REGISTRATION IN
CITIES ESSENTIAL
Republicans Must Qualify New
In Order tu Vute Fur Taft.
ALARM SOUNDED FOR ACTION
Committeemen Throughout the State
Admonished to Urge Their Neigh
bors to Comply With the Provisions
of the Personal Registration Act, So
As to Be Able to Vote For Taft For
President and Sherman For Vice
President at the Election In No
vember.
I Special Correspondence.]
Philadelphia, Sept. 15.
A note of warning has been sent all
along the Republican lines in Pennsyl
vania of the danger of voters over
looking the requirements of the per
sonal registration law and thereby dei
priving themselves of the right to vote |
at the presidential election.
Colonel Wesley R. Andrews, chair- :
man of the Republican state commit- |
tee, concerned over the neglect of j
many Republicans to register, has j
sounded an alarm and all of the Re- j
publican committeemen in the state j
have been urged to thoroughly can- j
vass their respective election districts l
where personal registration is neces
sary. and see to it that their voters
qualify.
No resident of any city who does
not register this fall, personal regis
tration being required in ' all cities,
can vote for president or any other
official at the November election.
Philadelphia, Pittsburg, Allegheny
and Scrantou are the only cities af- i
fected by the section of the law cover- i
ing first and second-class cities, but
there are nineteen counties in the
state in which there are third class
cities in which personal registration
is necessary. Today. Tuesday, Sept.
15, is the second personal registration
day for all classes of cities, and the
last day for registration in third
class cities will be Saturday, Oct. 17.
The registration officers sit from 8
a. m.to 1 p. m., and from 2 p. m.to
C p. m., and from 7 p. m.to 10 p. m.
in all second class cities.
All Mu6t Get Registered.
"We cannot too forcibly impress
upon Republican voters the absolute
necessity of their being registered in
order to be able to vote for Taft and
Sherman and the balance of their
party ticket," said Colonel Andrews
with great earnestness.
"All previous registrations having
expired, every voter residing in a dis
trict where personal registration is
called for. must go this fall, person
ally. to the voting place and have him
self enrolled by the registration of
ficers.
"No one who is not registered can
vote in November, so that the precinct
committeeman who fails to see that
his neighbors are registered will be |
inexcusably delinquent. All our efforts j
to get voters to the polls later on will j
be of no avail if they have not been
personally qualified by having been !
registered.
The Poll Tax Issue.
"To be qualified to vote every citi- J
zen must have paid a state or county j
tax within two years. The last day for |
paying poll tax to qualify for the No- |
vember election, Saturday, Oct. 3, i
should be impressed upon all who have 1
not thus qualified themselves."
The following arc the counties in
which third class cities are located
and where this matter of personal J
registration is of vital importance to j
all voters:
Berks, Blair. Cambria, Chester.
Clinton. Delaware. Erie. Lancaster, j
i.awri nee, Lebanon. Lehigh. Luzerne. !
Lycoming, McKean. Northampton, j
Washington and York.
Prominent Speakers Coming.
While the matter of qualifying the
voters is being given very close atten
tion, the Republican leaders are not ;
overlooking any other feature of the
campaign work.
Chairman Andrews is directly in
touch with National Chairman Hitch- ;
cock, and he has also the advantage 1
of the co-operation of Senator Penrose, 5
who is a member of the executive j
committee of the Republican national
committee, in having prominent speak- !
ers assigned to Pennsylvania.
Vice Presidential Candidate .Tames j
S. Sherman and Congressman Nicho- i
las Longwcrth, of Ohi . son-in-law of
President Roosevelt, at the request of
the national chairman, have accepted
invitations to address the conv. ntion
of the State League of Republican
clubs at Will;es-Burre this week and
Speakers Cannon and Senator Bur
rows. who was temporary presiding
officer of the Republican national con- i
vent ion. are among others of promt- |
nence who have already been assignod
to speak in this state.
To Win Debatable Districts.
"We are working in Pennsylvania."
said Chairman Andrews, "as though
this were a doubtful state. We want
to get every Republican voter possible
to the polls and we want to carry
every debatable district, congro*
sional. senatorial and representative,
and we can only do that by perfecting
our organisation in every direction
and making an aggressive and deter
mined canvass until the polls close."
defeat for the presidency continued
during that entire period of low tarW
and until relief was obtained by a re
turn to protection. The history of
tariff legislation in congress is one of
continuous struggle.
"Success has been achieved by a
narrow margin. The principle of pro
tection to American labor and indus
try has frequently been putin peril in
the house of its friends.
Democratic Soup House Period.
"Every one recalls the dreadful In
riuriiiif Cleveland's
second administration. Konowing fi
re-establishment of protection In 1897
came an immodiate restoration of
prosperity, whieh continued steadily
until the great disturbances in world
finances resulting from the Boer and
Russo-Japanese wars and the local
disturbances resulting from the great
losses consequent upon the Baltimore
and San Francisco disasters—disturb
ances due ultimately to monetary
causes and being but temporary in
duration.
"These causes, with the lack of suf
ficient currency to finance great un
dertakings consequent upon the tre
mendous prosperity which has come
to the country under a decade of pro
tection, are generally conceded to be
the chief elements in that cessation
which we all believe to be but tem
porary in the extraordinary prosperity
and industrial development and ex
pansion of commerce which the coun
try has enjoyed since the principle of
protection and sound money were es
tablished in the election of William
McKinley in 189 G.
"Setting aside minor issues and
theories of legislation, does any si<nc
man doubt that the future prosperity
of the country cannot be safely in
trusted to the Republican party by
the election of William H. Taft as
president ?
"The people from one end of the
land to the other demand a cessation
of the temporary interruption to our
prosperity from which we are recently
recovering. They are most interested
in such an administration of the gov
ernment and such legislation by con
gress as can most reasonably be ex
pected to bring about a resumption
of our splendid march of development
at home and abroad.
Want American Standard of Wages.
"The great mass of our people want
to be assured of permanent employ
ment at remunerative wages, which
will enable them to maintain a stand
ard of living such as becomes Ameri
can citizenship. History demonstrates
beyond any question that the mainte
nance of the principle of protection
under Republican administration and
legislation lias secured these results.
"History has shown that where this
condition has been interrupted by
Democratic success and tariff tinker
ing and free trade principles that dis
aster and panic have ensued.
"Closed mills and idle men were too
familiar to all of us a little over twelve
years ago. and would hardly need re
calling now were we not so apt to for
got. Nor is there anything in the atti
tude of the Democratic party to assure
the American people of a consistent
adherence to the protective principle.
Tariff Cuts Cause Depression.
"It would seem to be evident enough
not to require argument that the pro
tective system can best be maintained
by those who have been successful for
nearly 100 years in its maintenance
and development.
"The general statement stands un
challenged that whenever the tariff
has been reduced in whole or in part
a business depression has followed,
and in many cases most severe com
mercial and industrial panics.
"The present tariff law has been in
operation unchanged longer than any
other tariff law in our history.
"Many favor continuing the law un
changed for the present, on the theory
that stability of conditions is an es
sential feature of any tariff system,
and that the agitation in changing the
same introduces uncertainty in the
trade conditions, and ia apt to be fol
lowed by a curtailment of industrial
activity.
"There is, however, a general de
mand for a readjustment of schedules
to meet changed conditions iu th ■ in
dustrial world, and it is conceded on
all sides that general revision will b •
made in the near future, but what
ever changes are made the Republi
can party this year stands emphati
cally pledged to the principle that a
tariff shall he imposed on all imported
products, whether of the facto y. tli '
farm or the mine, sufficiently great t •
equal the difference between th ■ ccs
of production abroad an,! at hi t: and
that this differ-nee shoe! I.of e i .-«
ini lude the difference b 'tween tlic
wages paid in this countr, and the
wages paid abroad, and embrace a
reasonable prof.t to the Am rican pro
ducer."
Senator's Pledges to Constituents.
Senator Penrose told of the ra v •
ment already under way by a U >u!>-
lican congress to revise tar!if >et !
tiles to meet changed conditions, and
in this connection he said:
"As a member of the senate com
mittee. 1 pledge myself to sustain th"
protective principle so vital to th ■ in
dustrial prosperity of this great sta e
of Pennsylvania.
"A harmonious and triumphant Re
publican party continue', in power by
an overwhelming vote or confi ieno
on the part of the American p h>;il- o:i
election day in Noven'.b r r :t is ti -
ter calculated to insure r ; t.ne
resumption of that extra r ' arv ;:ro --
oerity which began with t do n
of William McKinley in 1' t i c a
be hoped for by the mor F M ;'n ■ in
the election of Bryan and the el clou
of a Democratic house of repi u a
tiv»s with the record of thp Lenin
rn.. in the past for blundering an 1
ilis. n connection with the fli.an
rial 1 *'on of the country."
Same Old Story.
Taft talked "straight talk" to his
countrymen about every issue that en
grosses the thoughts of Americans to
day. Bryan promises a scries of post
scripts to dispose of tariff, railroads,
currency, trusts and everything else of
real importance. And then he engages
in one of his melancholy searches after
a "paramount Issue" and finds it In
the rhetoric). 1, fustian and tinsel plati
tude, "Shall the people rule?"
It Is the old, old story. The garb of
the conservative does not sit well upon
the born Crusader. Mr. Bryan has put
forth a tactful, smoothly phrased bun
dle of generalities, and he has done so
at the very moment when the mental
appetite of the whole people is sharp
ened for strong meat and not wind
pudding.
With a score of honestly disputed
tind important questions open, he
chooses deliberately to select as the
chief issue of the campaign a query to
which there Is absolutely no negative
response- "Shall the people ruler' The
[leople always have ruled and always
will rule.—Philadelphia North Ameri
ca. Auw ifl loos.
I § M
HUNTING if
THE
WA E ,TI Pf'
THEODORE ROOSEVELT \ \.
[Copyright. 1893, by G. P. Putnmm's Sons
Published under arrangement with O. P.
Putnam's Sons, N>»w York and London ]
while on a hunt
with John Willis, 1
speut a week in a vain
g___g effort to kill moose
l&lTnJLpr among the outlying
mountains at the south
********** ern end of the Bitter
Root range. Then, as we had no meat,
we determined to try for elk.
We were camped with a wagon, as
high among the foot-hills as wheels
could go, but several hours' walk
from the range of the game; for it
was still early in the season, and they
had not yet come down from the up
per slopes. Accordingly we made a
practice of leaving the wagon for two
or three days at a time to hunt; re
turning to get a night's rest in the
tent, preparatory to a fresh start. On
these trips we carried neither blankets
nor packs, as the walking was diffi
cult and we had much ground to cov- !
sr. Each merely put on his jacket |
with a loaf of frying-pan bread and a i
paper of salt stuffed into the pockets.
We were cumbered with nothing save j
our ritles and cartridges.
On the morning in question we left j
camp at sunrise. For two or three
hours we walked up-hill through a j
rather open growth of small pines and |
spruces, the traveling being easy.
Then we came to the edge of a deep
valley, a couple of miles across. Into
this we scrambled, down a steep slide,
where the forest had grown up
among the immense boulder masses
Finally, in the afternoon, we left the
valley and began to climb a steep
gorge, down which a mountain tor
rent roared and foamed in a succes
sion of cataracts.
Three hours' hard climbing brought
us to another valley, but of an entirely
differeut character. It was several
miles long, but less than a mile broad.
Save at the mouth. It was walled ia
completely by chains of high rock
peaks, their summits snow-capped: j
the forest extended a short distance j
up their sides. Hardly had we enter
ed this valley before we caught a j
glimpse of a yearling elk walking rap
idly along a game path some distance j
ahead. We followed as quickly as we j
could without making a noise, but
after the first glimpse never saw it
again; for it Is astonishing how fast
The crash of the, meeting antlers resound
ing tlirouyh the valley.
an elk travels, with Its ground-cover
ing walk.
By the time the sun set we weie
sure the elk were towards the head
of the valley. We utilized the short
twilight in arranging our sleeping
place for the night, choosing a thick
grove of spruce beside a small moun
tain tarn, at the foot of a great cliff.
As the first faint streak of dawn ap
peared in the dark sky my companion
touched me lightly on the arm. The
fire was nearly out; we felt numbed
by the chill air. At once we sprang
up, stretched our arms, shook our- ]
selves, examined our rifles, swallowed
a mouthful or two of brejd, and '
walked off through the gloomy forest.
At first we could scarcely see our
way, but it grew rapidly lighter.
Then, as we trod noiselessly over the
dense moss, and on the pine needles
under the scattered trees, we heard a
sharp clang and clatter up the valley
ahead of us. In a litttp glade, a hun
dred and twenty-five jt\!ds from us.
two bull elk were engaged in deadly
combat, while two others were looking
on. It was a splendid sight, l'he great
beasts faced each other with lowered
horns, the manes that covered their
thick necks, nnd the hair on their shoul
ders, bristling and erect. Then they
charged furiously, the crash of the
meeting antlers resounding through the
valley. The shock threw them both
on their haunches; with locked horns
and glaring eyes they strove against
each other, getting their hind legs well
The Orator Scored.
"Who is there." cried the Impas
sioned orator, "who will lift a voice
against the truth of my statement?"
Just then a donkey ou the outskirts
of the crowd gave vent to one of the
piercing "hee-haws" of the tribe.
The laugh was on the orator for a
moment; hut. asuiuing an air of tri
umph, lie lifted bis voice above the din
to say. "I knew nobody but an ass
would try it."- London Globe.
Strappes—Five pounds for a bonnet!
Madam, it is a crime!
Mrs. S.—Well, the crime will be on
m 7 own head.--London Globe.
under them, straining every inusele iti j
their huge bodies, und squealing sav
agely. They were evenly matched In
weight, strength, and courage; and
push as they might, neither got the
upper hand, first one yielding a few
Inches, then the other, while they
swayed to and fro in their struggles, j
smashing the bushes and ploughing I
up the soil.
Finally they separated and stood j
some little distance apart, under the j
great pines; their sides heaving, and j
columns of steams rising from their !
nostrils through the frosty air of the !
brightening morning. Again they !
rushed together with a crash, and each j
strove mightily to overthrow the other, j
or get past his guard; but the branch
ing antlers caught every vicious lunge j
anil thrust. This set-to was stopped i
rather curiously. One of the onlookiu.' j
elk was a yearling; the other, though j
scarcely as heavy-bodied as either of j
the fighters, had a finer head. He was j
evidently much excited by the battle, i
and he now began to walk towards the !
two combatants, nodding his head an I }
uttering a queer, whistling noise. The.v
dared not leave their Hanks uncovered j
to his assault; and as ho approached !
they promptly separated, and walked j
off side by side a few yards apart. In a j
moment, however, one spun round and j
jumped at his old adversary, seeking
to stab him in Ills unprotected flank; j
but the latter was just as quick, and a* j
before caught the rush on his horns j
They closed as furiously as ever: but j
the utmost either could do was to in- ;
flict one or two punches on the neck j
and shoulders of his foe, where the i
thick hide served as a shield. Again j
the peace-maker approached, nodding |
his head, whistling, and threatening: I
and again they separated.
This was repeated once or twice; and j
I began to be afraid lest the breeze '
which was very light and puffy should '
shift and give them my wind. So, j
resting my rifle on my knee 1 lired j
twice, putting one bullet behind the j
shoulder of the peace-maker, and the 1
other behind the shoulder of one of the
combatants. lioth were deadly shots, \
but, as so often with wapiti, neither of [
the wounded animals at the moment i
showed any signs of being bit. The :
yearling ran off unscathed. The other ,
three crowded together and trotted be
hind some spruce on the left, while we
ran forward for another shot. In a
moment one fell; whereupon there
maining two turned and came back
across the glade, trotting to the right.
As we opened fire they broko into a j
lumbering gallop, but were both
downed before they got out of sight in
the timber.
The wapiti is, next to the moose, the
most quarrelsome and pugnacious of
American deer. It cannot be said that
it is ordinarily a dangerous beast tc
hunt; yet there are Instances in which
wounded wapiti, incautiously approach
ed to within striking distance, have se
verely misused their assailants, both
with their antlers and their forefeet.
However, the fiercest wapiti bull,
when in a wild state, flees the neigh
borhood of man with the same panic
terror shown by the cows; and he
makes no stand against a grisly, though
when his horns are grown he has little
fear of either wolf or cougar if on his
guard and attacked fairly. The chief
battles of the bulls are of course waged
with one another. Before the begin
ning of the rut they keep by them
selves: singly, while the sprouting
horns are still very young, at which
time they lie in secluded spots and
move about as little as possible; In
large bands, later in the season. At
the beginning of the fall these bands
join with one another and with th •
bands of cows and calves, which have
likewise been keeping to themselves
during the late winter, the spring, and
the summer. Vast herds are thus
sometimes formed, containing, in the
old days when wapiti were plenty,
thousands of head. The bulls now be
gin to light furiously with one another,
and the great herd becomes split into
smaller ones. Each of these has one
master bull, who has won his position
by savage battle, and keeps it by over
coming every rival, whether a solitary
bull, or the lord of another harem, who
challenges him. When not fighting or
love-making he is kept on the run,
chasing away the young bulls who ven
ture to pay court to the cows. He has
hardly time to eat or sleep, and soon
becomes gaunt and worn to a de
gree.
The battles between the bulls rarely
result fatally. After a longer or
shorter period of charging, pushing,
and struggling the heavier or more
enduring of the two begins to shove
his weaker antagonist back and round:
and the latler then watches his chance
and bolts, hotly, but as a rule harm
lessly, pursued for a few hundred
yards. The massive branching antlers
serve as effective guards against the
most wicked thrusts. While the an
tagonists are head on, the worst that
tan happen is a punch on the shoulder
which will not break the thick hide,
though k may bruise the flesh under
neath.
Wapiti keep their antlers until the
I spring, whereas deer and moose lost
1 theirs by mld-wlnter. The bull's be
j havlor in relation to the cow Is mere
The Teacher of Elocution—Do you
mean to say that you said "No" to Mr.
Stuper twiese? The Grammar Teacher-
Yes; and then he went away and said
he would never come back any more,
and I was so sure he would know what
I meant by a double negative.—Bohe
mian Magazine.
"Why Is the veterinary surgeon al
ways calling at your house? Tou have
no cattle."
"He is treating me."
"You? A veterinary surgeon?"
"The rogue owes me fifty dollars,
and that is the only way I can get it
out of him."
ly that of a vicious and brutal cow
ard. He bullies her continually, and
tn times of danger bis one thought h
for sneaking off to aecure his own
safety. For all his noble looks he is n
very unamlable beast, who behaves
with brutal ferocity to the weak, and
shows abject terror of the strong.
According to his powers, he is guilty
of rape, robbery, and even murder. 1
never felt the least compunction at
shooting a bull, but I hate to shoot a
cow, even when forced by necessity.
During the rut the bulls are very
noisy; and their notes of amorous
challengo are called "whistling" by
the frontiersmen,—very Inappropriate
ly. They begin to whistle about ten
days before they begin to run; and
they have in addition an odd kind of
bark, which Is only heard occasion
ally.
Heard at a little distance, and In Its
proper place, the call of the wapiti is
oue of the grandest and most beauti
ful sounds in nature. Especially Is
this the case when several rivals are
answering one another, on some frosty
moonlight night in the mountains.
Once, while In the mountains, I listen
ed to a peculiarly grand chorus of
this kind. We were traveling with
Be plunged wildly forward.
pack ponies at the time, and our tent
was pitched iu a grove of yellow pine,
by a brook In the bottom of a valley.
On either band rose the mountains,
I covered with sprueo forest. It was in
Sopteinber, and the first snow had
, just fallen.
The day before we had walked lonß
and hard; and during the nlgbt I slept
the heavy sleep of the weary. Early
in the morning, Just as the east began
to grow gray, I waked; and as I did
so, the sounds that smote on ray ear,
j caused me to sit up and throw off the
: warm blankets. Hull elk were chal
lenging among the mountains on both
sides of the valley, a little way from
us, their notes echoing like the calling
of silver bugles. Groping about In the
dark, I drew on my trousers, an extra
pair of thick socks, and my mocca
sins, donned a warm Jacket, found my
fur cap and gloves, and stole out of
the tent with my rifle. Two herds
were approaching one another from
opposite sides of the valley, a short
distance above our camp; and the mas
ter bulls were roaring defiance as they
mustered their harems.
I walked stealthily up the valley,
until I felt that I was nearly between
the two herds; and then stood motion
less under a tall pine. I made up my
mind, from the sound of the challeng
ing, now very near me, that one bull
on my right was advancing towards a
rival on my left, who was answering
every call. Soon the former approach
ed so near that I could hear bim crack
the branches, and beat the bushes
with his horns; and 1 slipped quietly
from tree to tree, so as to meet him
when he came out into the more open
woodland. Day broke, and crimson
gleams played across the snow-clad
mountains beyond.
At last, just as the sun flamed red
above the ) "1-tops, I heard the roar of
the wapiti's challenge not fifty yards
away; and I cocked and half raised
my rifle, and stood motionless. In a
moment more, the belt of spruces in
front of me swayed and opened, and
the lordly bull stepped out. ITe bore
his massive antlers aloft; the snow lay
thick on his mane; he snuffed the air
and stamped on the ground as he
walked. As I drew a bead, the mo
tion caught his eye; and instantly his
bearing of haughty and warlike self
confidence changed to one of alarm.
My bullet smote through his shoulder
blades, and he plunged wildly for
ward, and fell full length on the blood
stained snow.
Nothing can be finer than a wapiti
bull's carriage when excited or alarm
ed; he then seems the embodiment of
strength and stately grace. Hut at
ordinary times his looks are less at
tractive, as he walks with his neck
level with his body and bis head out
stretched, his horns lying almost on
his shoulders. The favorite gait of
the wapiti is the trot, which is very
fast, and which they can keep up for
countless miles: when suddenly and
greatly alarmed, they break Into an
awkward gallop, which is faster, but
which speedily tires them.
JUDSON OUT FOR TAFT.
Chicago University's Head So Notifiei
Chief Bryan Organ.
To the Editor of the New York World:
I shall voto for the Republican elector.*
because I believe, on the whole. Mr. Taft's
equipment for the administration of the
federal government, based on his ripe and
successful experience, makes it desirable
that he should be the successor of Mr.
Roosevelt. Further, on the whole, tha
policies whiclt I believe that Mr. Taft
will carry out are more nearly thosu
which I approve.
HARRY PRATT JUDSON*
President Chicago University.
Chicago, Aug. 12.
LONELY ARMY CAMP
Life of American Soldiers In Hos
tile Moro Land.
NOT MUCH TO AMUSE THEM.
Eighteenth Infantry Chaplain Trying
to Erect Bungalow For Gymnasfum,
Entertainment Rooms and Chapel.
Danger* Keep Men Partly Prisoners
at the Post.
A letter describing conditions among ■
the soldiers in a United States army |
camp of the Philippine Islands (Miu- |
danao) hna been recently received by
an acquaintance of Dr. William O. Still
man, president of the American Hu
mane association, at Albany, and he
has obtained a copy for distribution.
The writer is a chaplain, John T. Ax
ton, of the Eighteenth infantry, whose
camp is pictured. Ills letter in part
follows:
"Camp Keitliley is 000 miles south
of Manila, on the large island of Min
danao, In hostile Moro territory. Al
though this region was nominally uu
der Spanish control for nearly 400
years, there are but two points at
which the Spaniard* established per
manent stations, and they are both on
the seashore. At no time did they suc
ceed iu subduing the natives or giviug
them an idea of a civilized form of gov
eminent.
"As you are perhaps aware, a sort i
of feudal system exists among these j
people. Each datto has his cotta, or |
fort, lias slaves and a number of wives, ]
according to his wealth. Near the
stronger posts the slave trade is near
ly broken up now, and polygamy will j
eventually be abolished. When not at
war with the whites these dattos prey !
upon each other. Their religion is a .
perverted form of Mohammedanism !
find is very hard to fathom.
"We are stationed twenty miles In- j
land. The iwst is reached by a moun- |
tain trail, over which only heavily
armed parties can travel in safety. A
thousand men constitute our garrison, I
and, while some of the natives near
the post are friendly, the general con
dition is such that men are not al
lowed out of the post except between
1 and 5 o'clock in the afternoon, and
then special precaution is taken for
their safety. On post at night the sen
tlnels walk in pairs, one behind the
other, to prevent being cut up by
skulking Moros. Two months ago
3,000 rounds were fired Into the bar
racks of a constabulary company about
a mile and a half from our home. It
was at 10 o'clock, and we heard the
shooting plainly. The Moros were driv
en off with but slight loss of life.
"All of the life of our men must be
spent right In the post. We have a
short dry season when it is fairly
I pleasant, but most of the year it rains
heavily every day, so that outdoor
sports are not possible. There is abso
lutely no assembling place In the post
for these men. There was an old straw
[ building that I used for about two
months. We had braced the walls with
bamboo and repaired the roof with
grass, but that became so dilapidated
that we considered it unsafe and had
to abandon it.
"The men out of their $1;; per month
last pay day gave $450 toward the erec
tion of a building. This expresses to
any one familiar with the army more
-strongly than anything I can say the
great need of the building. The plan is
to buy logs from the friendly natives
(there are no trees on the reservation,,
and the men will use a small sawmill
we have on the reservation to saw
them Into lumber. The logs are already
I coming in, and we have plans made f"i
a building of the bungalow ty|>e. ad-ipt
ed to this climate, containing all of the
usual features of an Institutional
church—reading room, writing room
games, library, small gymnasium. The
apparatus Is here, but no place to set
I It up. We want a chapel large enoc;-' j
I to seat 4.">0 men. The huliding will
have a metal roof,
j "Fortunately one of our officers is i;.. !
; experienced engineer, lie has mai'i j
i the plans for the building and will •
| peri ntend the labor of the men iu co:i
structing It. Of course it will co .
more than the amount the men have
given to start it, but they are confident
that If the matter is properly present
ed to friends In the 'home laud' enough
subscriptions will be made to carry i! |
through. They have already got the
first big lot of logs iu and are at work.
"Captain Hurt, who has made the es
timate, says that S7OO, in addition to
what we have, will complete the build
ing. I have no wealthy friends in the I
States to whom to appeal. The gov j
eminent has no appropriation for thi si
purpose, and so I am writing you iu j
the hope that you may be willing ami i
able to include this among your gifts j
for benevolent purposes.
"This is the third tour of the Eight
eenth infantry lu the Philippines, au<l j
I have not previously seen a situation j
quite the equal of this. Our men are I
all very, very young, most of them
away from home for the first time. ;
They came out here four months be I
l'ore I did, and when I arrived I found |
them, both officers ami men, saylug \
'When the chaplain comes something j
will be doing to break this awful mo- |
notony.' It is the duty of the chap- j
lain to provide encouragement, recre ;
utlon, those things which will contrib- j
ute to tt.e contentment, moral and re
ligious instruction and be a real friend !
to these !>oys for whom hearts In the
States are yearning.
"We do not expect to get home un
til Christmas, 1900, and if our tour
here Is to be at all satisfactory, if the
days and weeks are not to drag, some
thing definite must be done for these
vonncr men"
Presidential Succession.
During the first session of the For
ty-nlnth congress (1885-7) the presi
dential succession was fixed as follows:
In case of the death or removal of
both president and vice president the
secretary of state shall act as presi
dent until the disability of the presi
dent bo removed or a president Is
elected. If there be no secretary of
state, the secretary of the treasury
shall act as president. And the suc
cession passes in like manner to the
secretary of war, the attorney general,
the secretary of the navy and the sec
retary of the interior, in the order here
gfven.
PLANTO AID WORKMEN
New Compensation Law That Af
fects Government Employees.
FOR BENEFIT OF INJURED MEN
About Seventy-five Thousand Com#
Within the Provisions of the Edict.
Its Administration Is In Hands of
Secretary of Commerce and Labor.
The act of May 30, 1908, "granting
to certain employees of the United
States the right to receive from It com
pensation for Injuries sustained In the
course of their employment," which
came into effect on Aug. 1, is a meas :
ure of great importance in the domaiu
of labor legislation.
Under previous laws compensation
In case of injury is paid to employees
lu the railway mall service and in the
life saving service. The new law ap
plies to persons employed by the gov
ernment as artisans or laborers in the
following services: Arsenals, navy
yards, river and harbor construction,
fortification construction, hazardous
employment in the reclamation service
—namely, In construction and in con
trol and management of works; haz
ardous employment under the isthmian
canal commission and in government
manufacturing establishments.
According to a rough estimate made
by the department of commerce and
labor, about 75,000 government em
ployees come within the provisions of
the law. Compensation will bo paid
under this act only for such injuries
to an employee as occur in the course
of ills employment and cause inability
to pursue his employment for more
than fifteeu days, says the New York
Tost. Compensation will uot be paid
if the injury is due to the negligence or
misconduct of the employee. The act
applies only to injuries received on or
after Aug. 1.
Compensation consists of a continu
ance during the period of disability,
but uot over one year, of the same pay
which the employee was receiving at
the time of the injury. If the employee
is killed by the accident or dies from
the results of the Injury received u:.d
leaves a widow or children uuder six
teen years of age or dependent parents,
the same amount of compensation is
paid to these relatives until the comple
tion of the twelve months' period.
The administration of the act Is in
trusted to the secretary of commerce
and labor. All questions of negligence
or misconduct are to be determined by
him, and in case of death from injury
the distribution of the compensation
among dependent relatives must be
made according to his orders.
No compensation will be paid either
for Injury or for death unless applica
tion for It is made. This application
must be made by the injured em
ployee or in case of death by his de
pendents and forwarded by the offi
cial superior of the injured employee,
accompanied by a physician's certifi
cate, through the regular official
channels to the secretary of commerce
and labor. The secretary is author
ized to demand additional information
or order such investigation as is neces
sary for the proper administration of
the law.
Regulations have been prepared for
the guidance of officials and employees
in the government service. According
to these regulations, reports of Injuries
must be made by the official superior
of the employee to the secretary of
commerce and labor uot later than the
second day after the accident. Appli
cation for compensation must be made
as soon as possible after the first fif
teen days of disability. If the appli
cation is approved, the compensation
will be paid during disability, but for
a period not exceeding six months, at
the end of which period the injured
I person must make application for re-ex
| aminatlon by a physician provided by
the secretary, and after this examiua
| tion has been reported a new approval
i by the secretary for further payment
j of compensation is necessary.
The records of the application of this
act will furnish valuable material for
statistics of accidents, which tar the
United States are meager, iu order to
make the statistics more complete and
valuable, reports of all accidental in
juries to government employees re
gardless of the application of the act
have been requested from all govern
ment establishments and offices.
Russian Marriages.
j The celebration of a Russian mar-
I rlage sometimes extends over three
| days. At the wedding festivities the
j bride is expected to dance with the
I men one after another until she drops
with sheer fatigue. It is a matter of
| pride with her to keep going as long
| as possible, and it is not unusual to
I find a bride dancing gayly after three
| days and nights of vigorous frolic,
j When a girl is dancing with a man she
I always holds his pipe. It would be
regarded as extremely rude if a man
j should continue to smoke his pipe in
! such circumstances. —Loudon Tit-Bits.
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