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U a oe @ fea sy eS Se | CONGRESS RESUME OF THE ¢ WEEK’s PROCEEDINGS. 22 4 2 3 2 The Mouse. Washington, May 24. — The house yesterday passed, without division, the extradition bill framed by the ju- diciary committee, but only after a de- bate in which considerable political rancor was aroused. There was no ‘division of sentiment as to the duty of congress to pass a bill to permit the extradition of Neely, but the Dem- ecrats objected to the language of the bill which covered ‘any foreign coun- try or territory or part thereof occu- pied by the United States.” Lhe Den.ocrats wanted the bill to apply specifically to Cuba, contending that the broader language assumed the pos- sibilities of further acquisitions by the Uunited States of a character similar to that of Cu m A motion to recom- with instructions to change the ge was defeated by a_ strict vote. The house also adopted resolution to allow the committee ys and means to sit during the of congress for the purpose of ga bill for the reduction of the revenues and tke resolution for ljournment sine die June 6. Tae nocrats insisted that co! iS uid reduce the war taxes sent session, but Mr. Payne, the rity leader, said the aSUrY »s showed that the refunding of the bonds now going on would prac- tically wipe out the surplus for this year. He contended that it , ‘would be unsafe to reduce the taxes at s time. Mr. Richardson, mi- nor’ leader, announced that he was in favor of the total repeal of the war tax on beer. The Senate. Yesterday was a day of rasping po- litical cortroyversy and oratory in the senate With the controversy those on the Democratic side of the cham- ber, anomalous as it mfy seem, had little to do. With far seei: senators what is regarded to be the subject of the national campaign was » subiect of contrev: Mr. Plait of Connect pocner of Wisconsin. The formers Pech V n swer to a resolution . ‘on demanding the investi n ef financial affairs in Cuba. Platt favored the ption of the but deprecated what he a cheap effort to make out of a shameful 's which the Repub- n party needed no prodding to in- duce it to probe to the bottom. The speech of Mr. Spooner was a continu- ation of his addr of Tuesday on the Philippine question. In its course me involved in a heated and onal colloquoy with Mr. Hale Maine over the government’s con- duct of affairs in our insular posses- sion It vy a remarkable contro- versy between two of the best yped debaters in the senate and vas listened to with profound atten- tion by senators, many representa- tives and crowded galleries. The Senate. Washington, May 2 he duty of the United States toward its “island sions” was the subject of heat ussion in the senate again yes- Soon after the senate con- 1 Mr. Bacon of Georgia began an extended reply to the speech of Mr. Platt delivered Wednesday. His speech was largely supplemental that which he delivered several days demanding an inv ation of Cuban financial affairs. His resolu- ion, to which there is little or no op- ion, under the rules, went to the itee on contingent expences. ‘The remainder of the afternoon was or vied by Mr. Spooner of Wisconsin neluding his speech on the Phi ippine question. The debate wh roused took a turn decidedly po- 11. Efe charged the so-called antl-imperialists with issue which was not legi of hi tatements were controv by Mr. Allen of Nebraska and Mr. Pet of South Dakota, and th con at times became a The House. at Dill, Two amend- lew. rtance were the secretary 1e permith to dredge o gold below the waters Nome. adopted, of war search Cane at The secretary already had is- sued permits, but the bill as it passed the senate cancelled them. The house also struck out the section whieh permitted arrests for certain offences. The conference report on the Indian appropriation bill was adopted. The Senate. Washington, May 26.—Discussion of the Spooner Philippine bill S$ tinued in the senate yesterday A Mergan of Alabama. On the general ‘question of the ownership and goy- ent by the United States of the Philippine islands he was in accord with Senator Spooner and Se Lodge, but he regarded the pending bill as unwise and dangerous legis- Jation because of the deep power it placed in the hands of the president. He was satisfied, however, that the easure would not be passed by this gress, and declared that it was be- used as a foil to thrust aside the guan canal bill, Much of his speech was devoted to the canal bill and to denunciation of the efforts prevent its enactment at this se The House. The house devoted two hours yes- terday to co ieration of the Alas! government bill without complet- The session from noon until arnment was devoted under the © te private pension bills, Mr. Talbert of South Carolina, who aban- dloned obstructive tactics a few weeks ago, was ugain in evidence yesterday. After 190 bills had been favorably acted upon by the committee of the whole Mr. Talbert blocked their passage in the house with the point of no quorum. Among the bills favor- ably acted upen yesterday were the senate bills to pension the widow of the late Capt. Gridley, who command- ed the Olympia in the battle of Ma- nila, at $50 per month; the widow of the late Commodore R. W. Meade at $40 per month, and the widow of the late Gen. M. F. Force of Ohio at $50 per month. The Senate. , Washington, May 28. — The senate Saturday agreed to a resolution for av investigation by the committee op Cuban affairs of the Cuban postal and other irregularities, authorizing the committee to visit Cuba if necessary to carry on the investigation. The House, The house practically completed the consideration of the Alaska civil gov- ernment Dill. Washington,, May 29.—In the course of a speech in favor of the adoption of a resolution expressing the senate’s sympathy for the Boers yesterday Mr. Wellington of Maryland referred to a secret understanding existing be- tween the United States and Great Britain. When Mr. Lodge of Massa. chusetts demanded proof that such an understanding existed, Mr. Wel- lington said under the eirecumstances it was difficult to prod: ae tangible proot, he believed there was a secret un-" rstanding the state department. Lodge said under our form of government no such understanding could exist, and as the secretary of state Lad denied the existence of any alliance or understanding, he believed that the country would accept his statement as true. The reading of the sundry civil bill was completed, but not all the committee amendments have been disposed of. A lively debate was precipitated over the proposition to continue the life of the industrial commission until Oct. 31, 1901. Were made that the commis- s being used as a Republican campaign machine and that important testimony had been suppressed. . The committee amendment, however, was agreed to, The House. Yesterday was a dull day in the house considering the near approach of the final adjournment. The Alaskan civil government bill was passed and some resolutions and legislation was cleared up. Mr. Dalzell gave notice that the anti-trust bill of the judiciary committee would be considered on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday of this week under a special order. THE MARKETS. Latest Quotations From Grain and Live Stock Centers. St. Paul, May 30. — Wheat — No. 1 Nerthern, 66 1-4 @ G67c; No. 2 North- ern, 65 @ 66 Corn — No. 3 yellow, 37 1-2@38¢; 3, 87@37 1 41-2c; No. e—-Feed barlej @ , 88@41c; No. 2 rye, 51@ —No 3 white, ay 30. — Wheat — 3 1-8c and closed at o. 1 hard, G7 1-Se; 2 ¢; No. 2 North- . G43 Corn, 341-2c. Oats, 21-2¢. Flax, $1.75 bid. Duluth, May 80. — Wheat — July poened at 67 3-4¢ and closed at G7 5-Sc, No. 1 hard, 69c¢ bid; No. 1 Northern, G714e¢ bid; No. 2° Northern, 65 bid; No. 3 Northern, 62 1-4¢; hazd, to arrive, 6914e bid; Northern, to arrive, 673-8e bid. Corn Cash, 26 1- Flax—Cash, $1.80; to , $1.80 bid; September, -2 bid. cash—No. ard winter, 66766 5-1; vinter, 61@66c; No. 1 spring, 663-4c; No. ny 80.—Catiio— cows, bulls and and feeder: 0. — Catile—Good to @ 5.70; poor tu me- stockers and feed- und heifers, 38@ $4@4.10. Hogs 1 butcher: good to choice heay bh heavy, $5@5.1 20. Sheep, $4.85@5 South Choi @ . Paul, May 30. — Cattle— butcher cows and heife $3.05 fair to good, $3@8.50; thin cows anners, $2.25@2.75; choice butch- er steers, $4.50@5; fair to good, $4.25@ 4.40; fat bulls, $3.40@3. bologna bulls, 43.25; veal calves, $3.50@ can 3.85; choice stock cows and heifers, $3.50G@4; fair to good, $3.25@3.50; com- mon and _ tailings. $2.50@: calves, $3@4.25; fair to good, $3.50@ 3.85; common and tailings, $2@3; steer calves, $4@5; stock and feeding bulls, $2.50@ stags and ; milkers and springers. Hogs — Mixed and butcher 5; geod to prime heavy, 5. rough heavy, $4.75@4.S and boars, $2@4.25; pigs and skips, $4 @4.50. Sheep—Fat sheep, $4. 5 stock zheep, $2.75@3.25; feeders, @3.75 $5.40@5.90; lings. stock and feeding lamb: buck lambs, $8@4.25; bucks, $3.25@4; spring lambs, $6@7. Above quotations are on shorn sheep and lambs. Captured After Fourteen Years, Springfield, Ill., May 30.—After hay- ing been on her trail fourteen years, and locating her in Peoria and other cities, the local police board were no- tified of the arrest in Chicago of Ella Lee, who went by the name there of Ella Lee Clared. The woman was ar- rested in i886 for killing her baby. She and two other women broke jail here and escaped. It is announced that Gov. Green Mc- Curtain has decided to drop out of the race for chief of the Choctaw Nation because of ill health. He is consid- ered one of the most brilliant full-blood Indians in the five civilized tribes. Deluged With Molten Iron. Berlin, May 30.—Fifteen laborers in a foundry at Juenkarath were deluged with liquid hot iron. Seven died and the survivors were horribly burned, 19 DAM BLOWN OUT. Indiguant Citizens of Bemidji Take Matters Into Their Own Hands. Bemidji, Minn., May 29.—The Scalon and Gypson dam, recently erected across the Mississippi river at the out- let of Lake Bemidji, was blown out by a body of indignant citizens last evening. It was constructed without any fishway and without an act of congress. The backwater from the dam flooded the cellars of many of the business houses in Bemidji, The village board of health formally con- demned the dam as an obstryction of the Mississippi river and ordered its removal. The dam had just been completed by Scalond & Gypson for the purpose of running sawlogs from Lake Bemidji to Capa lake. The w>- ter in Lake Bemidji had been raised almost four feet by the dam and had shut down the Stein sawmill and made a dry bed of the river for six milés from the outlet of the lake, completely preventing the running of fish for a month past. BIG PAPER MILL BURNED. $200,000 Blaze in Price County, Wis- consin. Phillips, Wis.. May 29.—The Flam- beau Paper company’s mill and ware- house at Park Falls, in Price county, burned at an early hour yesterday, en- tailing a loss of $200,000. The fire originated in the engine room of the paper mill. The property is well in- sured. The principal stockholders ot the company ars Henry Sherry and F. T. Russell o2 Neenah. The town was without adequate fire protection | and at one time it was thought it would be totally wiped out. Assis- tance from Medford and Abbottsford prevented the spreading of the flames beyend the paper company’s plant, with the exception that one residence was destroyed. Included in the loss are two paper machines valued at $40,000 each. SENTENCED TO BE HANGED. Ira 0. Jenkins Convicted of the Mur- der of August Stark at Bismarck, N. D. B Jenkins, twenty-seven was found guilty by a jury in the first degree. Jenkins’ crime was the murder ef August Stark farm laborer who worked for Jenk- ins’ father. The officers’ suspicions were directed to the father and son at the coroner's inquest when they told different stories of the finding of the body. Both were arrested and the father told the officers that his son had committed the crime. After the preliminary examination the son told the officers that his father had killed Stark. On the witness stand at the trial the father and son testi- fied against each other. ENVOYS WILL VISIT ST. PAUL. Diegates Are Expected on June 7. . Washington, May 29.—The Boer en- voys expect to leave here esday for Boston to attend a reception there on Thursday., From Boston they pro- eeed west for Chicago, where they are to be June 5 and 6, stopping en route at Cleveland or Buffalo. They will be in St. Paul on June 7 and in Philadelphia the 15th. Other inter. mediate cities may be included in their stopping places, but as to, these no definite conclusions have been ar- rived at. The envoys have received initatiora from over 150 cities and municipalities and regret that their time is so limited that they cannot ac- cept more than already planned, Bor WATER VERY Low. Packet Line Most Soen Tie Up and Sawmills Close Down. La Crosse, Wis., May 29.—The situa- effi,Mdh c|nuoYs g*g em ec mem emp tion as regards the stage of water in the upper Mississippi is daily becom- ing more critical. The stage last evening was 3.4 feet above low water mark, a decline of .2 in twenty-four hours. For the first time in the his- tory of rafting and steamboating on} the upper Mississippi brought no freshets. The log fam- ine continues. Only one sawmill in this city is in operation, and two raft boats are stuck on sand bars. The Diamond Ja packet line will tie up un- less a rise comes speedily. spring has ROBBERS GET BIG AMOUNT. Blow Open the Safe in the Station at Virginia, Duluth, May 29. — The safe in the station of the Duluth & Iron Range railread at Virginia was blown open and between $300 and 400, mostly in cash, was secured by the robbers. No clue has been obtained to the robbers as yet. Last night Gust Johnson, section foreman on the Duluth & Iron Range railroad, was instantly killed at Allen Junction on the line. He stepped from one track to another to avoid a train and was struck by a train on the second track. He belongs at Two Harbors and is well known there. Many Sail to Cap> Nome. Seattle, Wash., May 29.—Since the opening of the Nome rush forty-seven craft have left Seattle for the North, earrying certified lists of passengers amounting to 7,216. Five steamers are yet to go in the initial rush. Forest Fires Go Out. Two Harbors, Minn., May 29. — A steady rain which fell all day and night has about extinguished the large forest fires which have been buraing in the Alger-Smith company’s’ slash- ings west of town. , Takes an Overdose. Deadwood, S. D., May 29.—A young painter named O. A. Kelly took an overdose of arsenite of potash and died suddenly. His parents reside at Clarinda, Iowa. The overd accidental. pes Waa cy Deen [recrpgrated, bu 4 Deen ee wateies: but ak OSEAN AB SS SLSR REM RRA RBS YET TA TR AE FR MS Dews of the Northwest KILLED BY OUTLAWS. mance of Duty. Salt Lake, Utah, May 29.—Sheriff Taylor of Grand county and Sam Jenkins, a cattle owner, were shot and killed by outlaws on Hill creek, about forty miles north of here. The story of the killing at told by Herbert Day, a deyuty sheriff, who was with them, is as follows: The three men. unexpectedly came upon the camp of the outlaws. Sheriff taylor and Sam Jenkins dismounted and started to walk op to them. When a short dis- tance trom them the sheriff spoke to them saying: “Hello boys.” They had left their guns on their horses when they dismounted, and as they turned to go to their horses they were shot in the back. Day at once started for assistance and came, where he told his story and telegraphed Gov. Wells for assistance. The dead of- ficers were fearless men and the peo- ple are greatly excited over the kill- ing. Gov. Wells upon receipt of informa- tion of the killing of the two men im- mediately telegraphed orders for a posse of ten mounted men to start from Thompson’s for the scene of the trouble. The possee at once started in pursuit of the outlaws. Two Men Shot While in the Perfor- | FIRE IN A MINE. Crew of Twelve Men Overcome by Gas, One of Them Dying. Houston, Mich., May 29.—Fire broke out on the twentieth level in No. 2 shaft of the Hecla branch of the Calu- met and Hecla mine at 7 o'clock last evening. The shaft was promptly closed down, all the men escaping, and a force of men was sent down-in No. 3 shaft adjoining to putty up the doors with clay to prevent the fire from spreading. One of these parties, consisting of twelve men, was over- come with the gas from the burning timber and started for the ladders for their lives. One man fell behind and had to be left. The men barely crawled to the surface where the en- tire medical staff of the Calumet and Hecla had been called to their assis- tance. The missing man was finally brought up from the ninth level, where he was found hanging on a lad- der. After half an hour's work over him he died. He was Will McRoe, un- married, a pipeman. PAPER COMBINE, a1 Print and Manila Mills of Wisconsin to Form an Agency. Milwaukee, May 29.The print and manila paper mills of Wisconsin are to be united in a buying and selling agency if the plams are carricd out which were discussed at a meeting of. the representatives of practically every paper mill in the state. No formal action was taken, but an as- sociation which would buy paper mill supplies, especially coal and sulphur, and which might act as a selling agency for the entire product of the mills, will probably be incorporated as a result of the meeting. The scope of the proposed organization will not be announced until the company has FAMILY SHOT DOWN. Appaling Crime Committed Near Anoka. Anoka, Minn., May 30.—Between 8 and 9 o'clock Sunday night occurred one of the most horrible murders ever conimitted in this section when Will- iam Weis and family, who live in Grow township, about five miles from Anoka, were seated at a table playing cards, were fired upon through the windows by parties unknown. William Weis, Sr., thirty-three years old, was seated with his back to the window when shot with a shotgun loaded with buckshot, the charge tak- ing effect in his shoulder. Twent shot were counted. He is paralyzed from the neck down and will die. Mrs. Eliza Weis, his wife. was shot in the back, the bullet coming out of the abdomen. Her left arm was shat- tered, and if she lives it will have to be amputated. These shots are sup- posed to liave been discharged from a Winchester rifle. William, a seven-year-old son, was shot in the back and the ball came out of his cheek. He was bending over when struck, and is dead. Joseph Weis, eleven years of age, was shot through the right lung, two fingers of his right hand being blown off. This shot came from a shotgun. The boy jumped under the table or he would have been shot again. The two girls ran into a closet near by, thus saving their lives. The murder is supposed to have been committed by two persons as there was fourd outside the house shells from a Winchester rifle and a shot- gun. Eleven shots were fired in all. Sheriff. Merrill and Dr. Rees were im- mediately summoned. Efforth are be- ing made to capture the fugitives. The affray is supposed to have originated from a quarrel. The Weis family re- cently came from Wisconsin, where it is said they were involved in some liti- gation. SHORTAGE IN COUNTY OFFICE. Treasurer Crise of Winona Suspend- ed by Examiner Pope. St. Paul, May 30.—Public Examiner Pope took charge of the office of Coun- ty Treasurer George F. Crise of Wi- nona county and recommended to the governor that another man be appoint. éd to fake charge of thé Winona coun- ty funds. An incomplete examination of the books is said to show a s age of $1,500. The public exan stopped the payment of all warrants and notified the county commissioners that they will receive at their meet- ing to-day either a resignation or a removal. Deputy Examiner J. O. Davis left for Winona last night to take charge of the affairs of the office. ALLEGED TIMBER THIEVES. Five Men, Said to Be Members of a Gang, Under Arrest. Crookston, Minn., May 30. — United States Commissioner Mix yesterday bound over to the federal court P. H. Christofferson, Dudley Queal, David it is stated there Will be at-down %% sustali prices. (eee - 3 i FOUR BISHOPS CONSECRATED. ~ Impressive Ceremony Takes Place in Chicago. Chicago, May 29.—By the laying on of hands of twelve bishops and in the | presence of 3,000 persons at the Audi- torium four new bishops of the Meth- odist Episcopal church were consecra- ted. They are David Hastings Moore, assigned to the. Shanghai district; John William] “woa; “Rssigned to the San Ffancisco district; Edwin Wallace Parker and Frank Wesley Warne, missionary bishops assigned to India and Malaysia. The cere- monies were brief and simple. The delegates to the conference and hun- dreds of their friends came forward when the services were at an end and crowded the stage to congratulate the four new bishops. FIRE IN ST. PAUL. | Printixg Firm Loses $15,000 Worth of Stock. St. Paul, May 29.—Fire in this city Saturday caused a loss of $15,000. The stock of H. l. Collins & Co., printers, at Fifth and Minnesota streets, was destroyed. The blaze originated in the bindery on the third floor and spread rapidly. ‘The printing firm occupy three stories of the building, and valued their stock and equipment at $50,000, on which there is an insur- ance of $30,000. The damage to the building will amount to $1,500. Engage in a Desperate Fight. Fairmont, Minn., May 29. — Mike Hayes and James Muldowning, with a Northwestern construction crew, en- gaged in a desperate fight and Hayes is said to have bit off Muldowning’s Jeft ear. Hayes is in jail awaiting the action of the grand jury. Died From Sunstroke. Eidora, Iowa, May 29 — Chres Amandson, a fifteen-year-old boy who has been an inmate of the state in- dustrial school at this place for some time, was sunstruck and died in great suffering from its effects. His home was at Belmond, Iowa. Killed by a Runaway. Dubuque, Iowa, May 29.—Sam Mur- ray, known for the past fourteen years as a haggage checkman for the Olson, Arthur Hamel and George Mc- onbrey, who were brought from the flainy river ‘country - charged with timber trespass. The men are a por- tion of a gang who are alleged to have systematically robbed the gov- ceument of standing timber, which they S0ld to Canadians. ~ All five were placed under bonds to appeaF af tis federal court at Fergus Falls in Sep- tember. ‘ JOHN H. STEYENS DEAD. _ Old Settler of Minneapolis Passed | Away Late Monday Afternoon. Minneapolis, May 30. — John H. Steyers of Minneapslis died late yes- terday afternoon, Mr. Stevens was born in 1820 and was the first white settler on the west side of the Mis- sissippi river in what is now Minne- apolis. Mr. Stevens had been ill for some time and his death was not un- expected. . Schooner Sunk. Manitowoc, Wis., May 30.—The scow schooner Silver Lake, hailing from Racine, while on her way from Eagle Harbor to Racine with a cargo of maple slabs, was cut completely in two during a collision with the car ferry Pere Marquette, fifteen miles out in the lake during a fog. Of the schoon- er’s crew of men Henry Newman, one of the sailors, was drowned; Severin Anderson saved his life by jumping overboard and grasping the Pere Mar- quette’s anchor, while Capt. Samuel Martin and Ole Williamson escaped in a yawl The loss is about. $2,000. Pleaded Guilty to Assault. _ Sioux Falls, 8. D., May 30.—Dantiel Gleason, George Maxfield and Thomas MeCue, charged with murderously assaulting and robbing Edward New- gaard, section foreman of the Great Northern ‘railroad at Garretson, plead- ed guilty to the charge. Gleason and Masfield were each sentenced to four years’ imprisonment and McCue re- ceived a sentence of two years. Mrs, Maxfield, who was arrested as an ac- complice of the men, pleaded not guilty and was discharged from cus- tody. Two Boys Accidentally Kiiled. Yankton, S. D.. May 30.—The eleyen- year-old son of James Cook of Walsh- town was dragged to death by a horse he was leading to water. The halter rope was tied around his arm. At about the same hour another boy, Dubuque Omnibus company, was run over and killed by a runaway team belonging to the company which he was trying to stop. Probable Fatal Injury. Anoka, Minn., May 29.—John Haley, prakeman on the Northern Pacific freight train, stuck his head out just far enovgh to bring it in contact with a feed pipe on the water tank. His head was crushed and it is thought he eannot live. Suspects Are Arrested. Winena, Minn., May 29.—Two sus- pects named James Austin and Rob- ert Finne, believed to be concerned ip the robbery of the bank at Dover on Friday, were arrested at Lewiston. George Smith, living within a few miles, was drowned in the Missouri by the bank caving in under him, Killed by a Train. Baraboo, Wis., May 29.—A. H. Hull, aged twenty-three, was killed by a Chicago & Northwestern train at Belle Plain, Iowa. Until last April he’ was a merchant in this city. His “father, John Hull, was trainmaster on the Northwestern many years. Lucky Johnson. Elisworth, Wis., May 30.—Peter J. Johuson, a prominent farmer living four miles southeast of here, has fallen heir to a large fortune in Nor- his interests. TESTING BUTTER BY PHOTO- Polarized Light and a Camera Micro- scope Make a Sure Test. State chemist J. A. Hummel has hit upon a new scheme which, he thinks, will surely bring the butterine dodg- ers to time. By.a combination of prisms, microscopes and _ lenseless camera with a sensitive plate, Mr. Hummel has developed a plan which must show the difference between but- ters and pseudo butters to every ama- teur eye at a moment’s glance. Thus, it is hoped, the photographs will carry weight with a jury where chemical formulae failed. When asked to ex- plain the process of examination by photographic methods, Mr. Hummel said: “The simple fact to be consid- ered is that pure butter as made -in the dairies or at the creamery con- tains only amorphous fat. Any heat- ing process such as is followed in ren- ovation and running in of milk imme- diately generates fat crystals. In the oleomargarine the crystals from the meat fats added to cottonseed oil are very thick. Now all we need te do is to place a sample of suspected butter in a glass slide and then under the microscope. We put one nickel prism above and one below in such a way that the light rays cannot pass through, acording to a law of physics. Now we push the tube of a camera di- rectly over the head of the microscope and insert a plate at the other end. No direct light, you see, can pass through, that is, as long as these two prisms are properly placed. But ac- cording .to the laws of light, as soon as we get a third prism, such as a crystal, which you know is of pris- matic shape, the light again finds its way through. Consequently, if the butter is free from crystals no direct rays and only a dull translucent light will pass through, while otherwise bright and dark spots will come to- gether and form the peculiarly shaded picture you see in the oleomargarine sample. The proof is simple, absolute and convincing.”—St. Paul Pioneer Press. A MISJUDGED CLASS. Men and Women Who Make Up the Opera Chorus. In the gay costumes of the stage we do not get a very good idea of what manner of men and women those be- longing to the opera chorus are, say3 the Woman's Home Companion. At a rehearsal we see it all at a glance. They are foreigners to their finger tips. Dagoes, we should call them in the dis- respectful language of our every-day life. But they are undoubtedly very respectable and certainly very hard- working. They appear at every per- | formance, at every rehearsal. I really believe that there is no class of peo- ple outside-the sweatshops of New York that works harder or more inces- santly. It is study, rehearse, perform every day and almost every night. There is no let-up on them, yet they seem to enjoy their work and their life. Indeed, I am sure they enjoy both, for they are inspired by a love for the art which they serve 2éalously,” though humbly. I have read slander- ous stories about these hard-working people. Those who give the stories currency should themselves be pil- joried; those who believe the stoi33~ should be heartily ashamed of them- { selves. Theirs is hard work and hon- est work and assists to make the worid more beautiful and life more happy. iofaAity ta Battle In battle it is 64 the number of men who are disabled in thé couse of a day’s fight that tell upon the moraie of troops, but it is the losses which may be incurred within a comparative- ly short time that tend to demoralizs and unnerve them. For example, a corps of 20,000 men may lose in a day’s fight 10,000—one-half its number— without being demoralized, but’ should they lose one-fifth of their number— say from three to four thousand men— in the course of half an hour, their morale would surely be destroyed. The British military operations, especially their battle tactics, have been freely and even Virulently criticized by the military experts of other European na- tions—especially the Germans. It is not, however, at all assured that they would not have suffered at first from the indulgence in the same faulty “shock” tactics by delivering frontal attacks on intrenched troops.—Inter- national Monthly. -— Mother's Memorial to Son. Mrs. Bagley, mother of Worth Bag- ley, who was ensign on the torpedo- boat Winslow and killed off Cardenas, Cuba, during the Spanish war, has sent to the Bath Iron Works plans for a handsome memorial tablet, which will be placed on the torpedo-boat now un- der construction at the Bath Iron Works in his honor. The tablet will be of bronze in the shape of a shield. The border will represnt cannon balls, and on it will be the name Worth Bag- ley. On the lower part will be an eagle surmounting a shield and sword, while in the center will be the dates of his birth and death. It will be placed on the conning tower of the boat. West Point Military Academy. West Point Military Academy is 100 years old. It was opened as a United States school for army officers on May 1, 1800. There were but two cadets— Joseph G. Swift of Massachusetts and Simon M, Levy of South Carolina. The third cadet and the first Virginian to enter West Point was Walter Keith Armistead of Upperville, who was graduated in 1804. He became a fam- ous engineer officer and colonel of ar- tillery, and it is stated that no place either he or Gen. Swift fortified was way and has gone there to attend to ii taken by the English in 1812-15, EN SSS eE ‘ soca ih acc ae renee eh eT |