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COLUwBia AND BOvOR SYSTEM.
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vale seuspvs.

NetS SSVtuts,
Columbia students srr In favor of the
action Of the Yale seniors In refusing TO
adopt the honor system In the classroom
and st examinations An editorial In the
Columbia spcetltpr Yesterday says that
no better standard can he upheld by any
GLASS In any, university than that which
the Yale seniors have adopted
The editorial says In part:
In taking their stand against the adoption
Of the honor system the seniors Of Yale Uni-
versity have placed themselves In n unique
position before the intercollegiate world and
the public generally. Their action this week
will doubtless call forth a good deal OF dis
cussion among those interested. and in all
likelihood arouse the ire OF the advocates of
the system. But whatever attitude people
may choose TO take in the matter no one can
help but admire the Independence and the
spirit OF sincere conviction which has char
acterized the decision Of the Yale senior class.
The proctor system of supervision Is in
general use at Columbia. In a few cases
professors have tried the bonor system,
hut il Las never been successful.
The sun., 1907-10-19


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~ the guards ou thr tfsin drlsvrd thirty
srcvnds IN tfen~trltslne lhe @gnel A. tins
SHUTTLE trims r'in under q fiftvsfive $50
Cnd hesdwsy, h,s slowness rrrulted In
ht'nsirs every shuttle train IN the lwidss
IN a stpp
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SOP cppo~ite tho New York tower When
the fnotortnan attempted 20 start sgsin
M found he notorlsce deed. n was necrs-
ssfy tor the motor car ~ the train hchipd
70 push the dead tssin over 20 Brooklyu.
return and tissn pull its own train across,
" wss twenty ninutes ~ when this had
h~rn accomplished.
Tn the meantime . very large caste IN.
deed wss bspy 81 the Manhattan end N
the bridge ensctipR that famous drama
The BIG Jam; or. The Main Suueese
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POWDER EXPLOSION A PUZZLE.
EXPERTS Find Their Theories Discounted
by the FontaBct Catastrophe.

FoNTANEr. Ind, Oct. 1s. Powder men
from all parts Of the country are hero to-
day to study the cause and effect OF last
Tuesdays explosion. So far. they say,
the affair is mystery.
All theories OF safety in building powder
mill in a depression have been spoiled.
The Fontanet mill was in ravine that had
only one opening. 1t was thought the
walls OF the ravine would imprison the
force Of any amount OF powder or dyna-
mite, but when the experts looked at tho
town to-day they shook their heads and
said that depressed plant 10 no safer than
one built on O level.
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The sun., 1907-10-19
SUES TO AWFUL MARRIAGE.
Mrs. Carr says Her Daughter Was Under
10 when she Married y. X. Rogers.

On the application Of Mrs. Grace E..
Carr, Justice Blanchard of the Supreme
Court named yesterday Frank Hendrick
as referee to take testimony and report
in the suit brought by Mrs. Carr. a. legal
guardian OF her daughter. Katharine. for
the annulment Of the latter's marriage
to Edward Kendall Rogers three years ago.
Mrs Carr alleges that her daughter did
not attain the age Of 10 till nine days after
the wedding. Rogers and the girl have
never lived together according to Mrs.
carr, who asserts further that her son-in-
law has taken a trip around the world
and was last heard OF in Japan.
Rogers In n son Of Mrs. Mary e. Rogers
of 40 East Seventy seventh street. Rogers,
while appearing by counsel engaged by
his mother. has not yet personally entered
any defence to the action.
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DEMANDS $50. .OOO DAMAGES.
(:Iens Falls Man Sues spencer Trnsk for
Injuries Received In Auto Accident.

Injuries Received in AUTO Accident.
GLENs FALLS. N. ". Oct. Is. Spencer
Trask. the New York banker. is defendant
in suit for $4,000 in the Supreme Court
hero by Dennis Mccarthy Of Glens Falls,
a shirt manufacturer. who alleges that he
was knocked down and injured by Mr.
Trask's automobile last july as he was
alighting from a passenger coach Of the
Hudson Valley Railroad near Bloody Pond.
The complainant alleges that the automo-
bile passed over his body, after which the
bis in iSIies oont;oued their iourney' "
Mccarthy is said to have refused an offer
OF settlement which ran up into the thou
sands,
The sun., 1907-10-19
n. X. T.. co.'s NEW LINE.
Trolley Cars to RUN Through Avingst0n
street on Monday.

The B. r. T. Company has arranged to
start the operation Of the new trolley line
through Livingston street between Flat
bush avenue and Court street on Monday.
All the Flatbush and Third avenue cars
to and from Manhattan will be run through
Livingston street during rush houn.
The tracks on Lafayette avenue between
Fulton street and Flatbush avenue have
been laid but the cars cannot be operated
in view Of the pending Injunction pro-
oeedings instituted by tho trustees Of the
new Academy Of Music.
The sun., 1907-10-19
LIFE TERN FOR SEX CRIME.
Man VINO Abused Little Girl Sentenced
to the Limit.

CHICAGO. Oct. is.-Michael Maher was
to-day found guilty OF mistreatment OF
Josephine McGuckins. an eleven-year-o
South Chicago girl. and sentenced to i'm
prisonment In the Joliet penitentiary for
fife. Attorneys said that a life sentence
for that crime is so rare in this country
that they could remember no previous
one.
Judge Barnes overruled q motion for
n new trial and one for arrest Of judg-
ment. Josephine McGuckins is the daughter
boarder.
The sun., 1907-10-19
NEAR ZERO IN CANADA.
Extreme Cold In the Northwest. but Very
Mild I'm the East.

MONTREAL. Oct. 1s.-The Canadian North
west Is experiencing a taste Of winter
weather. This morning II was IL degrees
above zero at Winnipeg. while at Dawson
City the thermometer registered 4 degrees
below.
In Eastern Canada. throughout the prov
inoes Of Ontario and Quebec. the weather
has been summerlike.
The sun., 1907-10-19
Indict Man shot Ny jerome sueuth.

1ndict Man shot Wy Jerome Sueuth.
John Leehan Of S45 West Forty-eighth
street. who was shot on Thursday night
by Detective Reardon OF District Attorney
Jerome's staff after Leehan had knocked
assault and for carrying concealed weapon.
Leehan was not badly hurt and will be
srraigned ON Monday.
The sun., 1907-10-19

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The sun., 1907-10-19

hChel pOIsuanCy IL was not wdhehs III
vigor. If 1t sang not Leonore's woe IL
voiced her courage and her devotion.
The symphony was read in the same
dignifed and reverential manner. with
strength. breadth and aspiration. Here
and there, no doubt. more incisiveness
might have been impaired by the employ
ment Of a less deliberate tempo ana GER
tanlv few oonnoisseurs could have well
coined the emphasized retarding OF the
closing staccato chords. On the other
hand the pace at which the finale was
played brought out its intensity and power
much better than the faster one 40 often
heard
Throughout both compositions Mr..
PohIig appeared to seek for pointed
dramatic accent rather than for elasticity
In the more intimate details Of the nelos.
But here again he was doubtless hampered
by the capacity Of his instrument.
The "Meistersinger" prelude was gwen
with honest appreciation OF its buoyant
and inspiring spirit, hut the oolors were all
hd on in broad wash and the lights were
not nigh. A far better Performance was
that of the captivating -Siegfried fdyll.
Here indeed the conductor succeeded In
infusng sufficient warmth into his men
to melt the tone of the strings. The work
was rxoellently phrased and accentuated
throughout and the exquisite close was
:'aved with beautiful balance, a tender
nss not previously exhibited and finish
quite unexpected.
Philadelphia is TO be congratulated on the
advent OF Mr.. Pohlig. The city is now
provided with a musical interpreter Of real
ability, whose labors will surely interest
her music lovers and benefit her orchestra
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-03-08

ing for certain clients. He stood up
On his rights as a citizen and his dig
nifty as a senator, and he thus com
manded respect if not entire ap-
'proval.
Unfortunately he stopped short of
entlre candor. He did not avow his
dealings with certain interests and
defend them as within his rights.
He was lacking in frankness and
facts which would have been harm
less if stated by himself voluntarily.
but became sinister and suggestive
when adduced by his enemies. Such
is the position in which he finds him
self today.
The lesson of Senator Bailey's ex-
%perience we have briefly outlined.
1t is that a public man can better
afford to do anything else than fail
in entire frankness toward his con-
stltuents. They will forgive him
seventy times sever times for sins
against others. They will not con-
done disingenuousness toward them
selves,
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-03-08
THE LACK OF cANDoR.

The Chicago Chronicle discusses
the mistake that Joe Bailey, of Tex.
as, made when he failed to take the
people of his state into his conf
dence and be candid with them on
the charges of graft, and maintains
that in the end Mr.. Bailey will be
the cause of his own undoing. In
this relation there is something of
a parallel case in South Dakota, but
the gentleman in question, while
partially admitting his error, had
his road made easy to success by a
sympathetic legislature, and did not
have the narrowing scene of inyesti-
cation that Senator Bailey is being
subjected to. In referring to the
Texas situation as it applies to Sen
ator Bailey, the Chronicle. has the
following:
Senator Bailey, of Texas, finds
himself in the present unpleasant
situation because of his lack of cam
dor. That becomes more and more
apparent every day. He would not
be in the hands of an investigating
committee if he had in the begin
ming frankly admitted what is now
being proved against him.
1t is not what he did, hut his de-
NAL of it, that bids fair to work Mr..
Bailey's undoing.
The world is disposed to be gen
erous When men are frank with it.
MT. Bailey, for instance, has one
tenth of the corporation connections
That Senator Knox, of PENNSYLVANIA.
mas, yet Mr.. Bailey is pilloried while
MT. Knox is criticised most mildly
II at all. The difference is that Sen
ator Bailey has made a mystery of
nus corporation dealings, while Mr..
Knox has v attempted the slight
est concealment.
1t is not true that the greatest
sin that a politician can commit is
to allow himself to be found ont
sin is in concealing ANYTHING to
be found out.
A politician may do almost any,
thing that can be named; he NAV
violate the letter of the law, and the
unwritten conventions of politics.
but If he does it openly and cour,
ageously the chances are that a ma
jority of his constituents will stick
TO him. The demand of the people
is that the politician shall be honest
with them even if he is dishonest
with everybody else.
In the inception of the campaign
against Mr.. Bailey he assumed an
attitude which if maintained would
have brought him forth victorious,
declared that when he went TO
senate he did not forego the
right to practice his profession. He
announced that he would continue
practice law, using his own iudg-
as to the propriety of appear
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-03-08

NiSey! The South Dakota legis-
lature could not rise to the occasion.
The bill that was introduced return
ing to North Carolina the amount of
money that was collected on her
bonds some years ago was knocked
out in the senate Thursday. South
Dakota was getting the applause of
the nation for the move made by the
retiring governor, Samuel H. Elrod,
when he suggested in his closing
message that the legislature adopt a
law returning the money thus Sc
cured. We thought the state was to
stand on high in the minds of the
people of this country for the gra-
cious act to be performed. But the
legislature evidently thinks we need
the money. The sentiment at one
time seemed to be very much in ia
o of the proposition, but whether
the act would have reflected too
much credit on Governor Elrod was
the reason for the measure being
killed, we are unable to say, but it
looks that way.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-03-08

The national wealth is growing a
rate each year at a pace little
dreamed of by the average person,
and the immensely of it is seen in
the following brief reference to what
has taken place in the period re-
ferred to by the Indianapolis News:
More billions of dollars are added
to the country's wealth within the
limits of a single presidential term
today than were in the country as
the result of the accommodations of
the period covered by all the presi-
dents along to the year of Lincoln's
first election. Every succeeding sun
rise in 1907 sees 100000 900 added
to this country's wealth. The value
of the tangible, marketable property
in the United States on this anniver-
sary of Lincoln's birth is greater
than that of the United Kingdom
and France combined, which, re-
spectively, on this roll, stand second
and third among the worlds ma
tons"
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-03-08

Several towns which had already
planned for a baseball team during
the summer have had their ambi-
tions lowered by the Sunday law
which was recently passed by the
legislature, which prevents all kinds
of Sunday sports where an admis-
sion fee is charged. We don't know
as the law would prevent a bunch
of fans going out on the diamond
and playing the game for the fun
of the thing or not, but anyway the
game ought not to suffer by reason
of this action of the legislative body.
1t thus becomes the duty of those
who are opposed to Sunday desecra-
ton and don't go to baseball games
anyway to become a patron of the
game during the week days, and in
that way baseball could be made to
pay.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-03-08

Mayor Dunno has been re-nonlina-
ted for mayor of Chicago after a very
warm campaign. in which former
mayor Carter Harrison injected his
personality in the hope of securing
the nomination. When Mayor Dunno
was first elected, his slogan was the
city ownership of the street railways,
but he has not been able TO accom-
plish his ambition, although he
thinks that within another term as
C%hicago's mayor he can bring about
this desired result. 1t is a monu-
mental job that the mayor has I'M
dertaken.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-03-08

Senator Joe Bailey, of Texas, dis
poses of most of the charges which
were presented against him on the
graft proposition as a tissue of lies
He does not attempt to explain them
but waves them aside with a sweep
of his senatorial hand and calls them
lies. That is an easy method of dis
posing of serious charges according
to the standard of the Texas sena-
tor, but the investigating committee
is not accepting Mr.. Bailey's easy
way of d%iserediting all that is laid
at his door.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-03-08

There are some suspicious minds
in the legislature, and this was dem.
onstrated in the house the other day
when the good roads bill was turned
down after a county referendum
clause had been inserted, and the,
most peculiar part of it all vas that.
the opposition came from the farmer.
element in that body, notwithstand-
ing the bill provides that all city
property is subject to a road tax for
the benefit Of the country roads.
The house members who live in the.
towns were free to consent to this.
for it meant that good roads would
be established for farmers desiring
to market their grain. The legisla-
tive farmers, however, decided that
the old roads were good enough.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-03-08

If the Galveston plan is as sue
cessful in passing the house as in
getting through the senate, doubtless
some citizens will embrace the OPP
p%ortunity to put the plan into OPP
GRAFTON. The chief features are the
government of a city by a commits
sion of five members who may be
retired by the people at n time
their services are not satisfactory.
The plan is optional with any city.
Some communities would be busy
naming new commissions, where
they would have such direct and
quick control of their servants. But
perhaps in some cases the plan
would work satisfactorily.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-03-08

1t was away long back in the year
of 1887 that Huron had a street car
line that run from the heart of the
city out to the old fair ground, but
which was taken up and sold for old
iron when that commodity reached
such a price some years ago. No
thought has ever entered the Huron
mind that another street car line
would be a thing of the future, yet
a capitalist has invaded Huron to or
ganize a company to lay a line of
road from the heart of the city out
into the country, reaching a lake.
Huron has granted the promoter a
franchise and he is securing stock
from the farmers along the right of
way. That is doing pretty good for
Huron and it is possible that histoc.
VIII repeat itself in it's street car
industry.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-03-08

Leslie NJ. Shaw has evidently
made a fine reputation as a finan-
cier as the secretary of the treasury
as he has been called to the position
as the head of the Carnegie Trust
Company, and as such will command
the enormous salary of $4,000 per
pear. Financially that is a better
job than being president Of the
United States. His record as score
tary of the treasury will close on
March 4 as one Of the most business
like policies. MI. Shaw mas not yet
announced whether he will accept the
appointment.
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watertown's Cadet band is to b

Watertown's Cadet band is to be
the new regimental band after
March 4, by reason of the appoint
ment of Governor Crawford. Sioux
Falls has held this position for sew
eral years, but it is presumed that
as the Watertown band is at home
during the encampment it can be
used to better advantage than by
paying such heavy railroad fare for
the Sioux Falls aggregation. And
then the Watertown band is recog-
nized as a splendid musical organ
ization.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-03-08
The local ontion $,

The local option supporters, who
were defeated in having local option
passed by the legislature, have not
laid down in their efforts to get the
measure before the people. Tues
day afternoon a petition bearing the
signatures of $500 people were filed
with the secretary of state asking
that local option be referred to the
people of the state at the next gen.
eral election. After turning down
the bill that was introduced will the
legislature give the people who have
sem in the petition an opportunity
to vote on it, or will this petition be
subjected to the same treatment that
the primary law petition was two
years ago?
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-03-08

What an ideal place Gregory
county would be for several hun
dred young bachelors. 1t is reported
that in that county there are 231
young ladies who are the possessors
of or are holding down claims, and
that the shortage of young men is
woefully apparent. 1t is understood,
however, that the young men need
not come around that way looking
for a soft snap for they have got to
make good by showing that they can
work some.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-03-08

rhe name OF \ c. Satterlee now
appears at the masthead OF the Pierre
Free Press, having purchased the pa
per from 5. G.. Dewell. Mr.. Satterlee
has the correct idea of newspaper
work as manifested in his first and
second editions. While the newspa-
per work in Pierre at lines is a bit
strenuous MIR. S~atterlee indicates that
he will be able TO take good care OF
/ imself.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-03-08
The Brookings Press has be

The Brookings Press has been
worrying a good deal about the spe-
cial train which Governor Crawford
secured to take his wife to Roches-
ter, Mimi, at the time of her serious
illness. The Huron World states
that the governor paid for the train
in good hard cash, and if the World
is to be considered as authority that
ought to end a controversy, which
hardly worth bringing up i'll
the first place.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-03-08

with that duty after general cleo
lions. The state %canvassing board
issues certificates of nomination tc
state and district candidates. The
county auditor discharges the same
function with reference to county of
ficers.
State conventions are to be held
on the second Tuesday in July, 1908,
and biennially thereafter. The state
central committee is to fix the hour
and place of holding such conven
lions and publish a call in five news
papers at least sixty days before the
date fixed for the convention.
Contests are to be decided in the
courts.
All primary election days are made
legal holidays, and all provisions of
the statutes in relation to the hold
ing of elections, the solicitation of
votes at the polls, the bribing or at
tempted bribing of voters, the sale
of intoxicating liquors in the voting
precinct, the of conducting
elections and all kindred subjects ap-
ply to the primary elections in so far
as they are consistent with the same,
AS the law was enacted as an
emergency measure the referendum
can not be invoked against it. 1t is
now in effect and will be given its
first trial next year.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-03-08
OFFICIAL couNlN PAPER

AS soon as this last bunch OF snow
fades from view the farmers viii
feel like getting out their plows and
harrows and other farming tools
ready to make onslaught on mother
earth. 1t has been a long time.
seemingly, since the plow has been
in use.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-03-08

President Jim Hill, of the Great
Northern road, has thrown out a
note of alarm for the year 1908
when he declares that the year will
be a hard one for hauling invest
ments and shrinkage of stock valua-
tons. The absence of the water in
the stock valuations will not be no.
ticed by the average person and per-
haps with less water in the stock
there will wen be a stronger feeling
in the financial world altogether.
Mr.. Hills strong position in the rail-
road and financial world ought to
give him a foresight into the future,
but perhaps his vision is blurred, to
some extent, by the railroad legis-
lation that has taken place in several
states and also the governments
idea of railroad rate matters. OF
course the prosperity that has en-
veloped the country in the past eight
years is not supposed to go on for
ever, and that the tide will natur-
ally turn some time, but we doubt
if it will be due to the causes as
signed by Mr.. Hill.