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Permanent Printed
By DR. WILLIA1
of the Governmer
Perhaps nothing can be more interesting
in a way, to the general historian,
scientific and literary man
than the certain knowledge of the
fact that his writings and printed
records on all subjects, inclusive of
even photographic reproductions in
the form of "half-tones." may be
handed down to those who will come
after us thousands of years hence.
In the course of a study of various
materials .suitable for the permanent
preservation of valuable literary
works, I investigated, among other
fabrics, the linen wrappings used
by the ancient Egyptians to incase
the bodies of their dead. A specimen
of such linen was obtained from the
Metropolitan Museum of Arts, New
York City, by the writer, and the
age of the fabric is certified by the
curator of Egyptian antiquities of the
| museum. Of interest possiDiy to xue
historiaii and Bible reader as well as
tbose who reverence and love the
work of the ancients, is the fact that
the wrappings in question were taken
from the body of King Merenptah,
whom the Bible mentions as being
the Pharaoh who ordered the exodus
of the Jews from Egypt. The age
belongs to the Nineteenth Dynasty,
which would approximate the age of
3400 years, a tremendous space of
time when one stops to consider the
matter.
The writer, while obtaining the
fabrics and looking over the various
specimens submitted to him, was very
fortunate to obtain by mere accident
B a piece containing pitch or bitumen
spots, with which latter agent the
Egyptians affixed the body to the
inner coffin and which procedure is
described by Pliny and Herodotus.
The spots appealed rather strongly to
the writer from the fact that they
would seem to constitute conclusive
proof of the lasting and non-fading
properties of printing ink as manufactured
and used to-day the wcfrld
over. *
The basis of all black printing ink
1s lampblack or carbon (soot) to
which is added and blended boiled
linseed oil, to serve as a vehicle, the
oil being thoroughly mixed with the
lampblack, or "milled," as it is known
technically to the printing ink industry.
Varnish, glycerine and a volaj
tile dryer are sometimes added to
meet the various requirements of
the printing trade, but the basis is, or
should be, always carbon (lampblack)
and boiled linseed oil for black printing
ink. The lampblack is obtained
from a resinous material similar to
the bitumen of the ancients that left
the spots or impression on the linen.
| The manner of receiving the ink
Impression as obtained on paper or
even linen fabric is made up of both
a mechanical and a chemical union.
By a chemical union I mean the fact
that the linseed oil carries a certain
proportion of the carbon or lampblack
into the agent printed upon,
thus staining the parenchyma of the
cellulose cell. By a mechanical
union, I mean the excess ink that
may lodge on the surface of the
agent printed upon by virtue of its
adhesiveness.
In the Egyptian mummy wrappings
! to which I have already referred the
bitumen stain or chemic union has
remained unto this day, as would the
stain or impression of printing ink
-,so received, beyond all doubt. As a
further nroof of this statement and
the unchanging color of carbon
(lampblack) note should be taken of
the color of coal, almost pure carbon,
which for ages has retained its
color.
Lehner has called attention to the
< lasting properties of linen fabrics as
used by the ancients, and* urges a
better quality of printing paper containing
a larger proportion of linen
fibre. The objection to paper, whether
it Is composed of cotton, linen or
wood fibres, as concerns printed re cords
for a long period of time might
be thus summarized:
The fact that all paper is composed
of very short fibres held together
by a glue or size and the
initial pressure given by the heated
cylinders on the paper-making ma chine
may be urged. Certain kinds
or blotting paper may be mentioned I
as an unsized or glueless paper, the
fibres being held together by pressure
only. The best grade of book
paper may be cited as an enginesized
or fiued paper. Long periods
of time or exposure to dampness may
disintegrate the size or glue that
holds or binds the fibres together.
Cf you are sufficiently interested, wet
a piece of paper and note how easily
the printed sheet drops to pieces.
The bleaching process to which the
paper stock is subjected would seem
(o form a very important feature in
connection with the lasting properties
of paper also. Chlorine and
f Dieacning puwuers are useu exuea|
sively for this purpose, and the difficulty
seems to be that when the elements
are removed which go to make
up the various colorings, both natural
and artificial, of the paper stock
before being bleached, the chlorine
probably combines chemically in the
form of a chloride or a hypochlorous
oxide indirectly, from the fact that
the chlorine will unite with nearly all
elements directly save oxygen and a
few others. Very likely for this reason
it later exists as a weak acid in
the paper stock, probably as hypochldrous,
when the finished paper is
I acted upon uy me moisiure ul nxc
atmosphere. Tt is known that hypochlorous
oxide will unite with water
to form hypoehlorous acid. It is
therefore a difficult matter to neutralize
the bleached paper stock because
of this chemical combination.
The effect or tne process just described
is noticed when the average
book printing paper is exposed to
the air, even under covei, for any
length of time. Note, if you are interested,
the light yellow tinge that
makes its appearance, followed in
due course of time by a dark yellowish
green hue. This condition is followed
later by an increasing brittleness
to such an extent that one hesitates,
in some instances, to turn a
leaf down for fear of cracking the j
Records on {jinen.
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VI J. MANNING,
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n r-rrriLiny vmuu*
l sheet. The yellow tinge is not noted \
so early in papers whose surfaces
are sized, because the film of the size
very likely protects the hypochlorous i
oxide from the air. Sooner or later i
it makes its appearance as a slight :
discoloration. This chemical action,
as the result of bleaching, must necessarily
go on until the sheet is disin- (
tegrated. Although we have no posi- c
tive proof of this latter statement, (
yet it is known that the slow continuous
chemic action, once in motion,
must continue as long as there
is material left upon which to perform
its work.
The first paper makers used the ^
sun to bleach their paper stock, and
while tliev were never enabled by this
method to obtain the eitreme whiteness
obtained by the use of chlorine j
by modern paper makers, yet their vp
product does not show the chemic
action just described and the bleach- ^
ing appears to have been accomplished
in a perfectly natural and
harmless manner.
In linen fabrics of a very fine mesh
and texture and of an unbleached va- 1
riety, the objections raised against 1
the paper, it would appear, are easily t
overcome. The fact that one can be t
always sure of the absolute purity 1
of the linen so used as compared 1
with the uncertainty of even linen t
paper and its composition, is very c
important. The printing impression 1
so received upon the fabric is beauti- f
fully clean cut, and stands out as r
distinctly as, if not more so than on t
paper. Even half-tone cuts can be t
printed on linen. ?
There is also the added fact Lhat
the fibres of linen are very long, and
as such are twisted into threads and j.
these threads woven in such a manner c
that each succeeding thread locks the g
other In place in a mechanical man- s
ner, as in the ancient Egyptian wrap- t
pings which have defied time itself,
even when exposed to the elements
and the careless usages of ages.
The further fact that the linen
may be used in its unbleached state
unacted upon by chemicals used for
bleaching purposes, and the very important
feature that the printing ink
impression cannot be removed from
the fabric, which is possible with
comparative ease when parchment ia
used as the substance printed upon,
are two excellent reasons why linen
should be used for documents which
are intended to be permanent.
It has been proposed, and the matter
is now before the Joint Committee
on Printing of Congress for
action, to print upon linen sheets
precisely the same as a sheet of
paper, at the expiration of the regular
paper edition, two copies of the
more important government publicatinna
It i<5 further inrnnncoil tr? on.
case each volume so printed in a bath
of paraffin wax and thus to seal the
volume hermetically from extraneous
or atmospheric influences.
Taking the year of 1907 as a basis
It will cost, approximately, to print
two linen copies of. the revised edition
of the Congressional Record,
constituting some 5000 pages, not
over $65 for the fabric so utilized.
Xo change in existing printing machinery
is necessary and it is but the
work of a few moments to produce
the printed linen sheets.?Scientific
American. I
Origin of Sausage.
The sausage dates back to the year
897 It has been asserted that the
Greeks in the days of Homer manufactured
sausage, but this prehistoric
mixture had nothing in common with
our modern product.
The ancient so-called sausage was
composed of the same materials
which enter in the make-up of the
boudin of the French market and the
blood pudding of the French-Canadian.
The ancient sausage was enveloped
in the stomach of goats. It
was not until the tenth century that
sausage made of hashed pork became
known.
It was in or near the year 1500
that, thanks to the introduction into
Germany of cinnamon and saffron,
the sausage of Frankfort and of
Strasburg acquired a universal reputation.
Radiography and Pearls.
Mr. John J. Solomon has developed
a plant for radiographing pearl oysters,
to ascertain not only the existence,
but the stage of development
of the pearls without killing the animals
or opening their shells. As
many as 500 oysters have been submitted
to examination in one minute,
hnriHrn^c r% f chollc enroot r> /-. f-mr
Iiuuuibut} U4 oiiwmj cau \Jll u U aj
being exposed at one time. Oysters
showing no pearls are returned to
their beds; those showing partially
developed pearls are sent into "hospital"
to be nursed, while those whose
pearls are full grown suffer the fate
that attends all things, which possess
something that man wants. It is
alleged that the treatment is not injurious
to the oysters'?at least from
their masters' point of view.
The Girl For Him.
A Scotchman, wishing to know his
late at once, teiegrapnea a proposal
of marriage to the lady of hischoice. '
After spending the entire day at the 1
telegraph office he was finally rewarded
late in the evening by an affirmative
answer.
"If I were you," suggested the operator
when he delivered the mes- '
sage, "I'd think twice before I'd marry
a girl that kept me waiting all day
for ray answer."
"Na, na," retorted the Scot. "The I
whn waits for the night rates is I
the lass for me."?From Everybody.
London's Water Supply.
The water supply of London is derived
from the Thames and Lee
rivers and from springs and wells.
According to the Lancet it is adequate
for the present, though the p^r
capita consumption is only thirtythree
or thirty-four gallons as \
against a consumption of 200 gallons \
ia (Chicago.
Luther Burhank, the horticultural
(vizard, is going to introduce his
spineless cactus to the deserts of Nevada.
Chemists say that papers written
vith the ink ia general use to-day
vill be illegible in twenty-seven
,'ears.
A crystalline body that he calls
:richo-toxin is regarded by Dr. Delos
3. Parker as an active agent in prolucing
baldness.
A leading Swiss scientist declares
hat the Roentgen rays can be so ap>lied
that white horses become black.
3e is now experimenting on old genleman's
beards.
The salt deposits of Chile are the
greatest in the world. The Salar
3rande mine in the province of
Tarapaca, about sixty miles south
ind east of Iquique, covers an area
>f 80,000 acres to the depth of twen;y-five
feet.
For every ton of pig iron which
lowed for many years from the
nouths of the world's blast furnaces,
he power of twenty-five horses was
jenerated?and wasted. Unrecog*
lized, hundreds of thousands of
lorse-power that mignt nave movea
he machinery of half the crafts that
:luster around the most useful of the
netals was lost in green and yellow
ireworks, before men began to see.
vTow, by a process that has been a
jrowth, but which has only just
eached perfection, the gas is prelerved
and used.
Tests of reinforced concrete
)arges and pontoons have been conlucted
by the Italian Government
lince 1897, and the results have been
io gratifying that several more of
hese unique constructions have
>een ordered. One of the first
jarges built has for several years
iccommodated the house of a celejrated
vowing club, while another
las been used in a variety of harbor
vork', having been towed from port
o port whenever there was occasion
,o make use of it, and in both lnitances
the service was all that might
)e asked. One of these is of 150
ons burden. Five other crafts of
:oncrete are now under constructor
Recent .experiments in prance
lave shown that natural turf is an
(icellent material from which to
orm beds for the filtering of sewtge.
A volume of between three and
our cubic metres of sewage can be
>urified every day for every square
netre of the surface of the turf.
Vn experimental turr niter mat nas
)een in use more than seven months
shows no diminution of efficiency.
t a larger proportion of t sewage
han that mentioned is employed the
liter proves less effectrve, but it recovers
its power when the amount of
;ewage is reduced to the proper projortion.
Chemical analysis and the
'fleets upon fish put into the filtered
vater unite in testifying to the efTi;iency
of the process.
TO PRESERVE PLANTS.
letter Ways Than the Old One of
Pressing in Books.
Methods used to dry or preserve
lowers or entire plants, without
jressing them or otherwise altering
heir shape, are described as follows
>y La Nature in its department enitled
"Receipts and useful pro:esses:"
"For some time there has
jeen a demand for a recipe for makng
what are called in commerce
sterilized flowers.' The answer is
lot simple, because the several firms
hat are engaged in their prepara,ion
keep secret the processes that
hey use. * * * As far as it is
)OSBlble to get together data on this
subject it is probable that some mak;rs
spray the plants or flowers with
i thin layer of India rubber dissolved
in benzine, while others dip
hem in a bath whose base is glycern,
but the exact composition of
vhich is still unknown. Our readers
nay perhaps like to experiment, at
east with the benzine; but thi3
should be done outdoors and by dayight,
since the vapor of benzine is
vry explosive.
"In any case there is also quite a
lifferent process, which retains the
orm and colors of the plants. First
i quantity of sand is carefully washid
to remove foreign substances, and
hen completely dried, after which it
s passed through a fine sieve. At
he bottom of an earthenware vase
i layer of this sand Is placed, and
.he flower is laid upon it, with its
eaves and the part of the stem to be
ireserved. More sand is poured in,
ittle by little, taking care the while
.0 arrange the petals and leaves so
;hat they will be naturally disposed
n this sandy coffin. This is continued
until the :;and ic about three
centimetres (1.2 inches) above the
lower. Then the v/holo is placed in
xn oven heated to about forty-five decrees
centigrade (113 degrees Fahenheit)
and is allowed to remain
:here at least a day?two days if the
ilant is somewhat fleshy. After desiccation,
many precautions must be
Laken to remove the plant without
breaking it, which may be done by
Allowing ihe sand to run out quietly."?Literary
Digest.
An Incomplete Job.
John Haberle lives five miles south
Df St. Joseph. Last week Haberle
l>lanted forty fruit trees. Thursday
night of last week some thieves dug
iij) and carried away every one of
these trees and, it is presumed, planted
them again. They left the ground
rind ience.?St. Joseph Observer.
The Pace.
Frequently the pace that, -kills Is
the one which a man has to go for
the purpose of being able to satisfy
big wife's tasies.
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| J&WORTH KNOWING?
Bank of England notes are numbered
backward from 10,000, hence
the figures 00,001.
Comparisons by experts show that
j the employer, of New York City do j
three-fifths the work that is done j
by employes of individuals and private
corporations.
More persons are arrested in New
York City each year than the entire
population of Denver. The last
twelve^ months' figures make the
) number about 149,500.
Alexander Humboldt's achievement,
that of beginning and finishing
his monumental "Cosmos" after his
seventy-sixth birthday, is perhaps the
most wonderful mind triumph in all
the history of literature.
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The rice flour cracker of China is
t by far tne whitest biscuit .product in
the world. In comparison with it the
whitest American biscuit looks
dingy. The cracker, however, is altogether
too sweet for most occidental
palates and the Chinese much prefer
their black crackers, which differs
but little in taste from the American
sweet biscuit.
Recent sales of automobiles in
, New York City show that there are
j fewer machines being imported than
I there were a year ago, and that more
j of the home manufacture are being
! sold.
The ancient custom of baking
bread in Greece is being changed. In
the old oven a fire of branches is
kindled in the compartment where
the bread is baked and one of ordinary
wood in that beneath. When
the oven is sufficiently heated the
brushwood and cinders are raked
out of the upper and the bread is
put in. The change, made in the interests
of the protection of the forests,
is to fit the lower compartment
for burning coke at one-half the cost
of wood. Many of the bakers of
Athens have already changed their
form of oven.
In the mountains of the South are
found the only pure Anglo-Saxon
communities in the world, outside of
rural England. The pure-bred
American stock retains the characteristics
of the people from whom
Abraham Lincoln and Andrew . Jackson
sprang.
In India the printed - book is regarded
as vulgar, if not irreverent,
and no devout Hindoo would allow
his sacred writings to be contaminated
by contact with leather prepared
from the hide of some animal's
dead body. A leather-bound copy of
the Bible is for him a remarkable
illustration of Christian irreverence.
I Tho onlfHorn in Rrmth Oprmnnv arp
not so impressive as those of the
North. But one thing is apparent:
despite the drain of mdney and the
loss from withdrawing so many men
from industry, the enforced military
service has a valuable side. It takes
the stoop-shouldered, hollow-chested,
flat-faced, stupid-looking peasant
from the fields and kicks him until he
looks like a man. He ceases to be
a dumb, dull brother of the ox and
knows what the world is like. In a
word, it is university training, this
barrack grind of Germany.
DIET FOR SLEEPLESSNESS.
Common Canses of Insomnia?Indigestion
and Hunger.
Dr. William Stevens says that insomnia
is not a disease itself, but
the effect of an unhealthy condition
of body or mind. When the cause is
removed the insomnia may be expected
to disappear. .
Every physician has had. stubborn
cases of it which would not yield to
any treatment and for which a
change of air or of scene became
necessary. Hut such cases as these
should not occur, and do occur only
when the sufferer has neglected precautions
that should have been taken
When the trouble first made itself
manifest.
Insomnia results from causes
which can be removed if attended
to in season. The most common
cause is found in the digestive organs.
Either unsuitable food, causing
insomnia as a feature of indigestion,
or insufficient food, causing
'.he patient to be kept awake by
hunger.
There are few things which can be
universally recommended as diet for
sleeplessness, since what will agree
i with one man will disagree with anr
! other. But two things that may almost
always be recommended are
lettuce and celery.?London Globe.
The Venus of Milo's Arms.
A discovery has been made at a
place in the province of Laconia
which has caused considerable sensation
in the art world and is believed
to solve the problem which has so
cjuch exercised artists and archaeolI
ogists as to the Venus de Milo. The
! find consists of an unjnutilated terraJ
cotta statuette representing Venus,
j which reproduces exactly the type of
; the famous statue in the Louvre. The
I statuette represents the goddess hold
I mg a mirror in uie rigm ua.uu <iuu
I with the left, supporting the peplura.
| ?Athens Letter to Pall Mall Gazette.
A One-Sided Prevention.
Upon moving into a new uelg'nbor!
hood the boy of tlie family was cautioned
not to fight with his new acI
quaintances. One day Willie came
home with a black eye and very much
epattered wih dirt.
"Why, Willie," said mamma, "I
thought I told you to count a hundred
before you fought:"
"I did, mamma," said Willie, "and
| iook wnat 1 omciy omiui um mui; j.
was counting!"?Ladies" Home Journal.
A Government commission is struggling
with the problem of exterminating
the Nut; butterfly, which has
become a plague in Bohemia.
lilt FOilSJEATH SOLI
Chicago First, Cleveland Second
New York Third in Fatalities.
Hospitals Througnout the Cour.trj
Crowded by Those Injured by
Noisenmking Contrivances.
Chicago.?Tho Tribune's revised
figures on Fourth of July casualties
now show a total of 71 dead and 2C24
injured, directly or indirectly, as a
result of the Fourth of July celebration
all over the country, aurl a lire
loss of more than half a million.
Here are the figures in detail:
DEAD..
By fireworks and resulting fires. 37
By cannon .7
By firearms 16
By gunpowder G
By toy pistols 2
By runaways !j
Heart failure, due to explosions. 1
Total 71
INJURED.
By fireworks .1109
By cannon . . .* '. 212
By firearms 390
By gunpowder . 551
By torpedoes 10
By toy pistols 211
By bomb canes : .. 50
By runaways 35
Total 2G24
Fire loss, $525,935.
Chicago led the list with 13 killed,
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WELCOME AKCH, DENVEB
Which Blazed a Welcome to Delegates
Cleveland came second with 10 and
New York City had third place with
7 deaths.
The following is a partial list:
Chicago, 13; Philadelphia, 3;
Butte, Mont., 2; Cannonsburg, Pa.
2; Rice Lake, Wis., 2; Cleveland
Ohio, 10; Pittsburg, 1; Missoula
Mont., 2; Harrisburg, Pa., 2; New
York, 7; St. Louis, 1; Tacoma, Wash
ington, 1; Indianapolis, 1; Leomins
ter, Mass., 1; Battle Creek, Mich., 1;
Boston, 3; Springfield, Ohio, 1; Mil
waukee, Wis., 1.
Twenty-one of the deaths given it
this table, however, occurred befon
the Fourth. The five Chicago deathf
and three in Philadelphia were
caused by "Knaliflx," a new Germar
Independence Day novelty. Sever
deaths in Cleveland were due to nrt
in a fireworks store, and one death ir
Butte, Mont., two in Cannonsburg
Pa., one in Pittsburg, and two ii
Rice Lake, Wis., were the result ol
i premature celebrations.
| MAN SAVES HIS MOTHER,
But His Wife and Son Drown in Mys
tic River, Medford, Mass.
Medford, Mass.?By colliding witl
a hawser stretched across the Mystii
River above the Cradock Bridge thre<
canoes were capsized and three o
their sixteen occupants were drowned
The dead are:
Mrs. John J. Burns, aged twenty
| five; John J., Jr.,her son, aged three;
Reta uooper, agea eigm, ? oiatci v>
Mrs. Burns, all of No. 10 Unioi
street, Medford.
The people in their canoes made i
party which started up the river foi
the Mystic Lakes, where they were t(
picnic.
The occupants of two of the ca
noes, eight young men and two youn?
women, reach shore safely.
In the third canoe were Mr. an(
I Mrs. John J. Burns, their son; Mrs
Mary Burns, aged sixty-five, Mr
Burns' mother and two little girls
Reta Cooper and Sadie Bowen. Whei
their canoe upset Mr. Burns assistec
his mother and the Bowen child, anc
all three clung to the hawser unti
rescued. The others were drowned
The bodies were recovered, that o
Mrs. Burns clasping the form of hei
child.
TWO DIE IN LOVE TRAGEDY.
j Girl Leaves New York to Escape Suit
or and He Follows Her.
Troy, N. Y.?John Morrison, twen
ty-six, of New York, shot and killec
Miss Mary Quigley, twenty-four, ai
her home in Middle Granville, be
cause she refused to marry him.
Morrison went to a woods 300 feel
away and shot himself through th(
1 heart.
I Miss Quigley had been employee
I in New York and left there a weefc
ago to escape Morrison's attentions.
BAY STATE AUTOS SLAY 62.
Those Seriously Injured During the
Year Number <>40.
Boston. ? Sixty-two persons were
killed by automobiles within the
State during the year ending July 1
? A- Lt ?-?? nnnnol rOimt't
according 10 me mo<. uuuuu.
issued by the Safe Roads Automobile
Association, an organization formed
in June, 1907, to lossen the dangers
attendant on reckless automobiling,
Of this number twenty-one were in
automobiles and forty-one were not.
In addition 040 persons were seriously
injured.
ORCHARD GETS LIFE TERM.
Death Sentence Commuted by Idaho
..<i nf Pnwlnns.
IIUUIU va it ...?
Boise, Idaho.?The State Board of
Pardons commuted the sentence of
Harry Orchard, who was under sentence
to hang next Friday for the
murder of ex-Governor Frank Steunenberg,
to imprisonment for life.
No one appeared to oppose the proposed
commutation, anil by the unanimous
vote of the board clemency was
extended.
Orchard to the last was opposed to
having sentence Interfered with.
.'HERBAL KNOT ILLEGAL [
Oat*Cilfl
,; JUMIbB DiauiUll Uivoo uiaon ujw |
to Hughes Racetrack Law.
I Does Not Make Individual Wagers a j '
Crime, Nor Stop Payment of
Money by a Loser. ,
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New York City.?In the case of the 0
1 State against Melville Collins, Jus- *
tice Bischoff, sitting in the New Ydrk
1 County Supreme Court, decided that C
Collins had not committed any crime
* in accepting money on a bet at the
Shcepshead^Bay racetrack two weeks rj
ago. Justice Bischoff holds that no t<
State Legislature, so far as any records
show, ever had'' in mind the idea "
of punishing an individual for beti
ting with another where the wager tl
; wa3 not professionally recorded or ei
. fflorlaforod THesphnfP holds that the il
, Penal Code provides no penalty for a o
bet between one individual and an- g
. other unless gambling implements are ci
| in use. ' tl
This Supreme Court Justice, before
whom' was pending the case brought r
for the purpose of defining Governor
Hughes' new Anti-Gambling law, ren- t
1 dered a decision to this effect: n
"A bet on a horse race, when not d
1 .recorded, is legal. T
"Individuals (a bookmaker and a
' bettor, possibly) may offer and re- F
celve from one another money was- *
ered on horse races, providing that 3;
no written memoranda be made of Sl
the transactions. fi
"Such a bet falls within the dettni- n
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,, COLO., AT UNION STATION
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i to the Democratic National Convention. j
I tion of 'simple hazard,' and a 'simple ! ^
i hazard' has never been prohibited by i
law in this State. I p
"Section 351 (the new law) mere- |
; ly prohibits the receiving, recording I
, or forwarding of the subject of a 0
, wager before, not after, it is won or ^
, lost." ?
r Justice Bischoff discharged Melville n
Collins, the bookmaker who was the ^ e
subject of the test case. He declared #
; that Collins did not commit a crime ;
when he made an "oral bet" of $5 1
with Police Captain Rahl and then J
i accepted Rahl's money when the lat- ?
3 ter lost. "
3 Acting District Attorney Elder, of s
5 Kings, who prosecuted Collins, said P
i after reading the decision: J
i "With all due respect to Justice ( r'
} Bischoff, my opinion as to what is a ,
i crime under the new law has not,
, changed one iota. I will carry the
i fight to the Court of Appeals. I be- c
? lieve that court will uphold the new u
law.* J
News of the decision was heard *
with keen satisfaction by the bettors
at Sheepshead Bay, but there was no 1
noisy outbreak of joy. One reason
" was that the extent of the ruling was e
not clearly understood at the race- ii
i track. Another reason was that the o
, bettors were doing very nicely with- ?
j out the decision, since for several
I weeks they have been able to get
down all the bets they wanted.
The vital sentence of Justice ,
. Bischoff's decision was this: I .
"I cannot hold that Section No. ' a
- If 1 'rtUlu imnApfc fViof n Hof nr fho '
? GUI LCLlllJ lllipui lo tuub u| wvb w* wuw
, receipt of the thing wagered is a e
1 crime." C
^ George Wheelock, for many years c
r the ruling spirit in the Metropolitan ^
, Turf Association and a bookmaker n
of prominence, but a turf speculator B
. since his quarrel with August Bel- t
, mont three years ago, said: :
' "The decision will, give the same *
j license to the poolroom keeper as the
man who receives oral wagers at the ?
track. It will tend to open poolrooms 2
in ovorv sofHnn nf the citv. r SllDDOSfl b
{ that It will involve a struggle be- B
I tween the race tracks and the pool- n
1 rooms again." I
i1
. McKINLEY'S BODYGUARD DEAD. 1
f t
f Detcctive Who First Seized Presi- ?
dent's Slayer Succumbs to Injuries. a
Chicago.?Albert . Gallagher, for
years in the secret service of the p
United States, and one of those de>
tailed as the personal bodyguard of
President McKinley at the time of his t
assassination, died here. .
It was Gallagher who seized the
J. wrist of the assassin after the fatal ?
t shot was fired at Buffalo and
' wrenched the weapon from his hand. 0
Gallagher was at first mistaken by "
t the crowd for the assassin and was set
* upon and beaten. To this fact, ac- tl
cording to the attending physician, H
' his death was indirectly due. E
: An affection of the liver developed a
from injuries received at that time. b
4
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Newsy Condensations.
> Vienna.?The long sustained efforts jj
made by the Anti-Duelling League in tl
s Austria to limit the practice of duel- d
! ling have met with success, for the C1
, imperial sanction to a decree prohib:
iting duelling without the consent of $
s a military court of honor has been
. obtained. T
? Paris.?The Theatre Commission, d
under the presidency of Prefect of Ii
i Police Lepine, has decided to prohibit a
women from wearing hats of exces- p
sive dimensions in theatres under zi
penalty of a fine. tl
New York City.?In the six months JJ
ending: July 1, 377,GC4 of the laborI
nf t-hp United States left d
? the country for Europe. In the same ^
period only 18C.5SG arrived here. C
; Paterson, N. J.?William H. Wacson,
an undertaker, ot' Market street, 1?
| and a prominent Odd Fellow, was 1 g
killed by a peach pit which had lodged
in his throat.
K n
Omaha, Neb.?Mrs. Sarah Gerrie IV
gave her blood to save her sister, Mrs. : V
i Frank Perry, the two being fastened si
together, their arteries joined and ?
i the vital fluid transfused. As a re- , a
suit Mrs. Perry will recover. ! tl
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Latest News
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BY WIRE.
William L. Douglas Gives Nursery.
Rrnr-.lrtnn AT.tsr ? Rv - RovemOf
/iliiam L. Douglas announced a gift
f $25,000 to provide l?.nd, building
ad endowment for a r.ew day nursry
in this city.
alls For $45,000,000.
Washington, D. C.?The Secretary
f the Treasury announced a further
ill uDon the national bank depositales
for approximately $45,000,000
> be paid on or before July 15.
Home of Trusts" Leads States.
Trenton, N. J.?New Jersey, for *
le first time in several months, lieadi
the list of Eastern States in June
l the aggregate of the capitalization t
f large corporations chartered. Th?
rand total last month of all the insrporations
was $235,344,000. Of
lis, New Jersey had $119,184,000.
aft to Be Notified July 28.
*-r r 1 tn n TTTHIU^ TT
VV a.sniXlRlOIl, JJ. v^. wuuaui *i,
aft will be formally notified of hi*
omlnation as the Republican Presiential
candidate at Cincinnati on
uesday, July 28. -:g
.
orty-six Stars on Flag Now.
Washington, D. C.?After July 4
11 flags made for the use of the Govrnment.
must contain forty-six stars
l the field or union, to conform in
umber to the States. The additional
ar follows the admission of Oklaoma.
The stars are to be in six
5W3, the first, third, fourth and sixth
) have eight stars, and the second
nd fifth rows seven each.
liml Senator's Rival Quits.
Oklahoma City,, Okla. ? It is anonneed
that M. L. Turner, of-this
!ty. will withdraw from the race as
indidate for the United States Sen- Y?
to, leaving a clear field for T. P.
ore, the blind orator.
{.shop's Wife Dead.
Bristol. R. T.?Mrs. M. A. Dewolf
[owe, wife of the former Bishop of
ennsylvania, died here.
00 Bralccnien Back to Work.
New Cattle, Pa.?Over 100 Pennplvania
Railroad brakemen laid off
ist fall were notified to report for v,
ork at once. Fifty firemen who Lad
een laid off were recently put to
ork.
"is
o Appraise Railroads. , .
New York City.?The Public Serice
Commission has appointed Bion
. Arnold, a street railroad expert In
hicago, to appraise the surface rallray
properties in Manhattan.
'ardon and Bride.
Toledo, Ohio.?Through the efforts
f President Roosevelt, Irel Daniel^
convicted counterfeiter, was paroned
and reunited with his sweeteart.
Minnie Stevenson, in the Fedral
Court. riS
!' $
Jar Shortage Puts Men to Work.
Reading, Pa. ? The demand for
ox and refrigerator cars Is so brisk
hat the Reading Company Is short of
oth. To get these cars into service >
everal hundred men who were temporarily
suspended at the car shops
;ere some time ago have been sent
or.
Ihild Labor Law in Effect,
Washington, D. C.?About 5000
hildren living in the District of Colmbia
are affected by the Child-La
or law which has just gone into elect
here.
Chinese Hospital For Chicago.
Chicago. ? A Chinese hospital,
quipped with all modern appliances,
3 planned by the Celestial merchants
f Chicago.
| BY CABLE, >Lstor's
Gift to Oxford is 9100,000.
London.?ine uxioru uuucibu;
ndowment fund, started by Lord
!urzon on his election to the Chanellorship,
has reached $500,000, and
V. W. Astor has given his second doation
of $50,000, promised in March.
Ir. Astor's total donation amounts
o $100,000. ;
[aiser Felicitates Zeppelin.
Berlin.?Emperor William has
rtred his congratulations to Count
leppelin on his twelve hours' flight in
lis new dirigible airship, which His
lajesty calls "the beginnning of a
ew national' achievement."
icheaded Five of Her Children.
Kherson. Russia.?A woman of a
learby village has been arrested on
he charge of having chopped off the
eads of -five of her children with
n ax.
'rices Drop After Trust's Collapse.
Glasgow, Scotland.?The collapse
f the tubemakers' agreement and
be dissolution of the International
issociation have resulted In a ten
er cent, cut in prices here, and a still
igger cut is expected soon.
00 Lives Lost.
Yusovo, European Russia.?More
han 200 miners were killed, it is beeved,
by an explosion of gas in the
Likovsky mine, where some 500 were
t work. Already 157 bodies have
een taken out, all badly burned.
(en. Batcheller Dies in Paris.
Paris.?General George Sherman
iatcheller, an American, a Judge of
tie International Tribunal of Egypt,
ied here. He had long suffered from
ancer of the mouth.
3,000,000 Fine Stands.
Caracas, Venezuela, via Curacao.?*
he Court of Appeals confirmed the
ecision of the Civil Courts of First
astance condemning the New York
nd Bermudez Asphalt Company to
ay a fine of $3,000,000 to the Venenelan
Government. No appeal from
lis last judgment is possible.
ew Governor of Samoa.
Tutuila, Samoa.?Captain John F.
arker, U. S. N., formally took overf
is new duties as Governor, relieving
aptain C. B. T. Moore, U. S. N., who
as administered the affairs of tho
;lands for some time.
cotchman's Gift to France.
London.?Sir John George Tollelache
Sinclair has offered to Franc#
[urillo's "Head of Christ Crowned....
mi ?. ?. t 1 r*
v lin morns, w muu nua iclcuuj
aid at auction in London for noarij
20,000. He says the gift is intended
s a testimony of his attachment t<i
ie Anglo-French entente.
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