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TROLIEY'GARS MEET
Fifteen Persons Killed in Col
lision Near Utica-
ABOUT THIRTY ARE INJURED
Motormnn Loses Control of Car on n
Steep GradCf and It Collides
With Another' One Aa-
rcendlng.
UTICA, N. Y'July 5. On the Mountain
Lake electric road near Gloversville last
night there was a collision between two
cars crowded with passengers, in which 15
persons were killed and about SO injured.
Four miles north of Gloversville is a pop
ular place of resort or picnic ground.
Last night the cars were filled with peo
ple coming home from the grounds. At
10:30 P. M. about two and a half miles
north of Gloversville there was a colli
sion between two cars, one bound north
and one bound south. They came to
gether head-one with terrific velocity. As
a result, the 15 persons were killed out
right. As it was a holiday, there were
many business men among those on the car.
t It is impossible to get the names of all
at present. City Recorder Frank C. Wood,
) of Gloversville, suffers from a broken
back, and is in a critical condition.
iThe Mountain Lake Railway tracks fol
low the side of a mountain, the grade be
ing about 1000 feet In four miles. Com
ing dowrj the incline the motorman of
one car, carrying about 70 people, lost con
trol of the car, which Tn a short distance
acquired a frightful velocity. Then it met
a car ascending the mountain, and also
carrying about 70 passengers. The im
pact was terrific but for a few moments
neither car left the track, the ascent of
the one being overcome by the rush o
the other, and for a distance of several
hundred feet they went down the Incline.
Then they left the rails, and the dead and
wounded were hurled together in an inex
tricable mass.
At 2:30 o'clock 30 bodies, mangled be
yond recognition, were brought into Glov
ersville, where the injured were also be
ing taken. The latter are being cared for
at the Littenar Hospital.
It will be Impossible for several hours to
compile a list of the dead and injured.
Of the former it Is thought there are
about 15, and of the latter about 25 or 30.
Among the victims there are more women
than men.
BRAKES FAIL TO HOLD.
One Person Killed nnd Twenty In
jured in Accident at Boulder.
BOULDER, Colo., July 4. In an acci
dent on the Chautauqua-street car line at
about 11 o'clock tonight "one woman was
killed and 20 persons injured. The cars
were heavily loaded and chain brakes used
on the trailers failed to hold the train.
It rushed down the hill with tremendous
velocity, the train overturning at a bend
in the track at the Sisters of St. Gertrude's
Academy. This Is a distance of about
four city blocks from, the Chautauqua
grounds. The motor car was badly
wreAktd, and it was in this and upon the
platnprms of other cars that most of the
Eerioas accidents occurred. Of the 200 pos
Bengers on the" train, 20 were badly In
jured, others escaping with scratches.
The academy was sopn turned into a hos
pital, where every attention was lavished
upon the Injured.
Mrs. Jennie Richards was killed.
The injured are: Ida Bragger, aged 13,
badry crushed; Mrs. Robblns, crushed and
bruised; Miss Whlteldck, brulseN. not se
rious; Fred "Wilson, aged 12, leg broken,
bruised about head; Mrs. P. Larson, aged
b0, crushed Internally, serious; Theodore
Stawn, aged 25, leg broken between ankle
and knee, back bruised, scalp wound;
Mrs. F. A. Hunter, aged about 55, bruised,
not serious; Mrs. J. O. Miller, aged 60,
bruised, not serious; Mies Neta Davis, leg
broken, bruised; Nannie Gummeson, k.nee
injured; Mrs. S. J. Gardiner, injured about
head, taken to University Hospital, pro
nounced serious, but it is thought will re
cover; Henry Meyerlng, aged 22, miner,
cf Sallna, teriously injured in the groin;
Miss Sweet, of Central City, Injured about
the back; Earl Dllilnger, of Loveland,
bruised, removed to University Hospital,
not seriously hurt. Neil p. McKenzIe
and his daughter, Kath'erlne, were more
or less painfully bruised but not seriously.
They were taken to their home shortly
after the accident.
Casualties at Chicago.
CHICAGO, July -L Three persons were
killed and several others wounded last
night while making preparations for cele
brating the Fourth, and another had his
hand shattered by a giant cracker. They
were:
Robert Kuhn, 13 years old, killed by ac
cidental discharge of revolver.
Frank Maher, teamster, aged 23 years,
"killed by accidental discharge of revolver.
Alexander McColIcr, 70 years old, killed
by falling from fifth story of a building
while arranging decorations.
Oscar Donalllson, left hand shattered
and two fingers blown off by explosion of
firecracker.
Dennis Hurd, 18 years old, struck by a
bullet from a revolver accidentally dis
charged; condition serious.
Patrick Kennedy, shot la right side
while toying with revolver.
Located Gas Leak With Match.
NEW YORK, July 4. Two bo'dles lie be
neath a mass of debris at 422 North Vande
venter street, as the result of an explosion
which followed the effort of Robert Golz
to locate a leak in a gas meter with a
lighted match, shortly after midnight this
morning. The body of his wife. Mrs. Mar
tha Golz, and his daughter. Martha, are
entombed in the wrecked building. Golz
was blown from the basement through a
grating in the sidewalk 10 feet above. He
is now at the City Hospital, burned .om
head to foot. His injuries may prove fatal.
Tillie Stine, a domestic, fell with the
furniture and rafters from the second
story, and was extricated by the police
a few minutes after the explosion. She
was unconscious and badjy burned, cut
and bruised. At the hospital it was said
that she may recover.
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Wreck On Great Northern.
BUTTE, Mont., July 4. A special to the
Miner from Fort Benton says that a heavy
freight on the Great Northern ran into a
wash-out at Rhine Coulee yesterday morn
ing. The engine and tender went down a
distance of 12 feet, burying the engineer
and .fireman- In the soft earth beneath the
engine. Both bodies were crushed Into
shapeless masses.
Lateness of the through passenger train
saved it from destruction. The" fast, train
was due to reach the scene of the wreck
at the time the freight dashed into the
wash-out, but being late, the right of way
had been .given to the freight. Heavy
rains the past few'days have raised havoc
with roadbeds of the railroads In this sec
tion of the country.
Passenger Train Strikes a Boggy.
SIOUX CITY, la.. July 4. A Chicago,
Milwaukee & St. Paul passenger train
struck a buggy containing a party of
plcknlckers today at Riverside Pdrk. Mrs.
R. J. Seney, 38 years old, and Miss Alpha
Seney, 14 years of age, were killed, and
Mrs. P. E. Barta, of Hampton, la., was
possibly fatally injured. One of her feet
was cut off and she sustained. Internal In
juries, Robert Scncy, 5 years-old, had a
leg- broken.
Aeronaut's Terrible Fall.
MOUNT VERNON. 111., July 4. Ah
aeronaut named Hall Brook, from St.
Louis, was Instantly killed here today.
He made a balloon ascension and the par
achute failed to work. He fe'.l 1200 feet
and was dashed to death.
Two Small Boys Drovraecl. .
ROCK ISLAND, I1L. July 4. Emmet
and Edgar LIndberg, 13 and 11 years old,
respectively, were drowned this afternoon.
The boys were on a raft, which capsized
in a ravine which had been filled by the
recent rai-;s.
Run Down by n Train.
SIOUX CITY, la., July 4. Mrs. Robert
Seney and her 12-year-old daughter were
killed, and her son, "aged 9, and a guest,
Mrs. P. Banty, were badly injured by a
Milwaukee train today; which struck their
carriage.
THE MINNEAPOLIS GRAFT
Three More Witnesses Hare Testified
Against Superintendent Ames.
MINNEAPOLIS, July 4 By mutual con
sent of all parties, the trial of Frederick
W. Ames, Superintendent of Police, for
bribery, proceeded today in spite of the
holiday. The state put on but three wit
nesses in the morning and rested Just be
fore noon. Patrolman- Zaluski told the
story of how he had arrested Edwards,
the "big mitt" man, while running a
joint on his beat. He took the man to
headquarters where he was set at liberty
by Sperlntendent Ames, who told the
witness that there was no caso against
the man he had arrested Patrolman
Rhodes told how he had been instructed
by the chief not to arrest the "big mitt"
men, but to bring i the "suckers" who
complained to headquarters. If the "suck
ers" refused to make complaint, there
were to be no arrests.
The defense now takes an Inning, and it
Is expected to set up an alibi covering the
time when Cressman, another "big mitt'
man swears he handed the superintend
ent $25 as part of the proceeds of a
draft taken from Roman Mlex, one of the
victims.
Superintendent Ames took the stand in
his own behalf this afternoon. He denied
all complicity in the bribery and corrup
tion pool, though his counsel admitted
guilty relations between Detective C.
Norbeck and the confidence men. The
chief, however, claims to have been Igno
rant of the transactions between Norbeck
and the swindlers. There was no intima
tion that the defense would seek to set
up an alibi In denial of actual payment
of bribe money to the defendant.
THE JOLIET HOLD-UP.
Detectives and Bloodhounds on the
Trail of the Robbers.
JOLIET, 111., July 4. The Chicago, Rock
Island & Pacific .road's through express
train No. 5, bound for Omaha and Denver,
which left Chicago at 10 o'clock last night,
was held up by robbers at Dupont, ill.,
an hour later. Express Messenger Kane
was shot through the groin by one of the
robbers, and 5s In a critical condition. The
local safe was forced open, but the
amount of the booty secured Is not known.
Charles Nessler, who climbed over the
tender of the engine and told the engineer
and fireman to stop the train, has been
arrested. Nessler claims to be the unwill
ing accomplice of the robbers, as he
obeyed their commands at the point of a
revolver. The detectives, are hot on the
trail of the robbers. A special train is
waiting at Coal City for a pair of blood
hounds, which are to be rushed to the
scene of the hold-up.
According to Nessler's story, only two
robbers were concerned, though the detec
tives think tl-ere were more, Demand was
made on the exprees messenger and bag
gageman to open the door of their car un
der threats to blow it open with dyna
mite. The door was opened, and the rob
bers rushed In. A struggle ensued, and
Messenger Kane was shot through tho
groin. The robbers attempted to open the
through safe, but were unsuccessful. Rail
way officials say practically nothing of
value was secured. The robbers disap
peared. Kane was taken to Linley Park
for treatment, and later removed to the
Englewood Hospital. The police here have
a satchel and a quantity of dynamite
found In a car near the scene of the rob
bers'. None of the passengers were mo
lested. Nessler was taken to Chicago this after
noon. The officials doubt his assertion ot
innocence, having found in his possession
an pld slouch hat with several holes in
the top, which could have been used as a
mask.
Wife Accused of Murder.
PARIS. Ky., July 4. "Little" Berry Bed
ford, who for many years was County
Surveyor, died very suddenly last night,
aged SO years. His wife is now in Jail
charged with the murder. Arsenic was
found in his stomach, and it is supposed
that she poisoned him. Both are said to
have been drinking -during the night.
TO EDUCATE PRIESTS. -
Mrs. Wdlsh Establishes a Fund for
That Purpose.
NEW YORK. July 4. Mrs. Ann Eliza
Walsh, of Brooklyn, whose donations for
educational and charity purposes have
reached nearly $800,000, has given the sum
of $450,000 to establish a, fund for the edu
cation of candidates for priesthood in the
Roman Catholic Church.
This fund has Just been incorporated
under the laws of this state. Its title
being the Henry McCaddln, Jr.. Fund lor
the Education of Candidates for the Ro
man Catholic Priesthood in the Poorer
Dioceses of the United-States and Else
where. It is a memorial of the late broth
er of Mrs. Walsh. Mrs. Walsh refuses
to say anything about the donation.
Mrs. Walsh, in 1896, at a cost oi $200,000.
built the McCaddln Memorial in Brooklyn
and presented it to the Church of St.
Peter and St. Paul, the1 building to be used
as a lecture hall and for other purposes
In connection with the affairs of the
church.
Recently when her attention was calleh
to the fact that, throughout the United
States, in Mexico and other countries
there are many dioceses without the
means of carrying on the necessary stu
dies of young men who desired to enter
the priesthood, she determined to estab
lish a fund toward helping such students.
It will b? devoted to the education of
such aspirants to the priesthood as the
dioceses shall name. The benefits shall
extend to students for the completion of
their theological course.
Genius Won't Support Families.
Harper's Weekly.
The Lancet, the well-known English
medical weekly, has been 'inquiring Into
the question of the transmission of genius
from father to son, and has found that
the sons of great poets are generally dull
dogs. Poetic fervor is evidently a spirit
ual flame that burns Itself out in the gen
eration wherein It is kindled. Indeed, It
often seems to burn out the very aptitude
for paternity; or is it that the poet is gen
erally too poor to permit himself the de
light of fatherhood? However it may be,
many eminent English poets can never be
accused of having "dull dogs" of sons,
because they never had any sons at all.
Cowley. Butler, Otway, Prior, Congreve,
Gay, Phillips, Savage, Thomson, Collins,
Shen stone, Akenslde, Goldsmith, Grey,
Johnson and Keats all died without leav
ing offspring, and Pope, Swift, Watts and
Cowper were never marrle'di Dryden's,
Addison's and Parnell's descendants did
not pass into the second generation, and
the descendants of Shakespeare and Milton
became extinct In the second and third
generations. Sir Walter Scott's baronetcy
expired 'with his son.
WITH "NONUNION MEN
UvtfOtf PACIFIC WILL ATTEMPT TO"
. START ITS SHOPS.
Conl Operators "Will Try to Break
' . the Sfrllce the Dnr of the In
dianapolis Convention.
tOMAHA, July 4. The first attempt to
replace, the Omaha shopmen with out
siders was made thl3 morning when 22
men who had arrived early last evening
were put to work. There were 27 in the
party, but five refused to go to work
When they reached the shops. The men are
guarded by Tin extra force of company
watchmen and will eat and sleep near the
shops. A feature of their arrival was a
strike of the bricklayers and hod carriers
in the new shops, now under construction.
These men shied bricks and stones at the
new arrivals as they marched past the
shops, and then walked out and declared
they would not work Inshopa In which
nonunion labor was to be employed.
Thus; the strike takes on another com
plication, as the masons' and their helpers
declare work will be tied up on the. new
buildings If the company insists on hiring
new men.
Another consignment of 14 pew men
arrived tonight to take positions in the
machine shops at Omaha. No resistance
was offered to their being taken to the
shop yards, and the men were given
quarters In boarding-cars near the shops.
Railroad officials are still retlclent
about what the future action of the com
pany will be. but indications are that it
is the intention to use every effort to
etart the machine shops as early as pos
sible. Trains are still running regularly
and with little delay, and one official
said today that engines are still In good
condition.
Settling Alabantn Strike.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.. July 4. The con
ference committees, representing miners
and operators, which met here yesterday,
have practically reached an agreement,
which will be submitted to the various
local organizations Monday for ratifica
tion. The conference adjourned to meet
tomorrow morning, when it is expected
the final details of the agreement will be
perfected. The belief seems well founded
that the 13,000 miners now on strike will
return to work next week.
Attempt to Break the Strike.
HAZLETQN, Pa., July 4. It Is reported
here tonight from what was regarded as
an authoritative source, that -July 17, the
opening day of the miners' National con
vention at Indianapolis, has been selected
by the operators for resuming operations
at one or more collieries near Wilkes
barre with experienced nonunion men,
collected from the various mines In Lu
zerne .Count.
Blames Strikers for a Fire.
WINNIPEG, July 4. The Canadian
Northern station at St. Jean burned with
a large quantity of freight last night- Su
perintendent Hanna blames the atrlkers
for setting the fire and has" offered $2000
reward for evidence. The strike leaders
are equally Indignant and offer $50 reward.
Ironnioldcrs Victory.
NEW YORK, July 4. Organized iron
molders of this city and vicinity announce
that they gained a peaceful victor'. 2200
of their number having been granted the
nine-hour day through arbitration pro
ceedings between representatives ot the
union. '
PASSING OF PEMMICAN.
The Staple Food of the Pioneer No
Longer in Use. ,
Canadian Magazine.
Fifty years ago pcmmlcan was to the
shifting and.scant population of the North
west what flour Is In the present day to
English-speaking peoples in most civilized
portions c the globe the staple and most
common food of the country. Then it was
always made from the buffalo, which cov
ered the Western plains. The great fur
jorporatlon known as the Hudson's Bay
Company bought hundreds of bags of the
dark, nutritious compound annually from
the Indians for use at Its trading posts
scattered over the vast wilderness stretch
ing from the Red River and Hudson's Bay
to the Rock- Mountains, and from the two
Saskntchewans to the Arctic Sea, a region
then designated Prince Rupert's Land.
Pemmlcan (or, more properly, plmcekon)
is a Cree word meaning a mixture, or
something made with fat. It was com
posed of buffalo meat dried in the sun and
pounded fine, mixed with melted fat, and
was sewn up In sacks made from the raw
hide of the buffalo, with the hair outside.
It did not look Inviting, but was, in fact,
wholesome, strong food, which would keep
for years. . . . But if the buffalo was
Important to the fur-trader, the ungainly
animal was life Itself to the red man; for
it furnished him with everything his heart
could desire or with the means of procur
ing It. And as, owing to the migrator' in
stincts of the herds, which took them first
into the recognized territory of one tribe
and next into that of an enemy, fresh
meat was not always obtainable, pemml
can was the form in which the Indian pre
served and laid away his store of pro
visions against the day of scarcity.
Omitting the excitement of the hunt and
substituting domestic herds' for the wild
ones of the plains, a description of pemml-can-making
by the Indians a quarter of
a century ago will give an idea of what
might have been witnessed at Duck Lake
in the Summer of 1893. Intelligence that a
band of buffaloes was In the vicinity threw
the Indian camp at once into a state of
violent excitement. Men rushed from the
lodges buckling on quivers of arrows and
belts of cartridges, women talked and ges
ticulated, boys raced wildly about shouting
shrilly to one another, the horse herd was
driven in, and in a few minutes the bucks,
mounted on their "buffalo-runners" and
under the direction of the, chief of the
hunt, moved Jn a silent- body out of the
camp. On nearlng the herd, advantage
was taken of each slight rise or dip to
cover the approach, which was always up
wind, so that the wary brutes should not
catch the scent. Stealthily they rode, one
behind another, until concealment was no
longer possible. Then, at a signal from
their chief, they burst upon tho open plain
and dashed yelling at the top speed of
their trained horse at the startled herd.
Usually it was some distance away, per
haps half a mile, and It took a good horso
to overhaul a buffalo. Once up with the
straining animals, however, their pace
slackened, and the rest was comparatively
easy. Onward galloped the hunters be
tween the long, undulating files of shaggy
brown backs, picking out the fat cows and
the young bulls at their leisure. And as a
feathered shaft left the snapping bow
string and a stricken beast tottered and
went down, tho loud, triumphant cry of
the hunter rang out, and he tossed a moc
casin or a beaded fire bag beside It to mark
his kill, and then flew on. The chase might
last as long as the horses' wind. When It
was over the women came with the pontes
and the trailing travoys upon the field of
slaughter. The carcasses were soon
stripped of their hairy coats, the meat
packed on the travoys, the bones broken
and the marrow extricted. and. loaded
with the red spoil, the whole party re
turned to camp. Here in an Incredibly
short time the meat was cut into wide,
thin sheets and hung upon pole frames
in the sun-and wind to dry. After a day
or two these sheets were removed and
spread upon the clean prairie grass, where,
if the weather continued fair, they soon
became as hard as shingles. They were
then placed upon a hide threshing floor,
with the sides elevated on short pegs to
form a sort of basin, and beaten with flails
or between stones until the meat was re
duced almost to a powder. The strange
thing was that. If properly handled, the
.flesh seldom, If ever, became at all tainted.
though in any other than the dry. pure at
mosphere of the Northwest such a method
of preparing It would doubtless be Impos
sible. Meanwhile the marrow and other choice
fat had been rendered, and bag ssome 2xl"
feet, of raw buffalo hide, doubled over at
the bottom and sewn up at the sides with
the sinew of the animal, made for the re
ception of the pcmmlcan. The melted fat
was next poured over the shredded meat
in the threshing basin, and the whole
mixed to the consistency of paste. That
was tho pcmmlcan. It was shoveled Into
the sacks, pounded down, and. after the
tops had been sewn up and the bags
Jumped to make them flat, the cooled
pemmlcjin packages were as solid and al
most a: hard as so many boulders. When
you desired to eat pcmmlcan you chopped
a piece off with an ax. sack and all. Tho
meat wis already cooked In a measure by
sun, wind and hot fat. but If you pre
ferred, nfter tearing off the adhering hide,
you could fry It in a pan or boll it In a
pot.
OLD NEWSPAPERS.
Controversy Concerning Origin of
American Press.
New York Times.
People In Boston, with a taste for the
curious, have opened a discussion concern
ing the first newspaper printed In this
country, and a controversy now rages
among certain antiquarians regarding the
matter. An ancient news sheet, bearlns
the title. "The Present State of the New
English Affairs," has been called by some
antiquarians tho first newspaper ever
printed in America, though the correct
ness of that designation is questioned by
others.
There Is no evidence that a second num
ber of the publication was ever printed,
and Dr. Samuel A. Green, librarian of the
Massachusetts Historical Society, and a
high authority on such questions, says It
is.not properly a newspaper, but a broad
side, which Is defined as an occasional
publication, printed on but one side of a
jheet of paper.
A newspaper, he says, is. always num
bered and dated. The sheet Is not num
bered, and the date Is confined merely to
the year. He states, however, that, being
a printed newsletter, it represents one
J phase In the evolution of the newspaper,
j The only known copy Is preserved In the
. Massachusetts state archives at the State
house. It measures 9x13 Inches, and em
1 todle3 letters, or excerpts from letters, re
I celved In Boston In 1S89 from the Rev.
Increase Mather, then In London.
The publication bears the footnote:
"Boston, printed and sold by Samuel
Green. Jr."
William G. Shlllaber, secretary of the
Club of Odd Volumes, under whose super
vision a facsimile of the original copy at
the Stitehouse has recently been pro
duced, has called" attention to an Inter
esting fact not generally known in con
nection with the origin of the American
newspaper.
During the first 60 or 70 years of Ameri
can history, a custom existed among public-spirited
and Influential men of keeping
each other Informed on public affairs by
means of communications known as news
letters, in their own hnnriwrltlnr ThnB
! newsletters were handed about from one
io anouier. tne recipient often circulating
revera" copies of a specific letter, where
the Interest In it warranted the labor of
making a number of copies of the original.
This led to the adoption of the name of
The Newsletter for the first newspaper
regularly published, which was started in
.Boston in liM. It was apparently the- re
ceipt of several of these manuscript news
letters from London, and a widespread
interest in the matters of which they
treated, that suggested to Samuel Green,
Jr., thon the leaning printer In Boston, "to
print them together rather than copy them
separately In manuscript, as had been the
custom.
For three or four ytjars prior to the
date of this publication New England had
been possessed of a revolutionary spirit as
violent as that which immediately pre
ceded the outbreak of the rebellion against
George III in 1775. Tbls spirit was the re
sult of the revocation by Charles II of the
charter under which the Massachusetts
colony had been founded.
LITERARY RELICS.
Something About the Market for
Them nnd Prices Quoted.
Chambers's Journal.
Although In some particular Instances
prices have ruled high, as a general rule
the relic which one would naturally ex
pect, in the, case of an author, to be the
most eagerly sought after by his admirers
namely, his pen commands but a mod
est figure, as witness Sir Walter Scott's
pen. which was sold at the Dalhousle sale
a couple of years ago for 8 guineas, or
about two-ninths of the sum paid a year
ago last March for the Wizard of the
North's walking stick, a stout ash-plant
culled from the woods of Abbotsford, bur
twice as much as a lock of the novelist's
hair inclosed in a morocco case fetched.
SThe silver taper stand, which Sir Walter
Scott bought with his first fee as an advo
cate 5 5s and gave to h!s mother, which
realized 72 the other day, had one advan
tage over a Dickens relic that was sold In
December, 1899; It was decidedly less cum
brous. The relic In question was origin
ally one of the stone balustrades of old
Rochester bridge, and was afterward con
verted by "Boz" Into a sun dial. When, on
the death of the author, the dial came
into tho possession of Mr. Crlghton of
Rochester, he Inscribed It with the words:
"These relics of Gadshlll Place nnd old
Rochester bridge are placed here In sin
cere regard for Charles Dickens." This
souvenir of the great author was event
ually knocked down for C0 103.
Keats' manuscripts were sold rather
over three years ago for CD3 and "XB.
respectively. The former sum was given
for the manuscript of "Endyrclon," which
averaged out at 3 lCs 9d per page; while
the "Lamia" was written on leaves that
were eventually . more valuable than If
they had been 10 Bank of England notes,
for the manuscript fetched 11 14s 7d for
each of its 26 pages. Manuscripts written
by Burns command prices that very few
authors of today could afford to refuoe for
L the production of original work; "Scots.
wha hae," for Instance, sold In May, 1530.
for 70, and three years ago lost June his
"Commonplace Book" fetched a sum equal
to 9 12s per page, or probably over a
shilling a word a rate which most auth
ors would And very acceptable.
Those collectors who aspire to potass
Scott manuscripts must at the same time
be prepared to dip somewhat deeply into
their pockets. Certainly 62 purchased an
introductory essay in his own handwrit
ing some little time ago; but 106 wa3 re
quired for a portion only of "Talcs of a
Grandfather" a sum which was only 14
less than was paid for a seat used by
Shakespeare. For the manuscript of "Old
Mortality." which was sold on the first
occasion for 33, 600 was given recently.
What it will fetch In a few years' time
one dare not conjecture. Lord Tennyson
Is said to have sold the copyright of "The
Poems of Two Brothers" to a Louth book
seller for 25; the original manuscript was
sold by auction years afterwards for 4S0.
King William's Determination.
. London Chronicle.
There are some Interesting glimpses of
William IV and Queen Adelaide In a
volume which Mr. Brlmley Johnson has
ready for publication. It consists of the
letters and personal reminiscences of the
late Mlsa Clltherow, of Boston House.
We Harn, for one thing, that King Wil
liam made "a determination never to lay
his head on his pillow till he had signed
everything he ought on tho day." This
cost him "cruel suffering" from cramp,
and he had often to stop in the middle of
work and "put his hand in hot water."
The documents which have to be signed
by the King in these days must be many
more.
A failrcad engine may be. roughly said
(o be equal in strength to W horses.
SOCIALISTS. OF THEWEST
THE PARTY IX ICAXSAS AXD COLO
RADO HOLD COXY-EXTIOXS.
Declarations .Against Fusion Prohi
bitionists of .the Centennial State
Xame a Ticket.
EV. rDrtDT A Von Tlllw J ThA fitlttA So
clallst convention met here today with loO j
members present. C. R. Mitchell, of Geu
da Springs, was elected temporary chair
man and committees were appointed.
While waiting for their reports, G. C.
Clements, of Topeka, the Socialist nomi
nee for Governor two years ago, made a
long speech, In which he won loud ap
plause by declaring against fusion and
trusts. The platform upheld the Indian
apolis National platform In ever" particu
lar, expressed sincere satisfaction at the
rapid growth of Socialism, and took a
strong stand for the emancipation of labor
and direct legislation. The following tick
et was nominated:
Justices Supreme Court Charles Gor
such, Olathe (two-year term); H. H. Ben
ton, Gralnfield (four-year term); G. R.
Mitchell, of Scranton; F. L. McDarmott,
of Scott, and F. J. Arnold (fix-year terms).
Congrcssman-at-Largc Louis Mlllgnon,
Scranton.
Governor A. S. McAllister. Harrington.
Lieutenant-Governor John M. Parr, To
peka. Secretary of State J. Barnes, Belolt.
State Treasurer-J. C. Taylor, LaFoun
talne. State Auditor W. J. McMillan, Osage
City.
Attorney-General G. C. Clements, To
peka. Superintendent of Public -Instruction-Mrs.
Luella R. Kreyblll, Parsons.
Commissioner of Insurance C. G. War
rington, Wyandotte.
COLORADO SOCIALISTS.
Adopt as a Slogan "Xo Fusion, Xo
Compromise." ,
COLORADO SPRINGS. Colo.. July 4.
The first state convention of the Socialist
party of Colorado convened' here today, 40
delegates reporting, when W. H. Fechlew,
chairman of the state committee, called
the meeting to order. The business of the
day consisted in perfecting a temporary
organlzatlon, electing committees on cre
dentials, etc The alms of .Socialism were
announced In a platform adopted, which
stands for "an internal revolutlonary
movement contemplating the complete
overthrow of the capitalistic system and
the establishment of a co-operative com
monwealth that gives the laborer the full
product of his production." The conven
tion voted that the part would not fuse
with any other party In the state, and
decided that any delegate offering such a
proposition from the floor should be ex
pelled from the convention and his mem
bership in the Socialist party canceled.
The slogan, "No Fusion, No Compro
mise," was adopted.
The state central committee reported
upon the progress of the new Socialist
propaganda which Is being published over
the state, the report claiming that the
membership of the party Increased 150 per
cent in the last 40 days. The main busi
ness of the convention will not be taken
up until tomorrow, when the full state
ticket will be nominated.
The only business transacted this after
noon was the adoption of resolutions. The
resolutions indorsed union labor and ex
tended the right hand of fellowship to the
colored race. The platform committee did
not report.
Colorado Prohibitionists.
COLORADO SPRINGS. Colo.. July 4.
The, state convention of the Prohibition
party commenced today, with 400 dele
gates present. L N. Schouler, of Denver,
was elected temporary chairman. The
committee on constitution and platform
reported, and the convention unanimously
adopted its report, which pledged the
party straight out-and-out for prohibition.
This' is a radical departure from previous
platforms, especially that of last year.
The convention voted to remain free from
all alliances with other parties. The state
organization was effected with Rev. R. A.
N. Wilson, of Pueblo, as chairman.
The following ticket was nominated:
Governor O. A. Relnhardt. Denver.
Lieutenant-Governor Rev. R. A. N. Wil
son, Pueblo.
Secretary of State Rev. W. G. Temple
ton, Colorado Springs.
State Treasurer Mrs. Mary Miller, La
fayette. Attorney-General Frank J. Baker, Colo
rado Springs.
State Auditor W. F. Hunt, Colorado
Springs.
Superintendent of Schools Mrs. A. A.
Hawley, Denver.
Congressman-at-large Mllo Stark, Crip
ple Creek.
Congressman First District Rev. Frank
lin Moore, Larimer County.
Congressman Second District Judge W.
A. Marsh, Mesa County.
The platform advances but one Issue,
that of the prohibition of the liquor traf
fic. The convention adjourned shortly af
ter noon, and the delegates had their 'an
nual picnic in Cheyenne Canyon.
Socialist Labor Ticket. ' .
DENVER, Colo.. July 4. The Socialist
Labor party, which Is a distinct organiza
tion from the Socialist party which met
today In Colorado Springs, held Its state
convention here today and nominated the
following ticket:
Governor-T. A. Knight, Pueblo.
Lieutenant-Governor J. M, Nolan, Cen
tral City.
Secretary of. State Andrew Ohman,
Denver.
Auditor Charles H. Chase; Denver.
Treasurer Louis Gebhart, Cripple
Creek. .
Superintendent of Public Instruction-
May T. Sanders, Grand Junction.
Attorney-General H. J. Bnmble, Canyon
City.
Congressman-at-Large Robert E. FItz
Patrick, Cripple Creek.
Texas Prohibitionists.
DALLAS. Tex.. July 4. The Prohibition
state convention today, nominated George
W. Carroll, of Beaumont, for Governor,
and Arthur E. Everetts, of Dallas, for
Lieutenant-Governor. Instructions were
given the state executive committee to fill
the other places. The usual Prohibition
platform was adopted.
Wyoming Democratic Convention.
CHEYENNE, Wyo., July 4. A call for
a Democratic state convention at Rawlins,
August 6, has been Issued by the state
central committee.
RUSSIAN PEASANTS BOUND
Though Nominally Free, They Are
Held by the Mlr.
N New Liberal Review.
Literally speaking, of course, the Rus
sian serf has been set free, but, although
he Is no longer a krepostnoy, or bondsman,
to the country gentleman, he Is still ad
oorlptus gleboe. For the country gentle
min has been substituted the land,, the
power of which is expresed In the mlr, or
village commune, which, by the way. Is
not an electivo assembly, but a patriar
chal council composed of the heads of
families. A village Is composed of courts,
dvorul; as members Of families grow ur
the sons who marry and have children
can apply for a separate dvor to the mlr,
and If their application Is granted they
will receive an allotment and a plot of
land whereon to erect their own cottage
or hut, which will constitute a new dvor.
They then become members of the mlr
When a member of the mlr dies his widow
becomes the head of the family, and In
Russian village communities the- principle
of woman suffrage is thus recognized.
While the peasant remains on the land
he has no separate economic existence,
and needs no passport; but so soon as he
wishes to leave his village and seek his
fortune elsewhere he must have a pass
port. This passport is given him by the
mlr. He must, therefore, have the per
mission of the mlr before he can leave
his village, and this permission must be
renewed annually so long as he continues
to be a peasant and it is not easy for
him to alter his official social status. This
is a survival of serfdom. In the days of
selfdom It was possible for the country
gentleman to put all h!o serfs, or In
dividual serfs only, as the case might be.
under what was called obrok. The peas-
ant under obrok was freed from personal
service, but in lieu of this a sort of tax
was substituted. Peasants were allowed
to go to towns and follow trades, but
for this permission they had to pay
tribute in money or kind to their masters.
The master could cancel his permission at
the end of ever year if he desired his
serf to return. This system has been
perpetuated in the mlr. The peasant re
ceives permission from the mlr to go tc
a tovn or to emigrate. In some cases he
Is allowed to resign his membership of
the mlr, when, of course, he forfeits his
land; in others ho has to continue to pay
hls share of the taxes.
AT THE CABINET TABLE.
Many Presidents Have Gathered
Advisers About It.
In his new temporary offices and home
at 22 La Fayette Square, President Roose
velt sits at the head of the Cabinet table
at which so many Presidents have trans
acted business and around which so
many Cabinets have gathered for the dis
cussion of momentous events and the
settlement of probloms of the greatest
Importance, says the Washington Star.
Lincoln and his advisers sat around this
mahogany table, now badly scratched
from years of usage, and went over the
great question of the civil war and the
ups and downs through which the United
States Government was passing. Johnson,
Grant and other Presidents sat around
the table In deciding questions relating
to the settlement of the wr and the
treatment of the people of the South.
President Cleveland, In his second term,
and President Harrison used another
famous table for their dally work, but
sat with their Cabinets around the Cabi
net table that now occupies the center of
what was the dining-room of the La Fay
ette house.
Presld'ent Roosevelt will face the south
In his new office, unless he decides other
wise. In the White House all the Presi
dents have sat with their backs to the
big window In the south side of the White
House and their faces toward the north.
This position will probably be changed
because there are no windows on the
south side of the temporary executive
mansion and all the lights are on the
north side. Therefore, the attendants
have arranged the old Cabinet table
so that President Roosevelt will sit with
his face to the south and his back to the
windows, the light coming over his
shoulder. The familiar Cabinet chairs
surround the Cabinet table. In Its new
quarters the table looks smaller than
where It has stood for so many years,
because the room It now occupies Is
much larger than the old Cabinet room
at the White House.
Callers at the White House during the
McKlnley administration can recall vivid
ly the picture of President McKlnley sit
ting at the head of this table. Nearly
always there was a lighted cigar In his
mouth or on the table beside him, and
the fragrant smoke curled upward toward
the celling. It was there that the lament
ed President did all of his work. He never
used any other desk or any other room
for his dally work. Before him were
spread the papers necessary for the
transaction of business, with pens and
pencil ready for memorandum to Cabinet
officers or others. During the Spanish
war and afterward many a Senator and
Representative desiring to have a con
stituent appointed as an officers In the
Army watched with pleasure the ac
tion of President McKlnley in taking up
a small card or piece of paper and writing
a note to the Secretary of War asking
that if there was no objection such and
such a man be appointed to such and such
a place. The files of the War Depart
ment are full of memorandas of this kind
from the late President
The other desk that has been used by
Presidents Is placed In the same room
with the regular Cabinet table, and is at
President Roosevelt's back, to be used
by him If he sees fit. The timbers of this
desk have a history unique and deeply
Interesting. The desk was presented to
this country by Queen Victoria during the
administration of President Hayes. It Is
of English oak. which composed the tim
bers of the English ship Resolute. This
ship formed part of the expedition sent
In search of Sir John Franklin in 1852. A
plate on the side of the table tells the
story of the ship. It was abandoned in
latitude 74 degrees 41 minutes north,
longitude 101 degrees 22 minutes west, on
the 15th of May, 1S34. The vessel was dis
covered and extricated In September, 1S55,
by , Captain Buddlngton of the United
States whaler George Henry. He took
the vessel to San Francisco, where it was
purchased and fitted out by the United
States Government and sent to Queen
Victoria as a gift of this country. The
gift was a token of the good will and
friendship of the United States, and as
such was much appreciated by the late
Queen and the British Government. In
after years the vessel was broken up, and,
by Queen Victoria's directions, the desk
was made from the timbers and sent to
the President of the United States as
"a memorial of the courtesy and loving
kindness which dictated the offer of the
gift of the Resolute." President Hayes
accepted It In a most friendly letter.
The desk Is handsomely carved. It has
a fiat top, with drawers on the side, the
top being covered with ordinary covering
for office furniture of that kind.
Another ancient piece of furniture that
was moved a few days ago to the present
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WPAT IT DID TO A FARMER
IN OREGON.
Its Effects Lasted for Several Years
He Tells How He Finally Got on His
Feet Again After a Series of Re
verses. -, j., i
"It was all due to the weather," said
Mr. John Lee, a farmer of. Greenville,
Or.. In relating1 a recent experience to
a reporter. V -
"The weather," he continued, "plays
an Important part in a farmer's life,
and in this instance its effects upon
mine lasted for several years. It was
in the Spring1 of 1S95. Working in the
fields during a long stretch of cold rain
and wind brought on an attack of the
grip. It took right hold of me, and I
suffered terribly with It. When that
Anally went away it left me with the
ague. Several doctors prescribed for me,
but their medicine did me no good. My
head ached and I was dizzy; my blood
was very bad, and I was so very nerv
ous that ever little sound annoyed and
worried me. Besides this, I had a very
severe case of stomach trouble, food did
not nourish me, and my appetite was
poor. It would be Impossible for me to
describe my misery."
"But how did you get relief?" asked
the reporter.
"Well, one day I got hold of a booklet
telling of the cure of a case similar to
mine by Dr. Williams' Pink P1113 for
Pale People, and thought I would try
them. I felt better after taking a part
of a box, so I kept on till cured. About
three boxes did it, and now I am as well
as ever I was."
It Is of the utmost Importance to your
health If you have suffered from the
grip that you should cleanse the system,
of the lingering germs and put it in
condition to resist and ward off disease.
Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale People
are an unfailing specific not only for the
after-effects of the grip, of fevers and of
other 'acute diseases, but also for such
diseases as locomotor ataxia, partial
paralysis, St. Vitus' dance, sciatica,
neuralgia, rheumatism, nervous head
ache, palpitation of the heart, pale and
sallow complexions and all forms of
weakness, either in male or female. Dr.
Williams' Pink Pills for Pale People are
sold by all dealers, or will be sent post
paid en receipt of price, fifty cents a
box; six boxes, two dollars and fifty
cents, by addressing Dr. Williams' Med
icine Co., Schenectady, N Y.
seat of the Government Is the big globe
of the world that has been a part of
Presidential office furniture for many
years and which has so often been con
sulted by Presidents. The globe was
damaged In moving, tho workmen appar
ently not regarding It as of any historic
value. Many years ago a smaller globe
was used by Presidents, but in the course
of time the present globe, much larger,
was prepared by officials of the War De
partment and the old one taken away.
The old one, which had been In use for
fifty years. Is part of the historic collec
tion ofthe War Department.
Decision In Greene-Gaynor Case.
QUEBEC, July 4. Judge Caron todiy
rendered Judgment In the Gaynor-Greeno
case. He granted the motions made "by
counsel for the accused for writs of cer
tiorari ordering Magistrate Lafontalne to
produce before the Superior Court here
without delay all documents In his pos
session relating to these cases. As to the
motions made by counsel for the United
States Government to amend the returns
of Sheriff rLangHer and Jailer Valee to
the writs of habeas corpus. Justice 'Caron
stated that he would not render the Judg
ment thereon until all documents were
before the court. He then adjourned the
court until next Friday, when Magistrate
Lafontalne la expected to produce all
documents relating to the case.
( Rafael Romero, Scout.
GUTHRIE, O. T., July 4. Rafael Rom
ero, who served as a scout In the Indian
Wars under General Miles, General Cus
ter, General Lawton and General Phil
Sheridan, died yesterday In his Indian
camp near El Reno. He was a member
of the Second Colorado Cavalry in the
Civil War and honorably discharged. A
native of Mexico, he Joined the Indians,
and all his life was passed 'with them,
conversing freely in- the Arapahoe, Com
anche Kiowa, Cheyenne. Caddo and
Apache languages. He was with Miles
and Lawton in their long Journey after
Geronlmo, tho Apache chief.
Suicide of a Minister.
DECATUR, III.. July 4. Rev. D. C.
Peabody, formerly rector of St. Joseph's
Church, blew his brains out at his home
here today. He resigned his charge re
cently because of ill-health, and he is be
lieved to have been mentally affected.
He had been In the ministry 25 years.
M. Ilerve, Astronomer.
PARIS, July 4. M. Herve, the astron
omer, Is dead. He was the oldest member
of the Academy of Science, and was born
in 1S14.
Neuralgic ache In tho ear. catarrh,
bronchitis and Inflamed eyes are some of
the afflictions of chaffeurs.