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The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-12-27
EDISON NOW DEAD SURE.

Previously He Has Been Only Just
 Plain Sure About His Storage Bat
 tery.
 Thomas A. Edison has accomplished a surprise for the world. He has worked out successfully the problem of cheap power. He promises to put on the market within six months a new storage battery which will enable every man to travel in his own private carriage at about the cost of car fare.
 Without danger, without brake downs, without cost almost, a carriage, once supplied with the new power for $20O, will travel without repairs for 15 years, for 100000 miles, if neces- sary, says the wizard. He reiterates the declaration that he has invented a storage battery which will solve the problem of congested traffic in the big cities of the world as soon as he can manufacture enough of them. He is erecting two large factory buildings now nearly complete, and is installing in them the new machinery especially for the manufacture of motor bat tery that will be as common a factor In the business life of the world as the telephone is now.
 The great inventor has moments of exceedingly amiability, and he rarely has time to make contradictions, so that when it was announced last year that a vehicle could be driven from New York to Philadelphia and back at a speed of 92 miles an hour without recharging the storage batteries, he did not deny it till long after the pub lie mind was satisfied that it was true. Then he quietly told some one that light vehicle might, under fla vorable circumstances, be made to run at 20 miles an hour on one charge, for 150 miles. At that time vehicles of the Adams Express Com pany were using the storage batteries. and they have been doing so ever since Any other inventor than Edison would have been quite satisfied with this solution, and would have put these batteries on the market, but his conn mercial genius is no less remarkable than his scientific intuition, for he TO- Iused many applications to make tbaso batteries for public use.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-12-27
SUIT AGAINST GREAT
 NORTHERN IS BEGUN
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 present capital stock, if this increase is consummated as now intended; that this increase of $6O,OOOO0O, if effected, will therefore increase the fixed annual charges of the defendant by the sum of &2OO000, a great portion of which will have to be paid by the defendants Min nesota patrons as charges on freight and passenger traffic local to Minne- sota; and that it is further alleged that if these plans are consummated they will be Effected without the sur- veillance or the consent of the state of Minnesota
 The bill alleges that the reason for this increase of capital stock are un- known to the officials of the state of Minnesota.
 The bill declares that if the defend- ant should make application in writing to the railroad and warehouse commits sion, and explain the purpose of the stock increase, a h:aring could be had on the application to determine it's ne- cessitiy and the state would become fully advised of the facts surrounding the proposed issue of stock, and could. therafore, exercise that surveillance and control amounting to prohibition, if the stock issues should prove to be un- warranted. The petition alleges that by Its "wNlful and wrongful neg lect and refusal" to make application to the state railroad and warehouse commission before proceeding with the preparations for the proposed increase of capital stock the defendant will de- prive the state of Minnesota in the premises, and prevent giving the trans action that scrutiny and publicity con- templated by the law
 The complaint says that the plaintiff has no adequate or speedy remady at law unless restrained by an injunction, and proceeds to set forth it's request for the Injunction desired.
 Service was had on officials of the Great Northern railroad this afternoon
 Attorney General Young in state- ment regarding the petltIon, says:
 This matter has been fully consid- cred by R. A. Stone of this office and myself, and it is now apparent that the president, directors and other officers of the Great Northern intend to proceed with their $60,O0O,OOO stock issua without first making application to and procur- ing the consent of the state, through the railroad and warehouse commission. It has become my duty to test the law on this subject, and if possible prevent the proposed enormous increase until the law has been complied with. The action is very simple one, and seeks for an injunction to prevent the pro- posed stock issue until the company has shown tha necessity for the increase in Its captal stock, and has procured the consent of the railroad and warehouse commission after public hearing.",
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-12-27

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The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-12-27
HADLEY SPEAKS IN SYRACUSE
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 pose, and would cooperate with the teachers in making them a success; while the. high schools and colleges. relieved of the duty of giving technical instruction to those who did not need it or did not want it, would be able to do better heir general work of preparation for citizenshiD.
 The next step would be to systema- tize the elective system in the colleges and high schools themselves. We have to-day a great many more electives than we need, and we have multiplide them without any definite principle or clear understanding of the purpose for which the elective system exists. It's true object Is to find on what line of work a boy is good for To do this 1t Is not necessary to have as many different kinds of study as there are different kinds of human interest. It is not true that each pupil can be ap- pealed to by some one subject, and that one only There are three well defined types of mind-the scientific, the literary and the practical If you have arranged your courses so that you can find out to which of these types pupil belongs, and teach him certain subjects by method that suits him, you have done all that is needed. The work of the school will be more efficiently and economically accomplished if this adaptation is made with few subjects instead of a great many.
 In the still earlier grades of our school system we need to reintroduce the old distinction between work and play, of which some teachers to-day lost sight
 It is true that the best work has in 1t an element of play, and that the best play has in it an element of work. But there is a fundamental difference between the two things. Work, how ever much it may be enjoyed, is done for the sake of remote end. Play, however highly organized, is done for the enjoyment of the doing. If we Sring too much organized play into 'ur schools, and thereby crowd out the
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-12-27
NOTED MEN MEET FOR
 ANNUAL CONVENTION
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 largely governed by its means of edu- cations The position of Russia in this respect has been one of the circum- stances weakening her as a great pow er as we'll as leading directly to revo- luttonary change. The church has had the full direction of the public schools. For the first three years it kept the children simply learning prayers by note, except for a little drill towards the end in mental arithmetic.
 '"The product of such system is not simply popular unintelligence. It is an unreal quietude, easily passing into a blind fury, under the influences of a century like ours. It is not for history to pronounce whether any religions can be founded on mere illusions. But in her field of inductive sociology she owns still the continuing force of the relig ious motive. Party organization is un- favorable to the expression of candid, impartial public opinion, but let any religious question be involved and pub lie opinion will find a way to express itself which no party machinery can seriously obstruct.
 So in world politics the pressure that can be brought upon one power by oth CTS will be immensely strengthened if it be impelled by an ethical or religious motive-ethical or religious, for an eth ical impulse common to many nations belongs to the religion of humanity.
 '"Fhe state has become a trustee of riches for every citizen. He gains con stantly means of enjoying what he has not earned. It takes constantly less and less effort to hold his own among his fellows, because government takes better care of him
 What shall give us the strength to stand up against these weakening influ- ences and still be men? It must be something greater than ourselves, greater than the state, greater than gold. I know not where to look for it except in religion. That, and that onlp, is strong enough and high enough to guide the course of history towards better things"
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-12-27
NEW HAVEN MORNING. 1soe

idea of work. we are unconsclously teaching our pupils that it is their bus mess to do anything, except for the motive of momentary enjoyment We undertake the teaching of a great many lessons which they could learn of themselves if let alone; and we ren- der it impossible to teach with the re- sources at our command. some things which they must either learn in school or go out into life badly equipped for its conflicts. What we are trying to obtain is power to work; and the best economy results when our studies and our plays are both made auxiliary to this end.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-12-27
A MODERN HAREM.

Less picturesque (than the descrip- ton in Pierre Lofts "Disenchanted' ) was my reception in the harem of Besma Hanum, the wife of a close re- lative of the throne. 1 was assisted out of my carriage by gaunt eunueh in black frock coat and red fez, who gave me the shiyers as he clutched my arm with his sable paw. Inside the hall I was met by crowd of female slaves, who helped me to remove my wraps. They varied in age from fifteen to forty; some of them were Negresses, but the majority were Circassians. The latter are Supposed to be the most beautiful of all Turkish women, on which account the slaves of the Sultan are always selected from among them but in this instance I looked in vain for any trace of good looks, and, indeed could hardly help smiling at the comic effect they produced, dressed up to the hines in the latest Paris fashions, executed by local dress makers. That these women devote much time and thought to their ap
 pearance was evident from the wierd results attained by their sartorial flights of fancy. The louder the color
 the heavier the trimming, the better they seemed pleased and the home | Illness of the materials employed (f1an- 1 mel seemed to have the preferenee) was fully atoned for by the length of their trains and by the rakishness oi | the white muslin bonnets, ornamented with roses and other artificial flow CTS, which crowned their heads. They conducted me to the presence of their mistress, and stood around of their mistress, and stood around of fering tea and rose jam, and other wise attending to our wants the whole time my visit lasted
 Besma Hanum is beautiful and highly educated, but, in the case of so many Turkish women, there is about her a certain lassitude, born of Encouragement and an unequa, struggle with uneongenial surround ings. She spoke of the spread of edu- cation in Turkey, and of the mental superiority of the educated Turkish woman over the equally educated Turkish man, seeming unable to ac- count for a fact which she evidently considers perfectly established Blackwood's s Magazine
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-12-27

quart or more of the. coins were found Tn the bottom of his trunk, but no dies
 or melting pots were discovered. Ii
 was clear that the poker player was ! showing the queer" for den of coiners Nothing was said about his arrest, but a Government detective
 rented the room across the hall and shaddoWed every one who called to
 see the man while he was lying in the
 station.
 That night the plant of the counter feiters was discovered in a basement near the north branch of the river, and the entire gang is serving time, A notorious French murderer was covered by lucky accident in a cafe at Havre. A detective who was din- ing there happened to overhear a young man making inquiry of the cafe keeper as to the formalities ne- cessary to secure passage for Ameri- ca. On being told that first of all his papers must be in order, he admitted that he had none. The detective took him in custody on the chance that he might be criminal. When he was searched documents were found con meeting him with the Pantin murder, bloody mystery which at that time was creating an immense sensation all over France. It eventually trans pired that this youth-he was but 19 years old-had in the most cold blood ed manner murdered a family of eight people in order to secure their little hoard of money. The police had not a single clew until the accidental dis covery of the fact that this young man had no passports.
 It was luck-and bad luck for him that caused a westsido woman to write a message to her criminal lover with a hard pencil on a soft pad of paper The police had been watching her for a week in vain effort to discover his hiding place. They knew she was writing to him. but they never could intercept the missives. Then one day a detective found the pad on which she had just written. The sharp hard pencil had left the address indented on the sheet below,
 A police officer on the northwest side discovered the body of a murder ed girl some years ago, because he was lucky enough to have a dog that insisted upon following him. The girl disappeared and the whole country had been searched for her, and not the slightest trace had been discover ed The griying mother insisted that the young woman had been murdered. The police thought she had run away The officer who found the body was walking across the prairie, followed by his fox terrier, that refused to be left at home. The dog, finding the unfortunate girl half buried beneath weeds and rubbish, parked so loudly that his master followed him to the spot.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-12-27
LUCK IN DETECTIVE WORK.
How a Fleeing Cashier Was Found

| How a Fleeing Cashier Was Found Discovery of Counterfeiters.
 All professional criminals and most police officers and detectives are sup erstitiosis. They believe in luck, It is luck if the criminal gets away, and it | is luck If he gets caught. Fortunately for society, the luck usually is against the criminal and on the side of the | law
 | One detective on the central staff was looking for a pickpocket recently, says the Chicago Tribune, and was in fever of impatience to get hold of the man that afternoon because 1t was feared he would leave town. The picketpocket could not be found at any of his usual haunts. He was known to be baseball fan, and the detective, who was the only man on the force that knew the offender by sight, decided at once that he was at tending the game It happened how ever, that there was game that af- ternoon at both the ball parks. It was a. question of south Side or West Side. and the detective Tipped a coin to see where he should go The coin sent the officer west and his luck was with him. The pickpoeket was located in the grand stand and followed and taken in custody as soon as the game was over.
 It is astonishingly easy to make a | dpvyY, ptinNif1 a and it is no Encouragement to the pol ice that a blunder, sometimes on the part of the offender and sometimes on the part of the officer, often carries the hunter straight to his quarry. A recent instance of this kind seems al- most providential The cashier of a grain company on La Sale street had been plunging on his own account and was behind in his cash to the tune of several thousand dollars, his employ CTS complained to the bonding com pany which stood responsible and at the same time the cashier got wind oi the exposure and bought a ticket fol his home town in Wisconsin and left on the afternoon train. A detective was after him within two hours.
 But the detective, to while away the time on the traln engaged in a game of whist with a party of drummers and before he realized it was carried two towns past the station where he was supposed to change cars. Ours ing his luck, the sleuth left the trair and found by inquiries that he could not get back to the junction point fol 1 two hours.
 He wandered around the village street and ra nalmost into the arms of the fugitive, who, by a cute trick was waiting there for a train to take him westward. It is such things as this that cause detectives to believe ir luck.
 Some time ago an odd piece of luck enabled the city police to tip off den of counterfeiters to the Government detectives. In a raid on a poker joint a young man who was known to the police was captured with the other players, and at the station it was de- cided to search him, just for luck. | Several new half dollars were diseov- cred in his pockets, and these were found to be commercials of the clev- est kind, being of good weight and ringing almost true.
 The man was detained and his room on Illinois street was searched. A
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-12-27
WOMEN STREET CAR coNDUC-
 TORS.
Their Employment in Chilean Town
 Attend Well tn Their NNnrlr

Their Employment in Chilean Town Attend Well to Their Work. 1 The most remarkable feature of inc l Valparaiso street car system is it's com ductors; they are women. The sex is also employed in like capacity in santi- ago and all the other cities of Chile that have horse or electric trans. This practice sprang into being at the time of the revolution of 1891, when men.and money were scarce and women plenti- ful. Having apparently given satsfac- ton to their employers during the in- teryening years they are still retained,
 The first women conductors were said to have been young and pretty and to have been pressed in natty uniforms, Tradition even goes further and says that at that time youth and good looks were a part of the entrance require- ments. In the light of the present this seems hard to believe. It is also re- corded that after a while the natty un- forms were dropped, and it is just pos- sibe that the apochryphal youth and beauty" clause was stricken out at the same time.
 To-day, judging from what I have
 
 seen in a somewhat painstaking sur- vey of the situation, I would say that the possession of youth and beauty, far from being a requirement., was now the means of earning a fiat disqualification. The customary dress of a lady tram conductor of to-day is a broad brimmed slouch hat, short jacket with the sleeves turned back an inch or two and short black skirt, always hanging with heavy port or starboard list.
 They are neither flirtatious nor prud- ish, and no scandals are heard about them. To a foreigner it is an interest," ing sight to observe the street car girl, to note how capably she manages het car, and the quiet, businesslike way in which she goes through the routine of collecting fares giving change, dis charging passengers and seeing that the rule regarding the number admit ted is not broken.-Los Angeles Times
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-12-27

CARING FOR THE OLD VIENNA.
 In most towns there is a tendency
 in this our day, to deal more gener
 ously with destitute children tha1
 with destitute men and women. II
 Berlin and New York, for instance
 both money and thought are lavishe(
 on the young whom the community
 supports, while as for the aged, what
 is given them is given only of neces- sity. In Vienna it is otherwise. There
 the arrangements for the relief of the
 old people are better-both more
 carefully considered and more liber- al-than those for the relief of chill
 dren, fact that says more, perhaps, for the hearts than for the heads of the authorities.
 1 If a manor Woman-a bove sixty is without the money wherewith to provide for himself, or the strength to earn the money he applies to the guardian of his ward for help. Then, if he has a home to live in and some one to take care of him or is able to take care of himself he is granted out relief, a money allowance if he can be trusted to spend it wisely otherwise relief in kind. Supposing, however, he is homeless, feeble and alone standing" he is sent to a versorgungshaus, or old age home, | if there is a vacant place there, and if not to a small poorhouse until there is.
 Versohgungshause are the distinc- tive feature of the Austrian poor re- lief system so far as the aged are con cerned. Already in the days of Joseph II Vienna had two, if not more, of these homes, and at the present time it has six. One of them is reserved eX- clusively for citizens another, that at Mauerbach, is reserved for per sons who, owing to their perverted notions as to what is seemly, cannot, be accorded the full liberty the old people in the other homes enjoy In all the six together there is space for more than six thousand inmates. As the Versorgungshauser are looked up- on by classes and masses alike as the homes of the aged poor, the place where they have a right to be, no dis grace is attached to going there It would no more occuf to an Austrian ex-worker to be ashamed of living in a versorgungshaus than it would to an English veteran to be ashamed of being at the Chelsea Hospital. There is not touch among the inmates of that parish feeling which Is so Gpain- fully evident among the inmates of our warehouses. On the contrary, they all seem to be extremely glad to be where they are, and to be rather proud than otherwise of being there. And as it is with them, so it is with their relatives; there is no inclination on ther part to look askance on these old people or to shun them. On Sun days and holidays indeed, the homes are thronged iwth visitors come to have a chat with old friends and rela- lives and tell them the family news. They bring them little presents more often than not, caps with bright rib bons for the old women, neckties per haps. for the old men; for great inn portanee is attachedftto personal ap- pearance in the homesi and, although the inmates are provided with good clothes and are given voice in decid- ing their color and form, they are not provided with finery Edith Sellers, in The Contemporary Review.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-12-27
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AFTER SUFFERING YEARS OF TOR
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