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WASHINGTON.

Senator La Toilette introduced q
resolution providing for another in.
vestigation of the Senator Lorimcr
case.
Senator Martin OF Virginia. at the
Democratic Senate caucus was se-
lected permanent caucus chairman and
minority leader.
In accordance with the plans Of
Secretary Meyer for the Atlantic fleet
of twenty battleships after July l..
1911. the battleships Maine. Missouri
and Ohio have been ordered in com.
mission June lst.
Two young society women of Wash
ngton. Miss Laura Merriam and Miss
Dorothy Williams. enjoyed the dis
tinctlon OF being the first two women
in the United States to make a flight
in an aeroplane at the same time.
Keen disappointment prevailed at
The Supreme Court OF the United
States when that tribunal finished Its
weekly task without touching on the
dissolution suits against the Standard
Oil and the Tobacco Corporations.
The postmaster general has advised
the Wyoming. Colorado. Utah ana
Montana representatives that service
on various rural mail routes in these
state recently ordered curtailed would
be restored to the original service.
The Democratic Ways and Means
committee has decided to submit the
problem of what Is to be done with the
Canadian reciprocity agreemnt by the
majority In the House to caucus OF
Democrats to be held In the near fu.
ture.
Consul c. A. Miller at Tampico.
Mexico. telegraphed the State Depart
ment that George Crichfield of New
Jersey was shot from ambush near his
ranch near Tuxpam. 1t Is said that
he cannot recover. The department or
dered an immediate investigation.
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CONDENSED RECORD OF tn
PROGRESS OF EVENTS AT
HOME AND ABROAD.
FROM ALL SOURCES
SAYINGS. Dol N G 8. ACHIEVE
MENTs. sUFFERiNGs. HOPES
AND FEARS OF MANKIND.
WESTERN

Mrs. Ella Wilson has been elected
mayor OF HONEYWELL. kans.
Fire In Gore City. Kans., burned
several business buildings. causiug
loss estimated at $4,000.
The value OF the stocks and bonds
stolen recently from Mrs. S. B. Ar
mour In Kansas City was $l5O.0OO in.
stead OF $l05.O0O, asoriginally reported.
Beatrice. with II population of TO-
900: Wymore. 2.7O0. and Red Cloud,
5000. all in Nebraska. elected So.
cialist mayors at the spring alcc
tions.
George W. Mcmillan. one OF the best
known football players on the Pacific
coast, was run over and almost in
stantly killed by freight train in
front Of his grain warehouse in Port
land. Ore.
S. s. Mcclure OF Gooding. Idaho.
secretary OF the National Wool Grow
crs' Association. Is In Washington and
will remain while the question ill.,
volvinS the reduction OF duties on
wool is under discussion by Congress.
A war OF determination that will
turn Mexico into u vast burial ground
is believed imminent following the
positive statement by Madero. provi-
sional president of Mexico. that the in
surgents will never lay down their
arms until their demands are granted.
Three million persons are starving
in northern Anhwei and northern
Kiangsu. China. according to n letter
written by John c. Ferguson. chair
man OF the Central China Relief Fund
executive committee, to the Shanghai
Mercury in Seattle. under date OF
March 5th
II you expect an important letter
on Sunday, you can get 1t by paying
ten cents. This is the latest order of
the postoffice department relative to
the Sunday closing regulation. The
letter will be charged 10 the account
of the special delivery department as
If 1t were special delivery letter and
delivered by n messenger.
Driven temporarily insane by mar
tial troubles and suffering from an in
jury due to fall with his horse early
in the winter, Cliff Roots. n cowboy
and freighter residing about forty
miles north Of here, raN amuck with
a rope and six shooter and after kill
ing his young bride OF few weeks.
her brother. Andy Render. his own
stepson. James Bridges and his wife's
sister. Mrs. w. S. Thompson. COM
mitted suicide.
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PUT YOUTH ON HIS GUARD
Evidently Recital Of Romanees Long
Passed Made No Appeal to His
Feelings.

Charles" said sharp-voiced wom-
an to her husband in a railway car
riage do you know that you and
once had romance In a railway car.
riage?"
"Never heard OF It," replied Charles
in subdued tone.
Il thought you hadn't: but don't you
remember. It was that pair Of slippers
presented to you the Christmas be-
fore we were married that led to our
union? You remember hoy nicely
they fitted. don't your Well, Charles.
one day when we were going to pic
mic you had your feet upon a seat,
and when you were not looking took
your measure. But for that pair Of
slippers l don't believe we'd have ever
been married"
A young unmarried man sitting BY
Immediately took down his feet from
he seat.-Ideas Magazine.
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Legislative Plan Made Known.

Washington.-Legis plans OF
the Democratic majority of the House.
made known from a reliable source, in.
dictate that the Senate will be given
speedily important measures for ac-
ton.
The definite outline, subject to
further ratification, lists as follows
the order of legislation to be pushed:
Popular election Of United States
senators.
Publicity before elections of cam
paign contributions.
Statehood for Arizona and New Mex
leo.
Canadian reciprocity.
Revision of schedule X, the wool
schedule of the Payne-Aldrich bill.
Leading Democrats, when asked
what they would do if the Senate i'm
mediately passed the Canadian reci-
procity bill and then indicated its
readiness to adjourn, said the House
would not adjourn.
1t also practically has been decided
that the Canadian reciprocity bill to
be brought forward by Chairman I'm
derwood will be almost an exact dupli-
cate of the Mccall bill.
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SPORT.

Gus Schoenlein (Americus) of Balti-
more defeated DR.. Roller Of Seattle in
wrestling bout In Boston.
The annual boat race between Har-
ward and Yale will be rowed at New
London. Mass. Friday. June 3Oth.
Jim Barry. the Chicago heavyweight.
knocked out Jack Heinan Of Chicago
in the fourth round of their fight in
Tulsa, Okla.
Frank A. Gotch. worlds champion
wrestler. defeated Jesse Westergard
of Des Moines. Iowa, in two straight
falls in Los Angeles.
The Motor Racing Drivers Associa-
ton of America was formed in New
York. with George Robertson, winner
of the 1908 Vanderbilt cup race, presi-
dent.
Edward A. Steininger. a contractor
and warm friend of the late NJ. Stan
ley Robinson and administrator To-
cally of the baseball magnate's es.
tate, was elected president of the ST.
Louis League Baseball Club.
Stanislaus Zbyszko. the Polish
wrestler, defeated DR.. Roller of Seattle
in two straight falls at Wichita. Kan,
but he was given hard tussle in
the first fall. This fall lasted one
hour, seven minutes and thirty Sec
onds. The Pole fairly wore Roller
down and won the second fall in elev-
an and 0ne.half minutes with h,od
chancery hold.
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XeqetahIa Fancy Work.

Little Mrs. Bride had almost every.
thiSE to learn about housekeeping, but
she was SO enthusiastic in her interest
that every one was glad to help her.
II have some particularly fine as
2aragus," the marketman told her one
day. and he displayed bunch for her
admiration. picked not three hours
ago." he added.
Mrs. Bride looked At It with unaf
fected amazement-
Does 1t grow like that" she asked.
II always supposed tho cook braided
the ends Of it"-Youth's Companion.
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1871 LIVES LOST
IN Mine WRECKS
i13 BURIED IN ONE: 70 IN OTHER
-RESCUE WORK is
SLOW.
WERE MOSTLY NEGROES
TERRIBLE GAS PREVENTS MEN
FROM ENTERING MINES TO
REMOVE DEAD.

Littlcion, Ala.-One hundred ant
eighteen men are entombcd In tn,
Banner coal mine, near here, follow
ing terrific explosion.
Three bodies have been recovered
Scranton. PA revised list OF
dead shows that seventy.thrce men
and boys met their deaths In the fire
in the Pancoast colliery at Throop
near here.
"A canvass Of the victims families
shows fifteen widows and 1877 or
phans.
Littleton. Ala.-The fatal after damp
which followed the explosion has SO
far kept the rcscuers from penetrating
the mine. although they have been far
enough into the interior to see n grue.
some pile Of human bodies huddled to.
gether hear the shaft.
1t is estimated that about twenty
corpses are in this pile. Officials OF
the Pratt Consolidated Coal Com
pany. which owns the mine. have
abandoned hope Of bringing out alive
any of those below the surface.
At first the entombed men could be
heard knocking on the pipes below.
but there is an ominous stiffness now
which indicates that the after damp
has done its deadly work.
Practically all of the men are negro
convicts.
The rescue work cannot proceed
safely until the mine can be bratticed
so that fresh air can be forced in to
drive out the after damp. This work
is going on. but 1t probably will be
several days before all of the bodies
are recovered.
A special train is bringing the gov
ernment rescue car from Chattanooga.
This explosion differs from others in
that there are practically no mourn
ers at the openings.
The men at Banner were convicts.
without friends here. and whose rela-
tives are scattered throughout the
counties Of Alabama.
While no official statement has been
made. 1t is believed the explosion was
caused by safety powder ignited by d
lamp and followed by dust
When the night crew left the mines
SuoEtiS UeloTe tue eAploSiou HdppeHcu
the night fire boss. Sparks. reported
the condition of the mine as good and
the day shift was sent to work. There
were 40 men In all. only five of whom
were free laborers. The others were
convicts. mostly negroes.
Immediately following the explosion
several of the convicts with mining ex:
perience discovered that black damp
was forming. They spread the alarm
and many started race with death to
the entrance.
Forty-five of the miners either
reached the outside in safety or got
within hailing distance of the shaft
and were taken out by rescuers.
Scores of volunteers were on hand,
brought by the alarm and made hero
ic efforts to bring out the victims.
This work proved effective until the
deadly gases reached the main shaft
into which the men were headed.
State Mine Inspector James Hill
house and Assistant Dckerson togeth-
err with several other experts and Off
cials Of the Pratt company. hurried
to the mine when news of the disas-
ter reached Birmingham.
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viii Adjourn April 22nd.

The Eighteenth General Assembly
will adjourn without day on April 22d.
The House will concur with the
Senate In adopting resolution fixing
this as the day for closing the regular
session. Leaders have decided that
this will be sufficient to pas sail the
laws that can be passed by this as.
sembly In regular session. as well as
to break the senatorial deadlock.
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Raising the BattIeshlp Maine.

Havana.-In driving the last inter-
locking steel piles of the last Of the
twenty caissons forming the inclosing
wall Of the huge cofferdam, surround
ing the wreck Of the battleship Maine,
the first stage in the work of remov-
ing the shattered remains Of the war
ship has been concluded.
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a. lar as Basel, Just across the Swiss
frontier and small sea going steam
err ascend it As far as Mannheim This
mighty river has been improved by
The Germans a. a cost Of more than
$I2,50o,0OV. and Its waters bear an I'm
mense trafic in coal, iron ore. iron
and steel manufactures and other
heavy freight The Rhine valley,
dotted with picturesque ruined castles
and saturated with legend and ro-
nance. is also on" of the busiest dis
tricts in all Europe. for It is densely
populated and contains numerous I'm
portaut Industrial cities Canals con
meet the Rhine with the Meuse, Saone,
Seine Danube and Ems rivers. The
Rhinc-Rh0nc canal follows the course
of the river from Strassburg almost
to Basel, and "a generally used Instead
of the river.
The FIbe IS second only to the
Rhine in commercial Importance It
Is nayiEable throughout its whole
course in Germany and along It lie
some of tho chief silver and coal
mines salt Colds, sheep pastures and
beet.root areas in the empire More
over It links Berlin. the capital with
Hamburg, the CHIEF PORT, by the canals
Of the Hayel and Spree river systems
The Weeer, the Oder. the Nistula
and other rivers are of great impor.
lance as commercial highways. and
60 TO make up Germany's grand total
of nearly 5000 miles Of navigable riv.
ers. Of which about l,4o0 miles are
canalized
Germany's canals are many. their
total mileage being something Ike
500. and large sums are spent on
their improvement The mont import
ant internationally IS the great North
Sea and Baltic ship canal which ira
verses Schleswig Holstetn. saving two
days time by steamer between Ham.
burg and all the Baltic ports Of Ger
many. This canal was begun In 1887
End was opened to trafc in 1895. and
is a sources Of much pride to Emperor
william The Ludwigs canal in BaYa-
RIA united The Danube with the Main.
thus supplying a continuous water
way from the North sea 20 the Black
sea. The Plauen canal connects the
Elhe With the Havel and there are
systems connecting the Oder with the
Llbe and the Memel with the Pregel.
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his work. And although he might not
have admitted It were he charged with
it, knew he was afflicted with a dis
order OF the digestive apparatus that
always accompanies vegetarianism. He
was, in fine the victim of a prejudice
that left him unequal to the work he
was compelled to DO, and which he was
doing at the expense OF his health
happiness and success in the world In
which he moved
Upon what grounds does the prac.
tice Of Yegetarianism rest It's claims .
The answer is, on no grounds what.
sOever. unless it be those Of the man
who has an idea" that if he looks
over his left shoulder at the moon, or
sees a black cat on the thirteenth day
of the month, he is dead sure to have
bad luck
And yet It Is only when It is ridden
to death as hobby that vegetarianlsm
can be charged with inanlty. When It
is practtced occasionally and for lin
tied time, and at irregular intervals. it
becomes the useful servant OF scien-
tiflc intelligence There is soul Of
truth" in vegetarianism, rs there also
may be, SO far as you or | know to
the contrary. In the belief that II you
see a black tabby on Friday the thir-
teenth, you will lose regularly at
poker for some considerable time
thereafter. This soul OF truth takes us
backward bit in the natural history
Of man
The primitive ancestors Of Euro
pean races Ike the savage races Of
the present time, were naturally fitted
for and therefore needed" 2 certain
amolnt Of irregularlty IN their feed
ing. Sometimes game would he plenty.
and sometimes il would be scarce.
When it was scarce. or not to be had
at all. those primitive ancestors of
ours were necessarily limited to q
starvation diet They were very hungry,
and their hunger made them keen on
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the hunt. active, brlghteyed, alert, Wig
orous and pushing Then, with q
successful Kill, there would naturally
be little gorg!ng OF meat followed
by q long and lazy rest
Now. while we. their descendants,
are not quite as savage or quite as i'm.
proyident as were our primitive fore.
fathers Of the Jungle or the prairies,
and while it is true that we are not
distressed with alternate scarcity and
redundaucies OF food, We inherit the
stomaChs and the general digestive ma
Chiuery Of those active old fathers OF
ours. and a reasonable degree of alter
nate gOrging and starving IS good for
US. Unfortunately. however most OF
us have to attend to business year IN
and year out, and We cannot lie idle
around the woods digesting of our
gorges. whereas fasting Is not TO be
thought of by persons who work at
occupations very different from hunt
ing
But We can DO this. We can cut
down, or cut out, our meat diet az IT.
regular and fairly frequent intervals;
go without meat altogether for a week
or SO; be vegetarlans, not regularly,
but quite irregularly for short lengths
OF time. And then when We give
meat its inning, We viii be better pre-
pared to appreciate It, and to extract
from It the health and happiness VIZ
need.
The vegetarian is therefore here
with supplied with a scientific princl
pie" as sound and as negotiable as a
golden eagle. But If he adopts it he
will have to cut himself in two.
,Copyrfght, 1911 by the Columbia Press
Syudic1te1
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ism Hurts Us
:, SC. B.,
ology, University Of Illinois,

.ntn outlet" with two bananas for
,lner, And after this desperate
PONCE into the flesh pots OF Egypt
be would always feel as guilty as If
he had just robbed safe and could
hear the police coming to take him in
You couldn't persuade that young
man that he was slowly but certainly
killing himself Had YOU stood him UP
before all the psychologists OF the
world, to be assured by them not only
on thel? reputation as men OF science,
but on their decency and honor as
men, that that sort Of diet was never
intended, by any scheme OF nature or
any deity imaginable, for the human
machinery Of digestion, he would prob
ably have come out OF the seance with
a vague idea that somehow or other
they were Just trying to fool him for
some hidden and vicious purpose Of
their own.
II would be a good thing II all men
and all women We're early in their
youth put through a course OF study
| mean actual study, from the thing
and not from the book, which IS worse
than useless. not even being useless
ON the vast differences between the
digestive apparatus of the plant-eat.
ing animal and that of the intoxicating,
or omniyorous, animal, such as man.
The young vegetarian mentioned
above was very brave; as brave as
,v,h1Jv could ba I'm suob oirof,rr,-
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ates a mind picture Of canals. and in
deed tina; little land Of dykes and
bitches is completely cut mp into
small islands by It's extensive system
OF waterways They cross and inter
lace one another like the threads Of
some large fishing net. The North
Holland canal vas considered. until
recently. to be the finest Of the kind In
Europe The southern part of the
country IS especially favored by ma
ture, for the Rhine. entering Holland
divides up into numerous arms, the
chief OF which are the Wal, the LEX
and the Yssel The Meuse joins the
Waai. thus mingling its waters with
those Of the Rhine. and all OF these
rivers carry an immense traffic. Four
fitths OF the river trade Of Holland is
carried on the Rhine and the WAL
The Scheldt has its estuary mainly
in Holland and carries ocean vessels
to Antwerp.
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I'm sorry for him. once knew a
young man who was trying to do the
very hardest kind Of work-the mixed
kind, which is physical and mental.
too-on a diet that a healthy rabbit
would hesitate about adopting unless
guaranteed that the quantity would be
absolutely unlimited This young man
would make breakfast Of bit of
bread. a small PLATE Of boiled rice. and
glass Of water; he would luncheon
on a small quantity OF butter beans,
OF some other equally insubstautial
airy nothing and then he would top OF
the day with a piece Of cake and a
cup Of tea-always weak tea, TOO
Occasionally he would 20 on what
might be called a veritable feed
ing bat" and would wildly
dissipate On two bananas for
breakfast, boiled rice with green corn
and an apple for luncheon, and a
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/ Owing to the level condition OF tbs
country, the construction of a canal
| IN Holland involves but comparatively
little labor and expense Many Of ths
canals ar" used constantly as substi-
+ tutes for public highways, and in the
winter their frozen surfaces offer CON
Ivenient roads for the skaters who
throng them on their way to and from
market and about their various OCcu-
patons. so complete is the canal
system that by means Of It a resident
Of Rotterdam could breakfast at Delft
or The Hague. dine at Leyden and
sup at Amsterdam, or return to his
! home before nightall Since not only
| the surface but the beds OF many Of
Hollands canals are above the level of
| land, the drainage IS Of the greatest
importance This IS effected by means
Of pumps worked by the windmills
that are such a characteristic feature
Of the Dutch landscape The banks OF
the canals are maintained by the fam
ilies that live along HON, each being
assigned portion to keep in repair.
Emory r Johnson professor Of
transportation and commerce IN the
University OF Pennsylvania, who re-
Gently made a study Of European wa
terways. as The special representative
Of the National River and Harbor con-
gress, calls attention TO the way in
which Germany, France, Holland and
Belgium have co-operated in estab-
fishing standard dimensions for their
canals and barges, and connecting
their systems. In this manner the
through shipment Of international
traffic has been facilitated Another
feature Of the waterway policy Of
these European countries he says,
is that car" is taken to provide wa
terways with adequate terminal and
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steaming under the thousand guns
that arm King Georges tremendous
fortress on the rock SO the project
seems almost equally important from
commercial ana military view, and
doubtless will be carried out
Altogether, France has nearly 5000
miles Of canals and 5000 miles Of nav
igable rivers. and In the last % years
the rate OF increase as regards ton
mage and tou-mileage has been more
rapid on The waterways than on the
railways
In the Rhine and the Elbe Germany
possesses two commercial waterways
Of the 0~st magnitude The Rhine is
uayigabla for small river steamboats,
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ISNIBNNAWUEI III luc man mere nlrtGI-
hNMN0ltVH8 esQue features that add
lLQIAsLll ..sJ to the interest OF the
landscape. but have been
rendered practically oLso-
ieIe IN commercial Sense by the
building Of railways. He sees barees
upon them, to be sure. and in winter
he is delighted by the sight Of the
people OF Holland skating along TIE
frozen water courses. But he would
be astonished If he knew the import
ant part the canals and canalized
rivers, play IN the economic life of
European nations.
Canals, as they were originally con.
structed. cannot compete with rail
roads, but as the latter have spread
over the land, the waterways have
been altered to meet the new condi-
lions. Their chief mission in these
days is to connect the centers Of pop
ulation and industry with the coasts-
to make them scaports and this has
been accomplished TO an extent that is
surprising to the uniformed
= The pressure Of international com.
petition Is mainly responsible for the
extensive improvement of WATERWAYS
In the continental European countries
that have the highest degree of indus.
trial development. Every manufac
turing country. district or cftv If T. Is
to prosper, must be able 10 meet +bi.
competition and 10 assemble ,,,,torioIs
as cheauly a. possible from all nar.s
of the world and be nrovldad ,,,rtb
facilities for PLACING IFS goods ctaarl,
and readily upon the chief doras,ic
and foreign MARKERS The countr,a. os
the continent rccrgufzirp ,bis b.,.a
adopted the roIfcy Of nrovi.fre Win
equal care for the DEVELOPMENT of both
railroads an1 WATERWAYS In crs.t
Britain. on the contrary with ,ba -,
ception Of two canals I'm Scotland tho
inland WATERWAYS. both rtysrs AVID
canals have heen fnluroyad and ara
operated by corDoratioua .yr.. pr,,
ish government Is considering ma al
yisahiltv Of changing IFS .orl,, ,n...,rI
WATERWAYS.
OF all the continental rl,,,,,i..
France has soar+ the mast an .,,naI
navigation Tier extensive ,.,,,.. rar
waterway Jayalon,nant adrr,.d g.,
1879 proyId.j for system hy which
the WATERWAYS should no al r,,.n,.,
ed with each other and o.i-b tho ,},,l,
centers Of ucn1'ation and iDl,.,Ir,.
They are mainly owned or on,,rar,oi
nv the state Lut u.be, in ,eo2 49,,