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About Bohemia nugget. (Cottage Grove, Or.) 1899-1907 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 11, 1905)
BLIZZARD IN EAS1 .Now York In tap of Storm o Ice nuil Snow. 'CLAIMS TOLL OF SEVEN LIVES Many Porsons, Uonutnhoil Willi Ooltl Fall null Drank lionet Slrnrit Can Qlockndod, Now tiik, .Iiiii, II. Not In Severn year tins Now York been visited liy utiiriil (i( such proportions iin Hint iihli- emium-nriM yesterday mill roullnued iinlll mrly liKlny. Mint Inches wiiiw (oil, paialyiiliig trnllli', mid brought untiilil nil rfir I iik In lliii i lly poor, pnvi'ii UKMiim in .uw York urn vicinity with reporicii, wnilo iniiiiy persons, tiveri'inuo liy cold, dropped tliu street, ihiiiiii of tlit-ni (mi'turlng iHlllMt. I'lvtt ol tho seven nii'ii ulm ini'l diull from tlix results of the storm tiled from tixptwiire mill uiiiithcr hIIiiimhI nil Hi ley platform nf iui iilevnted station, fi'll In (rout of mi iiiiiirimt'liliiu triiln iim wim ground In plms. Tim seventh, n eoiidiit'lur on tliu I'cniixyUiiiilii mil riNiu. iiiiikIihI liy tlm ilrlvlni mow stepped In (rout of Mm "Ciiiigriwshina l.linlliil" trill n nt Koiilli Amlioy nix huh insiniitiy killed. It In estimated tluit tlm storm will tml tlm Ni'w York city railway com miiy over (1110,0110. Ilicninlng ociiiii liners report n lillc xn n I nt mi, Tixluy 6,000 men were put to work clearing tlm streets of New York nml tomorrow Hut iiiiiiiIxt ulll Ihi doubled The i flirt nf tho bllminl with felt it miHit point nliniit tint New Kiiglnud mill Mlilillit Aliunde count. Ho fur no murine, fiitnlilleo linvn liven reported. In New York city trnllle of nil Mini was IiiihiIihI, trolley line went tied ii nml tliu streets, nuepl by u gain drlv lug Ix'furit it Unit niiuw Hint cut like mini nml pileil In great ilriftii, werti priu'tlcnlly Impassable. Itnllrond Iriiiini from nil polnln went ilelnyetl Inim n few minute to threit hours, nml tlm s-lovnted linen Hern operntetl with tint greatest illllirnlty, without regnrd U (m IiciIiiIc. At nc tlm comlltloiiN mint Iiumi Ihcii severe, but ho fnr no disaster linn iKt-n ri-piirtol. 1 FIND THE TRUTH. Donvar Eloctlon Frauds to he Probed lo Ilia Uollom, Deliver, Jim. I. Mri'lelilng Unhand mi n In cunt u shadow oviir every mini nml woiiiiui In iiny uny liupllciili'il In election friiuiln In tlm city nml county ()' Denver, on, liefurn or nller Nnvcin lier H, Hut nupreiim court Ini'l onlercil nu Investigation nn sweeping In Iin scope Hint every iliiino of tliu election limy Im ncriitluiceil nml everything Hint lieur iihiii It In iiny way limy du iiuula known liy Jinllclnl iniulry. Alvn Ailiuun, lleiiiocralic cnmllilntu for Kovernor, wlio npenrei from tint roturnn to have Ihcii ulecteil, lint who linn ilccliirctl Hint Im iliH'n not want Hut ollleii Inlnteil wllli (mini, nskod tliu court to open every Denver ballot box but Hut oritur of Hut court goo beyoml Hut mem emiiiilimlloii of tint Imlloln nml provliten (or mi Investigation of tliu registration lists, tint i'iiiiiimiicii cxpon illlurreK, nml, In brief, nil election mullein. Hiiinuel W. llelfonl, uttorney for Ailuinn, nml Henry J, llerney, lit tortiey fur tlm Itepiibllcnun, nnkeil tbn court to iniiku lln onler of nilrll hrciultl Hint Hut court need mil stop nt anything In lint Invesllgutlim. Hut court wild that un what It mount to h, nml In ntrueleil tint Inwyern to iigrio upon Hut wording ol tint order, nml present It to the court lor iirinivul. lllilel Juntlcit (iiihliert wild Hull wlillit Hut iM'tltlou tllil not Mutu fact entitling tlm iH-titlouer to such im III vent Inn! Ion nn proiHwd, Hut court Iiml ilecldeil Hint nil Investigation mlgh end In illM'ovcrlnu tbu guilty iiersnn who went reniMiiinllilii tor Hut ciiniinln n loll ol urn gris Iruuiln Unit liiul Ihcii revealed III tlm cilntcmpt proceeding I hero munt linvu iH'en noiiut pernonn lie. blinl Hut election olllcern nml otbern wlio roiiimltted (ruuiln, tliu court I level. AWFUL COST OF VICTORY. Facts About SIcro Qlanned From Roc onlt of Stoossel. CliefiHt, Jnn. II. Home interesting ruiitlslle coni-eniiug the defense) uf l'ort Arthur went brought here by the lln tllln of ltiiwdnn tiirKHti lwt ilMtroycrn tlilrli nirrltil uiimeroun cliuntH etnilnln llik' coinplcte nvordi ot (icneritl KliHtt rtl'it urmy. Originally tliu nrmy iiiimlHtrtil .'in,. I0I). Kleveu thoiimml linvu Ihcii kllliil, 111,000 urn woumletl or nick, wliilu 8,000 remiiliml In the fnrtn, of mIioiii, however, ",000 weru nimble to HRlit. It In lenrnetl Hint, whrn General tftoenwl wroto to (ieiierul Noirl ritrril Iiik the niirremlvr of tlm fortrenn bu raid: "I have H.000 men In tlm (ortn, nml 11,000 of theno nrn nblu to IIkIiI. If you In not ncrept my propoml linvu men Hill tliu IlKhtlni;, but it will cont you I line uiintt their iiiiinliertoklll them During tho nieu SOft jht cent of tbu tmrriitou were put out of nction. Thin remnrkublii fuel twin dint to woiimln men reliirnliiK to the front. t'lmen linvu Ihcii rivorded where men hnvo Xtme to tlm liofpllnl neveu timitn, re turning cnnviilcH'ciit tit the fnrtn. Tho iiiuuber of olllcern killed wan proporlloimlely grimier thmi in iiny Uitlle known to blntory. Thin wnniliie to the fretiient lelluirnle comlltlon of Hut men, who, without food nml with out nlcep, miivetl only when led by their olllcern. Tlm lliiwhiiiH iwlimnto that the tnklui; of the fortrenM Iiiih cont Jiiikiii 1100,000,000. Crowds Cry for News. Ht. 1'cternburK, Jim. 0. The ncenen nt the iidiulriilly and wnr olllcu tinlny went a repetition of thono of yenlerilny, erowiln of weciillii; womeiiVml chllilren vainly unking for lintn of tlm Hiirvlvorn if tlm Port Arthur Kmrimm, which could not Ihi fiirninbetl. Whlht the Hunnlmi military Inw In imperotivu in tliu requirement Hint tlm couimamlcr of a fortrcKH who nurremlern nlmll be tried by court innrtlal, tlm emperor w ill undoubtedly onler that thin form nllly Ihi tllcpeiiKtcl with In the cane, of ienerul Htoeiwul. IN HANDS OF JAPS l'ort Arthur Gives Up Alter Fight I m LI Eleven Months. CAUSES GREAT JOY IN TOKIO QUILTY ONES DISCHARGED. Oall .Cartridge! AmonR Olanks Are Traced to the Packers, WiinhlulKon, Jim. 4. Ah Hie renult of InventlKiiHou miiilu by direction (ienenil I'roiier, t lilef of ordnance, it inn Ihcii unccrtalncd Hint mmiiiK the l,7ft(l,(H)0 hliink ('iirtrldneM Inntietl butt numiner to the refiilnr nml lulllHu troopn which took xirt In the municny- rn ut .Mnnnnnin, Vn., nml In I'ullfornlii, two bull I'lirlrldjjen were found, mm nt tbu Virginia iiunji nml the other in Californin. The hthoii who Kicked thu Uallfornin rnrlrltlKu wnn trncetl by tlm iultluln on tlm IkixuiuI wnn prompt llnclmrtleil. In the Vlri;luln cunu It wnn lmHiMlbbi to III id tint offender. An nn nililltlonul precaution, nil tbu think carl ritlKo CHMD nt the 1'ruiikforil nrnciml linvu Ihcii overbnuletl nml weliihetl, wllli the renult HkiI one ball nrtriilKU wnn fouml. In Hint cnmi tlm crntiu who Hii'k(Hl thu capo wnn til" ImrKetl. To wuiml ai:ainnt the immlbility of uch an occurrenee, (ienenil Cruder an directed that each Imix of blank artrlilci;n nhall Ihi uelehetl lcloru neaU Iin;. The prenencu of n ball cnrtrltliro nn ennlly detected by tbla niethiHl WHIP WIFE-DEATERS. Waililnglon Qrand Jury Adopts the President s Suggestion. AVni-lilnuton, Jnn. 3. The locnl rami jury in ninkiui; lln llmil re)Hrt for tbu present term o( the nupremo ourt of the Dintrict of Columbia today recoiumemleil the ttnlabllnhineiit of hlpplilK'lHuttn In tliu dintrict. The Mlentiou ban Ihcii much nititntcd ever luce the president in bin hift nnniinl iniwHfe ncommemletl eoriHiral punlnli uent for wife-lH'ntern in the IHhtriet ol ilumbia. Tbu ncommeiidutiou of iu Jury wnn an (oIIohh: The elllcaey of iwtnblihhiiii; the hipplnit-lHwt nn n memm of puninhiiiK ife-lnmlern nml lctty lurceliv offence inn been InventiKiitiHl by thlnlKnly, nml m innlorlly o! the meinbem urtt of the opinion that it would prove ery effict- ivii in retiuclim thu nunilHtr of thmi preheunihlu crimen." Cry "Down Willi tho War." Moscow, Jim. (). The annual mu nicipal bamiiut ban Ihcii postponed owliiK to the fall of l'ort Arthur. The town council nlno adjourned tixluy on account of the fall of l'ort Arthur, nml III ho iIoIiik Included In its resolution nii.exprcHHlon anticipatory of a bright vpiK'h "when nil the forced of lluen'u nru united for thu eoinniou piod." Theru wan a dcinonnl ration In front of thudraml Duke Heriim' palace loilay. Crowiln pnnuleil tbu vicinity, rtnuid tho jmlucu nml cried: "Down with tho war." Bandits Are Supreme, l'arin, Jan. 4. Thu incui'ureii con templated hy the I rcneli piveriiment fur thu Kccurlty of thu neighborhood ol the tow inj in Morocco have not yet been completed, partly owIiik to thu (net that theru linn not yet been the time necennnry lor the purpose nincu 1'rancu Hist iimlertiHik the tank, nml partly be cause many matters of detail remain to lie settled when tlm French represent ative, M. Snlnt Itebu Tnillamler, incetn thu sultan nt l'ez ut thu end of the month. Oriental dllntorlness also counln for something in tbn delay. Stoessel Confesses He Fouud Further Resistance Was Only a Useless Sacrifice of Lives. New York, Jan. !). l'ort Arthur, whom) hilln fnr inuntbn have run red with thu blood of tbu brnvent of two warlike nalloim, han nt hint, nucc.umbcd to thu llercu tenacity of the Japanese attack, tienernl Ktoensel, most ntul born In carrying out tint will of bin novuruluu, linn seen the sdvance of thu Im'bIckIiik urmy K'nln In momentum nml euerity, until to hold out Ioiikct would linvu Ihcii n crime iiKiilnst liiimiuilly. Tho comllllonn of the nurrciietlcr nru not yet known, but in nil ipmrtcrs it in anticipated that they, nru such nn nn honorable soldier mny accept from n brave and victorfoun enemy. At 0:1ft o'cloelc lout nlulit tbu com Inlsslonern completisl nlunliiK of the cnpltiilntlnii nKrcement. lloth nrmlett bad nunpemled bostllltlen live bourn earlier. Thu city of l'ort Arthur will ho iK-eiipletl by thu Japanese today. Thu authorities at Ht. I'eternburK, in thu nlisencit of direct olllelal notice from tienernl titocsncl that l'ort Arthur has siirremlentl, have not jHrmlltctl thu newn to Ucorno jiublic. Kmpcror Mcliolnn In In thu south of IIusslii, and bin mlnlntern aru for the time liclntf In thu dark an to what illnpatchen linvu Ih cii sent to him from thu front. Tokio in tho scene nf rejoicing, cople finding In tliu outcome coinicnsiillon for all tho sucr I lice of life ami money that wan emailed In thu ten months siege. In what extent the fall of l'ort Ar tbur will make for a restoration of Icuco Ik nn cn iiuentiori. Thero in un encourni!liiK note In thu expression of llnron lluyaslil, Japanewt minister to Iximlon, ol tho hope that In some way It will facilitate dual pence lloth In l aris ami Iindon it in l llevetl that thu sipindron under Vice Admiral Itojestvcnsky, which ntarted from Lilian for thu Tar Kant three montlnt aKt), w ill have to retrace Ite way home, an an adherence to tho original plans would Invite disaster without probability of cffictlnu a Juncture with thu warships at present In tho harbor of Vladivostok. HALL IS REMOVED. Summary Action by the President In Land Fraud Cases. Washington, Jan. 3. l'rcsidcnt Itoosevelt bait directed the absolute re movnl of John II. Ilnll, United StaUn listrlct uttorney for thu district of Ore pin. I lie action wnn taken nt thu re liicnl ol I-raneln J. lleney, who wan Wen comluctliiK, nn tbu nomlnnl assist- ant of Mr. Hall, Hie land fraud cases in Oregon. Tho announcement nf thin nction was made by Attorney (ienenil Moody as he wna leaving the hllu house niter confco'iice with thu president. Mr Motsly decllneil to nay what thu charges against .Mr. Hall were, II nny, but did nay Hint it was for the good of the serv ico to dintense with him, pnrticularly n regunl to the coiulue.t ot thu land fraud cases now being investigated. Mitchell and Hermann Indicted. Portland. Jan. 3. The rederal grand jury fullllled tho oxiHTtnlioiw of tho public when it returned Indictments against Senator Mitchell, Illnger Her mann mid (ieorge Sorenson. Mitchell nml Herman weru indicted jointly ami re chnrged with hnvingcnnspiriHl with II of thu defendants heretofore indict ed to defraud the government out of land situated in township 11 south, nuigo 7 east. Horcnson is Inilletitl for having offered a bribe of 15,000 to Dis trict Attorney Hal on March L'S last, when thu indictment ngalnst tho con spirators who went convicted in the recent trial wan pending iu tho Federal ourt. No Time for Mediation. l'arin, Jnn. (I. The olllelal view here contlniii'S to regard mediation between Russia and Japan as impracticable. Thu Temps, xcmi-olllclnl, In n lending article, nnyn: "Uussln will not consid er mediation ut a moment when her Keif-esteem In suffering from tho deepest wound nml before playing her nlrungent card, namely, thu concentration of mi overwhelming force under General Ku ropatkln." The name opinion In held ut thu foreign olllcu. International Salmon Commission, Victoria, II. 0,, Jan. (I, Locnl cim Horn have been advised of tho Intention of tho Dominion government to seek tho appointment of nn international voinmlsHlon to investigate thu llsliorles on thu l'acillo const with ft view to pro viding joint regulations (or tho preserv ing of thu fisheries, particularly of tho salmon fisheries. Island Under Water. Vancouver, H. C, Jan. 4. Tlm rich bottom land farms of YVcsthum Island, nt thu mouth of thu Fniser river, are nil under water. Much prop erly linn been dnmaged, nml many heud of livestock drowned. Several breaks occurred In tliu diken surrounding, the Island last night, owing to tliu ex tremely high tide, together' with the rough weather, mid thu water strenmed In nu thu funning lands nil night nml now a great portion of tho Islam! in covered to thu depth of (rum three to four feet. Coal for Russian Fleot, llomliay, Jnn, 4, Russian ngenls hern me endeavoring In purehnso 100 tons of coal nml to charter vessels to carry It. Up to tho present no ship incuts have been made, but It in be lieved that the Ilrltish steamer Henry llolckow, of lllll) tons net, owned by tho llomliay & Persian steam naviagtlon company, limited, ol llomliay, has been sold to Uussln. Him has sailed heiico iu ballast (or Saigon, French Cochin China, Two Cruisers Return. Ht. Petersburg, Jan, 4. A roport Hint tho cruisers Orel and Izumrud, of thu second Pacific souadron. have been ordered to return in current horo, but incKs oiiiuini continuation, if tho ro port nhould provo true, Vlco Admiral ltojestvonsky may bo obliged to ownlt ruinforcomcnts from tho Third Pacific squadron. New Navy for Russia. St. Petersburg, Jan. 4. With refer- nee to tlm report published iu tho Fulled Stutcs under a St. Petersburg ate that Lmpgnir Nicholas hnn peti tioned thu expendltlint of $80,000,000 for rebuilding thu navy, tho (net is that Russia's naval program ban not yet been tlellnttcly decided or promul gated. All Hint in positively known la Hint the plans cover 11 long period of yenrn. Tho ubnoluto necessity of n nen power In one of Itusnla'n Intent lessons ot the present wnr. New Zion In Mexico. Chicago, Jnn. 4. John Alexander Dowie, In nddresslng his followers in Shlloli temple, Zlon City, today, gave delliicio confirmation of the report that be proposes to establish a second Zion City. Tho new Zion City will Ut lwnt ed In Mexico, Dowlo told bis followers. nnd will occupy a portion of n tract of 1,000,000 acres fronting on tho (iulf of .Mexico. Ho announced that bu ex pected to Imvu thu modern Zion City in full operation before January 1, 100(1. LITTLE FISH KILLO Did SHARK. Prnpernle Content I.nalril for Two Darn In A1111 Jrlu 111. A rciiirukflblc Instance of n large innn cntlng shark being attacked nml killed hy n small flnli, occurred In the local nilinrliim Inst week, nnyn tho Honolulu correspondent of the New York llernld. The enno lm nrnimeil great Intercut, for It was not thought uch a fain could overlako n ferocious ica wolf. A shark measuring 12 feet In length wnn caught and placed Iu tlm shark pen nt tho oipiHrliim, It was the first specimen of a llvo monster that had been shown here, nnd largo crowds vis Itcd the place. The shark was of the variety known as "tiger," and was an ugly dark-gray color. Klght men wero necessary to get It from the shallow water Into tho pen, which measured nlmiit K) feet sijuaro ami was about B feet deep. When the shark was placed In the pen a turtle and some small fish were In tho water. It was supposed tho shark would soon make short work of them. Among the fish was one about 2 feet In length, known as an ulua, which has much sharper teeth than the ordlunry llnh, but Its Jaws aro not especially lorge. For perhaps a day. after the shark was put Into the open the ulua was kept busy dodging It, hut tbe second day a marked change occurred and visitors noticed that tho two fish wero whmnlng In company. The ulua would keep clone under tho shark's belly. Hound and round tho tank the pair would swim, the shark eager to cap turn tho ulua, as It had done all of the other fish, and the ulua eager to remain as closo as posslblo to Its en emy. After several days of this skirmish Ing another change In the action of tbe two flsh was noticed. Instead of swim mlng rapidly around the shark would suddenly turn and lash the water and take an entirely different course. It was first thought that tho creature had become enraged at being confined In uch a limited space, hut tbe cause was very different From being a helpless, shrinking coward the ulua bad turned Into a den pcrato assailant and was savagely at' tacking the shark. Apparently real. Izlng that the tender portion of the shark was the belly and about the gills the ulua confined Its attacks to those parts of Its enemy. The little assail ant would dart under the big body, seize hold of the flesh near tbe .gills and bite out small sections. Every time tbe sharp teeth of the ulua would tear away the shark's flesh the monster would writhe and thrash about In a frantic effort to selzo on Its assailant, hut n stroke of the ulua's tall wonld send tho tiny combatant out of barm's way. Often as the big gray body would rush madly through the water tbe ulua would snap at tho tall and tear away the flesh In other portions of the body. The water was churned up to that neither of tbe combatants could be seen. The smaller flsh always fought close In upon Its opponent. where It was out of reach of tbe enor mous Jaws and close to tbo vital spots of the shark. This strange warfare lasted for two daya and two nights. Ulg boles were made In the shark's body. Tbe flesh about the gills was torn away and great patches from Its belly. The en tire lower part of the shark was cut and lacerated by the sharp tectb of IU savage little enemy. Repeatedly tbe shark leaped two-tbtrds of Its length out of the water In a frantic endeavor to escapo from Its pursuer. The big flsh Anally gave up tbe con-; test and sought only to escape. The ulua was transferred to another part of the atiuartum and the shark left In pence, hut tbo attacks by the small flsh had so weakened the s..ark that It died few days after the ulua was re moved. tVANGUINE D00III, NtVV LEADER Of THE SALVATION AH MY. Commander Kvangellno Iloolh, Hie new head of tho Knlvnllon Army In America, Is a daughter of General William Iloolh, nnd In ono of the most able and brilliant platform orators ot the present day and Is famous ns an organizer. For the past fifteen fears sno non unci charge of tho ncllvo work of tho Salvation Army In Oreat Ilrlt nin and Canndn, and during Hint time has founded a great public school sys tem la Newfoundland and established MISS KVA nooTir. evangelical camps and libraries among the miners of the Klondike. It was through her personal Influence among members of the Ilrltish House of Com innns that tho obnoxious by-laws re garding religious meetings on public thoroughfares In England were re pealed, A PRESIDENT'S STEEL HOUSE, j fMCfy There are occasions when rulers of South American republics must sigh for "a lodge In some vast wilderness, but Clprlsno Castro, President of Ven ezuela, lives the year round In the most extraordinary dwelling ever In habited by tbe head of a state. It stands within a park In the heart of tho capital city, Caracas, and, says Tit- Hits. Is built entirely of steel. This remarkable government house Is covered on the outside with a kind ot soft stone, so that tbe stranger would think It Just an ordinary dwell ing, save that It seems rather small to serve as tbe residence of the first man of tbo land. Within, the walls are covered with laths and plaster, so that here, too, the visitor sees nothing un usual. Yet the walls, floors and ceil ings ot tbe half-dozen rooms compos ing the bouse are entirely of steel, and tbe whole Is built upon a foundation of hundreds of tons of Portland cement President Castro erected tbe bouse at huge expense, designing tbat It should be earthquake-proof. He and his wife have bad good reason to be afraid of earthquakes. When tbe little town of Cucuta, a suburb of Caracas, was some years ago shaken from the face of tho earth, as a crumb from a table-cloth, Senora Castro was the only member of her family to escape with her life. Presi dent Castro himself, who happened to be standing on a bill outside the town, saw his abode crumble like a bouse of cards upon the heads of those within. Bay City Is Shocked, Han Francisco, Jan. 4. This citv experienced 11 number ot carthtiuaku shocks today. At 3:-0 o'clock 11 severe shock, which lasted- for nix seconds, ocetirerd. At 4 iSS o'clock nml a few minutes hoforo H o'clock tonight other shocks wero felt. The plato glass hi a few buildings was shattered. Ono of tbo small towers on tho city ball wna twisted. Olllclnls ut tho ball, how- over, wiy Hint thu tower was faultily constructed. Cold Suspends Mobilization. St. l'etorsburg, Jnn, 4. Tho Intense ly cold weather which provnila In tho center of RiisbIh has caused a temporary suspension of tbo mobilization and movement of troops. Today tho torn- pornturo Is 40 degrees bolow Fahrenheit. Silkworm l'ishlng Lines. A tourist friend who has recently returned from a trip through tho south ot Europe was telling the other day of tho largo proportions assumed by the production ot silkworm gut for Ashing Hues in Spain since the decline of silk culture there. The grub Is fed 011 mulberry leaves ns usual In silk culture, but before It begins to spin that Is, In May and June It Is killed by Immersion In vinegar. Tho sub- stance which would have formed the cocoon Is then drawn out from its body In tlie form or n thick silken thread which Is treated with chemicals and arierwani orieu. uneso tnrenus are made up In bundles ot- a hundred each, nnd the Spanish peasants travel with them along tho shores of the Mediter raneans as fnr ns France. The best quality of tho gut, as every fisherman knows or ought for his own protection when shopplnu to know, Is round. The flat shnped article Is always Inferior nnd Is duo. not, ns often supposed, to careless drawing of It, but to uuhenlth Iness In tho worm which furnished It. Again. In October two years ago, mldnlghtearthquake threw President Castro from bis bed. Then, in his fright, he Jumped through a window to a paved court, and broke his leg. The next day be conceived tbe Idea of the steel bouse, believing that a bouse built of that metal upon a very deep, solid foundation of cement would with stand any earthquake, no matter how violent. Accordingly, be ordered from the United States steel beams for tbe frame nnd steel plates for the walls, ceilings and floors, and many months were spent In tbe construction of the only steel bouse, so far as known, In Ibo world. As soon as It was finished and furnished tbe Castros moved in. As President Castro owns both the house and tbe park surrounding It, he will probably continue to live In this abode of steel after tbo expiration of bis term of otUce. -. . . . . . . . . . . j . . tttttt uttttttt tttti 1-H-t rrlHit lilt IH-H -M EVENTS OF THE PAST YEAR ji -H-4-44- lie Settled Promptly. A Japanese who obtained a situa tion with an English Arm on trial was asked a few days after his appoint ment by the cashier to write to a cus tomer who bad owed some money to tho house for a long time, and who seemed to have 110 Intention of pay ing. "Write briefly and politely," said the cashier, "but let htm understand dis tinctly that we expect him to pay the money without further delay." Tho letter was written, and on tho following day enmo n check for th amount due. The surprised cashier nsked tbo new clerk to show mm n copy of tho letter which had been bo effectual. It ran thus: 'Dear Sir If you do not send us nt onco tho money you owu us wo shall be obliged to take steps which will cause you tho utmost astonishment, nospcctfiilty yours." Not Guilty. "Look here," said tho Irate man, who had purchased a lot, "sight unseen," In Frogmore, the newest residence sub. urb. "I've been swindled, and I'll have tho law on you." "What now?" asked tho Imperturb able boomer. "There Isn't 11 house within a mile ot the lot I bought!" "Well, who said thero was?" "You. sir you did!" "Why, my dear sir, you must bo dreaming. I said nothing of the sort" "Didn't I nsk you If thero wero any residences close by? "I believe yon did." "And didn't you answer 'Just lots?' "Yes." "Well, don't you call that a mlsrep- reseutntlon? "Certainly not. Isn't tbat what you found around there 'Just lots?" " Famous Aotresd Is Sensitive. Klitanor Duse, tbe famous actress, Is peculiarly sensitive and highly, strung. When sho Is not playing or rehearsing sho spends ber tlmo In perfect rost, aud lives In almost nunllko seclusion. She lias a companion who arranges ber Journeys and engages rooms for ber at hotels. Not a Fjivorlto Iiroed Lovers of good, plain dogs which have been allowed to grow naturally will npprcciato the story of tho Eng lish peddler who went to a denier In dogs nnd thus described what he wanted: 'HI wants a kind of dog about so Mgh un' so long. Hit's a kind of gry 'ound, nn' ylt It ain't a gry'ound, be- tnuso 'Is tyle Is shorter nor any n these 'ere gry'ounds nu' 'Is nose la shorter nn' '0 nln't so slim round the body. Hut still 'e's a kind o' gry'ound, Do you keep such dogs?" 'No," replied tbo dog man. "Wo drowns 'em." ltcfused lo Tnlco Tnllc from Him. llrokcr Whut shall I do? My wlfo won't bo dlctntcd to! Friend I don't blamo ber. Broker? But, mnn, I married my stenographer! Princeton Tiger. Ever remark that n loafer Is always glum; that hb Is always snytng dis agreeable Hilngs? Tbo contented, help ful, useful men aro the men who aro busy. Most ot tho mean things said In a town aro Bald by the Idle men sit ting around the lonAng places. When an attorney offers to settle, listen. Jnnnnr7. 2 Alt Chlrsio Ihpslsn rlosrtt. In fftnfe. qnpticp of Ironttoln Tttrstrr holtsrsast of lift, SO l)Mth of Gen, Jarari 1,0ns trrrt. 4 Consrsss reiMmtilM and hesrs site. clsl mpsMdcfl rrntn I'rMtflsnt oil I'nnsms qnnllon Kir ilntroi north wing of B- -Thirty klllMl In nock liUncl wrrfk 'ir Toppks, Kuti Ilnllpr siploslon on iiriusn cnnpr wsuiron kills 4.1 persons. IlIlrath rtf fln Jhn Tl. flir,lnn. Htrsmtr (.'Milam lnki In fUriilti of Jutii At Kiirs; r,2 Htm lost Chlnear Kmts-ror ratifies treaty maklni Mnkilrn and Antunr otn inrts Drath of Hon. Chas. Foster 01 unit, IS Death of Col. Chai. Denbr of Indl ana. 14 Death of ei fjorenior Aaa R, neabnell 01 unit. 15 New (orernnient taken hold In Pan. acta, IS Death of norr Pntnrlfl Train. 22 Tornado In tlottndTllle. Ala., kills 37 persons and Inlnrea over loo. .... Flooda ainnar Indiana and ntiln rlfera 2a Aaleatind, Nonrar, destroyed by fire. Hi fine hundn.,1 anil nlnelv miners en. tombed In mine near IMtUliura- Ver. diet In Iroquois Theater Hre ease retnrned In Chicago. Jlra. Florence Majbrlek re leased from Kngllnh prleon. 2(1 Fifteen Urea loat In mine accident In Victor, Coin Conviction and snlcldo of wnitakcr Wright, Kntllsh promoter. Fe binary. 2 Death nf e.Heerelar of NiTT William A Itnaala snd Japan break diplomatic re 7 ilreat ronflasratlon In tlaltlmore. R Jiruin lund ,,M,r,i In Knrea. 0 Jarisn wlna naral vlctorr over Itnaala at Port Arthur. 10 JaDahese, dealrnr two Rnaalan aBIDS at Cbemnlpo. and capture 2.0" llnaalan troops- near mat cur llusaia ana japan oe- clare war. 12 Hlx hundred Itnaelan soldiers rroxen to drath on Lake Ilalkal Death of Senator M. A. llanna. 22 Jananeae take four Rnaalan toruedo Doaia nn j'nrt Artnnr. 2.1 Panama Canal treatv ratified br D. n. nenaie. 2ll.flrat nr In ftwhter. X. Y. 27 Ilnrnlnsr of Whiconaln Statehouae In Aiaaiaon. Starch. 2 Collanae nf ateel frame for ll.atorv hnl.l I- V L - ... 1 - -1 1 n Jana bombard l'ort Arthur. 11 New York anrl llnflann lllvep Tnnnel Coa tnnnel under North Hirer completed. . l-lTt-nour naval liattle on l'ort Artnur: ItoMlana abandon tho town. It United Mate Supreme Court hands uown necision aaTerve lo great rtorinern securities Comnanr merzer. 10 -Ituaalan torpedo boat destroer blown up in run Anaur uaroor. is itiniel j, Kcullr, cotton sing, ana- penda payment; panic on New York Cotton Kirhange Leonard Wood confirmed ss JlaJoMleneral hy Henate. 21 Karthnuake aboeka felt In New Eng. land Htates. .... Toruado damages Ulgglna Tllle, Mo. 23. letmrtlre fjoooda In Ktatea of Ulildle West. 2 -Death or Kir Edwin Arnold Fire negroes Irncned br mob at HL Charles. Ark. 20 Two more negroes Irnebed at St. Charlea. Ark., making 13 Iruched In one week Tornado kills alx persons near aruinersTiiie, no. 31 Dig atrlkt ot Iowa miners begins. April. 4 Rnaatana driven from Korea bT Jana. neae advance. 0 l'rraldent of Mnrmnn Chnrrh lna or der prohibiting nolrgamv. 12 Ruaslan batlleshlo Petronavlorllc aunk off Port Arthur; Admiral Sltkaroff and 700 othera killed, famous painter, Verestcbagln, among tbem. 13 Eiploslon on battleship Missouri kills 29 men. lo orest Are In wholesale district of To ronto, Canada; loss, tlO.0oo.0Oix .... Houae Eaaaes Oklahoma and Arizona 8tatehood 11L M Death of Grace Greenwood, once dod- Zl Csrn-bsrn bandits. Neldermrrer. Marx snd Van Dine, executed In Chicago. 23 Japanese, routed si mouth or Tain River. 27 Ownership of I'ansma canal nconertv transferred to United States. SO Opening of Louisiana rorcbsse Exno- BlllOD IU OU lAIUi. Star. 1 Japanese rout Russians st end of flve- uaya- ngnt on ine tain. .... Deatb of An. tonln Dvorak. Bohemian musician 100 urea lost vj numcane in cochin, China. 2 Death of Edgar Fawcetu .... Japa nese capture Xewcnwang. Death of Marcus Jokal. llnnrartan na. trlot and novelist Death of Frans van Lenbarb, Bavarian artlit. a Japanese capture Dalnr. 7 Death of Andrew McN'allr. pnbllsher. 10 Death of Henrv M. Stanlev explorer. 12 Illinois Rennbllcan convention mwi. and deadlock developes. 15 Japanese battlesblo Hatsuse strike Russian mine off l'ort Arthur and tlnka with 411 men; cruiser Yoshlno rammed br Kasaga and 2l0 of crew lost. IS Japanese army ariren back to Feng- Chicago African wangebeug with heavy loss. iiepuuucan -O Illinois lourns until broken. May 31 convention with deadlock 2 Explosion of fireworks factorr In Find. lay, O., LUIa several employes Japa nese lose 15,0ni) men In land attack on Fort Arthur: Russian loss 3,0ml. 25 Ten miners surrocateu in. tnnnel r Wllllamstown. l'a.. In coal mine Yhtmi City, Mlsi., destroyed by fire with $2,000,000 loss. 20 Hollers or townoat I-frd Wilson blow up near Louisville, hy., killing 13 persons. .... UusMons defeated by Japanese Iu Ts tung pass. .... Japanese capture Klnchon and drive Russians from Nanshan IIIII: bearr loss or lire on both sides. itn. sians burn, loot and abandon l'ort balny. 28 Death of Senator M. B. Quay ot renn. aylranla. SO S5.000.0iX) firs In piers snd shipping In Jersey City, N. J. Jnue. S Illinois Republican convention adlonrna after Unlay session. 4 nre in corning uistiuery in reorla. I1L. destroys 14 lives snd S1.O00.OU0 worth of property. 5 Mob wrecks smphltbeater In St. Louis, when bullfight Is stopped. a Fifteen nonuulon miners killed br di. namlte explosion at Independence, Col. 0 Death ot U Z. Letter, Chicago multimillionaire. 10 Death or Laurence itution, lltrerny I man. lnni?n,.".,i''.''' esptalna. in 'fT.l ifr. ' ,'lner (lenrrsl BliKOm n East River. New York; l.tuxi persons per-.jl:.- ""'H'etok squadron sinks Iwo '"fT.'r.n"H,.rt dftroilng 1,000 Uvrs. -rrie 'rhi0V"rn'1 """ns silled sml wonnded st flalrheng. ln2Chlesgo,hllC,n n,""u' convention opens M-Ilooaevelt and F,tb,n,t nominated In 2?li!."t'.nr?',..M,'t nnsslans la two days' fight st Dalln lllll. ..rT!tr.IM,", '""" Hraett, compeaer of "Dixie. .... Nine million arrrs of land "'!!wn,.op", 'o "l'l"nenl In Nebraska. 2D-Btesmer Noige lost In North Atlantis Ocean; over 700 persona perish. wrkT:,'n,:r.chne?drn. MW " w',,,, noM'-W-slsVn,, Vl'b'bTs! "n"n,l0a i . tmofrtlc n",l"'sl convention meets floods In Kansas. 0 Democratic convention nominates Al- ,on,va., "tk";.'r I'resldrnt. i,10'"1 "" """"d t" Vice rres Ident hv flrmwMii. f . '''head, Ohio, wrecked by explosion.'.',.. 17 vale N J n,ur"1 ,D tnta wre ,l ll0 11 Thirty thousand Japanese killed or ""'il1 .1" mek I'0'' Arthur. 12 Strike of M parking houae em ployes begins In Weslem rltlrs Death of flavor H. M. rrinhtan i,..tt iAn. tn leilo, O. .... an uvrs lost la cloudburst and flood near Manila. .'Jt-C. & B. I. excursion train wrecked t Olenwood, III.; 24 killed snd 72 Injured. U Death of Faul Krnger. 22-2 Illtous times st Ilnnesteel. S. D. 21 Rnsalans erscnate Newehwsng sfter two-tfars battle. .... Russians sink British ,trim"A'll,.Kn,',,t Commander off lin. 27 Enelanil nrnt-t m tfata rar,1tn sinking of steamship Knight Commander. .--Drawing for Rosebud reservation land begun In Chamberlain, S, D. Angnot. 1 Death of ei-rin aon of Pennsylvania. -niinois i.entral train robbed nesr Har ry, III Desth of Mrs. Nelson A. Miles. ft British eineriltlnn ntra t.ha. tha "forlildden city." 1-0 Japanese attack rort Arthur. 7 Wreck on Itln (lran.l rallwiv near Flnon. CoL. rsnses 100 deaths. 0 Death of ec.Nntnr riA n. VmI of Mlsaourt. 10 Former I'remler Watdeck-Rouaseau of France dies Naval lis tile off l'ort Ar. thnr. 13 Tnrker Tlelda to demanda of United StsteB In regsnl to Amerlcsn schools. 1f Russian Vladivostok Btinadron defeat ed by Japanese In Straits of Cores. 10 jioii nurns two negroes st stake in Htatesboro, lis Death of Hon, Ferry Hannah at Traverse City, Mich. iu tornado in, North St. Louis. .... Gen eral attack on l'ort Arthur. 20 Tornado In St. Faul. Minneapolis and vicinity kills IS oersona and eauaeB X3.0UO.- OUO loss. 1 Russian cruiser Xovtk beached sfter two days' fight. .... Russians win battle st t'ort Artnur. 28 Cable line to Alaska Is computed. September, 1 Japanese take Lalo-Ysng. 3 Big fire In Memphis, Tenn. 4 Tenement honse Are ln Kce Toek ends 14 lives. 8 stockysrds strike In Cblcsgo ts ended. ... Death of Iter. Geo. C. Lo rimer. 11 Russian cruiser Lens arrives ln Dort st Ssn Francisco, in Desth. or I'rince Herbert Bismarck. 10 Two million dollar wharf Are ln Hal ifax. N. 8. 21 Peter Karareoreevlteh crowned Kins ot Serrls. 21 Elxty two persons killed In train wreck near Knoxvllte, Tenn Mt Vesu vius in eruption. 20 Death or Lafcadlo Hearn. sutnor. 28 Japanese capture Ta Pass. 30 Death of Senator Geoixe Friable Hosr of Massachusetts. October. Sir William Vernon Usr- 1 Death of court. 4 Death of Frederic A. Bartholdl. fa mous French sculptor. .... Postmaster-General Henry C Payne dies. iu uoDert j, wynne sppoiniea rottmss ter General. .... Missouri Pacific wreck near Warrenaburg, Mo.. ktUs 29 people. 11 Steamer Call sinks off l'rinc. Ed- Ward's Island: 10 lives lost. . 14 Klnr George 01 Saxonr dies. Famine In Swedish nrovlnce of Gotebnrr- Bohus. .... Ituavlana lose great battle near YentaL 13-17 Great battle south of Mukden. 22 Rusalsn Baltic fleet fires upon English fishing boats and alnks two of them. 21 Englapd demanda reparation for sink ing of fishing boats by Russian fleet. 20 ltussia senas note or spoiogr to Eng land. 27 Mrs. Rse Kranas confesses murder of strpdsngbter In Hartford City. Ind. 28 Ex-Governor Geo. K. Nash of Ohio drops dead England and Russia agree to reier xsonn oea anair 10 arbitration court. .... Twenty-one miners killed by mine explosion In Terolo, Col. November 3 French steamer Glronde sunk In col lision off HerblUon. Algiers, and 100 lives lost. 8 Roosevelt snd Fairbanks elected by unprecedented majorities. i;j tisie sweeps Atlantic t-'oast Btstes. 10 Russian torpedo boat destroyer Rss- toropny blown up ln harbor of Che-Foo. 13 Explosion In mine at Morrlssey. Man., kilts 14 miners Gas explosion in Chi cago kills four men. 10 Burning of Missouri building st the World's Fair; one fireman killed. .... W. C. 1' Ilrrrklnrldze dies. 20 Twelve persons lose lives In burning of Brooklyn. N. V., tenements. .... 1700,000 nre in uufciness section 01 vincinnatL 23 Steamer T-Ipls lost In Black Sea. with 77 persons aboard. 2 Death of Madame Janauschek, famous actress. December. 1 Louisiana Purchase Exposition In St. Louis closes Seventh Inauguration of President Dlas of Mexico Haley Glpe found guilty of manslaughter at Newcastle, Ind Peter Nlssen. Inventor of a roller boat, dies In contrivance on Lake Michigan. s ueatu vi Alia, u, i. unuert, veteran sctress. 6 Death or rx-rosimaster ueneral James N. Truer. .... Opening of last session of SSth Congress. 8 Japanese wipe out uussian fleet st Port Arthur. 13 mg nre in Minneapolis. 21 Desth of ex-Senator George L. EbouD ot Idaho. .... Congress adjourns for holiday recess. Short Personals. James W. A. MacDonald, New York's aged sculptor, has been an artist more than sixty years. Stovnn Zlkttsch, 117 years old, living at Nlsh, Servla, was well acquainted with Lord Uyron. Although 85 years old, Mrs. Sarah Mc laughlin of Lynn, Mass., does a good day s work binding shoes. Charles Taylor ot Waterbury. Vt.. Is 00 years old and yet be drove a horse In a trotting race recently, lie did not win. Dr. Hudolf Aniandus rhltippl. who died recently at Santiago, aged 00, was called "the patriarch of the Germans of Cblll." Egypt claims the oldest man la the world Ahmed beUm, who has turned six score. lie remembers Napoleon In Egypt. The oldest orator in uermnny. Denutr Selmcldcr In Kbcrswalde, Is aged 103, and is still in possession of his mental powers. John Murdoch, LL. D., founder and secretary of tho Indian Christian Litem- ure society, is dead at -Madras, aged S3 years. Mrs. Susan Stringer, the only real daughter ot tho revolution in Kentucky, dead. l)o was the oldest of sixty In tbe Unite! States. The Itov. William II, Foster, the old- est minister in tbe Maine conference, is dead at his home In LIvermore Falls. Me., aged 03 years. Qeorgo II. Williams, Mayor of Port land, Ore,, 82 years old, was Attorney General In Gen. Grant's cabinet and Uulted States Senator., Odds and Buds. A plucky man refuses to stand and let others pluck him. A society woman's Idea of a foolish girl is ono who wants to marry for love. Don't blamo the postman for falling to deliver a letter tbat was never writ ten. Some husbands are mean enough to keep half a dozen mothers-in-law busy. There is no such word as failure in connection with the forbtdden-frult crop. One difference between a hog and a man Is that a hog knows when be nas enough. Ono troublo with many a self-mado man is that tho part ho talks with is out of proportion to the part he thinks with. In talking to n man about tablo man ners, don't mako matters worso by having tho talk at a time when ha Is hungry. It's easy for a minister to tell bis congregation how to reach heaven, but bo might llnd It difficult to personally conduct them thero. Paris swarms with automobiles, but tho local statistician finds tbat tho number of horses employed thero shows no diminution. Thero have been a trifle less than.a hundred thou- ' sand of the latter In service in tbat city ln recent years.