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' |ik'-'"^'*; CT"' The IcBenry Plaiodealer. mr. •.»* PPBIISHEI) ** ; «f". fi. SCItRKlMtX, : «w '•••.,m"l"J«"ff.^tlgty.ii," yn • Ifuyr^ POSING UNDER DIFFICULTIES. IE PRESIDENT TO EDITORS How can a woman be chairman of anything. r . - -j ^ :••• y.* :•• <••>> New York produces more hops *hMW ttky other American state. Roosevelt Delivers a Notable Address at ilam06tow% %| >:,/ . ' While the airship raoes ar( |i prog­ ress the wise spectator * wilt' stand from under. ;<x Striking bell boys in New York are kicking«on the!r meals, an . infringe­ ment the prerogative of the pa­ trons. Does Anyone still imagine that wealth guarantees the happiness of homes? If so, let him read the news ft (few years. it will soon be time for Uncle Mark Twain to exchange that winter white suit for a summer fur overcoat. It pays to advertise. Henry James says he never heard *n American woman say "thank you." Then, doubtless, Henry never earaod that little reward. » According to a physician, an ugiy nose indicates a large brain. Not necessarily. It may indicate lack of skill behind the bat Speaks Before the Delegates to the National Editorial Association--Touches Upon Important National Questions. Probably that Wabash minister who has dedicated his seven hundredth church has not had time to notice the alleged decline in religion. We don't know whether it hi U«i or not that the robins are beginning to worry for fear the cherries this year won't be ripe as soon as usual. The next king of Spain win he AOP- tunate In taking hold of a government that has begun to think aboat the future instead of dwelling la *3w past. What a sad waste of money tbe . tharlne boats would have represented If it had been discovered at this late date that their crews ccald ast ifese in them! Having tried the w%ipptng post, Baltimore does not like it. There are very few cities in the country "whose social conditions are so desperate as to demand such a remedy. Sure enough, there are strained! rela­ tions among the little republics dt Cen­ tral America. If one of them speaks above a whisper all the rest <nf them jingle the burglar alarm. Farmers who were mad because they could not get cars to haul their wheat to market are glad now that th% were compelled to keep it 4HI the price weht sky-rocketing. , In 1897 the Greek emigrant® "to the United States numbered only 157. Por three years 1903-4-5 the total was ^ V- 36,000, and for the fiscal year 1906 the i I * number had risen to 23,SOD. m¥; \v.- • « The British barmaids win next pro- 5% eeed to storm the house of commons for their preservation. The chances ,;are that they will be less fervently re- W'* 4.3^6'-e^ than were the suffragettes. % vr Mauser rifles have been made 'by their inventor much more deadly than ^before. Possibly he has been grieving -over what they didn't do to the Amer- "leans during the war with Spain. '*4 _ St. Paul doubtless requires the worn-* keep silent in the churches so $•/?. that there might be one spot where - ' the man might keep his vocal powers , from being eliminated through dis­ guise. i { If Editor Stead can secure peace by V. it; #1" .persuading American young men to ' -v 1 <•raise $1,000,000, his method must be p||^v;^credited with being less expensive oy £C' % far than the old-fashioned method, of fighting for it. If. 8V">. 41V One of our cities is cleaner than it nsed to be. On the waste-barrels 1 < < which stand on the streets is painted, f/ instead of the bald injunction, "Throw •^.1 " * rubbish here," a winning request, pv t" * "Please help us to keep the city clean." ^ 1 Citizens have been seen to read that V/ lrisa and wa,k hack half a block to Pick up a banana skin. ^ _ -• • Most people are not familiar with *•$': -#» the sight of a woman smoking a cigar, *§. r ^ but the old Indiana woman whose Y * ,\ Bmoking offended the guardians of the -.St. Louis Union railway station was 1 probably not far wrong in saying that >4 ^1® woman looks better with a cigar in 'V'*';. f' 'ki,! her mouth than when she is chewing gum. Certainly she could sot look anuch worse. & The American government has Veen keeping house for Cuba while the mis- 1 ' tress of the house was Now i ' that the temporary caretaker is pre- j paring to leave, it has been decided s,»' Cuba will have to pay the ex- I " 4l i)eDteB °' the American occupation, i-, ^ 1 Since Cuba is poor, however, there r; "Will be no unneighborly haste in eoV- K& " lectiD* the bill, which will to jfn ' $2,00(1*000 or $3,000,000. ^ WsariterT Nev., wants a sky pilot v Who *andy wlth a Where is ^ miniaterial gent of this communi- ty who tused to preach, shave, cut hair, > shampoo, guarantee to raise a crop on ^ bald heads, talk from both sides of jslf • •- bis mouth at one and the same time ||! nnd occasionally bound into the squar- circl*. jabbing, punching, upper- |>V ' cutting, Side-Stepping and saying V> woddly--yea, carnal--things under £'$? ' hiB breath until roughly jolted into rfefe dreamland? He should take his pro­ fessional kit and hike for Wonder, be­ cause the call is for just that sort a fighting parson. Women, accordingly the decision of • Cleveland lady Who has investigated the matter, can never be the equals of men as long as they wear fine clothes. There are plenty of men who will gladly do all they can to assist In spreading this doctrine. WV*' Jamestown, V*.-?TK« roilotrin* la. th« address of President Roosevelt before the National Editorial association at thb exposition here: It is of <-©urse a mere truism to say that no other body of our countrymen wield as extensive an influence as those who write for the dally press and for the periodi­ cals, It is a!so a truism to say that such power implies the gravest respon­ sibility, and the man exercising it should hold himself accountable, and should be held by others accountable, precisely as If he occupied any other position of pub- Be tTvst. I do not intend to dwell upon your 4tittes to-day. save that I shall permit myself to point out one matter where it seems to me that the need of our people is vital. It is essential that. o®® in public life and the man who write# ha the public press shall both of tlxan, if they are really good servants of the TK-ople, be prompt to assail wrong- doirc* and wic.kcdness. But in thus assall- iti£ wrongdoing and wickedness, there •f'ts two conditions to be fulfilled, because If unfulfilled, harm and not good will result. In the first place, be sure of yottr facts ^and avoid everything like Jrysteria or exaggeration; for to assail a decent man for something of which he is innocent is to give aid and comfort to every scoundrel, while indulgence in hys­ terical exaggeration serves to weaken, not strengthen, the statement of truth. In the second place, be sure that you hase your judgment on conduct and not on the social or economic position of the Individual with whom you are dealing. So much for what 1 -have to say to you in your capacity of molders and «uidt« of public thought. In addition I want to speak to you on two great movements in our public life which I feel must necessarily occupy no incon­ siderable part of the time of our public Tnen in the near future. One of these is the questibn of. In certain ways, re­ shaping our system of taxation so as to make it bear most heavily on those most capable of supporting the strain. The other is the question of utilizing the natural resources of the nation in the way that will be of most benefit t» the nation as a whole. Need of Foresight. In utilizing and conserving the natural resources of the nation the one charac­ teristic more essential than any other is foresight. Unfortunately, foresight is not usually characteristic of a young and vigorous people, and it is obviously not a marked characteristic of us in the United States. Tet assuredly It should be the growing nat'on with a future which takes the long look ahead; and no other nation is growing so rapidly as ours or has a future so full of promise. No other nation enjoys so wonderful a measure of present prosperity which can of right be treated as an earnest of future sue* cess, and for no other are the rewards of foresight so great, so certain, and so easily foretola. The conservation dbt our natural re-- sources and their proper use constitute the fundamental problem which underlies almost every other problem of our na­ tional Hfe. Unless we maintain an ade­ quate material basis for our civilization, we can not maintain the institutions in which we take so great and just'a pride; and to waste and destroy our natural resources means to undermine this ma­ terial basis. During the last five years efforts have been made in several n«^ directions in the government service to get our people to look ahead, to exercise foresight, and to substitute a planned and orderly development of our resources in the place of a haphazard striving for immediate profit. The effort ha* been made through several agencies. In 1902 the reclamation service began to develop the larger opportunities of the western half of our country for irriga­ tion. The work includes all the states from the great plains through the Rocky mountains to the Pacific slope. It has been conducted with the clear and defi­ nite purpose of using the valuable water resources of the public land for the greatest good for the greatest number in the long run; In other words, for the purpose of putting upon the land perma­ nent home makers who will use and develop it for themselves and for their children and children's children. There has been opposition, of course, to this work of the reclamation service; for we have been oblige.! to antagonize certain men whos# interest it was to exhaust for their own temporary personal profit nat­ ural resources which ought to be devel­ oped through une, so as to be conserved for the permanent common advantage of the people as a whole. But there will be no halt in the work of preserving the waters which head in the Rocky moun­ tain region so as to make them of most use to the people as ai whole; for the policy is essential, to our national wel­ fare. Operations of Land Laws. The public lands of the United States should be utilized in similar fashloi Our present public land laws were passed when there was a vast surplus of vacant public land. The chief desire was to secure settlers thereon, and comparative­ ly slight attention was paid as to exactly how the lands were disposed of in de­ tail. In consequence, lax execution of the laws bec*ni® the rule both in the land ofljo* in the public mind, and land frauds were common and little noted. This was especially true when a system originally designed for the fertile and well-wa««v*»a regions of the middle west applied to the dryer regions of the great plains and to the mountains and the Pacific coast. In these regions the system lent itself 'o fraud, and much land passed out of -tie hands of the gov­ ernment without passing into the hands of the home maker. The department of the Interior and the department of justice joined in prosecuting the offenders against tbe law; but both the law and its administration were defective and needed to be changed. Three years ago a public lands commission was appoint­ ed tif scrutinize the law and the facta and to recommend a remedy. Their ex- •MYRNA CARPETS. ,*H -# • W. T. Mead does not g& .Jn very strongly for epigrams. They make attractive reading, but aie not suffl ciently expansive for the purposes of an editor who enjoys Mr. Stead's do* served reputation as a voluminous pro* 4n0f9-ft «, Jk*« M'̂ isfcfoJifr* dxA Employment Given to Thousands of Needy People in Aiden. The celebrated "Smyrna carpet" Is not made in Smyrna; it is t product of the vilayet of Aiden, c{ which Smyrna, is the capital, says a consular report. The chief places of oaanufac- ture are the villages of Uscha*, Koule, Ghiardis, Makri, Melessoj:, Kirka- gatsch, Axar and Demirdji. The in­ dustry gives employment tr» thousands of needy people, especially women, who are obliged to do tha work almost entirely, while the m^n spend their time in the coffeo-Ltouses drinking strong coffee and smoking numberless cigarettes, all in true oriental fashion. Little girls are compelled to take up the work earjy, at seven or ten years of age at the latest, and they keep at it unceasingly until they go to their graves. The market for the wools is held every Thursday from dawn to sunset to basar of tJacbak, which is then amlnatlon specifically shewed the ex­ istence of great frauds upon the public domain, and their recommendations for changes in the law were made with the design of conserving the natural re­ sources of every part of the public land by putting It to its best use. Attention was especially called to the prevention of settlement by the passage of great areas of public lands into the hands of a few men, and to the enormous waste caused by unrestricted grazing on the open range; a system of using the natural forage on the public domain which amounts to putting a premium on its destruction. The recommendations of the public lands commission were Bound, for they were especially in the interest of the actual home maker; and where the sm&ll home maker could not utilize the land, . it was provided that the govern­ ment should keep control of it so that it could not be monopolized by a few wealthy men. Congress has not yet acted upon these recommendations, ex­ cept for the repeal oj the Iniquitous lieu-land law. But the recommendations are so Just and proper, so essential to our national welfare, that I believe they will surely ultimately be adopted. ' In 1891 congress authorized the presi­ dent to create national forests In the public domain. These forests reserves re­ mained for a long time in charge of the general land office, which had no men- properly trained in forestry. But another department, that of agriculture, possessed the trained men. In other words, the government forests were with­ out foresters and the government for­ esters without 'forests. Waste of effort and waste of forests inevitably fbllowed. Finally the situation was ended in 1905 by the creation of the United States forest service, which has stopped the waste, conserved the resources of the national forests, and made them useful; so that our forests are now being man­ aged on a coherent plan,' and in a way that augurs well for the future. Preserve Mineral Resources. The mineral fuels of the eastern United States have already passed into the hands of large private owners, and those of the west are rapidly following. This should not be, for such mineral resources belong in a peculiar degree to the whole people. I/nder private control there is much waste from the shortsighted methods of working, and the complete utilization is often sacrificed for a greater immediate profit. The . mineral fuels un* der our present conditions are as essen* tial to our prosperity as the forests will always be. The difference is that the supply Is definitely limited, for coal does not grow and trees do. It is obvious that the mineral fuels should be con­ served, not wasted, and that enough of them should remain in the hands of the government to protect the people against unjust or extortionate prices so far as that can still be done. What has been accomplished in the regulation of t£e great oil fields of the Indian terri­ tory offers a striking example of the good results of such a policy. Last summer, accordingly, I withdrew most of the coal-bearing public lands tempor­ arily from disposal, and asked for the legislation necessary to protect the pub. 11c interest by the conservation of the mineral fuels; that Is, for the power to keep the fee in the government and to lease the coal, oil, and gas rightB under proper regulation. No such legislation was passed, but I still hope that we Shalt ultimately get it. Prevention of Frmids. Por several years we have been do­ ing everything in our power to prevent fraud upon the public land. What can be done under the present laws Is now being done through the joint action of the interior department and the depart­ ment of justice. But fully to accomplish the prevention of fraud there is need of further legislation and especially of a sufficient appropriation to permit the de­ partment of the interior to examine cer­ tain classes of entries on the ground before they pass into private owner­ ship. The appropriation asked for last winter, if granted, would have put an end to the squandering of the public domain, while it would have prevented any need of causing hardship to indi­ vidual settlers by holding up their claims. However, the appropriation was not given us, and In consequence it is not possible to secure, as I would like to secure, the natural resources of the pub­ lic land from fraud, waste and encroach­ ment. So much tor what we are trying to do In uilitlng our public lands for the pub­ lic; in securing the use of the water, the forage, the coal and the timber for the public. In all four movements my chief adviser, and the man first to suggest to me the courses which have actually proved so beneficial, was Mr. Gifford Plnchot, the chief of the national forest service. Mr. Plnchot also suggested to me a movement supplementary to all of these movoments; one which will itself lead the way in the general movement which he represents and with which he is actively identified, for the conserva­ tion of all our natural resources. This was the appointment of the inland waterways commission. The inability of the railroads of the United States to meet the demands upon them has drawn public attention forcibly to the use of our ^vaterways for trasportation. But it is obvious that this is only one of their many uses, and that a planned and orderly development is impossible except by taking into account all the services they are capable of rendering. It was upon this ground that the inland wa­ terways commission was recently ap­ pointed. Their duty is to propose a comprehensive plan for the improve­ ment and utilisation of those great waterways which are the great poten­ tial highways of the country. Their duty is also to bring together the points of view of all users of streams, and to submit a general plan for the development and conservation of the filled with purchasers Who havs ar­ rived on buffaloes, camels, donkeys and other picturesque beasts of bur­ den. The spun wools are not dyed by the weavers themselves, tqrt by special dyers. - ' More than 3,000 female weavers are employed at Uschak in the prepara­ tion of carpets. The operators are generally members of the same family, but there are a number of girls who earn about six to seven cents per day. The Ghiardis carpets are generally smaller than those of Uschak. Very fine prayer carpets, closely woven and of harmonious colors, are produced in imitation of the Persian carpets. Carpets are made into bales of 280 pounds each and covered with goat­ skins. The caravans pass the night in the open country at the foot of some hill, the drivers under tents; and the camel b and their loads in the open air. Very large carpets, too heavy to be packed, are folded and thrown across the backs of the camels In the form of a covering. When the carpets arrive in Smyrna they are spread out, beaten, broomed and repacked in bales weigh- vast natural resources of the water­ ways of the United Spates. Clearly it is impossible for the waterways com­ mission to accomplish Its great task without considering the relation o -treams to the conservation and use o: all other natural resources, and I have asked that It do so. Here, then, for the first time, the orderly developemnt and planned conservative use of all our natural, resources Is presented as a single problem. One by one -the indi­ vidual tasks in this great problem have already been undertaken. Onp *fy one in practical fashion the methods of dealing with them were worked out. National irrigation has proved Itself a success by its actual working. Again, actual experience has shown that the national forests will fulfill the larger purpose for which they were created. Ail who have thoughtfully studied the subject have come to see that the solu­ tion of the public lands question lies with the home maker, with the settler who lives on his land and that gov­ ernment control of the mineral fuels and the public grazing l^nds is neces­ sary and Inevitable. l£ach of these conclusions represented'^ a movement of va^t Importance which would confer large benefits upon the nation, but which stood by Itself, They are con­ nected together into one great funda­ mental problem^--that of the con­ servation of all our natural resources. Upon the wise solution of this, much of our future obviously depends. BVen such questions as the regulation of railway rates and the control of cor­ porations are in reality subsidiary to the primal problem of ttae preservation in, thvj interests of the whole people ot the resources that nature has given us. If we fall to solve this problem, no skill in solving the others will in the end avail us very greatly. Now as to the matter of taxation, Most great civilized countries have an income tax and an inheritance tax. In Vny Judgment both should be part of our system of federal taxation. I speak diffidently about the income tax because one scheme for an income tax was declared unconstitutional by the supreme court by a five to four vote; and in addition it is a difficult tax to administer in its practical workings, and great care would have to be exer­ cised to see that it was not evaded by the very man whom it is most de­ sirable to have taxed, for if so evaded it would of course be worse than no tax at all, as the least desirable of all taxes is the tax which bears heavily "pon the honest as compared with the dishonest man. Nevertheless, a gradu­ ated income tax of the proper type would be a desirable peramnent fea­ ture of federal taxation, and I still hope that one may be devised whifji the supreme court will declare constitu­ tional. Inheritance Tax.' In my judgment, however, the' in­ heritance tax Is both a far better meth­ od of taxation, and far more important for the purpose I have in view--the purpose of having the swollen fortunes of the country bear in proportion to their size a constantly Increasing bur­ den of taxation. These fortunes exist solely because of the protection given the owners by the public. They are a constant source of- care and anxiety to the public and it is eminently just that they should be forced to pay heav­ ily for the protection given them. It is, of course, elementary that the na­ tion has the absolute right to decide as to the terms upon which any man shall receive a bequest or devise from another. We ha?e repeatedly placed such laws on our own statute books, and they have repeatedly been declared constitutional by the courts. I believe that the tax should contain the pro­ gressive principle. Whatever any in­ dividual receives, whether by gift, be­ quest, or devise, in life or in death, should, after a oertain amount is. reached., be increasingly burdened; and the rate of taxation should be in­ creased In proportion to the remote­ ness of blood of the man receiving from the man giving or devising. The principle of thj,s progressive taxation of inheritance has not only been au- tftoriatlvely recognized by the legisla­ tion of congress, but it is now un­ equivocally adopted in the leading civ­ ilized nations of the world---in, for in­ stance, Great Britain, Prance and Ger­ many. Switaeriand led off with the imposition of high progressive rates. Great Britain was the first of the great nations to follow suit, and within the last few years both France and Ger- amny have adopted the principle. In Great Britain all estates worth $5,000 or less are practically exempt from death duties, while the increase is such that when an estate exceeds $5,000,000 in value and passes to a dis­ tant kinsman or stranger In blood the government receives nearly 18 per cent. In France, under the progressive system, so much of an inheritance as exceeds $10,000,000 pays over 20 per cent, to the state if it passes to a dis­ tant relative, and five per cent. If it passes to a direct heir. In Germany very small inheritance are exempt, but the tax is so sharply progressive that an inheritance not in agricultural or forest lands which exceeds $250,000, if it goes to distant relatives, is taxed at thf rate of about lo per cent. The German law is of special interest, because it makes the inheritance tax an Imperial measure, while allotting to the Individual states of the empire a portion of the proceeds and permit­ ting them to impose taxes in addition to those Imposed by the imperial gov­ ernment. In the United States the na­ tional government has more than once imposed inheritance taxes in addition to those imposed by the states, and in the last instance about one-half of the states levied such taxes concur­ rently with the national government, making a combined maximum rate, in some cases as high as 25 per cent.; and, Jts a matter of fact, several states adopted Inheritance tax laws for the •first time while the national law was still in force and unrepealed. The French law has one feature which is to be heartily commended. The progres­ sive principle Is so applied that each* higher rate is imposed only on the ex­ cess above the amount eubject to the next lower rate. This plain is peculiarly adapted to the working out of the theory of using the inherit­ ance tax for the purpose of limiting the slse of inheritable fortunes, since the progressive increase in the rates, according to this mode, may be car­ ried to Its logical conclusion in a maximum rate of nearly 100 per cent, tor the amount in excess of a specified sum, without being - con­ fiscatory as to the reBt of tbe inherit­ ance; tor each Increase In rate would apply only to the amount above a cer­ tain maximum. PtCASANT ' X - fHOSfc ON COA8T CONTRliyTl TO OVERTHROW MINISTRY. A Slight Delay in Securing the Negative for That Great Picture, "Friend- KNOX AS_FJV0RITE SON PENNSYLVANIA REPUBLICANS IN­ DORSE SENATOR. National Administration 1a Praised and Convention Adheres to "flt^nd. ^at" Policy on TarilK Harrisburg, Pa. -- The ment of Senator Knox for president, the nomination of John O. Sheatz of Philadelphia for state treasurer, and the adoption of a platform indorsing the policies and administration of President Roosevelt were the net re­ sult of Thursday's Republican conven­ tion. The platform also commends the course of the Fifty-ninth congress, indorses the action of Senators Pen­ rose and Knox and the Pennsylvania delegation, particularly in upholding «ie hands of President Roosevelt; de­ clares adherence to the principle of protection to American labor, Amer­ ican industries and American prod­ ucts; commends the administration of Gov. Stuart; indorses the work of the recent legislature and demands speedy prosecution of those who profited by the alleged frauds in furnishing and equipping the new state capitol. Senator Knox remained away from Harrisburg during the convention, leaving his interests in charge of his colleague, Senator Penrose. Mr. Pen­ rose probably will head the Pennsyl­ vania delegation to the next Republic­ an national convention, Gov. Stuart will also be a member of the dele­ gation. Wesley R. Andrews was unanimous­ ly reelected chairman of the Repub­ lican state committee. New York.--United States Senator Philander C. Knox, of Pennsylvania, Thursday night announced his willing­ ness to become a candidate for the presidency in 1808 should the Repub­ lican party see fit to nominate him. Senator Knox's position was made known in expressing his appreciation of the action Thursday of the Repub­ lican state convention at Harrisburg, Pa., which indorse^ him aa^^ oa&dl- date for that office. . -f ' :"6'.i ii. tWiliiiiiji ij^ji PAID F6E$ T6 ftOlfc Frisco Restaurant Proprietor Tectljlea t Against Mayor. .i -*,A!;*¥iitteiseo. -- for «ight years proprietor of the Pup restaurant, was the first witness called by the prosecution at the re­ sumption of the Schmitz trial Friday. The Pup was, before the fire, Abe Ruef 8 political headquarters. On the evening of the day Delmon- Ico's liquor license was revoked, Lou- py testified, he called Ruef on the tele­ phone and made an appointment. "The next day," said Loupy, • "I called on Ruef and asked him why Delimonico's license w,as taken away. 'I Buppose my turn will come next. Can't you help us? Can't you he our attorney and how much, would be your fee?'" "Mr. Ruef said: "Well, if you want me to take your case as a lawyer. It will cost you $7,000 u year on a con­ tract for two years. And the money must be in currency--no checks go.' "I went to the other restaurant keepers and told them. They said the price was too much. Then Pierre Priet said: 'I know Mr. Ruef. I will go and see him and fix this up.' "A day or two lateu we had an­ other meeting at Marchand's of the proprietors of the New Poodle Dog, Delmonlco's, Marchand's, the Pup and the Bay State. Priet reported that he had been to see Mr. Ruef and that Mr. I Ruef would^take our cases and protect 1 our licenses for $5,000 a year. We all five agreed to pay this and contrib­ uted our shares. Priet took charge of the money and delivered It to Mr. Ruef." CROKER WINS EPSOM DERBY* ing 600 to 600 pounds each for ex­ portation. World's Finest Clgart. - The best cigars manufactured ebmtf from Cuba, the tobacco for which Is cultivated in the famous Vuelta de Abajo district, west of Havana. This favored spot is on the banks of a riv- er> the nature of the Boil being such that in no other part of the world can leaves of such excellence be produced. i Beggar Alone Spoke English. People make a great mistake as to the prevalence of English on the continent, sayB Rev. A. N. Cooper In Chambers' Journal. "In my walk to Rome, a Journey of some 900 miles, I only once met a man on the road who could speak English, and he was the only man* who begged of "me." : •'Mx . . ^ - I L L * - W . A i , V • Amusement for Traveler*. t'S Games of chess and checkers for travelers on long Journeys have been Introduced by the English Midland Railway company. There is no charge made by the company, and when the game is finished the col- lecti the piece*. . * _ Mayaa?: Captures British Classic With Orby, Ridden by Johnny Rellf. London. -- Richard Croker's un­ beaten colt Orby, Irish bred, Irish trained, backed by thousands . of sons of Erin in two hemispheres, Wednesday won the classic Epsom derby. Col. Balrd's Wool Winder was second, and that pther great Irish colt, Capt. Greer's Slleve Gallion, prime favorite for the blue ribband of the British turf, made a gallant race, but could finish no better than third. Croker's victory was not a popular one. His horse was ridden by Johnny RejjJBT, the American jocke^. * -- ' Fatal Automobile CoHlsiia, Albany, N. Y.--Clarence M6Kon2ie, of New York, president of the Stand­ ard Brake company, was killed in­ stantly and W. H. Mosher, a bicycle policeman of New York city, and W. H. Swan, of New Britain, Conn., chauffeur, were injured Thursday night' when their automobile collided ^ith an electric car. WOULD DONATE HOME8TEAD. Negro Murderer Is Lynehetf. Ruleville, Miss. -- Charged with having shot and killed Lee Rey­ nolds, a white man, Lee Fox, a negro, was lynched by a mob of about 50 men near Indianola late Sunday. Reynolds was shot as he was leaving a hall where Fox had lost considera­ ble money at a gaming table. New Bull Terrier forvRoosevclt. Washington. -- A new bull tei^ rier has arrived at the White House as a gift to President Roosevelt, to uphold the canine championship, which "Pete" failed to do. It was sent by S. M. Smith, of Cellna, O. Wealthy Cattleman Slain. Coffeyvilie, Kan.--William Curtis, a wealthy cattleman, was killed early Wednesday on his farm in the Osage Nation, Okla., 35" miles from here, in a quarrel with a young term hand named ShabW. Wabash Railroad Convicted. Springfield, in.--a jury in the Unit* ed States district court Thursday re­ turned a verdict finding the Wabash road guilty on 15 counts alleging vio­ lation of the interstate commerce law by failing to have freight cars equip­ ped with safety appliances. Respite lor Wife Murderer* Columbus, O.--Gov. Harris Thurs­ day afternoon granted a respite until June 21 to James Cornelius, the Can­ ton wife murderer, who was to have been electrocuted Thursday night Plan to Give .McKinley Place to Me­ morial Association. ~ Canton, O. -- Justice Day, presi­ dent of the National McKinley as­ sociation, said Thursday that Mrs. H. G. Barber, of this city, sister of Mrs. McKinley, intended to donate the homestead of the late president at^d his wife to the memorial association, if it could be purchased from tbe brothers and Bisters of President Mc­ Kinley and their representatives, to whom It passed under the will. Justice Day said that the generous act of Mrs. Barber was highly appre­ ciated by the association and that he had no doubt when the association met in Canton on the 19th of June, Mrs. Barber's proposition would be accept­ ed and arrangements perfected for keeping the homestead and its belong­ ings in the same condition in which the president and Mrs. McKinley left it bENIEDATSAN ; • In'the Great Interna-' - I Plot to §tir Up Trouble with United t 'h ,« States. * ^ * £ j '^i®|^.^TI»6usanai*of dollar* I Ere being raised by the Japanese of the Pacific coast to carry out the com, pact they have entered into with the progressive party of Japan for th» overthrow of the Saionji ministry, the annnlment of the exclusion clausfe In the immigration bill, and the guarantee of the naturalization right* of the Japanese subjects residing in this country. v These additional facts in the inter­ national plot we -e vouched for in •emi-offieial circles Monday night The enormous fund which is being collected will be need to arouse a feel­ ing «!J tlie Japanese empire antagonis­ tic to the American government. Notwithstanding Mr. Takahashi's sweeping denial of the existence of the alliance between the Japanese of the Pacific coast and the anti-adminis­ tration party in Japan, the texts of certain reports which he forwarded to Yamaoka in Seattle and to the Jap­ anese society of Seattle, made public Monday night, effectually prove th« assertions made. San Francisco.--The Japanese Asso­ ciation of America emphatically denies the cable from Tokio, which indicates that the Japanese of the Pacific coast have entered into an alliance with the progressive to overthrow the present ministry of Japan. A representative of the association said Monday: "The Japanese Association of America has no alliance with the progressives in Jsjpan, neither does It desire the overthrow of the present ministry. The Japanese of the Pacific coast are more interested in the im­ migration question and are opposed to any law or treaty that will tend jtD discriminate against them." MRS. EDDY TO BE EXAMINED. Court Will Name Master to Determine ' Nir Competency. ^ fc®S$&rd, N. H.--The defendants in the suit brought by the "next friends" of Mrs. Mary Baker G. Eddy, the aged head of the Christian Science denomination, asking for an account­ ing of Mrs. Eddy's property, were suc­ cessful in carrying ,a point Monday When Judge Robert N. Chamberlin,. of the Merrimac superior court, an­ nounced that he would within a week appoint a master to conduct'hearings and take testimony to determine whether Mrs. Eddy is competent to manage her own affairs. A feature of the p*oceed?ngs was the declaration of Gen. Streeter that the suit for an accounting of Mrs. Eddy's property whs n&t brought by her son, George W. Glover, of Lead, S. D., and the others who appear as "next friends," but was instituted "at the instigation of a fi^w York news­ paper which has been trying to dis­ credit Mrs. Eddy and her religious teachings." AMERICAN KILLED IN ENGLAND. Fatal Automobile Accident at Hill, Near Banbury. Edge i Reign of Terror at Lodz, Lods, Russian Poland.--There has been another reign of terror and vio­ lence in this city since June 2. Eleveii persons have been killed, including two mill owners, and 37 have been wounded. The workmen have formed a secret vigilance committee which every night executes one or more ban­ dits or terrorists. The corpses are left on the street and to the lips of the dead men are pinned pieces of paper setting forth the exact reastps^^or the execution. Root Going to Mexloo. Washington.-^Ambassador Creel, of 'Mexico, Sunday presented to Secre­ tary of State Root an autograph letter from President Diaz, of Mexico, in­ viting Mr. Root to come to Mexico as the guest of the Mexican republic. Mr. Root has accepted the invitation, notifying President Diaz through Am­ bassador Creel that he will visit Mex­ ico in the latter part of the summer. v - Die* While In Bathing. Xo» Angeles, Cal.--W. a berger, whose home, according to pa­ pers found in his pockets, is at South Hatfield, Pa., died suddenly while bathing In the plunge at Bimini baths Saturday. Death was not due to drowning, but to some unknown ill­ ness. Two Die in Street Car Accident. Los Angeles, Cal.--Two person* were killed and 20 injured in a street car accident in Eagle Rock valley late Sunday afternoon. Railway Blamed for Death*. \ Kankakee, 111.--The coroner'* jury which investigated fhe deaths of Fred Hatting, of Reddick, and Austin Stock- don and John Frasee, of Danville, by the explosion of a car of gasoline at Reddick Thursday afternoon, held the Chicago &. Southern rally ay re^aai. Banbury, England.--In a motor car accident at Edge Hill, near here, Monday, a Mr. Johnston of California was killed and a Mr. Blake of Phila­ delphia was mortally injured. Mr*. Johnston and Mrs. Blake, who were of the party, sustain«d grave injuries and their condition is precarious. Mr. and Mrs. Johnston and Mr. and Mrs. Blake left Oxford Monday morn­ ing in a hired motor car for Stratford- on-Avon. At a dangerous bend in the descent of Edge Hill, which has been the scene of several automobile acci­ dents, the car turned over. Mr. John­ ston's skull was fractured and he diet) two hours later. Mr. Blake lies in a hopeless condition in the Banbqry. in- firmary. * ... RANSOM ASKED FOR BOY. "Black Hand* Demand* $6,000 for Re­ turn of New Orleans Lad. New Orleans.--Six thousand dollar* was demanded as ransom Monday for eight-year-old Walter Lamana, son of a well-to-do Italian undertaker. The hpy disappeared two days ago and the police have vainly searched for him. The demand for ransom money in a, fetter signed "Blpck Hand" was their clew. Leavenworth 8aloon* Closed. Leavenworth, Kan.--The saloon* of Leavenworth county were closed Monday for the first time in 18 years, as a result of tbe warning of the sher­ iff ,• backed up toy Attorney General Fred 8. Jackson. Bad Train Wreck in Texas. Dallas, Tex.--Eastbound passenger train No. % on the Texas %icific was wrecked near Edgewood, about 40 miles east of here Monday. R. M. Flack, chief mail clerk, was probably fatally injured. Many others are re­ ported to have received mi^or in­ juria*. . W. H. Hnnmyer, Canton, Canton, III.--William Hart Hemen- over, 86 years old, f&rmerly mayor of this city and twice judge«ot tfen <Atf court, died Monday. WUSmSM Matte Golfeeter at ^ " Washington.--The president Thurs­ day announced the appointment of Gen. William V. McMackln as collect or of internal revenue at Toledo, O. a! Fatal Explosion of Gas. Connellsville, Pa.--Mary Monoghan, two years old, is dead; Mr. and Mrs. John J. Monoghan, parents of the child, are dying, and three other per­ sons are in a serious condition from burns received in a gas explosioa early Monday at the Monoghan home. - Stray Torpedo Hits Steamer. Kiel, Germany---A stray torpedto Monday #uck and badly damaged the German coasting steamer August while she the pr*Ote* range her*. v ^ ^ , 1 f- ^ 1