ORDERS TO SHOOT
troops mow down striking
WORKMEN AT RIGA.
THIRTY KILLEO AND WOUNDED
Strikers Attack Troops to Disarm
Them When Shooting Begins.—
Whereabouts of Father Gopin Still
Remains a Mystery.
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ST. PETERSBURG—Although the
strikes in Reval, Libau, Kieff, Odessa
and a few smaller places are extend
ing the situation is nowhere acute. An
increasing number of workmen are
out in Moscow, but there is no gener
al tie-un or disorders.
The whereabouts of Father Gopon
remains a mystery, although it is said
he is in Moscow. The Russian capital
presents almost a normal appearance
and the authorities are confident that
the strike has been broken. Some of
the factories and mills have resumed
and a general resumption of opera
tions is expected on Monday. The au- ,
thofities expect that the strike here
will have a discouraging effect on the
workmen in other cities to which the
troubles have been spreading and be
lieve that there is no longer danger
of a complete suspension of all the
industrial concerns of Russia.
Interior Mtnister Sviatopolk-Mirsky
has promised a delegation of editors
who called upon him that he will in
vestigate the arrest of a number of
prominent writers who are now con
fined in the St. Peter and St. Paul
fortress and secure their release as
soon as possible.
LONDON—A dispatch to Reuter's
Telegram company from Riga confirms
the previous announcement of a colli
sion there between strikrs and troops.
Thirty workmen were killed or wound
ed and a substitute chief of police and
two soldiers were mortally wounded.
The encounter occurred near the
Tukkum railroad station. The strikers
attacked the troops and attempted to
disarm them, when the order was
given to fire. All the workshops and
factories are closed. The strikers are
parading the streets and forcing all
workmen to join in the procession.
A dispatch from St. Petersburg,
timed 9:26 p. m.. to a news agency
reports that Palil'p factory and a
large cotton mill have been set on
fire and are burning fiercely.
REVOLUTIONARIES AT LONDON.
Denounce “All Emperors. Thieves and
Other Loafers.”
LONDON—The large east end re
sort “Wonderland.” which is notorious
as a prize fight arena, was the scene
Friday night of a revolutionary demon
stration. The audience numbered
3,000 and was composed largely of
Russian Jews. A Russian revolution
ary leader presided and made a speech
denouncing Emperor Nicholas and
the grand dukes. For the benefit of
recent arrivals from Russia he re
peated his speech in the Russian
tongue.
The speaker was constantly inter
rupted by cheers for the Russian rev
olution and the singing of the revo
lutionary hymn. This was followed
by. a speech from a Londoner, who de
lighted the audience by denouncing
Emperor Nicholas, Emperor William
and King Edward, and proposed that
the audience rid themselves of “all
emperors, thieves and other loafers.”
A resolution was passed in har
mony with the temper and view of
1 the gathering, which was strange and
. motley, perhaps the most representa
tive of the kind ever seen in London.
Policement were present in large num
bers. but did not interrupt the pro
ceedings.
GRAIN RATE WAR IS NOW ON.
Eastern Roads Meet the Tariffs Late
ly Prevailing Omaha to Gulf.
CHICAGO—The dogs of a real rail
road war were let loose Thursday,
when the Chicago gateway and the
Gulf of Mexico outlet began to fight
in earnest for the grain trade of the
corn belt. The western roads, with the
exception of the Chicago & North
western. announced rates of 18^ cents
from Omaha to New York, 17 ^ cents
to, Philadelphia, and 17 Cents to Bal
timore for export. The Gould lines,
with the other Gulf roads, came back
with an open tariff of 12t£ cents from
Omaha to New' Orleans. The action of
the Chicago roads became known
early in the day, and bore immediate
fruit in the securing of a substantial
amount of grain through Nebraska by
Chicago concerns.
For the first time in weeks Chicago
shippers were able to compete with
their rivals, using the low rates that
had been effective to the Gulf of
Mexico. Farmers got nearly 4 cents
more for their grain than before the
reduction was made.
• I>ate in the day came the reply from
the Gulf lines, which met the open
, rates of the Chicago roads by an open
• tariff 1*4 cents lower than the “mid
night tarifTs” of a fortnight ago.
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Students Show Disapproval.
Darmstadt, Grand Duchy of Hesse—
Three hundred Russian students
marched to the house of the Russian
minister. Prinze Koudachew. The
. sppkesman for the students said they
•wished to protest against absolutism,
.the war with Japan and the recent
proceedings at St. Petersburg. The
students gave cheers for free Rupsia.
. 'The minister replied that last Sunday
had been a day of the deepest sadness
.because masses of workingmen had
been misled by thoughtless leaders.
The students then quietly withdrew.
Pres!dent to T»ke a Hunt.
ST. LOUIS—The Republic on Tues
day says that President Roosevelt
has arranged to hunt rabbits in Texas
some time between March 25 and
April 3. The president will attend
a w'edding in New' York March 18 and
almost immediately afterwards, ac
companied by Secretory Loeb, he will
take a special train for St. Louis,
•where he will be met by Cecil Lyon,
a wealthy lumberman of Sherman,
TeJt-, and W. S. Simpson of Dallas,
Tex. Mr. Simpson was a member of
the Rough Riders.
RUMOR THAT CZAR MAY FLEE
Not Confirmed That He Intends Go
ing to Copenhagen.
ST. PETERSBURG—There Is no
confirmation of the report that the
emperor, empress and children are
going to Copenhagen, or, on the other
hand, that the emperor has decided to
appoint a mixed commission of offi
cials. employes and workingmen to
consider the strikers’ demands, not
ably the question of eight hours work
per day, and to make an investiga
tion of the shooting of the strikers.
All sorts of rumors are circulating
in both official circles and among the
workingmen.
A curious report spread among the
men last night that the emperor had
given in and that three white flags
had been displayed over the Winter
palace, signifying that he had con
sented to reduce the maximum legal
hours of work from eleven to eight.
According to this legend the emperor
would have displayed a red flag if
he had decided to refuse the strikers’
request.
Many workingmen, deceived by
this rumor shouted “hurrah” in token
of victory and this possibly was the
reason that the strikers, believing
they had already won the day, re
frained from committing excesses
yesterday.
DO NOT FAVOR ARBITRATION
Russia Does Not Like Hay's Sugges
tion.
ST. PETERSBURG—At the foreign
office the Associated Press was in
formed that the proposition from Sec
retary Hay tOjSubmit the question of
the violation of Chinese neutrality to
international arbitration had not been
received. The officials were rather
non plussed at the suggestion, declar
ing they could not understand how it
was possible tinder the present cir
cumstances to adjust such a question
by such means.
The exchange of signatures of the
Russian-American arbitration treaty
within a few days is expected to fol
low Foreign Minister l>amsdorff's
reply forwarded today through Am
bassador McCormick to Secretary
Hay's representations regarding the
risk of difficulty in the matter of rati
fication by the senate of any treaty
departing from the original Franco
British model. The difficulties as al
leged by Mr. Hay are thoroughly ap
preciated and Russia, being anxious
to consummate the treaty, has decided
not to insist upon the form of treaties
which she has already also negotiated
with Belgium. Norway and Sweden
in addition to the United States.
JAPS LOSE VILLAGE.
Russians Occupy Fortified Town :n
Manchuria after Desperate Batt'e.
ST PETERSBURG—General Kouro
patkin reports that Russian troops on
January 26. after a desperate fight,
occupied the village of Sandepas,
which had been strongly fortified by
the Japanese.
News of General Kouropatkin’s
successful repulse of the Japanese ad
vance comes most opportunely.
The belief exists that Field Mar
shal Oyama sought to take advantage
of any depression prevailng in the
Russian ranks as the result of the
news from St. Petersburg by an at
tack against General Kouropatkin's
right, but the Russian commander-in
chief seems to have turned the tables,
inflicting considerable loss on the
Japanese on Thursday and taking sev
eral positions westward along the
plain of the Hun river.
Evidently General Kouronatkin is
following up his victory, the latest dis
patches to the Associated Press from
the front, dated 6 o'clock, in the even
ing of January 27, indicating that
there is a battle in progress extending
along the center and becoming more
and more serious. However, it seems
to be confined to artillery.
TALK CONCILIATORY PLAN$.
Emperor Nicholas Causes Special
Council to Be Held.
ST. PETERSBURG—A special
council was held at Tsarskoe Selo, at
which it is said various conciliatory
measures were decided on, but no
detail? have yet transpired.
Emperor Nicholas gave a luncheon
Friday at Tsarskoe Selo in honor of
the birthday of Emperor William of
Germany. The empress, the dowager
empress, the German ambassador,
Count Lamsdorff and M. Witte were
present.
The strike continues at Saratoff.
Libau and Lodz. No newspapers
have appeared in any of these cities.
At Warsaw the situation appears to
be getting worse. The strike is rap
idly spreading, shops have been clos
ed. there are no newspapers and tele
phone service has been stoppd.
Bryan at College Dinner.
NEW YORK — William Jennings
Bryan was the principal guest Friday
night at the annual dinner of the New
York Alumni association of Syracuse
university at the Hotel Astor. He
spoke on “The Appeal of Democracy
to the Cultured Classes.”
Main Question Not Touched.
WASHINGTON—“None of the pend
ing measures touch on the main ques
tion.” said A. C. Bird, vice president
of a number of railroads composing
the Gould system, at a hearing Tues
day before the house committee on
interstate and foreign commerce on
the question of giving the interstate
commerce commission greater powers.
Among the roads represented by Mr.
Bird are the Wabash, Iron Mountain,
Missouri Pacific and Texas Pacific.
Unreasonable rates, per se, he said,
have disappeared.
Grinding Canadian Wheat.
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn.—There aro
now five big northwestern mills
grinding Canadian wheat, four of
which are in Minneapolis and the
last In Winona. The mills are operat
ing under the new drawback regula
| tions. which permit the grinding of
the wheat for export with the privi
leges of retaining the by-products in
this country. Twenty-five thousand
bushels of Canadian wheat have been
purchased, and after February 1 a mill
having a capacity of 1.800 barrels a
1 day will be put to work on the grain.
Nebraska News
J. M. Metcalf, one of the oldest im
plement dealers of Omaha, died last
week.
Miss Cora Ellen Raker has received
the appointment as postmaster of the
Gretna office, a vacancy caused by
the resignation of W. S. Raker to take
charge of the Alliance Herald. Miss
Raker has been deputy for several
years.
A Washington dispatch says: Sena
tor Millard has indorsed the applica
tion of Albert Hardtmayer, a druggist
of Omaha, for a position as hospital
superintendent in Panama. Mr. Hardt
mayer, who is a yellow fever immuDe,
has been indorsed by John L Ken
ned y, Byron J. Burbank, W. J
Broatch and others.
, A steam range with a hot water
attachment exploded at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. C. O. Boe. in Fremont,
with serious results. The whole house
| was given a severe shaking and pieces
of steel were thrown several yards
through the window. One small frag
ment shot clear through the ceiling
and buried itself in the floor of a see
| ond storv room.
Mrs. Ida Guntrum, widow of Henry
Guntrum of Lincoln, was found dead
in her bed about 10 o’clock in the
morning by neighbors. While the
cause of her death is not definitely
known, it is attributed to asphyxia
tion. due to escaping gas from a hard
coal stove in the next room. The wo
man is supposed to have been dead
for several days before being dis
covered.
Seventy out of 119 school districts
of Gage county were represented at
the directors’ meeting held in the
court house for the purpose of per
fecting a county organization. One
hundred and forty-eight delegates
were present at the meeting. Organ
ization was effected by the election of
John Rhodes of Beatrice, president,
and Ed Jeffries of Rockford, vice
president.
Word has been received in Ne
braska City of the death of Attorney
William Sloan at Grand Junction.
Colo., after a brief illness. Deceased
was a resident of Nebraska City for
many years and one of the leading
practitioners of Otoe county. He
moved from there to Grand Junction
two years ago and was elected county
judge of tnat county last fall and had
just tasen charge of his office when
i he was taken sick.
A big movement is on foot in John
son county for the improvement of
the public highways. The Missouri
plan, fathered by Mr. King, is said
to be a capital method of road im
provement and consists of grading to
the center and then persistent drag
ging. During the last two or three
years this plan has been successfully
tried by local road supervisors and
has been continually advocated at
farmers* institutes and wherever it
might do good.
The year 19**4 was one of the
greatest building years in the history
of York. None predicted that 1904
would exceed 1903 which year was
considered by the oldest resident a
record breaker. The total amount of
money expended for new structures
and improvements, public and private
run up into the thousands of dollars.
Among the largest structures was the
completition of the York central high
school building. The total cost of the
same is nearly $75,00(1.
Omaha leads f*'e list of twenty-e’ght
large cities of the country whose
building operations for 1904 are re
viewed in the last issue of Construc
tion News. Of course, the Nebraska
metropolis does not compare with the
very large cities in total number of
buildings under construction or plan
ned, or in the total cost. But in per
centage of gain in building operations
for 1904 over 1903 Omaha exhibits the
very high percentage of 143. Brooklyn
comes next in percentage of gain.
The State Board of Charities and
Corrections has discovered that the
cause of dependence in the state is
mainly chargeable to drunkards. In
the report to the governor for the
past biennium the secretary of the
board, John Davis, calls attention to
the need for some solution of the
problem created by the drink habit.
Demand is made for an indeterminate
sentence law, and some more system
atic inspection and control of county
poorhouses. The juvenile court law is
also favored, and a recommendation is
made for an improvement in the con
dition of jail buildings in the state.
A special to the Chicago Chronicle
from Naponee. Neb., says: “Benjamin
L. Cottrell, formerly of San Francisco,
Cal., and of Fort Logan, Colo., is miss
ing and his sweetheart. Miss Mabel
Johnson of Naponee. is almost broken
hearted over his failure to wed her at
the time set for their nuptials. About
four years ago Cottrell had a quar
rel with his sweetheart and enlisted
in the army. Later the lovers made up
and renewed their engagement. Cot
trell was mustered out of the army
»iiu nit- weaamg was set tor
last night. Miss Johnson was ready
and the guests were assembled at her
house, but Cottrell did not appear.”
Ten members of the house commit
tee on public lands and buildings, ar
rived in Norfolk and inspected the
state hospital for the insane.
A new fraternal society has been
organized in Teeumseh. It is the “Fra
ternal Life.” The society starts out
with a fairly good membership.
Governo- Mickey has signed H. R.
No. 53, appropriating $80,000 to pay
the salaries of members and employes
of the legislature. H also signed H.
K. No. 55, appropriating $20,000 to
pay incidental expenses of the legis
lature.
An effort ts making in Omaha to al
low the saloons to remain open until
1 o’clock in the morning.
The Farmers’ and Merchants’ bank
of Verdon has purchased lots in the
central portion of Main street, and
will erect a fine brick bank building
in the spring.
Secretary S. S. Clark of the Fre
mont Y. M. C. A., has handed his re
signation to the Y. M. C. A. board. He
desires it to take effect on April 1,
Mr. Clark has been secretary about
nine years. Prior to that time he was
assistant secretary six years.
CORRESPONDENT WRITES OF
CONDITIONS AFTER MASSACRE
MONARCHS DIRECTLY AND INDIRECTLY INTERESTED IN RUSSIAN
OUTBREAK.
Maxime Gorkv. who says revolution in Russia has begun, and that the battle
will be fought to the bitter end. is a celebrated Russian novelist, whose proper
name is Alicksei Maximovitch Pieshkoff. Successively he has been a scullery boy.
a cobbler's apprentice, a railway watchman and a gardener, but managed to
pick up an education and became a picturesque and forceful writer. He was
born at N’ishni Novgorod in 186S. His pen name is said to mean "most bitter.”
and his stories generally relate to crime. sacrifices. iwft'eo ssnffering.
When morning dawnea on
Petersburg Jan. 23, the Cossacks were
in complete control of the situation.
After the last volleys in the Vas
sili Ostraff quarter at midnight Sun
day, January 22. the men abandoned
the few barricades which they held
until that hour an<,l retired. The word
was passed around by the leaders to
remain quiet for the present.
During the night a fine, damp snow
fell, covering the ugly red stains and
obliterating all traces' of Sunday's
conflict. The people generally, how
ever, were nervous and apprehensive
and kept indoors. The strikers, look
ing weary and haggard after the ex
citement of the day before, collected
in sullen little groups in the vicinity
of their various headquarters and
around Sunday's demolished barri
cades, awaiting the decision of their
leaders regarding the plan of action.
They were in an ugly mood and broke
out in curses whenever soldiers
marched by.
As the day wore on there were
signs of increasing uneasiness. The
troops, most of which had been with
drawn from the streets in the center
of the city during the night, were re
ported during the forenoon to have as
sembled in considerable strength at
the principal points. Traffic across
the bridges and the usual paths over
the ice was interrupted.
The strikers, apparently finding it
impossible to reach the center of the
city in organized masses, were enter
ing it singly or in small groups, tra
versing the streets sullenly without
stopping to converse or look at the
windows, as has been their custom.
Many of the principal shops are
closed.
As the day advanced the crowds on
Nevsky prospect increased, but the
Where Strikes Are Spreading.
police did not allow them to collect.
Squadrons of Cossacks with lances
and carbines patroled the thorough
fare as a reminder of what would
happen at the least disturbance.
i-iair a regiment ot miantry stacked
arms and remained on duty on the
Morskaia. a fashionable boulevard of
the city, and at noon troops were
again marched info the palace square,
where people were once more trying
to collect. All the grand dukes' pal
aces were strorgly guarded.
St. Petersburg has often witnessed
rioting, clearing the streets of demon
r
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Twenty-three years of exile and
imprisonment appeared to have left
no impression on Mme. Breshkovsky,
who is now in Chicago endeavoring to
arouse sentiment in favor of the Rus
sian revolutionists. Once the wealthy
daughter of a nobleman, now a poor
but spirited old woman with years of
suffering behind her, she has taken up
the labor that was interrupted by the
czar’s spies so long ago. This is the
Russian revolutionary movement.
“Russia is now awakening,” she says.
strators and Cossack charges with
whips and sabers, but the bloodshed
of yesterday is unparalleled in its his
tory and the many stories of brutality
told by the populace seem to have
convinced them that a program of
deliberate bloodletting was planned to
overawe the strikers. This is most
indignantly denied by the authorities,
who protest most earnestly that they
regret the situation compelled such
stern measures. They say order had
to be restored or the city would have
fallen into the hands of the mob.
One of Father Gopon's lieutenants
declared that the leaders of the strik
ers had resolved to preach the gospel
of armed resistance and the over
throw of autocracy, but that it did not
carry with it a threat of pillage or an
attack on property.
It is reported that at one of the
meetings in the early hours this morn
ing some of the strike leaders dis
cussed the advisability of sending
delegations to the various embassies
to appeal to the foreign powers for
protection, but no action was taken—
at least no deputations had appeared
at any of the embassies up to noon.
The situation continues critical.
The military have the upper hand in
St. Petersburg, and so long as the
troops remain true they can crush
any attempt ai resistance in the cap
ital. But the eyes of all are turned
toward the interior for the effect
which the news will produce in the
big centers.
Monarchs Fond of Hunting.
Nearly all the crowned heads of Eu
rope seem to be great hunters. Not
withstanding his age the Austrian em
peror still loves the chase, and King
Edward is as fond of it as Kaiser Wil
helm. The king of Portugal is so
good a marksman that he has been
called a modern William Tell. The
king of Italy spends much time hunt
ing and the queen is said to be an
even better shot with the revolver
than her spouse. She grewr up in a
wild, mountainous region and still
loves to roam the forests, gun in hand.
Insisted Earth Was Flat.
The famous Maine philosopher,
Joseph W. Holden, is recalled through
a lawsuit among his heirs which has
just been settled in the probate court
at Portland. Mr. Holden, whose home
was in the little farming community
of Otisfield, spent the greater part
! of his life in a futile endeavor to
i bring the world to admit that the
earth is flat, and the arguments which
he advanced interested all New Eng
land during the latter part of the last
I century,
I
“Youths” Now in Senate.
The United States senate is gradu
ally changing to a body of compara
tively young man. Senator Bailey of
Texas is no longer the “baby” mem
ber. The latest accession is from Ne
braska and he is barely 35. Beveridge
of Indiana is among the youngsters.
The far northwest usually sends sev
eral “kids.” The reappearance of Car
ter of Montana, with his shaving-brush
goatee, is not chargeable to the colt
class. He has been there before. Sen
ator Morgan pf Alabama is the patri
arch of the senate.
Ground for Complaint.
An English farmer, who was com
plaining terribly of a bad harvest,
met the minister of the parish, and as
usual, proceeded to hold forth on his
favorite topic.
“Ah. yes. Farmer Giles,” said the
worthy parson, “you have, I must con
fess, good cause to complain, but you
must remember that Providence cares
for all. and that even the birds of the
air are provided for.”
“Aye,” said the old man, significant
ly, “aff o’ my corn.”
MESSAGES FROM THE DEAD.
New York Woman Claims to Have
Communication With Spirits.
The strange mystery of Rev. May S.
Pepper and her spiritualistic power is
attracting great attention in Brook
lyn, N. Y. Mrs. Pepper does not pre
tend to read the future; she does not
even enact the pretense of going into
a “trance” state. Messages purport
ing to come from the dead are receiv
ed through her in answer to questions
placed in sealed and unopened en
velopes. Many strange and unaccount
able instances of her power are re
ported. So strongly has the belief in
her advocacy of spiritualism taken
hold that a congregation has been
formed of which she has been made
pastor. Among the members are
some of the most prominent business
and professional men of Brooklyn.
Rev. May S. Pepper.
Many of the attendants at meetings
conducted by Mrs. Pepper assert that
messages she delivers from the dead
are correct and they are moved to
deep emotion thereby. She has gain
ed a large following of believers.
ARBITRARY RULE IN ENGLAND.
Railroads Compelled to Afford Safety
to Passengers.
They manage their railways better
in England. With one-tenth our mile
age, but with many times our density
of passenger travel, Englishmen have
a record of fifteen months without los
ing a life in a train accident. The
reason is because they do things in
the autocratic, arbitrary, English man
ner which totally disregards the in
alienable rights of a citizen to be
massacred by the railroads. Here no
official exists who has as a duty or
even is authorized to say to a railway
officer: “You are operating your rail
road unsafely. Stop.” In Great Brit
ain the Board of Trade takes the
place of the interstate commerce com
mission. The chief inspector of the
board—Col. Yorke is his name just
now—is a gentleman of military hab
its, and what he says goes, and goes
instanter. Behind him is the whol"
power of the British army. Not long
ago an inspector, impressed by cer
tain dangerous conditions in a branch
of the Ixmdon subway, telephoned
Col. Yorke. The colonel is not given
to expostulating or corresponding.
He sent peremptory orders to stop
the running of all trains on the spot,
and not a wheel was driven till the
defect was corrected.—Leslie's Maga
zine.
CROKER DIES OF INJURIES.
Auto Car Collision Fatal to Son of
Ex-Tammany Boss.
Frank Croker. son of Richard Cro
ker of New York, died at Daytona,
Fla., from the injuries he received
there Jan, 21 in a collision between
his automobile and a motor cycle
chair. j
Morton Proud of Middle West.
If any one wishes to arouse Secre
tary Morton to enthusiasm all he
need do is to say something about the
middle west. “People talk about the
riches of the Nile valley,” says he.
“Why, it is as nothing compared with
the Mississippi valley, which you
must remember extends from the
Rockies to the Alleghanies. Its re
sources are billions, and it has only
reached its beginnings. "The corn
crop alone of the Missisippi valley is
worth close to $1,000,000,000 a year.
It's the greatest and richest valley on
earth.”
Desk Has Interesting History.
Postmaster General Wynne found
the desk he used when he was a tele
graph operator in the old Cincinnati
Commercial Gazette office in Washing
ton shortly after the wrar. W’hitelaw
Reid used it when he was a Washing
ton correspondent. Reid handed the
desk down to Wynne when he left for
New York to go to work on the New’
York Tribune. Now Reid is to be
ambassador to Great Britain and
Wynne is to be consul general to Lon
don. Wynne says he will take the
desk to London with him.
In Boston.
Mr. C. DePuyster (to stableman
from the West)—Extricate this quad
ruped from the vehicle. Donate to
him an adequate supply of nutritious
elements. And when the aurora of
the morning illuminates the eastern
horizon I will award you an ample
compensation for your amiable hospi
tality.
Stableman (to hostler)—The guy
says to give the nag a mit full of oats.
He’ll chuck you two bits in the morn
ing.
TOY AUTO WORTH THOUSANDS,
Novelty In Jewelry Got Up for Mil
lionaires.
"Here’sc a novelty in expensive gee
gaws,” said the jeweler friend, “that
is very popular this season among
that class which has more money than
it knows how to spend.”
He took from a little satin-plush box
a miniature automobile, about an inch
and a half long, and sent it spinning
across the showcase. It struck two op
three other articles of jewelry, and, im
true auto style, bowled them over.
The little automobile was perfection!
in manufacture. The frame, made of
platinum, had not a part missing. The
hubs of the little wheels (the wheels
being not much larger in diameter
than a peicil), were diamonds; dia
monds i*an along the sides of the
seats, and the seats themselves w’ere
made of several rubies forming a radi
ant, though hard, cushion. The lamps
were a ruby and an emerald on either
side, and a diamond in the center of
the dashboard. »
On the back of the auto was a pin
by which to attach it to the neck of
the dress.
The price on the tag was $7,000. A
real auto could be bought for the same
money.
Stature of Italians.
Prof. Paglian. an Italian anthropolo
gist, has made a study of the compara
tive physical development of the rich
and the poor among his countrymen.
This chart, showing the average stat
ure of both classes, reveals that the
odds are in favor of the rich from in
fancy, and that they assume a con
stant advance after the age of thirteen,
when the' poor begin hard manual
labor.
White Bear Killed in West Virginia.
Two hunters, who were driven by
rain to take shelter in a cave in the
mountains of Nicholas county, roused
a perfectly white bear, with pink
eyes, which had quarters in the cave.
When roused from its slumber the
bear attacked the men with ferocity
and severely injured one of them.
Mr. Wilson Graves, who fired the
shot that killed the animal, has the
skin, and will have the same prop
erly prepared and mounted. The hide
has the texture and the head the ap
pearance of the common bladk bear,
except that the skin is snow white
and the eyes pink.—Montgomery Cor
respondence Cincinnati Enquirer.
Collapsible Theater Hat.
A collapsible theater hat, that may
be folded into a minute space, and
when necessary will reassume its fon
mer symmetry, has been invented by
a London milliner for the benefit of
aer sex. The hat, which has been
patented, is made on an ingenious
framework, which can be covered
with pliable straw, chiffon, lace oi
cloth—indeed, any material savo vet
vet, which would crush too much to
be of service. It can also be modeled
in any shape to suit any style 01
beauty.
Fish Killed in Thousands.
Fishermen in and around Sharon,
Mass., do not relish the informatior
that 450,000 bass and perch are frozen
in the ice at Massapoag pond. It is
understood that the killing of the fish
resulted from experiments made un
der the direction of the Massachusetts
state board of health, to determine
the efficacy of copper sulphate in ex
terminating algae.
Eskimo Masks.
Thibetans have the most preten
tious and grotesque masks, which are
used in their religious ceremonies, and
the custom even extends to the fax
islands of the South seas. From these
tropical waters to the white wastes
of the frozen north is a far cry, yet
there is a similarity between the
masks of the Malay tribe? and those
of the Eskimos which seems to link
these faraway peoples. Herewith is
given the picture of an Eskimo mask,
front and rear. It is fairly indicative
of the artistic feeling in these odd
people, and, while primitive, has in It
something of a higher promise.
