I.;,
AMERICAN .RAILWAYS
As Rclntsd to Commercial, Indus
trial and Agricultural Interests.
1'rrncnt PitIimI Hlylcil Hi"- Ar or
TrjiiiNporltitliiii KoitIbii Uiiuii
irlcn IliijInUr Our I.iU'iiiiiiiIUi'h
lCVI'lllIllll'lll of 1 III" W'vhI.
"One of oifr great writers fi'irsfciiid of
Oils olojJng period if the nineteenth
century Hint it l mi age of trnnsporta
lion. Transportation undcrjic mute-a-iiil
prosperity In every ili:)iirtiiii'iil of
commerce. Without transportation
commerce would be impossible, 'i hose
stales (ind nations me. rich, powerful
nnd enlightened whose transportation
facilities nri- licfct (mil most extended.
The d,v1i)g nations me those with little
of no tiuusportution facilities."
These Were n part f the opening
words of nn address delivered before
tlie International Coininerelal congress,
recently held In Philadelphia, by
George Jl. Daniels, General Passenger
Agent of the New York Central &. Hud
son Klver railroad, and president of the
Aineriean Ashocinlion of General Pas
senger Agents.
I It: then went on lo(piole Mr. Mulliall.
the Rrltlsh statistician, who in his work
on "The. Wealth of ,utlons" said of the
United States in IM5: "If we take a
i.urvcy of mankind in ancient or mod
ern times, as regards the physical, me
chnnieul mid intellectual force of na
tions, we llnd nothing to compare with
the United Slates." '
Mr. iMulliiill proved by his statistics
thnt the working power of a t-Itigle per
son in the United Stales was twice that
of a German or I'Yenehiutin, more than
three times that of tin Austrian and live
times that of an Italian. He said the
United States was then the richest
country in the world, its wealth exceed
ing that of (ireat Hritiiln by .'15 per
cent., mid added that in the history of
the human race no nation eer before
possessed 41,000,000 of instructed citi
zens, Should Mr. Mulliall revise his fig
ures to-day, the differences would all
be in favor of the United States, for in
the past IS mouths we have demon
Btnited the superiority of our manufac
tures in every direction, mid our ability
to cope successfully with questions
which have heretofore been handled ex
cluslvcly by the older nations is now
recognized by all the world.
Mr. Daniels told of a letter he had re
ceived from a friend in Tokio, written
only a short time ago, in which was this
significant sentence: ''You will be in
terested in knowing that 1 have hang
ing on the wall of my olllccn framed pic
ture of your 'Empire State Impress,
nnd we expect in the hear future to be
limiting a Japanese 'Umpire Express'
with au American locomotive." They
have now in Japan more than 100 lo
comotives that were built In the United
States. In Hussla they huvei nearly
.1,000 American locomotives, and prac
tically every railway in Great Rritnin
hns ordered locomotives from this coun
try since the beginning of the war with
Spain.
lint It is not alone our locomotives
"thnt have attracted the attention of for
eigners who have visited our shores;
our railway equipment generally has
commanded admiration and is now re
ceiving the highest compliment, name
ly, imitation by many sister nations.
The demand for American locomo
tives from all parts of the world Mr.
Daniels attributed, in the first place,
to the Miperlor quality of our ma
chinery, and, in the second, to the fact
that the general passenger agents of
the Aineriean railways have, through
their advertising, made the marvelous
results accomplished by our locomo
tives housohold words In every country
on the globe.
The emperor of Germany in Ids
Hpcceh to the Prussian diet in January
Inst, said Mr. Daniels, did not lay the
grentcst. stress upon the necessity for
increasing the army or for the eon
tslruetlou of additional bhlpa for the
navy, but he did impress upon his hear
ers the great importance of extending
the railroads and the navigable-canals.
In order that the German nation might
have knowledge of (he most advanced
theories and practice in the construc
tion and operation of railways an im
perial German commission was sent to
the United States a short time ago fr
the purpose of exnmliilng American
railways and making such recommen
dations as their Investigation should
Miggest. In the report of this commis
sion, which was recently published, one
of the .first sentences U as follows:
"Lack of speed, lack of comfort, lack
of cheap rates, are the charges brought
against the German empire's railways,
as compared with those of the I'uWcil
States." They recommended the adop
tion of many of our met Hods explain
ing in their report that they were far
superior, not only to those in vogue iti
Germain, but also superior to those of
any other country .
One of the claims inadebj Mr. Daniels
Is that railroads supersede the canals,
and he ghes as one reason the general
demand of the American public for
quick' time. A shipper Inning a hun
dred thousand barrels of flour or u mil
lion bushels of grain for export must
move it from liiilTiiln to New York with
in u specified time, and he cannot risk
the slow process of the canal.
What It ii I Iron (In Have ArcnitiiillsliiMl,
A few examples of the achievements
of American r-llnuuds' in a little more.
than half a century, and many of them
within the hut 23 years, Were then
given. Reforc the railroad were built
It took a week to go from New York to
Huffalu, nearly three weeks from New
Yrtrk to Chicago; and, at that time no
ma n would" have thought of making a
trip from New York to the Pacific coast,
except a few n( the hardiest pioneers,
iititl when rm such au occasion the good
byes vvcrc siii(f, it was expected on both
sides that it would lie forever Jf to
morrow night 3011 should place a letter
on (he Pacific arid Oriental mail train,
which leaves' New York nil): 15, you may
be sure that vour correspondent In San
Francisco wllj bu, reading it next Mon
day .night four days from New York.
The f miners of our constitution would
have considered a man entirely beside
hliilself who would have suggested such
a possibility.
In 1876 the states east of the Missouri
river were sending food and clothing
to the Blnrving people of Kansas.
Thanks to the facilities a fforded by the
railroads the corn crop of Kansas this
year is .') 10,000,(100 bushels.
It seems but a very few years, said
the speaker, since I made my first trip
to Colorado, and stopepd on my way
at the home of HulTalo Hill, at North
Platte, Neb., on the Union Pacific. At
Ogalalln, fil miles west of North Platte,
the Sioux Indians were roaming over
the prairies and making more or less
trouble for the early settlers who ven
tured .v far out of the beaten paths of
civilization. The Nebraska corn crop
this year covers 8,000,000 acres, and the
yield Is L'OO.OOO.OOO bushels.
Prciious to the construction of the
Northern Pacille, the Great Northern,
Northwestern, SI. Paul, Hurlington,
and other railways (hat traverse that
wonderful region known as the "wheat
belt,',' there was nothing to be seen hut
prairie grass and an occasional band of
untamed savages.
i:'Vilo))imnt of I'nrlllr Const.
In 181!) there came across the conti
nent reports of the discovery of gold
in California, but the only means ol
reaching its Golden Gate was by sea
around Cape Horn, m the long and per
ilous journey, with ox (cams, across the
plains, including what was then styled
in our geographies the American des
ert, nnd through the hazardous moun
tain passes of the western part of the
continent. The completion of the Pa
cific railroads changed all this, and
opened new fields for all kinds of enter
prises, in an unexplored territory
stretching over more than 2,000 miles
to the west, northwest nnd southwest
of the Mississippi river, the products of
which region were prnt'i ieally valueless
until the menus of transporting fhem
were provided by the railroads. The
wheat crop of California this year is
37,000,000 bushels. The largest crop
ever produced in California was in 1880,
when owing to exceptionally favorable
weather conditions that state produced
cn.OOO.OOf) bushels. The gold output of
California for the year 189!) is estimated
at $10,000,000. The vineyards and or
ange groves of California would le of
practically little value were it not for
the fnct thai the railroads, by their
trains of refrigerator and t put Hated
cars, make if possible to transport the
products of her fertile valleys In all sec
tions of the country.
It seems but yesterday that the rail
roads were completed into Portland,
Ore., Tacoma and Seal tie, Wash., and it
is marvelous Unit for the year ended
June 30, 1890, there was exported from
the Columbia River valley 10,0(0,00C
bushels of wheat initl from the Puget
sound region 10,000,000. bushels. Ore
gon and Washington form tlu; north
west corner of Him territory of the
United States sooth of the line of Ilril
ish Columbia and are directly on the
route to ourextreinu. northwest posses
sion, Alaska. The wheat crop of (he
states of Oregon nnd Washington for
(he year IKO'J is 4B,C00,:00 bushels. There
was exported during the year ended
.June :), lbOit, from I ho Columbia river
direct to foreign ports 1,100,000 barrels
of flour, and from Pugot sound points
800,000 barrel,.
Colorado, which, with its inexhaust
ible minCs of gold, silver, lead, iron mid
coal, forms almost an empire in itself,
will produce this year of 1801) of gold,
$21,000,000; of silver, $11,1500,000; of
lead, $1,400,000, in addition to a mag
nificent crop of wheat, fruit and vege
tables. Thanks (o her railroad facili
ties, Montana is to-day Jl)e richest min
er J 1 region of its size in the world. The
latest published statistics those of
1M7- -give the mineral output of Mon
tana nti 3J,0OO,U0D.
Without railroads, Kansas, Nebras
ka, Minnesota, North and South J)ako
tu, Montana, Colorado, California, Ore
gon and Washington would still be the
home of savages.
NervJci of Aiiiei'lciiu lUillrniid.
It is beyond question that American
railroads to-day furnish the best serv
ice in the world, at the lowest rates of
fare, at the same time paying their em
ploy is very much higher wages than
are paid for similar service in any other
country on the globe. In the United
States the lirst-clasS passenger fares
last ivnr averaged, 2.0 cents per mile,
although on boiuu large railway the
average was several mills less tljan two
eiuts per mile; In England the first
efass fare is four cents, per mile; third
class fare, for vastly inferior service,, is
two cuits per mile, but only .on certain
parliamentary trains. In, Prussia the
fare is three .cents per' mile; in Aus
trla, 11.03 ceiith per mile, and in France,
.Villi wj'itb jut mile. . .
Our passenger earn excel those of
foreign countries in all that goes to make
up lire comfort and convenience of n
journey. Our sleeping and parlor car
system is vastly superior to theirs; our
baggage system is infinitely better tlian
(heirs and arranged upon a much more
liberal binds. Aineriean railroads car
ry 1.70 pounds of baggage free, whjh;
(he German mil roads carry only 63
pounds free. The lighting of our trains1
is superb, while the lighting of trains,
on most foreign lines fa wretched.
Hiimr .Striking I :-rn in 111 .
Mr. Daniels then-cites two examples
of flic, unsurpassed passenger train fa
cilities of American railways.
A single: locomotive recently Ifaulcd
a passenger train-of 10 ears, nine of
which were sleeping nnd parlor carst
from New York to Albany, a distance
of 143 miles, in three hours and 13 min
utes, which is ll' miles per hour, and
is the regular schedule time of the
train. The train weighed 1,832,000
pounds and was 1,212 feet or nearly a
quarter of a mile long.
The Kmpirc State express has for
years been maVing the run from New
York to HulTalo, .1-10 miles. In eight
hours nnd 13 minutes, an average speed
of 31 l-:i miles au hour, including four
stops two of them for changing engines-
and 28 slow-downs, on account
of running through incorporated towns
and cities. l''or one stretch of 22 miles,
another of 17 miles, nnothcr of 10 miles
and another of CO miles, the regular
scheduie time is exactly CO miles nn
hour. For one stretch of 12 miles it is
(J3. to miles nn hour. For (mother
stretch of nearly ten miles It Is Ct.80
miles an hour. The weight of this
train is G0S.0OO pounds, and it has seat
ing capacity for 218 passenger.
These are some of the achievements
of Aineriean railways in passenger serv
ice (hat have not been approached in
any other country on the globe, and in
my opinion it is achievements of this
character that have made it possible
for the United States to expand its com
merce with such astounding rnpiuit.
The. fact that American passenger
service attracts (he attention of people
of every other country who visit our
shores is demonstrated by the desire of
ail foreigners to ride on the Kmpiic
State express the fastest long-distance
train in the world -and the further de
sire to examine the magnificent ma
chines (ha( haul our great trains.
FIRST MACHINE TOOL.
A. B'rlnillUi- INWIit'n Wliccl I Sculp-
turril on One of (lie .MonuiuciitM
of AtioU-nt luKj'Iit.
There can be very little dqubt that
the potter's wheel, or potter's lathe, as
it is also termed, represents to-day the
most ancient form of machine tool
known.
Among the many sculptured records
of the trades and occupations which so
viviiljy represent the customs and hab
its of the ancient l'gyptians, the potter
nnd his wheel hnVe been found fre
quently depicted, and it is curious to
note that through the almost countless
generations since that time this crude
lyjvc of In the lias undergone no material
modification.
The primitive form was evidently a
riuil round table, set on a pivot and
free to revolve, being (urued by hand
xi( iutervals; ami to this device there
were added in the course of time such
simple conveniences as a table to sup
port it and a foot or a hand power turn
ing arrangement, displaced in recent
years lu possibly a few isolated cases,
by actual engine p.nver driving.
In-general use, however, the potter's
wheel of the pnunt time bears all the,
characteristics of the one which -tut)
years or more ago served to turn out
pottery attesting unsurpassable taste
and skill
It is curious, ton, that in none of
thorn ancient n curds are there shown
rMimpIcsof the forerunner of the com
mon turning hit he as we know it to
day, even though the art of. turning may
l)r'tVace3"b.k tu a very remote period.
Among Kgjptian antiquities that have
eu found at Thebes and other cities
there, have beeu in.iny specimens which
exhibited indubitable signs that the
material while in revolution, was sub
jected lo the action of a. tool held at
rest -legs of stools and chairs, for ex
ample, and lamps nnd musical instru
mentsand in later centuries, nmong
the Greeks and Unmans, the lathe was
undoubtedly in common use.
Unfortunately, however, noue of
these early writers have left any ac
count of the latin hand tools employed
bv their contemporaries. Casbier'ij
Magazine.
Mulillerx I ii rc ii ii ity.
One Of the movt durable and serv
iceable arrangements for letter en
velopes, hafi been devised by the sol
diers in the Philippines, from uativtr
bamboo. A pitee of this material
about 'a foot luiiS is carefully cut and
Kcrnped. One i ml is usually cut at the
joint of the bamboo" rod, so that the'
cud is closed. K nature the rod la
liollow, and the whole construction
forms a tube. The letters are lnadQ
into a. roll iind tjietr shoved Into the
hollow bamboo. Through the open
end n pin is plmvd.thus keeping the
letters fcofti foxing out. "In many in
stances, because gum was not avail
able to paste paper op (he tube, jipon
which to plaiie the nddrctw, the sol
diers.'cut. on the bamboo the lutme of
the-person to whdm die-'letter waa
1 co.u.sljguud, Jialenj Daily lVi'sv.
BANKING STATISTICS.
ConiitNillrr Iwo .Mutotft I'lilitln ttm Ho-
unit of nn liivt'Ktlcntloti 1I Ha
MnOi' Into Fliiaiicliit MiitturH.
Washington, NovT 1?. -Charles O.
Dawe, comptroller tff the currency,
has just made public the results of an
investigation which he has made into
the number qf loans and deposit .'('
counts, rates of interest and resources
of tho combined banks pf the United
States in thc.years 1SSJ, ISO and 1801).
In collecting this data nearly 10,000 re
ports from banks have been examined
and compiled. The Investigation into
number of loans and deposit accounts
and average loans and deposits is tho
first ever made covering the Uulted
States, cither' iu reference to the na
tional system or banks other than na
tional. The resnlts of this Investiga
tion indicate a magnitude of banuing
resources and a rate of growth in num
ber Of deposit accounts which is un
paralleled In the financial history of
tho world. The general deduction!
from the investigation covering the.
last ten years is givon by the comp
troller as follows:
FlrslTliiitilho number of liullvlihnl (lcpis
Itors In tho limits of tin United State N con
stantly fncrea.liiv, us Imllc.itail by the. reKlar
Increase In the number of deposit necounts or
Urn combined lun'.divj Hvt'Jint. cstlmiteil at
follows: .lulv C. HUD, T.ori hitiki reporting,
0,70S.)?t: .luly IS, H.U, U.MH batiks reporting,
B,CDt.7tSl) .lu.io SJ, 13.)9, 0.7J: bin s repsrtltif.
11,13 .(ill
Scrotul -T'l.it thTo i-ui'leni'i.Tl fi'om borrow
ers for tho Uic of fio ro it'Jf portl m of tho tie
posits of tho banks, unil while tho number of
Individual borrowors Is ltiiTU.idiw tho depos
itors Kreatly outnunibsr tin borrowers un t t-hu
IncreiihO In tho number of borrowers fs much
less than tho Increase In tho number of depos
itors, ns Indicated by tho r.ito of Incro.ise lu tho
number of loaSj cuttmitcl ns fillow.s: duly
K IH-i'J. 7..W b.inks reporting. '.MHj.MI; duly 18,
18111. 0,!VH bunks reporting, tf.UJ'J.dJI; Ju-io LU,
IMM). H.73J b.inks reporting. .1,011,(111.
Tnlnl That tlie Kr.iwtU of tln banking sys
tems Is beltr elrir.ieturiz')d bv a radiully
lessi'iilng nvto of tntor.'st ch.ir,rod oa I onus.
Fourth That u uraUuillv Icisenlm? rate, of
Interest ts boiiiif pild upm deposits.
Fifth That, considering tlm 1 irtfo cllcntatto
of national and savings banks the uvenuro de
posit of th3 Individual or corporation Is slowly
increasing.
Sixth That tho iivnr.ice hI.t of tho loan, all
classes of bank's e.iiisldireil, his not varied
much in tho last d"eade.
Seventh Tliat tho growth lu t'.vi iitfKrcirato
of Individual deposits hasliuen as follows: Jul?
IS, I84J, 7,- Ki b mk-s reportln.', t.l.od, I III, I rj; July
is, ihsi,(,m;h banks reporting, Jl.i'.M.SI ,:ii).': Juno
ail, 18)0. 0.7.1.' b inks reporting. K rH OTti.XOI.
Kluhth That tho Krowih in a 'cremate loans
litis boeti us follows: Juiy IS 1 -S 7 -'Ol banks
roponlnv. $:1.I7...'7.,,S7J .liily l, liM.O.'ii banks
ruuortlinr. $l.(Ki. 0 ,l it ; Juno :i , isoo, U,7:iS banlej
reporting, to,l7.8l3.ill(7.
THE JAPS DESIRE WAR.
Frvttlnpr IfndiT JEiihIiiii AcKrenxlon, tlia
MIUucIo'h huhjfittH Mity I)rxl;ii!(lly
Scrlc u .'Until for Trimhlii.
Loudon, Nov. 17. .John Dill Iloss, an
expert in far eastern matters, lias a
statement iti the .Mail which expresses
a firm belief in the possibility of trouble,
between Japan and Uussia. He thinks
Japan may designedly seek a motive
for the struggle, and he suggests tho
probability of an invasion of Japan by
itussia. He says:
"There is a Japanese peril which is a
danger and a meuaue to the peace of
all the trreat powers, America included.
The relations between Russia and
l.ipun, which seems strained to tho
breaking point one day, is little morn
reassuring on tlie next. There i.i Indi
cation of an unworkable state of things
in the far cast.
"The Japanese are restless under a
sense of wrongs which are as intoler
able to them as those of the Uitlanders
in the Transvaal have been to us.
They have a very powerful navy and a
line army, maintained at a cost which
weighs heavily on the people who
count everything in dollars and cents
instead of pounds and shillings."
BANDITS IN THE EAST.
l.ithn ! Shore Train llo.trilml by .Masked .linn.
Who filtered tho Kxprm Cur, but
Wur I'riKblouatil Away.
Erie, l'a., Nov. 17. A daring attempt
was made bv a gang of masked men to
rob a Luke. Shore train between Erio
and Conneaut early this morning. Tho
robbers boarded the train at Ashtabu
la, where it stopped to take water. At
a lonely place called Dock junction,
two mile cast of Conneaut, tho express
messenger stepjn'.d from one ear to an
other for the purpose of checking up
some express bills, when one of the gang
sprang Into the ear and broke into sev
eral packages. Hut before he could
get to where the money envelopes wero
the messenger returned and seeing tho
robber at work gave the alarm. Tho
other members of the gang, who wero
standing guard on the platform of the
west cud" of the cir, then pulled tho
brll rope and when jhe train stopped
jumped oft and made thair escape in
the darkness.
LOGAN'S BODY COMING HOME.
CltixiMiH of Yiu uRsI own Milking Prepara
tions lo llury tm YimiiK Hern Mosxuga
of Cnidoliiii' from KixiMivnlt.
YoiingNtown, O., Nov. 17. A mass
meeting of oiti.ens will be called and
a coniiiiUtee will be appointed to meet
and cM-ort the remains of the late .Maj.'
John A. Logan from Chicago to this
city. Mrs. Lugnu received the follow
ing message Of sympathy from Gov.
Roosevelt to-days
."I'lensu accept the deepest and most
'heartfelt sympathy of Mrs. Rposuvelt
uiK.'.cmysuHf. Youro Ifusbaud Iris left to
his children tho" priceless legacy of a
hoitf's'death."
LOOKING TO THE FAR EAST.
Ttio Anlittlr Scuuiron In by Irr tlm Ir-
KCKt of tlm United HtiUm Nnvy,
mid V III Coiitliiuit to I !r.
Washington, Nov. I?. "The Asiatic
squadron is now by far the largest
squadron of thu American navy. I
doubt it we wilt ever ngain see the
time when the American naval force;
on the Atlantic will erjunl that "which
will he maintained upon the l'nclflc"
This was said by a high authority in
the navy department, lie adduced rea
sons for hrs belief, the force of which
can scarcely fail to be appreciated.
Since the. war with Spain tho Interests
of tho United States in tlje Pacific
have become greater than itK interests
in the Atlantic. There is every reason
'to believe that they will remain para
mount. The eyes of tho wprld nronoiv
upou the far cast. It is there that the
commercial triumphs of the future are
to bo won. All the great nations ap
preciate this fact, and each is strain
ing every endeavor to put Itself in. such
a position that it will be a largo par
ticipant in the harvest.
Tho United States has become the
master of the Pacific. In Pearl harbor
in Hawaii, Pago Pago harbor in Tuluiln,
the harbor of Guam and Manila bay
the United States possesses the four
finest harbors to bo found between
San LVanciseo and China. In the
maintenance of a great merchant ma
rine and naval power the possession of
line harbor is Of the greatest advan
tage. All nations desiring to compete
with the United States on the Pacific
will be seriously handicapped by the
lack of good ports, naval aud coaling
stations.
Every natural advantage being with
thu United States in exercising control
of tho Pacific, both in a commercial
and naval sense, it only remains for
the. government to realize upon its op
portunity. The work of fitting up the
harbors of Hawaii, Tuluila, Guam and.
Manila to meet tho demands which
will be made upon them lias already
been lMjgun, Plans for fortifying all
these harbors are. now being made by
the war department, and the navy de
partment is preparing to meet the
needs of the navy by erecting piers
aud coaling stations. Contracts have
been let for the construction of steel
coal sheds in Hawaii, to have a capacity
of 130,01)0 tons, and for two steel piers.
Otic of these piers is to bo 1(55 feet long
and 80 feet wide. Tlie other is to be
310 feet wide at tlie retaining wall, 40
feet wide at the outer end, '100 feet
long on one side and MOO feet on the
other.
The steel pier to be erected at Pago
Pago is to be tf.VJ feet long and 48 feet
wide. The coal sheds will have a ca
pacity of 5.000 tons. The steel for
these works is already on the way to
Tultiila. A coaling station, with a ca
pacity of 10,000 tons, is to hi erected at
a good location in tlie harbor of Guam.
It has also been decided to make. a.
coaling slat ion of laud which thu gov
ernment has leased from Japan in the
harbor of Yokohama for that purpose.
THE HOLLAND BOAT.
Tivo Kiiporta Slut Thnt tlm Trlulx of tlie
Hu!itii:irln Torpedo Hunt Ilxvn
ItiM'ii .VuerHHfiil.
New York, Nov. 17. Tho official re
ports on tlie Holland submarine tor
pedo boat from John Lowe, captain
United States navy, and the board of
inspection and surrey, in which the
president is Admiral Frederick Uod
gcrs, were made public yesterday.
Roth reports deal at length In the
technicalities of the trials and both
agree that the trials have been success
ful iu almost every particular. Capt.
Ixnvo concludes his technical report as
follows:
1 rcnort ray bfcller that tho IliWlanil Is a suc
ful and critablc subiuarlnu torpedo boat, capa
ble of umklu,' a veritable; attack upon an enemy
unseen uml undetectable, ami, that, therefore,
she Is an ciulnu of warfare of terrible piHeuey
which the eiiverunieuj, must aocc.ssartly adopt
into its Mtrvicc.
Iler IUtorty ims Ilrii-r.
Phoonbs, Ariz., Nov. 17. Pearl Hart,
the alleged woman bandit who was
charged with holding np a stage near
Florence, was acquitted last night at
the trial before Judge Dean at Flor
ence. iMiss Hart addressed the jury in
her own defent-e ami pleaded passion
ately for freedom, that she might re
turn to Toledo, O., to see her fast-failing
mother. Immediately after her ac
quittal the woman was re-arr,ested,
charged with fnterfcring with United
States mails aud will be tried again.
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TiiUI Vno 35 lVtt High.
Vancouver, II. C, Nov. 17. 'Full de
tails arc contained iu Japanese; papers
of thu Shidsouaka tidal wayc which
caused fearful loss of life and property.
Thu tidal wave swept in between tho
banks of the river Suzukawa withal
most incredible rapidity and carried
off SO houses with their inmates, num
bering S. Hundreds of other houses
wero submerged, many being moved
homu distance from their foundations.
i he wavo attained a height of about
35 feet.
Op l'lni In Hi,) North Si-ii
loudon, Nov. 17. Th Hamburg
American lifui htemner Patria, Cnpt.
Frohlieh, which left Now York Novem
ber 4 for Ham burg, is on fire in thu
North sea. All her passengers wero
taken off by tho Russian hteamei Ceres,
and landed at Dover, but Cftpt. Frjih
lich will try to reach Hamburg with
Wh steamer. There wero 34- women,
and -JO children, including six babci in.
arms, among t)ie pasbcngeia.
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