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WEEKS NEWS IN PARAGRAPHS

Three state senators and two rep
resentatives were indicted for briber"
by the Franklin county, Ohio, grand
jury. which has been engaged in in
vestigating corruption in the AS
sembly.
The controversy between the Postof
flee Department and the railway mail
clerks because the latter has not been
allowed to organize n unioh. will be in
vcstigated by Postmaster General
Hitchcock.
Western members are discussing
the matter of introducing bill be.
tween now and December calculated to
enlarge the present scope of the Bu
reau of Mines so as to include metal!
ferrous mining operations.
The Senate committee on finance
has decided to devote the time be.
tween now and Saturday. May IL. to
hearings on the Canadian reciprocity
bill. Immediately after that date it is
expected that the bill will be report.
cd to the Senate.
The Supreme Court OF the United
States upheld the constitutionality OF
the establishment Of the reserves for
any national and public purpose, AMI
settled once for all that the federal
government and not the states, may
say how the reserves shall be used
Western horse breeders are soon to
be called upon to cooperate with the
government in a most comprehensive
movement looking to the raising os
army mounts. and the territory west
of the Missouri is to contribute IT,,
quota of horses for the cavalry of thu
future.
Determined to prove her aged mi:
lionaire husband insane, Mrs. Stillson
Hutchins. socially prominent in New
York. Washington and London, has
flatly refused an offer from her step.
sons to increase her allowance $4,000
annually If she would withdraw the
lunacy proceedings.
United States Steel corporation, the
American Sugar Refining Co. and the
American Woolen Company, have
been placed on the programme of the
Democratic House for investigation
the shoe industry is under fire: and 4
Senate committee on expenses has
opened the way for re-investigation
of the charges against Senator Lori
mer of Illinois.
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! ror, enabled the Colorado college ball
team to defeat Denver university by a
score OF to ..
Edward Worrell. aged twenty-five.
was instantly killed at the Yak tun.
mel at Leadville by contact with an
electric trolley wire.
Not later than June Is work will be-
gin on the new high school building
at Greeley to cost between $l25.0O0
and $l5O.OOO when finished.
William Spray. governor Of Utah. is
looking over Colorado's roads. and
studying conditions In the camps OF
the convicts who are building them.
Claude James. arrested several
weeks ago at Colorado Springs on ,
charge of arson. has confessed to set.
ting fire to his home here February
81.
The comptroller OF the currency ap.
proved the application OF the bank Of
Yuma. to change its name to the First
National bank OF Yuma. capital $685..
900.
Colorado will have bank guaranty
law II the people want one. The Sen.
ate adopted the report OF joint con-
ference committee recommending the
original Cove bill. with a referendum
provision.
Weld county farmers. with those of
other sections OF the United States
and Canada, will contest for prizes Of.
fered by the American Land and Irri.
cation Exposition in New York from
Nov. 2 to IL.
For the month of April. the report
OF the Denver postoffice shows an in.
crease in receipts of about one per
cent over last years figures. While
the percentage of gain Is not large. 1t
is considered to be fair showing.
a special train carrying 200 Rus.
vile left over the Burlington for
Wyncote. Wyo. These workers will
be distributed in the Platte valley be-
tween Wyncotte and Bridgeport. Neb.
The stae camp of the Modern Wood.
men of America lodge. meeting at Del
Ia. has selected the Burlington ami
Michigan Central railroads as the Of
fIcial route to the triennial meeting
of the lodge at Buffalo. \. Y. week
of June 15.
! Seth Maxwell, farmer residing
near Salt Creek. was almost instantly
killed when he was thrown from and
under his heavily laden wagon.
Within the next ten days. force OF
500 men will be placed in the field
and the United States Geological Sur.
vcy will resume work OH the topo.
graphical mapping okthe state.
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twenty-five Federal Indictments.

Denver. - twenty-five indictments
and three untrue bills were returned
by the Federal Grand Jury Counter.
letting. embeZzlemcnt, Illicit distilling.
Matchmaking. larceny and forgery are
among the charges. Particulars con.
cerning nine OF the cases have been
given out. but about the thirteen 9th
er indictments. silence Is maintained,
In these instances arrests as yet have
not been made.
The Indictment OF Carson b. VIII
son. former superintendent of mails.
Is among the batch filed. Harry r.
Porter, charged with the making o.
counterfeit silver dollars, was also in.
dicted. In the Grand Junction moon.
shining" case bill against Thomas
Rogers. the alleged owner of the still.
was returned.
Nine counts are incorporated In the
indictment of Wilson. In the aggre-
gate. the thefts of postoffice funds
with which he is charged. amount -
sS,:G7.iS. The alleged offcnses cover
Il period OF over year and the
amounts taken are named at amounts
ranging from $5OI. which Wilson mis-.
appropriated on Jan. 90. 1910, to $40
theft on Nov. 16. 1909. The nine
counts represent nine separate Of
lenses.
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A private bank OF Wellington. ILL.,.
stolen.
Married ten times at the age of six
ty Is the record of S. J. Kellow, Of I'm.
boden. Ark.
The Ohio State Legislature is facing
a sweeping grand jury probe OF alleged
holding during the present session.
Former United States Senator Al.
bert Beard Kittrdge of Sioux Falls.
S. d.. died in Hot Springs. Ark. after
a months illness
Jim Fuzzy Moy, Chinese physician
of Hackensack. n. j.. is under arrest
charged with conspiracy to smuggle
100 Chinese into the United Staes.
Radcliffe College will receive fund
OF about 100000 from the estate of
Francis B. Greene of New Bedford
Mass. who died recently in Italy.
By a vote OF 30 to 3, the Carroll bill,
which legaliZed siX-round bouts pro-
noted by incorporated athletic clubs,
was passed in the Senate of Illinois
The national convention of the
American Federation of Catholic So
cieties. meeting in New Orleans last
year. will meet coming August in Co
lumbus.
John Poole. wealty farmer living
near Fowler, Ind, confessed to Sheriff
Shackleton that he had killed Joseph
kemper. his farm hand. chopped up
the body and afterward buried 1t in
field near his house.
Pleas OF not guilty have been en-.
tered by the five members of the Ohio
Legislature indicted for alleged brib.
cry, as well as by the sergeant-at-
arms, who is charged with acting rs
go-between.
A score out of hundred miners in
the Hartford mine of the Republic
Iron and Steel Company, Negaunee,
Mich, We're cut off from escape when
the timbering of the mine took fire
and at least seven men are dead.
Water Commissioner Henry s
Thompson of New York City repeated
his warning to householdors TO he eco.
nomical in their use of water, saving
that only heavy rains can save Man
haitian and the Bronx from a water
famine.
John J. Mcnamara, secretary of the
International Association OF Bridge
and Structural Iron Workers and his
brother. James B. Mcnamara, have
been arraigned before Superior Judge
Walter Bordwcll on charge of muir,
der in connection with the explosion
which wrecked the Los Angeles
Times October LIST last and killed
twenty-one men.
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WESTERN.

North American Gymnastic Union
meets in Denver in June.
American Medical Association
meets in Los Angeles. Cal. June 25.3o.
The International Sunday School
Association will meet in San Fran,
cisco. Cal. June 2O-27.
At the municipal election rec 'ntly
Lincoln. Neb.. voted to return to the
saloon license system.
The Bank OF Rosemont, Ncb.. was
entered by robbers and the safe blown
and 81 800 in cash taken.
Omaha will be the meeting place OF
the National Grocers' Association next
year If the plans of the local Grocers
who will form the delegation to tn"
meeting in Denver materia!ize.
Upon the order of Judge J. o. Ran
kin. jury in the District Court al
Olathe. Kan. found Karl NJ. Bickel.
young divinity student of Kansas
City. Mo-. not guilty of killing his
sweetheart. Miss Frances Peters.
Because William J. Bryan laid the
cornerstone of the Y. NJ. c. A. build.
ing In Des Moines. Ia, being erected
by non.union labor, the members of the
Des Moines building trades council
will adopt resolutions condemning him
1t has been learned at Galveston
that I. Hito, Japanese. who has
served as n steward on several of the
naval vessels of the United States, has
been an officer in the Japanese navy,
with rank about equal to commander
in the American navy.
The excitement caused by the gov
ernment's failure to hurry action In
Alaska coal land cases reached eli
max at Cordova when 800 business
men and citizens formed mob and
armed with shovels, marched to the
oceon dock of the Alaska Steamship
Company, where they proceeded to
throw several hundred tons of British
Columbia coal into the bay.
Twenty one new indictments. ac-
cording to reliable authority, have
been voted by the Los Angeles grann
jury against the accused dynamite
conspirators, James and John McNa
mara. and Ortie McManigal. \ineteen
of the indictments. it is understood.
are against the McNamaras alone. an }
charge them with murder in connec-
ton with the blowing up of the Los
Angeles Times newspaper plant.
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For two weeks l had to be proppeS
up in bed and l lost 80 pounds In
weight. I was In terrible condition. In
fact, came very near dying. As =
last resort began using Doan's Kid
ney Pills. Since then I have gained
back my lost weight and feel wonder
fully improved"
Remember the name-Doan's.
For sale by all dealers. so cents .
box. Foster.Alilburn Co., Buffalo. N. 7.
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National Apple Exposition.

Dcnver.-I.and and orchard men be
lieve that apple crop conditions in Col
orado are settled. and that 1911 vii:
bring Il bumper yield to the orchard
Of the Western slope. Apple growers
are anxious to demonstrate what their
various sections can produce. and, ac-
cording to Clinton l.. Oliver. secretary
Of the American Apple Congress. with
headquarters in the Equitable build
ing in this city. prospects are most
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Travellers Cominq West.

Dcnver.-I.ast year the tide of trav.
81 went to Europe. Reports reaching
Denver from all parts OF the country
say II will be turned TO the West this
year. Thousands of passengers ar.
bcieng booked in the East already fo:'
tours of the West. including the Vel,
lowstOne National park. Colorado and
Pacific coast points.
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Nextl

Nextl
There were a couple OF dandy hsh
liars in the Colonial lobby. We didn't
have time to get their names. ad-
dresses and photographs. but we lin
gered long enough to hear the conver.
sation. The poignant part thereon
was as follows:
How much did your fish weight?
81 didn't have no hay scales with
me, you NUT But when l pulled him
out It lowered the lake four inches"
Some fish," commented the other.
without the quiver Of an eyelash.
Reminds me OF some good sport I
had duck hunting last fall. hred at
a flock Of ducks and gathered up four
quarts OF toes."-Cleveland Plain
Dealer
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COMING EVENTS IN COLORADO.

June 6-7-S.-Grand Encampment Colo.
and Wyo. c. A. r.. Salida,
June 1b-1S.-Convcntion Christ Ian En-
deayor Society. Grand Junction.
June -2l.-Mecting Colorado for Pre-
yention and Control OF Tuberculosis.
Denver.
June 20-30.-Western General Confer
ance Womens Christian Association.
Cascade. Colo
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Design to Block Railway

Fort Collins.-What is regarded
here as an effort of the Moffat and
allied interests of Denver to balk the
plans of the Union Pacific TO get into
Routt county is the filing of plat
for another reservoir site in the POu
dre canon. about four miles east OF
Rustic. on the Quigley ranch.
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Grand Jury to Probe Shortage.

l.alnar.-The names of the grand
jurors summoned to consider charges
against former officers of Prowers
county In an audit OF accounts
made by II. L. Mulnix of Denver have
been announced. This is the first grand
jury called in Prowers county for fi:
teen years.
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Coroner Places Blame.

Gunnison.-ln the case of Benjamin
Richards. Pitkin. Gunnison county. the
coroner's jury found Richard came to
his death by reason of shot wound
inflicted by John +. Murray who is al
legged to have confessed. Murray Is
an old timer OF Pitkin.
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Colorado Springs Wants Indians.

Washington.-Representative Taylor
called on Gen. Wood and Indian Com
missioner Valentine to present the re-
quest of Colorado Springs for troops
and Indians during the eight.day cele-
bration beginning July 20.
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IoodS
arsapariIIa

Is the specific remedy for that
tired feeling so common in the
spring or upon the return OF
warm weather. 1t purifies
and enriches the blood.
Get it today in usual liquid form or
chocolatcd tablets called 0arsatabs.
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Boulder County Objects.

Boulder.-Boulder county objects to
the action of the lower house Of the
Legislature In cutting the good roal
appropriation from 100000 to s25.ooO.
and wants the bill amended to carry
the original appropriation. .tl
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GEN ERAL.

Two persons at least killed and four
others hurt through the derailment Of
Chesapeake & Ohio railway passenger
train No. 3 in the heart of the Blue
Ridge mountains ten miles from Hin
ton, w. Va,
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NEWS OF COLORADO POINTS

bright for holding national apple cx'
position In connection with the con
gress. which it is practically settled
will be held in Denver during the
week OF November Gig.
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of serious disease.
Doan's Kidney Pills
should be used per.
sistently until the
backache and other
symptoms disappear.
Mrs. D. X. Je6erD,
Colfax, WASH, says:
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KIDNEY cHILLs AND BAckAcHR.

II, when you get wet or take cold.
It settles on the kidneys" and there
Is q shivery, chilly sensation In tho
back. it shows kidney weakness which
10 oStou tho hoOinninR
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FOREIGN.

Reports say King Alfonso or Spain
Is in Il critical condition from tuber
cui~Gis.
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Humor Is great solvent against
snobbishness and vulgarity.-Seaman
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Time Saving.
A new version Of the new long IA.
miliar while you wait" sign Is found
In an uptown avenue where barber
shop and tailoring shop stand side
by side. In front of the building hangs
sign on which are displayed the
name OF the tailoring concern and the
name of the barber shop and this an
nouncement:
Suits cleaned and pressed while
you are getting shaved"-New York
Sun.
A Monopoly.
urbanite-What did you come to
the city for?
Country Boy-To earn an honest
living.
Urbanite-That's all right. You'll
find no competition.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-01-22
WILL APPOINT
4 ADDITIONAL
FIRE GUARDS
FOREST SUPERVISOR ELDRIDGE
RECEIVES AUTHORITY TO EN-
PLOY EXTRA MEN DURING FIRE
SEASON WHICH Is JUST CON-
MENClNG.
Forest Supervisor Eldridge has just

Forest Supervisor Eldridge has just
received authority and instructions TO
appoint four additional fire guards for
the Choctawhatchee forest to aid the
regular ranger force in protecting the
forests and preventing the burning over
Of the government lands during the ap
preaching fire season.
These men are required to be mount
ed. and are generally appointed from
among those who live within the forest
and who are well acquainted with the
territory in which they are to work
For the next few months turpentine
operators generally burn over their
holdings. and as there are number Of
turpentine orchards within and adjoin
ing the forest, the rangers are being
kept busy day and night, patrolling
their districts in order to keep the fires
from entering the government lands.
The federal laws are very severe re-
garding the burning of national forest
lands, and the forest service is taking
every pTecaution this season to enforce
the laws and to protect the forests
against fires.
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eral superintendent, and so per cent.
of our foremen and skilled workmen,
while many native boys are wasting
time and becoming recruits for the sort
Of crime that wants on the one han0
and inability TO honestly earn. on the
other, create.
3 The trades and technical schools and
evening schools such as operated by
the Young Mems Christian Association
are doing much to care for the young
man who mas realized this lack in their
education. and by cooperation with
employer have increased the efficiency
and wage Of the persevering worker
many fold. This work could be multi
piled infinitely and yet the crux Of the
situation not be touched. namely: that
the public school is the place for def
mite instruction and practical efficiency
to be given. and that it Is the business
of these extension agencies to care for
the exceptional student and not for a
small fraction Of the majority Of stu
dents now leaving school united by
any training of the hand which han
prepare them for the work which they
most naturally will do.
A commission from Germany to In
vestigate the public school situation in
America. stated that while America
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THE PENSACOLA JOURNAL MORNING. JANUARY

had unlimited resource yet that she
would not be a menace to German in
dustry for many years since there was
no Cooperation between her public
school system and her industrial and
commercial needs
A century Of training, all branches
from the university to the lowest
grades, seeking to make the school
meet the needs of the nation and at
the same time, give each boy and girl
as long a period Of instruction, cultural
and practical, as possible, has lifted
Germany to where she can say thai but
1 in $500 can neither read or write, and
supply skilled workers at good ge to
our own land.
The light is breaking in the United
States and step by step the relation of
the school to life is becoming more
real
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Mr.. Kehoe was introduced by Editor
W. H. Napoles, of the Laurel Hill
News
Mr.. kehoe stated that it was his
honest opinion that Mr.. Blount would
be elected by several thousand MAORI
ty. He said that but few in West
Florida will be against him, while
thousands in Middle and West Florida
will vote for him on account of his
splendid record in the past, and be-
cause he IS the right man and the
people of the state know it.
Mr.. Kehoe said nothing against Mr.
Bryan, but said that he believed that
Mr.. Bryan is a gentleman, but that
West Florida is entitled to a repre-
sentative, and that w. A. Blount is the
man to represent us.
Mr.. Kehoe made a good impression
here, and it is believed that several
votes were won for Mr.. Blount as
result of his address.
1t apepars as though Mr. Blount
will get handsome majority here On
the 31st.
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hat he had appointed non elective Of

that he had appointed non elective Of
fcers as follows:
W. H. Jewell Of Orlando, as grano
orator; Rev. H. n. 8. Geiger, eight
years orator. declined reappointment.
William E. Lewis Of ~Punta Gorda.
senior grand steward.
A s. York Of Starke. Junior grand
steward.
j. NJ. Caldwell Of Jasper. grand
standard bearer.
e Watson of Miami. grand sword
bearer.
r. H. Cooper Of Palatka, grand san
Tor steward.
William Lake Of Starke. grand Junior
steward.
w. D. Graham Of Orlando. grand
pursuviant.
John w Capper OF Jacksonville.
grand tyler reelected for eighth year.
This afternoon these officers will be
installed.
A resolution was offered by W. H.
Jewell to have the pictures Of Grand
Treasurer Hy Robinson and Grad
Secretary W. P. Webster printed in
the book giving the proceedings Of the
grand lodge as they are two of the
oldest officers in the state in point OF
service.
Officers Installed.
Almost the entire afternoon session
was taken up with the installation Of
the officers who we're elected at the
morning session. This was a most in
teresting and elaborate ceremony and
was carried out with considerable
romp.
Prior to the ceremony the grand
master was instructed In the degree
and private ceremonies OF the past
grand masters. which was presided
over by Past Grand Master Silas B..
Wright.
During the evening session. the de-
gree OF master mason was exemplified
with Past Grand Master James Car
nell in the chair.
Today the Lodge Of Perfection OF
the Scottish Rite will confer the de-
grees from the fourth to the fourteenth
and in the evening they will exerpliry
the fourteenth degree in full form.
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THE POSSIBILITIES OF
THE PUBLIC SCHOOL
1 / |

terial which should be utilized is being
touched by the influence and training
Of the school.
Furthermore, of those in attendance.
at the conclusion Of the fourth grade or
when the pupils enter the grammar
schools loss Of so per cent. is noted,
and at the conclusion Of the fifth grade
a further loss Of 30 per cent. Of the re-
mainder Is seen, with continuing de-
crease in attendance until bat three per
cent Of the whole school population
are found in high school and scarce
one per cent. in the university where
are to be found the finest equipm en.s
and from which most OF our leaders
come.
It will be seen that 1t is high time
for not less emphases to be laid upon
the institutions for higher learning, but
vastly more upon that part Of the sys-
tenn which is nearest the majority Of
the students who attend and to hold
their interest for longer period and
also upon the problem Of securing to
the school a larger proportion Of the
raw material not now availing them
selves Of its privileges.
ponds upon the ideal prevailing for the
an extensive course. each stage of
which dovetails into the other carrying
forward to the university
There is, however, a second factor,
which must be recognized and that is
the adaptation Of the curriculum to
meet the actual needs Of the majority
Of the boys and girls under the present
conditions.
In the United States. out of every
hundred who are employed. per cent.
will be found in the professions. 20 per
cent. in commercial pursuits and 10
per cent. following Industrial and
farming pursuits, mainly hand work.
In Florida. a per cent. are farmers
and 81 per cent. skilled and unskilled
laborers.
OF the graduates OF the grammar
schools. 90 per cent. enter the field Of
manual labor. s per cent. enter COM
mercial pursuits or persevere to pro.
fessionsl training.
or this large army which leave
school from the fifth to the eighth
grades, 81 per cent. OF the whole, the
vast majority must enter the trades for
which there is demand for labor, abso-
lutely unified by any manual training
and must service an apprenticeship for
number Of years at meagre wage in
an environment where the journeymen
are too busy to instruct. SO that at the
end of the bound time. the boy may be
said to have snatched the trade rather
than having learned it, and this with
out the cultural advantages Of the
broader and academic education re-
quired for full manhood.
There is no doubt Of the ability OF
the American boy, but he must be
trained to do that work for which we
now import rs per cent. Of our gen.