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Plea for village Improvement Society.
E. Rexford, in March Lippincott.

z. E. Rexford, in March Lippincott.
1t is the easiest thing in the world to get
a village Improvement society started in
almost any community IL one earnest, en-
thusiastic person will take the matter in
hand. This is especially the case at the
present time, for enough of the work of
such societies can be seen on all sides to
convince any thoughtful person of the
benefit growing out of them. II needs some
one for leader who is what we Western
call "hustler'-a person who has the
knack of organizing and directing indi-
vidual effort In such a manner as to make
it available and effective. If there is such
person in the community, and he-or she
has the amount Of enthusiasm necessary
to arouse public interest ard create or
stimulate a desire for beauty in everyday,
practical life, there is no good reason why
a local Improvement society should not be
organized in any community-there is near
ly always need for 1t. Recognize this need
fully and bring it to the attention of 9TH
ers, then go to work at once in the forma-
ton of your society. Do not wait for next
spring or next fall, but begin your work
now for there is always something that
can be done, and there is no reason for
deferring action to a special season or
until such action may seem timely. All
times, all seasons are alike to such a So
ciety, whose work must go on during the
entire year. Therefore, get down to busi-
ness as soon as possible, be the time spring
or summer, fall or winter. If you cannot
work to advantage, you can plan for work.
and a good plan to follow always enables a
society to dispose Of its work to the great
est advantage when working time comes.
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Supreme Court and Coal Strike.
Justice Brewer In Scribner's Magazine.

Labor organizations are much the nat
ural outgrowth of the economic conditions
of the day as combinations of capital. We
thus have, on the one hand, a few pos
sessing or controlling immense amounts of
capital and large industries, and, on the
other hand, multitudes of laborers
banded into organizations for self
protection. Self-interest Q will not
call 1t selfshness) has operated to de-
Velop great antagonism between these
two factors in industry; each is seeking
greater control, a larger share of the
profits resulting from the combined serv-
Ices or both. AS organizations of laborers
increase the influence and significance of
strike, which is one of their weapons in
carrying on what is called the conflict
between labor and capital, become greater.
The summer of last year we stood face to
face with one of immense magnitude, one
Affecting the business of the Nation as
none other has yet done. How shall these
strikes be avoided? A man can scarcely
count the suggestions which have been and
are being made with a view of averting
precipitated more schemes of legislation,
tive and executive, as well as judicial pow
er, than any which has preceded 1t. All
legislative bodies, state and national, will
be confronted with propositions TO pre-
vent or regulate struggles between labor
and capital. Is ii not reasonably certain
that out of these conflicts and out of the
legislation which may be enacted by Con-
gross or the several state legislatures there
will arise multitude of questions, many
OF which will finally reach the Supreme
Court OF the United StateS2
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been equally praiseworthy, but he died
bachelor, having never experienced the
comfort of being husband or father: rms
his last will he directed this stone TO be
placed over his remains, with an lnscrlp-
ton warning all young men from initial
ing an example of celibacy which had yield
ed to himself no other eventual fruits but
disappointment and remorse. Inscribed at
his request by his friends, HERON l.. Opie
and Fleming Bates"
One of the oldest of mortuary memorials,
doubtless, is the obelisk at Turkey island,
on James river, the original home or the
Randolph family. This monument served
the double purpose of COMMUNICATING
year of calamitous floods, III. and or tes-
tifying to the virtues of Richard and Jane
Randolph, whose son erected the pillar,
as Ii Is called in one of the inscriptions.
1t lies in a dense forest, and time and
war-it is not far from Malvern hill-and
relic hunters have mutilated and defaced
it. There has long been a tradition in the
neighborhood that a treasure is buried in
this monument, with historic papers and
other valuables, and to find these large
portion of the front has been broken away.
The most romantic and mysterious of
tombs in Virginia is that found in a Gem
etery near Alexandria. 1t is inscribed
ITO the memory of female stranger
whose mortal sufferings terminated on the
18th day of October, 1916; aged twenty-three
years and eight months. This stone is
placed here by her disconsolate husband.
in whose arms she sighed out her last
breath, and who, under God, did his ut
most even to soothe the cold dead ear of
DEATH"
Then follow the lines:
How loved, how valued once avails thee
not
To whom related or by whom begot," etc.
And this verse from the Bible:
ITO whom gave all the prophets witness
that through His name whosoever believeth
on Him shall receive remission of SIM"
Old residents of Alexandria tell the story,
handed down from their parents, of the ar
yelled. young, reported beautiful, accom-
panied by her husband. The woman's face
was never seen except by two persons, the
doctor who attended her in the fatal illness
that followed soon after her arrival and a
good lady of the town who helped to nurse
her, and If they ever knew her secret they
never revealed il.
The husband. it is supposed, was regis
tered under assumed name. None ap-
pears on the tomb.
The slab is of handsome marble, resting
on six supports two feet high, and a heavy
stone covering the grave forms the base.
A beautiful wild cherry tree overshadows
the tomb and a brick wall capped by heavy
carved blocks of granite incloses the
ground
Every year for many years I'm succession
the grave was visited by the sorrowing
husband and flowers planted upon it, When
these visits ceased remittances came to the
Keeper of the. cemetery postmarked from
England, and this care of the spot lasted
until about 1860.
Speculation was rife at the time as to the
identity Of the fair stranger, and it was
generally believed that she was the daugh-
ter OF an English nobeman who had eloped
with some one below her in station But
the mystery was never solved.
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Other Deaths.

TRENTON. n. J., Feb. 2S.--Mrs. Wash
ington A. Roebling, wife of Col. Washing
ton A. Roebling, of this city, died at her
RoebIing was sister of the late Major
General Warren, who served in the war of
the rebellion. She was well known in social
circles and was a prominent member of the
Daughters of the American Revolution.
Two years ago she was defeated for presi-
dent general by Mrs. Fairbanks. the pres
ent head of the organization. Mrs. Roeb-
ling was fifty-nine years old
TOWNSVILLE, Ca, Feb. &.-Dr. T.
Gailard Thomas, of New York, a special
list in women's diseases, died suddenly at
the Piney Woods Hotel to-day of heart
disease. His body will be sent to New
York.
NEW YORK, Feb. 2S.-Mrs. Ellen Holt
Bowen, widow of Henry c. Bowen, editor
OF the Independent, and mother OF Herbert
w. Bowen, United States minister to Vene-
zuela, died tonight at her home in Brook
lyn.
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TROUBLE ON THE MAINE.
Twenty-rhree Desertions andsa Sea-
& man Shot by a Guard.


NEWPORT NEWS. Va, Feb. 2S.-Trouble
on board the battleship Maine, which is
lying in dirk dock here for repairs, cul-
minated tonight in the shooting of one
seaman by a guard of the marines. 1t is
rumored that the wounded man died short-
ly afterward. All information relative to
the affair is refused. 1t is rumored that
Captain Leutze has had difficulty maintain
ing discipline ON the ship. but the officers
on board virtually isolated her. denying
outsiders access to the shipyard. .
Twenty-three men have deserted the
Maine In the past week. Three Of the run
Always were recaptured by the local police
to-day. This evening a police sergeant and
one policeman returned the men TO the ship.
The sailors refused to go on board in Gus
tody, and in fight that followed both of
the policemen were badly beaten. All of
the sailors bear scars OF the fight While
1t was In progress sailors and marines
showered old eggs and decayed potatoes
over the side of the ship upon the police.
The dry docks in which the battleship
has been Graded, the largest dock in
America, was flooded tonight to prevent
the escape Of the seamen from the ship.
While the warship is ahoat in the dock
1t will be impossible for any one on board
to make shore surreptitiously without
swimming about fifty feet.
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The British Admiralty denies the reports
that the government has purchased the
two cruisers under construction at Genoa,
Italy. for Argentina, and the two warships
being constructed in England for Chile
Figures compiled from the Church of
England's voluntary offerings show that
mo less than 5000 raised in 1902,
A1O5,o00 of which went TO foreign and 49,
100000 10 home missions. Comment has
been created by the decrease in the con-
tributions TO home missions and the in
crease of 8, 10000 to the amount devoted
to fabrics and fittings.
A decision by a London court says
that English newspaper proprietors. In the
eve of the law, are manufacturers and as
such do not infringe the Lords day
observance act by publishing Sunday pa
pers. This important and somewhat curious
decision came up through a suit brought
by Lloyds Weekly TO recover payment
for Sunday papers delivered to a country
news agent who had refused to pay under
the pretexf that the Sunday laws made the
claim invalid. Judge Rentoul held that, the
Sunday papers did not come under the
head Of works of necessity" but AZ the
Sunday act only referred to contracts en-
tered into by, s.'tradesmafl, artihcer,
workman or laborer," the proprietors of
Lloyd's Weekly as manufacturers were ex-
empt from the accusation of illegality and
were entitled to their money
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speeehe. That Read Wen.

Senator Hoar, in March Success.
1t is often said that, if a speech reads well
ii is not a good speech. There may be some
truth in It. The reader cannot. of course.
get the impression which the speaker con-
veys by look, and tone. and gesture. He
lacks that marvellous influence by which. in
a great assembly, the emotion OF every in
dividual soul is multiplied by the emotion
of every other. The reader can pause and
dwell upon the thought. III there be a fall
lacy, he is not hurried away TO something
else before he can detect IL. So, also, his
more careful and deliberate criticism will
discover offenses of style and taste which
pass unheeded I'm speech when uttered
But still the great oratoric trtumphs OF lit-
eTature and history stand the test OF read
ing in the closet. as we'll as OF nearing in
the assembly. Would not Mark Antonys
speech over the dead body of Caesar. had
it been uttered. have moved the Roman
popuIace as il moves the spectator when the
play is acted. or the solitary reader i'm his
closet? Does not Lord Chatham's II re-
joice that America has resisted" read well2
Do not Sheridan's and Burke's great per-
crations in the impeachment. of Warren
Hastings read well? Does not Liberty and
Union, Now and Forever" read well? Does
not ..Give me Liberty Give me Death
read well? Do not Everett's finest passages
read well?
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WEATHER FORECAST.
Fair and Colder To-day and To-Mor-
row, with Diminishing Winds.

s WASHINGTON. Feb. 2S.-Weather fore
cast for Sunday and Monday:
For Indiana-Fair and colder on Sunday;
Monday fair; diminishing northwest winds
For Illinois-Fair on Sunday; colder in
extreme south portion; Monday fair and
warmer; fresh northwest winds, becoming
variable.
For Ohio-Fair and colder on Sunday,
except snow along northeast lake shore;
brisk TO high west winds; Monday fair.
For WiscOnsin-Fair and continued cold
ON Sunday; Monday fair and warmer; fresh
TO brisk northwest winds, becoming vari-
able.
For Minnesota Fair on Sunday. warmer
in west portion; Monday fair. warmer in
east portion; fresh winds, becoming south
east.
For Lower Michigan-Partly cloudy on
Sunday. colder in southeast portion; brisk
TO high northwest winds, slowly dirnin-
ishing on Monday.
For Iowa-Fair and continued cold on
Sunday, except warmer in northwest por-
ton; Monday fair and warmer.
For Kansas-Fair on Sunday; Monday fair
and warmer.
For Nebraska-Fair and warmer on Sun
day; Monday fair.
For Kentucky-Fair and much colder on
Sunday; Monday fair.
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WAS IN A STATE OF COMA.
Girl Who Was supposed to BE Dead
Returns to Consciousness.

NEW YORK, Feb. 2S.-Miss Edith Cur
zon, of Redbank, n. j., is now recovering
from pneumonia after her family thought
her dead. She posed as the goddess of
liberty in Redbank's Washington's birth
day parade and caught cold which quick
ly Frustrated her. Yesterday she died, APP
parently, and an undertaken was called in.
AS he was about to prepare the body for
the shroud, he was startled to perceive
that the right arm which had lain out
side the bedspread was now drawn up near
her face. Then he noticed an eyelid twitch.
The family was summoned, work begun
to keep alight the slight spark of life, and
after time Miss CurZon was able to no
tice what was going on. To-day she is
Improving, with every chance of recov-
ery.
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banks has rccefSed many communications
from labor, organizations IN the interests
Of the. MEASURE In order 70 famtliartze
himself more fully with conditions Senator
Fairbanks Just before the present session
began, made a personal inspection of the
situation at Ellis island, New York. The
bill passed tonight cuts of the sale or
liquor at Immigrant stations. and also pro-
hibifs the sale OF liquor at the Capitol
The bin has passed the House,
Xxx
At the Posteffice Department to-day II
was announced that two additional carriers
would be allowed for Fort Wayne to begin
service March g. One of these carriers is
TO be mounted and assigned 10 collection
service July l. When the appropriation
for free delivery becomes available the
department will take UP the question of
allowing FortsWayne more carriers.
A W. Wishard left for his home in In
dianapolis this afternoon.
The father of young Lingenfelter, the
KolOrno lad who is i'll and has been rest
ing under a charge of desertion. will carry
the good news to his boy that he is hon.
orably discharged. General Haywood, of
the marine corps, I'm an interview with
Representative Lands to-day said the case
was a most unusual one, and he would
allow the. records to show that the boy is
discharged.
The Senate committee on military affairs
to-day ordered favorable reports on all
the nominations before it. including those
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ALDERMAN INDICTED.
ChfcagOan Charged with Soliciting N
Bride and MaIfesance.

CHICAGO, Feb. 2s-Alderman Frederick
A. Hart, of the Twenty ninth ward, was
indicted tonight by the grand jury on
charges of soliciting a bride and of mall
feasance in Office. There two bills
against Alderman Hart, and each bill con-
tains ten counts. No capias was issued for
the alderman. 1t is expected that he will
furnish bonds on Monday. In the first in
dictment Alderman Hart is charged with
Offering, alderman, to take and receive
directly money as a gift and bribe and as
means of influencing his vote" in favor of
a building permit for the new First Ma
tional Bank building. Ernest r. Graham
told of visit from Alderman Hart, and
the Municipal Voters League took up the
charge. The second indictment, charging
malfeasance, grows out of the alleged deal
ings of Alderman Hart with Louis Choro-
mokus. a fruit dealer.
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Hyde's Art News.

An interesting discovery was made
short time ago while restoring the tower
of the principal church in Wittenberg. A
copy of the famous portrait of Luther
by Cranach was found, which passes as
the best likeness of the great reformer
now existing. The original was painted
in 1913 and was exhibited in the Witten-
berg Court Chapel until 1760. when it was
destroyed by fire. Thirteen years before
its destruction copies were made by the
Leipzig engraver Bernigeroth AS far back
known to exist. When the workmen dis
lodged the globe on the municipal church
tower, the copy was found in an excellent
state of preservation. 1t shows Luther at
the age of forty.
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not forthcoming soon from some heaven
born pneumatic engineer il is within the
become exceedingly popular at Fifth ave-
nue. and Twenty-third street.
Meantime the wind bloweth whittier and
whom and what il listeth about the Flat
iron building and mostly IL listeth both 10
port and to starboard at one and the same
time. Nor do the lambs that are shorn or
headgear and of dignity take much stock
in the ancient proverb about tempering the
wind. -r+
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Found Guilty of Perjury.

OKLAHOMA CITY, o. T., Feb. 2S-The
jury in the case of Joseph NJ. Berry, tried
for perjury, returned a verdict Of guilty
to-day. The case grew out of the. sensa-
tional shooting of w. L. McMichael over
some Oklahoma City town property a year
ago. L. Z. Brown, editor of the Times
Journal and postmaster, who was present
at the time of the shooting, was having
a preliminary examination on a charge
of completely. Berry testified that Brown
offered him 5000 and two lots to kill Nc
Michael, which was disproved, and Berry
was arrested for perjury.
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Salt Trust Under Indictment.

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. Establishments
were returned by the federal grand jury
to-day, charging the Federal Salt Com
pany with violating the Sherman anti
trust law. Specifically the Indictments al
lege violation on the part of the Federal
Salt Company of the second and third
sections of the act of July, 1896 The sec
tons. generally speaking, forbid a COM
bination In restraint of trade to raise prices
upon any commodity.
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JONESBORO, Ga. Feb. S-William
Farmer. deputy sheriff OF Clayton county
last night shot and instantly killed his
father-in-law James Christian. mortally
wounded his wife. who is I'm dying con-
dition. and attempted 10 kill his SOIL. but
Kissed fire The frenzied man then turned
the gun upon himself and fired. dying in
SfautlV
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The IsIn De Luxon FIoated.

MOBILE. Ala, Feb. 2S.-The United
States gunboat Isla de Luzon. which went
aground near the mouth of the river late
yesterday afternoon during dense fog,
was foated this morning. She came to
this city under her own steam and anchored
in the river. Her officers report that no
damage, so far as they know, was sus-
tanned by the vessel. but a thorough ex-
animation will be made.
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Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
CONNERSVILLE, Ind, Feb. 2S.-The
Whitewater river is on a rampage and do
ing much damage to the farms on it's bor-
ders. Residents of East Connersville can
get into this city only by crossing the
railroad bridge. The river was still rising
at 1870 y. m, and it is feared it will reach
high-water mark, in which case the p. III.
4 +. M. Roots Co.'S foundry will suffer
considerable damage.
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FULTON, Mo-, Feb. 2S.-Dr. William ].
Wright, who formerly held the chair OF
metaphysics at Westminster College here.
is dead here, aged seventy-two years. DR..
Wright was distinguished as a writer of
several treatises on higher mathematics
which were translated into foreign Ian
guages end used in European universities,
as we'll as the universities of this country,
on account of the high standing of the
author among the mathemaucianS. He
was the first American TO be elected to the
London Mathematical Society.
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WASHINGTON, Feb 2s. = Postmaster
General Payne has issued the following or
der: 1.-THE provisions of the parcels post
convention in force between the United
States and other countries shall be held to
apply to parcels for and from the Philip
pines. as we'll as to parcels for and from
other ports of the United States"
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OBITUARY.
Rear Admiral William darkness Sue
cumbs to Typhoid at New York.

NEW YORK, Feb. 2S.-Rear Admiral
William Hardness died from typhoid fever
at his home in Jersey City tonight
He was born in Scotland Dee. IL, 1887,
and came to this country I'm 1910. He was
appointed an aid at the naval observa-
tory in Washington in 1862, and, after ris-
ing to the grade of astronomical director,
was retired on account of age in 1899, with
the rank of rear admiral
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HAVANA, Feb. 2S.--J. p. Morgan, accom-
panied by Miss Morgan. III. b. Hollins. DR..
Markoe and Mrs. Markoe, r. +. Linear.
Mrs Douglas and Miss Rhett. arrived here
to-day on board the Olivette from Key
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pleasure trip. which was entirely uncon-
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ST. LOUIS. Feb. 2S.-Seven women have
been arrested on bench warrants issued at
the instance of the grand jury which has
been investigating the Imprisonment of
young girls in dens of vice raided in the
Fourth police district several days ago.
The grand jury will make partial report
next Monday. when it is expected more in
dictments will be handed down.