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BERY.
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ID you over think how a
burglar, who breaks into
your houao regards you?
You play an important part
in his scheme of tilings, it is
true, but ho luUiti't a very
high opinion of you, at
least of your fighting abilities. Tho
thlevqa who broke into tho house of
Danker Baldwin, at Englowood, N. J.,
a few years ago and perpetrated cruel
outrages upon every member of tho
family had no fear of dogo or guns.
They did their work with flondish
precision and congratulated them
selves that they left no clue. But
tho teeth marks left on ono of tho
gang by a faithful bull dog who died
defending his mistress, proved their
undoing. Now lot the principal ac
tors tell tho story.
DANNY M'BRIDE'S STORY.
In the days when masked burglaries
were in voguo, and all tho villages
within ono hundred miles of New
York wore considered by theso spe
cial students of the dark lantern and
Jimmy as tho proper places for them
to visit, thoro was no more desporato
gang in the world than that led by
Danny McBride, who was a sort of
a hero among the lower class of citi
zens in the old Second Ward. Danny
started out when quite a young follow
as a river pirate, and was Just get
ting a knowledge of tho business
when Jerry McAuley, who was after
ward converted and founded a mis
sion, was In his former glory and had
pretty nearly all tho ship captains on
tho river front terrorized. There was
not tho police protection at that time
that there is today, and no man's
property, or oven life, was safe after
dark in certain sections of West,
South and Front streets.
Danny followed thieving on the bay
and river front for several years, but
the business was not very remunera
tive, ns most of tho stuff which was
stolen was disposed of as old junk.
It was about as safo a lino of thie
very as thero was going, because
Danny and his gang, which consisted
of Ben Harper, "Simmy" Kelly, "Old
Man" Dobbs, Pete Beller and Jack
Opp, -were Buch cold-blooded cut
throats and careless handlers of the
knife and revolver that no one, not
even tho police, cared about running
up against them. Every one of them
would kill before he would submit to
capture, and as they Invariably went
together and had the sympathy of a
large number of persons in their
bailiwick, It was practically sure
ieath for any ono who cared to test
their strength.
They were known as tho greatest
collection of rough-and-tumble fight
ers, and many a bitter battle did they
havo single-handed or together with
the champions of the Ninth, or
American Ward, as it was known at
that time. It was the toss of a cent
who was tho petter man, Abe Hicks,
tho American, or Danny McBrldo.
And, although thoy had a dozen fights
In which all the work was dono while
they were lying in tho street, they
always camo out about oven. The
last fight thoy had, John Morrissey
wbb the referee, and ho was" in sym
pathy with McBride. Hicks seemed
to be getting a trifle tho best of tho
argument, and Morrissey interfered.
Then on tho Morton street pier oc
curred one of tho bloodiest fights that
ever took place in tho Ninth Ward.
McBrldo went to the hospital covered
with wounds and glory,and It was
' three months beforo he was able to
get out.
"That Morrissey fight," said Mc
Bride, "was tho worst thing that ever
happened to me, for while I was in
the hospital the police got In on the
gang and landed Dobbs, Kelly and
Opp for killing a sailor in West street.
They got twenty years each, all be
cause I wasn't out to help them. This
broko up tho old gang, and I could
not get good men together for a now
one, when I left the hospital, who
could be trusted. I was vory fond of
tho river trade, as thero was more ex
citement in it than in any other that
I ever struck, and there were bullets
always flying in the air. I did not
like to give It up, but when I heard
that squealers were gottlng Into tho
fences on the east aldo who were
giving tips to tho police, I saw that
It was no use going on with the trade,
and put out my line for some other
business.
"It was along about this time that
Jeff Roynolds, whoso llfo I saved
when Billy Portor wns trying to fill
him full of lead, camo down from
Sing SIngaftor doing a stretch of ton
years, and the first thing he did was
to hunt mo up. I was then under
cover for a highway trick on Staten
Island, but Joft knew where to find
your undo. When I found out that
th cops had no pipes on mo for the
tataten Island Job I wont In with Jeff,
Ben Harper, Long Sam Wiley and
Spanish Forbes. Forbes was a nigger
and as clover a crook as I ever knew.
He had a nerve that would carry hlra
through a stono wall.
"Jeff got up a schemo to do tho
towns on tho East and Hudson River
fronts, and travel in a sloop. I al
ways liked the water, and this Just
eultod mo. We worked off tho tricks
in tho houses on each side of tho riv
ers ono after the other, so as to
throw down tho police. All our sail
ing waB done in the night, and Forbes,
who traveled on shoro as a beggar,
planted the places for us. It was
dead easy work, and more llko a pic
fjlo than anything else, calling up poo
blo in the night with masks on and
relieving them of their wealth. Wo
bad plenty of luck on tho Hudson
River front an. raided over forty
bouses. Tho gamb "got so hot that
THE CRIMINAL Tells
How He Planned the
Deed and Sought to Close
Every Avenue of Knowl
edge Leading to His Guilt.
The Detective Shows How
Futile These Efforts Were and
Hdw the Old Adage, Murder
Will Out, "Always Holds Good."
F. L. Ntlton
committees went out at night with
riflos to hunt for crooks and wo pulled
off for a while as It nevor pays to be
a target even for a bad. huntor.
"While laying off I picked up a pa
per and read of a swell wedding at
Englewood at the house of a man
named Baldwin ono of tho wealthiest
ducks In the nelshlwuhnod and somo
follow had figured up tho presents In
Jowolry and silver plato as being
worth $200,000. I showed It to Jeff,
and said that wo ought to glvo tho
place a call beforo any of tho pres
ents wero sold. He agreod with mo
and wo sent Forbes to tako a look at
the place. He reported that tho Job
was as easy as finding tho stuff, on
tho road, and tho night after the wed
ding wo landed In Englowood in a
grocery wagon. Threo or four dogs
wero roaming about the grounds whon
wo got there, and It took an hour or
two to quiet theso with somo condi
tion powders and meat, which we al
ways carried on theso trips.
"When wo got alongsfdo of tho
houso I was afraid of alarm bells, so
I sent Wiley to tho top of the piazza
to try his luck. Tho window catch
was a doublo-cnder, which could not
bo worked with a blade, and ho had
to cut out a pane of glass with a dia
mond point. Tho window opohed in
to a vacant room, and wo all got Into
the house that way. Wo put on our
masks and started through tho house.
Wo struck old Baldwin's room first,
and ho actually showed fight. Ho tried
to get to a knob which probably was a
signal of sdmo kind, and Jeff put him
to sleep with a sandbag. They were
all fighters In the housw, and a young
follow shot Jeff through tho arm In
tho hall. He was put to sleep beforo
he could do any more shooting. Tho
women throe of them had to bo
tied up and gagged to keep them still.
"When we thought that everybody
was safo wo divided up and went on
a hunt for tho swag. Forbes went to
tho front of the house, and In a few
seconds I heard somo tcrriblo growls
and a lot of. things upsetting. I ran
to tho room, and thero was Forbes
having It out with a bull mastiff on
tho floor, with a young woman sit
ting on tho bed nnd urging tho boast
on. Sho was a beauty and not scared
a bit. The mastiff was getting tho
best of tho fight and had a grip on
Forbes' neck which was making him
look sick. I pulled my gun and or
dered tho girl to call off tho dog, but
she defied mo and told mo to blaze
away. 'I Baw the bluff would not
work, so I got out my old blackjack,
an ugly-looking thing, and hit the
beast a clip on the skull that knocked
the life out of him.
"The girl flew at me when I banged
tho dog, llko a 'wild animal, and I had
all I could do to hold her without
hurling her. I would not havo
harmed a hair of that spunky girl's
head for a million, but I had to gag
her for safoty. I always felt sorry
for her as she lay looking at tho dog,
which was prorably her pot, and
mado a good fight to defend her.
"We had easy sailing after that,
and in every room thero was a lot of
stuff which we put Into bags, All of
It looked good and was very heavy.
Thero was any quantity of Jewelry
lying around, and in a small safe
which wo had no trouble in forcing
with a wedgo, there was a load of
diamonds which had been 'described
in the papers. Wo took our tlmo in
packing everything up in good shape,
and after n good meal and a big
draught of the old man's wlno cellar,
we quit the place. Harper waB wait
ing down the road a bit with tho
wagon, and wo loaded all the stuff
into it."
DETECTIVE MALLON'8 8TORY.
"Tho dastardly treatment which
tho thioves," said Detective Mallon,
"who did the work at Baldwin's man
sion in Englewood gavo tho family
caused great excitement, and the lo
cal police wero paralyzed' and did not
know which way to turn. Mr. Bald
win lived part of the time In Now
York, and was a brokor In Wall
street. Ho requested us to elve him
aid In running down tho thieves, nnd
offered $20,000 reward for their cap
ture. The case was given to mo tho
second day after the robbery, and I
wont carefully over tho ground.
Everything had boen turned upside
down by the local pollco, In the hunt
for somothlng which might lead to
tho Identity of tho men. '
"I found the family In a torrlblo
condition, and Miss Allco Baldwin al
most crazy over tho loss of her dog,
which defended her so gallantly, and
was burled in the finest part of tho
lawn. The others were all suffering
from concussion of tho brain from n
tcrriblo blow on tho head. Tho only
member of tho family who could glvo
any clue, which was of any vnlue was
Miss Allco, who slept through all tho
early part of the confusion and was
awakened by tho growling of tho dog.
Tho light was burning in hor room,
and she saw a heavy built man stand
ing besldo her bod. Sho called tho
dog, who was lying at tho foot of the
bed, and set him on the thief. In tho
struggle tho dog tore tho mask off,
and she saw the burglar was a negro.
"She said that she had seen tho
negro beforo in Englowood, and
thought that sho had seen him on a
wagon loaded with garden truck go
ing toward New York about two
weeks beforo. Upon this information
I mado a tour all through tho country
to got a trace of a missing negro nnd
wasted a lot of tlmo in following tho
wanderlngs-of a colored man who had
worked for sevoral days with a farm
er near Lodl. I found him, but thoro
wero no wounds on his body, and this
left him out of tho game.
"When I returned to "Now York, I
had a completo list of all tho stolon
goods, and mado a tour of all the
fonces which were likely to glvo up
Information to tho police, but learned
nothing that would do mo any good
A friend oj mine who kept a liquor
storo in Greenwich street told mo of
a watch which ho had bought from a
fellow who looked llko a tramp nbout
a week beforo, nnd it had all the
marks of ono of tho watchos which
had been stolon. I took tho watch to
Mr. Baldwin, and ho said that it was
his proporty.
"I mado up my mind that tho tramp
did not hnvo any hand In tho rob
bery, and had got possession of tho
watch In somo other way. I hunted
high and low for thla follow, in tho
cheap dives, and finally landed a fel
low answering to his description. I
took him to the liquor dealer, nnd ho
was fully Identified. 1 locked him up
and squeozed him very hard for In
formation. Ho persisted that ho had
found tho watch in tho street, but
after ho was put through tho mill,
and charged with killing a man to
gel thS tlmo plcco, ho admitted t1M-
he stolo It from a man who was ly-1
lng drunk in a hallway In Qreonwicn
street,
"From tho description that ho gavo
mo and tho knowlodgo of crooks
which I had, I concludod that it was
i
probably Danny McBride. I dropped
downtown, and, after hanging nround
for a few days, I felt satisfied that !
Danny was In hiding for somothlng. 1 J
could not find him in any of his
hauntB, and I knew from his friends
telling mo that they had not seen him
tlmt he was keeping out of sight for
something. I had nover known that
Danny was In tho house-cracking busi
ness, as ho had always figured as a
river plrato, and, a bad ono at that.
"Ono ovonlng-, whllo going through
Bleeckor Btrcot, I mot Frank Carroll,
and ho told mo an amusing story
about a voodoo woman, who sold
charms to tho superstitious negroes.
She was from Cuba, spoko Spanish
and had wonderful powers. She could
destroy witches who followed no
groes, and could ctiie diseases by the
laying on of her hands. Carroll said
that thero was a roport going around
among tho negroes that slid had
healed tho wounds and destroyed tho
evil spirit which was bothering a no
gro at a siuglo sitting, for which ser
vice sho had received a fabulous sum.
Ordinarily, I wouldn't have listcnod
to this story, but by somo strango ,
Influence I associated this negro with
tho ono who had been bitten by tho ,
dog at Baldwin's houso.
"A good dotectlvo always run down
every idea, no matter how foolish it ,
may seem, and I decided to hnvo a
chat with tho vobdoo doctress. Sho
lived In a rear building in Wooster
'street, on the top floor, and received
mo with a great show of suspicion.
I told her that I bolloved In her pow
er to kill my enemies, and I offered
to pay hor liberally for ono of her'j
enemy-destroying charms. Money
would not tompt hor to do anything
for me, and sho said that she could
not treat white poople. It Is against
tho rulos of theso doctors to talk
"about a patient, but I told her about
tho story I had heard about her get
ting a largo sum of money for heal
ing one of her patient's wounds.
"In a few moments sho limbered
up a little and mado a statement that
fairly caused mo to Jump for Joy. She
said that tho vocdoo which had this
man in his power had bitten him all
over the body, and his flesh wns filled
with deep Indentations from the
teoth. That was all she would say
then, and she would not tell who ho
was or anything about him excopt
that ho had gono to Cuba. I got a
detectlvo from tho Mercer street sta
tion to watch tho houso and in tho
evening I got Al Pender, a colored
man who could bo depended on to
play a part.
"Ho called upon tho voodoo woman,
and tho first thlnG ho did was to pull
out a big knlfo and sharpen It. He
said nothing whllo doing this and the
woman became very uneasy. When
he got through tho pantomlmo ho
told hor In vory Bolemn tones that
the object of his visit was to kill her.
Ho gavo hor ono alternative. If she
would toll him who the man was
who called on her with tho teeth
marks in his body, her life would be
spared and sho would get $1,000 In
gold. Pender shook a bag full of
metal and gave her three minutes to
answer. Sho whispered the namo of
Spanish Forbes. Pender know that
ho had the woman in his power, and
pressed tho question, under the same
conditions, as to whore Forbes was.
She told him ho was In a certain cel
lar In Wooster street.
"I had hoard all sho said from tho
hall, and at this point oponod the
door. I ordored her to tako me to
Forbes, but it took a prod from Pond
or'n knife to make her move. Sho
had told the truth. Forbes was in tho
cellar in a somi-dellrlouB stnto from
morphine. Ho talked all tho time,
and I mado tho woman sit on his bed.
Ho seemed to be frightoncd whon he
snw her. I asked him who was with
him at tho Englowood robbery, and
whon I told him that tho woman had
told mo everything, ho gave the
names of Jeff Roynolds, Danny Mc
Bride, Sam Wiley and Bun Hnrpor,
and told where they could be found.
"That was enough for me, and I
sent Forbes to a hospital undor
guard. The same night I captured
McBride, Wiley and Reynolds. Thoy
wero tried, convicted and put away
for fifteen years in Jersey. I caught
Harper two years later, and ho got
tho samo dose. Forbes, who turnod
state's ovldonco, got off with seven
years.
The Difference.
Timothy L. Woodruff, dressed no
loss quietly than faultlessly, wns
laughing, at tho Chicago Auditorium,
over tho old stories about his con
flagration or rainbow waistcoats.
"My walBtcoats," he said, "wero al
ways in good tnste. At least thoy
wero always quiet. Those old yarns
about them wero started by men who
had nevor seen a waistcoat that didn't
match tho coat.
"Loud waistcoats indicate vanity.
I am not a vain man nor a proud one,
either, for that matter."
"But Is thero much difference be
tween pride and vanity?" a Chicago
reporter asked,
"A groat difference," Mr. Woodruff
answered. "Prido says; 'I don't think
much of you.' Vanity asks: 'What do
you think - mV" .
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THE agitation for the extermination of tho houso fly in Texas has resulted In tho killing of millions of tho
postB. Tho nbovo photograph shows a heap of millions of flies caught in specially built fly traps In Mac
brogor, Texas.
HEARS PRAYERS; DIES
Suicide' of an Eccentric Religious
Enthusiast.
Wealthy Fish Merchant In Washing-
ton Market, Manhattan, Retired
From Business and Intended
to Spend Life In Ease.
Now York. After picking out a
burial plot, making his will and carry
ing out other nrrangemcuts for his
death, John Elsey, 71 years old, whoso
eccentricities' had made him ono of
tho city characters, committed suicide
in his homo, 08 Jowett nvenuo, Jersoy
City. Just beforo firing two bullets In
to his bond ho had hla daughtor-ln-lnw,
Mrs. Augustus Elsey, read to him sov
oral extracts from a prayer-book. Ho
sent her to her room to do somo sow
ing and said he was going to tako n
short nap. Instead ho went to bath
room, whero he killed hluibelf.
Elsey sovcral years ago was ono of
tho wealthiest fish merchants In Wash
ington Market, .Manhattan. Ho sold
out bis placo for $250,000 and thon de
cided to devoto himself to a llfo of
religion and ease. Religion was his
main Interest in llfo. Ono of his chil
dren died 20 years ago and ho found
ed tho Elsey Chapel, In Jewett avo
nuo, as a memorial. Before that time
Elsey had carried his tellglous ro-
searcheB to Iho point of making fre
quent changes In his faith. Whon the
chapel was opened he was among the
Seventh-Day Adventists.
Ho became convinced not long aft
erward that tho Salvation Army work
crs wero tho oxponents of his favorite
doctrines and he gave tho chapel to
tho Salvationists when ho was con
verted. Subsequently It was occupied
as tho Church of tho First Born, by
tho Faith Cure sect and then went
back to tho Salvation Army. Elsey
frequently talked from tho pulpit and
delighted to tell the Influences that
had worked to convert him to a new
faith.
Ho was married twice. His first
wife divorced him and tho second
died in 1900. Tho widow of his son,
Mrs. Augustus Elsey, and Mrs. Jessie
Tulley, a housekeeper, lived with him
In the Jewett street house. Tho old
man had other valuable property,
among the renlty pieces being a man
sion in Duncan avenue that ho sold
last April to Edward J. Edwards, state
controller. Several times since then
ho regretted tho sale of this house.
Two weeks ago with blB daughter-in-law
he wont to Cypress HHIb ceme
tery, in Brooklyn, whero bo made ar
rangements for a burial plot for him
self and also ho picked out ono for
Mrs. Elsey. He admitted to Mrs,
Elsey ho had mado all his plans for
death. However, there seemed to bo
no change In his spirits after that
time. He seemed cheerful as bo list
ened to several chapters from his
nowest religious book, Prevailing
Prayer Aftr h waB found with two
bullets In his head in tho bathroom ho
never recovored consciousness.
"I don't know why he should have
killed himself," said Mrs. Elsey. "Ho
and I have lived to ourselves for
years as flno as princes. He had plen
ty of money to last him nil his life,
but he worried about monoy ho had
lost and nbout tho sale of tho Duncan
avenue houso. Then ho has not been
the same since ho gavo up his business."
Man Mars Dual Nuptials
Father of One Bridegroom-Elect Locks
Him Up In Protest Police
Are Called.
Washington, Pa. A double wedding,
for which great preparations had been
made, was marred and but ono bride
and bridegroom faced tho clergyman
as a result of tho sudden determina
tion of Jamos Lennox not to allow his
son to marry tho girl of IiIb choice.
Tho doublo ceremony was to havo
united tho Uvea ot Clyde II. Moss nnd
Annio B. Bennet and Stephen Lennox
and Laura V. M. Bennet. At tho ap
pointed hour tho guests wero waiting
and tho two sisters, society leaders of
tho town, stood ready to begin tho
maich to tho ultar.
Moss appeared, but Lennox did not
arrivo, nnd finally, in desperation, a
ricBscngor was sont to tho Lennox
homo. Father Lennox promptly in
formed tho messenger that his son
Stephen was bafcly locked up In his
loom upstairs and would not bo married.
THEFT WEIGHED ON HER MIND
Converted at a Revival Meeting, She
Asks Forgiveness of the
Storekeeper.
Devil's Lako, N. D. Remorso for
having stolen an applo from tho Qual
ity department storo of this city 20
years ago, when she was n schoolgirl,
caused a St. Paul woman, who signed
her nnmo as "Mrs. F. C." of Dayton's
Bluff, St. Paul, to send tho local
merchant a lotter asking forgiveness.
Tho owners of tho storo say thoy
know who tho woraon is, but refuse to
discloso hor idonttty.
"Moro than 20 years ago," says tho
St. Paul woman, "I was a schoolgirl
living In Dakota, nnd you wero run
ning tho storo nt tho trading point,
now Devil's Lnko. Whllo on my way
to school ono ay I saw that no ono
was looking and I took a big apple
from a baskot In front of your plnco
of business. I wns converted last Fri
day night in a rovlval meeting bolng
held In ono of tho churches In this vi
cinity and I want to make my wrong
right both with you nnd my mnker."
MOTHER URGES SON'S DEATH
Witness Says Woman 8aw Boy Mur
dered by Another Youth In
Baltimore.
Baltimore. That Mrs. EnAna Bam
beiger saw mortal wounds inflicted on
her son nnd encouraged Albert Pat
torson to kill tho boy was tho startling
testimony In the pollco court as tho
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Victim of Disease of Eyes Also Is En
abled to Memorize Article
at Sight.
Now York. Visual power by which
a man can read tho entire page of an
ordinary book at a glance and repeat
every line word for word is tho sub
ject of an article by Dr. George M.
Gould In tho current number of The
Journal of tho American Medical as
sociation. That this power is due not
to normnl visual conditions, but to a
dlsenso of tho eyes, is Dr. Gould's con
tention. The man with tho remnrkablo eyes
Is designated as "Mr. C." This man
can read several books each evening,
nnd usually he can repeat all he has
read without error. He Is fond of
poetry nnd novels, and a quick glance
at tho pages suffices to fix its conlcuta
Indelibly in his memory.
Tho case was easily explained by
those who havo knowlodge of the phy
siology of binocular, or two-eyed vis
ion, Dr. Gould says. Somn tlmo dur
ing tho mlddlo years of the man's life
the central part or tho retina, tho
"macular" rcslon vf lh right oyo, woo
destroyed by an Inflammation caused
by eyestrain. The "fixing" part of
the retina was obliterated, leaving
thero .i blind, round cpaco or hole.
Tho loft eyo was not diseased and con
tinued tho usual perfection of a ma
cular or central vision.
"By long, unconscious and forced ex
erclso," continues Dr, Gould, "tho
healthy zone of tho right retina sur
rounding tho macular was educated to
such u degreu that it could, when un
'X-
Pollco officers wero hurried to the
Lennox homo, but tho fnthor of the
prospectivo bridegroom remained firm'
nnd refused to glvo up his son.
Tho wedding of Moss and Miss An
nio Bonnet went on nccordlng to pro
gram, while tho brldo who had boen
left waiting at tho altar locked her
self In her room und wopL
HAS BULLET-PROOF SKULL
Despondent Shoemaker Falls In His
Attempt at Suicide Physl-
clans Are Surprised.
Ely, Cal. This city will evidently
furnlah tho stato with tho first case of
folony chargo under tho now law,
against n man who attempted to com
mit sulcido and failed.
Joo Lolssole, a shoemaker, despond
ent and tired of llfo, as ho claims,
when in his lodging Uoubo room,
placed u rovolvur to his head und
fired. Tho bullet, Instead of reaching
IN TEXAS
gruosomo nftormath of a torrlflc strug
glo in which young Bamberger lost nil
life lato tho other night.
"That woman ran across the
streot," said a witness. "Sho Blappod
tho boy In tho face and paid 'Kill
him.'"
Other witnesses corroborated that
testimony.
Albert J, Patterson, who did the cut
ling, wns hold ponding tho action of
a coronor's Inquest, whllo Mrs. Bam
berger, tho dead boy's mothor, was
held ns an accomplice.
TO CONFISCATE GIRLS' MAIL
How Postmaster Is to End Practice
He Regards no Evil To Give Let
ters to Parents.
Flushing, N. Y. A new and effective
schemo for curbing mlsuso of tho post
ofllce'K general delivery window has
bon put Into effect by Postmnster
Thomas B. Lowcrro hero. Ho will
henceforth confiscate all general do
llvory letters addressed to young girls
of tho vlllago and turn them over to
tiioir parents or somo malo member of
tho family. Mr. Loworro Bald ho
recently became nwnro that Bomo of
tho girls of tho vlllago wero receiv
ing mall which ho thought would stand
inspection by tholr parents.
Man In Tree Dead a Year.
Missoula, Mont. Tho mummified
romnlns of a man, bcllovod to have
boon E. KoBt, a globo trottor, Judging
from papers found on him, waB dis
covered in a tall tree. The man had
been sitting above an old Indian hunt
ing platform. Apparently he had slip
ped and his log caught In the limb.
Tho body had been hanging for moro
than a year.
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moved, receivo nnd transmit to tho
brain tho image of the entire page,
except that part falling upon tho cen
tral portion, which has been de
stroyed." PUNCH BOWL CENTURY OLD
Relic of Early New York to Be Placed
In Metropolitan Museum for
. Safe-Keeping.
Now York. Tho Morton punch bowl,
nil, historic pieco of raro Lowestoft
porcelain which was presented to tho
city of Now York by Governor Jacob
Morton in 1812, has Just ended a 100
year sojourn in the governor's room
of tho city hall, and will now bo con
signed for safe-keoplng to a glass case
in tho Metropolitan Musoum of Art
Tho bowl la nearly six feet in cir
cumference, making it tho lnrgcst per
fect piece of tho waro in existence.
Its amplo Interior carries a hugo bird's
eye vlow of New York city in 1903, to
gether with the seals of tho nation and
stato, tho frlgato Constitution under
full sail, and a presentment of a ship
yard. Its Inscription rend;
"Drink deep. You will preserve the
city nnd encourage canals."
Family Warned by Mental Telepathy.
Detroit, Mich. Mental telepathy
aided Mrs. Richard Meyer to foretell
her father's death at St. Louis, Mo.
Ho died shortly ufter telepathic com
munication had been flashed to all his
children. Mrs. Meyer claims that for
years tho family hns been warned of
impending dipaster by similar flashes.
tho brain, ns would ordinarily be ex
pected, flattoncd against the skull,
croatlng only a painful wound.
Tho physicians who revived him
declare they aro at a completo loss
to explain how tho ihIshIIo failed to
peuotrato and produce Instant death.
LIES IN HOT SALT SOLUTION
Dixie Doctors Try to Save Louisville
(Ky.) Newspaper Man Suffering
From Burns,
Loulsvlllo, Ky. Charles T. Rogers,
who for six years wub night editor at
Loulsvlllo, and who suffered severe
burns In n flro In his rooming house,
lies Immersed in a bathtub filled with
a saline solution kept at n tempera
ture of 100 degrees Fahrenheit. This
couruo was directed by the Burgeon at
tending him at n hosuital as a last
chauco to save his llfo. Gangrene has
developed nnd tho doctors hopo In
this way to check it.
Mr. Rogors not only Buttered burns
upon his limbs, fncolind body, hut" In
haled fumes ub woll. '
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TRUE SPIRIT OF THE WEST
Broad Interchange of Ideas Ono of
the Secrets of That Section's
Rapid Growth.
The western cities havo commenced
their annual gadding around among
tholr neighbors. Just ns Boon as the
snowdrifts melt and train .schodules
bocomo regular, "boosters'" organiza
tions from every Trans-Mississippi
hamlot nnd metropolis pack their
grips, charter a train and zigzag
through threo or four states, which Is
feouit Unitary as thenrcit sacs.
Thoy hnvo two missions to spread
the gospel that their particular local
ity Is tho best in tho country la
which to bo happy nnd prosperous
and spy out, absorb and appropriate,
any Improvement, method or custom
of vnluo which their guests may
havo nnd thoy lack.
This interchange of Ideas regard
ing business methods, municipal gov
ernment, how to rnlso bumper crops
nnd swat tho greedy corporations Is
tho secret of tho growth of tho west,
and also explains why It annually pre
sents n now hatch of political anil
civic Ideas and backs thorn with a
solidarity that la amazing.
In unity thero Is strength, nnd In
co-operation and nclghborllncss there
is growth. It Is peculiar of tho west
nnd to tho west that whllo tho cities
flght among themselves for su
premacy thoy will drop all differences
nnd flght much huider for the west.
Philadelphia Evening Times.
SERVES A DOUBLE PURPOSE
Cultivation of Garden Reduces Cost of
Living and Helps to Beautify
the City.
Thoro Is no good reason why the
occupant of a small lot In city or town
should complain about tho high cost
of living In tho summer time, If he Is
willing to endure sore muscles for a
brief porlod nnd to undortako, perhaps
unaccustomed labor with a spado and
rnko.
Every back yard on which tho sun
shines with reasonable warmth can bo
mado to produca fresh vegetables
enough to supply thn nvoraco family
in abundanco nnd variety not sur
passed by tho menus of cxpenslvo ho
tels. Every food requirement can bo met
with vegetables grown In tho'back gar
den. It Is Indeed difficult to, And tho
soil or location which will not produco
good crops If propor skill nnd caro bo
URPrt In fertilizing and preparing thi
soil nnd in choosing the seed.
Statistics hnvo proved Hint the high
cost of living Is not due to Increased
oxpenso in producing food, but that
tho big proportion of the high prices
goes to tho middlemen. Every owner
of a garden is Independent of tho mid
dleman, No time may ho lost by tho
man who wants to try garoVnlng in
proparlng tho ground nnd sowing tho
seed. ,
Beautiful Cities of the Future.
Tho development of American cit
ies, especially since the civil war, hns
been so rapid that it has been almost
entirely commercial. Llko r Topsy,
American cities havo "Just growed."
rnoy ocgan wicn a cluster oi snticK"?
at somo road crossing and In their
growth they followed tho lines of lcasj.
resistance Streets took the places ot
cowpaths .and gradually a town came
Into exlstcnco and the authorities
thought that all that was necessary
to prepare for future growth was to
adopt a city plan of square streets or
streets conforming to tho topographi
cal conformation of tho place. In
many places the main thoroughfares
aro narrow and those In later years
hnvo becomo congested, the cities
hnvo taken on a hodgepodge look and
thero hns been no room for boautl
fylng things unless radical changes
ehould bo made. Many an American
city has wak'ed up to these conditions
nnd tho result bus been that nil over
tho country the architectural physi
cians havo been called in to help
things out. If the pace keopa up theso
architects venturo to predict that with
in twenty years tho United States will
have a score, If not moro, of beautiful
cities, which cannot bo surpassed auy
whero in the world for their size.
t Rose-Slip Day.
Tacomn, in the etnto of Washing
ton, has worked out an idea that is
worth copying. It haB a Tacoma Rose
society, nnd this society has hit upon
the plan of giving away roso slips In
order to encourage tho cultivation ot
roses and to help along the campaign
for a city beautiful. Tho first roso
sllp day was celebrated this year. The
socloty was not prepared for tho de
mand for Blips. Crowds, many ot
whoso membera wero children, clam
ored for cuttings. Tho society had
only 3G.000 to give nway, and this did
not come anywhero near mooting tho
call. It has now nnnounced that it
will be glad to receive cuttings from
any citizens who aro pruning tholr
bushes, and next year it hopes to dis
tribute C00.0P0 slips.
What such a planting of roses will
do for Tacoma can be imagined. Ot
course, rose-growers on tho Pacltto
,coast enjoy cortnln advantages which
ithelr eastern kindred sigh for in vain,
but tho Tncoraa idea Is worth copy
ing, If not In loses in something elso.
Tipping the Porter.
. On a rocent trip to California Bert
Jwalkor says tho Pullman porter acted
ns though ho wanted something from
Iho passengers. "What do you want?"
pert askod him. "Oh, anything yoa
Leo fit to glvo, boss," ropllod tho por
ter. "All right," said Bort. "Boys,
pet's glvo tho porter throe cheora."
And they did.
. To Preserve Meat.
' Any kind ot fresh meat may bo kept
as long as wanted by bofng sliced and
t 'put in glass preserve Jars roasting hoL
' Tho gravy should bo put In, too.
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