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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-07-07

in other lines. We copy their dress.
their speech, their dishes, and their
manner OF serving tables; we read their
literature and admire their pictures.
We remain dull to the practical philoso-
ply OF buying food IN small quantities
for small-and for Irregularities.
And yet we have object lessons at
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-07-07

Put the, ham into pickle made By put
ting into one and one-half gallons OF
water One-half pound OF brown sugar.
one-half ounce Of saltpeter and two and
one-quarter pounds OF salt Boil this
mixture for half an hour. skimming fire.
quently; then set aside 10 cool and pour
over the ham. Leave for two weeks.
remove the ham; wash il in fresh
water; dip It. still wet. in bran and coat
thickly with H. Now, take 10 the
snokehouse and hang. hook end down
IN smoke from hickory chips and saw
dust for four weeks Brush OF the
bran, wrap in brown paper, and hang up
until nanSaT
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-07

practically. You know that as a rule on the statement of d policeman that he was arrested for speeding. If the officer says "60 miles an hour" the owner and chauffeur confess to eight miles an hour, and prove It. A lecture from the magistrate, a nominal fine and an honor able discharge. Our young doctor now tries the pulse test, and is meeting with much success.
 A few days ago a speeder was placed under arrest. When his machine was stopped the doctor-cop grasped his wrist and proceeded to test his pulse. The beats were IA to the minute. To court State ment to magistrate: Your honor, the normal pulse beat Is 72 to the minute. l have known to drop as low as 54 and go as high as 140 The usual limits are 60 and 130. When I arrested this prisoner his pulse was IA. He Is a healthy man. He was not excited. There was nothing to increase his pulse except the high rate of speed at which he was going. By care ful study have figured out that pulse of IA indicates positively nothing less than 55 miles an hour" The chauffeur (owner) replied: Your honor, this offi- cer Is fooling you. It is true that my pulse was IA when he tested It. but 1t was due to the excitement of the chase he was giving me-" "Ah," quoth the judge. "so 1t was hard chase. eh? The officers wheel Is geared to 63 miles an hour. And you didn't quite succeed in getting away? Fifty dollars, and next time 1t will be s100.'
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Modern construction Is such that the big liners of today have nothing to fear from any raging of sea or wind, and, practi- cally flreproof, the world would proba- bly turn on to the end of time before any of the old time tragedies of steamships burning at sea are repeated with any of the big new liners, such as are now in service or in course of construction.
 Thus every danger which formerly en- vironed the ocen voyager has been elim- inated-all save one-the derelict, and against which neither seamanship nor vlglence can avail.
 A derelict, of course, is a cessel which has been abandoned at sea, and usually after being wrecked by storm. In later years 1t has been the custom for a res- cuing ship after taking off the crew of a storm beaten vessel, to set fire to the wreck. But a derelict is rarely, if eyer, destroyed by this means, and for the good reason that when a wooden sailing vessel, which Is the type of craft that the majority of derellcts are made of, reaches a condition when It's crew finds 1t imperative to abandon 1t, the hull as Il rule, has become waterlogged, and therc- fore efforts to destroy 1t by fire are all most always unsuccessful. Such fires as are kindled do little else except to burn away the upper works. therefore leaving the wreck still more invisible.
 The only way to remove the menace is to search for 1t by vessel specially fitted out for the purpose. and then to destroy it by disintegrating 1t with explc sives. It is therefore with much qualification that the shipping world last week read the announcement that the treasury depart ment Is asking bids for the construction of derelict destroyer. The vessel was authorized by the last Congress. which appropriated S2O0,000 for it's construction.
 Through it's photographic office the navy department contributes much to- ward the safety of all who travel on the high seas. On the monthly pilot chart, a sheet about two by three feet, the mar iner finds the very latest obtainable in- formation regarding currents. winds, and, what is more pertinent to this article, the position of icebergs. derelict and wreck age.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-07
TORPEDO BOAT DEsTRoYERs
Race From New York to Cape Henry
 On Way to Jamestown.

New York, June 6.-Six torpedo boat destroyers started today on a 240-mile race from the Scotland llghtship to Cape Henry, Va. They were the flagship Whipple and the Truxton. Worden, Stew art, Hull and Hopkins, comprising the second torpedo fiotilla.
 The weather was fairly favorable for a fast race when the swift craft ranged behind the starting line for flying start. The wind was fresh and the sea was lumpy. With the signal the six destroyers made for the line at full speed. The time of the start was taken at 8:33 Within a mile from the line the Worden, Stewart and Hopkins had pushed out ahead of the others Naval officers ex- pect the destroyers to make about "A knots an hour, which would bring them to Cape Henry by p. m.
 At the finish of the race the destroyers will proceed to Hampton Roads to be present at the Jamestown exposition on Georgia day, June 10.
 New York, June 6.-The torpedo boat destroyers racing from Scotland lightship to Cape Henry had not been heard from here up to midnight tonight. The vessels were expected to reach Cape Henry early this evening,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-07
EXPLAINS PROCESS IN COTTON REPORT Holmes Seen With Hyde on
 Bureau Day CONNECTS THEO. FRINGE The Efforts of Prosecution to Show Holmes Advance Acquaintnce With Reports Ba.ked-pr.
 Clark Testifies.

Washington, June 6.-Statistician Victor H. Olmsted of the department of agri- culture was recalled today in the trial Of Edwin s. Holmes. Jr, on the charge of conspiracy to defraud the government by dvulging the departments information concerning cotton crops before Its author ized publication. He was requested to explain the processes of the bureau of statistics and this explanation was fol- lowed by an effort to elicit from him a statement as to whether an official of the bureau acquainted with the reports and familiar with the methods of the chief statistcan then Mir Hyde) could form in advance an accurate opinion of what a given report would contain; but as in the case of MT. Fessenden the question was ruled out. Judge Stafford, presiding in the case, even went to the extent of formulating a question covering the point, , but afterwards decided that his own in aury would be out of order and withdrew. This effort on the part of the prose- aition and the similar endeavor in con-
 &ction of MT. Fessenden's statement
 ASes it evident that the government
 " been hopeful of showing that even
 tough Holmes could not have had abso-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-07

lute information concerning the figures of the cotton report previous to their promulgation, his general knowledge was such as to have rendered valuable an es- timate by him and to have made the giving out of such an estimation viola | tion of the law, forbiddng such course | by officials.
 | So far it has been found impossible under the rules of the court to secure the admission of such testimony, and the atti- I tude of the defense had made 1t plain that | it will resist all efforts in that direction. Dr. Charles Clarke, present associate statstican and at the time of Holmes connection with the bureau its chief clerk, l followed MT. Olmsted with an explana- tion as to the location of the rooms of the various officials of the bureau, in cludlng MT. Holmes. He also gave his version of the compilation of reports, showing the work of each member of the force, including Holmes. He said he had known of Holmes being present in the room with Chief Statistican Hyde while
 the latter was preparing his final crop report. He said 1t was the general un-
 derstanding among the clerks that all the
 work in connection with the crop report should be treated as confidential
 MT. Clarke said he had no doubt that.
 like all other employees, MT. Holmes knew
 or the regulation against publicity. He detailed conversation he had had with the defendant in 1903 concerning a re- ported leak in the report, and said that Holmes had then expressed the opinion that such contingency was impossible,
 and had drafted a letter to that effect.
 The witness also said that on one occa-
 sion a United States senator, with others
 had been denied access to the statistican on report day.
 MT. Clarke said that after severing his
 connection with the department, Moses Haas. the alleged New York go-between,
 was in the habit of frequently calling at the bureau of statistics where he was on
 good terms with all. including Holmes.
 He had also seen Peckham at the bureau
 and was introduced to him there by
 Holmes. A group photograph showing
 Holmes, Peckham and Haas was intro
 duced and the picturas identified by the
 witness. MT. Clarke also spoke of the
 confidence reposed in Holmes by Statisti-
 can Hyde, and said that in the frequent
 and prolonged absences of the latter,
 Holmes performed the duties of his of-
 flee.
 MT. Clarke spent the greater part of his
 time identifying Holmes signature to
 communications which were filed as ex-
 hibits to be later introduced as testimony.
 The fact developed during the day that
 there had been some communication be-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-07
His Turn.
} New York Times.

From the New York Times.
 Giovanni Allessandro Giuseppe Pietro Tellegreni had been coming to school all winter clad in raiment which raised per- petual wonder in his teachers mind. both as to how c. A. G. P. Tellegreni managed to keep i1is circulation working and now the various sections of his clothes suc- ceeded in retaining discreet proximity to each other. But now the warm weather had come, and on the first really hot day, loi Giovanni appeared in a whole. heavy winter suit, with the coat buttoned up to his chin. After sundry covert glances in his direction, each of which had caused her to mop her perspiring forehead, she asked: "Giovanni. why don't you take off your coat? It makes me warm to look at you Giovanni looked at her appeal ingly for a moment and then burst forth: "Oh, teacher don't make me take 1t off Me brother has been wearing it all win- ter. an it's my turn nowr
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-07
OCEAN TRAVEL.
Some of the Safeguards That Are Sc
 cured to voyagers.

From the New York Times.
 One by one the perils of ocean travel have been removed or so neutralzed by the safeguards which science and engi- neering skill have thrown around the voyagers that travel by sea is now much safer than travel by land By the adcp- ton of rules by which lines of steamship travel are laid in certain "lanes," such as those of the transatlantic route west bound vessels adhering to one and east bound vessels to another, the risk of coi- lislon has been largely reduced. The general adoption of the twin screw type of propulsion has further minimized the chance of disablement through a break down in the engine room, and while ac- cidents still happen, even on the best reg ulated lines, there has been no record of where any vessel propelled by twin screws has suffered anything more se- rious than slight delay through such cause
 It was only short time ago that one of these liners sent one of her brace of bucking screws" spinning to the bottom shortly after the beginning of her voy- age. The engineers merely shut off the steam from that engine, and, without even stopping, the vessel continued on her journey, and, travelling lon one leg" as the phrase goes. completed the trip with the loss of only day and half of time. And there was no one to worry oyer the delay for before the ship could be reckoned as overdue wireless tele- graph had brought the news of her mis- hap and had told not only the day, put the exact hour when she would reach her pier.
 Submarine bells, which give warning to the mariner, groping through fog or thick weather. are another ingenious and er- fectye device to prevent stranding or collision. And even should collision oc- cur the vessels are so minutely subdi- vided that the damaged is localized and laundering made remote possibility.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-07
Son Pleads for Fathers Life.

Columbus, O., June s.-"Please gover- nor, save papa's life" was the piteous appeal made to Governor Harris today by Dean Cornelius, the 11-year-old son of James Cornelius, the Canton man, who unless the governor interferes with the sentence will die in the electric chair in
 the state prison at midnight. The boy had come down from Wooster with his uncle. brother of the condemned man, and was accompanied to the executive of-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-07
No Union Buttons on Bremen.

Chicago, June 6.-The members of the Chicago fire department will not be al- lowed to wear the emblem of their union Chief Marshall Horan of the fire depart ment today issued an order notifying the men that union buttons must not be worn during time on duty. The action of Chief Horan was taken In accordance with the order of Mayor Busse. In ex- planation Chief Horan said: We can not have factions In the fire department, and we certainly would have them if the men belonging to the union were allowed to wear buttons. Furthermore, l am of the opinion that there is no necessity for a labor union among the 1remen."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-07
Battle Guilty of Murder.

Macon, Ga. June 6.-The jury in the United States circuit court returned a verdict of guilty of murder without capi- tai punishment, tonight in the case of Thomas Battle, indicted for the murder of D. M. Burry in the government build ing here on May IS last. The case will be carried to the United States supreme colirt on a question of Jurisdiction. The verdict means a life sentence.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-07

tween Holmes and Theo. Price, New York broker, but the nature of 1t was not disclosed. Clarke also identified Holmes handwriting through the draft of a letter sign by the President and issued in connection with charge charge made in 1903, that the contents of the cotton crop reports were known in New York before their official publication.
 MT. Clarke was upon the stand when court adjourned until Monday.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-07

flee by his uncle and Senator F. M. Van over of Wooster, who Is making a hard fight to save Cornelius life Tears ran down the little fellows cheeks as he ad- dressed the governor, and when he had somewhat composed himself, the gover- nor asked him number of questions about his father in a kindly way that gave the lad assurance that the goyer- nor would treat the matter with consd- eraton,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-07
cuba,s National Sanitation.

Havana, June Ex-Governor Magoon has decided in order to facilitate the stamping out of yellow fever and generally to im- prove the sanitary condition of the island, to nationalize the sanitary service The control of municipalities in sanitation will be abolished, and all power will be in- vested in the sanitary commission. with headauarters at Havana. The decree cov- erng this matter will be issued tomor- roW
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-07
Judqed by His Pulse.
n the New York Press.

\ TDTH IIlb NEW IOTH FTtsss
 Out in-well. 1t is best not to say where To tell all would break the spell But-out in Blank county young doctor got tired of his profession and became a bicycle policeman. riding ''spitting divil' capable of making 63 miles an hour. He learned years ago at the "quiz" that great speed makes the pulse beat faster. He now annlias that little atom of knowledge
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-07
Justice Hatch sneaks.

Alfred, N. =, June G.-The seventy-first commencement exercises of Alfred uni versity were held today. The doctor s oration was delivered by Justice Hatch, newly conferred the degree of IL. D.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-07
Enuaqed Officer Quits.

Washington. June 6.-Lieut. M. c. Rich ardson, Twenty sixth United States in- fantry, recently stationed at Fort Sam
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-07

Houston, Texas, who was engaged to appear at the time set for the cere- mony, resigned today.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-07

Women's Umbrellas of best rain-proof tafeta, with silver and natural handles regular s2.00 I 1k value. June Sweeping Sale... ... ........ l.IO
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-07

Two to a customer. Mems and Women's umbrellas, made of good rain-proof taffeta, with silver, horn and natural handles, worth s1.50. June Sweep ing Sale
 98c
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-07

Children's good style, colored Dresses, worth up to s1.25. June Sweeping Sale
 49c
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1907-03-28

elm is the best for shade purposes and
advocates the setting out Of these at
about the distance named and the
planting OF a box elder in between, to
get quick results, the latter to be taken
out as o as the elms are we'll devel-
oped. A great deal of the beauty with
which this splendid city is endowed is
due to trees and il it is to be conserved
there is much work ahead for the axe.
| hate to see a tree cut down, but both
you and | would hate more to seethree
die because the one was not taken out.
Harry Walker must have had a
"hunch" when he threw the switch
and sidetracked the ROscian Opera Co.
which was billed for here some time
ago, to Judge from the following which
we found in the Minneapolis Journal:
The Rotten - beg pardon, the
Roscian Opera Co., committed a
felonious assault last night on the
best opera Gilbert and Sullivan
ever wrote. They smote it hip and
thigh, robbed it Of its delicate hui
NOR, maltreated its lifting melO-
dies and gagged it mercilessly.
The deed was witnessed by a half
house that had been beguiled by
low prices into becoming acCessor-
les to the crime. Some of the wit
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1907-03-28

Does the ''sorehead" press OF the
state think that the voters have Tor
gotten the contemplate stories circu-
lated during the last campaign and
that they will succeed in making the
people believe those stories which they
are repeating? Certainly the voters
were emphatic enough at the last cleo
ton and in the primaries to satisfy
any ordinary person that they had
donewith kittredge and his besmirched
horde which are doing all they can to
tear down the Republican banner in
South Dakota, for il the people, hav-
ing lost faith in the seli-styled "stal-
warts" should also feel that they were
in danger OF being betrayed by the
present administration, what would be
more natural than to east their lot
with some other organization. We a
only look upon the present methods
employed by the '~stalwarts" as a rule
or ruin policy, and being in i'll repute
themselves they had rather drag their
fellow partisans down To defeat and
turn the administration OF affairs over
to an opposition party il they cannot
regain their lost standing.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1907-03-28
THOUGHTS
Without
Thinking
By y. O. BRANES

Maybe you haven't noticed it, but
for the past couple OF weeks or more
there has been a patch of bright green
grass in front of the power house. This
is a strip just above the steam m ain
and it is a safe bet that right here Is
where the first green grass in Dakota
is to be found in the spring. | have
watched it as it grew, it being plainly
visible fromthe windows behind which
| am trading precious time for sordia
gelt, and tell you it looks good to an
lrishman.
Elsewhere in this excellent covering
for pantry shelves will be found a
proclamation setting apart a day for
the plantingof trees-ArbOr Day. Over
in Minnesota they call it Arbor and
Bird Day, but it doesn't seem to make
much difference, for in both states the
men and children plant the trees and
the women and milliners plant the
birds. 1t is a splendid thing to plant
treesbut a little judgmentshouldb be used
here as elsewhere. All about the high
school square are fine trees that are
being murdered by lack of room. l
will leave it to Prof. Hansen if he don't
believe that it would be better il every
other one was cut out. G. M. Loring,
who has spent fifty years in studying
trees, says that they should be planted
thirty feet apart. he claims that the
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1907-03-28

secretary of the Sioux Falls COnstitu-
tional convention, which resulted in
statehood.
Since coming to Bookings DR.. Hyde
has served two terms as mayor OF the
city. He has been a prominent
member of the Modern Woodmen Of
America for years, serving two years
as state consul and six years as head
physician for the district including
South Dakota, Montana and Indian
Territory. In Bookings business
affairs he was identified with the organ
ization OF the New Century company,
which built the New Century block,
and was president of the company
thai built the present excellent
also a director il the Bank Of Brook
ings. In 1899, together with DR.. A. a.
Harris, he built the Hyde-Harris
residence properties.
He has his offices upstairs in the
Hyde Harris block, the lower story
being occupied by Carlisle's grocery.
AS a resting spell from professional
work he has made three trips to the
Pacific Coast, covering that coast from
Mexico to Alaska, always combining
business affairs with these pleasure
trips.
DIR. Hyde was married in 1882 70
Miss Anna Il. Brumback, a teacher
in the Grand Prairie, H., seminary.
They have two daughters and three
sons-Winnie, Halle, Owen, Lloyd
and G. Wilhara. The family live at
the corner of Williams street and
Ninth venue
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1907-03-28
$40 TO $40

people want him and he"is not called
upon to spend valuable time in trying
to secure the nomination and election.
We dou't believe that is necessary.
Everybody who knows Mr.. Mathews
understands his ability as an organ
izer, that he is a successful business
mar and that morally and intellectu-
ally he stands for the best there is.
We thereforetake pleasure in
ing his candidacy and will be pleased
to use all honorable means to secure
his nomination and election, fully be-
lieving that his knowledge and expert
ence will serve the people we'll a.
mayor OF our city.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1907-03-28

nesses fled the scene incontinently,
some s~toically say it through to
the bitter end, and some with jO-
cund satire bestowed sarcastic re-
calls Oh the principal offenders.
Wah!t
The above, however, shows that Mr..
Walker is evidently the right man in
the right place, for it is certainly going
some when he is able to book the same
shows that play at the Metropolitan
the best opera house in Minneapolis.
1t shows another thing also, that the
best Of managers sometimes get handed
a lemon.
And while we are talking about Mr..
Walker want to ask if you ever no.
ticed the ton OF animated sausage that
follows him about. There is about
the largest and finest chunk of dog
that | ever saw and If he and his mas
ter were not built on such ALTERED gem
erOus lines should be tempted to sWipe
the pup. ! have been trying for a
month to get someone to give or sell
me a pup and I'll be dOg-gOned il |
can even get an offer. The nearest !
have come to it was a package that
cost me fifteen cents and answered to
the name OF wurst.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1907-03-28
Novelty ALL Wool Spring Suitings
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