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MARKET.
I went to Market yesterday.
And it is like .1 K.iif
I Of everything you like to see;
But nothing Live is there.
The Pigeons, hanging up lo eat ?
And Rabbits, by their little feet~But
no one seemed to care.
'And there were Fishes out in rows
Bright ones, of every kind;
"And some were Pink, and Silver, too;
But all of them were blind?
Yes. everything you want to touch:
It would not make you happy, much?
But no one seemed to mind.
And loveliest of all a Deer!
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P??cic uiuuru.
* It. very near,
eat Bird;
th his feathers through,
(very softly), too?
ever stirred!
on Peabody, in Harper's.
S OF A
BOA-CONSTRICTOR
By O. P. KINGS LEY.
Early in the year 1900 I was staloned
in the south of Negros Island,
x the Philippine group, at the little
pueblo" (village) of Bayanan. Here
acted In the capacity of sanitary inpector
of the La Carlota Sub-Disrict
of Negros. The territory inluded
in my district was many miles
\ extent, but owing to the fact that
le greater portion was wild, and
lhabited only by roving tribes of
isayans, whose haunts lay far in
le unexplored interior, my work was
onflned to the small settlements lo-'
ated within a radius of forty miles,
lany of these being extremely diffinlt
of access on account of the dense
ropical growth and the unsettled
ondition of the country.
As I sat in my office one pleasant
aorning, contentedly smoking a ciar
and contemplating with pleasure
short trip I had planned for the
fternoon, a sharp rap on the door
rought me back abruptly from my
everie. At my invitation a native
ntered, bearing a letter, which he
eposited upon the desk and withIrew.
A glance at the address
howed me that it was from the Chief
nspector of the Department. The
ontents, which I rapidly glanced
ver. directed me to proceed without
elay to a little "barria" called La
'az. situated some thirty miles in
and, to investigate a reported epilemic
of smallpox raging in that viInity
among the natives.
Realizing the gravity of the situalon,
should the report be true, I desided
to start at once. I had never
isited the place before, and was not
ure of the exact distance or the difIculties
liable to be met with en
oute; for these reasons I was deirous
of having plenty of daylight to
ravel by. Hastily collecting the
iwAusrv onnlnment tn^pthpr with
ny revolvers and ammunition, I
arammed the things into m> saddle)ags
and stepped out just as the
lorses were brought up?one for myself,
the other for my old servant
fuan, who was to act as guide and
interpreter.
Our route for several miles lay
ilong a well-beaten trail, which would
lave been pleasant enough for ordiiary
travel had it not been for the
fierce heat of the sun. Soon, howaver,
we reached the Rio del Sangre,
the bamboos along the banks of
which afforded a delicious shade,
though the river-bed was practicality.
My guide now informed me that
by following the channel we could
ihorten the distance by several miles,
and I therefore turned my horse up
stream, giaa enougn to Keep ia tne
shade.
As we advanced toward the interior
t&e scenery became more wild
and picturesque, the vegetation rank
and luxuriant, the trees meeting in
many places and forming a series of
leafy tunnels. The only sound was
the dull thud, thud, of our horses'
hoofs, hardly audible in the soft river-bed,
with an occasional shrill cry
from a monkey who had discovered
us from his leafy bower, or the lazy
flutter of a gaily-plumed parrot as it
changed its position.
Advancing in single file, owing to
the narrowness of the river-bed and
the many obstructions that were
constantly being met with in the form
of roots and fallen tree-trunks, I was
soon some distance ahead, and, entering
a space comparatively clear of
obstructions, I spurred my mount into
a gallop, as the sun was rapidly
sinking towards the horizon and I
was anxious to reach my destination
before dark. Rounding a sharp bend,
my horse, with a wild snort, plunged
heavily, wheeling sharply to the
right. Being unprepared for such a
manaeuvre, I was hurled headlong
from the saddle, striking upon my
head and shoulder in the soft, mud
ay river-ueu. i?j iace was suieareu
jwith the filthy, ill-smelling muck, my
neck felt as though it was broken,
my brain was in a dizzy whirl, and
my eyes were blinded with the odorous
mud.
For a moment I did not attempt to
move. Although I was aware of a
curious movement beneath me, I supposed
I had been thrown upon some
roots, which were slowly giving way
beneath my weight.
Suddenly my attention was attracted
by a strange hissing noise
which sounded quite close to me, and
which, in my dazed condition, I was
I at a loss to account for. Meanwhile,
the movement beneath me increased
rather than diminished. This was
certainly unnatural, and I rolled over
with the intention of reaching firmer
ground, but found that my right leg
was entangled in something. At my
first movement the mysterious hissing
increased until it sounded like
escaping steam, and the movement
beneath me became so violent as tc
partially raise my body from the
river-bed. Dashing the mud from m>
eyes as best I could, I threw out m>
hands for some available support. M>
right grasped mud, but the lefl
?Vi /* f o elim v T*rr*irr.
Cciugll I I1UXU %JL c* vuiu, oiiui j , u i
gling body. And then the truth ol
my situation dawned upon me, literally
freezing my blood with horror
.Willi? .the most sickening sensation ]
ftrgrr swlt t?suia)itaimd tv.i:
,
' me. 1 lay in the folds of a great boaconstrictor!
Kad I been in the best of physical
condition, unarmed I should hava
been no match for this great reptile,
and situated as I was?practically in
a semi-conscious state?I must surely
fall an easy victim.
The thought of my position mad<*
me frenzied. I attempted to regain I
my feet, but now my left leg was |
pinioned with my right, and, strug- j
| gle as I would, I could not free them, i
j In frantic rage I clutched the slimy J
i cons, xo ning tnem irom me; out
J only to be dashed down with stun1
ning force.
Again and again I tried to wrench
i myself free, but all in vain. With
clenched fists I beat the great body, i
and endeavored to tear the creature
to pieces with my nails, but the thick
scales were as proof against my attack
as armour-plate. Meanwhile we
rolled over and over in the riverbed,
as with strength born of desperation
I fought the loathsome mon- j
ster, which was slowly crushing the
life out of me. The thought of my
pistol flashed through my mind, and
I felt for my holster, but it was emp- <
ty; I had placed the weapon in my i
saddle-bags. Frantically I endeav- j
ored to tear from my body the ever- ]
tightening folds, but, struggle as I {
would, it was of no avail. I was <
fast becoming exhausted, a dizziness i
seized me, and the trees and shrubs i
seemed to be tumbling and whirling (
auuuL iu wiiu cuuuiusiuu. ouuuuuiy (
my strength seemed to desert me al- <
together, and I ceased to struggle, t
while just above my face, swaying
now to the right, now to the left, was
the snake's head, like a pendulum of
death, whose every stroke was bringing
me nearer to destruction.
Strange thoughts flitted across my
mind; incidents of boyhood life long
since forgotten were brought vividly
to memory, and I seemed to stand
again in the old homestead with my
friends about me, though all were
strangely silent. As f watched, the
scene began to melt away like a
mist.
A blinding flash, accompanied by a
deafening report; the rush of a dark 1
body over me; then all was darkness.
When next I opened my eyes ray native
guide was rapidly unwinding the
now lifeless sement from my body. ]
while on the ground beside me lay a ]
blood-stained dagger and a pistol,
still smoking. Having freed me from ''
the reptile, Juan brought water and '
proceeded to remove the worst of
the filth from my person. The cold !
water also served to revive me, but 1
I lay helplessly upon the soft g<*as3
while my guide recaptured my horse.
This done, Juan assisted me into th6 (
saddle and supported me until a '
settlement was reached, where I remained
at the house of a friendly native
until I had recovered somewhat (
from the effects of encounter. My '
nerves, however, remained in a '
wretched state for months; my
dreams were haunted by great dragons
and hydraheaded monsters, who
chased me over river and jungle.
Just' as they were on the point of
crushing me to death I would awake
with a wild yell, bathed in cold percnfro
+ lnn onrl troinhlincr in OVOr? I
limb, but by degrees this wore oft
until I became my natural self.
Juan, good fellow that he was, secured
and preserved for me the skin
of the reptile which so nearly made
an end of me. It measured fourteen
and a half feet in length and eleven
inches in circumference. In due season
I had it mounted as a little souvenir
of my sojourn in the Philippine
Islands, and with the revolver and
dagger which put an end to its career.?The
Wide World Magazine.
Tests For Boiler Water.
Will you please print some simple
tests for boiler water??E. G. A. i
Answer.?Test for hard or soft
water: Dissolve a small niece of
good soap in alcohol. Let a few
drops of the solution fall into a glass
of the water. If it turns milky, it
is hard water; if it turns clear, it is
soft water.
Test for earthy matters or alkali:
Take litmus-paper dipped in vinegar,
and, if on immersion the paper returns
to its true shade, the water
does not contain earthy matter or alkali.
If a few drops of syrup be
added to a water containing any
earthy matter, it will turn green.
| Test for carbonic acid: Take equal
parts of water and/ clear lime water.
If combined or free carbonic acid is
present, a precipitate is seen, and
if a few drops of muriatic acid be
added, effervesence commences.
Test of magnesia: Boil the water
to twentieth part of its weight, and
then drop a few grains of neutral
carbonate of ammonia into a slass
of it and a few drops of phosphate of
soda. If magnesia is present, will
fall to the bottom.
Test for iron: Boil a little nut-gall
and add to the water. If it turns
gray or slate-black, iron is present.
Second: Dissolve a little prussiate of
potash, and, if iron is present, it will
turn blue.?Technical World Magazine.
Chile's Deposit of Saltpetre.
Conflicting stories are told about
the nitrate beds of Chile. Rumors
have been current in this country
and Europe to the effect that the supply
was limited and likely to give out
! in twenty-five vears. if the nresent
*j rate of consumption is maintained.
I This statement is now contradicted
by the United States Consul at Val;
paraiso. He says that a Chilean official
whose business it is to keep
track of the matter is quoted by the
i Chilean Times as saying that the
. Government still possesses 2,000,000
hectares of nitrate grounds. Even
; if the deposits were limited to 1,000,
000 hectares they ought to yield ten
. thousand million quintals of nitrate.
. A quintal is 101.41 pounds. The ex;
portation has never reached 40,000,,
000 quintals a year, but even if it
. were so,000,000 trie supply ougnt to
r last 125 years. "If to these 1,000,r
000 hectares belonging to the State,"
r says the official, "there be added the
; grounds belonging to private persons,
. the number of years of duration
I would be three or four times greater."
The cost of living is still increas[
ing in German cities at w alarming
rr.t;.
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PHILIPPINE N'lPA HU i.< ()F 1 HE T\ i
AND ILOILO FIRES?THEIR CI
COMPARATIVELY SMA]
. WHAT CAUSES A HOT WAVE. |D
V
By JAMES H. SPENCER, Observer, e
U. S. Weather Bureau. v
It is found that hot waves occur p
)nly when there is nearly stagnation v
n the movement of storm areas e
icross the country. We then ex- s
' *1"- V./sf r*r4nHo
jeneuue tuc zuiuiciauic uui muuu
ind droughts that destroy growing v
:rops and greatly increase the mor- t
;ality in our cities. Active conditions fi
ire always revealed by frequently p
changing winds and by warm and e
jften stormy periods alternating with 1<
:ool, clear periods at intervals of v
:hree or four days, as "high" follows n
is
Knf wiito fnnrtiHons. Weather ^
nap. 8 a. m. (Eastern time), July 20, 1901. s
3olia lines connect places with equal baro- j]
netric pressure expressed in inches of
nercury. Broken lines connect places with P
;qual temperature expressed in degrees C
Fahrenheit. Arrows fly with the wind. v
'low" across the United States at an
average speed of about 600 miles a '
lay. "Highs" are characterized by
high barometer and outflowing winds,
ind "lows" by low barometer and In- j,
Sowing winds. e
The first chart is a typical hotwave
map, and shows a "low" central c
in Montana and a "high" on the
South Atlantic Coast. These conditions
always cause southerly winds c
and warmer weather far in advance
of the "low;" but only, two or three
days of warm weather may be ex- ~
pected when such areas drift rapidly
eastward as usuaL
Occasionally in summer, however,
atmospheric activities diminish to
Buch an extent that areas similarlylocated
remain nearly stationary for
many days.
As a result of laws explained in a
preceding article, warm winds must
then blow from the south or southeast,
where the pressure of the air
is greatest, just as long as the position
of the "high" and the "low" re- c
mains unchanged. When these areas >
resume their normal eastward move- {
ment, the hot wave soon terminates. f
Moist winds from off the Gulf of (
Mexico also cause a high humidity, 1
which greatly adds to man's dlscom- *
fort during a hot wave.
The summers of 1901 and 1904 i
were among the most remarkable on (
record. Greater contrasts for the i
same season than these two years c
present can hardly be experienced. ?
A study of the weather maps for <
July, 1901, reveals nearly stagnant c
conditions over tne greater poruou 5
of the United States during that c
month. The absence of decided dif- (
ferences in the atmospheric pressure ^
POSTAL AUTOMOBILES IN
caused what is known as a "flat" <
map; nevertheless for many days the 1
barometer was sufficiently low in 1
Montana and high over the South At- r
lantic States to cause light southerly s
winds and one of the severest hot s
waves ever experienced in the United 1
States.
On the contrary, the maps during
July, 1904, and, indeed, for the en- i
tire summer, show a condition of un- \
Novel Clock. | i
A ClOCK 01 unique uesigiji auu tuuatruction
is the recent invention of a
'%gSI 1
Philadelphian. As shown in the il- ]
lustration, it resembles a globe used i
r'HJ UiiiBTKU Y fciiJ irs i nni
iEAPNESS EXPLAINS THE 1
LiL PROPERTY LOSS. .
. ^
isual atmospheric activity. WeII-de? ,
eloped "highs" and "lows" passed ;
lastward across the United State? 1
pith great regularity, and northerly 1
rinds and anti-cyclonic conditiona '
revailed quite as often as southerly '
rinds and cyclonic conditions, thus 1 <
ffectually preventing a single wide- i
pread hot^ wave. 1 i
By reference to the second chart ft <
rill be noticed that" in July, 1901,
tie average maximum temperature !
or ten cities representing the greater
ortion of the United States lying
ast of the Rocky Mountains was be3w
ninety degrees only on four days,
rhile for July, 1904, It was above
inety degrees only on one day,
)uring JUiy, isui, me aauy maxiium
temperature at Lincoln, Neraska,
was 100 degrees or above on
wenty-one days.
In connection with our subject we
an very profitably consider the
rarm, dry wind that occurs on the
astern slope of the Rocky Mounains.
Thi3 remarkable wind is called
he chinook. In Europe a similar
find is known as the foehn.
The chinooks prevail when a
high" is crossing Utah and a aIow"
3 passing north ,of the Dakotas.
lasterly flowing winds result from
uch conditions, and as the air rises
a crossing the mountains, its temerature
is lowered sufficiently to
ause clouds and precipitation on the
restern slope. If these clouds did
ot form, the temperature of the risng
air would decrease by expansion
bout one degree Fahrenheit for
very 183 feet of ascent; but when
louds begin "to form, further cooling
3 greatly retarded by heat that is liberated
as the vapor of the ascending
,ir is changed into water-drops: or ice
rystals that compose the clouds.
The heat thus liberated is the
ource of the great warmth of the
hinooks, since the ascending air
eaches the mountain-tops much
^ m m rrrrrrri'rrTi'fyTfyfri
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iiEiilipliili*
? Tt" ?Tr X:
llijlllillllliiijiiiiiij:
Average daily maximum temperatures (in
legrees Fahrenheit) for July, 1901, and
July, 1904, for the United States east oi
;he Rocky Mountains, as shown from
leather Bureau records at Atlanta, Georgia;
Bismarck, Nortn Dakota;; Columbus,
Jhio; Denver,' Colorado; Fort Worth,
Fexas; Lincoln, Nebraska; Richmond, Virginia;
St. Louis, Missouri- St. Paul, Minlesota,
and Vicksburg, Mississippi.
varmer than it would have been if
condensation had not occurred, and
t is then carried rapidly over the
:rest of the mountains by the winds
md down into the valleys on tne
)ther side. The temperature of this
lescending air increases by compression
at about the usual rate of one
legree Fahrenheit for every 183 feet
lescent, and the chinooks reach the
valleys remarkably warm and dry,
f USE AT MILWAUKEE.
;ven in midwinter. Under their inluence
the temperature often rises
,'orty or fifty degrees in a few hours.
The clouds are left behind on the
summit of the mountains, and clear
skies prevail on the eastern slope?
?rom Youth's Companion.
Germany's increase in population
n the years 1895 to 1905 was sixteen
per cent.; France's two per cent.
n the school room to explain the formation
of the earth. The globe Is
,,J f ha
liviueu iiuu uaivcs, i<;i;iw?uuua
lials of the clock. On the edge of the
jpper half are figures denoting minutes
and on the lower half figures
lenoting hours. In the centre, di- I
ectly in front of the globe, is one
pointer, which indicates simultaneously
both the hours and the minutes,
[n operation the halves revolve, the
upper half making a complete revolution
every hour, and the lower half
i complete revolution every twelve
[jours. In the baee are the necessary
mechanical parts. From the above
description it will b? seen that the
lials revolve around the index hand,
svhile the latter is at all times rigid.
?Washington Star.
I
Shocking revelations ?as to. the
Dvercrowding and wretched housing
d? the poor of Vienna, Austria, have
been made before the Congress of
Dwellings Reform.
One of London's West End dealers
predicts that walking sticks forty-two
Inches long will soon be in fashion.
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I
mnnr rnrrn nfiJlTlimJI I
must i-ntta jumnai
R1R0M S MS
:ederal Official Declares North
Carolina Law Unconstitutional.
PENALTIES ARE TOO SEVERE
Roosevelt a Peacemaker?Ilis Ajrent
Promises Speedy Settlement?
Meantime Law is Tied Up?Supreme
Court to Decide.
Asheville, N. C.?The dispute between
the courts of North Carolina
snd the Federal courts in respect of
the railroad rate law will be settled
tvithout much friction. When Jud^e
Pritchard declared the law unconstitutional
and set free men who had
been Imprisoned by a State judge
there was lots of hot talk, and it
aven suggested that Governor Glenu
should call out the State militia, arrest
all the working staff of the
Southern Railroad and, if necessary,
put Judge Pritchard in jail for alleged
misuse of his office.
Peace came upon the scene when
Edward I. Sanford, who had hurried
from Washington as the personal representative
of President Roosevelt,
promised that if the cases were allowed
to proceed in an orderly way
to the Supreme Court of the United
States, the Department of Justice
would request the court to advance
the cases to an early hearing. Mr.
Sanford is an Assistant' Attorney
General, and safd he had authority
to pledge the Government. The
State attorneys agreed to this, insisting
upon a direct appeal to the
highest court, and not the adoption
of Judge Pritchard's plan to send
the issues to a master, who might
report in the year 2000.
Asheville, N. C.?United States
Circuit Judge Pritchard rendered hia
decision in the railroad rate cases,
discharging from custody James H.
Wood, District Passengei Agent of
the Southern, and O. C Wilson, ticket
agent, who had been sentenced to
thirty days each on the chain gang
by Police Justice Reynolds, of Asheville.
for violating the new Passenger
Rate law.
Judge Pritchard declared the penalty
clause of the new- Rate lav; unconstitutional.
Governor Glenn will
defy Judge Pritchard's decision. Governor
Glenn telegraphed that special
counsel, including Speaker of the
House Justice, was being rushed to
Asheville, and requesting counsel for
the State to try to secure a postponement
of the Federal Court decision
4J1 J AA,.U AH.
until juouvje duu u uicia IUUIU enrive.
Judge Pritchard completely ignored
Governor Glenn's request and
Gl<fan was so advised.
Judge Pritchard made open threats
from the bench against Judge Reynolds,
of the Asheville Police Court,
who imposed fines upon ticket agents
and sent them to the chain-gang,
and threats against others who swore
out warrants against ticket agents,
whom, he said, he was thinking of
having brought before him for contempt
of court.
Judge Reynolds had threatened to
jail Judge Pritchard if he interfered
with his court and Pritchard turns
the table.
Governor Gleen ordered Reynolds,
over the' long distance 'phone, upon
the arrest of Wood and Wilson,
to proceed with the trial of his cases
in court and to notify Superior Court
Solicitor Mark W. Brown to prosecute
in i.he Police Court and to resist
to the utmost the release of the
defendants.
The message was significant.- Governor
Glenn promised armed protection
to the State officers.
Governor Glenn says: "I regret
this conflict. I want it settled. If
the railroads will acquiesce in the
law, then no further indictments will
be made."
He declares, however, that if the
railroads do not obey the law he will
instruct the State's Attorney to aid
the solicitors of the State in sending
new bills and prosecuting the railroads
until they do obey the law. If
they refuse to recognize the law, as
a result fines, costs and odium attaci
to them, and if their agents who
persist in bringing them in defiance
of the law go to jail they will have
only themselves to blame, as the
State is ready to stop when the law
is obeyed. In his formal statement
he says:
'I am not guilty of usurpation, as
some railroad organisations Contend,
in thus trying to enforce the violated
law, but simply as the executive officer
of the State executing the law
as the State constitution reguires
me to do.
"My duty is to see that all persons
violating the law are punished. So
whether it be in prosecuting alleged
lyncaers, <ls i am uuw uumg iu uuiuu
County, or trying to stop railroads
from setting at naught the declared
will of the people through its Legislature,
I intend, without needlessly
harassing individuals or railroads, to
try to enforce the laws now being
persistently and defiantly violated by
those railroads."
Jeter C. Pritchard, before appointment
t? the Federal bench, was for
severalTears the attorney of the
Southern Railway Company. Judge
Long, who recently fined the Southsrn
$30,000, had also been its counsel
in former years.
West Point Coarse Extended.
The Board of Visitors to the Military
Academy at West Point recommended
the broadening and extension
of the course, with post-graduate
work, to make all-around educated
men of army officers.
Greatest Treasury Surplus.
A Treasury surplus of nearly $S7,000,000
in this fiscal year is the
greatest Treasury surplus ever, and
an increase of $62,000,000 in only
one year.
Stub Ends of News.
M York hatters said there waa
no sign of the American head getting
smaller.
Dr. E. L. Dunlop, of Washington,
thinks our soldiers smarter looking
than the French.
Japan's War Minister denies that
his department has any spy in America,
official or amateur.
The Pennsylvania Railroad, acting
on the report of a commission of engineers,
has abandoned steel ties.
The Connecticut Legislature iiis
jroted for the appointment of a Tuberculosis
Investigation Commission
RITSwNRWS
A A IV MM 4* 1 M IV
WASHINGTON.
New customs regulations adopted
by the Treasury Department will remove
objectionable features of the
present system of examining baggage.
The convention of the Army and
Navy Union at Washington adopted a
strong resolution in favor of the
restoration of the army canteen as a
"temperance" measure.
The man who is nil powerful at
the White House during these hot
days is Rudolph Foruter, the assistant
secretary to the President, who,
since he got his training under Mr.
Cortelyou, Is a past master in the
art of keeping silent in about seventeen
different languages.
The State Department has perfected
a Far Eastern Bureau to have
charge of all correspondence and
preliminary treaty negotiations with
the Oriental governments.
jp or tne nexi sixty uays me ?imuual
Government wfir be run by proxy
with the departure of Secretary Cortelyou
and Postmaster-General Meyer
from Washington for their summer
vacations, every responsible
head of the Government is out of
the city, and the weighty problems
of State are being solved by the assistant
Cabinet officers.
OUR ADOPTED ISLANDS.
The export of Manila cigars
amounts to nearly $1,000,000 a year,
and the home consumption is probably
larger.
. The most valuable crop in the Philippines
is hemp: rice comes next, followed
by tobacco.
The Supreme Court of the Philippine
Islands has Increased the sentences
of- ex-Col. Mulford of the
Nebraska Volunteers, who was thrice
convicted at Hstafa in connection
with the defunct American Bank,
from six to mine years'" Imprlsonmont
lF. R. McStocker, a son-in-law of
Afong. the capitalist, who formerly
lived in Honolulu, Hawaii, and died
in China, has sued the Afong estate
for $75,000.
In response to the call issued by
Governor Post, the Mayors of sixty-six
municipalities assembled at San
Juanf, Porto Rico, to discuss municipal
problems and to consider measures
for bringing the cities into closer
relation with the Insular Government.
Cuban liberals opposed the policy
of federalization of Havana.
Cuban liberals asked Senator Zayas
and General Gomez to resign as
aspirants for the presidency in the
interest of party peace.
DOMESTIC.
Samuel Yellos, alleged to be a
member of a Black Hand society, was
shot dead by unknown persons at
Sharon, Pa., and two men with him
were fatally wounded.
JOnn A. tJagiey, iormeny Aiiurney
General of Idaho, declared Harry
Orchard would be hanged whatever
the outcome of the Haywood trial In
Boise.
Dividends to Equitable Life policyholders
were less by thirteen pei
cent, this year than in 1906 or 1905.
Officers say this is due to 'the revalidation
of the company's surplus.
Annual statements of the Union
Pacific and Southern Pacific Railroads
showed a high state of prosperity.
The hero of the Georgia was discovered
to be Seeman Benjamin Kreiger.
The disaster was found to be
due to the haste of the gunners in an
effort to break the record for quick
firing.
A compromise wa3 reached whereby
all danger of a strike of telegraph
operators was averted.
District Attorney Jerome, 01 xNew
York, again declined to produce
the list of contributors to his campaign
fund.
There were 1.285,349 alien immigrants
landed in this country in the
year ended June 30, eiceeding the
previous high record by six per cent.
With their wedding planned foi
the near future, J. L. Davis and Miss
Docia Vebryke were drowned by the
overturning of their boat at Lima,
Ohio.
E. H. Harriman's plan to elect A
O. Hackstaff secretary of the Illinois
Central Railroad C?npany was
thwarted by Stuyvesant Fish.
FOREIGN".
A Persian parliamentary committee
refused to submit to vote the proposals
of the-German Bank at Teheran.
Count Tornielli introduced a proposal
at The Hague regarding bombardments
of unfortified towns whicli
embodies the views of all the coun*
tries interested in the question.
The marriage in Chicago of Princt
Robert de Broglie and Mrs. S. B
Veit, nee Alexander, was declared
void by a Paris court.
The King's Bench Division, ir
London, dismissed the appeal of the
executors of the estate of W. L,
Winans for the return of $650,00C
of death duties.
The Argentine steamship Toro has
been wrecked near Santiago, Chile
Seventeen persons are reported
drowned.
Alexander Greger's slander suil
aga^st Count and Countess da Porzic
was dismissed by a French court
The Japanese stock market showed
a sharp rise in prices, due to public
confidence that no trouble was tc
be expected between America and
Japan.
A member of the Pope's household
in an interview published at Rome
tells of a miracle at the Vatican ir
which the Virgin appeared in a vision
to the Pontiff, signifying approval
of the recent syllabus.
Mr3. Sanford Anderson, of Hillsboro,
New Brunswick, was fatallj
wounded by her five-year-old son,
who was playing with a revolver.
Victor Grayson, Socialist, led the
poll in the bye-election for Membei
of Parliament from the Colne Valley
Division, Yorkshire, to fill the
seat made vacant by the raising ol
James Kitson to the peerage.
Peter Curran, Socialist, was returned
at the Jarrow election to succeed
the late Sir Charles Palmer ir
the British House of Commons.
The Foreign Ministers of Italy and
Austria met at Desio, Lombardy, and
announced that they "were in entire
accord and would examine the gem
eral European situation as well as
matters relating especially to Austria
and Itaiy.
Revolutionists in Guayaquil, Ecuador,
attacked the home of President
Alfaro and the four military barracks;
they were driven back with
loss of life; the President was unhunt.
MNiaUEMITH |
Steamer Columbia Sunk Off Eu
reka, Cal., by Lumber Schconen
Engulfed in Ten Minnies, Carrying .
With Her Many of Her Passengers
and Crew. rfjM
Eureka, Cal.?Fifty persons, the
majority of whom were passengers,
went down with the coasting steamship
Columbia when the vessel was
rammed by the lumber steamer San
Pedro, in Shelter Cove, off this port.
There were 189 passengers and sixty ,
; officers and men aboard the ship, and
107 passengers and thirty-seven
members of the crew were landed
here by the steamship George E. El- 1 *
der, which also towed In the San Pedro,
almost a total wreck, and with
her afterdeck awash. Only the lam
I ber cargo of the San Pedro kept her
afloat.
It was reported that there were
forty-six survivors in a vessel headed
for San Francisco. One report is
that these persons were picked up
from lifeboats, bill! this is looked j
upon as improbable, as the captain of
the San Pedro reports four lifeboats
launched from the Columbia were ? i
i overloaded and swamped. Captain
TV-?? wanf rlnwn
UVia 11, UL tllC vuiumum, nv? ?
with his ship.
Almost all of the Columbia's passengers
apd many of her crew were
asleep in their cabins and bunks.
Captain Doran, it is said, shouted for - ~ '
' the San Pedro to hold her bow in the
cut in the Columbia to prevent an
overpowering inrush of water. But
as quickly^ as possible the San Pedro
was backed away, and the watei
rushed through a gap ten feet across.
Doran was on the bridge and he was '
master of*hiinself until his slip sank
under him. It is said that K&at* - .Jj
' tempted to hold the crew to ckify'by
threatening to use a revolver, and
one report has It that he shot a mutinous
sailor. Men on the San Pedrj
heard Doran giving orders almost to
the last moment. His voice carried " --3j
distinctly through a megaphone, and
he could be heard saying:
I LIB wumeil dliu tuuuieu lxiuau gu
first. You cowards, give t^o woiaab
and children a chance."
But his cool bravery was in vain,
for Doran was forced to see the foui
lifeboats overturned by the weight ol \
men caring only for their own chance , . ' tsi
of life. It is understood that the life .4
rafts were overturned in exactly th6
same way. One life raft was thrown
overboard from the San Pedro, and
about a dozen passengers managed tr.
reach it. The women saved were
picked up by dories from the San Pe- '
dro.
HAU SENTENCED TO DIE.
Washington * Professor Murdered
Mother-in-law at Baden-Baden. V?|
Carlsruhe, Germany. ? Carl Hau,
formerly professor of law in George ' - 3
Washington University, Washington.
D. C., has been found guilty of murdering
his mother-in-law. Hrs. Molitor,
and sentenced to death.
The crime was committed Novemher
6 in Baden-Baden, of which city
the victim was a wealthy resident.
The jury retired and it taok them
only a few minutes to agree on a verdict.
The prisoner, who has borne
himself with composure throughout
the five days of the trial, did not ' ?/' ' J
change his demeanor when the jury
announced its finding.
It was the same with him Trhen
sentence of death was pronounced
The judges withdrew just aftef.jmidnight
to determine upon ,! the "Sentence,
and returned after a brief'pon- 'i
sultation. The presiding judge pronounced
the words of doom, and Hau
i was led away to prison guarded by
half a. dozen policemen. ,
aunrvra MTT.T,fnw?niF.
r aiinxiv
i ' Tavshanjian, of New York City, Killed
by Emissary of Revolutionists.
New York City.?H. S. Tavshanjian t
! rug importer and one of the wealth*
iest and most influential Armenians
i in the United States, was shot down
and killed in busy Union Square. The i vl*
assassin, a fanatical member of a rev- ^
! olutionary society called "Hunchai
kist," was arrested after an exciting
chase. '
"You may do what you please witb
me," the murderer said. "I killed
him to save my country. Men of his
great wealth owe it to their native
couhtry to give money to the cause of
frooHnm for which we are struggling.
He gave none. Your George Wash-,
ington fought for his country's freedom.
I have done no more than
Washington."
1 The prisoner is Bedros Hr.mpartzoomian,
and he comes from Mazrab
In Harpoot, where the Hunchakist
has its well-spring.
1 BLACK HAND MEMBERS SPARED.
1 Gaug That Murdered Lamana Bey
? Go to Prison, Only.
: New Orleans.?A jury, every mem- .
ber of which is of foreign birth, d^_
i 3 ?<ia civ Ttnlian Rlflrlr
ClttlCU Liiai luc oiA
Hand members, four men and two
women, who kidnaped and mur'
dered Walter Lamana, are "guilty . ,fj
without capital punishment." This
t means the jury desires a life sentence
in the penitentiary for each.
Sentiment in New Orleans, the
[ home'of the Lamana family, wus that
. hanging was too good for them. The vS
i scene of the murder of the child is
1 thirty miles from New Orleans in ...';Vs
another parish, St. Charles, and the ,
trial was held there.
Twins Swept Into Sewer and Drowned
Gerald and Hubert Shern, tenyear-old
twin brothers, we^p swept
into a sewer at Thirty-second and
Lqyybard streets, Philadelphia, by.
thfe'rush of water following a heavy
shower. The body of one of the children
was recovered later in the
Schuylkill River. The father of the
Shern boys helped build the sewer.
!' President Finley's Appeal.
W. W. Finley, president of the
Southern Railroad, made an appeal
> for a "square deal" from the public.
i MANY WATCH WOMAN DROWN.
. Knocked Prom Trestle by Train and
Could Not Be Reached.
; Asheville, N. C.?Mrs. Thomas El.
lis, of Paint Rock, N. C., while cross
5 ing a railway iresue near ner nome,
. was knockcd off the trestle by a westbound
passenger train and into the
French Broad River, fifty feet below.
' Passengers on board the train saw;
: Mrs. Ellis come to the surface many,
i times, but no effort was made to save
1 her, as she could not be reached. Sho
" was drowned before the eyes of the
passengers, who watched her tracUo
efforts. a.
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