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the Morning astoiuan, astoria. oregon. TUESDAY, SEPT. 8 DESCENI PAIR OF DRAGON LIZARDS ARE CAPTURED AND ARE IN ZOO. DOWN FROM THE DINOSAUR! Presumed to be the Only Known Heirs of the Ancient Monsters, and Are Harmless But Ferocious in Appearance. NEW YORK, Sept. 7. A pair of dragon lizards from Vera Crux said by scientists to be the lineal descend ants of the Dinosaurus, the giant lix ard of early days, have arrived at the Bronx Park Zoo. The dragon lizards are very rare. They are each about two feet in length, of ferocious appearance, al though harmless, and stand and run en their hind- legs without dragging their tails along. They run faster than any other lizard known. The lizards are brown, with white stripes. On their heads are brown combs, somewhat similar to the comb of a rooster. ' ' The hind leg. has the distinguishing characteristic which led scientists to believe that they descended from the Dinosaurus. "There is little doubt that these are the only known lineal descendants of the Dinosaurus," said Raymond I Ditmars, curator o fthe reptile house. "Of course the Dinosaur of the old days grew to enormous size. Some of them were SO feet tall. They walk ed on their hind legs just as the darg on lizard does and their petrified re mains dug up in recent years in var ious parts of the world show the same general structural characteristics as the dragon lizards. These lizards are found only in Mexico now but their range may have been much larger years ago. They are not poisonous and are very timid in spite of their vicious appearance." TAFT QUITS FISHING. Republican Candidate Speechmaking En Route to Cincinnati SANDUSKY, Sept. 7 Taft today began hi journey from the fishing grounds of Middle Bass Island to the activities of his campaign at Cincin nati, where he will arrive tomorrow after a speechmaking trip through the state. The Taft family ouartered to night at the home of Edward H. Marsh, a college friend of the candi date. The feature of the day was a visit to the home of the late R. B. Hayes, at Spiegel Grove near Fre mont. Judge Taft will begin tomor row the political talks he is to con tinue throughout the thy. He will address the old soldiers in an old his torical speech early in the morning. Subscribe to the Morning As Astonan BairiivgtoiCHall 9ft. a Steel "V4vv IF" rut; 1V1JW w ...... . .. Is just pure Mocha and Java prepared in a new way. The cof fee berry is cut up (not ground) by knives of almost razor sharp ness into small uniform particles. Thus it is not crushed, as by the old method of grinding, and the little oil cells remain unbroken. The essential oil (food product) cannot evaporate and is preserved indefinitely. This is one reason why a pound of Barrington Hall will make 15 to 20 cups more of full strength coffee than will any coffee ground the old way; why it excels all other coffee in flavor and why it. will keep perfectly until used. But the main thing about Barr ington Hall Coffee is that it can be osed without ill effect by those who find ordinary coffee injures them, because the yellow tannin bearing skin and dust (the only injurious properties of coffee) are removed by the "steel-cut" pro cess. A delicious coffee not a tasteless substitute. fYftc, per pound, 40 CENTS POR SALE BY A.' V. ALLEN BRYAN A PROMINENT FIGURE (Continued from page 1) move of Bryan during the day to the drive from the railroad station to the hotel was recorded by a moving pic ture machine. It is understood that it will be used in the campaign in con nection with the phonographic rec ords of Bryan's speeches. Bryan and Gompers met tonight at luncheon given in conjunction with the reform league. Bryan's speech confined to himself entirely tribute to Gompers as the leader of organized labor. Gompers responding declared that organized labor was in the cam paign, "Absolutely in harmony with the contest which the Democratic party and Mr. Bryan in this cam paign make, not only for organized labor but for the common people of our country." He likened the labor ulank of the republican party to a lum ber pile, "It is by no means a plank but a mere ragged knot-hole, he said. Mr. Taft, he characterized, as the "Profolic mother of injunctions." KILLS MAN WHO GAVE HIM THRESHING (Continued from page 1) feet in the head and must have been fired at close range, as the victim was badly powder-burned about the head. There were no eye-witnesses to the shooting, but the coroner's jury took the testimony of men who had heard Midland's threats, and he was lodged in the county jail without bail to await the action of the grand jury at the Fall term of court. Both men were strangers in this county, coming in last Fall. Ramos had no gun at the time of the shooting, But Midland claims he shot in self-defense, Ramos coming at him with a club. Ramos was unmarried, while Midland is a married man, who has a wife in Vale, Or. ATTACKED BY MADMAN. NEW YORK, Sept. 7.-Dr. Mary Crawford, New York's only female surgeon, for the second time in three weeks had yesterday a desperate struggle with a mad man she was taking to the hospital. The maniac tried to choke her and probably would have succeeded had 'not a po liceman and the driver of the ambu lance assisted her. Her coat was torn and her face scratched, but she took the patient to the hospital. "This ambulance work I find is becoming more strenuous every day," said Dr. Crawford, in discussing her experiences, "but 1 am going to stick to it if I die." ' WED THEIR RESCUERS. Two Marriages as Result of Escapes ' From Drowning. NEW YORK, Sept. 7.-The bath ing season being about over weddings said to be the outcome of romances of the' 'surf are beginning to come along. '' Miss Bessie Meyer, 19 years old, of Brooklyn, was saved from drowning at Brighton Beach on July 4 by Abra ham R. Koehn, a clothing manufac turer. Last night they were married. Benjamin Magio was bathing at Rockaway Beach on July S. He got beyond his depth and was seized with i cramps. Miss Josephine Halverson of Brooklyn swam out, collared him and swam ashore. She had never .;een Magio before. Several days lat- er Magio looked across the street and 1 saw her. He sought an introduction ;nd got it. They will be married to-::-:?ht. UP-TO-DATE CARE. Chicago Misses Nothing That Will i Advantage Her Schools. ! CHICAGO, Sept. 7.-Medical in j pection of all the pupils in the Chi i cago schools will begin tomorrow. I The health department bulletin ex i plains the method of inspection as ! follows: ! "The inspector should visit each 1 room, stand with his back to a win- low and have all the pupils of each j room file past him for inspection. The pupils in passing expose to view alms of hands and wrists, with the 'inger of one hand pulled down over the eyelids, exposing the conjunction, open the mouth and put out the ton gue. This hurried inspection of pu pils should be made without touching the pupil. Skin diseases, eye diseases ,'nd evidences of scarlet fever in con valescent stage can be in this manner detected." KNOX HAS ACCIDENT. Senator Accompanied by Son Nar rowly Escape Serious Accident GENEVA, Swilzeralnd, Sept. 7. Senator Philander C. Knox, of Penn sylvania, narrowly escaped today ser ious injury returning from Evian Les Baines to Geneva by automobile. Knox was accompanied by his son who escaped with a few bruises. The automobile was proceeding in a nar row road at good speed, passing over a soft spat it skidded and ran over the bank into a deep ditch. The Sen ator is practically unhurt. The auto mobile was badly damaged. PLACE FOR FLYING MACHINES NEW YORK, Sept. 7.-The Aero nautic Society, a branch of the Aero Club of America, has secured a year's lease of the Morris Park racetrack in which will be conducted experiments with heavicr-than-air flying machines. A machine shop with tools and facili ties for light construction work has been erected and housing is promised for as many machines as may be sent. The plan further is to furnish aid to members of the society who have not the means to pursue their investiga tions alone. Wilbur Kimball's Helicopotor will be placed in position at the track to day and two more machines have been shipped. Alexander Graham Bell is very much in favor of the plan, as is Orville Wright, and it is expected that Wright will bring his machine her after the Fort Myer tests. SENT A SUBSTITUTE. Police Officer Afraid he Couldn't Pass the Examinations. SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 7. Doubtful of his ability to fulfill the requirements of the civil service com mission which provides that an ap plicant for the police force must measure six feet in heightand possess a 43-inch chest, it is charged that Daniel W. Toomey, who has been a probationeer for six weeks past, con ceived the idea of sending a substi tute to take the physical examination and supply the headwork himself. The plan might have succeeded, it is said, had it not been that Toomey had previously taken a bona fide physical examination. When the examiners exhibited some curiosity as to the identity of the man who had grown four inches and gained two inches in chest meas urementall in the period of six months Toomey modestly declined to pose again "For anybody." BRAVE MEN TO MEET. NEW YORK, Sept. 7.-The Medal of Honor, Legion of the United States, will have its annual reunion and banquet at the Hotel Astor on September 9 and 10. Major Walter Thome of Brooklyn is president of the. New York State Association. There are nine veterans in Brooklyn and a total of about 40 living within a radius of SO miles of New York, all of whom have received medals from Congress for deeds of bravery, on the battlefield. Colonel Emmet Murial of Washington, D. C, is president of the national organization. The total number of medal of honor men is about $300. PRIMARY TODAY. Washington Interest Centers Upon Selection of U. S. Senator. WALLA WALLA, Sept. 7.-For the first time in the history of the State of Washington the primary elections will be held tomorrow. The chief interest centers in the se lection of the republican candidate for the United States Senate and govern orship. Three candidates are out for the former: Senator Levi Ankeny of Walla Walla, Congressman Wesley L. Jqnes of North Yakima and Judge W. H. Sncll of Tacoma. A large num ber of candidates are in the field for the gubernatorial honors. HEIR TO $5,700,000. Poor German Carpenter Comes Into a Vast Estate. BERLIN, Sept. 7. Friederich Schgel, a carpenter of Spindelhof, tipper Palatinate has been notified through Bavarian legation at St. Petersburg thhat he is heir to $5,700, 000 in cold cash and to several estates in Russia, the property of a certain German soldier of fortune named Schmit. The latter was in the Rus sian service during the Crimean war and was promoted to be a general. He was married to a rich Countess. His heir won the Iron Cross in the Franco-Prussian War. rWOGREATMANAGERS McGraw of New York Giants and Jennings of Detroit Tigers. THEIR METHODS COMPARED. Tigers' Dlrtotor of the Even Tempered Sort, While, on the Othtr Hand, Giants' Pilot Is of Fiery Klnd-Both of 8amo 8ehool. Oue of the most interesting charuc ters before the baseball world today la Ilughle Jennings, manager of the champion Detroit Tigers. No iunnngtr of any team lu baseball today Is more of a universal favorite than the big hearted Irishman who directs the play of one of the most aggressive teams In history. Of the old school In which John Mc Graw, manager of the Giants, gained his extensive knowledge of the game. Ilughle Jennings was pupil. With Mac, Kelly and Keeler he helped Ned Hsnlon perform feat that has never been duplicated In the big leagues, that of winning three successive pen nants. With McGraw, Jennings today stands out as one of the greatest pilots that ever directed the affairs of t base ball team. There la a marked resem blance in the respective methods of the unexcelled leaders of the most spirited dabs of the respective leagues and at the same time number of striking differences. Both are fighters from Ibo drop of the bat Neither Is beaten till the last man Is out in tho ninth Inning. It makes no difference whether the team Is behind or out In front, these wily past masters never for a moment will tolerate a letup. Last year Jennings fined one of bis star players for failure to run out a hit In the last Inning despite the fact that two were out and the Tigers had the game won be yond the slightest possibility of doubt Jennings, however, Is more even tem pered than McGraw. He never allows himself to he wholly curried away by rage, as has McGraw In the pnst He In always the gentleman and uses no ob jectionable lunguugeion the field or among his players. Ills nature is even more peppery than that of McGraw. John Is content to take things serenely when his team Is out In the lead. Jen nings glories in victory and takes de feat harder than even McGraw. It Is this nature that has won for him such respect In big league cities. Fans love to see the mighty trio of cloutera, Cobb, Crawford and nonunion. In action. But they like better to bear the fatuous B Yah!" slogan of the Irrepressi ble Ilughle. No one would travel very far to hear McGraw coach. He's anything but n hit in thin department of the game. Yet he Is even more keen than bis old side partner to gra'sp a situation. None In the business can catch the signal of distress as quickly as McGraw. It I" this Intuition that has made the' New York leader the grand success he Is. It Is this attribute that enables blur to keep up In the race for the national league pennant. When It comes to generalship, how ever, the old pair are about sixes. Crafty to a degree, both Jeunlngs and McGraw are able to get every ounce of energy out of their followers. The players like them and will do all In their power to win for them. McGraw, however, Is more ebld blooded than Jennings. Xatumlly he looks for recognition. When a player falls to follow the advice of McGraw the New York leader Is annoyed. He has not the faculty of hiding bis an noyance, as has Jennings. Ilughle can feel all the angers of a demon and still bear the countenance of an angel. He never yet has permitted his anger against a player to sway blm to such mood as to publicly call down the of fender against his fellows. It Is a slap on the back and a bit of encourage ment while the others nre around. If he thinks the transgression was delib erate, It Is of course something else when he gets the player by himself. That McGraw Is one of the brainiest men lu baseball cannot be denied. He perhaps knows more about the game than any other living man. He knows a player, too, as far as he can see blm and can develop material a bit better than any one else. Yet be has not the same pleasing personality possessed by Jennings, which propagates unself Inbuess and nourishes perfect team play. When Jennings took bold of the Tigers, a second division team, ev.cry player was at the throat of his fellow. In a few months every faction had disappeared. Never in history has any club shown more fighting spirit or more brilliant team play than did De troit last year and up to the present time this season. It looks very much as If the Tigers are bound to take the American league honors again. The Giants nre going so smoothly thnt New York fans believe the efforts of the team are to bo rewarded by the third pennant. Should Detroit and New York win In their respective leagues what a grand battle the hosts of the former old pals would put up for the world's championship; It would be worth ten years of one's life to note tho strategy the peerless leaders would employ. Griffith Has Good Idea. Clarke Griffith thinks there should be some exceptions to the rule regarding the batter being out on a third strike, whether the ball Is held or not, when there Is n runneron first. If the third strike happens to be a passed ball he doesn't think the rule should apply, for In such cases there Is an actual misplay by the catcher, and obviously nothing can be done In the leay of a double play. DON'T "go it blind"; know which brand stands for the highot quality Ham, Bacon and Lard which is the Oregon pro d"uct and accept no other; the same is named Coliim bia Hams, Bacon and Lard U. S. Government Inspected Most reliable of even grade and made of the best selected fat, carefully rendered and run off into new pails and her. metically sealed. Don't risk a new, untried shortening; remember that you will spoil enough in one trial of a cheap shortening to pay for a whole pail of COLUMBIA LARD. Sold by fiist-class grocers. UNION MEAT CO. PORTLAND, OREGON PIONEER PACKERS of the PACIFIC MILLIONAIRES MAY BOX. Oeorgo Lytton Has Challenged Tony Biddlo For Boodlewelght Title. Mem tiers of the Illinois Athletic cnib lf Chicago are hoping soon to see a ring battle between millionaires, mey are hopeful that Charles Keller, chair man of the athletic committee, will r t V t t , -. X V I i "111 .? i 1 ,' 1 .'I A t i f ; ! . ft " .it',' A Li 4STHONT i. lllDDLS, MI,MO!Unia TV- bring Anthony J. Drexol-Blddle of Philadelphia and George l.ytton of Chi cago together. Tho fnct that boxing Is under the ban la Illinois will not nUuct the how, they believe, If held Btrlctly under legal nus pld'H. George Lytton has already for warded a challengo to Drexel-Dldili, and Mr. Zeller Is kopcful that on ac ceptance will be received. Bi Idle Is the young man, selon of mi aristocratic Philadelphia family, who recently entered the ring with "Phlla delp'tln Jack" O'BrliMi for a bout wbh-h tub scheduled to go six rounds. O'llii en bm! JltlhJ dltlkulty In besting his man, however. Blddle Is said to bo a Soxer of merit. George Lytton, now a well known mwlnoKS man. was once an amateur boxer of eonslderabla skill and has wqn aaiMli'iir championships in Illinois with Hie giovert. V.v.i n:a,vl;o they won't fight LyttonN tttf'tithiK weight Is about 200 pounds, middle's only 175. The afTair will be for no particular title.' but simply a test of merit bo iwofiii the contestants. To Try Baseball at Night. BaselmU'ut night is tho latest project to be taken up by Oarry Herrmann. Jialrman of the national commission and 'president of the Cincinnati club. T develop the Idea and try out the proposition a company with $30,000 capital stock was incorporated by Herrmann and several assoclutos. The Idea was suggested by George P. Ca hill, a Philadelphia Inventor. Cablll has devised a lighting system which he believes will flood n ball park with sufficient artificial light to make It possible for games to be played at night as well as by day. The piano for lighting include the erection of five steel towers each a hundred feet high and surmounted by strong twin search lights. It is said the searchlights can be arranged so that their strong rays will not Interfere with the players. If the scheme proves a success It will revolutionize baseball and enable clubs to play to larger crowds than at pres ent when many fans cannot get away from their dally round of work to at tend the srames. A DESERT PERIL Tho Dtadly Close Wsttr of tho Death - Vsll.y Pools. "Oue of the thief dangers to travel ers In crossing such dreary and qrld wiiittcs as the far luiued lHuth vallnjr arlxoa from Ignorance as to the chaft Oder of the infrequent pools of waters. along the route," said a mining engl tier of Deuver. The tenderfoot growing faint un der a biasing sun, will want to quench his Intolerable thirst when he comes to shallow hole whose water, clear as crystul, seetua absolutely pure, lie can with dlilU-ulty lie retrained from drinking It by some cipcrlem-ed com panion, who knows that oue draft wilt probably cam serious If not fatnl Illness, This water, for all Its neeiulng purity and ilea mess, la loaded with arseulc, and many a roan has lost his life by Its use. Curiously enough, the onty water tu the desert that la safe to drink Is foul looking and inhabited by bugs and snakes. When you come to a muddy pool on the surface of which Insects are distorting themselves, however re pnlsive It may be, both to the eye and pnlate.you may drink It with lnw punlty, d.-nplte its looks, as a man wilt who Is craxy with thirst produced by the burning sands and merciless sun." -Baltimore American, THE PALISADES. Tholr Counterpart Cannot Bo Found In All tho World. The edge of the world, If such a tlilnij may Le, lies hardly rltlo shot away from one of the center of the world Itsolf-tho city of New York. . The Palisades, those mltfbty walls wheroou the annuls of the centuries are graved what an edge of the world tlmlr Hp prefteiits to blm who comes, perhaps at nltfbt to their rough hewn elcwiiloii! In no other place other than this near proximity to innii and one of his greatest cities could a physical fea ture so profoundly vust and luipresslvo be so bidden from the world. Their counterpart cannot be found In all tho world, and yet the Palisades are almost unexplolted and unknown to tho globe circling, sight hunting public that year ly traverses tho continents or seas to gaze at things less wonderful In somo distant field of nature's marvelous achievements, for little does any one know of these Utanlc walls who has merely seen them from the Hudson. Woro they somewhere off in a luud comparatively Inaccessible, reached by a trunscoutlnuntal thread of steel, the guidebooks would bo rich in their pic 17 ill tured grandeur and man would rov far to explore them. Philip Vert) Mlgbels In Harper's Maguxlne. 8upsrstitlons of Stage Folk. A stock actor Is apt to have a prejudice against decorating or fixing up his dressing room. Ho Is certalu to get his notice shortly after be puts his pictures on tho wall and otherwise niukes the place comfortable aud homelike. Actors and mauagers both j have a horror of the witch lines lu I "Macbeth," and they never will allow I them to be spoken, as It means a tiro In the pluy house before tho twelve j month Is over. Sir Henry Irving was a firm believer In this siiperstltitlou, ' and he would never allow the fateful i Hues to be read when he was playing j the tragedy. I know miiny players ' who fear to have any one pass them on a stairway when they are entering ! a theater. There ore many actors who ; make the sign of the cross before they ' make an entrance.-Cblcago Tribune. I Where They Forgot.' ' "Once, iu the rooms of the Fabian society, overlooking the fresh green lopes of the Law Court gardens in London, I heard Qeorge Bernard Shaw i express bis thoughts about English public schools," said a Chicago editor. "He attacked these schools. He said you learned nothing la them. He told of a young peer to .whom a certain master at Eton said: . " 'I am ashamed of you, unable to work out so simple a problem I Tour younger brother did it correctly an hour ago. I "'I am sorry, sir,' $he boy replied 'but you must remember that my brother hasn't been at Eton as long as I have.' "Washington Star. Subscribe to the Morning Astorias. 60 cents per month, delivered byv carrier.