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' THE MORNING OREGOXIAy, TUESDAY, AUGUST 4, 1903.
PLAIN "BILL" GOOD
ENOUGH FOR TAFT
Republican Standard - Bearer
Tells How He Ceased
to Be "Willie."
STORY OF COLLEGE DAYS
Correspondents at Hot Springs See
Humorous Side of Candidate's
Character Good News Re
ceived From Wisconsin.
HOT SPRINGS. Va.. Aug. 3. "Just call
me Mr. Taft and If you drop Into collo
quallsm call me Bill."
Thte was Judge Taffs laughing reply
when granting an audience to a number
of newspaper men, who had severally ad
dressed him as "Mr. Secretary." "Gov
ernor." Judge" and "Mr. Taft."
"I first got the name "Bill' at coilege,"
continued Mr. Taft replying to a ques
tion. "Before I went, to college I had
been called 'Willie' In my home and
among the Cincinnati boyhood friends.
But when I got through school 1 was
called "Will- at home. My younger
brother Harry, however, never called me
"Willie after a happening one day at eol-
'We roomed together on the top floor
of Farnam Hall. Our room was Just over
the middle entrance. Harry was a fresh
man; I a Junior. He had gone out and
forgotten to take with him a book he
wanted.
How He Los-t "Willie."
"He came back to the entrance and
looking up on the outside yelled, 'Oh,
Willie.' Well, in a second there was
head out of every one of the 400 win
dows and it seemed to me as thougS
every one yelle at once. At any raw
there was one long chorus of -Oh. Willie.'
That cured Harry. He has called mi
Bill ever since."
"How about the students?"
"Oh. they called me Bill Just the earn
Tou see I weighed 2u0 even then."
Mr. and Mrs. Taft attended cervices at
Et. Luke's Church today and listened to
a sermon by Rev. John J. Scott. "Arise
and eat. because the Journey is too great
for thee." was the text taken from the
Second Kings, from which Dr. Scott
drew the lesson of the Christian life.
Strong In Wisconsin.
Bart McCIeary. Second Assistant Postmaster-General
and candidate for Con
gress, who has Just returned from a re
View of the situation In Minnesota and
Wisconsin, spent Sunday here. Mr. Mc
CIeary assurred Mr. Taft that in his
opinion the Republican situation in Min
nesota Is in excellent shape. It is his
belief that Governor Johnson will not be
a candidate for re-election.
In Wisconsin, he says, he can see the
good effect of the speech of acceptance
already. The handling by Judge Taft of
the railroad question, he says. has
pleased the LaFollette wing of the party
In that state.
MAKES BERTH FOR OtXAHAX
Newspaper Man Will Io literary
Work for Hitchcock.
XETW YORK. Aug. 3. Richard V.
Oulahan. for many years Washington cor
respondent of the New York Sun. will
have general charge of all the itinerary
work of the Republican National Com
mittee. This appointment was announced
today by T. H. Hitchcock, the National
chairman. Mr. Oulahan arrived in New
York tonight.
Mr. Oulahan is a native of the District
of Columbia. He was an intimate friend
. of President Harrison and has held the
confidence of the present Administration.
REVENUES ARE DECREASED
Government Report Shows Ieficit of
$24,868,000 for July.
' WASHR1NGTON. Aug. 3. The monthly
statement of Government receipts and
: expenditures shows that for July. 1908.
the total receipts were Sn2.170.000. and
' the expenditures S7T.038.OoO. leaving a
deficit for the month of SiM.8SS.000. as
against a deficit for July. 1907. of S10.
801.&24. This month's deflct would have
. been over S31.000.000 but for the pay
ment of discharges of the Central Pacific
Railroad's indebtedness to the Govern
ment, which during July amounted to
about J5.500.000.
During July. 1908, the receipts from
customs aggregated over SS. 000. 000 less
than for July. 1907. and internal revenues
about 11.000.000 less.
A to expenditures, those on account of
civil and miscellaneous Items were S-0.-,000.
or over Sfl.0mi.0lO greater than
for July. 1907. On account of war. the
payments aggregated SIS. 074. 000. or near
ly 14. 000.000 in excess of July last year.
The Navy payments were about the
came as for July. 190T. being about
9, 173.000. Public works showed a fall
ing off of something over S 1.000.000.
SEEKS MOUNTAIN WATER
Tendleton City Officials Employ
Engineer to Investigate.
PENDLETON. Or.. Aug. S. (Special. )
With the authorization of Chairman
Brown to employ an engineer to locate
the most feasible source of mountain
water supply for the City of Pendle
ton, the City Board of Water Com
missioners has taken -the first definite
step in the move to secure a gravity
water system for the City of Pendle
ton. Tne engineer will be expected to
report upon the amount of water avail
able and also as to the expense of
bringing It to the city.
Two possible sources have been
tinder consideration by the Board of
Water Commissioners. One Is the Uma
tilla River, a few miles above Wenaha
Springs, and the other Is McKay Creek.
In either instance It would be neces
sary to pipe the water across the Uma
tilla reservation and to secure permis
sion for this will require an act of
Congress. It will therefore be several
months yet before the actual work can
be started.
BRUTALIZED BY ALCOHOL
Athena Woman Snes for Divorce
After 28 Years.
PENDLETON, Or.. Aug. 2. (Special.)
After being a good wife to J. Frank
SlcPherrln for 28 years, and after
bearing him 10 children, Mrs. Rebecca
McPherrin, of Athena, has filed a suit
for divorce. -0"he case is one of the
moat sensational suits filed in the
courts of this county for many months,
as -unprintable brutalities on the part
of the busband are alleged In the com
plaint. It Is alieged that the appetite
for liquor has transformed a once
faithful husband Into a brute.
The parties to the suit were married
In Iowa in 1SS0. The complaint recites
that at that time McPherrin was a
sober and Industrious man. He later
contracted the liquor habit, however,
and his appetite for drink has caused
him to become degraded in otner
respects.
Among other things It Is charged
that at one time McPherrin cursed and
drove his wife's aged father from their
home. It is also alleged that he fre
quently cursed and abused his wife in
the presence of other persons, much to
her humiliation.
'A Portland divorce suit was filed in
the Circuit Court for Umatilla County
yesterday by Attorney Clyde Richard
son, of thit city. Mrs. Maude Kimber
ling is the complainant. She alleges
that her busband.. Emmett KImberling.
has failed to provide for her and has
also acted toward another woman In
a manner very humiliating to his wife.
The parties to the suit were married
in Canyon City. March 2. 1906.
PUTS BLAME Oil BAD ROAD
MARRIOTT EXPLAINS AUTOMO
BILE TRAGEDY.
San Francisco Publisher Narrowly
Escaped Death With Wire
and Chauffeur.
SAN FRANCISCO. Aug. 3. The three
survivors of the automobile accident in
the Santa Cruz Mountains, yesterday, in
which Mrs.' Frederick Marriott and Jesse
Gilbert, who was acting as chauffeur met
death have arrived here. Miss Dorothy
WASHINGTON. Aug. 3. The monthly
ting along well, and unless blood poison
ing develops will recover. Miss Deslree
Marriott, 6 years old, IwkJ her nose badly
injured and was otherwise cut and
bruised. Frederick Marriott, proprietor of
the News Letter, was badly bruised and
is suffering from the shock of his wife's
tragic death.
Marriott attributes the accident to a
narrow and poorly constructed road on
the summit of the Santa Cruz Mountains.
The car was going at a good speed down
the grade about ten miles from Los
Gatos. Suddenly the soft earth on the
side of the road gave way and the heavy
machine plunged down an embankment,
turning over twice before it -struck
against a tree. Mrs. Marriott was caught
under the tonneau and killed Instantly,
her neck be' broken. Gilbert lived but
three minutes, being suffocated under the
car.
Held in Death Grip.
When Miss Partridge who was on the
front seat by Gilbert, realized that the
car was going over the embankment,' she
tried to Jump, but Gilbert seized her
wrist and held her. She too was caught
under the automobile and remained there
for an hour and a half, suffering great
agony as burning gasoline and hot water
dripped over her from the machine.
When the unfortunate woman was finally
released Gilbert's hand still held her
wrist in the grasp of death.
Desiree Marriott was pinned under the
car but was quickly rescued by her
father who had been thrown free from
the wreck. Marriott picked up a Jack as
he struck the road and immediately set
to work to raise the car end release the
others. He was horrified to find his wife
and Gilbert dead. Though badly bruised
himself he worked rapidly to save his
daughter' and Miss Partridge. After re
leasing his daughter and doing what he
could to-alleviate the sufferings of Miss
Partridge. Marriott walked to a neigh
boring farm house and telephoned for
medical aid.
Queer Freak of Fate.
Only five minutes before the accident
occurred Mrs. Marriott had exchanged
seats with Miss Partridge entering the
tonneau with her husband and daughter
and allowing their guest to take the front
seat. As the car went down the embank
ment Miss Partridge fell to the bottom
of the car and to this she probably owes
her life.
The remains or Mrs. Marriott and Gil
bert will be brought here and will probah
Iv be cremated. Gilbert was a close
friend of the Marriott family and had
traveled extensively with Frederick Mar
riott. Jr., who was In Los Angeles with
his wife when the tragedy occurred.
LITTLE WORK FOR POLICE.
Crime Decreases in Pendleton Under
Prohibition Regime.
PENDLETON. Or., Aug. 2. Special.)
During the month of July, the first
month that prohibition has been In effect
In Umatilla County. 32 persons were com
pelled to pay fines in the Police Court,
and of this number seven were "drunks."
During July. 1907, there were 171 fines
Imposed by Police Judge Fitz Gerald and
by far the greater percentage of this
number were up for drunkenness. During
the month of June, this year, 30 monthly
fines were collected from denizens of
bawdy houses, while during July there
were only IT women to pay fines.
These figures, taken from the monthly
report of Police Judge Fltz Gerald, shows
that not only has the number of petty
crimes been divided by six. but half the
Inhabitants of the restricted district been
driven out by prohibition.
FARMAN MAKES FLIGHT.
Aeroplane Travels One-Third of a
Mile In Thirty Seconds.
NEW YORK, Aug. 3. Henri Firman,
who came from Paris to give a series
of aeroplane exhibitions under the
management of an American syndicate,
made his first public - flight in this
country at the Brighton Beach .race
track last evening. The exhibition was
a success to the extent that It demon
strated the Inventor's ability to fly
under favorable atmospheric conditions
and entertained some two thousand en
thusiastic spectators.
" Farman traveled nearly a third of a
mile in about thirty seconds and did
not appear to be hurrying.
CRUSHED UNDER WHEELS
Ed Fltiperald, Portland Boilermak
er, Badly Injured in Wyoming.
LARAMIA, Wyo.. Aug. 3. Ed Fitz
gerald the boilermaker from Port
land ' Or., "who "as badly injured
Saturday while stealing a ride on a fast
mail train, had his right leg ampu
tated Just above the knee yesterday and
would have lost the other foot If the
surgeons had believed he could stand
the shock of a double operation.
Fitzgerald and a man named Dunn
were riding on the trucks of a passen
ger coach when Fitzgerald got both
feet on the track under the wheels. He
is not expected to recover. He has a
brother at Great Falls. Mont-, and a
brother and sister at Portland.
SON DISGRACES
SENATOR RAYNER
Voung Man's Alcoholic Ex
cesses Bring Him to In
sane Asylum.
ABSINTHE AND WOMAN
Last Escapade Desertion of Wile and
Children and Elopement With
Baltimore Man's Spouse) Cou
ple Squandered Thousands.
BALTIMORE, July 26. William B.
Rayner. son or United States Senator
Isidor Rayner. has been placed in an
asvlum by his father as the result of a
consultation yesterday afternoon with
several prominent alienists, who advised
the Senator that, owing to the mental
condition of his son, it would be unwise
to permit him to remain at liberty. The
physicians who examined young Rayner
were Drs. Hill. Bevan. Herring and
Requardt. savs the Baltimore American.
Young Rayner. it is said, has become
a physical and mental wreck as the re
sult of alcoholic excesses, and since his
absence from home him name has been
associated with that of Mrs. William
Fisher whose husband recently sued her
for divorce. In fact, it Is claimed that
Mrs. Fisher has been more or less the
companion of young Rayner since he left
the city last March, and when he was
brought home from Norfolk by his father
on Wednesday night. Mrs. Fisher, who
was aboard the vessel, created consid
erable excitement, and at one time, it is
said, attempted to throw herself from the
steamer Into the bay.
A report from a reliable source has
reached this city that young Rayner at
tempted to Jump from an express train
between Washington and Alexandria one
day last week. A young man who is
well acquainted with Rayner was a pas
senger on the same train. Tn telling of
the experience he said he noticed Rayner
go out on the platform and followed him.
As Rayner reached the last step on the
platform he grabbed his arm. It was
shortly after this Incident that Rayner
returned to Baltimore. He .was seen in
the vicinity of the St. James Hotel, from
where he Is said to have telephoned to
the members of his family. At that time
he was accompanied by Mrs. Fisher.
Yonug Man's Extravagance.
Many reports of the extravagance of
young Rayner on Tils trips about the
country- are being discussed in various
circles. The bill at the Hotel Fairfax.
In Norfolk, was but a few cents less than
3300. Mrs. Fisher is said to have been
buvlng perfumes in quantities that would
make a year's sale of an ordinary per
fume shop look small. One purchase of
the aromatic liquid footed up more than
3100. Bills showing the purchase of wo
men's silk hosiery and lingerie have also
been purchased by his traveling com
panion and paid for by him. During the
past two years this extravagance of the
Senator's son is said to have amounted
to a small fortune. Many of his friends
who know him say that he has spent
at least 350.000 in his rambles.
The experience that befell Senator Ray
ner on the Norfolk steamer bound for
Baltimore on Wednesday night was un
doubtedly one of the most distressing of
his life. Ever Btnce the disappearance of
his son Senator Rayner has spared nei
ther pains nor expense to bring him back
to the fold of his family. Detectives have
been employed to trace him from place
to place, and the search has extended,
from the Atlantic to the Pacific. A few
days ago young Rayner, tn company with
Mrs. Fisher, was located In a farmhouse
near Suffolk. Va., and on last Sunday he
and his companion made their appear
ance at the Fairfax Hotel, In Norfolk.
Information from that city la to the ef
fect "that the couple registered as man
and wife at the hostelry, and despite the
fact that the day was Sunday, when no
liquors are sold at the place, young Ray
ner was seen to have a bottle of absinthe
and was soon under Its Influence. He be
came violent as the day wore on and his
conduct created so much consternation
about the place that an appeal was made
to Mayor Rlddick. of Norfolk. It is rfald
that Rayner resented the interference of
officers that were placed In the hotel to
guard him. It was then that Senator
Rayner was notified and requested to
come after his son and bring physicians
and nurses with him.
Excitement on Steamer.
The officers who were in charge of
young Rayner experienced no little diffi
culty in handling him before he was.
flnally landed on the boat. The physi
cians and ndrses In charge of the case
believed that Mrs. Fisher exerted such
an Influence over the young man that
they deemed it advisable to have her
precede him to the boat. Once the party
was on the vessel their quarters were
separated. During the trip It was learned
that notes were passed from the woman
to young Rayner. Everything was mov
ing along well when one of the nurses In
charge of young Rayner noticed a woman
looking Into the stateroom window. The
woman, who proved to be Mrs. Fisher,
had walked Inside the rail which runs on
the side of the stateroom. It was thought
she was about to make an effort to throw
herself overboard and a nurse Mr. Todd
reached her side and pulled her back
Into her room, where she became hys
terical. This occurred after midnight and
caused a great deal of excitement., Phy
sicians and nurses adminlrtered to Mrs.
Fisher until she regained her composure
and began to rest more comfortably.
In company with a gentleman Mrs.
Fisher was seen to go from the boat to
Camden Station, where she took a train
for the North. At a number of sanita
riums it has been reported that a woman
has been telephoning from New York and
places in that vicinity, asking If W. B.
Rayner was a patient there.
After Mrs. Fisher was safely out of the
way the nurses and physicians placed
young Rayner In a carriage and he was
driven to a sanitarium some distance
from the city. It had been rumored that
he had been taken to his father's home
In Sudbrook Park, and yesterday morning
the residents of that quiet little place
were much interested. Many of them
gathered in groups near the house of the
Senator and spoke of the unfortunate
condition of the young man.
Mrs. Fisher before her marriage was
a Miss niigely. and was prominent in
society. She is the mother of three chil
dren. Young Rayner is about 33 years of age.
His wife was Miss Coulter, daughter of
the late Archibald Coulter, who for a
long time was a member of the firm of
Roche & Coulter, bankers. The couple
have three children.
Evidences of Unsound Mind.
That young Rayner's mind had been
failing for some time prior to his depart
ure from the city last March was a
patent fact among his acquaintances. He
Indulged in fanciful theories and talked
In a manner that greatly distressed his
family sad his friends. Several months
ago. while visiting Atlantic City, he met
a number of New Yorkers. He invited the
ntiom.n tn t v him a. visit should they
ever come to Baltimore, and he Is also
said to have told them to bring their
guns with them, as he had a game pre
serve. One day the New Yorkers visited
him at Sudbrook and were greatly dis
appointed in not finding a hunting
ground, for they came to the city pre
pared for the hunt.
On one occasion when young Rayner
wandered from the city he telephoned to
his family. They asked him where he
was and he answered that he did not
know. The party on this end of the line
heard him ask a stranger: "In what state
am I?"
During his recent disappearance it is
said 'that he called his family by tele
phone and requested that he be Informed
of the condition of one of the children of
Mrs. Fisher, who was believed to be sick,
and when asked where he was he refused
to tell. Naturally the information was not
supplied.
DENVER MAN'S LONG FAST
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Sixty-Two Days Without Food and
Still Starving Himself.
Denver Post.
Do you suppost you would be hungry if
you' hadn't had anything to eat for 62
days?
W. R. TrachseJ, a pioneer druggist, who
for years conducted the drug store at
Eighteenth and Arapahoe streets, is not,
and it is 62 days today since he touched
food.
He really thought he ought to eat a
piece of toast this morning, but it did not
taste good, so after consuming a slice
about the size of a dollar, he told his
wife he guessed he would go to the drug
store and walked over to the Lawrence
street car.
His fast Is well authenticated and was
not done for the purpose of notriety.
For years he has been a chronic sufferer
from stomach trouble. His health failed
so rapidly that several months ago he
was obliged to sell his drug store and re
tire from business.
Sixty-two days ago he started in to try
fasting for a cure. The first week he took
nothing but water. The second, third,
and fourth weeks he occasionally at
night took a teaspoonful of olive oil and
the Juice of half a lemon, but nothing
more than this. This continued until the
forty-sixth day, with frequent intervals
of three days, in which even the taste of
oil and lemon was cut out.
Each day he rode downtown and spent
an hour or two at the drug store. During
this time he says his health constantly
Improved, although he gradually lost
weight. He did not keep a daily or week
ly record of this, but on the forty-sixth
day he had lost about 20 or 25 pounds.
Since then he has been picking up, and
now considers that he Is a far better man
physically than when he started in.
The forty-sixth day he tried to eat a
slice of an onion with the lemon Juice
spread on It, but it did not taste good.
Since that time he has occasionally
tried to break the fast by drinking water
from boiled beef, but has never craved
either this nourisment or solid food. He
Is not hungry today, and sees no reason
why he cannot continue to live with olive
oil and lemon Juice in teaspoonful meals
for some time to come.
FLEET PASSES, TUTUILIA
Natives Gaze on Battleships at
Close Range. .
SUVIA. Fiji Islands, Aug 3. The
United States Atlantic fleet at 8 P. M.
Saturday was in latitude 16:43 south,
longitude 172:4 west, being distant
from Auckland 1503 miles. At 6:30
o'clock In the morning the fleet
changed Its formation from line of
squadron to single column, and at 7
o'clock passed the eastern end of
Tutullla Island, Samoa, and steamed
close In along the coast, giving the
people of the island an excellent view
of the ships.
The station ship Annapolis passed
close to the fleet off Pago Pago. The
usual honors were rendered.
At 9 o'clock he fleet resumed Its
course for Auckland In line of squad
ron formation. It had reduced its
speed to nine knots. The weather Is
fine, though hot. The collier AJax
arrived at Suvia yesterday.
HOLD FOR EIGHTY CENTS
Vmatllla Wheat Raisers Satisfied
With Crop Prospects.
PENDLETON. .Or., Aug. 3. With
wheat selling on a basis of TS cents
and the price aparently steady there is
little complaint among the farmers of
Umatilla County because of the some
what shorter yield and the prevalence of
smut. Many large crops have already
passed into the hands of the buyers, but
In most Instances the growers are hold
ing for 80 cents. If that price is reached
it Is generally believed that the bulk of
the crop In this county will be sold or
contracted for within a very few days.
From reports received up to date, it Is
evident that the average yield for the
county will be in the neighborhood of 30
bushels an acre. This Is about ten bush
els short of last year's crop.
MANIAC KILLS HIS FATHER
Also Murders -Village Preacher
When Refused Shelter.
BERLIN. Aug. 3. News of a ter
rible tragedy comes from Chemnitz
In Saxony. A young weaver, Ferdi
nand Oeser, was recently released from
an insane asylm as cured or at least
harmless and was living with his par
ents. The other day he met with an
accident, and when a physician would
bandage his wound he threatened him
with a revolver. His father rushed to
the assistance of the doctor and tried to
take the revolver from his son, but
was killed by a shot through the heart.
Oeser ran into the woods and the
next evening he Invaded the house of
the minister of Pienbusch. When the
minister tried to make him leave he
pulled his revolver and killed . him,
whereupon he gave himself up to the
police.
CARLYLE AND HIS PIPES
His Wife Often Had First Whiff, for
Consecration.
David Masson, in Blackwood's.
Thomas Carlyle was in his 49th year
when I first knew him. His usual work
ing hours then were over for the day
between 2 and 3 o'clock: and he was not
disinclined to see friends that might
call then, for a few minutes' talk with
him, Just' before he set out for his after
noon walk. A preferable time, however,
was the evening.
If you dropped in about, or a little
after, 7 o'clock, you found Carlyle and
Mrs. Carlyle at tea In the drawing-room,
and were welcome to a cup yourself, with
a slice of bread and butter, or biscuit
Jam generally on the table besides. If
you were later, you missed the tea, but
had talk as long as you chose to stay, and
might see Carlyle fill hi pipe and smoke
it once or twice in the course of an eve
ning, and even, if you were in his good
graces and capable of communion with
PIANOS GOING
VERY FAST
AND NO WONDER, WHEN YOU
CONSIDER SPLENDID BRAND
NEW $350 AND $375 STYLES
GOING AT THIS SALE
ONLY $194.00 AND $218.00. .
Terms of One Dollar a Week, by Pay
ing Five Dollars When You Make a
Selection Piano Is Sent Home at
Once Don't Wait.
xid you read our announcement In
Sundays papers? We imagine you
didn't, otherwise you'd have been here
yesterday selecting the piano. rne
hundred will soon be sold. Its only a
question as to who will get them
whose homo will be gladdened by
music.
'cost not considered,
Could not now be, by the thoughtful
husband or father whose family so
far have been deprived of the benefits
of music by not having a piano in the
home, because One Dollar a Week
only a portion of one's cigar or carfare
money will pay for it. And now the
prices are reduced lower than ever be
fore on many cases to a half plain
style cases that sell at $230 and up
wards are now only 3128 and $147, and
you can pay a dollar a week if you
like.
ONE HUNDRED PIANOS,
A hundred must surely be sold this
week If prices and terms will do It,
and from the way they were taken yes
terday, we can safely say a few days,
possiblv four or five will accomplish
the task and until then you can come
here and select our finest $350 piano
and pav only $194. or our $3T5 models
will cost you an even $218, and, remem
ber, we have pianos for all to suit
most any pocket-book few are too
small, and the terms
A DOLLAR A WEEK,,
with a first payment of five dollars, re
moves every excuse even the "hot
weather" one that we have heard so
much of. So buy now they are here
for you. while they last. New models
from four leading manufacturers they
are as fine as can be obtained. The
saving is far beyond what we could
offer at any other time, and the terms
will probably never be given again In
Portland.
July was a hot month sales were
not up to the average. August must
make up for It at least one hundred
extra pianos must be sold we'd rather
have them in your homes than in our
warehouse so come and get them but
don't wait. We'll have a bigger crowd
than ever today, so come in the fore
noon if posribie. Do not hesitate, but
cone and investigate this, the greatest
fiano-buving opportunity ever offered
n the Northwest. Bring five dollars
for first cash payment balance at a
dollar a week. Eilers Piano House. 353
Washington sfr.
him in that particular, be invited to Join
him. His pipes, then and always, were
long clays, of Glasgow make, with green
glazed tips for the mouth; his tobacco, if
the same then as it was afterward, was
of a strong Free-smoking York River.'
The pipe he was using and I think he
took a new pipe every day, or perhaps
pftener, from the stock he kept some
where In a box usually stood In the
corner of the fireplace, within the fender,
ready for his further service; and a half
pound tin canister of his tobacco, re
plenished from his larger supply, which
also was out of sight somewhere, stood
usually on the mantelpiece, but some
times on the table. He was very me
thodical and practical in all such mat
ters, disliking untidiness of any sort, and
carrying his love of order even Into his
smoking 'arrangements. Indeed, If there
were more than one guest present, or If
the guest were a stranger, he would go
out for his smoke into the back garden,
and return when it was over: and In
Summer evenings the back garden was
the established smoking-place, and he
would take his guest or guests thlthor
with him, providing them with seats, or
walking with tltem up and down the
grass-plat.
I forget whether, when the smoking was
wlthin-doors, he had at this time the
habit which he certainly acquired after
wardof reclining on the hearth-rug
while he smoked, so that the puffs should
ascend the chimney rather than come
into the room. But Mrs. Carlyle, while
as orderly as himself, and keeping every
thing tidy there, was tolerant to the
utmost of whatever might be his whim
in this matter: and it was pretty to see
him sometimes, when he was in a pleased
hurrfor and there was no one there to
cause ceremony, present the pipe gallant
lv to her own lips, for the honor of a con
secrating whiff. This he called "ten
dering her the calumet of peace." I must
have seen him do it more than once with
in the first few months of our acquaint
ance for my footing et Cheyne row had
gradually become such as to Justify pretty
frequent visits of an evening perhaps
about once in three weeks on an average
and I was always received with a con
tinuation of the original kindliness.
MILLION IN - MANEUVERS
German Army Will Be Greatly In
creased for Exercises.
BERLIN, Tuesday, July 21. The' publi
cation of the orders for the Army maneu
vers in the Fall of this year, in which
nearly a million will be engaged In various
parts of the country, has aroused the
most extraordinary interest In civil, as
well as In military circles. The strength
of the Army Is to be increased for the
time being by no fewer than 269.742 men
from the reserves, who, with the standing
Pacific army of 626,846 men, will bring the
total under arms at the end of August
up to 966.5S8, who will fight tactically
against each other.
Cavalry, artillery. Infantry, engineers.
. i.t. kiinnnisia. field telegraphy and
l muiuuoiai l-" - - -
f telephonists, cyclists and all the branches
of the service wnicn i ancr sukw
transport, intelligence and communica
tions are to undergo searching tests.
-. : -hifh attract moat Stten-
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rtlon are naturally the Imperial maneurers
In Alsace-Lorraine, as nus
first time since the war of 1870 that ma
neuvers on such an extensive scale will
have taken place so near the frontier.
The Fifteenth and Sixteenth Army Corps
will there oppose each other In mimic
war and undergo severe tactical and
strategic Instructions under the immediate
eye of the Emperor. Some extensive siege
operations, with attacks by heavy artil
lery and field fortifications such as hap
pened during the Russo-Japanese war are
to be executed by the Guards' Corps, the
First Saxony Corps, and the Third Bava-
Tne'garrison and coast artillery are to
undertake lengthy periods of defense ex
ercise along the coasts in conjunction with
the navy at Swinmunde, Neufahrwaeser
and Pillau. Each battery will have 350
shells Issued for shooting practice.
Mosquitoes Spread Fever.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 3. Army medi
cal experts in the Philippines have re
ported that Dengue fever, which was
prevalent some months ago at Fort
McKlnley, 1b not in their opinion con
tagious, but is carried by mosquitoes.
It is recommended that the usual well
known and thoroughly tested antl
mosquito measures be tried at Fort
William McKlnley. and wherever In
the Philippines there is any danger of
a visitation of the disease.
For Indigestion
Take Horsford's Acid Phosphat. Especially
recommended for the relief of obstinate in
digeeUon and narvou dyspepsia.
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Remorseless Brutality of Paris
Murderers.
TELL THE STORY IN COURT
Octogenarian Couple Ruthlessly
Beaten to Death by Men AVho
Calmly Explain Necessity
of Murder to Judge.
PARIS, July 1?. (Special.) Never has
the fact that respect for the courts of law
Is declining In France been demonstrated
more clearly than the other day when a
Judge at St. Omer had to listen to the
coldblooded recital of their atrocious
crimes delivered by the brothers Abel and.
Augusts" Pollet and Canut Vromant lead
ers of a notorious gang of criminals
comprising 27 persons, 14 men and 13 wo
men, now undergoing trial on charges of
no fewer than- 118 crimes, many accom
panied by violence and murder.
The Pollets and Vromant told the Judge
l. boastful language how they murdered
an old couple named Lecoq, 80 and 79
years old respectively, and their daughter,
aged 56, who were living together in the
center of the village of Violaines.
The self-confessed murderers seemed to
vie with each other in glorying In their
remorseless brutality. They described
how they broke into the house towards
midnight. Abel, the chief of the gang,
armed with a poker, and Vromant with a
heavy stove-lid. Lecoq's daughter gave
the alarm, but as she was getting out of
bed she was felled with the poker by
Abel, and at the same moment the candle
carried by the robbers was extinguished
by accident.
Mme. Lecoq, aroused by the noise, made
a rush for the window and a scene of con
fusion followed in the darkness. The
murderers slipped In the blood of their
first victim, but succeeded in stopping the
unfortunate woman before she reached
the window, Vromant felling her with a
blow of the stove-lid. Relighting the
candle, Vromant dealt the prostrate old
woman several more blows and then went
Into the adjoining room.
Here he found Auguste Pollet standing
over the half-murdered octogenarian, who
had fallen on his knees and elbows.
"Strike," cried Auguste. "he has got
about enough, but we might as well finish
him ofT."
"And." Vromant added, "I gave him a
tremendous blow with the stove-lid."
Abel, answering the Judge's questions,
seemed only anxious to magnify his share
In the crime. He vaunted his ruthlessness
as the leader of the gang and described
how he spurred on the flagging courage of
his confederates. Addressing the Judge,
he added:
"When you break Into a house to steal.
Monsieur le President, you must see the
thing through. So I struck and we all
struck. As we had been recognized, we
could not hesitate or show any pity. If
you had been In our place, Monsieur le
President, you would have done the
same thing."
3o callous were the prisoners that the
Judge ordered them to be silent, saying
they were a disgrace to humanity.
It appears that before Anally killing
the old man, they forced him to tell them
where his savings were hidden. In the
place Indicated they found 8000 francs in
bills and gold, several valuable antique
coina and a Quantity of Jewelry. Abel,
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The brothers Pollet during the hearing
indulged in vehement recriminations, each
accusing the other of treachery, and
loudly proclaiming to the court that all
were equally guilty.
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ceived from the 25 branches of the Y. M.
C. A. on thel Pennsylvania Railroad, show a
paid membership of eomething over lrt.000,
the largest branch belnir at Philadelphia
with 112i members. The total attendance
for the jenFon was K2.72.t.
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