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Daily Kennebec journal., 1900-02-24
IN AUGUSTA
Every CT; i'm Is Backed BY Local Testimony.

II, n
mimi Ap'r'-
Mrs, 2, F. Church of 40. cushman
street, says: II had good deal III
Daily Kennebec journal., 1900-02-24

United States expressly inhibited such a
tax ny this?"
Foraker. Ohio. briefly replied 70 Vests
''rcmal kabe argument" He thought the
Drcd Scott decision had been discussed
quite adequately in the Last Congress I
lie asserted nat the author ~ the decla-
such views as those advanced ~ Vest.
ana hc sketched the kind of government
that jefferson himself was engaged n
setting VI. He drew a distinction he
tween territory belonging 10 the United
States ANA territory which was 4 part NJ
the | nitcd States.
There is.' he slid. 'thc United States
proper. for which the constitution III
organic laW. ANA there is tn, territory
outside w the United States which hc-
longs tp the United States Tut is mt 1
purt Nd tho United States"
Nh" Senate. Ill $40 H. NJ. adjourned nm
III tomorrow.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1900-02-24
INDICTMENTS INCREASING.
Now Fl Against Syndicate Miller and ia
Against SchIessinger

filed in the Kings county court in Brook
lyn before Judge Hurd today. Il new
found indictments, Joint and single.
charging VIM. t. Miller ana Edward
Schlesinger. both Of the Franklin Syndi-
cate. With as many commissions of grand
larceny. Five of the indictments are for
Miller alone. The indictments against
Miller charge him with conspiracy ana
for grand larceny in the first ana second
degrees.
Todays proceedings runs the total in
dictments against Miller to u ana against
arraignment. this morning. ana his law
Yer waived the reading Of all the indict-
ments. The lawyer obtained permission
to examine the grand jury minutes.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1900-02-24
The FINANCIAL BILL.
Republican M ambers Of Conference Agree and
Bill is Ordered Reported.

Washington. Feb. 23.-The RepubH-
can members Of the conference com
mittee on the financial bill reached an
agreement, today. The Democratic
conferecs were called in ana stated
their opposition to the bill ana with
out further formality the b.ll was or
dcrcd reported.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1900-02-24
SEWALl MEETS BRYAN
But He Declines to Say What Passed Between n
Them.

Atlanta. Ga, Feb. 23.-Hon. Arthur
Sewall Of Bath Me, had a conference.
this morning. with Mr.. Bryan on the
train which brought the Nebraskan to
Atlanta, and left, at noon. for New
York. Mr. Sewall declined to give the
nature of his talk with Mr.. Bryan.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1900-02-24
THE COMMERCE COMMITTEES
Decide on Commissioners to Visit Oriental
Countries Shipping Bill Amendments.

Washington. Feb. 23.-The House com
mittce On commerce. today. acted favor
ably 0n the bill providing for a committee
Of five members to be appointed by the
President 60 visit China. Japan and Other
Oriental countries To investigate their
commercial resources and the oppnrtuni-
ties Of the extension of American trade.
Senator Gallinger, today, favorably re
Daily Kennebec journal., 1900-02-24

ported from the committee on commerce
the bill for the appointment Of commits
sion to visit Asia In the interest Of trade.
The Senate committee ON commerce, to-
day. made public the amendments to the
bill which have been made by
of subsidies proposed to 10 years fn case
Of vessels completed prior To Jan. L. 1909
and extended the period to 70 years In
Daily Kennebec journal., 1900-02-24
New York Cotton Market.

New York Feb. %.
Cotton futures closed steady. February
S15: March. >7G: April NI>, May Sb'
June A16. July. Sins: August. S.66. sep
tcmhcr. 7g>; october. I.G9: November, 'as'
December. 1.5N: January. TG0
Daily Kennebec journal., 1900-02-24
MAINE POSTAL CHANGES.

Washington, Feb. 23-The following
star service has been established in
Maine:
Route 1892 Guerctte ID Jemtland l.
miles ana back. twice Il week by Il schcd-
ulc pf not To exceed 3 hours running time
each way From March ], 1902, q june
80, 1901
Daily Kennebec journal., 1900-02-24
New York Money Market

New YORK. FCb. IS-
Money Nh call. steady. 2H3la Ter cent.
Prime mercantile pIper. ii.u5 prr cent.
Sterling exchange. cusier. at $L>Ii, for
demand ana $iNis4 tur ~ days; posted
rates. Si.>ii-5ti NJ ann sf.>>ml >>l-; CONNER
ci.l bills. Si>3i..
Silver ccrtticltes. 9a,mdoa4.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1900-02-24
SUGAR Ont loaf. IS. u5.
,rI nN-TrJt SN Al

On tho Produce ENchlnEt. VIII,
HrTTER-Firm; crclmeries. In23' dai-
ricS. lNGl2l
CHEESE Firm. 12nl3.
EGGS Firm; fresh, 1&Ml3E.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1900-02-24
IN THE SENATE.
Quay Case Taken Up by Decisive votc-1hree
Notable Speeches.


N'@liiH7toH' r'p' -'- "''-'S
SION ri the senate WIS uhuSuaIS III
tcft .tllG from the N"f! '"S i"iIilS. l."
SPIT" 81 Elr'us ana lhiInthtlai "ploSi-
non. Mr. ftni 'Sc rl 4 hi!Sy ylNaila' SuC-
cccd q IN getting the quay 'iS' p'l"i'
the senate. anu curing th' IL l'o"i.'
thfe" not lble speechrS were dtllNeF'".
NIl"f ShafP piII'aifeIl'IS Si""o-
hi". Mf. feIr r'Se h,"Ntu 'ldt 'Ht HI
luli"h HtN"lN NlHI lil' 7'd''i'N n IT.
Q'iIt pe 'ihCh ui' MKT "Slt'i ''''ii'
m i-h aEr ahd ho N"lr th. hiotl"h p!'-
vailed, NJ lo n. hc mag blltN was M
decisive AZ ID cause some surprise. II
is known that some senators WI" Will
vote. if the opportunity ~ offered 70
seat Mr. Quay. today. voted against
consideration n th@ case. Whllt. N the
contrary, others Who NNtrd i"f CON
sider1tion probably Will vote against
seating hI'n. IN" Noie. lher.l"fe. can
net rs regarded iii quite tgst ri Mf-
.lulF ahsoIu't Stiti'Sl TIL III It'll, '7''iia iii
f'il'WlnS Iht l'IhlhE ui III 'n[ I'So7
lu'"',i 4 i'''ii'c' ''II.' ".' "''lN iii III"
" Si'r,'li III /" iii.', III, >'7"'"u9iS SuP-
I"Il'u quay iISHl l' SN1l'
Att VEST DEM -do.. lhd Mr. f"r-
aker. ttep-, ONO. delivered notable
sptt ttheS aneht the HaWaliah govern
mrnt hlll-
President pro Tenn Fry laid before
the Senate the following clblrgram ad-
drt -.syd (, him as President III thp sen
atc from SIN Juan. Puerto Rico:
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'''4'''+- ~ IT "'t I'M
i'''' ''' ''''"H II, e'' = ''''i' II
mennfatl'h q lhr anniversary RI th'
plfthd"N n asiiil1 i'h' I ioIutSt 'ila'
l"F hunl''hi'y 7''ht S"iutl"n n
l""Pt'h ri o'"Il""'!t P'"p.ti'lS- f-Ntl
gay represents cohSl''faplt i"SS' ledd-
ifS :" 'u'i rum.
'SiGhed)
'NN-Al'-N 'Ni f-l'' ~
Hear inquired whether th' 'hAlr
hriu thr cdbltGrlm tp b'' q pctluph
IsAs .tf lnr4 .4I Z
Daily Kennebec journal., 1900-02-24

a fund Of $500 has been raised by sub
scrlption to purchase books for the
Chestnut street training school, Portland.
The St. Johns herald., 1900-04-28
SAVED FOR HIS HEIRS
How Cornelius Cut Down Expensed of Administering His Estate
 by S3,OOOy 900.

1t is pointed out that by making 1equests to the executors and trus-
 ees of his estate Cornelius Vanderbilt
 aved for his children almost S3,OOO,- IO0. Senator Depew was given S20O,- NO, whereas if he had received his commission as executor and trustee, 1e would have received something ike $750,0OO. The executors and trus- iees are the widow of the testatOr, drs. Alice Vanderbilt, William K., lis brother; Chauncey NJ. Depew and :. V. W. Rossiter. For her services frs. Vanderbilt received, besides her
 usband's personal property and most 'f his real estate, $2,OOO,OO in cash, md an annuity of s25O,OOO. Willian <. Vanderbilt received $1OO,OOO, Chaun- ,ey NJ. Depew S2OO,OOO and E. V. W. Rossiter $5O,OOO.
 Had they received the compensa- ion fixed by law Mrs. Vanderbilt would receive additionally S7O.O0Os Chauncey NJ. Depew would receive ;55O,000 more, Willie K. Vanderbilt. ,65O. 900 more, and E. v. W. RoSsiter' ;7OO,OOO more. That is, they would 'eceive in the aggregate nearly B, ,OOO. .O0O to be divided among four executors, which sum would include slso their fees as trustees.
The St. Johns herald., 1900-04-28

India includes within her bor- ders the highest mountains in the world and some of the mightiet rivers and greatest plains. The great Himalayan range, 1,500 miles long, lying across the northern bor- der, shuts out the rest of Asia. Mount Everest pierces the sky 29,000 feet above the tides while peaks over 10000 feet elevation abound in all parts of the range. There are numerous we'll worn trail leading from Inia across the Him alayas through Kashmeer and Ne- pal into Thibet and China, and the passes on these are from 16,OOO to 19,000 feet high. In making such q journey the traveller for several days remains above 16,0O0 feet al titude.
The St. Johns herald., 1900-04-28

what they bring upon young people who have gone higher and got de. greeat college.
 The old system was, never to let up on a kid until he had learned these essentials. It is true that it takes considerable time to drum these fundamental principles of ed. ucation into the youthful cranium but they are worth all the time it takes. and the child that cannot learn them is naturally illiterate and must be given up as bad job.
 The "three R's" are, after all, the corner stones of culture. and no ed ucationaf system can skip over them with impunity in the first years at school. If they are not learned then, they hardly ever will be learned ; and without them, the graduate Is ilTiterate, no matter how many learned letters he is en- titled to add to his signature.-Re- publican.Herald.
The St. Johns herald., 1900-04-28

From the Report of Superintend ent Layton of CocOnino county, as published in the Sun, and for the quarter ending March 31st, we glean the following facts: Schools were in progress Tn Flagstaff, Will Hams, Tuba City, Fredonia and Moen-Ava districts. The amount paid to teachers, $2,663; amount paid for supplies, $1,OO3.66; cash
 on hand, including the accounts of two districts that had no schools, $S, ,693.19; cash on hand, contin- gent fund, $36O.94. The incidental expenses range from .03'S to 77% of amounts paid teachers, The general condition of Coconino's schools speaks well for the present management.
The St. Johns herald., 1900-04-28
WHY WE SIT ON TABLES.
FAe Scientific Fact h They Are More Magnetic Than CAairs, Says
 ThIA Writer.

About 1O,oO0,OO0 women are exasper- ated every day by men sitting on tables. So far az am aware, says writer in Criterion, women do not pay for the furniture, and it is none of their busi- ness how it is used. The habit of men sitting on tables has led to the inven- tion of the cushioned billiard table and will no doubt ultimately result in other clever notions. At one time it was sup posed that men chose to sit on tables because they could get exercise without exertiOn by swinging their own legs and by kicking the legs of the table. The scientific fact is that tables are more magnetic than chairs. If three men walk into room where there is no wom- an, two of them will make for the table naturally. The third one will try two or three chairs and finally give up in despair and join the others. The source of this magnetism is the friction that women create by polishing tables so frequently. Of course, women say that they only polish tables because men sit on them and spoil them. but this is illogical and feminine. No really clever men sit on chairs. They use their chairs for keeping their papers and things on, also their feet.
 Chairs are notoriously immoral, You will notice that well-bred man. when he finds himself losing his temper, in- gets up from his chair and makes direct line for the nearest table. This enables him to keep his temper and to argue reasorahlv.
The St. Johns herald., 1900-04-28

The trustees of Williams school district in selecting home teachers or persons living within. the coun- ty, to teach the next term of their public school not only did the proper thing but they set an exam ple that every district in the coun- ty should follow. We believe Tn patronizing or employing our coun- ty teachers, if it is possible to do SO; and if we are compelled to go out of the county for teachers, in the name ofjustlce let us select them within tho borders of Arizo- na. Let us encourage our sons and daughters who have qualified themselves fo:: teachers by employ ing them in our public schools.-- Flagstaff Gem.
The St. Johns herald., 1900-04-28


 are in receipt of a very novel as we'll as instructive present from James Palaohe, manager of the Spool Cotton Company of San Francisco, in the form of what is called "process" case. This case contains samples of the materials from which needles, spoo1s and thread are manufactured in every stage of the manufacture from the raw cotton, wool and wire to the finished thread in all colors, shapes and sizes, the spool ready to be filled and the needle ready for the delft fingers of the seams.ress, and gives splendid idea of just how the work of producing these srtic- les is done.A Journal Miner.
The St. Johns herald., 1900-04-28

It seems that no decisive steps have as yet been taken towards a teachers summer normal for the northern counties-at least this is the case as far as we know. It is to be regretted ti1as teachers are not now assured that an opportu- nifty of attending a wide-awake nor. mal will be afforded them during the summer, in one of the pleasant towns where the summers are de- lightful, where suitable acconmo- dations, for both school and board ing, can be had, and where the ped agogs and school "marms" may have their mental strength renew ed and their old-time enthusiasm rekindled. preparing them for an other successful campaign, under a sprightly leader and by daily ex' ercises in the school. This assur- anee should be forthcoming, before teachers make other arrangements fur tEe summer. And we would be glad to see 1t done.
The St. Johns herald., 1900-04-28
A QUESTION OF FOOD.
Statements Before Vegetarian S0s
 ciety Cause Surprise.
Dx. Thomas AdyOcseeS the Living on Raw FoOd-Says That Nsn Live in Spite of
 Cooking.

When George Donaldson had deliv- cred his lecture on Food and Nutri- tion" at New York the other evening before the Vegetarian society a visitor, Dr. Thomas, gave some personal ex- periences in eating that astonished even such strict dieticians as the vege- tarians. Dr. Thomas said that all life giving energy comes from the sun. plants lock the sunshine in their 6s- sures and man gets his strength from them. The animals have this energy also-to far less extent-but they get it from vegetable food. So it was like going to a secondhand store for ones clothes-getting one's nourishment from animal flesh.
 Dr. Thomas contribution amounted to this: He lives on raw food. He eats raw wheat with the husks, uncooked bread that Is rolled into the shape ot cakes and all sorts of fruit: Men live in spite of cooking, because they do not kill all the life-giving germs. For long time he sought some means by which the raw white potato might be made palatable. One day when his system needed salt he craved a tuberS and ever since he has been eating this vegetable. When he was told that the skin was poisonous he for 8 scientific experiment ate it with relish. Once for a similar reason he devo1red flesh raw, but the trouble with that is the alcohol and other injurious substances that death will not allow the animal to rid itself of.
 He says he can run for an indefinite time without stopping, has lifted 1,450 pounds and equals in strength three ordinary men. He never wears any un< derclothing or overcoat, and should he catch cold he feels none of its usual weakening effects. One day after s1iowstorm he took off his socks, loose ly laced his shoestrings and walked downtown to see if his feet would be cold. His wife and one-year-old baby i've on such diet as raw wheat, raw cabbage and raw potatoes. The child never was i'll, and has exceptional strength. For three months Dr. Thomas lived on raw wheat at the exJ pense of one dollar.
The St. Johns herald., 1900-04-28
Heaviest Rainfall in the World.

India's rainfall which is account able for the immense volume of water, comes exclusively from the evaporation that takes place in the Indian Ocean aud the bays on ei- ther side of the peninsula. The distribution of this rainfall is ex- tremely varied, ranging from few inches a year, or in soms sections practically nothing, to over 500 in. which fall in a limited area in the province of Assam. At Chara Pun gf, Assam, the maximum rainfall of the world is reached in an aver age annual precipitation of 363 in. while at this place in 1861 thirty inches fell in A hours and 305 in. fell during that year. These fig nres can be appreciated when it is remembered that the annual rain fall in the Atlantic States on the American seaboard, is from 35 to 45 inches and that of the West. farming is conducted without irri- gatiOm on as low an annual rain fall AS 15 or IS inches.
The St. Johns herald., 1900-04-28
GREEN ROOM GOSSIP.

David Henderson made a failure of his Havana theater. The house is now closed.
 Robert B. Mantell made his stage de but as the Sergeant in ''Arrah-na- Pogue," in England, in 1S72.
 The gipsy violinist, Rigo, of Princess de Chimay fame, has gone on the vaude- vile stage in Paris, and is said to have arranged for London and New York.
 The first English opera Of which there is any record was Dido and AeI cas-" produced in London and at Chelsea, England. in 1879.
 ZanPwill is evidently not worried over the failure of his Children of the Ghetto" in London. When a friend con- doled with him about the company coming back to this country, he replied 1t was not a loss.
The St. Johns herald., 1900-04-28

That one third of the entire Goun- try is today vacant public land is a fact astonishing to the eastern traveller who goes west and who cannot comprehend the vast tracts of unoccupied lands that lie wait ing development in the western states and territories. And this development must come principal ly through the union of water and land.
The St. Johns herald., 1900-04-28

The historic Ganges, the Indus and the Brahmaputra are the three great rivers of India. These with their affluents drain an area of nearly 100000 square miles. Their waters are largely used for irriga- ton, constituting the life blood of much of the country. The flood discharges of these great streams are enormous. The Ganges alone, in flood, may discharge 1,350,O00 cubic feet per second.
The St. Johns herald., 1900-04-28
ABOUT GUAM.

It has no newspaper.
 There is one good road, leading from Pillto to the capital.
 It has population of 1000, con- sisting of two Spaniards, two Ja- panese, one Chinaman, fifty native Carofiniahs, sixty soldiers, and na- tives of the isfand.
 Guam is free port. It may he made cable station, Its soil is ricI, we'll watered, and abundant in tropical fruits. Its climate is delightful and it's population good natured.
The St. Johns herald., 1900-04-28

in floods of about 35,000 cubic feet per second and the aqueduct which carries the Ganges canal across the river, has length of nearly three miles. The bed of the canal is raised considerably above the sur rounding country, in one place as high as 24 feet.
The St. Johns herald., 1900-04-28

A very important habit which it is the duty of a teacher to incul- cafe IS the habit of exactness or truthfulness of thought and speech. A great step has been made in this direction when a pupil has been taught that it is a hard thing to get at fact, to prove proposition or to establish truth.
The St. Johns herald., 1900-04-28

rTANTED---sEvERA BRIGHT AND HonEs
 w persons to represent us as Mana gers in this and close by counties. Sal- ary $900 a year and expenses. Straight, bona-fde, no more. no less salary. Posi- ton permanent. Our references, any bank in any town. It is mainly office work conducted at home. Reference. Enclose self-addrpssed stamped envel- ope. THE DoMIN1os Company, Dept, 5 |, Chicago
The St. Johns herald., 1900-04-28

There is an uprising in Chicago against modern methods of school instruction. The old ones com plain that the children come out of these schools with some smatter- ing of divers sciences, perhaps, but without knowing the multiplication table, the common rules of gram. mar or how to spell the ordinary vocabulary of that city when they attempt to write a letter.
 They attribute this ignorance to the later notion, that to memorize things. is not education, but that what is really needed in schools is the development of tfe reasoning powers. So the old fashioned task of committing things to memory like the multiplication table, spelI. ing and the primary grammatical rules, are remitted to the Chicago boys and girls and their minds are developed by discussions on phi losophy, psych ology. hotany and metaphysics. But the resnlts are evidently not satisfactory.
 Bad spelling, nreadiness in fig uring" and the habitual mangling of the English language in writing and speaking, are colossal draw backs to the graduate of a common or high school to say nothing of
The St. Johns herald., 1900-04-28

"Benny, you must not eat bread and butter out on the front steps"
 "Aw, mn, you named me for Ben. jamin Franklin, an' teacher says he walked aroun' in Philadelphy with a whole loaf O bread under his -rm."- Chicago Record,
The St. Johns herald., 1900-04-28

In most respects the teachers conscience should closely resemble the conscience of other intelligent and we'll trained members of the community. Thus it hardly needs be said that teachers, like all other people, should be just, temperate, neat, patient, gentle and punctual.
The St. Johns herald., 1900-04-28
The Anarctic expedition started

The Antarctic expedition started out from London in 1888 has been heard from, by cablegram dated at Bluff, New Zealand. The expedi- ton reached the most snutherly point of exploration. 7S.5O. And also located the magnetic South Pole, which is the spot at which the needle dips to 90 degrees but does not i'll any sense imply the location of tbe geographical South Pole.
The St. Johns herald., 1900-04-28

The closing exercises of the L. D, s. Academy at Thatcher, this week ends one of the most successful terms ever held in that popular institution.
The St. Johns herald., 1900-04-28

His Mother-"You ought to be ashamed of yourself. fighting little Johnny Naybor."
 Tommy--''I am, mamma, He licked me."-Ex.
The St. Johns herald., 1900-04-28

The Scho0l Board of Globe an nounce in the Silver Belt that the teachers will be selected May 7th.
The St. Johns herald., 1900-04-28

It is very good to have pole tax law that helps the school fund, such as we have in Arizona.
The St. Johns herald., 1900-04-28

The Safes of Hoods Sarsaparilis- are the largest in the world because the cures by Hoods Sarsaparilla are wonderful, perfect, permanent.
 Hoods Pills are the best family rathartic and liver medicine. 25cs