RAILROAD T R A F F IC S T O P P E D .
Entire State of Montana a Vast Waste
of Water.
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A LD R IC H C A L L S M E E TIN G S .
W O R K O F T R U S T LAW YERS.
Senate Committees on Currency and Gompers Condemns Memorial on In
tegrity of Courts.
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Finance to Assemble.
W ashington, Ju n e 10.— indignantly
W ashington, June 11.— Senator Aid-
rich, chairman of the senate com m it denying that the American Federation
tee on finance and also o f the general of Labor had attacked the integrity of
currency com mission, has called a the courts, state or national, Presi
meeting o f the sub-committee ap dent Gompers of that organization
pointed to devise a plan o f operation Monday night declared that the Fed
for the com mission and also a meet eration would wage a fight in Chicago
ing of the sub-committee o f the on the memorial of New Yorkers,
finance committee, which will have asking for an insertion of n plank in
under special consideration the tariff the platform of the Republican party,
question, both of which meetings will affirming confidence in the integrity
and justice of the courts and insisting
take place at the Plaza hotel in New on preservation of their independence
York today. The currency com m is and full constitutional prerogatives.
sion will probably be in session for T he executive council of the F e de ra
several days, but ths understanding tion will hold its regular meeting in
here is that the tariff com m ittee will Chicago during the time the conven
not be held there for so long a time. tion is held. Mr. Gom pers will leave
The tariff com mittee is authorized un here Thursday.
He declared that
der the law to employ government most o f the signers of the resolution
experts in preparing for its w ork and of protest were attorneys or other
this meeting is expected to lay out representatives o f great corporations.
work for them. It is expected Sen He said that in Chicago “we will as
ator Aldrich will go to the currency sert our rights, with the hope that
meeting with a prepared general out the great gathering of Republicans
line of action.
will not be insensible to them.
“ 1 believe in the courts.“ he added.
T E S T B O A T W ITH T O R P E D O .
“ Organized labor does. W e have not
attacked their integrity, but that the
DemonTfof Destruction Will be Sent right o f injunction has been abused
no one can deny.“
Against Monitor Florida.
W ashington,
June 9.— Sacrificed
for the benefit of naval construction,
the m onitor Florida, shot tw o weeks
ago with the heaviest naval gun, will,
on Saturday, Juue 13, be punctured
beneath her waterline armor by the
most powerful American Whitehead
torpedo.
T he first dem onstratio n was to test
the respective stre n g th of a rm o r plate
and explosive shell, also to show the
effectiveness of a new design of fight
ing mast. T he torpedo is to be sent
into the Florida that it may be defi
nitely known whether a water-tig ht
bulkhead, specially constructed within
her, designed with all the m ost m od
ern ideas of construction, can be d e
pended upon to save a ship from de
struction
against
this
dangerous
method of attack.
Secretary Metcalf has invited Sec
retary T aft to witness the test.
Railroads in Fear.
W ashington, June 5.— Newspaper
hammering o f the plan to increase
rates has resulted in com pelling the
railroads to desist therefrom, appar
ently. The announcement was made
at the office o f the interstate com
merce com mission today that the
com m ission had information that new
tariffs would be filed July 1 The law
com pels that new tariffs shall be filed
a month in advance o f the time new
rates are to go into effect. June 1
has passed, and no increased tariffs
have been filed, indicating that the
plan announced after the trunk line
meeting at New York, looking to in
creased rates beginning July 11. has
been abandoned. The shippers’ vie
tory in this matter is wholy credited
to the newspaper publicity, which
has been persistent throughout the
country against increases.
Emergency May Not Arise.
Washintgon, June 6.— Treasury o f
ficials declared today, after a study of
the new currency law, there is nothing
in the measure which says that e’earing
house certificates are illegal. They also
express the opinion that not a dollar of
the authorized emergency currency will
ever be issued. Should an emergency
arise, they think that clearing house
certificates instead of highly taxed
emergency currency would be resorted
to again. The treasury department is
arranging for $500,000,000 in emer
gency circulation notes in blank for
any bank which ^might apply for them
under the regulations.
Government Gets Many Cigars.
W ashington, June
10.— The in
ternal
revenue
department
has
planned a series of prosecutions for
alleged infractions o f the internal rev
enue laws all over the United States.
Officers of that department made
seizures Thursday at tw o local drug
stores on the ground that they were
selling cigars in contravention of the
internal revenue laws. The tops of
boxes to which the m ajority o f the
stamps were affixed have been re
moved, thereby leaving the packages
unprotected by proper stamps. The
government contends this is prima
facie evidence of the non-payment of
the taxes, and cigars not protected by
stamps must be declared forfeited to
the United States.
3ig Drydock for Bremerton.
W ashington, June 5.— Revised spe
cifications for the naval drydock to
be built at the Bremerton navy yard,
on Puget Sound, were com pleted to
day by Rear Admiral Holliday, chief
o f the navy yards bureau. It is ex
pected that the dock will be complet
ed 18 months from July 1, when work
is expected to be started. Bids for
the construction o f the dock have
been asked, and it is announced that
they will be opened on June 18. The
preparations are being carried on
with dispatch, and it is not thought
that any delay will be permitted The
need o f the big navy dock on the Pa
cific has been made clear by the visit
o f the Atlantic fleet.
No Jetties at Tillamook.
W ashington, June 11.— It will prob
ably be many years before congress
authorizes any material improvement
of the channel across the bar at the
entrance of Tillam ook bay, and quite
as many years before any extensive
improvement is made in the channel
from the bar to Tillam ook City. It
is the universal opinion of engineer
officers that the com m erce of Tilla
m ook bay present and prospective,
does not justify the expenditure of
any great sum of money. The rail
road now building is another draw
back to the project.
Harps on Same Old String
W ashington, June 11.— With news
from Chicago all indicating T a ft’s
nomination. Senator Bourne becomes
more persistent in his “ second-
elective“ crusade.
The Washington
Star Tuesday cartooned him as an
attenuated troubadour playing a sec
ond-elective term tune on a banjo,
under the w indow of the white
Grain Crops Will be Immense.
W ashington, June 10.— A prelim house, where Roosevelt and Taft sit
smiling over a telegram from Chi
inary estihiate o f 17,710,000 acres of cago.
A white house policeman is
spring wheat sown, or more than 631,- shown trying to drive Bourne away.
000 arces more than last year, and
placing the condition of June 1 of
Will Decide After July I.
winter wheat at 86 per cent, against
W ashington, June 9.— It is doubtful
77.4 per cent a year ago, and o f rye at
91.3 per cent, as against 93.5 per cent if the decision o f the interstate com
on May 1, is made in the June grain merce com mission in the Pacific
report
The report estimates Coast lumber rate cases will be ren
the acreage o f oats at 31,644,000 and dered much before July 1. Several
barley 6,697,000, and gives the con di weeks’ work remains to be done, al
tion figures for crops other than though every effort is being made to
It is pro
wheat as follow s: Oats, 92.9 per cent; expedite these decisions.
posed to announce simultaneously
barley, 89.7 per cent.
the decision in all the Pacific Coast
lumber rate cases, as the points in
New Postage Rates.
volved are practically the same in all.
Washington, June 6__ Uncle Sam can
write to John Bull more frequently next
Inquiry Will be Ordered.
fall, for after October 1 it will cost but
W ashington. June 9.— The accident
2 cents for each letter instead of 5.
Announcement was made today at the on the armored cruiser Tennessee, in
office of the postmaster general that an which four men were killed and sev
agreement has been perfected by which eral injured, was caused by the burst
the letter rate between the United ing of a steam pipe while the vessel
States, England. Ireland and Scotland was off the California coast, and will
will be reduced from 5 cents to 2 cents. be thoroughly examined into by a
board o f investigation appointed by
The charge will moms a saving of
Admiral Sebree. Admiral Sebree has
much money, as the trans Atlantic
wired a report containing practically
mails have been increasing rapidly in
the
same information as the newspa
volume.
per dispatches.
Will Send More Marines.
W ashington. June 5.— Publication
o f the United Pre«« dispatch telling of
the critical condition of affairs in the
republic o f Panama, aroused gieat in
terest here, and it was announced to
day that 200 additional marines have
been ordered sent to the isthmus at
once, with orders to protect Am eri
can property and help keep order at
the com ing election. It is also planned
to detail on the isthmus a large body
o f sailors being transferred to and
from the Atlantic fleet if conditions
d o not im prove before the election.
Girl to Practica in Sjprema Court.
W ashin gton. June 10.—T he whole
Begg family has been admitted to
practice before the United State s su
preme court. T hey are from New
York City. T h e Beggs comprise Miss
Helen, A lexander and Roderick. Miss
Begg. a handsom e girl, is the twenty-
seventh woman to be a dm itte d to
practice before the suprem e court.
Am ong the o th e r tw enty-six is Belva
J.okwood. form er candidate for the
• residency, who stands first on the
list.
Miss Roosevelt a Bridesmaid.
W ashington, Ju n e 1 1 —M iss E thel
Roosevelt has gone to W est O range.
N. J., w here sh f will be a bridesm aid
at the m arriage of Miss G eorgianna
H a rd in g F a rr and M r. F le tc h e r H a r
per Sibley.
Held as a Filibuster.
Washington, Juno 6. — Complying
with the request of the state depart
ment, the minister of foreign affairs of
Honduras has ordered the arrest of F.
G. Bailey, former president of the Ex
port Shipping company, of New Jersey,
and the detention of the steamer Golds-
borough and her cargo. This informa
tion came to the department in a dis
patch from Minister Dodge at San Sal
vador, dated Wednesday.
New BattleshipslNamed.
W ashington, June 10.— Secretary of
the Navy M etcalf has announced that
the names o f the tw o new battleships
authorized by the last congress will
be the Florida and the Utah. The
next battleship authorized will be
named the W yom ing.
Wheeler in Office.
W ashington. June 1 0 —William R.
W hee le r of California has taken the
oath of office as assistant secretary of
the departm ent of comm erce and la
bor, t o which place he was recently
appointed by tne president. H e for
mally entered upon his new duties.
Root Going Into Training.
W a shington, June 10.—Secretary
Root will leave here June 20 and
spend several weeks at a training
establishm ent and then go to his farm
near Utica for the rest of the season.
OLD RATES STAND FLOODS CAUSE HAVOC
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Helena, Mont., June 5.— W ith the I
I
greatest rainfall in 28 years, Montana
is experiencing the most com plete de
d
moralization o f railroad traffic since
the first train crossed the Rocky
Mountains in this state.
Thousands o f passengers are ma
rooned.
Six persons are reported
drowned; railroad tracks are washed
out in every direction. Land slides
are reported on the Great Northern Presidents and Operating Officials of Great Steel Bridget Washed Out—
near Kalispell and the rivers are
Roads Fear Stagnation Would be
Wires Down on All Sid*»—
rapidly rising. This is the situation
Increased by Move.
Deluge Continues.
briefly summed up:
The property damage to railroads
will run into the thousands and many
of the big mountain trestles are en
W ashington, June 9.— No general
Missoula, M o n t, June 6 . — At 1 o’clock
dangered. There is, as yet, no pros increase in freight rates is likely to
last eevening the flood situation in west
pect of a let up in the downpour.
Last night’s precipitation is estim ated be made by the railroads of the coun ern Montana was growing more serious
try in the near future, if it is to be each minute. Helena is cut off from
at more than tw o inches.
It is believed th at at least six pe r made at all. A t a recent meeting o f the outside world. She is without rail
sons have lost their lives as a result presidents and operating officials of way, telegraph or telephone communica
of the high water.
Nine N o rth e rn Pacific trains which important railroads in New York it tion. For a short time in the afternoon
were held up in the easte rn p a rt of was the consensus o f opinion that it there was a telephone connection, and
the state since last Sunday arrived was undesirable to put into effect at at the time it was learned that all o f
yesterday and left over the Great this time an increase of freight rates. the streams in Helena and vicinity are
N orthern tracks. These trains are
It was pointed out that the pro overflowing, and that there has been
now stalled at G reat Fails, H avre and
much damage to farms and consider
other points in N orthern Montana. posed increase in a time of depression able
loss o f livestock.
O n the east of Helena the Great would tend rather to increase freight
The Great Northern’s branch lines
N orthern tracks are washed out near stagnation than to stimulate freight
are out o f service, and the main line
Basin and both the m ornin g and even
ing trains from Butte are held up movement. Such a result would be in northern Montana is cut in several
o f only additional disadvantage to the places. The first train started eastward
there.
W est of Garrison the tracks were carriers, the opinion being general out o f Spokane over the Great Northern
washed out several days ago and no that it would not induce increased is now tied up. There is no communi
cation either by rail or telegraph.
trains have been able to get through
All streams continue to rise. The
for a week. T his cuts off all means revenues.
M ost o f the officials who attended Big Blackfoet river is nearly its high
of transportation to the coast, since
est
flood mark.
the Great N o rth e rn trains cannot get the meeting indicated a belief that
The Northern Pacific has lost sev
through from the north.
railway business conditions were im eral miles of track east o f here during
One of the leading theatrical c om
panies is held up in Helena now and proving. T he freight revenues— and the day. At Bonita. Nimrod and Bear-
the probabilities are it will have to the passenger revenues, too— show a mouth the telegraph operators have
remain here a week. T he company notable increase in the last month been compelled to leave their posts,
has cancelled all its dates for several over the preceding three months, and driven out by the rising waters. At
Garrison nearly all the residents have
days ahead.
a general revival o f business in all in fled from their homes and are camped
dustrial branches was reported from upon the hills in the rain.
S H O O TS A T DREYFUS.
None o f the dams on the river have
every part o f the country.
T he judgment was expressed that given way, though the power dam
if
business
conditions
did
not
con
owned
by ex-Senator William A. Clark,
Military Journalist Seeks Revenge for
tinue to show improvement it would above Missoula, is reported to be in a
Insult to French Army.
be necessary for the railroads to critical condition.
Paris, June 5.—Just at the close of adopt some method for protecting
Yesterday afternoon the Northern Pa
the cerem onies attending the canoni the interests o f their stockholders. cific released by wagon transfer 200 oi
zation of Emile Zola in the Pantheon O nly tw o m ethods are suggested— the passengers that have been marooned
yesterday, when the president o f an increase o f freight rates and a de east o f here. They will be sent to Spo
France, the premier and a host o f crease in wages o f employes. It is kane on a made-up train.
ministers o f state were taking their quite certain that neither will be re
The damage to the new roadbed of
departure, Louis Antheno G regoris, a sorted to before the first of next O c the St. Paul line between Missoula
military writer o f note, drew a re tober, and some o f the officials be and Butte will not fall short of a mil
volver and fired tw o shots point-blank lieve it will not be necessary even lion dollars, and it is becoming greater
at M ajor Alfred Dreyfus, for whose then to resort to either of the meth all the time.
liberty Zola fought and won.
The Northern Pacific has assembled on
ods named.
Men distinguished in all walks o f
In some unaccountable way. the re this division all o f the piledrivers from
life filled the Pantheon and, when the port became general among shippers, the west that it can g e t; it has taken
shots rang out, there was great ex especially in the middle west and the from its own western divisions and has
citement in fear that the president south, that the president and the in borrowed from other roads. The fight
had been assassinated, but even the terstate com m erce commission had against the water is being carried on by
attempt on the life o f M ajor Dreyfus given their approval to the suggested 10.000 men. but the water is gaining
created a profound impression. S ol increase in freight rates. The mem steadily, and the rain continues to fall
diers speedily surrounded Gregoris bers have spent a good deal o f time in torrents. The Missoula river at this
and he was aken to jail, bruised and trying to get their correspondents place is but a few feet below the high
bleeding, with his clothes almost torn right on the matter.
est mark ever registered. The expensive
from his back.
W hile the com m ission has no power city bridges are in danger, and are
M ajor Dreyfus was not seriously in under the law to prevent the estab guarded to prevent their use, so danger
jured. A bullet entered his forearm, lishment o f such rates as the railroads ous are they considered.
but did not injure the bone. At a see fit to put into effect, unless after
West o f here the Northern Pacific
late hour the official statement was due hearing the increased rates should has no trouble as yet.
made that his condition was very fa he found to be excessive, unreason
At midnight the Northern Pacific has
vorable and that no com plications able or unjust, it would be equally surrendered the fight against the water
were feared.
impossible and inappropriate for it east of Missoula for the present. Un
With regard to the erasons for Gre to give its approval lo any proposed less the rain stops soon, there will be
goris’ act, the opinion prevails in Paris increase in rates.
very little left of 110 miles o f the most
that there is much truth in his avowal
expensive road on the line. Tw o big
that he was driven to the deed by the
steel bridges have been washed out, but
appeals to hatred with which the anti- N O R T H T O P E K A IS A B A N D O N ED . it is not understood that they are de
Semitic papers have been filled since
stroyed.
the government resolved to place the People Flee Before Great’ Overflow
The serious feature o f the situation is
body o f Zola in the Pantheon.
the fact that the high water has e x
of Kansas River.
tended west o f Missoula, and is attack
Topeka, Kan., June 9.— The crest of
ing the track between Missoula and the
PLAN S T O H O N O R F L E E T .
the rise in the Kansas river is ex west end o f the state. The Idaho di
pected to reach here some time to vision has sent a big force o f men over
Festivities in Auckland Will Continue
night. T he government weather bu to help in the fight on the west end.
Railroads Will Make Nn Advance Montana Cut Off From Outside by
I Near Future.
Raging Rivers.
CONDITIONS ARE NOT SETTLED RAILROADS LOSE MUCH TRACKAGE
Four Days.
Auckland, N. S. W .. June 5.— Fes
tivities to last over four days have
been arranged for the entertaniment
o f the men o f the American battle
ship fleet and the governor o f New
Zealand, all the federal officials, the
mayors and the municipal authorities
are to participate in the welcom e. On
the arrival o f the fleet August 8 there
will be an official reception and a re
view of the volunteers, to be follow ed
by a dinner to the admirals and offi
cers o f the fleet in the evening.
A municipal welcom e will be given
the follow ing day and will include a
reception by the mayor o f Auckland.
August 12 and 13 will be devoted to
a visit to Rotraqua Lake, where there
will be entertainments by the Maoris.
The governor will entertain the vis
itors August 14 and this function will
he attended by the members o f the
legislature.
Police Protect Money.
New York, June 5.— A New York,
New Haven ft H artford train carry
ing eight Adams Express com pany
cars, one o f which contained $ 1 . 10,000
in cash, collided with i switch engine
in the Bronx yesterday, smashing
both engines and derailing the cars.
A dense crow d collected about the
scene o f the wreck, and the reserves
were called out to protect the money,
which was loose on the floor o f the
ear. The police formed a line about
the wrecked ears and field back the
crowd until the m oney could be re
moved to a place o f safety.
Frost Damages Potatoes.
Stockton. Cal.. June 5 —Jack Frost
has damaged thousands o f acres o f p o
tatoes on the islands west o f Stock-
ton, and consequently the price o f the
tubers will be high this season. O nly
a few days ago a large acreage was
ruined by frost, and the growers were
com pelled to replant.
The loss is
especially heavy because most o f the
acreage damaged the first time has
hren ruined again, and because the
grow ers had to purchase seed and
pay for the cost o f replanting
Thi
total yield will be much reduced.
McClellan Gains Five.
New York. June 5 — A net gain o f
four votes for Mayor McClellan was
the result o f the ballots in the first
nine boxes opened yesterday in court
in the contested mayoralty election
o f 1901. The contents o f 35 boxes in
all were examined during the day and
another vote was added to the M c
Clellan total, the mayor’s net gain for
the day being five votes. From 112
boxes so far opened Hearst’ s net gain
is 118, as against 123 when yester
day's counting was begun.
Typhoon Off Australia.
London. June 5.— A typhoon o ff the
west coast o f Australia is believed to
have wrecked 40 boats and killed at
least 271 sailors.
The meager re
ports received here concerning the
supposed sea tragedy say that the
boats com prise the great pearl fish
ing fleet.
reau says the water will reach a m axi
mum height o f about 28 feet. It now
registers 20.9 feet. If the rise e x
ceeds tw o feet above the present level
the city waterworks will be in danger.
N orth Topeka is practically de
serted. Boat patrols were busy all
afternoon taking those people from
their homes who had delayed. Much
of the contents of the houses has been
m oved over and the warning has been
given to everybody.
The water is deeper in the streets
than at any time since the big flood
o f 1903.
From the Union Pacific
tracks to Soldier creek, Kansas ave
nue, the main street is all under wa
ter.
T he current is beginning to
sweep away outbuildings and thou
sands o f ties from the Union Pacific
tie plant are pounding their way
through the town
Train service is
practically at a standstill.
C R U IS E R 'S B O ILER B U R S T S .
Four Men Killed by Explosion on Ten
nessee at San Pedro.
San Pedro. Cal.. June 6.— While the
United States armored cruiser Tennes
see was steaming at 19 knots per hotlr
on speed trial off Ponit Hueneme, Cal.,
at 11.08 yesterday morning, a steam pipe
in the starboard engine room burst un
der a 231-pound pressure, killing four
men and njuring ten others— all of the
men in the compartment at the time.
Tw o o f the injured will die.
The explosion, the cause o f which is
yet unknown, occurred only a few min
utes after Admiral Uriel Sebree, Cap
tain J. B. Howard and Chief Engineer
Robertson had left the engine room on
a tour o f inspection. Four o f the men
were killed instantly, and two more are
expected to die at any moment
Alaska Mine Sells Well.
Boycott It Spreading.
Juneau. Alaska, June 9.— F. L. U n
derw ood, who promoted the overhead
trolley system at Chicago, has closed
a deal in New York for the Ebner
mine at $1 100 , 000 . T he deal was
handled by George Bent, a noted min
ing engineer. The new com pany an
nounced that 200 stamps will be im
mediately installed to be follow ed by
200 m ore early next spring.
The
propertj was owned by B. M. Beh-
rends, W illiam F.bner, C. W . Y oung
and eastern associates, and has been a
steady producer for seventeen years
It is situated one m ilefrom Juneau.
l'okio. June 6.—Tw o hundred thou-
and yen is now ihdicated as the size o f
the proposed present to Canton guilds
if the boycott is discontinued. Mean
while advices from north China and
Manchuria state that, owing to the ac
tivity o f the Cantonese emissaries, the
movement is rapidly spreading through
out the north The emissaries are work
ing systematically and secretly. Their
literature makes no mention either o f
the boycott or o f Japan, speaking o f
"the national disgrace with reference to
the country responsible.” which the Chi
nese all understand means Japan.
Painless Cattle Killing.
Water Ca.riers Check Railroad*.
New York, June 9.— The society for
the prevention o f cruelty to animals
will test an invention this week by
which it is expected a painless method
of killing cattle will be offered the
slaughter houses o f the country The
machine is the invention o f Henry
Bergh. treasurer of the society. It
consists o f a pneumatic hammer,
som ething like that em ployed in
welding bolts in a steel building
frame. The plunger is a sharp javelin
which is to be driven into the brain of
the animal in such a way as to cause
instant death.
Chicago. June 6.—The movement in
augurated by the western railroads
some time ago to increase freight rates
to per cent in western territory has
practically been abandoned by the roads
in the western classification, and the
transcontinental lines have agreed to a
much smaller increase in rates than they
at first demanded. Water competition
from New York to San Francisco,
which has grown very keen o f late, is
said to be the main cause back o f the
failure to continue the original pro
gram of the increase.
Death List Increased.
Judge Administers Rebuke.
* 0 TRAINING NICES&ABT.
A m e r i c a * « H a v a L e a r a r l P v r a lA a a t«
M a le * l.u o d W l t h o a t I I .
Cn*U Jackaon'a era In Washington
tbla country selected Presidents who In
every case had had large personal ex
perience In national affairs, says the
Springfield Republican. Washington,
Adams, Jefferson, Madison, Monroe nud
John Adams were statesmen of truly
rational proportions when chosen to ths
office of chief magistrate.
All hut
Washington and Mudlson had even dip
lomatic experience In Europe before
gaining the presidency.
With Jackson an entirely new type
of executive began to appear.' Jackson
cams straight from Che heart of democ
racy. He represented the detennlna-
tlon of the masses to rule, and It mat
tered little to the people whether or not
be bad been trained for high executive
station by adequate experience In the
legislative, administrative or diplomatic
services of the government.
The tremendous popular success of
the two Jackson administration pro
foundly Influenced American politics.
Parties desiring to win elections no
longer placed so much emphasis upon
long preliminary training In federal af
fairs In selecting presidential candi
date«.
The Whigs, trying to repent the Dem
ocratic success with Ja<-kson, nominat
ed Gen. Harrison In 1840 and Oen.
Taylor In 1848, and both were elected,
although neither was Jackson's equal
In nntural personal power aa a leader
of men. The Whigs tried the "hero”
once more with Gen. Scott and failed.
Then came the Lincoln nomination
by the Republicans In 1800, and Lin
coln's destiny has been so extraordi
nary that the American people have
been confirmed. If anything. In their
belief that the man of long preliminary
service In national business la not al
ways the necessary choice for the preal-
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■•rk arn
A lin a .
( English Version.)
In Scarlot Town where I waa hern.
There waa a (air maid dwelling.
And ersry youth cried, “Well away,"
And her name waa Barbara Allen.
All in the merry month of May,
Whan green buds wsre a-swelling;
Young Jimmie on hla death bed lay.
For the love of Barbara Allen.
fle sent his man unto her then.
To the town where she did dwell inf
Claying “you ride to my master,
if your name be Barbara Allen.
“For death Is printed on his face.
And over his heart is stealing;
Oh! haste away to comfort him.
Oh! you lonely Barbara Allen.“
Slowly, slowly, she rose up.
And slowly she came nigh him;
And all she «aid when there she came:
“Young man, I think you’re a-dying.
“Recollect, recollect, recollect young i
When I boarded at your tavern;
You drank, you walked with the ladle#
round,
And you slighted Barbara Allen.“
“Oh yea, oh yes, oh yet, oh yes.
When you boarded at my tavern.
I made the health go round and roun^
My love to Barbara Allan.“
He turned hia face unto her then.
With deadly sorrow sighing:
Saying. “Come, pretty m&id, and pity DMfc
For I’m on my death bed lying.“
“ If you on your death bed lie,
What need the tale you’re telling?
No better will you ever be,
For your boonie Barbara Allen.“
As she was cruising over the field.
She heard the death hell knelling;
And every stroke did seem to aay.
Unworthy Barbara Allen.
She turned her body round and about.
She spied the corpse a-coming:
“Lay down, lay down the man,” she sai<A
Receipts of the Manhattan poetnfflee
“And let me gaze upon him.“
are now amounting to $54,370 each day
With
n sorrowful eye she looked down.
that It la open.
Her cheeks with sorrow swelling;
During the lant six months there
While her neighbors cried all In n moaiv
have been burned In New York City
“Unworthy Barbara Allen.“
10.885.000 tons of coal.
Lord BeaoonMjeld’e lore for the b am When he was dead and In his grave.
She was stricken down with sorrow;
ble primrose has been perpetuated by
the foundation of the Primrose League. “Mother, mother, make my bed.
For I shall die to-morrow.
There has been a noticeable Increase
In the negro population of New York '•Mother, mother, go dig my grave.
City recently, and most a t it la settling
And dig It both long and narrow;
on the upper west skle of Manhattan Young Jimmie has died for me to-day.
I'll die for him to-morrow.“
Island.
New York City geta a portion of lta When the on her death bed lay.
milk supply from as far as four hun
She begged to be buried by him;
dred miles distant and the prodtx* of And sorrowfully repented of the day.
86.000
farms la drawn on to meet Its She ever did depy him.
dally want».
It has become known that the three “Farewell,” she said, “ye virgins aH,
And $hun the fate I fell In;
attempts made by Sir Thomas Llpton Henceforth take warning by the fate.
to capture the America's cup, the In
Of cruel Barbara Allen.”
trinsic value of which la about $250,
have coat him $500,000 for yachts alone. Yonng Jimmie was burled In one chnr^
yard.
Since the establishment of the Rom
And Barbara in another,
an Catholic diocese of New York a
Ind out of her grave sprung a rose
century ago there has been erected In
And out of his sprung a brier.
the territory of Greater New York one
church building In every two hundred They grew and grew to the church topt
Until they could grow no higher.
days.
A black and white spotted and a They locked and tied In a true love knot.
The rosy and the brier.
yellow lizard, full grown and alive,
were found In the heart of an oak log
(Scotch Veraion.)
split by Joseph McCloskey, near Bell-
It was in and about Mart’mas time.
wood, Pa. The log had been cut from
When the gren leaves wer a-fallin*.
a tree more than fifty years old.
That Sir John Graham, in the west coun
tries.
Criminal records kept In New York
Fell in love wi* Barbara Allan.
county for the last alx years show that
a trifle more than one-ba'f of the per
He sent his man down through the town.
sona charged with crimes are found
To the place where she waa dwelling,
guilty, while expert opinion la agreed “Oh, haste and come to my master dear.
that not two out of one hundred are
Gin ye he Barbara Allan.“
Innoeent.
In the course of a report to the Brit Oh. slowly, slowly rose she up.
To the place where he was lyin'.
ish Colonial office the resident of Borgu
province, Nigeria, mentions that the And when she drew the curtain by,
“Young man, I think ye’re dyin'.“
chief, Kokafu. la said to have reached
the age of 206, while hla son did not
“ It’s oh. I'm aick. I’m very sick.
die until be waa 157. The latter visited
And It's a' for Barbara Allan ;
Sokoto not many years ago.
Oh, the better, for me ye'se never he
Though your heart's bind were a-spltK
David Howell baa died at Stroud In
in'.“
firmary at the age of 102. He worked
on farms In the Stroud district all hla
Oh, dinna ye mind, young man.“ she
life, being employed on one for between
said,
sixty and seventy years. He attributed
“ When ye was In the tavern a-drinkin*
hla longevity to nlmple food, hard work That ye made the healths gas round mod
and no worry..— London Standard.
round.
And slichtit Barbara Allan?“
E le e tr le
l .l * h l
B a lk « .
It has been remarked that the effec
tive life of Incandescent electric lamps
la much longer with clear than with
ground glass bulbs. E. P. Hyde ex-
plnlna tbla fact as follows: A thin de
posit of carbon Is formed on the In
terior surface of the bulbs, and this
absorbs a certain portion of the radia
tion from the filament.
When the
glass la clear the light paaaea straight
through, suffering a definite loss from
the carbon film. When the glass la
froated the light undergoes many re
flections In the Interior of the bulb
from the Innumerable facets, and at
each reflection It loses something on
account of the obstructing film. The
consequence la that the total amount
of toes la much greater with ground
glass than with clear glass. Mr. Hyde's
experiments show that the filament
lasts as long In the one kind of bulb as
In the other.— Youth's Companion.
W hy
H«
M on rn fd.
O’Flannngnn came bom*' one night
with a deep band of black around hla
hat.
“Why, Mike!” exclaimed hla wife.
'•What are ye wearln’ that mournful
thing for?“
“I’m wearln' It for yer flrat husband.”
replied Mike, firmly. “ I’m aorry he'a
lead.“— Everybody'a Magaalne.
He turned his face upon the wa*
And death waa with him dealin',
“Adieu, adieu, my dear friends a*.
And he kind to Barbara Allan.“
And slowly, slowly rose she up.
And slowly, slowly left him.
And sighin’ said, she could not stay,
Since depth of life had reft him.
She hadna gane a mile bat twa.
When she heard the deld-hell ringin'.
And every jow the deid-bell gi'ed.
It cried, “ Woe to Barbara Allan!“
“Oh, mother, mother! mak’ my bed.
And mak' It saft and narrow ;
Since my love died for me to-day
I’ll die for him to-morrow.“
New
D e s tro y e r
of
B M t e r la .
To the scientific marvel mysteries of
this age must be added osone. It haa
been found that the greateat purifying
agent In existence la contained In tbla
new gas that la generated by elec
tricity from the free air around us. It
does many wonderful things. In the com
mercial world It la used for bleach
ing and refining mineral oils, for whit
ening wax, jtura lacquer, Ivory, hone,
feathers and various other things.
In the manufacture of starch, osone
has been utilized for bleaching pur
poses ; It has been found possible to
s It to harden and ripen the kind of
wood that Is used In musical instru
ments; In Paris the linen from hospi
tals la disinfected by osone and In In
numerable ways ths gas has t>een pot
to work by Ingenious man to accom
plish things that hare heretofore been
dons with difficulty by other means.
San Francisco. June 6.—Judge Conley
administered a rebuke to the veniremen
who are attempting to evade jury duty
in the trial o f Walter J. Bartnctt. the
alleged hank wrecker, this morning
Nearly every man called had some ail
ment. Most o f them were deaf, either
L a c k i n g O n ly E i p c r l c n c n .
in one ear or the other, and Judge Con
Jim— I promised my old ’ooman two
ley finally stated that it seemed that
the veniremen were drawn from in years ago that flrat time I ever corned
firmaries or hospitals. Only one man borne ’nehrated I’d give her a five pun-
was passed today.
note an' I’m proud to aay bar's never
hat It yet
Bringing
Back
the
Meat.
Ship Gold to GermVny.
Oarge— Ah. now—but I reckon ahe's
T i l s B r M k U g P o le « .
London, June 5.—It is declared here thought every other night she wu* en
New York. June 9. — Goldman.
Mrs. Flynn— Th* landlady has raised
Sachs & Co. yesterday announced an today that 210,000 pounds of American titled to four pound nineteen an' alx.—
meat
that
has
been
stored
in
Londdn,
engagement o f $ 1 , 000,000 gold for ex
th* rlnt ♦* fifteen dollars, Molke.
The Sketch.
port to Germany, and Heidelbach, Glasgow and Liverpool was today re
Mr. Flynn— Th* hear rtless wrltch t
Ickelheimer St Co. took $600,000, also shipped by fast steamer to New York
Everyone suffers wrongs for which It wor all we could do Iwy month 1%
for Germany. This makes a total of to meet the continued shortage of meat there le no remedy.
bate him out av tin 1— PucB
|
$40,750,000 on the present movement. in the United State*.
Omaha, June 9.— Reports from the
scene o f Friday night's storip in
Southern Nebraska indicate that the
conditions are even worse than at
first reported.
The death_ list will
doubtless reach 21 or 28, while 10 per
sons have received serious injuries,
some o f them being dangerously hurt.
The monetary loss may reach $100,-
noo. Eight Nebraska towns suffered
from the effects o f the tornado, Ge
neva, Fairfield and Carleton being the
w orst wrecked.