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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-05-11

of the Senate districts ale materially changed.
1t might help a little. however 10 recall that
delegates TO the national conventions are elected
from Congress- not from Senate, districts, anu
that the apportionment for Congress made IN
1901 still stands mistaken.
Professor Wilder. of Cornell, in his communi-
cation to The Tribune. printed yesterday raises
a point well worth public discussion. On the
ground that "among the most fundamental OF
natural rights is the right to pure fresh air,
he declares that smoking on public thorough
fare is a nuisance that ought to be suppressed
It would be interesting to hear the smoker s
defence of his practice.
The April number of THE Monthly Bulletin
of the New York State Department OF Health
quotes approvingly editorial from Engineer
ing News severely crticising the efforts of the
Merchants Association of this city to prevent
further pollution of the harbor waters. and es-
pecaIiy for it's protests against the pouring or
filth from other watersheds into the HuuSon
River at a point where it will befoul A portion OF
that stream which is fairly clean, and then
adds some comments of its own, directed against
the Merchants Association. and declaring that
the Health Department is always ready to listen
to the suggestions of any body of citizens, IF it
shows evidence that 1t has brought to bear upon
the subject matter the intelligent consideration
that is within the capabilities of the schoohoy.
Into the merits of the controversy we need not
enter at this moment but we must express sur
prise and regret that an official publication
should speak in such terms of body of cltlzehS
which is earnestly and unselhshy striving 10
promote the public welfare. and which IN q
public spirited manner has accomplished much
good for the community. There may be leslt-
mate differences of opinion concerning the pro-
prety of pouring sewage into rivers and con-
veying the drainage Of one river system to
another and entirely separate river But GER
tatnly the demand OF intelligent citizens that
such proceedings should be stayed until the
official commission now working upon the sub
iect mas had time to make its report is entitled
10 courteous treatment
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-05-11

Had yesterdays shower occurred in Pittsbure
instead Of New York ii might have been safe
to attribute it TO sunspots. AS it is, perhaps
summer heat and humidity offer an ADEQUATE
explanation.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-05-11

curious argument made against reappor-
tonment of the state is that of interference
with the task OF elecJsg delegates next spring
to the national conventions. II 10 said that
many political plans will be upset If the lines
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-05-11
THE MORAL OF II
From The Hartford Courant

The moral is that for a wise and strong Governor
who is faithful to the people and has the people
with him the raging of the heather need have
terrors All he has do is to sit tight and wait.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-05-11

.or other Foretgn Resorts see Part III Pages to S
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-05-11

THE Observation-Disclosures for to-day,
rain: cooler. The temperature yesterday, high
est 70 degrees; lowest. 49.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-05-11

Mr.. and Mrs Harry Payne Whitney expect to
leave for Europe the latter part Of this month.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-05-11

Let other reformers remember how he Let
the public not forget for IL is good that II should
know its power Then exercising il. il must
always be Irresistible in q just
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-25
THREATENED FLOOD AVERTED.
B. and o. Forced to Abandon Pas.
senger Station in Pittsbure.

PITTSBURG, Pa, December pa sud-
den cold snap at the headwaters of the
Allegheny river has averted flood.
aginst which the local forecaster issued
warning yesterday, predicting that by
Christmas morning the danger point Of
twenty-five feet would be reached and
might be passed by several inches. At IL
olcock it was announced that the rise
would not reach twenty feet-possibly not
over nineteen. Warehousemen moved
lar~e stocks after the warning.
The most remarkable feature Of the
threatened flood is that since 1910 the
danger point has been reached in Decem-
Der in only two years-1ST3 and 1875.
The Baltimore and Ohio railroad late
yesterday abandoned passenger service at
its Allegheny station, but is maintaining
regular schedules through the Smithfield
and Water streets station in the city
proper.
A few mills are threatened, but having
closed for the holiday, the effect will
scarcely be noticeable. A number of
houses on the river front are flooded and
families forced to move out.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-25
this city, alleges that her husband stole

the child.
Although the kidnapping was attended
by sensational details, the police OF Bos-
ton did not hear of the case. Mrs. Obers
is now in this city. conducting the hunt
for the boy. She had a clew which led
her to Staten Island, and through her ef-
forts to enlist the aid of the police OF
New Brighton the case became known
Mrs. Oberg says she has every reason
to believe that her husband was the kid
naper. The man who took little Holzer
was accompanied by woman, and 1t was
the belief that she knew who this woman
was that prompted Mrs. Oberg to go to
Staten Island yesterday. g.
Carl Oscar Olaf Oberg, father Of the
child is the son of millionaire file man
ufacturer of Eskilstuna, Sweden, who died
many years ago. His uncle, Arvid Mel
son, is now the head of the firm. and he
is many times a millionaire. He is head
of the town counsel and known through
out Sweden. Obers sister, Mrs. Lars
Loving, is the wife of the president of
the Eskilstuna Bank of Credit.
For more than year there has been
bitter fight between Oberg and his wife
for the possession of the child. When
Mrs. Oberg got her divorce, the court
awarded her the custody of the boy.
Oberg spirited his son away year ago,
but after three days Mrs. Oberg sue
ceeded in regaining him.
Mrs. Oberg went to Canada three
months ago to establish an Office there.
She is an osteopath of the Swedish school,
and has been very successful. When she
went to Canada she could not take her
son with her, but left him in charge OF
MIR. and Mrs. William Grill Of No. 70 We'll
lington Hill street. Boston. 1t was from
this place that the boy was stolen.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-25
FIVE MARKED FOR DEATH.
Prisoner Tells Of Attempt to Kill
Prominent Prohibitionists.

EAST LIVERPOOL. Ohio. December %
"A desperate plot to rid Hancock county
W. Va, Of the prohibition element was
revealed here yesterday when John John
stcn Of PittshurE, under arrest for assault
made q confession to ex-Chief Of Police
Bonjour Of Chester, just across from
this city and in Hancock county. The lat
ter Is a part Of the dry zone of Ohio
and West Virginia.
In his confession Johnston alleges that
he and several others, including James
Jones, a negro how in jail, were employed
TO kill Sheriff A. F. Wilkins Of New Cum
beriand: Wassonl Bailey prominent pro
hibitionist: ex-Sherif Allison. ex-Ch1ef
Bonjour, and the Rev. ]. w. Dunbar. a
well-known minister. The man who EN-
plsyed them to do the work. he declares,
TASlL A. Hostetter, an attorney OF Ches-
ststter and Jones made an attack on
the Incidence Of Sheriff wilkins. who, with
his son, resisted. and both the attorney
and the negro were wounded and after
Ward arrested Johnston declares that he
and JOKES and another man were to be
paid 800 each for the killing Of each man
When Hancock county went dry HOS
letter Is alleged to have opened cnaln
Of ''speak-snsies.'' where liquor was sold
The activity Of the five men who were
ma rkS4f for death drove the speak
eeasies'' out Of existence.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-25
PLAN TO BLOW UP COUNCIL.
Russian Police Learn Of Terrorist
Plot for Wholesale Killing.

LONDON, December 25.-A dispatch
from st. Petersburg says that the police
have at last succeeded in unraveling a ter
rorist plot which has long been battling
their exertions, and which caused the re-
cent wholesale arrests in st. Petersburg
and Finland.
The police officials discovered among
the documents seized an extensive cor
respondence proving that the object of
the conspiracy was the council of the en-
pire. where the highest dignitaries in the
realm meet, and some of the grand dukes
are frequently present. Among the papers
was an application in the name Of the
journal Sovremennoe Slovo for ticket Of
admission to the meetings Of the council.
This led to the arrest OF the entire edi-
torial staff. but as the editor proved that
a similar application had been handed in
long ago all were released.
Men and women implicated In the con-
spiracy are being arrested daily, mostly in
Finnish territory. A largo store Of bombs
and a tremendous force Of explosives and
detonators have been discovered hidden
under ice blocks inside the Finland from
tier.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-25

tiles of parenthood, with no conception of
what they mean. I have seen them train
ing children of their own. principally on
the streets. 1 have listened to the wall Of
these same mothers when they have
heard police courts pronounce sentences
upon their boys. and 1 have wondered a
thousand times II there Is not something
better to feed school children on than
the woodenness OF text books. / have
come to the conclusion after this expert
ence and observation that the education
of the child as a process should be de-
rived. so far as possible, from the actual
and normal experiences of life, and that
their school instruction should not be en-
tirely divorced from practical and or
binary industry.
Economy and Education.
Industry. economy and education
should go together. In driving over this
country I have seen thousands of dollars
worth of farm machinery, plows, wag-
ons, binders and threshers exposed to the
elements and eaten up by rust within the
sight of a school building where some
little urchin was being punished because
he, could not DO a sum in mental arith-
metic or parse a sentence in grammar or
recite the names of the Presidents or tell
where the Yang-tse river is located on
themselves slaves to fashion and suffer
modification because their last years
winter wraps were not good enough for
them, although they were in almost per-
feet condition and their parents were not
able to buy new ones. They might have
been taught different ideas in school;
they might have been taught the advan-
tages of such economy. l have watched
with interest the development of the taste
and the vanity of young women and have
seen the extraordinary wastefulness of
the American people, which was entirely
useless and did no good to any one.
Experience Of the Chinese.
'"rhis national fault was impressed upon
me in a way I shall never forget by an
educated Chinaman with whom I had a
conversation a few years ago. He said
Young man, while your ancestors were
living in caves and were clothed with
skins. mine were computing the distances
from star to star. We are a people
whose history dates back to antiquity. 1t
took us a very long time to learn our
lesson, but we now wear a garb that
does not change; we have diet which
has been adopted by the experience of
ages; and today 400.O00O00 Chinese live
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-25
GENERALS WIFE STARVING.
Her Husband, Ninety-Five Tells Of
War Honors.

NEW YORK, December 25.-Mrs. Einise
S. Sillowaye, sevcnty-six years old, wife
of William A. H. S!llowaye, ninety-ive
years old, who says he retired from the
Union army at the close Of the civil war
with the rank OF brigadier general, was
taken from her home at 17S Waverley
place to Bellevue Hospital Monday.
suffering from starvation. The aged couple
had removed to their room in Waverley
place three years ago, after paying three
weeks rent in advance. Since that time
they had been lodged free by Mrs. Muir
ray who owns the house.
Mr.. Siilowaye, who Is OF soldierly bearing
in spite of his age, said that he was an
old Boston newspaper man. At the out
break of the war he said he enlisted I'M
der Gen. Scott, and served In the Army
of the Potomac under Gen. Mcclellan.
lighting in the battles of the Wilderness
and Antietam. He said that In 1864 he
was made lieutenant colonel in charge OF
a detached command in Texas where he
! served until the close of the war. Since
various newspapers in this city and Bos-
ton. He grew feeble. however. and of
late years has only had odd jobs in the
summer.
Three weeks ago his wife fell Ill, and
the physician diagnosed her case as ap-
pendicitis.
But | know it was starvation" said
the old man. Il nave friends in Vermont
who offered to help me not long ago, but
! | could not accept It, I have been working
for a pension for long time, and ] an,
/ confident of getting the hack pension of a
hrigadier general on the first Of the year"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-25
NOTHING BUT PROMISES.
No Constitution in Immediate Pros
pect for China.

PEKING, December ga long edict,
equivocal in tone, has been issued by
the throne. 1t expresses the earnest hope
that eventually a constitution will be-
given to the people. but no date is fixed.
1t asserts the hopelessness of efforts to
make the country powerful and declares
that the peoples voice must not be-
raised higher in its demand for a consti-
tuition. but that the people must be satis-
fed that the first step looking toward
the formation of a parliament has been
taken by the recent creation Of the gov
ernment council, together with the pro-
vincial assemblies.
The Tsu Cheng Yuan. or government
council, has been celebrating since It
was established several months ago, but
50 far the provincial assemblies to which
the edict refers are non-existent. The
Chinese people have not received the
promises of representative government
with the same confidence as they were
received abroad. where there seems to be
misrepresentation as to the nature OF the
measures so far adopted
The edict declares that the chief prob
lem relates to- the control Of agitations
and orders the boards Of the interior and
justice to name constitutional commits
sion to frame a law for the regulation Of
political societies.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-25

the wrong end of the course of study
Let educators try, for while. to place
Initiative and introspection at the begin
ming Of the course Of study and let medl-
tation and retrospection come later. There
is nothing complex about the training OF
children il people would only let them
proceed through the natural and normal
processes.
US are not all the influences necessary IN
the normal training Of childhood, ana
have attempted, with varying success, to
bring them into the schoolroom, to place
before the vision of the child few Oh
the humanities, to articulate the monoto-
nous school function with life, especially
since reading your Interesting articles IN
the Washington Evening Star.
Directing Vital Energy.
"When 1 was teaching in Carroll, Iowa
we organized Producers Club among
the school children for vacation work
The boys did gardening, and we aimed In
other ways to consume daily that store OF
vital energy which otherwise would have
been wasted. They took care Of the lawns
they cleaned up the back yards, they
cleaned UP the alleys in Carrou, they
raised chickens and vegetables, and they
not only got the proceeds rom the sale
Of their products, which was an incentive
AoSeS~SN
upon them the industrial habit, which is
Of far more importance. Many Of our
boys and girls now have individual bank
accounts and do business at the cashier s
window the same as any business man.
The manual training and the formation OF
these habits of industry were entirely out
side of school hours, and the work was
not compulsory. That fact gave 1t a rel
ish and removed all the onensiveness OF
discipline. Every day every child will ex-
pend a certain amount of vital energy, and
it is the fault of the parents or the teacher
II it Is wasted or misdirected. Habits of
idleness and habits of industry are al
ways striving to master child, and one
is about as easily managed as another.
Stir the self-activity of boys and girls
into the right direction and ! am satisfied
that good results will always follow.
II have been much impressed with the
non-utilitarian tendency in education. l
have seen SO much time wasted and the
instincts Of children diverted and dulled
by useless study and uninteresting in
struction. have seen hundreds of chill
dren go out of the public schools with no
expression of strength whatever, yet
when they came into them they had ideas
and some to spare. I have seen these
same boys and girls later in life volun-
teering to assume the awful responsible
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-25
on much less than is annually wasted

on much less than is annually wasted
by the American people.
Il do not advocate the adoption of
either the diet or the costume of the
Chinese. yet am satisfied that the re-
mark OF my friend contains the germ of
a doctrine that educators ought to in
corporate into the instruction of every
public school. and that is the doctrine of
correct living. the application of economy.
comparison Of values. and other actual
tiles of life that underlie the intense
struggle of mankind throughout our
country.
1T is of'importance that child should
know how the cloth has been manufac-
tured from which its clothes are made.
and the comparative amount Of nourish-
ment contained in the food 1t eats. These
facts can be fastened in the youthful
mind and such instruction can be made
attractive by introducing illustrations in
the form of samples from the mills which
supply~the markets in which we buy
That is what / am trying to do. and as We
are studying the material and the proc
esses we can learn other important facts
relating to the industry they represent
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-25
FROM HARRY THAW.
Cigars for Men of Tombs, Handker-
chiefs for Women.

NEW YORK, December 25.-Harry X.
Thaw yesterday presented each keeper
in the Tombs with a box of cigars and
each matron with half a dozen Irish linen
handkerchiefs. He gave male prisoners a
box of cocoa and two cigars and each
woman a handkerchief.
A committee from the Prison Education
Association, consisting of Mrs. Willard
Parker. Mrs. j. X. West, Mrs. Britton
Bush and Mrs. Howard Van Sinderen,
visited the Tombs yesterday and pre-
scented each of the 118 boy prisoners with
a pair of socks, shirt and necktie.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-25
Peace Move by Labor Leaders.

DEN TER, Col. December 25.-Over-
lures for peace between the American
Federation of Labor and the Western
Federation of Miners were made yester-
day, when Max Morrison, vice president
of the American Federation, accompanied
by George Hally. president of the State
Federation, called upon the Western Fed
eration's officers In this city and present.
ed TO them a formal letter of invitation
from President Gompers to become anil
lated with the American Federation. No
definite action could be taken at this time.
but the meeting was marked by display
of friendly feeling on both sides.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-25
RAILROADS BUILT IN 1907.
Greater Part Laid Before the Finan
cial StringencY.

CHICAGO, December 25.-According to
the statistics compiled by the Railway
Age. railroad construction in the United
States has been nearly as heavy in 1907
as in 1906. which was the heaviest year
since 1885, The total number of miles
of new track laid this year has been
5, 100, of which 422 miles were laid in
Louisiana. 341 in Florida, 3S5 in South
Dakota, 314 in Texas and 311 in Washing
ton. In Canada during the same time
723 miles were built. and in Mexico $40
miles. The greater part Of the new track
was laid before the financial stringency,
only a small amount Of mileage being
constructed after September.
The orders for freight and passenger
cars and locomotives In 1907 were smaller
than at any time during the last seven
years The volume Of orders for this part
of railroad equipment was about IS per
cent of the total of 1905 and 1906.
The year has been notable for the in
crease in the number Of block signals
installed, the increase having been 1874
for the twelve months ending Decem-
Der 81.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-25

Christmas. The bark was wrecked in the
Pacific near the equator. and the crew
put off in two boats One of the boats. in
which was Mate Morrison, reached an I'M
inhabited island, where he and nine others
remained for five months, until they were
rescued by a sloop manned by the sailors
who had put off from the bark in the
other boat and which finally reached the
mainland.
During this time they lived on turtles
and lizards, and all the water they had
was from a small brackish spring.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-25
Lived on Turtles and Lizards.

NEW YORK, December 25.-With a tale
of hardship and privation that adds an
other chapter to the romance of the sea,
Mate Donald Morrison of the long-lost
bark Alexandra Oubis has arrived at his
home in Southampton. L. l., in time for
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-25
SUSPECTS LADS FATHER.
sjmebody Tied Servant Hand and
Foot and kidnapped Boy in Boston.

NEW YORK, December 25.-Detectives
are searching in this city for four-year-
old Holzer Oberg. son of Mr.. and Mrs.
carl Oscar Olaf Oberg, who was kid
naued. last Friday in Boston. Mrs
OBJ Who got a divorce last April in
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-25
More Vital Methods Needed.

"Carroll D. Wright has demonstrated
that over 90 per cent of the pupils in our
public schools drop out before they reach
the high school. This is a pretty strong
indictment against prevailing tendencies
in educational affairs. The reason Is not
far to seek. The average course of study
reads like an obituary, and an average
recitation sounds like a cry for lost souls.
Educators have placed the cemetery at
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-25

The Peking throne has issued orders
TO the ministry of the interior and the
ministry of justice to frame a new
listing regulations.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-25

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