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S'.SS r 4, '2wim< T« « ' v' / - : ./$ wf-* ;V^p£'>^ y* a* 1*: * ., »«jfr . * s -•! t* -. ,-.. v«/w sj„> '- v? y - - ; . - v ^ , ^ > •$i-n M ^ ^v' _ " JAPANESE SNAPSHOTS •--» c-- The FsanyTkiiifs One Sees Ruling Rand the World A«x MARSHALL P. WILDS* P«v' 9,% 4 ^ ! • ; -» £*•*• * * .' . ^Copyright, by Joseph B. Bowies.) , The - streets in Japan are fascinat­ ing, overflowing as they are with life v and color. The children are as the " sands of the sea, and seven times out of ten a child has a smaller onef Pv strapped to his or her back. There is no distinction, boys playing nurse ;y| quite, as frequently as girls. I con- ? trasted their cheerfulness and evident . pleasure in performing this duty with the outraged dignity of an American *' boy of 10 or 12 obliged to carry a baby about for a morning or afternoon. Little tots of five or six may be \ eeen with babies fully a year old ; strapped to their backs, and minding It so little that they play hop-scotch V and all sorts of games, running about; on high wooden clogs that would trip up an American child at the first ? step. The children are put out of the ' houses early In the morning, when the mothers sweep, dust and polish every­ thing to an immaculate cleanliness, , and the little nomads live and play, and apparently eat all their meals in the streets. ^ The shops are open to the streets, and closed at night with wooden shut- U ters. At the back of every shop may **• oe seen the paper covered sliding ; screen leading into the little home. : This screen is almost invariably open, disclosing the entire family group. , The hair-dresser, building up the won­ derful coiffure--rolled over tiny bol­ sters, and greased with cocoa-oil to y, a shining blackness--affected by the " Japanese women; shampooing, sew­ ing, writing, reading--every occupa­ tion i«s in full view of the passer-by. • • * Speaking of shops and making one- sefr understood, I felt that after my experience in the Hawaiian tongue I vu fully justified in letting the Jap- severely alone. I never got to-day !M and sweeping the coins Into my purse, I was preparing to be gone. Suddenly he leaned forward, thrust his face close to mine, and In the most indescribable manner hissed through his teeth: "Ichi-bu! ichi-bu!" Well, say! Did you ever play that idiotic game with a six or seven months' old infant, sayyed Kitch-a- boo? The baby lies In the cradle, or on its mother's lap, as the. case may be, and you, wishing to make your­ self solid with the family, lean over and, assuming a ghastly grin, teeter over toward the Infant and then teeter back again, and then teeter for­ ward, sputtering: "Kitch-a-boo! Kitch- a-boo!" until it's ten to one that the kid either goes into fits or lets out a howl that makes the mother wish that murder was not a punishable of­ fense. If you have ever Indulged in that ten­ der little pastime, then you can have some idea of my frame of mind when Special Correspondent Writes of Things of Interest at the State Capital. Springfield.--The state board of health is not permitting Interest to wane in its campaign against tuber­ culosis throughout the state. In fact, at no time since the inauguration of this movement in 1904 has it been characterized by such energy and in­ terest as at the present time. A new edition of the board's remarkable cir­ cular o® the causes and prevention of ^ consumption, numbering 50,000 copies, the old Jap performed this strange J was issued, but the demand for this antic. Backing away from him, I shook my head violently and thrust my purse into my pocket; when he plucked me by the sleeve, and With a whine that would have done credit to a Hester street old clothes man, said: "Kanye! Kanye!" "No, I can't! and I'm banged if i ever will!" and with that I turned away, antl the negotiation was at an end. Now, what.do you think was the matter with the old fellow? Why, he was not only a little touched in the upper story, but he knew nothing of the cash system of his country later than the vintage of 1868. He had been left to tend the shop for a few moments, and as usual I fell a vic­ tim to the change of circumstances. Let it be said, that, according to Del- mar, the standard formerly was, as in China, the small round iron or bronze coins with the square hole in the center which were of three denom­ inations: First, the mon; second, the bunkyu; third, the shi-mon. The shi was an oblong silver coin, and the Ichi-bu another; the latter being equal to four shi. Kan-ye means the era of coinage; but the era on the old coins does not indicate the age of the coin. For example, coins made about 1860 bear the name of the era kanye. The manufacture of all these ceased at the beginning of the present era of Meidji, that is to say, the 25th of "January, 1868, which was the year when the* present emperor assumed sovereign powefl The mon is now valued at one rin, and the bunkyu at one and one-half rin. The old gold coins and the oblong silver ones are only to be found In . the curio shops. • •' *•" When her husband dies, even though I STARTED TO BUY SOME SANDALS AND A HAT. 'Pn\ much beyond the two words, "O-hay-o" (good morning) and "sayonara" (good- by). The "good morning" Is pro­ nounced as near like Ohio as they can make it. I suppose If they Wanted to bid anyone "good night" they would say Philadelphia. But I did try to learn something about the Japanese money and its va­ rious divisions, only I had bad luck from the start. I got hold of the wrong customer, or else he did. I started in to buy some sandals .and a hat I know that one yen, at par, is worth si most exactly 50 cents American money, and that ten rin go to a Ben, and 100 sen to a yen. But the old man who waited on me either knew no more than I did, or was ex­ ploiting some new and original meth­ ods of bis own; for he held up the sandals in one hand and the hat In the other, the while he ejaculated In alow guttural: "Mon! mon!" "Oh, yes! I gotta da mon!" I re­ plied, pulling out my purse, and spreading some Japanese coins in my paitn. But he shook his head and held up his forefinger, saying: "Shy!" "Oh, I'm shy one, am I? Well, take publication has been so great that an­ other and later edition has come from the press. Tfiese more recent circu­ lars, known as the seventh and eighth editions, but In reality new circulars from beginning to end, are almost twice the size of those which attract­ ed such general and favorable com­ ment and attention in the past. In the rewriting of the text, theories and generalities have been eliminated and the work has become a clear, concise Mid practical guide for the every-day life of the consumptive and those about him. Special attention is given to those smaller details which have been so generally neglected by similar publications and by popular speakers on the subject--^details as to diet, clothing, bathing, exercise, climate and housing, and these details are made the more easily intelligible through the use of a large number of excellent illustrations. These pic­ tures show clearly how the ordinary porch may be inexpensively trans­ formed into living quarters for the consumptive, how the bedroom may be supplied with an abundance of air and yet remain habitable by the unin­ fected; how the consumptive should dress for out-of-door life, and such other practical things as are essential to the proper treatment of the pa­ tient at home. Sanitoria and special institutions for the treatment of con­ sumption are given their share of at­ tention and commendation, but the great lesson taught by this circular, and taught nowhere else so fully and so plainly, is how the consumptive may fight his battle for life and for health in his own home and among his own people. Illinois Hunters Complain. Along with the flight of the wild ducks toward the north comes the complaint of the central Illinois nim- rod of lack of "cover." The immense marshes that once made the .central Illinois valley a hunters' paradise are nearly all gone. Before the opening of the drainage canal all of the fa­ vorite shooting grounds along the Illi­ nois river afforded cover as secure as "shooting from behind a barn,*'?as one hunter expressed it. Now these former marshes are open lakes of water, de­ void of wild rice, dmartweed, or buck brush to afford. the hunter a natural blind. There are various explanations among hunters for this changed condi­ tion. One will declare that the Chicago sewage has destroyed the vegetation. Another will declare the precipitation has been greater during the last five years, while a third will argue that high water in the winter Which has frozen, and followed by higher water in the spring sufficient to lift the ice and float It away, "frying the vegetation with it, is the Veal solution. NEWS OF ILLINOIS HAPPENINGS OF INTEREST FROM ALL OVER THE 8TATE. PROt) WITNESS: HE DIES Jsffcrson County Court is Death ef Man on Stand--George Mo-' Bride Passes Away During \ Examination. Stats Fair Subway Assured. Springfield's state fair subway is as­ sured by Vice-President Ross of the Alton-Clover Leaf system in a letter received by Mayor Roy R. Reece of Springfield. The company is willing to begin work as soon as the city council passes the necessary ordi­ nances and completes arrangements so that they may proceed without interference. The letter from Vice- President Ross is the result of a re­ cent conference' held in Chicago in which plans for a viaduct in Ninth street were discussed at length. Mr. Ross urges the city officials and other interested parties to proceed as early as possible, so that the subway will be complete by the opening of the Illinois state fair. Formal steps prob­ ably will be taken at a meeting of the city council and it is hoped to have matters in such a shape that the necessary funds to complete the work will be on hand in a short time. " A Child Strapped to a Child's Back. "••Wis!" and I threw the largest coin I had into the little basket before him. But this seemed to excite him. He wagged his forefinger at me and cried: "Bunkyu!" at the top of his froiee. "Bunco me? I guess not, my friend!" jl replied. Tm from New York!" At tliiB he threw down the hat and sandals, and, shaking his hands as Plough be were trying to get rid of loap-suds, cried: "Shi mon! shi-mon!" v "Oh, I was shy one, and now I'm fchy the whole business! Well, 1 Aon't think yon and I will make a deal she may be young and charming, the widow's hair is cut off, and she is doomed for the rest of her life to single blessedness and a cropped head. An old-time custom, which is fortu­ nately dying out, was to blacken a woman's teeth when she got married. So it was hard to tell which was most disfiguring--getting a husband or losing one. Every district has its own distinctive marriage ceremony, but the following is the one in gen­ eral use: No priest officiates at the marriage ceremony. An elderly couple, called the "go-betweens," conduct the court­ ship and assist the bride and groom to perform the rite that makes them man and wife, which consists of nine cups of wine drunk alternately by the bride and groom, who hand them to each other. This is called the "san-san-kudo," literally "three- three-nine," and means that they will share the bitter and the sweet in life's cup together. Sometimes there are the images of an old man and woman, a couple who lived happily for a hundred years; also a bough of plum-blossoms, sym­ bol of conjugal happiness. The bride wears white, the mourn­ ing color in Japan, to signify that her old life is ended--for marriage is too often a sort of death-in-life to the Japanese woman. She is virtually the slave of her mother-in-law, and must live only for her husband's family, who exact from her the most abject submission. She marries at 16 and begins a life of drudgery that makes her an old woman at 30 or 35, and her only gleam of hope in life lies in her having sons who will marry and place her in the envied position of mother- in-law. The flowing veil of the western bride is, for the Japanese woman, a large hood made of white wadding, that modestly shades her features. When the ceremony--which is never witnessed by the guests--is completed, she retires and changes her costume; for the wedding kimono once doffed, is never worn again. When she is re-dressed, she appears at the feast to which guests are bid den. Very wealthy brides retire be­ tween each course--sometimes there are nine, sometimes seven or eleven, a regular game of crapg!--and re­ appear in more gorgeous raiment, un­ til you begin to think there's a corner in kimonos. When the feasting is over, the "go- between" couple conducts them to the bridal chamber and serves them a spe-s cial cup called the "bed-wine." Dur­ ing the n»arriage ceremony the brfdal pair do not drink the nine cups of wine, but merely touch their lips to the cup; for the Well-known potency of the sake would have them par­ alyzed by about the fifth cup, and they'd never get marrieda* at}. / •• Miners In Liquor Fight. Miners" throughput the 'State are much interested in the utterances of David Ross, secretary of the state bureau of labor statistics, and a- prom­ inent figure in mine workers' circles, on the fight now waged against the liquor interests. Mr. Ross recently was asked to outline his opinion as to the probable attitude of the work­ ing people and the coal miners in par­ ticular in the general campaign now waged against the liquor traffic. In an open letter to the State Anti-Sa­ loon league Mr. Ross gave his views and took a strong stand in favor of the movement as shown by the following communication: "I am in receipt, of your letter of the 11th Inst., in which you ask my opinion as to the probable attitude-of the working people, and particularly the coal miners of this state in the general campaign now being waged against the liquor traffic. During the past year there has been -a wonderful revolution of sentiment on the drink question, as evidenced by the action taken by the people In the places where the Issue has been presented under the local option law. Judged by the returns from several commun­ ities in this state where the voting population is of a decidedly hetero­ geneous character the spirit of reform In this respect seems to have touched every class of citizens. ^ This fact has been notably emphasized in many in­ dustrial centers and particularly at points where the votes of coal miners and laboring men control. We have become so accustomed to think that the laboring people are the principal patrons of saloons that their repudia­ tion of them where opportunity offers presents, to say the least, a, surprising situation, leaving the uninitiated the alternative of guessing at the motives and the reasoning powers of men.' Pontlac Probe Resumed. The legislative committee which Is investigating conditions at Illinois in­ stitutions the other day resumed its Inquiry at the Pontlac reformatory. Chairman Hill .and three members of the committee returned there after ex­ amining witnesses in the Hamlin case at Quincy. Further inquiry into the causes which led to the death of the Hamlin boy, who died in the prison hospital January 18, were made. The investigators the other day Inspected the books and accounts of the insti­ tution at one session. Chairman Hill announced that he would make an ex­ haustive examination of the contract system of the reformatory officials In purchasing supplies of all kinds. H« also said It was his intention to in­ quire into the reason for •& alleged transfer of coal contracts. Return to Excursion Rates. Most Illinois railroads this summer will return to the custom of running low rate special excursions. Trips have been arranged that will appeal to those who like to spend their holi­ days out of town. Last year some roads would run no local excursions of any sort, pleading that it could not be afforded because of the new two cent law. It now seems, however, that officials realize there is profit in the excursions and they will be resumed. Beside the excursions out of Spring­ field, there will be at least one each way, from the east and west each month, and excursions win be every day during the state fair. oket--Supervisor, F. L. r. W. B. Mooney: ool- New Berlin Tickets Named. The primaries of the Republican and Democratic parties in the village of New Berlin was held recently. D. V. White was nominated for supervisor on the Democratic ticket by a majori­ ty of eight votes. His opponent was Charles R. Taylor. The candidates are as follows: Republican ticket' Taylor; assessor lector, C. B. Wilcox; township clerk. Martin Gebhardt; road commissioner. George Colburn; commissioner to fill unexpired term, G. P. White. Democratic ticket--Supervisor, D. V, White; assessor, E. A. Roesch; col­ lector, John Hanrahan; township clerk Joweph Kumtt; road commissioner, John Corrig&n* „ 1 \ New Laws Requested. The United Societies for Local Self Government in Chicago have lttaugu rated a movement to repeal the 111! nois laws which prohibit busfhess on Sundays and to pass new laws, giving home rule to localities on the saloon question. An effort will be made to make the movement state-wide. An effort will be made to have candidates for the legislature pledge" themselves to the support of this measure. The platform of th§ league has already been submitted to aU a&eraaaio can dldates in Chicago. Illinois Lawyers to Meet. The thirty-second annual meeting of the Chicago State Bar association will be held in Chicago June. 25 and 26. The program includes addresses by the president, James H. Matheny Springfield; John S. Stevens, Peoria, and Judge Jesse Holdom. The annual address is to be delivered by Con gressman Charles E. Littiefleld of Rockland, Me. His topic will be "The Worth pf the Lawyer in the Halls of Legislation." Numerous other speak­ ers of note tie aUk> included. f * M&irat Vernon.--The eouS^ # court of Jefferson county was brought to a dramatic adjournment when George McBrlde died while seated in the wit­ ness chair. McBride was the chief witness for the defense in a case on trial and had come In from his farm to testify. All day he waited around the courtroom for his turn to take the stand and exhibited extreme nervous­ ness as the day wore on. Finally he was called into the court­ room and sworn, whereupon he dropped more than sat in the chair just below the judge's bench. The ex­ amining counsel at ones took up his questioning of McBride. The attorney asked his question--the vital one In the suit. There was no answer. One glance showed Judge Blair that Mc­ Bride was dead and the hearing came to an end. An inquest was held at which it was developed that McBride had often complained of trouble with his heart. SALOON CAMPAIGN IS OPENED. Speaker for League Declares/Prohibi­ tion Does Not ProhlWt- Bloomington.--The Illinois Liberty league, recently organized to fight the Anti-Saloon league in this state, for­ mally opened its down state campaign with a massmeeting here. S. G. Heis- kell, three times mayor of Knoxville, Tenn., was the orator and delivered an address calculated to show that prohibition was a failure in the south and elsewhere. Mr. Heiskell said Knoxville had voted out the saloons la.st November, but the consumption of liquor, in his opinion, was not appreciably checked. He maintained prohibitibn did not prohibit and denounced the local op­ tion movement as a mistake and one that would be regretted by every township in Illinois that voted to oust the saloons. HERE'S REAL GOOD 8AMARITAN. Looks After the Undeserving Poor Says No One Else Will. There is a rich man in a southern city who makes the undeserving poor his peculiar cars, says the Inde­ pendent. His methods in dealing with what fee calls a fresh sinner are unique, and he regards them as scientific from the heavenly point of view. He in­ sists upon a full catalogue of the vic­ tim's transgressions. He claims that this is done on the theory that a physician first adminis­ ters an emetic in case of poisoning. Then if the patieiit is an utterly lest and abandoned woman he frequently takes her home with him, where she is quartered in the guest chamber and treated by the family as the wel­ come guest whose presence there is in no ways remarkable. For our scientist claims that it is the loss of the sacred home conscious­ ness in such women which casts them so far down, and his purpose Is to restore the same by his own fireside, which is particularly attractive In that he has a wife and many young chil­ dren. Nothing is said to the forlorn one to remind her of her shanje; she Is simply left to get well, as the scien­ tist expresses it And it is astonishing ho^r many of them do get well. His boast is that he has married his girls happily all over the country, for he Is an enthusiastic believer in wedlock. Upon a recent visit to a distant city he remarked to the editor: t "I married one of my girls off In this town; couple doing well; moving lp the best society. Good as the rest, too, now. But it's a secret; if society knew it would abolish her." He winked in conclusion, at the expense of society. He cannot make a speech, but he Is an eloquent sputterer; and although his manner to ministers Is wittily deferential, he has been known to ruin a preacher's meeting and make the victims of his burning incoherence look like rows of paper dolls blown be­ fore the breath of a living man digciple. WOMAN DROP8 SUIT FOR $10,000, Breach of Promise Action Against Former Politician Dismissed. Geneva.--The $10,000 damage suit of Mrs. Edna Ewings of Chicago against Theodore Wahlgren was dis­ missed here. The filing of the breach of promise case caused a sensation here, as it closely followed Wahlgren's marriage to Miss Mollie Brunt. Mrs. Ewings claimed to be the owner of a massage parlor on State street, Chi­ cago. Mr. Wahlgren was formerly a supervisor at the Northern Illinois In­ sane hospital. Photos Bare Wife's Ljasen. Champaign.--Photographs showing Mrs.' Gertie Pierson and Leasure O'Neal in loving postures were admit­ ted as evidence in the hearing of the couple charged with the murder of James L. Pierson, the woman's hus­ band, by giving him strychnine. Mrs. Pierson is shown with her arms around the neck of her aged admirer, and also resting her head on his shoul- der. The purchase of strychnine at Gibson City by O'Neal was shown. Find Smsllpox Is Epidemic. After being suppressed for a year, smallpox is again obtaining? a foothold in central Illinois. Much concern is expressed over the rapid spread of the scourge. Five cases were reported in Lincoln, three each in Cheno and Eureka, while Fairbury and numerous other central cities reported one or more cases. The prevalence of the malady is ascribed to the arrival of $arm hands from Kentucky, thousands coming to get work. All of the cases of smallpox are mild. , Jilted; Tries Suicide. Taylorvllle.--When a young lady re­ fused to accept his attentions at a local skating rink William Willihite, 20 years old, went out and purchased poison and, standing In front of the building, drank the contents of the bottle. He did not estimate the dose correctly and as a result will recover. Masons Are to Bultd. Dawson.--The Masons have plans for a new building to be erected on the lot recently purchased of Mrs. Jones, north of the post office. It will be a two-story building and the lower part will be occupied as a. business house while the upper story will be used for the lodge room. To Entertsln Dentisi*. ' Plans are being made by the local committee on arrangements for the an­ nual state convention of the Illinois Dental association, which will be held in Springfield May 12 to 16. The so­ ciety has a large membership and probably will be the largest meeting of its kind' to be held in this city this year. The meeting will be held at the arsenal, and all the exhibits will be placed in position tbsfe also to be used In the lectures, • Condemns Solons' Probe. In a communication addressed te the state board of charities from Dr. W. H. C. Smith, superintendent of Beverly farm at Codfrey, the methods of the legislative investigating com­ mittee are vigorously condemned and attention Is called to the improve­ ments that have been made in the Asylum for Feeble-Minded Children at Lincoln under the present administra­ tion. Dr. Smith, perhaps, Is better qualified to pass upon the Asylum for Feeble-Minded Children than . *ny other man in the middle west% ' ' Inspects Illinois Troops. Members of Troop D, Illinois cav­ alry of Springfield were inspected the other evening at the arsenal by Maj Fost, a United States cavalry officer. Maj. Fost is conducting an inspection Of all the troops in this state. Lasl year during the encampment, the members of Troop D were highly com­ plimented by the officers of the regi­ ment for their efficiency in drills and army practice. The inspection was ofi^nterest to all the militia men and ^fcvairf men Of the city Former Lincoln Couple Celebrate. Lincoln.--Invitations have been re­ ceived in this city to the golden anni­ versary of the marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Clark L. Downey of Ashton, Da­ kota, . the celebration to take place April 1. Clark L. Downey and Emma H. Hirst were married at Linoolo April I. 1868. Fatal Explosion of Coal Oil. Eldorado.--Mrs. William Mills - was killed and her mother, Mrs. Newcomb, was fatally burned by an explosion of coal oil which Mrs. Mills was pouring on the fire. Mrs. Newcomb was burned while trying to extinguish the flames. Decatur Man Killed by Train. Decatur.--George Walser, 32 years old, was struck by a Wabash train and Instantly killed. Successful Decatur Revival. Decatur.--"Billy" Sunday, baseball evangelist, brought to a brilliant ter­ mination the most successful revival in his meteoric career. The njeetings extended over five weeks. The collec­ tions taken up at the two meetings netted 110,250. . Foreman Is Killed. "Vlrdea;--Elmer E. Wood, top fore­ man at the coal waBhery of the Royal Colliery company of this city, met In­ stant death by being ground to death between the gearing of the machinery. Would Lynch Assailant. Madison.--Louis Jones, a car re­ pairer for the Alton, shot and fatally wounded Robert Beggs of Wlnslow, Ind., a car builder, In a dance hall in the outskirts of this city. Beggs' friends assembled and threatened to lynch Jones when Beggs' death was reported. Gone Two Months; Body l» .Ri*if- Kankakee.--The body of John Gru- llch, who disappeared January 13, was 4 Romans In Scotland.' Hfteent discoveries in the neighbor­ hood of Edinburgh and as far north as the confines of Perth and Inverness shires are exciting among Scotchmen an unprecedented interest in the Roman occupation. Accumulating evi­ dence that it took a far more solid hold than Is currently supposed has stimulated the exertions of the Scot­ tish antiquaries and resulted in an ap­ peal for funds to which publio gen­ erosity is not slow in responding. In­ terest is guided and stimulated by what may truly be called the Roman museum, now open to Inspection in the rooms of the antiquaries, on the ground floor of the national portrait gallery in Edinburgh. There may be seen the surprisingly rich brrnze helmet and the remarkably beautiful iron tilting helmet, or mask, recent­ ly unearthed at Newstead, being with­ in a mile of Melrose Abbey. If the rips of tourists were not such cut- and-dried affairs, visitors to Abbots- ford, Dryburgh and Melrose might easily Include in their purview the Roman camp and Roman baths which James Curie has there brought to light--the bath is now in process of excavation. Besides the helmets, Mr. Curie has found vases in bronze, hel­ mets, swords and axesr which, along with plentiful shards ojl Samian and other ware, suggest that Newstead was a very solid and firmly oopted outpost. * Black Bear a Thief. The black bear of the north is a roving animal, continually shifting from one place to another at all sea­ sons except the few months In which he curls up and lies dormant like the woodchuck. The bear seems in­ stinctively to kno\y where to go to find blackberries, beech nuts, succu­ lent roots and other food in which it delights. The bear roots up the ground under beech trees, much aa a hog would, in search for beech nuts. , The bear discovers where the chlp- muuks and squirrels have stored nuts la the ground for the winter supply and robs their storehouse. We are told that bears break into the pig­ pens of pioneers, carrying off pigs. I have never known of such attacks, but I have known them to attack bee­ hives with impunity for the honey which they relish. I have heard of bears attracted to telegraph poles by the humming of the wires, thinking that they were in the vicinity of a beehive.--Forest and Stream. Some Costly Funerals. Aenie foreign papers have been dis­ cussing the cost of the recent funerai of King Carlos and the crown princ of Portugal, incidentally recalling the reported outlay on other royal ob­ sequies. Tit-Bits says that no mod­ ern ruler has been buried at the cost of Alexander the Great, at whose fu­ neral $5,000,000 was spent, part of the money going toward providing a solid gold coffin for the dead ruler. Emperor William of Germany was burled at a cost of $125,000, and the last rites of Grand Duke Nicholas used up about $200,000. At the funeral of President Carnot $30,000 was spent on flower? alone. When the duke of Wellington was laid to rest>in 1852, $350,000 was spent, giving him what has been de­ scribed as the most splendid funeral Of-'fUe nineteenth centaiy. • • ^' .v Wiser. , " V"T- f.-" "He's been In Paris for a year, I be­ lieve. He must be very wealthy." "Well, he used to have more money than he knew what to do with." "You mean he Isn't as wealthy as he was?" "Oh, no; I mean he has been in Paris long enough to acquire more k n o w l e d g e . " 7 " ^ Documentary Evidewiil-f'^3:;'"^ Her Mother--I should rather you would not go sailing with that young man, Clara; I don't believe he knows a thing about a sailboat. Clara--Oh, but he does, mamma; ne showed, me a letter of recommenda­ tion from a New York firm he used to work for, and they speak very highly 'fcl fouiid in the river. W rpr: ana committed suici*»» t "| # his salesmanshls.--Tha Cirela. -V • » ABE BEATEN DECISIONS IN CONFLICT WITH ' FEDERAL TRIBUNALS. i SUPREME COURT OFINIoft Minnesota jtnd North Carolina vi. iffcfffeated in Litigation That Concerned Railroad ^ Rates. - "tr Washington.---In refusing to to Attorney General Young of Minn&* ^ sota a writ of habeas corpus releasing: him from the penalty Imposed by tl^S ^ United States circuit court for the di*» , trict of Minnesota on the charge of "f ; contempt of court in«instituting a pr#» : Pr ceedlng in a state court for the en- . forcement of the railroad rate law after the federal court had prohibits# such a course, and in affirming the de­ cision of Judge Pritehard of the Uni­ ted States circuit court for the west­ ern. district of North Carolina, dis­ charging from imprisonment James H. Wood, a ticket agent of the Souths era railway at AslievlIIe, after he had been sentenced by the Ashevil-e po­ lice court to serve a term on the rodk pile on the charge Of collecting for a ticket on the road a greater price thank was permitted by the state railroad law, the supreme court of the United States Monday added another to this series of decisions which have ren­ dered notable the present term of that court. In both cases the right of the states^,/ to fix rates for railroad transporta­ tion was the issue and both Involved conflicts between the federal and thjp ... state courts. ^ ; * The decision in each case was offcj , posed both to the stat«*s and to thew ' courts. The opinion of the court ta both cases was announced by Justice Peckham and with the exception ot Justice Harlan all the other member# of the court stood behind him in the announcement of the court's finding. Justice Harlan read a dissenting opftt- r ion in the Young case in which he -took the view that the suit was prac­ tically a proceeding against the state and therefore not permissible undtor; the eleventh amendment to the consti­ tution. The two cases were so similar tsag both practically were decided in one opinion. The principal pronounce­ ment was made in the MinnesoOr H ,•.!*i«i .v. :7?s • 'I i case. WfcTEVENS IS SHQ%^ ' Korean Tries to Kill Adviser Seoul Government. ^ • San Francisco.--With the revolver of the would-be assassin concealed !& ; a handkerchief, D. W. Stevens, former­ ly counselor to the Japanese embassy at Washington, but for several years, diplomatic adviser to the Korean gov­ ernment at Seoul, was shot and seri­ ously wounded Monday morning as he was about to leave for Washington by I. W. Chang, a diminutive Korean. The motive for the murderous str tack apparently arises out of the lie- sentment of a small group of local Koreans to the Japanese protectorate over Korea, who Bought to avenge their country for the important paft. played In the reorganization of its gov­ ernment by Mr. Stevens.* • ,!" HUNDREDS DROWN AT SEA. Japanese Steamers Collide and Goes to Bottom. / Tokyo.--The Matsu Maru, an 800- ifm coasting steamer belonging to the Yusen Kaisha line, was sunk in a col­ lision with the Hideyoshi Maru, 6W tons, Mond&y morning, two miles Oft Todchakke, near Hakodate. ^ ; The captain of the Matsu Maru, - • majority of her 224 passengers and ^l-;, of the crew perished. £ The Hideyoshi Maru and another Steamer rescued the survivors,.. WIDOW 18 UNDER ARROST. Sensational 'Developments Expected |K. : Iowa Murder Case. ^ Waterloo, la;--Mrs. Arfo Whilbecit, widow of the man who was murdered In Fayette county la&t Wednesday night, was taken into custody follow­ ing her husband's funeral, pending SB investigation. Sensational develop­ ments are expected. Whiibeck was beaten to death with a heavy tied* stake while on the way to his barn Ml care for a sick horse. % Rev. Cephas Bsird Is Dead. Santa Monica, Cal.--Rev. Cepfc#»f« Baird, for 50 years a minister of the English Lutheran church, died Mon­ day from injuries sustained last Jan«> ary when a newspaper covering his face caught fire while he was ~ sleeping. indisns Man Leaps te New Orleans.--March Babbington, who registered from Franklin, Ind., committed suicide here Monday h? Jumping from a window in the Ho<i«B Grunewald. i n Forbids Betting at Bennlng. *" ' Washington. -- Betting on hori|| races at Benning, so far as the houfti of representatives is concerned, shall not continue. Late Monday that body, by a vote of 70 to 4, amended the anti- gambling laws of the District of Col­ umbia so as to extend them to the ter- jHtory in which the Benning track ti located. The supreme court of the die- trict recently held that these laws dldi not apply to the Benning track be­ cause it was more than one mile from the boundaries of the city of* Wash­ ington. . -%'i §K; rM M Serious Storms In South. > New Orleans.--As a result of |i I heavy wind and rain storm which hfts raged in portions of Louisiana, Missis­ sippi and Alabama much property has been destroyed, many persons hate been injured, and at least one killed;*^; Woman Mangled by Lion. Peru, Ind.--Mrs. Osa Allen of Perijl; while at the Hagenbeck & WallaOt . circus winter quarters Monday, wSi grabbed by a lion and the flesh of he» Jface and back seriously lacerated, TM olothlng was torn from her back. -