RtNT)AT, Fnnnt'ATtT 28, mil.Cloudy to-da- probably raintin brisk westerly winds.

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1,. IJXVIII. NO. 179. XF.W YORK. SUNDAY, FKBRUARY 1!G. 1911. Copyright, 1911, by Ihr Sun Prinlinu nnd I'vhlithino Ancwlion FORTY-FOU- R PAGES. PRICE FIVE CENTS.

CANAL IS TO BE FORTIFIED

in i sr settles ir it ionu$.1,000,11011 I I Ml,

1vnc I'lnnl Attempt In secure theNeutralization of the Materwnv Hratcn Lively Debute nil Hipiilijci't .Money to ltnlo the Maine.

W 'itsuTOS, I Vli. '.'5- .- Tho Panamah io lo fortified Hy n vote of 123

t. s fall the House of Hopresonta- -

r t'i 'tUI. emphatically registered Itst. ' ' i question. It is exocted thath will concur without delay and

' the signing hy the President or. u.hv civil hill, containing HVxxi.ooo

g.ntimg the defence work, tinto v 'I' the L'nitiil Slates in regard toe 'i it w ill be settled for nil timei a decisive mnjorlty thi amend- -

i offered hy Chairman Tawney off MH'ropriution Committee proposing

"latic negotiations looking to thuI'.' .nll.ition of tho waterway priori. expenditure of money for

was benten, iih wurc othereiidmonts ntondel to render inoffoo-i.- e

the canal appropriation paragraphr to delay tho beginning of-th-o defence

-- k for nn indeterminate period.With tlio passage of tho big mindry

. il hill at 10:30 o'clock thu oon- -

r. innce of work on tho raising of tho'wk of tho battleship Maino in assuredv .in appropriation of J3.V),ooo and tho

,t f the Tariff Board for tho remainderf the Taft Administration in also madonrtnin hv an npprorlation of liOO.Ooo,

l re Hum t:i.noo.000 is provided for thormn'ied r instruction of the Panama

,ii.i(if a the thousand and one items In

i- i- (jre.it sundry civil bill, carrying all.' more than JUl.noo.Ooo, the one item

i' attracted tho most attention, excited- greatest Interest and received tho

ii st debate was tho $3,0o0.(jo0 for canal'Itcation. Some of the best speeches

'u' have been heard in the llmvso this'ii avore on that subject. Mr. Tuw-- .who is opposed to the fortlllcation

Ii" canal, as he is opposed to the, ndituro of vast sums of money for

purposes of all kinds, made a lKird: it to defeat tho fortification Item, but

i had no chance. The sentiment ofHnti-- e. as disclosed by th vote, wan

"'whelmmgly against Jiim.Manning predictions were made by the

t as to the ultimateof canal defence plans. The forti-ation- s

board has declared officiallylit the defences will cost $12,000,000.

M- Tawny said they wouldMo.ooo.Oni) at least and 2tl,ixi.ono a

i besides for their management andmi i ntenanee.

Th" advocate of fortitlcations declare!i.se flRiires to lie too high, but addedV even if the figures wore correct the

meiit of the Houo and of the Atnerl-peopl- e

was that the canal should beled and protected against the world'iiiderution of the sundry civil hill,

the exception of tho appropriation:i im(io for beginning the work of

' ' fymg ihe canal, was completed ini clock this afternoon Then oni' "f Chairman Tawney of the

Committee it was ngreedgetieial debate should continue foriwiirs und that at thf conclusion of

- iod diUiato under the live minuteshould be in order

H- - advoctaes und opponents of theation proposition had been pre-:i- c

f ir showdown for week' a- - a result --ome gool (.peeches wore

on both -- ides of the nuestion Thomo- -t unpret iVe oratorical efforts,

j.-- e. were by Mr Tawney und his'on the committee. Hepreenta- -

sncrley of Kentucky Ilarh held thiiaitention of the IIoiie and wa.u-- ly applauded Mr Tawney held

the fortification of the cunal wn. anMtion to attack und insisted thu:

. - ! "f the ultimate co- -t of the forti- -a.- - "f the waterway, which h eti-e- .

at SniMuji 1,000, there would be annditure of Sl'O.fx'Ki.fxxi a year in maui-ii.- u

them'r Mirley, on the other .ihiid. chil-- I

,my one to p'jinl to a neutrality. hum tint had been adhered to!

.iiiy ol the coiitnicting powers liads iiere-- t that lay the other way Hel ied tliit the completion of the canal

nraete ally give the l ulled Stalesoari line and tliat this cotintiy'

better attempt to neutralize her- .iikI existing coast line lli.in

protect the Isthmian waterway- manner

' r notable speeches were made by- nt itive Wul'.ir I. Smith of Iowa..-- .ii length the fortification of.1 il with lespeit to the existing

l ligations. (ien Kejfer of Ohio,.f the civil and Skiiiii-h-Aiiier-

who oiipporied (hiirman,r, his demand fm ih" i.eutnili- -

t i be can il. and I ! j ; ir -

l Mab.iina jnaile one of hi- -'' war caie addle e- - v, iih

ibers chiming in wi tin- - .milif tho question.

I" to insist upon the lomliea-i'- icunal," said ItepH'seniutni- -

' 1'iwa. "bec,iue we ha.. de- -

hi ".it ;iational policy, that w.' ' aiial and would oiiis'h,-

'uu-- t all coiners, because whenmill the tiealles of lifly years

'Hi- - against forllfleatioii itof both paitiis

kel the right to fortify becauset ilth ol the republic is pledged

' i t ihiscaiialagaitist blockade.- the property of the IJepilblic

we base th' right to ileleiidwhole world

' i" v mad') a hurd light fur ln' 1'ioviding that no part ol the

- appropriation should .

uiniiiug tho work of delencol'i"i(leiit had exhausted alli.s.iuices in an effort to pre- -

'iiahty of tlie wal'irwny byi'li eini'iit.' 'o invite Ihe nations nf the

. ') llif O.lUiiJ," g.ud ijr.' at thing to do to lor- -

it ail object of piey

VI It, Ml til I IMI I I IIIii'isl l.l'ie l.eio i. New

u I it ti a stHileii S'ifrlnr' i. ri'i, i:H If '.j Wr

S'TSII niiikhiR it dm legitimate objeot ofwar between ourselves and some oiliercountry "

Mr Shirley, who followed Mr Tawnev.insisted that if tho Tawney limitation i

weie adopted it would absolutely nullify I

the $3,(KMl,im for the defence of the canalhy liostponilig indellnitely the beginningof work while interminable diplomatic: ,

negotiations that might well extend overa period of years were being considered.Meantime the-cmu-l would be in operationand at the mercy of any foreign power

Tinally the lloiise demanded actionand n vote was taken on the amendmentoflered by lteprejtelitatlve Smith of Iowalimiting the ultimate amount to be ex-pended on purohiiBe of guns for tho for-

tifications to Jl.liiitt.oou This wentthrough by a good majority

The second vote was on the uinendineiiloffered by Mr Tawney The amendmentwas lost on division, 13U to H.1

Representative Keifer of Ohio thenoffered an amendment striking out theentirn fortillcations paragraph This wasdefeated on division, f.'o to SI

The clerk then concluded the readingof the bill, which went from committee ofthe whole to the House

Hepresenlative Fitzgerald then offeredun amendment practically identical withthe Tawney proposition previously de-feated, and on this he demanded andsecured u yea and nay vole This wasvoted down and then by a viva voce votethe entire sundry civil bill was pussed

Tho sundry civil bill had been underconsideration by tho House for only twodays and its passage in this brief periodestablishes a new record While once ortwice in the last twenty-fiv- e years asundry civil bill has lieen passed undersuswnsion of the rules, this is the firsttime that the measure was over tintthrough in any such time under the regilar rules of the House. One of thofeatures of tho consideration of the meas-ure (onlay was the passage of Items ag-gregating $fl7,ooo.ooi) by unanimous con-sent This heretofore has been a Senateprerogative nnd has never been indulgedin to so great on extent by the lowerbranch

The bill as passed carries among themany others an appropriation of Sa.W.ooofor the reconstruction of the hall of thoHouse of Representatives. Altogetherthere are more than a thousand items Intho bill

STCOKXTS WITH IIOOHWOItM.

Twent-(i- r Per CYnt. of l.ouliann StateI nlcrlt Uo) Victim of lct.

New Orlkanh, Feb. 25. Twenty-tlv- o

per rent, of the students at LouisianaState University, Baton Houge, areafflicted with the hookworm, accordingto Dr. A. S. J. Hyde, who is making aseries of investigations all over the Stateto determine whether the parasite oflaziness is confined to any particularplaco.

It had been behoved that the deleteriouseffects of hookworm were to lie foundonly among tho poor, where tho childrenrun barefoot and tho adults have poorshoes. Infection was believed to comoin almost every caso from tho sod Hutexamination of the students at the uni-

versity seems to upset this theoryT he hookworm may have ulTeoted aca-

demic standings, it is admitted, but ap-parently It had no effect on the footballteam, which made a good record thlaseason, or the basketball team, which is"cleaning up" antagonists. Mont, thanhalf the student have l?en examined todate The rest will be subjected toscrutiny during the week I

Professors are respectful of the findingsof the physicians, but not entirely con-

vinced "Fewer dances und a little morestudy would cure several cases of hook-worm symptoms." they lemark

imw: TO IIXMI OX Kit 1(1. (HH).

Vtoiimn gcut In Kansas of i:prc Com-pu- n

lloblieil at I'lMol's Point.PlTTsiiL'HO, Kan .Feb 21. Mrs Joseph .

at Fuller, a coal camp nearher... was held in. hv two l,il,'v,nla- -t niuht anil robbed of ilo.oou whichshe had iust receive.! bv exiircs fromKan-.i- s City. She wa the agent of thecompany 'I he money was to have beenused t" pay the miners ot the SheridanCoal Company The money wasin one package. Two other packagescontaining JUt.oO'i each weie not foundbv .(he lobbeis. Thu money was sentfiom Kunsas City last night on the Kan- -

threeand

containing ofanil

out of I

and wus of one

--aw was going on threw his intwo luiekages containing Ilu.iHKr

into The robbers not lingerto learn whether they secured allmoney, tun to a and escaped, is

.vs roil: ri.x.ss.- f,.l,- - I,.. Vfiflli II., feutu Hill. t.... .- - ,,,.,,,,

planeIn NVfii, ('apt F.velvn Briggs

Baldwin, who organized and commandedthe to Franz.Josef hand iu ltxil-(i- mudu public lor notthe time this plansArctic ho i organizing tostait about September,

Tlie expedition will aeroplanesand biil'.omis us nu-- t of lis equipment'I l.e olijeit wi'l be to scientificdata on thegeogniplucul and biologicalot the rctic legion, and to complete

siiivey now being mode by thoCainegte Institution suid;

U'l.l.l I i, ,1., j ... . .' i iiooiabout Liu iniles north of Point Barrow

ship will freeze in of course,mil so, in e.- - nseii as u snip, fon which shall of wood heoil nnd our Scientific o'luipmciit Woshall not move very far baseof The drift of the pack willcany us If to polo at least very ofclose to il, so that expedition toth" polo th" base of supplier wouldIn. an easy matter "

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lie l nn Seeretnr) of the'l'reaiir anil Inj ot tin to the WhiteHniKP I ntll April I Mcrrclar) Nor- -

tun II ct lr- - to (io Into lliilnr.Washington. Feb 2." Charles I),,, . .....nine-- , now ..siati. oi .e

Treasurv. will be I'lesident Taffs new .

secretary Ihe 1'iesident offered, thepost to Mr Hllle y he has nc- -

ooptrd. .

... .,. . i .1..ir l.lll nao noieu eve, since uie an- -

iiotincenient that C I) the pretu ,ttsiH'it'tarv to ihe President, would retirethat Mr llilles would accept. bt it was,1101 uriTii recently 11:11 ne nan reason 10

believe that Mr llilles would consider an '

offerAlthough no date has been set for the

retirement of Mr Norton, .1 s probn a. e

that ho will quit the While House some;time between close of presentsession of Couitrcss April I ,

The nomination of Boberl 0 Bailev,at present private secretary to Secretaryof Treasury Franklin asAssistant Secietarv of the Treasuty. suc-ceeding Hiltes, probably will be sentto tho Senate early next week Mr. llillesmay, howeter, continue in his presentpost for some time, even if Bailey is

'

immediately.'II... t..l..,..I., r M. Illll ... Illl .1,,,11 ,,1 .,11 iuii,- - n un in,- -

chair occupied bv Daniel limout. (ieorneB Cortelyou William l.oeb. ,lr . meetswith hearty approval of friends ofthe Picsident. Mr Hllles came originallyrroni Ohio, but was Assistant stealing cats iu ilus and also

of the Treusiirv from Dobbs fessed that lie had stolen cat ThisFerry. N where h was conducting a '

boys' school. He has been luchlv re- - .

garded by Mr Taft ever since he entered(lovernmeiit service and fiossessesfriendship of influential inembeis

Congress 'I ho President has employedfrouuelitlv on imnortatit mission.

political and otherwise, and he beliovesjudgment 111 political mutter is.

especially goodThe post of cretary to the President '

has caused the President's friends a lot j

of worry ulmost sinco duy Mr Taftthe White House Car-

penter, first occupunt of the post, j

remained only about a year then wasMinister to

Norton came tv White Houselast the Treasury, where hewas ono of Secretary MucVoaglfs as-sistants Ho Is retiring voluntarily to goInto President acceptedhis resignation with gfeut reluctance dtIr reported Norton is to become

of the First Bankof New York.

Mr. Hill will go to White Houeunder favorable so far as hisfriendships with public men go He isabout 40 years old

The that Mr Norton wouldquit office of secretary came out afew week ago after he asked for anincrease for his from SX.nnoto $10.0011 n year Since time the'President ha looked about anxiouslyfor n suitable man Mr Hllles at firstrefused to consider Kst at nil Hehad made definite to goto New Vork go into buisness. Hi.:change of mind came, it was sa.d tonight, only after much ihtsuusIoiiafter h had been convinced his ten-tuti-

arinngements in New couldbe broken without injustice to puttieinterested

As Assistant Secietary of Tiea.uryMr Hllles draws H..I011 a yeur At pies-rn- t

the post secretary to Pre-i-de-

pays Jfi.oon An attempt to rai-- e

this amount to JHi.ixm was successful IuSenate but not in the House. In some

4T T' """ l""'"ax llllallv adjusted at JT.ioe

!'No by the Senate is neces'or 14,1 PPUllee Io this post

urmcxi. school ciosrn.In .lohn llopkln lltxpltnl

l ame Shutdown of Classes.2.1 -- Owing to

apiie.irs to be a general outbieak ofdiphtheria among itients, nurses, phv- -

hospital, a second medicalstudent ate only now patients re-

potted Another medical whoexhibiting symptoms of diphtheriahoing watchedAs soon as Dr. Williams arrived at i

hospital he lealized that it was inadviable to hae Ihe students in the hospital

..1. .11ull, mspeiisury or 10 mom nsoluble for Accordingly he directedthat placards be printed informing thestudents that classes hud been suspendedpending further notice warn in g them

to go into the hospital or to thery.

Dr. Williams snid Ihe medical schoolmight not ifisurue classes for a week.Many of students from out of town

returned or will return to theirhomes until nolifiod the bun is lifted

- -

Sas He as noil HeldHenry Meyer, u junk dealer nt 71 New

I'lwitril.ers Street, cntntilu neil t,. I '..,.'I'noli. fif the utteet Mlntlnn .,.ul.....l.. ..

. .... .. J iiu)that on rrutuy attornoon a man enmointo his shop, said ho was a detectiveehow.l a yollow shield and slipped a pair

handcuffs on Mover's wrsl Tl...demanded money and when Meyer

refused to give hltn knocked Meyerdown

('apt Toole questioned his men Onodetectives, It wus at Police

being in Meyer'sshop on denied Meyer'scharges

u:as iicvirn Ai,ironsill.illr NrrvKr.

In Soulli'rn Hy . tc W l' nf UtnrmiKn vrn .mi.'ii iiiiiimv i.inrsrv niiwr

sa-- l ity Southern Railroad. There was sicinns and students at the Johns HopkinsVHi.S'.'.'t iu th packages. The train Hospital Dr ) Whitridge Williams, deannirhcd at fl:3u o'clock was met by 'of the Johns Hopkins medical school,

Joseph and Albeit Brigg. cashier 'day ordered the medical school to beof th" (closed until further notice. Three new- -

Mrs. took a package diphtheria were repotted in the$10,023 left tho station first As she j hospital making a total of thirty-steppe- d

the door a hiasked man sixwith a revolver confronted hr de- - .It also teported that a child

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mantled th" money Another lohher of the orderlies In the hospital has de-- .stood by Mrs Joseph handed tho disease In the last twenty-- !money Brigg- -. who was cloo behind, lour hours, John Ha'lewood. a clerk

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Hosio.V. Feb 25 .lohn .Siiliiies. nJanitor in theemployof Welleslev College,appeared before 'a tiiul Justice in Nntlckthis afternoon upon a charge of stealingan angora cat lielonging to Klmer Hentof that town and after pleading guiltywim lined IIS. 'Ihe arrest was caused1... tl t.l 1- ,.!. .. .

hv iiuroid iirown. cuiei oi loo rsuueKpolice, who received fleqiieiit complaintsnti, tt fl... .II.,..,. ...... .,.... ..r it..- - - .,- - ',"7. ''V8"H'",c.t"! """ .,1,H-- V '."

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up ami diposed or at the college for issectllll! l)llt'lioms I

chief Brown says In intends to askfor a summons for Albert T Mm do. pro- -r...... .. ... w. .11. -.. , ,..1..."".... " e,.,-,- , , expimntlie uisappi.ariiiice of so iniiiiy cats, 'hecollege uutlioillli'M admit thill thev liaveb,nc hi mIwiiii ,.ii I

v,.(,. ,, ,, demonstratingnniitoiny to tho girl students So far ashey knew the animals were purchased

""I stolen Dean Pendleton said the'in'J m'v' r Investigated the manlier

which th" cats (nought to the co 'egewere collected, ,but will do eo hereafter

,.i.,f t.ow Interviewed Souires several days ago He also called oil Si nitWoods of the Welleslev College farm

mires and Woods admitted that tlmywere 011 tin- - lookout for cats for use inthe classes 'Ihe supply became de-- Iplcted 111 the town where ihe college issituated and Sipiiies was told to get themwlieie he could Woods told the chiefthat he expiessly to Squiresthat no pel animals should be taken orbought Only th" wanderers weie sought,

Chief Blown said I

"Tho cat in ntlestion was a lai ne while... ,1.1. I.I..I. 'I'li,i won oiucK spoi i ue aiiiiuai wasvalued by Mrs Hent bocauso ii was atrick cat ind would do almost anything

'11 mm 1010 iu un

"I Went t,, ....II.. ... iili.l I....I a I .11- - ...III,squires He confessed that he had b 1

,B common laicenj It is 110 ok Ii is agrievous offence

Squires admilied 10 me that he hadstolen us high as sown cats iu one dayHis method was to come here iu a cur-riiig- e

with a bin gunny suck He wouldchae cats iu broad daylight He genop""' l)nill a boy to hold his horse whilelie did the chasing When he caught thecat he put H iu his bug und drove offrapidly

"One day a woman saw him chase onenf her cats outside her house She openedthe window and yelled at him, askingwhy he was chasing her cat. Squiresanswered that he thought it was a straycal and that he was taking it to the BescueLeague. She reprimanded him andSquires didn't get the cat "

The chief saw n barn at tho college farmyesterday where live cuts that had notthe appearance of having been fed foru long time were shown him us a partof the collection gathered by SquiresThe chief is not an expert on cat,lmt hethinks from the way they mewed --to.gKtout of the burn that they possess thePfupr spirit and probably belong toNutiek

oi'r.itxir. u, xixoxMit.c at itrut:The Patient shuns Immediate Hellef anil

liuproc KllglHI),lohn M Carrere. the architect under-

went u second operation early yesterdaymorning It was expluitied lust nightthat infection hud developed about thewound, causing a condition suggestingmeningitis, und a consultation of phy-sicians wus called at midnight on Friduyto decide whether unother operation wasnecessiry.

l)r .lohn S Thacher, Mr Catrere'sphysician; Ir Hurt well, I)r F.lliott . Inefot stall at the hospital; Dr FrederickPeterson, the neurologist, and Dr FrankHartley, specialist ill diseases of the head,were present at the consultation '1 heydecided that a -- econd operation wus nec-essary, which involved liephinuig theskull again.

Ihe physicians found that ihe icgiou ofHie wound was inreeted but that therewas nothing to the fear of j

meningitis. Mr Carrere showed imme- -diate relief and last night his conditionwas improved

"lie wus much belter his morning thanhe was last night " slid a friond lastnight, "and this e c mug he is much bet- -ici man ne was tins morning lllsphysi- -cuius ale much ctlcniir.i cre.1 " I

Ml Carrere recognizes his dootois andsuch of his family as are allowed to seehim

A. I. M Carrere a luother. who hasbeen mi u trip to the Paciflo coast, re-turned to New Yoik yesterday to jointhe other members of the family.

a it itrs 1 1:11 rou xi OEXrs in: xrnVtteiHlftiit llclll at Matteawmi erireil

() notlier Attendant.PofoilKKr;psiK. Feb 2.', After an all

day investigation by Assistant DistrictAttorney Cdward Conger it was decidedby County Judge Frank Hanbrnuck to-night that tho people had furnished evi.deuce enough to warrant the nrrest of

on a charge j

manslaughter, for euusing, it is alleged,me ueaiu or .1 .Migent. me convictwn" WHM 0,,n" "'"" 111 his cell on Fehru-- 1

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KA!li:it in ,i)fni.saviinimriSirvlrc. Atlrnrilmlisle. HFlll Itiinm.l

I'ei'ljs. tnrlurllne

'TO teach girls to farm

,., his (nf.mU Wi ,..,11

'Mils, itri.uaxr ;ivi:s jimi Xl'ltr.Si1011 school.

Ilrr Solution of the I'robleni of titer-nii-

of I'ttclnr llntliK Hopes Hip

I'lUills mil In Ihe i:ml llu Places ofTheir IIimi He

After year's invest igut ion of theindustrial conditions in and about NewVork cilv Mrs. Oliver II. lt"lmonthas leached the conclusion that here

Ms an ovursiipply of women factory work- -

er mid that best relief is to persuade..iru ,.,. f,rl,,,,uiu.nnrimli.m,. ,. 11"" "" "" """about 200 iicri's of her land at Brook- -

holt. Hempstead. I. I, for school ofngriiiiltuie for women All M',l'"'Ucedll(T,lirwoman farmer lints been engaged Ioinstruct pupils in practical farming,and there will not b man about theplace except boy or two lo do the choresfor fit st few weeks.

"Of course expect the undei takingto he uist as soon as ii

gets fairly started." -- aid Mrs Belmontyesterday afternoon Many farmer ad-

mit that their wie and daughters aretheir very best and inosl leliable helpei

fact that theie seems to begeneral impression among city people

that women cannot do work 'Ihefew women who ate v workini:,.,,,1 ,...,:,.uniiuhiuh .!. ...... r..,.,.,. 1,,.,..certainly deinon-- t rated that there is

"OI "" "'' ,'irl"..........I

"'Iheie are many women wage earnerswho Miter uhe.idy crowded field ofun labor." continued Mi- - Bel-

mont, 'because they have had neitherun entie nor oppoitunity to leuin

some reinuneinthe occupationThe shiit waist maker' strike last yearIII this city and the icent garmentworkers' strike 111 Chicago revealedworking and home condition fearful tocontemplate While these young girlshave been spending the best years oftheir lives 111 overcrowded workroomsand unsanitary tenement foi less than

living wage our rich -- oil ha beentilled by nomadic trump-- stuy-In- g

at one farm just long enough lo worktheir wuy buck to the next town to scndthe money earned."

Mrs. Belmont explained that therewould be matron on her now larni whowould cha)oron the girls and "mother"them and who would also teach themcooking, housekeeping and home makingThe girls are to be paid while learningand their wages will increase proior-tiountel- y

to their skill."1 hope," concluded Mrs Belmont,

"Uuil tlm girls will eventually to ac-quire little land of their own, withhome und garden, and thereby scentan economic independence that yearof tod iu city factory or store will notgive them."

Young women lit years of age and overdesiiuiK seriously to uvail thenisehesofthe opportunity to become eierincedgardeners and farmers may upply 111

writing to the Political Associa-tion, oiij Fifth Heuiie, tor admission tothe school.

.sr. u t:rrsio s.0111 riict Ion Sow In ProicresUlll Nn Taper Olf.

The Interstate Commerce oiiiiiussion'srefusal to allow the railroads lo aihuucefieiglil lutes has hud the immediateresult of uu order to retrench alonghut of the hicugo, Milwaukee und SiPhiiI and Chicago. Milwaukee amiPuget Sound A general order to thateffect has been out from the head-quarters Iu hlcago io every divisionon both road- - I'Meusioii work haltedby that older ctiiul construction now

!m progre,- - will taper ot! just graduallyenough to leave no hull finished structuresexposed for deterioration. Plans forimprovements lo the service propermv )velx abandonedTho partially compleied double tracking

.a Crosse and Biver divisions ofthe St Paul will he finished The F.verettbranch of the PuKet Sound, which isnearly done will nl-- o be completedConstruction on all other branch lineswill stop he main line construct ionis practically completed. Money hasalready been provided lo pay for thatwork, well us for that on the F.verettbranch No further financing will be

until the St Paul's manage-ment changed its notion of the generalprospect ahead

St Paul officials will probably attend themeeting of ruilroail men scheduled torMonday at the lioilroad Club here

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numil IU ill urn Show Koiup Pel lothe llocky Mountain I'luti.

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a, were thronged last eveningwith members there to hear ItaymoudDitinar. curator of Bronx Park Zootell his experiences In hunting for reptilesIn Honda. It was called a

are dun to the fact that only a portion oftheir brains aro developed

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lniol Hoilly. a young attendant at (he. high up on the floor of the WnlMattouwan State hospital, of

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The (ouil fixed Iteilly's bond at $2,W)0 in spite of he smoke it reembleda naturalfor a hearing before Judge Husbrouok history class in a public school. A largoon tho manslaughter charge Former sheet was hung at one end or room onDistrict Attorney tieorge Wood wont his' which Mr DltmurH threw pictures ofbull nnd he wus released and hunting scenoa in the Kverglados, After-returne- d

to Fishkill word ho brought out somo live BiiokosThe charge against Hoilly is based on There wore three largo suit cases full of

an afllduvil made by (teorgn Oalbraith, the reptllos, which he fondled. Themanother attendant at Matteawnn, who were several rnttloro nnd copperheadsalleged thai Iteilly kickivl and choked Mr Ditmars feared (hem not, and ovenNugent the day before he was found dead. W'onl through prooess of extracting(lalbraith says his statement is tlie first the venom from n particularly wickedhe has made in case and that there looking specimenis nothing in it that is duplicated in the There wus u sigh of relief from the atidi-ulllda-

made by him which lawyer etice when the snakes were buck in theJohn J Donnelly bus in his possession, three suit cases. Then Mr. Ditmarsnews of which started Mr. Conger on his brought forth the little Humboldt's mon-tra- il

y key, an extremely rare animal from thuIn hisutlliluvil befoie Judge Hasbrouck, jungles or Brazil; a jumping rat, native

(iiilbniilh declared that he saw Attendant of laud known us the Jerboa, theIteilly put a sheet around Nugent's neck. ' more scieutifio name for if, und soverulIhrow him over on the bod and kick him! waltzing mice. These eccentrio littleiu the side, (lalbraith, however, did not are quite familiar now to visitorsmake this uflldavil voluntarily. ,1(1 The Bronx. Mr. Ditmars explained

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W.tsill.S'OTON, Feb. :.V A free for alllight, in which Hcpresentative Humor ofIdaho was one of the principals, tookplace in the House office building y !

Mr. Hauler was leaving nn elevator 011 j

his way from Ills office when hp wa Jostleduy tlitee young men who were statiilliignear by.

Mr Hauler lecluied the young menfor being in his way. ngry word- - weieexclnnged and Mr. Hamer, it is ald,charged upon them. In the scuffle thatfollowed Hcprccnt itivo Hanmrfell. See-

ing tint the fight svas going ag.iin-- t dimMr Hamer 111. ide a dish for th" exit ofthe building

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the matter to the attention of the Houseon Monday.

oii.irrri 10 .11 nn vs cowi hi:,Court liiirln il us llushttiKlon llbeti Hiirlini

lias 1'onvlcleil of .llatilnimhlfr.BU)().IKII-I.)- . Ind , Feb V, Charles

Burton, found guilty of manslaughter,is asking for a new tiial on lhe novelground that ihe trial Judge so impressedIhe jury by Ins appuiel on February 2'.'

llial he was found guiltv when otherwisehe would have been deal e. I

Jililge Henderson piesid.-- at the trialand wishing to attend aBirthduv fuuctiou ut which ull the gin-si- s

would appear in Continental costumeshe robed himself toiepiesent Washington,and III wig, knee breeches und shoit coalnppeured ill the court room ami occupiedthe bench in the afternoon

The defendant usseits that the jurywas so iiuptiied with the conn's splen-dor of apparel und by the dignity of tlietimes lhat it teculled that it was led awayfrom contemplation of the testimony

o isios i.oim; iowr.it.so Patrick I iiilnliv Sa Xficr u tuit of

Present I'oiiillllon.ClIK'AiiO, Feb 2.i. Patrick Cuihihy.

the .icker. is a bear on provision"Thoie can l only one logical side to

the piovision market until price adiustthemselves," Cud.ihy said "CornIs selling in ihecouutryat a pii'e wherebyhogs can be iiiade for lo than live centsand there seems to be no shortage ofyoung hogs to feed it to; so until hogsami coin come together there is no sensem looking for prices to remain anywherenear where they are now. I expect tosee July and September products eailytwo cents a und lower- "

VHi.r. noi.s roi.soxro.I.Minnclil Salex anil MKIirr Killed liv hu

I'lieiuv of IIkii I.) mi.Pmr IIukon. Mich. Feb. 25 l.vnn

field Salex. Dan Lynn's prb'e winningwirehulredfo.x terrier, which iniideacleansweep Ht the recent dog show'inNew York.und Nigger, another well bred terrier, aredeud. the victims of u dog poisonerLynufleld Salex. whuli was bred by MrLynn, was considered by experts to be ihebest brt;d dog of its class m uiericu. andut the recent Now York show defeatedseveral international chumpioiis

'Ihe dogs arried home u few days agoafter their suciessful campaign iu theFast and were waiting to be sent to othershows Some time last night poisonedmeal was thrown into the dog kennelLyrinfield Salex and Nigger ate the meatund died several hours atterward. MrLynn has not yet returned lo the chyfrom the I 'a-- 1 und is not aw are of the deathof his prize winners

ri: ill iiisixo ix I'our xi ntisa:llrlll.li llar-lil- p Seeded at lUvtlsn Capi-

tal Dolphin Sent to iiCuc.-- jf 11.1 i tyr littrtiitifi to Till' Sfv

KlMHloN. Jamaica. Feb 2.1 Accord-ing lo private advices received here,the British Consul at Port an Piince,Hay ti. has telegraphed for a warshipto protect British interests A generalrising iu that city is imminent

WASlilNirro.v, Feb 25 The Dolphin,now at Poii mi Prince, Hay ti. has beeninstructed lo proceed immediately loAux Cave, where iu the burning of thetown ihe Ameiicttii consular building wadetroyed The Dolphin will go lo AuxCaves lo proteel und assist the consularagent and American cjllzonR there pro-

vided ihe conditions ut Porl an Piincewarrant her in leaving that place

xrritoi'iti xte to tiii: rrw.The Hev. Mr. I larl. i Theme Hhen Thief

11a liettliiR Ana Mil Ills Overcoat.A fur lined overcoat belonging to the

Hev John Lewi Clark, pastor of theBushwick Avenue Congregational Churchin Brooklyn, was stolen from the churchparlor list Wedne-d.i- v night while theclergyman vvu preaching from the text"He who seeks il and takes it away I

rowurded." After vainly tryingto locatotho stolon garment in order to got im-

portant church papers tint were in anin-i- de pocket th" Hev. Mr Clark decidedyesterday til the following upMulto the thief

To the thief who siole mi overcoat Ifthere he Hliv honor mmiili! thieves, pleasereturn to tlie chinch the address list whichwa In niv inside poiket If vou pawnedthe coal, please mail pawnticket If joustill hu vc the cent nnil will return it you willhe more liberally lewnnled than If joupiiwnecl il .So questions will ho nked

iifuithtiimliii that vim stole tuv over.1 out. I think well of vim and will nniy withand for you .My only tear i that a you

churchand their addresses.

Halloou Miss Sofia Comes Down.Dovkii. Mo Feb. 23. 00,000 cubic,

foot balloon Miss Sofia, with W. F, Ass-ma-

pilot, and J. M. O'Heilly, aide, bothSt. Louis, aboard, which left Sun

Antonio. Tex . early lust nighthope of lifting the L1I1111 cup, passedover Outhrie, Okla , nnrtlivvurdat biiii o ciock morning 111 . ...1..and storm, landed nt (lower, Clintoncounly, Mo., 515 (his afternoon,- - - -

AlKi:s Ai'iit'srA Kl.oittm.j:as v. m,Southern'! Soutiicusif rn l.linlted, niiilnc. Drnw

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SKIPPER AND 28 ARRESTED

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lioiermiiviit I'linrgr l'.tenlp Onera--1In SnuiKitllnK Allen The Ar

rel Made Hoard the Athlnnl onHer Vrrlial Heat) Hall lleiiinnileil.

Three Trilled State Assistant DistrictAttorneys, t'nited Slate Marshal Hait-lior- t,

five deputies und eight specialdeputies, together with liuniigiution

or Seraphic, wenl aboard the HellonloTransatlantic Steam Navigation Com-

pany's ship Athlnnl us soon n she dockedyetcrday afternoon at Pier :t:i, Biooklyn.and ariested (he company's agent in I hicity, hi soci clary, the -- hip's captain andthree ollliets, ill" doctor, the chiefengineer und Iwetity-on- e members thet rew' mill tool. Ihe crew away handcuffedin pairs

'I h" tvveiity-niii- e piisoiiers have severalindictment again-- l them for violatingthe immigration law anil con-pira-

lo smuggle uiide-inilil- .. aliens intocountry Nicholas (lul'inos, the ngunt,whose office I at t)."i Hio.nl street, Man-

hattan, wa bailed l.y a surely companyin J2o.iiii. ami lcander -i. hicleik, iu Ml.non, lap' (!"ka Koulalliasanil I it- -t l Itlu it Ion. i Ki.larnti gaveSlu.oou bird each i'lid chief FngineerPiotto Kyi kuos i i. miii

'I hot wont her iifti. ci. Dctnitri-'i'umh- ra

and Chirdofa Bogdaii"-- , Dr I'.ra-in- ii' Biakobuto' and th. ciew. who broughti the total ball ile;iunil".l no to M s.',.inKl,

ould not furnish boiid- -l oi three iiiiiiitli- - act Hiding lo Assist-

ant et Altoiney Allen, the Oovern-mer- ii

ha been investigating charges ofthe smuggling iu of aliens steamshipc aiip.ini- i- Th" investigation showedMr Mien suv- - that hundreds of men andwomen who have been ent back to(ireecby the authorities ut Llh- - bland havepaid f i inn 2i i to "'on francs lieingbrought ovet and smuggled into theCniled States Mr Allen says lhat hehas ample evidence that th" smugglingiu of iiiinngr.uils ha- - beon'dnno with theknowledge of the company, its officersand ciews. either by shipping the aliena of the crew or a stcwni dosses or byhiding them in coal bunkers or ui otherplaces

The (iovernnient officials were at theHellenic company's dock in the AtlanticBasin yesterday to meet the Athiuiii. Adozen immigration inspectors hadboarded the shrp ut Qunir.nline and whenshe was fast Inspector Seraphic toldthe agent, who retirrning from abroad,

hu was under arrest. Then followedthe arret of (he clerk, doctor, capt'ainand others

"Now muster your crew on the upperdeck." ordered the marshal, and the surprised end protesting captain did so. Outof the fifty men lined up twenty-on- e werecalled by name to step forward nnd behuudcurlcd in pairs One later had hishandcuffs removed and was allowed tostuy aboard and attend to the engines

Tint i .'.'no passengers saw tho captainand half his crew march down the gang-plank and up Cnion street 'Hiere ucrowd of Italians joined tho processionnud followed noisily to Columbia street,where the prisoners were put into a crosa-to-

n cur 'I hey were taken to tho PostOffice Building and later were arraignedbefore Justice Chutlleld of the I'nltedStates Circuit Court

A C Cu-s- of Cnss.l- - Apfef.he company'atiorneye, said that the nrrest was spite-wor- k

on the part of the (iovernment Hesaid that (he investipating wa done byone uf the company's discharged em-ployees, who was bounced becnue of acomplaint from Commissioner William.This investigator. Cass declared, wnaafterward employed by tho (Iovernmentund managed to get into the Hellenicoffices by telling the night watchmanthut he was still employed there. Casssaid that (his man stole papers, books andletters und I timed (hem over lo tho immi-gration Authorities

The immigration authorities asked thecaptain of the Themlstokles, n sister shipof the Athiiini, to muster his crew lostDecember, but the captain refused

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Uu Pont Project In Delaware Starts Talkof a From New York lo Washington.

Wn.Mi.Nin on. Del . Feb. 25. With thearrival y from New Vork of T. Cole-man du Pont, president of the Uu PontPowder Company, who has offered toadvance $2,(100,000 to this State for theconstruction of a modern highway theentire length of the commonwealth, itwas announced that a company with acapitalization $25,000,000 will shortlybe organized iu Delaware. The purposeof this company, of which New Yorkernlire at the head, is to build a boulevardbetween New York and Washington. Thepromolors are endeavoring to interestMr. du Pont in this movement

Il is the intention to build a highway HO feet wide between New Aorkand Washington at a cost of tl5,000a milo. It is planned to have separatedivisions for commercial and pleasure

cars, trolley line and vehicles,They will travel iu oppciite directionsThere lire to be no grade crossing

' highway.. J. M. Frere, local retire- -senta(ive of (ho promoter, said y

nnd reach 11 conclusion. Thouho will probably send a communicationlo (iov. Peunowill on his protect, andtho (lovernor will probably send a specialmessage based I hereon (o tho Legislature

Three Alienists Impi-c- l Attain.Joseph O. Itobm, the indicted banker

who goes on trial on Monday before Jus- -

tlcn Keabury in the Supreme Court on the

went to 111111I1 to steal vou would pick my tho plins were being pushed and llu(pocket while I was at prayer witli yon tIle big concpm would soon bo incorno-I'leas- e

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