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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-04-11
YOUNG ADDRESSES SENATE ON
COMMISSION PLAN IN CITIES
Junior Senator Says It Does Not Reduce Expenses,
But 1t Gives More for Money; Opposes
Principle as Applied to the States.

divided up by themselves and not by
law, as Judges agree upon their d.
visions at the beginning of the Judicial
year. One commissioner has charge
of the public safety, including the fire
and police departments. Another has
charge Of streets and public buildings
Another has charge Of parks. Another
has charge Of public accounts. The
major complains that he has not
enough to do. The commissioners are
paid by the year and are expected to
give all their time to the work.
Eve have cut out all, boards and
commissioners" Mr.. Young went on.
'We never complain to paving in
spectors; we complain to the COM
missioner having charge of the
work
eve never 60 to the subordinate,
We 60 to his boss. No commissioner
ia. entirely independent in his departs
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-04-11
lie ASSEO
IN THE IOWA
HOUSE TODAY
Zeller and Whitney Engage
in Heated Colloquy; Sen
ate Limits Debate for Re-
mainder of Session.

Des Moines, April 10.-(SpeciaD -
The futile attempt to recall the
Crist bill regulating the passage Of
vehicles on public highways brought
about the passing Of the lie in the
house for the first time this session.
Representative Zeller, who has siren
uously opposed the bill, was accused
by Representative Whitney of ne
glecting to read and understand the
Importance of the measure.
Representative Zeller replied in
stantly that "the gentleman from
Woodbury. with the foghorn voice
was speaking an untruth." zeller in
stantly was called to order by Speaker
Stillman.
DR.. Edwin A. Schell, president Of
Iowa Wesleyan of Mt. Pleasant de-
livered the invocation in the house
this morning.
House Proceedings.
The house committee on appropria-
tions substitute for the DeWolf bill,
appropriating $4,000 for state dairy
board, was defeated in the house, the
speaker declaring two-thirds majority
necessary. An appeal was made and
the attorney general will decide
whether the bill must have two-thirds
majority to pass. Among the bills
passed In the house was one by SEN
ator Neal appropriating $4,000 to the
railway commission for travelling and
other expenses. The house killed
the bill by Bauman of Van Buren al
lowing subdivisions of school dis
tricts to become independent districts
on petition signed by two-thirds of
the resident. free holders. Huff's bill
allowing boards of supervisors to en-
,ploy counsel in the establishment OF
drainage districts also was killed, The
senate this morning began to- shut
down on the debate OH bills by adopt
Ing resolutions that hereafter no SEN
ator shall speak more than five min
utes, except the author OF bill, who
shall have fifteen minutes.
The house passed the Murtagh bill
that real estate dealers shall pay tax
Of $40 per year and the money to go
for the establishment of state public
ity bureau.
Bills Passed by Senate.
The Fraley bill legalizing the acts
Of Miss Bessie L. Cohen, a notary pub
lie, which 1t was thought might dis
credit the saloon petition In Des
Moines, passed the senate.
Among the bills passed by the SEN
ate were the following:
BY Harding-Preventing the use Of
seines Of less than two inch mesh In
border streams of the state.
BY McColl-Engrafting into the
Iowa law part Of the federal
statutes defining food and the adulter-
alton thereof:
BY Edmunds-Appropriating $4,000
for the maintenance Of the hog
cholera serum laboratory established
by the thirty-third general assembly.
BY Harding possible for a
city to amend a franchise by submit
ting the amendment only to people
By Savage-Creating a temporary
tax commission Of three to investigate
tax law revision.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-04-11
MAD DOG ATTACKS
MAN AND WIFE

Cedar Rapids, April 10.-While sit
ting In their home here late Sunday
night Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Bulterick
were attacked by fierce mad dog
which rushed into the house.
The beast, after severely biting
Mrs. Bulterick pounced upon her hus-
band and fastening It's teeth firmly
In his wrist hung there until Mr.. Built
erick secured q club and beat the ami
NAL into insensibility. The early ar
rival of medical aid saved Bulterick
from bleeding to death.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-04-11
FORMER EDITOR OF
THE HERALD is DEAD

Chicago, April 1O.-Cornelius Nc
Auliff. until recently managing editor
Of the Chicago Record Herald, died
here today of diabetes. He had been
in charge Of the editorial department
of the Record Herald since the consol-
idation OF the Times-Herald and the
Record. He had returned only recent
" from California where he had gone
in quest Of health.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-04-11
RATE CASES WILL
AGAIN BE ARGUED

Washington, April 1O.-The cases In
volying the constitutionality OF the
Missouri two cent passenger and maxi
mum freight rates were restored Dy
the supreme court OF the United
States to its docket today for reargu-
ment. No announcement was made as
to the reasons which led to the res
toration.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-04-11
NO CORPORATION
DECISIONS TODAY

Washington, April 10.-Another de-
cision day passed today without the
supreme court of the United States
announcing It's decision in either the
Standard Oil or the tobacco dissolu-
ton suit. This means that the de-
cisions will not be forthcoming for
one more week.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-04-11
REBELLION MOVES
SPAIN TO ACTION

Madrid, April 10.--An embroy re-
public has been proclaimed at Canillas
de Aceitune in the province Of Malaga.
The populace of the town rebelled
against the royal authority and at
tackled the civil guard. Several per-
sons were wounded in the fighting that
followed.
Reinforcements of troops are being
hurried to the scene.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-04-11
Turk Held for Deeoyins Girl.

Des Moines, April 10.-The police
today arrested Peter George, Turk,
who has been selling popcorn, on the
charge that he decoyed girl from.
Kansas City to Des Moines. He will
be held pending the arrival of Kansas
City officers.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-04-11
SHOOTING SCRAPES
NEAR HERE SUNDAY

Abba, April 10.-(speciaD Tom
Lambert and David Scott, while drunk,
fired volley of shots at house IN
Hynes Saturday night and aroused
the town. A posse formed and gave
chase. William Gearing, one OF the
posse shot Lambert In the left side,
the shot going clear through the body
He is in q serious condition. scott
was taken to Abba and lodged IN jail.
Buxton, April 10.-(SpeciaD James
Jones. q miner called "Big Boy"
whose name is unknown and a man
named Moore got into fight at q.
M, here Sunday Moore got snot
through the arm, the bullet grazing
the side near the heart. Jones is IN
Jail, but big Boy has skipped out.
r x ID q . L
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-04-11

Hiteman, April TO-. (speciaD Dave
Marshall was shot by Sam Thomas
Sunday night. The shot just grazed
the temple. Both men had been drink
ing.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-04-11
House After Short Session
Quits Until Tomorrow
and Senate Will Not Re-
convene Until Thursday.
DEMOCRATS WANT
MORE COMMITTEES
Minority Leader Of Senate
Wants Ten Additional
Chairmanships Request
May Be Granted.

Washington, .. c., April TO-
The house adjourned at 1907 p. m.
until tomorrow whom II 10 expect
ed committees will be announced.
The senate adjourned at 2:2o
p. M, until Thursday. Senator
Rayner did not deliver his speech
concerning conditions In Mexico.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-04-11

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CONTINUED on Page 81
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-05-06
NEW YORK BANKS.

NEW YORK Nav 6.--The statement Of
clearing house banks for the week shows
that the banks hold S:;S.SGb.oi' more than
the requirements Of the - per cent re-
serve rule. This is a decrease of S',SIi.
100 in the proportionaie cash reserve as
compared with last week.
The statement follows: Daily average
Loans s1:;al .aJ3.5 800; decrease. 81 800. 100
Specie. S31a.:;G3 200: decrease. S36Io,:ao
Legal tenders S14.3l3GO: decrease. SSH
500 Deposits 81 ,4o5. ST., 100: decrease
SlU672 600 Circulation, S45,9e1,2'n: de-
crease. s191,+R. Reserve. s"9o,2'. 100
decrease. S4.542 100. Reserve required
SOL 4Ss 025: decrease, S2.66s0O. Surplus
S3s .i,3o75: decrease, Sl.S74 100. United
states deposits included, 81 go, 100; in
crease. S33.5OO.
Actual condition:
Loans. s1.34Oy9+ 600; decrease, Sl5,251,-
300.
Specie, s3l5,035, 100; decrease, sl,s23,3OO
Legal tenders, $75,3ll,sOO; decrease
81 ,255.S0N.
Deposits, sl,@a4. ST.. 100; decrease, sl.,-
OesI. 100.
Circulation. s45.s4l 700; decrease, Sl4o.-
400.
Reserve s3oo.347 go: decrease, 5000
Reserve required, s34s.7o7,775; decrease.
S4.72.42j.
Surplus, Sal, 689. $50: increase H,lS7,325
United States deposits included, 81,
.Itl 500: increase. S2S.9Oo.
Summary of state banks and trust COM
panies i'm greater New York not report
ing TO the clearing house:
Leans, sl,1G, "I 500: increase, sS.937
900.
Specie. SIlS.::;::;I16O0: increase sl..:s3 100
Legal tenders, Sls,7as,7OO: decrease,
:2-1.a00.
Total deposits, &l.3Os, isl 800; Increase,
-, U40, 400.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-05-06
GRAIN AND PROVISIONS.
NEW YORK,

NEW YORK. MAY 6-Butter-Steady
unchanged: receipts. 4.G>i packages
theeSe-SteadH. unchanged: receipts
1.6Jt boxes. Weekly exports. 5000 boXe S
Egss-Firm, unchanged: receipts ~, 30.
cra-es.
Coffee-spot quiet; No RIO. 117s: No
1 Santos l22.
Molasses-Quiet; New Orleans open ket-
tie. :i0a:H.
Hay Firm; prime. l.35a1. 40: No l.
Ina %: No >. l.15a1 20: No. =. l0Da %
Flour-F'irnl. with a quiet trade: spring
patents. 4.S5a5.10: winter straights 3S5a
800: winter patents. 4.Gtta4.40: spring
clears, =. I5a4.1 10: winter extra No T. ::;;;
a3.Jt. winter extra. No. >. =. lJa3. %. Kan
sas straights. 4.15a4.:O
Wheat-Opening steady on better Liver
pool cables than expected: wheat soOr
eased off under scattered local selling in
duced by the big break in May at the
west. and the bearish Michigan state re-
port: July. 9114a35a..
Beef-Steady: mess. 13Hta l:..n: fsmily
14.OOal 40: beef hams, .s.O0a2SW.
Pork-Stcady: mess. 1'15a p: ia mily
IS. .0a2hC0: short clear. 1G.Oa1S.h3
I.ard-Steady: middle west. S0:'aS.1:'.
Raw SIgar-Steady. muScOvadO 50 test
80: centrifugal "f test 50: molasses
sugar ~ test 3.os: refined. steady
crushed go: graduated, 400: powdered
:,isi.
Pe,roeum-Ste refined. bbls. -,
NEW YORK. May -Poultry-Aliv'
fowls. western spring chickens. 30
Ss7s. dropped TO SS"s and recovered I,
steady: western fowls. 1ialjl2; turkeys
l3a1f
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-05-06
LOCAL FINANCIAL NEWS.

All records in the history of the ma rk ct
course of Georgetown Gas stock was
broken today when two quotation lots OF
twenty-five shares each sold for -, and
IS. respectively. and ten shares sold for
1G' The latter usually is par, but in the
case Of this security par is -
altogether seventy shares were sold, the
la rsest block that has come out since
the recent rise set in. which has carried
the figures for he stock to higher levels
than have eve before Leen recorded
All the stock was sold by one broker. and
the purchaser was ;ha principal buyer OF
aShInStOn Gas stock. The latter stock
sold up to $50 and ABOUT one hundred
ana ffftN shares We're traded II.
The limited amount Of Georgetown gas
stock on the market. demonstrated
during the las; few weeks. IS not unex.
pected. The entire capital stock is only
Gh@ shares. more than half OF which Is
owned by the Washington COMPANY
There is good proportion Of the balance
held in estates and in trust funds. Sc
that as the record of the rise now ir
progress shows there is very little o.
what is called floating stock.
II is supposed thai if the plans for re-
financing the Georgetown company are
a proved by the directors and stockho!d-
ers and new issue of :, per cent bonds
authorized that lie stockholders will have
a right 70 subscribe 10 the bonds az par
and as they will at once command Il pre-
MUM the latter vii! represent pra cticalll
what will he equivalent TO an extra uivi-
dend.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-05-06
CHICAGO.

CHICAGO. May Ga break Of 41.c A
bushel in the price Of MAY wheat toda v
followed withdrawal Of support by the
leading bulls. Trade. however was only
scattered. not much demand being appar-
cnt from shorts. Other months weakened
at once with the May option. although
the latter delivery made quick rally
of rs. Rain in the Canadian northwest
was partly responsible for the decline.
Further aid for the bears came from the
cables. mainly as the result of favora BILE
crop developments in the Argentine
Opening figures here were Sc lower 10
l.al.c up. july started at sS34aSsIs TO
sS7s. dropped to ss2s and recovered to
SSl2assss.
Lightness of country offerings tended
To make corn firm. The break in wheat.
though. acted as more than offset. July
opened the same as last night. TO q high
er. 52ss to 5234. and receded To 52@s.
Good buying the part of a local
house gave some stiffness TO the market
for oats. July started unchanged to Is
higher. at a2ts to :12a4. and steadied at
%2iaa:;2as. Higher quotations for hogs
lent help to provisions. First sales were
a last nights level to = cents above.
with July delivery i4.S7ia for pork. S.o2' :
TO 500 for lard and 7.S7la to $50 for ribs.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-05-06
WHOLESALE MARKET REPORT
Quota lions given below are for large
lots. Jobbers' prices are higher


Quotations given below are for large
'ots. Joooe's prices are hlshe'
EGGS Nearby fresh Virginia, 161.a1T;
West Virginia and southwest Virginia.
1872: tennessee IGlc.
pr---1.,-r, ..ro.,,,or,- f.,.- u,,lo,.
-. e., 80 -. 81 ~, ~,
r1IErcr Wv, yorl. s,,.a ,..
- 90; "~>o.''
-
" II i ~ y I'ic neI9' per n 10. anu
,,iot 'd-'-. vi IL -'@-'' Hehs' per
N - ROSTERS 10 : turkeys per III,
,..s.r-r -o,.,
DhESSED foC !. IL h..ifens, choice
PEI To- ID -; .''.'H'hN "a: ROSTERS
ht ri = ~ -Eo - iosatoes new. 40 !,
per Dbl, 4pd"''' No :. per hn!-, 2r'a
80" old NJ. per bu.. ioaN". per
pol, al-'o; NO, = Dbl iaai.O0;
sweets. PEI DBL -.''pa",Jo' vans. per
Li- ~. - nnie' ,r 80 PEE
60, .-. -. ' pc
- - - =, tti pS. a.
ouaa ,e,.,. ,o, bas,,a, - : ',IaiI d.
80 IN C-mItr.,~ L,in,iIa -, ~ai -
ta:i". sirne beans. per basket.
l.t'a-.V'' cs'.il. + -1r ga. per crate 2t~a
.''": pee'~ Ia - per rate: spinach
per 9ol.. l.",aI 20. pepperS. per crate,
Ina. green peas. per basket, ia
To: To zoe lotiaa. per crate. Ia
$50. Pd''ie> per 1ashet. I.2'al": ro-
maine per bdshe,' I.-"ai-'1. rhubarn,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-05-06
New England Statehouses.

From the Boston Transcript.
Building new statehouses making
repairs or additions TO the Old ones APP
pears to be the order of the day in
various states. Connecticut has just
completed and occupied her new library
and supreme court annex: New Hamp-
shire has enlarged her capitol The
present Maine legislature meets in en-
larged and improved quarters. and now
the committee on public buildings in
Vermont has reported 4 bin to build
an annex to the present statehouse
al Montpelier. to cost quarter of Il
million dollars. IT provides that the
building shall he erected for the use
Of the state library, the supreme court.
the collections and library of the state
historical society and other public
uses and it is proposed TO make il a
distinct addition 10 the attractions Of
:. small but beautiful capital.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-05-06
UNWILLING Of TABLET
IN MEMORY OF LINCOLN
Ceremonies July II to Com
memorate Presidents Part
in Fort Stevens Battle.

\ huge boulder. bearing a descriptive
tablet e i~crZe. will ne unveiled 10 the
memory Of Abraham Lincoln on the 500
where he stood Al the battle Of For
stevens July l.. foriy-seven years after
the memora be engagement in which
Lincoln plaIe ed conspicuous part
Members of the For. Stevens Lincoln
Park Association. who have the project in
hand, have raised TO meet the expenses,
the sum of $13u. obi aimed by contributions
from the civil war veterans by genera!
solicitation. and by tEe sac of the History
Of the Battle of Fort Stevens. 1on copies
Of which We're donated by the author. " .
Y. Cox, who was for Gears vice prest-
dent of the organization. and who sue
ceeded to the presidency upon the death
of the incumbent, Gen. Th"mi~ NJ. Vim
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-05-06
COTTON MARKETS.
NEW YORK.

NEW YORK. MAY title cotton mar
kct opened steady a unchanged prices
10 an increase Of = points and during the
hTst few minutes sold about 20 q points
above the cosine figures of last night.
The advance being led by old croD months
which made new high records for the
movement or covering. firm cables the
hullish weekend figures and continued bull
support. The weather man made favor
able showing. However the official west
arn belt forecast failed to confirm privat q
predictions Of rain tomorrow in that sec
ton of the south and the market dur
ny the middle of the morning was I'M
settled with the old crop holdir : A net
advance of about points. while the
new crop ruled :; TO points let low r.
The market closed very steady on near
and steady on distant positions. with
'rices net points higher to :; points
over.
Estimated receipts al the ports today
so bales. against 12,itn LAST week and
$50 last year. For the week. Go.tssi bales
1gsinst $3.50 last week. and .,6.i:'I last
year. Today'S receipts a. New Orleans.
1896 bales, against 2,1t3 last year.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-05-06
Real Estate Transfers

BARRY ashirston Loan and
Trust Company. trustee. to Washing
ton Loan and Trust Company. trustee
of Equitable Cooperative Building
Association, part lot 4, section $
5000
Li\tOL\-George w. Marsh TO Lewis
Jones. lots u to -. section 3 $40
FOL R-AND-AHALF STREET NORTH
WEST between PENNSYLVANIA avenue
and streets-S Samuel Eensingcr ct al.
slIare 44l: $40
UNIVERSITY PARk-Harriet r.. Mann
to Victor l.. and Alice Nj. Dodge. par;
lot II. block ~: SD
UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS Alfred 7.
Gage et ux. to Lloyd \. Douglass lot
~. square 392i: $40
ml 6 STREET sOCTHEAST-Da c.
thesterman TO Benjamin ~ EienGer-
son. lot .. square Isl: S1n
SOUTH CAROLINA AVENUE SOUTH
FAST between 9th and nth streets
John f. Brigs 9, ux to William NJ
and Fannie s. LION. lot 81, square SO;
$40
FOJ R-AND-A-HALF STREET SOUTH
WEST between + and G streets-Louis
Aronson ct uX. to George Robinson.
lot 81. square .c,9: $40
LEV Ei--AND PARK Joseph ne D.
peary ct vir, Robert f.. To Clarence
W. kanolt. 10; II. and part lot ),
square .uSo: Slpt
Al. Ia Charles F. Huscfer. lots -, and
20 boc, :: Sit
II STREET NORTHWEST he,Heen sd
and 2tth st"eets-Farry \. l<ite to
jos phne Perkins Hill. half interest
in part or einal lot H. square a.: $40.
Fol FIFTEENTH AND STREETS
NORTH WEST-L!nda \. Painter to
James Buchanan. part lot /. square
rs: S1n
1,s;s 18TH STREET NORTHWEST-W Viii
liam II. Holloway ct al. trustees. to
Howard S. Nyinan. los r. and ~.
square 10: $1,000
STREET Southeast
between X and |. streets-E.. Carusi ct
al. trustees. 10 washington Sanitary
Housing Company. original lots to
IL, square lt41: - .1o1.:n.
il STREET NORTHWEST between sd
and 2ith streets-Phlip II. Christnan
to Ella 4. Smith, lot -. square 81;
Slu.
and 9TH streets.-W Walton Edwards,
trustee to Richard J. Donnelly. part
los 2S ana ~. square 500: 1919.
\OESTCH-W. Walton Edwards ct uN.
I" William \ and John F. Dent,
part lot 3: $40.
Catherine ~ Mcharg, lot 30. block 10:
TWENTY FOURTH AND STREETS
NORTH WESr-Iam MES owen Thomp-
son et IN. 10 MA " HEIR, WEST pH''-
half original lot :? square Il: $40.
& STREET \CRTHW EST between Az
and 9th streets-Mary y. Cushing t"
John T Knott Part original lots !
and =, square $40. SO.
CHEVY CHASE-Fiton r. Gordon ct
nX. 10 Emma Meier. lots -, 81" -.
81 and IS square 1919. Sc. 10
II STREET NORTHEAST between 9TH
and Sth stree:s-Ma urica +. Norman
st ux to Samuel r. Stcrn. lot .,
s.luar. $50: so.
WHITNEY CLOSE-Hayes w. Hawkins
TO John y. Evans and Anna :. l..
Evans. lot 81, block =: $40
WISCONSIN AVENUE PARh-Capita
Realty Company to :. i>esglns Terry.
lots II and l.. square l1is: $40.
TWINING CITY-I'anliIo Lucente ct uX.
TO Laura r. F!esher, lot L. block ):
CHEVY CASE-The Newiands Company
to Madeline 7. Mitchell. lot .: and
part lot 81. square 1853: $40.
MOUNT PLEASANT AND III EASANT
PLAINS-i.ee Brown 10 Cornelius W.
and Blanche NJ. Villa ms. last half
lot I. block :: $40.
MARYLAND AVENUE EORTHEAST
between I'd and Sd streets--.\daline
Gardner q, al. 10 Bertha l.. Gardner,
part original lot > square 49,: S7.1oJ.
EFFlNGHAM PL.ACt,-HoWard rniver-
sty et al 10 Thomas Taylor, part lot
= block >: So 800.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-05-06
Stupid Beginnings of Great Geniuses


The finer individual qualities are often
/ late in revealing themselves. It is The
| older. racial tendencies tGat rule in child
! hood. Irritation at restraint, irresponsi-
blity ana primitive Incidence are 10 be
expected. Some mature slowly and are
called stupid George Eliot learned TO
read with difficulty. ThorW aldsen, the
| sculptor, spent three wears in ono class in
the village school. Burger, the poet Of
| German ballads required several Years
to learn the Latin forms. ard Alf1eri. the
Italian poet. WAS dismiss 4 b. his teach
ers. 50 backward was he. We're II neces-
:ary. the list might he indefinitely eN-
tended by adding Newton, Byron. lhSen,
Walter Pater. I ere Curie and others.
Sometimes seeming stupidity is due to
interest In subjects outside the little cir
CO round which the tethered children are
allowed to Craze. Fulton, Watt and Sir
t,t.aofry Datv IN early chiGhcnd We're
already busy with the experiments which
were to BE- told to children after the
teachers who called them stupid were for
gotten.
ToI.toi. Goethe and Dean Swift We're
refused their degrees because they failed
in their university examinations, and. for
the same reason, Ferdinand Brunetiere
was denied admission to the Ecoie Nor
nal Supereure. At Cambridge. also, Sir
William Thomson was not senior
uransler, though one of the examiners
admitted that the successful conpeu-
tor not fit to cut pencils for Thorn
SON" When asked why he had delayed
so long on one of the problems which he
himself had discovered Thomson replied
that having forgotten that il was one of
his own inventions, he had worked il as
wholly new problem. Later il was
learned that the winner of the prize wrote
the solution from memory.
Thomson failure to win the Cambridge
honor because of the unusual memory OF
e ,is moi I i'm
portant class of cases in which the
amina ton system completely colapses
Justus Won Liebg, whose father was COM
pelled to remove him from the gymna-
SUM because of his wretched work, at
tributed his failure in the school to his
utter lack of auditory memory. He could
remember little that he heard. Yet his
teachers never discovered this
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FORCED TO PAY A FINE.
Cost Thomas G. Murphy $25 tt
Make Electrical Connection.

Thomas q. Murphy. 2G2S Rhode Island
avenue northeast, was fined Sd by Judge
Pugh in the Police Court yesterday for
unlawfully making an electrical connec-
ticn on his premises about a month and a
half ago with an electrical conductor be
longing TO the Potomac Electric Power
Company.
Murphy was charged under section SIS
Of the District code with 'unlawfully
making an electrical! connection with A
certain electrical conductor belonging to
the Potomac Electric Power Company in
his premises on Rhode Island avenue
northeast. without being in the employ az
the laid company or having il authorize
ton for ma king the sad connection.