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leading part in trying to defeat his
projects. 1t has been reported that
scenes Of extraordinary bitterness have
occurred in the Council Chamber it.
self. The reactlonaries denounced de
Witt as a Socialist, Communist,
revolutionary, because he insisted that
Russia must cease tagging behind in
the race of civilization and progress.
The War Party" was perhaps more
bitterl., antagonistic to him than any
other faction. for lie on more than
once occasion convinced the Car that
Russia was absolutely forced to live
ut peace with her neighbors. since she
had not the means to carry on war.
1t has even been said that had it not
been for dc Whites counsels Russia
and Japan would have been at war
over their differences before today.
Nj. de Witte has passed nearly half
his life in obscurity. He spent some
years at the University of Odessa.
When he left Odessa he obtained 4
post in the State Railway Department,
DeCOlulUo all eLpiOSe 1T all lliSiSHiu-
cant railway station-an assistant sta
ton master and bookkeooer.
1t is said that Il was the war with
Turkey which gave him his chance.
His chiefs in the railway department
lost their heads completely under the
strain Of transporting troops to the
front. De Witte quietly did what his
superiors ought to have done, work
ing out various schemes for the trans
portation Of troops into Turkey. This
proof of forethought created a sensa-
ton in official circles When the war
was at an end his reputation had been
made.
Since 1878 de Whites promotion has
been rapid. In 1879 lie was summoned
to st. Petersburg to take part in the
work of the great Railway Commits
sion, and it was lie who drew up for
the commissioners their report. He
was then appointed director of the
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THE GREAT DESTROYER
SOME STARTLING FACTS ABoUI
THE VICE OF INTEMPERANcE.

eoeIn: The ResuIt-Europe's War on Drink
How Intemperance is Conbated In
various Countries-France'i is Making
desperate Attempt to Crush tho Enemy
Broken and bowed with terror and fears,
More with soul-agony. than. with years, D..
Heart-sick and weary-so tired OF life,
Who is this? The drunkards wife!
Laughed at and Stunned on every hand,
A pitiful sigh in this Christian lane,
He, who has none Of earth's laws dehled,
Who is this? The drunkard's child!
Four rough walls, and roof of tin.
Rusty and bent-the rain dripping in,
Winds lashing the waves on the beach to
What is this? The drunkard's home!
Dark and wicked, and full of sin,
Never ray of Gods light within,
Waiting for deathJ last summons to toll,
What is this? The drunkard's soul.
Rams Horn.
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The maximum endurance Of twelve
inch gun is 800 firings, while the six
inch gun may be fired upwards OF
1000 times without injury.
Shop furnaces of the Santa Fc in Al
buquerQue n. NJ, are to be operated
with oil fuel, and $1,000 gallon tanks
are being built for storage purposes.
Captain Lefant, OF the French army,
is about to explore the Niger Basin.
under the auspices Of the Paris Geo
logical Society and the French Colonial
Office.
The service of electric teams in Cal
cutta is picturesquely fitful during the
monsoon, for every storm occasions
disturbance and dislocation by the
failure of the current or the breaking
Of wire.
There are immense forests Of Alnppo
pine in Algeria, which have up to now
been considered of little value; the
suitability Of this wood for road pay
ing and for tinbers for mines and
| telegraph posts, may have the effect
of enhancing the value Of these for
ests.
OF the go persons =: Prussia who
were bitten last year by dogs, cats,
horses and other animals suspected OF
hydroDhobia, 22I were vaccinated by
the Pasteur method. OF these. only
1.34 per cent. died. while in the nom
vaccinatc1 cases the Uortality was
1904 per cent.
| The increase Of electric wires in Phil
| adelphia has led some public spirited
citizens to draft q petition which will
be submitted to the Aldermen, and
in which it is asked that the committee
on ordinances be requested to grant
hearings on the subject Of having all
! wires placed under ground.
A French botanist on the Congo
found a plant growing in great
abundance there which produces
liberal quantity of rubber. 1t IS called
Landolphia thralloni. and the rubber
made from it is already being put
on the European market. The rubber
supply from the Amazon region is fast
disappearing and prices of rubber are
| going up, so that substitutes are being
searche.. fer with great zeal.
Three college men--j. R. Johnston.
instructor of botany at Harvard; A.
| f. Blakslee, assistant in botany at
Harvard, and G. NJ. Wilson, of Brown
University-have returned to Boston
with over 1900 specimens of rare plants
and flowers collected principally in
| Venezuela and the islands lying Off the
coast. The trip consumed three
months, and during that time the gen.
tlemen were compelled to put up with
many hardships and extortions at the
hands Of the VeDeZuelans. The specl'
men will be placed in the museum At
| Harvard.
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BIG BEQUEST TO BRYAN
Sealed Packet P. s. Bennett Left
Gave Him $4,000
Widow Contests the LeCacy-2ryan Says
"NeitIer Nor My Family Shall Profit
by It Unless Mrs. Bennett is willing"

New Haven, Conn.-W;lliam ]. Bryan
came to New Haven from New York,
and appeared at hearing in the Pro-
bate Court in reference to tho bequest
OF $4,000 which the late PEilo S. Ben
nett had made to him. The bequest
was made through the medium Of 4
sealed letter mentioned in the will and
opened by order Of the court. The pro.
vision OF the will which makes the gift
TO Mr.. Bryan will be contested by Mr..
Benefits widow. who will. it is said.
allege undue influence upon her hus.
band by Mr.. Bryan, who Is an executor
Of his estate, and by Mrs. Bryan.
Witnesses at the hearing stated that
the will was drawn by Mr.. Bryan and
typewritten by Mrs. Bryan, after an in.
terview with Mr.. Bennett at Lincoln
Neb. The testimony showed that the
Bryans did not see Mr.. Bennett sign
the document, although they were
asked to witness the last will.
The envelope mentioned in the will
has been mystery until the court ex-
animation, when it was sent to the
hearing by its custodianS. the Mercan
tile Trust Company, Of New York City.
The court took otiicial cogniZance OF
the document and ordered that it be
torn open, giving counsel an ODpoTtr-
nifty to read its provisions. III the doc
ument Mr. Bennett in addition to max.
ing the above mentioned bequost. re-
Cuested that Mr.. Bryan give Mrs.
Bryan $4,000 Of the sum received and
the Bryan children $4,000
Ever since the will was filed for pro.
bate in Now Haven comment has been
rife as to Mr. Bryan's part in its execu-
ton the impression prevailing that it
was he who drew up the document and
thus received for himself and Mrs.
Bryan so much authority in the dispo.
sition Of the estate.
According to the terms OF the will
they had the disposition Of $4,000
among colleges and poor students Of
both sexes.
Philo S. Bennett was killed last Au-
gust in stage coach accident in Idaho.
He was q member Of the wholesale
grocery firm CT Bennett. Sloan &, Co..
of New York City. and had home in
New Haven. A. P Sloan. of this city,
q member of the same firm. was an el.
ecutor of his estate with Mr.. Bryan.
Before the hearing was adjourned
Mr.. Bryan announced in court after a
sharp cross-eXamination by the
widows counsel and the publicly de.
clared intentions that Mrs. Bennett
would stubbornly contest the proris'
ions in the sealed letter, that he would
not accept q cent for himself, but that
he maintained his right to spend the
$4,000 for educational and charitable
purposes Mr.. Benefits counsel said
that Mrs. Bennett was thoroughly
competent to expend that sum for the
purposes named, and that not cent
of it would so to Mr.. Bryan If it was
possible to prevent 1t.
W. J. Bryan is reported to have de-
clsred that he was ready to make an
attested statement to be introduced
as evidence. that he would not accept
the gift for himself should such action
be contrary to Mrs. Benefits wishes.
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A Domesticated Eagle.

Havana, Mason County. has one or
the greatest curisosities in America,
if not in the world. Mr. Damarin,
County Treasurer, has q pet golden
eagle, one that stays in the Court
House Park without being Gagged. He
is at liberty to 60 when and where
he pleases. Mr. Damarin feeds his
pet twice a day. He can go up to
him and stroke him. just as he would
a cat or dog. When the street carnl-
val was in Havana last week the eagle
was the greatest attraction there.
This is the history Of the bird: A
son of J. Wiley Smith, vino lives about
eight miles southwest Of Mason City.
near the Sangamon bottom, shot and
crippled him last fall and took him
home and kept him until spring. when
his son, Berry. brought him to Ha-
vana and put him in q squirrel cage.
But az that was too small and he
could not learn to fly, as one OF MS
wings had been shot. Smith nad the
business men and the county officers
donate enough to build a cage about
twelve feet square. and he was kept
in that about six weeks. Mr.. Damarln
fed and tanned him. He had a stump
of a tree put in the large cage, ana
the eagle stays on that tree all the
time, when not flying or walking In the
park. AS the cage was still not large
enough to let him fly. they took the
cage away to give him his liberty.
But the bird won't leave. He eats
fresh beef, kidneys or liver or live
rabbits.-Bloomington Qll) Panta'
pyonh
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rcorganizing them. He declared thai
the cver-recurring deficit was ''intol'
cradle" and he proceeded first to re
form the monetary system, then to re-
organize the system of taxation. and
then TO negotiate the commercial trea'
ties by which RuSsia's foreign trade
was greatly Increased. He encouraged
the introduction Of capital from
Franco. did everything possible to es'
tablish new enterprises. and imported
machinery where tho Russians were
not able to make 1.-THE Commercial
Advertiser.
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Treating Causes Nine-Tenths Of Crimes.

There is no better place to watch the
results of whisky than the police court:
Over nine-tenths of the cases arralgned
ia police courts are the direct results OF
whisky. It is indeed sad to sit on a bench,
day after day, and watch numberless men
and women brought before me by the po,
lice absolute wrecks in both mind and
body as the result of their intemperate
use of whisky.
The cases of young men and women are
not the only ones. In many instances the
prisoners are men of years and women
with hair white as the snow and bent with
age. There is a simple way OF solving the
Treat problem of drink, and the way Is 60
stop the "treating" habit, or in other
words stop drinking "to be sociabie," as
the young man terms it.. There are few
men who, if honest enough to tell US, that
can deny that their first drinks were taken
10 be sociable. If the treating habit were
stopped I believe that there would Do
end of the horrible condition existing to
day would be near. .,
/ have been personally interested in the
Evening Journal drink records, and have
myself investigated several cases brought
TO INV notice. Each one tended to show
me positively that had the habit of treat
ing not been prevalent they. would never
have been in the condition they were. In
Western cities Legislatures have inter
fered and made it misdemeanor to Do
found in the practice of treating; and It
has, according to recent reports. oeen 81 e.
fective. I am of the opinion that II tho
Evening Journal, with its powerful editor
ials. can in some way induce or encoura~r
a movement to put an end to the treating
habit a great good would have been &C.
complished and the root of the drink evil
viii have been practically killed. Our .po-
lice courts records show that over nine
tenths of the crimes committed in, thia
city are the direct results of whisky
Statement by Magistrate Flammer IN the
New York Evening Journal.
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Rorne's "BIissing Lady"

Rome has it's mysterious missing
lady as we'll as London. The woman
in question was dining with some
friends at a restaurant. When she left
she forgot her coat and returned to the
restaurant to get it, her friends remain
ing but short distance away. She
was not seen or heard Of again. The
restaurant keeper asserts that she got
her coat and rcjoined her friends, but
they assert that she never came out Of
the place. At last accounts she had
not been found nor the mystery solved,
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Southwestern Railway and later chief
of the State Railway Department. In
1892 he became Minister OF Commu-
nicationH, and in the following year he
took NJ. Wyschnegradsky's place as
Finance Minister.
Immediately after ne became head
of the finances of the empire N. De
Witte began the work Of completely.
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The Great Fight is On.

The rapid increase Of intemperance IN
European countries of late has resulted
not merely in q much more vigorous cru
,ade against the evil by temperance socie-
ties, but also, in many countries, IN legs
htion, expressly designed 70 reduce the
consumption of liquors: The German Gov
ernment's proposed bill, OF which recent
dispatches told, is simply one more lndl-
ation of the tendency. 49,,
,ne, though it may have exceedingly bene-
icial effects if adopted. One feature OF it
Is the forbidding of the extension OF credit
oy saloonkeepers to their customers; an
other is the requirement that non.lntoxl-
eating drinks, such as tea, coffee, lemon
ade and milk, and also cold foods, must be
sold wherever alcoholic drinks are sold.
In England legislation has taken two
forms. For one thing, it, is operating
through commissions to reduce the num-
Der of public houses. aud for another, 1T ls
seeking to reform habitual drunkards by
placing them on blacklists, and making it
j punishable offense to sell liquor to them
over the bar.
France has been awakened to its great
need by clear evidences of the ravages
made by liqueurs, and especially. by abb
sinthe Medical statistics recently COM
piled indicate that the great increase In
pulmonary tuberculosis was uut dinosS
entirely to alcoholism, and also that two
thirds of the inmates Of the insane asy-
,ums were suffering from the same cause.
There is now talk Of prohibiting the sale
d adulterated liquors and Of creating q
State monopoly of alcohol, which will sup
plv the pure article, and that at very.
high price. -
In Belgium the tax on spirits has been
increased, and at the same time the tax on
.ea has been removed, with the object OF
encouraging the use of tea as beverage
In Holland league has been formed to
ight the use of spirits. Il aims at legisla-
lion, but for the present it Is doing per-
,onal work by posting agents at the doors
,f public houses to urge the patrons not to
enter.
Austria is considering a law which Pro
vides that drunkards shall, after ten con-
sictions be sent to reformatory, there TO-
be imprisoned till physicians certify that
their craving is cured. Norway has siml-
lar system now in force, except that it ap-
plies it much more promptly.
In Switzerland the police are required TO
arrest every person showing. the slightest
sign of into1ication. Alcohol is sold by
Government monopoly, and each canton
is required to spend ten per cent. of the re,
eeipts from this source on hospitals ana
other agencies for combating the evil
Chicago Record-Herald.
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Spscu1otel and Forged.

J.E. Leimer, cashier of the princeton
rWis) State Bank, who is in Jail there
charged with forgery, says specula-
tion in grain caused his downfall.
state BANK Examiner Marcus G. Bersn
stated that Leimer had confessed tGat G,
his forgeries amount to S69,ooo. me
Princeton Bank Is closed and tile Mon
tello State Bank, of which Leimer is
Vice President, was ordered not to
omen its doors.
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lanchcs can be formed when one con.
siders that the snow masses coming
down arc sometimes two miles in
length and from forty to fifty feet
deep.
In order to protect the little isolated
mountain dwellings and Alpine
churches against those accidents, the
inhabitants of the menaced districts
have constructed triangular safety fore
parts on one side Of the buildings, as
in the case Of the little church shown
in our illustration.
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DIES IN FOOTBALL GAME.
Player Drops Dead in Contest With the
Annapolis Naval Cadets.

Annapolis, Md.-In the progress of
the football game here between the
midshipmen and the Baltimore Medical
College team. Robert E. Levin, a
player on the latter team, whose home
was in Plainfeld. N. H., was seized
with an attack of heart trouble, and
probably died almost at once, although
every means was taken to preserve his
life, and he was not pronounced dead
for over half an hour. The incident
took place toward the close of what
would have been the first half of the
game, but the contest was ended by
order of the Superintendent Of the Mil.
itary Academy as soon as the serious
nature of the accident became known.
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Railroad Wants Temperance Mon.

M. de Terra, the general superintendent
issued orders that all employees on the rail,
roads rTss who are not total abstainers will
be discharged at the earliest. possible mo
ment. he asserts that no moderate drinker
will be retained in any nosition of trust
The orders end with the significant SEN
tence: Temperate men. with clear brains
and steady hands, are the only ones who
will be retained, ard who should apply
for nositions"
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Ruling Teetota1ers.

Queen WiIhelmina and the Sultan Of
Turkey have the credit of being the only
reigning monarchs at the present time wha
are teetotalers. The Sultan, IN spite OF al
his faults, is a strict follower of Mahomet,
and his religion forbids him to partake OF
alcoholic drinks Queen Wilhelmina, on
the other hand, is a teetolar from convie
ton, and with characteristic energy she
tries to induce others to follow he.. exam.
plae. Princess Pauline of Wurtemberg' II
said to have done so, and if others OF
equally exalted rank are not persuaded by
the Queen to become workers in the cause
of temperance it will not be Her Majestys
fault@Chicago News.
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Famous Locks of Hair.

The latest craze, apparently, on the
other side of the water. is that of COL
lecting hair of celebrated men. The
most valuable is apparently that of
Napolcon. which costs some SIS per
lock, while a lock of the Pope's hair
is worth just half. That OF Tolstol'
the great philosopher and writer, and
Of Alphonse Dsudet are valued equally
at SO, while a cutting from the hair
of NJ. Loubet can be bought for a!
penny.
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MISSOURI MAKES 1905 KNOTS.
Eattleship Beats the Record of Her Sister
Ship Maine on Her Trial Trip.

thfo IeSSVfO "R - oH 0@.7~-
Ship Maine on Her Trial Trip.
Boston, Mass.-The new first class
battleship Missouri had her official
trial trip over the Cape Ann course
and made the uncorrected average
speed of 1905 knots an hour. When
the tidal allowances ore figured out her
official speed will be 1922 knots.
The average speed OF the battleshlp
Maine, sister ship Of the Missouri, Is
17.9S knots, and the builders Of the lat
est battleship feel elated. The highest
speed made attained by the Missouri
was about 1871 knots an hour. The
Missouri steered perfectly and turned
in from twenty to twenty-five seconds.
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The Emperor Of Japan.

With Japan confident that she can
whip Russia. the Cars empire equal
IL confident of her ability to destroy
her little rival, and with Russia's pc
culiar conduct Of the Manchurian diff
Guilty rs a moving cause. it is not sur
prising that the press should be filled
from time to time with reports that
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More Postal Frauds.

dispatch from Washington says
that Postmaster General Payne has
summarily dismissed NJ. A. W. LOUIS,
sunerintendent of supplies; LOUIS
Kempper, chief Of the registry dlvls'
ion. e 2, Terry, q clerk i'll the supply
division, and Otto Weis, a clerk III the
New York pOstoftlce.
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How Drunkards Arc Treated In Persia.

Persian drunkards are blacklisted, and
to be blacklisted means that the person 30
enrolled cannot visit the bazars to buy
things except at certain hours and only
then under police supervision. He cannot
visit any pace of public amusement, and
even when at prayers in the mosque he
must hold himself aloof from his. most re
spectacle neighbo.s. Ii, after being black
listed, he drinks again and is found under
the influence. he gets eighty lashes on the
soles of his feet
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war between these two powers is i'm.
mineut. Yet there are so many rea-
sons why war would be disastrous to
both nations that conservative observ-
ers do not look for actual hostilities
in the near future. The careful men
on both sides would naturally do all
in their power to prevent such an is
sue. and not the least of them the EN-
peror Of Japan. who is regarded as
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Marshall Field Sues DoMIe.

Marshall Field. Of Chicago, has
brought suit against John Alexander
Dowie for $4,000. The summonses In
the suit were served on him in his man
sisn at Zion City on the morning OF his
departure for New York. The matter
had been kept quiet, as Mr.. Field was
one of the creditors whom Do"le
boasted would give him unliml5ea
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Protection From
AvalanChes
Snow Guards Surround Houses in !
Menaced District.

DEcing the present year some terri
bic avalanches destroyed large tract!
Of fertile fields in the Engadin Val
ley. A State coach, connecting Davo
an6 Ste. Maurice was surprised by ont
Of these awful snow drifts. killing In
stantly the position and SIX passen'
gers. 1t was only four months afte
the accident that the bodies Of thest
unfortunates were recovered. An idea
of the formidable size of such ava
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This Railroad Doesn't Temporize.

c. A. Goodnov'. General Manager Of thu
Rock Island Railr. ad, says: ''1he Rock
Island does not temtorize with the use oi
intoxicating liquors. II the men forget an
order, or misinterpreT signal, we know
that that is human, FIR they are not infal-
lible, but if they frequent :loons or habit.
ually use liquor, it is an infraction of the
rules, and is met with instant dismissal
Our operating men must be total abstain
ers, but, of course, we do not follow them
into their homes"
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Pittsburg Bank Fails.

The crippled Federal National ~ banS' am
of Pittsburg Pa, capitalized at S2,ooo',
600. has failed. Information was SEN
to the Controller of the Currency at
Washington that the bank would 10, nos
be able TO open for business, ana banh
1.x.minrr ]. Is. Cunningham was lm'
mndiately appointed receiver.