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WILLIAM 0. HAYWOOD
ACQUITTED OF MURDER
Prosecution of Haywood's Associates
to Continue.
NO FAITH WAS PUT IN ORCHARD.
Secretary and Treasurer of the West
crn Federation of Miner Freed From
the Charge of Murdering Steunen
berg Haywood's Firat Show of
Emotion on Hearing Verdict.
CHRONOLOGY OF THE TRIAL.
Frank Steunenberg assassinated
on December 30. 1905.
Harry Orchard arrested Janu
ary 1. 1906.
Mover, Heywood and Pcttlbone
arrested February 17, 1900.
Trial began May 9, 1907.
Jury completed June 3, 1907.
Number of veniremen summou
ed, 248.
Number of witnesses for pros
ecution, 89.
Number of witnesses for de
fense, including depositions, 87.
Verdict of not guilty returned
July 28, 1907.
Cost of trial to State of Idaho.
$95,000.
Cost of trial to Canyon County,
$25,000.
Boise, Idaho (Special). William
D. Heywood Is a free man. The
historic trial which has engrossed
the attontlon of the entire country
ended at 8 o'clock Sunday morning,
whep an Idaho Jury pronounced the
secretary - treasurer of the Western
Federation of Miners not guilty of
the murder of Frank Steunenberg.
Never was a more dramatic scene
witnesses in a courtroom than that
which followed the reading of the
verdict. As the words pronouncing
leywood free fell from the lips of
the clerk of the court they proved too
much for the strong man who has
Bat in the prisoner's dock for the
last three months. Heywood cried.
His powerful frame shook convul
sively and great tears rolled down
his checks.
Not once throughout the trial has
this strong-willed labor leuder given
way. When his chief accuser, Or
chard, told his Incriminating story
Heywood sat unmoved. When he
was assailed by the prosecuting coun
sel he returned a look of dellance.
When Attorney Harrow pleaded for
the life of his client with an elo
quence that moved many to tears
it had no visible effect on the de
fendant. He appeared to bo a man
of iron will as well as of Iron con
stitution. But when the supreme moment
came he showed that lie was human.
He did not try to conceal his tears
as his friends crowded around him,
eager to grasp his hand. For a mo
ment he appeared stunned, as, in
deed, did most of the early morning
spectators who appeared in the court
room. No one seemed prepared for
the verdict. The most that the friends
and e 'en tbo attorneys for the de
fendant hoped for was a disagree
ment. Few persons other than attorneys
and correspondents were in the
courtroom. It was not generally
known that a verdict had been reach
ed. Governor Gooding wai notified
and ho drove rapidly to the court
house. He appeared confident that a
verdict vindicating him for his ac
tivity in the -prosecution would be
reached. Attorneys; Harrow and
Richardson looked dejected as they
entered the courtroom and look their
seats, one on each side of the de
fendant. There was a depressing
gloom in the air as Judge Wood en
tered and took his seat.
"Call the jury," announced the
Court, and Sheriff Hodgin Instructed
a bailiff to bring In the Jury. All
eyes were turned on the Jurors as
they filed In and In their manner In
dicated to tho defendant and his
friends that the worst was to be ex
pected. They appeared tired and
worn out after the 2 1 hours they
had fought in the small jury room.
As the jurors took their seats At
torney Harrow's fare was a study.
He scanned each face closely, but
saw nothing to cause him to hope.
He took the hand of Heywood and
whispered, "Be prepared for the
worst. Nervo yourself for a shock."
"Have you agreed upon a verdict?"
asked Judge Wood.
"We have, your Honor." announc
ed Thomas B. Gess, who had been
chosen foreman. He handed the
clerk of the court an envelope. The
clerk banded it to Judge Wood, who
slowly opened it. The spectators
held their breath.
"There Is a mistake," said the
Court. "You must have given me
the wrong envelope."
It was a blank form of verdict.
Juror Gess looked coufused and fell
in his coat pockets. Another envel
ope wa sbrought out aud handed the
Court. He glanced at it. and it ap
peared for a moment as if a smile
of satisfaction came Into his eyes, but
It was hardly noticeable. As the
clerk slowly read the words, "We,
the Jury, find the defendant not guil
ty," the tension was; relieved. Be
fore the Court had time to discharge
the Jury the defendant was surround
ed. He shook hands with each jur
or Individually as tin- (ears rolled
down his cheeks,
Jury Disagrees.
San Francisco (Special). The
Jury in the case of Louis Glass, vice
president of the Pacific Telephone
I and Telegraph Company, charged
with bribing Supervisor Hoxton, was
unable to reach an agreement and
was discharged. The Jury stood sev
en for conviction and five for acquit
tal on the flrt ballot, aud subse
quent ballots brought no change.
The Jury was out many hours.
IUiinuii'i. tunc Attacked.
Tangier (By Cable). -The Bheree
flan troops attacked villages belong
ing to the Kainasa Tribe, In who.-e
territory the itaiidlt Raisuli holds
Caid Sir Hairy MneLeaii prisoner.
The troops burned anj lotted the
villages, killing many of the inhabi
tants and taking a large uumber of
prisoners. The government forces
were completely victorious, but ua the
battle waa fought within six hours'
Journey of where Csld MacLean la
believed to be located, his poslilou
Is regarded as more precarious then
.aver
THE KEWS OF THE WEEK.
Domestic.
Attorney Clarence Harrow closed
an eloquent plea for tho life of
Harry T. Haywood, on trial In Boise,
Idaho, in connection with the assassi
nation of Governor Steunenberg.
E. S. Simon, a prominent manu
facturer, of Lyons, France, shot him
self In bis room at the Hotel Im
perial, New York. He was taken to
n hospital in a dying condition.
Baron von Humbrarht, German
minister to Cuba, sailed from New
York for Europe on board the steam
ship Heutscbland, of the Hamburg
American Line.
Harrv Heed, of Brooklyn, N. Y.,
was cut to pieces by a Monon flyer
as he was hurrying to shelter at
Lafayette. Ind., during a severe elec
trical storm.
All the objections made by the
Christian Science attorneys for the
purpose of limiting the scope of the
Inquiry Into the competency of Mrs.
Mary Baker O. Eddy were overruled
by Judge Chnmberlln.
Three lives were lost by the ex
plosion of a car of naptha In a Big
Four train near Euciaire, Mich.
The car left the track on a curve
and Immediately burst Into (lames.
The causes of the failure of public
ownership In America Is discussed
In reports to the Civic Federation
made by Professor Goodenow and
Walter L. Fisher.
Charles Johnson was hanged at
the Bradford County. Pa., Jail for
the murder of his sister-in-law, Mrs.
Hlgler Johnson, and her niece.
A thousand Jewish women mob
bed butcher shops and turned on
the police owing (o high prices for
meats In Philadelphia.
Citizens of Ely, Minn., drove Al
fred Lunstrom, an organiser of the
Western Federation of Miners, out
of town.
Miss Elsie Moore, daughter of the
president of the American Protective
Tariff League, and the Duke Don
Marino Torloula are engaged.
The miners of the Pittsburg dis
trict have won their fight for the
use of steam dump lnbor-saving de
vice In the mines.
A vein of coal 30 feet thick, 1,300
feet wide and 6 mile long has been
opened near Hazleton. Pa
William E. McLachlan, a recluse,
found stabbed to death at Amster
dam, N. Y., was worth $75,000.
Louisiana is to teet the federal
immigration law by paying the pas
sage of Cubans into the State.
Charles Weiss, once a famous
opera singer, died in the poorhouse
at Allentown. Pa.
James B. Duke, president of the
American Tobacco Company, was
married to Mrs. Nanaltne Holt In
man in Brooklyn in tho presence of
a few friends. The ceremony was
performed by Dr. Daniel J. Burrell.
Governor Folk granted a respite
of 30 days to "Lord" Frederick
Seymour Barrington, under sentence
to be hanged at Clayton, Mo., for
the murder of James P. McCann.
Private Hammond, of the United
States Artillery, was killed by the
explosion of a bag of powder dur
ing army maneuvers at New London,
Ct.
Charles Warner, a New York busi
ness man, supposed to be crazed by
financial reverses, shot and killed
Miss Esther Norling in Forty-second
Street.
The State of New York will collect
$2,000,000 as transfer taxes from
the estate of the late (SHent) James
Henry Smith.
Miss Elizabeth Cadenhead was
shot by Private Gillette near Fort
Brady while Gillette was firing at a
deserter.
Is Mere Man Getting Gay ?
A casual comparison of the summer men of 1907 with the corre
sponding types ef previous seasons would seem to Indicate that he Is.
Increased frivolity the koynote of masoullne modes. Marked male ten
dency toward rowdy raiment causes sober-minded to view the situation
with alarm.
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Week's Cleverest Cartoon by Triggs, in the Hew York Press,
THE MARQUIS OF 110
WILL RULE KOREA
As the Resident General He Will
Control.
THE EMPEROR A FIGUREHEAD.
Neither the Government Nor Any Legis
lative Body Can Enact Any Law or
Carry Out Any Adminstration Mens,
use Unless Approved by the Japanese
Kesident Genera).
Foreign.
Count Yanaglsawa, of the Japan
ese House of Peers, says the gov
ernment will soon be defeated by
the attitude of Premier Solonji on
the difficulties with the United States.
A woman called "Chicago May"
Churchill and a man named Smith
were found guilty in London of an
attempt to murder "Eddie" Guerrln.
A German engineer has Invented
a system of wireless telegraphy for
use on railroad trains.
The town of New Edinburgh, a
suburb of Ottawa. Ont., was swept
by fire. Loss, $200,000.
A revolt against John Redmond's
leadership tit a y cause a split In the
Irish Nationalists party.
The father of Prof. Karl Hau suf
fered a stroke of paralysis at Karls
ruhe. Three hundred Italian marines
have been landed at Messina, Sicily,
to guard against further disorders
arising from the arrest of Nunzio
Nosl, ex-minister of public Instruc
tion, on a charge of embezzlement.
Frequent crimes by Hungarian
gipsies have resulted In a movement
to compel the government to solve
the problem of the disposition of
these 50.000 wanderers.
Because every man in the little
village of Kerlsova. Hungary, has
emigrated to America, the women
have elected a young woman to the
office of mayor.
The Grand Buke of Baden, being
opposed to capital punishment, is ex
pected to commute the death sen
tence of Professor Hau to Imprison
ment for life.
The passing of the Congo Free
State into the possession of Belgium
will end King Leopold's long strug
gle to Btave off the annexation.
The Russian Imperial Geographi
cal Society has decided to send an
expedition to Tibet under the leader
ship of the famous explorer Kosloff.
The Korean court has been thrown
into consternation by the Japanese
proposals for the administration of
the government.
I'nited States Senator Dillingham
and William R. Wheeler, of the
American Immigration comirllssion,
who are studying the emigrant ques
tion In Russia, were presented to
the RuBsltiu Ministry.
Although the use of the guillotine
In France for capital punishment
was suppressed two years ago, a Jury
in Purls condemned a man to death
for the utroclous murder of a little
girl.
The strike of the men In the cot
ton mills In Vladimir Province. Rus
sia, has become dangerous. The
agitators have also fomented strikes
In several large mills in Moscow.
In an Inspired article In the official
newspaper of Venezuela the writer
suggests that the Spanish American
republics meet in Congress aud pro
claim the Drago doctrine.
Emperor William bas Invited
Brigadier General Edgerly. Major
VVIllcox and other United States army
officers to be his personal guests at
the German maneuvers next Sep.
teuiber
Seoul (By Cable). I wan-Yung,
premier of Korea, acting by authority
of the Emperor, given under the
imperial seal at the palace, and Mar
quis Ito, resident general of Japan,
signed the following agreement at
midnight at the Japanese residence:
"The governments of Japan and
Korea, iu view of the early attain
ment of prosperity and strength In
Korea and the speedy promotion of
the welfare of the Korean people,
have agreed upon and concluded the
following stipulations:
"Article 1. The government of
Korea ehall follow the direction of
the resident general in connection
with the reform of the administra
tion. "Article 2. Korea shall not en
act any law or ordinance or carry
out any administration measure un
less It has the previous approval of
the resident general.
"Article 3. Judicial affairs of
Korea shall be kept distinct from
ordinary administration affair!'.
"Article 4. No appointment or
dismissal of Korean officials of high
grade shall be made without the con
sent of the resident general.
"Article 5. Korean shall appoint
to official position such Japanese as
are recommended by the resident
general.
"Article 6. Korea shall not en
gage any foreigner without the con
sent of the resident general.
"Article 7. The first clause of
the agreement between Japan and
Korea, dated August 22, 1904, is
hereby abrogated."
The agreement ubrogates the ad
visor system, especially affecting the
finance department under Advisor
Megata, who now becomes a Korean
official.
It also affects the judicial depart
ment of the Korean government, for
which a corps of advisors for nil the
provinces recently arrived from Japan.
iThe Korean court opposed the plan,
j but had no alternative but to sign.
The Japanese plan, it is announc
I ed, is to take control very gradual
I ty, as there is a dearth in Japan of
competent and available officials. A
modern administration of Korean af
fairs would ontatl a draft of 1,200
officials and Imposo a deficit of three
times the present revenues.
The organization of courts of Jus
tice will entail an immense burden,
as no legal code now exists. The
urgent necessity is to obtain con
trol of the Korean army, and It is
expected that General Hasegawa will
;i nd Korean government.
Anxiety regarding further inter
ference by the throne or former
emperor In the administration of
be added to the mlllltary staff of
the government has now ended.
Marquis Ito at the head of the
Japanese and Korean-Japanese coun
cil practically 1b Viscount Hayoshl's
agent of administration.
The Kwan Ant Hill has been stir
red to the very cellar by the former
Emperor's second pledge of abdica
tion. A wave of great excitement
crept over the whole peninsula, when
the new agreement with Japan was
announced and the Emperor's pro
clamation published in the provinces.
All the privileged old ladles at
tached to the court arrived in crowds
at the Palace, condoling, weeping,
walling and incidentally carrying
away in their custmary loose cloth
ing everything detachable and port
able. The palace was lotted of all
possible souvenirs.
The ex-Emperor wept, saying that
his efforts for many years had been
a mistake, and that lie should him
self have taken the proposed course,
and was then unable to continue his
speech.
Knowing that the affairs of the
state had passed to a new adminis
tration, he commended to the cabi
net's benign care his eon, the new
Emperor.
Arrangements have been made
with the railway authorities to bring
4,000 Japanese bluejackets quickly
from the squadron now at Chemulpo,
and which the admiral in command
has offered to Marquis Ito. But on
account of military technicalities they
will not be called for except a groat
emergency arises that makes it ab
solutely necessary.
Preferred Death To Indigestion.
Banbury, Ct. (Special). Miss May
B. Sackett, aged 35 years, daughter
of Charles E. Sackett, a wealthy
New York business man, who lived
alone with her sister here, was found
hanging to a beam in the cellar.
She had been ill with Indigestion,
which Is the only known reason for
her supposed suicide.
Gored To Death By A Hull.
Augusta. Ga.. (Special). A spec
ial from Covington, Ga.. tells of the
truglc death of Newton A. Berry, a
wealthy farmer, who lived near
there, when he was gored to death
by a mad bull. The animal belong
ed a neighboring farm.
Hut (lesliip Was In Peril.
Boston (Special). But for the
fortunate discovery that the smoke
less powder In the magazine of the
battleship Illinois, at the navy yard
here, had deteriorated, and there
fore become :ungerous, a disaster
might have occurred. As soon as
the discovery was made the crew
wus put to work throwing the pow
der Into the water. The llll iols has
been at the yard since JO no. The
Inspectors who passed Urn ,..vder
may be called to account, purhuus
before a court-martial.
To I i; in Huilroudx.
Montgomery, Ala. (Special). The
bill to appropriate $50,000 for resist
ing the lights made by the railroads
on the rate regulutloo laws of the
state was- passed by the Hou.-e and
now goes to the Governor. As It
Is one of bis bills, the Governor is
expected to sign it at once. The
Alabama siluutton Is somewhat simi
lar to that in North Carolina, except
ing that Governor Coiner is not at
tempting to violate any of the orders
of the federal court, aud la wiling
to let the matter be fought out iu
the courts.
.AT THE NATION'S CAPITAL
Some Interesting Happenings Briefly
Told.
Director of the Mint Roberts an
nounced the appointment of Kings
bury Foster, of New York, as suiier
lutendent of the United Stales as
say office at New York.
Manuel larabla. the Mexican who
was kidnapped from an Arizona jail
and taken across the border, was re
turned by the Mexican authorities.
New regulation! designed to en
courage the manufacture of dena
tured alcohol were issued by the
, Commissioner of Internal Revenue.
Cyrus Phelps, despondent over the
i loss of his position in the Govern
inent Printing Office, committed buI-
I clde.
The roport of the board which in
quired into the battleship Georgia ex
pin ion declares that the air blast
attached to the gun being tired was
till in operation several minutes af
ter the fire occurred.
As a result of charges of the poor
quality of the paper used in postal
cards, a change haB been made at the
plain where it is made for the gov
ernment. Upon the finding of the retiring
board, Col. C. G. Ayres, Fourteenth
Cavahy. wus placed upon the re
tired list.
The United States Navy Depart
ment lias Installed submarine f()g
signal mi 10 big warships.
Admlrai Cowles has ordered the
equipment of u number of warships
and colliers with the system of sub
marine bell slgpals.
The Department of Justice receiv
ed from the Washington Typographi
cal Union the resolutions condemn
ing Public Printer Slllllnga.
The President has created a na
tional forest reserve iu Alaska.
COTTON GINNING STATISTICS
The Census Bureau
Plans.
Perfects Us
Washington (Special). The Cen
sus 'Snreau has perfected Its arrange
ments for collecting cotton-ginning
statistics covering the cotton crop
of 1907-8. There will be 10
reports, the first appenrlng Sep
tember 8 and the last March 20.
The intermediate dates of publica
tion will be October 2, October 25,
November 8, November 21, Decem
ber 8, December 20, January 9 and
January 23. In each Instance, ex
cept in that of the March report, the
statement will represent the condi
tion of the crop about a week be
fore the date of publication. The
report of March 20 will deal with
the condition on March 1.
As heretofore, the agents will be
given six days In which to visit the
ginneries and secure the returns.
Summaries of these will be wired
to the bureau on the last day of
the canvass. On the day following
the close of the canvass these tele
graphic summaries will be added and
the results will be given to the pub
lic. The reports will he printed and
mailed within 24 hours after publi
cation to all glnners and to all oth
ers interested.
Last season these reports wore
published at 2 P. M. on the day fol
iowing the close of the canvass, but
this season the bureau will endeavor
to publish the results at 10 A. M.
The publication at this hour will
permit the results to reach Europe
within trading hours on the day that
they are published in America. This
ts In line with the earnest requests
of European spinners of American
cotton, and It Is believed that by-
enabling them lo trade on Uieso
reports In their own market on the
dates of publication the fluctuations
In the price of cotton and the resultR
of speculation in the product on
these occasions will be reduced.
Between the hour of 0 P. M.,
when the agents complete their can
vass and make their county summar
ies for telegraphing, and 10 A. M. of
the following morning, when the re
ports are published In Washington,
no business is transacted on cotton
exchanges in this country, and
hence, under this system, Director
North says, there can be no im
proper use of the Information.
Two of the publication dntes
September 8 and December 8 fall
on Sunday, and Director North stated
this evening that these two dates
would be changed.
14 KNOWN DEAD.
Another Tenement Houso Horror Iu
New York.
New York (Special). An explo
sion, accompanied by fire, shattered
an East Side tenement shortly before
midnight snd. with tho crumbling
waits, at least 14 persons and per
haps more went down to death, while
many more were probably fatally injured.
At 2 A. M. 14 bodies had been
recovered from the ruins.
The horror was n repetition of the
periodical blaze that sweeps through
the densely populated foreign sec
tion of the city and Is almost Invari
ably attended with panic nnd death.
The wrecked building was at 222
Christie Street, where a Bix-story
tenement rose above the grocery
basement. An explosion as yet un
accounted for torn out the front of
the building, and the fire that fol
lowed caught the 20 families, num
bering about 100 persons, while most
of them were sound asleep. Of the
Injured many jumped from the win
dows, others were caught by falling
timbers, many half-suffocated by
smoke Were dragged from tho hall
ways, while others received their
wounds during the panic and mad
fight among each other for an exit.
NO COAL FAMINE
IN THE NEAR FUTURE
It Is Not Even a Ver Remote
Possibility.
A STATEMENT BY MR. WOODRUFF.
V. S. AS "BOSS."
Attitude Of This Country Toward
Venezuela.
London (Special). A cartoon in
"Punch" it attracting much atten
tion from those persons who nro of
the belief that the United States is
responsible morally for the action
of Venezuela in. refusing to pay debts
that have been passed upon as just
by The Hague conference. It por
trays the South American republic
In the shape of a monkey perched in
a tree, holding In Its hand a catcbel.
The tree ia labeled "Monroe Doc
trine." Standing beneath the tree are
Uncle Sam and a Belgliin boy, the
latter pointing up at the monkey
saying:
"Please, sir, your monkey has
taken my bag."
'That's so," replies tho genial and
smiling Undo Sam. "Ain't he cute?"
Fortune Pot Three Young Women.
Helena, Moitf. (Special). The
Misses Bertha und Frederlcka Volk
er and Miss Entun Kepner were ap
prised that after three year's litiga
tion in German courts, they had
been made heiresses to tho estate of
their grandfather, valued at $40,
000,000. The young women will go
to Germany shortly.
Juvenile Train-Wreckers.
Fayetteville, N. C. (Special).
Two diminutive negroes, 10 and 11
years of age, respectively, were plac
ed in jail for attempting to wreck
an Atlantic Coast Line fast train, 14
miles from this city, by placing
cross ties on the truck. The engi
neer's discovery of the obstruction
averted a wreck.
Teller llunyuii Pleads Guilty.
New York ( Special) .- CheBtor B.
Hunyan, the paying teller of tho
Windsor Trust Company who re
cently defaulted with nearly $100,
000 of the company's funds, came
into court, pleaded guilty to the in
dictment charging him with grand
larceny and wns remanded for sen
tence. Hi counsel asked that no
date be fixed for sentence, as Runyun
desired a few days to attend to some
personal affulrs before being sent
away.-
Attorney Sent To Sing King.
White Plains, N. Y., (Special).
Alpheus S. Frank, a young lawyer,
of New York, und a son of Brigadier
General Frank, of the lulled States
Army, who waa convicted about two
weeks ago of ubornatlon of perjury
in connection with a suit for dam
ages against a trolley company was
scute need to a term in Sing Sing
Prison of not less than two years
and not more tbau three years by
County Judge Piatt.
Valuable Statistics By Acting Head of
Interior Department to Show That
There Are Millions Upon Millions of
Acres Under Which There Are Mines
of Coal Yet Untouched.
Washington (Special). That a
coal famine Is not necessary nor Im
minent Is the opnlon expressed by
Acting Secretary Woodruff, of the
Interior Department. In a statement
just made public he discussed the
coal area as developed by the Geolog
ical Survey, saying:
"Not including great areas of 'lig
nite, which will be mined only after
the more valuable coal deposits are
exhausted, the Geological Survey has
uetermlned that there are townBhlp3
In the states and territories west of
Bouth Dakota, Nebraska and Kan
sas, aggregating In nil over 60,000,
000 ncres of land, each township of
which contains under lis entire sur
face, or part of It, workable de
posits of coal. The Geological Sur
vey has been busy for sevoraV years
In determining the location, quanti
ty, quality and workable condition
of these coal deposits. This work
has been taken up with utmost vigor
during the present year, and town
ships containing more than 28,000,
000 acres in which workable coal ex
ists have been examined and classi
fied "When one remembers that theBe
classified areas are most convenient
ly situated with reference to trans
portation and settled districts, and
that every acre of them Ib subject to
purchase from the government under
the coal-land laws, and has been for
several months; also that the North
ern Pacific Rnllroal Company alone
Is reputed to hnve in its own pos
session land containing over $300,
000,000 worth of coal, and also that
many hundred thousand acres of coal
land scattered thoughout the entire
region containing coal have already
passed Into private holding, and In
many instances contain large mining
plants, It is easy to see that if there
Is (o be a coal famine next winter
such a famine will result only from
failure to mine tho coal which Is
easily accessible either by grant to
railroads, purchase in the past by in
dividuals and companies or entry at
the present time under the laws.
"The Geological Survey has 10
parties of trained experts advanta
geously scattered over the entire
region containing coal. These min
ing engineers are dally adding to
the areas classified and opened to
entry. It Is believed thnt by Novem
ber 1 nil land in the public-land
states fcnown to contain workable de
posits of coa! will be classified and
subject to entry."
Mr. Woodruff expresses the hope
that the next Congress may enact a
leasing law which will permit com
panies to acquire control Qf more
than the 040 ucres now allowed to
be purchased.
Of the coal lands still held by the
government, over 25,000,000 acres
Ik held at the minimum prices of $10
and $20 per acre, over 220.000 at
$50 and over 30,000 at $75.. Thir
is in accordance with the classifica
tion made by the survey.
WANTS HARE CHILDREN.
Prof. Starr's Idea May Be Carried
Out In Chicago.
Chicago (S p o c 1 a 1). "Children
should wear no clothing until ten
years old."
Prof. Fred Starr, of Congo ex
ploration fame, made this statement
at the University of Chicago, and
shortly afterward It became definite
ly known that several university pro
fessors ure to experiment on cures
for the "family problem" In a spec
ially constructed "paradise Hats," at
Flfty-Blxlh Street and Lexington
Avenue.
"Children." said Prof. Starr, .In
his usual terso, emphatic fashion,
"should not wear clothing until they
are ten years old. No, not a stitch,"
he added with even more emphasis.
This is right for both physiological
Md moral grounds."
There was much speculation as to
how far Prof. Starr's theories would
bn employed In the residential
"Utopia,'' which will be built at u
cost, of more than $50,000 In the
exclusive South Side neighborhood.
The families, all prominent socially,
who have joined in this most re
markable "home" "experiment, in
clude those ' of Prof. Edwin Erie
Sparks, a noted historical authority;
Prof. Harry A. Blgclow, aud Prof.
Clarke B. Whlttler. of the University
Law School; Pr. Charles Fredorlci;
Millspaugh, and Dr. Andrew 8. Allen.
IN THE FINANCIAL WORLD.
Housmau, who Is regarded as a
Morgan broker, sold 10,000 Union
Pacific.
Tbo street Ip now admitting a 20
per cent, contraction in the steel
trade.
Since Union Traction took over
the street railway lines in Philadel
phia earnings have increased $7.
700,000 a year.
A week's delay in Southern Pa
cific's dividend will give the specula
tors a nice chance.
ihere Is no let-down in the Bank
of England's discount rate.
Erie dropped from 25 Va to ,23.
Considering the price that Is equal
to a decltue of 1 0 per cent, hi Union
Pacific
Bull i .,: ;(, have been somewhat
dlsappo' ited because the market
generally did not respond more to
the rise rn the Pacifies.
Mr. Harrlman announced that
Southern Pacific directors will like
ly Increase the dlvHeud to 6 per
cent. H says they will not do more
than that.
An Eastern mill ha cold 4,000
tons of open hearth billets to a Pitts
burg Steel manufacturer at $3o a
ton, a reduction of $2.50 a ton
"If there were auy Cambria Steel
in brokers' offices to sell, the price
would decline," said John w. sparks.
"It is selling much too high for a 3
per cent, stock.
It cost the Westlugliouse virtually
$900,000 according to an official
statement, for the privilege of bor
rowing $6,000,000 at 6 per cent
I lie tame thliiu- applied to ludlvi.
duals show clearly enough why peifj
ile do not buy stocks even at thela
present level.
Air that has been Inhaled has
higher electrical conductivity than
has normal air.
In 300 years, according to a Ber
lin scientist, water will be worth flf.
teen cents a drink.
A Berlin scientist has made 70,000
examinations to get to the conclusion
that woman's brain is undoubtedly
smaller than man's.
An unusually perfect and beauti
ful example of the atmospherto
spokee, which may occasionally be
een radiating from the setting sun,
was witnessed in England by a cor'
respondent of Knowledge in July last.
Five distinct bands of a light aalmon
pink color, separated by Ave eorres
ponding bands ot pale blue, were visi
ble, stretching up into the heaven
from the sinking sun. Tho phenom-
enon lasted about an hour, and later
I on the same evening a violent thun
der-storm broke over the place where
the spectacle had been witnessed.
Parafflne wax models of all pro
posed British battleships are used by,
the Admiralty for teats before the
keels of the ships are laid down, the
miniatures being tested in a great
tank. The models are from twelve'
to twenty-four feet long, the tankj
being four hundred feet long and
twenty feet wide. The models are
made of wax because it ia a material
which does not absorb water of
change Its weight, so that alteration
can be easily made, and the material
can be melted up and used again.
The America naval authorities also
have models of their hulls construct
ed, but theBe are much more elabor
ate than the British, being formed of
white pine and fitted with rudders,
false keels, propeller shafts and all
et ceteras.
Mr. David T. Day, of the United
siatc Geological Survey, referring to
the fact that within the last four or
five years the price of platinum has
increased about tenfold, says thai
nevertheless no real famine In plat
inum exists. At present it it always
obtained by placer-mining, but it also
occurs as arsenids and sulphlds. The
present supply of the metal is prob
ably 100,000 ounces per year, and
the probable future demand is esti
mated at 200,000 ounces. SyBteraatt
cally worked, the known placer de
posits could yield 175,000 ounces per
year, and it is deemed unlikely that
the arsenld aud sulphid deposits will
be worked until after the placers are
exhausted. The high prices, Doctor
Day says, have mainly been produced
by a combination of dealers and
hoarding of the metal.
Water softening reactions are no
toriously delicate, n fact emphasized
by the experience with the softening
method at Oberlin, Ohio, last sum'
mer. The process of softening fol
lowed there was described in thhr
Journal on October 7, 1905; the water
being treated in two settling basins,
During last August it was discov
ered that if all the chemicals for the
day were put Into one-half the water
and the other half was allowed to
flow Into the first basin without
chemicals, there would be no caustic
alkalinity in tho water after mingling
and treatment and the magnesium
would be reduced from 22 to 1.5
parts per million. It had previously
been impracticable to remove so
much magnesium, as the caustic al
kalinity wouhi rioe too high. Engi
rding Record.
GROWING FLAX
Amusing Story of an Irish Murriago
Market.
There is nothing prettier than a
field of Irish flax in full bloom. The
stems are about thirty inches high.
They are slender aud of a pale green.
On each stem U a, flower in an ex
quisite tone of blue, something be
tween a cornflower and a forget-me-not.
The little flower is not of a
robust constitution. The petals soon
fall and Iheu u seed iiod forms which,
when given Ume to do so, produces
quanties of what is called linseed
("Ihin" is the Celtic name for flax).
But when the flax Is grown for the
manufacture of linen it is pulled up
before the seed has had time to ma
ture. After having been exposed to the
air for a few days the flax is laid in
wajer and during the fortnight that
this process lasts the odious smell
with which it flllB the offended air is
of a remarkably powerful character.
As the local guide Bays, "Shure,
it's Just the flax fermentln'. It's a
powerful smell Intlrely, but there's
no danger In it, glory be to God."
Tho soaking makes it easy to sep
arate the straw from the fiber by
bruising it between rollers and then
suspending It through an opening In
the top of a machine in which a hori
zontal shaft with wooden blades re
volves at the rate of 250 times a min
ute. Parted forever are the fibre,
flax and the straw, npw torn.
Next comes tho spinning into yarn,
done In immense mills, and after that
the yarn is woven into the fabric it
self. Finally comes the bleaching,
when tho linen is laid out on the
green field to bo whitened by rain and
sun and wind.
These long strips of snowy white
ness on the green turf surprise the
stranger. He thinks it some sort of
top dressing, spread upon the land to
fertilize it. Belfast Is the centre of
tho llneu trade.--Phlladelphla Public
Ledger.
N'ot Satisfactory.
"So youj, Bervant girl has left you
again?" said Mrs. Naybor.
"Yes," replied Mrs. Sububs.
"What was the matter?"
' She didn't like the Way I did the
work." Philadelphia Press.
In. the Canary Islands many build
Ings are constructed of pumice stone,
uutl iu Ceylon a stone Called "ca
book," a species ot pumice, is em
ployed tor the tame purpose.