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THE SUNDAY OREGONIAN, PORTLAND, DECEMBER 29,
1901.
WILL NOT DISCUSS POLICY
GOVERXOR SHAW DOCS XOT SAY
WHAT HE "WILL DO IX TREASURY.
Speaks of Secretary Cage's Admin
istration In the Host Compli
mentary Terms.
DES MOINES. Dec 2S. Governor Shaw,
when seen by the Associated Press cor
respondent, denied having given an in
terview regarding Secretary Gage's Treas
ury policy. On the contrary, he has
positively refused to give interviews. He
has, however, spoken in most cordial
terms of approval of Secretary Gage's
administration of the department.
The Governor has been very busy all
day receiving congratulations by w Ire and
mail and entertaining visitors who called
to pay their respects. The letter of the
President has not yet been received by
Governor Shaw, but is expected hourly.
Governor Shaw says he positively re
fuses to be interviewed at present, in re
spect to the asset currency question or in
respect to his or Secretary Gage's admin
istration of the Treasury Department.
Ho said, however, that the nearest he
came to an expression of an opinion on
the asset currency question was In a
speech delivered at Norfolk, Neb., April
22. in which he said:
"I have been asked to say something
on the subject of bank circulation based
on assets. This is not an Issue in poli
tics, nor have we any legal provision
therefor. I shall, therefore, not attempt
to defend it. I am willing, however, to
go on record as In favor of an elastic
currency, and if I believed there was no
other way to secure an elastic currency,
other than asset "currency, then I should
advocate such an issue. I don't believe
It necessary to resort to asset banking In
order to provide an elastic currency, I be
lieve that a graduated tax on currency
based on Government bonds would result
in elasticity."
Fearing that he had been misunderstood
r misquoted, Governor Shaw tonight
authorized the Register to publish the fol
lowing concerning his alleged commit
ment to any definite Treasury adminis
trative policy."
"I have spoken In the highest and most
complimentary terms of Secretary Gage's
administration of the office of Secretary of
v the Treasury. Further than that I have
not spoken and shall not speak. This
statement must be given no other Inter
pretation than that I do not propose to
discuss these problems at this time."
Naval Battle Medals.
WASHINGTON, Dec 2S. The Naval
Board of Awards, In Its report to the
Secretary of the Navy, says the work on
the medals is going on as rapidly as
possible at the Philadelphia mint. The
board adopts the reports of Its sub-committee,
to the effect that the conduct of
the officers and men of the United States
ship Yosemlte, In driving the Spanish
steamer Antonio Lopez upon the reefs
and in driving the Spanish gunboats
back under batteries, though creditable,
is not worthy of being commemorated by
a battle medal.
TJsIbk the Kerr Orleans Dock.
WASHINGTON, Dec 28. Admiral En
dlcott, of the Bureau of Yards and Docks,
received, a dispatch today from New Or
leans stating that the troubles over the
new floating dock have been overcome
and that at 10 o'clock next Monday morn
ing the dock would b'e used for the first
time, the collier Sterling being the first
ship to go inside.
NORTHERN GOLD FIELDS.
A Report on the Cape ITome aai
Norton Bay Districts.
WASHINGTON, Dec 24. The United
States Geological Survey has just issued
a report entitled 'A Reconnaissance In the
Cape Nome and Norton Bay Regions of
Alaska In 1900." This volume includes over
200 pages of printed, matter with numerous
maps and illustrations. It Is the result of
the field work done by the several parties
which worked in the Seward peninsula
during the season of 1900. The first part
of the report, "A Reconnolssance of the
Cape Nome and Adjacent Gold Fields of
Seward Peninsula," is written by Alfred
H. Brooks, assisted by George B. Richard
son and Arthur James Collier. Twenty
pages are devoted to an introduction stat
ing the character of the work, and to a
brief summary of the history of the dis
covery and development of the Seward
peninsula.
Tho Seward peninsula Is the most west
ern part of the North American continent,
and Its first exploration by white men
was from tho West. While the settle
ments on the Alaska Coast were still in
their Infancy, Russian traders had pushed
their way well across tho plains of Sibe
ria. In 1648 Simon Dcshnef, a Russian
Cossack, discovered. Behrlng Strait, and in
1711 Popof, another Cossack, visited the
Straits and brought back rumors of a
continent lying beyond. During the suc
ceeding century, through the work of
such explorers as Behring, Kotzebue and
Cook, the Northwest Coast of America
gradually became better known. At the
time of the purchase of the territory the
coast line of the peninsula was fairly well
charted and gome Information of the In
terior had been obtained. The report In
the compilation contains the first accurate
maps which had been made In the region.
Some 20 pages are devoted to the bed
rock geology of the region, which, as the
author states, offers many problems which
could not be solved during a hasty recon
naissance. The sedimentary beds are di
vided into three series, the two lower be
ing probably pre-Cambrlan, and the up
per, which is the gold-bearing series
proper, being Paleozoic and possibly in
part Mesozolc The surfaceal deposits of
the region are described in some detail,
because of their Important relation to the
placer deposits. The presence of high
benches on the mountain slopes Is re
garded by the author as evidence that an
elevation of the region has taken place In
comparatively recent times. He con
cludes, however, that this elevation was
of a comparatively local character.
About 100 pages of the report are given
to a discussion of the economic geology
of the region. The mineral deposits, as
far as now known, are all gold placers.
A brief summary Is included of the de
velopment of the region between 1898 and
1900. The estimate of the placer gold
output in the Seward Peninsula in 1900 is
$4,726,500. Under regional descriptions are
included an account of the occurrence of
gold Jn the various districts of the Seward
peninsula. These are classified under the
following headings: Nome region, Crip
ple and Penny River regions, Slnuk ba
sin, Eldorado basin. Bonanza basin, Sol
omon basin, Topcock region. Nlukluk ba
sin, Kruzgamepa region, Kugruk region,
Aglapuk region, Grantley Harbor region,
Bluestone region and York region. Of
these, the most important is the Nome re
gion proper, which has produced by far
the e reater part of the gold of the penin
sula. The Kugruk and Bluestone regions
are briefly described. They are of spe
cial Interest because they seem to afford
great possibilities for future development.
In the York region, mention Is made of
the discovery of stream tin during the
course of the field work.
In the summary of the economic geolo
gy, attention is called to the fact that
there are two distinct gold belts in the
region, which lie north and south of the
axis of the Kigluaik Mountains, and may
be assigned to certain structural features
of the region. The writer draws atten
tion to the probability that future discov
eries will De made along the strikes of
these rocks, which would lie In the north
eastern part of the penlnsu!a.
The various types of placer deposits are
described and classified, and the source
and distribution of the gold dlbcusscd. It
Is shown that the beach deposits are
concentrations by wave action of the
gold obtained from the tundra gravels.
that the high bench deposits are compar
able In origin to the coastal plain gravels.
It is suggested that probably, when more
careful explorations have been made,
some old beach deposits will be found in
the present coastal plain.
We quotc'as follows from the summary:
"In the foregoing an attempt has been
made to summarize the existing knowl
edge of the placer deposits of the southern
part of Seward peninsula. It has been
shown that there are a number of differ
ent methods of occurrence of gold in
the sands and gravels. Some of them, like
the creek and beach placers, have been
extensively developed; others, like the
bench and high bench placers, have hard
ly been touched; and there are still other
groups, like the old beach placers, of
whose existence the prospector Is hardly
aware. It has been shown that the placers
are rather widely distributed, the actual
discoveries being scattered over an area
of from 4000 to 5000 square miles. The oc
currence of the gold in the bedrock is be
lieved to be duo o forces which have
acted locally rather than regionally. While
there is no affirmative evidence, there
seems to be no reason why these condi
tions should not have occurred in places
outside of tho area under consideration.
It is probable that careful prospecting will
show that other creeks In the region carry
workable gold deposits. While the very
rich creeks, such es have already been
developed, are probably exceptional, yet
it cannot bo assumed that the limits or
discovery have been reached within this
area, which has been so extensively staked
and so little prospected."
This part of the report Is concluded by
a few notes on the mining methods em
ployed in the region, and some sugges
tions are made in regard to their im
provement. Mr. Collier has contributed
a chapter on the climatology of the re
gion, and also some notes on the vegeta
tion. Mr. Barnard, who had charge of
the topographic work, describes the meth
ods of survey which were employed. In
the appendix is a description of the boun
daries of the various recording districts
In these gold fields. The report is illus
trated by seven plates, including maps and
photographs.
The southeastern part of the Seward
Peninsula Is the subject of a separate
paper entitled "A Reconnaissance in the
Norton Bay Region," written by W. C.
Mendenhall.
The work done by the party, which was
in charge of Mr. W. J. Peters, was largely
exploratory In character, and included the
mapping of the three principal streams
of this part of the peninsula. These
three rivers, tho Fish, the Tubutullk and
the Koyuk, rise near the central part of
the peninsula and flow south or south
east to the waters of Norton Bay. Maps
showing- the courses of these streams in
detail, and the principal physical features
of the section of country through which
they flow, accompany the report, which
is further illustrated by a geological
map, in which the distribution of the dif
ferent kinds of rocks is Indicated, those
rocks which may be gold or coal-bearing
being the subject of special treatment.
At the time when the work was done,
no valuable gold deposits, either in placer
or vein form, were known In this sec
tion. Colors of gold, however, are found
In each of the streanis studied, and are
derived doubtless from rocks outcropping
here, which are similar in "character and
age to those which furnish the rich and
well-konwn placer deposits in the neigh
borhood of Nome.
Besides the chapters on.the geology and
economic products of the region, the re
port treats of the methods by which this
modern exploratory work is carried out,
of the natives who live In the region
studied and their characteristics, of tne
fish and game and the extent to which
they may be relied on as sources of food
supply by prospectors and others, and of
tho routes and means of transportation
throughout the section. Several plates of
photographs give graphic ideas of the
character of the country.
Snnnlto And Sailte Hair Grovrtk.
Lancet.
The Mahometan religion is divided Into
two principal sects the Sunnites and the
Shlltes. The members of these sects can
be readily discriminated by tho fashion in
which the hair grows on their arms, for,
while on those of the Sunnites the growth
turns downward from shoulder to wrist
on the interior side, and upward from the
wrist to shoulder posteriorly, the hair on
the Shilte arms presents the contrary ap
pearance on both sides of the arms. This
singular divergence is produced by the
manner of -washing their arms as pre
scribed by the tenets of the sects respect
ively, for while the Sunnites hold it ortho
dox to stroke their arms, after washing
them, from shoulder to wrist on front,
and from wrist to shoulder on the back,
the Shlites abhor this practice and stroke
their arms in the opposito ways, and
hence tho two directions in which the hair
Is seen to grow on tho arms of the two
sects.
Novel Electric Railroad.
Mexican Herald.
The magnificent old Corniche road, from
Nice to the convent of Laghet, passing
by La Turble, is to be served by a novel
and ingenious traction system. No rails
will bb laid. The cars are practically large
electric motor care minus accumulators.
The motor receives Its electrical power
from overhead wires. Central electrical
works will psovide the current, which will
pass through two parallel aerial wires
supported by posts. One wire will be
used by the ascending, the other by the
descending vehicle. Great economy of en
ergy is obtained, besides the gain of all
the space and the avoidance of the weight
of the accumulators. One feature of the
system is tho ease with which the motor
cars will make way or pass round any
carriage they encounter, the connecting
wire being sufficiently long to allow or
such deviations.
Kindly Ways of n King.
Chicago Record-Herald.
In Denmark many odd little stories are
told of King Christian and his kindly
ways, above all of the friendly Interest
he takes in the doings of his subjects.
Until within quite recent days, when his
strength has begun to fail him, he used
to spend much of his time In Copenhagen
walking about the streets; and nothing
pleased him better than to stop and have
a chat with any workman he chanced to
encounter. Whenever any Dane makes
his mark In the world, no matter what his
station In life may be or what his views,
the King always sends for him. at the
first opportunity, that he may know what
he is like and have a talk with him. Lit
tle wonder that he understands his peo
ple or that they understand him!
The 1'laRue of Smoke.
Philadelphia Press.
The steady increase of smoke in the at
mosphere of Philadelphia proves that
nothing Is being done to suppress this
plague. The producers of smoke have
apparently come to the conclusion that
long immunity Insures them against in
terference and that they can continue to
vitiate the air as much as their interests
demand. If one manufacturing estab
lishment or railroad allows Its furnaces
or engines to belch smoke every other
establishment and railroad argues that it
should be allowed to do the same. As a
consequence, Philadelphia is rapidly be
coming one of the smokiest manufac
turing cities in the country.
Cause of a Strike.
'WHEELING, W. Va. Dec. 28. Because
one man had been violating a rule of the
miners' organization and worked Sunday,
400 men at the Wheeling Creek mill in
Bridgeport, O., went on a strike today.
FOR SAX FRANCISCO.
The steamship Geo. W. Elder will leave
Ainsworth dock Thursday, January 2, at
S P. M. The O. R. & N. Co. is the only
line operating ,first-class iron passenger
ships between Portland and the Golden
Gate. Less than two days at sea. Secure
accommodations at ticket office. Third
and Washington.
The :AmerIcan Clear.
Good as the name. Buy the best.
PRIVATE INTERFERENCE
HAMPERS THE WORK ABROAD OF
THE STATE DEPARTMENT.
Instances of the Difficulties In the
Way of Diplomacy In Dealing;
With Germany.
BERLIN, Dec, 28. American diplomacy
In Berlin, so far as It relates to com
mercial controversies, Is hampered by the
Interference of the private Interests con
cerned. The force of the representations
of tho State Department has been con
tinually impaired by American business
men acting Independently of diplomatic
channels. This is the startling purpose
of a communication made to the corre
spondent of the Associated Press today
by a personage closely related to the
Foreign Office, from whom something was
sought more candid than the Foreign Of-
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If the bill at present pending In Congress for the entertainment of the Kins
of Slam In the United States passu, there Is no doubt that a. cordial invitation
will be extended to the Oriental potentate to visit this country- Chulalongkorn
I. who la tho monarch of Slam, has notified Hamilton Kin?. United States Consul-General
at Bangkok, that he would like to pay a visit to his western neigh,
bora In the near future. Ostensibly he will be the honored guest of the Nation,
but In reality he will bear hla own expenses for the trip, and' the Congressional
appropriation will be made simply to defray the expenses of the state functions
Incidental to his entertainment. If the King comes he will travel across the Pa
cific in his royal yacht, and will land In San Francisco, where he will be met by
a representatUe of the President and a military or naal aid to accompany him
across the continent.
fice'fl carefully framed statements usual
ly are. Naturally, this personage can
only speak plainly for publication abroad.
When speaking anonymously, he buries
tfie essential under the less important
statements. He said:
"I suggest these memoranda for ex
plaining German governmental views on
three or four things that are the sub
jects of correspondence with our Foreign
Office There is the meat question, al
ways with US', and likely to be again
troublesome in the Spring If our new
inspection regulations become imperative.
Underlying the meat dispute is, of course,
the protective tariff idea in which your
statesmen have educated us. But beyond
that, how can you blame us If we ex
clude canned meats, after the embalmed
beef testimony? Public opinion here has
most unpleasant recollections of that tes
timony, and Is now irritated by the boast
ful utterances of representatives of great
meat firms, whose attitude Is that, wheth
er the meat Is good or bad, Germany
must buy It, as It cannot raise enough
for their own use. These Arms, I may
say, are striving to reach the German
Government by influences outside of your
State Department. Much of the trouble
we are giving American insurance com
panies originates In the Intrigues of these
great concerns against each other in order
to secure a semi-exclusive field. They
have filled several cases in our Foreign
Office with secret documents against their
American rivals, such as so-called ex
posures of methods of doing business and
attacks on the integrity of their financial
operations and investments. Our case
against the foreign insurance companies
Is upheld by briefs against them prepared
by their rivals In their own country."
Tho general business situation occupies
Increasing attention. As the year closes,
careful observers admit that the situa
tion grows worse. The recently expressed
hopes that an improvement had begun
have been disappointed. The railway
earnings show a decrease as compared
with 1K. A significant fact Is that ISO
Berlin foundries, machine shops and elec
trical establishments have petitioned the
Prussian Ministry for orders, even at
prices involving a loss, in order to avoid
discharging their laborers. Elsewhere the
dismissals of working people, the curtail
ment of wages and the shortening of
hours of labor continue. The distress in
Berlin is shown by the fact that the sales
of Christmas trees were 100.000 less than
In 1900. The merchants have begun to
feel the effects of the lower purchasing
powers of the people.
A summary of Germany's naval activ
ity during the year 1901 shows that four
battle-ships were launched and that one
armored cruiser, one gunboat, several
large torpedo-boat destroyers and four
coast-defenso vessels have been remod
eled. Other, vessels have also been r?
modeled.
Sincerity of Rosebery.
LONDON, Dec. 2S. It is asserted upon
apparently good authority that the Lib
eral leader, Sir Henry Campbell-Banner-man,
has written a letter to Lord Rose
bery In the hope of restoring unity among
me lJiDerais, dui tnat iord Rosebery de
clines to Join his fostunes to those of
the party in the present circumstances.
Should this statement prove to be cor
rect, it will be considered further proof
of the sincerity of Lord Rosebery's efforts
for party union, and will give him a new
claim to the loyalty of the Liberals, and
thus strengthen his position as leader.
Senator Bepevr's Wedding-.
NICE. Dec. 2S. The marriage of Sen
ator Chauncey M. Dcpew to Miss May
Palmer was celebrated at the American
Church here today, following the cere
mony of the Catholic marriage service at
Notre Dame. Senator and Mrs. Dcpew
will sail for New York on the St. Louis
from Cherbourg, January 4.
THE SCHNURRBARTBIND?.
Samples of the Contrivance Used by
the Kaiser to Train His Mnstache.
Pittsburg Dispatch.
Washington A few samples of schnurr
bartblnde have been received here from
Berlin. But they are not on sale They
aro, too precious for inere barter. There
may be a big demand for them next sea
son, especially if Kaiser Wilhelm decides
to build a challenger for the America's
cup. He has a large collection of them.
He needs one several times a day, else
that upward twist of his mustache would
soon disappear. He needs a schnurrbart
blnde as much as a lady to whom Nature
has not been kind In the matter of curls
needs a curling Iron.
This schnurrbartbinde Is a contraption of
silk gauze on a wire frame, two little
leather straps and two pieces of elastic
web. The samples now hero were brought
over by young men who are wearing the
ends of their mustaches pointing upward
like church steeples. The maker of this
toilet article avers that the Emperor Is
the Inventor.
The schn and all the rest of it Is
formed somewhat like a bat with wlng3
extended. When Emperor William summons-
his hairdrccc that functionary
brings a -binder with him. His Imperial
Majesty's mustache is tucked up as he
wears it, and the schnurrbartbinde is
fastened behind his head. It stays there
until the Emperor has had his shampoo
and all parts of the face not covered by
the contrivance are shaved. Then the
binding Is removed and the result Is that
wonderful upward twist.
For the benefit of those who haven't
their dictionaries at hand, the combina
tion of 16 letters may be translated as
meaning "mustache binder." In Berlin it
Is whispered, not spoken aloud, because
that would be lese majeste, that the Em
peror uses a sort of paste to Jceep the ends
of his mustache standing.
Roosevelt Criticised.
TERRY, Tex., Dec. 2S. M. L. Lock
wood, of Zellcnople, Pa., president of the
American Anti-Trust League, has given
out a statement in which he criticises at
length the recommendations made by
President Roosevelt for a National law to
govern trade combinations. Mr. Lockwood
contends that there is no necessity for
any further legislation on the subject;
that the rigid enforcement of the Sher
man anti-trust law would be sufficient ef
fectually to suppress and restrain the
hurtful trade and Industrial combinations.
Biff Suit at Kalispcll.
KALISPELL, Mont., Dec. 2S. The larg
est lawsuit ever instituted in this country
was begun 'today by James A. Coram,
who sues the Butte & Montana Commer
cial Company for JSS.OCO for notes of that
company sold to the Globe National Bank,
of Boston, which were bought by him
from that institution. He also asks for
Interest on the notes. Attachment papers
are In the hands of the Sheriff, who will
attach all the saw mill property, farm
and timber land and town lots owned by
the company In this county.
The Hclnze Litigation.
BUTTE, Mont. Dec. 2S. A special from
Helena says C. F. Kelley, counsel for the
Anacondi Mining Company, today ap
plied to the Supreme Court for a writ of
supervisory control, that the higher court
might reviow the action of Judge Wil
liam Clancy, of the District Court of Sil
ver Bow County, in granting F. Augustus
Heinze permission to make an under
ground survey and inspection of the
workings of the St. Lawrence properties.
The Supreme Court announced that it
would hear arguments on the application
January 2.
Snpcrlntendcnt of Amalgamated.
BUTTE, Mont.,- Dec. 2S. Official notice
has been received in this city of the ap-'
pointment of John Gillie as superintend
ent of all the mines of the Amalgamated
Copper Company., The position Is a new
one. Mr. GUUe has been associated with
the Anaconda and Amalgamated Com
panies in the capacity of mining engineer
for the past 16 years in Butte, and came
here from the Lake district, where he
was known as a successful and capable
engineer.
Secretly Divorced.
LA CROSSE. Wis.. Dec. 2S. Mrs. Elsie
Gile Scott, daughter of the late million
aire lumberman, Abner Glle, was secret
ly divorced from her husband, Robert
Scott, yesterday. Incompatibility of tem
per Is the charge. Mrs. Scott Is reputed
to be worth a million, and Is a prominent
club woman. Mr. Scott is ex-postmaster,
ex-Sheriff, and prominent In fraternal
and political circles.
MAN WITH A BAD RECORD
JAMES BURKE, OF HOLD-UP NOTO
RIETY, CAUGHT IX KANSAS CITY.
Violated a Parole of the Iowa State
Prison His Career on This
Coast.
KANSAS CITY, Mo., Dec 28. A man
arrested at the Union station here Thurs
day night, and shot through the foot while
attempting to escape, has been identified
by the police as James Burke, alias Frank
Sheriellff. The police say that Burke
held up two women in Salt Lake and
robbed them of their diamonds; held up
a Reno, Nev., faro game; served a year
for robbery in Ogden, Utah; helped hold
up a faro dealer In Colorado City, stole a,
diamond tray from a Sacramento, Cal.,
Jeweler, and held up faro banks in Seattle
and San Bernardino, Cal. Burke was
arrested at Leadvllle, Colo., In 1S93 for
stealing $20,000 worth of diamonds from
W. G. Pollock, of New York, on a train
in Iowa, for which crime he was sentenced
to 17 years in the Iowa state prison. He
was released on parole, which he violated
by leaving Iowa, and was arrested here on
suspicion of stealing valises. He will be
taken to Iowa.
SLAIN' IN COLD BLOOD.
"Wealthy New York Farmer
Mur-
dercdyhy nis Nephews.
HUDSON, N. Y., Dec. 2S. One of the
moat sensational murder cases ever known
In "New York State culminated today In a
confession by Harvey Bruce, aged 21, In
the form, of a statement to his mother
and aunt. The statement Is witnessed by
Mayor Harvey and County Treasurer
Macy, and tells how the murder of Peter
A. Hallenbeck, a wealthy farmer of
Grecnport, was committed on Christmas
eve by Harvey Bruce, Willis Burton and
Fred Vanwormer, aged 20, 23 and 26.
nephews of the murdered man. The full
purport of the confession will not be
made public until Monday at the Coro
ner's inquest, but enough has been told
to show that the prisoners, who all live
in Kinderhook, IS miles from the Hal
lenbeck home, drove to the scene of the
crime, went to the rear of the house In
the moonlight, rapped on the door, and
when tho old man opened It shot him to
death, .firing 13 shots, 11 of which pene
trated the tody. The crime was wit
nessed by Hallenbeck's wife and aged
mother, the other members of the family
being a't Christmas eve services.
Until this Fall the Vanwormer family
lived In a house in Grecnport, mortgaged
to Hallenbeck. Because he thought the
boys troublesome, Hallenbeck forced the
mortgage and the family was evicted.
This was 'the basis of the Ill-will held
against Hallenbeck. The mother of the
Vanwormers and friends tried hard by
testimony before the Coroner to establish
an alibi for them. The officials had strong
circumstantial evidence against them.
WILCOX CHARGED WITH MURDER.
North Carolina Suspect Guarded by
Navr.l Mllitin.
ELIZABETH CITY, N. C, Dec. 23 The
presence of a squad of naval militia, with
loaded carbines. Is all that prevents an
attack upon the Jail in which is confined
James Wilcox, accused of the murder of
Nellie Cropsey. Threats of lynching were
freely made today, and the feeling against
the young man continues bitter. During
the day armed guards have kept all pe
destrians a block away from the Jail. To
night the saloons were closed by order of
the Mayor. Solicitor Ward today had it
warrant sworn out charging Wilcox with
murder. A preliminary hearing will be
held Wednesday when Wilcox probably
will be held for the grand" jury, which
will meet in- March. Wilcox is probably
the most unconcerned man in the town.
He sits in his cell making cigarettes and
talking with his guards. He sa,ys he has
no ear of lynching.
JnpKle of Justice.
KNOXVILLE. Tenn., Dec. 2S. The ques
tion of the possession and disposition of
the man supposed to be Harry Logan, the
.alleged Montana outlaw, has resolved
Itself Into a juggle of Justice. A local
Justice of the Peace was to have had the
alleged Logan before him today on pre
liminary hearing, charged with shooting
two Knoxville patrolmen. The jail au
thorities refused to allow the man tolcave
the jail. Federal authorities tried to serve
warrants on the prisoner, but the jail au
thorities refused to allow the action. A
second Justice of the Peace went to the
jail and held the prisoner to the next term
of the Criminal Court on the charge of
bringing stolen goods into the state.
Redskin Murderer Captnrcd.
BUTTE, Mont., Dec. 2S. Detective Mur
phy, of the Butte police, today made an
Important capture, landing a man behind
the bars who is much wanted by the
Canadian authorities Tcm Le Mack, alias
Joe La Mack, an Indian, who has been
hunted all through the Northwest as 'the
murderer of three men In Canada. The
police have been on the lookout for Le
Mack for the last month, one of his tribe
having betrayed to the authorities the
murderer's presence in this city. Le Mack
Is wanted for killing his father-in-law and
two other men. The redskin priboner will
bo held awaiting advices from the Cana
dian authorities.
Denver Grand Jury at "Work.
DENVER, Dec. 2S. The grand jury to
day returned indictments against three
stock-broking concerns on the charge of
operating bucket-shops, in violation of the
law of the kate against gambling. The
firms are the John G. Morgan Brokerage
Company, the W. B. Ray Brokerage Com
pany and the L. M. Davidson Brokerage
Company.
Sol Dreyfuss, who was Indicted for an
alleged attempt to bribe the grand Jury,
was arrested today.
It Is understood that the proprietors of
several large office buildings have been
indicted for failing to comply with the
law regarding fire escapes.
Verdict In the Cropsey Case.
ELIZABETH CITY, N. C. Dec. 2S.
Tho verdict of the Coroner's jury upon the
death of Miss Ella Cropsey, whose body
was found in the Pasquotank River yes
terday, wa? read today in front of the
Coroner's office to the people of Elizabeth
City. Because of feeling against James
Wilcox, the sweetheart of the dead girl,
the publication of the verdict In this city
was deferred in the hope that the Intense
excitement would have subsided by to
day. The lack of sympathy for Wilcox
was marked in the large crowd gathered
about the Coroner's office to hear the
reading of the verdict.
Mou Cheated the Law.
RALEIGH, N. C, Dec 28. While Gov
ernor Aycock was signing an order for
a special court at Nortnampton to try
Peter Mitchell, a negro, for assaulting
Mrs. Luclnda Hill, a white woman, a
wasted muscles and decaying bones.
What havoc I
Scrofula, let alone, Is capable of all that,
and more.
It Is commonly marked by bunches h
'he neck, Inflammations In the eyes, dys
epsia, catarrh, and general debility.
It Is always radically and permanently
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hether young or old.
flood's Pills cure liver ills; tho non-lrrttstlnjc and
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PROMINENT PHYSICIANS
USE AND INDORSE PE-RD-NA
CB. CHAHBERLIN, M.D
OF WASHiro iOND.C.
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"Many cases hove come under my observation, where Perjina
has benefited and cured. Therefore, 1 cheerfully recommend It
for catarrh and a general tonic." C. B. CHAMBERLAIN, M. D.
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3Iedlcal Examiner U. S. Treasury.
Dr. Llewellyn Jordan, Medical Ex
aminer of U. a.
Treasury Depart
ment, graduate of
Columbia Col
lege, and who
served three
years at West
Point, has tne
following to say
of Peruna:
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rived from your
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DR. LLEWELLYN JORDAN.
George C. Havener, M. D., of Anacostla,
D. C. writes:
The Peruna Medicine Co., Columbus, O.:
Gentlemen "In my practice I have
had occasion to frequently prescribe
your valuable medicine and have found
its use beneficial, especially In cases of
catarrh."
GEORGE C. HAVENER, M. D.
Dr. L. S. Smith, of Wflllston. Fla.,
writes:
"I have found Peruna a most valuable
remedy for chronic catarrh of the head.
telegram was received saying that citi
zens had taken Mitchell from the Jail at
Jackaon and lynched him.
Troops to Prevent a Lynching.
COLUMBUS, Ga., Dec 28. Company L.
Second Regiment, Alabama state troops, of
Phoenix City, left at 8 o'.clock tonight for
Crawford, to assist Sheriff Bellamy in ar
resting and protecting Uriah Porter,
charged with killing Flncher.
A GREAT FRENCH EDITOR.
Arthnr Meyer, After a PIqnant Ca
reer Becomes Chief of the Gaulols.
Pall Mall Gazette.
Arthur Meyer must be classed with
"men who have risen," though it Is not
so certain that Dr. Smiles would hold him
up as a model for the Imitation of our
youth. The wonderful thing about him
is that he has been able to go on rising In
spite of Incidents In his career which
would have damned any ordinary man
forever.
There is nothing about Arthur Meyer's
origin aqd parentage in "Vapereau," or
any other work of reference: but the truth
Is that his father hawked sponges in Paris,
and that he himself began life as the
valet de chambre of a deml-mondaine.
A poor start In life. If ever there was one.
But It has not kept M. Arthur Meyer
back. He has risen to be not only the
valued friend of the houte cocotterlc, but
the honored guest of the best royalist sa
lons of the Faubourg Saint Germain. He
goes there by the name bestowed upon
him by a great lady of "L'Homme du
Monde." and l'homme du monde does not
menn the man of the world; It means the
Man of Fashion.
After M. Meyer had been a valet de
chambre he became a stockbroker's clerk.
He made money and went into Journalism,
originating in the Paris Journal those
"Echos de Partout" which are now one
of the most characteristic features of the
Gaulols. H was on a good many other
papers before the control of the Gaulols
came Into his hands. But the most mem
orable Incident of his career on the pres3
has been his duel with Edouard Drumont.
There could be no greater proof of his
cleverness than the J act that he has lived
down that duel, in which he notoriously
fought unfairly.
The meeting was the result of an attack
on Meyer in La France Julve. The weap
ons were swords, and the use of the Iert
hand was forbidden. Yet when Dru
mont came on Meyer caught hold of his
sword with his left hand, at the same time
lunging with his own. and prodding Dru
mont In the thigh. It was a gross vio
lation of the rules. Drumont broke his
own sword and refused to fight any more,
exclaiming: "Dirty Jew! Pig of a Jew!
Take the Jew back to the Ghetto!" They
did not, of course, take the Jew back to
the Ghetto, but they did take him before
a magistrate, who fined him 200 francs
for assault and battery, his own seconds,
even, not having a word to say In his
defense. One of the witnesses who gave
evidence against him wasAIphonse Dau
det. The consequence of the incident is
that M. Meyer Is, as the duelists say,
"Outside honor." Any one of us Is at
liberty to insult him in the grossest man
ner, and then refuse to fight him on the
ground that he is the sort of person with
whom honorable men do not fight. Many
of his political opponents have availed
themselves of this privilege, publishing
their reasons. An eminent Dreyfusite did
so after kicking him out of his hotel and
half way down the street at Rennes, call
ing him "Assassin!" the while. But M.
Arthur Meyer has lived down that episode,
as he lived down the opprobrious appella
tion "Julf Immonde" flung at him by the
Due d'Orleans. whose cause he serves.
He has a new hat and a new motor car,
and he still goes peacocking through the
salons as the Man of Fashion.
On the whole he must be admitted to
be rather a poor man of fashion; but
there is no doubt that he is an uncom
monly good editor. You may disagree
with his politics, you may consider his
journalistic methods unscrupulous, you
may smile to see the persecutors of Drey
'------'--
Dr. L. Jordan.
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throat, lungs and bronchial tubes, in
fact, no matter where located.
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women it develops Into diseases pecu
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L. S. SMITH. M. D.
Dr. Mary Smith. Wmfleld Ind., writes:
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31 years my efforts have been spent
among sick women especially and
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"I would not be doing my duty as a
physician did I not advise its use. I
know by experience that Peruna cures
sick women, and I therefore gladly in
dorse it." DR. MARY SMITH.
If you do not receive prompt and satlsr
factory results from the use of Peruna,
write at once to Dr. Hartman, giving a
full statement of your case, and he will
be pleased to give you his valuable ad
vice gratis.
Address Dr. Hartman, president of
the Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus, O.
fus expressing themselve In his columns
with a fervor of piety that would almost
appear exaggerated In an Archbishop, but
you have to admit. If you are Just, that
It is all remarkably well done. There
was a time when the Figaro got most of
its best men by bribing them to leave tho
Gaulols. Franclsque Sarcey and Edmond
About were Gaulols men of old. as was
M. Comely in more recent times. But.
however many good men may have gone,
other good men have been found to take
their places, and the staff today is as bril
liant as It has ever been.
Buddhists in Japan.
Literary Digest.
According to Shin Bukkyo. a leading
Japanese periodical, more than 300 Budd
hist journals and reviews arc published
in that country. It4 mentions some of
them as follows: "One of the most re
markable is the Bukkyo M.iishu Shimbun
(Buddhist Weekly), which has for its pro
gramme the reconciliation of the old and
the new Buddhism. The Chuo Korom.
another widely read publication, discuss
es not only the Buddhist questions, but
also devotes a good deal of space to so
ciology and political economy. The Myo
shu has the reputation of being the stand
ard literary review, and Its editors and
writers are men of high standing In tho
world of letters."
Nej?rocH Drowned.
NEW ORLEANS, Dee. 2S. Seven ne
groes were drowned today while attempt
ing to cross the Mississippi River between
the Hermitage plantation and Riverside,
below Donaldsonville. A strong gale cap
sized their boat, and they went to the bot
tom. THE NEW BABY
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Leonardsville. Riley Co. Kansas. "I begac
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Dr. Pierce's Common Sense Medical
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receipt of 21 one-cent stamps to pay
expense of mailing only. Addresa Dr.
R. V. Pierce, Buffalo. N. Y.
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