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, ~iISVILLE'S CITY TREASURER A
SUICIDE.
SAW HIS PICTURE IN PAPER.
they walked away - a>d shot
HIMSELF.
R. Yoon* AA'a* a Prominent
< Itlxen of Loulvllle and Member
of Well-Knonl Family—The 1’r0N
,,,,.< of Exposure More Than He
i oriel Bear—When NeitaboTi
showed Him Puper With His Pic
ture He Walks Array to Ills
neath—Leaves a Bride of a Few
Months.
Louisville, Ky., Nov. 27.—After br
ig offered an evening newspaper,
nhieh said his books were under ex
amination by expert accountants,
stuart K. Young, city treasurer of
Louisville, this evening went to the
rear of a warehouse at. Sixth and
Nelson streets, and committed suicide
by shooting himself behind the right
ear with a pistol.
A great sensation was created late
this afternoon when the last edition of
one evening paper appeared with a
story, in substance, that accountants
tiprp at work on the books of the re
tiring city treasurer, Stuart R. Young,
and that it was reported that discre
pancies had been found in his accounts,
immediately the friends of Mr. Young
began to look for him, not believing
the reports. Shortly after 6 p. m. Mr.
Young was seen at the ladies’ entrance
of the Louisville Hotel on Main street,
tv here he lived with his bride of a few
months. Two newsboys, who knew
Mr. Young, ran up and said:
"Mr. Young, don't you want a pa
per? It's got your picture in it."
One glance at the double-column
headlines told Mr. Young why the pa
per had printed a double-column pic
ture of him. Instead of entering the
hotel he walked down Sixth street to
wards the river, the newsboys following
him on the other side of the street,
.lust after passing Nelson street Mr.
Young turned off between some box
cars. The boys were afraid to follow
him any further, and returning to the
Louisville Hotel, described Mr. Young's
actions to "Kid” Johnson, a hackman
whose carriage stand is in front of
the hotel. Johnson was acquainted
with Young, and going in the direction
given by the newsboys finally found
Mr. Young lying face downward in the
cinders, his right arm under hint. See
ing a builet hole behind Mr. Young's
right ear, Johnson turned the body
over. Then he saw a pistol in Mr.
Young's hand. Life was extinct. The
body was removed to an undertaking
establishment under orders of the cor
oner, for an inquest.
Stuart R. Young was 35 years old and
one of the most prominent men in
Louisville. He was a graduate of
TYinceton University, a son of Col.
Bennett H. Young, a prominent lawyer
and former Confederate soldier of
Louisville, and a brother of Lawrence
Young, of Chicago, president of the
Washington Park Jockey Club. He
married last July Miss Bessie Wy
n.ond, one of tlie most beautiful wo
men in Kentucky, and daughter of L.
IT. Wymond.
Four years ago Mr. Young was elect
ed city treasurer and under the law,
was ineligible for re-election, his suc
cessor having been elected on Nov. 5.
MR. NATION LETS A DIVORCE.
(■mini >***lert of Da ty and Not
Crnelty. the Ground.
Kansas City, Mo., Nov. 27. —A special
to the Star from Medicine Lodge, Kan.,
says:
David Nation was to-day granted a
divorce from his wife, Mrs. Carrie Na
tion. “the joint smasher." The court
exonerated Mrs. Nation front the
charge of cruelty to her husband, and
divided the property. Tne Medicine
Lodge home will go to Mr. Nation, and
outlying property to his wife. Judge
Gillet granted the divorce on the
ground of gross neglect of duty.
TO DRIVE THE NEGROES OUT.
Omahn I’nfon Organise* Fight on
Colored Cooks and XValter*.
Omaha, Neb., Nov. 27. —The Waiters’
Union of this city is preparing to make
a fight on the colored waiters of the
• ■lty. and the cooks and waiters em
ployed in dining cars starting from
this point. This plan, which has been
worked on for some time, is to union
ise every branch of hotel and restau
rant labor, and to take bartenders into
the amalgamation. The Hotel Mens
Sssociation has taken the matter up,
and a contest is promised in the near
future.
EX-GOV. WAITE DEAD.
The Wan of "Bloody Bridle*” Ex
plre* Snddenly.
Aspen. Col., Nov. 27.—Former Gov
ernor Davis H Waite of Colorado
dropped dead here at 9 o'clock this
morning. He had been In good health
ip to the moment of his death. It is
believed that the cause of death was
heart trouble. He was peeling an ap
ple when he suddenly dropped to the
door and expired without a word.
FOUND DEAD IX A TREK TOF.
Per Manner of Suicide Choaen 1*
Alabama Man.
Leverne, Ala., Nov. 27. —W. J. Vann,
a w hite man 50 years old and married,
was found dead in a tree top by opos
sum hunters last night. He bought
morphine and wtychnine the day be
fore, saying he had family troubles
end was going away so that no one
would ever hear from him.
birmlnglium‘* Postmaster I* Safe.
Washington. Nov. 27.
*iv# Underwood of Alabama to-day saw
ihe President and asked for the reten
-Imn of the present postmaster at Bir
mingham. The President Indicated
'hat Mr. Underwood's request would
*'• granted.
Hon. t lem Mudebaker Dead.
South Bend. Ind., Nov. ,27. —Hon.
1 letn Mtudehaker died al 11:55 o'clock
'o-dajr. The retailvos were at the
1 4*lde. He was unconscious to Ihe
’ml The funeral will be held Mafur*
' y afternoon. The burial will be
triv ate.
ftMlr One Operator Prearel.
Huntington, w, V#,, Nov. 27,—The
>iui tiiMrttiig of • oal operators Mid
■nera as for to-day failed, owing
' e i esetioe of hut one operator,
wt Beale < ohiduii*# has not yet fe
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•’bd to 4ay ftvis Havsne lot lamp*
"‘•1 to U aatilngi*. , It* will s< lend
* wos Point A Mbsi*,die lm#theh
A*tse Mi Pli.iadetptns pto<4•/ ,
JUST TO SEE THE PRESIDENT.
Tremendons Demand for Tickets to
Army and Navy Game.
Philadelphia, Nov. 27.—Preparations
for the army and navy football game
on Franklin Field on Saturday, which
will be witnessed by President Roose
velt, are rapidly nearing completion.
Never before in the history of football
in this city has there been such a de
mand for tickets. The enormous de
mand for tickets this year is due to
the announcement tha.t President
Roosevelt will attend the game. The
university authorities say that appli
cations for tickets from Pennsylvania
alone have been fully 20,000 above the
seats at the disposal of the athletic
association.
President Roosevelt will arrive here
Saturday morning, accompanied by a
number of other government officials.
During the first half of the contest the
President will sit with the followers
cf one of the academies and during
the ten minutes intermission between
the halves he will be escorted across
the field and will occupy a seat with
the sympathizers of the other academy
for the remainder of the game. The
President will return to Washington
immediately after the contest.
THE CHEW OF THE STANDARD.
Ilroiialit t<> Philadelphia by the
British Steamer Vera.
Philadelphia, Nov. 27.—The British
steamer Vera. Capt. Bennett, arrived
here to-day from Huelva, Spain, hav
ing on board the crew of seven of the
schooner Standard. Capt. Crawford, of
Manasquan. N. J. The Standard, a
three-masted schooner, left Savannah,
Nov. 8, for New York with a cargo
of lumber. She encountered a severe
gale and was so badly damaged that
her crew were compelled to abandon
her.
The vessel’s masts were carried
away, her cabin was crushed and the
after decks were started by the heavy
seas. She was abandoned in latitude
38:17, North, and longitude 72:50, and
at that time had five feet of water
in her hold.
WAS MAJ. LA ICR II El M Ell SOBER.
This Point Again Ip in Meade
< ourtmartini.
New York, Nov. 27.—C01. F. L. Den
ny testified again to-day in the court
martial of Col. Robert L. Meade of
the marine corps, on charges of drunk
enness and scandalous conduct. He
continued the corrections of his evi
dence begun yesterday.
Maj. Charles H. Lauchheimer was
recalled to the stand and asked wheth
er he could reconcile his statement that
he was somewhat intoxicated by drinks
had at the Puritan Club with testimony
given by members of the club, to the
effect that he was perfectly sober. Maj.
Lauchhelmer declared that he did not
mean that he was drunk and he did
not think the two statements were ir
reconcilable.
FLORIDA’S COTTON CROP.
The Ontpnt for ISBS SO.JSI Bales
Upland and *11,57*1 Sea Island.
Washington, Nov. 27.—The cotton
crop of Florida in 1899, as tabulated
and announced by the census bureau
to-day, comprised 99,038 acres of up
land cotton, producing 30.283 commer
cial bales, or the equivalent of 29,878
standard bales of 500 pounds each, and
25,179 bales were ginned. There were
grown 122,787 acres of sea. island cot
ton, producing 31.573 commercial bales,
or the equivalent of 24,113 standard
bales of 500 pounds each. The sea
island cotton ginned was the equiva
lent of 24.180 standard bales of 500
pounds each. _
COL. YOUNG INDICTED.
Cashier of Eulaula Bank rioceil
Under $7,500 Bond.
Montgomery, Ala., Nov-. 27. —An in
dictment was found to-day against
Col. E. B. Young, cashier of the de
funct Eufala, Ala.. National Bank, by
the United States grand jury. Col.
Young, accompanied by his attorneys
and F. W. Jennings of Eufaula, and
bondsmen, later surrendered to the
Federal authorities and Judge Jones
fixed the bond at $7,500. Col. Young
was held responsible in the indictment
for all the alleged violations of the
banking laws by the officers of the
Eufaula National Bank.
A BIG RIVER STEAMER SUNK.
The John K. Speed Struck ■ Snag
Xear MeuiphU.
Memphis. Nov. 27.—The steamer
John K. Speed, bound from New Or
leans to Cincinnati with 700 tons of
freight on board, struck obstruction in
the river a short distance below the
Memphis railroad bridge to-day and
ssnK.
No lives were lost. The Speed was one
of the largest boats in the river traffic.
It is thought she can be raised without
difficulty.
Illinois on Her Wn> o New Orleans.
New Orleans, Nov. 27.—The battle
ship Illinois, sent here to test the New
Orleans floating dock, passed safely
and easily through the Jetties at the
mouth of the river at daylight and pro
ceeded up the river at a nine-mile
speed. _
Dlreclnni Sold for $12,100.
New York. Nov. 27.—Directum, at
one time champion (rotting stallion,
with a record of 2:0514, was bought at
the Fasig-Tlpton sale to-day by the
International Stock Farm of Minne
apolis. for $12,100.
horse: bucked,
Itider Severely Hurl.
A Cincinnati man visiting In Texas,
on a ranch, was thrown from a horse
and so severely Injured that his life
was despaired of. He takes pride In
telling how food saved his life. The
heavy drugs given seriously injured his
stomach and a* he say* "It seemed I
would soon have to starve In the midst
of plenty. My stomach refused to digest
food and I ran down from 165 to 133
pound*. When my appetite failed I
was ready to give up, and It looked si
though 1 would ooon 'wink out.'
"On*- morning the foreman's daughter
brought in what she called a splendid
fool and It turned out to be Orape-
NuU. A little skeptical I ate It and
found it waa good, and Juat the kind of
food I could keep on my atomach
w'hkdi had been almost burned out by
ihe vile drugs.
~j frp that I had obtained anew
1,-aae <*f life for improvement aet In at
on< A week later I W'aa weighed and
had gained two pound* My weight has
stipe eleadlly increased by the <or -
etani uae of Grape-Nut* end I am new
Getter itiaa I have been in years, as
my friend# wW all testify
"In a* 11 kinds of athlete spoils I
notice I he-v* a greater rtgwrv# fe*e
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THE MORNING NEWS: THURSDAY. NOVEMBER 28.1901.
The Finest Cake
Is made with Royal Bak
ing Powder. Always light,
sweet, pure & wholesome.
FOR SOI'THEHN EDI CATION.
Her. Edgar G. Murphy Made Secre
tary of New Organization.
Montgomery, Ala., Nov. 27.—The Rev.
Gardner Murphy of this city has ac
cepted the position of executive secre
tary of the Southern Education Board
recently organized at a. meeting of
Southern educators in New York City.
The members of the board are Robert
C. Ogden, chairman; C. D. Melver,
president of the North Carolina State
Normal College for Women at Greens
boro. N. C.; Edward A. Alderman,
president of Tulane University, New
Orleans: Dr. J. L. M. Curry, agent
of the Peabody and Slater funds; Dr.
Wallace Buttrick. Albany, N. Y.: Dr.
H. B. Frissell, principal of Hampton
Institute; Dr. Albert Shaw, editor of
the Review of Reviews; Dr. Walter H.
Page, editor of the World's Work: Mr.
George Foster Peabody of the firm of
Spencer Trask & Cos.. New Y’ork; Wil
liam H. Baldwin, Jr., president of the
Long Island Railroad, and Dr. Charles
R. Dabney, president of the University
of Tennessee.
The purpose of the organization is
the deepening of popular interest every
where in the education of the masses.
VIRGINIA’S PENITENTIARY.
Constitution Provides for More
Commodious quarters.
Richmond. Va„ Nov. 27.—The con
stitutional convention further consider
ed the report of the Committee on Pub
lic Institutions and Prisons to-day
and completed it with the exception Of
section ten.
The ni,ost important action was the
adoption of the following substitute for
section three, offered by Mr. Walker of
Westmoreland:
"The general assembly shall appro
priate at Its first session after this
constitution shall be adopted, such
sums of money as may be necessary to
provide and maintain buildings with a
sufficient number of cells and sufficient
air space at the penitentiary as may
be necessary for the proper care and
safekeeping of the convicts incarcerat
ed there.”
Section four was stricken out, the
Walker substitute covering sections
three and four.
The body.at 2 o’clock, adjourned until
noon on Friday.
TO REDUCE SUGAR DUTIES.
President to Recommend This for
Benefit of Cuba and Philippine*.
Washington, Nov. 27.—Rresident
Roosevelt, in his message to Congress,
will recommend the advisability of re
ducing the duty on Cuban sugar in re
turn for trade concessions when the in
dependent government in the island is
set up and also the reduction of the
duty on sugar from the Philippines as
a means of stimulating the production
of sugar in those islands. This Infor
mation the President conveyed to sev
eral prominent visitors with whom he
talked to-day.
TRAIN ROBBER ARRESTED.
"Deaf Charlie” Admit* Robbery and
bay* He Hu* $12,500 Burled.
Great Falls, Mont., Nov. 27.—Deputy
Sheriff Ledbetter has arrested at Nei
hart, a man known as Bob Collins, who
is believed to be O. C. Hanks, alias
Camilla Hanks, alias "Deaf Charlie,”
a partner of Harry Longbaugh, Kid
Curry and George Parker in the Malta,
Mont., Great Northern train robbery
on July 3, last. Collins does not con
fess his identity, but admits he helped
to rob the train and that he has $12,-
500 burled. The plot to rob the train,
says Collins, was made by him and
Longbaugh and Curry.
DOES NOT WORRY’ J. J. Hil 1,.
Hi* Rig Security Company Not Vio
lating Any Law, He Say*.
New York, Nov. 27.—When the reply
of Gov. Toole of Montana to the invi
tation of Gov. Van Sant to enter a
conference of Northwestern Governors
and states against the Northern Secur
ities Company was shown to James J.
Hill, president of the Great Northern
Railway by an Associated Press re
porter to-day, he said:
"When the gentlemen get through
telegraphing each other they will find
that the Northern Securities Company
is entirely within its rights, and is not
violating any law of the states of Mon
tana and Minnesota.”
SEVENTY BOEK COMMANDOES.
British Have Long and Weary
lank Ahead of Them.
London. Nov. 27,—A dispatch to the
Times from Pretoria, says there are 70
recognised commandos and bands of
Boers ranging In strength from 50 to
400 men in the field, of which 23 are
In the Transvaal, 31 In the Orange Riv
er Colony and 13 in Cape Colony. The
task of running them down must nec
essarily be slow, but It Is sure, and
there is no ground for Impatience.
Lord Kitchener s striking arm at pres
ent amounts to only 45,000 men, and the
more men he is enabled to put In the
field the sooner the end will come.
COMPETITION FOR MOBILE.
'I roy Parlle* Want 1 Build Elec
tric Hallway There.
Troy, N. Y, Nov. 27 George I*.
Leatherburg, Jr., of Mobile, All.. rep
resenting a syndicate of Troy partte*.
Is petitioning for * franchise to build
*r, electric railway In Mobile. The road
will compete with the Mobile Light n ‘l
Hall we y Company. *
newly created, of which W. H. let-er*
a on, of Atlanta, la _ presiden<
%,m Ssgraa* Plea ter Vlrglits,
TllulHlWWd V#., Nov. *7 ~At Ui vM
littyikesd cotivotdhdi to - day Delegate
Mon. ui*- presented s now suffrage plMi
wlibSi provide# that *ll eletdlotis shall
be viva voce Voters must pay a per
capita las of |1 M at laael sis mutUtm
prior U, U>* election possess I tad p*p
-*, i y valued at at laaat $1 Sic w a V|ir- j
Minin 1 *|[t *f ***i a* U* UtrnS tj4 A
vote. t T l be icgiMried Ml Me (etasaJ
e4*pit* Him and <*#wmoa* a# a tover **•
lowg •*> be Mesietatiu dt /agu* reigagy
eotter Ms ftajtgfNUUU* D/ while# will j
P* eb#ias* fo*
TO CONNECT WITH SOUTHERN.
Penney Ivanin Capitalist* to Devel
op Mountain Section.
Knoxville. Tenn., Nov. 27.—The Lit
tle River Lumber and Railroad Com
pany. owned by Pennsylvania capital
ists who have expended $250,000 in
timber land and a tannery in Blount
county, Tennessee,have decided to build
a railroad from their plant to connect
with the Murphy branch of the South
ern Railroad at Bushnell. N. C.
The road will open up a section rich
in minerals and timber. Actual work
on this road will begin before Jan. 1.
RAILROAD RUMOR DENIED.
Seaboard Hn* Not Bought Virginia
,i and Southwestern Railway.
Knoxville, Tenn.. Nov. 27.—J. L.
Brass, general manager of the Virginia
and Southwestern Railway, denies the
correctness of the report that his road
has been sold to the Seaboard Air Line.
The purchase was reported from Win
ston-Salem. N. CL recently, and if
made would give the Seaboard en
trance into a rich coal district.
INCORPORATED IN NEW JERSEY'.
Meldrim Camphor and Chemical
Company of Blaekshear With
*500,000 Capital.
Dover. Del., Nov. 27. —The Meldrim
Camphor and Chemical Company, of
Blackshear, Ga., capital $500,000, to
manufacture camphor, arsenic, soaps,
etc., to-day filed articles of incorpora
tion with the Secretary of State.
Mr. and Mr*. Flagler in Florida.
St. Augustine. Fla., Nov. 27.—Mr. and
Mrs. H. M. Flagler arrived here yes
terday in their private car. They will
leave to-morrow for their winter home
at Palm Beach, Fla.
TABLOID RESTAURANTS OPEN.
Compressed Food Served to Carton*
New Yorker* and Brooklynite*.
From the Brooklyn Eagle.
Brooklyn now revels in the distinc
tion of possessing the second tabloid
restaurant ever established. The first
began its career in Manhattan a few
weeks ago. A tabloid restaurant, it
should be understood, is a restaurant
where food is served in condensed
form —where the patron may take a
square meal in a lozenge that mav be
swallowed at a single gulp. Or be
j can have his dinner in a capsule, if
he prefers it that way. But most pa
trons prefer their food lozenges dilut
ed .with water—so it will last longer,
perhaps.
The tabloid restaurant was made
possible by the recent invention of
compressed foods a. few years ago.
Compressed foods were supposed to be
desirable only as an emergency ration,
but some enterprising Individual found
that the compressed foods would ap
peal to a certain portion of the public
even where there w r as an abundance
of restaurants of the ordinary type.
Hence th tabloid restaurant. The place
is on Fulton street, almost directly
opposite the bridge entrance.
The King’* Champion.
From Pearson's Magazine.
That the duties of the office of Keep
er of Britain's Honor are not onerous
is shown by the fact that they are
only performed once in a Sovereign's
life-time—during the banquet which
immediately follows the coronation
ceremony. As an example of how their
appearance is viewed by onlookers,
we will quote, says a writer in Pear
son's Magazine, from the London Time*
of Friday, the 20th of July. 1821. After
describing the scenes of the banquet
ing hail in which George IV sat amidst
his nobles arrayed In their various
robes of state (the crowned King car
rying in his right hand the scepter,
and in his left the orb), the article
continues:
"The first course having been re
moved. the attention of all present was
called to the bottom of the hall bv a
long and cheerful flourish of trumpets.
The great gates were instantly thrown
wide open, and the champion made his
appearance under the Gothic, archway
mounted on his charger * * * Mr.
Dymoke was accompanied on his right
by the Duke of Wellington, and on the
left by the Marquis of Anglesea: but
his polished steel armor, his plumes,
and the trappings of his steel instant
ly showed the capacity In which he
appeared. He was ushered within the
limits of the hall by two trumpeters,
with the arms of the Champion on
their banners, by the Sergeant-Trum
peter. and by two Sergeanls-at-Arms
with maces. An Esquire In half-arm
or was on each side, the one bearing
his lance, and the other his shield and
target; the three horsemen were fol
lowed by grooms and pages. The first
challenge was given at the entrance
of the hall by the Herald attending
the Champion.
"After pausing for a few seconds the
Champion drew off hi* gauntlet and
threw it upon the floor with a very
manly and chivalrous air. As no one
appeared to accept the challenge, the
Herald kook up the glove and returned
it to the Champion. The cavalcade then
advanced half-way up the hall, when
It again halted, and the trumpets hav
ing again sounded, the challenge was
read as before, the gauntlet thrown
down, and restored to the challenger.
At the foot of the throne the ceremony
was a third time repeated. We should
here remark that shouts of applause
and vociferation* of ‘Long Live the
King.' followed each restoration of the
gauntlet to the t'hamplon. Hi* charger
was considerably alarmed by the noise
but he seemed to have complete com
mand over him and leatrained hi* ac
l lions within limits suited to the nar
row apace In which he could be per
mitted to move. • • • *nir
backing out of the •'hamplon and of
i the Duke of Wellington and the Mar
quis of Ariglesea was not very well
managed, partly owing in the pleasure
of the <tow4 on the floor, which nar
rowed the avenue of the throne "
It la lulereellng to note, with refer
ence to ih* backing 'Hit, that ae the
actors of the *pecta< te must k*p their
faces turned toward their sovereign
their horses have 1# undergo a 1 ours*
of train!tig for the scent
—fkenewhst Like fine "fitd yog no
flit how she j*tibci*l away when the
egl tfwM* bet si sen those two ***rb*“
fModnsM. yes' It made me Hunk
<4 g loiigus si*4*9h. I'blledeipkl#
Aoto.ng Dulletla*
PROGRESS OF AGRICULTURE.
Some Fact* From the Annual Re
port of Secretary Wilson.
Washington. Nov. 26.—The annual re
port. of the Secretary of Agriculture
contains much valuable information. A
large portion of the report covers the
subject of animal industry. The grand
total of animals and animal products
exported during the year exceeded $250,.
000,000 in value. This vast foreign mar
ket is only preserved to our producers
by the indefatigable efforts of the. de
partment and the rigid inspection ex
ercised through the Bureau of Animal
Industry. This bureau inspected for ex
port 385,000 cattle, 228.000 sheep, and
48,000 horses and mules, and nearly 1,-
000 vessels carrying live stock. Import
ed animals were also inspected to the
number of 342,000, and, where neces
sary, quarantined The secretary sug
gests that with the enormous interests
our stock-raiser have at stake, and in
spection or quarantine affording after
all, a relative, not an absolute guaran
tee of protection, it might be well for
this country to follow the example of
Great Britain and exclude live stock
from other countries entirely. The meat
inspection service involved the inspec
tion at time of slaughter of nearly 37,-
000,000 animals. Of the more than 5,000,-
000 cattle inspected, the condemned car
casses were about one-fourth of 1 per
cent.; of the 6,500,000 sheep, one-tenth
of 1 per cent., and m 24,000,000 hogs,
one-third of I per cent. In the bontrol
of indigenous diseases, 1.500,000 inspec
tions were made and over 45,000 oars
disinfected in the Texas fever service
alone. In the repression of scabies in
sheep nearly 8,000,000 animals were in
spected, and over 1.000,000 dipped un
der the supervision of the Department
inspectors. In combatting the disease
known as "Black Leg" the Bureau dis
tributed over 1,500,000 doses of vaccine,
the result being to reduce losses in af
fected herds to less than 1 per cent.,
where formerly it was in most cases
about 10 per cent. To aid in detecting
tuberculosis in cattle and glanders in
horses, over 44,000 doses of tuberculin
and 7.000 doses of malleln have been
supplied. The Secretary points out the
serious evil resulting from a system of
state inspection which, if it became
general, would effectually prevent the
marketing of live stock in some sec
tions, and would destroy much of the
usefulness of the federal inspection. He
regards the present conditions as so
menacing to the interests of the ca.ttle
industry in the West and Southwest
that he has requested the Attorney
General to cooperate in bringing the
matter before the Supreme Court for
decision as to the constitutionality of
these state laws. This request has been
favorably received and the assistance
of the Department of Justice promised.
Work in Entomology.
Under this head the secretary reports
the successful introduction and estab
lishment in California of the fig-fer
tilizing insect, with the result that It
has been thoroughly established at sev
eral point, and that the Division of En
tomology is now ready to supply fig in
sects to any grower after he has suc
ceeded in raising to the bearing stage
capriflg and Smyrna fig trees. The dis
covery is reported by an expert of the
Division sent to Asia for the purpose,
that the San Jose scale is not Indige
nous to the Japan, but that it is so in
North China, it has been found in a
section of that country where there
have been no fruit importations, and
all fruits are of native sorts. Further,
In this district, it was found to have a
natural enemy—a ladybird beetle, of
which the expert in question has col
lected many specimens and forwarded
them to Washington, and steps will be
taken to acclimatize this important
species. This importation will doubt
less prote of extreme value to fruit
growers in this country. Another val
uable importation of the ladybird bee
tle was cf one which feeds upon sev
eral distinct species of plant lice acci
dentally Imported into this country
from Europe.
Exportation of A*rlraltnral Pro
duct*.
The highest record previously at
tained in the export of agricultural
products—in 1898—was surpassed by
over $90,000,000 in the fiscal year of 1901,
when a value of over $950,000,000 was
reached. Of the merchandise sent
abroad during the year. 85 per cent,
originated on the farm. Of foreign
customers for our agricultural prod
ucts, the United Kingdom stands first,
taking over 50 per cent. The next most
important markets are afforded by
Germany. France, the Netherlands, and
Belgium, in the order named. The
Section of Foreign Markets lias begun
the preparation of a most comprehen
sive report on the character of our
agricultural importations received by
the United Kingdom, they comprised
only one-third of the foreign farm pro
duce purchased by that country. Spe
cial statistics have been compiled by
the Section of Foreign Markets rela
tive to our trade In farm products with
our new insular possessions. Our ag
ricultural exports to Cuba, Porto Rico,
and the Philippines during the year
comprised about 53 per cent, of the do
mestic merchandise sent to these isl
ands. Our imports of agricultural pro
ducts from these islands exceeded our
exports by Just $30,000,000.
Tlie Office of Experiment Station*.
The Seerteary reports as the result of
a broad inquiry made through the of
fice of the Experiment Stations that by
far Ihe largest part of the work of the
stations has direct relation to th im
portant agricultural interests of the
eominunltlttes in which they are lo
cated.
The work of the stations is becoming
better understood by the farmers, and
a broader, deeper foundation of scien
tific inquiry is being laid each year.
Co-operation between this department
and the station* continues to Increase,
and the value of these co-operative
methods to the agricultural interest
are very generally acknowledged. As
a result of the practical confidence so
attained. Congress and the state Leg
islatures have shown a disposition to
be liberal with this department and
wi’h the stations. The movement for
the separation of the office of director
of the stations from that of president
of the college has advanced, and at
present there are but eleven states and
territories in which the college presi
dent exercises the functions of director
of the station. At the same time the
amount of teaching required of station
officers ha* been materially reduced.
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MAIL SERVICE ABUSES.
Some of the Thin** Dl*cn*e<! by
the I’oMtmnstrr General .
Washington, Nov. 27.—1n his annual
report, the Tostmaster General dis
cusses again the abuses of second class
mail matter. He says; The second
class matter constitutes nearly 60 per
cent, of the weight of the entire mail
of the country, and yet. while the
postal revenue for the last fiscal year
was $111,631,193, the second class mat
ter paid only $4,294,443 of that amount.
That is, while making three-fifths of
the mail in weight, it furnished only
one-twenty-eighlh part of the revenue.
The transportation of the mails is paid
for chiefly by weight. The enormous
disproportion of return to cost in sec
ond class matter is thus apparent at a
glance.
The point to which the Postmaster
General wants to draw attention par
ticularly is that a vast amount of
matter is carried second class which
does not properly belong in that class.
The law is evaded.
What the Postmaster General has to
say about the free delivery system has
been covered in previous dispatches.
With respect to the Ocean Mail ser
vice the Postmaster General says; Un
der the act of IS9I, to provide for ocean
mail service between the United States
a.nd foreign ports and to promote com
merce, six contract routes for ocean
mail service are now in operation at a
cost of $1,448,968 per annum. The laitest
contract went Into effect Nov. 1, 1900.
and was with the Oceanic Steamship
Company for carrying the malls from
San Francisco to Sydney. New South
Wales, calling at Honolulu, Pago Pago,
and Auckland. This is the only service
under the act on the Pacific. Its in
ducements have not yet proved suf
ficient to elicit proposals for a direct
contract service between the Pacific
coast and the Orient. The importance
of a more direct, speedy, and regular
communication with the Philippine Isl
ands will be universally recognized.
"The volume of money order trans
actions during the past five years has
increased 56 per cent. During the last
fiscal year the receipts of this branch
maintained, for the 305 working days,
an average of increase over the pre
vious year of $39,0''0,000. The number
of money-order offices In operation at
the close of the fiscal year was 30,529,
a net increase of 880 over the previous
year.
The railroads make a good thing in
the transportation of the malls. There
was paid them for (his service during
the last fiscal year $33,881,390.
The revenue derived by the Postoffiee
Department from all sources during
the last fiscal year was $111,631,193.39
and the expenses were $115,039,607.09,
leaving a. deficit of $3,923.727.48.
whymanVant fly.
Prof, Simon Newcomb Explain* Dtf
ftcultlea of Aerial Navigation.
Prof. Simon Newcomb. LL.D., F. R. A.
S.. in the New York Mail and Ex
press.
At first sight it may seem to detract
from mans boasted superiority that
animals far beneath him In intelligence
can soar in midair while he has to
content himself with making his slow
and laborious way upon the ground.
If nature did not give him wings why
should not the genius which has pro
duced the telegraph and the telephone
succeed In making wings for him? Wc
may be sure he will not be satisfied till
he has solved this problem, or found
out that no solution can be reached.
When M. Santos-Dumont recently
flew around the Eiffel tosver, he
achieved a success which may lead us
to hope for something yet better. But
to improve on this we must have more
powerful machinery, and this, if car
ried much further, will require greater
weight and a larger balloon to keep it
afloat. Ho, as we gain in one direction,
we lose in another. It is hopeless to
look for a balloon that can be propelled
with the speed of a railroad train. If
man would fly with the speed of a bird
he must supply himself with wings of
sonic sort.
Pli> steal Law* Involved.
We know that If a man In falling
through the air hangs by a parachute
his fall will be slower the larger the
spread of the supporting surface. We
also have learned that a spread of a
few square yards will suffice to make
the fall so slow that one may drop
with impunity e,ven from a balloon at
any hight. The law to which I allude
is this: If the parachute Is a fiat sur
face, and If it Is forced edgewise
through the air at the same time that
it is falling, then the more rapidly it
moves edgewise the slower will be its
descent. By giving a sufficiently rapid
monon the fall may be made as slosv
as we desire. This Is the great secret
of the soaring bird, which must change
soaring to flying as soon as its speed
slackens. Heat a man on a horizontal
flat surface, like a stiff sail or a thin,
rigid plane, and start him flying for
ward with a speed of a few hundred
feet per second, and his fall will be
slow Indeed.
Upon this principle is based the Idea
of flight. But a difficulty arise* at
the outset If the Journey Is to be a
long one. However slow the fall, the
man must of necessity come- to the
ground sooner or later. To avoid this
reMUlt the aeroplane, as It l* called,
must be Inclined to the horizon and
propelled forward 111 a direction the
opposite of It* inclination; Ihut Is to
say. the higher edge must be the for
ward on*. It was for this reason that
l-angley attached a propeller to hi*
aeroplane, with the result l have men
tioned.
IJM.it to the Speed.
It follows from this that the speed
we ran secure has a practical limit,
imposed by the very nature of the case
Mu w* have aonta cofnp*n*ettott In the
fait that the hnrlieelal motion which
I* to auslaln us in the air need no*
tv i hai at III* whole m*. blue, hut 1
mat equal!) well tee I ha* of the wing*
,4 a ho,l*ot,l*l Wild,mil *IH lb,
wing* *4 the prop** angle, then apply
0 powar Suite let i hi make them turn
fast enough, and up we go. Give a
very slight inclination to the axis of
rotation of the wings, and we shall soar
forward. Altogether, from an ideal
standpoint, the flying machine seems
quite within our reach. But before
we can reach out and grasp it we
must go through a complicated course
of calculation based upon strength and
weight of materials, power of engines,
heat of combustion and laws of aerial
resistance.
In this way the subject may be
brought very largely within the range
of mathematical demonstration. What
ran we say of the ultimate outcome?
On the affirmative side only this: that
no one has yet demonstrated the ab
solute impossibility of accomplishing
the desired feat. What is certain that
no one will ever fty to any great htght
or to any considerable distance until
some metal or alloy is discovered which
will combine strength and lightness
in a far greater degree than any metal
or alloy at present know-n to us. There
are limitations, too, at every turn upon
what a machine can do. The speed
with which a rotating apparatus of
any sort can turn has its limit. The
larger its size, the fewer turns it can
make in a second.
Let us consider the central axis as at
rest. Then the extreme speed of the
outer circumference, as it. turns, can
never exceed a few hundred feet a. sec
ond without, the centrifugal force en
dangering the machine. Just how many
hundred feet will depend upon the skill
of the inventor in combining materials,
but If he ever approaches a speed of a
thousand feet a. second his whlrlagig
whatever he makes of it, will fly to
pieces by its ow n centrifugal force. This
is a force which admits of no evasion
or compromise.
Other Limitation*.
Again, the best possible machine will
require a certain horse power, and the
quantity of coal or pretoleum required
to produce this horse power can be de
termined.
We are also met at every point by the
law that, while the weight of the ma
chine increases as the cube of its di
mensions, the power which it can gen
erate will increase only as the square.
It is curious how the latter law of in
crease extends to every detail, strength
of boiler, steam-producing capacity
and centrifugal force. It follows that,
the smaller our machine the greater
the fraction of its own weight which
it can possibly carry, and, make It ef
fective as we please, there will be a
limit to its size beyond which it cannot
carry more than its own weight
It has been suggested to the writer
that by making a. number of small ma
chines a combination may be effected
which would have an advantage over
any single machine that could be con
structed. This idea is a very interest
ing one. which some inventor may
amuse himself in carrying out. But,
granting all reasonable hope*, it must
be admitted that the prospect of ever
having a flying machine which shall su
persede our present methods of trans
portation does not seem at all encour
aging.
How Naval Officer* Are Tried.
From Leslie’s Weekly.
A trial in the United States Navy
must partake of one of three forms:
a court of inquiry, a general court
martial, or a summary court-martial.
A court of Inquiry or a general court
martial can be ordered only by the
President of the United States, the
Secretary of the Navy, or the con
mander-in-ehlef of (he American fleets
on foreign statons. The form known as
the court of Inquiry is employed ex
clusively for the investigation of the
conduct of commissioned officers, while
the general court-martial embraces in
vestigations of the conduct of officers
and also the trial of enlisted men
charged with murder or other crimes,
or serious breaches of discipline, such
as an assuit upon an officer. A sum
nrary court, which may be ordered at
any time by the commanding officer
of any ship or station, corresponds to
the police court on shore, and deals
with minor offenses of all kinds of
which the enlisted men may be guilty.
These three forms have been so out
lined possibly as to give the impression
that each has distinct functions, and
yet. in reality a court of inquiry Is
presumably merely a preliminary to a
general court-martial. In a word. It
may be said to correspond to a grand
jury on shore, and Just as a grand
Jury reviews the facts in any case
brought to their attention, to deter
mine whether or not the circumstance*
make it Justifiable to bring the person
or persons implicated before the bar of
Justice, so {lie naval court of inquiry
insures a competent preliminary exa
mination and enables an officer to
present a defense and. if possible, to
puncture some of the charges made
against him without having been sub
jected to the stigma of a court martial.
Contrary to an impression which has
gained considerable credence the mere
fact of the Investigation by a court of
Inquiry of the career of an officer or
of hta conduct on any particular oc
casion does not of Itself imply any
reproach. Inleed. not frequently a
court of inquiry is convened, ae in the
case of Rear-Admiral tJohley. at the
special request of some oflloer who
Jealous of his good record, is desirous
of officially settling some dispute or
securing a formal decision as to his
conduct upon which historians might,
from Ignorance or undue Influence,
place a different construction after he
had passed away.
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