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The broad ax., 1906-07-28
FACTS FROM FRANCE.

While scratching his nose with the
end Of a loaded revolver a man in
Paris accidentally pulled the trigger
and blew or the tip Of bis nose.
Special bins are to be placed in the
Paris suburbs for the reception Of the
dead bodies Of pet animals, which have
hitherto been thrown on rubbish heaps.
The Paris police have ordered that
cafe keepers must use only artificial ice
In the future, some natural Ice used IN
the cafes having been found to be con
Eliminated with sewage.
A man In Paris who had an ugly
wife bribed his groom to run away
with her. % that he could get divorce.
The groom did 30. but took with him
all the woman's jewels and several
thousand dollars Of the husbands
money
The broad ax., 1906-07-28
(ELECTION4
1StA
cHINA's AWAKENING.
wonderful improvements In PekiHg
In the Past Two Years.

wonderful improvements In Pekdng
In the Past Two Years.
A competent authority on things CHI
nese states that during the last two
years China has made more real ad-
yancement than in the previous mill
lennium. That his judgment Is sound
Is apparent to those who enjoy the
vantage point Of a residence In Pc
king. 1t has long been predicted that
changes would be surprising In their
speed, but the most sanguine had net
hoped for what Is taking place.
In passing through Peking the streets
seen to be the most striking phenome-
non. Three years ago there seemed
little hope that the black mud and the
disgusting sights and stenches would
ever give place to anything better.
The board that had been appointed to
repair the streets was considered TO
have an Augean task and was the butt
Of many facetious remarks. Now the
broad thoroughfares are fast being
converted into handsome avenues. The
central portion, strip Of about seven
yards In width, is being well macad-
amiZed with the aid OF steam rollers.
This is fianked on each side by shall
low drains Of brickwork, a row Of
trees, an unpaved strip Of FIVE yards
In good repair, then a curbed sidewalk
Of varying width, cheaply cemented
with pounded lime and earth. The
building line has been Strengthened,
necessitAting the rebuilding Of many
shops the rehabilitation OF which Is In
keeping with the rest Long forgotten
sewers have been reopened and places
of conveniences erected, the use of
which is made compulsory. Innumera-
Bile unsightly sheds which have occu-
pied half the roadway are being re-
moved, forever, It is hoped, and the
sQuatters have sought other fields In
which to ply their trades. The new
are guarded by uniformed
police In their sentry boxes and kept
In order by numerous laborers. Fine
telephone poles, strung with countless
copper wires, replace the topsy turvy
line Of the last few years. The tele-
phone is no longer a curiosity. but is
fast becoming a necessity to progress
i've business men-Joseph Franklin
Griggs in Century.
The broad ax., 1906-07-28
PLAYS eiSO tLAYERS.

Julia Nelson, the English actress. Is
to be starred In this country next sea
son.
Ills Honor the Mayor Is hit at the
New York theater, where It may re-
main all summer II the weather man
turns out to be favorably disposed.
There is a possibility that Sarah
Bernhardt may appear in Tess Of the
d'UrberviIles," In which Mrs. Fiske
won one Of her most notable triumphs.
George A. Stone and Frederick James
Nice have been engaged for the parts
Of the Scarecrow and the Tin Wood
man In THE Wizard OF Or" for next
season.
Joe Weber has engaged to appear
next season at his New York music
hall Lillian Blauvelt, the concert and
operate singer, whose name 10 known
to music lovers all over the world.
Cyril, Maude and winlfred Emery,
the English players recently engaged
for an American tour next season, will
bring a new play that is to be written
especially for them by a leading Lon
don dramatist
Lena Ashwell, one Of the most popu-
lar Of the younger English actresses,
has been engaged by the Shuberts to
bring her entire company to America
next season for a tour Of the independ-
emit theaters In 1.-The Shulamite."
The broad ax., 1906-07-28
How DiaK Eacaped.

Porhrio Diaz, seven times president
OF Mexico, has had some wonderful ad-
ventures. Most amazing of all was his
escape from his opponents clutches on
the steamship City Of Havana. A
splash as Of a man overheard was
heard by the ships watch at night, and
Diaz was at once sought for and miss
ed, while a ships life buoy was miss
ing also. As 1t was found a little later
throwR up on shore, there was little
doubt that Diaz had made good his es-
cape. Nevertheless the steamer on its
arrival at Vera Cruz was vigorously,
mtnutely searched-ln vain. Still the
comandante Of the port surrounded
the vessel while In harbor with boats
manned by soldiers to preclude all pos
Eibility Of his escape. But he escaped
nevertheless. After having been for
seven days and nights sewn up, half
sunocated, In a sofa seat in the purser's
cabin, where he had again and again
been sat upon by the officers who were
searching for him, he contrived, In the
disguise Of sailor, to pass undetected
through the Gordon Of blockading boats.
The broad ax., 1906-07-28
The Underground Era.

A subterranean age, when theaters
VIII be built underground and the busy
hum Of factories will resound from far
beneath the sidewalk, was forecast by
Engineer John II. Even In an address
before the Mems club Of st. Peters
Episcopal church Ewen's subject was
Erecting Chicago Skyscraper." While
he pointed out that the erection Of
buildings fifty stories high Is perfectly
feasible, he said II Is also probable that
in future more attention will be paid
to digging habItable holes beneath the
street level. Even declared that the
San Francisco earthquake proved the
superiority Of modern freproof steel
construction over all other methods OF
building. He advocated the use OF
wire glass with metal frame and sash
in place OF plate glass and wooden
frame and sash as a measure of fire
protection. He outlined a new method
Of construction. Stated briefly, IL con-
templates leaving the earth unexcavat-
ed until the superstructure is well
along, the exact reverse OF the other
method. Even said the advantage OF
the method lies In the fact that II in
sures against the sinking Of streets and
adjoining buildings. - San Francisco
Chronicle.
The broad ax., 1906-07-28
FISH TALES.

A sturgeon caught on one occasion in
the Volga weighed LOO pounds and
was valued altogether at $500.
A goldfish craze has grasped a large
number Of wealthy New Workers. Sin
gle specimens often bring $25 and $50
to the dealer. One wealthy bachelor
paid $4,000 for a marble receptacle In
which to hold his pets.
An enormous man eating shark was
caught IN San Pedro. Cal, the other
day. 1t was harpooned by some fisher
men outside the harbor and towed In.
The shark was thirty-two feet long and
weighed over 5000 pounds.
The shad is doomed to determination,
according to John Titcomb, In charge
Of the Matching service OF the United
States fish commission. The greed Of
fishermen In scooping them up by thou
sands as they enter fresh water Is re-
sponsible for this condition, he says.
The broad ax., 1906-07-28
The Demand For Aluminiun.

There Il a great scarcity Of Alumni
um in the world today. The reason
given IL that the automobile manufac-
ewers use this metal In the machinery
q the cars, thus Increasing the amount
used far more than any other single
industry. The supply Of aluminium
comes from only four sources In the
world; hence the amount IL limited to
q very great extent. The chief Of these
sources Is represented by the Pitts.
burg Reduction company at Niagara
Falls. In Great Britain there IL the
British Aluminium company, whose
plant is at the Falls Of Foyers, and on
the continent Of Europe there are the
Neuhausen works In Switzerland and
works In Germany.
The broad ax., 1906-07-28
FEASTING I'M TIBET.
Description Of . Banquet In the
Lama'n Palace.

DG8CEABAa0A u - o4n0oGN n w
Lama's Palace.
A correspondent Of the London Times
who accompanied the grand lama Of
Tibet On bis recent return to that coun-
Try after an absence Of some months
thus describes the feasting In the lama's
palace In honor Of the occasion:
Proceedings began with what had
an the appearance Of a blessing, ex-
cept that each person brought q pres
ent which the lama touched and an at
tendant took possession of. The pres
ents consisted OF silver shoes worth
about $50, vessels Of various precious
metals, rolls Of silk, cloth and similar
articles. When all the gifts had been
handed over the inevitable tea was
brought In. The lama had huge gold
en- pot, studded with turquoises, all to
himself. Attendants passed among the
seated lamas and filed the wooden
cups which the latter produced from
the bosoms Of their capacious robes.
For rs four there were a special teapot
and Chinese bowls. But as for drink
ing, we knew better. We took blow
at the surface to slide the rancid but
ter or the top, made a sucking noise
with our mouths and then handed back
the cups, sufficiently nauseated, with
out drinking, by the smell Of the tea
alone. Next came the distribution Of
the fruit and sweetmeats, Of which we
received an ample share.
Then the great doors Of the hall
were thrown open and there poured In
q horde of struggling humanity that
rushed at great stacks Of Tibetan bread
"a crisp, brown substance, fried in
butter and very palatable in a cold
climate. The bread was on tables in
broad piles six feet high. With des-
perate fury the poor Of the city fell on
this provision Of the gods and crammed
the brittle stacks into sacks and bos-
oms, punching their receptacles when
full to make room for more. They
fought like cannibals for the bread and
stole from each other when they could.
And all the while the lictors Of the road
were among them, flashing with their
whips, prodding with the heavy butts
and striking with their fists. One man
had two sacks, and, though beaten I'M
mGcifully, he continued until both
were full and then retired under a rain
Of blows.
'Next came a religious controversy
between two monks. These hitched
up their clothes, slapped their hands
together, stamped their feet, looking
for verbal opening Just as a pugilist
looks for a chance to get in with his
left One represented Satan and the
other some sacred parsonage, the dis
cussion dealing with the birth OF Bud. !
dha. Satan said Buddba was born |
with red trousers, afteb which sally |
he went into loud roars Of laughter,
which drowned the indignant reply Of |
his opponent The saint then declared |
that Satan had a tail, whereat every |
monk in the room laughed delIghtedly. |
And 90 the two kept at 1t for about |
half an hour. When Satan looked a
winner all over the controversy was
declared closed and the saint the vic |
injustice to the devil"
The broad ax., 1906-07-28
FRUITS AS MEDICINE.

Bananas are beneficial to sufferers
from chest complaints.
Dates are exceedingly nourishIng and
also prevent constipation.
Apples, carrots and Brazil nuts are
excellent for sufferers from constipa-
tion.
The juice Of grapes IL laxative. but
the skin and seeds are likely to cause
constipation
The Juice Of lemon In excellent AZ a
gargle for sore throat but should not
be swallowed.
Cranberries are astringent and cor.
rect the liver when it IL suffering from
inaction caused By overeating.
The broad ax., 1906-07-28
ENGLISH ETCHINGS.

London has LOIS postofices and 2, 435
public telephone stations.
Dartmoor, which occupies one-ffth of
the area Of the county Of Devon, Is the
largest tract Of uncultivated land in
England.
Neither male nor female convicts in
English prisons are permitted to see a
mirror during the period Of their incar-
ceration.
The new regulations In the British
army that mo relaxation Of the eye
sight test can ever be allowed" is re-
garded as marking the disappearance
Of the eyeglass among the officers.
A'widow living In the Brightlingsea
almshouse, England, celebrated her
ninetieth birthday by inviting to tea
two old sweethearts. One Of them was
ninety, the other ninety-three years Of
age.
The broad ax., 1906-07-28
Dining Room In an Apple Tree.

Dining Room In an Apple Tree.
An ingenious family of East Aurora,
n. Y, certainly deserves honorable
mention In a keep COOL symposium.
Close by the house is a wide branching
apple tree. and In this. with the aid of
simple carpentry, has been constructed
a novel dining room. A roomy plat
form, easily reached by a short flight
Of steps, has been built among the ap-
pie boughs and surrounded by a low
railing. When the round dining table
Is placed on this platform there is am
pie space for the chairs and their occu-
pants and also for the passing to and
fro Of the maid. A pulley line is run
from the pantry window to one of the
apple boughs, and by this means linen,
dishes and food are trolleyed back and
forth In a huge basket, thus simplify
Ing and Fastening the getting and
clearing away Of meals. Under the
leafy canopy with the spicy fragrance
OF ripening apples everywhere meal
time becomes a delight even on the
hottest day.-Good Housekeeping.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-12-07
FRUIT GROWERS TELL NEEDS
State Convention at Hanford Adopts a
Series of important ResoIu-
tions on PomoIogy
By Associated Press.

BY Associated PreSS
HANFORD, Dec. 6.-All the State
Fruit Growers convention delegates
this morning took a drive about the
country in carriage and automobiles.
Resolutions were passed indorsing
Governor Pardee's address regarding
state taxation.
The, convention also adopted a resolu-
tion asking that the law restricting
Chinese immigration be altered to con-
form to the restriction as applied to
other immigrants, thus permitting
fruit growers to procure Chinese labor
ers.
A resolution proposed by A. Sbarboro
requesting the legislature to pass law
permitting wine to be sold without
license in the interest of temperance
was defeated.
A resolution favoring the abolition of
free seed distribution by the general
government and the expenditure of the
money heretofore appropriated in that
direction to be used toward distribut-
ing rare seeds, bulbs and plants which
might prove beneficial was passed.
A resolution favoring liberal appro-
priation for the agricultural depart
ment of the state university and the
appointment of Wickson. director to
succeed Hilgard. was carried.
A resolution asking the legislature W
pass a general insecticide control law,
similar to the fertilizer law and pro-
vide for the scientific study of the ma
ture and operations and various in
secticidal substances was adopted
On Saturday the visitors and citizens
will attend the Tulare county citrus
fair at Porterville.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-12-07
ViScount AokiC Calls on
President
Both Countries May Bar
Laborers
Secretary Root Is Said to Be Conduct.
ing Negotiations Now--piplomaey
Throws Mystery Over
the Details
By Associated Press.

BY Associated Pross
CHICAGO, Dec. ga dispatch to
the Tribune from Washington says:
Viscount Aoki. the japanese ambas-
sador, yesterday went to the White
House at the invitation of the pres
ident. They discussed proposition to
negotiate an entirely new Treaty, spe-
officially recognizing the right OF each
country to exclude the laborers of the
other.
Such a provision is contained i'm the
present treaty, but both the presi-
dent and the Japanese ambassador
thought 1t would satisfy the pride of
the Japanese if their right to treat
the Americans as the Americans treat
them was recognized.
1t was also believed that such a. new
treaty would please the people of Cali
fornia and show them that the presi-
dent was prepared to go to the extent
of excluding the coolie Japanese if it
should become necessary.
Such treaty would be easy to have
ratified by the senate 1t would all
most inevitably be followed by Jap
anese exclusion law barring out all
laborers from the mikado's islands.
Our laborers would thereupon be
barred by Japan.
All this is specifically provided for
in the existing treaty, but diplomatic
methods are devious and the president
probably has a definite purpose which
will be developed later on.
1t was said yesterday that Secretary
Root, under the direction of the presi-
dent is actually engaged in the nego-
tiation of new treaty with Japan,
which will specifically admi. the peo-
pie of that nation to the same rights
of education as are granted to Euro
| pean aliens, no more and no less. IL
! it be true that such treaty is being
negotiated II will never get further
t-than the senate. The present senti-
ment In that body is such that not
| over 10 per cent of the Republicans
and none of the Democrats would vote
| for a treaty which in any way at
| tempted to limit the rights of a muni-
cipality or of state to manage its
own school system.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-12-07
IMMIGRANTS ASK
FOR SQUARE DEAL
Protective League characterizes the
Lodge Gardner Bill, Now Pending,
as Unamerican and Dangerous.
Asks Certain Reforms
BY Associated Press.

BY Associated Press
NEW YORK, Dec. 6.-At a mass
meeting tonight under the direction of
the Immigrants Protective league reso-
lutions were adopted addressed to
President Roosevelt and both branches
of congress protesting against the pro-
posed restrictions of immigration as
provided for in the Lodge-Gardner bill
now pending before congress-
Some of the provisions of the bill
were characterized as "un- American,
dangerous and calculated to defeat its
own ends.'
The clause of the bill requiring that
the head of a family have I'm his pos
session on landing the sum of $25: the
one increasing the head tax on immi-
grants from 50 to So; the educational
| test, and the provision lengthening the
period within which an immigrant may
be deported to three years, were spe'
llcificallY denounced.t .-t.-1zs
i Reform In the present Immigration
laws were demanded as follows
! An exact Interpretation of sucf
loose terms as dangerous, loathsome
and infectious diseases and ito be-
come a public charge: the right of ar
immigrant or his friends to appeal
from the "often hasty'' Judgment of
the immigration physicians to the au-
thority of medical experts; the right
of persons interested in the admission
of an immigrant to be present at all
Investigations of the various boards
regarding that immigrant.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-12-07
is GOOD
AND BAD
Bryan Comments on
Message
Appropriates Doctrines
of Democrats
"Not Necessary That the Nation Be
Keyed Up to the Fighting
Point All the
Time"
BY Associated Press.

BY Associated Press
LINCOLN, Neb., Dec. 6.--Comment-
ing upon President Roosevelt's mes
sage William ]. Bryan says there is
much that is good and much that is
bad in it, but 1t may be regarded as
the presidents most important state
paper. Mr.. Bryan says:
"The message contains much that is
Democratic and for which the general
public will thank him. 1t contains
some things that ought to arouse Sc
we're criticism. The president bodily
appropriates some doctrines which the
Democrats have been advocating, but
on the other hand he announces doc
trines which are so absurd as to ex-
cite amusement if the suggestions
came from less prominent source In
some cases he takes advanced ground,
in some cases he retreats from ground
already taken"
Government by Injunction
Mr.. Bryan complains that what the
president says on the subject of gov
ernment by injunction will not be sat
isfactory to the laboring man or to
those who respect the right of trial
by jury.
The presidents stand on child labor
Is commented on. as is also the posi-
ton he takes on the eight hour law
and the right of the people to criticise
a judge
Referring to Mr.. Roosevelt's refer
ence to the Japanese question Mr..
Bryan said
HE pays deserved tribute to the
progress of the japanese nation and
asks for legislation which will enable
congress to preserve treaty rights of
foreigners. That there should be such
| legislation cannot be generally dis
puted, but a great deal depends upor
the character of the legislation.
'If any bills are presented in re-
| gard to this suggestion they must b'
carefully scrutinized ito be sure that
| the right to protect themselves anc
their people in matters purely local"
DepIores WarIlke Attitude
Finally Mr.. Bryan deplores what he
calls the presidents warlike attitude
| He says in conclusion:
There will be general disappointment
at the warike tone of his message
where he discusses the army and the
navy. He speaks of the navy as the
surest guarantor of peace which this
country possesses.
Shame upon the chief executive
that he should place an instrument of
brute force above the nations sense of
Justice as a guarantor of peace! The
best guarantor of peace Is our nations
purpose to deal justly with other ma
tions.
''War ought to be a last resort, not
first consideration. 1t is bad enough
to have a few professional soldiers. 1t
is not necessary that the whole nation
shall be keyed up all the time to the
| fighting point"
Los Angeles herald., 1906-12-07
SHIP ENCOUNTERS lCEBERGs

BY Associated Press.
SEATTLE, Wash. Dec, 6.--A har-
rowing tale of suffering on the part
OF the sailors of the British ship
Marion Joseph Captain w. L. Grey
while that vessel was rounding Cape
Horn, reached this city this afternoon
| when the Marion Joseph arrived in
port.
Captain Grey. her master, says that
half of his men were frozen and un-
able to work and confined to their
berths during the entire trip up the
west coast.
The vessel was bound from New
Castle to Seattle. Arriving off Cape
Horn bitter cold weather was encount-
cred.
To add to the cold, immense ice
bergs, some of which were five miles
in length and which lowered above the
vessel surrounded the craft.
All the ropes and shrouds of the YES
sci were covered with ice from eight
to ten inches in thickness. Blocks were
frozen so that it was impossible to
work the ship and her sails were as
stiff as if nodded of iron.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-12-07
ENGINEERS FEAR
ROOSEVELT MAY
SWAY COMMISSION
BY Associated Press.

Iy AoSpCldleN t-TeSS
NEW YORK, Dec. 6.EThat
the system of weights and
measures now in use in the
United States and Great Britain
should not be supplanted by
the metric system is the opin-
ion OF a majority of the dele
gates who are now in this city
in attendance at the convention
of the American society of me-
chanical engineers.
A paper on the subject pre-
pared by S. E. Dale not only
opposed any change in the sys-
tenn of weights and measures,
but declared that the idea of
further discussion of it in con-
gress would be valueless; that
it would be impossible to meet
a commission of the caliber
proposed; that it would be a
political commission "doninat-
ed by president who has tried
to change the language of the
country by an executive order"
and that he would be better
satisfied to leave it to a COM
mission composed of 90,00o,o00
American people.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-12-07
SERVES PAPERS
ON. MAGNATES
Rockefeller and Others Must Face the
Court in st. Louis on Monday,
January 7, Through En-
ergy of Marshal
BY Associated Press.

NEW YORK. Dec. 6-John D.
Rockefeller and his six associates who
control the Standard Gil company have
been served with subpoenas to appear
before the United States Circuit court
in st. Louis on Monday, January Z.
United States Marshal William Hen
KEEL served the papers. Beside Mr..
Rockefeller subpoenas were served on
Henry II. Rogers, Henry M. Flagler,
Charles M. Pratt, oliver H. Payne,
William Rockefeller and John d. Arch
bold.
Marshal Henkel also served papers on
w. A. Harris, treasurer of the Ma
tional Transit company, the Crescent
Pipe Line company and the other al
legged Standard Oil company corpora
tions; S. A. Drew, secretary and
treasurer of the Chesbrough manufac-
turing company, and j. .. Peabody,
vice president of the Swan and Finch
company.
His deputies made service on eleven
other Standard oil men. officers of the
seventy-one subsidiary companies made
defendants with the Standard i'm the
government suit.