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b / ? \ t t m 7*^ /^v t \ 1 HEbUEK Elaborate Preparations For War Made by the Transvaal Republic. PRESIDENT KRU&ER'S STAND General P. J. Joubert, an American, is the Commander of the Boer Army Consisting of 25,000 f Weil-Armed Warriors. In a little whitewashed cottage in South Africa sits "Oom"Paul Kruger. defying the whole British nation. It is one of the straugest spectacles of the age to witness this seventy-yearold Boer, the head of one of earth's weakest nations,raising himself against the aggression of its strongest power. It is like a fawn pitting its strength agaiust that of a lion. The present differences between the British Colonial Secretary and the South African Republic are but a continuation of the old troubles with the addition of a new phase. For fiftyyears England has asserted that the TransP vaal is a mere de2>endency, with no r right to make laws for herself, unless ^ they are sanctioned by the Imperial Government. The Boers have steadily / j 1 mmMf ip? )[ PRESIDENT KRUGER AND HIS WIFE. maintained that the agreement between the two nations, as arranged at a Loudon convention in 1881, gave to England only the power of supervising international treaties. President Krnger, who was a member of the London commission, has asserted, with characteristic vehemence on several occasions, that England has no right to interfere in the Transvaal's private affairs, aud that such inter^ fereuce will not be tolerated. The British Colonial Secretary, L spurred on by Cecil J. Rhodes, England's empire-maker in South Africa, has been persistently trying to extend his authority so that the eutire lawmaking power of the Boer Volksraad should be under his jurisdiction and control. He has demanded that all ( laws aud treaties, whether relating to the internal or external interests of the republic, shall be referred to him for his approval before operative, and he has asked that old laws which are not favorable to English interests in the Transvaal shall be repealed. This interference has naturally been pro* vocative of much ill-feeling not only between the heads of the two Governr ments, but between the individuals as j well. To understand the Transvaal "situa- I tion thoroughly one must know that | every British subject in the Transvaal I considers that every inch of Transvaal j soii is rightfully the property of the j British nation, aDd that the Boers are j merely iuterlopers, with no rights that, are deserving the respect of an Englishman. They regard the Boers as so many ignorant, uncleanly savages, who do not know how to govern themselves, much less others. Every Englishman in the gold-tields, or in any other part of the repnblic, still smarts under the sting of the Jameson failure, and nothing will wipe out that score but the sight of the British flag flying over the whole of the Trans/ vaal. Everything that ingenuity can devise is done to embarrass the Government. The amazing part of the situation is that noue of the American, German, Dutch and French residents of the MAJUBA HILL AT 1 Transvaal?and there are many thousands of these in business in the country?joins with the Englishmen in protesting against the laws of the Boers. Their sympathy with the Boers was shown at the time of the Kaid, when all of them ranged themselves on the side of the Kruger cohorts. The War Department Intelligence Bureau in Washington has collected a k r SDEFYTH r PRESIDENT KRUGI [ mass of valuable information regard| ing the armament and equipment of I the Boer Government. According to the data at baud it is learned that the Transvaal authorities within the last four years have equipped the artillery branch of the army entirely with Krupp guns. The pieces embrace standard held gun3 of 2.!)5-inch calibre, and in addition, mountain guns of 2.36-inch calibre and bush guns of 1.40-inch calibre. The field gun3 are mostly of the lighter Krupp variety of twenty-eight calibres length. It is this type of weapon which the Chilean army used in the late war in Chile, aud for rough country work the Krupps declare 11 to oe me ueai piece of ordnance turned out in Europe. The 2.36-incli mountain gun is capable of being transported on the backs of three mules; oue mule carries the barrel, a second the carriage, and a third the wheels and shafts. The normal weight for each animal amounts to about 109 pounds. To this must be added the weight of the saddle and equipment, making a total of 287 pounds per animal. In the Unit-Ad States 300 nounds is deemed maximum pack-weight for a strong mule. The Krupp bush-gun in the possession of the Boers consists of a piece of very light weight, and one capable of being transported in all places, even over the most difficult ground. This type of gun has been used iu a number of punitive African expeditions. The Boer infantry is now armed with the latest type of Mauser rifle, the handiwork of the Loewe works of Berlin. The cavalry carry German regulation revolvers and eabres. In tlio niilii-orv fttt.flrthes' AVVVflUiU^ V V/ VUW reports, the Transvaal forces are essentially German in equipment and drill, and the fact is also noted that general joubert, commander of oom Paul's forces. many commissioned officers in the Boer service learned the art of warfare in the German army. There is good reason to believe that there are, even now, many German officers with the Boer troops, who are simply absent from their regiments in Germany, on leave. The fact that the German Government permitted, openly, Germau officers to take service with the Turks in the war between Turkey and Greece lends additional confirmation to the report. In the opinion of many well-posted American officers, the Boers are in far better shape, to-day, for war than is generally supposed. A war between the Boers and English if ill mean, it is said in official circles here, a much stouter affair than Great Britain has had to deal with in the ln:jt thirty-five years. The Boers, at the present time, are in much better shape, aud are more ably officered than they were in the last struggle s \ ''9 l rnE PRESENT DAY. with the English. It is estimated by thfi varions rpnnvta that the Boers are able to put iuto the field 25,000 wellequipped and wel!-officered men. General P. .J. Joubert is one of the few ineu who ever "broke a British square" in South Africa, aud he is confident that he can do it again. As commander-in-chief of the Boera he ia the man who may have the task of trying to whip tlie English forces in bu 2 BRITISH, 2R AND HIS ESCORT. | tie. General Joubert is an American, baring been boru in Uniontown, J Penn., in 1841, and few men have had j a more picturesque career or know as i much about the relation of the Transvaal to the Swaizes. When fourteen years of age he left this country and went to Holland. His taste for war was always keen, and when the rebellion broke out he came to this country | aud served in the navy under AdmirI ol T ,ot<sf ho VioonniA pnnl-oin UL "" ? of a colored company under General Weitzel. After the war he returned to Hollaud, and later went to South Africa. When the rule of the English became intolerant to the Dutch at Cape Colony and Cape of Good Hope, and many of them went north to the Transvaal, General Joubet went with them. After he had assisted them materially in driving out the wild beasts, conquering the savages, settling the country, discovering an: developing the diamond fields, the English suddenly discovered that they had a claim to this far away country. He was only a plain Boer, or farmer, wlieu bis fellow subjects determined to resist the British. In 1881, at the head of a handful of Dutch farmers, I he met the British army at Majuba Hill and put it to flight after great slaughter. This secured liberty for the Boers, aud they accordingly look upon General Joubert, now VicePresident of the South African P*epublic, as the Washington of their country. General Joubert visited this country in the latter part of 1890 for the purpose of arranging an exhibit at the World's Fair for South African products. While in New York the Holland Societv arranged many receptions and dinners in his hondr. Stranfeit Country In the World. Sumshere Jung is the name of the young King of Nepal, one of the strangest governments and countries in the world. It lies between Tibet and India, and contaius the loftiest ot the earth's ranges, the Himalayas. This little king has 100,000 of the best warriors in the continent of Asia at his back, and it is therefore easy for him to command the respect of all the neighboring tribes and govern ments. The people of Nepal are a strange mixture of races. The ruling tribes are the Ghoorkhas, whose prowess has given thein the supremacy. The capital city is Kathmandu, where the rajah, or King, lives in a queer palace made up of a large number of small pagodas surrounded by shrines erected to the Hindu gods. These are often smeared with the blood of the sacrifices brought to the gods. This raiah is too vounar now to do the actual ruliug, which is in the hands of hia chief Minister; but the power of the ruler is absolute, and he can order life or death for any one who displeases him. The people are so afraid of foreign iufluences that they will not permit Europeans to even enter their dominions, so it has been impossible. to survey the couutry and ascertain the height of the mountains, which tower thousands of feet in the air. Cuba as a Future Winter Kesort. The entire island of Cuba is a great park that needs no artificial training to enhance its beauty, and it is destined to become the winter resort of all the Eastern States. But great adminis trative improvements in the ports, besides the police and material ones noted, will be necessary before this can happen. For instance, it would do much for the island if the port of Havana could be freed from the high pilot fees, anchorage fees, docking fees, and fees of all sorts that make it impossible for small craft to enter. [Showing th?j British troops fleeing before tho deadly lire of thn Boers at the r\f \rniiih?? TTIII Fnhriinrv 27 1SS1. when Sir Gaon?a Coiiey's defeat ended the war aud resulted in the recognition of the independence of the South African Iiepublie fey Great Britain.] Even the large steamers do not dock, but cargo has to be lightered out and passengers are compelled to use the small boats that Swarm the harbor.? Scribuer's. For soldier's use in excavating the : earth to form fortifications a new inj trenching tool is formed of a inetalic blade designed to be attached to the can as a vizor when on the march, with a short handle on the blade by vlwph to soorp oat the earth \ ' V; OIL ON DUSTY RAILROADS, I Travel More Agreeable ^viien the Road* | ! I>etl is Sprinkled With Petroleum. | Railroad officials are enthusiastic I over tlift new svstem of 3Drinklinc tbo i 1 I roadbed with crude petroleum to lay j the dust. The principle is similar by which streets are sprinkled with water. A large oil tank filled with the resi- ' duum of crude petroleum is hauled on a flat car as a basis of supply. An* ! other flat car is fitted up with a sprinkling apparatus. Tbe oiling pipes or sprinklers are three. Tvro project eight feet on either side ot the nor nilintr t'tifl rrtflrlliPil fnr that. dis. tance, while the other oil3 the space between the two tracks. A hood comes down and complete!/ protects the tracks themselves from receiving ' any of the oil. The oiling of the ( track would make awkward complica- ' )r#1 | 0^<?2> VS Q? o ' *t^C3 BALL^S ^"XTO t OILING A DUSTY BAILBOAD. I tiona in case anv of the trains had to 1 I stop in a hurry. t The projecting oil pipes are so ar- i j ranged that they can be drawn in ' j alongside of the car in ca3e of obstru- , j tions along the route. The oil train j j runs at the rate of four mileK an hour. 1 It is claimed on behalf of tho oil j j that it saves wear aud tear on the ; \ running parts of the rolling stock; t protects the draperies in cars and the : j contents of freight cars from destruc- 1 j tion by dust; prevents vegetation from i I growing on the roadbed and saves ' j track labor. i I An Instructive Eye-Te?t. | ; Here is an instructive eye-test. Is ! : your right the stronger, or your left eye? You are right-handed; are you : : aho right-eyed? [ j Make this test and see. Place an j object of about two iuches in diam- i : eter, perfectly round, on a level with ! c : your eyes and move back from it to n J | a distance of ten feet. Then take | ! sight over your forefinger until the 1 , objective point and the tip of the i linger are exactly in line with the eye from which you are sighting. j Now open the other eye. With ^ I both your eyes open, has the objective point moved to one side? If j I uot the eye with which you first ; i sighted iS the stronger, since the ad- j i ! ditiou of the other's vision docs not j : I divert the complete vision from the , I original focus of the oue eye. If tho = i object doe9 move to one side it proves ' j that the weaker eye has done the lirsb : I sighting, which the stronger eye has , | diverted as soon as it has opened. j I ! ( ! TEST TO PROVE WHICH EYE IS THE STRONGER. < Perhaps there is very little differ- ' euce in your eyes. Take sight as i before, but with both eyes open, Now close the left eye. How far out of line is the right eye? Whipliiwpr is thfl farther out in I ! ! these two testa is the weaker eye. If I ! you are strongly right-eyed the right : ! one will hold firmly to the objective [ point -which has been focused by ; both eyes together when it is left to view the object alone. If you are : strongly left-eyed, vice versa. An Aluminum Hotel on Wheel*. I j One of the most remarkable of the j ] recent inventions upon which the ( j Patent Office authorities have beeD 3 j called to pass judgment is a traveling ' i hotel, the designer of which thinks he | ! has filled a long felt want by construct I ing a portable habitation for traveling I circuses or camping parties. I The hotel 011 wheels is made of aluminum and is so constructed as to I | fold up like a railroad car and to ap i pear when closed to be au ordinary : THE CAR UNFOLDED. i "an i.1 i ; uaggage par. >? uiu me aiuppiag pinto I is reached and the travelers wish to i camp for the night, the sides of the 1 car are let down by means of a series of levers. j The rooms are to be fitted up in the modern style, with all conveniences, including electric light, electric bells and electric cooking apparatus. 1 The furniture designed for the car j is, of course, mostly of the folding , variety, and can be stowed away in a j very small compass when not in use. 1 When the stopping place is reached ' the car is to be deiaohed from the train and taken to a convenient siding, where there is ample room for the ( j spreading of the sides and the eleva- < ! tiou of the roof that form the hotel. It j I is a matter of only an hour's work. 1 A Large Australian Goat Farm. A Mr. Cos, an enterprising English- | man, has started a new industry in | Australia. He has bought 340 square f miles of land on which he proposes to \ breed goats for the value of the skins , in glove-makiug. Some idea of the I magnitude of the enterprise can be 1 gained from the fact that his goat farm will be larger than the area of Greater New York. I Germany's receipts from picturenostal cards were increased from 188G ! I to 1897 by $600,000 J ' KIDNAPPERS SENTENCED. I! to Aged Couple Sent to Prison For i Stealing a Chicago Child. <EPT HIM FOR TEN MONTHS. ! Mrs. Iocersoll and John P. Collins ICe* 1 celrod Indeterminate Sentences For AMiiptlni* T.IMle Herald Lamner? ' "Woman Picked Up the Clilld In Front of His Home and Carried Him to Ohio. CniCAOO, III. (Special).?Pas3ingsentence ipon the agerl kidnappers of littlo Gerald ' [ittplcer was a solemn ceremony. Gerald : va3 stolen from in front of his parents' : lome, No. 4339 Prairie avenue, on May 30, } .893, by Mrs. Elizabeth Ann IngersolJ, of c ?alnesville, Ohio, who was accompanied by : rohn C. Collins. 1 Both are white haired, and they hare c >een living together. They had been to ^ California and were returning home. Hap>oning to pass the Laplner house Mrs. In- 3 fersoll was attracted by the beauty ol J 3-erald, who was only two and a fcalf yeara >id, and picklog him up she took bim to an * ilectrlc car In Forty-seventh street, went ;o the Lake Shore station and departed for !! ?ainesville. Collin.', it is asserted, was 1 nerely an apathetic spectator and did not 1 realize what was going on. Judge Waterman, after the verdict of t juilty was rendered against the aged c :uuyiu, uauv al IU :hem, and he did so, although, according * :o the law of Illinois the term of impris)nment is indeterminate, and even the t Judge is not aware what it will be, this jeinc: regulated by the State Board of " ?anlons. Mrs. Ingersoll and Collins are J iable to serve imprisonment from one year ' ;o fourteen years. : When Mrs". Ingersoll was taken back to 1 :tie County Jail she tore her hair and raut- J .ered. Close watch was kept to prevent J ler from doing herself bodily barm. "I've had the worst of it all my life," 3 Collins said, "and nothing that can hap- 1 ;>en to me now will surprise me. But I am n nnoceut of this charge." ' When the jury was out thesanity of Mrs. I [ngersoll was tie first consideration. The 1 lefeuce had not denied that she took the c shild, but made its plea for her acquittal J >n the ground of insanity. She was de dared sane on the sixth ballot. ' Since the sentence Mrs. Ingersoll has c jeen heartbroken. Collins is a complete e vreck, mentally and physically. Gerald Laplner was gone ten months, 1 ind was finally lound in the possession of Urs. Ingersoll and Collins in Painesville. 1 Hiss Olive Ferriss, a school teacher, and l ler brother, Frank C. Ferriss, neighbors of he couple, became suspicious of the child ' ast August, but it was not until March 1 lint the Chicago police were notified. The turn of the child to its parents and the irrest of the pair followed. Mr. Lapiner had offered 52500 for the' liscovery of the child, and Miss Ferriss tow proposes to sue him for the amount. KILLED BY FALLING WALLS. roar Persons Lose Their Lives in a Fire at Chicago. Chicago (Special).?Four people were :illed by the fa ling of the walls of the Testera Paper Stock Company's plant on *diana avenue, which was burned a few lays nzo. The dead are Bartholomew Ipartlewitz, fifty years old; Julius Ostowky, fifty years old; Mrs. Josie Doyle, j wenty-oae years old, and Stefflna Bigdles. Courageous work resulted in the rescue if a large proportion of the 120 parsons imployed in the building, but eight of the aore frenzied ones were br.dly hurt in e3laping. The fire is thought to have started from pontaneous combustion among old rags n the basement. Big Fire in Memphis. Meh?h;s, Tenn. (Special).?Fire broke )ut in the establishment of the Memphis ?aper Company, at the corner of Gayoso ind Front streets, a few days ago, and :aused the loss of one life, fatal injuries to ix-Fire Chief Cleary and serious injuries to Assistant Fire Chief James Ryan, besides a property loss of about $450,000. The Gay>so Hotel, one of the oldest landmarks oi Memphis, was one of the buildings totally lestroyed. An unknown negro was caught inder the falling walls and crushed to leuth. aUEEN DOWACER KAPIOLANI DEAD. iTidow of the Hawaiian Kins Ks>'^k.\nl Was Very Popular. H0K0LULtf,vla San Francisco (Special).? Jueen Dowager Kaplolani, widow of King j Calakaui, is dead. She was unconscious ! 'or three days before her death, which was lue to a paralytic stroke. AH the imposing orms of Hawaiian royal obsequies were >bserved. Kapiolani was buried by the tide of Kalakaui in the royal mausoleum. Kapiolani was always very popular. Her >nly trip abroad was to Queen Victoria's ubilee in 1S87. After the death of lvalacaui she scrupulously paid all the debts rhich he left. Over a year ago she deeded ler property, amounting to $300,000, to her lepbews, Princes David and Cupid. She eserved only an income of fsl2,000 a year or herself. Last year she gave a handlOme American flag to the cruiser Chnrles- j on iu recognition of the fact that it was i his vessel which brought her husband's I >ody back from San Francisco, where he ? lied suddenly. DOWN EMBANKMENT IN A CAR- j forty Paiien:en In a Wreck on the | ' Pln.? l.nn.l I ( : New Brunswick, N. J. (Special).?There j vas a bad wreck on the Rarltan River ] [tallroad a tew days ago. Forty persona 1 rolled Cown a twenty.foot embankment in 1 i car. No one was killed, and only one j sersou was seriously injured, The railroad ( runs from Perth Amboy to this place. , The train to which the accident hap- | j pened left Perth Ambov shortly before 6 i ; j. m. It consisted of an engine and two j ( jars. The forward car was the passenger ' :oach. The other contained express mat:er and baggage. Three miles from Perth imboy the road makes a sharp band while )n au embankment, At the curve Is a iwltch, and at this point the encrlne left 1 :be rall3 without any apparent cause, it rolled down the embankment and rested n,the swamp below. All of the passengers were rescued without difficulty, iopae of them received minor .cats and Jrulses, and tbey all went to their homes. Woman Called to ? Pastorate. The Rev. Margaret B. Barnard, a former President of the Chelsea Woman's Club, ] las accepted the call of the first Unitarian 1 Dhurch of Chelsea, Mass. She will be In- 1 italled as pastor some time In September. I Miss Barnard has been acting In that cn- 1 Daolty since the resignation of the former ' ?astor. Forty-Four Killed in u Russian Mine. A dynamite cartridge exploded near Ddessa, Russia, a few days ago, while the | UiUU Y.tWUU U1 <;vui I illuo >T.la 111 I'wjficDi. irid (orly-four persons were killed and Iwenty wounded. I English railway Wreck Injures Many Many persons were injured in a raiiwaj iccident at Winsford, near Crewe, inChes tershire, England. A freight train, on a siding, overshot the buffers ami left the . rails. Auother freight train ran into the wreckage and caused a partial fall of a railway bridge. Then a crowded excursion < train ran into tlie others. Upward or uiij ? nars were wrecked. A Collrffe Profesior Drowned. j Dr. Faul M. Jones, Professor of liiolosy In Vandorbilt University, Nashville, Tenn. ] was drowned while bathing at NVood'j 1 Holl, Mass. Dr. Jones was secretary of th? Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association. ......... i ' . ' ' \v 'S-'fp v.j^* tt-.th-. )UR DELEGATES' SUCCESS= jecure a Special Conference Regarding Private Property at Sea. AMERICAN DIPLOMACY AT HAGUEEmbassador White Makes a Strong Aryn ment Against Privateering?His Ap j peal to All Nation*?Peace Congress Unanimously Adopts a Resolution to Have Another Conference. Tse Hague, Holland (By Cable).?Th? Lmerican delegates won a great success Id Staining from the Peace Conference o manlmous vote in favor of having till [ue3tion of private property at sea In time if war dealt with at a special conference o b9 summoned hereafter. Much dlpomatlc management was necessary, and oany obstacles had to be surmounted b* rtr* tlila rflsnlt was reanhad. The Second Committee met a few day? igo, and Ambassador Andrew D. White, lead of the American delegation, broached he subject. The question of its admissiMllty under the Conference mandate wa? liscusse3. No vote was taken, but ao igreement was arrived at to allow the Americans to present their case in full Id ho afternooD. Had a vote been taken imnedlately the Americans would doubtless lave carried their point by a majority of ine or two; and to avoid this a resolution ras propose! recognizing the importance ind complexity of the question and recomaendlng the summoning of a special cunerence. At the afternoon sitting of the committee -the successive clauses of the laws of war laving been adopted?SI. de Martens, of he Russian delegation, moved a resolulon to that effect. Mr. White seconded, n the course of a clear and eloquent statenent of the American case he said the Jnlted States Government had accepted he invitation to participate In the Confernee with alacrity bseause of the opportuilty it was expected the Conference would iflord for preaching the true faith regardng the immunity from capture of private >roporty at sea. He admitted, however, hat the United States Government recoglized it would bo hopeless to expect any lecislve result from this Conference owing o three causes: First, absence of instrucions from powerful Governments; second, loubts as to the competence of the Conferince; and, third, the length of time necesary for a discussion of all the bearings of ' be case. Mr. White frankly admitted the difflculies involved in deciding what constituted iontraband of war. but Insisted that these ! lupplied one of the best arguments for a all ana prompt discussion. The sufferng and losses which seizures entailed vere immense, while the effect upon the iltimate result of war was almost notling. Referring to the experience of the Jnited States in the Civil War he said that >nly three Confederate cruisers did any:hing of importance, but they captured ! 169 vessels, quadrupled the rate of insurmce between America and Great Britain,! md caused the transfer of a half million ions of American shipping to British hot- | orns. The final result was that the whole I American marine was virtually swept out )f existence. "If that resulted from the operations of :hree poorly equipped little steamer," he :ontlnued, "what would happen with the neans at the disposal of the greater nations :o-day? Yet every one knows that this privateering had not the slightest effect In Ending, or even shortening, the war; nor would it have had any, even if the losses Sad been tea times greater. The ooly real effect is gained by warships la maintaining a blockade. Nowadays the :ransfer of goods by land is so general that interruption by sea as a rule aoe? nothing to promote the ending of war, but tdat interruption may destroy accumulations of human wealth and skill requiring i generation to make good, while the losses cannot be confined to belligerents ilone, but must affect more or less directly the whole world." Mr. White warmly repudiated the supposition that the Americans were animated by selfish considerations. They were eminently practical, he said, but not less presminently devoted to great ideals. The question he was urging upon the delegates, be asserted, was one of right, justice and" progress for the whole world, and this all Americans felt deeply. Nor could the acceptance of the American proposal injure any nation. On the contrary, it would strengthen all. BThe head of the American delegation concluded with an eloquent appeal to the jurists, diplomatists and statesmen of all nations assembled in the Conference to take the subject under careful consideration, declaring, in tlie words of Count Nesselrode, that "the addition of this principle to international law would ce a crown nf glory to the world's diplomacy." The resolution was carried without opposition, but with reservations on the part af Great Britain, France and Russia. The American delegation Is much gratified at the result. The delegates could not bave anticipated a practical Issue at this time. The maximum success possible was i full and free opportunity of placing the I American view on record, and of contlnu- j ing unbroken the tradition of a century of | American protest In behalf of progressive j deas in international law. This result, I .vhlch at one time appeared impossible, j jwlng to the almost Insuperable "difllcul:les, is now triumphantly attained. CHILD TRAIN WRECKERS. rhre? Urchin* Arrested For Causing the j Death of a Fireman in a Wreck. Smauokix, Tenn. (Special).?Levi Korbish, aged nine years; his brother. Michael, *ged saven years, and John Zamblock, ilso seven years, were committed to jail >n tho charge of manslaughter, because of :be death of Fireman Roilin Morgan, ol Reading express train No. 3, which wai wrecked at Buck Ridge a few days aj?o, o mt having been placed on the track. Jlichael Korbish confessed to Coal and Iron Policeman Frank SmUh, when arrested :hat Zamblock found the nut as the boy: ;rere returning from a swimming pool and ;hat shortly before the train was wrecked Zamblock put the nut on the trick. Before I lustice Rowe, the boys said they were not Sulity. Child Kills Motner tnu siner. Willie Porter, nine years old, of Coats Kan., was playing soldier with a pistol he lound in the hired man's room. "I'll shoot jroa," he said to his baby sister, who was in her mother's ^rms. Then tie pulled the :rigger, the bnltet passing through both :he baby and the mother, killing them Initantly. Old Fend Endi In a Tragedy. Ellas Hatfield, Jr., son of "Devil Ansa' Hatfleld, shot and killed H. E. Ellis on v Norfolk and Western passenger train near IViJIiamson, W. Va. There bad been bad teeling between thum for a long time. Ellis being a McCoy sympathizer in th? i Hatfleld-JIcCoy feud. French Gift to Thi? Country. The committee which is superintending j ?: | Clie erection ot a moumusui w uvuum- , beau in the Place Vendome, Paris, France, | baa decided to offer a replica to the United ! States, sugseslin^ its erection in Washington opposite the statue of Lafayette The Labor World. A large garment workers' uuion has bser organized iu Cincinnati. The bricklayers of Binghaaiton, X, Y., iave organized a union. Tho city of Lowell, Mass., has voted S10C toward the La';or Day celebration iu the -ity. Labor unions in Canala complain that owing to better times landlords have raised rents? The street laborers' strike at Rochester. N. Y., Is over. Tae ruoa will receive is 1.50 i day for elijlit hours. Tlia strike of 12,000 textile workers at Brunn, Jlor.tvia, after lasting two months, bas been settled by a compromise. . - 7 - 'v nv: '<*V ' V'p >"31 ? A TEMPERANCE COLUMN, ~ .? THE DRINK EVIL MADE MANIFEST IN MANY WAYS. The Man With the Load^An Argument Used at a Town Meeting In Pennsyi* anla That Was Unanswerable? Family Kalned by "Temperate" Drinking^ fPnnm stifrvnarAil hv F.dwln Mftrkhftm'a famous 'llan With tlie Hoe.") Boxed by a weight of fiery stuff, he leans Agaimt the hitching post and gazes 'round! Besotted emptiness is In his face. He bears n load that still may get him down. Who made him doll to shame and dead to pride, A thlog that cares not and who never thinks, Filthy, profane, a consort for the pig? Who loosened and let down that stubby Jaw? Whence came the scum adhering to thos# lips? What was it clogged and burned away his 4 brain? Is this the thing the Lord God made and gave. To have dominion over sea and land: To love and to be loved; to propagate And feel the passion of Eternity? Is this the dream He dreamed who shaped the suns And pillared the blue .Armament with. light? Down all the stretch of Hell to its last gulf There is no shape more hideous than this? More tongued with proof that Darwin didn't know? For where in all the world of brutish beasts Is one from which this monster might hare come? His blood flows in the frail,-disfigured babe O'er which the pale, heartbroken mother bends. j* But what to him are those hot tears she sheds, What cares he for the taunts his children ' bear, The hnngry cries they raise, their twisted limbs? Through this dread shape the devil boldly looks, And in that reeling presence mocks the world! Through this dread shape humanity is shamed, Profaned, outraged, dragged down anil brought to scornMade to Inhale fuarns from the slime he spews And hear him jest at Virtue and at God. 0 masters, lords, and rulers in our land, Must thli foul solecism still Be tolerated in an age when men Grasp power from the circumambient air And speak through space across the roarlog gulfs? Must this vile thing be left to wed at will And propagate his idiotlo spawn, A shame upon tbe age In which we live, a. curse on {fenerations 10 do porn.' 0 masters, lords, and raler3 In oar land, How may ye liope to reckon with this "man"? v How get along without the rote he casts When there are public offices to fill? How will It be with candidates when he . No longer hangs upon the reeking bar Prepared to fight, to stab, to murder, and To rote for him who furnishes his drinks? ?S. E. KLser, in Chicago Times-Herald. d Mait Not "Drink" S Not all railroad presidents, directors and superintendents are "total abstainers," but nil unite in maintaining the rule which forbids the employment of a locomotive engineer, or fireman, or conductor, or brakemaa, or switch-tender who indulges In a "social glass," either off or on duty. From the following paragraphs, taken from the Philadelphia Record, we learn that a similar rale governs those who erect tall buildings, and that it is rigorously endorsed by the ironworkers themselves. The daring men who dally swarm over the new skyscrapers that are going up all over town are not without their measures of precaution. The ironworkers themselves, as a class, are men who will indulge in a social glass whenever they feel like it, out they take good care never to go on the iob when under the influence of liquor. r However, no matter what they do themselves in their hours ofT, they will not permit the employment of any one in the capa2lty of scaffold-building or derrlek man. who is known to tak9 a drink, either off or on duty. The ironworkers themselves insist upon this, and they do it simply as a precaution of safety to themselves. If any one of them sees or hears of a derrick or scaffold man taking a drink, It is Qls duty to report the fact at once, and the nan is watched. When proof is found, the offender is instantly discharged. The con Jractor might protest against such extreme Action, but he has the alternative of either abiding by the rule or procuring a new jang of ironworkers. A Speech From tlie Gallowi. Freeman Cochran was hanged at Bethmy, Mo., for the murder of George Stanooroagh. Cochran professed religion last light and was baptized. He made a speech on the gallows, saying that he was saved and advising all to abstain from strong drink. It was his undoing. He Said many crimes were committed while men were under the influence of drink, ind that the law makes no distinction be:ween a man druuk and a man sober. Then, stepping back to the centre of the scaffold, Cochran took hold of the noose Jangling from the crossbeam and, raising it aloft, dramatically said: "Whenever you turn up a glass of whisky, look in the bottom and vou will see the shadow of this rope." It was the most effective temperance lecture ever delivered In the State. At the 'oncluslon of his remarks the cap was ad lusted and the trap sprung. Salycyllc Acl<l In Be?r. Much of our beer is a noxious chemical jompound in which salycyllc acid, poisonous llshberries and other drugs replace hops and malt. As to our wines, the story of their sophistication would fill volumes, while with regard to distilled llqurors chemical analysis has proved that the finest are those most obnoxiously adulterated, and, indeed, that the only tolerably "pure" kinds are tho?? fiery and maddealug stuffs sold in loir oarrooms at "three cents for a larg* jlass." Tlie Saloon at a Bank. You deposit your money?and lose it. Tour character?and lose it Your health ?and lose it. Yourstrength?and lose it. Your manly independence?and Hose it. Tour home control?and lose it. Your home comfort?and lose it. Your wife's happiness?and lose it. Your children's happiness?and lose it. Your own soul? and lose it.?W. H. Patton. Shots at the Rain Evil. Many a man cannot see the devil because * he is hiding him down his throat. The devil scores a point whenever a good man opposes a good cause. A man who dislikes to be in a minority that is risrht does not know how delightful it is to be'right. Saloon keepers are tbe Government's recruiting officer* for tlio great army of American drunkard3. Tbe German Association Against the Misuse of Spirituous Drinks has issued a circular to the students of Germauy asking that the compulsion in the corps and verelns to drink beer be done away with. The Kayan Tartars, who abstain from alcohol. havo a death rate of o:ily tweuty-ona per thousand, while the Russian.*, who ar? great drinkers, hav? a death-rate of forty. It is reported from St. Petersburg that the plau of Government control of the liquor trafHo lias already substituted the ofllcial bar for 23,000 private liquor shop3 in that capital. At the Governmeut bai liquor is sold only in small sealed bottles, and the rule is "that only sobei men can buy. The Rhode Islnn'l Anti-Saloon Leagu? 1 -*-' " nnwHal rullilrt nt Its work. ' It JU.i isauci u, i'***. - r - - - - appears that more tban 400,000 pages of literature have been distribute.! ami 100 audiuocos addressed. Liberal financial support has been received. Tbe league will devo'e itself largely to lavr enforcements, ' V.