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OUR THANKSGIVING DAY
Thursday, November q. Designated
by President Roosevelt
rhe Year Just closed. tho Pfoolamatiou
says, Wss One Of Peace and
Overfo wing Plenty.

Washington. d. C.-Presi,lent Roose-
yelt has issued the following Thanks.
giving proclamation:
According to the yearly custom OF
our people, 1t falls upon the President
at this season to appoint a day Of festi.
val and thanksgiving to God.
Over q century and quarter has
passed since this country took Its place
among the nations Of the earth. and
during that time we have had. Oh the
whole. more to be thankful for than
has fallen 20 the lot Of any other peo.
ple. Generation after generation has
crown to manhood and passed away.
Each has had to bear Its peculiar bur.
dens. each to face Its special crises.
and each has known years Of grim
trial, when the country was menaced
BY malice. domestic or foreign levy.
when the hand of the Lord was heavy
upon II. In drought or flood oS pestt.
lence. when In bodily distress and m.
guish Of soul II paid the penalty OF
folly and froward heart.
Nevertheless. decade by decade. we
have struggled onward and upward:
we now abupdantly enjoy material
well being. and under the favor Of the
Most High we are striving earnestly
to achieve moral and spiritual uplift.
ing. The year that has just closed
has been one Of peace and overfowing
plenty. Rarely has any people enjoyed
greater prosperity than we are now en-
Toying. For this We render heartfelt
and solemn thanks to the Giyer OF
Good. and we seek to praise Him not
by words only but by deeds. BY the
way In which We do our duty to our
selves and to our fellow men.
Now. therefore. I. Theodore Roose-
velt, President Of the United States. DO
hereby designate as a day Of general
thanksgiving Thursday. the twenty
seventh of the coming November. and
do recommend that throughout the
land the people cease from their ordi-
nary occupations. and In their several
homes and places Of worship render
thanks unto Almighty God for the
manifold blessings Of the past year.
ain witness whereof have hereunto
set my hand and caused the seal OF the
United States to be affixed.
Done ut the city Of Washington this
twenty.ninth day Of October In the
year Of our Lord one thousand nine
hundred and two. and Of the indepen-
tsnce of the United States the one
hundred and twenty
THEODORE ROOSEVELT.
by the President: JOHN HAY, Sec
retary OF State"
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Buried With HIS Horse.

Lord Dacree. who died fighting for
the Lancastrians ut Towton. England.
In 1861, directed that II he were killed
In the battle his favorite war horse
should be buried In the same grave
with him. According to his wishes,
when his interment took place In a
Saxon churchyard after the battle
tremendous grave was dug. and In II
the warrior was buried. seated upright
on his horse. For centuries reflections
were cast upon the accuracy Of this
tradition. but. q few years ago. while
excavations were being made close by
the reputed burial place Of Lord Da-
ere. the pick Of digger struck into q
great bone. and upon further search
being made the skull OF big horse
was brought to the surface. AS this
was found almost at the very spot un-
der which the body Of Lord Dacrc
was said to lie. II was accepted as
confirmation Of the tradition, particu-
larly as the skull was found to he
standing vertically In the soil. The
skull was replaced carefully in Its
original position and the excavation
oiled up. Chicago Daily News.
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ReMouNces ALLEGIANCE TO ROME
"Bishop' Aslipay Establishes the Catho.
lie Church Of the Philippines In Manila.

"Bishop'' Asiipay Estabiishss the Catho.
lie Church Of the PHILIPPINES In Manila.
Manila.-The Catholic Church Of the
Philippines was inaugurated here.
Mass was celebrated and Bishop"
Aglipay, the leader Of the movement.
delivered IN address In which lie re-
nounced allegiance to the Papal au.
thorities. He said the new church
would maintain practically all the re-
ligious forms Of the Roman Catholic
Church. The first announcement OF
the dissenting church In the Philip
pines was contained in Manila dis
patch dated August 10. The organic
crs OF the movement were then said to
be Isabelo de Los Reyes. the labor
leader, and PasQual Poblete. formerly
a member Of the Katipunan secret so.
cIety. FatherAglipay, a native priest
who had been excommunicated by the
Catholic Church. was appointed Bishop
Of the new church. Fourteen junior
Bishops and a large lay council were
also named. The council included
Felipe Buencamino. one OF the leaders
OF the Federal party. who was recently
In the United States. In some quarters
In Manila this new movement Is con.
sjdered serious.
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.ra.r-w.ather" business Men.

He had no reserve" How often we
hear this expression on Change or in
the street. when n firm has failed. or
when business man has been pushed
to the wall. 1t would make fitting
ep!taph for the grave Of many a fall
ure. A man without reserve Is like
n condemned. leaky vessel. On a calm
day, 1t can be towed from port to port,
but 1t would be utterly helpless In q
storm.
The country is full Of "falr.weather"
business men. who can proceed safely
as long as there Is no strain on the
market, as long as collections are easy,
and nothing unusual happens. But the
moment reverses strike them they 60
down In the first financial squall. be-
cause they have no reserve Of strength.
no ballast, no spare sails; the knees
Of the ship are made Of pine instead Of
sturdy oak. and they are easily crushed
in collision or by the strain Of q storm
at sea.-SucceSs.
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A Popular Self-Seeksr.

III you are perfectly selfish. and
perfectly good-natured. you can get all
you want In this world" some one re.
marked. and the assertion Is. on the
whole. true. That Is TO say. good.
natured insistance goes n long way.
and when selfishness IS added they un.
doubtedly make strong team. Il
know q man." the speaker continued.
"who Is universally liked. He Ii i'm
mensely popular. and has more invita-.
tions to desirable houses than he can
accept. and when there he always gets
the best. The best horse is always
given him to ride: he manages to have
the most desirable seat ut dinner; II
he keeps people waiting he Is never
blamed. and so It goes on about every.
thing. But what people do not seem
to realize is that he Is intensely selfish.
and Is always looking out for number
one; but he does It In such a charming
way. and has such a delightful smile
that be Is considered one Of the best.
natured people In the world (Which
he possibly Isl. and his self-seekins is
never detected."-New York Tribune.
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ty, Pennsylvania. in 1904. consists OF
only "a few aged and in6rm women"
according to the petition fled In the
Supreme Court, and they are. presided
over by Mr.. Duss. The petitioners are
the descendants from seceders from
the old society. who assert that the
society no longer exists. and that the
communal lands should be divided.
The petitioners say that Duss has sold
the town Of Economy. caused loss TO
the savings bank Of over $4,000, 900 by
bad management. and placed mort
cages amounting to $4,000 upon the
society's real estate. The society owns
5000 acres in the city Of Pitrsburg.
The Court finds that In 1886 the
society was so alarmed over q schism
used by o malcontent called the Count
De Leon that It adopted q bylaw
which fixed for all time the principle
of communal ownership and prevented
any such action as the petitioners In
this case demand. Therefore decision
was rendered In favor Of the defend
ant.
In a decision rendered by the Su-
preme Court nearly nifty years ago the
history of this strange association Is
described. In 1900 there lived in Wur-
temberg one George Rapp. described as
q farmer Of education superior to the
simple people about him. Rapp Sc
cretly began to preach n new gospel.
He preached that the Lord had chosen
him as the spiritual leader Of the peo-
ple; that the second advent OF Christ
was at hand, and that In order to be
saved the people must separate from
the established Church and form them.
selves into q community under his
leadership, leave Wurtemberg. and
form themselves into colony "either
In the Holy Land or the United States
Of America. In which places Christ
would first reappear on earth" About
125 families in 1910 emigrated to
America and settled In Butler County.
Pennsylvania. There they founded the
communistic town of Harmony. subse.
quently moving to the present town
Of Economy.
Rapp absolutely dominated the soci-
ETY.. He enforced celibacy upon the
whole community, and separated hus-
bands and wives. Tobacco was for.
bidden. The character and the amount
Of food eaten was prescribed by Rapp.
He prescribed the cut Of the clothes
to be worn by male and female men,
bers alike. He enforced rigidly m or.
dinance prescribing the hours for In
Dor, rest and eating.
Rapp's rule lasted until his death. In
lS47. When Rapp died the govern
ment of the society passed into the
hands of board Of elders. which now
consists Of Duss and a relative Of his.
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Sporting Brovities.

Princeton has defeated Columbia In
dual tennis tournament by to >.
Herreshoffs new cup candidate nay
greatly resemble the Constitution.
Chase won the Blue Grass Stakes for
trotters at Lexington. Ky. in straight
heats.
In Lord Derby f. f. Smathers has
the leading money winner Of the year.
The fast trotter has to his credit $751;
675.
In q team cycle race at Vailsburg. n.
J., Frank Kramer. professional cham
pIon, was beaten In each or three
heats.
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'Nswsy 6leanings

Cholera Is spreading rapidly IL Pales.
tine.
The crusade against the billboard
nuisance Is making headway IL Buf-
falo. N. Y.
The electrical power transmitted 200
miles from Yuba. Cal. has proved per-
fectly reliable.
Minnie Schenck. Of Williamsport. Pa.
has made n rife record Of twenty con-
secutive bulls-eyes at 200 yards.
There has been q great reduction In
the number OF Russian iron plants. and
10000 men have been thrown out OF
work.
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THINK WAR WILL END NOW.
Colombian Lsgstion's visw OF the Sur
render Of Tribe Uribe.

Colombian Lsgation's View OF the sur
render Of Tribe Uribe.
Washington. D. C.-Official confirm
alton was received Mt the Colombian
legation here from the commanding
officer of the Colombian troops on the
Isthmus Of the press dispatches from
Panama announcing the surrender OF
General Tribe Tribe. The telegram re-
ceived at the legation is as follows:
"Panama.-Uribe Uribe and Castillo
surrendered at Cienaga with large
quantity of arms and ammunition
Perdomo."
General Castillo is also prominent
leader Of the insurgent forces.
The legation officials say that the
surrender of Tribe Uribe and Castillo
means the end of the revolt Of the Lib
erals against the Conservatives. The
reyolutionists have now less than 1000
men in the field. most Of them being on
the Isthmus Of Panama. and tile sur
render of their most prominent leaders
will probably result IN their immediate
disbandment.
The revolution IN Colombia started
Just three years ago. and General Uribe
Uribe has been one Of its leaders from
the first Before taking the field he
was n lawyer. As n member Of the
Liberal party he. Joined In the revolt
against the rule OF the Conservatives.
He soon won fame rs fighter and got
the title of General. He has been
called the Second Simon Bolivar" and
has been credited with desire to re.
store the Great Colombia. as the feder-
alton of Colombia. Venezuela and Ecu.
adOr was known previous to 1880.
During the last year Uribe Uribe has
led his forces with varying success.
Recently he attacked Cienaga. in the
Department Of Magdalena. and was
routed after battle that lasted four.
teen hours. 1t was predicted then that
he would fee from the country. He
has not engaged In any Of the fighting
on the Isthmus.
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WI TO RETURN TO CHINA
Chinese Minister to Take Up His New
Duties as Soon as Possible.
He REGRETS TO LEAVE AMERICA
The Popular chinsman 10 Recalled bv .
specisI Edlct to Bo Minister Of Com.
msres and . Treaty Maker - Queer
Provision Of. the Chinese Law-Arri-
val OF Successor Unesrtain.

Washington, d. C.-Wu Ting-Fanc.
who has been the Minister OF China
to the United States since May /. 1887.
has been recalled to China by an ed!ct
of the Emperor cabled to Mr.. WI by
the Chinese Foreign Office. The edlct
Is peremptory. Mr.. WI being directed
to return to China Mt rs early date
as possible. even the route by which
he Is to make his voyage from this
country being indicated.
The edict informs Mr.. WI that he
has been appointed Minister Of Com.
merce In association with Ficeroy
Chang. .Chi-Tung. He takes the posi-.
tion Just vacated by Sheng. whose
father died the other day. Under a
peculiar provision of Chinese law.
when an ofticeholder loses by death his
father or mother he vacates his ot!ce.
and he Is not eligible to hold Office
again for three years. although by cus-
tom the period OF his official mourn
ing Is reduced to twenty-scven months.
Mr.. WI said that he might be able TO
leave this country In about three
weeks, but the precise date Of his dc.
parture has not been determined.
Mr.. WI also received cablegram
announcing that he had been appointed
one of the two members Of a coElmis-
sion to negotiate commercial treaties
with foreign powers. He will be at the
head of this commission and will have
associated with him Lu. who until
about year ago was the Chinese Min
lister to Germany. As Mr.. WI has
been ordered to proceed direct TO
Shanghai. 1t Is probable that the head
quarters of the commission will remain
In that city.
Mr.. \Wu will be accompanied to
China by his wife and some members
OF his personal suite. but he said that
whether he would leave his young son
in this country had not been deter.
mined. He desires that his son should
have a good American education. ana
may conclude to leave him In the
United States. ut least for time.
Mr.. WI expressed great regret at his
sudden recall from this country. al
though he Is not unappreciatiye OF the
honor done him by his Government.
He said that the American people had
been most kind to him. and he would
carry away with him the most pleas
ant memories Of his sojourn In the
United States. He always had en-
deavored, he said. to promote cordial
relations between this country and
China. and that effort would be con-
tinued when he returned to live among
his own people.
In official and diplomatic circles the
news Of the early departure OF the
Minister was received with sincere re-
gret. For years he has been one OF
the most popular members Of the Dip
lomatic Corps.
Mr.. WI expects to leave the legation
In charge of the First Secretary. Shen.
Tung. No advices have been received
as to the time Of the arrival Of the
new Minister.
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ECH0OF SETTLEMENT DAYS
John S. Duss, Of Harmony Society,
Wins Suit Involving Millions.
DECISION OF THESUPREMEC COURT

The Highest Tribunal Refuses to Dlstrib-
ute the Property Of the communistie
secissy. Worth %. 900 -Petitionsrs
Descendants Of ofseceders-Hisioryo ofths
Strange Association In Penusyivannia.
Washington. d. Can echo Of the
early days when religious societies
emigrated to the wildernesses OF Amer
ica to found Socialistic communities
was heard In the United States su-
preme Court. A decision just handed
down in the case Of Christian Schwartz
and others against John s. Duss. the
well.known bandmaster. marks the
latest chapter In the history OF the
first society Of this kind founded In
the United States. incidentally 1t re-
veals how band Of peasants. emigrat-
Ing to the wilds Of America nearly
hundred years ago. founded COM
munity which now owns land In the
city of Pittsburg worth $4.0O0.O0O be-
sides q town. savings hank, ana
much other valuable property.
The remnant Of the Harmony Soci-,
ETY., which first settled in Butler Coun-
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that II God tells them to 60 back to
their farms they will do so. but II not
then they viii continue Us they are.
Infants that died on the march were
thrown into bushes by the roadside.
The first contingent to descend on
the town consisted Of about 1000 per.
sons. After they had been taken care
OF detachment Of 400 arrived. Cor.
poral ]. Nugent and detachment o!
mounted police stopped them on the
street until arrangements for shelter
could he found. The smiles 6f by.
ISLANDERS were answered by the reclta-
tom In Russian Of q verse Of the
Twenty-s second Psalm, "All they that
see me laugh me to scorn." etc. A
long. lean ascetic. with unkept beard.
eisheyelled hair and bloodshot eyes,
stood at the head Of the halted process
sioE and prayed. He was protected
from the cold by long cape reaching
from his shoulders to his feet. while
many Of his followers had not SUN,
cient clothing to prevent their perish.
ing In the snow. A sympathetic citizen
offered glass OF milk to a pallid baby,
whose mother split the milk to pre-.
Sent the child drinking It. Biscuits
were offered TO the children. but they
were forbidden to eat them.
The Doukhobors' camping ground
was about three miles from town,
where there was no shelter except the
bush. Parties strayed through the
scrub, picking the "God-given and
greaselcss'' fruit Of the rosebush to
satisfy their hunger. No labor Of AMI
mails had helped. to produce this fruit.
and they could eat II without sin.
Their prophet had prophesied that on
their arrival at Yorktown their babies
would be taken from them. and they
gave them M willingly. for they take
the voice Of their prophet as the voice
/. Of God.
Hitherto the Doukhobors have not
been propag gandists. and they have not
sought TO extend their faith among
their Canadian neighbors. Now they
are missionaries and, have invited out.
siders to Join them. thus offering q
chance to homestead the fertile lands
reserved for exclusive settlement by
Doukhobors In al the years they have
been here.
The Doukhobors later started for
Winnipeg. saying the Lord has told
them to 90. They have left the women
aud children. They are very quiet and
peaceable. but II Is impossible to say
what turn their craze VIII take next.
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Fhs Aeoutred Tasto.

The acquired taste for food and
friends is about the same n results.
Friendships easily made are easily
broken. With some people Asse i'm.
pulses are best: with others they are
In need Of amendment or immediate
repeal. like bad statutes. Accept no
one as a friend until he has been tried
In the furnace. The man that falls al
over you as soon a. you meet him Ia
not made Of the right std1. His friend.
ship Is a thin veneer that soon rubs Oh.
showing q rotten hsart-New York
Press.
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|. .scoRos OF TRIALS IN U. S. ARMY
Nineteen Commissioned Omeers ond AS54
Men Faced Courts Martial.

Nineteen Commissioned Omeefe cnd 4o64
Men Faced Courts Martial.
Washington. d. C. - The report OF
General George B. Davis. Judge Advo-
rate General OF the Army. shows that
during the year ending June 30 nire.
teen commissioned officere were tried
by courts-martial. Six were acquitted.
Two cadets were tried and convicted.
The, number OF enlisted men convicted
was 1854. the sentences In 15S cases
being disapproved. while 430 cases re.
suited In acqCittal.
D.shonorable discharge was the sen.
tence imposed on 2645 enlisted mer.
Death sentences were imposed On eight
men. The sentences were executed In
three cases. and In four were com.
muted to dishonorable discharge. for
feiture Of all pay and allowances and
imprisonment at hard labor for life.
and IN ore to q prison term OF three
years.
The records Of military commissions
show that TO persons were tried. being
26O less than in the preceding year. OF
this number 5I6 were convicted and
IA We're acquitted. Death sentences
were imposed by military commissions
Ia about 235 cases NEARLY all natives
Of the Philippine Islands). and the SEN
tences were executed In abou. 12S
cases.
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BROWNS DAUGHTER IN BATH TUB.


rns.ns Mother Then Fatally Wounds
Herself with . Razor.
Niagara Falls. N. Y.-Mrs. Daniel n.
Lynch drowned her six-year-old daugh'
ter Alice In the bath tub and then at
tempted suicide BY cutting her throat
with razor. -
Mrs. Lynch had been In the State
Hospital. but was brought home IN an
improved condition. Other members
of the household went to church and
Mrs. Lynch filed the tub with water
and then held her only child In 1t until
dead. This done she severed her wind
pipe and made several other cuts on
her throat. She then went to the
Kitchen and asked the servant for help.
The girl ran to the street and secured
assistance. Neighbors found the dead
body of the child In the tub. and Mrs.
Lynch was taken to the hoepitai.
where she was found to be fatally In.
iured. The woman's mind was unset.
tied by the death Of daughter.
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Prominent People.

King Christian of Denmark mas
gazetted Anton Hegner. the American
'cellist. a knight of the Danebrog Or
der.
DR.. N. C. Morse. President Of the
Iowa Association Of Railway Surgeons.
Is the heaviest physician in America.
weighing 325 pounds.
Count Tolstoi Is said to be writing
another book In his old age. 1t will
deal with his impressions or the mill.
tary revolt ir the Caucasus, - 1850.
Andrew Carnegie has given $4,000
to Eastbourne. Sussex. for the estab.
lIshment Of q library. for which the
Duke Of Deyonshire has given the site.
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CAPTIVE BEAR KILLS 4 BOY.

the Animal Closss It's Jaws On the Lod's
= Skull.
Hot Springs. Ark.-At Happy Hol'
low. a resort near here which. among
other attractions. Includes q ZOO"
black bear fatally injured Robert Ta'
tum. an eight-year-old boy.
The lad was passing the animal.
which was chained, but came too close.
and before the spectators could inter-
fere the brute had the boy Rugged to
hts breast. Then the animal closed bis
great Jaws on his prisoners head.
A keeper pried the bears mouth open
and released the boy. but he was un-
conscious and dying from several frac-
lures Of the skull.
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iNp!cT MAN AND WIFE.
Seth Mr. and Hrs. Riehman Accused oi
Stealing the DelabarYe Necklace.

Both NE. and Mrss Hlchmon Aceused Oh
Stealing the Delabarre Necklace.
watertown. N. Y.-The Grand Jury
Of this county has indicted Louis Rich
man, q wealthy manufacturer Of New
York City. and his wife. Rachel Rich
man. for grand larceny In the first de-
gree In having on the 1st day Of July
last ut the Crossman House. Alexan-
tiria Bay. stolen q diamond necklace
valued at $4,000 and 1927 In money,
the property of Mrs. Walter E. Della
barre, also OF New York City.
Mr.. Richman was arraigned and
pleaded not guilty. An order was en-.
tered continuing the present ball OF
5000 for the appearance Of the de.
fendanr for trial In December. Mrs.
Richman was recently adjudged insane
and committed to the Riverside Sani'
tarium on the Hudson. and probably
will not be arraigncd on the charge.