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The McHeniy Plalndealer published by F. Q. SCHREINER. ItcHENRY, ILLINOIS. Vaudeville in airships is talked Of. What won't the astronomers see? It is suggested that one of the new states of the southwest shall be called Lincoln. Good. It seems a good deal harder to get a jury these days than to acquit a mur­ derer. Maxim's noiseless gun may be an in­ genious contrivance, but it will not be pretty when carried by an assassin. The great constitutional lawyers of the senate may proceed to brush up a bit on the text of the constitution. Castro says he still wants to have a hand in Venezuelan affairs, that is, presumably Venezuelan pockets. "No great statesman can be born in New York," says Woodrow 'Wilson. Why, no. No baby is a great statesman. Utah has pegged along for 60 years without a capital building. What have her grafters been thinking abont? No doubt an inventor will be along some day with a machine that will give us oyr cold waves steam heated. Probably true that little is known of South America, but what we know of it causes hesitancy as to extending the acquaintance. Spain is going to buy J40.000.000 worth of new battleships. This money will no doubt be charged to the sink- ins fund. The next thing to do is to invent speedometers that will not register a fraction of a mile every time a taxi- cab skids. A Colorado legislator has declared war on tips, but neglects to say wheth­ er he means hotel or cork. A New Yorker takes a plunge in the ocean every morning during the winter While others merely plunge in watered •locks. Marcel waves are said to be going oat of fashion, but so far there is no Sign that cold waves are going to fol­ low suit. Tacoma burglars blew open a safe •Ad stole a dog that was guarding it. They left the Tacoma police force in­ tact « Under a Pittsburg suburb a Are has been burning for 40 years, hut even that doesn't account for all of the Smoke. Is this good old world of ours gst* ting rickety or is the seismograph on • joint toot with the thermometer, barometer and social speedometer? "It is hard to get rich," says Mr. ttockefeller. Yes, and the trouble is tile courts and the anti-trust laws ar» making it harder every day. Fish cooked in a hundred different f^iys will be served in the Alaska ISuilding at the Seattle exposition. This will be done to show the food value of Alaska fish. s§* % IFhe wireless telegraph is still re- vtflrded as a good deal of a miracle, but bts not yet been so perfected as to res­ cue men wl>o skate on thin ice and fan though. • The childlike way in which our jew- lifers leave $3,000 worth of diamonds where a man armed with a brick can get at them by breaking the plate glass goes to show that there is faith in the world which human experience would hardly justify. ** * Tennessee has joined the ranks of ' ttte prohibition states. After July 1 It will be illegal to sell liquor within , four miles of a schoolhouse. Now all that is necessary is for the people to see that school houses are not more than eight miles apart. ,.ir ^ - A Nqpr Orleans policeman arrested iu Wife because she was quarrplinsr <ftth another woman and led her to the police station. Most men would hste to hear what he will have to lis- K ten to when the affair is a closed Incident so far as the public is con­ cerned. i- i > xk ' Bills to make compulsory wireless *ttflts on ocean-going vessels have been introduced in congress. They Will be supported by public sentiment, *&er the splendid showing made by tlpis service, and it will tend greatly to reassure those who either for busi­ ness or pleasure go down to the sea in ships. „ MEMPOISONS 160 VINCENNE8, IND„ BANQUETERS ARE VICTIMS OF PTOMAINE. FOUR MAY NOT RECOVER Food st Masonie Lodge Banquet Causes Illness and Many Drop in Streets, Homes and . Hotels. Vtncennes, Ind.--It is feared tbat at least four of the 160 persons who were poisoned Saturday night, by eating meat served at the banquet given to celebrate the one hundredth anni­ versary of the local Masonic lodge, will die. Local physicians and several called from nearby towns and cities battled for hours to save the victims, many of whom dropped in their homes and several in the streets ' and public places after being poisoned. Those in the most serious condition are Frank S. Serve, former judge of the circuit court of Lawrencedlle, 111.; B. D. Eltman of Evansville and A. 3. Sampson of Owensboro, Ky. Soon after the banquet, which was held early in the evening, the victims of the poison in the meat felt its first effects. Those who were strangers in Vincennes and who congregated in the hotel lobbies, began falling one by one to the floor. Residents of the town who had gone home were stricken there. Others fell writhing where they walked or stood in the streets. Within an hour more than a hundred persons had been sei&ed with illness, the most seriously affected losing conscionsness. Every available physician was sum­ moned to care for those who were first to feel the effects of the poison. As the others fell by the score they were forced to suffer agonies without relief until the first cases could be cared for. Several of those who are now in a serious condition might have been saved from danger by immediate med­ ical attention. Through the night the physicians worked to save the lives of those who had eaten of the meat. From one house to another and from hotel to hotel they rushed, sometimes only be­ ing able to give temporary relief. Some of the guests at the banquet had returned to their homes in nearby towns, and a call for physicians to these places brought the answer that they themselves were unable to care for all the cases brought to their at­ tention. Twenty victims were at once rushed to the hospital here, where they were cared for. Two of the hotels were turned into temporary hospices for the stricken. Women volunteered to act as nurses for those who had no families to care for them. It is believed that many cases, less serious, will yet be reported. There were £00 or more at the banquet, and nearly all partook of the meat. Bits of the meat left from the ban­ quet will be analyzed at once and an effort made to find where the blame lies. M'KINLEY DEATH COST $42,517. pr> |*K:-r' The New York Times tells of a dis­ tinguished citizen, asked the other day to sign a petition favoring woman suffrage, who replied that he would do so If two Changes were made in the doc­ ument; first, that if the suffrage were secured by the women it should be taken away from the men, and, sec­ ondly, that all women over 40 years of age should have two votes. 'Tie ladies are thinking it over. .Germany has a gun that will shoot higher than any balloon can go. This ought to be effective against skylark Ing. ^ Great Britain would like to rid itself *f rats. Recently a deputation from *he Incorporated Society for the De­ struction of Vermin, headed by Sir tfames Crichton Browne and the duke Of Bedford, waited upon Lord Carring- ton at the offices of the British board of agriculture and urged him to ap­ point a commission to inquire into the destruction of eropB by rats. Jackie is having a great time telling Of the girl he left behind at every Sort. Government Paid Dr. Mann $10,000 and Used $2,033 for Telegrams. Washington. -- After carefully guarding for more than seven years the facts as to the government's expenditures incident to the last ill­ ness and burial of President McKinley, the treasury officials Wednehcay made a statement covering all of the items of expenditure under the appropriation of $65,000 for this purpose, made by congress on July 1, 1902. Some of the items follow: Dr. M. D. Mann, $10,000; Dr. H. Mynter, $6,000; Dr. C. McDurney, $5,- 000; Dr. Roswell Park, $5,000; Dr. C. Q. Stockton, $1,500; Dr. E. G. Janeway, $1,600, Dr. H. C. Matzlnger, $760; Drs. W. W. Johnston, E. W. Lee and H. R. Gaylord, $500 each; Dr. N. W. Wilson, $260; Dr. G. McR. Hall and Dr. E. C. Mann, $200 each. Undertakers--Drug- gard & Koch, $2,104.15, and McCrea & Arnold, $223. Western Union Tele­ graph Company, $1,593.61; Postal Telegraph Cable Company, $440.27. START WAR ON "BLACK HAND." American Police to Avenge Assassina­ tion of Lieut. Petrosini. New York.--Messages have been re­ ceived by Commissioner Bingham from the police chiefs of many of the country's large cities, which assure a nation-wide war on the "black hand" to avenge the death of Lieut. Joseph Petrosini, who was murdered in Pal­ ermo, Sicily, last Friday. Detectives in all of the cities where there are known to be members of the band, will make every effort to obtain information that may lead to the pun­ ishment of the assassins of the New York officer. Petrosini was the "black hand" ex­ pert of the New York department and has gained the hatred of his country­ men who are members of the band for the arrests he has made among them. Near Death in Runaway. TBrankfort, Ky.--Gov. and Mrs. Will- son and their guests, Mr. and Mrs. Robert M. Lyman of New York, nar­ rowly escaped death wlvpn the horses attached to Gov. Willson's carriage ran away Sunday. All but Mrs. Lyman were painfully hurt. JOIHT INTERVENTION LIKEL! FLAN TO PRESERVE PEACE/|M CENTRAL AMERICA. United States and Modes May Curb Warning Republics--Sea Fight Reported. . ' . X Washington. -- The possibility of joint intervention by America and Mexico in the interest of peace in Central America is believed to be now under serious consideration. The question at issue is the exact extent of the obligation imposed upon the two larger republics under the terms of the last Central American peace pact America and Mexico were not parties to this agreement, although they were largely instrumental In bringing it about. The five Centra] American re­ publics agreed to refrain from hostil­ ities and submit any quarrels between themselves to arbitration. Such agree­ ments have been made before, but they have neVer had any great binding force. To remedy that fault in pre­ ceding agreements, in the case of the last convention it was made the duty of America and Mexico to see that its terms were lived up to. It. will be under that stipulation, if at all, there­ fore, that intervention will be based. Sunday brought no new develop­ ments in this interesting situation. The control of the cable by President Zelaya makes it impossible for the navy department to secure any news from the coast towns except by the use of naval vessels, and it is probable that if the difficulties of communica­ tion continue a line of naval scouts or torpedo boat dispatch carriers will be installed. A natural outcome of the withdrawal of American Secretary of Legation Gregory from Managua would be the retirement from Washington of Senor Espinosa, the Nicaraguan minister to {his capital. But of course he would not be likely to act on his own voli­ tion fn a matter of such importance, and so far has had no instructions from his government. The naval strength of the United States in the vicinity of Nicaragua will soon be increased by the presence of the Dubuque at Bluefields. The Du­ buque sailed from Guantanamo. Mexico City.--Ships of Nicaragua and Salvador met in battle Tuesday and it is believed a second clash fol­ lowed Thursday or Friday. Three Nicaraguan gunboats, led by the Momotombo, attacked the Salva- doran gunboat Presidente. The latter by a lucky shot put the Momotombo out of action almost at the beginning of the engagement. The three Nica- raguans then withdrew. Later the Momotombo was repaired and went in pursuit of the Presidents No word having been received from the Mexican representative in Nicara­ gua itis thought the cable has been cut. JUDGE IS 8CORED BY LABOR. Boston Workers Denounce Qompers- MitcheH-Morrison Decision. 0 Boston.--As a demonstration against the sentences of Imprisonment im­ posed upon Samuel Gompers, John Mitchell and Frank Morrison by Judge Wright of the District of Columbia, more than 5,000 members of labor unions paraded through the streets of this city Sunday. Afterwards a large meeting was held in Faneuil hall and several over­ flow meetings in the surrounding streets attracted large crowds. The Faneuil hall audience heard Judge Wright attacked sharpljf for his decision in the case, and a resolution was drawn up in which it was stated that the courts were biased and the laws directed at one class only. Judge Wright wa# accused of using "Intemperate and bitter language to representatives of organized labor," and it was said that "he was not a fit person to handle the case." WAGE DEADLOCK IS ON. Hill Controls Canadian Road. Toronto, Ont.--At the annual meet­ ing of the Crow's Nest Pass Coal & Railway Company Saturday it was an­ nounced that James J. Ht)t had se> cured control of the road. Miners snd Operators Fall to Reach an Agreement. Philadelphia.--The conference be- tWeen the sub-committees of the an- tnraciMs mhie workcro and operators to arrange a new agreement to go into effect at the expiration of the present working arrangement came to an end late Friday afternoon without result. WhUe the prospects are not as bright as they were for a peaceful set­ tlement, there is still hope that radi­ cal action by either side will be avoided. The executive boards Satur­ day issued a call for a convention of the miners of the three anthracite dis­ tricts to be held in one of the mining towns to consider plans for further action and then will follow another conference with the operators before March 31. Ten Years for Slayer. Moundsville, W. Va.--Dr. Charles M; McCracken of Cameron, W. Va., recently convicted of second de­ gree murder for having caused the death by shooting of his two-year-old child last Christmas eve, was sen­ tenced Wednesday to ten years in the penitentiary. Is Father of Five at Twenty. Sterling, 111.--Mrs. John Davers of Antwine, 111., gave birth to triplets Sunday morning. A little over a year ago she became mother of twins. She is 26 and her husband 20 years old. The five children are all living. Dr. Charles Perrier, in an article based on observations made in French §»enal institutions, says that criminals JSre for the most part of medium height. Thieves, he says, he found to >§te almost exclusively of small Btature Und beggars nearly always of medium «r slightly under that height, "it is #eIdom," he says, "that a fully de- , veloped beggar nature can^be found I* a large frame." Says Rockefeller Backs Drys. Providence, R. I.--That John D. Rockefeller is financing the anti-saloon movement is the declaration of William P. Maines, president of the Rhode Island Retail Liquor Dealers' associa­ tion, in a circular addressed to all re­ tail liquor dealers in New England. Big Shipping Company Formed. Detroit, Mich.--A new vessel, corpotr* ation which has contracted to buy 60 of the largest luiuber-carrying vessels on the great lakes has been formed, ac­ cording to a story in a local newspaper. Kills Wife snd Daughter. Cheyenne, Wyo.--Posey Ryan/ * ranchman of Fort Laramie, Sunday shot and killed his wife and daughter while the women were eating dinner in a restaurant. His wife Was suihg him for divorce. Children Burn to Desth. Psrkersburg, W. Va.--While the par­ ents were away from home Friday, two children of Granville Miller, aged two years and one month respectively, were burned to death at Normantown. Gilmore county. Will Fight Duty on Coffee. Washington.--The Democrats In the house will oppose the establishment of a duty on coffee and the provision of the new tariff bill for the re-establish­ ment of the suunp tas on checks, bonds and stocks. • m rt».WCHAin>A ARS FRANKLIN /MJS. JACOt) C/ftOCK PKKM50R mUN?ER /VcVEAGH C8A5 <NAGITU RJ/HPS. G.VONL..- /WS. CEOSGE WICKEPSHAtt WIVLS OF THE MEMBERS OF THE (AMNET t*&s. "Philander ci- KNOX f* The Wife of James Wilson, Secretary of Agriculture, Is Dead. Frank H. Hitchcock, Postmaster General, Is a Bachelor. LABOR FAVORED BY RULING COURT OF APPEAL8 MODIFIES BUCK STOVE DECISION. No Action Taken on Contempt Charges Against Gompers, Mltchstt snd Morrison. Washington. -- The couit of ap­ peals of the District of Columbia yesterday modified and affiimed the opinion of Justice Gould of the su­ preme court of the District, enjoining the American Federation of Labor, Samuel Gompers and other defendants from publishing in the "We don't pat­ ronise" list the name of the Buck Stove and Range Company of St. Louis. The opinion, which was banded down by' Justice Robb, holds that the decree of Judge Gould should be modi­ fied to the extent that there should be eliminated from the decree the re­ striction of the labor organization and the other defendants from "mention­ ing, writing or referring" to the busi­ ness of the Buck Stove and Range Company or its customers. Otherwise the decree is affirmed. The court holds that the "combination" and boycott in furtherance thereof and the publica­ tion in the "We don't patronise" list in aid of the boycott is illegal. The court held that the defendants could not be restrained from all pub­ lications referring to the Buck Stove and Range Company, but only to snch as are made in furtherance of an ille­ gal boycott In a partial dissenting opinion Chief Justice Shepard took a strong hand in upholding the freedom of the press. He says that even assuming that the publication of the complainants' name in the "we don't patronise" column of the Federatlonist "was a step in the formation of a conspiracy to coerce in­ dependent dealers into refusing to have further business relations with that company, I cannot agree that the publication can be restrained for that reason. The chief justice held that "the only remedy for libelous or otherwise ma­ licious. wrongful and injurious publica­ tions is by civil action for damages and criminal prosecution. There if no power to restrain the publication." The decision does not settle the ap­ peal in the contempt proceedings in which Messrs. Gompers, Morrison and Mitchell were given jail sentences. This case will be beard later by the appellate court. TAFT JOIN8 OPTIMIST CLUB. Says His Administration Is to Hopeful snd Cheerful. Be Washington.--President Taft Thurs­ day said his will be an optimistic ad­ ministration to an optimistic country, full of hope, cheerfulness and confi­ dence. The president expressed this senti­ ment when he became a full-fledged member of the Optimist Club of Amer­ ica, upon the invitation of its founder. William J. Robinson of New York. Andrew Carnegie was a caller at the White House, coming, he said, to pay his respectB to President Taft. "I wish President Taft a memorable, adminis­ tration and I think he will, have it," said Mr. Carnegie. 8TANDARD OIL 18 VICTOR. Wins Famous $29,000,000 Case In Fed­ eral Court at Chicago. Chicago.--As forecasted Tuesday, the famous Standard Oil rebating Cases in which Judge Landis imposed a fine of $29,240,000 have been thrown out of court. Judge A. B. Anderson, before whom they came for retrial, after the United States court of appeals had reversed the Landis fine, Wednesday afternoon- held that the government had not proved the charges made in the indict­ ment and, following a long argument by District Attorney Sims, ordered the jury to return a verdict of not guilty. lYom Washington comes the report that an appeal to the United States circuit court of apeals will be taken from Judge Anderson's decision. This would take the case back to the same court that reversed the Landis decision in an opinion administering a scathing rebuke to the judge. The decision rendered by Judge An­ derson means that all but two of the pending indictments against the Standard Company are void, and will be abandoned by the government The big Standard Oil prosecution had its beginning August 27, 1906. On that date ten indictments were re­ turned by a federal grand jury, charg­ ing the Standard Oil Company of In­ diana with accepting concessions from railways In shipments of oil from Whiting, Ind. Demurrers to two of these, Involving shipments over the Chicago & Eastern Illinois railroad and connecting reads 'to Grand Junc­ tion, Tenn., were quashed shortly af­ ter they had been returned. The eight remaining bills were demurred to, but the demurrers were overruled. HELD FOR $70,000 8HORTAGE. Utah's Ex-Treasurer Admits ths Theft of 8tats Funds, Salt Lake City.--James Christiansen, former state treasurer, who retired from office January 1, is under arrest on the charge of being a defaulter to the amount of $70,000. The arrest followed Christiansen's confession of his responsibility for the shortage. He is now in jail here. The money, it is acknowledged, was used in speculations In Nevada mining ven­ tures. Chrtstiar.sep TPSS state treasurer for the four-year term ending at the be­ ginning of the present year. The short­ age in the accounts was discovered a few days ago through the checking of the accounts by the state board of examiners. At the time Christiansen was in Nevada where he has- exten­ sive mining interests. In response to a telegram apprising him of the dis­ covery he returned to Salt Lake City and admitted his shortage. Catholic Priest Is Slsln. Newark, N. J.--Three men whose features were concealed by their heavy overcoats and slouch hats walked Into the study of Rev. Erasmus Ansion, pastor of the Polish church of St. Stanislaus Wednesday morning and opened fire upon him. Three bul­ lets from their three revolvers hit the priest, killing him Instantly. The police rounded up four suspects, and arrested all the former trustees whom the dead priest ousted when he took charge of the parish. - V : • . K V V ' f ".. '* ;Tt« *_•» - / > <5 Nft J«e Gsns Whips Englishmsn. New York.--Joe Gans, former light­ weight champion of the world, easily defeated Jabez White, the English lightweight champion, in a ten-round bout at the National Athletic club Fri­ day night. It was a tame exhibition and the big crowd was disappointed, as the men were slow and lacked force be­ hind many of their blows. Gans was far from being the Gans of even two years ago, as he missed several blows, misjudged the distance and failed to •nira advantage of many opportunities that presented themselves. May Raise Fsre to Three Cents. Bt. Louis.--Traffic executives of the 18 railroads in Missouri after confer­ ring concerning the advisability of re­ storing the old three-cents a mile rate made legal by tbo decision against the Missouri two-cent fare law rendered by Judge McPherson Monday, ad­ journed to meet in Chicago next Mon­ day. The question of a general raise In the passenger' rates In Missouri, Wisconsin. Minnesota. Nebraska, Kan­ sas and Oklahoma will be discussed. The sentiment was in r^tor- lag ths • thrsa-oent - flfti V-, f» . j W • • • r American 8tore In London. London.--Great crowds of Londoners and thousands of visitors in the city flocked to Oxford street to attend the formal opening ,vof the big American- style department store established by Harry Selfridge, formerly of Chicago. Invitations engraved on parchment had been Issued for the opening, which will last all the week. The store, which covers an acre of ground, is a fireproof structure of Portland stone and steel and has five "floors above the street level and three below. The most beautiful feature In the tea garden. Milwaukee Gets Low Grain Rats. Washington.--Merchants of Milwau­ kee are given the benefit of as favor­ able through rates on grain as those pf Chicago in a decision of thfe inter­ state commerce commission in the case of the Milwaukee chamber of commeroe against the Rock Island and others. Indianlans Wed in New York. New York.--James H. Marsh, S3 years old, and Miss Marlon H. Hether- ington, 19. both of Indianapolis, Ind., Were marriari ThnridaY hv Mavnr Mff. Clellan*"* f ~ l- . ••js# -s w- irf- »» ,v- •}•'••• 't*.'«* REVISE HOUSE RULES INSURGENTS AND DEMt&ftAril WIN THEIR FIGHT. CANNON !$ R£-ELECTEg> Lbw^i* Bramdli of Congress In. Stormy Session Over Regulation#**-^- "Uncle Joe" Easily Defeats ; - His Opponents. „A Washington.--When toe house of representatives convened Tuesday, after its stdrmy session of Monday, the drawing of seats t»y members was be­ gun. This is an Important matter in the lower branch of congress and the result Is eagerly awaited. Speaker Cannon was re-elected Monday. Regardless of party alignment, the house adopted, 211 to 172, a resolution by Mr. Fitzgerald (Dem.) of New York, whereby the rules were amended in several important particularrs. The resolution was A substitute for one of­ fered by Mr. Clark of Mfssourrl. Its adoption was accomplished only after the "insurgents," w!tb the aid of the Democrrats, with one or two excep­ tions, had won a decided preliminary victory by voting down a resolution by Mr. Dalzell of Pennsylvania, making the unamended rules of the Sixtieth congress applicable to these of the present congress. Mr. Clark and Mr, Dalzell had a war of words and Mr. Fitzgerald was drawn Into a colloquy with Mr. Clark, who de­ sired him to yield for a question. As analyzed by parliamentarians, the amendment makes three important changes. First, it establishes a "calendar for unanimous consent," the effect pt which is to enable a member to have a proposition brought before the house without having to go to the speaker for recognition. This change, they.say, will be a relief to the speaker. Second, when consideration of a bil! is concluded and the previous question Is ordered the rules heretofore have provided for a motion to commit with or without Instructions. It has been the practice to recognize a member of the majority party to make this mo­ tion and thus prevent the minority from offering such instructions as it may desire. The new rule gives the minority the preference in making such a motion and thus enables them to get a record vote on propositions which would otherwise be settled in committee of the whole house, where no record vote is possible. Third, it protects the calendar Wednesday by requiring a two-thirds Instead of a majority vote to set it aside. Fourth, it Is also claimed that the amendment will have the effect of pre­ venting favoritism by the action of the committee on rules in special cases. Speaker Cannon says W. J. Bryan had Interfered in the interest of the changes submitted by Mr. Clark. The speaker spoke of the adoption of the Fitzgerald substitute as a triumph over the Bryan forces. "It was," he said, "a protest by the conservatives against populism and all kindred things." Speaker Cannon received 204 votes as against 166 for Clark, 8 for Cooper of Wisconsin, 2 for Norris of Nebraska, and one each for Esch of Wisconsin and W. P. Hepburn of Iowa, an ex- membpr. All the Democrats voted for Clark, so that the scattering vote rep­ resented. the Republican defection from Cannon. FRENCH TELEGRAPHERS 8TRIKE. >Aetion Due to Arbitrary Course of Government Official. * Paris.--A general strike of thesteleg- raphers of the post office department was declared Tuesday evening, follow­ ing a meeting of the General Associa­ tion of Post-Telegraph Employes, at which 5,000 were present. The resolution to strike was voted without a single dissenting voice and orders were issued immediately for the withdrawal of all operators em­ ployed in the telegraphic bureaus of the department. The resolution re­ cites that the strike action, is taken as a protest against the arbitrary and tyrannical administration and that the decision was precipitated by an insult addressed by M. Simyan, under secre­ tary of posts and telegraphs, to the officials of the association. The girl operators employed In the. telephone bureaus in the afternoon had unanimously decided to abide* by the decision of Tuesday night's meet­ ing. GOLD 18 FOUND IN OHIO. Gravel Vein Near Masslllon Yields $40 to the Ton. Masslllon, O.--Gravel which assay- ists say contains $40 worth of gold in every ton has been found in a farm at Beech Grove, west of here. The assay was made by the chem- its at the Ohio State university/ The gold is found in dirt which la part of a vein of gravel. Says Nicaragua Wants Pesce. Washington. -- Nicaragua, through her minister, Senor Kspinoza, pro tested to Secretary Knox Monday that the military and naval activity In progress in that country in destined for defensive purposes; thai she does not contemplate attacks oi> her sister republics, and that condl tions are quiet. The minister went t<> the state department armed with i» bundle of dispatches from hie govern ment, and spent half an hour with th< secretary, during which he dlscuwwf' also the Emery claim. t ] Persian Troops Slay Wdmsn. St. P«trrnl»urg. - A dispatch to thu Novoe Vromya from Julfa. oa ttu frontier IVIHIU and Russia, says 1,000 I'OIHIHII sovuinment horse­ men and 600 lufnntrytiM'ti are march­ ing- on Julfa frum the Persian bank of the Araxes rlvwr, devastating the villages in ihetjr path and shooting down the people. Already ten villages, four of them inhabited by Russian sub jects, have boeu pillaged and burned. The troops are ruthlessly killing the fleeing peasants including the women and children. mil.: '" WHAT A FORMER 0REG0I FARMER THINKS OF WEST­ ERN Albert Nelson left Benton Co., OnC ®on, in Sept., 1904, for the gtt»igg: Canadian prairies. To quote from letter: "I was greatly surprised t<j. " Shd such an immense stretch of rich:-, •irgln prairie stUl almost unoccupied to the very heart of North America, The splendid crops of oats, wheat, bar* ley, potatoes and hay I beheld in the settlements made me very eager for a piece of this rich soil, and I soon lo­ cated in the Goose Lake country. Wa have here a great stretch of the richi deep clay loam of the Saskatchewan-- a soil heavy and hard to break, but particularly well adapted for the re­ tention of moisture and production o£ v the bright No. 1 bard wheat* an| great crops of oats, barley, flax and po­ tatoes. I had 60 bushels of oats. Weighing 441 lb. to the bushel, per acre. Some of my neighbors had still greater yields. Wheat yielded from 20 to 30 buehels per acre. We have all done well here, and I could name many Americans who came here with means to gq ahead, who have done big already. For homesteads one has to go further west, but the best prai­ rie can be bought here for from f12 00* to 916.00 per acre. The climate is dry and healthy. This is the regular Saskatchewan fall weather -- frosty nights, and bright, Bunny days--Ideal for threshing and hauling out of wheat. The trails are dusty, as thou­ sands of Wheat teams are moving towards the elevators. "The sight of it makes one stop and wonder what it will be In a few years when the immense prairies get under cultivation. Heavy snowfall is the exception here. Snow generally falls in December and goes off in March. It sometimes gets very cold, but the Saskatchewan farmer does not fear the cold. Winter Is his season of rest. The first or second crop he builds a comfortable house for him­ self, and warm stables for his horses. He need not, like some, be poking about in the n^ud all winter attending a few beasts fdr a livelihood." INSTRUCTED. Doctor--What are you doing in that tub? You'll catch your death. Patient--But, doctor, didn't you tell me to take the pills in water? GOVERNMENT CAREY ACT OPEN- ING OF IRRIGATED LAND. MAY 6, ths State of Wyoming Will Sell 100 Irrigated Farms at 60c per acre at Cooper Lake, Wyo., to those who have made applications for WATER RIGHTS NOW ON SALE at 15 per acre cash and $3 per acre annually for ten years. Free railroad fare, sleeping* and dining car accom­ modations and FREE DEED to TWO TOWN LOTS to all applying BEFORE MAY 1. Applications and particulars furnished by TALLMADGE-BUNTIN LAND CO., Agents, Railway Knehftflge, Chicago. Agents wanted. Wanted Longer 8ermons. It was a proud boast one clergyman made to two or three others who were having a quiet chat in his Study the other night--namely, that he had ac­ tually on one occasion been asked to make his service, both prayers and sermon, a bit longer. His brethren regarded him with su­ perstitious awe, and one asked, feebly: "Where on earth was that?" "Welf.'-boyB," was the frank confes­ sion, "It was with a goal where I acted 94 chaplain for a short time. The poor beggars dreaded to leave the church for their cells.'*' Fstal Catastrophe. Young Wife (mournfully)--I an* afraid, doctor, my poor husband with this wretched cold will sough up his life. Young Doctor (startled)--Oh, I trust not, my dear madam; at least not until he coughs up my bill.--Baltimore American. ...V ... ' *- : "• ̂ k--..