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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1905-06-19

The engagement Of Jack Gardner, the
greatest stroke that ever set the pace
for Pennsylvania crew, has just been
announced. He graduated from the
Medical Department at Philadelphia in
1901, and has been so successful in prac-
t,cing his profession at Toledo that he
has seeded TO take unto himself
wife.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1905-06-19

In the games of the Pullman Athletic
Club. at Chicago, OH Saturday Big
Perry. captain of the University of Chi
cago field and track team for next year,
established new record for the 12-
pound hammer throw. He threw the
missile 1S4 feet 6 inches, which is 20
feet inches better than the old mark.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1905-06-19
HIS ULr1MATUM DIDN'T ULTIMAT.

My wife has been taKdng q good deal
\bout plans for the sumner. so l de-
Sided TO have plain, gtcafghtforward
talk with her today. Just delivered
my uitimatum, and the result is we go
to Newport.
"Spunky Of you, old man: but where
Old she want TO go2"
why. Newport; haven't l just told
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Press
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1905-06-19
SPORTING COMMENT.
COLLEGE ATHLETICS.

Princeton is being severely censured
fl, some quarters for the rough work of
her players in Saturdays game with
Yale. 1t is said that the Tigers bumped
their opponents at every opportunity,
and one time when O'Brien was trying
to beat a throw home he found that a
mask had been tossed in the base line
and he was unable to slide. That's bad
acting.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1905-06-19
BASEBALL.

Clark Griffith is said to be looking for
good pitchers. He need look no further.
Yesterday his speedy left fielder, Pat
Dougherty, allowed the hard-hitth}g
Bridgeport State League team but FIVE
scattered hits. and beat them to
q Dougnefty pitched for Stamford, and
with his oid-time cunning.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1905-06-19

After the Yale game on Saturday the
Princeton team elected Sammy Reid
captain for next year. He has played
sEortstop for three seasons.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1905-06-19

Although Lajoie and Bernis are tho
only CleYelanders who are batting In
the 800 class the Blues are playing as
fine a game as any team in the League
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1905-06-19

Wild Bill Donovan has at last struck
his proper gait and is pitching gilt-edged
bail for Detroit.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1905-06-19

Buddy Ryan and Jack O'Keefe are
likely to come together ar Butte before
long TOM ROLAND.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1905-06-19
BOXING.

Harry Lewis and Young Erne will meet
before a LeiDervtile. Pa, club tomorrow
evening
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-11-07

In the exposure Of the corruption OF
legislatures by the life insurance com
panies, there is evidence of the sd
perior organization Of the railroads for
that Ubiquitous purpose. IN the Ne
braska Legislature | could not win out
against the railroads." declared W. #
Thummel, the insurance lobbyist, in
giving his evidence before the commit
tee of the New York Legislature. Mr.
Thummel explained to his inquisitors
that the bill provided for a law that
would lower the taxation of railroad
property while increasing the taxation
on all other property. That bill was
denounced by the Democrats when il
was before the Legislature. Honest
men told this plain truth two years
ago." says the Nebraska Independent
''and now it is being told by insurance
lobbyists. But the people did not need
to wait until thieves fell OUT to be
lieve the truth. The operation of the
law has at length convinced them that
the bill was introduced as the result
Of a railroad conspiracy. More than
that, it was an act of revenge. 1t will
be recalled that prior to the passage OF
the bill there had been much agitation
to secure just taxation of railway
property and various laws were sug-
gested. This so angered the railway
attorneys that they decided not only
to defeat all good revenue bills, but to
foist upon the people a law that would
add extortionate taxation to extortion
ate railway tariffs. They succeeded in
their purpose, and now as they loll
back in their ltlther chairs these same
railway attorneys shake with laughter
while they recount the clever trick
they played upon the people,
Doubtless the legislatures of Other
States were invaded by these railroad
lobbyists and the plundering of the
people arranged for under the guise OF
law.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-11-07

whom she feels sorry" lin a moment
OF weakness " SHOWS that, at least, one
member of the Cabinet is not fit for
his position. The further request of
the President that his official house
hold refrain from discussing policies
either Of his own, or those of the adj
ministration, is certainly an eXtraor-
binary request and should at once
bring the resignation of those who
have been guilty of these indiscretiOns.
The result of this gag rule will be
that correspondents will have to guess
at what is discussed at Cabinet meet
ings, and the news given out on the
attitude of the administra ton on Vene-
zuela, San Domingo, Panama, railroad
legislation, tariff and reciprocity, ship
subsidy and other issues of public in
terest will in future be lurid contra
dictory and unreliable.
A daily court journal, with a dis
Greet censor, published at the govern
ment printing office, will be the next
step in the Hamiltonian tendency of
our strenuous yet prattling statesmen.
The good old Democratic plan of
taking the people into the confidence
of their public servants and allowing
public opinion to govern their actions
is, like old-fashioned honesty, discard
ed for the modern Republican theory
that this is a government by the few
for the benefit of special interests, and
the many must grin and pay taxes.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-11-07
PrattIinr Statesmen.

The gag put in the mouths of the
members of the Cabinet by President
Roosevelt was, no doubt, rendered nee
essary by the prattling of Secretary
Shaw, Metcalf and Wilson, and per-
haps another. 1t could hardly have
been aimed at Secretaries Taft, Root,
Cortelyou or Moody, for they are all
known to be fully i'll accord with the
policies of the President and discreet
in what information they impart to
the newspapers. The extraordinary
statement in the communication to the
members of the Cabinet was:
1T is to be hoped that observance of
this request, which places each mem
Der of the Cabinet under the solemn
moral obligation not to discuss pro-
ceedings of the meetings of the Cabi-
net, no one will in q moment of weak
ness or of good nature give to a spe-
cial correspondent whom he may es-
pecially like, or for whom he feels
sorry, a statement OF anything that
has happened in Cabinet meetings.
Such a course would make it necessary
to go back to the old practice of giving
cut a resume of what has been done
by the Cabinet, which is undesirable.
Members of the Cabinet will also
please refrain from discussing policies,
either of their own or those of the adj
ministration.'
Who the leaky members of the Cab
members are under obligations GER
tain newspaper correspondents who
they especially like'-or fear-or for
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-11-07
PRESIDENT IN PERIL.
Roosevelt Narrowly Escapes Death in
a Midnight Sea Collision.

Roosevelt Narrowly Escapes Death in
Midnight Sea Collision.
After narrow escape from losing his
life in midnight collision, in which the
lighthouse tender Magnolia, on which he
was travelling, was so much damaged
that he had to abandon her, President
Roosevelt was landed safely on board
the cruiser West Virginia Friday, hav-
ing been transferred from the Magnolia
to the revenue cutter Ivy. which carried
him to the cruiser West Virginia. Neither
the President nor any member of his
party was injured in the accident.
The first news of the accident reached
New Orleans by telephone at an early
hour Friday morning, coming in the
shape of an appeal for help from Capt.
Rose of the United Fruit Company's
steamer Esparta, which was the vessel
that was in collision with the Magnolia.
Capt. Rose gave no details except that
the boats had struck each other, that the
Magnolia was ashore, but that the Pres
ident was unhurt. The message came
from Nairn, La, near which point the
accident occurred.
Immediately upon the receipt of the
news two powerful tugs left New Or
leans with orders to go at full speed to
the scene of the accident. Meantime,
however, the Presidents party had man
aged to get in communication with the
lower part of the river, where it was
known that the lighthouse tender Ivy
was lying. The Ivy Immediately got I'M
der way and covered the forty miles in
rapid time. President Roosevelt, Secre-
tary Loeb and Surgeon Rixey with their
baggage were at once transferred and
The Ivy proceeded down the river to the
West Virginia
When President Roosevelt boarded the
cruiser and started on the homeward
journey by sea he began a trip that took
him off American soil for four days
something that has never before happen
ed to an American. President during his
incumbency By means of wireless teleg-
raphy. however, the President was in
almost constant touch with shore during
the entire trip.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-11-07
An Arnnr,ti the G1nhe.

Bishop Earl Cranston of Washington
is to marry Miss Lucie Mason Parkg,
prominent in Cincinnati society, Nov. 10.
Reports to the general convention of
the Universalist church in Minneapolis
showed a total of 55,227 families in $50
parishes in the country.
The will of the late Secretary of State
John Hay was filed at Colorado Springs,
Colo, because of the land holdings of
the late Secretary near ManitOu.
Gen. Gallieni has resigned his post
of Governor of Madagascar. NJ. An
gagneur, a member of the French House
of deputies. will Succeed him.
The North Carolina Pine Association
and the South Carolina body were con-
solidated with a combined capital of
500 100000 and an output of 100000
GOO feet a month.
A. w. Bash, original promoter of the
Canton Hankow railroad, who arrived
at Tacoma from Pekin, said the cancel
lation of the oncession was doe to the
belief of a ''set of lawyers that the rail-
road was a get-rict-quick scheme and
that they trihe with the Chinese govern
ment."
After selling his handsome residence
and other ref! estate, Charles w. Bailey,
former clerk aEI recorder of Rosebud
county, Montana, is alleged to have gone
TO South America to avoid facing jury
in connection with bounty fraud cases.
The State has been mulcted of $4,000
and warrants have been issued for Bal
Ley and three others.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-11-07
Different Kind of Eee.

A New York vegetarian had an
amusing experience the other morning
while at breakfast His family was
out of town, and he went to a restau-
rant and took a seat next to strang-
err.
The vegetarian took occasion to adj
vertise his creed by telling the strang-
er that all meat was injurious and
that the human diet should be strict
ly vegetarian.
But" replied the stranger, Il sell
dom eat meat"
."You just ordered eggs said the
vegetarian. IAN egg is practically
meat, because it eventually becomes
a bird"
THE kind Of eggs | eat never be-
come BIRDS answered the stranger,
quietly.
"Good heavensr' cried the vegetari-
an, what kind of eggs do you eat?"
principally boiled eggs" said the
stranger.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-11-07
Gravel. Shell and BONG.

When one stops to think how the
gizzard performs its work, it seems
wonderful. And yet nature has de-
signed it in such a way that by its
movements it grinds the food passing
into it by means of those bits of sharp
stones, which in the process do no
harm to this organ itself OF course,
the inner lining of the gizzard is very
tough, and the body of the gizzard COM
posed Of strong muscles; yet tougher
things than the giZZard itself are
ground up in it. Three forms Of grind
ing substance are mostly used-shelIs,
gravel and bone. Gravel is found in
all soils, but if it has been rounded by
natures wear and tear it is of no value
to the fowl, Cor the gizzard is so COM
posed that II rejects the bits Of grind
ing stuff as soon as the sharp edges
are worn smooth. The chickens are
always on the lookout for these sharp
substances, and they seem to know the
exact size needed. They like sharp
bits Of shell and bone. Shell and bone
perform two functions; they serve to
grind the food. and the fooG, in wear
ing them down, passes the lime in the
she'll and the heterogeneous substance in
the bone on into general circulation
Home Monthly.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-11-07

A pullet will show rOSe-colOred veins
on the surface of the skin under the
wings. There will also be long silky
hairs growing there, says American
Cultivator. After a year old these dis
appear; so, too, do the veins, and the
skin shows white and veinless. The
difference can be seen at a glance.
Again, pullet that has not laid or
has only just commenced to lay will
have the bones Of the pelvis or basin
almost touching. The bones gradually
widen as the fowl continues laying.
and at two years old are much farther
apart than they were at one year old.
The third point of difference lies in The
claws and shanks. In a young bird the
skin of the claw is supple and the
scales thin and brilliant The skin
gets coarsec and stronger and the
scales harder as the bird grows and
the nail Of the last toe, which does
most of the work when the bird
scratches, gets much worn. There is
also a difference in the eyelids. These
acquire wrinkles as the bird gets old
er, and there is also a slightly shriveIed
look on the face. This with age gets
more and more pronounced. In the
case of cocks, above and beyond these
points Of difference Except the bones
of the pelvis widening there are the
spurs to judge by.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-11-07

GEN. TREPoFF. sia, and in many
cities Cossacks have fired into crowds
of idle people, strikers are destroying
property, business is at a standstill
and martial law prevails. Little squads
of soldiers are scattered along the
streets and in the markets to preserve
order. Even detachments of the crack
guard regiments, are doing patrol
duty.
Beneath the surface there was much
excitement. The revolutionistS spread
the tidings that revolution had begun
and st. Petersburg was filed with tbs
widest rumors For example, a
story was set a1oat that pro
visional government had been estab,
lished.
Warnings were issued that the gov.
eminent would not permit revolutions
airy meetings at the universities and
higher schools under the guise of stu
dent assemblies, and Gen. Trepoff dis
patched troops to surround the build
ings.
To add to the alarm the strikers sue
ceeded in stopping the machinery of
the electric light plant and the city
was plunged in darkness.
Though the task of continuing the
general strike more than a few days
seemed utterly hopeless to the practi-
cal m 'ded, it is significant of the deep
rooted craving for liberty that the agi-
tators have experienced little difficulty
in inducing all classes of workmen to
join in the anti-gOvernment demonstra-
ton. AT meeting Of delegates from
the professional unions, comprising
doctors, druggists and lawyers, it was
decided to strike until a constituent
assembly is summoned. Street ears in
st. Petersburg ceased running Thurs
day and the employees Of the bureau
of ways and communications and even
the bank and office employees agreed
to affiliate themselves with the strike
movement.
The railroad tie-up throughout CEN
trail, eastern, western and northern
Russia is complete and the strike is
gradually extending southwark. The
railroad companies are not able to
move a train in the strike-affected dis
tricts. In some places troops are NOV
ing a few trains with extreme diff
Guilty.
Unless later developments bring to
light proof that the constitution which
the Gar has decided to grant Russia
is virtually nullified by qualifying re-
strictions not now apparent, its adOp-
ton must be considered Il momentous
step forward in the life of that nation
The Cars action can only mean that
absolutism is near its end, and that
truly representative government is
soon to take its place. The question of
constitutional forms has still to be
settled but as a basis for their gov
eminent the people are to have the
guarantees of free speech, free press,
freedom of worship and equal rights.
The further fact that Count White is
to be made premier is an earnest that
the new program will be carried
through in good faith. With him as a
guide the Gar will endeavor again to
stem the rising tide of revolution.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-11-07
Agriculture in Germanr.

During the past twenty years Ger
many, notwithstanding the rapid de-
velopment of all manufacturing indus
tries, has largely increased her crops
of grains, vegetables and fruits, and
likewise Of clover and hay, although
the net area of such lands has been
actually cut one-third through mead
ows and pastures being plowed up and
devoted to other forms of cultivation.
Notwithstanding this important redrc-
ton of grass area, the number Of all
kinds of domestic animals, except
sheep-which play but a small and I'M
important role in this country-have
largely increased, result which has
been made possible By the enhanced
productiveness Of meadows and pas
lures through fertilizing and better
care. ard by feeding with cut feed,
roots aad cut forage plants in barns
anG stables stock which formerly
grazed in the fields.-Exchange
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-11-07

The peach tree is renewed quickly
by severe cutting back. IT las hap
pened that, when a tree was apparent
Iy dead, cutting away the old wood and
allowing new buds to grow, made al
most a new tree in a year or two.
1t is claimed that ripe peaches may
be secured two weeks earlier by the
following method: In the middle Ct
the growing season put wire around
a large arm of the tree and twist IL
fairly tight This checks the flow Of
sap and causes fruit buds TO form ear
Iier, and in great number The fruit
on the branches of this arm will ripen
two weeks earlier than that on the I'M
treated branches, and will be much
more highly colored. But as this part
of the tree will be so weakened by the
treatment it should be cut away after
the fruiting, that new shoots may
come and take its place. Thus one
lalrge arm or limb of a tree may be
forced each year.
Should the trees be full of young
fruit later in the season it will pay 20
pick off one-half or more of the fruit
when very small, as by so doing the
tree will be less taxed and the fruit
left on the tree will develop and grow
more rapidly 1t requires courage in
a fruit grower to remove the fruit, as it
seems almost like vandalism, but those
who have tried it report they would
not again allow a tree to bear a full
crop.-Ads ms Magazine.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-11-07

but life insurance presidents are like
Republican politicians--few die and
none rssign-unless compelled to.
Our kind and generous government
has been paying 100000 a year for in.
spection tags for the beef combine
but this graft has been ct last discov
cred by Secretary Wilson, and the beef
consumers will pay for the tags in
future. Thus are Republican attempts
at economy visited upon a tax-ridden
people.
Senator Dick of Ohio is teetOtally
opposed to meddling with the sacred
tariff, but he favors the imposing of
the Spanish war revenue taxes, espe
cially the stamp taxes. That would be
pleasant prospect for the taxpayers
in time of peace. In case of the calam-
ity of a war what would the Republi-
cans propose to tax? About the only
thing then left would be a direct tax
OF so much per capitalize poor man
would pay as much as the rich man.
which is about the case under the
present protective tariff law
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-11-07

live only one year: that S12 will live
ten years, TO age 40; 1,470 will live
fifty years to age So, and that the last
three will live sixty-one years to age
96. The computations must be based,
therefore, upon the aggregate number
of lives-upon the length of time the
members will live as a body.
AS S12 members will die during or
at the end of the tenth year, at the
attained age of 10, $4,000 will be
needed in the tenth year to pay the
812 policies each calling for $1,000.
But as the law generally permits life
insurance companies to assume that
their funds will earn money at the
rate of 49, per cent compound interest,
it is necessary to have in hand now
only a sum sufficient to amount to
$4,000 in ten years. at this rate.
At this rate of interest, the present
worth of $S12,O 900, due in ten years is
$575, 62GSO. With this sum in hand
and safely invested, it is mathematic-
ally certain that the company will Re
aale to pay the losses of the ton
year.
The total losses in the sixty-Cne
years. when the last three policy hold
ers die. will be SS1, $4,000. The total
present worth OF the combined losses
il $50, 1920 With this amount
on hand to-day, assuming that the
same will earn 31a per cent compound
interest, the company will have funds
sufficient for the payment of every
less that can possibly occur in any
year until the last three members die,
II the ninety-siXth year of their age.
Thus, It Is seen that III life insur-
aucc the larger part of the money used
in paying losses comes from interest.
The reserve in life insurance is sim
ply the insurance fund or mortality
fund of the company, from which all
death claims are paid. The reserve is
made up of the net annual premiums
and the money these premiums will
earn at 319 per cent compound inter
est. Neither net premiums nor the in
terest thereon can be devoted under
the law to any other use than TO the
payment of death claims.
A life insurance company has just
begun business with 1922 members
each Mt age 50, and each holding an
ordinary life policy for $1,000. 1t has
been found that the net annual pre-
MUM for this sum and kind of policy
is S19.91. This amount, collected from
each policy holder at the beginning
Of the first year, totals S1,62S, S51S3
Twelve months interest on this sum
brings the total to 81 ,6S5, S6164. There
will be 1872 deaths during the first
year or business calling for, total
death claim payment of $780,. 900. Tins
the balance at the end of the first year
will be S953. SG164. The sum on hand
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-11-07

Few men enjoy a joke more than
President Luther of Trinity College at
Hartford, Conn. One Sunday, when
he was professor in college. he preach
ed on the story OF Esther.
He concluded with the words: 80
they hanged Hannah on the gallows
that he had prepared for Mordecai,
and every one was pleased" Then as
the irony appealed 20 him, he added