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miles. 1t would require about one nun
dred globes she size of the earth plac-
ed side by side to reach across the
face of the san. To bridge the large
spot previously mentioned would re-
uuire eighteen earths placed side by
side like stepping stones across a
brook.
The first question always asked by
the novice is, what are the sun spots
or what is their cause and what do
they signify? The astronomers tell us
the center or luminous envelope con
sists of luminous hydrogen gas. In its
ouiescent state Ii covers the entire
surface, but occasionally some inter
nal disturbances produce upheavals
from within, breaking through this
luminous layer and showing the un-
deriving darker body. From this 1t
might be inferred that the body of
the sun proper Is dark. This however,
is only in comparison with the exces-
sive brilliancy of the outer envelope.
The nature and reason of these dis
turbances are unknown. 1t is known
however, that they are periodic, as
previously stated, and that they as a
rule, are confined to a belt OF about
twenty-five degrees each side of the
suns equator. A belt of about twenty
degrees at the equator is comparative
ly free from the spots, as are also the
poles. No explanation that explains
has been given.
The sun spots have demonstrated
| the fact that the sun rotates upon its
axis, but with unequal velocities in
various parts. Thus al the equator IL
| is about twenty-four days, at about
| fourty degrees ii is twenty-siX days
| Owing TO the absence of sun spots at
| the poles no definite determination
| has been made, but assuming a pro
rata variability, it is assumed to be
about twenty-eight days.
This variability points unmistak-
ably to the fact that the sun is a plas-
| tic mass and that at least the outer
layers move about like the waves on
| the sea.
| When We consider tae fact that the
earth, with all the rest of the plan
cts and all their satellites, are depend
| ent upon the sun for all the energy OF
| every sort, yea for their very exist
| ence, II Is hardly thinkable that com
motions such as have just taken place
upon the sun should have no effect
| upon the earth. Certain ii is that
earthquakes and electrical disturban
ces such as interferences with and
| stoppagss of both land and cable ser
| vices have been numerous the past
| two months.
| As to their significance this is prob
| lematical. 1t is reasonable to suppose
| that large and numerous sun spots
| Will reduce to some extent the leai
| of the sui. 1t has been thought that
this may account for the extreme cold
/ seasons We have occasionally. The
extremely cold winter of 1904-5 coilci
dent with the last maximum sun spo'
period is vivid in the memory oi
many. Should these solar disturbanc
es continue we may nave a cold win
ter.
Roswell, N. NJ, Nov. Is, 1909.
n. P. SELDEN..
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Phones 65 and A ZIG North Main
PARSONS e. LAWRENCE
Real Estate and Fire Insurance
Notary Public.
List your property for sale or rent
with us.
FIRE, FIRE, FIRE.
If your house should burn tonight. how
would you be fixed for insurance?
Think over this and then call and let
us cover your property with Insurance.
Also agents for KANSAS CITY LIFE
INSURANCE co. Ask about these
policies with the total disability and
double pay in case of death by acci-
dent.
INVESTIGATE and you will INVEST
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TELEGRAPH
TRUST NOW

New York, Nov. 16.-The control of
the Western Union Telegraph Com.
pany passed today to the American
Telephone and Telegraph Company
AID long step was taken towards
the merging of the telephone and tel
egrapn companies into a corporation
with a capitalization of nearly a bill
ion dollars.
The Wesi efn Union has been known
for years as a Gould property.
The officials of The Postal Tsle-
graph Company stated that their COM
pany would reznain Independent.
TIE stocks of the Western Union
fell three points on the stock ex-
change on tsEa news of the passing of
control.
The acquisition of the Western Un-
ion and the recent absorption of var
ious district Bell telephone compa1-
les in various parts of the country in
dicates large increase in the present
capitalization of the American Tele-
graph and Telephone Company. Its
presenr capitalization is three lund-
red millions stock and twenty-eight
millions in bonds. The capitalization
OF the Western Union is one hundred
and twenty-five millions stock and for
ty millions in bonds.
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SUN SPOTS.
Editor Record

fteCOTQ.-
Some time ago you published a
short squib written by me relative to
the great sun spot which was suppos-
ed to be the cause of earthquakes and
some electrical disturbances taking
place about tnat time.
The appearance of sun spots Is no
rarity. They are supposed to be per-
iodic, having a period of about eleven
years from one maximum to another.
But what Is attracting especial atten-
tion at this time is the fact that the
last maximum was during the year
1904-5, hence We should now be in ti.s
midst of the quiescent period.
The large sun spot-estimated al
about 10000 miles in diameter-irst
attracted the attention of astrono-
mers the latter part of September
Before passing out of sight on the
western limit II showed signs OF
breaking up, but others kept coming
on, singly and in groups, and at nc
time since then has the suns disc
been free from them. At present one
of considerable size Is coming on oy-
er the suns Eastern limit.
One popularity is that nearly all
the sun spots have appeared upon
thu Southern hemisphere of the sun
What relation earthquakes and kin
dred phenomena have to sun spots Is
not clear That sun spots are periodic
lis pretty well established. not SO wit.
earthquakes AS far as l am aware
seismic disturbances do not conform
to any known natural law.
We may however, get a clearer un
derstanding Of the matter by a briei
rehearsal of the astronomy of the sun
Tne sizs of the sun Is in round mum
barss 665, 900 miles in diameter. This
immense size can hardly be compre
henoed when stated in hgures. let uz
therefore. put 1t In another way. The
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ALL HOPE
NOW GONE

Cherry, HIS, Nov. I6.-It now seems
certain that the coal In the st. Paul
mine is on fire and the main shaft Of
The mine was sealed yesterday and
viii not be reopened today. A supply
of water has been brought here from
La Sale. to supply the fire extinguish-
ers- Among these extinguishers are
chemical machines intended to pro-
duce carbonic acid gas. 1t is proposed
to bore holes through the coverings
Of the shaft and force the gas to the
bottom in an effort to put out the fire.
With smoke drifting into the renot.
est galleries of the mine for three
days, the men must certainly have
been suffocated long since. Despite
the belief expressed by the state and
government officials there is no possi-
bility of any of the men ever being
brought to the surface alive.
Scores of grief-stricken wives stood
around the closed shaft all morning
imploring the officials to give them
some CLEAN of hope, but none could
be given them.
Today was the bi+nonthly pay day
at the mine. The pay of the men who
fail to appear will eventually be CIV
en- the families or relatives.
Tie funerals of eight or twelve of
the men who perished Saturday and
whose bodies were rescued, were aeld
today and the surviving miners and
he families of the dead filed through
the rain-soaked streets in rnournful
procession behind the hearses.
f. p. Bicknell, of Washington, sec
retary of the national Red Cross, has
arrived and the organization OF relief
work on a centralized plan is being
taken up imm ediately. 1t is stated that
unless a substantial sum of money is
collected great suffering will ensue
this winter among the thousand orph-
ans and two hundred widows left al
most destitute by the accident.
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OKLAHOMA
BIRTHDAY

Oklahoma City, Nov. 16.-OklanOma
the infant commonwealth which il the
prize baby of the Democracy and is
held up as a horrible example" of
precocious depravity by the Republi
cans, today rounded out the second
year of it's existence. During these
two short years 1t has attempted re-
forms which have excited comment
all over the nation, and mas proved
itself in every way a warm baby.
One of the most important of the
legislative reforms which Oklahomans
have attempted, the bank guaranty
law, has been emulated in several
states and is being agitated in many
others, with the possible result that
it will spread all over the country.
The system mas many critics In high
places, who allege that such a law
makes the honest banker responsible
for the defections of his dishonest
brother. The fathers of~fae plan in
Oklahoma profess to be entirely salts
fed with its workings. They point
out that II Is a provision of nature
that the innocent must suffer for the
guilty. and that ii Is as well that the
bankers should do some of the suffer
ing, rather than that 1t should all be
loaded on the equally innocent depos-
itors, wlo have always heretofore had
TO hold the bag.
The history of Oklahoma during the
two years 1t has been a state has
been marked by a constant camping
on the trail of the corporations. All
kinds of laws for their regulation
have been passed. but the fever of
radicalism is now apparently subsid-
iIg and the need of large corporati ions
for the development of the new state
IL being recognized.
Oklahoma was admitted to tle un-
ion of states on November 16, 1907.
The people of Oklahoma and Indian
Territory had struggled for years for
statehood, and finally were permitted
10 launch into the field of self-govern-
ment as one sovereign state
Wild demonstrations marked the
receipt of the news at o'clock on the
morning of November 16. that Presi-
Dent Roosevelt had issued and sign
ed the proclamation admitting Okla
noma. Immediately following the
news Governor c. ". Haskell and
complete set of state, county and
township officers were inaugurated,
the state ceremonies occurring al Gu
thrie.
On December 2. or about two weeks
after the admission of the state, the
first legislature of the state convened
at Guthrie. II was composed of 153
members, 1O9 in the house and forty
four in the senate. There were but
eighteen Republicans in the house
and five in the senate, all the other
members being Democratic.
This legislature was confronted
with the task of revising and adding
10 the statutes of Oklahoma Territory
Governor Haskell at the opening of
the legislature submitted long mes
sage, and the legislature, with its ov
erwhelming Democratic majority, put
through most of the measures sug-
Gssted.
These included a jim Crow law for
the separation of the races, a law
guaranteeing the safety of deposits
ia banks. a stringent prohibition and
dispensary law known as the "Billups
hill" and something over 200 other
measures. The legislature was il
session six months.
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The Kansas City Stock Market.

Kansas City. Mo-, Nov. 16.-Cattle
receipts, $4,000, including 700 south
erns. Market steady. Native steers,
5.0O6s.50: southern steers, 3.50M o.
Is: southern cows. 2.60M 400; native
cows and heifers, 2.25m5.75: stoclOsrs
and feeders, 3.20m 800: bulls. 2-S0m
40; calves, 3.5O@7.25; western
steers. 4.O0G $50; western cows, 800
q 4.50.
Hog receipts, $1,000. Market to
10 cents lower. Bulk of sales, 100
500; heavy, 7.956S.1O: packers and
butchers. 7.SO1S.10: light, 7.5047.9O; /;
pigs, 6.5067.15.
Sheep receipts, 5000; market
strong Muttons, 4.25@5.25; lambs. g.
0O6 $50: range wethers and yearl-
ings. 4.00@6.0 range ewes. $3.50
5.25.
s. l. Roberts went up the road this
morning on a short business trip
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DAMAGE BY
RAIN { SNOW

Kansas City, Mo-, Nov. 16.-Many
rivers and streams IN Eastern Kan
sas have reached an almost unpreca
dented height as the result of the
steady down-pour of rain during the
last three days.
She small towns of Frankfort, Cen
trala, Vliets and Vermillion are flood
ed and the residents nave been com
PEELED to fee to the highlands.
The weather Is cold ard much suf-
fering is being experienced.
At Lawrence, Kansas, the river has
flooded the lowlands and many people
have been driven from their homes.
AT Salina. Manhattan and Junction
City heavy rains are causing Enucl
anxiety.
Sixteen miles of tracks of the CEN
trail branch of the Missouri Pacific
.lave been washed away and muci
damage has been done to other rail-
ways.
Eight Inches Of Snow in North.
Norfolk, Neb.. Nov. 16.-A blanket
of snow eight and ten inches deep on
the level covers northern Nebraska.
southern South Dakota, the Black
Hills and Northern Wyoming today.
All the trains in this territory are
late.
Twenty Lives Lost in Storm.
Winnepeg, Canada, Nov. 16.-The
steamer Ionic of the Northern Navi-
CATION Company and loaded with
wheat is reported to have been lost
off Passage Island on Lake Superior
and every member of tine crew of
twenty drowned.
Blizzard Rages in Wisconsin.
New Richmond, Wis, Nov. ia
bnzZard is raging In northern Wiscon-
sin today.
Blizzard and Snow in MINI.
Duluth, Minn., Nov. ia blizzard
struck the head of the lake at mid
night. The wind is blowing a gale on
Lake Superior and so long as the
storm lasts the steamers are sticking
close to harbor. A heavy snow Is fall
ing and railroad traffic is delayed.
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FRANCIS J. HENEY LEAVES
FRISCO IN DISGUST.

San Francisco. Calf, Nov. 10
Francis J. Heney. VINO for the las
three years has been prosecuting San
Francisco graft cases, and who was
defeated for district attorney at the
last election, has been reappointed
as assistant United States Attorney
General and will leave for Portland,
Oregon, this week TO prosecute sever.
al of the Oregon land fraud cases.
Among these cases will lie that a
gainst former land commissioners
Binger Hermann.
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FOR RENT:-A NICE OFFICE ON
GROUND FLOOR IN REAR OF
OUR BUILDING, APPLY UNION
TRUST CO. 99tf
Miss Whiteridge Weds.

New York, Nov. Io.-Miss Eleanor
Whiteridge, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Frederick w. Wliteridga, was mar
rfed today in Grace Church to Clas.
f. Greeno1gh, Bishop Greer perform
ing the ceremony. The father of the
bride is receiver for the Third Ave
nue. road, and was the representative
of the United States at King Alton
SOS wedding
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Will Make World Map.

London, Nov. 16.-S. j. Kubel and
Pailey Willis, topographers of the
Tlitel States Geological Survey, are
the American representatives at an
international conference of topography
ers opened in London today for the
purpose of designing a world map.
The conference saersutuy xZfifi
The conference is result of tae
recent International geographic con
sress at Geneva, Switzerland. The
plan is to design a world map. which
will be accepted by all countries rep
resented at the conferences as Off
cial. Lieutenant c. s. Close. of the
British Army, will preside over the
sessions of the conference. Great
Britain, Germany. France, Austria
Italy, Japan and the British colonies
of Australia, Canada, and India are
represented
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SUGAR TRUST EMPLOYEES
PLEAD NOT GUILTY TODAY.

guilty was entered today by James F.
Bendernagel. former geperal manager
of the Williamsburg plant of the "A
Tnerican Sugar Refining Company and
by six minor employees who were
jointly indicted with him, charged
with conspiracy and effecting tae en-
try to this port of sugar by false
weights.
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CAN CASH MARKETS
THE SITUATION IN THE WOOL
MARKET UNUSUALLY GOOD

Boston, Mass, Nov. 16.-The be-
twesn-season period in the local wool
market SHOWS unusually good demand
by the smaller mills and trading is
still active. Domestic stocks are de-
creasing and interest centers in what
the sheepmen will ask for the new
clip. Staple Oregon Is selling at 25c..
an increase.
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weIter~eioht chamoionship.

Boston, Nov. IA twelve round
bout before the Armory A. A. this ev-
ening. between Jimmy Gardner and
Harry Lewis. is expected to decide the
welterweight title, long a bone OF con-
tention between the Quaker and the
Lowell fighter.
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u. S. WEATHER BUREAU.
Local Report, Observation Taken q

o.UU q. MI
Roswell. y. NJ, Nov. 16.-Tenpera-
ture. max. II; min. 80; mean 55; pre-
cipitation. O; wind, dir. NV; veloc
l2: yeatner, clear.
Forecast for Roswell and Vicinity:
Fair tonight and Wednesday, colder
tonight.
Comparative temperature data, ex-
tremes this date last year, max. 81:
min. 22; extremes this date Is years.
record. max. 81, 1896: min. IA, 1898.
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A BRYAN MAN DIS
BARRED FROM PRACTICE

Lincoln, Neb.. Nov. 16.-I. ]. Dunn,
assistant city attorney of Omaha, was
today disbarred from practice before
the state supreme court for contempt
Mr.. Dunn seconded the nomination of
Bryan at the Denver convention.
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New York, Nov. 16.-Miss Nathalie
Clews, daughter of Mrs. John Clews
and a srandniece of Henry Clews, Jr
was married today to George Russell
Peabody of London.
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May channe Name.

Pittsburg, Pa. Nov. 16.-A project
to change the name of the Western
Theological Seminary to the Pittsburg
Theological Seminary will be taken
up at a meeting of the trustees today.
The seminary is a Presbyterian insti-
tuition.
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Negro Fair Opens.

Augusta, Cab, Nov. ia great
function at st. Peters marked the
celebration today of the Episcopal ju-
bifee of Plus X Pilgri-nages are here
from many parts of the world, In
cluding large parties from the United
States and France.
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NJ. Mcneil, of Colorado Springs, the
president of the Utah Copper Com
pany, one of the companies mention
ed as being in the new organization.
The Utah Copper Company has one OF
the largest copper properties in Utah.
Turkeys, Turkeys.
We pay the highest cash price for
turkeys. Write or phone us, phone 81
u. S. MARKET. ftp 16tf.
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MCNEIL KNOWS NOTHING OF
BIG COPPER CORPORATION

Globe, Arizona, Nov. 16.-'The Utah
Copper Company has not been advis-
ed of the rumored copper corporation
and ! can say nothing regarded iis
reported organization" This was the
statement made here last night by C..
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Missionary MEETING.

Baltimore, Nov. ia meeting OF
the LayTnen's Missionary Movement
similar to those recently held in
Washington, Boston and other cities
will be held in Baltimore during tne
next three days.
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CREEL WILL SUCCEED DIAZ
IN CONTROL OF MEXICO

FL Paso. Texas, Nov 16.-The FL
Paso Herald today prints what is
claimed to be authentic information
that Enrique Creel will enter the Diaz
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Saws He SmuQQled Matches.

Boston, Nov. 16.-EvarOsto Naghari,
an Italian, was given a hearing on
charge of having smugglsd two hun
dret watches into the United States.
1t Is alleged that the time-pieces were
concealed in a false-buttoned trunk.
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NOTED TURFMAN TAKES
BANKRUPTCY ROUTE.

Lexington, KY, Nov. 16.-Edward
Corrigan, the noted turfznan, today
filed a petition in bankruptcy. His as
sets were given as s13.653 and his liza
bilities as $174,0O0.
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Wanted to rent first class house,
with about 5 or 10 acres close in. pre-
fer place on ALL with pumping plant.
Phone 133. 10t2e.
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cabinet shortly as chief advisor to
President Diaz and that Vice Presi-
dent Corral will assume active charge
of the government, leaving Diaz to
rest and virtual retirement.
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For a "Greater Oakland. -

San Francisco, Nov. ia Great.
sr Oakland" election is in progress
today, to decide the question of the
annexation of Alameda to Oakland.
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Elm Trees For Sale.

Elm TreeS OF SAFE.
Fine home grown trees to IL fee'
high. Also soft maples.-Inquire oi
j. w. Ware 10 w. Tilden Phone 555
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s. |. Roberts went up the road this
morning on a short business trip.
The Washington herald., 1909-11-07
HAMBURG BELLE WAS
FIRST GUIDED BY THE
HAND OF A WOMAN

II was the tender touch OF a fair lady s
hand that first guided Hamburg Belle
C2,Mi5), the present queen OF the trOtting
turf. The story Of this most remarkable
mare is now told for the first time.
Hamburg Bellies early career borders
or the romantic as much so as that OF
any harness star that has left an i'm
preston on the American trOtting turf.
i was "A lady who first drove her and
taught her 20 show her speed between
the shafts, and II was the keen judgment
Of this same lady who discovered that
the now sensational mare had speed Tar
beyond that Of the ordinary fast road
horse. and even that early her fair owner
saw in her the coming turf queen OF 1909.
II was on her judgment that the mare
entered a skillful trainers stable instead
Of being retained in her string Of show
horses. and IL was her suggestion that
resulted in !. l. Madden taking a chance
in buying her for his sons. Edward and
Joseph Madden
This lady Is Miss Emily Bedford. soon
70 be welded 20 prominent Louisville
attorney, and he surely wins his best case
when he leads 10 the altar this NEST ex-
pert al-round horsewoman in America.
If not i'm the world
II may be mentioned here that I'm the
years 20 come Miss Bedford may pull the
lines over scores OF harness. but IL is safe
The Washington herald., 1909-11-07

20 say she Will never again drive IN a
showing another Hamburg Belle. Chariev
Williams owned in his time all OF a thou
one Alierton and but one AxteI AlOnzo
Mcdonald even this season has won al
the biggest trOtting events. Still. he has
no Major Delmar IN his stable now and
viii probably never again pull the lines
over such a horse II Is likely Willard
Saunders VIII go 90 his grave without
ever driving a second Lou Dillon. and IL
is safe 70 say that Myron NCHenry viii
never 60 down the Grand Circuit again
with another Dan Patch. Such horses
come only once ia a lifetime. But any
way Fl Is glory enough. as a consequence.
for Miss Bedford. as a horsev0man. u
know that she first pulled the lines over
the new trotting queen. the present Un-
Questioned champion OF the trOttins
world
Hamburg Belle was bred in New York.
foaled at Hamburg Place, In Kentucky.
and first educated for tho track in tire
State of Connecticut she was roRled the
property Of r. r. Bedford. who gave her
20 his daughter Miss Emily Bedford. who
I'm tura sold her as a fve-year-oId 20 Ed
ward and Joseph Madden, who last week
parted with her 70 H. NJ. Hanna for $50
0oo. $1,000 more than J. Malcolm Forbes
paid for Nancy Hanks. c.A. when she was
the reiguiug tvoJting queen. and $1,000
more than Robert Bonner laid down for
Maud = o-0s+, in times much ausher
than they are to-day.