The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-08-28

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 An eminent Swiss naturalist says that the. Arolla glacer, which in 1886 could be reached from the hotel In five-and- twenty minutes, is now a good hour and a quarters walk away from it, and the shrnkage can be paralleled in many other parts of Switzerland.
 So far this year there have been twenty-two legal hangings in Mississip- pi. A Mississippi paper says this is a ..ghastly though creditable exhibit" During the same period there have been but four lynchings, Governor Longlno having been active against this manner of disposing of alleged criminals. Of the legal hangings about one-fourth were white men.
 It having been asserted by the de- lenders of the five per cent. political as- sessment of State employees in Illinois that the contributions were "volun- tary,', the doEbters produced evidence that in one institution at least the five $ per cent. was deducted from the pay envelopes of the employees before the envelopes were delivered to their own CTS.
 President Merrill of Fisk university points out that the we'll educated and competent negro doctor has an amazing opportunity among the S,000,000 of his race. President Merrill knows of twelve negro doctors in Nashville alone and doing well, and six of them amassing property. He reports also that it is cas- fer for colored physician to build up a self-supporting practice than for the white doctor.
 Kansas City sportsnnen got into dis pute about calibers, and agreed to leave the question to MT. Roosevelt. They have received note from Acting Sec- retary Loeb. ''The President he writes, directs me to state that the matter you refer to is difficult one for him to advise about For elk and big bear he prefers the 45-9O, because he always used it. For deer and cougar he thinks the 30-30 good enough, and the latter is the weapon he carried on his last hunting trip. He, however, considers the SO-4O an excellent weapon
 The Munich Geographical Society has just elected Princess Theresa of Ba- varia an honorary member for her achievements in the line of exploration < and travel. The princess was born ir 1850, as the only daughter of Prince Luitpold. Her mother, a princess oi Tuscany, died when the little princess was thirteen years old. Her grand mother superintended her education In early youth Theresa showed grea' interest in natural science and mathe' matics. Later she studied ethnology palaeontology and botany. She pos sesses a great talent for foreign Ian guages, and now speaks twelve.
 Greenwich, England, has fine new workhouse on it's hands which it wil sell cheap. It was constructed by tht guardians of the poor, under pressure from the local government board, at cost of nearly $S75,0OO. The building was hardly completed when 1t becam unnecessary, owing to change in poor law administration giving greater lati tude in regard to outdoor relief. Tn old workhouse, with some inexpensiv additions, is now adequate for all re uuirements. Hence the new structure considered to be the most up-to-dat workhouse of it's kind, the plans fo which obtained diploma of merit a the Paris exposition, stands unused.
 The report of the finances of tn South Carolina Interstate and Yves Indian exposition has just been mad public. It appears that receipts fror admissions amounted only to $14s, ,112- this for period of one hundred an fifty days; being less than $1,00O day and indicating an average attendanc of only from 2,o0O to 5000 daily. Tota receipts from revenue amounted t 1,955, and from revenue and govern ment and city appropriations and stoc and bond subscriptions to about $97S, ,00I But expenses aggregated some $1,2OS N {00 leaving a deficit of some S225 0f