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that division since Saturday, and no
mail or passengers from the eaA and
and south Florida points have reached
here since Friday night. Passengers
and mail for north Florida points from
here are being sent around by Mont
gomery over the Plant system. A
large force is at work repairing the
damage and it is hoped traffic will be
restored Tuesday.
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Russian reports say that the sea Of
AraI has been steadily rising since
1891. The sea level is now four feet
above that of 1874. The line of rail-
road from Orenburg to Tashkend had
to be changed in order to avoid being
overfowed. Instead of sinking three
inches a year as German geographers
had computed, the sea has been rising
at, the rate of four inches a year for
the last ten years.
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Mexico has the smallest navy in the
world in proportion to her population.
Twelve million people are protected
by a fleet of two dispatch vessels, two
unarmored gunboats, each carrying
one four-ton muzzle-loading gun and
four small breechloaders, and five Sec
ond-class torpedo boats. This fleet is
manned by 80 officers and 500 men.
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Alleged B1ackmaiIer Killed.

Lincoln, Neb., March 18.-A Jour
nal special from Beatrice, Neb., says:
Willard Smith, young man of 20
years, who sought to blackmail a
merchant of the town of Title, was
shot and killed by one of party of
four men set to entrap him. He
wrote an anonymous letter demand
ing money, which he went to secure,
and resisting capture, was killed
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OF all European monarchs the car
is the greatest believer in life insur-
ance. Within a week of the birth Of
his eldest daughter, the Grand Duchess
Olga, the little mite was insured for
100000 with Russian, British and
French companies. The car is him.
self insured for $4000,O00, but $4,000
900 represents the value of the ear
fna,o Life
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Anticipated ut Washington,

Washington, March 1S.-It has been
generally understood here for long
time that Ambassador White expects
to retire this year from his post at
Berlin. He has been anxious to get
back to his college work, and the I'M
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New York, March 18.-More than 500
men, well known in public affairs, have
applied for tickets to the "Amen Cor
ner' dinner to Senator Thomas c. Platt
on April 4. The guests will be limited
70 o10
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C. r. MORSE, Publisher.

The salary of John ]. Mitchell, pres
ident of the Illinois Trust and Savings
bank, of Chicago, has been increased
to $4,000 year. His salary is next
to the highest paid to bank official
in this country.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1902-03-20

In Japan special care is taken so
that the children of poor people may
not become lost on the streets. There
are no nurses to look after them, and
the mothers, in order to have the lit
tie runaways returned safely, hang
labels around their children's necks.
These labels bear their names and adj
dresses
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Lieut.. Edwin r. Stuart of the corps
of engineers, on duty at West Baden,
carries off the honors this year Of the
military service Institution. To him
has been awarded the prize gold med.
al, life membership in the institu.
ton and a sum of 500 for his essay,
the subject being disappearing
Guns"
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Terms of Employees.

La Rochelle, France, March 49,
The strike of dock laborers here is
ended, the employers having accept
ed the demands of their employees.
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derstanding was before the death OF
President Mckinley that Ambassador
White would return for good some
time during the present fiscal year.
Andrew ID. White is recognized as
the most experienced and finished
diplomat in the service of the United
States. His present term as United
States ambassador to Germany began
in 1897, but he served as minister at
Berlin from 1879 to 1881, and after
wards, in 1892, was ambassador to
Russia. Mr.. White stands as high in
the educational world, both in the
United States and Europe, as in the
diplomatic service. His work in the
chair of history at the University of
Michigan, at Cornell, and at the Stan
ford university of California has
given him standing eXcelled by but
few.
Chance for "a Western Man.
1t was understood before President
Mckinley died that when Mr.. White re-
tired his successor might not be New
York man, because that state was al
ready represented in the embassies in
ley hoped to have western man as one
of the ambassadors, and it was this
argument which resulted in the selec-
ton Of Myron T. Herrick, of Cleveland,
as ambassador to Italy. Had President
Mckinley lived Col. Herrick would
have been ambassador to Italy, the
present occupant of that desirable
post, Mr.. Meyer, having been sent to
Rome with the distinct understanding
that he would make way for Mr.. Her
rick. Lately Mr.. Herrick has decided
not to go abroad, but Mr.. Meyer will
come back just the same, because he
proposes to become a candidate for
congress from the Moody district in
Massachusetts,. This will result in two
vacancies, at Rome and Berlin.
woIcOtt May BE Named.
If certain arrangements can be
made it is likely that the president
will give Senator WolcOtt, if he has
not already done SO, the choice be-
tween Berlin and Rome. 1t is also a
possibility that Assistant Secretary
of State Hill may secure one of the
vacant posts. He is being pressed for
the place actively by some strong
friends. In case he is sent abroad
the present third assistant secretary,
Herbert III. d. Peirce, Massachu-
sets man and warm friend of SEN
ator Lodge, may be promoted to the
position Of first assistant secretary.
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Txfnr viii Not CO ABROAD.

London, March 1S.-It was official
" announced that King Edward will
not go abroad this year. He Will
cruise in British waters on board the
royal yacht Victoria and Albert.
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Berlin, March 1S.-With expressions
of regret the newspapers here print
a dispatch from Washington to the
effect that Andrew ID. White, the
American ambassador to Germany,
will retire next November.
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caught mapping, although warnings
were sent out by the weather bureau
48 hours in advance. The storm was
felt most by the new settlers, several
thousand of whom have moved to
North Dakota from the eastern states
during the past month, and heavier
loss of life is feared among these
people. All trains are still tied up in
North Dakota, although rotary snow
plows and large crews of men have
been working steadily in an attempt
to clear the track for through trains.
Wires are generally down, or working
badly, west of Fargo and Grand Forks.
Prince Albert, with 80 degrees below
zero. was the center of cold in the
northwest Sunday night, but by Mon
day morning the mercury had climbed
to four below at that point. the north
western weather stations reporting
worse cold than that being very little
lower, while general warming up was
noticeable.
Snow Causing Trouble i'm Colorado.
Denver, Col, March 18.-The snow
and wind storm that has been raging
for the past four days along the noun
tain railroads is beginning to make
itself felt. Snowplows and Hangers
have been keeping the lines open and
extra gangs of men have been fight
ing the drifts clear of the tracks.
Now small slides are being reported
while the drifts are growing to great
depth. In Tennessee pass nearly four
feet Of snow has fallen and the snow
on the ground on Marshall pass has
reached the depth of rs inches.
Colorado &J Southern trains are held
at Alpine, because entrance to the Al
pine tunnel is blocked, and the South
Park branch is tied up. The Rio
Grande and Colorado Midland roads
are still open, but are liable to become
blocked at any moment.
Cold Wave in Kansas.
Kansas City, Mo-, March 18.-The
ccld wave that started in Sunday even
ing will continue for "A hours yet, ac-
according to the local weather bureau.
The temperature has fallen 30 degrees
in this part of the southwest since Sun
I'd hight, 1CdNlIS as ION 90 N1S AAO
above zero at Abiline and Lawrence,
Kan. 1t is feared that much injury has
been done to fruit. No snow is re-
ported.
Floods in South.
Atlanta, Ca, March 18.-Fair and
colder weather in North Alabama and
Georgia has caused slight decline in
the stages of the swollen rivers in that
part of the two states. The rain area
Monday covered the immediate Allan
tic coast from Florida north, and the
rivers in that section of the country
are still rising.
Pensacola, Fla, March Fifteen
hundred feet of the tracks of the
Pensacola and Atlantic branch of the
Louisville & Nashville railway at
HoImes' creek, near Chipley, was
washed away by the heavy rains of
Saturday. No trains have passed on
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Heart Action Is BAD.

Cape Town, March 18.-The heart
symptoms of Cecil Rhodes were
worse Monday and he is weaker.
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WHITE TO QUIT SERVICE.
United States Ambassador to Ger
many to Return to His
College Work.
RESIGNATION TO TAKE EFFECT IN FALL.

Probability That Post of Ambassador
to Italy VIII Also Soon he Vacant
Senator WoIcott May Be Given His
Choice of the Post at Rome or
Berlin.
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YIELDS 70 THE HOUSE.
Senate to Grant Lower Branch of
Congress a Voice in Framing
Reciprocity Treaties.
PENDING AGREEMENTS TO Be AMENDED
Members of Senate Committee on
Foreign Relations Declare That
This Concession Does Not i'm Any
Way Affect the Treaty-Making
Power of President and Senate.

Washington, March 18.-The senate
committee on foreign relations has de-
cided to again take up the reciprocity
treaties which are before the senate
with view to securing such
amendments to them as Will in
sure their ratification. There has
long been contention on the part
of the members of the house of
representatives that because these
treaties affect the tariff system they
should be passed upon by the house
as we'll as by the senate. The senate
committee on foreign relations was
not disposed to concede this point, but
because the Dingley bill authorizing
these commercial agreements con-
tanned a provision requiring the con-
sent of theAentire congress, the COM
mittee has now taken position favor
able to the house contention. This it
has done in adopting the report pre-
pared by it's subcommittee, of which
Senator Spooner is chairman. This re-
port recommends that each of the
reciprocity conventions be amended
SO as to provide that it shall "take eff
feet when approved by congress- The
committee has acted upon this express
sion in a general way, but so far has
made no effort to attach the amend
ment to any of the pending treaties.
1t is understood that the next step will
be in this direction, and it is probable
that the question will be taken up at
the next regular meeting to be held on
Wednesday of this week. Senator Al
drich, who has contended that the
treaties should be considered in the
light of tariff legislation will be in
vited to appear before the committee
and give his views on the subject. If
the amendment is made to one of the
treaties it will be made to all of them
and to all agreements of the kind
which may in the future be entered
into under the provisions of the Ding
ley act.
The members of the committee on
foreign relations are outspoken in
their declaration that this concession
does not in any way affect the treaty
making power of the president, and
the senate, which, they contend, is ex-
elusive of the house, but majority
members say that as they voted for
the Dingley bill which contains the
reciprocity clause, consistency on their
part requires that they should insert
this clause. They also say that their
insertion of it will be a notice to all
foreignpowers that such provision will
be required in all future reciprocity
agreements.
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Senate Proceedings.

Washington, March 1S.-The senate
convened at II 'clockMonday, this be-
ing the day on which the final vote upon
the ship subsidy bill is to be taken By
agreement the voting on the bill end
all pending amendments is to begin at
three p. M, speeches on the measure to
be limited to Is minutes, except that
Senator Frye, in charge of the bill, was
granted 80 minutes in which to reply to
arguments made against the bill.
A resolution providing for the APP
pointment of a board to Investigate the
project of constructing an inter
oceanic canal across the isthmus of
Darien was reported unfavorably by
the inter-oceanic canals committee
and was indefinitely postponed
Pending discussion of the subsidy
bill, a number of minor bills were
passed, among them an act appropriate
ing S., 900 for the erection of a dwelling
for the keeper of the lighthouse at Ke
waunee, Wis.
Vest Amendments Voted Down.
The various amendments offered
by Senator Vest to the ship subsidy
bill were voted down.
The vote on the Vest amendments
stood 25 to 48-a strict party vote
with the exception of McLaurin g..
CO. who voted with the republicans.
Shamrock in the House
Washington, March 1S.-Sprays of
Shamrock in honor of St. Patrick's day
graced the lapels of the coats of half
the members when the house met Mon
day.
The River and Harbor Bill.
Immediately after the approval of
the journal the house went into COM
mittee of the whole and commenced
the consideration of the river and
harbor bill.
Still Seek an Agreement.
Washington, March 18.-The confer
ees who are expecting to reconcile the
differences on the manner ofrelief to be
given to Cuba resumed their sessions
at three p. m. Monday. In anticipation
of this meeting the element opposing
the ways and means committee asked
their associates to gather at two p. m.
to consider the situation. It is under
stood that at this first meeting the five
conferees representing the opposition
will make report and ask for instruc-
tions on the two propositions pending
before the conferees. One proposition
is the 20 per cent. reciprocity plan linn
tied to December, 1908. The other is
the rebate plan to maintain the regular
duties and to pay Cuba out of the treas
ury an amount equal to 20 per cent. of
the duties, roughly estimated al about
$9,000000. As between these plans and
some notifications of them, the con-
ferees have thus far been unable to
agree. Some of the beet sugar men
said prior to the meeting that the re-
bate plan probably would be insisted
upon.
Evening star., 1902-09-11
Changing Human Nature.
rom tho Philadelphia Record.


1t is the purpose of a recent publication,
the autobiography OF criminal, to bring
under discussion the question whether,
with the best of all influences, it would be
possible to overcome the criminal tenden-
cies Of certain men and make Of them re-
spectacle members Of society. This ques-
science, and, indeed, this answer is obvious
Although persons who read papers before
mothers clubs and many who are promi-
nent as teachers assume that character can
be nodded, the leading psychologists MAIN
tain that everyday observation must Prove
less of education and personal example and
influence.
We may reasonably expect from the
splendid system Of universal education a
great diminution Of ignorance and also a
wider extension Of amiable manners, but
there Is nothing in the worlds experience
which gives hope Of change in human
nature. Education is worth all it costs
since 1t adds greatly to the power of good
character, even though 1t cannot overcome
an inherent tendency to evil. Character r
without culture Is much better than culture
without character, but it is a sad linn ia. ion.
There are men Of great native strength of
mind and unfailing integrity who would be
a tremendous power for good were they not
hampered by ignorance of what has been
thought. said and done by the great Of all
Ages. We have no right to complain be-
cause education or influence cannot produce
a radical change of nature.
Evening star., 1902-09-11
Golf Balls and Hay Fever.

From the New York Commercial Advertiser.
Golfers, at any rate inland golfers,
have lately been suffering from a more
than usually viruent epidemic of hay fever
On hot day it is poor fun raking with a
niblick for a cherished ball among hay two
feet high. the ordinary lost ball pangs be-
ing increased at the rate of 80 cents a
time.
The tales told by these lawmakers are
enough to make angels weep. "A beauti-
full shot. not three yards off the line! Dis
graceful, | call it, or Found my ball in
two feet Of growing hay, and give you my
word II was not six yards from the hole
lost seven balls In the round" Verify, IL
all these tales be true it would have been
worth while to buy up all the standing hay
on the links, not for the hay, but for the
golf balls. which are going to be dearer
than ever, 1t seems. A hay syndicate with
acquired powers to dredge all water haz-
ards would certainly grow rich
A great deal of the annoyance caused to
golfers at this season by the loss of balls
would be spared them by the simple device
of marking golf balls with the owner's
initials. When the balls are found, al thew
must be as soon as the hay is out they
would be delivered to the caddie master, who
would return them to the owners for a fee
of or cents. This system is in vogue
in many clubs and works admirably II
cannot Of course save holes and matches.
but II saves money and a good deal Of Ian
guage and temper.
Evening star., 1902-09-11
The Pillory of Fame.

From the Philadelphia Record.
The following item is making the round
of the press:
As result OF popular vote In Missis-
sippi, the portraits OF the following ten
natives of the state will adorn the walls Of
the new capitol: Jefferson Davis, L. Q. c.
Lamar, Z. c. Walthall, James George, s. s.
Prentiss ]. NJ. Stone. George Poindexter.
William Sharkey, George Foote and ]. L.
Power.
OF these ten natives OF the state" Davis
was born in Kentucky, Pondexter in Vir-
ginia, Prentss in Maine and Lamar and
George in Georgia. Where the five other
natives were born We know not. but
distinguished quinteD anywhere but in Mis-
sissippi. Sharkey, We believe. WAS chief
justice of that state at the period of recon-
struction. and at a later period Walthall.
II we m1stak not, represented the state In
the United States Senate. The celebrity OF
Stone, Power and George Foote, assuming
that they ever lived, must be profoundly
local The temple-of-fame business has in
conveniences OF Its own. II Is "dfssatsfyin'
business" altogether, as Barney 9eohegan,
IN Levers inimita BILE sketch OF The Irish
Member" found martyrdom to be. mere
mark OF merit not associated with favor or
emolument, or other substantial advantage,
Is practically no higher than the merit OF
be low, the mark is more likely to excite
many libels the few, and makes the many
themselves ridiculous. 1t lis offensive all
round. In general rash praise is worse
than scandal
Evening star., 1902-09-11
A VANISHING TRIBE.
The Decay of the Shinnecock In
dians.
the New York Tribune.

r. TOM the New York Tribune.
The last Of the ShinneCocks. once second
only to the MOntauks as the most powerful
tribe on Long Island, are working out their
life problem on a narrow neck of beautiful
low land which projects into ShinnecocIl
pay between Southampton and Shinnecock
hills There they live I'm the lazy poverty
that comes of their sadly mixed blood in
termarry and slowly decrease in numbers
There most of them will die and eventually
the younger tribesmen will become dissat-
ished with their narrow life and sell the
little reservation given them by the state
Surrounding the Shinnecock lands on
three Sides are magnificent country homes
OF wealthy New Workers. On the fourth
sail their small yachts In the distant
Background rise the ShinneCock hills turned
into one of the best golf grounds in the
country. All this the Shfnnecnclzs once
owned Ihis luxury on every side accen-
tuates the poverty of the Indians vet IL
furnishes them with a means of livelihood.
me large houses need many servants and
Indian women and children make good ones
under proper direction The stables nust
nave attendants. and the men of the tribe
md work In them for five months In the
year They get enough from this summers
work 10 tide them over the long winter
which most OF them spend in idleness
The Shinnecock reservation consists OF
SO acres or hne agricultural land less than
q th4iu oi "hiCh Is under cultivation. 1t is
governed by three trustees, elected by the
Indians from their own number OF the
trustees now In Office one uows the turf a;
the Shinnecock Hills golf grounds and an
other cares for the polo field of the Meadow
BROOK Club in Southampton The land is
held in common, and is open to cultivation
by any member Of the tribe. One Wishing
TO start small farm selects an unoccupied
plot OF ground. and claims ii before the
trustees. He can plant upon IL as MANY
years as he likes bu; is not allowed 10
lease or sell IT. If he abandons IL for a
year he has no furt her claim on It The
land is fertile, and will raise large crops
Tor which there is a good market with the
summer colony but. in spite of all this, no
attempt has ever been made to cultivate
twO-thirds OF the land
Evening star., 1902-09-11
Other Roads May Be Involved.

If this investigation should be made there
are rumors that other roads. including the
Minneapolis and St. Louis, the Iowa Cen
traI and the 500 line, may become in
volved.
Officials of the commission feel that the
firm attitude of President Roosevelt in
his action against the Northern Securities
Company, and his vigorous declarations in
favor of the enforcement of every law for
the prevention of injury to the business of
the country through the manipulation of
aggre ga ted capital. have been a great help
in making this important against the
officials of the two roads in question.
II Is believed, also, that this case will
clear the atmosphere, as it Were, with
spcct to what may be going secretly at
the present time in other localities and
other branches of the railroad business of
the country. A good strong case made out
against these two roads, and prompt trial
and conviction of their officials ii Is declar-
ed will be the most whole some lesson that
perhaps has yet been administered by the
interstate commerce commission.
Evening star., 1902-09-11
Robinson Crusoe's Island.

From the New World.
The Island OF Juan Fernandez, lying 600
miles west of Valparaiso (made famous by
the story of Robinson Crusoe'), promises
soon to develop Industrial interests. accord
ing to report rom E. E. Mansfield. United
States consul at Valparaiso.
The island belongs to Chile. and the gov
ernment is arranging to make 1t q part Of
one of the provinces and establish Q local
civil government. Tho island II about fif-
teen miles long by eight miles wide. There
is good harbor on one side, where large
ships can anchor with safety.
A large canning factory has been estab-
fished on Juan Fernandes and the fishing
industries are attracting the attention OF
capitalists. There are quantities OF lob
sters. crabs and excellent food fishes In the
waters besides fur seals. There II plenty
Of fresh water ON the island; land can Be
acquired by settlers without oooti fruit and
vegetables grow wild and are easily oulti-
waited.