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BRIEF BITS or NEWS.

The Wisconsin senate has adopted
q resolution to begin balloting for
United States senator April 16.
Colonel Daniel M. Taylor, chief
ordnance officer OF the Department oi
the Lakes, Is dead at Atlanta. Ga.
A fire Of unknown origin at Eliza
beth City, N. c., resulted in estimated
loss Of between 100000 and $3.50. .000
In property.
The rumors In circulation of an I'm
pending meeting between Emperor
William OF Germany and Emperor
Francis Joseph Of Austria have been
officially denied,
Three centers, New York. Kansas
City and Cincinnati, have been select.
ed for the educational work of the
Methodist Episcopal church, recently
merged under the control Of one board
of education.
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GAS FLOW TOO HEAVY.
People In Indian Territory Frightened
by Vast Fires.

Sapulpa, l. r.. March 28.-The gas
well two miles east of here, which
caught fire Saturday, is still burning
fieicely. After fourteen days Of work
the well was capped but the great vol,
ume of gas found another way out
through forcing open assures over a
radius OF half mile At one place a
hole three feet wide and twenty feet
long was torn. Then the escaping gas
caught fire and has been burning ever
since. At one place sheet OF flame
twenty feet long and fifteen feet high
Is blazing. Tons of rock and shale
were thrown from the cracks and con-
stant trembling of the earth is fright
ening the farmers and oil operators In
the vicinity of the we'll Great pools
of Oil in the creek and ravines are
also on fire
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4Gs6' 4npl6dss; rive lnJureo.
DIES on WEDDING TOUR.
One o. New Yori's Wealthlsst Men
9xnifha In Ianan.

eAVst - ~ 00p0sss
New York. March 2s.--A dispatch
necuived here from Toxic announces
the death Of James Henry Smith. one
d the wsalthiest capitalists Of this
city.
At The time Of his death Mr.. Smith
was on wedding tour around the
world ana his bride was the divorced
wife Of william Rhinelander Stewart.
They were married In this city ON
Sept. Il OF last year.
Mr.. Smiths death occurred at Kioto.
Japan. A dispatch received here Mon
day said that Mr.. Smith was danger
ously III. II the party with Mr. and
Mrs. Smith were the Duke and Ouch
ess Of Manchester.
a few years ago Mr.. Smith inherit
"a from his uncle, George Smith, a
fortune estimated at $5O.O00.00O. Some
thing more than two years ago Mr..
Smith bought the house at the corner
Of Tilly-seventh street and Fifty
eighthf1venue owned and occupied by
the late William G. N)aitney. The
lavish entertainments given by him
during his bachelorhood days were
among the most notable in New York
fashionable circles.
M. Smiths death was due to heart
dfaAnaA
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SALVADOR DESIRES PEACE.
Asks Mexico's Assistance In Ending
Central American War.

Washington, March 2s.--Mr. Creel.
the Mexican ambassador, has con-
flrmed the press dispatches that Sal
vador has expressed desire for peace
In Central America and Is anxious to
have Mexico exert Its good influence
In ending the war involving Salvador,
Honduras and Nicaragua.
The desire of Salvador for peace Is
regarded by diplomatists as an indica.
tion that the war Is practically ended,
because Honduras Is not strong enough
to continue It singlehanded. This ac-
tion OF Salvador will doubtless pre-.
vent Guatemala or Costa Rica from
taking any part In the support OF Hon.
duras. Mr.. Creel had a conference
with Mr. Corea, the Nicaraguan min
lister. and probably will confer later
with Secretary Root as to how Mex.
leo and the United States can best
exert their efforts to restore peace.
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-
oOoplcloNo DUE 70 IGNORANCE.
forsisn Minister Denies Japan Has
III Aggressive lntsntiors.

A00feootvo pnIenSi0Fss
San Trancisco. March 1s.-Mail ad
Vices from Toxic state that viscount
EIayashi. foreign minister Of japan. In
! speech before the Japanese diet, In
answer to questions Of members ro-
garding the governments attitude
concerning the refusal Of the San
Francisco authorities to admit Japa-
nSse to the public schools. said:
''The American government, which
throughout had shown profound sym
pathy with the Japanese naticl, scn.
~ I teiegrAphic expression CT Its re
gret Ct the occurrence before our
protest had reached Washington. We
consider that our proper course was
i 10 stand on one side and patiently
await the development Of affairs.
I'm regard to the foreign suspicious
Of aggressive intentions on the part
ef Japa&s these ideas can only be at
trlbuted 70 great ignorance OF the con-
dftjons Ii this country. The military
and naval proposals In the budget are
0f kind merely to restore and reor-
ganixe the national forces. Just as
every other nation is doing. On be-
half mot only, Of the government. but
also Of the nation, beg to declare
thak aJapan has no aggressive inten
tions whatever. As far as commerce
II concerned our policy may or may
not be considered aggressive. We In
tend 70 psssh our interests to the front.
We have the right possessed by all
-. .aa-. n.
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OCCUPATION OF MOORISH CITY
French Press Unanimously Supports
Governments Action,

OOveTUVlSUk NStiOss
Paris, March 27.--The French press
unanimously appreciates the gravity
OF the governments decision to bring
the sultan OF Morocco to reason and
with no exception the newspapers
support the cabinets determination to
restore French prestige In North At
rica by the occupation of Oudja,
which. 1t Is considered, will make the
Morocco authorities understand that
Frances national dignity can no long
er permit the Moors to disregard with
impunity their solemn agreements.
The French column of occupation
which Is to move on Oudja will be
composed OF detachments of the Sec
ond regiment OF Spahis, the Second
and Sixth African rifles and contin-
gents Of the zouaves, large body of
which has been camped at Lalla Mar
MIA, In proximity to the frontier, since
last year.
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st. paul Union stock Yards.

st. Paul, March 27.-Cattle-Good
to choice steers, s550@6.25; fair to
good, s4.00@500; good to choice cows
and heifers, s3.50@t75; veals, $4.50O
$50. Hogs s6.00GG.15. Sheep-Weth.
ers. s5.b0a.6.00; good to prime spring
lambs. SG5p017G0
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AGREEMENT IN EUROPE.
Standard OIL and Big Foreign Concern
Quit Fighting.

London. March 28.-The Standard
OH company and the European Petro
leum union have, according to the Pail
Mall Gazette, reached mutually sat-
isfactory agreement which will end
the struggle hitherto waged for the
European markets Under the ar
rangement, which will become effec-
tive April !. the Standard Oil com
pany secures control Of many addi-
tional important oil tank installations
In such centers of distribution as Ant.
werp, Amsterdam and Rotterdam.
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Chicago Union Stock Yards.

Chicago, March 7.-Cattle-Beeves,
$4.l0I6.75: cows, sl.7oWiS0; heifers,
$2.70@5.35; calves. S5.000750; good
to prime steers, $5.4GGG.75; poor to
medium, $41oGp535. Hoss-I.ight ana
mixed. $6.O5MG.22b: heavy. s5.95W
$50; rough, s5.sa@6.1o; pigs. $500
$40; good to choice heavy, Sc.20T
6.S0 Sheep. s410Q6.5n; lambs. 5000
O800.
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RUSSIAN EDITOR KILLED.
Assassinated at Moscow by unknown
Youth.

Moscow, March 28.--Dr. Jollos, ed
itor of the Russki Viedomosti, was as.
sassinated here by an unknown youth
who shot him with a revolver as he
was leaving his residence. The mur-
derer escaped.
Dr. Jollos was a member of the
lower house Of the first Russian par
lament.
DR.. Jollos was friend Of the late
Professor Hertzenstein, who was as.
sassinated by reactionaries In Finland
July 81 last. The murderer was seen
coming out of the house of man
named Terropoff, head Of the fighting
organization of the Moscow reaction.
aries.
The Russki Viedomosti is the mos,
influential Liberal newspaper In Rus
sia
nl1 ANREE EMENT I'M EttpnpE
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chica5o Grain and Provisions.

Chicago, March 27-Whcat-May.
75Ac; Jaly. 17ssc. Corn-May, i60
46lsc; July, 4oBc. Oats--May, 42Bc;
July. BIZ Gp3g5sc. Pork-May, $16.-
27h; July, s1525. Butter-Creamer-
les, 22U29Ac; dairies, 20027c. Eggs
ice. Poultry-Turkey and chick.
ems. 12c: springs, lie.
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MARKET QUOTATIONS.
Minneapolis Wheat.

Minneapolis, March Wheat
May, 77Ac; July. 79Ac. On track
No. hard. s0hQsoAc; No. North
ern, 79h6D79&c; No Northern, 77A
O77Ac; No. 3 Northern, 75078c.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1907-03-28
Found at Last /.

j. A. Harmon, Of Llzemore, West Va
says: "At last / have found the perfect
pill that never dissappoints me; ana for
the benefit OF others afflicted with Ter
pid Liver and chronic constipation, will
say: take DR.. Kings New Life Pills"
Guaranteed satisfactory. 25c ut Sciuth
Il Ketchams' Druggist
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1907-03-28

:, II flows like fire through your veins
i does the work. If you're wasting
away day by day, take HOLSTERS
Rocky Mountain Tea. 3 cents, Tea or
Tablets Schultz a Ketcham.
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Paris, March 2S.-In official quar-
Moroccan situation is serious, but the
consensus of European opinion being
favorable to Frances action solu-
tion Of the difficulties is regarded as
being very simple and as not likely to
produce complications. The sultan of
Morocco is expected to yield promptly
all the claims formulated by the com
mander of the French armored cruiser
Jeanne d Arc, now at Tangier, 50 soon
as he is convinced that the French at
titude is infiexihle and that France
has the unanimous support of the pow
ers.
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FRENCH WARsAiPs AT TANeIER.
List Of Demands Handed to Represen-
tative of the Sultan.

Tangier, March 2S.-The French
armored cruiser Jeanne dare and the
cruiser Lalande have arrived here
from Toulon. The commander of the
Jeanne dare has handed a list of the
French claims to Mohammed el Tor
res, the representative of the sultan.
The situation at Morocco City Is
becoming more serious, according to
the reports received here. Hostile
crowds are parading the streets and
Europeans do not dare to go out Of
their houses without an escort.
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Weak Kidneys

Weak Kidneys, surely point to weak kidney
Nerves. The Kidneys. like the Heart. and the
Stomach. find their weakness, not In the organ
and strengthen them. DR.. Shoops Restoratiye is
. medicine specifically prepared to reach these
controlling nerves. To doctor the Kidneys alone.
we'll
II your back aches or Ii weak. II the urine
ecalds. or ia dark and strong II you have symptoms
of Brights or other distressing or dangerous kid.
ney disease, try DR.. Shops Restorative month
Tablets or Lquid-and see what 1t can and win
do for you Druggist recommend and sell
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-09-19
Porto Rico.

A story is afloat that the government has
Information 10 the effect that revolution
ary plot IS being Matched in Porto Rico.
the promoters OF this interesting enterprise
being certain restless citizens of Cuba who
think, perhaps, to worry the United States
by fomenting trouble in its smallest island
Possession. The news, assuming it's truth,
VIII not cause any excitement on the main
Hand Rather will It incte feelings of pity
for such misguided Porto RCans as may
Sc persuaded by the Adventures that they
have a real grievance against the American
administration OF their affairs and dragged
into any action which will cost them dearly
later.
The Porto Ricans have absolutely no com
IlaInt against the United States. On the
other hand, they have every reason TO feel
grateful to this country for its intervention
and the reforms which have been inaugu-
rated upon the island during the past nine
years. The record of American achieve
Inents for the benefit OF the Porto Ricans
s. gratifying to both sides. They comprise
the installation of first-class schools, the
establishment OF a systematic sanitary
Fegime. the construction Of good roads and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-09-19
The Billboard Fight,

The fight against bllboards is gaining
ground. and in various cities the sentiment
III opposition to this form of trade an
nouncement has reached a formidable
height. with the probable result that pro-
hibltory. or at least rigidly regulatory en-
actmeuts will be made In many quarters to
reduce the proportions of the evil Public
taste is offended by these fiarng. glarlng,
Obnoxious hoardings. They obtrude the m
selves upon the vision at every turn. They
mar the landscape In the country as well
as in the city. They must go.
For years the recruiting officers of the
army and navy have utilized the bilboards
as a means OF attracting new members of
Uncle Sans fighting forces. Highly colored
pictures of uniformed men of all branches
Of both services have been displayed freely
and thus the government of the United
States has become a party to the offense
But of late. thanks to the pressure of pub
die sentiment against this nuisance. the fed
eral officials have been lessenlng the use of
hllboards
Secretary MetCalf has done a good work
in this regard by instructing the recruiting
officers to use fewer posters and more news
paper advertising space. The results of the
change have been marked. Naval enlist
meUts have increased In large proportions.
and the advance may be attributed in very
materia! degree TO the improved methods of
laying before the public the advantages of
the naval service a career for young
men. In July last. for example, the enlist
mcrts reached the total OF 1919. as against
30 for the same month the year previous.
In August this year the enlistments totaled
1.7"2. "a against 1,l57 In August, 1906.
The example OF the United States in
eschrwing billboards as means of pub
lcity is likely to spread far. The crusade
against the nuisance WILL gain greater head
way with Uncle Sam Withdrawing his
patronage OF this Objectionable device and
the day OF emancipation is decidedly ad-
varCrd thereby.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-09-19
The Result in Oklahoma.

Oklahoma has voted as expected The
mat1rites are large. \ democratic gov
cruor. a legislature to match prohibition
and the constitution all won handily. 1t
day of triumph in Capua.
The President loses. His was the name
the republicans Conjured with. He sent
Secretary Taft to the scene to speak for
him. He Lad given the republicans their
candidate for governor. He wished ear
nesly !Or his party's success. II there was
any hope of success anywhere 1t was
founded on the Presidents popularity in
the west. which some people seem to be
lieve is capable OF working miracles In
this case the miracle failed. The Presi-
dents sympathy and Judge Tatts voice
could not convert democratic into republic
can votes.
While it is likely that the democracy
would have won without his aid, still the
fact that Mr. Bryan appeared IN the con-
test and addressed large audiences enables
lis friends to associate him intimately with
the result On the one side was the Presi-
dent. speaking through lieutenant and his
choice for next years republican leader
ship. and on the other was Mr.. Bryan.
s1eaking with his own voice and in asser-
ton of his own leadership. In Oklahoma
a least MIR. Bryan appears the bigger
man
\ vote of unusual significance was that
for prohibition. II was large. and 1t unites
the new state to the movement now on
foot to make that issue national. We are
going to hear something the subject in
Congress next session, and both of the
great national conventions will have to
consider the matter when they meet AS
the case now stands indeed. the question
of the liquor traffic may give the republic
cans and the democrats more anxiety next
year in the shaping of platforms than all
the other issues combined.
The democrats already are confronted by
situation which Is grave for them.
Hitherto prohibition has never received the
least CDuntenanCe at their hands But to-
day, in a wide extent of territory indis-
putably democratic, that policy has the
strongest OF holds: and democratic lead ars
Of controlling local influence are urging
that the issue be made national, and pledg-
ing the weight of their names to that end.
Everywhere IS change. Everywhere some
thing is doing. IL Is risky business there
fore at such time to be picking candi-
dates and naming paramount issues ten
months in.advanCe
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the extension of railroads. the improvement
of agricultural methods and the admission
of the people to a considerable share in
their own administration
In one department alone of the Porto
Rican administration this country has con-
ferred a great boon upon the Porto Ricans
American physicians discovered that the
prevailing aenemia of the people was due
to the presence of a parasite which sapped
them of their energy and eventually caused
death The psychologists have not only
found the disease germ. but have devised
means of combating 1t, and the per-
centage of healthfuiness In the island Is
now higher than ever before. with a fair
prospect that In another generation the
people OF Porto Rico will be freed from
the terrible menace of the hook worm
disease. and will emerge from the former
condition of sothfulness which lay at the
root of their poverty and general back
wardness.
Owing to the fact that the American
market for Porto Rican coffee Is small a
material change has come in the agrlcui-
tural conditions. and other crops had to be
substituted for the great staple upon which
the island chiefly subsisted for many years
Systematic work by agricultural instructors,
however. has availed to give the planters
even better outlook for the future than
they ever had before, and 1t may not be
doubted that in another decade Porto Rico,
unless devastated by storms, will reach a
height of prosperity never before known
in that island
There is absolutely no reason for the
Porto RicanS to feel aggrieved at the
United States for anything it has done or
has failed to do in the discharge of its re-
sponsibilities In that quarter Probably the
discontinued form only a mere handful of
chronic grumblers, disappointed office
seekers and habitual Gisturbers. 1t is, of
course, the part of caution for the govern
ment to make certain If such a movement
is actually on foot, that the sources of 1t
are discovered and exterminated We owe
it to the Porto Ricans to protect them from
the wiles of the professional revolutionists
who infest that quarter of the world
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-09-19
Mr.. Bryan and the Tariff.

Mr.. Bryan. as Secretary Taft points out.
Is something OF a 'postponer' himself. TT
is fact that the only piece of constructive
craftsmanship that Mr.. Bryan has had any
thing to do with was the perfection Of the
treaty by which the sovereignty Of the
Philippines passed from Spain TO the United
States, and as Mr.. Taft says he has been
trying TO explain that away ever since. As
for tariff revision. Mr.. Bryan has been far
less influential in the direction of this nee
essary, practical reform. which Is of true
democratic consistency. than he has been
in getting the party entangled with imprac-
ticable, retarding issues
Mr.. Bryan's little taunt did act as a
boomerang He should have been more
mindful of his own record. and particu-
larly of his own attitude toward present
day questions. He is ''postponer'' as to
silver, as to government ownership of rail-
roads, and may become one as to the mi
tiative and referendum. He will not press
either the silver or the railroad question
now, though OF opinion that the country
will before long adopt his views; and he is
not so vigorous in his championship of the
initiative and referendum as to suggest
that he will attempt to force 1t on his party
next year. This should have made him
cautious in referring to Secretary Taft
who. by the way. proves to be ready In re-
tort.
On the tariff issue Mr.. Bryan has a
record which, should he be the candidate
next year on a platforms declaring for
tariff reform. should make things lively
for his party. He was a member of the
ways and means committee which pre-
pared the Wilson tariff bill and he spoke
in its favor. Whether the bill, as it passed
the House. met his full views as to what
the occasion called for is a question. He
was an advocate of tariff for revenue
only. and all such democrats were forced
to compromise at that time But he stood
with Mr.. Cleveland In the latters denun-
citation of Mr.. Germans work in the SEN
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Pennsylvania's Huge "Joke."

Not long ago while some eminent Penn
sylvanians were on a visit to a southern
| city they were asked regarding the Har-
| risburg capitol scandal, and responded
laughingy that it was looked upon In the
state d joke. Yesterday fourteen war
rants were issued at Harrisburg for the ar
rest of some of the men whose names have
been involved in the charges of conspiracy
to defraud the commonwealth.
If this is joke 1t is being carried rather
far Possibly the Pennsylvania idea of
humor is of a decidedly practical character.
Perhaps it is impossible for some Penn
sylvanians to appreciate the subtle point
of jest unless 1t Is viewed through prison
bars Maybe the Idea does not reach its
full luxuriance of Comicality until the chief
jokers are wearing stripes.
AT all events, this has been a sad joke for
the taxpayers of the state, costing them
many millions of dollars and shaming them
before the whole country. 1t Is the sort
of joke that the average citizen fails to ap-
preciate as keenly IS the perpetrator Some
folks are able to stand pranking and will
smile when thief lifts their handkerchiefs
But 1t calls for sturdy quality of en-
durance to enable man to express pleas
ure at being sandbagged and robbed of a
full wallet.
have been started with show of earnest
ness. They should be pressed with vigor.
The whole country Is watching. and any
false move or sign of insincerity will be
certain to raise a loud cry of Indignation
OF course the average Pennsylvania politi-
clan cares not snap of the finger for pub
lie sentiment outside of the state and pre-
cious little for that inside the boundaries
But there are signs to indicate that the
psychological moment has come for the
grafters who form the big machine to sing
small and take good care of their own in
terests
With fourteen men under arrest in very
heavy bonds, all charged with gross offense
against the laws of the state, there Is a
strong chance that some of them may
weaken and tell the whole story. Con-
spiracy is a difficult crime to prove to be
sure, but this game was evidently played
with Il remarkable degree of brazen reck-
lessness. The figures themselves tell their
own story of collision and fraud The
building stands as an exhibit of the most
persuasive character to convince the aver
age person that the public funds have been
squandered The task of the prosecution
should not be beyond hope Of success.
The state of Pennsylvania has a great
opportunity we'll a pressing duty. If
1t can punish these grafters by sending
them to Jail for long terms it will have
gone far toward rehabilitating itself before
the eyes of the country at large. and will
thereby give evidence of determination
to maintain high standards of official per-
Torrance hereafter