TREATY ARRANGED
Japan Withdraws Demand (or
Payment ol War.
GETS HALF OF SAKHALIN ISLAND
Startles World by Her Action in Play
log Generous Victor Roose
velt Gets Credit.
Portsmouth. N. II.. Ang. 30. Tim
long ninl bloody war between Japan
hikI Russia In ended. Tint terms of
nace were agreed iihii by Mr. Witto
mid Huron Komuraal tint morion of the
von ferenco yesterday morning, and In
tint afternoon preliminary arrangements
(or hii armistice were concluded hikI
tint actual work of framing tint "treaty
of Portsmouth" wiiii, liy mutual agree.
men , t ur t over tn Mr. I'" Martens,
Russia's k r-ut international lawyer,
hihI Mr. I ti i Moti t who fur 25 years
1 1 UN acted as tint lcgiil adviser n( tint
JaHin'M foreign office. Tint treaty Im
expected tn liit completed iy tint end (if
tint week.
This happy conclusion ol tint confer
enee, w li it'll n week ago would have
rt'i'ii shipwrecked hit 'I it not been for
tint hemic intercession of President
Roosevelt, v us Hii'MiMi ninl dramatic
I'ur tin' sake n( pence, Japan, with tint
magnanimity of a virtor, at tint liiMt
moment, yielded everything ittill in im
unit. Uiimhiii ii'Iiihim! to budge (rum tint
ultimatum I-; ii i J r r Nicholas Int'l given
to I 'ii-h i. I i-i 1 1 Roosevelt through Ambus
sudor Meyer. No indemnity under any
goine, Init mi agreement to divide Hak
lutliii ninl reimburse Jituui (ur tint
maintenance ul prisoners were li i M litftl
words. They liml been r- iit'Ily re
iterated in Mr. Witte's instructions
and in compliance with n rcipirst (or h
written reply to the Juancse compro
misc proposal of hint Wednesday, tln'y
weie delivered to Huron homuru. Mr
Willii went to the conference I 1 n r i 1 1
that In' wiim powerless to change tin! ilot
of mi "i" or thi cross of a "t" in his
instructions, limperor NirholaM' wonl
hud been given not imly to It i lit hut to
President Roosevelt , tin' head of a for-
'ign state.
The trcutv arranged provides (ur tint
negotiation o( a ni'W roiiiini'rcial treaty,
w hich tfiuiriwitii'H to Russia in .!hiiii
hihI to Japan in Russia tint iiiomI (avor
4il nut iun trriitmi'iil ami confirms tint
i .i'ii iloor in Manchuria.
Tint i'Iivovh also arranged lor direct
traffic connections lietwecn tin' Chineae
KuMern railway, which now becomes
Jitpaneso property, anil tin- Manchuri
nil ruiroiiii, which belongs to Russia, no
(hat through train may be run over
IhiIIi lini'H. Final agreement was
reached hy Japan acceding to the ulti
nullum presented hy Mr. Wiltit.
Almost Huon im tint plenipotentiar
h'H hint assembled, lint senior Russian
vnvoy produced a written HtaU'iiii'iit
ninl bunded it to I '.a run Kotnuru. It
proved to hi tlin (urinal official kiihwit
of tin' Russian government to tint linn!
llieil .lapani'Mi! comlitioiiH of puuee.
In Hul'Mtanif, it naiil that HuHMiu re
f uneM to pay any money whatever for
tint iiiilemniliiatioii of Japan war ex
inuiheM. She will not iiK'rci' to mir
renil.r her interneil warHhipH. Slit
will ii"t limit her naval tttreiiKth in the
racillc. She will ceile that iut of
Sakhalin iMlaiil futith of M ilere'H.
Hint will pHV to Japan Hiiy reuHonahlo
'pttiiHtt incurrixl in the inninteiiancit ol
ItiiHNiun priMonern an.I w ill expin t Japan
to pay her for Himihir care extemliil to
Jaininepie priHonern.
Therit Ih ft ill a minpicion that a loop
hole wbm left in the ailjuHtinent o( the
tlilliculty over the Chincmt Kuntern rail
way through which Japan in to receive
4i conniileriible mini ol money. II mien
nn arrangement wan male, the necre-
tiirieii profeHH to know nolhing ahout it
... . .i... I....I
anil the envoys unmi in ine oei ininiiuu
that no tiimncial coiiHiilemtion was puiil
liy ICiiHHiii to Japhii for thetratlic ugro
meiit. Mr. Sato, the JapaneHo Hin retary, de
nied emphatically that uny queNtions
were to he left to be Biljuntetl liy any
uitHide Uiard of Brhitiation.
Finds Many Cases.
New ()i leant", Aug. HO. The most
Important development of the yellow
fever nituntioii today was the rejiort of
Dr. C. Milo ISrady, who liad been sent
by the state iMiard of health on a tour
of Innpection of the bayouaand lakea in
Jefferaon aiiah, where there are many
Hettlementa of fishermen in constant
communication with New Orleana.
Without completing an investigation,
they turned up !15 cases ol yellow fever,
mostly along bayou Harataria, learned
that deaths had occured and found
much suffering.
PostofTico Building is Opened.
Han Francisco, Aug. 30. The new
liostolllce building at Mission and Sev
tnth streets was formally opened today,
under the auspices of the Manufactur
ers and Producers' association. Ad
dresses were delivered by Mayor
HchmiU, Postmaster Fisk, United States
Circuit Judge Morrow, Congressmen
Kahn and Hayes and others. The post
tillico has been a number of years in
course of construction and is one of the
finest in the United States.
Vote Approval of Merger.
Kn Francisco, Aug. 30. The stock
holders of the Southern Pacific com
pany, represented mainly by proxies at
a meeting in this city, have voted their
approval to the recent merger of the
Southern Pacific company, of Califor
nia, with the Southern Pacific compan
ies ol ArUona ud New Mexico.
NEW HAGUE CONFERENCE.
President Miiy Kevlve Movement Al
ready Begun.
Washington, Aug. 31 . It Is regarded
here us probable that liutiieiliately on
tint conclusion ninl lliuil signatuin of
the pence treaty between Uussia ami
.In pun there will be a renewed effort to
secure another meeting of Tim Hague
conference, in nccordunre with Presi
dent KooHevelt's suggestion to the pow
ers last spring. Following the original
proxisit Ion, the president sent out a
second note notifying the powers that,
in his jinlgiiiMit, further proceedings in
connection with the call should be left
to the resilient council at The Hague.
The Slate department has learned
since then that all of the )owers ad
dressed, while accepting the project,
qualified their acceptance with the
statement that the new (inference
should be deferred until the conclusion
of hostilities between Japan and Rus
sia. There the matter has rested and
it probably will require the issuance of
a third circular note to set the w heels
in motion and tiring about the desired
conference.
Any of the signatory powers might
feel iliHpoMiil to put forth such a note,
but on the whole it is regarded as
rather more probable tlAtt President
KouHevelt will complete the movement
he has initiated and soon after Secre
tary Knot's return to Washington the
president will advise with him touch
ing the Issuance of the necessary reminder.
"WHISTLE SOFTLY.
Roosevelt Declares Peace Conference
Not Yet Out of Woods.
Oyster P.ay, Aug. 30. "Whistle
softly; we are getting into the thin
timber, but are not yet out of the
woods."
This admonition represents accurate
ly President Koosevelt's view of the
situation at Portsmouth. Peace is in
sight, but is not yet an accomplished
fact. Profoundly as he is gratified at
the results already achieved by the
plenipotentiaries, the president realises
fully that the most important work re
mains yet to be done. Until more is
accomplished it is scarcely the part of
wisdom, he thinks, to do more than
"whistle softly."
It is probable that the president may
make a formal expression concerning
the work accomplished at Portsmouth
by the Russian and Japanese envoys,
but the intimation today was that he
would nut make such a statement in
any event until he bad bren assured of
the success of the conference.
DISCIPLINE LAX.
Uonaparte Urders Uourt-Martial in
Bennington Case.
Washington, Aug. 31. Secretary
llunaparte, in his action today on the
findings of the court of inquiry in the
case of the Bennington explosicn, se
verely arraigns some officers of the
vessel for failure to look after the
saefty-valves ; orders Commander Lu
rien Young lx-fore a court martial to
clear himself of the charges of "neglect
of ollicial duty," directs the court-mar
tial of Knsign Wade on the charge of
"neglect of duty;," and disapproves
the court of inquiry s finding that the
Bennington was "in an excellent state
of discipline and in good and etlicient
condition." Knsign Wade was in
charge of the machinery. The action
as to Commander Young was taken in
view of the fact that the court of in
quiry in its findings and opinions did
not pass expressly upon his conduct
and the question of his responsibility
for the explosion. Mr. Bonaparte,
however, approves the court of in
quiry's indorsement of the creditable
conduct of all the survivors of the
officers and crew of the Bennington
"after the explosion occurred."
Cart Tossed Like Chips.
Scranton, Pa., Aug. 31. A tornado
struck. Carbondale, 16 miles north of
here, at 9 o'clock tonight, tearing
buildings from foundations and in some
instances destroying them. Box cars
in railroad yards were lifted into the
air, carried some distance ana uasnea
to pieces. Many people bad narrow
escapes, but no fatalities ate reported.
Reports from the country aro not yet
received, but it is feared there was
much damage and possible loss of life.
The storm cut a 200-foot path through
the town.
Czar Approves Conditions.
St. Petersburg, Aug. 31. The em
peror yesterday visited Bjorkoe to in
spect a cruiser in course of construc
tion there. Before leaving Peterhof
His Majesty cabled Mr. Witte to break
off the neogtiatinoB and leave Ports
mouth if the Japanese envoys insisted
on an indemnity. When he returned
to Peterhof, th.2 emperor found Mr.
Witte's cablegram announcing the suc
cess of the negotiations, and was de
lighted.
Taft Party Sails for Japan.
Manila, Ang. 31. Secretary Taft and
party sailed on the transport Logan at
noon today for Japan. There was a
notable demonstration in the bay just
before th Logan sailed. Many valu
able presents were presented to Miss
Alice Roosevelt by the natives after she
had gone aboard the Logan.
A BIG CONVENTION
Commercial Bodies to Meet and
Discuss Railroad Kates.
PLAN TO OFFSET RAILROAD TALK
Demand of Nation for Prompt Legis
lation Will Be Impressed Upon
President and Congress.
Chicago, III., Atif. 2!). The execu
tive committee of the Interstate Com
merce I.aw convention has practically
ilii iiied Ui hold a national convention
in ('hicBgo early in October with a
view to formulating further plans to
induce congress to pass remedial rail
road legislation.
',. P. Bacon, who is chairman of the
committee, has notified the various
local commercial organizations which
are members of the convention that an
early session may be looked for in this
city. There was some doul t in the
minds of the committee whether an
other gathering would be neessary, but,
in view of the fart that the railway ed
iii ut iunul bureau claims that the danger
of legislation has passed, Mr. Bacon
believes that the situation should be
discussed.
The convention is composed of be
tween 3iO and 400 commercial bodies
and hoards of trade throughout the
country, and was the chief instrumen
tality in starting the present agitation
for rate legislation. No plans have
been formulated for the proposed ses
sion, but it is proposed to have free
discussion of the situation, to receive
reports of various committees regarding
woik already accomplished, to make
additional plans to impress the presi
dent and congress with the necessity of
immediate legislation. One of the
members of the committee said:
"We do not projHise to let the agita
tion cool off. The country is aroused
over the railroad situation, and every
one save the railway otlicials agrees
that some legislation is essential. The
convention realizes that tons of litera
ture containing spurious arguments are
being sent broadcast over the country,
purporting to tell pitople why no furth
er legislation is needed."
ALL ALONG COAST.
Yellow Fever Cases Being Scattered
Far and Wide.
New Orleans, Aug. 29. One of the
deaths from yellow fever today is Sister
Mary Kngelhesta, of the convent of
Perpetual Adoration, and her case was
not reiiortcd until death. It is the
first from that institution, though there
have been several cases in that neigh
borhood.
ReM)rts from the country tonight
are: Patterson, six cases; Fighth
ward of Jefferson parish, one case;
Shrewsbury, one death ; Hanson City,
two cases and one death; Donaldson-
vi lie. one case (this is a new develop
ment and is traced to Port Barrow,
across the bayou) ; Port Barrow, one
case; St. Rose, three cases; Pecan
(i rove, one case; (iood Hope planta
lion, one death ; Waveland plantation,
south of Pattertnin, six cases; Bellesein
plantation, west of Patterson fourcases;
(iulfport reports one new case, and
Mississippi City none.
Natchez makes no report of new
cases, the people deciding to await the
arrival of an expert liefore accepting the
statement that there was yellow fever
there. Kscatawpa, Miss., near Missis
sippi Point, reports four cases.
Ir. Uevron, in charge at Lceville, in
a report on the situation there says:
"I found things worse than Dr. Stark
could have seen them a fw days be
fore. The people were in a panic.
The; bad no morphine, no doctor, and
they were dying from too much experi
menting with different remedies. I
found that more than half the popula
tion of 500 people is sick. They are
distracted, and many are on the verge
of lunacy from fright and grief."
Lift Boycott On Cotton.
Washington, Aug. 29. Of particular
irniwrtance to Southern cotton spinners
and weavers is the announcement by
Minister Rockhill today that the Chi
nese boycott on American piece goods
is about to be lifted. Cabling from
Pekin, the minister says that his infor
mation is to the effect that the anti
American boycott as a whole is gradu
ally subsiding. The Chinese merch
ants of Shanghai dealing in piece goods
are st rongly opposing the boycott, and
taking steps which Minister Rockhill
believes are likely to break it.
Sold Under the Hammer.
Hodgeville, Ky., Aug. 29. Abraham
Lincoln's birthplace, a 110-acre farm,
was sold today at auction to E. J. Col
lier, of New York. The price paid for
it, 3,(i00, is not more than it would
bring for farming purposes. The prop
erty was sold by order of court in the
bankruptcy case of A. W. Bennett, who
purchased it 15 years ago from the
Creal family, into whose hands it came
at the time the Lincoln family re
moved from the state.
Togo May Decide the War.
St. Petersburg, Aug. 29. "Togo
began the war and will finish it," is
the statement made by a prominent
Russian statesman. "Outside inter
vention being improbable, and the land
forces of equal strength," he contin
ued, "only the Japanese fleet, by block
ading Russia's Baltic ports, can decide
the war."
BIO GRAFT AT BREMERTON.
Sensational Cnarges Against Puget
Sound Navy Yard.
Washington, Aug. Sensational
charges of graft in the navy yard at
Puget sound have been brought to the
attention of Secretary Ronaparte,
through a report of Special Agent R. If.
Pickerel, who has been condiidcting an
investigation at that jxjint for several
weeks.
It is charged in the report that cer
tain employes of the yard have been
smuggling government supplies from
the yard, and that one of the govern
ment launches has ln-en used for
months to carry the goods and mater
ial from Bremerton to "fences," from
which they are sold; that employes are
compellud to live in certain hoarding
houses, where they are charged exorb
itant rates, and they do not move for
fear of being laid off ; that alien con
tract labor is employed at the yard, and
that a number of fugitives from justice
are employed there.
These charges are backed up by affi
davits, which show that corruption
rivaling that exposed in the PostofTice
department exists at the navy yard.
It cannot be learned against whom the
charges are made, but it is declared
that when Captain Burrell, the new
commandant of the yard, arrives to re
lieve Admiral Barclay, he will order a
thorough examination of all employes
under suspicion.
Secretary Bonaparte will order an in
vestigation of the charges.
GOES INTO SHIPBUILDING.
Standard Oil to Manufacture Its Own
Vessels at Bay City.
San Francisco, Aug. 29. The Stand
ard Oil company is to go into the ship
building business in California. It will
begin by making its own vessels and
will later become a competitor of the
shipbuilding trust. The company has
established its shipyards and the head
quarters of its fleet at Point Richmond,
across the bay from San FranciBco.
The company has decided that it will
have a fleet of oil-carrying vessels on
this coast, and after mnch surveying
and inspection, a general superintend
ent has been brought from the Fast,
and a shipyard has been located.
When the Standard Oil company
made Point Richmond the site of its
oil refinery and the terminus of its pipe
line from the Kern county fields, it
became necessary to have a shipyard to
care for its fleet of oil-carrying vessels
to repair them and make new ones
when needed. This fleet does not con-
sist of simply the ships used for carry
ing oil to and from coast ports, but of
vessels that call at Oriental ports and
island ports that stretch from Alaska to
Panama and from Point Richmond to
Yokohama.
FRONT GREATLY EXTENDED.
Made Possible by the Use of Wireless
Telegraph System.
Gunshu Pass, Manchuria, Ang. 29.
Intelligence of the constitutional grants
by the government has been received
by the army, and general information
relating to Portsmouth affairs continue
to reach here from three to ten days
late.
Since the Japanese reconnoitered the
Russian center about 25 or 30 miles,
August 10, which resulted m retalia
tory skirmishing as well as the check
mating of a wide movement of consid
erable bodies of troops throughout
three days, nothing important has oc
curred. During the long quiet there
have been reinforcements to both sides,
giving the theater of war a much
changed appearance. The front has
been greatly extended, made possible
by the use of wireless telegraph, and
because of the unexampled size of the
armies the character of the third stage
of the war, whether it be active hostil
ities, demoralization or the garrisoning
of contested territory, will be comph
cated.
The relative positions of the two
armies is comparable to that of a year
ago, and the country facing the Japan
ese is almost identical with that which
confronted them at Liao Yang.
Sleep of Four Months.
New York, Aug. 29. Medical inter
ests throughout the country have had
their attention directed to a remarkable
case of catalepsy in Yonkers, where
Charles Canepi, 8 years old, has been
in an unbroken trance like sleep for
more than four months. On April 6
last while whirling round a lamppost
he became dizzy, fell to the ground and
struck on the back of his head. Two
days later he complained of pains in
the head and within a few minutes
lapsed into a sleep of unconsciousness
from which he has not awakened.
Strict Quarantine at Cairo.
Cairo, 111., Aug. 29. The waiting
room at Central station, where quaran
tine permits are issued, gave strong
evidence today that Cairo has a rigid
quarantine in existence as regards
through passengers, who were detained
at the headquarters because they weie
not supplied with permits, and a guard
was placed over them until they could
be sent on their way. A number of
arrests were made, in each case of per
sons trying to evade the officers.
Norway To Be Recognized.
Washintgon, Aug. 29. President
Roosevelt is expected to recognize the
independence of Norway within a few
days. Pending arrangement for sepa
ration, Sweden served notice that the
recognition of Norway would be re
garded as an unfriendly act. This
notice has now been withdrawn. Great
Britain, France and Germany are ready
to grant recognition and the president
will probably follow suit.
W1KKLKSS IN NAVY.
UNCLE 8AM PUTTING NEW DIS
COVERY TO PRACTICAL U3E.
Hyatem of f rent V nine I a Time of !ncc,
hut In Tim of War Ilia Drclorril It
Would .Now lie I ml lapenaabla l.n ill t
piny the lluttlcahipa.
Wireless telegniphy now Is to the
nn vm! service what the land line urn
to tin; army. Although Its uso but a
short time ago wns wholly unknown,
It Is now regarded as Indlsp'-nsahle.
When It was demonstrated that wire
less telegraphy could be employed to
mlvniitsge a comprehensive system
wns projected for the navy, which
Rear Admiral II. N. Manney, chief of
the Bureau of Kqulpment, Is rapidly
establishing. The scheme upon which
he U working contemplate making
It possible for ships of the navy to be
bi communication with shores of the
t'nltod States and Its Insular posses
sions and with each other at the great-
WIRELESS STA1IO.N AT CAI'E COD,
est iiosslble distances at which wire
less messages may be sent.
A chain of stations extending from
Cape Elizabeth, Me., to the Caribbean
Is already In practical operation; also
stations on the Pacific coast and at
('avlte In the far away Philippines. It
Is the purpose, too, of the bureau ulti
mately to make it possible for a war
ship anywhere In the West Indies to
be within telegraphic communication
with a home station, which means with
Washington.
The equipment now being installed
generally permits of communication
with dependable reliability between
warships at sea and between ships and
shore for a distance of 125 miles,
while communications have been suc
cessfully carried on In the naval ser
vice for a distance of 223 miles, and
messages have been overheard by sta
tions at a distance of over 400 miles.
But a short time ago the commander
of a fleet was able to communicate di
rectly with vessels at no greater dis
tance than five miles, the distance at
which signals may be read with reli
ability. One officer Is now assigned
especially to the Bureau of Equipment
to give wireless installation his special
ateutlon. That officer at present Is
Lieut S. S. Robinson, whose expert
knowledge of wireless qualifies him
for the work.
All the newer ships of the navy have
been equipped with wireless appar
ritus, while the work of Installation
on the older ships of the navy has
been In steady progress, so that in a
short time all the larger vessels of the
navy, at least, will be fitted out with
the apparatus now In use.
A most Interesting project is that
which contemplates connecting New
Orleans with the Isthmus of Panama
by wireless. This will necessitate the
erection of two powerful stations at
New Orleans and Colon. New Orleans
was selected because there Is a clear
seaway between the two points. The
distance Is about 1,400 miles, and mes
sages sent from one to the other will
be flashed all the way across the Gulf
of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea. Ne
gotiations are now pending for the
necessary apparatus. Every confidence
Is felt in the success of the project
The first message to be sent to the
department at Wnshlngton from a ship
at se;i came from the cruiser Colorado.
She was coming up the coast, and
when 100 miles south of the lightship
at Nantucket, her captain sent a mes
sage directed to the department an
nouncing his position. It went by
wireless to Nantucket, and from there
to Washington over land lines. This
Illustrates the possibilities of commu
nication between the nnval authorities
at Washington and ships off the coast
at distances which could not be
reached a very few years ago. A pe
culiar Incident occurred in connection
with the Colorado's message. The
operator of the wireless station at the
Washington Navy Yard heard the mes
sage going from the Colorado to the
lightship and telephoned the fact to
the department.
When the Dolphin started for
Charleston recently to take the Secre
tary of the Navy, then .Jr. Morton, and
a party from the latter place to Porto
Rico, the department received a re
port after her departure that a wreck
lay In her course. A wireless message
from Cape Henry ordered sent by the
department was received by the Dol
phin apprising her of the danger, thus
putting her ou the lookout
The advantages of wireless have
been demonstrated in the maneuvers
of the North Atlantic fleet, when or
ders were sent to vessels of the com
mand that had gotten far beyond sig
naling distance. As the fleet was com
ing north one of the vessels picked up
by wireless the battleship Illinois,
which was outside the Virginia capes,
Am
and an extensive exchange of message
wns carried on, the ships being 100
miles apart.
Some Interesting rcorJs hnvp comei
totheilepnrtment from the Washington
Nnvy Ynrd. The operator there hns
overhenrd messages being sent from
Cspe Cod for the benefit of ships at
sea, and has overheard rommuiilcn
tions passing between Iloston and
ne.ir hy points. These Instances now
attract but llttlp attention from the ex
perts at the department because they
expect such things to be done and ex
pect even grenter things from the
wireless system now being established
by the nnvy. The wonder of naval
officers now Is: How did they ever
get along without wireless?
DEADLY PINE CON BOMB.
Marveloaalj Innenlona Mechonlam
Made hy Ilarcelona Anarchlata.
The smsll hall of metal In the shape
of a pine cone picked up by M. Chav
lgny In Paris a few minutes after tb
attempt against Alphonso XIII and
President Ixmbet was made, was real
ly one of the famous bombs sent to
France by the anarchists of Rarcelona.
M. Chavlgny, happening to see this
cone, little thought he was In the pres
ence of a deadly machine. IleLng a
great collector of relics, he evidently
thought it was a piece of grille work
torn off by the explosion that had Just
happened, and put It carefully in his
vest pocket.
M. Chavlgny went to call on a friend
In a tavern situated on one of the
boulevards. He told his friend about
the explosion and exhibited the piece
of metal he had picked up and so
carefully thrust Into his pocket The
head of a bolt covering the lower
aperture of the pine cone drew the
friend's attention, and they started to
unscrew this bolt An end of waxed
thread, holding In place a glass tube,
appeared.
Then M. Chavlgny realized that this
ball of metal was not the result of the
explosion, but a bomb Itself.
With the greatest of precautions tha
head of the screw was replaced and
ten minutes later M. Chavlgny placed
the pine cone on the desk of M. Pes
chard, the police commissioner of the
Galllon quarters, who Immediately In
formed M. GIrard, director of the mu
nicipal laboratory.
M. GIrard unscrewed the bolt, and
by pulling the waxed thread drew
forth two small glass tubes, four centi
meters long, filled with concentrated
sulphuric acid.
These tubes were plunged Into a
mass of fulminate mercury, and were
THE PINE COXE BOMB.
maintained vertically by two small
fragments of metal.
The director of the laboratory had
everyone vacate the building. M. GI
rard, having first taken off a small
quantity of fulminate of mercury (for
all that was necessary was one grain
of this dangerous product to kill a per
son, and this machine contained 1,400
grains), had a pail of water brought to
him. He then proceeded, with the
greatest of precaution, to plunge the
bomb Into the water. Sheltering him
self In the inclosure of the porte-cochere
that would siileld him In case of
an explosion, the noted chemist let the
dangerous bomb elide Into the water,
rendering It harmless.
It Is believed that the bomb was
laid In the grass by an anarchist who
feared arrest and who did not want to
be caught with the bomb in his pos
session. American Gamblers.
Sir Thomas Dewar, in recounting his
Impressions of this country, says he
was especially impressed with the uni
versal Interest taken by Americans In
all sorts of contests. In illustrating
this characteristic he tells of seeing a
ragged newsboy one cold afternoon
with his eyes glued on the display In
a baker's window. Sir Thomas slipped
a dime into the little fellow's hand.'
The boy exclaimed: "Say, If dls ain't
luck! I've been wlshln for a cent
and you gimme a dime." "What did
you want the cent for?" asked Sir
Thomas. "I wuz goln' to buy an extra
to see what won. I've a dollar on de
third race."
Effects ot Early Training.
"That new second has been a
soubrette at some stage of her career,"
remarked Mrs. Keene.
"What makes you think so?" asked
her husband.
"I Judge so from the way she dusts;
she never touches anything but the
high places." Detroit Free Press.
llow He Loat His lieg.
Admiring Young Listener' And how
did you lose your leg?
Old Salt Well, young man, one
night in the dog watch, while I was
carryln' a baby Jib, I stepped on a star
board tack and blood plain ensooed. -rittsburg
Dispatch.
Two Points of Vlew. '
A young fellow says: "Oh, that was
a long time ago; five or six years." An
old fellow says: "Oh, that was aom.
time ago: forty or fifty years." Atchk
son (Kan.) Globe.