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ADOBE RUINED
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H Ancient
Inca Umpire
| By Walter L. Beasley
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H' <?4QSS* T is said that the Inca tribe
P -w- ){ (lid not commence to l>e
|> JO I O conquerors until they had
^ ^-first shown themselves to
g. be statesmen and wise and
efficient administrators. Having ob|&::tained
a fairly advanced civilization,
they began gradually to overawe and
&.- Inrnrnnnitp thp torritorv of less CUl
^ tared tribes of tbe coast and slopes
' Of the Andes, wlio slowly absorbed
H jfcoth tbe religion and superior handily
icraft of their conquerors. These conquests
extended over a period of sevff-v
-aral centuries. The. permauent estab?|
lishment of luca power is attributed
'to their having secured the good graces
jT- of their new subjects, and to their liboral
treatment and policy of co'nciliaIp-tion,
than to force of arms. This continued
until the limits of Inca rule exy
tended froni the central plateau of BoK'
livia to the western coast of Peru,
north to Ecuador, and south to nortliiern
Chile. The inhabitants of this terpV
ritory embrace many,different tribes
0' fwith. local rulers, living in different
stages of enlightenment. t
Kpr Under Inca sway and influence, both
architecture and the various industrial
|p arts reached their highest degree of
efficiency. Few, if any, countries of
modern times have equaled the ex|t-treme
and skillful utilization of land
I* that was practised during the time the
!% Inca Empire flourished. In" many loll'
calities they built tbejfr .dwellings
0 among rough rocks, on arid slopes of
in order to use the limited area
tof soil for agriculture. They terraced
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jet". Up evtmil iinu luvumamoiuc urm
not a single spare foot of surface was
left unimproved. They likewise conBtructed
aqueducts for irrigation purfkv
poses, and also a series of magnificent
jfc * roads, from twenty-five to fifty feet in
?width, paved with blocks of stone.
^ iwhich connected their royal capital at
|? Cuzco with the various provinces,
s* Part of the' way these were cut out of
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ALTAR IN HEART OF ARTIFICE
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I ' solid stone, and often ascended prec?p
Itous heights by a series of stone stair
ways. Traces of these roads still ex
f-i ist in many localities.
One of the most noteworthy of tin
toast ruins investigated by Mr. Bande
lier, who was sent out under the aus
pices of the American Museum of Nat
% > ural History, were those of Chan-Chan
V commonly called Chimu, near the pres
v ent city of Truxilio, typical views o
.which are here reproduced. The ru
^ ins extend for a distance of three mile9
and are one and a half miles ii
width. Nothing remains of the orig
Inal appearance and former grandeu
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HOUSES IN COURTY^
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of the buildings, except welt-laid foundations;
massive and peculiarly ornamented
walls and groups of singlestory,
gable-roofed houses and courtyards.
Mr. Bandolier estimates that
some 40,000 persons occupied the place.
The architectural plan of Chan-Chan
comprised a series of about twenty
open squares of courtyards intersecting
one another. On certain sides fac.
iug these were erected a number of V
palaces or religious edifices. Each
square was surrounded by an exterior
wall of adobe blocks twenty-five
feet in height. The larger buildings
contained innumerable chambers and
corridors, traversed by narrow passageways.
Many treasures of gold and
silver are said to have been found in
. these chambers - and apartments.
Around one of tbe groat public squares '
Burial Tower, Siflnstani, Peni.
were arranged some of the one-story
adobe 'dwellings of the inhabitants.
These are to-day graphically outlined,
and preserve their original appearance,
showing sharply-pitched gable roofs.
There are no traces of windows. Light
and ventilation seem to have been furnished
by the door alone. It is supposed
that some of the great squares
and inclosures were occupied by the
various craftsmen and industrial workers
in pottery, weavers and dyers of
fabrics, and fashioners of metal ornaments
for the use of the ruler, his
household and his priests. One of the
curiosities discovered by Mr. Bandelier
was an altar some fifty feet below
the surface, which formed the hearJjlflC
a grpat artificial mound, and which
evidently occupied the central place in
LL MOUND, RUINS OF CHAN-CHAN.
a large building devoted to religious
- worship.
One of the noteworthy phases of the
Chan-Chan ruins were the ornamented
i walls of two of its buildings, thought
- to have been devoted to sacred pur
poses, or to have served as the abode
- of the ruler. In one instance a series
, of designs had been sunk a half foot
- or more in the adobe over the entire
f wall, now seven feet high. Possibly
- these may have been apertures for
i, hiding gold and other ceremonial ofa
ferings, and afterward sealed up by
an additional adobe coating. Another
r facade, ten or more feet in height, is
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SILVER DOLLAR BRINGS $2000.
.
ifinety-Bliie-Year-Old Coin Join* the Col
lection ?1' Seven*
A United States dollar, now in its
ninety-ninth year, yesterday be era 11 the
long trip from Denver to Portland,
Ore., after having Iain in a Denver
collection of coins for more than
eighteen vears. Though the dollar is
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about the size of those coined during the
present year, and contains-about i
the same number of crams of silver, 1
it brought in the neighborhood of about 1
Sper grain of pure silver in its com- (
lunation, and all this because it has c
been in the one form 1'or nearly 100 I
years. ' K ' . . ]
The Denver Republican says the dollar
is one of the coinage of 1S0-L of 1
which there are only seven known to ,
be in existence. It was bought by the ;
late J, V. Dexicr&at the Chapman sale ,
of coihs in 1S85. At'that time the coin |
had but lately been secured from a .
ggiir'i'-t'f ^rTffT.
of ?ociic'
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LRD, CHAN-CHAN. ?
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tastefully decorated with a netvrork of
frescoes in a series of duplicated de- j
signs of a conventionalized bird. These |
walls are surrounded by a mass of !
fallen debris, and nothing is left to \
throw any light upon their ancient
splendor. Frobably the most monumental
and puzzling of all of the Inca
ruins is the great pyramid on the banks
Of the Mocks River. Sphinx-like, this
majestic artificial mound rises upward
in the air 150 feet, crowned by a series
of terraces. It is S00 feet in length.
The massive and imposing mound,
reared by ancient builders, bas marvelously
defied time and vandalism, and
still holds fast the secret of its creation,
for it remains to-day a veritable
enchanting riddle to the archeologist.
The best preserved" architectural ruins,
and those showing to striking advantage
the extraordinary skill of the
Ineas in handling,- polishing, and setting
massive stone blocks, are the Chuln.is
nr hnrinl tn-^-prs A .r*#?lfkhrn .qnrt
typical group is found at Sillistani,
near Puna, built on a promontory 200
feet high. These peculiar and sumptuous
sepulchres are termed by the
late E. G. Squier, an authority on Peruvian
culture, "the most elaborate
and architecturally the most wonderful
works of aboriginal Americans." The
one here pictured is twenty-five feet
high, twenty-seven feet in circumference
on the top, and twenty-two at the
base. The majority are round: others
are square in shape. In these the bodies
were interred with great pomp and
ceremony, together with rich offerings
of gold, silver and choice pottery. The
interiors of the Chulpas vary in size
and construction; some have a single
vaulted chamber, others two, arched
over by stone. A few have nicies. The
entrance is gained through a small
opening at the bottom, hardly large
enough to admit the body of a man.
This was closed by a stone slab.?Sci* j
entific American. j
DUMBBELL OB IHtllAH CLUB.
An Excellent Feature In an Exercising
Apparatus.
An entirely new design of dumbbell
has recently been patented which permits
of its use in much the same movements
in which Indian clubs are em
inpf\oVet)
ployed. The original feature of the
device is in the addition of a supple- j
mentary adjustable handle. The
weights are of the usual spherical
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shaped handle. Projecting radially
from the ends of this handle are two
parallel arms. Between those arms is
disposed a second handle, pivoted in
such a manner as to extend the reach j
or grasp of the fingers and thumb. The
practical effect of this construction is |
to give a firmer and more vigorous i
grasp, Resulting hi a better develop- j
meut of the muscles of the hand and
forearm. A minor detail in the design
is the provision for "he adjustment of
this auxiliary handle so as to make
the span of the grasp longer or shorter
as desired.
Sanctuary iu Korea.
In Korea the rooms of a wife or j
mother are the sanctuary of any man
who breaks the law. Unless for
treason or for one other crime, he cannot
be forced to leave those rooms, and
so long as he remains under the protection
of his wife's apartments he is secure
from the officers of the law.
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collodion in Berlin, being the only one j
of the (Toilers th.it is known to linve
been, in a foreign collection. Mr. Dexter
paid $1000. for the dollar, having to 1
Mil against several other collectors, the '
price being at that time the largest that '
had ever been paid for one of tlie^coinnge
named. Since then one of the
other coins had been sold for $1200, a
record that held good until yesterday,
when G. H. Brown, of Portland. Ore., '1
paid $2000 for the coin to R. G. Parvin, }
who succeeded to the ownership of the I
Dexter collection. Mr. Parvin did not ;
willingly part with the coin at that
price, 'for he has held it "as tlje key 1
piece of his numismatic collection^ i
About a year ago The Republican
printed the story of the Parvin 1S04
dollar, and it was copied extensively ,
throughput the country. As a result
Mr. Parkin has been receiving letters
ever since concerning his collection of
rare coins from all parts of the country.
A Chicago man tried to buy the ,
dollar, offering up to $1300, and faiied.
Then a man in St. Lonis tried to secure ,
it for a collection to be exhibited at
the "World's Fair. During these negotiations
Mr. Parvin .thought that lie
had discovered the limit of bidding, 1
and that no man vrould go over $1300
in trying^ to get the coin. So when he
was asked by Mr. Brown to put a i
price upon it he replied That he was not
willing to dispose of it. but had set his i
price at $2000. Mr. Brown did not wait
for the slow progress of the United
States mail, but telegraphed to send on
4-1,.. /IrwlloT* Sinnn +bort tplpjrmmS I
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have been coming it the rate of one a
day. Yesterday, while Mr. Parvin was reluctantly
.packing the dollar in a
candy box and labeling it there came
another telegram to hurry up the dollar
anyway, and to send it C. 0. D.
if there was no other way. So the dollar
started west.
The scarcity of dollars of the 1S04
vintage is explained by an accident at
sea. The>larger part of the silver dol-^
lars of tiiat year were struck off to
pay United States soldiers and sailors
doing duty in Tripoli. North Africa,
and were shipped to that place. The
vessel thUt carried them away from
this country was never heard from
again, so the entire cargo is supposed
to rest somewhere upon the floor of the j
Atlantic Qcean. Just seven copies of i
tbp dnllnriif that vear are in existence, i
two lying''in tho mint at Philadelphia |
and the others being private collections, j
In 1S5S some copies of the coin of 1804 !
were struck off, being known as "re- |
strikes," but all but two of them were
called in, the record show, and destroyed.
One copy of the "restrike" is
in the mint at Philadelphia and the
other is owned in England. No counterfeit
o:! the 1S04 dollar was ever
known.
A Queer Schoolroom. j >
One of the most remarkable schoolrooms
iu the world is surely that of
"La Petite Roquette," the French pris- '
on for juvenile offenders. The system j:
of this prison is that of solitary con- |:
finement, the whole building being so |1
constructed that each of the detached :
cells is overlooked by a warder sta- 1
tioned 011 a small observation tower. <
The schoolroom consists of 200 cells
in the form of an amphitheatre, from
each of which the teacher, and the
teacher only, can be seen. Each of the ! i
youthful offenders takes his place in !
silence, the first in the furthermost ^
cell and the others in rotation. The |1
closing of one of these cell doors opens ! 1
that of the next cell. The voice of the i:
teacher is the only sound to be beard
in the building. The solitary confine- ;
ment in "La Petite Roquette" is cer- ,
tainly more severe than our English
methods of dealing with juvenile of* J
fenders.?London Daily Chronicle. i
An Indestructible Ware.
The United States Consul at Liege.
Belgium, writes to the Department of
Commerce and Labor of a remarkable
form of indestructible crystal ware,
^ r. vs-* T-, 1 ? oe I
1 U1IU ciuiio>iu\,viib vuiiiu, I
which is manufactured in that city, j
He says lie lias seen plates of tliis
hardened crystal hurled upon a stone
floor and go "skipping" the whole
length of the building without suffer- i
ing the least damage. A dish of this i
ware can be used as a hammer for
driving a nail into wood, and can be
plunged into boiling water and then
into ice water without receiving any i
harm. 1
Rubber on the Wane.
With an ever increasing use of rubber
in manufacturing, it is disappointing
to have to record a gradual diminu- !
tion in the supply. Some figures have
been published purporting to show the
total production of rubber in different '
parts of the world, and according to !
these the production in the two years 1
from 1000 to 1002 decreased by some ]
3500 tons?that is to say, whereas the total
output in 1000 was 57,700 tons, ]
that of 1902 was only 54,000 tons. This
decrease is certainly not a large one, ]
but it is important as showing the ten. (
of the rubber supply to diminish,
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FREEDOM OF THE PRESS
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Sustained in Notable Decision Handi
Down by Federal Judge Pritchard
at Raleigh, N. C.
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At Asheville, N. C., Wednesd?
fudge J. C. Pritchard. of the Unit<
States circuit court, filed his opinic
n the celebrated .case of Jc~ephi
Daniels, before him on a writ of h
seas corpus, charged with contem
)f court. Mr. Daniels, who is edit
)f The Raleigh News and Observe
lad been fined $2,000 for contempt 1
District Judge Purnell.
Judge Pritchard's opinion will 1
-ecognized as an important legal re
3rd, and is a careful and comprehe
sive review of the law as applied
lewspaper utterances that mig
be construed as contempt of corn
The text of the decision in part is ;
follows :
"In order to determine whether tl
petitioner is entitled to the reli
prayed for in the petition upon whi<
:he writ of habeas corpus was issue
it is necessary to determine two que
:ions: # ,
"1. Did the court which impcsi
the sentence in this case have jur
Miction?
"2. Does this court have jurisd
tion to hear atnd determine this ca
Dn a writ of habeas corpus?
Public Opinion for Freedom.
"The force of public opinion in tt
country in favor of the freedom of t!
press has restrained the free ex<
r\P nrvn'or tr\ miTlicVl thlQ 0
Oioc VI tuv pvu VI bv
Df coitempts, and in many jurisd
tions statutes have been enacted i
priving the court of> the power to pi
ish them. It was taken from the f<
eral courts by the act of congress
1831, which act deprives those coui
of the common law power to prott
by this process, their suitors, w
uesses, officers and themselves agaii
the libel of the press, though publis
ed and circulated pending the trial
a cause therein.
"That ! newspapers sometimes <
gage in unwarranted criticism of t
courts cannot be denied. In some
stances they construe the liberty
the press as a license to author!
them to engage iui wholesale abuse
the court, but these instances are ra
and do not warrant a departure frc
the well settled principles of the Is
as declared by congress and c<
strued by the courts. If judg
charged with the administration
the law are not to be criticised
account of their official conduct t
liberty of the press is abridged a
the rights of individuals imperiled.
"There may be in^vtances where t
publication of editorials or other m
ter in newspapers would bring the i
thor within the limitations of the st
ute. For instance, if a newspap
should publish an article concern!
a trial which was being considered
a jury and should send a copy of t
paper containing such article to t
jury or a member thereof, during t
progress of the trial, for the purpc
of influencing them in their decisic
It would present a question whetb
such conduct would not be misbel
Hor in the presence of the court,
so near thereto as to obstruct the <
ministration of justice.
"It appears that the distinguish
judge who. adjudged the petitioner
be in contempt of court exceeded t
authority granted in the act of 18:
and that the court was without jur
diction. Such being the case t
judgment of the court is void a
therefore a nullity.
"In view of the foregoing, the coi
Bnds that the petitioner is unlawful
restrained of his liberty, and it
therefore considered and ordered
the court that the said Josephus Dz
iels be discharged from the custo
of the marshal of the United Stat
and that he go hence without delay.
PANTHER ORDERED TO HAITI.
Germany's Demand for Redress to
Backed Up By Gunboat.
The German gunboat Panther, n<
at Newport News,, has received ordc
by cable to sail for Port-au-Prince i
mediately.
T'ha cniiine' of the Panther 1
Haiti is due to the decision of O
many to insist on punishment of t
palace guards who recently thr<
stones at the German and French m
Isters.
SEEK TO PROVE CHARGES.
New Turn Given to Broughton-We
brook Embroglio at Albany, Ga.
At Albany, Ga., Wednesday afti
noon a new turn was given to the s?
sational affair in which Chief of I
lice "Westbrook and Rev. Len
Broughton have been the central f
ures, when twenty-four of the mc
prominent business and profession
men of the city published a card
which a demand was made of the i
lice commission that opportunity
given the signatory parties to pro
the charges against Westbrook.
LAST OF THE SHIP TRUST.
Sale of Immense Properties OrdeP
by Court at Trenton, N. J.
At Trenton, N. J., Judge Lanni]
signed a final decree in the Unit
States circuit court ordering a sale
the United States Shipbuilding Co:
pany in the foreclosure proceedings i
stituted by the Mercantile Trust Co:
pany and the New York Security a:
rrust Company on the two mortgag
held by them for $16,000,000 and $1
)0?,000, respectively,
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5! BAD ROUT OF RUSSIANS*
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sd Conflict at Ten-Sbul Pass Was "iCe*,,..
perate?Both Flank and Front
Attacked Simultaneously.
iy A special sent out from Tokio says:
retailed reports of the capture of Fen'n
Sliui Pass on June 27 show that the
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a, Russians were driven from an exceed- ,
pt ingly strong position dominating the yf
or Shi-Mucheng' road. In this engage>r'
ment the Russian losses were^ again *h
h-eavier than those of the Japanese. *
be The Japanee outmaneuvered the Rus;c
sians by working around the enemy's *
n' right flank and attacking him in the ?rt
>The Japanese advanced "in thro^col^
as nmns. One was assigned to deliver a
frontal attack and the others to strike
hp /
the enemy on the flanks. The column
ef
which advanced upon the Russian
right flank fought a separate action.
}3' It encountered three battalions of infantry,
six guns and two machine guns
e<l on Sunday morning. This engagement
s_ lasted until sunset of Sunday. At this
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nour tne Japanese Divuu?i?;ii.t:u auu iv
ic. newed the assault at midnight, when
se they succeeded in defeating the Russians.
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On Monday morning, the 27th, the *
Lis Russians were reinforced^ with .three
he battalions and sixteen guns. Th^y as--*1"^
3r- saulted the Japanese viciously and- en
,ss deavored to retake the position, they
ic- bad lost; >
le- They were repulsed and the^ajgin- 1
in- ese flankers worked their way^to^ie jf
?d- rear of the main Russian posinoi^at j| *
of Fen-Shui pass. This attack occurred
ts at 3 o'clock in the morning. * j
ict In the meantime, the Japanese colit
umn which had been assigned to make
ist the frontal attack, met and routed
sh- thousand Infantry and cavalry posted * **
of near Wenchapantsu. This happened2* ' *
on Sunday, the 26th.
m- At dawn on Monday^ the Japanese
be renewed the attack. The fighting this
in- day was opened with artillery. The
?f Russians poured a deadly artillery fire
upon the attackers, and the Japanese
artillery secured a new position and
delivered a heavy cross-fire upon the
)m Russian lines of defense. While this
iw rvrrvrPAdino" th#> .Tananese infantry1.
>n* land engineers cleared the obstructions
es from the Russian rear and closed in
?* on the enemy. The Russians broke
011 and fled at 11:30 Monday morning.
The Japanese gamed and retained
nd possession of the heights. The Russians
left ninety dead oehind them on
110 the heights. This number of dead does
at* not include those found in the valleys.
lu" The Japanese lost 270 men killed or
at" wounded in the flanking and frontal
,e^ attacks.
The Russian troops, who defended
y Fen-Shui pass, consisted of eleven bathe
talions of infantry, seventeen squadrons
of cavalry and three battalions of
artillery. The enemy had spent three
se months in fortifying Fen-Shui pass.
^ The barracks and other buildings cap'
tured by the Japanese had not been
or destroyed. But before retreating the
^ Russians burned their warehouses at '
Shan-Tasu. The Russians retreated in /
e(j disorder toward Shi-Mucheng.
t0 The Japanese captured eighty-eight
he prisoners.
Is! KILLED HIS DAUGHTER-IN-LAW.
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a(j Quarrel Over Cabbage Leads Aged
Man to Commit Heinous Crime.
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irt At Fayetteville, Ga., Thursday Steve
Renfroe, a man 79 years of age, shot
4s
. his daughter-in-law through the head
with a pistol, killing her instantly.
The bullet did its work in a remarkaes
bly quick space of time, as it entered
I, the brain and passed almost entirely
through the woman's head. She fell
where she stood and death resulted
before aid could be summoned. The
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irouuie IB icUU l(j liavc ungmaicu uiu
a cabbage patoii, which . the parties to- ?
)w the tragedy are said to have been
>rg using in common. The exact details. ^0- J
m of this' part of the affair are not given
out but it is thought that there was
,or a misunderstanding as to which should
er_ i have the use of certain of the vegetahe
j bles contained in the little garden, and
aw from this the dispute verged into an
acrimonious wrangle that led to the
' killing.
TROOPS PROTECT WHITE MAN.
st Mob Was Frantic to Lynch Vaughn,
Who Murdered His Sweetheart. .
?r" Governor Vardaman, of Mississippi, ,
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>o while at Starkville Wednesday called
out troops to protect the life of Jno.
Vaughn, a white man, who shot ana
killed his sweetheart, Anna Lucas. The
[ai governor received a telegram from
in the Okolona authorities that troops
xj. were needed to protect the life of a
prisoner and the order for company
ve M to turn out was immediately given.
THE DEMOCRATIC PLATFORM
Based on Oeclarations Adopted by
cd Maryland and Mississippi.
The Mississippi and Maryland state
platforms will be used by the platform
committee of the democratic national
convention as bases upon which the
m" platform of 1904 will be written. It
'n* was Senator Gorman's Land that
m" shaped the platform of the Maryland
Qd democracy, while the ringing declaraes
tion of principles adopted by the dem0?"
ocrats of Mississippi at Jackson was
written by John Sharp "WSIBams.