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-"i.S " ' . ;" . -VS ---vvv s--v jr" 'ass2?" U"SiV - --i maUt "m S5 rv A I - . .. X v" i - VOLUME XXXIII. NUMBER 39. COLUMBUS. NEBRASKA, WEDNESDAY. DECEMBER 31. 1902. WHOLE NUMBER 1.703. T'V "V" jl '"SB fofawfa -'& 'If?: y ' -,.- '' tt S -" j ' te . l .: t .- WILL ARBITRATE LOWERS AGREE ON THE HAGUE TRIBUNAL. EM OF THWLE IS IN SHOT European Pewere Preferreej that the ' President of the United States Serve ae Ariaitrater, but Have Assents' to The Hague Plan. WASHINGTON The notes receiv ed from the European governments interested la the Venezuelan contro versy, and from Venezuela, agree to submit the question at issue to The Hagaa tribunal. A aote is now being prepared by Secretary Hay. in which this govern ment announces its hearty approval of such a course. There appears to be no question bat that it is the general understanding that the Monroe doctrine is not to enter into the question of arbitration. President Roosevelt will not be the arbitrator for the Venezuelan contro versy. The whole subject will be referred for arbitration to The Hague tribunal. This was the situation as it had re solved itself at the conclusion of the cabinet meeting Friday. The meeting was not so long. as the sessions usually are. All the members except Secre tary Root were present The Vene zuelan question was the principal and practically the only topic of general conference. Secretary Hay presented the net re sults of his cable correspondence with the governments at London, Berlin, Rome and Caracas. In accordance with the suggestion made by Presi dent Roosevelt, through Secretary Hay, President Castro was represent ed to have agreed to submit the dif ferences to the arbitration of The Hague. The European powers not only consented to submit the contro versy to arbitration, but while they had expressed a preference for an ar bltration to be conducted by President Roosevelt, they had assented to his suggestion that the matter be refer red to The league. No fear is expressed by the admin istration that the Monroe doctrine will be brought into the controversy in any manner that might result in an embarrassing situation for the United States. Ab intimation is given of the condi tions which may have been imposed by the European powers or by Presi dent Castro precedent to the arbitra tion. It is known that Great Britain was willing to submit the subject to the arbitration of President Roose velt, practically without conditions, but the suggestion is made that per haps two of the other powers involv ed proposed some other conditions which might have proved embarrass ing to the president had he undertaken the responsibility of determining the question. It is understood that money must pass, but it also is known that the amount of cash to be required of Venezuela before arbitration is noc nearly so large as has been stated. It is not possible to learn whether the allies insist upon apologies from Castro, and while it is assumed that the blockade will be speedily raised, no arrangements to that end have been made. GUAM DOES NOT FLOURISH. Annual Report from Governor of the Island is Interesting. WASHINGTON. The annual report of Commander Seaton Schroeder, gov ernor of the island of Guam, which is dated July 10. has just reached the Navy department. The receipts last year were $66,000 and the expenses 157.000, leaving a bal ance of 18.000, which, however, is a decrease of more than $13,000 in the cash balance for the preceding year. This loss is due largely to the unex pected expenses incident to the estab . lishment of the leper colony and a de crease of over $10,000 in mport duties. Commander Schroeder reports that it has been deemed prudent to stop all work of public improvement until fur ther appropriations are made. The value of the exports and imports dur ing the year were, respectively, $35,549 and $35,165. The exports consisted almost entire ly of Mexican dollars. Not a pound of copra was exported, and neither cacao cr coffee was produced in suf ficient quantities to supply the home market. The census of the island, taken last autumn, shows a total population of 9.676. of whom only forty-six are for eigners, fourteen being citizens of the United States, but officers and men of the navy or other civil employes, tem porarily imported from the United States, were not included. . Above the age of 7. 46 per cent of the natives read and write Spanish. The natives still refuse to allow their sick to receive medical attention, but conditions were improving, an excess cf births over deaths being shown for each of the last two years. LOS ANGELES, CaL Efforts are being made by the general oSlce clerks of the Santa Fe to iorm a un ion. There are about 150 freight .clerks, handlers and checkers la the employ of the road here, who have prepared a schedule which is now in the hands of the general superinten dent. Ia addition to Baking for a 40 per Increase in the freight and treats derka xcantra an atffctfeoax day aad pay tar overtime. Cattle disease costly. Will Tkt Much Money la Ke II Pram Spreading. WASHINGTON While the impor tance of the subject is hot generally appreciated, it is still a fact that ao other starter has come up ia cdagrese at this session which is of greater moment than the proposition to pead $1,000,000 la an attempt to stamp oat the cattle disease which has broken out in New England. Thus far the foot and mouth disease, as it ia call ed, is practically confined to Massa chusetts and Veraoat. It was, with out doubt, brought to Boston from Europe in the fodder of a consign ment of horses. Just aa soon aa the department of agriculture learned of the outbreak prompt steps were tak en to prevent its spread. But it ia estimated that there are at least 15, 000 cattle suffering from the disease ia the states named. Many affected animals have been transported from place to place in railroad cars aad these ears doubtless contain the germs, which may readily be carried to every state in the union. It will cost the federal government more than 9500,000 to pay for the cattle which must be slaughtered and buried ia New England alone. Should the disease spreaa, ten times that sum would scarcely pay a tithe of the cost which the government will incur In enforcing the provisions of the law applicable to cattle disease. MRS. GRANT LAID TO REST. Simple ana" Impressive Service At tendee" by Many Friends. NEW YORK. In the mausoleum on Riverside Drive brief and simple ser vices were conducted over the remains of Mrs. Ulysses S. Grant. In addition to the members of the family there were present among the 500 persons to whom -in-vitations had been sent: Gov ernor Odell, Mayor Low, Secretary Boot, Rear Admiral Barker and staff. General James Grant Wilson, General Greaville Dodge, General Horatio King, General Charles F. Roe and staff, Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Carnegie, and many federal and municipal officers and offi cers of the army and navy stationed in the city. General Frederick D. Grant and other members of the family occupied seats overlooking the crypt. The ser vices were conducted by Bishop E. G. Andrews of the Methodist Episcopal church and the Right Rev. Alexander Mackay E. Smith, bishop coadjutor of Pennsylvania, and opened with the hymn, "Lead. Kindly Light." after which the burial services of the Metho dist Episcopal and the Protestant Epis copal churches were read. The services were closed with the reading of a poem, "The Land Beyond the Sea," which had been a favorite of Mrs. Grant, and the singing of the hymn. "Abide With Me." MRS. GRANT WRITES STORY. Leaves Interesting Manuscript of Per sonal Reminiscences. WASHINGTON Mrs. Grant has left a very interesting and valuable manuscript of personal reminiscences which she began when her distin guished husband was writing his me moirs, and has added to it from time to time as her health and disposition permitted. It consists of 300 or 400 pages of typewritten matter, sufficient for a book of ordinary size, and neat ly tied up in chapters with blue rib bon. She describes many incidents in her domestic experience, beginning with the time of her marriage, and gives important facts concerning Gen eral Grant that have never been pub lished. Her stories of army life, events that occurred while she was living in the White House, and her de scription of the attentions which the general received during his tour around the world will be a valuable contribution to history. Want No Consumptives. LOS ANGELES, Cal. The commit tee appointed by the state senate to report on consumptives coming to Cal ifornia from eastern states and the proposed plan to establish a state in stitution for their care has decided to recommend restrictive legislation. It was decided not to support the plan of establishing a home for patients, the committee being of the opinion that such a move would only result in encouraging persons suffering with tuberculosis to come to California. Freaiaent Castro is III. NEW YORK President Castro, ac cording to a dispatch from Caracas, has been seized by a sudden and mys terious illness. His secretary will di vulge no particulars. Statehood Report is Out. WASHINGTON The testimony taken by the sab-committee of the senate committee on territories on the hoase omnibus statehood bill has been printed aa a senate document and was made public Monday night. It makes a book of 394 pages, with maps, and includea quotations and answers of many people examined with reference to the size, population, resources, schools and churches, business, moral and other characteristics of the peo ple of the three proposed states, and miscellaneous information. Illinois Governor is Well. - PRTNGFIELDr El. Gov. Yates, who is now in Florida'' for his health, did not spend Christmas in Cuba, as expected. A message received at the executive oflBce states that the Gov ernor and Mrs. Tates will return to Springfield next week, aa he ia greatly , improved in health and is now able to aaaaaae charge of state affairs. I (PRINCESS FLEES 4TIFE OP SAXONY'S HEIR MYSTE RIOUSLY DISAPPEARS. UNPLEASAKT RUMORS AFLOAT Na Trace ef Missing Woman, Whs to Said to Have Vanished Because ef a Lave Affair with an American Dentist, VIENNA The crown princess of Saxony, an Austrian archduchess, left Dresden ia great distress for Salz burg, where her parents live, owing to a love affair with an American den tist, the consequences of which are undeniable. Her parents, who have three young daughters still unmarried, disowned ter and drove her from the castle. One of her four brothers took her part and accompanied the crown princess. The Saxony crown prince refuses to hush up the scandal- The court fes tivities have been countermanded. DRESDEN, Saxony By order of the king and crown prince the court circular Monday announces the crown princess of Saxony fled from her home on the night of December 11. "In a state of intense mental excite ment she suddenly deserted her fam ily ac Salzburg and went abroad," says the official record. "The Saxon court functions for the winter, including the New Year's reception, have been can celed." Rumors to this eCect have beeu current for some days, but have been generally discredited, but it is now known that she has vanished so completely that the police of every kingdom in Europe have for ten days been unable to trace her. The offi cial announcement was made in order to obtain the aid of the general pub lic, and because the court fiction that she preferred to remain in retirement at Salzburg rather than to return to her husband and children at Dresden cannot longer be maintained. Accompanied bv the crown prince, the princess went to the castle of Em peror Francis Joseph, near Salzburg, a month ago. A week after their ar rival the prince broke his leg while hunting and was brought back to Dresden. The princess, however, re mained at the castle. Why she did so the people of the court did not know, except that with gloomy tenac ity the princess usually does what she pleases. For a little while this explanation sufficed, then fragments of gossip be gan to reach Dresden. It was said the princess had sur rendered herself to periods of nervous excitement and that her eccentricities caused much concern to her suite and to some of her Austrian kinsfolk. It is now believed that she was under surveillance, and her disappearance is therefore considered the more extra ordinary. On December 11 the princess, who appeared to be in an unusually tran quil mood, retired before 12. Three hours later, when a maid looked into the royal bedchamber, something in the appearance of the bed prompted her to go closer and examine it. In stead of the princess the maid per ceived a dummy figure. She awaken ed the lady in waiting and the latter, with other members of the princess suite, searched all the neighboring apartments, then the entire castle, and finally the grounds, but no trace of the missing woman was found. At dawn the police of Salzburg were informed of the disappearance and inquiries were made throughout the whole countryside, but with no tangi ble result The inquiry was gradually extended to all parts of the kingdom, and on authority from Dresden, by the end of the second day. to all Eu rope. The theory of suicide was sug gested and a fruitless search for the princess' body has been made without result The disappearance of the princess doubtless will cause the circulation of many stories, and it is already report ed that she eloped, but inquiries made here have brought out nothing to sub stantiate this statement VIENNA It is officially explained here that the princess' disappearance is due to mental derangement There is little doubt that it was caused by domestic discord, growing out of her husband's relations with an actress of the Dresden court theater. It is as serted that the princess frequently threatened flight on this account and that she was incensed at her father, the grand duke of Tuscany, for coun seling her to forgive her husband. OFFICER IS MISSING. Whereabouts of Denver Military Man Are Unknown. DENVER Second Lieutenant Wil liam M. Kistler.. Company M, Eight eenth United States infantry, has been missing from Fort Logan for nearly two weeks. The Denver police de partment has been asked to help lo cate him. Lieutenant Kistler is 23 years old and enlisted as a private in the Sixth cavalry seven years ago at Philadel phia. He went with the battery to the Philippines and saw service in and about Manila. Bicycle Trust Reorganized. NEW YORK The American Bicycle company committee has adopted a re organization plan, filed with the Cen tral Trust company, of New York. which provides for a new company to acquire the properties from the old bwpaxebaaa. FISHING SCHOONERS COLLIDE. Frightful Experience ef Sailors White Adrift at Sea. BOSTON The fishing schooner Manahassett arrived at 2:30 o'clock Monday morning with ten of the sar vivors of the crews of the schooners Frank A. Palmer and Louise B. Crary, which were in collision in Massachn setts bay on Wednesday. Ten men of both vessels were drown- ed in the collision; the balance, fif teen, took to one boat Three subse quently went insane and jumped over board, two died from exposure, and two went insane after going ashore. Both captains were saved. The Manahassett came into the har bor early Monday morning, showing signals for assistance, and by the time it arrived at the wharf ambulances were ready to convey the sailors to a hospital. Only six of the men could be removed, however. The other four were in such condition that it was deemed impossible they could survive being taken from the vessel. Two of the men on the Manahassett are Captain W. H. Potter of the Crary and Captain Rawling of the Palmer. The other two men are sailors, both of whom are raving maniacs. The men taken to the hospital were not only in a critical condition physic ally, but they were in such a mental plight that nothing could be learned from them as to their experience. Lit tle by little, however, the crew ot the Manahassett had learned some thing of the hardship of the shipwreck ed men. It appears that the collision occur red at 7:30 o'clock last Wednesday night off Cape Ann. The night wan clear, but a stiff gale was blowing anu the sea was running high. The members of the Palmer's crew claimed that the Crary was on the wrong track, and in attempting to cross the Palmer's bow hit it, cutting its nose square off and entangling both vessels in the wreck. The anchor and bowsprit of the Pal mer sank away, from the wreck, while the anchor of the Crary was tangled in the rigging of the Palmer and broke off the foremast The vessels began to fill and sank in a few minutes. BAD FIRE AT KNOXVILLE. Conflagration Brief but Loss Reached Half Million Dollars. KNOXVILLE, Tenn. The worst fire which has ravished the business por tion of the city since the disastrous million-dollar conflagration cf 1897, broke out at 4:30 Monday morning in a four-story building on Commerce ave nue, directly opposite the Central fire station and occupied by the Knoxvillt Pants company. In two hours' time the loss amounted, according to con servative estimate, to $500,000. The fire was a very spectacular one and attracted a crowd numbering into the thousands. It is a miracle that no one was hurt with the showers of fall ing glass and the terrific explosions in the Brown Hardware company that scattered bricks, burning embers and all conceivable articles of merchan dise. Chattanooga was called on for aid when the fire was at its height, and an engine company had run by special train twenty-nine miles in twenty-three minutes toward the city when stopped by wire, the fire being under control. The collapse of the Brown building saved the business district from a loss of $2,000,000 at least, the flames being easily handled after that structure had fallen. SIGNALS ARE DISREGARDED. Collision in Which Many Lives Are Lost Results. BRYON, Cal. Sixteen persons were killed and twenty-seven injured in the collision last night between the south bound Los Angeles "Owl" and the Stockton flyer. The engine of the lo cal plowed its way into the last coaches of the "Owl," which were filled with Fresno people. The pas sengers were hurled to the fore part of the coach and hemmed in by a mass of debris, their suffering and danger intensified a hundred fold by clouds of scalding steam that poured from the shattered boiler of the Stock ton engine. After the "Owl" left the Oakland mole it was noted that there was a leak in the flue of the engine. This increased to such an extent that it was deemed advisable to taice up a freight engine for renet The train officials knew that the Stockton lo cal was following half an bcur behind and sent a flagman down the track to give warning. It is said that the Stockton train got the warning signal in time and gave the usual response with whistle blasts. Why the incoming train was not checked, however, has not been thus far explained, the men who could tell being among the badly injured. Engineers Want More Pay. LOUISVILLE. Ky. The executive committee of the firemen and engi neers of the Louisville & Nashville, Which held a conference on Saturday with the general manager of the com pany, made a demand for an Increase in wages and gave the management until January 15 to reply. Sultan's Troops Hemmed In. MADRID A dispatch from Taa giers, Morocco, says the commander of the imperial forces has informed the sultan that his troops are completely aexnmed in bv the rebels, that they are unable to advance or retreat and that his hitherto loyal tribes are join Ins the forces of the pretencer to the "throne. ULTERIOjtMOTIVE SO DECLARES EX-MINISTER RE GARDING GERMAN ATTITUDE. SCRUGGS KCITCS HIS VIEWS Betlevaa Germany Wants to Sea Hew Far She Can Ge WKheut Secern ing Involved in Actual War tare. ATLANTA, Ga. Colonel William L. Scruggs of Atlanta has given an inter view on the subject of the Venezuelan imbroglio. Colonel Scruggs was ap pointed United States Minister to Ven ezuela by President Harrison and ser ved from 1889 to 1893. For four years after that year he represented the Vfcuezuelan-government in the bound ary dispute with Great Britain. Colo nel Scruggs said In part: "It is undoubtedly Germany's design to see how far she can go without be coming involved in actual war with the United States. In effect she wants to force our hand on the Mon roe doctrine, and make us say wheth er we are willing to modify it or to assume responsibility for the acts of the countries that are, to a certain extent, under our protection. This is already apparent in the query as to whether the United States will assume the responsibility of making Venezuela comply with the findings ot the arbi tration In case the result is agaiiut that country. I think England is sin Cere in her desire simply to collect a debt, but there is every evidence that Germany has other important objects in view. "While in my opinion the Monroe doctrine will in no wise be affected by the present affair, because there seems to be every prospect for a peaceablt and satisfactory settlement through the United States as arbitrator, the is sue will have to be faced sooner ot later. The world is getting so popu lous that the settlement of those nat urally rich South American countries cannot be longer delayed. If European nations cannot acquire territory In South America, their subjects will nevertheless continue to go there. The result will be that the United States will ultimately be called upon to do one of two things. Either they must abandon or greatly modify the Monroe doctrine so that European nations can adequately protect their own subjects, or they must assume a sort of suzer ainty over these South American re publics and become responsible for their good behavior. Neither horn of the dilemma is pleasant to contem plate." Colonel Scruggs said that in his judgment President Castro does not represent the best element of the peo ple of Venezuela. "Castro's policy," Colonel Scruggs said, "is far from meeting the approv al of the best citizens and those who have Venezuela's interests most to heart. He is no doubt responsible in a large measure for the difficulties that now confront his country." FREE DELIVERY IS ASKED. Protest Against Changing Land Leas ing Laws. WASHINGTON Representative Burkett on Wednesday called at the postoffice department, and requested the establishment of a free delivery service at Plattsmouth. Three deliv eries of mail in the business portion and two deliveries in the residence sections is desired a day. Both Burkett and Mercer introduced rpsolutions in the house from the George A. Custer post, Grand Army of the Republic, of Omaha, protesting against any change of laws affecting the leasing of public lands in Nebras ka. Frank I. Teeter of Nebraska, clerk in the pension bureau, has re ceived a salary promotion from 900 to S 1,000 a year. DESTITUTION IS APPALLING. Four Hundred Thousand Finlanders Reported Starving. ST. PETERSBURG Four hundred thousand persons are reported to be destitute and starving as a result of the crop failure in Finland. The Anglo-American church here has under taken to feed and clothe the school children of four Finnish parishes, and Pastor Francis has issued an appeal for assistance in this work. He says the conditions today are worse than those of 1867, when 100,000 persona died. Cattle Said to Be Starving. DENVER Thonsands of cattle are reported to be starving to death on the range in northwestern Colorado. The Humane society appealed to the owners to rescue their stock, who have explained that they are power less to do so. The cattle are snowed in on the high range in Routt and Rio Grande counties, without pasture and without water. It is impossible to get feed to them and equally impos sible to drive them into suitable win ter quarters. Cold Bringa Death. DULUTH, Minn. George Plydell, aged 53, with his arms full of Christ maa presents for friends and relatives, fell from exhaustion within five feet of his home tonight and froae to death. Plydell lived alone in a little house aear the harbor front, where he con ducted a coafactionery and cigar store. The city authorities took charge of mis affects. The thermoaM tiered Jv degrees below COLORADO CONTEST CLOSE. Hard to Pick Winner in the Senatorial Race. DENVER, COLO. Senator Henry M. Teller arrived here from Washington today to spend the Christmas holidays and to look after his interests in the contest for re-election. In addition to Teller, the announced candidates are: Former Senator Edward O. Wolcott Frank C. Goudy of Denver, District Judge Walter N. Dixon of Pueblo, and Irving Howbert of Colorado Springs. Teller claims the entire democratic vote on joint ballot and will likely get it, as there is no one opposed to him in the democratic party. The remain ing four candidates will divide the re publican support Goudy claims to have pledged about two-thirds of the republican members of the legislature and this claim is said by well-informed leaders to not be too sanguine. A great deal depends upon the out come of contests -sow before the state canvassing board. Should the demo crats be seated, the house will stand: Democrats, thirty-two; republicans, thirty-three. On the canvassing board are two populists, elected through fu sion with democrats. Failure to ac cept propositions for fusion at the re cent election held out by populists, has placed the democrats in an attitude of unfriendly relationship with the popu list party, and it is feared they will seek revenge now through their repre sentatives on the canvassing board. The illness of Representative-elect Jones, a republican, at Hot Springs, also complicates matters. Should he be compelled to remain away and the democrats be seated the vote in the house would be a tie. AVENGE POLICEMAN'S DEATH. Mob Lynches a Kansaa Negro Who Committed Murder. PITTSBURG, Kan. Montgomery Godley, a negro, was taken from the jail here Thursday and lynched by a mob because early in the morning he shot and killed Milton Hinkle, a po liceman, who was trying to protect himself against a crowd of unruly blacks. The negro jerked the officer's pistol from the holster and shot him with it from behind. Two hours later a mob gathered and took Godley from the city jail, where he had been in carcerated, and hanged him to a tele phone pole. As he was choking to death one of the members of the mob cut his throat and ended his suffer ings. A large number of negro men and women from the various mining camps in the vicinity, among them Mont and Joe Godley, brothers, were' drinking and carousing at a ball. Hin kle requested them to be quiet The Godley brothers answered him in an insulting and insolent manner and he tried to arrest them. They resisted and Hinkle blew his whistle for help.' He then began to use his club in or der to protect himself from the on slaught of the crowd. He was hold ing his own against three of them when "Mont" Godley grabbed the offi cer's revolver, and, placing the muz zle behind Hinkle's right ear, pulled the trigger. The bail passed through his head and came out over the left eye. He fell to the sidewalk. Other officers pursued the negroes, all of whom started to run when the officer fell. The Godley brothers were both captured and locked up in the city jail. Hinkle was carried to the city ball, where he died at 2 o'clock. RAILROADERS ASK MORE PAY. Conductors and Brakemen Seek In creased Wage Scale. CHICAGO Through the Brother hood of Railroad Trainmen and the Order of Railway Conductors 100,000 men employed by the railroads of the west have presented requests for in creases in pay. Committees represent ing the two organizations came to this city and made preparations for ses sions at different hotels. The committees will meet the rail road officials during the week and will endeavor to secure the increases through the same methods of proced ure which brought success to the en gineers and firemen employed by the Chicago & Northwestern railroad. There is practically no danger of a strike of trainmen or conductors, but! their demands are more radical than those made by the engineers and fire men. In some instances the men are asking for an increase of approximate ly 20 per cent The demands are in accord with the decision taken by rail road men at their convention in June. This decision was ratified by a refer endum vote and the demands were for mulated. LONDON LOOKS ACROSS WATER. English Statesmen Want Roeeeveit aa Arbitrator. LONDON It is believed that Presi dent Roosevelt's answer to the pro posal made by the allied powers that he arbitrate the Venezuelan issues has been received in London. The strictest secrecy with regard to ev ery phase of the negotiations is pre served, however, and it is impossible to make a definite statement, but such indications as are obtainable point to President Roosevelt's acceptance. With President Roosevelt as arbi trator the serious objections in the matter of guarantees which frequently ave been mentioned at the foreign office would disappear. The promptness with which Wash ington deals with vital matters con cerning which prolix pouparlers have been Interchanged in Europe aston ishes diplomats here and forms an in teresting phase of an engrossing situation. f WHEN WHISTLER WAS HARD UP. A New. Story Told of the Eccentric American Exile. I have just heard what I think is a aew story about Whistler, the artist, relates aa Eastern correspondent of the Kansas City Star. He has many eccentricities other than that of mak ing enemies. One of them is spending much more than his income, which is very large. Sometimes he spends sc much more that his pecuniary straits are dire. Not so long ago, his friends, or his family, as some one. were much dissatified with the modest mannei in which he lived. So they got to gether and bought him a beautiful house, which they furnished sumptu ously. Whistler was obliged to stay in town during the summer and autumn and lived alone in this splendid house. All the folks who had assisted in its. purchase, however, went away. When they returned Whistler had vanished on one of his periodical ab sences. On entering the house they 'found the dining "room entirely bare But on the floor and walls were drawn diagrams in chalk. That in the centet of the floor was labeled: "This is a dining table " Surrounding it were a number ot small squares, each one marked: "Thfc is a chair." Another square contained the chalk legend: "This is a sideboaru." And there were other writings of a similar character. CEMENT USED FOR GIRDERS. Adhesive Power in Contact With Steel Is Great. Cement has long been recognized as a construction material even where very heavy strains must be sustained. At the Paris exposition were shown concrete spans twenty feet in length, but a Chicago architect has recently gone a step farther and laid concrete flooring with twenty-five-foot spans. Buffalo has an apartment house six stories high without a single steel gir der or beam in the building, which is constructed entirely of concrete, says the Springfield Republican. Girders and concrete construction generally are reinforced throughout by steel rods or wires. The rods are not de signed to carry, and do not carry, the weight, but only keep the cement from disintegrating under the strain. The adhesive power of cement in contact with steel is tremendous, and this fact makes it possible to decrease the thick ness of the walls. In France and Ger many seemingly impossible things are being accomplished in concrete con struction, which is often used where the heaviest pressure must be with stood. Concrete has been used some what for bridge construction in this country of late years. The bridge across the Housatonic near Stock bridge has 100-foot concrete spans. TRICKS OF BRITISH SOLDIERS. Cruel Tricks That Are Played on Vo racious Adjutant Bird. "The adjutant bird's voracity." said a traveler to a Philadelphia Record reporter, "forms the subject of one of Kipling's stories, and I can assure you that in thet story this voracity is not over-rated. I have seen British soldiers in India play all manner ol cruel tricks upon the adjutant I have seen them throw to a pair ot birds two pieces of meat fastened to gether by a piece of twine five or sis yards long. Each bird would swallow its own morsel, and then in trying tc pull away from each other they would become more and more entangled ic the twine, finally rising in the air fighting and wheeling until the twine would enmesh them completely, and they would come tumbling to the ground. Another trick of the soldiers was to take a meat bone, bore out the marrow, and insert in the hollow thus made some powder and a slow fuse. Tbey would light the fuse and toss the bone to an adjutant bird. The great gawky thing would gulp it down and then perch itself on a stump. Sud denly a muffled explosion would come and the adjutant would be blown intc a thousand pieces." Old-Time Hero of the Falls. William Ellis died at Niagara Falls on Nov. 30. says the Buffalo Express seventy-two years old. For over half a century he had lived within sound of Niagara's roar, and away back in 1848. when the first suspension bridge was being built across the gorge, he won the titie of hero. The first foot bridge had been thrown over the gorge, and a second one was in building forty feet away on the second set of cables. Between the two crude platforms the old iron basket was operated. A terrific storm swept down the gorge and wrecked the bridge or platforms. So suddenly did it come that four men were caught far out over midstream, hang ing by two strands of No. 10 wire. It seemed as if nothing could save them, but Ellis volunteered to go out in the Ircn basket after them. Warned not to take more than one at a time aboard, he could not pass them by, and brought them all back to the cliff, while the storm raged and the rain fell in torrents. Figures Prove Friday Lucky. A patient German investigator, with the national passion to arrive at facts made a careful record of all the grave accidents in Germany for the last twelve months. One result is the complete rehabili tation of Friday, which is almost uni versally regarded as the unluckiest day in the week. The German statistics show that Jlonday deserves that unenviable dis tiction. Of the total 9,948 accidents, jlonday heads the list with 1,674, whils Friday has fewer than any c?her day cf the week. It is generally supposed that, next to Friday, the most accidents occur on Sunday, when people are riding, driving, beating, riding in or dodging automobiles and otherwise exposing themselves to accidents, but tie Ger man desetroys this belief. He found that next to Friday Sunday has fewe: accidents than any other day in the week. Variety in Color ef Goats. In color. Maltese goats are red white brown aad black. f OSOSOK000) dftpt good Hoks, o o o o o o i o o o , amb inacYOwa MfMAND. 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