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Political.

Speaking before the Kentucky Bar As
sociation at Paducah Wednesday. .Attor-
ney General Wickersham made a strickly
legal argument on the subject OF States
control OK foreign corporations. and tried
10 show that it is a faIlacy to hold that
a corporation has no existence beyond
the existence Of the State where # Is
organized. IN an interview later, the
Attorney General, IN answer 10 Questions
said that the present administration was
disposed 70 carry out the work OF res
toratiOn with no moro demolition than
IS necessary 20 healthy upbuiIdinE. No
rotten wood was 10 be used, and all
bad trusts would be prosecuted vigorous
y and with due preparation.
The convention Of the American Woun-
an suffrage Association at Seattle ended
Tuesday after a most enthusiastic and
well-attended series OF meetings. The
Rev. Anna Shaw. national president OF
the association. said to the final mass
meeting that the outlook was never so
magnificent. New national headquarters
were arranged for at New York, TO be
in charge Of Prof Frances Squire Potter
who resigns from the faculty Of the
University Of Minnesota 10 take up the
work. The resolutions TO congratulate
the women Of England upon their great
fight for the franchise and urge the enact
ment Of the initiative and referendum.
Gov. Johnson. OF Minnesota in a recent
address is quoted as saying: Il hope to
see the time when women VIII join with
their husbands in political affairs Where
women IS the atmosphere IS better, and
politics would be better with her refining
influence.
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Miscellaneous.

On Thursday las: John D. Rockefeller
made gift OF S10.000000 10 the ROckefel-
Ter Foundation OF the general education
board. raising the total OF his cOntribu-
tons 20 $53,000.000 This latter gift Is 70
he passed 10 the credit OF the general
board. intrusting 70 its membership the
hnal disposition Of the fund. Twenty MIL
ton dollars OF the fund IS now held IN
trust by the board. which has fun power
for final disposition over the other Ss3,
0oc.O00
Many cities and towns IN Missouri have
been under water and a number cf lives
have been lost during the tremendous
Hoods which were caused by continued
heavy rains on Tuesday and Wednesday.
All traffic from the Southwest was
stopped for many hours. Worse condi-
lions were feared when the floods in the
upper Mississippi and the Missouri rivers
should meet Great quantities OF crops
were under water In both Kansas and
Missouri.
Two notable celebrations OF historic IN
terest 20 Americans have been held. one
being ths S0Oth celebration OF the dis
eovery Of Lake Champlain BY the@amous
Frenchman whose name Il bears. and
the events which took place on its shores
before and during the Revolutionary
War. and the other being the 250th birth
day or the city OF Norwich. Conn. Pres
ident TAFT took part IN both Beautiful and
elaborate pageants were given TO portray
the historic incidents on both the New
York and Vermont sides OF the lake.
Representatives from Canada and OF the
French government were present 70 make
memorable the joint celebration OF a
waterway which had played important
part in the development Of colonial nos
sessions IN the New World AT Fort t.
conderoga, which Is 20 be restored. the
President and the ambassadors OF France.
England and Japan spoke words OF peace
and good viii.
The burning o. the japanese ship Nj
hon-kai-Maru, on June Il news OF which
reached Vancouver, July 4. caused the
loss Of 14s lives.
francis n. Cushman. member OF Con-
gress from the State OF Washington.
died in Roosevelt Hospital. at New York.
July S, from an attack OF pneumonia,
after an unsuccessful operation.
John s Early, the alleged leper. who
was detained and isolated in Washington
for nearly year as a leper. has now
been transferred 20 the New York Skin
and Cancer Hospital. where the medical
authorities had declared their belief that
he IS not a leper.
John ID. Rockefeller celebrated his sew
enCeth birthday anniversary on Wed
nesday. and his physicians said he was
good for az least twenty-five years more
Gen. Marquis de Galiifet. former minis
ter OF war in France. and head Of the
army during the Dreyfus scandal, died IN
Paris Thursday.
The Cunard Liner Mauretania. which
arrived AT New York Friday, scored the
new mark FOR the Western voyage OF
days, 16 hours. and Sc minutes.
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able work OF reference

American ports was adopted. An amend
ment moved by Burkett extends the ex-
emptions from the corporation tax TO cor
pOratiOns made OF labor bodies, fraternai
religious, and charitable associations.
building and loan associations. and other
bodies organized not for profit. but for
mutual benefit. In this connection the
status OF the wealthy Trinity Church Cor
poration OF New York was discussed. the
legal lights opining that it would be ex-
empt from the tax
On Tuesday considerable progress was
made. so that the end was in sight. After
bitter fight the customs court provision
was adopted. Clapp charged log-rolling
in the plan to have the court sit in many
other cities than New York. but this was
repudiated by Bailey Upon the insist
ence OF Clapp and 70 avoid further delay
Aidrich accepted an amendment to the
corporation tax SO as 70 have the tax
apply TO holding corporations. Every
Democrat present and i've Republican in
surgents voted for the Bailey-Cummins
income tax amendment when II came up
for direct vote. the Senate standing on
that proposition A. noes TO % ayes.
On Thursday the Senate by a vote OF a
TO "a rejected the proposal OF a stamp
tax on STOCK market transactions. The
main discussion was on the tobacco
amendments, which were finally adopted.
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LIVING OVER A TOMB.
House I'm Paris Has a Private En-
trance TO the CatacOmbs.

House I'm Paris Has a Private En-
trance 10 the CatacOmbs.
Paris In many OF its districts is built
over the catacombs. These vast sub
terranean chambers and galleries produce
that peculiar cavernous sound which Is
heard In the Luxembourg. Montparnasse,
Vaugirard, Montrouge and MontsOuris
quarters when heavy carts pass rapidly
along the coarsely rnetalled roads. The
streets are then like mOnstrous drums
beating funeral marches 10 the graves
over that vast common grave Of ten
centuries Of Parisians with its millions
OF skeleton dead.
The quaint little Gothic house az the
corner or the recently prolonged Bouie-
ward Raspail which many an American
artist must remember from his student
days. actually has a private staircase
leading TO the catacombs from beneath a
hermetically closed stone slab just IN
front Of the doorstep. From time 10
time. says Harper's Weekly, centain mu-
nicipal officers visit this grim entrance
the existence OF which is known 70 only
very few people.
A former occupant OF the house. sur
prised by one Of these visits. the reason
OF which was mysterious 70 him. was
accustomed 10 relate that once in the
dead OF night while ho watched. quaking
from the room above. convinced that he
was Witnessing the final scene IN some
Borgialike political tragedy. a party Of
men. the chief OF whom wore half con-
ceated under his coat the tricolor- scarf
OF a police commissary, had conveyed a
body through this entrance into the cata-
combs below
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Legal and Criminal.

Counsel for the American Sugar Rein
ing Company. or sugar trust, in the Fed
eral Circuit Court. before Judge Hand, at
New York, Tuesday. entered the plea OF
mot guilty" to the charge Of conspiracy
TO mOnOpollze interstate and foreign trade
in connection with the Segsl loan which
resulted IN the closing OF the big refinery
or the Delaware. The same plea was
made by or for all OF the officials OF the
company who had been named In the in
dictment- Those present in person were
Washington 3. Thomas. president; Ar
thur Donner, treasurer. and Directors
Charles II Senfr. George H Frazier.
Thomas 3. Harmed. and Gustav 7. Kissel
John Mayer, another director, was said
TO be on his way from Europe. and John
E Parsons, who IS over eighty years old,
was said to be I'll at his home in Lenox.
Mass United States Attorney Grim asked
that bail be fixed at $4,000 each, but the
court parOled the defendants in the Gus
tcdy OF their counsel.
Religious and settlement workers OF
Chicago who had heard the story Of un-
speakable torture told by Ella Glngles
cEampioned her cause and gave her legal
counsel and protection when the States
attorney, instead Of investigating its
truth, brought against her the charge OF
having stolen lace from her employer,
Miss Barrett, one Of the two women al
legged TO have conducted the negotiations
for the sale OF the girl into white slavery
and assisted IN the drugging and tortur-
ing or her in the presence OF a man IN
the Hotel Wellington. A recent develop
ment II the case was the death OF Mrs
Kenyon, the other woman involved. who
had been persuaded TO make a confes-
sion Of the whole truth and was expect
ed TO tell all she knew on the stand.
Friends OF the Gingles girl believe that
the Kenyon woman was murdered 10
protect the slave traders OF the city and
the men higher up During her trial
Miss Gingles testified that IL had been
proposed 70 send her to Tom Taggart at
French Lick Springs. He has published
an absolute denial Of having anv lznovl-
edge Of the transaction and admitted
that he knew the Barrett woman only in
a business way. Alienists emploved by
the State expressed the opinion that Miss
Gingles was subject to delUsfOns and that
she might have imagined the whole story
OF her abuse.
The Tennessee Supreme Court has re-
versed the lower court in the conviction
OF eight night riders found guilty OF the
murder Of Capt Quentin Rankin al Wal
nut Log last October, six Of whom were
sentenced to be hanged This decision
was expected to make way for new trials
The California Supreme Court in the
case OF Pierce against the stablemen's
union holds that a labor union on strike
may employ the boycott and use pickets
in the effort to persuade others from
going 10 work.
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ANALYSIS OF THE WORLDS LATEST NEWSI

Reyes has announced his intention Of re-
turning 70 Colombia and resuming the
Presidency.
Tuesdays advices from Lemberg. Aus
tria, told OF the outbreak OF new anti
Hebrew aggressions. and 100 Jews and
landlords were said 70 have been slain IN
Bessarabia, Southwestern Russia.
The British government on Tuesday
announced the granting OF a civil list
pension OF $50 a week to each Of four
granddaughter OF Charles Dickens 'in
recognition OF the literary eminence OF
their grandfather and in consideration OF
their straitened circumstances.
From Pekin came the report that the
United States government had made for
NAL protest against the ratification OF the
proposed treaty between Russia and
China giving virtually sovereign power 70
Russia in the towns 5long the line OF the
Russian railway IN Manchuria. The OBJ
lection Is that American residents IN
those towns will thus be deprived OF their
rights.
Jikiri, the troublesome bandit who has
been leading in depredations among the
Islands IN the southern part OF the Phil
ippines for some time, has at last been
oVerthrown in battle through the cooper
alton OF the naval force. Prior 10 this he
was able 10 escape with his band IN small
boats from one island to another after a
raid. But when three gunbOats were as
signed by Gen. Bliss 10 aid the cOnstabu-
larry Jikiri was soon cOrnerede
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Commercial and Industrial.

Headings from opposite ends OF the
great Gunnison tunnel, which the gov
ernment is building in Western Colorado
10 carry the waters OF the Guunison
River through a mountain range into
the Uncompaghre Valley for irrigation
purposes. were brought together Tuesday.
This IS the largest underground water
way in the world, being six miles long
and 10 ID feet by u - feet In d.
mensions. 1t viii carry 800 feet OF
water a second. and Will have cost s. 800. %
o0o The river flows at the bottom OF p
canyon 1000 feet deep. and great difficulty
was encountered IN the work The lands
In the Uncompaghre Valley are said 10
be the richest fruit lands IN the West.
formal celebration OF the event IS 10
be held IN September. at which President
Taft is 20 be present
The long fight of the Koshers Bakers
Union in the thickly populated East Side
OF New York City finally resulted IN fun
recognition Of the union bakers by the
bosses under the improved conditions OF
work and pay desired, largely through
public sympathy with the men who were
found to be working long hours in filthy
conditions dangerous TO the public health.
organization IN white caps and aprons
paraded through the streets 20 Cooper
Union. where a meeting OF congratula-
tons was held. More than 5000 sympa-
thiZers were IN line OF March One unioue
feature Of the parade was an immense
loaf OF bread, requiring four barrels OF
-four 20 bake. which was decorated with
flags and carried on q float
The American WOOlen Company. com
monty known as the woolen trust. has
formally notified the manufacturers OF
clothing that they must be prepared FOR
an advance Of about = per cent on all
goods. and 70 put up their fan prices
accordingly The trust circular tells the
dealers that the outlook for business
never >has been brighter. and that the
rush Of orders appears 70 be based on
exhausted stocks. But Il goes on 20 say
that the advance Of from 50 70 80 per
cent in the cost OF raw materials natural
ly tends toward higher prices.
The government crop report for July
IS extremely favorable to the farmer, IN
dicating a record-breaking corn yield and
other cereals IN promising condition.
The Interstate Commerce Commission
bulletin OF railroad casualties for the
first three months Of this year based on
reports from the railroad companies gives
a total Of s53 persons killed and l5,122 in
jured. This is an increase OF 344 In the
number Of casualties. but a decrease Of
65 IN the number OF killed. The wrecks
numbered 2.2S4
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RETROSPECTIOX.

] see a little running brook
HID IN a mountain glade,
Within 4 flashed the silver trout,
About Il children played
And by Us hanks Of meadow green
The maiden cresses sweet
In verdaat leaves all dewy bright
Locked forth the day to greet
And youth was there and life was there.
Ont yonder was the world.
phantom fancy in the night.
flag as yrt unfurled.
WHAT need for gold. what need for boOkA.
Great nature claimed her own
And all her WOndrUus BEAUTIES were
To little children shown
All! gOne the Year,. the childhood years.
And youth Itself is feet
And al too SOCn upon hfo's road "
Gray age -Rnd woe We meet
The dreams We dream. the loves we love.
The glories and the tears
Are shrouded soon within the death
That steals away the years.
ELISABETH ELbICOTT POE
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Executive.

The employees OF the various executive
departments have been much interested
in the report that the Civil Service Com
mission has decided TO ask for the power
TO supervise promotions and reductions
as well as appointments. While existing
rules require the keeping OF an efficiency
record, its character and weight have
not been officially defined. Now fl Is
proposed to have a definite and minute
record kept, and copies submitted week
" 10 the head OF the department con-
cerned and TO the commission. Ant- en-
ploye not satisfied with his rating NAV
appeal first 70 his superior and then 70
the commission.
The Internal Revenue Bureau has drop-
ped from its rolls seventeen inspectors
and -FOUR agents employed in the dena-
tuFed alcohol section OF this service. be-
Cause no longer needed. Expectations Of
the department Of Agriculture that the
denatured article would RAPIDLY s,lDn,snt
gasoline as q motive power for small
farm engines are said not 10 have been
reallzed. nrst. because the engines In use
are not easily adapted TO alcohol. and
second owing 20 the high cost Of pro-
ouclng the alcohol by present methods.
nevertheless. progress IN the use Of de-
natured alcohol has been made. notably
IN the manufacture OF ceIluloid. ether
gunpOwder. for fuel and light. and ss
a solvent for paints and varnishes. The
total production IN this country last wear
was 450oco0 gallons OF the denatured ar
tlcle, as compared with 3&l.45I gallons
the year before
The drug and food inspection board.
headed by Dr. Wiley, began on Monday
hearings or the question OF the use Of
alum In the manufacture Of food articles.
chiefly In pickles and baking powders.
DR.. J. II Anders. OF the Medio-C,bi-
rurgical College Of Philadelphia. appeared
for the association Of those .nauufactur-
ers who do not use chemical preserva-
yves, He said that alum being an as
trlngent was injurious 70 the organs Of
the body when taken IN quantities sufi-
clent Tor the preservation Of pickles DR..
julius Richburg. OF Cincinnati, appearing
Tor the American Health League. com
posed OF disinterested laymeh. said thar
persons with sensitive mucous mem
branes, would be poisoned by the use Of
foods containing alum. Dr. Haines. Of
Chicago. for the American Baking Pow
der Association. said he had become con-
Vinced that the use OF alum in the minute
quantities contained IN ordinary raised
bread was harmless. The same position
WAS taken by Prof Pond. OF the Penn
sylvania State College. and DR.. Smith. OF
New York. Prof. Hare. OF the Jefferson
Medical College. said he had never known
any III effects from the use OF alum bak-
ing powders.
The failure OF 8Ir. Herring 20 deliver
his flying machine to the War Depart
ment on duly 1 the last day OF his time
extension, has forfeited the $4,000 de-
posit, and this sum may be used by Gen.
Allen in furthering the plans for flying
experimentation.
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COhan MinstreIs Rehearsine.

The Cohan and Harris 0Iinsrels. with
George Evans and 100 honey bows. are
already in fun rehearsal for the formal
opening az the Apollo Theater. Atlantic
City, August 9. The second season Of
this minstrel organization viii be sig
nalized by bigger ana better company
than that which made the inaugural tour
last year the grea'es. IN the history OF
minstrelsy. George M. Cohan has writ
ten and COMPOSE the afterpiece. 10 be
known as "Ine Firemen's Picnic -
Through comp - ion between the lead
Ing dancers ane singers Of the country
stage manager James German has Sc
cured full hundred artists. who will
wear burnt cork IN Honey Boy Evans
support Sam II. Harris is giving the re-
hearsals his close personal attention. and
more labor and expense is going into the
production than into grand opera,
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CouIdn,t stand the Test.

From the Illustrated Mail
Porter" Thus the passenger for Lon
don hailed a railway servant at a small
Scottish station.
"Yessir?" The man instfnctively held
out his hand
Do you think this parcel well enough
tied 10 trust going IN the van?"
''Weel. I'll see.' answered the porter,
dropping the parcel with a bang. She'll
get that here. an she'll get that at the
Jurction'-giving Il another drop-'and
she'll get that at Perthr'-banging It so
Justify that oil the cOntsnts scattered over
the pavement. "Weel. sir. n she be goin'
eVeri'
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No Place for a Pretty Teacher.

Miss Myrtle Purdee. who formerly
taught school u In Virginia Dale district,
Colorado. was young. beautiful vivacious.
and a splendid dancer. That was the
whole trouble. She turned the heads OF
all the young fellows IN the neighborhood
and enjoyed lie 50 thoroughly that the
crusty old school directors got II into their
heads that she must be neglecting her
duties. Consequently they called for her
resignation and published the following
advertisement for a teacher 20 take her
placer
WANTED-FOR SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. Z.
teacher with glass eye. gTay-hended q wooden o.
oork leg. 50 she can't danes. ard Is sure 70 taks
10 the woods II she sees a man cosning
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Religious

A bitter and widespread schism in the
Presbyterian Church is feared as the out
come Of the action Of the New York
Presbytery, Wednesday, in voting to or
dain as a minister OF fhe Gospel. George
A Fitch. the graduate Of Union Theo-
logical Seminary. whose confessed lfber-
al views as to biblical criticism, caused a
wrangle when he. John 5. Steen. and
Archibald Black, came up for licensure
last April As soon as the vote was tax
en-. the Rev. DR.. John Fox, secretary OF
the Bible Society, gave notice OF pro-
test TO the synod and this will bring the
matter before the General Assembly.
Steen and Black were likewise ordained.
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Jes' Le' Me Res.

Jes' le' ne sit out BY de cabin do
JeS' sit an res
An see dc sunshine dancin' thu De tToea.
An heah do hummin' o de boes
Singin' Ge're bes'.
Jes' le' ne see dem clouds s-dr1ftin' slow.
= An heah de catbird cryin',
Er de sassy wren. er oeAly o. ezuE
Gross De co'nhel' flying
Jes' nah o. char agin' De cabin do
Dat am de bes-
An nah Of pipe-an' dom keer To- mo-
Jes' ls' me rs.
EDGAR ". sToRK.
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once Only.

From Everybody's Magazine.
A middle-aged farmer accosted a Sc
riOus-faced youth outside The Grand Cen
tral Station in New York the other day.
Young man." he said. plucking his
sleeve. II want 70 90 70 Central Park
The youth seemed lost in consideration
for a moment
We'll" he said finally. you may Just
this once But I don't want you ever 70
ask me again"
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All hold to a liberal. that is. scientific
or rational Interpretation OF the miracles
IN the Scriptures. They rejected the
literal story OF Adam and Eve and the
doctrine Of original sin
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All That Happened of General Interest Last Week Rapidly
Sketched in Precise and Illuminating Fashion


SUNDAY, JULY II, 1909.
CBy the Universal News AnalysisJ
The Washington herald., 1909-07-11

Magician ThurtOn's success at Atlantic
City the past week was 50 pronounced
that he VIII continue throughout the sum
IneT al his beautiful theater on the Board
walk his tour next season viii consist
OF forty OF the most important cities OF
the United States and Canada.
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The Green Room Book. which has be-
come an important publication IN Lon
don. has been purchased BY The Stage"
and viii hereafter be published under this
newspapers direction. John Parker. who
compiled the work. cOntemplates issuing g
book Of his own Of a similar nature.
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Marguerite Clark. the little Beauty
spot prima donna. has signifed her IN
tention 10 enter straight dramatic fields.
Her first appearance outside OF musical
comedy VIII be as Peter Pan al tee
Suburban Garden. ST. Louis. where shs
win also later assume the role OF Merely
Mary Ann.
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Julian Rose VIII play a part in the new
musical comedy by John J. McNally and
Jerome & Schwartz, n which Mcintyre
and Heath wiz be starred the coming
season. The production viii be opened
at the Euclid Avenue Opera House n
Cleveland in August
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The crowd OF spectators for the theater
scene in The Midnight sons IN which
loo supers are regularly employed. vas
considerably increased the ether evening
by the unexpected appearance OF Miss
Marie DresSler, who scampereG into .
nake-beiieYe box and began applauding
her fellOw-players. The large size os
Miss Dressler-NO- 9 squeezing into & box.
size No l-was more than the lumber
and canvas could stand. with the result
that the scene suddenly halted while the
embOnpOint lady was conducted from the
stage
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Mss Blanche Ring. now featured n
The Midnight Sons" the Broadway sue
cess viii soon leave the cast OF this
company 70 begin rehearsals for a new
musical comedy in which she VIII BIOS
som forth as a star under the joint man
ageuent OF the Shuberts and Lew Fields.
The piece will Se called The Yankee
GIL" and Is by George Y. HOBART Julian
Edwards viii write the score Il IS sched-
uled 10 open the drst week in September.
Ar Field promises important announce
ments in connection with the selection OF
the cast
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where they enjoyed a whole season with
he BelloWs-Long Stock Company.