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.Tunneling'
j Under tKe
! Hudson Reiver
'> Hlptl llnil^E of the crowning feats of
r MB IeD this wonderful era. in
S| wmen sueu mdrmoua au
vances have taken place, is
[5)1 the establishment, by the
r York and New Jersey Railroad
Company, of the Hudson tunnel, which
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.will afford passage for trolley cars between
Christopher street. New York
Oity.'uand Fifteenth street, Jersey City,
In a position where safe and rapid progress-is
assured.
This work, which was inaugurated
la 1879, was, after the loss of a score
of lives and the construction of 2000
Beet of brick tunnel, abandoned in 1883.
After a lapse of seven years work was
Resumed in 1890, and continued for one
' ?ear. when it was again abandoned.
Operations have been resumed again,
and it is now only a question of a
fthort time when underground commu/hlcation
will be established between
J Jersey City and New York.
ic xs a mailer 01 great cunosuy aiiu
Admiration to the average person how
these human beavers, working toward
ft common point, yet each unable to
discern the other, can meet in midstream
so that {be centre lines-of tunnels
coincide. The modern appliance
iwhich makes this sort of work possible
Is the shield. This is a cylindrical tube
of about twenty-three feet diameter,
made of steel plates, and both strengthened
and divided into compartments by.
means of steel webs placed cross-sectionally
in both vertical and horizontal
directions, forming a bulkhead across
the shield. Outside of this is a cutting
edge which penetrates the silt. The
AAAiYino ntrinflr Jlliicfpotinnc frAm fha
iiiuou a uvuo llvuli tut
iAjuerican Inventor show the first air;
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CLEANING UP A]
lock in the tunnel and the process of
cleaning up the debris after a "shove"
oC the shield has been made.
A Pocket Letter Scales.
"Will a two-cei>t stamp be sufficient
postage for my letter?" How often the
letter writer is confronted with this
problem. And as frequently as the
problem arises just as frequently is it
found that there is no handy means of
ascertaining whether the single stamp
twill serve to sausry me demands 01
your Uncle Sam for carrying the missive
to its destination. Under these circumstances
the prodigal generally slaps
oa another stamp in order to take no
risk on delay, and forthwith drops the
letter into a mail box.
On the train, in the home and at doz\ML3
of other places and under a variety
of circumstances it is not convenient to
have the ordinary letter scales at hand.
The solution of the question seems to
be presented by the inventor of letter
scales which can be carried in the
pockef.. "In fact, the contrivance is so
designee tnat it aciaauy au upuu iue
top of a lead pencil.
It consists of a metallic cylinder containing
a spring properly regulated and
a graduated scale. At the upper end
is a slit Into which the letter to be
(weighed is placed. Its weight lowers
the cylinder, whose lower edge lndi
l Cates on the scale the weight as well as
^^jgires the figures represeating the
mnuaouDt of postage neceasaqr. The in|B|ttntor
proposes to weigh oa this vest
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pocket scales epistles oC as much a
six ounces.
HI ON A SINGLE RAIL, j
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! Novel Mode of Transportation
on a Light/ Railroad.
Light railways-are used to a mnc
greater extent in-Europe than in tbi
country. Narrow-gauge lines are quit
common there, and in some*, parts o
France the engines used on these line
appear wholry insufficient for the s(
rious work which they really perforn
In some cases their motive fl&wer is d<
Hi LUCK.
rived from uaphtha. Persistent agiia
tion has recently resulted In Parlia
mentary sanction being given to th
ponstriiMtnn nt ft mono-rail system be
tween Manchester and Liverpool, .wheri
it is proposed to do a regular railroa*
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TB ANSPOBTATION ON A SIKGL* RAIL,
business onaconstructionabove groun
on which the cars and engine are ba
anced like a bag of grain thrown ove
a horse's back. It is promised that th
average railroad speed shall be exceed
FTER A "SHOVE."
ed by far without the same element
danger.
It was thought that the minimun
limit of economy had been reached ii
the construction of the narrow-gaug
line, but a pateut has been recently is
sued for a system of transportatioi
which has the distinction of being o
still smaller dimensions. In fact, i
has but a single rail. This patent ha
been issued to a Viennese engineer.
The cars of this system are mounte*
on two wheels, oue following the othe
and both rather deeply grooved to pre
vent them from leaving the rail. Thi
car is balanced on the tracks by beinj
partially supported on the back of thi
horse or other animal which comprise
the motive power. An arm fastene<
rigidedly to the vehicle passes over an<
partly around the horse and resting 01
a saddle suitably constructed for th
purpose.' In addition the animal is har
nessed to the car in the usual manne
with the use of traces, and the worl
moving the load is> done in this way.
"All Hand* Black Faces."
One of the most curious orders givei
in the royal navy "All hands blacl
faces!" And in order that this may b
adequately fulfilled each of our war
ship3 carries amo:i? its stores a suppl;
of such pigment as is used for th
same purpose on the stage. This orde
is only given duriug the maneuvres a
a rule, for when a night surprise i
intended it is not ouly the vessels tha
are made as little visible as possible
but the faces of the meu must b
blackened, for when powerful nigh
glasses are used the showing of a whit
face is far more palpable than an;
landsman would suppose.?Londou Til
Bits.
Ho met 1-44 Children.
Forty-five thousand homeless chi
dren have been seut to Canada fror
Great Britain and put in good home
during the past thirty-five years. Las
year for every child that was sec
there were five applications on fil
with the societies engaged in the wor
of rescuing the waifs. Consequent!
British philanthropists, who know hoi
rareful^v the children nre looked afte
in their new homes, think that the nun
ber sent from the over-crowded Bri'
ish cities to tht? spacious colonies cool
be increased with profit to the empii
as well as to the children. It is
good way to save men and mate
nation.?Youth's Companion.
Railroad employes and their ?amiii?
make up eight pec cfcnt of the populi
'' ttoa of the United States.
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' A yuttll IliWH, IHIILT.
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} Where the People Live in
j j Subterranean Hemes.
8 Here is aidescription of a queer towi
e San Stephauo, or Grotto of San St*
f phano, Is the name of the place. It i
9 on the southern shores of the Lak
!* of Bolsena, near Monteflascone, Italj
' When I resided in the locality, man
*' years ago, says a writer in Golde
,-enny, I made a sketch of the mal
portion of that strange village, a cop
of which I give 'i#?re. As will be see
by the apparent absence of housei
and the presence of numerous chirr
r.eys, all the inhabitants live uudei
ground, the only building above groun
being the one shown in the centre o
the picture, and that is a kind of ves
tibule, or opening to the subterranea
and more spacious dwelling whic
faces toward the east on the other sid
of the hill. It belongs to the principa
resident; or chief among the dweller
Di! this hilly and picturesque region.
I visited the interior of several o
those extraordinary dwellings," am
was much impressed by the neatness
cleanliness and comfort which pre
railed. The apartments were remark
ably cool, and I was told that durini
the winter they were quite warm, am
that fires are seldom wanted excep
for cooking. The rooms and passage
are all cut out of the solid ground, am
1 the fireplaces and chimneys act pric
eiprflly as ventilators, for the winte
season is short, although pretty se
e vere on account of its altitude. Ther
- are very few windows, and most of th
e rooms are in utter-darkness, with th
i exception of the front ones, which r
ceive their light from the outsid
doors. The large room opening on th
cliff on the right-hand side of th
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,, A TOWN WHERE EVERYI
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. square tower is toe entrance to a. iui
nel of cuniculus. Cuniculil were muc
used in time of war by the anciec
Etruscans. The one I refer to lead
down and far out into a wooded an
secluded dell on the shores of the lak<
The early history of San Stephano i
lost in the dim ages of the Etrusca
period, and the inhabitants I met witl
cultivators and fishermen, evident!;
descendants of that strange race, hav
even lost the tradition of their comlnj
to the shores of the lake. They belon
to a distinct class of people, hoi
themselves aloof from surrounding as
Bociations, and possess a characterise
physique, noticeable for its wild bear
ty, which, in the young women, i
very remarkable.
A Horse Umbrella.
There is an old adage which say
that "A merciful man is merciful- t
his beast," that certainly shall be appli
cable to those who adopt a recentl;
patented device which has for its ot
f ject the comfort and welfare of th
modern draught aRimal.
3 This affair, of which the accompany
a ing illustration gives a good idea, i
e nothing more or less than an umbrell
i. which extends over the front of th
n wagon, or carriage, over the attache<
I horse, or horse", and protects then
t from the burning rays of the sun o
3 the downpour of rain or falling snow
The arrangement of the affair is sucl
j that the umbrella follows the move
r ments of the animal, turning to righ
? or left as he turns, so that it alway:
n maintains a position directly above
, By a simple contrivance the shelte:
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e can be tilted to one side or the other
* so that under any circumstances th
e animal is afforded the best possibl
^ protection.
The PhiHipiue Coast Line.
A geographical magazine makes th
jtatenient that the Philippine Island
I- aave a coast line double that of th<
Q oiain part of the United States. Thi
3 measurement given is 11.444 statub
it miles, while the total area is stated a
115,026 square miles. In the Philip
? pines there is one mile of coast line t<
k ?very ten miles of area: in the Unitei
7 States the proportion is one to 555
Ct is said that 3000 Islands and islet
t :au be couated on the charts.
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t- Domestic telegraph business in Ger
d many in 1902 was forty-three per cent
'0 above 1802, but business of Stock Ex
a change houses fell oil eighteen pe
a cent.
(SUVUJgJS uqwoiu ill UUiLd^ j 1/aua
* have passed the $100,000,000 marl
i- In the past year they have iucreaae
more than 522.00Q.009.
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CATERPILLAR'S CORSAGE
Covers Itself With a
J Bouquet of Buds.
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"g It is well known that the' larvae of
1 many Insects, such as those of the
t case moths, clothes moths caddis flies,
y tortoise beetle and the masked bug,
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s BOUQUET ON TH9 CATEBPILLAB.
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i- construct for themselves cases or arr
tificial coverings, either for protection
- or concealment, and a new and somae
what remarkable instance is described
e by R. Shelford, the curator of the
e Saranak Museum, in the Zoologist
He says: A native collector, brought in
e a quantity of spiraea-like plant, ine
tended for the food of butterfly-cater
e pillars. It bore numerous paie green
iODY LIVES UNDER GROUND.
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i- cymose inflorescences, which were still
h in bud, and presently one of the
it branchlets was noticed to be moving,
s This proved to be due to the presence
d of a small Geometer caterpillar, cov
?. ered with buds from the inflorescence,
s on which it was feeding. This bore the
n following spine-like processes, a dorsal
pair on the fourth segment, a dorso-laty
eral pair on segments five, six and
e seven, a lateral pair on the eighth
5 segment and a short dorsal pair on the
g eleventh. There were also some small
d tubercles in the positions shown in the
i- accompanying sketch. To these spines
c strings of buds, connected by silk,
i- were fastened in a similar manner,
s and when the green buds faded or
were removed, they were immediately
replaced by fresh ones. "A bud woi-.d
be shorn off with the mandibles, then
held in the two front pair of legs, and
covered ail over witn siik issuing irom
the mouth. The larva then twisted
0 round the anterior part of the body.
. and attached with silk the bud to one
of the spinous processes, and another
^ bud would then be attached to this,
and so on, until a sufficiently long
string (generally three or four buds)
was made, when operations on another
* spine would be commenced." The
larva fed on the buds of the inflorescence,
scooping out the interior, and
- (when not hurried) iising the empty
shells in preference to whole buds for
its covering. When irritated, the
larva curled up. as shown in the
sketch, and remained in this position
for fifteen or twenty minutes. At
~ other times it would sway about, lookf
n lilra a Kro nnlilaf K1 r*nrn hv fha
^ iUg liav U UiMUV,UlVb WJ IUV
breeze. The ?> larva spin soon after
p capture, forming a silk cocoon covered
with green buds, but it was, unfortunately.
destroyed by ants, and as
no other specimen could be discovered,
it is supposed that, as is well known to
be frequently the case with specially
protected insects, the species must be
very rare. The perfect insect is, of
course, at present unknown.
Education Bad For Farmers' Boys.
While complaining that the textbooks
in the common schools lead away from
the farm Dr. John Graham Brooks
said: "Look with me into an average
Massachusetts school house. Its arithmetic,
its geography, its penmanship,
its bookkeeping and its reading book,
which appeal to the imagination of the
farmer's ehild, are still dominated by
clerk and trading point of view. As
one listens to the teaching it is as if
the one object were to create discontent
with the country life?to make
every bright child hate his surround|
ings. The instruction seems to assume
' tlif* fnllnrpi of fhp farm lffp Tli<? inoT.
p haivstible charm and resource of the
country have no part iu this teaching."
Illusion of the Theatre.
It is a mooted point whether women
e should be taken to the theatre at all
3 at a young and impressionable age,
s seeing in what a totaMy unreal light
e the modern young man is presented by
? the average dramatist. Behind the
s footlights the handsome- clean-shaven
* fellow has principles as unimpeachable
5 as his dress clothes, a soul as speckless
1 as his dazzling waistcoat.?Ladies'
' Field.
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To the numerous branches of the insurance
business in Germany?as. for
instance, life and fire insurance, insarance
against burglars, against dam
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cuuseu vy uun nuu uutstiu^ ul i
r water pipes, etc.?the insurance of machinery
has been added.
s In the first half of 11)03 five railways
[. went iflto the hands oC reeeisvera. but
d they aggregate bat seventy-nine milei j
, o{ track.
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Universal Demand.
||gjj j(g] T is not only the drivers o
y? pleasure vehicles, the own
2 ers of high stepping pair
fril (rail or automobiles, but th
?l=il Of farmers of the State wh
have vast crups to move who ar
most insistent upon the imperatlv
need of good roads and who are pledg
ing the payment of vast sums fror
their local treasuries if the necessar;
State aid will bring about the bettei
meut of New York's public highway!
The would-be driver for pleasure wh
bumps along country roads that rivs
that traditional rocky route to Dubli
swears between jolts that it is a sham
that the Empire State's thoroughfare
are not decent places of travel, bu
the farmers are-the men of all other
interested in the proposed grea
scheme of pubHc improvement.
They use the roads more than an;
one else in their daily work and hau
ing crops en route to market, an
though they were at first opposed t
the State "good roads" appropriate
and the additional county subscripts
to it that meant increased taxes t
every one of them, tfeey are to-day th
most earnest advocates of the meas
ure to be presented at this session o
the Legislature. And their attitud
is that of wisdom, for no money ai
propriated by the State brings mor
lasting benefit to the community n
large than the sums given for th
Duiiding or goou roaas.
In every locality where the bettei
ment of the highways has b.en el
fected by general and local taxatio
the voting of the necessary count;
subscription in order to gain State ni*
was first effected only after lae inos
vigorous objection on the part of th
farmer, who say only larger taxe: t
pay in consequence. But the universe
result of the better roads has been t
transform the objectors into enthusias
lie indorsers of the movement. Ever
county and township in this and othe
States that has experded money fo
the improvement has found that i
has enriched the neighborhood vastl]
Not only has it increased the carryin
capacity of the vehicles, lessened ta
cost of travel and diminished wear an
tear, but it has tended to build up
county by making it more attractiv
in every way and drawing to it well
frv naAnlfl TirVir* n i*n n 'Sinilfrp nf l'PT
enue to the various localities.
The Legislature of this State in 190
passed favorably ' pon tue proposei
submission to the people of a const!
tutional amendment enabling the issu
of bouds to the amount of $50,000,00
for the building of gor.d roads, half o
the sum to be donated by the Stat
and the other half loaned to the coun
ties agreeing J.o meet half the loca
cost. This must be pas9ed upon agaii
in 1903 before it can t;o before the pec
pie for consideration, so it will be 190
before such aid can be given the va
rious counties. Meanwhile there is i
universal demand for immediate* relief
j and from all rarts 0f the State th
legislators are urged to appropriate a
this and the following sessijn at leas
$2,000,000 annually for highway worli
on the plan of the counties meetln,
I fialf the' necessary expenditure.
There should be no opposition to thi
proposed measure, for it is the wish o
the whole State, and as half the bui
den will fall upon the counties coe
cerned, while the public at large wil
share the benefits, the bill should g
through with acclamation as a meas
ure that will do "'the greatest good t
the greatest number."?New York Her
aid.
The Farmer and State Aid.
Four States, New York. Massachu
setts, New Jersey and Connecticut
have in the past ten years spent abou
$10,000,000 as State aid for buildln;
wagon roads. About $6,000,000 ha
b|pn added to this sum by the countie
and towns where the State roads wen
built, and about 2300 mile? of Stat
road have been completed in thesi
four States. Pennsylvania last yea
appropriated $6,500,000 for the build
ing of State roads. Wherever Stat
roads hfive been fcuilt the selling pric
of farm lands has been increased fron
twenty per cent, to fifty per cent. an<
even more In some cases. The 250
mile3 of State road already built havi
been of such benefit to the farmer tha
they have caused a great demand fo
more good roads. Five States hav<
found it good to aid in the building o
wagon roads by a State appropriation
Why should not the National Govern
ment aid in building roads in ever:
State of the Union? Congressmai
Brownlow, of Tennessee, has ans\vere<
this question by introducing in Con
gress a bill appropriating $24,000,00
as national aid for building wagoi
roads. This sum is available at th<
rate of $8,000,000 a year for threi
years, and is distributed to each Stati
according to its population, except tha
no State shall receive less than $250,
000. The States or counties receivinj
this money must add a like amount
This appropriation will build betweei
GOOO and 7000 miles of splendid nation
al roads and will gives say, from 1W
to 500 miles to each State of tli<
Union. It spen.: to many farmers tha
It is time for tilt? National Governmen
to aid tliem and they i.ope the bill wil
become a law.
A Lire Question.
The action of the Farmers' Institute
of Cuyahoga County. Ohio, in passion
a set of resolutions taking the Cuya
hoga legislative delegation to assis
in the passage of "good roads" law:
has awakened favorable comment. Th<
fact is recognized that the subject o
better roads is a live question, whicl
Is of interest to the dweller in the cit:
as well as to the farmer. Member
of the legislative aeic,gauon ?ay iu?
they feel sure the delegation will Iool
with frieudlv eyes oa any good bll
suggested for the betterment of thi
ronds. None of the delegates .save anj
Buch bills, they say. but they are read:
to give surti bills their best considera
tion.?Auto mobile Topics.
Something like thif2c fourths of th
annual expenditure of the Turkisl
Lrovernmeni: has of rewot years beej
fcr asms and ai'.;o:tioa< of war..
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INASHUABANKERARRESTEDi
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Treasurer, of Trust Company Ao- i
cused of Embezzlement.
(ibotlago Recently Detwtod by tlie Bank
Directors Who Notified Commissi
op era?Institution Closed.
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i. Nashua, N. H?John P. Goggin,
3 .Treasurer of'the Nashua Trust Comc
pany. was arrested, charged with em0
bezzling a sum of money from the
e bank. The amount stolen is placed at
p? betweeu $80,000 and $100,000.
The Nashua Trust Company is in
y charge of the State Bank Commission..
ers pending an examination. "
' The shortaee was detected recently
'Q by the directors, who notified the Sav- 1
ings Bank Commissioners.at Concorda
The Commissioners took charge of the
n company's affairs and posted a notice
e that the bank would not open for busis
ness. The Nashua Trust Company has
it a capital of $150,000," aud usually car?
ries deposits running in amount from
I $000,000 to $650,000 in the Barings department.
It also has a deposit de-'
partment, the deposits of which will
y ii<rpl1 tho tntnl pnrrlori hv tlio hinle trt
' about $1,000,000. , ...
d It was announced soon after Goggin's
o arrest that his position was not due
n to speculation in stocks, but, according
u to those most intimately acquainted
0 with the bank's affairs, to his having
e given assistance from time to time to
a friend. s.
Up to the time of his arraignment in
1 court Goggin made no statement. He
e had a hearing soon after his arrest and
> pleaded not guilty. He was held in
e $10,000 bonds for his appearance before
l1 the Hillsborough County Grand Jury.
e Goggin is one of the most prominent.
bank officials in New Hampshire, and
, he not only has a wide acquaintance
in this State, but he is well known in
banking circles in Boston, Lowell and
H other Massachusetts cities."" He came
y here from the West about ten years
d ago. and In a short time he was made
if Treasurer of the trust company. Goge
gin became very popular, and his ar0
rest came as a stunning blow to his
. business associates and to the entire
city. He is about forty years of age
and has a family.
' In banking circles here the hope is
y hold out frhnf- tha ilpfnlpnHnn will not
!> result in the permanent collapse of the
it company. The bank examiners theratl
selves have made no statement yet,:
- but those In touch with the business
e here incline to the opinion that depoa
itors will lose nothing and that the
. concern will be able to resume busi0
ness. ' f
2 Nashua has a population, of about
e 25,000, and since 1890 four banking inI*
stitutions have closed their doors* forever
and banks in several neighboring
'owns have been forced to suspend,
3 chiefly through losses sustained in intl
vestments in the Western States. It
, estimated that within ten vearst ci.i"
?>?ns of Nashua have lost fully $2,000.e
)00 through the embarrassment of
? banking institutions. ' >
e HOUSE PASSES ARMY BILL. ...
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1 Appropriations of $73,000,000 Go
? Through With Amendments, ...
n wasnington. l>. u.?xne tiouse passed
0 the Army appropriation bill, carrying
approximately $75,000,000, after adopt1
Ing several amendments. ,
The provision for the. consolidation
e of the Adjutant-General's department
t and the record and pension office of
j. the War Department into a bureau to
be known as the Military Secretary's
" Office, was stricken from the bill on a
s point of order raised by Mr. Grosvenor.<
The item of $400,000 for the construcs
tion of an Army General Hospital in
f Washington also went out on a point
- of order, as did the paragraph proi.
viding for the construction of a subU
marine cable from Sitka to Fort
Liscum.
A resolution calling on the Secretary
of State for information as to the
0 oumber of carriages maintained by the
Government for the State Department
was adopted.
german's sui',i'kk ufcia v 1 jl.ussus
1
Hereros Repulse Them and Aro Nott
t Threatening Windhoek.
5 Berlin, Germany. ? An official dia?
3 patch from Windhoek, German Souths
west Africa, says the Germans have
6 lost heavily in unsuccessful attempts
p to relieve Okahandja, that five settlers
e and their entire families have been
r murdered and that the Hereros are
threatening Wiudhoek. The garrison
" 5f Windhoek numbers 230 men, part of
the force being horsemen, with two
e machine gnus.
1 A German patrol which engaged the
* natives near Hope Farm lost a reserve
9 officer, Von Boyseu; out? non-conimise
sioned officer and sis men killed.
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r ABEEL TO BE EXTEtADITED.
f Higher Court Decides Against Him
and He Agrees to R?turn.
Toronto. Canada.?Justice Street has
f sustained the (lecisioa of the magisi
trate at Wetland, Ont., ia the extradt]
tion proceedings against, Jame9 > N.
. rVbeel. of New York City, charged with
3 forgery, aud ordered that Abeel be removed
to the United State#.
There will be no further appeal unless
Abeel suddenly changes his mind.
5 He told ttiq jail authorities at Welland
- that he is noff willing to return to New
t Fork and stand trial.
5 Land Officer Suspended.
'* Secretary Hitchcock suspended from
J the General Land Office Charles A. M.
* Schlierholtz. charged with breach of
1) t'alth in a recent investigation.
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t Boy TrainwreckersjC^ifess.
t Myron Aldrich. fourteen 3>ears old;
I Lowell Ellis, thirteen, aady William
Denton, fifteen, were arretted at Las
voimo v m atiri fro wreck
ing an extra Denver and Rio Grande
, freight train at Ploreace, Col., on JanI
uary 10.
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t Killed in Train Wreck.
3 An Illinois Central train, from New
Orleans for Chicago, was wrecked uear
f Gates. Tenn. Several people were re^
ported liUled.
F College and Educational Notes.
3 Spaia is to start fourteen new agri*
cultural schools.
v Of the C38 colleges In the United
1 States 330 admit women
5 Ten years ago Columbia University
(r mustered sixty-six instructors, all told;
I now it has 135.
Professor Filbert Roth, whor hold*
the chair of forestry in the University
of Michigan, has been elected Forest
^ Warden of the State.
Ij Of the 307 freshmen who entered
a We'lesley College this year, tOG cauie
from private schools, as asalnst 191
Croat public, schools.
WHITAKER WRIGHT DEAD
Ttfren III Suddenly in Court^H?
Quickly Passed Away. "
Had Jnst Been ConTicted of Frsndr ul
Sentenced to Seven Year*'
Penal Servitude.%
London, Enghurtl.?Whifaker Wright, f
the company promoter, who became
notorious In Great Britain and the Uni- "\X
ted State* after the crash of the Loa- i|
don and Globe, Financial., Corporation,
with the attendant ruin o( other com.
<panies.
died here unexpectedly.
He was attacked with a suddeh' ill- ^
uess after he had left the King's Bench :V
Division of the High Court of Justice.
where he had been Convictedpt fraud
and sentenced to seven years' penal "/H
servitude. Two physicians were sum- ; ~
moned, but could do uothinar forth* - -stm
stricken man, whose death they attribute
to heart disease. : ,, ' I*!
The jury before, which Wright had
been on trial fortwelve-dayaon humei*ous
counts for fraud was charged " A :
by Justice "Blghara. and, after being
out an hour, brought in a verdict Of iJfg
guuiy, auu vrngui, <*a? ueuieuceu >
seven years' penal servitude; the most ^
severe penalty within the power of. the v-rg
1 judge to pass. Mr. Walton^s-plea in
mitigation had no effect. - , ;
jusuce jdisuuuj, iu iiassiug otruLeuvv. < >'vwg
said he could see nothing to excuse the
crime of which Wright had been'C'ctii- Vv
victed, and be could not conceive s
worse case. He must, therefore, allot ;'"r
the most severe punishment the lawi . ;1
permitted. !
The sentence was followed by a com* ^
motion in a distant part of -tho courtOne
man shook hands with Wright a* i-S
the latter left the court by the private
exit, accompanied by his counsel..
Almost' immediately * afterWard ''A
Wright was taketa suddenly ffl and collapsed
in the ante-room of the court.
He grew rapidly worse, and ih leas
than an hour after his sentence he was
ueim. , , . . .
The tragic end of the ease- created a
tremendous sensation. Wrlghfafrleufls- ^
said all along that while be- was hopeful
of his acquittal they were certain; . V$
he wonld not survive a sentence and .
would commit suicide;
' Dealing with the evidence, Justice ?|s|
Bigham described as singular the way
In which thousands of pounds sterling
became millions on paper, so far as'theLakeview
shares were concerned. The
London and Globe.and the,.Standard 'V.'fea
companies were gambling concerns
which excited his indignation. In the
course of Ills long experience Justice
Bigham had nsver-before heaW of any- %
thing lite the transactions' which preceded
the hopeless bankruptcy of the '
London and Slobe Financial Corporatlon.
.
Whitaker Wright was born irr Chea
hire, England, in 1846. His parents,
who were in comfortable circum- ?
stances, gave him a good education,
and'he qualified as an expert mining . ^
engineer and showed special aptitude
as a chemist In 1887, .after his .father's
death, he came to America, , and
was employed in mines lb the West as
an nssayer. He removed to'New York 'M
in 1880 with a fortune obtained as a
mining prospector.
He returned to England to >1880 and .JJ
conducted financial operations on such
a vast scale as to earn for kirn the reputation
of a Monte Crista. His lavish
expenditures dazzled the British irob-"
lie, aud be was regarded for a time as
the greatest financial genius of the age.
He organized company after cotripai./
He formed the London and Globe Finance
Corporation, Limited, UK take
over the various securities of mining
corporations in which he was interest- 1
ed. Iu December, 1900, this corpora,
tiou failed, and carried ruin to many
1 homes iu Great Britain, and crippled
several prominent business houses.
| Many members of the London Stock
I Exchange were ruined by the failure.
Thirteen banking and brokerage firms "
tailed as a result of the collapse of hia
company. v > <- x
?; )> i
JURY HOLDS MAYOR. | V
- '* - >T?
Must Answer With.. Others ..For
Iroquois Fire, ' v?
Chicago, 111.?The Coroner's Jury,
wh?rh for three weeks has been1 hear
Ins evidence relating to the fire to tile
Iroquois Theatre, returned a verdict
i)y which the following persona areheld
to await the action of a Grand
Jury:
Carter H. Harrison, Mayor of Chicago;
Will J. Davis, proprietor in part
and manager of the theatre, George
Williams, Building Commissioner of
Chicago; Edward Laughliu, building
inspector under Williams: William Sal- ?
lers, fireman in tae theatre; James El ' 4
L'uuimings. stage carpenter;. William
Mullen, who had charge of the light
tbat caused the fire; William H. Musham.
Chief of Chicago Fire Department;
It was at once decided by the Coroner
that all the men held for the Grand
.Jury should be taken into custody at
once. He therefore prepared warrant*
c~ - """vn*' ftn/1 Adllor] An thd nnllPA
LL>1 CUt'IL iUlCDi^ auu v.attvu v**w |?vwv??
to serve the warrants.
When the Coroner's jury retired for
its deliberation it bad before it 750.000
words of testimony, given by 572 persons.
Uruguayan Rebels Scattered.
The Government forces of Montevideo
have again defeated Saraiva. Therebels,
broken up into several bands*
are crossiug the Brazilian frontier*
where theyare being disarmed.
Freeman Cohen Dead.
The death is announced from Johannesburg.
-South Africa, of Freeman
thf* Rund financier.
1 .3
Burglars Put to Plight.
Two burglars who were at work o:i.
the postoffice at Howley, Mass., esoaped
after a running tight in the streH
with townspeople. The men had blowu ,
the outer door of tl?e safe, but hai
iccured nothing.
German Officer Kiiietl iu Duel.
Two officers of the garrison of Obem*.
nltz. Saxony, fought a duel with pistols
on the parade ground at Berlin. ~
Germany. Lieutenant Schubert wa?
instantly killed.
World's Fair Pointers.
San Domingo has officially accepts
the invitntiou to participate in theWorld's
Fair.
A world's congress of secret societies
is to be held in St. Louis next fall ia
wiuk 4.Ua r A..:A;nnA ' d?^
Cuuurtuun vritu iuc ui/ui^iaua &
chase Exposition.
A model of the Assouan Dam. which
fe ou the- first cataract of the NiK
will be exhibited in Great Britain's
disspiay at the World's Fair.
A plaster cast of a gigantic whale
ha* been recently made in UCe sir.*
by the National Museum for exhibition
at the St. Louis Exposition.