.CZAfi. URGES PEACE.
ASKS SECOND CONFERENCE OF
POWERS AT THE HAGUE.
-Emperor Nicholas Invites Nations of
the World to Another I'eacc Conven
tion Kiisaian Kuler Said to Be Backed
tby President Roosevelt.
lEmporor Nicholas again appears be
fore the world as a promoter of uni
versal peace. No sooner is the Russo-
Japanese war over , and cvon before
the peace treaty has been ratified , than
Ills majesty is issuing invitations to a
second peace conference at The
[ Hague. It is announced oflioialljin
St. Petersburg that "the Russian gov
ernment proposes to address the for
eign powers with a view to the hold
ing of a second peace conference at
The Hague. "
It is known that negotiations pre
ceding this announcement that the
government "proposed to address the
powers" were entered into especially
EMPEROR NICHOLAS.
the United States and were con-
dticted with the greatest secrecy , there
being not the slightest inkling that
Ilussia contemplated anything of the
kind.
The announcement created the
greatest surprise. That Russia should
plan a second conference , despite the
steps already taken by President
Koosevelt , was heard with amaze
ment. It is clear that the step could
not be taken by Russia without first
reaching a complete understanding
\villi President Roosevelt.
The fact that President Roosevelt is
reported as being entirely in sympathy
-with the proposal , and that he is said
to believe that to the initiator of the
iirst Hague conference should belong
-ihe honor of convoking the second , and
readily and gladly acceded to the Rus
\ sian proposal , is clear proof that the
conference already has been called
.and that President Roosevelt relin
quished his part in it to Emperor
Nicholas.
There will be many important topics
discussed at the next world's peace
conference and it is the belief of some
( Washington men that an agreement
v.'ill be reached by which the danger ol'
MT.r will be greall3T decreased by cou-
cluding a treaty which will provide
Hint war shall be waged only for cer
ium vital reasons and only after an
iioncst attempt has been made to
reach an amicable agreement.
One of the important questions to
tie considered will be the firing of ex
plosives from balloons. At the last
peace conference it was agreed that
i"or a period of five years no nation
A party to the treaty would resort to
hi < practice. The five-year limit has
expired and there is nothing to prevent
.any nation from dropping projectiles
-from balloons into the territory of its
enemy.
Another important question will be
the more liberal treatment of the 1
Cross society by all the nations during
.it war , looking to giving it more liber-
ty of action and better protection. The
-treatment of the sick and wounded
-\vili also be taken up and some regu
lations regarding the launching of
'Heating mines will be considered , as
well as the sphere of action of sub
marine vessels.
When the conference convenes some
proposition looking to limiting the
sphere of military operations will be
.submitted with a view to mitigating
the horror of war , and limiting the
scope of operations to a smaller area.
Questions growing out of the Rnssian-
.J&panese war will also be taken up for
consideration , including that of the dis
position of interned warships.
Dr. William Osier recently recited a
.luaint cure for gout. "First pick a hand
kerchief from the pocket of a spinster
who never wished to wed ; second , wash
the handkerchief in an honest miller's
pond ; third , dry it on the hedge of a
person who never was covetous ; fourth ,
send it to lie shop of a physician who
never killed a patient ; fifth , mark it with
a lawyer's ink who never cheated a cli-
-cni ; and , sixth , apply it. hot. to the pout
tormented part. A speedv cure must
follow. "
"Cash" Clultb , one of the wenlthies-t
men in Henry roiimy , was shot and kill-
'ed by his brother. Coswell. a hotel pro
prietor of Plcastireville. Ky. The inur-
7c -dered man was (50 years old and his
Wft "brother 4S. The brothers had some difli-
-culty over money matters , but their
friends attribute the shooting to mind
derangement , rather than the disngree-
i inent over finances.
II. P. Mallnn. a Boer colonel , who
; served in the South African war , is a
L -conductor on a otreet car Hn in Kansas
-City.
HAS AROUSED THE PRESIDENT.
Failure of tho Law to Punish Crimea
Proven by Figures.
Crimejn this country has reached a
point where it will be made the sub ect
of a part of the President's message.
The lax manner of enforcing the law
will be dwelt upon.
For this purpose statistics are now
being compiled by the census bureau.
They show the following record during
the past twenty years :
Iloral- ExcLynch -
Yoar. cid.es. cutions. Ings.
18ST 1.803 10S 181
ISM ; 1,409 8 : ? 13H
1SS7 2W5 : 70 123
1SSS 2,184 87 144
1SS ! ) tV/OT 95 175
18)0 4.200 102 123
is i r , , > oe 123 IDS
1802 0,791 107 230
! ) : .013 120 200
ISDJ. 0.800 K2 ! ISO
1st- 10.V)0 1152 ICf ]
ISJH ; ioW2 ( 122 1:11
ls)7 ; 0..720 123 IOC
I SOS 7,840 100 127
181,0 0.22. , m 107
1'JO'l 8.27.1 117 113
r.-nl 7,82.US l.Ti
11)02 ) S.SU : 141 'M
1SIU- S.070 124 301
1004 S.4b2 110 00
Total ir.l.Oni 2.2SG 2,020
The figures .show that Uie number of
executions has decreased steadily since
3S r > , while the number of murders and
homicides has increase. ! , but there is
nothing in the statistics to explain the
dcirei.se.
Eminent lawyers ascribe the decrease
inecntions to two causes , one being
the growing sentiment against capital
punishment and the other and more im
portant one being the lax administration
of the criminal laws and the fact that
attorneys take advantage of every tech-
nii-ility to sav the lives of the murder
ers they are hired to defend. Secretary
T.ift. in his Yale address , referred to tho
pr valence of this method of practice
am-iu' criminal lawyer" , and declared
tlm the judges should be given tho pow
er to compel the lawyers to try their
cases on their merits and not permit
thorn to exaggerate unimportant cvideuco
and cover up the salient points.
Statistics covering the years since 1S9-4
to 1005 show tae causes of all murders
and homicides committed in thot , period.
During the eleven years 51,002 persons
lost their lives as the result of quarrels ,
23,508 as the result of unknown causes.
4,9S7 as the result of jealousy , 3,711
were killed by highwaymen and 2,510
mothers killed their infants. In resist
ing arrest 1,400 persons were killed and
1,101 highwaymen were killed. Insanity
was the cause of 1,592 deaths and 510
strikes.
persons were killed during
There were fewer lynchings in 1901
than any year since 1S94. In 1892 , ac
cording to the statistics , there were 230
persons killed by lynchers. the greatest
number in any of the eleven years. The
number killed by lynching has ilucluated
each year , but there has been a gradual
decrease until 19U4 , showing there were
only 90 lives taken by mob violence.
OUSTER'S SLAYER DIES.
Noted Sioux Chief ,
Itaizi-in-the-Fnce ,
Kxpire-4 on the Ivescrvation.
Raii-in-the-Face. the Sioux chief who
wis reputed to have tired the shot which
k'liod Gen. Custcr. d'cd ' the other day at
reservation in Bore-
the Stan-ling Rock ,
man county. S. D.
The Indian , during Ms lifetime , gave
tin I'nited Stitcs troops as much trouble
as any other who ever lived , lie always
bore the reputation of being a "bad"
Inlian. and never lost his hatred for the
wliito man.
Rain-in-the-Face joined Sitting P.ull in
his famous uprising , and was one of tho
leaders in the battle of the Little Big
Horn river , June 1.5. 1S70. which is pop
ularly known as the "Custer massacre. "
He always claimed that he tired the s-hot
which ended the life of Custer. Rain-iu-
the-Face w.is a pure blooded Sioux , and
was 02 years old at the time of his death.
Sparks from the Wires.
Philadelphia reformers have disclosed
tho fact that of a bozus vote of 00,000
polled in that city in the interest of ring
politicians more than one-third were dead
men.
William B. Gill , formerly a district
superintendent of the Western Union
Telegraph Company , died nt his homo in
Cheltenham , a suburb of Philadelphia.
He was 59 years of age.
Reports on oil production in the Texas
district during August show a decrease
as compared with .Inly of more than
l.OOO.OOrt barrels. The figures for July
4.585,500 and for August 3.r 0'.500. !
Every field in the district has shared in
the slump.
J. W. Gleitsinan of New York has np-
plied to the court of chancery in Trenton ,
X J. . for the appointment of a receiver
for the American Machine Company of
Erie , Pa.
The National Firemen's Association
closed its annual session at Kansas City
after re-electing the old board of officers ,
headed by President James D. McNeil
of Fayetteville , X. C.
Brip. Gen. William n. Carter was re
lieved from the command of the depart
ment of the Visayas in the Philippine !
and assigned as head of tin
of the lakes at Chicago
HURRY DP THE CANAL
PRESIDENT URGES CONSULTING
BOARD TO MAKE HASTE.
"Advise Me , Not What You Think I
"Want to Hear , but What You Think I
Ouslit to Hear , " He Warns Impor
tant Utterances ,
President Roosevelt is urging in the
! strongest terms the necessity for a
: plan for the construction of the Pana-
j ma canal which may be accomplished
| in the shortest possible time. In his
| recent remarks to the Consulting
i Board of Engineers of the Isthmian
I Canal Commission he said many
, things which are regarded as of the
utmost importance in that connection.
These remarks have just been tran
scribed and transmitted to the Board ,
and General Davis , its chairman , has
been authorized u > make them public.
The President said :
What I am about to say must be Con
sidered in the liirht of suggestion , not as
direction. I have named you because In
my judgment you are especially iitted to
serve as advisers in planning the great
est engineering work the world has yet
seen : and I expect you to advise me.
not what you think I want to hear , but
what you think I ought to hear.
There are two or three considerations
which I trust you will steadily keep be
fore your minds ia coming to a conclu
sion as to tlte proper type of canal. I
hope that ultimately it will prove pos
sible to build a sea level canal. Such a
canal would undoubtedly be best in the
end , if feasible ; and I feel that one of
the chief advantages of the J'anama
route is that ultimately a sea level canal
will be a possibil.ty. But while paying
due heed to the ideal perfectibility o
the scheme from an engineer's stand
point , remember the need of having a
plan which shall provide for the imme
diate building of a canal on the safest
terms and in the shortest possible time.
If to build .1 sea level canal will but
slightly increase the risk , theu of course
it is preferable. But if to adopt the
plan of a sea level canal means to incut
our hazard , 'and insure indefinite delay ,
then it is not preferable. If the advan
tages and disadvantages are closely bal
anced I expect you to say so. I desire
also to knovr whether , if you recommend
a hiirh level multilock canal , it will be
possible after it is completed to turn it
into or substitute for it. in time , a sea
level canal , without interrupting the
traffic upon it. Two of the prime con
siderations to be kept steadily in mind
are : 1 The utmost practicable speed of
construction : 2 practical certainty that
Hie plan proposed will be feasible , that
it can be carried out with the minimum
risk.
risk.The
The quantity of work and the amount
of work should be minimized so far as
possible.
There may he cood reason why the de
lay incident to the adoption of a plan
for an ideal canal should be incurred :
but if there is not , then I hope is see
the canal constructed on a system which
will bring to the nearest possible date in
the future the time when it practic.iblo
to take the first ship across the isthmus ;
that i.s. which will in the shortest time
possible secure a Panama waterway be
tween the oceans of such a character as
to guarantee permanent and ample com
munication for fie greatest ships of our
navy and for the largest ste.unors on
either the Atlantic or the Pacific. The
delay in transit of the veels o\\ing
to additional locks would be of small
consequence WKM compared with short
ening the time for the construction of
the canal or diminishing the risks in its
construction.
In short. I desire your best judgment"
on all the various questions to be con
sidered in choosing among the various
plans for a comparatively high level
multi-lock canal , for a lower level with
fewer locks , and for a sea level canal.
Finally. 1 urge upon you the necessity
of as great expedition in coming to a
decision as is compatible with thorough
ness in considering the condition's.
CIRCUS TENT BLOWN DOWN.
Kingling Bros. ' Bis : Canvas Collapses
on 3OOO People.
At Maryville , Mo. , three persons wero
mortally hurt and more than a score
seriously injured when the tents of tho
limgliiig Brothers' circus were blown
down Monday afternoon
Five thousand persons were zitliored
in the main tent when the storm broke
and the scene of panic and suffering that
followed the collapse of the big tent
cannot be described. ( .Ire.it poles am }
whole rows of seats c.uue cr.ishing to
the ground , bearing the bodies of specta
tors men , women and children beneath
them. Cries of the injured and tho
shrieks of fear of tho c who were not
hurt were mingled with the roaring of
lion5 : , the trumpeting of elephants and
the fearful cries of rage and terror of
wild animals in cages or in chain1 ; . Twen
ty cases containing animals were over
turned in the midst oL the crowd , and
the fear that the animals would escape
gave new stress to the panic.
Tho great , heavy , wet canvasburied
all for some minutes and rendered the
work of rescuing the injured very diili-
dillicult. The stronger of those in tiie
audience rushed for the exits when the
first crash came and. in their frenzy to
escape , rushed between mothers and their
children , separated families , knocked
down frail women and added to the 1:011-
eral confusioa and peril of the situation.
The most seriously injured wore cauirlit
under the great center poles of the main
tent. Scarcely one of tho--e buried un
der the wreckage escaped lislir bruises
and cut1 ; . Otto Kingling said this was
the worst storm his circus had encoun
tered since 18i. ! !
A hand car. carrying fourteen It.iKai.s.
was in collision with a work tra n in t'le '
nrrth yards of the Buffalo. II Hipsp-r
and Pittsburz railroad , at Duboi ? . Pa. ,
periously injuring six of the foreigners ,
three of whom will die. The collision
was the result of a de ise fo .
An epidemic of typhoid fever prevails
in the town of Nanticoke. near Wilkes-
barre , Pa. Over 100 cases have been
reported to the board of health. The
opening of public schools has been d-
ferrel and public fuueraU .hare
prohibited.
WIND AND RAiN DAMAGE CROPS
Benefit from Higher Temperature la
OHejct by Heavy Storms.
The weeklv Minniiary of crop condi
tions issued by the weather bureau is as
* < illows :
Jj.Tcept in New England and the
northern part of the middle Atlantic
States , wbore the wc-k ended Sept. 18
averaged consi lerably cooler than usual ,
the temperature was above the normal
and generally favorable , the week being
decidedly warm over trio greater part of
the central valleys , gulf States and east
ern Kocky Mountain slope. Light to
heavy frosts occurred in the Rocky
Mountain regions and also in North Da
kota , the lake rogion , New England and
ihe northern portion of the middle At
lantic States , but they resulted in no
serious injury.
A marked feature of the week was the
cxcesshe precipitation , accompanied in
places by high winds , in the lower Mis
souri valley. wh * re much damage was
done , espeu.illy in central and western
Missniri and eastern Kansas. Wet
weather also proved detrimental over a
large part of the middle Atlantic States
and in portions of the south Atlantic and
cast gulf districts , while drought con
tinues over portions of Texas. Gener
ally favorable weather prevailed in the
central gulf States. Tennessee and most
of the Ohio valley and middle Atlantic
States. Favor.ible weather also prevail
ed in California and showers relieved
drought conditions to a greater or less
extent in Washington and Oregon.
While corn has experienced favorable
conditions over a largo part of the corn
belt , late corn in the upper Ohio and
Missouri valleys is maturing slowly , and
the crop in the lower Missouri valley has
suffered seriously from excessive rains
and high winds , especially in Missouri
ami Kansas. In the first mentioned State
a large part of the crop has been blown
down or badly lodged , much is under
water , and that in shock is beginning to
mold. Over the northern part of tho
corn belt from two-thirds to three-fourth *
of the crop inow safe from frost.
Notwithstanding frequent showers in
the spring wheat region , thrashing of
spring wheat has been general , shock
thrashing in Minnesota being nearly
completed. Considerable smut is report
ed from the Dakota1 * .
In Illinois the weather during the
week was warm and cloudy. Local raius ,
heavy in parts of central districts , very
light elsewhere ; corn in excellent condi
tion and luis made good progress toward
maturity , bulk assured in central and
south and early safe in north ; pastures ,
broom corn and cow peas excellent ; pas *
tures and apples deteriorating.
FORESHADOWS COAL STRIKE.
Mitchell Calls on Anthracite Mincra
to formulate Demands.
President John Mitchell of the United
Mine Workers of America has announced
that the convention of mine workers of
the three anthracite districts at which
demands w ill be formulated to be pre
sented to the anthracite coal companies
next spring will bo held at Shamokin ,
Pa. , on Dec. 14. The mine workers of
the three districtsll \ shortly elect dele
gates to represent them at the meeting.
The decision to hold a convention , to
formulate demands is similar to the ac
tion taken before the great strike of 1902 ,
when a convention was held there to
draw up demands. The award of the
anthracite coal strike commission will er-
pire March 3t next year.
President Mitchell has been in the
anthracite region for the last two months
holding meetings every day for the pur
pose of strengthening the union. After
the 11)02 ) s-trike there waa considerable
tailing off in membership. As a result
of the campaign the miners' leader is
waging many of those who dropped out
of the organization arc returning
Among the demands that the conven
tion will probably formulate are an eight-
hour workday for all classes of mino
orkers , recognition of the union and a
yearly agreement with the coal com
panies similar to the one existing in somft
of the bituminous coal fields of the mid
die West.
Gen. Booth , head of the Salvation
Army , has just returned to London after
a 30,000 mile trip.
Admiral Evans has been asked by th
crew of the battleship Missouri to assign
a mule to the ship as mascot.
Mayor Hose of Kansas City , Kan. , has
requested owners of vacant lots iu that
city to allow children to use them as
playgrounds.
Thomas A. Edison is son to acquirt
the little hou e at Milan , O. , where first
he saw the light of day more than a
half century ago.
The late Col. Daniel S. Lament left
residuary bequests to Lis daughters , to
be paid when they niarry or become 30
without marrying.
Ex-Presoident Cleveland has survived
his entire first cabinet , with the excep
tion of Mr. Yilas. who presided over the
convention which nominated him.
Chief Jusice Fuller of the United
States Supreme Court was mistaken for
an itinerant German musician at the Sa
voy Hotel. London , recently , and given
a poor room on that account. The mis
take was rectified.
The electric wi/ard. Edison , say * :
"Although I work a good many hours a
day , my life is a quiet and resfnl one.
I < To nut worry ; I an fond of lun , and I
like guod fellows. 1 do not want to deal
with mean men or men whose lives are
devoted to trotting money. * '
The Palais d s Souverains. Paris ,
which belonged to the late Dr. T. W.
Evans. American denti < t and million
aire , is .iortly , to be sold bhs Phila
delphia heis.
Mr. Edison ha < but one speech to his
credit. lie was to lecture on electricity
before a girl's seminary and was to be
assisted by a friend named Adams to
\\ork the apparatus , lie was so dazed
when he arose that he simply said :
"Ladies , Mr. Adams will now nddresi
you on electricity , and I will demon
strate what he has to say with the ap
paratus. * '
While tho new demands
disclose no recession in
the heavy industries ,
money and distributive operations
made distinct advance. Bank ex
changes reached their highest total
for one week since early in May. The
absorption of currency for crop mov
ing purposes encroached upon deposits
to the largest extent this season , and
there was wider request for commer
cial loans , most of the latter being
negotiated at 5 per cent. This rate
probably may now become the mini
mum for choice mercantile names ,
and banking profits ( luring the next
quarter will have an improving ratio.
Wholesale dealings in fall ami win
ter staples made a substantial gain.
Shipping rooms are worked day and
night in the effort to overtake prompt
forwarding. Notwithstanding the
heavy business already completed , the
attendance of buyers remains unpre
cedented , and a higher average cost
proves no bar to liberal selections of
necessaries.
Unusually large transactions are
noted in dry goods , clothing , footwear ,
men's furnishings and woolens , and
further good orders appeared for mil
linery , cloaks , groceries and canned
fruits. Former impressions of an ex-
ceilent outlook for both city and in
terior retail trade are well sustained.
Stocks of merchandise among retailers
are at a low point , and generous re
plenishment proceeds satisfactorily.
Collections make a good showing ,
while the commercial mortality again
is comparatively lower.
Bank clearings $107,190.855 , exceed
those of the corresponding week In
11)04 by 15 per cent.
Failures reported in the Chicago dis
trict number 18 , against 19 last week ,
and 35 a year ago. Dun's Review of
Trade.
Trade and industry con
Nu York. tinue remarkably active
in nearly all Hues. Fall
distribution Is in full swing and. in
portions of the West is of unprec
edented volume. Interior merchants
are still greatly in evidence In many
primary markets , three-fourths of the
co-n crop Is out of danger of frost ,
iron and steel are in exceptionally
good demand with outputs heavily
sold ahead and prices tending upAvard
and building and building material are
apparently as active as at any pre
ccing period this year. Collections
generally are good for this season of
the year , despite the fact that retail
trade in the agricultural regions is
still retarded by active farming opera
tions. Gross railroad earnings for
August were 5 per cent in excess of a
year ago , when the present wave of
activity first manifested itself.
Business failures in the United
States for the week ending Sept. 1-i
number 1SS , against 137 last week , 107
in the like week of 1904. 170 in 1903 ,
182 in 1902 and 158 in 1901. In Can
ada failures for the week number
thirty-two , as against twenty-five last
week and twenty-nine in this week a
year ago. Bradstreet's Commercial
Report.
Chicago Cattle , common to prime ,
4.00 to SG.iO ; hogs , prime heavy. $4.00
to ? 5.SO ; sheep , fair to choice. $3.00 to
$1.90 ; wheat. Xo. 2 , S3c ( o Sic ; corn ,
Xo. 2 , 51c to 52c ; oats , standard , 2Cc { 6
27c ; rye , Xo. 2. 07c to OSc ; hay. tim
othy. $8.50 to $11.50 ; prairie. $0.00 to
$10.50 ; butter , choice creamery. ISc to
20c ; eggs , fresh , 30c to ISc ; potatoes ,
per bushel , 30c to 45c.
Indianapolis Cattle , shipping. $3.00
to $0.00 ; hogs , choice heavy , $4.00 to
$5.75 ; sheep , common to prime. $2.50 to
$4.50 ; wheat , Xo. 2 , S2c to Sic ; corn.
Xo. 2 white. 53c to . " 34c ; oats , Xo. 2
whit" , 2Gc to 2Sc.
St. Louis Cattle , $4.50 to $5.90 : hog * .
? 4.UO to $5.75 ; sheep. SkOO to $4.80 ;
wheat. Xo. 2. o.xto 80c ; corn. Xo. 2 ,
r.Oc to .r 3c : oatsXo. . 2 , 25c to 27c : rye ,
Xo. 2. 5Sc to OOc.
Cincinnati Cattle. $4.00 to $5.00 :
hogs. $4.00 to $5.55 : sheep. $2.00 to
$4.50 ; wheat , Xo. 2. 84c to 80c ; corn ,
Xo. 2 mixed. 54c to 5 < "c : oats. Xo. 2
mixed. 27c to 2Sc ; rye , Xo. 2. OOc to 02c.
Detroit Cattle. $4.50 to $5.00 ; hogs
$4.0t ) to $5.35 ; sheep. $2.50 to $5.00 ;
wheat. Xo. 2. S3c to 84c ; corn. Xo. 3
yellow. 55c to 50c ; oat * . Xo. 3 white ,
27c to 2ic ! : rye. Xo. 2 , 02c to G4c.
Milwaukee Wheat. Xo. 2 northern ,
S3to We : corn. Xo. 3. 51c to 52c ;
ott : . standard. 27c to 29 ( ; rye. Xo. 1.
I'Srto 09c : barley , Xo. 2. 51e to 53c ;
pork. mess. $15.00.
Toledo Wheat. Xo. 2 mixed. S5c to
St'c : corn. Xo. 2 mixed. 51 c to 53 ; oats.
Xo. 2 mixed. 30c to 32c : ryp. Xo. 2. 54c
to C,2c : clover cd. prime. $7.10.
Buffalo Cattle , choice "shipping st er * .
4.00 to $5.75 : hogs , fair to choice. $4.00
to So.70 : shrep. common to good mixed.
S4.0U to $4.75 : lambs , fair to choice ,
$51 in ro $7.00.
Xew York Cattle. $4.00 to $5.05 :
hoes. 5:4.00 : to $5.95 : sheep. $3.00 to
$4.75 : wheat. Xo. 2 red , b7c to SSc ;
corn. Xo. 2. f Se to COc : oats , natural ,
white. 31c to 33c ; butter , creamery , 19c
to 21 < ; egc1 : . western. 20c to 22c.
Short Personal * .
Peter Henry t'hevantier , who made a
fortune in toy balloons , is said to be in
poverty.
V/HERE V/EATHER IS MADE.
Medicine Hat , Alberta , Canada , nnil
How Jt ( lot It Name.
"Hero i.s when * jou : > t your weath
er. " says tlu * conductor , as the train
pulls into Medicine Hat , province of
Alberta. Canada. And tlu-n the na
tives take the visitors from the States
around the corner and point Jo a box
eight by four feet on the side of the.
hill where "weather for the States Is
bred. " Medicine Hut gets a conspic
uous place on the weather map issued
by the United States bureau , .says the
Indianapolis Xews. The name figures
in most of theoid weather reports ,
but , as a matter of fact , the town Is
not a weather breeder. It possesses
an extremely mild climate in winter
h. comparison with some of these
northwest territory towns , and does
not deserve all the advertisement it
reivives through Urn-h * Sam's \alua-
ble bureau. It may be remarked inci
dentally that it gets hot here in sum
mer. To-day it was eighty in the
shade nud all that was lacking to
make a summer day of the Central
West was huiuidity , a commodity
with which tli * y are not acquainU'd
up here.
The traveler who drops off bore Is
inclined to ak of the lir.st native lie
meets : "Where did you get that hat ? "
He learns that there are many the
ories concerning the origin of the
town's name. They grow out of In
dian legends. The country in the vi
cinity of the town was once the cen
ter of the laud of the Crocs , and one
of the traditions i.s that in the dim
and distant past the daughter of the
head chief of the tribe fell Into the
deep , swift-llowing Saskatchewan riv
er a few miles above the site of the
town.
An expert swimmer herself , she
was able to keep her head above
water for a long time , but on ac
count of the high blulfs which skirt
the river , she was carried rapidly
down stream by the current and was
fast becoming exhausted , when a.
young jind athletic ; member of the
tribe , beholding from the top of a
bluff the girl's predicament , jumped
unhesitatingly into the stream and
KOUH .succeeded in carrying her to the
shore , much to the joy of all the tribe ,
and especially of her father.
The lescue occurred at a point
wherethe railroad now crosses the
river , and it was there that the old
chief , according to the legend , con
ferred his own hat on the young ath
lete. With the Indians iu those days
the hat was an insignia of chieftain
ship , and so thereafter the brave
young Indian was the leader of the
tribe , and as siu-h was known as "the
chief of the Medicine Hat. " The le
gend is defective in that it does not
leeord the marriage of the young chief
to the girl , but the Avhite people of
the section have done their best to
perpetuate the Indian's memory by
i.amiug the town for him.
Another legend is that when , at
one time , the Crees were at Avar with
the Pieguns and tho Blackfeet , and
the enemy was supposed to be prepar
ing for an attack on them , a young
free brave fell asleep on the banks
of the river. : ind in .1 vision saw the
hat of a member of the enemy's forces
floating down the stream. This was
inteipreted us a supernatural warning
that th < > Pietrnns and Blackfeet were
creeping up on the Crees. Thus fore
warned , the Crees v ere prepared for
Ihe onslaught , and as a result were
victorious. Thereafter the spot at
which the young man slept was
known as Medicine Hat.
Humors of Golf in Egypt.
There are many humorous things
connected with golf in Egypt , accord
ing to the Argonaut. There are what
might be called extra hazardous Inw
ards ; for example , at one Ihis ! , in
upper Egypt , the golf course wound its
tlo srt way past an oasis on which wan
a luxuriant field of clover. A. sliced
ball was extremely npt to hide itself ia
this clover.The. following new rule"
was made by the Arabi That nobody
in boots or shoos could enter the oasis
limits to search for balls ; only bare
footed people ( otherwise Arabs ) wero
allowed to enter.
Every day we found a large popula
tion of Arabsaround the oasis waiting
for golf balls to go to grass. Some
timeI fear , they were assisted , there.
It required much baksheesh to get
them out. At last there were so many
lost ball < that an investigation was
made by the green committee. An old
woman was discovered hiding near the
clover hazard. When you made a ffne ,
long approach , the old lady grabbed
the golf ball and took to her heels.
She regarded the balls as her legiti
mate spoil , and offered them freely for
sale to the original owners at cut
prices. It took an enormous amount of
time and labor to convince her that she
must give up her practice.
Two Signs of Progress.
Probably the first Indian divorce la
the country was filed in Montana , the
other day. There is evidence that the
rod man is rapidly adopting the cus
toms of the whites. When the base
ball season arrived ho deserted her and
went off with the white team. This i *
further evidence. Minneapolis Trib
une.
Coin in * ; Around.
Mrs. Caff rev And how is that pret
ty younir widow ? Is she reconciled to
her lo-iS yet ?
Mr.Malaprop Xo. sho ain't exactly
reconciled yet. but they do say she'
g.tt the man picked out.
Do not ioubt that the self-made man
will bo a good thing If he ever get
himself finished.
It is oasier to float a rumor than it
is to sink the truth-
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