Plymouth Tribune, Volume 8, Number 23, Plymouth, Marshall County, 11 March 1909 — Page 2

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I Q.N. M.7V F. Q. 14th. vr) 21st. V 28th. v?y'eth. FEATU1IES OF INTEREST ABOUT THAT WHICH HAS BEEN AND IS TO BE. All Sides and Conditions of Things re Snown. Nothing OTvrlooked to make it Complete. Cyclone in Arkansas. Vague reports from Little Rock indicate that great damage has resulted from a tornado which swept through a portion of Arkansas. One person was kileld and a number are reprted to have been injured while the property loss is large. To southern and eastern Arkansas all communication is cut off because of prostration of both telephone and teelgraph wires, isolating Hot Springs, Pine Bluff and a number of smaller towns. Near Baucum a Cotton Belt passenger train is reported to Lave been swept from the tracks. The tornado crossed the Arkansas river within five miles of Little Rock, causing a water-spout of several hundred feet in height. Four Indiana Cities to Unite. At a mass meeting held in Hammond, Ind., the preliminary sb?ps were tiken by manufacturers, business men and municipal officers to unite the cities of Hammond, Whiting, Indiana Harbor and East Chicago into one city under the name of Calumet. The amalgamation would include a dozen lesser places, embracing in all a total population of 73,000 and making it the second city in the State. Chicago Apartment House Burns. Daring rescues of women and children from upper floors were made by police and firemen when fire attacked the North Entrance apartment building. Fifty-sixth street and Jefferson avenue Chicago, 111. Fifteen families were driven from their homes. There were no fatalities and only minor injuries were sustained. Loss $30,000. Negro Burned at the Stake. After having been Identified by Mis. Arthur McKinney as the negro who attempted a criminal assault upon ter Anderson Ellis was taken from the County Jail at Rockwall, Texas, a id, secured to an iron stake d.Iven luto the earth, was burned to death In the presence of about a thousand persons. -Night Rider" Breaks Jail. Hirsche! Hog?, a confessed member of the band of night riders who murdered Capt, Quenten Rankin at Walnut Log in December, escaped from Jail at Dresden, Tenn., and has not been recaptured. The military at Fort Rogan are instituting a vigorous search for the fugitive. II I-Fated Ship Slocum Sinks. The barge Maryland, formerly the steamboat "General Slocum," on which tore than 1,000 persons lost their Jives a few years ago, sank at South River. The barge was loaded with 500,000 brick consigned to a New York contractor. The weight of her load sank the boat. Fifty-One Indiana Count?? ry. A dispatch from India .. 'd., says: Whitley and Ilan'X. i ts have voted "dry." WI.it k our.ty went "dry" by 1,150 and Hancock by 1,300. Wnitley had thirteen salocns and Hancock eleven. Fifty-one countias in the State are now "dry." Cr. Frank Gunsaulus Stricken. Dr. Frank Gunsaulus, noted divine and lecturer, was suddenly stricken at Cedar Rapids, Iowa, where he was to lecture, and was forced to cancel his engagements and return to his home in Chicago. His right leg is paralyzed. Policeman's Double Crime. Daniel C. Spillane, a policeman, was found dying in his home in Bosion, Mass., from a bullet wound believed to have been self-inflicted, while the body of his wife lay on the floor beside him. Spillane died later at the hospital. Admiral Cervera at Point of Death. Vice Admiral Pascual Cervera, who commanded the Spanish fleet that was destroyed by the American fleet off Santif.go, Cuba, in 189S, 13 dying at Puerto Real. The last sacraments have been administered to him. Powder Mill Lets Go. One man was killed and several others slightly Injured by the explosion 'f an experimental barrel which d stroyed two mills in the Hagley yard, of the Dupont Powder Company, near Wilmington, Del. Engineer is Killed. While bringing a fast train into Buffalo, N. V., over the Lake Shore, En gineer Frank L. Hollingshead, 37 years old. of Collinwood, Ohio, was instantly killed by being hit by a switch guard. Seven Negroes Hanged. The execution of seven negroes at Baton Rouge, La., follows the convic tion of six of them for murder and one for criminal assault upon a member of bis own race. Harvester Trust Pays Fine. The International Harvester Company has paid to R. L. Thomas, e'erk of the Shawnee County District Co.trt, Topeka, Kas., $13,702, the fine and costs assessed against the company by Judge A. W. Dana for violating th3 Kansas anti-trust laws. Mad Dog Attacks Children. A dog belonging to Everet Nugent, living one mile north of Gwynneville, Ind., went mad and attacked several school children, but wa3 beaten off by W. W. Wilcoxen. The animal was killed. $3,692,920 for Quake Victims. The International Earthquake Relief Committee has published a statement showing that, up to February 26. it had received $3,632,320. All this has been distributed except $937,000, which will be absorbed mosL'y in aid lag poor students. Fallieres' Assailant Sentenced. Jean Mattls, the waiter who I? Christmas attacked President F. 1 lieres and tried to pull his beard, wa sentenced to four years Imprisonment at Paris, France, the imprisonment to be followed by banishment

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DOWNFALL OF SHOW AND SLEET Thousands of Disappointed Visitors Wade in Slush Through Streets of the Capital. DECORATIONS ARE BEDRAGGLED Induction Into Office of 27th President Most Costly Affair of Its Kind in Nation's HistoryWashington correspondence : William II. Taft of Ohio and James J S. Sherman of New York were inaugurated at noou Thursday as President and Vice President of the United . States. The ceremony of the inauura- i tion w:s accomplished with all due formality and finality, but under must unusual conditions, owing to a terrific blizzard which swept over the national capital, paralyzing street trafiie, 1stvoying communication with the outside world, and bringing dismay to the thousands of assembled visitors who had gathered in expectation of the usual spectacular demonstration. Not withstanding the adverse conditions, all of the main features of the inauguration program went through. The main change was in modifying the original program so that the inaugural address, usually delivered from the east portico of the Capitol, was delivered by Mr. Taft In the Senate chamber. The inaugural ceremony had been designed to be a more imposiug and costly function than any of its predecessors, but the weather marred the magnificence of the affair and bedraggled the exiensive decorations. A wet, clinging snow, driven before a stinging northwest wind, fell throughout the night aud wrought havoc with telephone and telegraph wires, completely cutting off the capital city from communication with the remainder of the country for many hours. Snow and slush filled the streets to the depth of a root or more in places. For several hours during the morning Washington was ont of communication with the outside world because of the fury of the storm. Telegraph and telephone wires were all useless. Inaosornl Ceremonies. Important features of the Inaugural program wen? the morning escort of the President from the White House to the t'apitol ; the exercises at tho Capitol cuncludius with the admin'sJAMES S. EIIECrJAX. tration of the oath of office to the President and his address; the assembly of the military grand division In the streets south and southeast; of the civic grand division in the streets west and northwest of the Capitol ; the afternoon escort of the President by the military and civic grand divisions from the Capitol to the White House at the conclusion of his inaugural address; review of the military and civic grand divisions by the President from his stand In the court of honor in front of the White House from 3 to G In the afternoon and the dismissal of the parade; the great display of fireworks In front of the White House, in combination with the Illumination of the streets of Washington through the downtown eet!on, the dome of the Capitol and the Washington monument, and the inaugural ball In the pension building, the biggest brick structure in the world. Iiiiprrnflive Scene In Senate President Koosevelt and Mr. Taft were escorted to the Capitol promptly nt the hour set, their progress through the blinding snow being met with cheers from a thin fringe of hardy spectators who braved the elements and stood ankle deep in snow and slush along Pennsylvania avenue. The Senate chamber seldom before has witnessed so impressive a ceremony or held a more brilliant audience in the presence of high dignitaries of state and nation and the ambassalors nml the representatives of every country of the civilized world. than when, shortly before 1 o'clock to-day, Mr. Taft took oath of office as TOLD IN A FEW LINES. Many fashionable women of Pelham Manor, just north of New York City, voted in a special election there. During the absence of former Assemblyman Uantlolph Perkins in his villa "Wildhurst." at Woodclifi Lake, X. J., was burned almost to the ground, causing a loss of $100,000. The town of Nowata, Okla., was almost wiied off the map by a fire that destroyed thirteen business houses, two banks and th county court house. The loss is estimated at $200,000. Seventy courses of instruction, including ever3-tliing from se-.vi:i3 to baking tread, will be oiened to students of the household arts branch in the Teachers College in New York. Abraham Lincoln's head is to appear on the new 3-cent pieces whidi will appear in a lucntb. President Koosevelt having approved tLc plan presented by Mr. Leach, director of the mint. Morris Guggenheim is victor in a controversy with the government as to the duty to le pai.I on ?l(J,0OO worth of pearls. The hoard of general appraisers has decided that the duty collectible is 10 per cent, instead of 10 per cent, of the article's ralue.

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TU 4-L jfyr ; '. '4:--.,t.,v.-. President. Mr. Taft's inauguration immediately followed that of Vice President James S. Sherman, which was carried out in accordance with the original program. The distlngulshd company which gathered in the Senate to witness the Inauguration and which afterward was to have been escorted to the immense inaugural stands on the east front of the capitol, simply remained in their places In the chamber to view the more Impressive ceremonies attending the Induction into office of the new chief executive of the nation. Vice President Fairbanks, presiding oRicer of the Senate, administered to Mr. Sherman the brief oath of office prescribed by the constitution and turned over to him the presiding officer's gavel. Vice President Sherman made but a brief inaugural address and then rapped the chamber to order for the further business of Inaugurating the new President of the United States. Mr. Taft's Induction Into ofiice was J the same simple ceremoity devised in the early days. He swore to uphold and defend the constitution, to enforce all laws, and to protect the republic against all enemies, both foreign and domestic. The oath was administered by Chief Justice Fuller, who was officiatlns at such a ceremony for the last time in his notable career as the chief presiding officer of the country's highest court. Mr. Taft delivered his inaugural address in abbreviated form in the Senate chamber. Inrale In Slaah. After Mr. Taft had taken the oath of office and delivered the Inaugural address he was escorted to the White House by the P.Iack Horse troop of Cleveland. After luncheon. President and Mrs. (Taft, with their guests, entered the stand In front of the White House and reviewed the parade. Thousands of men marched In review before the new executive. There were veterans of the civil war and of the Spanish-American war In the ranks, and mingled with the blue and khaki were a few companies of gray SCENE AT THE INAUGURATI m indium T iT j. and grizzled men who once wore the butternut, bearing aloft the shot-riddled emblems of "the lost cause." Iu the ranks also were the crcsun of each ; state's citizen soldiery. Following the military division came the civic organItodlum ns a Cancer Care. The Paris IJadiuia Institute where Mme. Curie superintends the extraction of the wonderful radium from pitchblen 1 and other materials, reports sixty-four cases of suriaee cancer, cured out of sixty-eight cases treated. Hundreds of cures have been lrado of cutaneous affections, including tumors, some of great size. Thousands of birthmarks and scars have been removed and remarkable cures of chronic rheumatism, eczema and tuberculosis have been recorded. The institution now possesses 15 grains of radium valued at f.SÖ.000. To nan Model Dinre Hall. The Committee on Amusements and Vacation Resources of Working Girls at New York is working for the regulation of dancing academies, and to this end has decided to establish a number of model dance halls in various parts of the city, close by the improper places. These, it is hoped, can be made so attnuctive at moderate prices as to draw the working girls and their friends. During Octoler, under the operation of penny postage, the weight of the mails from Great JJritaL to the United States Increased 27 per cent

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--is ti 2HH AXKITE HlOVSEs izatlcns, Including more than 100 clubs and political associations, many of them in unique uniforms. The new President reviewed the parade from a stand in front of the White House, in accordar.ee with custom. From loth street to 17th street on Pennsylvania avenue a court of honor had been designed which sur passed all previous efforts in street decorative work at the capital. In th OATH TAKEN BY vlclnliy of the President's stand were grouped other stands In which the fa- . ortd sat and watch the magnificent spectacle arranged in honor of the new President. After witnessing the Inauguration of his sun-essor in office. Mr. Koosevelt ON OF PRESIDENT M'KINLEY. took a train for Oyster F.ay, a citizen in private life. This marked the parting of the wajs of Theodore Koosevelt and William Howard Taft, as far as public life is concerned. Mr. Koosevelt left for Oyster Hay to prepare for his FROM FAR ANXj NEAR. The plant of Frederick Schulz & Sons, in Hohokcn, N. J., bakers, was destroyed bf fire. The estimated loss is SL'H.'j.OOO. New York city authorities will issue no permit for the sale of fireworks nt retail between June 10 and Jul." 10. Jams Harnett, a stockman and land dealer of Abilene, Texas, is under arrest there, charged with the murder of Alexander Soars, another stockman, who was reputed wealthy. Sears' body was found in the ruins of a schoolhouse burned to a crisp. Rat poison was used, instead of baking powder, in buckwheat cakes, cooked by Mrs. Sarnowuki in Newark, N. J., and Sarnowiski is dead and his wife is in a hospital. Men who gather in the Howery bread line in New York have declared against proposed legislation, providing for a State farm colony where tramps can be forced to work. Col. J. A. Owenby of Trinidad. Col., announced that the 2,000 acres of coal land owned by himself, J. P. Morgan and H. F. Cheney of Hoston, situated near the Colorado-New Mexico line, would be made into a game preserve and thoroughly stocked with wild animals.

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OITllISKT " x WA TH DX, REVIEWING FTXND AT 1 IJ AU G U L Z AIL A."DI African hunting trip, while Mr. Taft went to the White House to continue the chief figure In the long round of ceremonies marking his Induction into office axnl to begin four years of service as the guiding spirit of the Union. Net the least picturesque feature of this gathering was the assemblage of the entire complement of the foreign diplomatic representatives to the United States in all the pomp and panoply of their rank. On the same platform with the new President was his predecessor, the incoming and retiring Vice President and other representatives of the different branches of government of the United States. At 7:30 the greatest display of fireworks ever seen in the country was given at the White House grounds. The Iiinacnral U&11. Later In the evening there was the THE PRESIDENT. inaugural hall at the Tension Building, the most brilliant function in each administration at the national capital, and historic Pennsylvania avenue was ablaze with light io a manner befitting and significant of the advance since the first inauguration of a President at Washington when Thomas Jefferson was inducted Into office with simple ceremony. The ball took the form of a reception by President Taft and Vice President Sherman to the country at large. Each State in the Union was officially represented on the floor by one of its distinguished sons, whose mission it was to co-operate officially in the presentation of visitors from here, there and everywhere. These gentlemen knew many of the people who came from their respective States, and saw that they were properly Introduced to the statesmen and their wives and other distinguished visitors. Thus it was hoid to bring the forty-six States Into close touch with the national capital on this memorable occasion. Iteenll Second Cleveland Inaugural. Washington was visited by a similar storm at tlc second inauguration of G rover Cleveland, and though the formal ceremonies were carried out, many of those who participated in them never recovered from the effects of the storm. Scores of tl.3 paraders at that time, Including many West Point cadets, were stricken with pneumonia, and several fatalities were the result. Following the Inauguration ceremonies an agitation was begun to have the next inauguration held April .10 or In May, but Congress did not take action. A Colony of Communism. Dr. Frederick Van Eeden, the noted Du'ch poet and communist, who came to America last year to lecture, has now returned to this side of the Atlantic, with the intention of organizing a communistic colony, in which he hopes to "oust the middle man, starve out the parasite, provide high wages and plenty for the worker and work for the idle." Dr. Van Iden says his scheme is not socialism, and that it lets politics and religion alone, but he declares that the present economic life is a failure. Spooks la Church, Tower. For several nights a ghostly light made its appearance in the tower of the M. E. Church at Kugby, Ind. It appeared precisely at midnight, and three young men of the place who avowed that they were, unafraid of Fpooks watched at the church, and when the light appeared they boldly ascended to the tower, only to be met by a ghostly form draped in white, before which they fled in terror, nor could they be induced to return to their investigation. It is possible to take most things apart to see how they are made, but a man's fortune is an exception.

President Taft, after taking the oath of ofli.x, immediately began the delivery of his inaugural address, which ia part is as follows: Any one who takes the oath I have just taken must feel a heavy weight of responsibility. If not, he has no conception of the powers and duties of the office upon which he is alout to enter, or he is lacking in a proper sense of the obligation which the oath impose-:. The office of an inaugural address is to give a summary outline of the main policies of the new administration, so far as thev can be anticipated. I have had

the honor to be one of the advisers of ray distinguished predecessor, and as fuch, fo hold up his hands in the reforms he has initiated. 1 should be untrue to myself, to my promises and to the declarations o the party platform upou 'which I was elected to office, if I did not make the maintenance and enforcement of those reforms a most important feature of my administration. To render the reforms lasting, however, and to secure at the same time freedom from alarm on the part of those pursuing proper and progressive business methods, further legislative and executive action are needed. Relief of the railroads from certain restrictions of the anti-trust lawhave In'en urged by my predecessor anil will'be urged ly me. On the other hand, the administration is pleds'd to legislation looking to a proper federal supervision and restriction to prevent excessive issues of honds and stocks by companies owning and operating interstate commerce railroads. "Will SuhKfxt Change. I hope to be able to submit, at the Grst regular session of the incoming Congress, In December next, definite suggestions in ;espect to the needed amendments to; ihe anti-trust and the interstate commerce law. and the changes required in the executive departments concerned in .heir enforcement. A matter of most pressing importance is the revision of the tariff. In accordance with the promises of the platform upon which I was elected, I shall call Congress into extra session, to meet on the 15th day of March, in order that consideration may be at once given to a bill revising the Dingley act. This should secure an adequate revenue and adjust the duties in such a manner as to afford to labor and to all industries in this country, whether of the farm, mine or factory, protection by tariff equal to the difference between the cost of production abroad and the cost of production here and have a provision which shall put into force, upon executive determination of certain facts, a higher, or maximum tariff against those countries whose trade policy toward us equitably requires such discrimination. Buftines Now Affecled. The proposal to revise the tariff made in such an authoritative way as to lead the business community to count upon it, halts all those branches of business directly affected, and as these are most important, it disturbs the whole business of the country. It is imperatively necessary, therefore, that a tariff hill be drawn in good faith in accordance with promises made before the election by the party iL power, and as promptly passed as due consideration will per nit. It is net that the tariff is more important in the long run than the perfecting of the reforms in respect to anti-trust legislation and interstate commerce regulation, but the need for action when the revision of the tariff has been determined upon, Is more immediate to avoid embarrassaieut of business. Should Practice Economy. The obligation on the part of tho. responsible for the expenditures made to carry on the government, to he as economical as possible und to make the burden of taxation s light a possible, is plain and should be affirmed In every declaratioa of government policy. This is especially true when e are face to face with a heavy dcnYlt. Rut when the desjre to win the popular tpprovnl leads to the cutting off of expenditure really needed to make the government effective, and to enable tt to accomplish Its proper objects, the result Is as much to l eonderaned as the waste of government funds in unnecessary expenditure. In the department of agriculture, the use f scientific experiments on a lame scale, and the thread of information derived from theTO for the improvement of general agriculture, must go on. The importance of mipervlsing business of jrcat railways and Industrial combinations, and the necessary Investigation and prosecution of unlawful business methods, art another necessary tax upon government which did not exist half a century aco. The putting into force of laws which shall ecu re the conservation of our resour.-es, so far as they may be within the jurisdiction of the Federal tlovernnient. inrl'idiug the most Important work of saving and restoring our forests, and the great Improve ment of waterways, are all proper Government functions which must Involve Urge expenditure If properly performed. The Army nml Xavy, There are expenditures of government absolutely necessary If our country Is to maintain Its proper place among the nations of the world, aud Is to exercise Its proper influent In defense of Its own trade Interests, In the maintenance of traditional American policy against the colonization of 1'uropean monarchies in this hemisphere, and In the promotion of peace and International morality. I refer to the cost of maintaining a proper army, a proper navy and suitable fortifications upon the mainland of the Cnlted States and Its dependencies. We should have an army so organized and so officered, as to be capable in time of emergency, in co-operation with the nation.il militia, and under the provisions of a proper national volunteer law, rapidly to expand Into a force sufficient to resist all probable invasion from abroad and to furnl.hj a respectable expeditionary force. If necessary. In the maintenance of our traditional American policy which bears the name of President .Monroe. What has been said of the army may be affirmed In een a more emphatic way of the navy. A modern navy cannot le improvised. It must be built and In existence when the emergency arisei which calls for its use and ojeratlon. Our International policy Is always to promote peace. We shall enter Into any war with a full consciousness of the awful consequences that It always entails, whether successful or not. and we. of course, shall make every effort, consistent with nuMonal honor and the highest national Interest, to avoid a report to arms. We favor evey Instrumentality, like that of The llazue" Tribunal and arbitration treaties made with a view to lt "s in all International controversies, in order to niilntnin peace and to avoid war. Hut we should Im' blind tft existing condition, and should allow ourselves to Income foolish idealists, if we did not realize that with all the nation of the world armed and prepared for war. we must be ourselves in a inillar condition, in order to prevent oilier nations from taking advantage of us and of our inability to defend our Interests and assert our rights with a strong hand. lllltnHy Mact He Vpheld. The policy of the United States In the Spanish war, and since, has given it a position of influence among the nations that it never bad liefore. and should be constantly exerted to seeming to Its bona fide citizens, whether native or naturalized, respect for them as such in foreign countries. We should make every effort to prevent humiliating and degrading prohibition against any of our citizens wishing temporarily to so BRIEF NEWS ITEMS. Fire destroyed one of the largest business blocks in Chilhowie, Va. The loss is $100,000. E. II. llarriman will leave New Yorfk soon for an extended trip in the South n the advice of his physician. The widow of Father John cf Kronstadt, the Kassian priest, has been awarded a pension of $2.00 a year. Kichurd YV. Karrett, reform candidate for city magistrate in Philadelphia, was elected over (Jeorge Hogg, Republican, by 3,000. (Icorge Ileal, the son of an Knglish nobleman, was found insane in the Prolate Court in Wichita. Kan. Ileal was disinherited when he niarriod ten years ago. The Norfolk and Portsmouth Traction Company's firry steamer running between Willoughhy Spit and Old Point Comfort. Vn.. was burned to the water's edge at her Willoiighsby pier. The pier also was destroyed. Loss $40.0OO. The six-story municipal lodging house, equipped with the largest disinfecting plant iu the world and accommodating 1.000 persons, was opened in New York today. A hotel for working girls, to be opened this week, it financed by th wornen's clubs.

journ in foreign countries because of race or religion. The admission cf Asiatic Immigrants who cannot be amalgamated with our population Jias been made the subject either of prohibitory clauses in our treaties and statutes, or of strict administrative regulation secured by diplomatic negotiation. I sincerely hope that we may continue to minimize the evils likely to arise from such immigration without unnecessary friction and by inutaal concessons between self-respecting governments. Meantime, we must take every precaution to prevent, or. failing that, to punish outbursts of race feeling among our pe pie against foreigners of whatever nationality who have by our grant a treaty right to pursue lawful business here and to be protected against lawless assault or injury. 'ced Monetary lieft, rm. One of the reforms to be carried out during the incoming administration is a change of our monetary and banking laws, so as to secure greater elasticity in the forms of currency available for trade, and to prevent the limitations of law from operating to increase the embarrassments of a financial panic. The monetary commission late?y apiwinted is zlving full consideration to existing conditions and to all proposed remedies, and will doubtless suggest one that will meet the requirements of business and of

public Interest. We may hope that the re port win emlHxiy neither the narrow view of t those who lelieve that the sole purpose of the new system should be to secure a large return on kinking capital nor of those who would have greater expansion of currency with little regard to provisions for its immediate redemption or ultimate ecurity. The Pnnama Canal. The Panama Canal will have most important learlng iqon the trade letween the eastern and the far western sections of onr country, and Mill greatly increase the facilities for transportation between the eastern and the western seaboard, and may possibly revolutionize the transcontinental rates with respect to bulky merchandise. It will also have a most beneficial effect to Increase the trade letween the eastern seaboard of the United States and the western coast of South Africa, and. Indeed, with some of the Important ports on t.ie east coast cf South America reached by rail from the west coast. The work on the' canal is mäkln? most natisfactory progress. Tue construction will go on under a most effective organization controlled by Col. Goothals and his fellow army engineer associated with him, and will certainly le completed early In the next administration, if not before. Dependencies Make Progress. The governments r.f.our dependencies Jn Porto Kico and the Philippines are progressing aa favorably as could be desired. The prosperity of Torto Kieo continues nn.ihated. The business conditions in the Philippines are not all that we could wish then to be, but with the passage of the new tariff bill permitting free trade between the United States and the Archipelago, with such limitations In sugar and tolaceo ts sha!i prevent injury to the domestic Interests on those products, we can count on an improvement in business conditions in the Philippines and the development of a mutually profitable trade lietween this country and the Islands. Meantime our government in fach dependency Is upholding the traditions of civil liberty and increasing popular control which might be expected under American auspices. The work which we are doing there redounds to our credit as a nation. I look forward with hope to lnera!ng the already good feeling letween the South and the other sections of the country. My chief purpose is not to effect a change in the electoral vote of the Southern States. That Is a secondary consideration. What I look forward to Is an increase in the tolerance of political views of all kinds and their advocacy throughout the South, and the existence of a respectable political opposition in every State: even more than this, to an increased feeling on the part of an tne people in tne south that this, government is their government, and that Its officers in their States are their officers. The consideration of this question cannot, however, be complete and full without reference to the negro race. Its nrozross and Its present condition. The thirteenth amend ment secured them freedom ; the fourteenth amendment due process of law, protection of property and the pursuit of happiness; ui the fifteenth amendment attempted to secure the negro against any derivation of the privilege to vote, because he was a negro. Of -ourje. the mere adoption of a constitutional law is only one step in the nsnt direction, it must ic fairly and Justly enforced as well. In time both will come. "Would. Udncate Xegroes. There Is In the South a stronger feeling than ever amonjr the intelligent, well-to-do and influential element In favor of the industrial education of the negro and the encourasement of the jace to make themselves useful memlers of the community. The progress which the negro has made In the last fifty years from slavery, when Its statistics are reviewed, is marvelous, and it furnishes every reason to hope that in the next twenty-five years a still creator improvement In his condition as a productive memlter of society, on the farm, and in the saop and in other occupations, may come. The Labor Controversy. . My distinguished predecessor has given much attention to the cause of labor, with whose struggle for bet'er things he has shown the sincerest sympathy. At his instance. Yns;ress has passed the 1)111 fixing the liability of interstate carriers to their employes for injury sustained in the cojre of employment. alx!ihlng the rule of fellow-servant and the common law rule as to contributory neglleence. and substituting therefor the so-called rule of comparative negligence. It has also passed a law fixing the compensation of government employes for Injuries sustained In the employ of the government through the negligence of the superior. It also passed a model child labor law for the District of Columbia. In previous administrations an arbitration law for interstate commerce railroad and their employes, and laws for the application of safety devices to save the lives and limbs of employes of interstate railroads had been passed. Additional legislation of tbij kind was passed by the outlining Congress. I wish to say that in so far as I can, I hope to promote the enactment of further legislation of this character. Another lalwr question has arisen which has awakened the most excited discussion. That is in respect to the power of the Federal courts to issue injunctions in Industrial dispute. As to that, my convictions are fixed. Take away from courts, if It could be tnken away, the power to Isjue Injunctions in lalwr disputes, and it would create a privileged class among the laltor.vs and save the lawless among thrlr number from a most needful remedy available to all men for the protection of their business against lawless Invasion. The proposition that business Is not a property or pecuniary right which can lie protected by eq-iitable Injunction i utterly without foundation in precedent or reason. The proposition Is usually linked with one to make the secondary boycott lawful. Such a proposition Is at variance with the American lnstln-t and will find no support in my Judgment when submitted to the American people. Tho secondary boycott is an instrument f tyrenny, and ought not to be made legltitnate. . t Statute Needed. The Issuing of a temporary restraining order without notice has In several instances been abused by Its Inconsiderate exercise, and to remedy this, the phi t form upon which I was elected recommends the formulation in a statute of the conditions under which snh a temporary restraining order ought to issue. A statute can and ought to be framed to emlnxiy the lKt modern practice, and can bring the subject so closely to the attention of the court hs to make abuses of the process unlikely in the future. Having thus reviewed the questions like. !y to recur during my administration, and having expressed In a summary way tbe posllion which I expect to take In recommendations to Congress and in my conduct as an executive, 1 invoke th considerate sympathy and support of my fellow citizens, and the aid of Almighty (Jod in the discharge of my responsible duties. The color manufacturing plant of C. J. Itroidhach & Sons, in New York, was burned. I)ss, $;0,tHK. According to the Korona passengers who arrived in New York, the yellow fever situation iu Ilarhados is serious. Fanned by a high wind, fire practically wiped out the town of Pattor., Pa. The loss is estimated at $."0,000. Pretending to be a thief, Tony Illair started a commotion in a chicken coop near Nohn, Y. Ya., atid his sister, whom lie sought to frighten, fhot und killed him. . William Pringle, New York, was killed and several others were injured yesterday when a floor collapsed in the Union Flectric Light and Power Company in that city. Discovery of the germ that causes "spotted fever" was announced from the camp near Hamilton, Mont., where Dr. Kicketts uf the Fniversity of Chicago is carrying on his investigations. The four-r.fory building nt 431 and 433 11 road way, Ilrooklyn, N. Y., occupied by P.aldinger & Kupferman, gas fix'are manufacturers, the (Ireater New YorJ. Plating Company and other tnanufceturint; firms, was burned the other night. Lost $200,000.

Never 1ms a Congress expired more

pi-.Kfully than the Sixtieth Congress. The Democratic filibuster against the js'iiai -ode bill In the Senate was drawn to a close Wednesday by an agreement eliminating from the measure the ob jectionable features authorizing the use of troops at election places, and the measure was passed without actually changing the law now on the statute book. The Kailey resolution declaring the right of the Senate to demand paIhts and Information from heads of departments was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary after an animated debate, during which Senators Dolliver and Peveridge made vigorous defecf-e of the President. The conference report on the lgislativc, executive and judicial appropriation bill was agreed to. The conferees eliminated all salary increases in dispute except that of the salary of the President, which was lixed at ST.j.ooO. a night session was held. On the eve of final adjournment the House transacted its business with a facility unusual for a dying Congress, although at times there was much confusion, which the Speaker had difficulty In controlling. With scarcely any debate the conference reports on the military academy, legislative, executive and judicial and penal code bill were agreed to. The bill amending the copyright laws of the rnited States In regard to "canned music" was passed, as were also a large numlcr of private bills. Having practically wound up the pressing business, the House took a recess. The Sixtieth Congress came to an end Thursday with the Kepresentative and Senators sitting n the Senate chan;lcr. and Vice President Sherman Immediately had re-ad to the assembled legislators the proclamation tf President Taft calling an extra session of Congress to meet March 15. The Senate was to meet at noon Friday to consider the appointments of the new President, hut the House will pot meet again until March 15. The Senate met at .0:40 p. m., but the proceedings were confined to the most formal work, mainly adoption of the complete rcrort of the conferees on the pension appropriation LIII, tho last of the great supply measures, which the House also passed withip one hour of adjournment, ud the apjKiintmeut of two or three commissions In accordance with recent congressional enactments. The House receded from the amendment to the appropriation hill consolidating in Washington the eighteen agencies throughout the country and the agencies will be continued, as In the past. Vice President Fairbanks delivered an address in the Senate' in response to resolutions thanking him for his conduct of the office. Ftterly lacking in all stirring Incidents usually marking the closing hour of a Congress, tbe House at ll:50'i o'clock was declared ly Sieakcr Cannon to be adjourned without day. Speaker Cannon received a unanimous vote of thanks, which he acknowledged anild loud applause. In its first regular sitting of the session the Senate Friday received and confirmed the nominations of President Taft for the various cabinet positions and also that of Huntington Wilson as Assistant Secretary of State. In addition. Senators Chamberlain of Oregon and Smith of Maryland were sworn in. The session. loth executive and legislative, consumed two and one-half hours of time. The House was not in session. -: :- The Senate, after confirming all the nominations sent to it by President Taft, adjourned its extraordinary session Saturday sine die. The c-rctlu: tails of Senator Stephenson of Wisconsin failed to arrive in time to iermit him to lw sworn in. The last Wednesday of April was suggested as the proj date on which to Inaugurate a President. In a Joint resolution introdu-ed by Senator Dcpew. The resolution was in the form of an amendment to the Constitution aud provided that the Sixty-second Congress and the term of tbe offi?e of President and Vice President shall continue until the last Wednesday of April. 1013. at noon. The resolution was referred to the Com mit tee on Privileges and Elections. Teforc taking u? the nomination Senator Pailey made a protest against stories which werf printed concerning the executive session of Friday, when he suggested that Charles Nagt, of Missouri might he Ineligible for the of!i-e of Secretary of Commerce and Iibor if he had been Interested as counsel in a suit against the Waters-Pierce Oil Company, which litigation is still pending lcfore a Federal court. Mr. Ilailey made an extended spcsih. criticising sharply the publication of alleged Inaccurate stories of executive sessions and lecturing persons who may have given out Information concerning the sessions. The matter was referred to a committee cf five. INTERESTING NEWS ITEKS. The Oast Thread Company's plant in Seneca Falls. N. Y., was destroyed by fire. Iss, $'.h).O00. Committees of the chamber of )mmerce and cf the IiCgal Aid Sotiely of Cleveland are at work on a system of courts for Ohio cities and have taken the Chicago Municipal Courts as a model. Thirteen persons were killed, several seriously injured nrd much vah.atle property destroyed by a tornado which swept across Iionoke, Prairie, Woodruff and Poinsett Counties. Arkansas. The bill providing that counties may vcte local option by an even majority, instead of two thirds, has passed the House in Arizona. Two thousand negro farmers and teachers attnded the eighteenth annual negro conference at the Tuskegee Institute in Tuskegee, Ala. The conference unanimously demanded the enforcement of antiliquor laws. The international conference which opened in Shanghai Feb. 1 is making propress in the discussion of the limitation r.hd control of the opium traffic Kesebtions drafted by Dr. Hamilton Wright of America have been taken up. Serious alarm was caused in P.ellevue Hospital, New York, when it was discovered that for the fourth time in two months 10O feet of fire hos? has been slashed with a knife. An amendment proposed for the agricultural appropriation bill directs the President to reserve not to exceed 20.OO0 acres of land within the Flat ht ad Indian reservation in Montana as a inrmancni bison range. Authorities at Yonkers. N. Y., are investigating the death of Phillip I. Underbill, aged IT, a schoolboy, who died while being operated on for mastoiditis. It is charged that the boy was struck on tht car by an instructcr in school.