The Leader., August 08, 1902, Image 3

A TABLE LOOP-THE-LOOP.
REACHING TO PN.
CONTRACT IS LET.
The New Mongolian Brfi of the
Trane-Hiherian K.jud.
Construction of Snake River Line to Lewis-
The report that the ItiXis are se*
ton to Commence at Once,
cretly building a railway® a point
Portlandi Au
5. _ c OIltract
(or
Severe Battle Between Rebels and
on the traus-Mniichooriuie close to . ....
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the Kuaao-Chfnese froutlo Kalgau l,uildln8
° - R - & v rallroa’ 1
“ *e
Government Troops.
on the Hreat Wall, alt. 125 miles Ilor,h bank of the Snake river between |
from I'eklu, has caused ethlng like Kiparia and Lewiston lias been award-
armistice declared to bury the dead
a flutter in England, i discovery ed to Wren «& Greenough, contractors,!
is said to bate been nit by a trav- wq1(( |iad hitherto been identified chiefly !
Rtvolutiosiiu Lost Fully Two hundred— Lots
! eler who was making hiay through
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ti,„
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i with construction work on the North-
tne country In disgulse.l communi­
of Government Forces Only Eight
cated the Intelligence an English iern Racific- Work on the new contract
—Fighting Con n J : J.
newspaper. While at lur, a town is to begin at once and be completed by
situated on the river of tsame name, '■ April 15 of next year.
There are 71
I’anania, Aug. 4.—The peace com­
*1“ * ’[btty-tive miles frits Junction mjie8 0f railroad to build and this con-
missioners who left here July 29 on the
w’ltn the Argun, one one principal .
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u
e
tract covers grading and bridging for
British steamer Cana, to visit the revo­
tributaries of the Amur, saw a con-
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structlon train with hibrs and rail the who1" line- involving about $800, lutionary General Herrera, near Ague
way material moving ay to the 000.
Duke, returned to Panama at noon
south on a newly cqructed and
The company now has eight crews of
today. They informed the representa­
roughly laid track. Hit once came engineers on the line ready to direct
to the conclusion that bat he saw and supervise the work on tbe several tive of the Associated Press that they
had to do with a new aibitherto un-' sections. J. Q. Jamieson is the en- were unable to fulfill their mission,
lieard of line of rallwajind appears gineer in charge of the whole work, his because a very severe engagement be­
to have obtained Inforidon couflrm headquarters being at Alinota, near the tween Herrera’ s forces and the govern­
iug his conclusions. Slild this news middle of the line,
ment troops had been in progress since
prove to be correct, tlugct that the! There is not much bridging to be
Russian government baieriously un- done on the line included in this con- Tuesday, July 29, when the revolu­
dertaken this work Is ofreat political ’ tract, but at Lewiston it will be nec- tionary force began to attack Agua
aud military significance
essary to construct a bridge 10,000 feet Duice.
It was known at the t i of the out long across the Clearwater river. This
At 5 o’ clock Thursday morning the
break in Chinn, in 1809,tat the Bus »>U be made of steel with concrete
siuns had exploring pare out exam masonry abutments and piers, and its best battalions of the revolutionary
ining the country betweeKiakhta, on eo8t *>» be about »350,000.
It has forces attacked the government en­
tile frontier line Just sith of Lake no* Ye* been determined whether the trenchments with fierce courage. The
Baikal, and Kalgan, aloi the regular company will build this structure itself a|augj,ter of the revolutionists is said
tea caravan track. Lat it was un ° r a * t e r ^ ^ c !L p ’letion‘ - f the roadbed j to
1 have been excessive and barbarous,
derstood that the route t.ced out was
Alter me completion ,i
ill lay its That same afternoon a white flag was
next
April
the
company
w
not entirely satisfactory and that a
It has already began
send-
more easterly one was td>e sought on i own
.
. track.
. .
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___ i raised in their camp and they asked
j
■ ere In » simple experiment, sml One which admirably illustntes the work-
f centrifugal force. Take a lone strip of cardboard and, after bending it in
middle, fasten the upper end of it by means of a peg or pencil to tbe cork
[nine bottle. Next fasten the lower end in a s i m i l a r manner to a bottle
n is only half the size of the other one. The loop in the middle of the
tcard must be perfectly uniform and the cardboard itself must be of pre-
V |be same breaylth throughout.
,
|\e now hare a railroad, and the next thing la to make use of it. This is
oy allowing a little wooden roller or caster to run over it. The roller,
) must not be broader than the "ardboard. will run swiftly from the highest
i of the rood to the very end. passing safely through the loop and never
ring a hair's breadth from the proper course. If we want to run a car, all
Its necessary la to turn up the edges of the cardboard so as to prevent the
lis from running off and to place ou the track a vehicle instead of the roller.
ICULIAR RELIGIOUS SECT.
|s E x i s t e d f o r a C e n t u r y a n d H a s
but 115 M em bers,
ially become an omnivorous animal.
It Is an amusing and significant fuet
that the only typical omnivorous ani­
mal Is the pig.
A good exumple of the effect of veg­
etarianism on mankind is afforded by
the Bible Christians with their century
of abstinence from meat. Their rec­
ords which cover about 300 cases, show
that a Bible Christian’s average long­
evity is 81 years; he Is noL in his old
age, obliged to resort to false teeth;
his eyes, in seven cases out of ten,
do not require spectacles; his weight
keeps close to the normal, or proper,
weight his frame and bight demand
never approaching either to corpulence
or to emaciation, and he Is singularly
free from rheumatism and from dys­
pepsia.
Ithc* religious body known ns the
1 Christians, a peculiar sect with
|n*o churches, one In MlDCbMtef,
Eng., and another
the western side of the hlngnn chain |
for an armietice> llurin* which they
vided for. It will take about three
in Philadelphia, an
of mountains, that div|es Mongolia
could bury their dead.
This was
monthi^to
put
the
track
in
shape
for
unusual distinction
from Manehoorla. Evlently such a operation after the contractor has fin­ granted. The losses of the rebels up
has been attained.
route has been found, a» the political
ished his work, so it is not expected to Wednesday, July 30, were reported
It is that, after
situation in the far Easttogether with that regular running of trains will be­ at over 200, while the government
nearly a century of
the military exigencies irlsing out ot gin much before the first of next Au­ forces had had eight men killed and 11
•ontlnuous existence
It, lias led the Itiisslan yivernment to gust. The Northern Pacific will use the wounded. General Mereno, one of the
it has today fewer
hasten the construction if the railway line jointly with the O. R. & N. track peace commissioners, who returned to­
than 125 members
which Is to bring Pekliln direct con to Wallula Junction.
day, says the entrenchments at Agua
and church proper
nection with the Siberia line through
Duice are masterpieces of military art.
ty valued at less
Kalgan.
At the expiration of the armistice
ENGLAND IS WARNED.
than $ 35 , 000 ,
al­
the engagement recommenced with the
The building of this gilway makes
though its members
same fierceness. Nine government bat­
Ivnilar, where it starts Torn the main
|U. s . CH UBB.
Trinidad A»ki for Relief Mtnurci—In Favor talions, which had not yet taken part
have always been
Manchoorlan line, a p»nt of greal
of American Annexation.
in the fight, were still being held in
in the faith and active in en-
strategic importance, ind we shall
EARNED HIS PROMOTION.
London, Aug. 5.— A striking contrast reserve last night,
jring to advance its interests. The
probably learn In time hat It has be
growth of tlic Bible Christians is L o n g a n d V a r i e d M i l i t a r y C a r e e r o f come one of Russia’s pr&cipul military to Colonial Secretary Chamerlain’ s
G e n e r a l Salazar, governor of Panama,
. T, „ „
received a letter from the government
M a j . G e n . J o h n C. B a t e s .
i the peculiar provisions to their
centers In Eastern -ala. From It optimistic West Indian speech
Thors- Genef>1 Moralea I!crtii Haying he is
which compel members to ab-
If long and varied military service troops can be sent at slurt notice south
|from partaking of foods which In three different countries he a valid or southeast, or called for, and both day is furnished by advices from Trini- ; yery enthusiastic as to the outcome,
might dad to the effect that a deputation is and he hopes to win a battle which
ps have been considered neces- ground for promotion, then Brig. Hen. it and the railway to Kalgan ___
> physical strength and health.
John C. Bates thor­ he considered beyond daoger of attack starting from there for London to make will decide the fate of the isthmus,
Bible Christians were founded
oughly deserved his they being covered all ilong the easi a strong presentation to *the colonial ! G®**eral Bala zar, in his turn, is doing
i -
“ iB,and,s flnancial condi. everything in his power to help Gene-
W. Cowherd, of Manchester, |
recent appointment Side by the KMingan nountklns. the
.
‘
ntia( »■ Berti At 3 o ’clock this afternoon
I In 1807. Mr: Cowherd, who was
to be major general, „nsses over which will probably t>< *«'•<>" »h« ’ *
tlon’ T1,e Part-V ,nclu<ie8 , >>flHentlat he dispat.hed further supplies of pro­
Itotalcr and a vegetarian, held
in tbe regular army. held by the Russians. The distance
meat eating was at the base of
Hen. Bates served traili Kallar to Kalgan Is about 05< members of the legislative council and visions and ammunition for Berti s
with credit in tka. tulles, at least 300 miles shorter that the president of the island’ s chamber army at Agua Pul»»-
¡rime of the world. It made men
—L« -■—* «l— w c , omut
Union army during the originali.- pn>y»,.t,.,i
and, because they slaughtered
TRACY KEEP8 MOVING.
«>.* inadequacy of the 4,000 pounds
the civil war, being Siberian linó easf of Lake Baikal refund
pils daily, they were blind to the
of the immigration tax which
through
Klakhta
and
Urga.
on the staff of Hen.
t of slaughtering their fellows by |
There Is not likely to be any frlctlor it is proposed to allot the island. The Seen Near Coulee City, Wish. — Heading for
Meade, and at the
toilet in warfare and by the noose
between Russia and England out ol loss on the sugar crop just gathered is
"Hole In the Wall."
age
of
23
attained
pmlnal law. It made men also
estimated at 50,000 pounds, while- tbe
the rank of lleuten- this action on the part of Russia, En planters must continue to lose at the
for alcohol, and only through
Spokane, Aug. 2.— A Waterville spe-
MAJ. UE*. BATES. a„ t colone] 0( yoj. gland having divested herself of any
larlanlsm, he contended, could to
right to protest by the Anglo-Russlan same rate for an indefinite period or be cial to the Spokesman-Review says:
Jbstlnence be made universal. lie unteers. For twenty years after the convention of 1899 respecting all thal obliged to throw 50,000 laborers on the 1 George McCann has just arrived
close
of
the
great
conflict
the
general
nlned to found a church the mem-
The depu-
...
part of China north of the great wall. hands of the government.
which should pledge them- was stationed west of the Mississippi Any trouble connected with It, If any, tation was requested to remind the wlth a reP°r1 tha‘ at 9 ° clofk ye8te-
in the Indian country, bearing his
Colonial secretary that il Trinidad was ‘*ay morning, about 15 miles west of
share of the hardships and the fight­ would be with Japan. An effort will taken under the American flag, like Coulee City, he passed a man answer-
be
made
to
have
the
rails
laid
the
ing connected with such a post. In |
Porto Rico, the sugar estates could be ¡ng Tracy’ s description. He had the
1892 he had risen to the grade ot whole distance by the end of the com­ run at a profit._____________
horses snpposed to have been taken
ing
autumn.—New
York
Sun.
colonel. At the breaking out of the
near Wenatchee. Deputy Sheriff Friel
Spanlsh-American war he was designs
FIGHT IN PANAMA.
SHE FOUND THE SPOOL.
and City 5Jarshal Deyers left last night
ted a brigadier general of volunteers
to intercept Tracy at Moses lake, the
and during the operations around San A T a l e P n i n t l m c O u t t b e H a n g e r oI Governor Stlaur Say* It h Still in Progress only route that could be taken if he
T o o M u ch H a ste.
tlago he was appointed major general
and Desperate.
is headed for the mountains.
Deputy
One Washington household was
of volunteers. In 1899 Heneral Baies thrown Into a state of confusion one
Washington, Aug. 5.— “ Battle still Sheriff Sedgwick, of Coulee City, has
was military governor of Cienfuegos, morning last week. Mrs. Blank was
been directed to follow up the clew re­
Cuba, and later was ordered to the seated at tbe sewing machine busily being fought desperately.” These are ported bv McCann. Tracy crossed the
Philippines. While commanding the engaged In her work, but she found the words contained in a dispatch re­ Columbia at 6 o ’clock yesterday morn­
district of Mindanao and Jolo he nego­ time to frequently shower her pet dog ceiver) at the Colombian legation from ing and could easily have covered the
tiated a treaty with the Sultan of Sulu Bruiser with endearing terms. Hav­ General Salazar, the governor of the distance between the ferry and the
which called forth milch criticism be­ ing Just emptied a spool, she threw It
point where McCann met the man an­
cause It recognized the existing Institu­ to the dog at her feet Bruiser grasp­ department of Panama, and were in swering bis description.
answer to a message asking that offi­
tion of polygamy. Since April, 1900. ed and, as his mistress thought, gulped
Tracy has declared that he wants to
cial for information regarding the con­
Hen. Bates has been In command of
hold np a hank or rob an express car.
down the spool.
test which has been in progress since
He says he has promised to give the
the forces of southern Luzon.
With a shriek. Mrs. Blank summon Tuesday at Agua Duice, when the
sum of »5,000 within one year to the
B IB L E C H R IS T IA N C H U R C H .
e.1 the member of tier household. They Colombian revolutionists began to at­
The Cost o f Irrigation.
parties who helped him escape from
Those who look forward to the con­ found her seated In the middle of th« tack that place. The officials here are the Oregon
penitentiary.
He is
i to abstain from eating flesh. flah
anxiously awaiting additional news of
floor
with
the
dog
in
her
lap
frantic
making his wav to the “ Hole in the
awl aa food; from drinking Intox- trol of the great rivers of America and j
the battle.
ally,
hut
faithfully,
trying
to
extract
W all," in Wyoming. When there, he
[live liquors of all klnda; from war the use of funds supplied by the gov­
The understanding here is that the
ernment for that purpose |>olnt to the the spool which she told them she government’ s force of 7,000 men is en­ declares, he will be a “ thief among
capital punishment and slavery.
could
plainly
feel
in
the
dog's
throat.
thieves,” and will be safe.
Be growth of the Bible Christiana fact that England has s|>ent al»ont $30,
“ What are you all standing there gaged with a large portion of the revo­
been alow In Amerlea, but the 000.000 on the new Nile dams and oth-,
lutionists who have in the department
for?"
she
cried.
“
Can't
you
do
some
Nilc Dim Nearly Completed,
ladelphla society of 40 members, of er works for controlling the great
thing? Won't you do something? See of Panama about 4,000 men in all.
New York, Aug. 4.— Announcement
|eh Henry 8. Chubb la pastor, owns Egyptian river and making certain the
the poor thing is choking to death! Agua Dulie, about 70 miles from Pana­ is made that the last coping stone of
expensive meeting house of cut crops of the valley below, and that she
ma, is an inaccessible part of the coun­
Look at his eyes! Help! help!”
e. a picture of which la shown In has Invested the sum of $3110,000,00<I for
It re­ the Nile dam at Assouan has been -aid,
Naturally everybody wanted to help. try for ready communication.
says a Times dispatch from London.
article. Mr. Chubb has always irrigation purposes in India during the
The neighbors by this time had ex­ quires eight days to make the overland The Nile reservoir, for which the great
^ a notable vegetarian. He joined. last thirty years. A single canal from
journey, while water communication is
pressed
their
willingness
to
assist,
but
Kin as It was formed, the Vege- the Hanges cost $15,000,000; it has a
very irregular, and is carried on main­ dams at Assouan and Assoiun have teen
when it came to the thing of actually
constructed, will enable wide tracts of
|an Society. M tlie well known Kng- total length. Including tributaries and passing her idol over to others Mrs ly by small boats.
land to bear two crops a year instead
order is plainly called, and forth- drnlnage cuts, of 3.910 miles, and irri­ Blank refused. She would not Intrust
• J one; will bring waste districts into
BAD NEWS FROM CUBA.
I). despite his youth, he was made gates over 1,000,000 acres of land. her dog's life Into other hands than
tillage and will greatly increase the
| editor of the first vegetarian liiug- These works in India, costly and stu­
her own. so she continued the attack
The reser­
He was a well educated man, pendous as they have been, are regard­ with a vigor which Bruiser endure« Natives Art Not Thriving Since Withdrawal area of sugar cultivation.
voir will supply 1,000,000,000 cubic
descendant of a line of Episcopal ed by the English as a profitable In­ with phenomenal vitality.
of American Troops.
meters of water annually. The dam at
zymen that dates bark to 1000, and vestment. There are 8,000,000 acres of ( Finally the little dog fell over from
Washington, Aug. 5.— Discouraging Assouan is one and one-quarter miles
volumes of the magaxine that land under cultivation In the valley of * 1 sheer exhaustion, which called fortt
reports are received from Cuba. There long. The works at Assouan will prob-
he out tinder his direction are still the Nile, supporting a population of more shrieks. For the first time Mrs
has been a great falling off in the rev­ hably be finished by the end ol the
»rded by vegetarian editors as over 5,000.000 people. Elwood Meade. 1 Blank's eyes left the dog's throat enues since the United states withdrew year.
Itlels. He came to New York In irrigation expert of the United States looking around the room In despera from the island. It is reported that
. became head of the Bible Chrls- government, estimates that the Missou­ tlon she saw the empty spool, which the daily receipts at Havana do not
Net Excited Over Marcus.
Church of Philadelphia In 1876, ri river and Its tributaries, If properly had rolled Into a comer Instead ol average more than »5,000. Capital is
London, Ang. 4.— In a dispatch from
controlled,
will
Irrigate
five
times
as
I since that time he has devoted his
Bruiser's throat. Her stare, her gasp cautious, and men of means are wait- Tokio, the correspondent of the Times
to vegetarianism the Is the presi­ much territory, furnishing an opportu­ her whole attitude. In fact, told the ing to see what the government will do says the Japanese press treats the mat-
nity
for
the
expansion
of
surplus
popu­
lt of the Vegetarian Society of
tale, and Immediately the group em­ before investing. The expenses of the ter of the ownership of Marcus island
lerical, and to his church. He has lation that will last the American peo ployed means by which the dog wat government have been largely reduced, (which ia claimed by hh American citi­
Bis fingers' ends all manner of facts pie for a long time to come.—Ray Stan ; resuscitated. Had Mrs. Blank con bat this has caused dissatisfaction zen and also by the Japanese govern­
deductions and statistics, and he nard Baker, in Century.
The correspondent
tinued her hont for the spool In Bruiw among the Cubans who want fat salar­ ment) calmly.
•ves conclusively with these that
Girls often pretend to wonder what er's throat much longer the dog would ies. There are rumors that many of says that public opinion is evidently
letarianism Is Immeasusahly cheap
It Is proper for them to accept as gifts, have been minus bis larynx.-Washlng the officers placed in important posi­ convinced that the United States may
(healthier and pleasanter than meat-
tions are incompetent, and some may be trusted to act with strict justice,
to
Indicate that they have so much of- ton Post.
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png.
not be straight. A general feeling of and that the so-called gnano depnsita
fered
them
that
It
Is
hard
to
decide
Reciprocity Is a good word: If yot disquiet is apparent, which is not a good are illusory, as the lsiand ia subject to
he Bible Christians claim that man
what
to
accept.
But
very
few
men
want frlenda, reciprocate.
designed to be a fruit eater and
indication for the new republic.
{ heavy rains, which wash tbe gnano ont.
hlng else, and that he has artific­ ever bad anything refused.
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