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tell or Ine N1ntn llllnOlS ulStf1cI nus a scheme to transform the national house of representatives into a body similar in appearance to the British house of commons and will incorpo- rate his plan in formal resolution when congress meets in December. Mir. Boutell proposes to take out all the desks in the hall of the house, re- duce the floor to one-half its present size and in the remaining space build tiers of seats extending from the speakers desk to the main door of the house. This would give the members much more lobby space in which to receive constituents and friends and provide double the amount of gallery space now allotted to spectators. It Is MT. Boutelrs idea in this way to make the house a debating instead of a speechmaking body. ....-#..
 If the recommendations which are to be made to Postmaster General Meyer are adopted by. congress the near future will bring Some remarka- ble changes in postal facilities in the United States. An outline of some of the most important recommendations to be made to the next congress was given by Mir Meyer in an address at the postmasters' convention in Boston. Probably the most important and dras- tic of the recommendations will be that regarding the extension of the parcels post Not only will he recon mend that the system be greatly in- creased in efficiency, but that the max imum rate for parcels be reduced from Is to 12 cents pound and that the limit of weight be increased from four to eleven pounds.
 Six months later than the longest legislative session in the history of New Jersey, the one hundred and thir- ty-first legislature adjourned after a concluding session marked by many remarkable features. In the closing hours several of the most important measures that have been before the legislature in years appeared, meas ures to which both political parties have pledged themselves, notably the public utilities bill, the civil service commission bill, the direct primaries bill and the bill giving to the voters an opportunity to express their prefer ences for United States senators. The last two bills were passed by few votes, but the former two failed to enactment.
 Recognizing the diplomatic as well as the tactical arguments in favor of the rapid upbuilding of the navy, the general board, of which Admiral Dew ey Is the president, has made liberal recommendations for new authoriZa- tions by congress at Its next session. Four battleships are the backbone of the recommendation, and the boards memorandum calls for the most power. full of this type yet projected, which in the American navy Is the Delaware class, with its single caliber battery, high speed and great steaming radius. Six torpedo boat destroyers, three scout cruisers, four submarines, one repair ship and several colliers complete the recommendations.
 Appointments of ministers in the dis. tricts of the New York conference of the Methodist Protestant church were announced as follows: Connecticut dis. trict, Beckman avenue, Tarrytown, N. Y, Rev. J. K. Minner; Cos Cob, Conn, Rev. G. E. Davis; Canterbury, Conn.,, Rev. J. F. Speerli; Stamford. Conn.,, Rev. c. E. Richter; White Plains, N. Y, Rev. David De Forest; Pennsylva. mia district, Dalesville, Pa, Rev. R. c. Burch; Pittston, Pa, Rev. H. ]. Gould, Franklintown, Pa; Rev. Samuel Tam. blyn; KerZers and Mount Cobb, Pa, Rev. c. E. Smith. ..s-
 The vanguard of the Atlantic fleet. which, under Rear Admiral Robley D. Evans, is to visit the Pacific, began its long voyage when the special service squadron, composed of the armored cruisers Tennessee and Washington, sailed from Hampton Roads. Rear Admiral Uriel Sebree is in command of the squadron. with the Tennessee as his flagship. He was promoted from captain last July and relieved of his duties as secretary of the lighthouse board a week ago.
 Assistant Secretary of State Robert l.. Bacon figured in heroic rescue on the Charles river when he jumped overheard from the Harvard launch yeritas and swan to the rescue of two boys who had capsized in canoe and succeeded in saving the life of one. The second boy was rescued by J. s. Reed, student of Harvard, who followed Bacon into the water.
 The steamship Lusitania of the Gu nard line arrived in New York after finishing the most memorable Atlantic passage in marine history and giving the world its first four day across the Atlantic boat. The big Cunarder came up to the lightship still driving through the sea at close to twenty-five knots an hour. Her time for the voyage was 4 days 19 hours 90 minutes.
 s'I do not believe one word of the Book of Jonah as history" was the surprising declaration with which the Rev. Charles F. Aked, pastor of the Fifth Avenue Baptist church of New York-John ID. Rockefeller's church. opened his sermon. "The story of Jo- nah is parable-in fact it is fiction"