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1'LITTLE MELIXDA BROWX?HER i
BOOK." c
'orn and battered and smeared with paint, i:
^Ladies in purple and knights in blue? c
Cinderella of gentle plaint t
Decked in a gown of gorgeous hue:
lop-o'-my-thumb and Gooav Two-shoe: d
A fairy green and a yellow spook? a
These are the playmates once sne knew;
"Little Melinda Brown?Her Book." _
r
Sere is the fabled and fair Geraint; t;
Here is the giant Bolgharhoo; y
Here if the soft-voiced.~ lovely saint ,
Of the falling diamonds ana pearls; and,
too. p
This is the terrible Bluebeard who
Spoke so loud that his wives all shook! gl
Do you remember? I know vou do:
"Little Melinda Brown?Her Book." S1
a
Apples of Sodom have left their taint; s.
In the ambrosia is taste of rue;
Try as we may, alas! we mayn't 1
Summon them now. as we used to do; fi
Spirits of life when life was new, b
Or ever our errant way we took: c,
Diese are the stories that once were true, '
"Little Melinda Brown?Her Book."
G
ENVOY.
friends of my childhood, fair and quaint.
Forgive, forgive, that my heart forsook! e!?Iy
love I send in this rhythmic plaint l
To "Little Melinda Brown?Her Book." 0
I-Cecelia Myrover Robinson, m ilarper s.
If Q DAYS ON A H a
0 SHIP'S KEEL, ffil I
las' laa'
BT FBAXK S. N. DrNSBT, 0
llisslonPr of the English C(
Chnrch,Danzig,Germany -^y?-^>? ^
During the month of August, v
L9 0 6, Captain Hans Messer, of the n
falliot Anna Rebecca, was loading a ?
argo of deals at Memel for Olden>urg.
On Monday, the 27th, the j*
sargo being completed, the vessel j
noved slowly out of port for her des- ^
A strong northwest wind was blow- p
ng, and when the Anna Rebecca was .
ome forty miles off the coast, with- j
iut the slightest warning she sudlenlv
"turned turtle." The masts
)?ere broken clean off as they struck s
;he water, and the startled crew were ^
lung into the sea. By good luck,
lowever, all were thrown clear of the ^
wreck, and they were enabled to save
themselves?temporarily, at least? j
>y swimming to the capsized galliot
md finding safety on its keel.
The crew of the little vessel were w
hree in number?Captain Hans Mesler,
aged thirty-five; Rudolph Wisch;mann,
sixteen, sailor; and Fritz '
Heyer, fifteen, cabin boy. The trio
mmediately sought to make their 1
wsition as secure as possible, which d
iroved to be very difficult. A heavy
lea was running, and they possessed ^
>nly a small quantity of rope and t
itring with which to lash themselves. ^
Presently the two lads were both
cashed into the sea again, but the ^
:aptain pluckily succeeded in saving
hem once more, though it was only
?ith great difficulty that he wa3 able
o drag them back on to the slippery '
teel,. I
? - - . - a;
I The position in -which the three w
Ound themselves was wellnigh hopeess.
The wreck lay so deep in the j
eater that nearly every wave washed
lean over It/ not only threatening to b
weep the castaways off, but making
he hulk practically invisible to any
catcher on the shore. Great was J
heir Joy, however, when, some time T
ater, they saw a steamer apparently tl
tearing down on them. ^ But their b
oy turned to deepest daspondency tj
ehen they slowly became convinced a
hat she had not seen them. They k
celled and waved their arms wildly,
>ut all in vain; the steamer held on ^
ler bourse and finally disappeared. r(
Then ensued a time of terrible suf- b
ering. The three men were, of ^
:ourse, entirely without food and
I rater, and as day succeeded day ana sj
10 vessel was sighted the acute men- g.
al anguish of hope deferred was g(
;dded to the ever-increasing tortures
if hunger and thirst. Five days 21
[ragged themselves slowly by In this
ashion, while the poor wretches
lung to the wave-washed wreck. training
their aching, salt-crusted .
iyes "for signs of rescue. But none
:ame, and their minds began to wan- ?
ler owing to the terrible strain and J
heir growing physical weakness.
Fritz Meyer, the youngest of the a
ad trio on the Anna Rebecca's keel, ?
lad swallowed a considerable quan- 11
Ity of sea water during his immer- e
ion, and by Saturday?the sixth day p
if their awful ordeal?he showed un- *
nistakable signs of exhaustion. The
ime dragged slowly by, and hour by ^
lour the poor lad grew worse, till on
Junday It became evldeft to his anx- ?
ous companions that his mind had 11
jiven way. He raved terribly all J'
lay against his ill luck, but the cap
Iain's encouraging words at lengtn
eemed to soothe him, and he dropped 1
isleep, though he still muttered de- a
iriously at intervals. a
Still the wreck drifted on, and l<
lever a sight of a sail came to gladlen
the straining eyes of the castaways.
On Sunday the wreck had drifted
io close to the coast near Schwarzort a
hat, as subsequently transpired, sev- t
?ral people saw what appeared to be b
i large dark object some miles off. c
\s, however,- it seemed to bear no &
dgns of life or any signal of distress, a
:he watchers on shore did not deem r
i necessary 10 cau out tne uieooac. <}n
the Monday also many eager eyes t
jazed at the wreck from various v
joints of vantage as it drifted slowly f
iown the coast, though they did not i:
Iream that hapless castaways clung I
iespairingly to its keel. a
Meanwhile, what of the three sea- t
nen? Rendered desperate by their t
sufferings, and seeing the coast ap- ^
?arently so near, Meyer and Wisch- t
?mann decided to throw themselves t
into the sea and risk everything in t
>ne supreme effort to reach the shore. ^
[tpagine how maddening it must have
jeen to these poor fellows?who had
ilready faced the horrors of starva
I ion and thirst for a week?to be so
lose to land that they could clearly ?
[iscern the red roof of the lifeboat t
tation and could make out vehicles ?
in the roads and fishing craft off the c
hore, and yet be unable to obtain t
.ssistance! These two brave young
ads naturally thought they could i
?arh shore, but the caDtain knew "
|>etter. He decided that in their i
tarved and exhausted condition they i
rere not fit to attempt it, and would
>nly be drowned. And so, though
ery reluctantly, they gave up the at- s
empt. s
Despair was now fast overwhelm- <
iy - * * *
ng them. They had already beea
hewing rope and shoe-leather to apease
their ravenous hunger, and failag
to satisfy their thirst with rain.
1 x vlalHorl
aUSIlI. III ineu uauuo, jittviw.
o the ever-present temptation to
rink the ssa water washing up
round them.
Monday morning dawned, and
'ritz seemed so quiet that the caplin
called him, thinking he slept,
'es, he slept right enough, but it was
tie sleep that knows no waking?the
oor boy was dead!
Meyer's death seemed to the two
urvivors a foretaste of what was in
tore for themselves. To add to their
nguish at this juncture the wind
uddenly veered, and began to carry
ie wreck out to sea. That was the
nal blow?the castaways gave up all
ope and began to write, or rather
arve, their own obituary notice on
le ship's bottom. The sense of the
erman was as follows:
"We have died of starvation and
sposure, after having endured count;ss
agonies for eight days on the keel
f this wreck.
"HANS MESSEH,
"RUDOLPH WISCHEMANN"."
This melancholy task accomplished
rid overcome by despair and their
rowing weakness, the two castaways
ill asleep.
Meanwhile, some men on shore,
bserving the wreck, vowed that they
juld see several persons on it. This
eing so, a lifeboat man called for
olunteers to go to the rescue. Mailing
an ordinary boat the life-savers
ulled away with a will. Their task,
owever, was no easy one, for the
nn's rays, reflected from the water,,
linded them, and they lost sight, of
leir half-submerged objective. They
ere finally compelled to pull once
lore to the shore, and landed near
erwelk. From the downs there they
>cated the wreck ^ome ten miles off
le coast.
Re-entering their boat they rowed
wiftly away, and in about ninety
linutes were close enough to the
ulk to recognize that the wreck was
capsized ship, with what appeared
) be a lifeless body firmly secured
> the keel and two apparently sleeplg
men lying beside it. The fisherlen
shouted at the top of their
oices, and presently the two castaays
awoke and jumped up.
For some moments they stared vamtly
at their rescuers, apparently
linking that their eyes must be desiving
them. Surely help was not
t hand now, when they had abanoned
all hope, after eight days of
uffering on the brink of death?
hen, like a flash, realization came
) them, and their frantic joy baffles
escriDtion.
The living men were first tenderly
elped into the boat and given a little
jod, and then the body of poor Fritz
as unfastened from its lashings and
iken on board. Next the rescuers
lrned about, reaching the shore
gain about 1 o'clock, where they
ere accorded a great ovation by the
ssembled villagers. A doctor took
tiarge of the sufferers and commenced
the work of coaxing them
ack to health and strength.
It is thought the Anna Rebecca had
prung a leak, and that it was this
hich caused her to capsize so easily,
he wreck was towed into Memel by
le tug Roland, where it was visited
y crowds of people. The places on
le ship's bottom where the three
tea had lashed themselves to the
eel were distinctly visible, the peretual
slipping backwards and forards
of their bodies as the vessel
jlled having polished the oaken
oards till they positively shone?a
lute testimony tcf the length of their
rdeal which greatly impressed tne
ghtseers. The Anna Rebecca has
cce besn righted and made fit for
;a again.?The Wide World Magaine.
. <
Up a Tree.
Dr. Aked seems to have made tne
it of the season last Sunday. He
lay turn out to be a second Rains5rd.
It looks, however, as if he is
oing gunning for bulls and bears
nd the little lamb in Wall Street,
'hereas Rainsford went for grizzlies
i the Rocky Mountains. Aked is an
xcellent story-teller and will be a
rize for our foremost social clubs at
nnual banquets. He tells this on
purgeon, who used to practice his
tudents in extempore preaching:
>ne of the eminent divine's young
len on reaching his desk and open
ig the note containing his text read
tie single word "Zaccheus." He
bought a minute or two, then delivred
himself thus: "Zaccheus was a
;ttle man; so am I. Zaccheus was up
tree; so am I. Zaccheus made haste
nd cam9 down, and so do I."?Vlcot
Smith, in the New York Press.
Jk
An Electric Motor Horn.
The electric horn for automobiles,
n English device, is an electric
iuzzer, fitted to a common automoile
"toot" horn. A brass cylindrical
ase contains a steel vibrating disk,
teld at its periphery by two flanges
ind two electro-magnets, and the
apid vibration of the disk caused by,
he magnetization and demagnetizaion
of the magnets yields a sound
rhich is magnified in volume and efectiveness
by the horn. The current
5 provided by an eight-volt accumuator.
The signal can be maintained
.s long as it is necessary or desired,
he blast being louder and more coninuous
than that of the ordinary
rind horn, and with the switch on
he steering wheel the driver can give
ils warning without removing his
tand frcm the wheel.?Harper's
Yeekly.
The Problem.
Senator Rayner, of Maryland, is In
avor of adequate salaries for school
eachers, and at a reception he told a
itory about a teachers' meeting in a
listrict where the salaries were ex.remely
low.
"A rich, portly banker opened the
feting with an address," he said.
The banker concluded his remarks
vith an enthusiastic gesture and the
,vords:
" 'Long live our school teachers!'
" 'What on?' shouted a th\ji. pale,
seedy man in a Black coat siigntiy
smeared with chalk marks."?New
Orleans States.
CHINA V\
Western Ideas Gai
"At last Western ideas have pen
trated the Chinese intelligence, ai
the awakening is likely to be swi
and of extraordinary importance
the wnrld." savs The Tllnsfrn.fer1 Lo
don News. "The sleeping giant
rousing himself, and when he shak
the counterpane of the world the n
tions will do well to look to their s
premacy, for behind the exclusivene
of ages there lie forces that need on
to be set in motion to become ove
OLD STYLE CHINAWOMAN
'Jy ^ ***' ?\
OLD STYLE CHINAMAN.
whelming. The China of to-day
not that of ten years ago. Her arn
Is undergoing thorough reorganiz
tlon, and no longer will the Chine
approve their ancient proverb, 'Oi
does not take the best iron to mal
hooks, nor brave men for soldier
Smart uniforms, modern weapoi
and drill are now in use on evei
narade eround. and even the ve:
small boys of the nation are und
military instruction. The soldier
Idea is taking root, and these sma
cadets are said to give every promi
of smartness and efficiency.
"In industrial life it is the sam
The printing press of the West h;
come to the land where the art w
JONATHAN BOURNE, JR.
First Man to be Elected to Unit(
States Senate by Popular Vote.
He Halls From Oregon.1
For the Woman Who Sews.
A bright*idea of an Illinois man
to provide chairs with a drawer whi<
will slide in and out under the see
the contents of the drawer beli
thus readily accessible to the occ
pant of the chair. Probably the be
feature of this invention is that t]
addition 01 me urawer ueeu uut
confined to any particular style
chair. As shown in the illustratic
the drawer is fitted directly benea
the seat of the chair, the handle b
ing placed at the side where it
most accessible. If the handle of tl
Oil Range Equal to the Coal Rang*
Numerous attempts have bei
made to devise a cooking range
Oil Instead of Coal.
which oil could be substituted for g
or coal. Very small oil stoves ha
*
I
TAKING UP.
ning Popularity There.
ie- known long before Caxton. The Ceid
lestial compositor stands at European
ift cases filling his stick, and in the mato
chine rooms the most perfect presses,
n- driven by electricity, are looked after
is by clever workman who have learned
es their business In Europe. Thus the
a- Chinaman of to-day receives his upu
to-date newspaper.
ss "On the railways Chinese officials
ly drive the latest patterns of locomo>r
tives, which are sometimes built in
. NEW STYLE CHINAWOMAN.
L . ~ |
NEW STYLE CHINAMAN.
is China, or, if not, are put together
ly there by native artificers. On the
a- roads the motor car has made its apse
pearance?not the antiquated male
chines that Europe has cast aside,
le but powerful vehicles of from twenty
3.' to thirty horse-power. It Is nothing
as uncommon to see the staid mandarin
ry rushing along in his motor on busiry
ness or pleasure.
er "It is regrettable that the picturly
esque national costume is yielding to
ill the top hat and frocl?coat, but this
se penalty to progress has been paid by
Japan, and China can hardly escape,
e. The women of China do not adopt
as Paris fashions at home, but they do
as so not infrequently when they travel.".
! drawer was in front, the occupant of
' the chair would be compelled to arise
each time something in the drawer
was needed. To derive the full benefit
of the scheme, two drawers
should be used, one on each side. It
will be apparent that the attachment
it, i
ig Drawer Inside of- Chair.
u- ??
st would be a great convenience, particle
ularly in the case of women who sew.
be ' A cnair so equipped mignt also De
of advantageously used as an Invalid's
)n chair.?Philadelphia Record.
th
e- London has over 1000 postoffices
is and the mail delivery amounts to
tie ! 727,000,000 pieces a year.
i. | proved successful, but to construct a
! large stove, equal in size and usefuljn
| ness to the coal range, has been a
hard problem. The demand for such
I a stove is unlimited. An oil range
I which seems to approach the ideal is
shown here, the invention of a Florida
man. The range i3 similar to the
usual household range, but in place
I of the coal grate an oil burner is emn
ployed. The oil is placed in a tank
II I and conveyed by gravity into a vapor.
II I fViAn t\ficcrkc intn tha Hnrn.
u j er and converted into flame, which is
regulated at will. This oil burner
k. can also be used in connection with
| an open grate or fircplace.?Phila
j delphia Recurd.
Very Wise.
i Mrs. Sage has won golden opinions
I from all sorts of people of late. She
| ; is not the first woman to attract re!
Mrri ntiH arlmimf inn hv irreat bene
J. ?- =
' factions, but she has shown such veri|
table statesmanship and such notable
? I forecast. Her late husband was very
;as ; wise to select her to be the best interne
j preter of his life.-^ferooklyn Eaglo,r
31 KILLED, 20 HURT
IN SHRfNERB' WRECK
Dining Car Hurled in Air With 32
Occupants.
t
VICTIMS SCALDED TO, DEATH
Cars Demolished When Speeding Lo- j
comotive Strikes a Bad Switch
at Honda, Cal.?Reading Tern- !
pie Suffers the Worst Leases.
Santa Barbara, Cal.?Thirty-one
killed and a score injured comprise
the casualties of the wreck at Honda
of the Ismalia special train of New
York and Pennsylvania Nobles of the
Mystic Shrine who were returning
home from the annual meeting of the
Imperial Council of the Ancient
Arabic Order of the Nobles of the
Mystic Shrine at Los Angeles.
The train, carrying 145 Shriners
and friends from IsmaUa Temple,
Buffalo; Rajah Temple, Reading, Pa.,
and neighboring cities, was rushing
northward fifty miles an hour on the
Southern Pacific Coast Line when
the locomotive struck a defective
switch at the sand-swept seacoast
siding at Honda, near the waters of
ther Pacific Ocean, along which the
railroad runs for a hundred miles
north of Santa Barbara. The locomotive
turned a somersault into the
yieldings sands. The cars swirled
through the air and landed on the
fiery mass of wrecked steel. The
coaches were crushed to debris and
took fire. The flames were soon extinguished
by uninjured persons from
the two rear coaches. As Honda is
isolated, it was not till late next day
that definite information could be
collected. The bodies of twenty-one
victims now lie in Santa Barbara and
eight more a*re in San Luis Obispo.
The injured, many of whom are terribly
hurt, and some of whom may
die, are in two sanatoriums in San j
Luis Obispo.
The wreck occurred at 2.3? o'clock |
p. m., an hour and forty minutes '
after the conclave visitors, forming a
merry party, had left Santa Barbara, j
where they had spent all the morning |
sightseeing. The statement that the |
train was making a terrific speed
when it struck the defective track is
borne out by the fact that it covered
the sixty-one miles of crooked track
from Santa Barbara to Honda In 100
minutes. The locomotive in leaving
the rails tore up the track, twisting
the huge steel rails into fish hooks.
The baggage car half buried Itself
in the sand on the right side of the
locomotive. It was smashed almost
to kindling wood.
The dining car, in which were thirty-two
persons eating luncheon,
leaped into the air and fell directly
on the demolished locomotive; Nearlrevery
person in the dining car was
instantly killed. Scores were scalded
by steam escaping from disconnected
pipes. The rear coaches
rushed on the first wreckage, jamming
it on those who otherwise might
have escaped. Several, pinioned in
the debris, were roasted alive.
Mrs. John W. Cutler, of Binghamton,
N. Y., was in the baggage car
at the time of the crash to rearrange
her trunk. Her body was driven
through the floor, and the wrecked
car had to be jacked up before the
body could be released.
Mrs. Fred Greenwood, of Binghamton,
was with Mrs. Cutler, and also
went down under the tons of baggage
and broken timbers, but she was covered
by an arch of trunks. When
rescuers burrowed their way to where
the two women lay Mrs. Greenwood
reached-out and grasped the foot rf
one of the men and shouted:
"T'11 nnf let en until vou eet me
out."
Then scalding steam enveloped her
and she was terribly burned. She
was rescued alive, however, and was
among those taken to San Luis
Obispo.
When Miss Cora Young, of Cleveland,
was taken from the shattered
dining car, she was still alive, but
frightfully injured. Her entire body
had been showered with boiling
water, and when women friends removed
her corset the imprint of the
stays was left deep in the scalded
flesh.
George Hagerman, of Reading,
Pa., refused the aid of his brother
nobles after they had dragged him,
fatally hurt, from the wreck.
"I am dying," he said; "go help
the women."
Sander Deabold, of Cleveland,
worked heroically, but unavailingly,
iu save iuc n?co ui tnu nuuicu yiuloned
beneath the burning dining
:ar. Burrowing his way down into
the smoldering, splintered wreck,
Deabold, with a hose which he had
wrenched from a coach connection,
spouted water from an adjacent tank
ind extinguished the flames. Then
he reached down, and, after cutting
away the broken timbers that held
her fast, took Mr3. William W. Essick,
of Reading, from the ruins. She
was begging piteously for relief when
Deabold reached her. As he lifted
her from the wreckage a stream of
boiling water poured over her. Woman
passengers sought to remove her
upper garments, but fainted when the
flesh came off with the clothing. Mrs.
Essick died in a few minutes. Deabold
was unable longer to endure the
harrowing sight.
"It was the most horrible sight I
aver laid eyes on," he said. "Whensver
I touched her the prints of the
Angers remained in the almost fluid
floah "
Moore Appointed to Patent Office.
President Roosevelt appointed Edward
B. Moore, of Michigan, to be
Commissioner of Patents to succeed
Frederick I. Allen, resigned. Mr.
Moore has been Assitant Commissioner
for several years. He has
been in the Patent Office fifteen years.
Lake Navigation Promising.
It was said at Buffalo and Detroit
that navigation on the great lakes
had opened under most promising
conditions.
With the Workers.
Belville (Canada) carpenters are
asking for an Increase in wages.
The average daily wage of Norwegian
printers is ninety-three cents.
Secretary Taft adjusted the salaries
of skilled labor on the Panama Canal.
Ice handlers at Columbus, Ohio,
got fifteen cents a day increase and
called off their strike.
Nine thousand cigarmakers have
been locked out in Havana, Cuba, by
the Independent concerns.
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The train returning to Santa Barbara
with its dead was sidetracked
at a lonely switch for the passage of
other trains. Far out on the sandy
desert, miles from any habitation or
from any wire communication with
the outside world, the special waited
for two hours while train after train
of Shriners bound from Los Angeles
to their Eastern homes swept by to
the north. In the darkness the occunonffl
a# ttiAQA ffQIne rilH nnf Vnnw
^auuj vii buwoe u?4u? ?*u uvw uuv?
that they were passing the funeral
train of their brethren.
Many of the dead were so severely
burned and mutilated as to be almost
unrecognizable.
The dead are: G. W. Austin, New
York, touristagent; Thomas J. Brumbach,
Reading; Mrs. Brumbach,
Reading; John W. Cutler, Binghamton,
N. Y.; Mrs. William W. Essick,
Reading; Richard Essick, Reading;
L. N. Ellenbogen, Allentown, Pa.;
Mrs. L. N. Ellenbogen, Allentown,
Pa.; Mrs. Henry J. Fisher, Cleveland;
H. J. Gittleman, Reading; George N.
Hagerman, Reading; Harrison Hendel,
Reading; Charles S. Henry, Lebanon,
Pa.; J. Douglas Hippie, Potentate
Rajah Temple, Reading, Ua.;
Oliver T. Kaufman, Reading; H. K.
Kittelman, Reading; John Lacey, negro
waiter; Charles M. Lowing, Pullman
conductor, Buffalo; Henry Miller,
Reading; Howard Moyer, Hazleton,
Pa.; Alonzo B. Rogers, St. Paul,
Minn., Pullman conductor; 'A. L.
Roth, Reading; S. S. Snyder, Readt
if? o n Jn nil
lug; airs. o. ouyucr, ncauiug, vxnbert
Steffe, Reading; Benjamin
Stoltz, Reading; Miss Stoltz; Reading;
R. W. Sweeney, negro waiter;
W. D. Wasaon, Buffalo; Hiss Cora
Young, Cleveland; unidentified woman,
probably Mrs. Mary C. Ivins,
Reading.
LUMBERMEN FACE PRISON.
Say the National Lumber Trust
Forced Them to Hold Prices.
Toledo, Ohio.?As the result of
the pleading of the lumbermen who
were recently indicted for conspiracy
in restraint of trade in violation of
the Valentine Anti-Trust law, much
evidence has been obtained by Prosecutor
Wachenheimer that will be
used in furthering a national investigation.
When the lumbermen were
arraigned they astonished the court
by surrendering completely, pleading
guilty on every count and throwing
themselves on the mercy of the court.
The only extenuatin'g plea they offered
was that while they were in
violation of the law as regards the
holding of prices, they were absolutely
helpless because of the fact
that they were forced to do as they
"have done by an all powerful national
lumber trust that Irad them completely
in their clutches. >
DRUG TRUST IS ENJOINED.
# ??
U. S.' Court Issues Decree Prohibiting
Blacklisting and Conspiracy.
Iifliianapolis, Ind.?The Drug Trust
was perpetually enjoined from maintaining
a blacklist and conspiring to
restrain the trade of those retailers
who refuse to be bound by its rules.
The decree was entered in the
United States Circuit Court for the
District of Indiana on complaint of
the United States Government, filed
by Joseph B. Kealing, United States
District Attorney. The defendants, .
ninety-two in number, are the members
of the various druggists' associa*
tions.
- PEDLAR PALMER GUILTY.
Pugilist Faints at Verdict?Formally
Committed For Trial.
London.?A verdict of murder was
returned in the Croyden Police Court
against "Pedlar" Palmer, the English
pugilist, who killed a man named
Robert Choat, April 24, by beating
him while they were returning from
the races in a railroad car.
When Palmer heard the decision
he uttered a loud shriek and fell
down in a faint in the dock. His wife
and sister also created a scene. They
were carried shrieking from the
room.
ROADS VIOLATING SAFETY LAWS
Interstate Commerce Commission
Agents Gather Evidence For Suits.
Washington, D. G.?Attorney-General
Bonaparte has issued instructions
to United States District Attorneys
to proceed against twenty-five
different railroad companies for violations
of the Safety Appliance law.
Inspectors of the Interstate Commerce
Commission gathered the evidence
on which the suits will be
based.
Two Inches of Snow in Utica.
Snow fell at Utica, N. Y., and the
ground was covered to a depth of
nearly two inches. That, howeter,
does not indicate the amount that has
fallen, as the snow melted rapidly.
In the Adirondacks the same conditions
prevail, as well as throughout
Oneida and adjoining counties. v
Cigarettes Criminal La Wisconsin.
The Wisconsin State Assembly
passed to engrossment the bill making
it a crime for adult or youth to
smoke a cigarette in publics The
measure was passed by practically a
unanimous vote. A fine of $25 is
provided for each violation.
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UUUOWvivut** .
There was another sensational advance
.In wheat and cotton following
the publication of an unfavorable
Government crop report.
Teachers' Salary BUI Vetoed.
Mayor McClellan vetoed the teachers'
salary bill, calling it class legislation
and a violation of home rule.
Southern Pacific Increases Stock.
The directors of the Southern Pacific
and Union Pacific, both Harriman
roads, decided to ask the stockholders
to increase the capitalization
of these two properties by $211,000,'
000.
. Germany Accepts Treaty.
The Reichstag committee to which
the commercial agreement between
the United States and Germany was
referred accepted the modus vivendi
by a vote of 20 to 8.
Newsy Gleanings.
The South is predicting fifteen to
eighteen cent cotton.
General Joseph K. Hudson died at
his home in Topeka, Kan.
Prince Fushimi arrived in London
and had an audience with King Edward.
About 10,000 persons took part in
a Moyer-Haywood-Pettibone parade
in Boston.
Southern business men returned to
New Orleans from a triD to Panama.
where, they aay.the Government representatives
agreed to purchase more
supplies from the Southern States.
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TRIAL OF HAYWOOD BEGINS
AT BOISE CITY, IDAHO
Labor Leader Charted With Complicity
in Steunenberg Murder.
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Full History of the Case?Recital of
All the Facts That Preceded Assassination
of the Former Governor.
Boise, Idaho. ? William D. Haywood,
first of the alleged participants
in the avenging conspiracy by which.'
it is charged the assassination of
Frank Steunenberg was plotted and
executed, was placed on trial for his
life here before Judge Wood. Counsel
for the State and prisoner began
examining prospective jurors at once.
The opening of the trial was earnest
and businesslike. Its striking feature
was the absence of crowds or
demonstrations. At no time was the
courtroom more than half filled, and
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iuo ouccia luituiug ilia toun nouse
square contained not a single loiterer.
Never have the issues between capital
and labor been brought kito such
sharp conflict as in the discussion
over the trials at Boise ot Charles H.
Moyer and William D. Haywood, re- >
spectively president and secretary of
the Western Federation of Miners,
and George A. Pettibone, former
member of the Executive Board of
the organization, for alleged complicity
in the assassination of the late
Governor Frank Steunenberg.
Steunenberg was blown to pieces
by a bomb as he was entering the'
gate of his home at Caldwell on the
evening of December 30, 1905. A'
string had been attached to the gate,
and as Mr. Steunenberg opened ,the
gate it set off the bomb. As soon as
the news of the murder reached
Boise that evening Governor Gooding
went to Caldwell by special train and
superintended the efforts to capture
the assassin. '
The town was patrolled, and no
one was permitted to enter or leave
without giving a full and satisfactory
account of himself. In the round up
several suspicious characters were
gathered in. Among them was Harry;
Orchard, whose story of his movements
in Caldwell and his reason for
being there at all were so suspicious
that he was held on the charge of
being implicated in the murder. Orchard
was a member of the Western
Federation of Miners. Steve Adams, . ' .
another member of the organization, '
was also arrested. Simpklns, a third
member, was implicated, but got
away, and has never been arrested.
In behalf of the State Governor
Gooding offered a reward of $10,000
for the arrest and conviction of the
murderers. The Steunenberg family
added $5000, and Canyon County increased
the amount. Pinkerton detectives,
attracted by the rewards,
took up the case, and James McPartland,
famous as the man who ran
down the "Molly Maguires" in Pennsylvania
thirty years ago, took charge
of the work for them. McPartland
finally got from Harry Orchard a
confession, in which Moyer, Haywood
and Pettibone were implicated in the
assassination of the ex-Governor.
What corroboration of the story
thfl nrnaontitlnn h?H it. has 1??nt vttrv
close, but It is asserted that there is
a great deal -of it. Steve Adams also
confessed, but subsequently recanted.
Moyer, Haywood and Pettibone
were all in Denver when this Orchard
story was told. The Idaho authorities
submitted the evidence then in
their possession to Governor McDon- /
aid, of Colorado, who granted a war- '
rant of extradition at Governor Gooding's
request. The men were ar- '
rested on a Saturday night, and before
any legal steps could be taken in
their behalf to thwart their extradition
they were brought into Idaho on
a special train.
From that day to this their friends
among the labor men have never
ceased to charge that they were kidnaped,
although the Supreme Court
of the United States sustained the
procedure. The Western Federation
of Miners at once took up the cause
of its leaders and organized labor
generally throughout the country has
taken similar action. '
Money in very large sums has been
subscribed to meet the expenses of
their defence, and in every way labor
formally has made its own the cause
of Moyer, Haywood and Pettibone.
Thus it has come about that the '
struggle is really a test of strength
between the force of law and order
in Idaho on one side and organized
labor on the other.
FATAL RAILWAY ACCIDENT. *
Locomotive and Two Coaches Go
Through a Trestle in Kentucky.
Flemingsburg, Ky. ? Two men
were killed and ten persons were injured
when a locomotive and two
coaches fell through a trestle on ttt?
Cincinnati,. Flemingsburg and Southeast
Railway to the creek, fifty feet
below. Harry Thomas, of Cincin- "
nati, and a laborer were killed. Clar
ence Browning, engineer, ana miss
Amelia Snodgraas, of Covington, Ky.,
were fatally Injured.
Other injured are: Mrs. Harry,
Thomas and daughter, Covington,
Ky.; Miss Sallle Graham, Covington;
MiSs Myrtle Wheeler, Covington;
Charles Rankin, witeand baby, Covington;
William Campbell, Covington;
Miss A !a Newman, Grange City;;
Matt Bramble, brakeman.
DESERTED AT JAMESTOWN.
Over 300 Men Left the British
Cruiser Squadron There.
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cruiser squadron commanded by
Rear-Admira! Neville, which arrived
at Bermuda from Hampton Roads,
reports that wholesale desertions
from the British ships occurred while
they were in American waters.
It is estimated that over 300 men,
including many chief petty officers,
deserted. For the apprehension of a
hief yeoman of signals a reward of
$500 is offered.
Athletics and Sports.
Jay Gould won the British amateur
court tennis championship in Lon
don, defeating Eustace H. Miles, the
holder, in a five set match.
Predictions are made among British
golfers that the sisters Curtis, of
America, will do well in the tournament
for the British women's championship.
The racc horse Robin Hood won;
his fourth consecutive victory, and:
his owner ascribed his good form to:
the regular use of beer. He wasj
heavily backed by the big plungers,,
including Archibald. '* 1
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