three months. Meat Improves up to about six or eight weeks, but after three motitliB for meat you can see that It has reached the maximum, and then it begins to go down. I do not caro how hard it Ib frozqn." Kfloct of Freezing. V hen asked for a further expla nation of the deterioration of meat frozen in cold storage, Dr. Wiley snld : "We find that meats do not taste as well and they do not smell as well, and every time the Jury can pick that which has been kept over three months. Take our quail. We have quail a year old and we have a fresh quail cooked at the same time. We cook them Just alike, and you can distinguish between them, first by their looks, and then by smell and taste. Every time the Jury can pick them out blindfolded." Dr. Wiley stated that he Is a thorough believer In cold storage and believes that most foods Improve when properly kept for a short time, but he said that Ibe object of his experiments is to tell the public, and particularly the cold-storage people, how long they may safely keep arti cles of food in storage. He said that as yet he has been unable to deter mine whether drawn or undrawn poultry keeps better. An Oyster's Life. Dr. Wiley was asked many ques. Hons about oysters, und said that the oysters opened and shipped in buckets should be prevented from entering Interstate commerce, as they are dead. "An oyster is dead an hour after It Is opened." said Dr. Wiley, "and is not good. It ases its flavor." In response to inquiries from Representative llaskins as to tho ad visability of freezing oysterB to pre serve them for shipment, Dr. Wiley aaid: "Oh! they ought rot to be frozen. That ruins them, and us soon as they thaw they are dangerous. He then urged thut oysters should be shipped alive and in the shell, and said that the greatest outrage of the oyster trade is lo soak oysters with fresh water and swell them up making them look fat. Dr. Wiley said the oysters sent out in tin cuiis are all right, but In further denunciation of bulk oysters shipped in tubs and buckets said: "They are either preserved with some preservative or ore dangerous ly near the ptomaine line, one of the two." Fish Cannery Bought. Bellingharn, Wash. (Special) For $70,000 E. B. Deming has purchased the local property of the American Can Company In South Bellingharn, which will likely be turned over to the Pacific American Fisheries. Tho can-making equipment of the Pnclftc American Fisheries has a largw ca pacity and trade than that Just pur chased from the American Can Com pany, and the local property had be come a burden to the American Can Company. Publishers Burned Out. 8piingfield, Mass. (Special). The plant of (he Phelps Publishing Com pany here was destroyed by fire. The loss Is estimated at nearly $1,000, 000. The company published Good Housekeeping, a monthly magazine; the Monthly American Agriculturist, the Orange Judd Farmer, the New England Homestead und 'Farm and Home. Arrangements are being made for tho publication of these Journals in other cities. Frank Hiddall Dead! Philadelphia (Special). Frank Siddall head of the Frank Slddall Soup Company, died at his late resi dence, at Wycombe, Bucks County, in his seventy-first year, of apoplexy, with which he was stricken three weeks ago. Early In hlB career Mr. Siddall discovered a chemical treat ment In the composition of laundry soap, from which he started and de veloped a manufacturing business that made his reputation national. Porcelain Works Burned. Trenton, N. J., (Special). The Imperial Porcelain" Works, of this city, were completely destroyed by fire. The fire Is supposed to have originated from one of the kiln:;. The loss Is estlmntcd at $100,000, fully Insured. ' An Old Muson Dead. Rockford, 111. (Special). Otis Eddy, aged 102 years, died at his home here. He was believed to be the oldest MttBon In this country In yaers of membership, having been initiated into the order at Chepat chet. R. I., May 20, 182li. Consul Maxwell sends tho report from Funchal, Maderia, that the Ar gentine government Is shortly to can cel Its present navigation contract betwoen Buenos Ayres and Europe subsidized at $28,000 per voyage, the present company being unable to agree to the conditions recently Im posed by the government in lis re newal requirements. In Germany It Is still customs ry to plant fruit treos along highways In the province of Hanover there are 1.970 miles of such roado, alouf.' which there are 176,734 fruit trees It Is not uncommon nownduys to lengthen great lake vessels. In do ing so they are cut In two, pulled apart, and the new part built in the middle. Bombay claims the greatest den sity of population In the world, and Its claim Is only disputed by Agra, also In India. Bombay has 7 (in per sons uu acre In certain areas. The TokU Horticultural Compunj has been organized with a capital of $176,000, their business beiug to deal In agricultural goods and Implements Latest News Gleaned From Various Parts. The poor children of Pittsburg and Allegheny are to benefit through tho expenditure of an estate valued at $31,000, left by the lato George B. Nun. The will provides that the estate shall go lo the wife during her liretmle and then is to be dlvld "d among his children equally. If the children all die before their mother, at her death the estate Is to he spent for tho purchase of gifts and playthings for poor children, especially those In institutions. It is the wish of the dpcendent that tho money be expended In small sums, to distribute It over as large an area as possible and benefit as many children as possible. John Deenier, 49 years old, of Yeagertown, died from what is known a grinder's asthma. He had been a grinder In the works of the American Ax & Tool Company for many years, and the dust from (he stone hardened the surface of the lungs, causing great difficulty In breathing when In a recllnlhg position. For nine years, he had never slept in a bed. taking his rest entirely upon n chair. With a bucketful of boiling water as her only weapon, Mrs. Susie Gor don foiled the attempts of three burglars to enter her home at Phoe tixvllle, and the marks made by the scalding liquid proved a sure identification to the police, who rounded them up a few hours later. Mrs. Gordon is the mistress of a' boarding house and a woman of cool and steady nerve. Early tho other morning she was awakened by a strange noise coming from tho rear of her home. An Investigation showed the out lines of thfee men working Industriously to effect an entrance to (he house. Procuring a bucket of hot water Mrs. Gordon went to an upstairs window directly over the men and poured the con tents over them. She then notified the police by telephone, after which she resumed her Interrupted sleep. About daylight William Gray, Rob ert Elvin and Joseph Gallagher, all of Phoenlxvllle, were captured by the officers on the outskirts of tho town. The telltale scars made by the scalding water were, mute wit nesses ngainpt which their owners offered r.o defense. The three men were given a heurlng before Magis trate C. H. Howell find held In $300 ball for court. Elijah Jones, of Quarryville, one of the very few living ions of Revo lutionary soldiers, has been appoint ed a mail currier in the borough of Quarryville. Although 75 years of age and on the eve of celebrating his golden wedding anniversary, Mr. Jonee is '-till active. Ills father was Isaac Jones, a native of Wales. Ho tool: the oath of allegiance on March 17, 1776, when ho enlisted in the American army. He served In the (fourth Battalion under Col onel James Bird in Captain John Rccd'B company. This company had been principally recruited in Lan caster County, Pennsylvania. Isaac Jones died In 1S42, being 83 years old. Elijah Jones was born June 6, 1832, In Pouch Bottom Township, York County, near tho Maryland line. He served in the lute Civil War. In Company I, Twenty-first Pennsylvania Calvary. Henry Wright, a hodcnrrler. em ployed In the construction of a new brewery nt Bentleyville, lost his foot ing and plunged to the floor of the structure, eighty-three feel below. During the progress of his flight ho encountered two two-inch plunks, which were broken In twuln, the final fall being a sheer drop of fl.ft.y one feet. Wright lay Immovable for n few seconds und two physicians were summoned. As they entered the building they were met by Wright, who carelessly asked Dr. Booth for a cigarette. An examina tion showed that not a bone was broken and but few minor bruises sustained. Wright resumed his work immediately. Miss Ronialne Kutz, of Drytown, Cumberland County, who was lately shot by her cousin, will completely recover. The young lady's assailant, committed suicide after attacking her. The $39,000. pledged by the Nlth United Mine Workers District last year for the generr.l strike fund, has teen paid into the treasury, accord ing to a report by George Hartlein, secretary of the district. A Jury in court at Media has rendered a verdict of $12,000 -to Letltla Humphreys against the Phila delphia & Western Railroad Co. lor two and one-half acres of the plain tiff's lands in Haverford, taken for right of way for a railroad. A committee of the faculties of the high schools has ascertained that Reading Is the only city In the United States whose high schools have two sessions dally, and tho School Board will be asked to put Reading In line with the rest of the country by ordering only ono ses sion. Jackson Levau, of Hamburg, Jus tice of the Peace since 1865, has Just received his eighth commission as :i notary public from Hnrrisburg, which probably gives him the dis tinction of being the oldest notary In point of services and age In the country. He Is 77 yeara old. John Williams, charged with the murder of Robert Rowan at Wllkes Barre, was found guilty of volun tary manslaughter. His plea was self-defense. Michael Dunleavy, aged 53, while on his way to work In the mines, was killed near his home In Avoea, by a Delaware & Hudson train. He is survived by a wife. Hose E. Lee, representing the Slate Zoologist, is at Altooua to In spect fruit and other treo tree to rid the State of t'an Jose scale and other scaleB that are so destructive to trees. Steve Steekar, aged 28 years, of Mount Cflrmel, was run over by a trip of cars In the Alaska mines and instantly killed last night. Wire cables, valued at $200 were stolen from the poles of the Consoli dated Telephone Company, near Fort Washington. The company haa suffered a Iobb of over ten thousand dnllurs by stolen wire in four years. Most of it was taken in Montgomery and Bucks Counties. The proposed national bank under tho care of Pomona Grange, of Chester and Delawarq Counties, Is now an ussiiiod success. Already $".'! ofio has been subscribed for Block und It Ib thought the capital will be either $75,000 or $100,000. It Is thought the bank will be started at Downlngtown.
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