CHIEf EXECUTIVE 18
To Consider in His Message River
and Harbor Matters.
BURTON SOON TO VISIT TEXAS.
The Chairman of the Mouse Committee It
to lovettlgate the Trinity Relative
to what It Requlrei.
SNOW SUCCUMBS.
Washington, Oct. 11—Quite a num-
ber of the New Orleans delegation to
the Rivers and Harbors congress,
which adjourned at Baltimore Wednes-
day, were In the city Thursday, accom-
panied by Representatives Meyer,
Davey and Ramsdell ot Louisiana,
called unon the president. The presi-
dent Informed them that he had read
with great interest the proceedings of
the congress and that the matters dis-
cussed, as well as the resolutions
adopted, would be considered in his
message.
The Baltimore congress attracted
considerable attention here, where It
le known that a change In the policy
of the government toward certain pro-
jects has been under discussion among
high officials of the administration,
president McKlnley's objection to the
last rivers and harbors bill was not
merely a desire to keep down the an-
nual appropriations so that a reduc-
tion of the war revenue could be
made safely. He objected strongly to
many of the Items in the bill, although
such items have been a feature of the
rivers and harbors bill for a genera-
tion. In discussing the details of the
hill with members of congress the late
president pointed out earnestly his ob-
jection to many projects which, worthy
enough from certain standpoints,
hardly possessed a national character
•uch as would commend them to the
caro of the Federal government.
As a matter of fact members of the
rivers and harbors committee have rec-
ognized the presence in bills of such
Items, but they knew well enough that
without them it would be Impossible to
pass a bill. Log-rolling is generally a
necessary feature of all bills making
appropriations for public improve-
ments, and many a year will roll by
before the system Is abolished. Mem-
bers who live in the interior, while ad-
mitting the national worthiness of
ocrtain classes of public improvements,
know very well that their constituents
lashed into fury by the eloquence of
aspiring candidates, would refuse to
justify a vote for a large appropria
tlon bill unless some of the money
came to their own neighborhood for
distribution. The Baltimore congress
laid much stress on the importance of
the education of public opinion to the
necessity of expending money ade-
quately upon the more urgent projects,
leaving worthy projects of less ur-
gency to the future, when expanding
commerce would require
means of transportation.
Representative Burton has been
giving much thought to the rivers and
harbors legislation during the last six
months, and it is not unlikely that
when his committee is organized he
will urge some changes of policy in
the matter of improving waterways
and harbors. In his speecn at Balti-
more he made It clear that it was an
open question if sound policy justified
the expenditure of large sums of money
In the improvement of streams princi-
pally for the purpose of reducing rail-
road rates. He seemed to think that
the Federal government could proba-
bly regulate rates efficiently by far less
expensive methods. In argulug along
this line he had in mind two great
projects for which the last rivers and
harbors oill carried appropriations.
These were the Trinity river of Texas
and the Cumberland river of Tennes-
see These two rivers were mentioned
in his speech, and his trip south next
month is for the specific purpose of
making a thorough
these two streams.
After n Brief Illness the Head of Mor 
man Church rnsses Awny.
Salt Lake City, Utah, Oct. 11.—Lo-
renzo Snow, fifth president of the
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day
Saints—better known as lh<3 Mormon
church—died unexpectedly at his pri-
vate residence, the historic Bee Hive,
Thursday afternoon, after an illness
that had been serious only since the
day previous. The immediate cause of
death was hypostatic congestion, su-
perinduced by aggravated bronchitis,^
Several weeks ago President Snow
contracted a cold. He was at his desk,
however, attending to business as late
as Tuesday. Thursday morning he was
seized with a fit of vomiting which
continued at intervals throughout the
day. That night his physicians were
called and remained in constant at-
tendance until death came. The church
authorities became alarmed at his con-
dition, and most of the leareds, to-
gether with such members of his fam-
ily as could be summoned by telegraph
or otherwise, remained in the sick
chamber until the end.
Until President Snow s successor Is
chosen, which may not be until the
annual conference next April, the lead-
ership of the church will devolve upon
the council of the twelve apostles, of
which Joseph Smith is the recognized
head.
Vncle Seym's Gun Shops
The extensive plant established by uniform of white duck, with a cap of
the United States government at the the same color, the spotlescness of the
Washington navy yard Is one of the , garb contrasting conspicuously with
attractions for visitors to the capital
city. Several Immense buildings are
required for the accommodation of the
machinery and workmen employed,
and the entire work is carried on
under the supervision of naval officers.
The principal structure of th* group
of buildings is approximately 900 f et
long and 100 feet wide, and is devoted
the rather grimy surroundings and the
greasy overalls of the hand workei-s.
The gun shops necessitated the es-
tablishment within the yard of a rail-
way system on a small scale, and the
tooting of locomotives and the shifting
of loaded flat cars give evidence of in-
dustry and labor.
The manufacture of naval guns and
to the boring, rifling and jacketing of i ammunition has greatly increased the
. .  A.  i  « mr.n* V- nmnlnVPK
QNE INDIVIDUAL
Sought UniuocMifully to Rob • Train
In Arkansas.
Little Rock, Ark., Oct. 11—Particu-
lars of the bold attempt to rob passen-
ger train No. 2 on the Kansas City
Southern railroad near Ashdown, Ark.,
Monday night have just been received
here. When the train stopped at Ash-
down a truck load of express was put
off and Wells. Fargo Express messen-
ger W. D. Smith shut the door, but as
the' train started the car caught a ba-
nana barrel and Conductor Bush sig-
nnaled the engineer to stop. Thi 
caused Messenger Smith to open tha
side car door. After the barrel was
removed, and as the train again start-
ed, one of the robbers jumped into the
car and Immediately covered Smith
with a gun and peremptorily ordered
him to the end of the car and not to
turn his head on penalty of being shot,
the other robber did not enter the car,
but probably stood guard on the out-
side.
The train pulled to the water tank,
about two blocks distant from the de-
pot platform, and stopped and took
water. Meanwhile the robber attempt-
ed to get Into the through safe, keep-
ing close watch 011 Smith. When h«
attempted to turn his head he warned
him not to look behind, and the second
time Smith made the attempt, told
him that if he again turned his head
he would be shot.
There was nothing in the local safe,
and as Smith could not open the
through safe the robber was foiled In
securing any loot. Just as the train
started from the water tank the rob-
ber opened the door and jumped to
the ground, leaving a sack he had
brought in which to carry away the
expected booty.
The robber was masked, having on
his head and coming down well over
his eyes a square pasteboard box with
places cut in the side for ears and
eyes, and over the lower part of the
face, covering his chin and mouth, a
handkerchief. As the man left the
car he dropped the paper box off his
head, leaving it on the floor. Smith
saw enough of the man's face to know
that he was smooth shaven on the up-
per lip, and he believes he can iden-
tify him from his build, actions and
voic*.
the guns, or the complete construction
of the guns proper as distinguished
from the carriage and other accessor-
ies. The welUknown Morgan traveling
cranes and hoisting apparatus are
employed for suspending and moving
the heavy ordnance, and in applying
the jacket thereto, and this machin-
ery is all of the largest and most sub-
stantial type.
Trackways and beams of great sise
and strength extend along the sides
and across the upper portion of the
building to support the traveling
hoists, and the suspending chains,
made up of enormous links freely
travel longitudinally and across the
building, and upon each of the mov-
able beams is a house or cab contain-
ing the propelling mechanism and the
operator.
Gigantic lathes are used for support-
ing the heavy guns and operating the
drills and other required tools, and the
most expert workmen are employed in
this important work.
The "Jacketing" of the gun is a deli-
cate operation, requiring the highest
order of mechanical skill. The slight-
est flaw or inequality in the surface of
the gun is quickly detected, and fre-
nurnber of the government's employes,
and constitute another step in the
growth and development of our na
tional strength and resources.
was not aware that this apparently
deformed bill is exceedingly service-
able in extracting the seeds of apples
and pines, upon which the crossbill
chiefly feeds. The specimen at the
Zoo is of a greenish-yellow hue, but
the full-dressed male bird Is bright
red, which color, together with its
crossed bill, has been explained in
a medieval legend as due to its at-
tempts to draw out the nails from the
cross.—London Express.
Arkansu* uml Clio
Bight to 1
Kail way Secure
Ardmore.
SOUVENIR CUPS LATEST.
Mmlr of   New Meuil mill In Many
Fanta.tlc Shape®.
| One of the latest fads to show itself
i in the Jewelry trade is the souvenir
' cup of metal. This article, says the
Jewelers' Weekly, is already popular
in some sections of the United States.
The souvenir spoon fad had its origin
In Washington, D. C., and so. too. the
souvenir cup in its present form, ssems
to have first appeared in that city a
few months ago. It has now extended
to other cities. In Washington the
cups became a fad because thai is a
great tourist center. So far these cups
have all been made to owler in Ger-
many and Imported by one or two
New York firms, who calm to have
control, for this country, of all manu-
factures of the metal employed In this
form. But If the demand expands and
develops Into a general fad there Is
every reason to expect American
' manufacturers to enter into competl-
Kradicatlng Kahies.
During th" whole of 1900 no case of
rabies was found in England or Scot-
land and it is asserted with confidence
that the disease which had been pres-
ent for centuries has been entirely
eradicated. This official statement
justifies the stringent muzzling order
passed by Parliament a few years ago
and the vexatious regulations against
importing dogs. A few cases of rabies
were reported from Wales, where the
regulations were not enforced strict-
ly. For the first, t,me in fifty-one
years not a single person died of hy-
drophobia in England and Wales in
in 1899.—New York Sun.
quently more than a single trial Is i tlon with he German houses that now
Anarchists Don't I'rosper.
"Very few anarchists ever become
prosperous and contented citizens,"
says a detective. "There have been
some instances, though. I have in
mind one man who fifteen years ago
was very prominent in anarchistic
circles here. He even published a
little paper in the interest of an-
archy. The sheet was so rabid that
after the Haymarket riots it was sup-
pressed. This man was an expert
chemist and his fame had followed
him from Germany, from which
Ardmore, l. T., Dct. 12.—In th^ Ar-
kansas and Choctaw injunction case,
wherein a number of residents of |
North Ardmore sought to restrain the
road from using the right of way into
Ardmore as originally surveyed by the
line, for the alleged reason that it
would damage valuable property with-
out compensation, the contention was
made by Attorneys I'. L. Soper and \\.
trry for the Ai Kansas ami Choctaw
that there was no such thing as a lot in
the towns of ihe Chickasaw nation un-
til the plats of the town were approved
by the secretary of the interior, and
that the occupants had no vested
rights in the soil which congress by
legislation could not deprive them of.
United States Judga Townsend de-
clined to pass on this question, but
held that congrcss has given the Ar-
kansas and Che etaw the right to take
and use a right of way through the
Choctaw and Chickasaw nations, and
that this right included the land with-
in the towns. He further hcid that
:he railroad company could not be en-
joined from applying to the interior
irpaitmcnt to have its rgiht of way
ind station giounds on the p-at o, t.ie
towns, nor from proceeding to have
referees appointed to cond.mn the im-
provements on its right of way into
Ardmore.
^SffRwisii
(New Kind of W..y.:
Vinita. I. T., Oct. 12.—The Camp-
bell method of growing wheat ia at-
tracting much attention >:nong the
farmers of the Indian Territory. C. K.
Adams, an extensive stockraiser and
farmer of Superior, Neb., who is on
the lookout for advanced ideas in agri-
culture, after studying the results of
the Campbell method, indorsed it as
solving th equestion of wheat raising.
A heavy roller is all ttn*.t the far-
mer needs and nature will do the rest.
He rolls the field after the wheat is
Bown, and then rolls it again and again
after the plant is up. Next he turns
in the cattle until winter sets in, and
in the spring puts on the roller again,
and keeps it moving until the plant ia
nearly ready to joint. The object of
rolling the field is to form a compact
surface, which operates as a mulch
and prevents evaporation. By this
means the plant gets all the benefit of
the snow and rain, and the result is a
vigorous and healthy plant, and conse-
quently a generous yield of grain.
DEATH COSTS 100 PLATL8.
Wldowhovd ft Serious Business Ift Part®
of Phlllpptaes.
Becoming a widow or a widower Is
a much more serious business than
getting married among some of the
tribes in the Philippines. In Mindanao
"marrying in haste" often leads to a
prolonged "repenting at leisure," for
they have an institution there known
as the "widow tax"—"chabaloan" the
natives call It Upon the death of the
wife the widower must pay a certain
sum of money or its equivalent In
goods to his father-in-law before he
can go a-courting again. As money
is a scarce article among these natives
the tax generally is paid in plates of
common "stone china," which are
much used by the natives as a medium
of exchange. It Is considered the prop-
er thing for the bereaved one to pay
100 of these plates to his father-in-law
for permission to look about him for a
successor to the deceased helpmate. If
the husband dies the widow at once
becomes the property of her parents-
in-law and so remains for life, unless
some relative comes forward and pro-
duces the necessary number of dinner
plates. The natural result of this is
that married people are all extremely
solicitous for the health of each other.
In sickness the invalid is seduously at-
tended by the partner of his or her
Joys and sorrows, the well person, per-
haps being moved more by the thought
of those hundred plates than by real
affection. Divorce is unknown among
these people; but a man may have as
many wives as he pleases. It will he
seen that in case of an epidemic
which would sweep away his wives,
a married man would be in dire ex-
tremity. In the case of a death of a
much-married man his parents come
into a small fortune; for they either
have enough slaves to render future
work on their part unnecessary or
they receive enough plates from the
families of the widows to set up a
crockery store.
investigation
Message Missed.
Washington, Oct. ll.-Ju<lge Advo-
cate Lemly Introduced Lieut. J. H.
Holden, formerly watch officer on the
Scorpion, as a witness. Ueut. Holden
Bigned the entry in the Scorpion's log.
giving the particulars of a message
for Commodore Schley from the fcaglc,
which that vessel had brought from
Capt. McCalla on May 19. 1898. when
the flying squadron was then bound
for Clenfuegos. fell In with Capt. Mc-
Calla's squadron, who had just left
that port
Itoutlne Work.
San Francisco, Cal.. Oct. 11.—The tri-
ennial convention of the Episcopal
church accomplished routine work
Thursday, but made little progress to-
ward disposing of the canon on mar-
riage and diforce which came up in
committee of the whole in the house
of deputies. The popular interest In
the subject was evinced by the crowded
galleries, a large majority or the spec
tators being women, nearly all o.
whom remained until hour of adjourn-
ment.
Too Nu< h Publicity.
Washington. Oct. 11.—A cablegram
has been received at the state depart-
ment from Spencer Eddy, secretary of
the United States legation at Constan-
tinople. concerning Miss Stone's case,
which, It is said, is practically a repe-
tition of facts stated by Consul Gen-
eral Dickinson in his dispaich. The
state department officials are still of
the same mind as to the danger of too
much publicity touching negotiations
for Miss Stone's release.
N|||||M ||<I Whereabout..
Sofia, Bulgaria, Oct. 11.—According
semi-official Intelligence, some
shepherds Informed a Bulgarian offl-
ial that the brigands having Miss
Stone in custody are now on the
Heights of Jokoruda, in Turkish terri-
tory.
Clayton KenialM.
City of Mexico, Oct. 11.—Gen. Powell
Clayton of Arkansas, United States
ambassador to the republic of Mexico,
on the 20th of September forwarded his
resignation through the state depart-
ment at Washington to President
Roosevelt, according to established
precedents. Ambassador Clayton has
received a reply from the department
of state expressing the hope of the
president that he will remain in the
office which he now holds.
Dividend Declared.
New York, Oct. 11.—The directors of
ihe Atchison rllroad have declared a
semi annual dividend ot 2 per cent on
"(be common stock, an Increase of
one-half of one per cent over the pre-
vious declaration.
Ht-oulM Captured.
Hellbron, Ornnge River Colony, Oct.
u"—Thirteen of Kitchener's scouts
Jjavt li«att captured in a Boer ambush.
William. Appointed.
Washington. Oct. 11.—John C. Wil-
liams, a well-known newspaper corre-
spondent of this city, has been ap-
pointed secretary to the United States
delegates to the conference of Ameri-
can Republics, to meet In the City of
Mexico Oct, 21. Mr. Williams has 1
considerable acquaintance with the no-
blemen of South and Central America,
acquired through lila diplomatic work
her*.
necessary before the Jacket Is succesa
fully placed in position. The visitor
observing the "jacketing" process
will be impressed with the quiet dis-
cipline of the workmen engaged The
master workman directs Ills subordi-
nates, and especially those in charge of
the hoisting apparatus, almost entire-
ly by signals with the head and hands,
and the noisy shouting of orders is
not resorted to. In fact, the discipline
of the great establishment is quite
strict and along naval lines.
Numerous notices are conspicuously
posted to the effect that workmen are
not allowed to talk to visitors.
Necessarily the quality of the metal
employed in the manufacture of the
huge guns, constituting the armament
of our great warships, is a matter of
first Importance, and the materials are
subjected to the highest tests known
to science. As a result of the great
care required in this respect, as well
as in the subsequent steps Involved la
the development of the finished pro-
duct. the cost of producing these guns
Is very great.
Another large building Is devoted to
the building of gun carriages, especi-
ally designed to support the large guns
and a large force of machinists is em-
ployed to operate the great variety of
machinery employed in this branch of
the work.
Many curious and specially designed
machines are seen In operation here
for scraping, shaving, drilling and re-
cessing the hard gun metal, and most
of them are entirely automatic, requir-
ing only the attention of a skilled
workman to adjust the work and keep
the machinery in perfect working
order.
In still another separate building
the work of forming and drawing cart-
ridge cases is carried on, and thlB Is
by no means the least Interesting de-
partment of the plant to the ordinary
visitor. The rapid transformation of
a bulky, cumbersome looking blank
Into a thin, shapely cylinder Is an
operation which attracts the eye and
excites the Interest of the unskilled
lookeron.
The array of boxes or crates of com-
pleted cartridge cases ranged along
one end of the building would Indicate
that Uncle Sam Is a firm believer in
the soundness of the injunction, Tn
time of peace prepare for war." The
formidable looking rows of cartridge
cases, however, are harmless, as they
have yet to be charged with the projec-
tiles and high explosives.
As above stated, all of the work con-
nected with the gun plant 1s in charge
of naval officers who are specialists
In the construction of ordnance, and
here and there about the great work-
shops is uen one of these officers ar-
ray«* at this seaaon In hli summer
IEW OF THE INTERIOR Of THE P RINCIPAL STRUCTURE.
have the monopoly. The metal used , country he had been exiled. He was
Is the new Kayser Zlnn metal, which offered employment at a salary of $60
has come into demand lately for vari- ! a week, more money than he had ever
ous uses, and the cups are sold either dreamed of making. He was frugal in
in their natural condition or silver
plate inside and outside, or sliver plate
outside and gold lined. The popular
shape Is that of a white tumbler three
and a half Inches high by two and
three-eighths Inches In diameter at
the top and one and flve-elghtlls
inches at the bottom. There are other
more fancy shapes, such as a small
German beer stein and a small thin |
goblet eight or nine inches high. On
the sides are local designs which give
the cups their souvenir significance.
An Aiilileilt.
Vinita, I. T., Oct. 12 —The negro
who shot and wounded Mrs. Cobiantz
at Centralia last week during the race
war at that place, was given an exaui-
inging trial at Vinita and discharged.
It was shown that there was no in
tent to harm Mrs. Cobiantz, the shoot-
ing which injured her betng an acci-
dent.
Dear Trapping.
Shawnee. Ok., Oct. 12.—It does noi
pay to violate the game laws of the
Territory, provided the violator is ap-
prehended. A farmer brought thirty-
four live quail to town, and was in
the act of delivering them tc a cus-
tomer at 10c each, when an officer
arrested him. He was fined $32.50,
which made the quails very expensive.
his habits and soon acquired a snug
bank account. With approaching af-
fluence he turned his back upon his
old associates and eventually married
an American woman. To-day his
name Is but a memory among the
anarchists."—Philadelphia Record.
Lincoln's Ancestors Made Iron.
A government report on the iron
and steel industry says Abraham Lin-
coln's paternal ancestry was identi-
fied with the manufacture of iron in
Harmony In House Furnishing*.
Women would do well to give much
thought to color harmony and circum-
stances rather than style when choos-
ing house furnishings. Upon the har-
monious blending of wall and floor
covering, together with the woodwork,
depends much of the success of the
room; yet some woman, hearing that
red walls "are the style," and seeing
how effective a soft shade of it is with
Knight* of Pythias.
Shawnee. O. T.. Oct. 12.—The  dev
enth annual grand lodge of the Knights
of Pythias was in session here Tor
three days. The city was decorated :n
honor of the occasion, and about 300
visitors were in attendance upon tne
session.
OIL SUPERSEDING COAL.
Evolution In Railroad Fuel in the Unite*
States.
The railroads of the United States
spent for fuel for their locomotives
last year $80,000,000, or about 10 per
cent of the whole cost of railroad oper-
ating in the country. In addition to
the coal purchased for the use of lo-
comotives, there is the expense of its
transportation, for several of the rail-
roads are so far removed from coal sup-
plies that they are compelled to carry
coal for long distances. One of the
most important railroads of the
country in respect to the territory it
serves (the Southern Pacific) has not
on its route a coal field, from New Or-
leans to San Francisco, and has had to
import its coal from Alabama. New
Mexico and Colorado. This has been
one of its heaviest items of expense,
but since the utilization of oil as a rail-
road fuel it is so no longer. Oil in
great abundance has been used recent-
ly as a fuel by all the railroads run-
ning through Texas, and on some
southwestern divisions of the trunk
lines of that section it is being used
almost exclusively for passenger loco-
motives. Originally, American rail-
roads used wood only as fuel. At
present coal, soft or anthracite. Is
most generally used, the average train
requiring about two tons of anthracite
for each 100 miles run and about a
ton and a half of soft coal for the
same run. Soft coal, more available
for the railroads of the west and
south, cost about 50 per cent per ton
less than anthracite, but oil as a fuel
has been found to be very much
cheaper than either, and as it eomps
into more general use is superseding
coal as coal superseded wood.—New
York Sun.
Massachusetts. The head of the j the pure black Flemish oak, straight-
way has It put on her walls to com-
bine with yellow oak. How much bet-
ter a gobelin blue burlap or cartridge
paper would be! Then, too, often the
mistake is made of having everything
of one color to match, thereby causing
monotony. Artistic decorators advo-
cate old ro6e in rugs and hangings as
a relieving contrasting bit to gobelin
blue walls and yellow oak woodwork.
—Chicago News.
American branch of his father's fam
ily, Samuel Lincoln, emigrated in 1637
from Norwich, England, to Massa-
chusetts. Mordecai Lincoln, son of
Samuel, born at Hingham on June
14, 1657, followed the trade of a black-
smith at Hull, from which place he
removed to Scltuate. where "he built
a spacious house and was a large con-
tributor toward the erection of the
ironworks at Bound Brook" in 1703.
These works made wrought Iron di-
rectly from the ore. Mordecai Lin-
coln had two sons. Mordecai. Jr.. and
Abraham, who settled in Berks coun-
ty, Pa. Mordecai. Jr.. was the great-
great-grandfather of Abraham Lin-
coln.
Found Dead.
Antlers, 1. T. .Oct. 12—An unknown
man was found dead ten miles north-
west of this place on the Antlers and
Stringtown road. He was brought to
town and identified as the man who left
McDonald's grading camp on the Ar-
kansas and Choctaw railroad a few
days ago. He had a new wagon and a
good pair of black mules. He had evi-
dently been a laborer on the Arkan
sas and Choctaw road.
An account book was found in his
pocket in which was written the names
Jack Penn and B. Smith. The deceas
ed told a restaurant keeper in town
that he lived in Kansas City, and that
he had been working on the new road
and was going home.
Which Is the Nobler Animal?
A group of spectators stood in front
a cigar store near Seventh and
I Spruce streets last night and watched
I an intoxicated man being led home by
J a red setter dog. The man was almost
| helplessly drunk. He held the dog by
[ a chain. Once in a while he would
) grab a lamppost and cling to It with
i one hand while he held the dog's chain
i by the other. The faithful, patient
dog would sit down for a while and
A Funny Numeral System.
The natives of Murray Island,
Torres strait, have a numeral system
which is based on two numbers,
netat, one, and neis, two. Above two ^
they compute by composition neis- would tug at the chain and arouse
netat. means three, neis 1 neis, two
and two. four. Where they get above
this figure they have recourse to dif-
ferent. parts of the body, beginning
with the little and other fingers of the
left hand and going from there to the
wrist, elbow, armpit, shoulder, etc.,
on the left side, and thence down the
right side to twenty-one; the toes giv-
ing ten numbers more, to thirty-one.
Beyond this they are satisfied with
"many."
his inebriated master. "That's noth-
ing new," remarked the center of the
group at the cigar store; "that dog
takes that young man home In that
condition almost every Saturday
night."—Philadelphia Record.
Hun
•d.
Fight Building'
Ardmore. I. T., Oct .12.—A fire at
Sulphur Friday morning destroyed
eight business houses. The loss is es-
timated at $8000. Insurance $1000.
Officers Chosen.
Vinita, I. T.. Oct. 12.—The United
States commissioners of the Indian
Territory have elected the following
officers for the ensuing year: Hy Jen-
nings. Claremore, president; Thomas
Sanson. Jr.„ vice president Northern
district; G. T. Rals. Atoka, vice presi-
dent Central district; S. B. Bradford,
Ardmore, vice president Southern dis-
trict; Allen Wright. South McAlester,
secretary and treasurer; committee on
game bill. G. T. Ralls. H. L. Marshall
and Stuart Dennie.
Government Huyinv: Back Estates.
The government of New Zealand ift
still pursuing its policy of buyl: g back
large estates from the proprietors and
cutting them up into holdings for men
of small means. It is successfullly pro-
viding allotments near the large towns
for workmen's homes, in the hope that
this may relieve poor men from the
excessive, almost prohibitory, rents of
cities. A man who has an acre of fer-
tile land near a town at an almost
nominal price can partly keep h'.s fam-
ily by growing vegetables and working
at his garden in his spare time. He
.  in a vastly superior position to the
laborer who has to pay about one-third
jf his income In rent for bare house
zoom, and turn out into the street
►he instant the weekly rent i* not
forthcoming. The effort is not limited
to this acre allotment system; the
country estates bought back by the
government are cut into small farms,
on which thrifty agriculturists may
make 14vings for their families. Re-
cently the government bought for this
purpose the Glenham estate of 11.500
acres, near Wyndham; the Kakaku
estate of 2.250 acres, near Pleasant
Point, South Canterbury, and several
other psoperties In the vicinity of
Christchurch.
"An Krror In Natnre."
Among the more Interesting ex-
amples of uncommon British birds at
the Zoo is a crossbill, the seed-eating
fowl which Buffon stigmatized as be-
ing "an error and a defect In nature."
But Buffon only dwelt upon the odd
way in which the upper and lower
beak crflBs each other obliquely, and
France's Increase in Population.
France Is proud of the increase In
her population. The census figures for
this year are 38.641,333. an Increase In
five years of 412,364. The Increase in
the preceding flve-year period was only
133,819.
Etymologists declare that the sugar
cane has 227 varieties of insect ene-
mies.
To maintain the public schools of
the country costs every man, voman
and child a little more than $9.
Fall Potato Crop.
Shawnee, O. T.. Oct 12—The secre-
tary of the Pottawatomie County Po-
tato Growers* association reports that
the members of that organization will
have seventy-five carloads of Irish po-
tatoes ready for shipment by Oct. 20.
This is the fall crop.
the
Ardmore. I. T.. had a fire
night of the 10th.
Bradstreet reports the general de
maud for merchandise Is quieter.
Copyright Forever.
The publications issued by the king
of Great Britain are entitled to enjoy
the benefit of copyright forever. The
king, in his capacity of publisher, is-
suts all chirts to be used by mariners
and no one else h?T the right to pub-
lish those charts. It is the same with
the ordnance survey maps; these are
issued by the king alone. The king
also has the right, shared by the Ox-
ford and Cambridge universities, of
publishing the Bible. — Pearson's
Weekly.
Personal Interest.
"You know, of course. Colonel." re-
marked the bartender, "that Kentucky
is producing about 30,000,000 gallons
of whisky a year now?" "Have you
any idea, sah," asked Col. Hankthun-
der, raising his glass with a steady
hand, "whah we get the rest of ouah
supply?"—Chicago Tribune.
Fish I.eap Twenty Feet High.
Norwegian fishery commissioners
have been measuring the salmon's leap
by means of standards erected below
waterfalls. They have found that the
fish cap leap to a height of twenty
feet