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THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: AUGUST 12, 190(5.
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LIFE IN THE OCEAN DEEPS
American Worim Uaka Sonndinct to a
Depth of Biz Kile.
PECULIARITIES OF THE OCEAN FLOOR
Moaatalas and Valleys Common
oa lAn Results ol Soaadlnsts
Coadaete r the GoTfrn
sseat la tbe pacific.
Until about thirty-five years ago the im
pression waa general, some men of scientl
flo attainment even holding It, that there
war placea In the ocean abysses that
were fathomless. Navigators solemnly
assured credulous land lubbers that they
Knew the location of certain holes that
never could be Bounded becauae they were
bottomless. This implied that the Im
measurable depth continued through the
earth to another immeasurable' depth on
the other aide, proposition that waa
manifestly not reasonable, to say the
least
Now the oeeanographer knows the floor
f the tea almost as thoroughly as the
geographer knows the configuration of the
land. There axe tremendous deeps, but the
greatest that a ship properly equipped
with sounding apparatus has ever passed
over was found and recorded by an In
fallible method.
The ship was the United States steam
collier Nero, and it was incidental to a
thorough exploration of the Pacific for a
'transpacific cable, that it picked up a few
ihandfuls of the remotest bottom, seventy
'flve miles cost-southeast of the Island of
Guam, six years ago. The spot waa
christened the "Nero Deep" and no sound
ing rod has ever gone further Into any
ocean. The depth was 5.269 fathoms, or
only sixty-six feet less than six statute
mllee. The peaks of the highest mountain
en earth la not so tall.
The work of the Nero probably never has
been equalled by any other vessel survey
ing for a cable route. Incidental to the
soundings the naturalist of the ship col
lected much material relating to the char
acter of the bottom, adding something to
the great stock of knowledge already ac
quired. The Nero made soundings every
ten miles over a xlgsag course of 21.Sl9.no
nautical miles. The exploration practically
covered a sea territory fourteen miles wide
and 6,000 miles long, and for thoroughness
has never been excelled.
Pecnllarttlea of the Sen Floor.
The form of the sea floor is very much
like that of the visible world about us.
The oceans have their valleys and plains,
their plateaus and their lofty mountain
peaks. There are precipices that put to
shame those of the land, and some of
the tallest summits, which project from
lie waves In the form of little islands,
irould be Inaccessible if they rose the
ame height from the earth as they do
from the bottom of the ocean.
The great difference 4 between the under
ocean territory and that smaller part of
the planet on which we have our being Is
the difference between light and darkness.
At a few hundred fathoms the ocean Is as
gloomy as twilight and beyond that to the
uttermost depths there Is no light except
that given out by phosphorescent crea
tures and matter. The sunlight does not
penetrate below this few hundred fathoms.
At about 000 fathoms the temperature of
th water drops to 86 degrees. There
lifter down to a depth of Ave or six miles
there is an additional drop of only about
1 degree. This coolness, only J degrees
above the freeslng point. Is attributed
partly to the absence of the sun's Influ
ence and partly to the existence of polar
and subpolar currents that have sunk to
the bottom and spread slowly over the
valleys, carrying; wim iiinn m Buim-Kmi
to sustain marine life even at the depth
of three or four miles. These currents
are sluggish, and It Is conjectured that
the denlaens of the abysmal chill and
gloom have an environment of absolute
calm.
Presaiir at Great Depths.
The pressure at six miles below the sur
face Is about Ave tons to the square Inch,
which the tissues of the deep sea animals
are formed to resist. Some of them are
so soft that they disintegrate when they
are hauled Into the air. Ail come up dead.
Th suddsn and enormous decrease of the
preasur as they ascend and the lmmer-
. slon In a temperature of (0 degrees from a
temperature of 16 degrees Is enough to de
stroy any sort of animal life.
' Th first accurate knowledge of deep
ea condition and life was obtained by
th experts of the famous Challenger ex
pedition around the world, beginning In
1171 and lasting about four years. Bven
th Challenger, which sounded great
depths and brought up many new animals
and specimens from th ocean floor, used
the old-fashioned and unreliable rope
sounding apparatus. Sir William Thom
son, who devised the machine for sound
ing with piano wire, had on put aboard
th Challenger, but th British conserva
tism of th explorers mad them stick to
th roc which had served them well
rather than experiment with new fangled
things. Bo Sir William's device was con
signed to th storeroom.
. Th United Btates navy and ooaat sur
vey profited by Blr William's Invention,
however. It was only a few months after
th Challenger xpedltlon had started that
Captain Oeorga B. Belknap of the navy In
th steamer Tuacarora, fitted up for sound
ing for a submarine vcable from California
to Japan, took on of th wire sounding
machines along. He used It by attaching
th Wir to his own Improved apparatus.
It ts Captain Belknap's sounding machine,
perfected by than Lieutenant Commander
C IX Bigs bee, that Is now In use on th
most famous and complete of all sea
searching vessel, th Albatross of tho
United State Fish commission. '
Th globular part is th sinker or shot,
Which is detached by the impact of the
rod running through It againat th bottom
or fay th slacking of the sounding wir.
Th weight cf th shot and all th at
tachments to th rod, including th ther
mometer, la about seventy pounds. When
the projecting bottom of th rod Is forced
by th weight of th shot Into th sea floor
It lifts a valv and fill the cylinder with
specimen soil.- The shot la detached auto
matically. When th rod begin to ascend
th valves are closed and the contents of
the rod are protected, from wash.
First of It Class.
Th A 1 but roes Is an Iron twin screw
steamer and was built twenty-four years
ago. Bine then It has been frequently
'repaired and Improved and Is now fitted
with all th latest appliance for revealli-g
the secrets of th seas. It has th dis
tinction of being th drat United States
government vessel to receive an elactrlo
light plant for Internal Illumination. Hear
Admiral Sigsbes and Captain Tanner have
contributed more genius, energy and tlmo
to perfecting deep aea apparatus probably
than any other men In any other service.
Th large mechanically operated sound
ing machine Installed in the stern of the
Albatross Is Slgsbee's design, and the
smaller on abaft . Blgabee's Is Tanner's,
rh big machine la for great deptha an I
th little hand-operated one, the work of
which I rapid, la for depths not exceeding
about to fathom. Th beam trawl and
sow nets slso wtir designed by Tanner and
fcavs doa splendid service.
Th Albatross ha explored tho bottom
and the Bering sea. It brought up animal
life from 4,171 fathoms near Tonga Islands
In th South Pacific sod in Bering sea la
1.771 fathoms It captured M0 fishes In a
single haul of a beam trmwl, towed by a
wire rope end operated by sn engine on
fleck. It has made more than 7,000 Bound
ing and several thousand dredge hauls.
From the great depths th dredge brings
up no vegetable life, as It cannot exist In
the cold and sunless valleys. All the ani
mals away down ere carnivorous. Some are
blind and find subsistence by abnormally
developed feelers. The deeper Its home
the smaller ere the eye of the flsh, but
th larger Its Jaws. The organs most
necessary to Its existence are the best de
veloped. No really big firh has been brought
up from a depth of two mile or more.
Such flsh even up to the giant sea serpent
forms may exist, but the present dredges
are Incapable of capturing creatures more
than about Ave feet In length.
To obtain the temperature and the specific
gravity of th water at the sea floor a
self-registering thermometer and a water
specimen cup ar sent down with the sinker.
The water cup closes automatically after
it Is started on the return trip to the sur
face. The deep sea thermometer Is en
closed In a brass tube end protected from
tho enormous water pressure.
Immediately after the sounding rod la
released from the sinker the thermometer,
which Is pivoted In the case, turns bulb up.
The temperature at the turn I registered
by the breaking of th column of mercury
at a bend near the bulb. No more mercury
can get Into the bulb until the thermometer
is reversed again and the officer at tho
sounding machine on deck attends to this
after he reads the thermometer.
The Albatross has two laboratories and
a staff of naturalists who analyse, preserve
and classify all specimens. Much care
must be taken in the handling of deep sea
fishes, as they will go to pieces st a touch
sometimes. Microscopic analysis is made
of all bottom specimens brought up In the
sounding rot. By this means the exact
nature of th bottom at every depth has
been discovered. Much of the surface bot
tom Is made up of anlmaoulae, that dying
on the surface, have dropped down, forming
ooce and becoming the food of the creatures
below.
Mad at the Bottom.
The covering of the extreme bed consists
of what the explorers call red clay. It Is
a smooth, sticky mud, varying In color
from fawn to dark chocolate, and is made
up mostly of hydrated- aluminum debris,
retneins of ealcerous organisms, mineral
fragments of volcanic origin, sponge and
skeletons of radlolarta. Th scientists, with
characteristic simplicity of speech, describe
radlolaria as "a class of gymnomyxan pro
tosoans with the protoplasmic body emit
ting radiate filamentous peeudopodia and
mostly enclosing a spherical or coniform
perforated shell." About 2.500 fathoms down
the bottom consists of globlbertna ooze,
which Is a soft mud filled with the shells
of this minute sea animal; diatom cote, a
mud surcharged with the remains of dia
toms, resembling little pill boxes.
In th deep water bordering continental
land the sounding rod brings up blue mud,
which is matter carried out into the sea
by the rivers and other currents. The
great depths never have been photo
graphed because of the darkness and the
vaat pressure, but camera have been
used successfully In a few hundred fathoms,
where marine life is pretty much what, it
Is at the surface. In the neighborhood
of volcanlo Islands ths sea bottom is cov
ered with minerals of volcanic origin.
It requires the careful attention of six
men to operate the Sigsbee sounding ma
chine. Four attend to , the purely me
chanical work, ouch as guiding the wir on
the reel, oiling the wire, running the reel
ing engine and attaching and detaching the
thermometer and specimen water cup. One
officer, who stands aft, has general charge,
and another, called the recorder, reads
the thermometer, does all th figuring on
speed, depth, time, etc., and takes charge
of the specimens. Great patience is nec
essary in deep sea sounding and ' dredg
ing. Nothing can be done quickly. It
took the Albatross ten hours to complete
her deepest haul . with her big beam
trawl when she brought up great quan
tifies of squid, devil flsh and starfish.
The simplest and quickest method of
getting bottom creatures that cannot be
secured with the dredgea is by use of the
"tangles," a mop-like sweeper. It can be
lowered rapidly. It enmeshes starfishes, sea
urchins, crlnouds, corals and ocasslonally
flsh of some slss.
The Prince of Monaco has the distinc
tion of accomplishing more results as a
deep sea Investigator than any other in
dividual oceanagrapher. He has yachts
especially equipped -with apparatus quite
as good as that used on th Albatross.
H has spent many years improving ap
pliances and Is the Inventor of a trap that
has taken flsh from a depth of two miles.
He recently founded in Paris an ocean
ographtc Institute to which he presented
his famous Oceanographlc Museum of Mo
naco, Including laboratories, collections
and aquarians, for the support of which
he ras provided a fund of nearly a mil
lion dollars. The Institute will be built
on land which th University of Pari and
the prince Jointly have acquired. It Is
provided In the gift that the work of the
Institute shall be under 'the control of an
International committee, the membership
of which shall be open to noted oceano
graphers of any country. The value of
the gift Is said to exceed $2,000,000.-New
York Bun.
Death Deal I a Trees at Tropica.
An observant American who spent several
years on th Isthmus of Panama In th
eighties waa speaking of ths Influence upon
human and animal life of a certain
tree. "A man of the name of James
Linn," he said "lay down under a tree
to reat and soon fell asleep. On waking he
found that hla limba and body were fright
fully swollen and he was In Intense pain.
Death soon followed. Cattle avoid ruminat
ing under this tree, and I' was told that
birds would not fly near it. The tree seems
to generate quantities of carbonic acid gas
and every living creature that breathes It
dies." ,
I should like to hear th foregoing state
ment verified. For ages it was believed
that a tree grew In the East Indies which
shed a poisoning, blighting, deadly in
fluence upon all animals that came near
it. Then there waa th VP tree, the
poison tree of Macaaaar, told of by a
Dutch traveler in 17S3. Th story was that
a putrid stream rises from this tree and
whatever the vapor touches dies. Not
another tree, not a blade of grass, could
grow In the surrounding valleys or moun
tains. Not a beast, bird r reptile lived
in the vicinity. "One night l.OOO refugee
encamped witbln fourteen miles of It, and
all but WO died within two months." This
fairy tals waa commonly believed until
Bennett exploded it.
There Is a tree In certain parts of th
south which the natives know by tho earn
of "Blinking heaven." It 1 a large tree
of the locust family, sometimes called mi
mosa. Th leaves are' very beautiful, re
sembling a spray, but they outstink all
creation. Possibly "stinking heaven" is a
cousin of th upas tree. But I do not
recollect that any beast, bird, reptile or
human being was ever Injured by resting
under Its shade. Indianapolis Star.
Tho Sew' llssasra.
"Did yow look up that man's standing In
the commercial agencies?
"That's out of data now. You don't Judge
a man bv his ratine, but If he has monev
enough to get Investigated." Baltimore
American. .
FOUR GUILTY OF FORGERY
Chioaro Authorities Find Now EticUnc of
Fraud in Wrecked Bank.
HIRING SAID TO BE GUILTY OF CRIME
"
Directors Called Vpon for Giplaaa
tloa of Coadltloa of Baak
aad bat Two of Them
Resaoaa.
CHICAGO. Aug. 11 All theories that
Paul O. Bteneland was the sole forger of
the 11,000.000 worth of crooked notes In the
looted Milwaukee Avenue bank were
smashed last night. '
At least three other men in addition to
the fugitive president are thought to have
been engaged In the production of bogus
signatures.
The authorities now believe that Cashier
Htring's hand penned the signatures to
over $500,000 worth of crooked paper.
Five years ago Herlng fell Into Stens
land's grip. Herlng had. It Is alleged,
guilty knowledge of the theft of $30,000 by
the teller In the savings department and. In
fact. Is said to have participated In the
loot.
The discovery yesterday of new trails of
crookedness running through the bank led
the state's attorney to summon perempto
rily last night three of the principal di
rectors in the affairs of the Institution.
They were called upon to explain condi
tions, which Indicate that another line of
robberies was being carried on Independ
ently of Btenaland's own gigantic swindle.
The directors who responded to the sum
mons were Frank R. Crane and Marlus
Klreby. An officer was sent for M. A.
La Buy, another director, but he could not
be located.
Among other papers examined lost night
was a check for $4,700, which bore no sig
nature except one made with a rubber
stamp, no name being attached, in its
place bearing only the address "109 Mil
waukee avenue." This had been handled by
Cashier Herlng, according to his own ad
mission, and had been handed in by Presi
dent Btensland, who obtained the amount,
of the check In cash.
Warrants Being; Prepared.
Preliminary action by the state s attor
ney's office against those responsible for
th failure of th Milwaukee Avenue State
bank was begun today. Assistant State's
Attorney Olsen was busy several hours
preparing bench warrants, which was ex
pected would be taken out later In the day
before Judge Smith of the criminal court.
Olson would not say for whom th
warrants were being taken out or how
many were being prepared. He later
communicated with John C. Fetser. re
ceiver of the bank, and Police Inspector
Shlppy. and Instructed the latter to obtain
the books of the bank and bring them to
his office. It Is probable that a special
grand Jury will be summoned and th
matter placed befere it.
Th directors of the Milwaukee Avenue
Stat bank were today examined as vig
orously as was Cashier Henry W. Herlng
yesterday. SJx detectives were sent to
bring In the directors soon after the In
quisitors had arrived at the bask today.
Ten Warrants Issued.
Ten warrants In the Milwaukee Avenue
bank esse were Issued this afternoon by
Judge Kersten in the absence of Judge
Smith. The first two charge conspiracy
to cheat and defraud the Milwaukee Ave
nue State bank of its money, property and
goods. Paul O. Btensland, Henry W. Her
lng, Theodore Btensland and "divers other
persons as yet unknown." are named In
the two warrants. The next two are
against Henry W. Herlng and charge per
jury In regard to a report made and
sworn to by him to ths state auditor In
January and April, 1900. of the condition
of the bank. The next two charge larceny
of $1,000 and $360 and name Henry W.
Herlng. Five cases of forgery are then
charged against Paul O. Btenslsnd and
Henry W. Herlng It Is alleged they
forged th nam of M. C. Bartholdy to two
notes for $2,800 each, the name of M. A.
Ladbuy to one note for I5.R0O. the name of
Marlus Klrkby to one note for $10,000, and
the name of B. H. Herhold to a note for
$10,000.
Disorder at Inquest.
Police were "summoned today to keep
order at the Inquest Into the cause of the
death of Frank Kowalskl. teller of the
Milwaukee Avenue State bank, who shot
himself yesterday evening at his home.
The feeling of some of the depositors of
th defunct bank waa so great that the
dead teller was cursed as hla body lay
In the parlor of his home. The wreath on
the door of the home was torn down and
Its Aowers scattered by the angry men.
Sergeant Hamilton, detailed at the cor
oner's Inquest, forced the disturbers Into
the street. A policemen wss then sta
tioned at the door to prevent any person
not wanted from entering th house,
tenslaad In Texas.
ST. LOUIS. Aug. 11. A special to the
Post-Dispatch from Fort Worth, Tex.,
says:
Psul O. Btensland, the fugitive bank
president of Chicago, was In Fort Worth,
according to Henry V. Adams, a former
Chicago commission broker, and Is believed
to be on his way to Mextoo. Adsma said
he traveled all the way from New Orleans
to this city with the absconding banker
without knowing his bank had failed. Not
until he read an account of It In a local
paper did Adama know that Btensland
waa fleeing. Btensland told A Asms be was
going to Mexico on a trip Into the moun
tains for his health. When asked how
his bank was progressing he declared it
to be in a most prosperous condition.
The police departments of all border
towns' were notified.
VOLUNTEER PRIESTS IN ITALY
Pope Deplores I.aeU of Rellgloas
Car for Shepherds of th
Campagna.
ROMS. Aug. U. (Special Cablegram to
The Bee.) His holiness, the pope, has Just
delivered a remarkable address at the
Clrcolo dl Ban Pletro, and Is reported In
th Tablet to have made the suprlsing
declaration that "th most abandoned part
of Italy Is the district which stretches for
miles and miles around Rome." Then he
went on to explain, and he earnestly
thanked th little army of prleata and lay
men before him for doing their best to
bring the consolation of religion to the
40.000 or 5C.000 people who live In the "Agio
Romano" from October to July. From
July to October the same Campagna la a
wilderness, snd the few Inhabitants left In
It have to protect themselves with wire
netting and quinine against the scourgs
of malaria. After tfce September rain hosts
of shepherds with their masters' flocks
and agricultural laborers with their primi
tive Implements come down from the
Abruxsi and other mountainous districts;
they build little settlements of rude huts
here and there through th plain at dis
tance ranging from flv to thirty miles
from ths walls of Rome; they have no
priests, or schools, or doctors, nor , news
papers, or sanitary regulations, and they
am on as average about 30 cents a day
for working hard from sunrise until sun
down. Many years ago the Clrcolo di Ban Pletro
set about remedying this depiorsble state
of things, and last year it had no f.wor
thaa forty-lhre chapel throughout las
Campagna In which mass wss said every
Sunday and feast day, with a sermon tor
the adults, catechetical Instruction for the
children, a course of special training for
the boys snd girls preparing for first com
munion. The priests who volunteer tor
this good work reach their destination by
train and carriage and sometimes on horse
back. All th workers ar volunteers and
receive no remuneration of any kind
MERCIER , FLEES TO ENGLAND
Head of Aatl-Dreyfns Movement la
Army So Longer la
Fraac.
PARIS. Aug. 11. (Special Cablegram to
Th Bee.) One more th greatest drama
of modern times has supplied a change of
seen.
General Mercler, who was among those
who hounded Dreyfus to Devil's Isle, ha
left Frsnce for England.
The French newspapers state that he has
fled from Pari to escape the odium that Is
now cast on him; that his position in ths
senate Is Impossible to maintain, and that,
while owing to the amnesty h cannot be
mad to suffer for his action in the Drey
fus case, his career in French public Ufa
I at an end thus making another in the
long list of the Dreyfus victims.
The flight of Mercler was the direct re
sult of a remarkable open letter from M.
Oast on Mery defending his silence, He
declared that the general's letters wer a
mere subterfuge and demanded that th
full story of th tragic circumstances
under which the treason was discovered,
with all the dates, and the most minute
details, should at once be made public.
There was, he claimed, no fear of war
with Germany now, snd the history of the
night at the Elysee when war with Ger
many was dreaded must be related, what
ever the consequences of this svowal might
be. Passionately he concluded:
"For the last time, speak, general! Pub
lic esteem still allows you credit for one
day. Tomorrow It will be too late."
Still General Mercler kept silence. To
morrow It was too late.
He was openly denounced In the French
senate snd etiamber, and being unwilling
or unable to defend himself left France
for England so secretly that It was claimed
that he stole away. It was at first claimed
that he was away on a vacation, but it Is
now declared his exile Is permanent.
HEDIN WILL VISIT THIBET
Thanks English, bnt Will Not Stay
' from Remote Rearlon
for Them.
CALCUTTA, Aug. 11. (Special Cable
gram to The Bee.) Letters have been re
ceived from Dr. Bven Hedln, In which the
distinguished Swedish explorer expresses
himself as deeply gratified by the great
personal kindness shown to him by every
one In India from the esrl of Mlnto down
wards. Dr. Hedln had Intended to cross the
Thibetan frontier, from th side of s India,
and the prohibition to do so was not only
a great disappointment to him, but placed
a serious obstacle in his path, since th
routes leading Into Thibet from the north
that Is, from the side of Chinese Turkestan
are "much more difficult than that by way
of the Chumbl valley. Dr. Hedln has gone
north in company with some Chinese offi
cials. His letters state that he has formed
entirely fresh plans, but naturally he is
taking no one Into his confidence as to
what these elans are.
EMPRESS EUGENIE A WORKER
Former Empress of France Said to Be
Most Indnstrloas Royal
Personage.
VIENNA. Aug. ll.-(Speell Cablegram
to The Bee. Among royalty the Empress
Eugenie Is said to be the most Industrious
of all persons who have ruled. For in
stance, upon the occasion of her visit to
the Emperor Francis Joseph during her
conversation with the' emperor" she- was
occupied In embroidering a large piece of
tapestry, which Is Intended for the pop
as an altar cloth for his holiness' private
chapel.
Many moving tralta are related of the
meeting of the two aged monarchal For
example, after an hour's Interview alone
with' the emperor the empress was moved
to tears, and her majesty still wept ss she
accompanied the emperor to the head of
the hotel staircase.
. Prescriptions In I.atla.
The use of Latin by physicians In pre
scription writing Is commonly regarded as
a harmless survival of medievalism. Oc
casionally a lay writer suggests Its aban
donment. In commenting on a recent not
to this effect In a dally paper, which advo
cates the compulsory use of English In pre
scriptions, the Druggist's Circular and
Chemical Gasette takes occasion to make a
strong defense of the time-honored prac
tice. Says this paper:
"Suppose the sapient writer . quoted,
whose utterances may sound all right to
those who know no more of his subjects
than he does, should fsll sick and his phy
sician should decide thst the one thing
needful to save his life waa Geranium
Robertlanum. If there were a law pre
venting the doctor from prescribing In
I-ntln he would have to choose one of the
upward of a doxen English names for this
drug. . Suppose he chose 'redshanks' and
so wrote the word In his prescription
When the druggist went to prepare the
meJlclne he would And that 'redshanks' was
the English name of at least tour entirely
different plants, namely, the one already
mentioned, Polygonium amphlblum. Poly
gonum perslcarla snd Rumex acetosa.
"As with 'redshanks' so with hundreds of
other drugs: Aaron's beard may be Co
tinus continue. Cymbalarla eymbalaria or
Saxifraga sarmentosa. Of snakeroots there
are numberless kinds. Suppose the English-writing
doctor wanted to be sure of
getting the right kind, so specified black
snakeroot, then is the druggist to dispense
Crmlclfuga racemose. Asarum Canadense
or Banlcula Marylandica?" -
Cooa HuBtlng
The officers of the English squadron pre
pared for their recent visit to this country
by an exhaustive study of so-called Amer
ican slang, that they might enjoy that "de
lightful American humor" over which the
English have recently become so en
thusiastic.
During their stay In Annapolis a 'coon
hunt was arranged for their benefit, the
officer in charge explaining to them that
It was a sport highly thought of and
native to the southern states.
As they rode along one of the English
men remarked. "You hunt these 'coons
with dogs, I think?"
His host sssented, snd the ' Englishman
continued: "They are found In the woods
and are often caught In trees, aren't
they?"
'They are," replied the American, "but
how do you come to know so much about
'coon hunting?"
"Oh," said the visitor with an air of con
scious pride. "I've read 'Uncle Tom's
Cabin.' you know, and all those articles
that have come out In the papers here
lutely. but. to tell the truth. I didn't think
it was allowed by the amhoritlea, no mat
ter what the nigger had done." f.lppln
cott's Magsslne.
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As the Time to Move Draws Nearer Our Firm Determination That Nothing but New Goods
Go Into the New Store is Causing Us to Offer You -
Great Opportunities to Save Money
These Items Are Merely Samples of the Many Bargains We Offer:
LADIES' SHIRT WAIST SUITS COME THE LAST, BUT BEST, OFFER OF
NEXT IN THE GREAT RE- PARASOLS.
MOVAL SALE. Rather than carry any parasols in stork wo will close
a rr csTTTeno am i no them out at almost nothing; all the plain linen
Jo.UU SUITS AT $1.98. covered parasols that sold for $1.00 each, a few
Medium and dark colors, with small, neat figures and colored silk ones that sold for $2.00, CA
polka dot waist and skirt prettily piped In white; go Monday; each ...... .DUC
very smart little dresses, suitable for office or house Air the $2.25 embroidered and plain hemstitched
wear, and not a suit in the lot that sold for less inen parasols and a few colored ellk parasols,
that $5 00; many sold at $6.00; all AO wortn 12.95 to $4.95 each; ' CM ftft
in one large lot Monday at UeU0 all .go Monday, each $1.1)0
$12.50 PURE LINEN SKIRTS AT $4.95. 750 EMBROIDERY AND LACE ALL-
Handsome embroidered fronts, plain or pleated flounce
effects, plain tailored skirts and all our finest skirts OVERS, 39C.
that sold at $8.5. $9 90 and $12.R0. M nr 60 pies left of our Immense stock of AU-Orer Laces
Removal sale price Monday It.VD Bnd Embroideries; make fine summer walsta;- the
ALL PONGEE SILK CLOTH OF GOLD knd tha- oId 'or 75c a yard.
AND LINON COATS AT HALF PRICE price. yard dUL
All bright new garments, in box and semi-fitting ENTIRE STOCK OF EMBROIDERED
$12.50 Coats Removal sale price 6.SM WAIST PATTERNS.
$ 6.60 Coata Removal sale price ..$3.23 Must be sold; all odds and ends must be cleaned out
$ 4.60 Coats Removal sale price $2.25 before moving. This lot consists of all the fine
GREAT BARGAINS IN SILK MONDAY. ftu&i
Big sale of 90e Silk Crepe de Chine. In every possible AH the $1.25 and $1.60 ones go, each 68o
shade, including black; we guarantee every yard All the $1.76 to $2.25 ones go, each 91 .00
to be pure silk and perfect. Monday r A ,
removal sale price, a yard 5UC 25 PER CENT OFF
$1.50 BLACK OIL BOILED TAFFETA. All Pattern Cloths and Napkins to Match
Soft chiffon finish, guaranteed to wear; this taffeta is 25 PER CENT OFF
twice as heavy as any black taffeta made; a limit . . ... . ., -
of not over 16 yards to a customer. ft0ift Monday morning we will plnce on sale all our fine
Ramoval sale price, yard JJSC German, Scotch and Irish linen pattern Cloths, with
nnr nt) rn napkins to match, in all lengths from two yards
UUIiUxCIjJJ JJitESS GOODS. square to 2x3 yards, and ranging in price
64-inch Navy Blue Kersey Cloth, for tailor suitings or .from $1.95 to $17.50, all go Monday at 25 PER
separate skirts; this cloth has never been retailed CENT OFF.
for less than $2.25 the yard; quantity limited. qk npn nvKTf fTv
Removal sale price, Monday only. $f a a zo OJLJMl VX X
the yard M.UU All Fine Hand Embroidered Goods
50-INCH GRAY MIXED PANAMAS. 25 PER CENT OFF
Light, medium and dark gray mixtures, very popular All our fine Irish linen, hand embroidered tray cloths,
for summer wear; former price, $1.00 the yard; sideboard scarfs, lunch cloths and table cloths,
removal sale price, Monday only, pa. ranging In prices from $1.86 to $25.00; on sale
the yard OUK, Monday at 25 PER CENT OFF.
WE WILL SOON MOVE TO OUR NEW BUILDING -Corn:r 16th anj Howard Sts.
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O'Donohoe-Redmond Co.
SIE1MB0AT JITS BRIDGE
Tr&ffio at Dnlnth Interrupted bj Wnok
of Structure.
FALLEN DRAW FILLS THE CHANNEL
Coal Docks and Grain Elevators In
Upper Harbor Out of Comnmnl
tlon by Water, While
Debris Remains.
DULUTH, Minn.. Aut. 11. At 1 o'clock
this morning the steamer Troy, a 6.000-ton
steel package freighter, owned by the
Western Steel Transit company, collided
with the span of the Interstate bridge
and precipitated it into the channels on
either side of ths center pier on which the
span revolved. .
Navigation to and from the upper har
bor Is blocked. Ths span was about one
third open at the time of the crash. The
wrecked bridge lies In such a manner as
to block ths channel on both sldea of the
center pier, so that It is Impossible even
for freighters to pass.
Street railway and team traffic between
Duluth snd Superior ia cut off and will
be for some time to come.
Edward Williams, ths night engineer and
watchman In charge of ths bridge, declares
ths Troy hailed the bridge and blew for it
to open In the usual way.
"It seemed to bs about 600 to 000 (eet
distant," said Williams. "I at once started
to open ths draw, and when I had It one
third open ths Troy struck it about twenty
feet from the center pier, in the channel
on the Superior side. Ths span gave way.
Ths end of ths span struck by the boat
gave way first and then ths other end
toppled over Into the water. The bridge
Is owned by ths Great Northern railroad.
Ths draw span was 600 feet In length, one
of ths longest In the world.
Forty steamers now in the upper harbor
are cut off from returning to the lake or
to Hie Duluth aids of the harbor.
Most of the coal docks ars on the upper
harbor, also many of the grain elevators,
merchandise docks and the ship yarda on
the Superior side. Water communication
with all this Is cut off. The greater part
of the tonnage of the Duluth-Superlor har
bor originates In St. Louis bay. where the
docks of the Duluth, Mlssabe Northern
road Is located, therefore many thouaand
tons of ore will bs held up until the chan
nel is cleared.
Ths steamer was badly damaged. Its
bow being stove In.
It Is ascertained that th bridge cannot
he put In commission again this season,
although ths span now blocking the move
ment of many steamers will be removed
within two days.
COCKRAN'S DONATION GONE
Government Wants to Know Where
Fifty Thoasand Dollars Has
Been Placed.
Dl"BIIN, Aug. U (Special Cablegram to
The Bee.) Jut st present there Is no end
of dlscuasion regarding the disappearance
of W. Bourke Cockran's Ibt.OOO. Several
years sgo Mr. Cockran presented hla old
home with that amount of money for the
benefit of . local Industrie. The trustees
of thla sum invested it in the formation of
ths Sllgo Sawmills and Joinery company,
which has since failed.
The entire matter is now being made the
subject of a governmental Inquiry. The
claim la mad by John Roche Ardlll. LJ D.,
that the prospectus of ths Sllgo Sawmills
and Joinery company, limited, aa publlahd
In the Sllga Independent. August 1, ltfS,
shows that it was under government con
trol. The following paragraph Is quoted
from the prospectus as published:
This company has been formed under ths
auspices of the department of agriculture
and technical Instruction for Ireland, with
a view to establishing a profitable Industry
In the town of Sllfto, and thus give employ
ment to a number of people. Th Ideu
vns originated by the action of the lion.
W. Bourke Cockran, a native of Count)
Sligo, now resident in America, in placing
a sum of 10,000 at the dlnosal of lilt
department for the above project.
PATIENT'S WORD NOT TAKEN
Paris Doctors Hold that Witness Re.
eoverinsr from Chloroform is
Not Competent.
PARIS, Aug. 11. (Special Cablegram to
The Bee.) A doctor's wife has been peti
tioning for a divorce on various grounds.
The evidence on her side included the state
ment of a servant girl employed In n
friend's houNe.
The doctor was called In to attend to the
maid during an Illness. A surgical operi
tlon was deemed necessary and the girl
was put under chloroform. On awakening;
after the operation ths first thing she raw
waa the doctor kissing her mlctresa that ia
to say, bis wife's best friend and, of
course, she told the wife. Respondent ha
met this evidence with a learned lectur
on the effects of chloroform. To attach
credence to the girl's story argued Ignor
ance of the peculiar properties of the drug
The doctor called Profs. Brounrdel and
Debove to support htm, and both authorities
agreed that chloroform Is well known to
produce such osculatory hallucinations.
The servant girl had been dreaming of
kisses, and on awakening Imagined that she
saw the doctor kissing her mistress. The
court was convinced by tho two learned
professors and rejected the servant girl's
evidence. Unfortunately for the doctor.
Take
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Pure Ice
will enjoy It.
healthul.
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ii.,i,.er. iitii. i r-ronm barrels are filled with three flavors of
Ic cream. Rich, with pure cream,
and packed so that U will stay hard
Put up In two sizes
QVAKT SIZE Sufficient for six
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PINT SIZE Sufficient for three
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Competitive Drill. Cash prir-ea for all events. Every member
will be presented with two tickets If they call on the Financier before
AuguHt 18th. Tickets for sale by
Win. Stoker. 812 8. 16th. T. H. lienuetfs Cigar Store, I52;l Dodge.
other grounds for a divorce brought for
ward by tho wife wer proved to be not
hallucinatory, but substantial, and she has
won hor suit.
KRUGER'S GRANDSON ARRESTED
Descendant of "Hum Pail" Acensedt of
Killing Man in Sonta : .
Africa.
JOHANNESBURG, August 11 (Special
Cablegram to The Bee.) Stephanus Paul
Kruger Emit, a grandson of the late. Paul
Kruger, Imh been arrested In the Rusten
burg district of the Transvaal on a charge
of murder.
It has been stated he had been for some
time In negotiation with a man named
Herman Davis In regnrd to certain burled
treasure of which Smlt waa supposed to
possess knowledge. This treasure wss stated
to consist of bullion and to be worth $aoij,
000, and Mr. Davis, who believed In Snill'a
story, even communicated with th govern
ment as to whom it should b dcllvtrid
when brought Into Pretoria. ' .
Davis' body was discovered In a lonely
spot alwut six miles from Pretoria, with
four bulet wounds in the head and necK,
Fragments of promissory notes and prop
erty of the dead man were also found on
the veldt.
Smlt was arrested while In bed at his
house at Rhenesterfonteln, but when ho
heard the charge he denied al knowledge
of It.
If you have anything to trade advertlas
It in the For Exchange column ot The
Oe Want Ad page.
a Barrel Home
the Children
cream Is good for the children; the
It Is refreshing, nourishing and
highly flavored with pure flavors
for a long time.
or eight
or four 20 C
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