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K iRT RILKT. Kan., July . (Pjxwlal )
Colonel Ruhlrn, assistant quartermaster
general of tha army, arrtvwd In tha garrl
iu.n on Sunday nlgT.t and on Monday his
entira time u frivan to Inspecting pro
posed sites for buildings In the brigade post
p!.in. General tiodlriy and Colonel Ma
comb accompanied him. Colonel Ruhlln
ws until the constructing Quarter-
mHter at this poat and there la no on
ai.y letter qualified to apeak of Ita great
j. .sh111 11 1" as a brigade garrison than he.
lie wss the guest of Uanerai Oodrrey
while here.
Ainut fifty enlisted men at tha troop of
tl.e Second and Thirteenth cavalry squad
rons have been transferred to organisa
tion of the Seventh cavalry, which are n
pe::d ti arrive soma unit this after
noon. Troops of cavalry when atatloned
at this training school have an authorised
trength which la twenty more than when
r'atluned at other garriaooa. and In cane
of I heir being ordered to other poeta for
stat'on thla surplus number la transferred
to the Incoming troopa. As tha school duties
makes the work more exacting on the sol
dier stationed here, thla Increase In the
personnel waa authorised.
Tha second srjuadron of tha Second cav
alry, com man Jed by Captain Wade. In
the absence of the squadron commander,
marched from the garrison early this morn
ing enroute to Fort Leavenworth, Kan.,
where It will entrain for Fort Des Moines,
la. tt was originally lnteded that the
squtidrnn should march the entire distance,
hut the necessity for Ita preeenoe during the
maneuvers of the Iowa National Ouard,
which begin August t, entirely changed
the plnn. The transportation of the troops
will be paid for by tha state of Iowa. The
state maneuvers will be participated In by
four regiments of the state guard, two
siuadrons of the Becond cavalry, Hattery
C, Fifth artillery. Company A, signal corps
und the machine gun detachment of the
Eighteenth Infantry. The maneuvers proper
v. Ill rover a period from August to Aurusi
10. On the 11th there will be a parade and
review, and on the 12th all will leave for
their reiipectlve homes and stations.
Prisoners frnnt Fart Crook.
The number of general prisoners waa In
creased the first of the week by the ar
rival of ten from Fort Crook, Neb., under
the charge of a noncommissioned officer
and six enlisted men from the Sixth field
uriillery. The prisoners are short-term
nieu and were sent here to furnish labor
on the roads about Uie garrison.
Contract Surgeon Ieonard P. Bell, United
(States army, has been designated aa the
representative of the medical department
to accompany the squadron of the Thir
teenth cavalry on Its overland hike to Fort
Sheridan, 111. The Thirteenth Is galling
everything In readiness for the march and
unless plana are changed at tha last mo
ment the squadron will leave tomorrow.
Captain ben H. tMrcy, Thirteenth cav
alry, an applicant for retirement for rea
sons of disability, has been ordered to re
port to the chief surgeon of tha general
hospital, Washington Barracks, D. C-, for
otiserN alion and treatment. Captain Doroy
will avail himself of a six days' leave
whilu enroute to visit with his home folks.
The Intense heat that has continued with
hardly any abatement for the last month
inukes drill and practice march duty a de
cidedly unpleasant task for both man and
beat. The Intense dislike of the enlisted
man for the practice march duty Is already
making Itself felt for the men will not re
enlist that Is, the desirable men. During
the month of May there were but two re-en-llHliMtnts,
in June there were only three
and so far this month there have been but
two. When one stops and thinks that thla
Is about the largest garrison to be found
In the army, and that since early spring
men have been discharged almost dally
f :h practically no re-enlistments, one can
' t but realise that something must be
V ae to effect a change. No recruits have
I en received here for several months and
duty Is so hard on men, at this time, that
hardly one man can be found who Intends
"taking on again." Already, according to
reports, the army Is short over 17A0. and
at the present THte of discharge, both by
expiration of enlistment and by tha pur
chase route, It Is Impossible to predict what
11 will be by fall. In the Interest of the
army It Is to be hoped that the practice
march order will be greatly modified and
that congress will take early action this
winter and give the soldier a sufficient
amount of pay to attract the right kind of
men to the service.
Major t'ltcaer at Port Riley.
Major John Pitcher, Mrs. Pitcher and
tht r daughter have arrived from Fort Yel
lowstone, Wyo., the major having been
transferred from the Sixth to the Seventh
cavalry to ill a vacancy caused through
tin- oelail of .Major McCormick for duty In
the inspector general's department.
lieutenant Allln, Sixth artillery, has gone
to Chtcitrfo to lake pan In the polo tourna
ment In which the Fort Riley team Is en
gaiced in that city, lieutenant Allln is a
k ibsiltute nn the team.
First Lieutenant E. H. De Armond. Sixth
field artillery, who. by the way. Is a Soli
of Coi. pressman lie Armond pf Missouri,
3'ilned the garrison the first of the week
iroin Butliu-, Mo, his home, where he had
been on an extended leave since his transfer
lroin the coast artillery.
There Is some talk that the attack on
the Infant rv redoubt, which has leen
scheduled for the latter part of Beptemher,
will occur a month earlier, and thin has
given rise to all manner of wild rumors rel
ative to going to war with Japan. What
ever the season may be, It Is certain that
the War department wants the dale for Its
tuklnx place set forward at least a month,
und correspondence to that end Is already
In progress. It Is the Intention that the
Kanvus National Guard shall participate.
Dr. Roberts, medical department, accom
panied the Second cavalry squadron on lis
march to Fort Ies Moines, la., this morn
ing After arriving there the doctor will
be on leave for ten days to enable him to
visit his home, which Is In the city of Des
Moines.
The contractor who has the task on his
h:imls of cutting and bailing the reservation
hay la at work with a large force of men.
v hvli la scattered In several campa. Us
ually, under fair conditions, the crop of
the reservation amounts to about 6u or
bum tons, hut this year such a yield Is
hardly expected as the lack of rain early
hi the sea.ton slum, d the growth const ler-
ahly. liuwever, the cotitiacior expects to
ttainer in the neighhuhood of 3,j0o or 4,oXi
Ions.
First LleuUnant Beverly F. Browne, Sixth
h' id artillery, has Joined irom Fort Moulin.-.
8. C, ha having been recently trans
t iled from that blanch of the service In
t..e artillery shalteup. Lieutenant Browne
1 a skilled horseman and an enthurlaslic
polo player, so tt seerns but proper that he
siioiild have been assigned to the Held ar
ti. ry. and. aljove all, to Fort ltiley, which
l t.ie real si I ool of equitation of tne army.
Lieutenant Neill, Thirteenth cavalry, the
oillc.-r Mill here from southern Kansas,
hlie on tile match with his squadron
from Fort Sill. U T.. to Fort Leaven
worth. Kan., suffering from the bite of a
larunlula, ai sufficiently recovered the
lust of the week to permit being sent to
I. la new station, there to await the arrival
.f the Thirteenth.
Captain Christopher C. Collins, medical
1-lartiiient, has Joined the medical fra-
t ii it y in the garrison, he having come
h re Irom Fort Walla Walla. Wanu.. where
Lt has been on duly for the past year.
Jkl Hilary Toarnaaaent.
The troops from this post have been
r. ''..lied thai during tne last' week of oep
t' ii. Ler, a military tournament will be held
lit St. Joseph, JJo., under tne auspices of
C'o .'ational Guard of fiat slate, and that
hi ac.uruance with instructions irom the
A tOjJlalll general 8 oliu-e,
y i . tenuis will be trained to
f i ;Mt. Just what the nature
Washington, 1.
enter the con-
re Of theee will
n .1 known here, out It Is presumed
t .al tl.ey will be cu Ihe .order uf events
l ei! ki.nually at Madison Square Harden,
lor. One or two sections uf bat
I' 1 1. a Held artillery are also to be
t.a.nvd in niirtcaie movements for txie oc-
a.-iou. Such an event will undoubtedly
laKc wliU the men. who, as a rule, are
i iiuraliy fond of anything tn the Una of
fct:ieilia aiei pam, ularly so when there
ie an element of rivalry In them.
I .c post league series of bail games
ca t.. a close on Seturday afternoon
Troop a. Thirteenth cavalry. Lan ling
pennant from Battery A. Slxtu fle.J
ti.i
r"..!Vry, i.i oue of Ihe preitteM games
o: t..s searon. Each had beaten the op
P"s1ug trai... in tneir lespeclive poses and
hen i key faced ucli oiher on the cavalry
3Uuu.n l l.uuu.eds er..ja tne side lines
la cheer for the red W7 the yellow. In
the first inning the yellow legs took the
lead when they scored two runs, but in
ti.e third the wsgon soldiers evened up
maw-is At this Juncture the fans on all
cur sides of ihe d'.ainond were fairly be
side litems ivre as each according to his
branch of the service teseeched his par
ticular favorite to "play ihe game." In
Ihe fifth, the artillerymen tumbled lato a
VJ oase uX Charley Uwaa, and whau tha
dust had settled tha cavalrymen bad sent
thre men over the plate. Tha anlll-T-men
had done their ll'tle bit In the third
and as fax aa they were concerned, the
gama waa d'me, for after the fifth it was
a caaa of g'jose eggs for ail cots ern-d.
Pryor. for the cavahy, and Worvhr.igton
far tha artillery, pitched a beautiful game
and honors were equally divided. Had
WorthlngtoD had good support the team
tnlght hare been playing yet.
Marksaaea to Kort herldaa.
Tha following distinguished marksmen
belonging to organisations of this garrison
have been ordered to Fort Sheridan, 111.,
there to cemjete for honors In the North
ern competition: First Sergeant F. C.
Olaen, Troop H, Second cavalry; First
Sergeant H. Lv Black. Ball'.ry B, Sixth
field artillery, and Corporal it. H. Reese,
Troop M. Tenth cavalry.
Vincent Irwin of Chapman. Kan., known
to many here who have seen him play
bsse ball with the tem which represents
Ma hustling town, passed the examination
for Annapolis last week at the head of a
class of 175 applicants. Toung Irwin was
the only one to pass in every subject,
Irwin has a brother who trrad totes n x'
year from West Point and who haa played
guard on the foot ball eleven since his llrst
year.
The lodge of Kagles of Jimctkm City gave
a smoker on Wednesday evening at their (
lodga menu In honor of member of the
order who belong to the Second and Thir
teenth cavalry eiuadrnns and who leave
this week for their new stations at Forts
Dea Moines and Sheridan. An elaborate
spread with a vsrletv nf entertainment held
the attention of ail until toward the wee
mall hours,
Henry Collls, late nf Battery K. SWth
field artillery, and who wsa dleoharged
from the service last week by expiration
of term nf aerelce. wss married at Shaw
nee, Okla., laat week to a Miss Jennie !
Hill. Neither had ever seen each other, j
their acquaintance having been bmusht i
about thrvirh the medium of a matrimonial
agencv. Collls Intends tn take up tne trano
of carpentering In Junction City.
WHAT MAKES PEOPLE LAUGH
Thing that Kith Oae Person 'Will
Haie Ko FtTeot Vpom
Aaother.
PARIS. July S7. Spec1al WiTletta. the
caricaturist, on a pouring wet day took a
party of girls and men belonging to a so
ciety for the cultivation of arts and
sciences to the salon of the humorists and
lectured there on laughter while they lis
tened solemnly. He said that they hsd
come to laugh, but that he had found that
people did not always !auh when they
wanted to. One had to he either a very
lmple or a very deep observer to laugh
really well. It waa a very easy thing to
make most women and cWldron langh and
their laughter was infectious. The masses
laughed on the' slightest provocation. But
they often laughed at what was not laugh
able, toothache for Instance, and mothers-in-law
and hen-pecked husbanda. The
nude appeared ridiculous to the masses at
the medical examination of recruits for In
stance. The man of the people laughed
when he was being photographed or when
he saw a Chinaman on the street, but he
never laughed when he put on an ancient
crush hat to go to a wedding. He laughed
also at beautiful red hnlr. People often
laughed at what they did not understand.
Thus the masses laughed at love. Provin
cial society generally laughed at low things.
The 'tout Paris" was Irritated by Mont
martre because of the careless gaiety of
Its artlsta. It certHlnly was ve-xatlous to
have to pay for a seat to be amused when
others were amusing themselves for noth
ing. There was. Indeed, nothing more gay '
than an artist's life. Painters and sculp- I
tors had the souls of children: they laughed
while they worked and brimmed over with!
Joy when they had done aomethlnc. Practi
cal people called them frivolous. Laughter
waa generally Inexpensive. At school tt had
cost Wlllette millions of lines. In his ar
tistic career It had perhaps cost "Mm a
fortune. Practical people wire anxious and
"miserly about laughing;. WTien one laughed
they were generally afraid It must be at
their expense. Pious people called laughter
diabolical. Perhapa laughter was a dis
ease. Certainly It waa Infectious. Tn con
clusion. Wlllette aald thnt If his hearers
had paid any attention to what he
had told them they might have found In
some of the sayings the key which would
have made them a greater than Mark
Twain.
Having thus Instructed his class with a
rather sardonic humor, Wlllette took them
round to the humorists' picture show. He
told them to look hard and long at Lean
der's Rabelaisian fun, for at the rate things
were moving, such great laughter might I
soon fall to find an echo. Before Abel j
Falvre's ferocious characters and carlca- ;
tures of doctors. Wlllette observed that he I
Preferred laughter tn nilnerfr,rm - AM I
anaesthetic. Bern's terrific portraits of
celebrities of the "tout Paris" suggested to
Wlllette that the modem man and woman
were really not so grotesque naturally as
they looked, but their clothea made them so.
which was almost as bad aa a blot on the
landscape. When the party came to Wll
lettes own exhibits he cried, "These are
Improper. Let the ladles retire." On leav
ing the salon of the humorists the laughter
class found that It was still raining, and
Wlllette talked to them of tombs and
epitaphs.
REID IS ENVY OF AMERICANS
w7 H Maansates His Establishment
at Dorckester House Attracts
Attention.
LONDON', July 27. (Speclal.)-The re
turn of Mre. Whltelaw Reld to the United
States for the purpose of visiting her
father. D. O. Mills, a California forty
niner, who Is now well along In years
and who la not in the best of health, has
called attention te the eoclal position which
the Reids have attained during the laat
ijesr or two. The papers are commenting
mon the fact that Whltelaw Reld 1 well
fitted for the trying position of American
representative at the court of 8u Jamea.
Even before corning to London he had
become famous by reason of the magnifi
cent entertainments which he had given
In Paris and elsewhere. He upheld the
splendors of his position when he came to
England to attend the coronation. He took
Brook house, in Park lane, at tt.OW a
week, and the special embassy of which
he was the head figured largely to the
social festivities.
When Mr. Reld succeeded Mr. Choate
as the regular ambassador here he began
a social campaign whioh for brilliancy
has probably never been equaled In the
diplomatic history of the wcrld. Ameri
cana who have been fortunate enough to
vialt Dorchester house, the palatial home
of the ambassador, hva had occasion to
be proud of the fact that America la rep
resented here In a manner of which no
one need be ashamed. The houae Itself la
one of the most magnificent private resi
dences in London, and yet the rental paid
by Mr. Rold-tS.OO a year-, a mere trifle
when compared with his total expendlturea.
It has been said that Mr. Reld's salary
of 117.400 per year hardly pays for the
floral decorations for his state dinner par
ties. The retinue of well trained servauts
at tha Dorchester house la the envy of
more than one American multl-mllllonalre
w ho has been the guest of Mr. Reld. The
house is managed with the greatest sys
tem, the ambassador having created the
post of comptroller for Hon. William
Walah. M. V. O.. Lord Orrathwaites son.
It 1 the duty of Mr. Reid a comptroller
to look after the details of the expenditure
just as the king's comptroller controls the
household expenditures at Buckingham
palace.
Mr. Reld has taken Wrest park, the late
Lord Cowpcrs socat in Bedfordshire, for
a long period, and hts week-end parties
during the present summer will Include
some of tha tuwst yrwniuout people of
Bum pa,
ROMANS FLY TO THE HILLS
Eich and Titled People Do Not Stay
in Summer.
POPE PITTS IS STUDYING IHE5CH
Has Takem tp ej-iows Effort to
Leara Langaage Since Retvsl
Troablra Bess
of Aacoll,
ROME, July 27. SpeclaL Rome begins
to empty rapidly. The noble and the titled,
who have been frequently seen at dinners
and receptions during the w Inter at the first
approach ef the genuine summer heat fly
to the hills or to the seaside or to other
reoorti in which novelty of occupation
may attract their Jaded Interest- The ex
Queem Margaret has left Rome for the
season, the flag on her palace In the Via
Venlto being hauled down. She is quite
likely to be hauled from tha Bternal City
until the next November. Her first
stopping place was Perugia, which she
reached the other day In her elegant and
spacious motor car. An exhibition of
Umbrlan art is opened at present In the
municipal palace of that city and it
furnishes materials for sufficient and
thorough study of that moat Interesting
school of Italian art. During her move
ments Ix-tween Rome and Perugia the ex
queen also visited Assist, famous for being
the shrine of St. Francis. Her reason for
specially honoring this place Is found In
the fact that she Is the honorary presi
dent of M. Paul Sabatler'i Institution of
Franclsclan studies.
In connection with the visit to the pope
the other day of the Right Rev. Mon
algnor O'Rlordan, rector of the Irish col
lege, an Interesting story la told. Thla
story was brought out by the fact that a
reference to the state of the Catholics In
France called forth several expressions
of sadness and regret. And the Interesting
part of the story Is that the pope has
learned to apnak French and knows all
that is satd to him In that language. He
does not assume to be a fluent French
scholar, but he knows enough about the
language to answer all practical purpeses.
Pope Studying; French.
It was not until the trouble broke out
between the Holy See and the French
government that Pope Plus X really took
up the study of French In earnest. He
has proved and apt, though not an extraor
dinary pupil and naturally will always
cling to the Italian and the Latin. And
though he does not encourage his visitors
to talk In this language In his presence It
would not be safe for any diplomat or any
visitor for that matter to take refuge In
French upon the theory that his hollnoas
would not understand.
In this connection one thinks of the In
cidents, which occurred at one of the gen
eral congregations held after the death of
Leo XIII. when one of the French cardi
nals found himself next to a foreign
cardinal, whom he did not know and wtth
whom he entered Into conversation. Tho
French cardinal, speaking In French said:
"Your eminence is doubtless an archbishop
In Italy. In what diocese?" "I do not
speak French," replied the other in Italian.
And then the conversation went on In
Latin. "In what diocese are you arch
bishop?" said his French eminence. "I
am Patriarch of Venice," replied Nhe
Italian. "You are not then 'papablle' "
(or fit for the papacy) aald his eminence of
France." because a pope must know how
to speak French." The meek and gentle
Italian cardinal, the pious Patriarch of
Venice,' replied to this: "No, Tm not papa
bile," your eminence, and I thank Ood for
It." Of course neither of the eoclesiaatlca
thought for one moment that this cardi
nal, who did not speak French would be
come the supreme pontiff of the Catholic
church and probably "the man who did
not speak French" dreamed f It less than
tha other.
Cope to Return.
The fact that the Italian government has
consented to return the celebrated Cope of
Ascoll-Piceno to that city makes a deecrip
tlonvof this particular fabric of Interest
to all Americans, for It will be remem
bered that Mr. J. Plerpont Morgan, tha
American millionaire and collector of works
of art. purchased this remarkable speci
men of the textile fabrics of Italy for a
very large sum and put It on exhibition
in London. There it waa recognised as the
cope of Ascoli-Plceno. and Mr. Morgan
soon learned that It had been stolen from
the cathedral of that city. He had paid
a very large sum for it, but when It be
came evident to him that It waa stolen he
handed it over to the Italian government.
On its arrival In Italy it waa placed In
the picture gallery of the Corslna palace
In Transevere, and arrangements will be
made which will prevent Its ever being
stolen again.
The announcement of ltg proximate re
moval to AscoH-Ficeno not ot the cathe
dral, but to the municipality. Induced your
correspondent to vtait the Corslna palace to
see this renowned work or art prior to Its
transference to the city of Ascoll.
The cope Is enclosed In a very wide
glass case, which Is covered with silk cur
tains, Nile green in color, to save It from
the bright rgys of the sun. It, when spread
out, resembles a semi-circle. The outer
surface Is covered with three horizontal
rows of medallions, the upper row having'
seven of these medallions, the next five,
and the third' and lowest three. On
the edge there are half medallions. The
central medallion Is filled with a head
of Christ, very carefully and effectively
wrought, representing the Savior severe
and haggard, according to the mode of
art prevailing at the period when the
oope was made that Is to say, in the lat
ter half of the Thirteenth century.
Pletares of St. Emlalii.
The upper row of the medallions exhibit
a series of pictures taken from the life
of some bishop perhaps St. Emldlus, the
first Bishop of tha See. In the first picture
to the right he Is represented aa kneeling
cn the ground, and his head is bowed
down by a millstone hung to his - neck.
In another, he Is represented as shot with
arrows: and in a third, as decapitated.
Beneath the head of Christ, already re
ferred to, there Is a representation of the
Crucifixion. In the moment when Longlnus
pierces the side of the Redeemer with the
lance. The old tradition which prevailed
so long In early German art. and which
Is comparltlvely rare in Italian art that
represents Longlnus as recovering hts sight
from the drops of blood that were applied
to his eyes after the piercing of the side
of Christ is conllnuid here. The reason
for this may be attributed to the date of
the cope which was given to the cathedral
by Pope Mlcholas IV, who governed the
church from 128 to USri. He was named
Uascl and was a native of Asooll. It is
natural to suppose that the cope dates from
a period within those four years. Though
it colors are now faded acid the borders
of the medallions aro denuded of the Jewels
that were set Into them it la still very
beautlfjl. For over six hu1red years it
has constituted the joy and the choice
treasure of this cathedral. Apparently It
escaped even the hands of the French
de, :l. i s at the time of the revolution,
who cact.ed away many of the hncut of the
Italian wcrks of art. There Is considerable
criticism because the Italian government
haa taken the cope over Into its own pos
session and soma of the clerics do not
hesitate to say that the Italian govern
ment pofaesfces a frankness In thievery'
which surpasses even the action of tha
.revolutionary horde ot Jftaboa,
TRAIN FERRIES SUCCESSFUL
Plan to Obviate I'aaoengers leaving
Cars for Short Sen
Trios.
I
Ik' II 1.1 N, July 27. iSpeclal.) There is be
ing organized a scheme for the institution
of a train ferry system between Stranraer
and Larne w hich, ought to prove of es
pecial Interest to American railway men.
The central idea of the train ferry service
between the two points Is to obviate the
neoessity at present experienced of pas
sengers leaving the train for the short
cross-channel passage. Sir William White,
K C. B., and the late director of naval
conntructlon and one of the forernort auth
orities on all questions associated with ship
building problems has reported upon Its
practicability from the standpoint of
stability, etc., so there Is a certainty of the
project telrg included among the private
bill schemes for the next session of Parlia
ment. That there Is no obstacle from the
point of view of design or construction Is
easily demonstrated and experts declare
that there Is little doubt but that the project
would be speedily favored by the public.
Harbor protectional works for the jiasslng
of the train to and from the ferry, It is
stated, could easily be provided. Indeed,
the geographical conditions are believed to
be more favorable at Stranraer and Larne
than at other points, and tt Is believed that
the success of the scheme In application
would result lu Its adoption at other points
of the coast for the channel and the Irish
sea traffic.
Experts say that It Is surprising that the
train ferry system has not long since been
adopted In view of applications on the con
tinent and In America. The Idea was sug
gested may years ago by Messrs. Inglla'
firm to Mr., afterwards Sir John Fowler
and the model of one of the boats Is still at
the Kensington museum. In the United
States, according to the statistics collected
by the experts, there are over 600
train ferries with accommodation for
more than 5.600 cars, each boat being
capable on the average of carrying about
ten of the heaviest of freight cars. The
average speed at which they work la about
ten miles per hour and they carry about
11,500 passengers dally In addition to the
freight. One of the dffflcultles anticipated
In British waters Is the rise and the fall
of the tides, but the experts declare that
this Is by no means Insurmountable. In
the American states the usual practice is
declared by the reports to be to have a
counterweight bridge hinged on the shore
end supported at the outer end .by a
pontoon. The length of the bridge depends
upon the rise and fall of the tide so as to
minimize the gradient at the maximum high
ana low waters. inereare inree common
methods of fastening the cars In the fer
ries, but usually two are adopted. Brakes
are set upon each car to check the wheel
and the cars are secured by chains fixed to
eyeboILs on the deck and passed round the
axle truck or coupler. In tidal waters the
boats are of considerable size and power
like that recently completed at Pointhouse.
Thus one of the Southern Pacific boats is
reported as being 420 feet long and 116 feet
wide, eight Inches beam, with a gross ton
nage of S.549 tons.
The specialists who are looking Into the
subject report that the ferry from Ludlng
ton to Manitowlc on Lake Michigan is
about the same distance at the Stranraer
and Larne crossing Hfty-slx nilus and
there the recently built twin-screw ferry
is 360 feet long, IS feet beam with triple
expansion engines of 3.5 horse-power to
give fifteen knots. In the Irish service
twelve to thirteen knots is considered
adequate, and as Sir William White points
out any higher speed would Involve a high
fuel expenditure as the vessel lias to be
of bluff form. Indeed the reports show that
the greatest majority of the American fer
ries do not exceed ten knots speed. The
average cost of ferrying one tar per mile
is about 2 shillings, the highest being 5
shillings 3 pennyweight, and the lowest CVi
pennyweight. This variation is, of course,
due to the volume of traffic. Thus the low
est rate is returned by' a company which
has sixty-seven vessels and carries 2,0i
cars per day. Tha next av per car per
mile Is by another busy ferry system.
Quick handling at the terminal Is also an
Important element In the cost. The prices
given are for large capacity wagons so that
the cost per ton per mile is very small
much less than It would be were It neces
sary to "break bulk" at both ports.
SUMMER SALES OLD AS HILLS
Dr. Em 11 Reich Finds Historic Prece
dent for Bargain Counter
Trading.
LONDON, July 27. Interviewed concern
ing the "Psychology pf Shopping." Dr.
Emll Retch, who has been pronounced "the
ladles' philosopher," said:
"I am told by the ladlea that summer
sales are a relatively new feature tn the
world of trade. My friends, nothing Is
new. Summer sales are as old as the
oldest mountains. They are the outcome
of deep and unalterable traits In the human
soul. Only In former tlmea they used to
call them by different names. They called
them fairs. In the Champagne, at Troyes,
Bar-sur-Aube, f ravins and othor places
there used to be In the eleventh, twelfth
and thirteenth centuries the great fairs of
civilised Europe. Hundreds of thousands
of people came to the summer sales of the
Champagne. On a smaller scale, Stour
bridge, In England, phiyed te same role'
for the mediaeval English.
"In smaller towns in France say m
Boulogne-sur-Mer there are stl'.l fairs
proper, and, although any one of the goods
bought at those fairs could be bought it
the permanent shops of the town, yet even
Boulonnals themselves will visit a fair and
buy there a great variety of things. The
great drapers of London, who Introduced
the special sales, were only gratifying one
of those strong features of gregarlousness
In men and women which make the men
and the women alike love to hunt bar
gains in groups."
PLANNING DOMINION CANAL
Englishman Haa Investigated Plnns
and Finds Them to Be
Feasible.
LONDON, July 2T.-tSpeclal.) Mr. R. W.
Perks, M. P., who has Just returned from
eight weeks spent In Canada says that the
estimates for the great $hoi0,u( scheme
for a ship canal deep enough to cany
ocean liners into the interior of the Do
minion of Canada are now ready fur the
consideration of the dominion governim nt.
j Mr. Perks assisted In the survey foi the
; company winch will undertake the construc
tion In conjunction with M ssrs. C. 11.
tValker ar Co.. the Litmilun 1 1.. In. ring
Ann In whii li Mr. P.-rks was a l.arlnrr and
which was interest d in the building of the
Manchc-slc-r taiial.
The new scheme Is to provide a ship
canal which will c-nuhle ocean golnx st. ain
vrs to transport the grain snd other pro
duce from tl. dominion direct to Liver
pool. The new waterway ts to extend from
Georgia bay In Iake Huron down the Ot
tawa rlvor to M"!.rHl and the St. Law
rence ami will b.- aulttiiently deep to take
any vessel drawing up to It feet.
Mr. Terks says that he has carefully
scrutinised and checked the estimates of
revenue and all the various enxtnefring de
tails, and had conferred with his triends In
Canada anj the I'nlted States as to the
best methods ot putlinf tba bualueas lnlo
practical form.
DISASTERS IN PEACE TIMES
Long List of Naril Misfortunes Since
the Civil War.
CREATES THAN IN SPANISH WAR
Melancholy Rersrd Recalled by
Tragedy at Hampton Koade
lorloaa Farts In Naval
Jliatory.
The recent tragedy In Hampton Roads
resulting In the los of the Uvea of six
midshipmen and five enlisted men of the
navy Is one of the series of momentous
disasters which have overtaken the navy In
times of ptace. It is one of the curious
facts In naval history that since the civil
war almost all accidents resulting In the
loss of life which have occurred have rep
resented greater fatality than any engage
ment which occurred In the war wtth
Spain.
Of course, the principal disaster in recent
years has been the Mowing up of the Maine
In Havana harbor on February 15, IS, an
Incident that In the end Rear Admiral (then
Captain) Charles D. Slgsbee, V. S. N., In
command of the Hi-fated ship, says, "was
the ultimate Incident which Impelled the
people of the Vnited States to regard Spain
as an Impossible neighbor." That explosion
resulted tn the killing of two officers and
2f enlisted men, eight of the latter having
died from wounds In the hospital at Ha
vana. The court of inquiry, of which Rear
Admiral V. T. Sampson was presldejit, re
ported that the Maine was destroyed by
the explosion of a submarine mine, and
that view remains the official conclusion.
Another naval disaster which attracted
much attention at the time was the wreck
ing of the Kearsarge in Februnry, 189!
The ship went on the famous Roncador
reef, but no lives were lost. It was found
Impossible!, however, to save the historic
vessel, the name of which has been be
stowed upon a modern battleship.
The Bennlngrton Tragedy.
Another nRval explosion of recent years
which suggested the Maine disaster in its
effect was that to the United States ship
Bennington In July, 1906. While the ship
wtls at San Diego, Cal., one of the boilers
of the vessel exploded, killing two officers
and about sixty members of the crew. Thb
accident to the Bennington revived service
argument in favor of the establishment of
the Naval Engineer corps. That corps had
been abolished by the naval personnel act
by the amalgamation of the engineers with
the line, and It was Insisted that the dis
aster on the Bennington was due to the
Inexperience of the officers detailed to per
form engineer duty. The agitation led to a
better system of the training of line officers
for engineer duty.
Another accident In the navy which
taught Its lesson and led to reforms was
the explosion on board the Missouri. This
occurred in the forenoon of April 13. 1!M.
while the ship was engaged at record target
practice near Guantanamo. The aocident
occurred through the Ignition of a charge
of smokeless powder while the gun waa
being loaded. An appalling disaster re
sulted. There was no explosion, but the
burning of about 100 pounds of powder filled
the room, turret and Intervening spaces
with suffocating, burning gases. All persons
In the turret, consisting of four officers
and fourteen men, lost their lives. All
those statloneC n the handling room and
magazine, one officer and eleven men, died
from burns or suffocation. The accident
led to an Investigation and the adoption
of effective means for blowing the bore
of the gun clear of all residue before the
breach plug Is withdrawn. There was pre
liminary' installment on all turret guns of
an apparatus for expelling gases.
Another wreck of Importance was thst of
the Charleston, In command of Captain Q.
W. Plgman. The ship while In Philippine
waters on November 1, 199, struck on
some rocks and was wrecked. The obstruc
tion was an uncharted submerged rock
north of Luzon.
The Baraonn Hurricane.
Conspicuous In the list of naval disasters
was that in the harbor of Apia, Samoa,
In the hurricane of March lt, The
Nlpslc, the Trenton and the Vandalla were
lost. Four officers and forty-seven men
lost their lives. Among those who died was
the captain of the Vandalia, Captain C. M.
Schoonmaker. Everything was done at the
time of the storm to avoid the disaster.
Its force, however, could not be foreseen,
and the navy people were surprised at the
violence of the gale. The Nlpslc was en
abled to reach a plaoe of comparative
safety on the beach. The Vandalla struck
on a reef, where It remained exposed to
the fury of the storm. Its officers and men
taking refuge In the rigging while the seas
swept over It. Many of the crew were
lost In the attempt to swim ashore. The
record of Individual gallantry was cliarac
teristlo of the naval service. The Tren
ton had the misfortune early tn the storm
to lose its wheel and break its rudder.
The water put out the fires, and the ves
sel drifted almost at the mercy of the gale,
finally coming abhors, the report showing
that It escaped total destruction only
through the excellent Judgment of Its
navigating officer. Lieutenant R. M. O.
Brown, now dead.
On December 15. 194, the Massachusetts
lost three of its crew when a gasket blew
off a boiler and filled the flreroom with
steam. This occurred at the League
Island Navy yard. The same ship met
with a worse accident the year preceding,
off Culebra Island, on January IS, lHu3,
when the accidental discharge of a percus
sion primer, while the gun breech was open,
resulted In the killing of six men.
The Iowa, when off Penuacola on April
9, Li.S. suffered a serious accident by the
bursting of the port twelve-inch gun tn
the forward turret. This accident waa
caused by the explosion of a shell midway
In the gun. Twelve daysx later the Iowa
aBaln met with misfortune by the bursting
of one of the steam pipes in Its boiler room.
The Ericsson met with a mishap oft New
London in July, lkni, when a steam cyl
inder burst. Five of the cr w were terribly
sea Med and several died of their injuries.
New York Tribune.
SOME GOOD SIZED DEALS
Four Heal Kstatv Transfers Are Made
for Twritr-FIre Thou
sand Dollars.
A. B. Alplrn haa bought from the Na
tional Land company, thruueh A. P. TuKey
Ac Son, the three old houses and the lot,
Wx feet, at the southwest corner of Fif
teenth and Cuming streets for
Kdward L'Sbsidy has bought from KJward
Phelan a live-acre tract at Twentieth and
J st reels 8.1 in h Omaha, paying 1,i0.
Mary fc. Andrews has (.ought finin Etta
L. Bhaw fifteen and thre-iuartera acres of
land south of Center street and near the
M:p.s':uri Pacific rallr'.ad. She laid I'.iOo.
i:. J. L.wry hj.i bought from V. M.
Morman lot 12. in block 93. fiulii Omaha,
for $3.J.
firrat onhern to Haild Cars.
Sl'i-KHH K. Wli , July :.'..The Great
Northern load todi.y authorized the con
struction of .hops In Superior fur the p-ur-p.f
of hull. Hug steel oi cars. Thu cost
if the buildings and eijulplucot U asU
aLd about LwO.uUk
Electric power
will cut down
your expenses
Klfctrlc power is the most convenlont and rco
nonikal power It will Invariably liurcaso shop out
put and leduic cott of production. SuV-stltuto the
electric motor for any other form of power for driv
ing machinery and you tut out all unnooessary items
of expense, leetiaate.
Omaha Electric
Light and Power
Company
Y. M. C. A. BUILOINO
Tlphon Douglas 1062
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0h aha .National
13 U STREET
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most perfect brewer's art.
Develops your appetite and your energy. ,
Promotes your comfort and health
Hot weather haa no terrors for one who has a
case of Gold Top in the cellar.
JETTER BREWING COMPANY,
Telephone No. 8, South Omaha.
Omaha Headquarters, Hngo P. lUla, 14th and Douglaa, Tel. Dong.
1642. Coucil Bluffs Headquartora, Lie MfccttaU, 101S Main Street,
Telephone SO.
How to Get Of! a Car
Wait until the car comes to a complete stop;
Have your. LEFT arm and hand free;
Step squarely down onto the step or running board,
holding to upright hand-hold immediately in front of
you with your LEFT hand, facing direction car is
headed.
Before stepping off see that no vehicle a passing,
to collide with or run into you.
Retain your grasp upon the hand-hold to steady
yourself, and step down (forward) from the step or
running board with your RIGHT foot first, releasing
your hold as soon as your foot reaches the ground.
Assist us in preventing accidents.
OMAHA a COUNCIL BLUFFS
STREET RAILWAY CO.
Sherfuposiiio
although one of a score or j jjN
if more applicants who came I tVl
II in.erponse to 0lK
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I The Bee 'nI
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11 offlra. telp will find thts the ( 0 JTij jf
11 easiest way to fill vacancies TiJtV '
V An)' iiitelllgeot tenograplur, K if r J
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