The Abbeville press and banner. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, December 13, 1905, Image 6
A Hue* Dnujhnnt,
According to The Cass. County Democrat.
a West Alton Missouriaa. named
Treadmoi'e made a bet with a widovf.
Tile wager was a lifesize dougbnut
against the widow's lovely seventeenyear-old
daughter. Treadmore had the
, doughnut fashioned after the damsel,
and to make it as sweet added a barrel
of sugar. He is now a happy
bridegroom, having won the bet and
married the model of his doughnut,
which is to be sent to the Portland j
exhibition. |
A True Story.
As the story is absolutely true, ona
may be permitted to tell it.
A certain very little girl had been
taught to say her baby prayers each
evening, these including "Our Father,
who art in heaven." "Now I lay me,"
and perhaps some others.
One day the tiny miss, being in a
conversational mood, asked a question
of an adult friend, and this was it:
"Which one of the prayers do you
like the fcest?"
"Oh. I don't know," the friend re
plied. "Which one ilo you like best?"
*1 fink." the wee maiden answered,
"'at I like 'at one best 'bout the wart
in heaven."
"About?what!" was the astonished
exclamation.
"'Bout the wart in lieaveu."
"Which one is that?"
"W'y, you know, course. It's th>
one 'at 'gins 'Our Favver who wart in
heaven."?San Fraucisro Chronicle.
His Temler Feollns*.
Herr Dambitsch. a Berlin citizen,
has brought an action against the
manager of a local theatre to compel
him neMKitx nsiurr his nnniA for one of
the characters (a charlatan), who appears
in a piece now running.
Joanna Maestrieh, of Berlin, was for
eight years Oporto's champion bull
fighter. , N. Y.?47
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Burmah is stirred by the question of offi*
cial dress.
Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for Children
teething,-oftensthegums,reduces inflammation,allays
pain,cures wind colic,25c. a bottle
Berlin has about thirty vegetarian restaurants.
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Piso'a Cure Is the best medicine we ever use J
iorall affections of throat and luncja.?Wn
0. Endsley, Vanburen, Ind., JFob. 10, 1903.
Versatility.
A signboard in Cbartres. France,
bears the following inscription: "E.
Picbot, dealer in firewood, polisher of
floors, undertaker and embalmer, festival
and wedding dinners and suppers
provided. Debtors evicted."
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Science. Drugs won't do?they eat up the
Stomach and make you worse.
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and we want you to know it, hence this
offer.
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Mull's Anti-Belch Waters fs 50c. a box,
but to introduce it to thousands of suti'erers
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Labor in tlie Trunavaal.
Barbados business men have offered
to supply 30,000 negroes for labor in
the Transvaal and to agree to deliver
tlierf* at Lourenco-Marques within
twelve months, a: $100 per head, provided
the wages should, be not less
than $12.50 per mouth with board and
lodging.
How'i TliU!
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anyoaseof (Jatarra ca.it caaaot be cared I?/
Hall's Uatarra Oure.
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We, the uEdeisifcLed, ba\e known F. J.
Cheney lor tbe Jast lfcyeHis.nndbelievahim
perlectly honorable in all business transactions
and llnaucially able to carry oat any
ablifejatioos tnade by their firm.
We at ?fc Teuax, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo,
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Hall's Catarrh Uurels tatcea iateraally, ajiIngdlreotly
upoa ttie blood aad muooussurlacepof
tiie system. Testimoalals seat fren.
Price,75c, per bottle. Soldbyali Druggists.
Take Hall's Family Pills tor coastlpatioa.
l'oll Tax in Siain.
Every three years all Chinese domiciled
in Siara have to pay a small poll
tax. When this has been paid the
collector ties a string around the man's
left wrist and fastens the knot with a
special official seal. The bracelet is
the Chinese's receipt aud must be worn
one month.
WASTED TO A SHADOW."
But Found a Cure After Flfteeu Years
of Suffering.
A. H. Stotts, messenger at the
State Capitol, Columbus, 0., says:
... "For fifteen year?
I had kidney treubles,
and though I
jBa t doctored faithfully,
could not find a
V /Jbackaches. dizzy
headaches an(i terrlbIe
urinary disor
aers. uae aay it
H collapsed, fell in J
(fl r/3fHl sensible on tbc sidoJ
walk, and thefl
wasted away in bed for ton weekS
After being given up, I began uslnH
Doan's Kidney Pills. In a couple jB
months I regained my old lieaM|
and now weigh 188 pounds. TwAfiKj
boxes did It, and I have been
two years."
Sold by all dealers. 50 cents
Foster-Mllburn Co., Buffalo, N.^^V|
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ALL RUSSIA
IN TURMOIL
St. Petersburg and the 1
perial Party ia a State
of Apprehensive Terror, ;
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OUR WARSHIP TO THE RESCUE j
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The Li<b t? of tlie Capital Turned Off? 1
Bole of the Populace Growing Stronger j
Day l>y Day?Many Thousand* Strike (
ia Moscow?Railroad Station Tied Up <
?Pretender to the Throne, Supported '
by an Army of GO.OOO, Marches on the j
vzar?money cur mo aincftcu uova
to Be Distributed.
St. Petersburg, Russia.?Steeped in
darkness broken only by occasional
candles and oil lamps, gripped by a
monster blizzard'that makes the streets
perilous as the -wildest steppes, trembling
in the ominous lull that presages
a burst of greater fury in the political
storm, this capital at night is a3 desolate
as if anarchy already held full
sway. Emperor Nicholas-cowers in his
palace at Tsarskoe-Selo, in almost continuous
conferences with Count Witte
and with the Premier's frightened lay
figures* that form a poor apology for a
Cabinet.
Even at this hour, with the proclama
tion restoring the crown lands to the '
people coming wet from the presses of j
the Official Messenger, it is apparent <
to the autocracy that its last trump is i
thrown away. The revolutionists?and I
that term now means the people?forty ]
hours ago heard with derision the ]
Czar's promise is make that gigantic ]
restitution. His surrender of a third
of European Russia?all the rich
ground feloniously held for centuries
by the "Little Father" and his hangers- ,
on?now means no more to his impa- ?
tient people than would the remission ,
of the tax on champague. Nicholas ]
has withheld bread from his .subjects j
too long to make peace with: them by "]
yielding half the loaf. ?
A new peril confronts the imperial (
government. As if the republic for ,
which the friends of the people strive
constantly, for the establishment of ,
which proclamations flare on the walls j
of the city and even on the town pai- j
aces of the Grand Dukes, were not a ,
sufficient menace, advices from Sim- ,
birsk informed the Emperor that in ,
the vast region west of the Volga, ^
wherein Pugatcheff in the second Cath- i
arme's Diooay reign posea as tne .reier [?
III. she assassinated and for a year de- m
fied successfully iier powerful army,?
there marches a pretender to the thronoM;
.with 50,000 fanatical followers. MPeasants
Join Pretender. U
This claimant of the crown, wm
usurps the powers of a Pope as wellM n
an-.Emperor, asserts he, and not Np c
olas, should sit 011 Russia's throne. A ^
has established headquarters clos^p g
Penza, and is recruiting his.brijws- a
from the hundreds of tlrousancHbf c
peasants already inflamed by p^-'i- f(
pation in the agrarian uprisingWIt a
is reported that even Premier ~Wtte p
betrayed marked perturbation^pen b
that ripivs was rpceived. K
Other terrifying news comeffrom g
the provinces. The peasants wiurdering
the high nobility, and u^fccres C]
of the lesser bureaucrats are^jdaily tl
occurrence. Dispatches froi?vursk s,
told of an attempt to assassin?Prince ^
and Princess Kassatkine RcBoftsky, S(
both of whom were wounde^fta gen. C(
eral onslaught by agrarian^Brs. It q
was feared the Princess co<^Bot survive
her injuries. The Prii^Bhistoric s
castle was leveled with.^B ground
and all the other building* import- a:
ance on his great estate ^Be Novos- g,
kol district were burned.^B
Riots are in progres^B Poltava,
Samara, Riazan and mai^Bber places.
Massacres of Jews begun in
Poltava at night In^Bcow 45,000 e
factory workers struck^Banscaucasia ^
is in the hands of tt^Bvolutionists.
The Viceroy in Tifiis ^Bcompelled to
free all persons arrest^By administra- tl
tlve order and to the Shusha si
Seminary to the Arm^Bi priest9 from m
whom it was stoh^w th& Govern- ol
ment two years In Odessa a
irpnernl strike wns^BcIaimed. ol
The night's darl^Wwas caused by of
the Council of "V^Bien, committees In
of which in the af^Von compelled all to
the pharmacists^Hbis city to close si
their shops and ?^B the electric light
plant to shut At 5 o'clock, a vc
few minutes afj^Be city blazed with fo
arc and incan^wit lamps, all the te
thousands of t^Hsuddenly went out, w
leaving St. Pe^Murg uuder a pall of w
terror. That^^jseveral hours after so
the strikers sjHu railroad communi- ge
cation with j^Bd- capital by closing
the station Moscow main line.
Shortly afte^Vlights* went out other
committees^Hced most of the the- r>
atre manag^^v shut their houses.
The Cou^Mite at night perfected a
plan for fj^Hng the strike, even going
so fa^^Bo arrange for a perma- 7C
nent stri^Hnd after the impending re
revolutiOj^Bsed on contributions of af
one per^B- of every workman's th
wage9? ^Bthat activity was viewed n(
as mal^Bidiculous the rumors, in- tt
^Ha to Report on War.
Repl^Wto an imperial message orderin^V
to speedily return to Tokio tli
and a personal report of the re- in
cent^^B Field Marshal Oyama has
nam^Bvember 25 as the date cf his
dep^V from Manchuria.
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^Had Father and Stepmotber. hi
ntlrows, -who has been on trinl
a^Hiden, Ala., for ten days for the
of his father and stepmother,
j^Hen found guilty of murder in tln> cc
^^ egree and giveu a life sentviuv. tn
Prominent People.
^Hxime Gorky has repeatedly trav^Hd
Russia on foot. oi
^ ayor Dunne, of Chicago, III., is
Rl to be a tine lecturer. D
BpVw Romans suffer so much from ar
Ile intense heat as the Pope.
Joseph H. Choate has resumed his of
tw practice in New York City. w
It said that Mr. Bryan forgot to
ote at the Nebraska Democratic pri- tli
maries. ^ E
General Frederick D. Grant Was
elected President of the Grant Family w
Association. _ ni
spired'by bureaucrats, thaWhe general
strike was to end. The prophecy was
made shortly after midnight by a uiau
high in the confidence of the workmen
that before the end of another Aveek
the whole empire would be tied up.
Financier* in FrenzyPanic
broke out on the Bourse over
a report thnt Grand Duke Nicholas
Nicholaievitcb, commander of the Imperial
Guard, was to be military dictator
of the empire?had been appointed,
in fact. Mr. Vouich, Chief of the
Chancellery, denied the report, adding
the Government could not determine
whether or not to declare martial law
in St. Petersburg or elsewhere until it
should see how the official proclamation
of the crown land restoration was
regarded by the people.
Nevertheless, there was a fall of
twenty-five point9 in one kindjjf Govsrnment
securities, and the ttnperial
Fours Went lower than they qvev had
Iropped in the course of the far with
Japan. A great demonstration was
made in the New Theatre in the afteraoon
by Polish sympathizers/and revolutionists.
Overflow meetings were
leld in the furious snowstono. Polish
ielegates said their counfry wanted
lutonomy, not separation, As it feared
Grermany. Resolutions / demanding
:hat martial law be aboli/hed and nu:onomy
granted to Polandnvere passed.
Yet with alL the terrorsTlling on end-,
Nicholas and his Premii are playing
'alse with the people. Tie Emperor restores
the crown lauds/to them with
me hand and with 1fe other signs
>rders for slaughter of their leaders.
kVitte, in an appeal tofhe strikers, adIressed
them as "bather workmen"
ind begged thein tm return to their
asks?to take pity of their wives and
:hildren. He expiated a Ministry of
Trade and Commwce had been appointed
to adjust imustrial differences,
ind promised allipossible should be
lone for them, ^orkmen scoffed at
:he appeal. The#cynicism was justi3ed
by the iiew#in the course of the
lay that the Gofcrnment had shot six
>f the Cronsta# mutineers.
The fact is tWt Couut Witte not only
las no Cabin? worth mentioning, but
that he no l?ger has personal influ?nna
with tiiMltussian DeoDle. From
Kursk and Aer places come appeals
from mililariommandants ami police
jflficials forMgular troops to aid the
low helpIewHossacks. It is believed
the soldierwill not move against the
people. Ateady they have refused
here and M other cities to take the
places ofltrikers.
Akron Takes Action. |
St. PeWsburg.?Baron Gunzburg, a
svell-kno?i Hebrew philanthropist, of
St. Pet?burg, has received imperial
iuthori?ion for the distribution df the
Hebre*elief funds raised in America,
EnglaW and other, foreign countries.
He istow organizing "a committee,
rhe iwices being received here indicate
?at much money will be re^
yiirm
MS horrible accounts of the masmem
and destruction of property are
reagLng St. Petersburg by mail. The
injwuanis oi me euure iuwu ui ^juci- i
liHf, practically the whole of the popmMod.
being Hebrews, were utterly
Mhilated. Baron Gunzburg's son,
M> has just arrived here from Kieff,
my managed to escape from a mob by
sty flight When he returned to hia
Isidence he found it practically empty,
vhat the rioters had not carried off
bey had destroyed, including many
aluable pahitings.
To Oaard Americans.
Washington, D. C.?The cruiser Mineapolis,
the flagship of Rear-Admiral
ihester, . and -the only vessel of the
.merican Navy in European waters, is.
oing for a cruise in the Baltic Sea."
nd it was admitted in Government
Lrcles that the Minneapolis will make
or CroDStadt, where she will be used
s a rescue ship for Americans and
ossibly other foreigners in St. Petersurg
if the strike situation should beDme
such that they were forced te
ee.
At the Str.'e Department it was delared
that ther^ is but little possibility
iat the Minneapolis will be put tc
uch use, but full arrangements have
een made for the presence of the ves<
el as near as possible to the storm
entre. The Minneapolis cannot go tc
ironstadt without the permission of
ie Russian Government. At the first
ign of danger to Americans, however
ie necessary permission will De asuea,
nd there is 110 doubt tliat it will be
ranted forthwith.
ASSUAN DAM NOT A SUCCESS. ^
gypt's Cotton Crop Remains Below
laximum Before Dam's Construction.
Washington, D. C.?The reports of
ie Egyptian cotton crop for 1905,
low that it has not reached the maxium
attained before the construction
! the Assuan Reservoir.
Lord Cromer states that the excess
! imported sugar, in 1904-5, over that
the preceding year was 20,000 tons,
rgely due to the substitution of cotin,
requiring less water per acre, for
igar cane.
If it be true that the Assuan Reser>ir
is a total failure, it is a triumph
r the French representative, on the
chnical commission of 1894; but it
ill cause keen distress to the artistic
orld, which will have now more rean
than ever to denounce the submerge
of Philae as useless vandalism.
THOUSANDS IDLE IN JAPAN.
eturning Troops Find Hopeless Industrial
Depression.
Tokio, Japan.?It is estimated that
?0,000 men are idle since the troops
turned from the war. This state of
fairs causos uneasiness because of
e industrial depression, and there is
? immediate prospect of employing
lem.
Governor on Insurance.
A dispatch from Albany, N. Y., snid
iat Governor Higgins would treat 011
surance reform in his message.
Fire Wipes Out Town.
The town of Burk, in MoDow'
junty, W. Va., has been destroys; .
e.
Prince Charles Accepts.
Prince Charles of Denmark lias ;sr-ptcd
the throne of Norway, and will
Kc the title of King Carl V.
Feminine Fancies.
Mrs. Charles Walcot is one of tL<e
dest women on the American stage.
Miss Mildred, daughter of William
ean Howells, the novelist, is a clever
'tist.
Miss Rose Elizabeth Cleveland, sister
: the ex-President, is now a wealthy
oman.
Miss F. R. Wilkinson is principal of
ie Horticultural College at Swanley,
ngland.
Dr. Sophronia Fletcher, the flrst
oman physician in Boston, Is nlnetyne
years old. .
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"asseneer SteamerP m^Snowstorm,
Dashesojylfiocks.
l^ECKED OFF FRENCH COAST
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Sontti western Railway'* Liner, Hilda, and
All of Her Crerr and Passengers Moet
Death in the Nlglit?Few Details of
the Disaster?\?as a Ship of 848 Tons
?British Officer* Amonj; the Victims
, London, England. ? Probably more
than 100 lives were lost by the sinking
of the Southwestern Railway's cross
channel steamer-Hilda.
The Hilda left Southampton at night
for St. Malo, on the Brittany coast,
with "considerably over 100 souls on
board, the majority of whom were
drowned. The steamer's passage was
greatly drtayed by a fog in the Channel,
and whea nearing St. Malo she
ran into a severe snowstorm, apparently
missed her course, and foundered on
the rocks off Javdin Lighthouse, three
miles from St. Malo.
The company's steamer Ada, outward
from St. Malo, rescued live of
the passengers and one of the crew.
These-were sent to Southampton, and
it was believed were the only survivors,
though an unconfirmed report
reached Paris that seventy had beeu
saved.
The crew numbered twenty-six, and
there were about 100 passengers, the
majority being onion dealers from St.
Brieuc and neighborhood.
-A.telegram fr/om,.St. Servan, adjoining
the town of St. Malo, gives the few
particulars available. The Hilda was
near St. Malo in the. morniner. She
struck the rocks at 4 o'clock the following
morning in the roadstead off
the Island of Cezambre.. She had
missed the tide owing to bad weather
and fog.
The majority of the, crew and passengers
were asleep at the time. Two
boats were lowered, one of which, containing
five men, arrived at St. Servan.
The second boat was picked up
empty at St. Cast, where thirteen bodies
were washed ashore.
The top of the Hilda's funnel and
her mast are visible at low tide.
The Hilda was built at; Glasgow in
1SS2, and registered 848 tons. She
was a screw steamer of iron construction,
and was 235 feet in length.
The Southwestern Railway Company '
was unable to give a list of the Hilda's
passengers, but they said that a score
booked passage at .stations between
London and Southampton, and that to
the best of their knowledge ninety-nine
were drowned and only six saved.
The company was without reliable
details as io how the disaster happened.
Its agent at St. Malo only
briefly reported: "The Ada has put
back, and reports the Hilda is a total
wreck r.t Les Fortes reef, outside Jardin
Lighthouse. The Ada's boat
saved five onion men and a seaman
named Grinter out of the rigging. They
appear to be the only survivors."
Many British army officers were
among the victims.
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' COFFINED IN STEEL.
Mass of Metal Supposed to Contain
Parts of Bodies to Have Burial.
Philadelphia-,-Pa-'? Two,weeks ago
John Forkin, of 2010 Stella street, and
Joseph Warde, of 3041 Newcomb
street, were working in a crucible pit j
at the Mid vale Steel Works. While
they were'at the bottom 80,000 pounds
of molten steel was* released aud fell
upon them.
The men must have been converted
into ashes and gas in the fraction of a
second. Not even a button was found.
The Coroner's jury gave a verdict of
death b.v accident.
The Midvale company has caused to
be cut away from the" mass in the crucible
the bottom of' the casting, which
fell directly on the men, and which is
supposed to contain fragments of their
bodies. This Will be buried in the
yard of the plant.
WE'RE GETTING RICHER.
The Per.Capita Circulation of $31.00.
the Greatest Ever.
Washington. D. C.?The constant increase
of wealth in the United States,
outstripping even the growth of population.
is indicated in the last statement
of the amount of money ill circulation,
issued by the Treasury Department.
The circulation per capita on
November 1 was $31.09, which is the
highest yet reached. A year ago the
per capita was $31.38; on November 1,
1903, it was $29.99; iu 1902 it was
$29.3G; in 1901 $28.72 and on November
1. 1900, but $27.82. The total
amount in circulation is now $2,053,131,578,
being an increase of $G9,G54,917
during the year, and of $513,950,100
since November 1, 1900.
STEAMER SUNK TWO BARGES.
Five Persons, One au Aged Woman,
Narrowly Escape Death.
Providence, R. I.?The steamer Powh.ittan,
Captain John E. Ryan, of th?
M. and M. line, while leaving this
port colided with two barges, the Ira
A. Allen, Captain Elmer Orlap, of New
York City, and the Elhurah, of Connecticut,
off Pomham light at 1.30 iu
the morning. The barges sank in
twenty feet of water. The steamer
.was not injured.
Four persons on the barges, including
one woman 70 years old, narrawly
escaped with their lives, being rescued
in a rowboat.
Russians on Jap Ships Restive.
Russian ex-prisoners of war on board
transports at Nagasaki, bound for
Vladivostok, showed signs of mutiny.
Japanese destroyers surrounded the
vessels, while 100 constables guarded
the ship on which Rojestvensky is.
Monument to Pocahontas.
Tbe directors of the Jamestown (Va.)
Exposition Company have donated a
site on the proposed exposition grounds
for a monument to tlie memory of Pocahontas,
the Indian, princess.
Labor News Notes.
There are 6000 glassblowers idle as
a result of a dispute over the question;
of wages.
Los Angeles (Cal.) Building Trades
Council has placed :tself squarely uponrecord
as being opposed to the open'
shop. .
The new constitution of the Hotel,
and Restaurant Employes has been defeated
by a referendum vote of 13,697
to 9001.
The grand total of men employed in
the Broken Hill (New South Wales)
mining industry at end of March last
sraa 7369.
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| FOR A SEA-LEVEL CANAL
Advisory Engineers Say a Lock
, Ditoh Would Save Little.
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CoiumiRRion Ends Ita Session in Washington,
D. C.?Some Iinp|*,*Bt
Chances Are Planned.
Washington, D. C.?That a canal can
be dug across the ltftbmusr of Panama
at sea*level at an expenditure of time
and money comparatively slightly in
excess -of that which would be required
for the construction of a lock
canal is the contention of a majority
of the Board of Advisory Engineers,
which recorded its opinion in favor of
- a sea^lev#! ditch. -.
It is asserted by these great engineers
tbat a sea-level caual can be
* t dug in'.flftfteu years, and at, a cost of
r\r\r\ aaA ixfi.ii- il' .11* ~ ~ *
^v.uiie nie generally accepted
estimates for a lock canal have
given ten years and $200,000,000 for its
construction, they declare that considerations
not taken into account in
making these estimates would bring
them much nearer to the figures they
give for their plan.
It was pointed out in the meetings
of the board, in answer to the criticisms
as to cost, that an important
item that must be taken into account
in the matter of the construction of a
lock canal is the inundation of private
grounds and lauds belonging to the
Republic of Panama, that would be
necessary under the lock system. The
assertion was made that th& United
States would be called upon to pay beeon
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this item, and that to do away with
it by a sea-level canal would absorb
practically all the difference- in cost'
be'iweeu the two plans.
In the matter of the construction of
the locks it was asserted, by'.majority;
members of the board that more time
than that estimated would probably be
required. The locks would have to be
so large, they declare, tliat even the
drawing of plans for them would take
considerably more than a year.
, The sea-level canal as approved by
the majority of the board, would have
a width at the bottom of 150 feet, except
in the Culebra Cut, where that
width will be 200 feet. The greater
width in the cut is necessary to permit
two ships to pass safely between
the high banks.
The plan, as adopted by the board,
would make Limon Bay one of the
greatest harbors in the world. Almost
< throueh-the middle of the bay a-break-.
water will be- built wltb a shorter
breakwater from San Cristobal, which,
is American territory. Colon, which
beloilgs to the Republic, of Panama,will
be left outside of the canal works.
San Cristobal is expected to become
the chief city on the Atlantic side of
the canal, and the promontory on
which arises the statue of Columbus
would be covered with official buildings,
docks, coaling stations, and all
the works necessary for an important
harbor.
The canal constructed by the French
began at San Cristobal. It is now proposed
by the board to build a short
direct canal from Mindi to Limon Bay,
thereby making the distance shorter
by a few hundred yards, and also making.it
possible for ships to sail into the
ditch without having to make any
difficult turns.
The breakwaters for this harbor will
be an item of great expense.
On the Pacific side of the Panama
.the plans as adopted are also different
'from those of the French Canal Company.
The French canal ends at La
Boca, and it was found as one of the
^difficulties that tlie Rio-Grande with
its many branches crosses the canal,
and in the rainy season inundates and
does great damage to the works
already constructed.
Therefore- it was decided that the
canal should be built nearer to the
City of Panama, aud should run be
tween two hills, one called Sosa and
the other the well-known Ancotj. At
this place the one lock necessitated
through the differences in the tides of
the Atlantic and the Pacific will be
built.
ACCEPTS NORWAY'S THRONE.
Prince Charles of Denmark Becomes
King Haakon VII.
Copenhagen?The tbrone of Norway
; was formally tendered to Prince
Charles of Denmark by a deputation
jiof^merabers of the Norwegian Parlia- .
wirient, . and was accepted by King'
" Christian in behalf of his grandson.
The brief historic ceremony in the palace
recalled the similar event in 1883.
when the throne of Greece was presented
to Prince George of Denmark.
The whole affair lasted only twenty
minutes, but the scene was brilliant, as
it was attended by all the princes and
princesses and their suites, the diplomatic
corps, including the American
Minister, Mr. O'Brien, aud the court
officials.
STEAMER SINKS ON ROCKS.
Crew of Coalboat Tfiotight to Have
Been Twelve Men.
Halifax, N. S.?News of.what was
probably#the worst disaster of the season
011 the coast of Nova Scotia was
received at night, indicating the loss
of the coal laden steamer Turbine and
, the drowjrthg of perhaps a dozen men:
The lobster steamer Edna R., which
arrived at Clark's Harbor,, on the south
coast ofNNova Scotia, from Mud Harbor,
reports that a large steamer struck
Black Ledge, off Cape Sable. The
steamer struck at 5 o'clock, aud in ten
minutes went to the bottom.
A heavy gale was then raging, and
the crew of the coaster say that all on
the foundered steamer undoubtedly
perished.
Monument-to McKinley.
The cornerstone of the McKinley
monument at Canton, Ohio, was- laid,
Mrs. McKinley being present.
^ Failure of Fishing Season.
The failure of the fishing season has
caused serious destitution at St. Pierre,
Island of Miquelon.
College Bars Football. ,
Students of the Nebraska Central
college unanimously voceu to uar tootball.
The Field of Sports.
Warner has been of much service to
Detroit.
Sixty-four entries were received for
the women's golf championship.
Roggio (Itala) won the automobile
race for the Florida Cup in Italy.
John J. McGraw signed a threeyears'
contract as manager of the
champion Giants.
The Glidden Cup Commission plans
to make the 1906 automobile tour a
popular American event.
Winfleld Bailey, of the Mohawk A.
C., led a big field in the race across
country over the Jerome course,.
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PiiTT RECEIVED FUNDS
Campaien Money Went to the Senator
Each Year,. ;
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EQUITABLE GAVE UP THOUSANDS
Senator Piatt Declare* That He Didn't
Keceire Contributions For Anything
Bat State Campaign* ? Contribating;
Companies Expected Protection ? No
Open Attack on Odell.
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New, tYork City.?Senator Pl.itt, admitting
tliat the insurance corporations
expected protection in return far campaign
con'iTibytioBS, and-John A. Nichols,
explaining that his letter to Depew
concerning a "friend up the river" referred
to a man who T?as receiving
money for "not being inimical" to the
Eauitabie and other companies, were
the chief witnesses before tbe iusur
ance investigators.
At the conclusion of Mr. Piatt's testimony.
after he bad indirectly paid bis
compliments to Odell by saying tliat
the distribution of funds was in the
bands of the State committee chairman,
Mr. Hughes was approached by
a man who had the reputation of being
a sort of press agent for Piatt and Depew.
This mau insisted that Mr.
Hughes should \ill Piatt back int9 the
room, urging that the Senator wished
to attack Odell more specifically, if certain
questions were put to him.
For a minute Mr. Hughes was disposed
to fall into the trap, but finally
he decided not to send after the Sena-tor.
who -was then Tleavii)g the City
Hall, walkingTeebJy aloug the hallway
supported on the arm of his lawyer,
Robert C. Morris.
Later it was said in- behalf of Mr.
Hughes that he was willing to ask any
pertinent questions. He did not propose,
however, to be used as a fuel
bearer for the factional fight now in
progress between Piatt and Ode!'.
Haviner shown all that was necessary
for the purposes of the investigation,
be did not consider it becoming to
waste the time of the investigating
committee in. encouraging personalities.
In proving tliat Piatt got the contributions
and that Odell used the
money, it was pointed out, the ques.tioner
had done all that was either
needed or to be desired. On this'point
the other lawyers agreed with the chief
counsel.
A feature of Senator Piatt's -testi-r
mony was his flat assertion that he obtained
large sums?generally $10,000
annually?from-the Mutual through^..
President McCurdy for State .campaign
purposes. This statement gave the lie
to Mr. McCurdy's declaration on the
witness stand. Mr. McCurdy swore
that no contributions for Slate campaigns
had been made by the Mutual,
so far as he knew.
Mr. Piatt also'told of $10,000 a year
from the Equitable. But as to the
New York Life he said lie could not
recall positively that be had received
anything. In all cases where he had
gotten money, lie explained, the givers
understood clearlv that he was "a col
lector for the State campaign. He
never bad been a gatherer of funds for
tbe notional political fight, aud the insurance
companies? knew it. It was
just before he left the stand that li'e
admitted the companies expected favors
in return for their gifts, but. he
said.,lie personally had not been asked
to give them any particular support in
legislative matters.
LONDON POOR' CURSE CHARITY.* ;
Six Thousand Unemployed ParadeWant
Public Works Begun.
i
London, England.?There was another
"poverty parade" in the streets of
London. Some 5000 or <>000 unemployed
men and a sprinkling of women
inarched along tbe Thames Embankment
to Tiyde Park, where they listened
to speeches and adopted resolutions
condemning charity as a cure for
lack of employment and demanding
the summoning of Parliament to initiate
works of national utility. '
Reti flags were seen, and banners
bearing such devices as "Curse your
charity; we want wofk." and "There
is a limit to human endurance," indicated
the temper ot' the processionists. .
The march, however, was quite orderly.
and the strong force of police on
tflif-v 1 i ff 1/* fn /lil
LEAVES $20,000,000 TO COLLEGES.,
Stephen Salisbury Died Without Leaving
Kiu.
Worcester, Mass.?Stephen Salisuur.v.
Worcester's greatest benefactor nntl
one of the richest men in New England,
died at the old Salisbury mansion
here after a few days' illness of pneumonia.
The name dies with him, for.
according to the terms of his father's
will, he would forfeit his immense estates
if he married, and he hadn't any
living kin. He was seventy-one years
old.
His fortune, estimated as high as
$20,000,000, is to hp Riven .to Harvard
Univerisity, from which he was graduated
fifty years ago; Clark Univerisity,
Worcester Polytechnic Institute, the
hospitals and the city of Worcester.
TO SELL LAND'S TO TENANTS.
?
Decision of Marquis of Downshire Regarding
Big Estate in Irelaud.
London, England.?Thp Marquis of
Downshire has agreed to sell his agricultural
lands 111 County Down, Ireland.
to the tenants. The estate is the ]
loi-orocf in Ti-nlnnH <i n/1 is 111 i?rl af (
about $3,000,000.
SS0.000 AID FOR PRINTERS.
American Federation of Labor Indorses
Eight-Hour Day.
Pittsburg, Pa.?At the session of the
American Federation of Labor the
conimittee on President Gompers' report
indorsed the eight-hour day for
union printers, and the executive council
was instructed to continue aid, if
necessary, after January 1. An assessment
of four ceuts a member was
ordered. This is expected to yield $5:0.000.
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Personal Gossip.
Professor Omori, the Japanese seismologist,
has concluded his visit to
India.
The Earl of Cranbrook, the oldest
surviving British ex-Cabinet Minister.
is ninety-one.
The Earl of Aberdeen Belongs to per
liaps the longest lived family in the
British peerage.
The late Adolf Hedin was known as
"the father of tiie Rik3dag," Sweden's
National Assembly.
Thomas F. Ryan is the first of America's
rich men to have a ehaDlain attached
to his familv.
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SngsKSIFE^
71 Colonel Arthur L. Hamilton. M
Eg of the 7th Ohio Volunteer^ 259 H|
IE Ooodala ntrAAh. Colombos. O.. H
?1 wrlteaT ^AiTftromedy for ca-H|
fltr.rrh and stomach trouble I UB
3 can fully.recommendPernna." H
. a Mrp^Jlamilton, wi*e of -the
M gallant Ctotofcel, ia^gn ariatttjM
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Steamer's Elevator Service.
The passenger elevator is only o
of the innoVationa in steamship ft
nishing oil the new. Atlantic ooa
liner the Amerika of the Haflibm
American Company. There June
florist's shop?what a delight to ;
shopping foa: posies every day dart
one'&r passage?and,an va tla.C?.rte n
taurant, a corps of trained nursesnursery
stock with push-carts for p
rade.ou deck, and no eud of eoavei
ence for taking care of tiny passe
- -> .... - . ; 1.1'ai
gers, hydropatnic ana eiectnc Dai
with professional masseurs and a gy
nasium. Every stateroom has a te
phone, and Washington people .(fc
decks are named after American citie
can call up their friends in Cleveiai
through central just as they tfo ,3i
shore. There are no upper berths
the saloon staterooms, and the berti
generally are larger than is usual
the case on ocean liners. The Amerii
differs from all other boats in havl
"third cabin accommodations." T
Amerika mu6t be a line craft. >
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An Old Tale. '.'"rfjj
The "Vicar of Coleshill, in Warwhj
shire, holds?or used to hold?his glel
on the condition tlia't if the ydung mi
of the parish were able to'catch hare
and bring It to him before
o'clock on Easter Monday morning']
was .bound to give' tbem .a calf's ha
and a hundred eggs for their brqji
fast.?London Notes and Queries. .
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To Cremate Their Dead.
There is a movement among a.ce
tain section of the Paris common!'
in Bombay to adopt the WeSted
method of cremation of the dead ;
1>1 ace of the loathsome practice "
exposing them .to be devoured by tt
tures. ,:j
Direlllns* in Samoa.
in eamoa tuey uunu meir uuus
with circular oval roofs of thatch ma<
from the sugar cane.. This rests on
row of posts.placed aroojjd the oo
side, and on poles standing in the cfc
tre. Shields of woven palm leaf-"!?
dropped outa?de those posts, at a mi
ute's notice to protect any .part of tl
bouse from rain or wind. The id<
underlying the architecture of the
pimple dwellings is to keep them ah
Inside however moist the air may I
without.
PASSING OF PORRIDGE. ,
Makes Way Tot the Better Food of.
Better Day.
"Porridge is no longer used f
breakfast in my home," writes a loy,
Briton from Huntsville, Ont. This wi
an admission'of no small significant
to one "bronght up" on the tlme-hoi
ored stand-by." V*
"/InA monfh q(ta " cha
Viit U1 WUIU UhV, "MV VVUIipi*V.H|
bought a package of Grhpe-Nuts foe
for my husband, who had been an 1
valid for over a year. He had pass<
through a severe attack of prieumon
and la grippe combined, and was le
in a very bad condition when the
passed away. ''
"I tried everything for bis benefl
but nothing seemed to do him an
good. Month followed month and I
still remained as weak as ever. I wi
almost discouraged about him when
got the Grape-Nuts, but the result 1m
compensated me for my anxiety.
"In the one month that he has ente
Grape-Nuts he has gained 10 pound
in weight, his strength is rapidly r<
turning to him, and he feels like a ne'
aian. Now we all eat Grape-Nuts foo
ind are the better for it. Our little !
pear-old boy, who used to suffer froi
sains in the stomach after eating tli
)ld-fashioned porridge, lias no moi
trouble since he began-to use Grap
*uts. and I have no more doctor's til
:o pay for him.
"We use Grape-Nuts with only swe<
?ream, and find it the most tasty dis
n our bill of fare.
"Last Monday r ate 4 teaspoonfuls <
3rape-Nuts and cream for breakfa^
lothing *lse, then ?et to work and /
ny morning's work done by 9 o'el/'
fftlf locc nmoh etprtiifffln J
f r bad made my breakfast on/^. fl
potatoes, etc., as I used to. I w?e I
3e without Grape-Nuts in tli$s. H
for any money." Name given.^ H
turn Co., Battle Creek, Mich./ 9
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