Indianapolis Journal, Volume 53, Number 32, Indianapolis, Marion County, 1 February 1903 — Page 4

THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1903.

PART ONE.

Ailfiy BILLS PASSED

GENERAL STAFF ASD IXETIIIEMEXT MCAMItt: ADUiTLD BY SENATE. Oninlbas Statehood Bill Reported ai an Agricultural Dill Rider, bat Forced to Go Over. ACCEPTANCE OF STATUES TRIBUTES TO SIG3ERS OF DECLARA TIOX OF I DEPENDENCE. Payne Successful In Ills Fight Against Certain Private Claims Dills The Canal Treaty. WASHINGTON. Jan. 21. The greater part of the time of the Senate to-day was devoted to exercises in connection with the acceptance from the State of Maryland of statues of Charles Carroll and John Hansen, which will henceforth stand in Statuary Hall at the national Capitol. A number of bills were passed, including the House bill pending for the creation of a general staff of the army. The Senate added a an amendment tne bill providing for the retirement with Increased rank of officers who served in the civil war. The amendment la in the words of the retirement bill as it was recently reported by the Senate committee on military affairs. The text of the staff bill proper was not changed except that an amendment was added providing that it shall not go Into effect until Aug. 15 next. That 1 the date of General Mlles's retirement, and the amendment Is made in deference to his opposition to the measure. The bill has already passed the House, and but for a -notice by Senator Berry that he would ask to have the vote by which the bill was passed reconsidered it would now go to conference. The Senate committee on agriculture today agreed to plate the omnibus statehood bill on the agricultural appropriation bill as a rider. The proposition was strongly antagonized, but it carried by a two-thirds vote, Hansbrough, Foster and Quay, Republicans, and Bate, Heltfeld and Simmons. Democrats, voting in the affirmative, and Proctor, Dolliver and Quarle. Republican?, In tne negative. When Mr. Quay favorably reported his amendment Mr. Ueveridge immediately called attention to the rule requiring the reports of committees to lie over for a 5av. and asked that the report In this cafe go over for a day. The chair sustained Mr. .Beveridge and the report went over. Similar action was taken on the amendment to the sundry civil bill. Bills were passed appropriating 5.000 to establish a fish hatchtry and fish station in Indiana; appropriating $22.943 for the payment of overtime claims of letter carriers; exclude from Judgment as barred by the limitation to exempt from taxation certain property of the Daughters of the American Revolution in Washington: appropriating 00 for the xelicf of the Christian Church, of Henderson, Ky.: providing for the establishment of a life saving station In the vicinity of Cape Flattery or Flattery Rock3, Washington: to Increase the number of lighthouse districts: appropriating $15.000 for the construction of a tender for the twelfth lighthouse - district; authorizing the Oklahoma & Western Railroad Company to construct and operate a railway through the Fort Sill military reservation. Oklahoma: extending the provisions of the general homestead law to ccrttln lands segregated from Indian reservations; . authorising the President to detail officers of tho revenu itter servfo su perintendents or Instructors In the public marine schools: conferring Jurisdiction on the Court of Claims to determine all claims of the confederate bands of Ute Indians of Colorado; also a number of private bills. ' 1IOISE PROCEEDINGS. Sir. Payne Victorious Over Pushers of Certain Trlvate Claims Bills. WASHINGTON, Jan. 31. After three hours of general debate upon the postofflce appropriation bil! whlci was made notable by a speech In favor of tariff reform by Mr. Williams, of Mississippi, who is a candidate for the Democratic leadership of the next House, the House to-day suspended public business and listened - to three addresses by Mr. Pearrc, of Maryland. Mr. Dalxell of Pennsylvania, and Mr. Schirm of Maryland, on the life and public service of Charles Carroll, of Carrollton, and John Hansen, two signers of the Declaration of Independence, whose .statues have been erected by the State of Maryland in Statuary Hall. Resolutions also were adopted formally accepting the statues on behalf of the government. Mr. Grosvenor, of Ohio, presided during thfse exercises, and there was a large number of Marylanders in the galleries.-two sections of which had been especially reserved for thtlr accommodation. The death of the late Representative Rumple, of Iowa, which occurred this morning In Chicago, was announced, the usual resolutions were adopted and a committee was appointed to attend the funeral. Then as a further mark of respect, the House adjourned until to-morrow when a memorial session will be held to pay tribute to the late Senator McMillan, of Michigan. When the Hout-e reconvened at 10:30 a. m. to-day It was still the legislative day of Friday, and consideration of the claims bills favorably acted upon in committee of the whole yesterday proceeded. There was not a quorum and the situation was at the mercy of Mr. Payne, the Republican Moor leader. He allowed the bills to which he was not opposed, to be passed, but every one to which he raised objection was laid aside upon his demands. Thirty-two of the forty-two bills were passed. It was then agreed, by unanimous consent, that the remaining thirteen should be considered next Tuesday. Then at 11 o'clock the House adjourned until 12. noon, when it convened for the regular Saturday session. CANAL TREATY PERILED. President and Secretary of State Hay Are Becoming Anxious. WASHINGTON. Jan. SI. An important conference was held at the White House to-day, the participants being the President. Secretary Hay ind Senator CuUom, chairman of tr.e foreign relations committee of the Senate. T"jc subject under discussion was the status of the Panama canal treaty. The situation with regard to the treaty -as It has developed in the Senate is giving the acrcinistratlon and its supporters grave concern. The President is exceedingly anxious that the treaty should be ratiScJ at the earliest possible moment. The conference held to-day was with a view of ascertaining If possible what could b? done to batten consideration of tho treaty bv the renate it m,it tain that the advices received by the Fremiti nt are not reassuring. An ettort ia to be made to get the treaty out of committee with a favorable report. That the effort will be? successful Is reasonably certain; but then Its troubles, in the present view of the matter, will only have begun. Senator Morgan, chairman of the committee on Interoceanlc canals, tufces the ground that the negotiation conducted by the State Department with Mr. Herran. representing Coiomola. are not valid, as he holds that Mr. Herran old not possess the necessary authority to make a treaty binding upon his country, and It Is understood that he will ue his utmost efforts to defeat the treaty In Its present form. Indeed, the intimation has reached the President that whn the treaty Is called up for consideration in the Senate amendments will be offered to almost every section of It. Such action. It Is well understood, will seriously dplay final action i'pon It, even if It should not result In the defeat of its rntirtcatlon It I stated definitely that an amendment to the treaty would Imperil the entire canal project, as the government of Colombia might hesitate to accept amendments made to it. partlcularly If they Involved essential details or principles. During the conference today the situation was considered, but what

decision, if any, was reached could not be ascertained. It Is known only that an earnest effort Is to be made In th Senate to secure ratification at the present session. The Senate committee on foreign relations again to-day discussed the Panama canal treaty between the United States and Colombia, but did not reach a conclusion. The discussion was based entirely upon the amendments to the treaty which were, offered yesterday by Senator Morgan, but action was not taken on any of them and the committee adjourned until Monday, hen the subject will be further discussed. Senator Morgan's resolution directing an inquiry into the credentials of Senor Herran. who negotiated the treaty on the part of Colombia, was voted down. Senator Morgan said in the course of his discussion of the question that his only purpose was to perfect the treaty so that there would be no trouble in the future. He declared his Interest in the proposed canal was as great as it would be if the Nicaragua route had been chosen. He felt, he said, that the document in its present shape did not guard details as carefully as It should, and he urged his amendments as calculated to accomplish that end. APPOIXTME.NTS.

Judge Willis Vamlerventer to Be Judge of the Eighth District. WASHINGTON, Jan. 3L President Roosevelt to-day signed the bill recently passed by Congress creating an additional Judgeship for the Eighth Judicial Circuit. Iate this afternoon he made a personal tender of the judgeship to Judge Willis Vanderventer, assistant attorney for the Interior Department, and the proffer was accepted. The President to-day sent the following nominations to the Senate: Assistant treasurers of the United States, William S. Lelb, at Philadelphia, and George A. Marden, at Boston. Collector of customs, John M. Holzendorf, for the district of St. Mary's, Ga. Surveyor of customs, Charles II. Senseney, for the port of Wheeling, W. Va. Consul, William H. Bishop, Connecticut, at Genoa, Italy. Navy Ransom E. Riggs. South Carolina, to be assistant surgeon; Commander C. C. Cornwall, to bo captain. Pay inspectors, S. R. Calhoun and John M. Sieel. to be pay directors. Mldshlpmen to be assistant naval constructors, J. A. Kurer, William B. Fogarty, S. M. Henry and L. B. McBride. j vviuiam ii. iiisnop, appointeo consul at Genoa, is a well-known novelist, and was formerly professor of Italian and Spanish literature in Yale. Dinner to the President. WASHINGTON, Jan. Sl.-Secretary of the Navy Moody was the host at a dinner at the New Wlllard Hotel in honor of PresU dent and Mrs. Roosevelt. Covers were laid for thirty. The occasion marked an innovation in Cabinet functions, a detachment of marines In full dress uniform being stationed in and about the hotel during the dinner. Besides the President and Mrs. Roosevelt, the guests included Admiral of the Navy and Mrs. Dewey, Secretary of State Hay, Secretary of the Treasury and Mrs. Shaw, Attorney General and Mrs. Knox. Postmaster General and Mrs. Payne, Secretary of the Interior and airs. Hitchcock. Miss Wilson, Senator and Mrs. Hale, Senator and Mrs. Hoar, Senator and Mrs. Lodge, Justice and Mrs. Holmes. General and Mrs. Draper, Mrs. J. West Roosevelt. Miss Kcan, Miss Levering. Mr. Foss and Mr. Gillett, of Massachusetts. Aimed at Rockefeller and Others. WASHINGTON, Jan. Sl.-Senator Wellington to-day introduced an amendment to the Constitution prohibiting the holding of fortunes exceeding $10,0)0.000 by any one Individual in the United States. In case of such holding, the amendment provides that the excess shall be condemned as a public nuisance, a public folly, or a public peril, and be accordingly forfeited to the United States treasury. National Capital Notes. WASHINGTON, Jan. SI. An informal musicale was given at the White House this evening, at which Mme. Roget Miclos, pianist, played for Mrs. Roosevelt and a few personal friends who had been invited by Mrs. Roosevelt to hear her. Mrs. Roosevelt will have muslcales at the White House on the evening of Feb. 13, the afternoon of Feb. 20 and the evening of Feb. 2i.. Secretary Hay and Mr. De Margarie, the French charge, to-day signed an agreement extending to the island of Torto Rico the provisions of the French reciprocity arrangement drawn under Section 3 of the Dlngley act. This will admit French still wines, argols and work3 of art into Porto Rico upon preferential rates of duty. On request of Secretary Hay the Senate, In executive session to-day, returned the Alaskan boundary treaty to the President for correction of two clerical errors. One of these is in the matter of the title of King Edward and the other consists of the description in the preamble of the tribunal created by the treaty as a tribunal of arbitration, whereas, owing to the fact that there 13 no umpire. It ia not so regarded. It is understood so soon as the errors can be corrected the document will be returned. Meantime the favorable report made upon the treaty by the committee on foreign relations stands. In answer to the Spanish minister's offer to sell, the War Department has decided to purchase a certain proportion of the heavy ordnance now in place in the fortifications of Porto Rico. The War Department last spring decided to make a similar purchase of a part of the Spanish ordnance In Cuba, but with the turning over of the island to the Cuuans the United States has no longer an interest In keeping the ordnance, and if the Cubans wish to retain it they must purchase it from the Spanish government. Orders have been issued by the Navy Department for the converted cruiser Prairie, now used as a training ship, which Is undergoing repairs at the Norfolk navy yard, to take on a large detachment of landsmen at that port with a view to their Immediate transfer to the training ship Hartford for a course of Instruction in seamanship and naval tactics. Appeals were filed in the United States Supreme Court to-day in twelve cases involving prize money claimed by the officers of the navy on account of the capture of Spanish fishing smacks during the Spanish war. All the cases were decided by the District Court for the district of Florida, contrary to the contention of the United States, and the government is the appellant. A Lawyer's Trick. Philadelphia Record. Several lawyers were seated around a table on which were various bottles and glasses, and the conversation, by some reason or other, had drifted to the subject of actresses. "A photograph of Fanny Davenport once saved a case for me." said one of the lawyers. "It was when Wayne MacVeagh was counsel for the Pennsylvania Railroad Company. A client of mine, a widow, was sueing the company for J7.DXi damages for the death of her husband. She had a clear case, and I thought it was a cinch when. Just a few days before the case was to have come up. she happened into my ofllce and announced that she had married a&ain. I was flabbergasted. "Good lxrd. madame, I gasped, 'why couldn't you have waited until your case came up? It's next to impossible for mc to get damages for you now. She said she didn't care very much, and went out seeming very happy. Well, it just happened that I had a pnotograph of Fanny Davenport on my drsk. and when, the next day, Wayne MacVeagh happened into my otiice to discuss quite another matter he picked up the photo and admired It. 'Who's your friend?' ho asked. I had a sudden Inspiration and I said: Why, that a tne iaay wno is ucing your company for J7.f.' 'The deuce you say said he. Hand.ome woman, isn't she? She Is. indeed.' 1 replied. H m!' he exclaimed, looking at tho picture closely. A deuced handsome woman. I should say. A deuced handsome woman. Thre was a slight rau?- 'What'll you take to settle this eaee?' he asked. 1 thought of my client's second marriage, und I fixed the figure at $3.000. The deal was consummated, and the esse never came to court." It Was Damaged. Youth'4 Companion. Steak Is sometimes tender and sometimes tough, but it remalnded for a waiter in a Western restaurant to cuilm for It the quality of pliability. A patron of the restaurant had been valiantly belaboring a piece of steak with the implements at his command, but neither knife nor fork had any apparent efftct on it. At last he 'called the waiter to his tide. "You'll have to take this steak back and bring me another plecu." he raid. The waiter -yed the steak narrowly, and shook his head. "I can t take that back," h said, "for you've bent iL"

FIFTEEN LIVES LOST

TORPEDO BOAT DESTROYER Sl'MC BY A BRITISH CRUISER. . Cut Thruugh at the Conning Tower I) art n' the Naval Maneuvers Off Corfu. REBUFF FOR AMBASSADOR 3IR. CHOATE CXABLE TO SECURE 31 RS. JIAYBRICK'S RELEASE. Her Mother, the Baroness De Roques, Without Means to Fnther Work in Her Daughter's Behalf. CORFU, Island of Corfu, Jan. SI. The British cruiser Pioneer ran into the torpedo boat destroyer Orwell near the channel of Corfu to-day, and fifteen persons were drowned. The Orwell was cut through at the conning tower during the naval operations and her forepart sank in deep water, taking down the fifteen men. Only two bodies have been recovered. .The after part of the Orwell has been towed here. British Warships Burning Oil. LONDON, Jan. 31. Exceptional interest is attached t'j the departure of the channel squadron from Portsmouth to-day on a prolonged cruise. For the first time British battleships have been fitted to consume oil as fuel. These experiments have so far been confined to small war vessels, but now the Hannibal and Mars will use petroleum Instead of coal, while the cruisers Duke of Edinburgh and Black Prince are similarly equipped. The oil Is carried In tanks stowed in the double bottom or tne ships. OLTCOSIE OF SCANDAL. Crovrn Prince of Saxony Is Said to Have Renounced Right to Throne. BERLIN. Jan. 31. A curious story. widely told in the provincial and Berlin papers this morning, is that the Crown Prince of Saxony is determined to renounce his succession to the throne ir favor of his son George, who is ten years of age. The reason given is that the military code of honor does not permit a husband wronged as he has been to remain in the service and the crown prince as com mander of the First Army Corps of Saxony and as the future commander of the entire Saxon contingent must pass upon the findings of courts of honor which, in circumstances similar to those of the crown prince's, require a challenge or the laying aside of the uniform. The crown prince, it is added. Is scarcely expected to challenge Professor GIron, but opinion in the army is so rigid on points of honor that the prince is regarded as Ineligible for reviewing the decisions of courts of honor and protecting the honor of the uniform. The Rheinische Courier, of Wiesbaden, says without reservation that the prince has renounced his right of succession and the Berlin Morgen Post's Dresden correspondent says he has already appealed to the Emperor to relieve hlra of all military positions. NO RELEASE FOR 3IRS. MAYBRICK. United States Ambassador Choate Rebuffed Recently LONDON, Jan. 31. Both Ambassador Choate and Mrs. Florence Maybrick herself recently received rebuffs in the attempts to gain the latter's freedom. Home Secretary Akers Douglas replied to the embassy's representations and to the Imprisoned woman's appeal that he saw no grounds for her release. The appeals were made especially in connection with the necessity for Mrs. Maybrick's presence in the United States to testify in the Virginia land suits in which she and her mother. Baroness De Rouques,are Interested. The baroness has exhausted all her means In her endeavors to gain her daughter's freedom and is now almost penniless. If the remission of sentence which is generally applied In the cases of life sentences Is granted in Mrs. Maybrick's case she should bs released in March. Whether this will be done seems doubtful, notwithstanding the alleged existence of a letter from Lord Salisbury to the late Ambassador Bayard promising that the prisoner's sentence would-be remitted. "Away vrlth Sprigg.' KIMBERLEY. Cape Colony! Jan. SI. Since his arrival here with Colonial Secretary Chamberlain and Mrs. Chamberlain a series of demonstrations against Sir John Gordon Sprigg, the premier of Cape Colony, have occurred. He was publicly hissed on several occasions, and during Mr. Chamberlain's remarks on the situation In Cape Colony at the banquet given In his honor here yesterday evening cries were raised of "Away with Sprigg!" while the members of a deputation which waited on Mr. Chamberlain informed him In the premier's presence that they had no falih In the Sprigg Ministry, which hampered the Afrikander bund and was dependent on it for its existence. Sir John heatedly characterized these remarks as a personal Insult. Strike Ended. AMSTERDAM, Jan. 31. During a meeting of striking railroad men to-night a telegram was received from -The Netherlands Railroad Company announcing that the company had agreed to the demands of its employes not to carry goods for the transportation companies In support of whose men the railroad men had gone on strike. The State Railroad having agreed to act In accord with The Netherlands Company, the strik Is thought to be at an end and the early resumption of the railroad service Is expected. Retreat of the Pretender. TANGIER, Morocco, Jan. 31. Informa tion was received by courier from Fez this afternoon that the pretender to the throne, Bu Hamara, had retreated a distance of eight miles to his former position. There has been no engagement between the imperial troops and the soldiers of the pretender. Several villages in the Hiyana region have been burned and the inhabitants captured. The feeling at Fez is hopeful. Cable Notes. Monsignor Deneckcre. secretary of St. Peter's. Rome, fell down stairs at his residence on yesterday, fracturing his skull and dying instantly. The supply of provisions having failed at Reus, rear Tarragona, Spain, where a jreneral strike is In progress, the strikers have looted a number of shops, most of which are now Closed. Many arrests have been made. The Chinese authorities have captured arms, ammunition and commissary stores collected for the "reformers." Forelan marines are patrolling the Shamien suburb of Canton, and gunboats are held in readiness at Hong-Kong to sail for there if required. Henry White, the United States charge d'affaires at London and Mrs. White went to Windsor on Saturday to spend a week end with King Edward. Lieutenant General Miles will go to Windsor Sunday, and will dine and sleep at the castle by the King's special desire. German theatrical circles are excited by the ifction of the public censor of Berlin In forbidding the production of Paul Heysei. "Mary Magdalene." upon the ground that it is founded on a biblical subject. At a meeting of university professors held at Kiel, indignation at the censor's action was expressed. General Itaperuna. of Brazil, has left the province of Matto Crosso. the scene of the Acre difficulty between Brazil and Bolivia. He is taking with him artillery, rapid-fire guns and ammunition and is accompanied Lv General Caesar Samplo. General Samplo

will command the Brazilian division on the Matto Crosso-Bolivian frontier.

The Hill of Tara, so rich in historic memories, will shortly be sold, at auction In Dublin. Until the sixth century Tara was the chief seat of the Irish Kings. The last important gathering on the hill of Tara was in 1S43 when a gigantic meeting was held under -the acsplces of Daniel O'Connell, who urged the repeal of the union. The melting of the snow has caused extensive floods and serious damage in Scotland. The river Tay has overflowed In Perthshire and many carcasses of deer, cattle and sheep and quantities of household furniture are floating in the streets of Perth., In Inverness the river Nesse has overflowed and the railroad bridges have been damaged. The river Dee has flooded part of Balmoral and has elsewhere caused great destruction. Brigands have been terrorizing the Caucasus, recently levying tribute on tovns and holding up trains to an extent hitherto unknown. Even garrison towns have been frightened into paying regular tribute, in return for which the bandits not only refrain from plundering, but protect the towns from other marauders. The attempts of the troops to cope with the situation have been generally foiled owing to the complicity of the inhabitants, who are fearful of the brigands vengeance, and therefore warn and shelter them. Sousa's band played at Windsor Castle Saturday evening by request of the King. The concert took place In the Waterloo chamber In the pretence of the royal fam- 1 ny and a large house party, including Henry White, the United ' States charge d'affaires and Mrs. White. The programme in accordance with the King's wish, was composed entirely of American music. The soloists were Maud Powell. Estelle Liebling and Arthur Pryor. King Edward received Sousa In the most pleasant manner and expressed his appreciation of the "Imperial Edward March." HOW TO RUN THE CLUB. Girl with the Pink Shirtwaist Was Seeking Information. Brooklyn Times. The Interviewer dropped in to see the Girl In the Pink Shirtwaist one night last week and found her In sore trouble. "I'm terribly glad to see you," she exclaimed. "I think you can help me in this matter and I am sure you will If you can." The Interviewer returned that It would be Impossible for him to resist, but Intimated that a knowledge of the matter to be dealt with appeared to him to be essential. "Oh. of course," I meant to tell you that. Now, our club has Just elected me president, and I am supposed to preside at all meetings, but well, to be entirely frank about It, I have not the slightest idea what to do. You know, I don't want to be too formal or too strict, because that wouldn't be very nice, and I don't know exactly how to go about conducting the meetings unless I have some rules." The Interviewer asked what kind of a club she belonged to. "We call it a book club; that is, we have a kind of circulating library among ourselves. Each girl buys a book and then we loan them to each other.". The Interviewer intimated that he did not think that such an organization required any particular knowledge of parliamentary procedure, as the mere exchange of books was a matter of personal choice, and that ended It. "Oh, no, you are mistaken. The books form only a small "port of the club. We meet every two weeks, and, of course, we have to have a little luncheon or something of that kind. We have the dearest times! You know we have chocolate and whipped cream. Oh. I just love it, don't you? I think it is Just the dandiest drink for the afternoon it beats soda all to pieces. One of the girls has a lovely afternoon tea set, made of burnished copper, with a cute little alcohol lamp, and we make It with that. She got it for Christmas and she will not tell who gave- It to her. Now what do you think of that?" The Girl In the Pink Shirtwaist paused dramatically and a very knowing expression came over her face, as if she imagined that the withholding of the name of the giver portended something of far-reaching significance. The Interviewer said he had not the slightest idea of the motive behind the tea set. "Good gracious! I should think you could see through it right away. But no, fellows are dreadfully slow sometimes. When I asked George the ame question he said he supposed Santa Claus gave it to her, and I could not get him to make another guess. Really, don't you know?" The Interviewer ventured a guess that some rich uncle might have become afflicted with softening of the heart to the extent of a tea set. The Girl in the Pink Shirtwaist laughed merrily and long. "No, indeed, it was no rich uncle or poor uncle, or anybody like that. Now, when a girl gets a real nice present and will not tell you who gave it to her, you may rest assured that some fellow is 'stuck' on her, and that she likes him pretty well or she would not accept the gift. I would not be at all surprised if Bess were engaged now. We arc all dying to know, but she will not say a word. They say he's an awfully nice fellow, too." The Interviewer asked if she would itemize "they," as It appeared rather strange to him that "he" cotfld be an awfhlly nice fellow or anything else In advance of evidence that "he" existed at all. "Why, everybody says so. 'They' means everybody who says so, and we girls are sure that It is true. Don't you see, It must be true or else nobody would be talking about it." The Interviewer did not consider It wise to pursue this line of reasoning any further and so he led her gently back to the menu of the Book Club. "Oh, yes, I mentioned only a chocolate. Then we have stuffed dates, and olives, and creamed chicken, and salted peanuts and crackers and cake and bonbons and sometimes other things. They are dandy luncheons, but George says I will ruin my stomach with such mixtures." The Interviewer thought, but did not say, that George was about right, but the Girl in the Pink Shirtwaist scouted such an idea and added, by way of convincing proof, that the girls had been eating these luncheons for years. To avoid further argument, he asked her if literary subjects were discussed during the luncheons. She smiled very sweetly and replied: "Well, really, we forget to bring the books most of the time and we find it more interesting to talk about other things. I think literary people are awful bores outside of their books. But. my, I had almost forgotten what I started out to ask you. Now, we must know whether or not Bessie Is engaged to that fellow, and I want to know If there Is any way that the club, as an organization, can make her tell. We all think It Is real mean of her not to tell and so. If we can make her, so much the better, but we simply must know. If you can suggest any way I am sure the club will give you a vote of thanks. Now please do help us." The Interviewer suggested that George, being a lawyer, would be more competent to pass on the legal rights of the organization toward an individual member. "The legal part doesn't make so much difference," she replied, sweetly, "but we must have some trick and newspaper reporters have all kindä of tricks for getting what they want." The Interviewer stated that there were several ways in which Miss Bessia might be trapped, but no way that he knew of to force her. x "Oh. do tell me about the traps," she said, enthusiastically. The Interviewer stated that a resolution might be Introduced by some member to the effect that all of the members then constituting the club should agree, on pain of some penalty, never to marry, making it a condition of the resolution that the vote should le unanimous. This would force a declaration of Intention, and If Besssie had any intentions, matrimonially, she would certainly not vote for the resolution. "That is terribly good." exclaimed the Girl in the Pink Shirtwaist, excitedly. "I know she would never agree to such a thing. She will be awfully mad when she sees that she has been trapped." She was so elated at the thought of finding out the giver of the tea set that the Girl in the Pink Shirtwaist did not care to talk about the heavier questions of the day. The Interviewer again missed George by a few moments, but he went Into the street followed by the profuse thanks of his handsome friend. HORSES EAT MOLASSES. Said to Be Fed to About Five Thon, and In Brooklyn. New York Tribune. Between four thousand and five thousand horses in Brooklyn are beinz fed on mo lasses because it Is cheaper and better than oats. This Interesting and surprising statement was made by Dr. George II. Bms. of the Berns Veterinary Hospital. In Adams street, Brooklyn, at his home in Seventy-eighth street, near Second avenue. Bay Ridge, last evening to a Tribune reporter: "We are using molasses as' a food for horses very extensively," raid Dr. Berns, "not only in my own hospital but in a number of stables under our care pro-

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Makers of the Kind of Clothes Gentlemen Wear and Ladies Admire fessionally. I find it a most nutritious and digestible food for hardworking draught animals. "Horses in harness from twelve to fourteen hours a day do not take time to masticate and properly prepare dry oats and other dry fodder, and the result is that the most of it Is expelled from the bodywithout having been digested or assimilated; therefore, they receive but little nutritive value from their food. Oats must be converted Into starch, and Etarch must be converted Into glucose and sugar before they can possibly be digested and assimilated. As our animals, by reason of fatigue from overwork and excessive hunger, do not take time properly to masticate and salivate their food, it enters their stomachs in an Indigestible condition and causes fermentation, gastric disturbances and collc3 very fequently. 'Molasses, If properly diluted and mixed with cut hay, bran and meal in proper proportions, is In a digestible condition and ready for assimilation the moment it enters the mouth. Its nutritive value is. therefore, quite apparent. It is not only a better and a more nutritious food than oats, but it Is much cheaper in the end. "I have been feeding on molasses about one hundred horses of Arbuckle's sugar reilnery for nearly two . years past, and have been feeding horses in my hospital on molasses and have been continually recommending its use in many stables in Brooklyn during that period. The cost is about 33 per cent, less than the old system of feeding." Dr. Berns added that the proportions for an ordinary express wagon horse, weighing 1.100 pounds, were one quart of molasses and three quarts of water, mixed with two quarts of corn meal, lour quarts of bran and five pounds of cut hay of good quality. The corn meal, the bran and the hay were mixed, the molasses and water were mixed, and thn the solids and the liquids were mixed together. This mixture thould be fed to the horse three times a day, if indoors, but if he is out of doors in the middle cf the day he should be fed oats In the middle of the day. The doctor maintained that not only was molasses 33 per cent, cheaper than oats, but that it caused no digestive disturbances, and that horses fcd on molasses would lay on fk&h faster than when fed on oats. A IVOMAX AXD HER MOXEY. Attempt to Pay Five Cent Car Fare with a Five-Dollar Bill. New York Sun. A woman boarded an uptown Third avenue surface car the other day, tendered the conductor a five-dollar bill and received in change four bilver dollars and a handful of small change. She looked at the silver, then cast a reproachful glance at the conductor, who was making his way toward the door. After handling the money for some time longer, and giving exprcsion to her views on tho inconvenience of silver, she turned around to the pafrcngcr sitting next to her a well-dressed man, reading a newspaperand said: "Would you mind kindly giving me bills for these silver dollars-" "Not at all. madam," replied the man. taking a roll of bills from hie pocket and handing her four tingle dollar bills, which she folded up and put away in her pocketbook. She was still Jingling the small change In her hand, and as the conductor passed she asked: "Conductor, will you let mc have a dollar bill for this change?" ."Certainly," said the conductor, taking a bill from h!3 pocket and handing it to her. In return for which she handed him the 35 cents. "Beg pardon, but there 13 only 35 cents here." he tald. as he counted over the change. "Yes. you know I gave you 5 cents before." was her rejoinder. "That's all right, but I need 5 cents more to make up the dollar," insisted the conductor. "Don't you see," persisted the woman, "the 95 cents and the 5 I gave you before make one dollar?" "That nickel you gave me was for your fare, madam." said the conductor. "Yes. and that with what I've given you now- makes up the dollar," Insisted the woman. Emptying the chango in her lap and picking up his dollar, the conductor went forward to collect other fares. Turning to the obliging passenger next to her again, she said: "I don't like to trouble you too much, but could you give me tl for this change?" "With pleasure, madam." he said as he lay down his paper and took out hla roll of bills for the second time. He was wl aware of the fact that he was a nickel short, as were the other passengers who had been watching the proceedings with a good deal of interest and

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amusement. After the'blll ha been neatly folded up and put away In 'the woman's pocketbook, it looked for a few moments as if the incident had come to a close, but such was not the case. Suddenly turning round to the man again, the woman broke out with: "Oh, I owe you five cents." "That's all right, madam," replied the man. looking up from his paper. "NO, but I must pay you." "It'll do some other time," he said, evidently tired of going through the process of making change. "Oh, no. I'll pay you now," she insisted, taking out her pocketbook and looking all through it for a nickel. "I haven't five cents in change, but If you give me the ninety-five cents I'll give you the dollar." At that moment the man noticed that the car had stopped at his corner, and he made a rush for the door, his brain In a whirl and trying to make out whether it was he or the woman that was crazy, or whether the conductor, or all three were prospective patients for a lunatic asylum. PHYSICAL BREAKDOWN Kot Necessarily a Result tff the Strenuous Life. Floyd Crandall, M. D., in the World's Work. Responsibility and high tension of life canrot be escaped by him who lives intensely and aids in carrying on the business of the world. Much, however, may be done In many cases to reduce these burdens as age advances. Upon the first indication cf failing powers, either mental or physical, the burden, as far as It is possible, should be lightened. One of the first means of attaining this end is by cutting off the more distant and least manageable portions of the business. As far as possible the business should be brought within sight and reach. It is the outlying portions wmcn are Deyona personal supervision that cause the most worry. Cut them off and make the business more compact and manageable. Do not keep too many irons In the fire. The watching of each additional one demands additional concentration and adds to the mental tension. The wise man keeps out of ruts. To be certain, however, that he will accomplish this he must begin early in life. He must not begin his liiework by restricting himself absolutely to a single channel. This does not mean that he should scatter his forces and attempt everything, or should not become a hpecialist. But the more strictly he specializes the more carefully should he see to it that he does not become narrow and bigoted. If he finds he Is becoming a specialist (the term Is used In Its broad beme to Include any man who restricts his bdsinesb to narrow limits), hß thould adopt further measures, even to the taking up of a fad. "Fads constitute a mental antitoxin to the poison generated by cerebral overactivity,", says Pyle. This has been a measure adopted by many Intense workers. A well-known New York physician used to say that he, could do a year's work in eleven months, but could not do it In twelve. The annual vacation Is one of the most efficient delenslve weapons against breakdown for those who live the intense modern life. If it be a fedentary one the necessity of the vacation is the greater. Uhe vacation is one of the most potent aids In helping to keep out of the rut into which the daily routine of life tends to force one. One or two days a week during the summer do not alford sufficient rest for the hard-working business man. They are very beneficial, but do not permit him really to step trom beneath his burdens and feel that he is free from care. After fifty the importance of the annual vacation becomes greater each year. A man should rid himself of tha idea that a vacation is a simple matter of pleasure or a mild torm of dissipation. He should regard It as a duty to nimbelf and to his family, and should plan for it as a necessary hygienic measure. Or.c of the most common causes of breakdown is faulty diet. The subject of tobacco is necessarily included in this chapter. Like all elements which have an eftcct upon the nerves, it differs widely In its action upon different Individuals, and no sweeping statements can be made. Upon modt constitutions its action is deleterious. irregular hears and too little sleep are other factors in causing early breakdown. Sleep Is an absolute requisite of nature. Different temperaments require different amounts of sleep, but there are very few who can keep healthy and well on less than eight hours. Continuous curtailing of the elvcp, even if it be slight. Is more serious than the occasional loss of many hours. With the possible exception of bad diet and methods of eating alcoholic drinking is the most fruitful cause of human break down. One point only will be considered

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$25 Suits cut to the general price cf only LS m Price i rush these goods Week TT OCEAN STEASIEnS. Clark's Cruise TO THE MEDITERRANEAN MO THE ORIENT February 7f 1903, By the specially chartered Lloyd Express S.S.'KAISERIN" (9,500 tons). RATES $400 AND UP All necessary expends included. Accommodation may b cnjrtKed up to dar before ratlins. either for the entire cruise or to local X'Olnts. OiNLY THE MAIN DINING SALOON USED ROUTE: Viltin Madeira. Granada, the AIharabra, Algiers. Malta, Athens. Constantinople, Hmyrna. 19 days in Palestine and Egypt. Naples, Home, Nlcev etc. Absolutely. No Overcrowding. Under the rencnal Direction of FRANK C. CLARK 201 Washington St. Boston. Ill Broadway, New York. the physical effects of so-called moderate drinking. In speaking of those men who thus drink and think it does tnem no harm. Dr. Osier, whose opinion is respected by medical men on two continents, speaks as follows: "During the fifth (facade. Juft as business and political success is assured, Bacchus hands in heavy bills for payment in the form of serious diseases of the arteries, or of the liver and kidneys, or there is a general breakdown." This Is a statement of a physiological truth In very plain and unmistakable language. While a few constitutions seem to tolerate much more than - the average, the fact remains that alcohol la an Insidious, treacherous and dangerous element. Its uae in considerable dally quantities is always productive of serious and considerable harm. It may be said that breakdown is by no means a necessary result of our intense modern life. There is more to provoke it than there has ever been before, but at the same time we have more means at our hand to prevent it if we will utilize them. Arranged for It. Chicago Tribune. "George," said Mrs. Ferguson. , 'It'st too bad about that lot of mechanical toys you gave Willie for a Christmas gift. Kvery one of them went to pieces In less than twenty-four hours." "Yes." replied Mr. Ferguson, "the chap I bought them of promised they would." PED THE DOCTOR. Hoit He Mndc I'ae? of Fond. Sometimes it is the doctor himself who flnda it wise to quit the medicines and cur himself by food. "In looking around for a concentrated palatable prepared food I got hold of GrapeNuts and Immediately began using it four times a day, exclusively for breakfast with milk; for lurcheon and dinner as dessert, and a cup on retiring," says a physician of Mt. Zion. III. "I had had nervous dyspcptla for over a year. My normal weight is pounds, but 1 had been steadily losing flesh until a month ago I only weighed 121 pounds. I concluded It was time tn throw 'physic to th dogs in my case. Twenty-four hours after starting the Grape-Nuts regime th fullne5s and distre after eating h4 ceased. The heartburn, water-brash, palpitation of the heart and other symptoms that had reminded me for over a year that I had a stomach, c.on disappeared, and I can now eat a square meal and feel good afterwards. "I weighed yesterday, and was surprised to find that I had gained IS pounds in a month, and the end is not ytt. "The nervous symptoms have entirely disappeared, and 1 am stronger than I htv been for two years. 1 thank you for placing Grape-Nuts at the disposal of those suffer ing with nervous dyspepsia." Name civca ti- Tostura Co- Battle Creek. Mich.

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