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The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-12-14

great many sensible young women.
thinking Of the mistakes made by
Anna Could and Helen Morton and
Consuelo Vanderbilt and numerous
others. said to themselves. mo counts
or dukes for mine"
But once more the level headedness
of the American girl rich or poor, is
vndicated. for the clever and pretty
Miss ShJnt5 denies the reported en-
gagement and intimates with emphasis
that when a marriage lis arranged
between herself and some foreign no.
bleman she will he apt to know some
thing about il. Miss Shonts and her
mother returned not long since from Il
visit to France. where she met the
duke, who was numbered among her
admirers. Later she and Mrs Shonts
enjoyed a trip 70 the canal zone during
the visit of President Roosevelt 1t
was the duke himself who gave out
the report of his engagement to Miss
Shonts, but ii appears he was mistak
en-. As the daughter of the canal dig
ger is young. clever and full of spirits.
it is hinted that up to a certain stage she
may have encouraged the matrimonial
Overtures of the dukes relatives Just
to have II little fun with the venerated
customs of the French in respect to
the making of matches on earth in
stead of in heaven.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-12-14
PENSION ROLL DECLINING.
Reports Show Decrease of $4,000
Since High-Water Mark.

Washington, ID. c., Dec. 12.-The
annual report Of Ethan Allen Hitch
COCK, Secretary of the Interior. trans
mitted to Congress. embraces 120.-
O0O words or 253 pages, exclusive
OF the supplemental reports of br-
reaus and functionaries under the
department. Mr. Hitchcock's iuris-
dietion is over the Indians, Pension.
Patent Office, Geological Survey.
General Land Office, the Reclama.
tion Service. Bureau of Education.
the Territories and national parks
and reservations and many other
matters of minor Importance.
A new plan suggested for the Tu-
dians is to find employment for them
outside their reservation, throagh
employment agencies, and already il
New Mexico and South Dakota many
are employed on railroads, irrigation
bitches and on farms OF herdin.g
sheep.
The pension roll shows one revo-
lrtionary war widow surviving, blt
this pensioner has died since the
Secretary's report went to the prin-
ter. Three daughters of revolution
ary soldiers survive No soldier sur
wives.
OF the war Of 1927 soldier sur
wives, but there are $50 widows Of
that war on the rolls OF the Indian
wars there are 2,173 survivors AMI
1867 widows; OF the Mexican wa,
1884 survivors and 7,i&S widows.
The report says.
THE maximum number of pen
sioners was reached January 81,
1905, when it was 1.004,196, since
which date there has been a steady
decrease aggregating, to Jane SO,
1906, 1925"
The Pension Commissioner expects
the decrease will be more markell
during the current year.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-12-14
Covering Minor Happena
ings from all over
the Globe.
HOME AND FOREIGN.
Compiled and Condensed for the
Busy Reader-A Complete Record
of European Dispatches and LG!-
portant Events from ENrFywiicre
Boiled Down for Hasty perusai.

Secretary Metcalf's report on the
Japanese trouble shows Iapan's COM
plaint was prompted by maltreat-
ment of her subjects by labor unions
on the Pacific Coast.
Secretary OF the Interior Hitch-
cocks annual report tells Of suG-
stantial progress in prosecuting pub
lie land thieves.
The Rev. DR.. Crapsey has ar
nounced that he will deliver lectures
attacking some of the doctrines of
the Church.
Amedeo Bassi, tenor, lost $2G.-
600 at bacarat while en- roate from
Colon to join Oscar Hammerstein'3
grand opera forces.
President Roosevelt was attacked
by former Ambassador Beliamy
storer. who was dismissed lest
March.
President Roosevelt replied 10
Bellamy Storer's charge that he h@l
used his influence with the Pope ia
the attempt to make Archbishop ire
land a Cardinal with a general de-
nial
Arthur Brown, former UniJ,
States Senator from Utah, was shot
by Mrs. Anna N. Bradley in hoi.l
in Washington, d. c., and is il /
critical condition
An agreement with the iapanesa
government in the California anl
immigration questions was said -
have been reached
Friends of the navy expect hail
battle in Congress over the appro-
priation bill for the service.
A Senate seat. and not a renomi-
nation in 1908, was declared to De
the ambition of President Roosevelt.
Postmaster General Cortelyou's
renort shows a reduction of the pos
tai service deficit to $10,542, ,94L
Thieves in New York city carried
off $1,OO0,O0O worth Of loot in the
last year, little of it was recovered
and new epidemic of robberies has
broken out.
Senator Cullom introduced a reso-
luton proposing constitutional
amendment making the terms of the
President and Vice-President six
years, and declaring both ineligible
for a second term, either by election
or succession.
The Senate passed two resolutions
of inquiry into the dismissal Of ne
gro troops for the Brownsville raid.
Labor men defeated Speaker Can
non and other House leaders by KILL
ing the Littlefeld bill to relieve
coastwise vessels from taking pilots.
Albert T. Patrick made appiica-
ton to Governor Higgins for par
don.
Andrew Carnegie, in presenting
| Carnegie Lake to Princeton Univer-
sity, deplored brutality in football
and urged cleaner sports.
Proceedings to compel w. r.
Hearst to make a true accounting Of
his expenditures In his recent cam
paign were begun before Judge
Geigerich by the New York Associa-
ton to Prevent Corrupt Practices
Secretary of the Treasury Shaw
advocated an elastic currency in his
annual report to Congress.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-12-14
FOREIGN NEWS.

In France the Church is facing a
grave crisis owing to the separation
law. which now goes into effect
bishops and priests will leave their
houses, but will continue religious
services until driven from the
churches.
Russia, despatch says, has defn-
itely broken off negotiations with
Japan for a new commercial treaty,
and the intervention of England ana
America is considered probable
Former King Bahanzin, of De-
honey, died in Algiers after twelve
years exile.
Venezuela's Minister of War is
leading Caracas troops against reyc-
lutionists in the west, according to 4
despatch, and the capital predicts 4
crisis
The French government admits
that a serious crisis has arisen over
the separation through the action Of
the Pope in forbidding Catholics to
obey the law of declaration.
llCuuOu, dCCOl ulhS " a hGopdIntti ;
is again alarmed at the stringency il
New York, and there are fears Of q
further increase in the bank rate.
Commenting on the President
message, the Prensa, of BuenCs
Ayres, is quoted in despatch as say
ing that Mr.. Roosevelt has learned
much about South America.
Reports received in Fort &c
France from Venezuela say tha5
General Castro has been removed to
Macuto and that he is dying.
Criticing M. Santos-Dumont, Ma
1or Baden-Powell. according to a ca
BILE from London. says the Wright
brothers have done more than he.
Former Admiral Nebogatoff, ac-
cording to despatch from st. Pet
ersburg, Is on trial for surrendering
TO the Japanese and the death peial-
ty may be inflicted.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-12-14
Students Gave Up Their
Lives to Save Penned-
In Comrades
STORY OF THE HOUSE.
Flames Rush Up Both Stairways Be-
fore AIarm-BOys Escape Down
Vine-Covered Walls or by Twisted
ReGding-Building Was Formerly
the Fiske-NIcGraw Mansion.

Ithaca, n. Y, Dec. 11.-Four men
students of Cornell University and
three members of the Volunteer Fire
Department of Ithaca were killed and
seven students were injured in the
burning of the Chi Psi Fraternity
house on Cornell campus.
Thirty students lodged in the
house. which originally was the Nc
Graw-Fiske mansion, and was the
most palatial fraternity lodge at any
college in the United States. All eG-
cent three escaped when the fire was
discovered roaring up both stairways
at 4 A. NJ. Two of the victims diel
as heroes, returning to rescue com
rades, and the three fremen were
killed together under a falling wall.
The fire started in the kitchen,
and when H. S. DeCamp New York
student, who lodged on the third
floor, was awakened by smoke AMI
gave the alarm, the flames had
reached the hall on the first floor
aud started up both stairways, cut
ting off escape from the upper floors.
The Chi Psi fraternity house was
one of the most beautiful structures
In this part of the State and was the
finest fraternity house in the coun-
try 1t was built of gray stone on a
knoll southwest of the Cornell cam
pus, and was visible for many miles
down the valley. Three stories in
height, it's rooms were lofty and spa
cious, and it was surrounded by
beautiful grounds. 1t was built by
Prof Fiske of Cornell University,
onetime university librarian and
famous authority on Germanic and
Icelandic literature. for Jennie Nc
Graw Fiske, his wife. 1t had an in
teresting history.
Mrs. Fiske was the daughter Of
John McGraw, of Ithaca, one of the
earliest benefactors of Cornell Uni
versity, and she, too, was lavish in
her gifts to the university. In 1880
she married Prof. Willard Fiske.
The couple spent their honeymoon
III EuIOp6. mere IIlc liiOHCy oHC lotN
inherited was spent in the purchase
of paintings and statuary with which
she intended to fill the beautiful
mansion where for many years she
had dreamed of having home. 1t
was her ideal to make it a center OF
university social activity. But fate
would have it otherwise.
Always delicate, it became neces-
sary to travel constantly in southern
Europe and Egypt for her health.
Even then it finally failed her, and
realizing that her end was near she
desired to return to her native land.
On the return journey she was
stricken with a fatal illness and wag
met at the Ithaca station by a coach.
from which she caught her first and
last glimpse of the beautiful man
sion. She died a few days after her
arrival and the funeral was held
from the newly completed mansion.
FC a long time after her death the
house remained untenanted. In
1895 it was purchased by the Chi Psi
fraternity.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-12-14
PRESIDENT AWARDED
NOBEL PEACE PRIZE.
In Recognition for His Part in End
ing RusSo-JapaneSe War.

ing RuSSo-JapaneSe war.
Christiania, Norway, Dec. 12.-
The Norwegian Parliament gave the
Nobel Peace Prize for this year to
President Roosevelt for his part in
ending the war between Russia and
Japan.
The President of the House, Gun
mar Knuden, made brief speech.
Then he handed the prize, which this
year is worth in money S3S,296, to
Minister Peirce. saying:
BE good enough to send a greet
ing from the Norwegian people to
President Roosevelt and express to
him our fervent wish that he may
continue his earnest work for peace"
In reply Mr. Peirce read this meg
sage from President Roosevelt;
II am profoundly moved and
touched by the signal honor shown
me through your body in comforting
on me the Nobel Peace Prize. There
is no gift | could appreciate more,
and i wish it were in my power to
fully express my gratitude | thank
You for it and | thank you in behalf
OF the United States, for what | did
! was able to accomplish only as the
representative of the nation of which
fer the time being | am President.
after much thought | have con-
cluded that the best and most fitting
way to apply the amount of the prize
Is by using it as foundation to es-
tablish at Washington permanent
industrial peace committee. The OBJ
lect will be to strive for better AMI
more equitable relations among my
countrymen who are engaged,
whether as capitalists or wage work
ers, in industrial and agricultural
pursuits. This will carry out the pur-
pose of the founder Of the prize. for
in modern life, 1t is as important to
work for the cause of just and right
eous peace in the industrial world as
in the world of nations.
4 again express to you the assur-
ance of my deep and lasting graft
tude and appreciation.
Theodore Roosevelt"
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-12-14
Controls Electric Waves.

Rome. Dec 11.-Admiral Mira
belli, the Minister of Marine, has de-
cidel TO apply to the Marconi Wire
less Telegraph systems already in
place on all warships in the Italian
navy the discovery Of Professor Ar
ton, which enables electric waves to
be sent in any direction desired Mr..
Marconi and Professor Arton have
agreed to this installation.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-12-14
BURNHAM SLEEPS IN A CELL.
Mutual Reserve Official Convicted of
SEaaIiDr Funds

Mutual Reserve Official Convicted Of
Stealing Funds.
New York, Dec. 13.-First of the
officials of any life insurance COM
pany to be convicted for his conduct
Of its affairs, George Burnham. Jr.,
slept in cell No. Ill in the Tombs.
A jury, after deliberating two hours
and half, had declared the vice.
president and counsel of the Mutual
Reserve Life Insurance Company
guilty of the larceny of $500 of the
company's funds. The money went,
as the testimony showed, to pay a
personal debt OF his brother, Freder-
lex A. Burnham, who is president of
the company and who is also under
Indictment.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-12-14
Automobile with runners.

Brussels, Dec. l1.-Henryk Arc
towsky, of Antarctic fame, has in
vented an automobile with skate
runners for use in arctic exploration.
Ii is Of very light construction, and
it is the inventors belief that it can
cover the ice-felds between the ole
and the open sea much faster than
do@ sleds. The contrivance is being
tuilt at Brescoux, near Liege.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-12-14
Gorcrnment Hnys Balloon.

Washington, d. c., Dec. IA
rev balloon has just been ordered
by the United States Government,
for use by the War Department for
experimental purposes in military
work. The balloon will be of the
regulation type. but an unusually
large one, capable of holding $4,000
cubic feet of gas. the largest of its
kind ever made in America.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-12-14
ZERO IN KANSAS AND NO CoAD.
People Gather III SchoolhOuse ~
Keep Warm.

Topeka, Kan, Dec. 11.-The pee
pie OF Meade, Liberal, Cimarron and
other towns in southwest Kansas
have appealed to Governor Hoch to
aid them in getting coal. With the
thermometer marking zero in that
Tag.on the people in twenty towns
are without fuel In many of tha
smaller places the inhabitants VIII
congre&ate at schoolhouses and
churches. where one fire Will warm
many.
Railroads insist that they cannot
get cars in which to haul coal. The
railroads are charged with confscat-
ing the coal started for the fuel ia.
mine district
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-12-14
NO CHINESE CANAL WORKERS.
Engineer Stevens Says the Italians
No Ration Y'hon 4ba <anrOaS

Engineer Stevens Says the Italians
10 Better Than the Negroes.
New York, Dec. 13.-John F.
Stevens, engineer in charge of the
work on the Panama Canal, arrived
here on the steamship Panama from
Colon. Mr. Stevens said that he
would have been here ten days ago
but for the overfowing of the
Chagres River. which had done con-
siderable damage to the railroad
along the route of the canal
At present there are 1900 men
at work, Mr.. Stevens said. OF the
number 5000 are white men, about
500 being italians. The Italians are
much better workers than the ne
groes. There are no Chinese.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-12-14
FINANCIAL.

Stocks were strong, notwithstand-
Ing an ad''ance in the call money rate
to 25 per cent.
Higher dividend rates declared by
Lake Shore and Michigan Central di-
rectors are construed as foreshadow-
ing an increased New York Central
dividend.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-12-14

When Comte Boni de Castei..uo
rose in the French Chamber OF Dep
ut,as to discuss Morocco half the
members left, but the Chamber sub
se9aently ratified the Algeciras con-
yentiun
Negotiations between the Wri-ht
brothers and the French government
for the sale of their flying machine
have been broken off.
BY making 109 hits out of 1873
shots with her 90 and inch guns
s.o G.2.o. d cg;i@or Dra&e ac.iiuvls
a now record for the British navy.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-12-14
Gets Over Its simpIe Smelling.

Chicago, ILL.,, Dec. 12.-Rooseveit
spelling, after having been adopted
by some departments. has been
thrown out by the Rock Island-Fris~
co Railroad system. The order was
issued from the office of the passen-
ger traffic manager of the system.
Hereafter all written and printed
documents must adhere to the Or
typography of Noah Webster.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-12-14
Morocco Sultan PAYS I'D.

Paris, France, Dec. 9.-The Tan
gler correspondent of the Petit Pa
risien says that Mr.. Gummere, the
American Minister, has obtained sat
isfaction from the Sultan. for all In
Juries inflicted by Moors on Ameri-
can citizens.
His domestics will also be indem.
nified for injuries.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-12-14
NO DUKE FOR HER.
Daughter Of Chairman shOnts and
Her Rejection "f Titled SuitOr.

Daughter Of Chairman ShOnts and
Her Rejection 0f Titled SuitOr.
The daughter OF Chairman Theodore
J. :Aants Of the Panama canal COM
mission is not going to marry for
rien "dooE," and now the digging of
the biz ditch may proceed, When
Ueople heard that in spite of the un-
hlupy outc0me of the Gouid-Castellane
match aad the Vanderbilt Marlborough
match and many other international
marriages Miss Theodora Shonts was
about to wed the Due de Chaulnes ct
lie Picguignv they remarked that here
after American girls who sold them
selves for titles would get little SYM
pathy If any had cause TO rue the day
when the bargain was made And
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-12-14
GENERAL C. C. SNlFFEN.
New Army Pnymaster who Was Sec
rctnry to u. $. Grant.

The new paymaster general of the
army, Culver Claiming Snifren. Is one
of the few living men who were really
close TO General Ulysses S. Grant He
was one OF the great commanders
confidential secretaries while the gen
eral occupied the White House and Is
believed to have larger number Of
Grant manuscripts than any other per
son not a member Of the family of the
late president. GeneralSniffen was born
in New York city in 1914 aud is son of
John and Margaret NJ Sniffen. He was
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-12-14
santos.Dnmont Gives Away Prize.

Paris, Dec. I'm. Santos-Du-
mont, who won $4,000 by his sue
cessful fight with his Bird of Prey"
flying machine, has distributed the
money among his workmen. He is
very grateful for their services, and
declares that much of his success is
due to their energy and skill. Any
one who has seen M. Santos-Du-
mont's staff at work, either in the
shed or on the field at Bagetelle, will
agree that the young aeronaut's
handsome present is not undeserved.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-12-14
pope,s New Private Physician.

Rome, Italy, Dec. 12.-The Pope
has expressed his intention of ap-
pointing as his private physician, In
succession to the late DR.. Lapponi,
Or. Ettore Marchiafava, who is con-
sidered to be one of the best doctors
in Rome.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-12-14

London, Dec. 12.-The loss of the
Mutual Life Insurance Company Of
New York in the United Kingdom In
consequence of the recent scandals
appears to have been about $4,000
900 worth of insurance
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-12-14
TO SELL BRAIN AND BODY.
Woman Seeks to Relieve Present
Needs by M0rtgnge ON Rcmains.


Richmond, Va, Dec. ll.-Mrs. NJ
L. Francis has offered to sell her
brain and body, to be delivered after
death, to medical schools in this
city, Philadelphia. Chicago and New
York
Mrs. Francis says she has been
driven By poverty to offer her body
for sale. She says she does not care
what is done with her after death,
but that she needs money now. She
says she will sign papers giving her
head or her head and body to what
ever institution offers her the best
price,
Mrs. Francis is 40 years of age and
broken in health
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-12-14
no.oh os Chinnse at Borden,

FL PasO, Texas. Dec. 1O.-Twenty-
eight Chinese who, 1t is alleged. had
been smuggled across the Mexican
border, were captured at Las Cruces.
N. M, forty miles north of El Paso.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-12-14
GORKY MUST LEAVE ITALY.

Government Anxious to Please RUS
sia-.iiaGicai Press Enragcd.
Rome, Italy. Dec 1.-THE Social
ist and Radical papers wildly attack
the Government because, according
to their view, it has decided to COM
pei Maxim Gorky, the Russian wri-
ter, by a kind of interdict to leave
Italy.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-12-14

TT
Secretary of the Department Of Agri-
Secretary of the Department of Agri-
culture, of Kansas, who refused a
senatorship in order that he could
devote his full time to helping Kan
sas farmers. He is known as Far
mer" Coburn, and is extremely popu-
lar
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-12-14

Or, schurman. president Of Cor
nell University. strongly praises the
revised game Of football.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-12-14
JOHN HAYS HOME SOLD.
Widow of Secretary Gets $2G4,418
for the Property.

Cleveland, Ohio, Dec. 13.-Mrs.
Clara l.. Hay, widow of John Hay,
has sold to Samuel Mather the Hay
mansion on Euclid avenue, east of
the Union Club.
Tho deed also transfers the title
TO half of the Hay property between
Euclid avenue and Chestnut avenue.
The consideration was s264,41S.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-12-14

of Belgium, who has got a rap on the
knuckles by the Great Powers, ow-
Ing to his liberation of the Congo
atrocities. He has recently leased
a very large tract of rubber land to
American financiers.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-12-14
NEW YORK MARKETS.
Wholesale Prices OF Farm Produce
Quoted for the Week.


The MIX Exchange price for stan
dard quality is &c per qt
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-12-14

educated in the then city of Brooklyn
and in 1873 married Miss S. L. Ruan.
1t was from 1873 TO 1877 that he was
one Of Grants secretaries, and in the
latter year he became major and pay
master in the army. He served in this
rank until 1899, when he was promoted
to be Il lieutenant colonel and deputy
paymaster general. He was assistant
paymaster general with the rank of
colonel. from 1901 until his recent pro-
motion to the headship of this branch
of the military department of the gov
ernment. He is member Of the Sons
OF the American Revolution and Of the
Military Order of Foreign Wars.
Abandoned.
Who will adj ere to him that aban-
sons himsele?-Sidney.
The Holly chieftain., 1906-12-07
In Time of Peace,

In the first months of the Russia
Japan war we had striking example
of the necessity for preparation and
the early advantage OF those who, so
to speak, have shinged their roofs
in dry weather" The virtue of prep
aration has made history and given
to us our greatest men, The individ-
ual as well as the nation should be
prepared for any cmerge ency. Are
you prepared to successfully combat
the first cold you take? A cold can
be cured much more quickly when
treated as soon as it has been CON
tracted and before it has become set
tied in the system Chamberlain's
Cough Remedy is famous for its
chres of colds and it should be kept
at hand ready for instant use. For
sale by Ikelman Bros.
The Holly chieftain., 1906-12-07

Rapidly Improving.

The work of double tracking the
Santa Fe line through Kansas is pro-
crossing as rapidly as the supply OF
steel will permit Up to the first of
September 1856 miles OF double track
had been completed, reaching from
Kansas City to Newton. This is all
laid with the standard S5-pound rail.
and ballasted with crushed rock. Be
tween Chicago and Kansas City the
double track practically extends from
Chicago to Coal City, Ill, with iso-
lated sections in the rest OF the way,
at convenient intervals, where traffic
is liable to be congested. Fowler
Tribune.