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DARING TRAIN ROBBERY ON I
ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD j
Four hold-up men, three of them ,
wearing masks and heavily armed, ;
robbed the passengers the Dia
mond special of the Illinois Centra!
road on the evening of Aug. 1.
They held up all the passengers -n
two Pullman sleepers and secured
booty estimated at $l,OvO, mostly in
money One young man who resisted
was hit over the head with a fire j
ax, with which the car was supplied,
and another who showed a disposi
tion to object was tapped on the head
vith a revolver.
One man who had already retired
to his berth was stirred to animation
by a shot fired under him.
Before making a complete clean up
of the train the robbers became
alarmed, and as the train reared Mat- '
tison they pulled the emergency
brake rope and stopped the train.
Then they jumped from the train and ;
escaped in the darkness.
Detectives in hot pursuit of sus
pects in the Illinois Central holdup
case caught fifteen men in their drag
net. In the haul they took two des
peradoes who. they believe, were lead- i
ers of the daring bandit band that
went through and robbed the train
near Matteson, 111., Aug. 1.
Eight men are held under lock and
key while an army of special detec
tives, railroad agents, city detectives,
country marshals and policemen are
keeping up the chase for other sus
pects.
Tne scrupulous care with which the
authorities kept their prisoners from
all communication with the outside
world indicated that they have struck
clues to the identity of the accom
plices and are quietly but surely sur- ;
rounding them.
Out of live suspects taken in the
police “dragnet.” and ten more arrests
made at Harvey, Homewood and Chi
cago Heights, the police and the de
tectives of the Illinois Central road
think they have the leader and an
other of the highwaymen who “stood
ap” the Illinois Central’s "Diamond
Special.”
Smith and McGuire were arrested
by detectives in a house on Van Bu
ren street, near Center avenue, Chi
cago, after an exciting experience.
They were taken to the Desplaines
Street station and then to the Bureau
of Identification at. the Harrison Street
station, where they were identified
as ex-convicts and seen by Flagman
Birch of the Illinois Central.
The flagman was not positive in his
Identification, though he thought he
knew one of them, McGuire, for the
leader. “But I could not swear that
he was the man,” he said. The de
scription answered that of the un
masked bandit: Medium height or a
little more, light hair and a smooth
face.
Smith also tallied well with the de
scription given of one of the bandits:
Rather short, heavy set, and a smooth
chin, as seen below his mask.
“They might very well be two of
the men in the holdup job,” said Chief
Special Officer O’Keefe. “Conductor
Combs and Chief Telegraph Officer
Groce will be here Thursday, and
maybe they will recognize them. We
will get some of the passengers to
take a look at them as soon as we
can.”
Detectives Egan and Norton of the
Desplaines Street station made the ar
rest. They were out on the case a'l
day, and along about midnight got a
report at Harvey that three men act
ing suspiciously, showing a roll of
bills and trying to sell jewelry, had
been seen at Griffith, Ind., eleven miles
away. They induced a switching crew
on the Grand Trunk road to take
them over on a “light” engine and
made a fast run, the detectives riding
on the pilot because not room enough
in the cab.
At Griffith they picked up a trail
that led them back to Chicago and to
Struck King With Boquet.
One of the Smith family—Margaret,
c London flower seller—made a pretty
mess of it the other day in attempt
ing to demonstrate her regard for
King Edward VII. Margaret made
up a pretty boquet. when the king
went to lay the corner-stone of St.
Bartholomew's hospital and made a
frantic endeavor to throw it into his
carriage. With true feminine aim,
she managed to land it with good force
from her stout arm square between
ihe royal eyes. A policeman promptly
ai rested the enthusiastic Margaret
and haled her off to a police station,
but Edward sent word to release her.
Her Intentions were good, although her
aim was untrue.
City Employes Must Work.
Mayor Timanus of Baltimore has
read the riot act to city employes in
the matter of keeping better office
hours. Being a business man him
self, he can see no reason why men
on the city pay roll should not give a
fair day’s work for good pay. There
lore he has determined that all shall
rigidly adhere to the hours which are
•upposed to govern municipal service.
the house at Van Buren street, and
Center avenue, which they reached be
fore daylight. Giving the descriptions
they had got from a brakeman and a
street car conductor they inquired at
the door ar.d learned the men were
in lied and nabbed them before they
could show any resistance.
Two blue-stoel revolvers that lay
on a table where the men were sleep
ing furnished one of the strongest bits
of evidence against the men. and they
were quickly gathered tip by the offi
cers. When the men were searched
no money was found on them, but the
theory of the officers is that they se
creted their booty and overdid the job
by hiding It all.
A search through the records
showed that McGuire, under the name
of Daniel Moran, had been before the
police for several small crimes a year
or so ago, and was sent to the Joliet
penitentiary for larceny about a year
ago and paroled out last June. The
I>oliee also had information that he
was arrested in Cincinnati a few
weeks ago for larceny.
Smith, alias Sawyer, was sent to
the penitentiary from Chicago for
burglary in 189? and was released on
parole in 1899. He was arrested early
this year on the charge of carrying
burglar’s tools, but was not convinct
ed.
Both men deny any connection with
the holdup, but as to whether any
further statements were made in the
"s*veat box” the police are silent.
The Feinberg brothers were arrest
e4 at their home, 217 Newberry ave
nue. by a squad of detectives under
Detective Sergeant Ryan. The police
are not very strongly of the opinion
that they were in the ’ Diamond Spe
cial” holdup, but expect to connect
them with a number of other rob
beries that have been committed in
the southern part of the city recently.
All three of them are said to have
police records, and the picture of Jo
seph Feinberg was found in the
"rogue’s gallery.”
The ardor of the chase after the
highwaymen has increased rather than
abated, and every police officer in Chi
cago was engaged upon it, specifically
or generally. The famous "dragnet”
was thrown around the entire town.
There were dozens of arrests of sus
picious characters besides those re
ported, but those who could give a
clear account of themselves were
turned loose.
The scene of the search for the high
waymen shifted from the country and
I suburbs near the scene of the holdup
| to Chicago, so far as the city police
! and the majority of the railroad de
tectives are concerned, but various
country constables and small town
officers are still regarding almost ev
ery bush, ravine, sand hill and strip
of woods with watchful eyes, and ev
ery “Weary Walker” that tramps the
tracks or the country roads stands an
excellent chance of being chased
down, questioned, and perhaps held in
the nearest lockup for a day *or two,
for the next fortnight or longer.
Democratic Millionaire.
Anthony J. Drexel Biddle, the Phila
delphia millionaire, is by far the most
democratic of all the rich people at
Atlantic City this year. Nearly every
one calls him “Tony Biddle” and he
seems to like it. One day an over
zealous New York newspaper photog
rapher took aim at Mr. Biddle with a
camera. The millionaire yelled: “Cut
that out, young fellow, or I'll hand
you one that you won’t forget in a
hurry.” As the millionaire is well
known to be “very handy with the
gloves” the photographer obeyed and
hastily departed. Mr. Biddle insists
that he can have a much better time
in Atlantic City than in Newport oi
in any of the European seaside le
sorts.
New Microbe Causing Trouble.
Hundreds of New Yorkers are com
plaining of peculiar physical dis
tresses resulting from visits to Coney
island. Even the physicians are dis
cussing the subject, which has been
Drought to their attention by suffer
ing patients. Some of the symptoms
related by a victim are a splitting
headache, rising temperature and nan
sea. If this had occurred to visitors in
ne exhilarating days of theoldCone>
.sland, the diagnosis and remedj
might be easy, for fhe beer was then
none too good and the temptations
manifold. But since the reformation
in that resort it must be that there
is a new microbe at work.
“Joe” Chamberlain’s Eyeglass.
Joseph Chamberlain, England’s ex
colonial secretary, was once an actoi
and it was then—as an amateur in
Birmingham—that he acquired the
monocle habit. He played the pari
of PufT in “The Critic” and found
the single eyeglass so well suited tc
his appearance that he has continued
its use ever since. Of course it
couldn’t be set down to a streak ol
vanity in Joey’s nature.
NEBRASKA STATE NEWS
NEBRASKA IN BRIEF
Fillmore county has a large peach
crop.
A new park is projected for West
Point.
The David City Chautauqua is prov
ing a great success
A case of smallpox was r‘ported at
Virginia. Gage countty.
Dodge county has organized an anti
horse stealing association.
Lincoln has commenced making
preparations for Labor day.
Seven persons were baptized in the
Missouri river at Plattsmouth.
The recent haiistor min Lincoln
county did much damage to crops.
O. P> David is getting the Nemaha
county exhibit ready for the state fair.
The Auburn Canning company will
commence work about the 10th of this
month.
The wheat yield in Johnson county
this year will average ten bushels to
the acre.
Three thousand people were on the
grounds at the opening of the Fremont
Chautauqua in Fremont.
The Otoe Poultry company is en
gaged in preparing a forty-acre tract
upon which to raise chickens.
Wayne people believe that they
have one of 'the best towns in the
state, both artistically and commer
cially.
Two hundred and ten acres of unim
proved land live miles northeast of
Kearney was sold recently for ten
thousand five hundred dollars, or an
even fitly dollars an acre.
From 1,500 to 2,000 people partici
pated in the annual meeting and pic
nic of the Custer County Old Settlers’
association at Broken Bow. J. W. Dry
den of Kearney was orator of the day.
Alma is to have an alfalfa meal fac
tory, with a capacity of twenty-five
tons a day. This is expected to in
crease the local demand for alfalfa to
such an extent as to raise the value of
alfalfa land in the vicinity.
News was received to the effect that
Charles inscott. a former employe of
the Burlington shops in Plattsmouth.
had one of his lower limbs blown off
as a result of an explosion in the
I'tiion Pacific shops at Omaha.
The barn of H. \V. Shufeldt. a farm
er residing two miles northeast of
Friend, was burned. The building
was well filled with hay and grain.
The stock and tools therein were
saved.
Articles of incorporation have been
filed with the secretary of state by
the San Jose Mining ami Milling com
pany of Albion and Los Angeles, Cal.
The incorporators are Raymond A.
Gardner and John P. McCullough of
Albion.
While plowing in a field. Ivan, son
of A. U. .Marshall of this county, rolled
out a rattlesnake nest containing thir
ty-two eggs. He killed the old one.
which had six rattles, and in the eggs
he found little snakes about three
inches long.
Thomas Hattan, residing about six
miles south of Edgar. fell dead while
threshing wheat. He was in his usual
health, ami had been feeding the ma
chine, and stepped down to get a
drink of water, and while in the act
of taking a drink dropped dead.
M. Pellen, a paeking house striker,
and wife were struck by Union Pacific
passenger train No. 11. the Colorado
special, at a point about half a mile
east of Avery, about three and a half
miles south of South Omaha, and in
stantly killed. Both were quite aged
people.
Sixty men. neighbors of Gerhard
Tieken of York county, are searching
cornfields, straw stacks and out-of-the
way buildings hoping to find Tieken.
whom the neighbors believe has lost
his mind through the death of his
wife and illness of his family. He has
been missing for some time.
The tenant house on H. E. Clark’s
farm, three miles northwest of Stella,
burned. The house was occupied by
John Jenkins. The fire caught from
the kitchen flue.
The secretary of the state hanking
hoard ha'k authorized the Security
State bank of Plainviow, which is in
corporated by M. D. Duteher, J. M.
Dutcher. W. M. Duteher, J. D. Duteh
er and R. E. Dutcher. The new bank
has a capital stock of $25,000 and the
paid-up capital is $15,000.
Henry Rhodes, a resident of Hall
county, south of Doniphan, attempted
suicide by taking three teaspoonfuls
of arsenic. He is 55 years of age and
has a wife and two sons. He was for
merly well to do, but recently had
financial reverses, and took to drink
ing heavily, which is believed to have
caused the despondency.
Out of 300 people who registered for
claims on the Rosebud drawing eleven
Seward county people were winners.
The highest number was 2192. Dr.
John Anderson of Seward and James
Mahoney of Germantown drew Nos.
482 and 483. At $ 115 expense Hill lor
the trip, Sowrard county spent $4,500
trying for land for 300 individuals.
onerm .vioses or HRiierourciie, s. IX,
left McCook with E. H. Yearsley and
W. H. Moore, two young men wanted
in Butte county, S. D., on the charge
of stealing sixteen horses. They were
arrested on the Yearsley farm in Fron
tier county, north of McCook.
A gasoline stove exploded in Bea
trice at the home of Mrs. Jacob Shaw,
and her escape from serious if not fa
tal injury was somewhat remarkable,
considering the fact that she is about
70 years of age. She was thrown
across the room by the force of the
explosion, but was not much injured.
Bender is infested with a number of
chicken thieves and garden snatchers.
Night marauding has become frequent
and a number of hen roosts have been
depleted by “poker players" and “crap
shooters.”
Owing to the terrible results from
the use of cocaine as exemplified by
the tragedy in Nebraska City, authori
ties have not been slow to act, and a
notice was served on all druggists pro
hibiting them from selling any co
caine, morphine or opium except when
so ordered by a regular licensed phy
sician by a prescription in writing.
THE STATE TAX LEVY
In a Number of Counties Assessors
Figures Are Raised.
LINCOLN—Six mills levy *on a val
uation of $29t.00o.000. This is the re
sult of the deliberations of the state
board of equalization, which has fin
ished its deliberations. Twenty-two
counties are raised, the increase
amountin.tr to $3,000,000 above the es
tmiates of the assessors. A 4% mill
j .eenerai levy is made, one-half mill is
devoted to schols and the 1 mill state
unversity levy is maintained,
j Counties increased 5 per cent were: I
' Boone, Boyd, Rurt. Gage. Howard, j
Johnson. Knox, Nemaha, Pawnee, '
Pierce. Rock and Stanton. Counties j
raised 1<> per cent: Box Butte, Chey- |
eune. Dakota. Deuel. Kimball. Lincoln,
Perkins, Richardson and Sherman.
The levy will bring in approximate- j
j ly $1,320,000 for general fund pur- i
poses. Perhaps $100,000 will be rais
ed in fees. This will largely pay run
ning expenses of the state. In fact
the debt may be increased. Last year
I TVs mills was the levy. The amount
raised was $1,523,316, while this year
it will be about $1,585,000.
Proceedings against Douglas coun
| ty v ere stopped by Assessor Reed.
, who denied statements credited to
i him. Officials from Lincoln county
| succeeded in getting off with a 10 ,
per cent raise. The board intended a
20 per cent increase.
LOOKING FOR COAL VEIN.
Fremont Man Strikes a Thin Layer
While Boring Well.
FREMONT—\V. .1. Harmon has a
force of men at work on his place six
miles southeast of the city boring for
i coal. Evidence of bituminous depos
its has been found in this vicinity at
different times, and Mr. Harmon pro
i poses to ascertain whether anything
valuable will come from it. A thin
i layer was encountered at a depth of
325 feet. This was passed through
and the well was sunk deeper. Year
before last deposits were found under
the Remelle farm north of the city.
Boring was done to a considerable
depth and several small deposits were
found, but the work was finally aban
doned. Mr. Remelle still thinks some
thing might be developed if the work
i was pushed.
Policeman Shoots a Thief.
NORFOLK. — Lewis Aultman of
Boston, who came from Bonesteel.
aged 25. stole a grip off the train from
Dan Dee of Denver. He r.as located
by Officer Pilger and shot through the
back in making a sensational escape.
He was found in the second story of
a hotel, and leaped through (he win
dow to the ground and ran. From up
stairs the policeman called upon him
to halt repeatedly and fired alarm
shots. Teh thief not stopping, he
sent a fourth bullet, which brought the
, man down, who had made for the
, river. Aultman is being operated on
and will probably die.
Treasurer Wants Money.
' State Treasurer Mortensen intends
to start proceedings soon to secure
possession of a total or ten dividends
that have been declared by Capt. J. E.
Hill, receiver for the defunct Lincoln
Savings bank, payable to “State Treas
urer Joseph“S. Bartley.” In an inter
view recently Captain Hill informed
Treasurer Mortensen that he was
holding the money because he did not
j know whether to pay it to Bartley or
to the state, as several attorneys had
told him that the money should be
paid to Bartley. This aroused the ire
of Mr. Mortensen. and he at once told
Captain Hill that the money should be
paid to the state treasurer, and that
he would fight, any attempt on his part
to pay it over to Bartley.
Found Farm After Thirty Years.
NEBRASKA CITY—About thirty
years ago John Shoff. who had built
the Grand Pacific hotel of this* city
and who was supposed to he a very
wealthy man. died. When his estate
was probated it was found that he
had less than $;’.00 with which to pay
Iti.OOO debts. The creditors were paid
pro rata. Now after thirty years it
is found that the deceased had a quar
ter section of land in Cedar county
w'hich was not listed and the probate
j court has opened the estate.
Robs Sutherland Postoffice.
SUTHERLAND—The local post
| office was robbed the other night.
[ The office is kept in Burkland’s store
and the thief got in through a rear
window-. A small amount of cash
was taken from the drawer, but no
; stamps. Twenty dollars was taken
j from the till In the store, together
with a pair of shoes and other small
articles. The burglar left his old
shoes.
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At Plattsmouth Ray Elliott has
been bound over to the district court
on the charge of arson.
Grafters^orking Farmers.
FREMONT—Reports have reached
Fremont of the operations of 'graft
ers in the country east of the city.
Agents for a separator, it is said,
have been taking orders from farm
ers for the use of machines three
days on trial. After that the agent
would not show up again, and a month
or, so later another man appear with
a note for the price of the machines.
The farmers. It was found, instead
of signing a paper to return the sep
arator in three days, had signed a
note.
Special Train to Boston.
LINCOLN—Arrangements are now
about completed for the special train
which Is to take the Nebraska Grand
Army of the Republic veterans to
Bost^.i for the national encampment,
| which begins there August 15. De
partment Commander Bross returned
from Omaha, where he has been per
1 fectlng preparations. The through
train from Lincoln to Boston will
leave Lincoln over the Northwestern
road at l o’clock Saturday afternoon,
August 13. Any one will be allowed
to go on this train.
BATTLESHIP OHIO DOES WELL
ON HER FIRST SPEED TRIAL
The battle-ship Ohio was given her
speed trial in Santa Barbara (Cal.)
channel Aug. 1. The course was up
the coast thirty-six miles to a stake
boat opposite Point Conception. On
this run the Ohio more than made
the required speed, and as she swung
around the stakeboat at full speed
was half a minute ahead of the time
required to make, eighteen knots.
On the run down the coast the »lde
and wind ware against her, however,
and she lost a minute and a half ir,
the thirty-six miles. Rear Admiral
W hiting, who acted as the govern
ment’s representative aboard the
Ohio, and Capt. Forsythe, represent
ing the builders, were sanguine that
the Ohio would show the required
speed. Capt. Forsythe said the Ohio
will have another trial run, possibly
within a week or ten days, over the
same course.
EVA BOOTH A GREAT ACTRESS.
Salvation Army Leader Bountifully
Equipped by Nature.
The Canadian contingent at the Sal
vation Army congress in London was
under command of Miss Eva Booth,
the “unconscious actress,'’ whose
wonderfully dramatic manner was the
astonishment of all who heard her
speak at the gathering named. Her
tones are sweet, full and vibrant with
passion and her enunciation is flaw
less. As she approaches the climax
of an appeal for converts her face
becomes almost ghastly pale. With
hands uplifted she strides to and fro
upon the platform, now bending al
most to the floor, now sweeping the
assembly with a compelling gesture
like a young queen of tragedy. Her
pose, walk, every movement, is grace
ful. Mr. Choate, the United States
ambassador, is credited with the re
mark, after hearing her at the Royal
Assert hall, where Lord Rosebery and
otaers were present: “I have heard
but one other woman cn our side of
the water with equal oratorical gifts,
and that was Anna Dickinson.” One
dramatic critic says: “Even Coque
lin could not improve her in point 01
facial expression.”
OVER “TOM” REED’S GRAVE.
Granite Monument Reared in Memory
of Ex-Speaker.
A granite monument has teen
erected in Evergreen cemetery, Port
land, Maine, over the grave of ex
Speaker Thomas Brackett Reed.
The monument is cut from white Hal
lowell granite, and rests on a broad
base stone of tne same material in
the form of a parallelogram. The
monument itself, which is about ten
feet high, tapers slightly as it rises,
and its rugged simplicity is relieved
only on the side bearing the inscrip
tion. There is carved in relief a
laurel wreath, after a design of St.
Gaudens, as seen upon the Shaw me
morial in Boston. Beneath the
wreath is this inscription:
THOMAS BRACKETT REED
1889—1902.
His Record Is with the Faith- :
ful. the Brave and the True :
of All Nations and All :
Ages.
•. •
Works of Untaught Sculptor.
Henry Merwin Shrady, who is to
model the Grant memorial monument
to be set up in Washington, is a son
of Dr. Shrady of New York, who was
Gen. Grant’s physician during his last
illness. Young Shrady, singularly
enough, never took a lesson in draw
ing, painting or modeling. Still he
has on his merits succeeded in sev
eral competitions for the production
of heroic statues, in addition to tt •
one above noted being a Grant monu
ment for Brooklyn and a statue i £
William the Silent for Riverside
park, New York.
Potentate Has Queer Whim.
I
Sidi Mohammed el Haj, bey cf
Tunis, has Just returned to his north
African domain after a visit to
France, where he was much of a curi
osity with his fez, gold braid, profu
sion of jewels and gorgeous entour
age. His dusky highness was greatly
Interested in all things military, but
found time also to visit a good many
theaters. He took home with him a
number of portraits of actresses,
gravely informing his French friends
that he intended to distribute these
counterfeit presentments among his
wives.
All Had Humble Beginnings.
It is interesting to recall how men
now of prominence labored in their
early days. Grover Cleveland when
?. lad worked in a country store, Sena
tor Beveridge was a railroad laborer,
Senator Fairbanks a carpenter. Judge
Alton B. Parker taught school, Gov.
Odell of New York delivered ice. Car
dinal Gibbons was a clerk. Gov. Her
rick of Ohio sawed wood and peddled
dinner bells and organs. Bishop Mer
1 ill learned the shoemaking trade.
Age Has Not Withered.
Rev. William W. Howe, the vener
able Baptist clergyman of Cambridge,
Mass., celebrated his ninety-eighth
birthday on Wednesday last. Mr.
Howe, except for a severe cpld, is in
good health and is remarkably bright.
He still keeps up a keen interest in
what is going on throughout the
world and on many matters, of public
interest has decided convictions.
Great Author Died in Debt.
The estate of Maurus Jokai, the
Hungarian author, who recently died,
shows liabilities to the amount of $20,
000, with assets practically nil.
GIVE FEW RAILROAD PASSES.
Vanderbilt Family Chary of Courtesies
of This Descript on.
A peculiar characteristic of the
Vanderbilts is that individually they
t-cluora, it ever, give railroad passes.
1 hese favors are managed more or
>e3s b>' Chauncey AI. Depew and H. C.
l inal. In fact, many stories are told
ir.v guests of Frederick and William
K. Vanderbilt, when there was no
-pedal train, having their fares paid
ior them by their hosts. The dis
tances, except where special trains
<>. car.', were provided, were compara
i\el.v short; ror instance, up to Fred
erick \ anderbilt's place on the Hud*
ion. The Xewport and Long Island
country places are on other roads and
the \ auderbilts, except on some ext/a
occasion, travel like ordinary mortals,
t he first change in this system has
keen made this summer by Alfred
\ anderbilt, who has had a light
caught yacht built, with a fast motor
loat, for the accommodation of his
guests from Wickford landing to his
I country place outside Xewport.
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OVERCOAT HIS ONLY GARMENT.
Datrick O'Brien Hurried From Bath to
Cast Vote in Parliament.
Members of parliament are called
upon most unexpectedly to attend a
envision of the house. When the bell
sounds the summonses there is in
variably gathering in haste to present
i snap votes being taken by the oppo
sition. Patrick O Brien, an Irish mem
ber. was once caught in an uncomfort
| fcble predicament when a division was
called. He was enjoying a piping hot
bath off the dressing room in the par
bament building when the clanging
of the bell reached his ears. It was a
desperate situation, but Mr. O'Brien
was cot dismayed. He put on some
kind of overcoat, walked boldly up to
the division lobby and did not allow
even his nearest friend to suspect
that, except for the overcoat, he was
dressed with the same absence of the
superfluous as the first parents when
they wandered happy and unclothed,
and probably unbathed, in the mean
dering paths of Eden.
FIGURES THAT DIDN’T JIBE.
Man From Village Thought He De
tected a Palpable Exaggeration.
Henry Clews, the banker, who has
had an experience in Wall street ex
tending over thirty years, was riding
on a crowded Xew York elevated train
a few weeks ago. He was accompa
nied by a friend from up the state,
and the latter, not accustomed to be
ing jostled, remarked with a great
deal of emphasis that it was terrible
the way people were packed into the
elevated cars. “This system,” said
Mr. Clews, who has a penchant for
statistics, “carried 246.587,022 passen- |
gers from June 30, 1902, to June 30,
1903. “I know they do a big busi- 1
ness,” said the man from the quiet
village, “but they couldn't carry that
many people. You know this country
only has a population of 80,000,000.”
Democratic Ghost Appears.
Esopiis chroniclers have another
mystery to solve. It is said that the
ghost of Garry Van Wagonen, a fa
mous Democrat of that place, who
said he would never have his hair cut
if Abraham Lincoln was elected, has
been seen at Union Center, near Judge ]
Parker's residence. The ghost has '
made its appearance periodically ever
since Garry died, first in 1876 (Tilden),
next in 1884 (Cleveland) and again
in 1892. Democrats look upon the
wraith’s appearance as a good omen.
There seems to be no question about
its identity, as it is reported to have
’ Garry's peculiar loping gait.”
Helping the Shipwrecked.
Emile Robin, the aged vice-president j
of the French Society for Saving the j
Shipwrecked, has not only done a
great deal for this association, but he
olso assists similar societies in other
countries* At the recent meeting ot
the allied German society it was an
nounced that M. Robin had again sent
a handsome sum—$7,000—the interest
on which was to be divided among old
mariners and widows and orphans.
Violinist’s Great Fortune.
Herr Kubelik, the Bohemian violin
ist, who lately received word that he
was the proud father of twins, is said
to have made over $500,000 in the last
three years. With some of his great
earnings from his violin he purchased
Kolin castle, near his native place, in
Bohemia.
Assassin Took His Cue.
It was perhaps a coincidence that
on the very day of the lifting of the
ban on the use of balloon torpedoes in
warfare dynamite should have been
employed by an assassin in St. Pe
tersburg for the destruction of human
life.
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The Masquerade.
Masked dancers in the dan. r nt' life
We move sedately . . . weaiih t
set her.
! Afraid to show a sign of inward .-tr.
We hold our sods in tether.
W£.£?nc,'’ wjfProm; and mill p
W-th (rank app> .ilinp <>\es, ui*
hands clin«ins.
We sins, and few win <t , tl, .
slips
A sob into our singlnt
Each has n certain step i., ,
Our prisoned feet mo.. t lt'
pa ces.
And to and fro we „ ,
stern,
Patiently, with mask'd
Vet some there ar> who ] .s
They sit apart most
splenidd.
Bit all the rest trip on .1 , 1
l titil the Dance is ende«
—Olive C «tar. *
Electrotyping Apparatus.
<"apitai electrotype copb ,,f .
impressions of seals and eo;n>
b«- taken with the following u
lions:
Take an ordinary tumbler and p ,
St in a strong Mniu’ion of nipt.a; .
copper. dissolve i cent ,rh 0{ ,,
vitriol, powdered. m oa f a pint of
boiling water, « a<• * p. . mi- cei I.
iak.ng •otiie ttoi' * ,ap‘ . an :
rolling it on a • , ««, ♦ r,
fatteoigg will -• *. ir - r,r.
a bottom to U ..
Place tbi-"• • tJl ;
pbate of cow** • ■- ■' u
mixture (prparec -,«r ,, rj f»v.
parts of water wad otse ,..*n « t ml of
vitriol, n the ee*I. Rar - • : *u.■.
of zinc amalgam*'cu : ..c .t
first with weak oil of viirx
with mercury, twist a piece f
wire round this zinc plat* &-:a . ,?
the wax impression to .»»• a; i
wax must be coated with black 1
and polished with a toothbrush.
After remaining in the ceil at* -r :2
hours a beautiful impression of the
seal in copper will be obtained.
Speed of Birds
Express trains at their fast* : nr,
tor cars defying the law, cannot con
pare, in respect of speed, with the
doings of some birds. It is imp
ble to say how fast the frigate l *
could fly if put on its mettle. It
has been timed to do 100 mile' an
hour in calm air, but its velocity
seems to depend upon its own in
clination rather than on any limit to
its powers. Among wild fowl, the
mallard covers from forty-five to fitly
miles an hour, the pintail from fifty
; to sixty miles in an hour, the wi. •
from sixtv-five to seventy-five mil*-',
i the gadwal' from sixty to seventy
miles, the pochard from eighty to
ninety miles, the teal from eighty *.»
100 miles. The common swift car
fly at the rate of ninety miles
; hour, clearly proving a good title
| its name. Of game birds, the sp- *
j of the pheasant is thirty-eight t>
an hour, and that of the partr- - .- •
thirty-two miles.
Malay Superstitions.
You can scarcely ever get yon
money from a Malay on Friday.
cause they believe that if they -.;i
their creditors on a Friday they will
be overtaken by penury. Malays
never shave or cut their nails or Sat
urday or Tuesday, because these ar*
unlucky days, and if they do part w •
their hair or nails on the*-e days th •>
believe that they will be alwavs :r
trouble or will die quickly. Th< Ma
lay never sleeps in the aft- :;
such an action shortens life’ Wh a
rat bites a Malay’s clothes it >
fies ill lock, and usually the rat in
clctlies are given away to the po- .
Liquid Molecules.
Take a thin glass flask part'.a'l
filled with a liquid, such as wat •
spirits of wine, etc., and focus th**
rays from an arc lamp at a -hort d -
tance above the surface of the liqu
After gentle beating a large num!
of small spherical bodies are
floating about in the space above the
liquid. Mr. Hovenden, the scien* -•
claims that these small spherical i >’
ies are molecules of the liquid.
- Albinos.
The human species offers frequent
examples of individuals attack* ’ !
albinism. It is found oftenest am. : ’
men of the black race. White albinm
have skin of a peculiar palen->
blonde hair, white or colorless 1 a !
pink iris and red pupils. The n* gr
albino has skin of variable aspet. .r
some cases it is white as milk, in uth
er it is like wax, or rather resembles
the hue of a corpse.
Why the Hair Turns White.
This is the explanation of the hair
turning white: The all-devou: - g
cells known as phagocytes are th ■
cause of the mischief. These e
which frequently have ameba like ; -
cesses, are developed in the centra
modullary part of the hair. wl> •.< *
they make their way into the cure
or cortical layer, where they ab
and thus destroy the pigment gru:
ules.
Valued Relic of Washington.
S. H. Powell of Fulton. Me . i
owner of a diminutive gold coin wh>
was presented to his grandfath r
soldier in the Revolutionary war. h>
George Washington, while the lart r
with his army, was making his c*>;.
brated crossing of the Delaware r •
at Trenton. N. J., in the early morrir.g
of Dec. 26, 1776. The coin was mili** i
by Spain in 1720.
Has Lincoln’s Old Wagon.
Abraham Lincoln’s old wagon is in
the possession of a citizen of Lawtoa
Okla.
Bocm for Maryland Veteran.
The comrades of the G. A R in
Maryland are considering the presen
tation of the name of Past Commander
John R. King, now United States j>. :
don agent at Washington, for Junior
dee commander-in-chief. Comrade
King was a long service soldier in
he Sixth Maryland, one of the fight'
ng regiments. He was repeatedly and
severely wounded. He has been an
ictive and hard worker in the Grand
krmy, and has helped to keep th-*
;amp fires burning brightly in hls
?tate.
