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New-York tribune., 1905-12-31
HERMAN FACES TRIAL.
Representative Indicted for Land
Frauds Due an Washington.

washington, Dec So-Representadve Blnger her
vnr, cf oregon who is under indictment in con-
nection with the Oregon land frauds IS expected
to arrive in Washington late to-day or early to-
morrow and the Interior Department officials are
of the opinion that his trial will begin within thlty
The two government witnesses. Puter and NC M
Kinley also under indictment, but promised, Al-
m1Iniiy II they turn governments evidence, VIII %
here for the trial is said at the department Il
ia said that these witnesses have not disappeared
SO far as the government is concerned , BY II as
adn7itted that they have evaded the authorities OF
Oregon where they wanted for violation OF
State laws. ,..,.o7 .ba+
Representative Hermann will seek 10 avoid trial on
the ground that he is a member or CONGRESS st anu
NOT eInena BILE during such service but the Depart
fnent has no doubt of its ability to bring about a
speedy trial.
New-York tribune., 1905-12-31
IIGHTKEEPER ASKS AID.
Signals British Steamer off San
Salvador, II Ans attacked. ;.

Kingston Jamaica, Dec. So.-The captain OF the
British steamer Dordogne. which arrived here yes
terday from Baltimore. reports that he saw the
signal 'I am attacked" flying from the lighthouse
on San Salvador Island, Bahamas, on December R
The Dordogne was unable to send party ashore.
owing to lack of landing place, but the captain
promised to report the facts in the case to the
Jamaican government. and has done so. Later a
cable dispatch was sent to the Governor of the
rahan,as asking for details of the attack.
The German steamer Sarnia, which arrived here
today from New-York reports that when she
PASSED San Salvador Island couple OF days ago
she saw signals.
The captain Of the Dordogne believes that dis
+urbance occurred on San Salvador Island and that
the inhabitants besieged the keeper of the light
New-York tribune., 1905-12-31
WATTS FOR MORALES.
Governor of Monte Cristi Strength
ening His Position.

Cape HaytIen, Hayt Dec. S0-The dominican
cruiser Independence is her way to Monte
Cristi on the northern coast of Santo Domingo,
according to information received here, but 1t Is
not known whether she is acting in behalf Of ex-
President Morales or in the interests OF VICE
President Caceres, the temporary President Oh san
to Domingo.
General Rodriguez, the Governor of Monte Cristi
who is understood to supporting Morales has
occupied San Lorenzo de Guayubn about twenty TIVE
Ave miles southeast of Monte CrtstD ana IS
strengthening his position there. while awaitns
the arrival of Morales, when the future move
ments of the forces Of General Rodriguez Will Do
decided 49, r.-..4t
The inhabitants of the district of Monte Cristi
are in a state of agitation, 1t Is supposed tna
the decisive struggle between the rival Leaders o
occur In that part of the country There IS also
anxiety as to the attitude of the United States:
Telegraphic communication between Puerto Flata
and Monte Crsti is interrupted.
New-York tribune., 1905-12-31
NAY TAKE UP sMOOT PROTEST.
Senator Burrows Contemplates Calling Com
mittee-Carlisle May Be Heard

Washington. Dec Ex-senator Burrows, chair
man of the Committee on Privileges and Elect
ions, conternplates calling meeting of the com
rnfttee for next Saturday to consider matters
which have arisen in connection with the fnves-
tigadon of the protest against Senator Smoot,
Of Utah.
Action win be determined by the presence of
q quorum Of the committee. II it appears that
there are IN the city nearly all the members of
the committee meeting VIII be held; If not the
meeting viii go until the week following.
When the committee held its last session to con-
sieer the case il was understood that aIl of the
evidence was in although further evidence was
not barred ff the committee desired to hear other
witnesses.
The arguments Of counsel have been made but
Senator Burrows has been informed by John G.
Carlisle. former Secretary Of the Treasury who
is one of the attorneys for the protestants that
he would like TO make argument in the case,
It viii be for the committee to determine wheth-
er Mr.. Carlisle Will be heard
New-York tribune., 1905-12-31
SOUTH AFRICAN LABOR.
Mr.. Chamberlain's Viesos ON Liberal
Premier's PoHcg.

Birmingham, England Dec 3O.-Josepn Charn-
herlain in a speech here tonight said he be-
ueyed that the dispatch Of Prime Minister
c,anpbell-Bannerman, with relation to Chinese
labor in South Africa, was purely an cleo
tioneering paper. If not. it was most serious
and probably would result in a situation similar
to that when Great Britain tried to legislate TOT
the American Colonies and lost them
Mr.. Chamberlain said Great Britain had al
ready almost hopeIessly lost the trade lead ana
tbat her only hope now lay in colonial prefer
ence but he feared that fiscal reform would be
eInofhered under the mass of minor issues in the
campaign.
New-York tribune., 1905-12-31
FIRE DEPARTMENT PROMOTIONS.
Two Battalion Commanders Become Deputy
Chiefs-Three Foremen Promoted.

Fire Commissioner Nicholas ]. Hayes. who re-
tires to be Sheriff. announced yesterday the pro-
motion Of two battalion chiefs and deputy chiefs
and three foremen OF fire companies to battalion
chiefs
Battalion Chief William Guerin. now acting
deputy chief in Richmond Borough Is maze
deputy chief, at q salary of $425O
battalion Chief Joseph B. Martin, of the Sth
District, Manhattan, has also been made depu-
ty chief at the same salary.
gine Company %. at s5th-st and Lexington
ave is now q battalion chief
FOREMAN william E, Lawrence. jr, in charge
of Engine Company 24 in Morton-st.. is now
a battalion chief, and so is William j. Duffy. in
charge of Hook and Ladder Company II. in
west 8sth-st The latter three men are now on
q salary Of $500.
New-York tribune., 1905-12-31
FRENCH TREASON CASES.
Tzoenty-sir Persons Sentenced for
Inciting Mutipy.

Paris Dec 30.-At the Assize Court OF the
Seine to-day twenty-six members OF the anu
military organization accused OF inclung re-
cruits te disoyalty and insurrection' were iouiid
guilty. The jury was out two hours. Mile.
N,nietska and a. man named Cipriani were
acquitted. Sentences varying from four years
to six months were given those convicted and
each of them was fined 100 francs.
The prisoners attempted to make speeches. but
were prevented and left the courtroom singing
a revolutionary song. Ample police precautions
had been taken with a view to disturbances out
side the courtroom, but there was no disc:
New-York tribune., 1905-12-31
COLBY SUCCEEDS ELSBERG.
District Committee in the 29th Adopt Reso'
lutions Indorsing Herbert Parsons.

Bainbridge Colby. a successful lawyer was
elected leader OF the 10Th Assembly District at
a meeting of the district committee on Friday
night. to succeed State Senator Nathaniel A.
Elsberg who resigned as executive member sew
eral weeks ago. The new leader formerly repre-
sented the 29th District in the legislature
The officers Of the district committee were re-
elected as follows: Senator Elsberg, chairman;
Alexander T. Mason, vice chairman; Lucien l..
Bonheur, treasurer, and William j. Chamber
lain, secretary. A resolution indorsing HERBERT
parsons. the new president OF the county COM
nnittee, was adopted.
New-York tribune., 1905-12-31
TO STUDY IMMIGRATION PROBLEM.

1t was decided yesterday by the executive council
OF the National Civic Federation to organize a
permanent department on immigration. This action
is in harmony with the recommendation of the
National Conference on Immigration held recently
under the auspices OF the federation. The new de-
partrnent viii be made up OF selected to repre-
every section in the Union that is affected
the admission or aliens
The purposes of the department ON immgr
will be to investigate the important phases of the
subject suggested by the discussion the Inn
migration conference. Such investigat will be
carried on by committees, which will report their
findings to the department for its action. One OF
the problems 1t win study Will be distribs,tion-
New-York tribune., 1905-12-31
CRAWFORD SENTENCED TO TWO YEARS.

Washington Dec S0-William G.. Crawford,
yicted Of conspiring with August w. Machen and
George Z. Lorenz to defraud the United States In
connection with contract for supplying the Post
office Department with lettercarriers satches.
to-day sentenced TO penitentiary Imprisonment for
two years The court did not impose fine An
aDneaI from the action Of the court overTuling a
motion for new trial was noted. and. pending the
prosecution and disposal Of the same, Crawford
rele hail
New-York tribune., 1905-12-31
CACERES AT CAPITAL.
Congress Called to Discuss Charges
Il gaiRSt Morales.

Santo Domingo. Dec 5O--vice-P President Cen
eral Ramon Caceres arrived here to-day and
issued decree calling an extraordinary session
of Congress to discuss the accusation of citi-
zens that President Morales is a traitor and an
instigator of boodshed.
It is not yet known where President Morales
is but several officers who left the city with
him have been arrested outside the town The
government has declared the DOMINICAN cruiser
Independence to be rebel.
All is quiet here.
New-York tribune., 1905-12-31
BOY THROWN OVERHEARD BY GUN.
Swan Half Mile Before Being Picked Up
ami-Conscious
IBy Telegraph TO The Tribune. ]

Stamford Conn. Dec. SO.-Remarkable nerve and
pluek were shown here yesterday afternoon by
Edward Molk. fifteen years old. of Greenwich,
r~orn while duck hunting in the Sound, fully a
mTit LII of shore his gun kicked overturning his
nanos He doated on his back toward land and by
dischargtne gun attracted the attentlon or men
At He was picked UP half a mile off shore semi
conscious, after having been IN the water half an
hour
New-York tribune., 1905-12-31
COMMISSIONS FOR ENLISTED MEN

Washington, Dec. so--The President and secre-
tary of War have decided TO commission as second
neutenants the nineteen enlisted men who success
fully passed examinations recently and became
eligible for appointment the Secretary having found
that there will be a sufficient number of vacancies
by the time the class at West Point graduates
to provide places for the graduates.
New-York tribune., 1905-12-31
FLAsH GREETING AROUND WORLD

Washington, Doc. so-Followins a custom estab-
lished several years ago, the Naval Observatory
will at IL O'Clock tomorrow night send New
Years erecting around the world. This is done by
prsarrangement with the telegraph and cable com
panies and IL s estimated that the message will
Complete the telegraphic circuit OF the world In
about ten seconds
New-York tribune., 1905-12-31
FUNERAL OF CANADIAN MINISTER.

Paris Dec 90.-Impressive funeral services
ourred to-day at the Church Of the Madeleine over
the body of Raymond Prefontaine the Canadian
Minister of Marine and Fisheries, who died in
Paris on December % The government rendered
MILITARY honors. President Loubet repre-
saTted and all the Cabinet Ministers attended. The
6ody will be transported to Canada by the British
battIeship Dominion.
New-York tribune., 1905-12-31
GERMAN SOCIALIST SENTENCED.

Dresden Dec 3o.-A laborer. who arrested
m the occasion OF Socialist street demonstration
IN opposition to the Diet Election law SEN
tenced here to-day to three years Imprisonment.
Others who were taken into custody at the same
time were condemned to minor terms of imprison-
rnent Socialist demonstrations likely to be
renewed at I.eipsic on New Years Eve, and mill
tary precautions have been taken.
New-York tribune., 1905-12-31
MRS. NATION WRECKS NAmEsAkE

IBy Telegraph The Tribunal
Houston, Tex, Dec 30-3drs. Carrie Nation .o
night wrecker a saloon named after her here TN
police have not arrested her, as the proprietor re
fused 20 make complaint.
New-York tribune., 1905-12-31
SIG cAReoEs AT BOSTON.

tBy Telegraph to The Tribune,l
Boston Dec sO-Ffve big steamships took on
eareoes here to-day which aggregated 10000 tons.
II piled on end they would be $500 feet high.
New-York tribune., 1905-12-31
CANADIAN COLLEGE BURNED.

Pickering, Ont. Dec. SO.-Pickering College was
DESTROYED by fire to-day. The college a Quaker
institution. 1t attended by two hundred stu
dents No one injured The building and con-
tents were valued at $4,000.
New-York tribune., 1905-12-31
GERMAN AMBASSADOR TO JAPAN.

Berlin Dec. 30.-Baron Mumm Won Schwartzen'
stein the German Minister at Peking. has been
appointed Ambassador of Germany at Toxic.
New-York tribune., 1905-12-31

Nebraska City. Neb. Dec 80.-Paul Morton Of
Nev-York president of the Equitable Life Assur-
snce Society arrived here this morning and is at
the bedside of his brother, Joy Morton: who was
hurt In fall from a horse No change Is reported
i'm the condition OF Joy Morton.
New-York tribune., 1905-12-31
MIpsHIPMAN DECATUR ARRAleNED

Annapolis Md, Dec. 30-Midshipnnan Stephen
Decatur, tr, charged with hazing Midshpmen Mo-
Crary and Church, was arraigned before the naval
court martial this afternoon and pleaded not guilty
all specifications
New-York tribune., 1905-12-31

In the years yecords are accomplishments
tremendously farreaching in upbuilding conse-
quence Phenomenal developments those
which can rank with the revolution that has
come, for suggestive example, in the copper
trade. The metals market value has practically
doubled, consumption requirements still far out
reaching production. In the face Of this, scant
explanation is required of the buoyancy which
copper securities show-Amalgamated once more
substantially above its par value, with the
famous Anaconda soaring to new heights, DIS
coveries in that property verging close 10 what
seems about miraculous, expanding copper yield
supplemented by rich finds of silver and gold
In most parts of the industrial world, certain
" in such quarters as represented by securities
known to Wall Street. prosperity broaden1
wonderfully and 1906 will witness large ias
dustrial dividend disbursement expansion.
suggestive event Of wide import Is that wherein
Grant b. Schley Charles S Guthrie and John
w Gates bring the independent iron and steel
properties OF the South into harmonious COM
bination-an event whose results are bound
speedily to show in betterment much beyond
lines yet indicated
But accomplishments announced are relatively
few beside what impend-ready virtually Tor
disclosure That which has TO do with the
future of the Vanderbilt system of railways mey
be accounted especially notable-the NanderbH.
Juniors 10 obtain dividend recognition SO IOnS
withheld-indicated already somewhat by the
recent 20 point advance In Nickel Plate. and Dy
the move just starting in Big Four CThree Csl;
IL being the belief OF insiders that the last naIied
property during 1906 show itself to be =
second Omaha"
Never did year close with better reCord-neNer
did new year dawn with prospect brighter.
Greater than all else, over all Is the nspiriaS
certainty OF unblemished prosperity Good times
go marching onI II. AI4LAWAl-
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1905-04-19
BREAD WILL BE SCARCE.
An Alarming Report Respecting the
Output of Wheat.

Mr.. Wilson, secretary OF agrlcul-
ture, is the author or a rather alarm
ing report respecting the output OF
wheat in this country. He says II the
farmers don't adopt different methods
in the cultivation of wheat the time isn't
distant when we shall have to import
wheat. We are now exporting 1t,
though our exports of that cereal are
gradually decreasing.
Mr.. Wilson points out that while
the average yield of wheat in this
country is only eight bushels per acre
it is thirty in Europe. That means,
in his opinion, that the time isn't dis
tant, unless the methods of its cultiva-
ton are changed, when bread will be
scarcer and dearer.
But why is it that in the wheat grow
ing section the lands are refusing to
Weld as generously as they did for
merlv? Isn't it because the same
lands are planted in wheat year after
wear, and, that too, without being fer
tilted ? 1t undoubtedly is. All the
material wheat needs for food is be-
inc taken out of the lands. There IS
nothing for the plant to feed upon.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1905-04-19
Thousands In "a Single Night.

Scientists are of the opinion that
the larvae burrows into the ground
sometimes as deep as twenty-five feet.
They go through twenty-five or thirty
changes, and when ready to emerge
dig their way up through the earth
encased in transparent she'll. They
come up thousands upon thousands in
a single night, and early in the morn
ing are seen cutting their way through
their shells, which are soft and whit
ish, and their tender bodies become
hard as soon as the sun strikes their
wings. They may be known by their
red eyes, black body and four trans
parent wings, which bear the letter
"W" plainly stamped upon them.
They stay in the forests and orchards,
where they pierce the twigs of the
peach, plum, apple, pear and other
vent their ravages is to shake them
off and keep them in motion. The
English sparrows eat them with avid
ity, but their attack on a swarm of
such bugs is futile. In piercing the
twigs a juicy sap exudes. This sub
stance is thought to be the mamma"
miraculously borne on the wind to the
children of Israel in the desert. In
ancient times they were used as a
food, and in modern times their oily
bodies have been used to make soap.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1905-04-19
COTTON CLAIM FOR THIS MAN.
Warren Mitchell to Get Bunch of
Money from Uncle Sam. ,

Warren Mitchell, of Lemon City,
Fla, is one of the happiest men in that
section. To him it matters little
whether the price of tomatoes is high
or low. During Sherman's march to
the sea Warren Mitchells uncle had
724 bales of cotton stored in ware
house in Savannah. Gen. Sherman 5
men found it and cOnfscated it, and
shipped it to New York, where it was
sold for 1928, 100 and the money turned
into the treasury. Some time after
the war Mr.. Mitchell commenced suit
against the government to recover the
value of the cotton. In this he failed,
as the suit was decided in favor of the
government. About sixteen years ago
the present Warren Mitchell employed
competent counsel and commenced suit
to recover the value of his uncle's
property A decision was rendered
by the United States supreme court
that the government had no right to
the money, and that it was being held
in trust. About a year ago MitchelPs
attorneys went before the senate armed
with this legal document, which re-
suited in bill being incorporated in
one of the general omnibus bills Civ
ing the money to Warren Mitchell
and other heirs. At the last session
of congress the omnibus bill became a
law, so that an order from the United
States supreme court will secure the
payment of this large sum to Mr..
Mitchell and other heirs.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1905-04-19
ARMY OF LOCUSTS MODELLING FOR ATTACK.
Winged Plague Is Predicted for May and June, and
Georgia and Alabama Are in Danger of Invasion.
Seventeen Year Locusts Destroy Vegetation.

The advance guard OF an immense
swarm of en-year-lOcusts" is
predicted for May and June by State
Entomologist Garman of Kentucky,
who is also president of the Interna-
tional Association of Economic Ento-
mologists, and is authority on bugs
of all kinds. The territory over which
Professor Garman says the winged
hosts will spread embraces West Vir-
ginia, Kentucky, Virginia, Tennessee,
Alabama, Georgia, Missouri, Illinois,
Ohio, Indiana, Pennsylvania and the
forests of New York. This means the
devastation of fruit trees and young
forest trees in those states. The main
body will arrive next year.
Seventeen years ago, when the last
brood swept over the country, the fe-
males deposited their eggs in the ten
der twigs of the fruit and other succu-
lent trees by piercing the outer bark
and depositing their eggs in the deep
cavity produced near the pith. In
short time the eggs Matched, and the
resulting caterpillarS fell to the
ground They burrowed into the
earth, and have lived among the roots
on the sap, which they sucked from
them, for sixteen years.
Once l. Seventeen Years
Popular interest in the appearance
of these insects, which are seen only
once in seventeen years, is revived by
Professor Garman's statement.
The neutrality-suspicious." is a
species of the harvest fly known as the
Cicada Septemdecim, and appears
periodically every seventeen years.
The males have tremendous sound
box. or drum, under their wings, and
with the vibrations of the membranes
across the drum it makes a wierd
whirring sound that resembles the
word "PharOah.'
Only the males sing, and it is sup
posed that they are deaf, and can I'M
derstand each other at distance by
the means of feeling this rythmical vi
bration similar to that of wireless
biography. The females rarely sing,
and the Greek poet, Xenarches, said
of them:
Happy the Cicadas' lives,
For they have voiceless wives. ..
Though the Cicada was well known
to the ancients little has been discov-
cred concerning their change from
Caterpillar to the sweet musician
which will appear next month.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1905-04-19
SURPRISE GIFT ATE TWO PUPS.
Recipients Were Standing Around
Expecting PineapPIes or Oranges.

Recipients Were Standing Around
Expecting PineappIes or Oranges.
From The Philadelphia Record.
A long, heavy box, somewhat re-
sembling coffin, arrived at the home
of Mrs. Wendle Sterner last evening,
bearing an inscription showing that
it came from friends in Florida. Mrs.
Wendle thought of pineapples and
oranges and, possibly, orchids, and
all the members of the family stood
around to see the surprise box opened.
Two fine young dogs frisked about
and barked With JOY because of the
general excitement.
The lid was pried off, and big ALI
gator crawled out. The pups rushed at
him, and both were promptly eaten.
All the members of the family got
their clothes torn in steering Mr.. Ca
tor to the cellar
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1905-04-19
AN EPIDEMIC OF MENINGITIS.
Victims of the Disease Dying by the
Hundreds in New York.


Hundreds in New York.
DR.. Darlington, New York's health
officer. contends that cerebro-spinal
meningitis is epidemic in that city
every thirty-three years. The rate of
mortality in the present visitation of
the disease in New York is 40 per cent
in the hospitals and so to go per cent
in private practice. DR.. Darlington
maintains that it is not caused by
local unsanitary conditions, although
there have been 1900 cases and 68l
deaths reported since the disease made
it's appearance in the city, but he
thinks many mistakes have been made
in diagnosis. However, he estimates
that there will be from 600 to 800 more
cases before the disease runs its
course about the middle of May. The
committee on meningitis of the New
York health department has reached
the decision that the germs enter the
human system through the nose, but i
does not appear that the committee has
been able to hit upon any plan for the
destruction of these germs, SO tina
the manner in which they enter tht
system does not promise TO be {
profitable discovery.