NEWS OF THE WEEK
In a Ciiiiilonsuil Form (or Our
HAPPENING!; OF TWO CONTINENTS
A Resume of tlio Lots Important but
Nut Lost Interesting Evonti
of tho Past Week.
Hllnlit earthquake shocks continue In
Italy.
Whlooealn itHhiirnliiutlonn uto thu or
lur ill llaku, Itiusln.
Tli n yellow fuvor situation nt Now
Orleans In Improving.
Fivn eases of yellow diver linvu been
discovered nt Cincinnati, Ohio.
Thu Kill' between Norway nml Hwo
iltn In widening nml they nru on tho
vergo o( war.
Foreign engineers on tho fonniiltliiK
Ixiard believe n sen liivnl cnunl nt Pnna
nut will provo brut.
Tlio government has eouipleti'd llo
nlili) III tliu tlilnl trial ol tliu William-itoii-Oi'Miur.lllggN
citKii.
My nn explosion In n fumi factory nt
Avon, Conn., seven persona weto killed
mill seven moru (ntnlly burned.
Tint old Grant fitrm of 440 acres near
Ht. 1oiiln, long tint lioino of General U.
H (limit, linn been sold for IIUI.OOO
mill will tin converted! Into mi aiutnio
incnt park.
Western Iowa nml Knntitrn Nebraska
Imvn been visited liy n tornnilo. 1'lvo
people nru known to linvu been killed
nml ninny hurt. Tho property loss
will I hi heavy.
Tim Italdwin airship Gelatine linn
Hindu tho iniHit sueoemifnl lllghl of nny
ulrsl l,i In tlm world. During tlm last
flight tlm aeronaut strlid fiotn tliu ex
IkmUIoii grounds, lno.l tlm street cars
into tliu city, mniiMivered owirHhtt bus
iness Hittlon nml returned to tliu start
Iiik plarw.
KNtln lint ordered n iiinrmitlnii
against Gorman Vessels puttliiK Into
bur jmrtfi.
Tint statu nuilltor of Indiana has lccii
removed hy tliu governor nml accused
of oinlteixlemcnl.
Iteprescntatlvo Mt'CIeary, of M.I11110
notn, favors mi luixirt tariff on coffee to
offnut tho government deficit.
Admiral llojrstvensky linn entirely
recovered from tint wound he received
In tlm Imttln of tho sea of Japan
llnron Komiirn, tho Jnpniirnu peace
envoy, In recovering from hln llliu'nn
nml eipeets to start hoiiiu Octolwr 2.
Tliu prrnlilrnt hnn Approved tint ran
tract for tlio hotel nml subsistence eon
elon on tint I'nnmun caiiaI xono, let
hy Clinlrinnn Khontn.
Tliu Union PnrlhV hnn completed n
second gasoline car nt lln Oiunlin sIiohi
which In 11 gnat Improvement over tint
llrnt. On Its Irinl trip n sned ofjiwirly
h mile n minute was attained.
Nuhrnnkn ItepubllcniiH, nt their ntntu
convention, nominated Chnrhxi II.
littoii, of Fnlrhury, for Jim ties of thu
riupiitiiic court. Kcnoliitioun were nloo
tidoitiil ilciunudliiK action on railroad
rate.
Thu Now York lulnlatlvu commlttio
probing lifu iiinurnucu cominie'
methods ban fnuwd that mioriuotin dlvl
(Imidn are belmj paid, one company pay
lug prolltn uxiccdlii) tliu piirchniiu
price.
Wltte hnn left Amuilcn for Kuropo,
Oymiin mid I.lnluvltoh havo nrrniiKod
uu nriulntlcu.
Many Colotiihlnn laborern oro iHtlng
employed oil thu onunl,
Kwtilun tufiiHim to uhmiKu ternm of
tllnunlon with Norway.
A crank who dcnlicd to neo thu prel
tlcnt mid talk with him nbout tliu prlco
of conl has been placed in uu asylum.
Tlm cxnr hnn appointed Iuln Napo
leon nn governor of Cancanim In hojicg
ho may ipiell thu rtotern.
(lerman dlploumU uru working on a
trudu treaty which tliey hope will bo
iicceptablo to thu United Htaten.
A railroad brldno ncronn thu Xmubeal
river, Hunt Africa, Is IL'O feet nhovuthu
AMiter, thu hlKhctt In thu world.
ThoiiHimda of hiuukkIihI rllles have
been uluil niuoiiK I'IiiuIhIi robuli,
New York ciiHtouis olllcura havo dis
covered that liiijxirtitra havo boon ship.
pliiK ollvu oil Into this country in
rouith, Hi,ty lmrruU ,aboled nmchinu
oil, which pnyn no duty. Ollvu oil Is
llalilo to 40 cents pur gallon duty,
Tho l'ch-TownNiiud railroad hill will
ho Introduced ut thu next nesyon of
connroHH inu:tlcally In thu munu farm
that it pasHod thu Iioiihu lust bohhIoii.
This la thu determination of lloprunon
tutivcH TowiiHond, nnd Kuch, who druvv
ui tho niuiiHiiru,
Huron Koimiru la Borloualv ill nnd
may not bo nblo to roturn to Japan us
noon as planned.
A Btntnpudo occurrod nt n cattlo flhow
nt Hnlnuinucn, Spnlnh, nnd 120 por
boiih wuru injurod.
Thu Mexicnn government hna put n
stop to nil forma of gambling, including
lotteries, In thu republic.
Thu cotton crop of Mexico this year
la ustitnatud ut 00,000 to 100,000' bales,
galii8t 75,000 baloa laat year.
OAOY CROP DEOLININQ,
Rapid Decrease In Ulrthrnto of Oro
Ron nmi Washington,
Washington, Hept. 12.- Tlm Census
Hiirimu through n rcinutly published
bulletin, calls ntteiitlon to thu act that
tint hlrth intii In declining In Oregon
fiinlnr tliiiu In any other ntntu In thu
Union, nml Oregon, which only -15
years K' held tlm record hlrth into of
thu United Mates, in now neat Iiik tlm
foot of thu lint. In 1HIII) tho hlth into
In Oregon wim nearly double that In
thu nntliii United HtaeHj live yearn ago,
accorilliiK to thu hint census, Oregon
had fallen below thu mineral average,
nml well hulow alinoHt every other nla'o
In thu Went, California excepted.
Ori'Kon. a KiMid Hoonuvult nlutu on
IMilltlunl litnuen, nuiimn to ilinnrvu with
Mr. Itoonuvult on thu men nillcldo qtien
tlon, fur Orexoii In tuinhlliiK from itn
lofty ponltlon to tlm foot of thu lint nt n
rate which, If kept up for two motu do
cadiit, will placu OreKon behind every
other part of tho country In thin Im
portant renpect.
Take Wnnhliinton : Thu ni'oril of
Hint ntntu In not to ho applauded. It
In nlinont, hut not iUlte, nn bad an Ore.
Kon'n. Hack In 1HII0. when thrru wnn
n child for every woninii iKitween thu
ivkch of in nml III (which In not raying
llial every woman lint ween mono nen
wnn poifcprnl of 01m lono child), WabIc
liiKtou ntood third on thu lint of ntntei
nn to hlrth rate, belnir ranked only hy
Ori'Kon mid Utah. Hinco then there
hnn been 11 Kradual du line, until, nc
cordlnx to thu ci'iinu of 11100, thu mtu
In nblntou In only 100, flvu hulow
thu Kiiiicinl nvuinKu for thu United
Htntcn.
Tliuit there In Idnho, which In neither
n record-breaker nor n nloiiun. In
1H70, tho tlmuof Itn flmt cciinun, thu
rate wnn "Ifi, It hnn fnlleu hut fi pOr
cent, for tlm Innt crunun hIiowimI It to I hi
till nwny nltoMi the nciiernl nvernn",
In fuel, n rnto that In exceeilet only In
North Dakota, Oklahoma mid Indian
Turrltoiy.
COLOR LINE DRAWN.
Neproo Mny Carry Lotten, Out Are
Undeilrablo at Clorkt.
UlnnhiiiKtou, Hept. li!. The Civil
Horvlco (fiuiuilrflun hnn liven ungngiil
In thu luviHitigntlon of charge of din
crimination ngnlnm negroen in thu tunt
ter of exnmliiatlon for olllcen In thu
Bouthern ntates. Two of tho cnnen eon-
cernlng which inquiry linn been iiindu
arn thonu of William ('. Carter mid
Martin J. Hornby, Ixith of whom nllcgu
they rcnlgnixl under preciuiro from thu
(HMtolflco nt Yniix), Minn,
In thu catn of Hornby tho chnrgo wan
Hindu that ho had leen mnltruntu! nt
Ymoo, nnd thorn cecum to Imi a goiiernl
feeling that tho people of that nectiou
Inul demindiMl that, while negroes
might act nn carriurn for tho Kstolllcn
at that piece, thuy would not hu (vcr
mlttiil to till thu places of clerkn In tho
olllco. Thu Investigation nhowiil that
thu oxauiiiiationn wuro conducted fair
ly, but owing to tho fettling of tho
whlto people It wnn suggested that If
tho nrgrcHM prefer to net nsrnrrlres this
ran be brought about without any dis
crimination hy tho Civil Knrvlcu com
mission agnlunt nn eligible because of
his color.
CANAL HOTEL CONTRACT.
Markal Qlvai Out Tormi of Hit Deal
With Qovornmont.
Omaha, Kept. 12. J. K. Markel, to
whom hnn been let thu contract for
feeding tho lalxirors on tho l'anuuia
cannl, tulny iiindu tho following atatw
mi'iit to tho Assoclatisl Press:
"I presumti that some of thu rival
contrnctora who Hindu bid wcro dlsap
itointe! in not securing thu job. That
in thu only explanation I ran give for
their making charges of unfair dealing.
Kvery detail of thu entire transaction
was open nnd nhovo board, mid nil thu
papers aru on tile In New York, whuro
they may Ihi oxniuinod by tliu public At
any time.
"Thu ntnteinent that tho contract
would amount to f SO, 000, 000 la wrong.
It will Amount to about $100,000 a
month, or from $1,000,000 to ll.oOO,
000 a year for scum years, which in the
lifo of thu contract. Wo will havo ten
hotels, each of which will food from
160 to 250 persons, nnd good, whole
smeo food and clean and comfortabla
accommodations for nil lalwrcrs will bu
suppllwl.
PrlvllcRoi Aru Too Great.
Havana, Kept. 12. Two of thu prlu
clpnl commercial nnd economic asaocln
tlons, responding to n confldcntlal ro
quest imidu by thu foreign relations
rommltteu of thu senate for advico as to
whether thu pending treaty between
Culm nnd Great llrltaln ought to Imi
ratltleil, declaru emphatically against
rutillcRtion. Thu principal reason
given la that Guba'a commercial In
terests nru too Inovltnbly bound to lior
great customer, tho United States, to
permit 01 granting for ten years ouch
privileges to ililtlah ships nnd cltlr.cns.
California la In tho Lead.
Wnahlngton, Bept. 12. Director of
thu Mint ltoborta today Hindu public
hia eatimntu of tho production of gold
nnd silver In thu United States for the
calendar year 1004. Thcau flgurea show
nn Increased production over thu calen
dar year 1003 of $7,i:il,600 gold nnd
8,480,000 lino ounces of allver. Tho
largest gain waa by California, which
increased nbout $3,000,000 tuoro than
In thu previous year, nnd a larger
amount than In any year alnco tho '00a.
Salt River Dam Washed Out.
Kl Paso, Tox., Sopt. 12. Tho Ari
zona Wntur company's costly dam, fur
nishing wntor to Irrigate many hun
dreds of ncros of land near l'hoonir,
with wntor from tho Bait rlvor, was
washed out by n big riao in tho atrcam,
Tho damago will bo heavy
TWELVE ARE DEAD
New York Elevated Car Falls to
Street Delow.
MORE THAN FORTY ARE INJURED
Train Leaves Track On Curve and
One Car Lands on Pavement
With Trucks on Top.
New York, Kept. 12. Through Home
body's blunder, n Ninth nvenuu elevat
ed train wont through an ojion switch
nt Fifty-third street about 7 o'clock
thin morning. Olio car crowded with
ptojilu full to tho street, and 12 per
sona wuru killed mid inoro than 40 In
jured, 14 of them seriously.
Thu cause of tho accident and tho
Immediate responsibility remain to bo
seen, 'i ho inoUiriniin of tho wrecked
train la a fugetlve, while n nwitchman,
conductor ami four guards nru under
arrest. The nwitchman Is charged with
iiinnniaugntoi aim thu trainmen aru
held as witnesses.
Whatever may havu caused tho tula
hap, thu uciidont, thu worst in tho his
tory of thu overhead railroads In Now
York, cainu when n south Ixjtind train
011 tho Ninth nvunuo lino waa switched
off to thu Sixth avunuo lino at tho Tor-ty-thlrd
street junction. Tho motor
man, expecting n clear track on tho di
rect line of tho Ninth uvenue, without
regarding thu warning signal that thu
switch was open, rushed hln train ulong
at a high ratu of njard. Thu first car
swung around tho right nnglu curve,
holding to thu mils because of tho
weight of thu train behind. Then the
strain herumo too great. The couplings
broke, tho second car waa whirled about
almost end for end, and, to tho horror
of thoso who looked on from hulow,
pitched into tho street.
Tho. (i tHtsnengcrn who had not lump
ed from thu platforms and window a be-
(oru tho plunge camo wore thrown Into
a mass ni tliu lorw nnl una ol tlio car.
An the Injured men nnd women were
struggling to freu themselves thu heavy
front trucks of tho third car lull almost
In their iiitdit, as tho cnr Itself Jumped
partly of! tho elevated stiucturo and
wan wedged against a building at
thu
nnd
southeast corner of Ninth avenuu
Forty-thlid street.
EFFORT TO INTIMIDATE.
Witness So Testifies In Land Fraud
Cases Before Hunt.
Portland, Sept. 12. Have the de
fendants In the Willlamson-Gcsnor-
lllggs case tried to Intimidate tho wit
nesses for the government? According
to tho testimony of Camplcll A. Dun
can, brought out yesterday morning by
District Attorney Honey, and unshaken
by tho cross examination of Mr. Hen
nett, tho effort has been made. For
tho tlrst time In tho course of the thlnl
trial tho spirit of sensationalism was
introduced yesterday morning, when
Duncan told of bis visit to Representa
tive Williamson in his rooms at the
Imperial hotel, and stated that tho vis
It had been prompted by the advico and
request of Attorney ltarnos, of l'rlne
villi?, who has llguru has thu silent
shadow during thu three trlnls. Camp
lad I A. Duncan, was called ns tho tlrst
witness ol the day. Ho was call oil in
tho morning nnd thu afternoon found
him still on thu stand.
Thu wtlnivs gave much tho sama tes
timony as at tho tlrst and tho second
trials, though there woro onu or two
more (Kilnts brought out, owing to tho
morn lenient ruling of Judge Hunt than
went put In evidence at tho tlrat nnd
second trlnls. Ono statement pf Im
portance and one that will perhaps play
an lniM)rtant part In tho settlement of
the case, was madu by tho witness, who
told of having had n conversation with
Marlon It. lllgga lit which Higgs stated
that while no written contract could be
madu between Gesnur and tho appli
cants lor timber lauds, yot an under
standing could Iki reached by which
the claimants could know that they
would bo able to soil their claims to tho
II nn of Williamson A Gesnur nt a
siutcii UKuru, ns soon as title iiatl been
gained from tliu government.
Holding Its Grip.
Now Orleana, Sept. 12. Tho fact
that tho general muss of thu people are
not working with the same zeal that
marked thu earlier stages of tho tight la
given hy thu nuthoritiea na ono o( tho
roarona why yellow fever la not declin
ing na atcndlly ua It waa n couplo of
weeks ago. Thu death rnto continues
to bu exceedingly low, because tlio fever
la now only occasionally found among
tho ItalluiiB, but moru new casea are
reported daily than tho Marine hos
pital nuthoritiea expected would bo re
ported nt this time.
Uniforms for Forest Service.
Washington, Sept. 12 In tho near
future foreat rmigera and all Held em
ployes of tho Forest service will bo un
iformed. .Thoir suits, patterned after
army unlforiiiB, will be of .drab greon
tint, thu equipment to fut flier consist
of a gray ihmnol shirt, grny felt lint,
black riding boots and double breasted
overcoat to match tho suit, luittona
boarlng nn embossed fir treo and tho
worda "Foreat Survlco" will bo ueed on
tho uniforms.
-hin in 1 i-n
Crisis In Negotiations.
Ohrlatlanna, ftopt. 12. Tho tono of
tho Norwegian newspapers Indicates
that tho commissioners of Norway and
Sweden, regarding the dissolution of
tho union, have reported an ompasso.
EXPLOSION AT POWDER MILL
Nlnetoen Men Killed and Entlro Plant
a Total Wreck.
Connolavlllo, Pa., Hept. 11. Tho
Hand powder mills, at Fal reliance, six
miles south of Unlontown, woro entire
ly wiped out by an oxploalon May.
Of thu .'12 men who went to work In
tho mills, 10 are known to bo dead. Of
these l.'l have been Identified.
Itesldcs nine of the factory force who
wuro serlotmjy injurod, scores of people
In tho town of Falrchance, within half
a mile of the powder mills, wcro more
or lens painfully Injured,
Tho shock of the explosion waa dis
tinctly folt In Corinelsvlllo, 20 miles
away, buildings being rocked to their
foundations. At Unlontown hunderds
of panes of glass were broken. In the
town of Falrchance there la scarcely a
house that did not suffer damago. JIny
stacks were toppled over In the fields,
and livestock wcro stunned. Tho rails
of thu II. A O. and thu West Pennsyl
vniiia Traction company wcro thrown
from thu roadbed and traffic delayed
six bouts. Train No. C2, on tho li. h
O., had a narrow escape from annihi
lation. It had just passed tho Rand
mills when tho explosion occurred.
Tho windows In tho coachew weie
shattered and passengers thrown in a
panic. A street car on tho West Penn
sylvania railway had also passed a fow
seconds before tho explosion, and was
far enough away to eecapo damage,
though it was detailed.
RIOTS ABOUT OVER.
Baku Situation Shows Marked Change
for the Better.
fit. Petersburg, Bept. 11. Tho situ
atlon at llaku yesterday showed a slight
but perceptible change for the better.
Dispatches received here indicated that
the rioters had madu no hoadway in
their Attempts at incendiarism In the
"black town" quarter, where compara
tive order waa rentorsd and only occa
sional shota were being fired. Several
banks will reopen today.
Oil men, escorted by troops, wero
able for the first time to visit the oil
fields, which for four days had been
practclally in tho hands of the TarUra.
They report scenes of Indescribable de
struction. About three quarters of the
projK-rty there, they say, waa burned to
the ground, and plundering and in
cendiarism continued. Hundreds of
tanks wero destroyed, the pumping ma
chinery is useless, and tho houses of
tho workmen destroyed.
It is impossible to flx accurately the
losses sustained, but rebuilding opera
tions will take half a year If thu work
men return Immediately. Ono of the
oil men estimated the number of dead
at over 1,000, half of whom were killed
in tho city during the early rioting, but
he admitted that the estimato was only
a guess.
POOR FOOD AT CANAL.
Condition at Panama Was Caused by
Abnormal Rates.
Now York, Sept. 11. It was learned
today that a condition of practical star
vation which has several times recently
threatened Panama canal laborers was
ono of the grounds which caused Theo
dore P. Shonts, chairman of tho Pana
ma Canal commission, to accept the J.
E. Markel bid for supplying food to
government employes at Panama, caus
ing two unsuccessful bidders to protest
10 President Itoosuvolt. Chief Engin
eer John F. Stevens has been ponding
dally appeals to tho canal commission
era' heaqduartera to send his men food.
It was said today by authority that
tho laborers who are doing tho hard
work have been for some time in a half
starved condition, duo to thu fact that
tho demand for food has raised the
prices of all commodities to abnormal
figures in Panama. Tho dollar-a-day
men, with eggs at 10 cents each and
bad meat from 20 to 40 cents a pound,
havo go no for two and threo days at a
time without any food except that got
from sucking the wild cano in tho
swamps. They have gathered around
the quarters of tho otllcora, begging for
food, and daily cablea to Washington
for food supplies havo beon tho result.
In this emergency one of tho reasons
for accepting the Markel hid, It la
learned, waa tho fact that ho haa an
organizod forco ready to put into Pan
ama at once.
Agulnaldo Still a Repel.
Manila, Sept. 11. Captain W. P.
ltakor, medical ofllccr of the constab
ulary, Borvlng In tho province of Ca
vlto, while testifying in n libel suit
nglnst the Iteuaclemonto, a native
newspaper, declared that Agulnaldo
was In lenguo with tho native outlaws.
Ho said that evidence- to this effect was
obtained from captured chiefs. "Tho
pcoplo understand," ho added, "that
Agulunldo la tho director ot the outlaw
campaign, and supposedly peaceful na
tives uro aiding tho movement under
tho anmo understanding."
Lay All Blame on Newspapers.
Seattle, Wnsh., Sept. 11. Local
Jnpaneso bollovu that tho present riots
nro stirred up by tho newspapers an
tagonistic to thu government. It la
hollo veil hero that tho Japanese parlia
ment, which ia to convene in Novem
ber, will explain tho meaning of the
peace treaty nnd the people will bo Bat
iaflod. It la announced that, when tho
envoys loft Japan, thero was no expec
tation in government circles ol seem
ing an Indemnity.
Seven Deaths In 24 Hours.
Ilorlln, Sopt. 11. An ofllclal bulle
tin this afternoon announces that 10
now casea of cholera nnd seven doatlis
were roportod during the 24 hours end
ing at noon,
ALL READY FOR
m FTl!1 Wk uwBhp
DIED THAT OTHER8 MIGHT LIVE
Archbishop Cliapelle a Victim of Tel
low PeTcr.
A most regrettable feature of the
yellow fever epidemic In New Orleans
was tho recent death of Archbishop
Cbapelle, who
succumbed to
tlio dread dls-
en so after weeks
of heroic work
and selr-Mcrlilco
In tho Infected
dtstrictof the af
flicted southern
city. Tho dead
prelate had con
tracted tlio fever
while aiding tho
nuthoritiea t o
suppress tho epi
demic among tlio
foreign clement
A r c h b I shop
C h a p o He waa
born In Franco
louis. r. ciiArmxc.
03 years ago nnd was a member of
ono of the most aristocratic families
of that country. Ills health bad been
undermined by his arduous duties ns
npostollc delegates to the Philippines,
Cuba and Porto IMco, yet despite th.it
ho threw himself heart and soul Into
the work of confining tho epidemic to
a small section of New Orleana and
sacrificed hla life In his efforts to aid
tho stricken city.
Archbishop Cbnpello leaves n record
of faithful nnd enduring work, not
only for his church, but for tho nation.
When ho was rector of St. Matthqw'a
Church In Washington he was brought
Into constant touch with foreign dip
lomats accredited to our government
Through his acquaintance ho became
profoundly versed In world's nITalrs.
Ho was a truo statesman nnd took nn
Intense Interest In the progress of tSo
United States. It was hla broad-minded
statesmanship and true catholicity
of feeling that led to his selection as
archbishop of Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Later ho was transferred to Now Or
leans, nnd his great ability and knowl
edge made him the natural selection ns
npostollc delegate to Cuba nnd Porto
lllco. The archbishop's work thero
wns not only In tho Intcrost of the
Catholic Church, but of vital Import
nnco to tho United States, for ho did
much to overcome tho hostile feeling
hold ngalnst this country by tho Cath
olics of Cuba and Porto IMco. lie was
also tho Pope's representative In the
negotiations for tho purchaso of tho
lands of tho Friars In tho Philippines.
Archbishop Cliapelle, as a friend nnd
companion, was without a superior.
Ho wns full of reminiscences, was a
charming story-toller, had a very
healthy lovo of humor nnd a keenly
humorous eye. Moreover ho had much
tact, lie wns deeply beloved, not only
by members of his church, but by all
who cntuo under ht kindly Influence.
In his death the Catholic Church suf
fers nn almost Irreparable loss nnd tho
nation loses a man who was great and
good.
LUXURIOUS ENGLI8H TRAINS.
Valets, Mania unit Numbered Benta
Among lltlier Convenience.
Tho Great Western Ilallwny Com
pnny tho other day run n trial trip
with tho "Cornlshninn limited" express,
which commences to run between Ixm
don and Penznnco, snys tho London
Mull. As wns tho enso Inst Benson,
this trnln will nchlcvo tho world's rec
ord longdlatunco non-stop run between
London nnd Plymouth, 240 mllea In
2(B minutes n speed of 53.7 tulles nn
hour.
Threo entirely now trains hnvo been
built for the service, composed of tho
Inrgest nnd most palatini vehicles over
yet seen In the country". Ench coach
Is seventy feet long nnd nlno nnd onc
hnlf feet wide. A train Is rondo up
of six coaches, with n total seating ca
pacity for 208 passengers, divided be
tween thirty-six first-class and 232
third-class. Second-class passengers
will no longer be carried by this par
ticular train In either direction.
Every seat in tho train Is numbered
nnd tho passenger will requlro a per
forated ticket, half of which will bo
torn off by the guard and sllppod, so
that It cannot be removed. Into a Uttlo
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THE STATE FAIR.
clot at tho back of the seat Just above
tlio he Ad.
Tho fllttlngs of the train are of tho
most sumptuous description. Electric
light and electric fans nre found every
where. Tho chief feature of tho train,
however, Is tlio fact that for tho first
timo In the history of British railways
valets and ladles' maids are carried. In
addition to tho guards nnd dining car
attendants.
Tho ladles' maids oro neatly attired
In a black alpaca dress with white lin
en collar nnd cuffs, a nurso's bonnet
fancy npron nnd a badge In silver
Uirend inscribed: "O. W. IL Lady's
Attendant" The valets wear n smart
sorgo uniform. Tho maids will con
stantly patrol tho train to render ser
vices to ladles nnd children nnd they
will specially watch over ladles trav
eling without an escort The valet
will do overythlng for a male passen
ger's comfort and at a pinch are pre
pared to clean his boots.
Tho new French De Glehn four-cylinder
compound locomotives, tho larg
est nnd most powerful engines yet
seen In this country, havo arrived nt
Swindon, nnd will bo employed on tho
service when It starts.
CORN MILL 02 YEARS OLD.
Vet Doing Duty In a Karat District of
North Carolina.
Tho windmill hero shown Is 02 years
old, nnd has steadily been doing duty
grinding corn. It Is Just as busy as It
COHX MILL KCTETY-TWO TEAM OLD.
over waa, and bids fair to keep right
on grinding for many decades. It Is sit
uated near 8wanqultls, N. C, and la a
landmark which is held In highest con
sideration. Dnlayer.
IIo was n laggard nt wooing and tho
dear girl bad quite lost her patience.
Ono evening ho said In n casual
way, "I'm n firm bellover In tho old
proverb, 'Mnrry In hnsto nnd repent
nt leisure.'"
She looked up at htm nnd smiled
wearily.
"nut, of course," she said, "that
couldn't really Interest you."
"And why not?" ho asked.
"ltecause you wouldn't havo nny
time left to repent In."
IIo thought this over for some tlmo
nnd finnlly saw tho point When ha
left an hour later they wero engaged.
Clovcland Plnln Denier.
Moral Delirium Tremens.
"Hla talk Is entirely too coarso to
suit mo."
"Oh! bo's merely gotten Into tho
hnblt ot calling n apndo n spade."
"I wouldn't mind that, but ho Insists
upon calling lots of things spades that
aro not" Philadelphia Press.
Homethlnjr Wrong.
"Oh, yes, ho's a solf-madu man."
"I thought you said his namo was
Taylor."
"Well?"
"Well, It takes nine tailors to mak
a man." Philadelphia Press.
Treoa "Whloh IVoduoo OIL
In China thoro Is a tree which pro
duces oil. Recently about 1,000 wex
transplanted from China to California,
and at last reports wero doing well.
Why Is it people a I way look at ,
man's socka when he rakes off hi
shoes I