DOINGS OF
THE WORLD
A Classified and Compre
hensive Account of the j
History-Making Events In
All Lines of Thought and 1
Action From Week to
Week, Showing the Trend
of Civilization Without
Partisanship or Sensation
alism ? Entertaining, In
structive and Valuable For
Future Reference.
FOREIGN
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Japan's Great Naval Victory.
Shortly after 110011 on May 27 .Inpa
tient' scouting vessoin sighted the corn
iblned Russian tteets under Admiral
Rf'leatvensk.v moving In double eoluuin
rapidly Into the Htrnit which separates
Korea and Japan The news was pnRS
ed at once by wireless message to Ad
rairtil Togo, who lfad been waiting at
the northern end of the strait behind
'Tan island. The Japanese admiral sig
naled his fleet to "save the empire and
to do their utmost" and then led the
way Into the eastern channel and took
positions right across the path of the
oncoming armada of the enemy. The
Russians fired
the first shot.
It did no vital
d a rn n Re and
was answered
by n broadside
from Togo's
battleships and
cruisers, which
were spread
out fnn shape
across theclian
nel. The longer
range of the
Japanese guns,
the greater ac
curacy of the
^ gunners and the
4??VRH>T i|M I* BOiMA "tl*? superior ma
Admlra) Togo. neuverlngof the
ships soot) tolil the story of u great tri
umph for Togo and a correspondingly
terrible defeat for Rojestvensktr. With
in an hour or so the Russian line was
hopelessly confused, several ships be
ing put out of action and all sur
rounded by the Japanese, who then
shortened their range. Gradually the
Russian ships were pressed toward the
Japanese shore until nightfall, when a
cloud of torpedo bouts and destroyers
went forward to launch their deadly
self steering missiles.
Six of the eight Russian ships were
sunk. Including the admiral's flagship, 1
the lTiuce SuvurofT, and the other two
captured in the course of the running '
fight that extended over into the next
day. All of the cruisers but one were
destroyed. Next day Admiral llojest
vensky wns captured while he was
trying to escape 011 a destroyer. He '
was seriously wounded In the skull.
Admiral Nehogatoff. in command of
five Russian ships, was surrounded,
and four of the ships made no resist- 1
anee. Later reports claim that this 1
was due to the mutiny of the crews. 1
Rough estimates place the Russian 1
losses at ubout 7,000 In addition to '
about 5,000 prisoners. Only two small '
ships of the entire Russian fleet reach
ed Vladivostok. The pecuniary loss
was more than $75,000,000. Rear Ad
miral Voelkersam. who commanded the
Russian battleship division, wns killed
by the first Japanese shell fired.
Admiral Togo, on the other hand, re
ported a loss of only three torpedo
boats of his whole fleet and nhout 500
men killed and wounded.
The most surprising thing about the
Iwtttle Itself was the insignificant loss
by the Japanese fleet. This heightens
the Joy of the victorious nation and
intensifies the difficulties of the czar's
government. The summoning of a na
tional assembly by the czar was ex
pected dally.
King Alfonso In Paris.
King Alfonso of Spain arrived at
Furls May 30 and was received by
President Loubet and members of the
cabinet. As the young king and his
host. President Loubet, were leaving
the opera in a carriage along the Rue
de Rivoli on June 1 a bomb exploded In
the street directly where they were to
pass. A borse was killed and several
guardsmen were wounded. The bomb
thrower was promptly arrested, but
refused to give his name. He was
dressed as a workman nnd appeared to
l>e ulfout twenty years old.
Latest Census of Russia.
The state department has received an
official census of Russia showing 9
population of 128,000,031. Tills com- j
prises thirty-seven tribes and nationali
ties. Tie total number of Inhabitants
classified as Hussions Is 83.U33.537. Of
these 30 per cent of the males and 9
per eent of the females esn read snd
write. The population is made up of
P7.000.n00 peasants, 14,000,000 heredi
tary noblemen. 1.220.000 personal no
blemen. 030,110 ecclesiastics. 342,227 i
merchants and 281,179 foreigners.
Norway's Cabinet Out.
YTban on May 27 King Oscar of Nor
?==^=-^
Norwegian parliament afl r several
months of regency under the crown
prince, the question of se; rate con
stils came. Both bouses of the Norwe
gian parliament have voted for the
proposition. When the king refused to
give his signature to the proposed es
tablishment of a Norwegian consulate
the u: cm I tors of the eonncil Immediate
ly resigned. 1'he consular act will la?
come law wi*h or without the king's I
signature when it is passed hy the par- !
li,uncut twice mors.
LEGAL-CRIMINAL
Weightman V/ilt Contest Begun.
The light for the $tlO.OUO.litJO fortune
left hy William Welghtman liegan In
I'blladelphla's orphans' court. June 1,
t>n petition of Martha it. Wiyghtman
that the will he taken from the regis
ter of wills and brought into the court.
Martha Welghtman is one of the
granddaughters mid a daughter of
Mrs. Jones Winter. Mrs. Winter ex
pects to prove that her father promised
to give each of his son's children
?l,0( : (in. 'I lie petition was granted,
and th - sets aside the probate of the
will.
Theater Managers Held.
Tv. ?ity four tnemlM'is of the The
atrical Manager*' as^oeislion of New
York were held. June 1. for trial on
the charge of criminal conspiracy lu
agreeing to bar James tv Metcalfe,
critic of Life, from the forty-seven
theaters controlled hy the association.
In making this decision Magistrate
I'oole said lie was of the opinion that
the theater is a quasi public place and
consequently that a person holding
tickets could not lie denied admission
on the ground that he had written
criticisms reflecting on one or more
members of the us. aviation.
The Franchise Tax Law Valid.
The 1'nlled States supreme court lias
Iccliled uunuinioui.ly that the speeial
franchise tax law of New York, for
which Theodore Roosevelt worked
when he was governor of the state,
does not violate Lie federal constitu
tion. Several eiises have come up from
the stale suprei ,e court of np|>eals
brought hy street railway and gas cor
porations of New York city. The court
said it was presumed til l all property
wi^ili! Ilie city \\ s subject to taxation
nmi tiiat no contract could destroy this
presumption hy Inference, as nothing
passes hy Implication ill public grants.
Since tins. I w I u hcon in operation
over Mr. ?.(?;() . f i up:.id taxes have
accumulate . per. ing the decision of
the highest court.
Corkmakers Acquitted.
The four members of the Nonpareil
Cork works of Camden, N. J., who
were accused of conspiracy against
the federal government for placing
Iron bars in cork life preservers were
acquitted at Trenton hy order of Judge
banning on the ground that no case
had been made out against them.
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POLITICAL
Bonaparte Succeeds Morton.
Secretary of the Navy Paul Morton
formally tendered his resignation May
31 to take effect .Tilly 1 in order to take
advantage of certain business opportu
nities At the same time it tvaa report
ed on good authority that Mr. Morton
lind accepted the offer to take charge
of the construction of an extensive
rapid transit system by inenns of tun
nels in New York city.
The following day President Roose
velt accepted Mr. Morton's resignation,
and it was announced that Charles J.
Bonaparte of Baltimore would succeed
i*i r. oiuiiuii ??
seeretary of the
navy. Thin ap
pointment cans
>(1 surprise
ttnong Kepuh
lienns, as Mr.
Bonaparte had
been known for
years to be an
I n dependent
roter. Mr. Bo
naparte baa al
io been known
is an anti-lm
lerlullst. He
tnd Roosevelt
ivere assoelat
wl for years In Charles J. Bonaparte.
Mvll service reform work, and latterly
(ho Baltimore man was appointed to
prosecute the postal frauds. Mr. Bo
naparte Is a grandson 0f Jerome Bona
mrte, king of Westphalia and a brotb
>r of Napoleon I. Jerome Bonaparte
ft'hlle young married a Miss I'atterson,
laughter of a wealthy Baltimore Irish
nan. hut the emperor refused to rooog
lire the marriage nnd would not allow
lie young wife to land on the contl
lent. Later a decree of divorce was
{runted by the council of state, and 1
lime. Bonaparte returned to the I'nlt
h! States, while Jerome Bonnparte
narried the Princess Catherine of
SVurttemblirg. IiUtlic sixties under Nn
mleon III. the Trench government rec
>gnl7,ed the legitimacy of the son by
he first marriage?namely, Jer tnie Na
>oleon Bonaparte?of whom Charles J.
tonnparte Is the second son. Charles
viis Ixirn In Baltimore in ik" 1, was
tradnated from Harvard In 1871 and
nis practiced law In Baltimore,
'hilsdelphia Machine Crushed.
Following the decision of the T'nited
las Improvement eompnby lo wlth
Iraw Its proposition for a new lease of
he Philadelphia gr< works. It van still
'eared that the long 1
nachine would .ll.iuc ..o unreieut
ng warfare >n Mayor Weaver by re
using to allow councils to confirm his
lew appointees. Spurred on by this
'ear and stimulated by the victory nl
?ady won, the people of the city re
loublevj their efforts In public aud prl
?ate channels, with the result that the j
anks of the Durham organization be- i
gnu to break. Thus deserted, the gang
leaders beearne demoralized nud vir
tually surrendered May 'J9 by counter
man dug the orders to otmtruct Mayor
Weaver.
The committee of nine decided to re
main iu the right, i) it withstanding Dur
ham's abdication, and Mayor Weaver
called on the people to tight on for the
complete regeneration of the city gov
ernment. The lujuuction proceedings
against t..e mayor were abandoned.
The demoralization of the city ma
chine wus expected to undermine the
entire city organization headed by
Senator Penrose, and plans were per
fected for giving the Republican party
of the Keystone State a rebirth in the
light of real representative govern
meat. It was generally understood that
in the coining campaign against the
Penrose-Durham ring municipal owner
ship would be the leading issue.
W hen the city councils reassembled,
June I, they reversed their former mo
tion by recalling the gas lease, while
crowds In the galleries hooted and
laughed. Mayor Weaver, with his
counsel, sat iu nn anteroom and was
complete master of the situation. The
dismissal of the machine directors,
Smyth and t'ostello, and the appoint
ment of their successors. Potter and
Acker, were duly approved, llesldes
all this, nn ordinance wns brought In
lixing the tax rate for the fiscal year
at $1.50, as heretofore. Later the
mayor took the first steps toward re
gaining control of the gas works when
the present lease expires in 1907. Fi
nally he made the new and revolution
izing move of selecting twelve men to
serve without salary as an advisory
board to be consulted upon mutters
linanelal and political.
Extra Session Deferred.
Id response to the urgent request of
Speaker Cannon nnd a number of
prominent Republicans in congress
President Roosevelt Is understood to
have changed his mind about the time
for calling an extra session of the new
congress. It was announced semioffi
cially May 20 that congress would not
be summoned in extraordinary session
until after the fail elections, or about
the middle of Novomlier.
EXECUTIVE
Memorial Day Services.
President Roosevelt was the guest of
the city of lirooklyn, May SO, where he
helped to unveil a statue of General
Sloctim. He took advantage of the
news of Japan's great victory at sea
to urge the importance of increasing
the American navy. The holiday
crowd assembled in vast throngs to
cheer the president wherever he went.
At Arlington cemetery, Washington,
the address of the day was delivered
by Senator Foraker of Ohio. Services
were conducted by the Spnnlsh Wat
Veterans on as elaborate a scale as
those of the G. A. R.
Battleflags Returned.
Fifty-one Union battleflags nnd 223
Confederate Hags out of tile 720 battle
flags in possession of the war depart
ment have been returned to their own
ers by authority of congress. There
remain 402 unidentified flags, of which
104 are Union and 288 Confederate.
Naw Naval Shooting Record.
At a distance of 1,000 yards, Kemp
thonie Scott, an apprentice on the tor
pedo tiont Preble, going ten knots an
hour, has scored uineieen hits out of
twenty, shooting at a floating tar
get, thus making n new record for the
American navy.
Increase of Immigration.
The departi. ent of commerce'reports
that 521,330 immigrants have arrived
at the various ports of this country in
the six months ending April 30 last.
This is an increase of nearly one-third
over the arrivals for the same period
last year. The arrivals from Russia
continue to increase rapidly, and more
than 90,000 have come from that coun
try during this six mouths.
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RELIGIOUS
Bible In Publie School*.
On tlie ground mainly that the Bible
Is not of Itself a sectarian book and
that its use does not make a school
house a place of worship the Kentucky
court of appeals has athrmed the de
cision of the circuit court lu the case of
Thomas Hucket against the hoard of
educatlou of the Brcxiksville graded
school. Mr. Hacket, who Is a Roman
Catholic and whose children attended
the public school, began proceedings to
prevent the reading of the King James
version of the Bible and the singing of
songs and prayer In the opening serv
ices of the school. The court contends
otherwise that no children were re
quired to attend these exercises or to
(ake part in same.
A New Rockefeller Champion.
In the current number of the Baptist
Kxanilner the Ilev. I)r. Robert Stewart
MacArthur of the New York City
Calvary Baptist church makes u warm
defense of John D. Rockefeller and
criticises bitterly those Baptist clergy
men and others who called Rockefel
ler's $100,000 gift tainted money. Dr.
MacArthur says that he has Investi
gated carefully the transactions of Mr.
Rockefeller and the Standard Oil com
pany, which have been most criticised,
rnd be has come to the conclusion that
they Hre "In accomplice with the high
est standard of commerleal morality."
Mr. Rockefeller Is praised for having
??n n great business through or
ganizing I he benefit of producers,
?oiisuuicrs and laborers and through
the discovery of improvements and
-conomlcs. Finally Dr. MacArthur de
dares that Rockefeller's wealth Is
nncli overestimated, that he Is not
ivortli n billion ami that lu the pint
roar he lias given twice the increase |
if his wealth to charlllei
IMPORTING EVENTS
Atlantic Win* Kaiser's Cup.
Tli.' American thri* masted schooner
Atlantic, owned by Wilson Marshall of
Bridgeport. Conn., and manned by
Captain Charles
Burr, the nat
iiralize<l Sootoh
Amerlcan who
has won so
many race* In
defense of the
America's cup,
broke all trans
atlantic recorila
when she finish
ed at the Lizard
lighthouse at
9:16 p. m. May
JO after a voy
ii t?e of 3.009
miles from
Knmiy hook in
Captain Barr. the elapsed time
of 12 days 4
hours and 1 minute, thus winning the
$.1,000 eup offered l?y the German em
peror. The average speed was 10.0
miles an hour, the former record hav
ing been 9.00. The Atlantic also made
the biggest run or record for a single
dajr?namely, 341 miles.
The Hamburg, sole representative of
Germany In the great sailing contest,
crossed the finish line at 1:22 p. m.
May 30, twenty-two hours behind the
Atlantic, but still beating the Endym
lon's record trip by 18 hours and 29
minutes.
The British full rigged ship Valhalla
came in third May 31.
Victories For Cornell.
The athletes of Cornell university
have again come to the front by taking
the intercollegiate track and field
championship at Philadelphia on May
27 against all of the big eastern col
leges. E. B. Parsons of Vale made a
new half mile running record of 1 min
ute 50 seconds. Dray of Yale made a
new record for the pole vault of 11
feet 10V4 Inches.
On the same day Cornell's varsity
crew defeated the Harvard varsity
eight on Charles river over a one and
seven-eighths miles course by seven
lengths.
INDUSTRIAL
Lewis and Clark Fair Open.
The Lewis and Clark exposition was
formally opened at Portland, Ore..
June 1, and the day was a legal holi
day throughout Oregon, Washington
and Idaho. By touching an electric
button in the White House at Wash
ington President Roosevelt set the ma
chinery in motion. Vice President
Fairbanks and a number of congress
men and state governors took part in
the opening ceremonies and reviewed
the parnde. The keynote of Mr. Fair
banks' speech was the necessity of
getting and keeping our hold on orien
tal trade. The exposition marks the
feat of exploration a century ago,
which opened the Pacific slope of the
northwest to American settlement.
Wabash Line to New York.
It was announced at Pittsburg that
George Gould and his associates lind
got control of a new route for the
Wabash direct through central Penn
sylvania to New lork. This line is
expected to have the lowest grade
crossing of the Alleghany mountains.
Peat as Railroad Fuel.
Engineers of the Denver, Northwest
ern and Pacific railroad have discover
ed thousands of acres of peat along
the route of the new line near Tol
land. A process has been adopted by
means of which the peat can be so
mixed with a chemical as to burn bet
ter than anthracite coal. This is ex
pected to be a saving to the Moffatt
road and attract many new industries
to that region.
Japanese In Texae.
The American consul at Tamsul,
Formosa, notified the state department
that Japanese newspapers are carrying
the advertisement of a Japanese pro
moter who is going to establish a big
agricultural colony of Japs In the
American state o< Texas. The promot
er, whose name is Kinzaburo Saba,
says he is going to start with about
49,000 acres of grazing land in Texas
He thinks the Japanese can succeed
In America only at agriculture.
LABOR
Labor Scarco In Fall River.
A scarcity of lubor leading to com
petition among employing firms for
skilled workers constitutes a novel
state of affairs in Fall River, Mass.,
where wages In some lines of work are '
rising, in response to the law of supply
and demand, abovethe rates fixed by the
Manufacturers- association. The scarc
ity of labor is felt as well in the Iron
as In the cotton trades The recent pro
longed strikes nre supposed to be re
sponsible for this state of affairs,
though it U said that ngents from all
parts of the United States and Canada
have been trying to induce operatives
to go to other localities to work.
Eight Hour Day In Canal Zone.
Following an opinion that the eight ,
hour law applies to government work ,
in the canal zone, the isthmian canal ,
commission lias decided to conduct all j
work on the Fan."Da canal on an eight .
hour basis, hrglnn.lig June 1. Electric (
lights are being Installed, and three ,
shifts of labor, rs will lie employed.
New Style Union Proposed. j
Tlie United Railway Workers of i
Greater New York, a new lubor union i
organized on a plan aiming 1 i S'-ciire l
''absolute sei recy," is being formed I
nniocg nil classes of street railway I
worker In New York city In place of I
'be union disrupted by the failure of t
?
the recent strike. and the nnlts
or" to tie group* of not more than i
ten men. whose name* will be kept
secret from other group*. only the gen- j
eral officers knowing the names of the j
whole memlierslilp. A "collector In
each group will receive due* ami pots j
mIoiijz orilers.
Musician*' Union Fines Leader.
Walter 1 tain roach, the well known j
director of the New York Symphony j
orchestra, has paid under protest a
tine of $1.0011 imposed upon him by j
I'D sldent Weber of the American
Ke.len.tiou of Musiclaus for having
Imported live muaielana without "ad
vertising sufficiently" In this country
the vacancies existing in his orchestra
flir five musicians are Frenchmen of
whom Mr. Damroach heard while in
Europe. They claim, however, that
when they came to New York they ap
plied for membership in the local
union, but memlierslilp was denied
them. The American Federation back
ed up the local union, and after tlie
Hue was paid the Frenchmen were al
lowed to enter the union. The matter
has been appealed to the next conven
tion of the federation.
Foreign Engrs/srs Released.
Secretary Metcalf of the department
of commerce .and labor has decid
ed in favor of the American Bank
Note company as against the charge
made by the American Engravers
union that the contract lalsir law had
been violated by the employment of
three skilled workmen from Hungary.
These men have been employed since
October last and were arrested on
charges preferred by the union with a
view to deportation. Secretary Met
calf finds that the charge of law viola
tion wus not proved, and the accused
men were released.
New Chicago Peace Move.
Renewed efforts to end the team
sters' strike at Chicago were made
June 2, when Mayor Dunne conferred
with committees from the various team
owners' associations anil the union for
the purpose of permitting deliveries to
he made to strike bound houses with
out regard to the Issue Involved in the
return of the express drivers. The
proposition was that tlie old drivers is'
taken back as far as possible, but that
they should not be asked to do the
work of other teamsters who are on
strike. Most of the lumlier dealers
were able to resume business witli
nonunion drivers, and the Employers
Teaming company was said to have
more than 2.500 teams on the streets.
President Shea of the teamsters
charged attempts of employers to bribe
labor officers.
COMMERCIAL
Chicago Car Lines Would Sell.
Soon after James Dalrymple. man
ager of tlie Glasgow municipal street
oar system, reached Chicago, and while
he was in conference with Mayor
Dnnne, May 31, it became known that
the Chicago trnction companies had
made a proposition to sell two street
car systems of the city to the munic
ipality. Tills proposition includes the
immediate turning over of systems and
their immediate Improvement by the
present owners at the city's expense,
the temporary passing over of the
ninety-nine year rights, the appraise
ment of present values and the ac
ceptance of the Mueller law certifi
cates in payment for the properties.
Until payment is made the present
owners are to stand as trustees.
Steel Pools Dissolved.
The Iron Age admits that the great
pools in steel plates, beams and bars
and in steel rails have been dissolved
without affecting tlie prices of the com
modities involved.
Friek Committee Makes Report.
The report of tlie investigation com
mittee, headed by II. C. Frick of Pitts
burg, which was authorized to look into
the affairs of the Equitable Life Assur
ance society, reported to the directors
of that society on June 2 by making a
severe criticism of both Vice President
Hyde tfnd President Alexander ns well
ns Second Vice President Turbell. The
committee virtually insisted that these
officers must quit and thnt every dollar
mude by directors and officers out of
syndicates must be refunded on pen
alty of suits for restitution. In making
this report it was chared that tlie
management of President Alexander
was lux. The enormous salary of
$122,500 a year paid to James H. Hyde
was severely erltlolsed as n wnste and
extravagance. The report declared that
the whole business of life Insurance
should be reorganized In the interests
of its beneficiaries. The board of di
rectors, controlled by Hyde, rejected
the entire report, and for the time
Hyde and Alexander made common
cause. Thereupon Harrlmnn, Frick and
Bliss resigned as directors.
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EDUCATIONAL
The Hyannis School Idea.
A new thought In education, with
social efficiency as it* dominant aim,
la behind the experiment going for
ward at Hynnnis, Mass., sn.vs the
School Journal. The starting point and
renter of correlation la the school gar
Jen. The children are thus kept oc
?upied from the start, and they are eu
rouruged to regard themselves as pro
luoera. The work they are doing
mpels thought of the future, of the
product and of their relation to the
treat world. All the Instruction turns
tround such questions as "What will
nake llyannis a better pluce to live
n?" and "What will mnke the state
ind nation a better thing to Ik> a part
>fT' The various activities furnish
oplcs for composition and talks und
Ilustmtlons for arithmetic, geography,
anguage, etc. The sale of the vege
ahles Is mndo to cover the cost of the
ivork and material*. The work Is an- j
der the instructluu of TV. A. Baldwin,
principal of the state normal school
at H.vannla. The daily programme of
the gurdeu school Is similar to the pub
lic schools, except that the hours are
slightly longer, uiore time being de
voted to niatiual training and physical
exercises. The center of interest in the
primary grades is a playhouse con
structed so as to contain the principal
rooms of an old fashioned New Eng
land house. This is compared witli the
houses of various races and countries
of fact and fiction.
University of ths United States.
The executive council of the national
committee of 400 to promote the estab
lishment of the University of the
United States. In view of the complete
failure of the effort to unite several
existing universities in one great or
ganization at Washington on account
of local and denominational influences,
have announced their conclusion that
no university yet organized meets the
required demands of a truly national
institution of higher learning.free front
denominational or partisan forces, and
that consequently it is now the duty
of the committee and of the National
Educational association to work for
the establishment of the University of
the United States on the basis of the
Senator Frye bill, which makes no de
mand upon the public treasury, but re
lies upon private endowments for its
development.
SCIENTIFIC
A Study of Cat Fear.
Dr. S. Weir Mitchell, the famous
Philadelphia specialist on nervous dis
eases. discusses in American Medicine
the fear inspired by cats in certain men
their power to
detect the pres
ence of a cat
when unseen
and unheard.
He finds that
asthmatics are
especially sen
sitive to cat
fear, and he
thinks it likely
that the emana
tions from the
cat affect the
' nervous system
through the na
sal membrane,
even when un
Dr. Mitchell. recognized as
an odor, hut he Is unable to explain the
ultimate cause of the terror of eats.
Sex appears to have no marked lnflu
enee, but the extreme symptoms are
more frequent In women. The possi
bility is suggested that the trait is In
herited from remote ancestors.
Studied His Bare Nerves.
I>r. Henry Head of the London hos
pital has received the Marshall Hall
prize given every five years by the
Uoyal Medical society for an Important
discovery in connection with the nerv
ous system.
I)r. Head had the sensory nerves of
one of his arms divided and studied the
sensations. Then he had the nerves
united by stitching and studied the
process of recovery. The result was
that he discovered two distinct sets
of sensory nerves, one that conveys the
sensations of paiti, heat and cold and
the other the sensations of touch. The
discovery also makes possible the ac
curate localization of the sensations.
The healing power of the skin is found
to depend entirely upon the set of
nerves that convey impressiou of pain,
heat and cold.
The Parsons Auxotophone.
The Scientific American describes an
invention by C. A. Parsons, Inventor
of the steam turbine, and Horace Short
for the purpose of re-enforcing the
sound of a gramophone. Instead of
the usual diaphragm of glass or mica
in the producer a small valve Is em
ployed so as to control the admission of
compressed air into the trumpet, the
air being supplied by a small pump or
bellows in the supporting pedestal.
The valve consists of a fine comb of
nlumlnlum or mngnaltum. This valve
works automatically In connection with
the needle of the grnmophone, thus
amplifying thp original wave of sound.
In this way a gramophone Is capable
of producing sounds that may be heard
two or three ndles away, and a speech
may tie distinctly understood at a dis
tance of BOO yards.
MISCELLANEOUS
Mr*. Roger* Again Reprieved.
Governor Hell of Vermont nitain has
reprieved the death sentenec of Mrs.
Mary Rogers for three week* to enable
her attorneys to npply to the United
States supreme court for a writ of
error. Should this action t>e granted,
sentence will lie suspended until the
supreme court decides the case. This
action was taken after Chief Judge
Powell of the Vermont supreme court
hail refused to grant a writ of error.
Accident*.
A French cruiser brought to Sydney.
Nova Scotia, May 2!t. news of the
wreck of the French fishing schooner
Cousins Rennis. She carried 180 men.
Twenty-eight men were buried by a
cave-In of debris at tbe entrance of
the Gunnison tunnel, near Montrose,
(V>lo? May 30. Tappings on* the a'r
pipe told the resetting party that the
Imprisoned men were still nllve. After
fifty four hours' work the last of the
Imprisoned men was renehod. Six of
Ihe twenty-eight were dead. The tun
nel Is being built by the government
for Irrigation purposes.
Tbe Hoods In the Rio Grande up to
June 2 were lielleved to have caused
the loss of too lives nnd $80,000. For
? distance of eighty mllen the river had
rut Its course from the original chan
nel nnd wiped out soverul towns.