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-THE, EVENING -JOTHNAIV r'pOKTIXrVimV QHEQOMrr THITKBDAr. IjUNE, 1 20 .1903. iO: ! t ,- To Welcome Pythians in. brand style in "i: August. " - (Journal Special Servloa) . , , SAN FRANCISCO. June 2. During- th , Uennlal National gathering ot Pythian i this city next August all th supreme sodie of. tha order and It affiliated tranches will be In session,. Including the Uniformed 'Rank.: Dramatic Order, Knights of Khoraasan and tea Supreme Temple f Rathbon Siatera of the War Id. The Grand Temple of California and It ubordIntea, in the jurisdiction re making systematic preparations far xhe reception and entertainment of the rtaitlng hosts, and committees, repre enting every county and section of the . state, have been appointed to enlist the co-operation of their neighbors la the , work. ' V The Rathbone , Blaterav-have planhed receptions, entertainments, balls, excursions and the distribution of flow ers and souvenirs to the ladies from the East. t t , '-, , ' LEPERS IN . : i NEW ORLEANS .' (Journal Special , Service.) NEW ORLEANS, June Last week the Board of Health, at the suggestion ot " the" Board of Control 'of "ibeTeper-honieT began, to put in force the law requiring the confinement ot all lepers in the home. The board obtained the names of 17 lep ers In New Orleans and took the neces sary steps against them. This requires that they shall appear before the District .Court snd be declared lepers. -.. v :. The first cases failed, Two-' women of good families were summoned before the court, but disappeared before': the trial and have not since- been discovered The board proceeded more artfully and John Bagmera was taken' in cbanre by' the Deputy Sheriff and not releamid until an examination could be made In the Dis trict Court today. The experts declared his disease leprosy and the yotmg man was removed to the leper home at Jor dan Camp. Bagmera ha "eaten nothing since his conviction and declares he pre fers to die, t The Board of .Health an nounce its intention to eonftna all lepers and stamp out a disease tliat has pre vailed In Louisiana, tor a century. " DAWSON 'MINE i . OWNER MISSING -v J, , t? . . (Journal Special ftervloe.) TACOMA. Wash.; June ' 2l.-Dwaon dispatches say that- the greatest enac tion of several month has been oc casioned there by the departure of Frank Klrkpatrlck. owner of Claim No. 36 on Hunter . Creek. - Hla whereabouts . and destination are unknown." HI llablll ties are placed at 9100,000, $20,000 of this . being for wage owed men Jiow at work As a 'result ot .KlrkpatrlckTa disappear ance Jennie .Kauffman.; hi cook,.' took carbolic acid and then shot herself. When interviewed she stated that, despondency caused by the fact that tha wages due from Klrkpatrlck comprised all aha had in the world, and led her to attempt self' destruction. She will recover, SKULL CRUSHED L- BY ELEVATOR : (Journal Special Service.) NEW TORK. ? June 2.-Katherine Oal lagher, a patient at th City Hospital on Blackwell'a Island, was killed InstanOy while being removed from one ward to another on a floor beyow on an elevator. . The woman was., being carried on a stretcher. When the elevator reached the first floor th stretcher carrier lifted one end and James McBride, the elevator man, took hold of the other. They had Cot the stretcher about half way off when th elevator auddenly rose, crush - ing the woman's skull In against the top of the door. ' , . , s Bit Off Host's Finger. (Journal Special SBervlce.) SAN RaFAEL. , June 26. -Because he wa dissatisfied with the menu of din nerr at the William Tell House, Fran cisco Borgia, a Swiss laborer, bit off the : finger of Joe Albert!, the "proprietor of the .hotel. ... Borgia, who haa boarded at the William Tell House for several years, ; came .to- dinner today somewhat above , himself, and proceeded to pass untom ; plimentary remarks concerning the age i.. aid. quality of the viands.. ... , when Albert! ' remonstrated,- Borgia gVappled with him, and in the melee ached Albert!' Jeft hand middle finger In hi teeth, completely bit-ng it off be low the nail. The Injured man had hi wound .dressed by a. physician, but stat d th la. evening that he will not prose cute Borgia, whose friend h has been . for some year. ':. '. . V) Tired o! Waitins; for Bonuses. (Journal Special Service.) VANCOUVER, b. C. June ai-Prasl. lent Hendry of the project .d Vancouver, Victoria , ft- Alaska, ha announced that weary: of waiting for bonuses from the Dominion," his company . would connect with th Great Northern at Westmln ter, bringln th Great Northern road llrect to Vancouver.under the Vancou rr, Victoria J Alaska charter, and al to extend the line from Westminster ihrough the rich coal and precious mln ral belts of Kootenay, connecting with :he Great Northern under the Vancou rer Victoria Kaetern charter at th toundary in Kootenay. - 1 - Vastly Different. Mamma Everybody say th baby I !Ul 41K Bm;,;.';!;.-;.! V vJ..! rapa Well, tt' not It. '.hisn't ' ipokeh ward and it' air months old " FILIPINOS TO ' VISIT BOSTON . (JouraU SpectaJ Senrioa.) . ,. BOSTON, Maaav Jun At Fansutl Rail this evening the I j Htm. " Sourke Cockraa speaks under the auspices f the 'New England Antl-Xmperlaliat League.- ,The purpose of the meeting, which has aroused, considerable interest. I to 'demand that representative Fili pinos be ' allowed to om her and to urge that "recent disclosures regarding the conduct ' t oldler -are Illustrative of mischievous " results sura' to follow Jj-iui- -. - m,.mm i i i. hi g n liwuiin J-. ui mi ' .u- I t - i r t I ':'..'. '. - Y , . i :' . .. r' ' 'i.x 7 :Wf.w: . ' " t ' ' 'W," '". ....- v :!,.'-;' ; - ..! - i ' ' ' - - t ' S ii i i hi ii i r - -s .i,.... i MRS. BROMLEY. . Married daughter of Lord Pauncefote, late British .Ambassador :to this country, who, accompanied by her day irom new York to take tne statesman's remains to, England. r , i - li.'i V" i r ' MI55 AUDREY A it at. - , . . 1 ( ! J - "ft iiArin 'miMi )ff vn r" Daughter of the late British Ambassador to this country, "who ' sailed wefrr4aw ;, with httr mnihitr ant sister In tilr tk .faiaii ..-.!.. to England. -1 , a' colonial . policy, and to demand tne abandonment of, tht policy,'.' : . : ,:. TO BUILD TO SEATTLE. r (Journal Special Service.) BUTTE, Jane 26.-St. Paul having lost considerable - Montana-raffle owing to the' merging of th ; ' Burlington with the - Northern Transcontinental lines, it ha decided to Invade the Montana field with a line of its own.' The survey of route is now being made.,.. .. It la said, that 3X miles ; of th road wljl be built wlthn a year; also .that the St ' Paul road will ultimately build to the Coast, terminating at Seattle. Arkansas Republicans. (Journal Special Service.), ; LITTLE ROCK, Ark.- June 2.-The Clayton forces are' In supreme control of the' Republican state convention in sea- siorv'here" today and the result will be the nomination of Harry H. Myer of Llttla Rock for Governor. ,. Th revolting element ha vine failed to capture the majority of the delegate, now purpose to place a rival Republi can' ticket In the' field headed by Chas. D. Greaves of Hot Spring. lit th fait election the rival factions will 1 measure word in! a final strugs'i to .determine which ahall be recognised as the legiti mate Republican party of Arkansas, and a such be entitled to th control of the Federal patronge.- ' ' 1 -' Th "new directory luat Issued bv the Columbia Telephone Company shews that Company to be growing. 111 IIIDIM1AP0LIS tiii'' "i Christian -EndQavpr Societies TillUhe- City; Li (Journal Special Service.) INDIANAPOLIS, Jone M.The capital city of Indiana to ' in 'vth . hands f of . the Christian Endeavorera.- Delegate to the. mother and sisters, sailed; yester 1 1 n ij; km i V PAUNCEFOTE. ' - tate convention hav' been Wiving throughout the day, and the indications are that the attendance "Witt-exceed WOO. The city I in gala attire in hoiKjr of tne guests. m , ci i The largest delegations, so tar are from Muncie, Marion. Richmond; Evahsville, Terre Haute and South 'Send. ' The for mal opening takes place in Toinllnson Hall this evening ' when there whT be music by a choir of &X3 voices' and 1 ad dresses by the state president. C. S.! Medbury of Angola, and other leading workers In the society. The program is pne'.of the best ever arranged by the state organisation. ,Th open ideetings, with' prominent . speakers, are to be held In the evenings whll th day will be devoted to conference of the various deaprtments. . r ; - - T DENVER FULL . OF DIVINES : .' . r. '-'.,..-.'-.-- j. - . ..' . .I' ijn y.;:y.. - t'' 4,- ....-.(.. in ;.. - DENVER, Jun -he Mth Interna tional Sunday 8chobl ' convention, which begin It sessions "in - Trinity Methodist Church this, evening, has attracted more than 1000 eminent divine v and Sunday school worker. Theyihave been pour ing Into the city during-4he past M hour from North, - Kast-i, Souths and VWesi,; California and Maine will be equally welt represented and , from ; all. intermediate tatea and from the Canadian provinces the delegates have coma to attend what promises to be the greatest rsllgioua fathering of th yea f -ti:d ' A CAUGHT DISEASE: 'l-ROM' MONEY (Journal; Special Service." - f CHICAGO. - June 2.--Eryspelas. ... con. traoted bv handllna monev In which, the disease germ ' was lurking, has'' nearly caused the death ef Thomas J. Noonan. treasurer 'Of the' Illinois Theater. Dr. Theodora C. Goesaelo say that th young man's aiBlotloa was caused by a baciUua erysleplas 'which made It way from a piece of money to Noonan's Anger aad later-found lodgment In the VtcUm's nostrils, where a alight abrasion gave It a field for operattoa. '' , V'vf The young- maSi lay at the point of death for several hours, but haa passed the crisis .and probably .will recover,: ? Money in Poultry. (Journal Special Service.) . ST. PAUL. June M.--Last year the poul try industry of Minnesota produced tlO, 100,000. of which more than 16,000,000 was represented by W.0O0.00O doxen eggs, pro duced by about 10,000,000 chickens, ducks and geese, and more than 12,000.000 repre sented th value of the poultry " raised during the year, iitt, , '.-prominent KRnnesota. poultry author Ity say the poultry Industry n MinneeU has juat commenced and that in .the nsxt five veara ita annual product will .be more vtban" doubled.-' PIRAT 1 AD RICH BOOTY. ; . . i (Journal' Special Service.) f RTK-ON-SOUND. N. T., June 2.-Suni mer, residents iontha 'Boton Post road and Mlltotf Point road participated to a three-mile chase ton the Sound after two pirates, who ' had robber four country residence, for ra, distance of three-mile jsaflyJaFj rtin7Tand capiuSari4 them' after several shots had been Bred al htm liwilii niimim TJla eomnanion escaped. They had stolen silverware and jewelry valued at about $3000. A Question of Conscience. A rnn waa tasking to his fellow-travel- re m a Pullman smoker. "On one occasion." he said. "I was down in the mountains of Tennessee, where everything Is primitive. - and -on Sunday I attended a Baptist churchy! Much to my sutrprise and Interest, the women) were seated on one side of the house and the men on the other. had never aeen .anything of the kind before, and after, service were over I spoker to on of th members about It as he waa a pillar of the church, and a man I knew quit well. , "We have alway. o.one It-that way, he said in explanation. 1 .' "But whyr X persisted. V ' t " So's to - worship God accordln' to our own conclencea,.,as th Constitu tion pervld,' he replied, in a matter-of-cours tone. , ,.- . . ";,':p. : I " 'But airing on ? opposite ldes it the chureh; doesn't make any difference With your conscience, does Itf I kept en. ' .V--- ; ; ' : Doesn,ts:itT' he-aaid, wth emphatlo confidence in the knowledge that it did. Well, it make all the difference in the world. 3o you mean to say that a man kin set over there alongside his wife, where she kltx .sudae him' in .the short ' ribs with her elbow every time we preacner aays someimng soe imnae fits his case? I say, kin a man do that and worship God accordln' to his con clencje? Not much, h can't I reckon, nexwhere, an' pertickler not In thla neck nr wood.' . . ,"' . ' . "The explanatton and th argument oarried conviction beyond all "controver sy, and I had no more to ay," Kansas City Star. ' .f U- " ' His Advice. , -, Srrwnge replies are often received by wtves; who wake their husband fOr bur glars, leaky waiter pipes,' etc, i in the early' morning. Mrs. C. wife of a certain Government official In Baltimore, ia dt cldedly nervous and- has frequently 'Ijeard things." One morning last week ahe thought she smelled gas. Bravery came to her mysteriously . and she crept" downstairs to imvestltrate.t After smelling about for .some minutes, she rushed up stairs, called Mr. C, then shook him and at last aroused him. Then ' this was heard : - "John, there's a leak in the gas pipe in the kftchen. We'll all die If It ia not fixed." lieAks had been heard of before, and Mr. tJ. sleepily .nskvd. " "Is It a-lcakias much how?" -i "Not much!'' acreamed hi wife, and then as Mr. C. turned over, this Sooth ing advice Was giveW: f ' "Put . a bucke under -it and cora to bed.-ffiaItimore. Sun. . - Color Combinations. : If one" can't haive a French gown, there Is no law to prevent her taking home the pretty colkr combinations seen in them and carrj-ing thern out In ' sltnple material. SZlk gowns - may swear at cotton laces, "but colors properly com bined are always harmonious.' c - So here be sonse gowns, them you can. ' i , Get all from A Worth gown is rendered In white Irish guipure over string-colored chiffon, belted and strapped with vlvldf emerald velvet . , y--vv . A gown of soft cigar-brown ' colored canvas has a. basqud blouse-bodice adorned with, embrolderetl taffetas ' to match and thick brownish net 'With coffee-colored- guipure. ' Th' dress wa crowned witla a delightfully mad' hat of differently Mhiaded nasturtiums, and a parasol era'broldered In ribbon-work ', to match. v ;;-f ?"v- ,..... Sit.'f.s:r A pale-r.'een linen gown . incrurted with guipure hrid a quaint arrangement -ot-llt-tie ribbon bows in a darker shade, which successfully toned down the hard appear ance that linen gowns arenerally possess. A most, (effective harmony was given by meana ? r pettteoat and , parasol, which were both of mauve taffeta, th former having- wide black lac Bounce . Inter- .fjetsd Twittt ttf phjkjdjflttf i ruche, ot taffet.as. . ' - V- ; Right Nowlfgi fiiMMSlMl. ahlvaeiMeT1lA aate Wo thi weather-In lttart.'?'.f f-f Bteldefnt-Oh. no.' ' Bomtlme w liava It la Jujly.or Augut. ; iU ii i'tj-:, .". - r y !--rt -r n rn) n (T: I m r m BBS ' VrTLum sv M 'Si.:-. T M . is:-, saw . r-i - . I VOTE FOR At. AS THB 0N8 TO TAKE TUB Journal Vacation Trip. - DISHONEST POSTAL CLEKRS "It is because one man think himself a tnne smarter man anotner. tnac maKes hla thoughts run Into dishonest channels," said 'an old postofflce Inspector. J'l can account ' for the frequent arrests In all part, of th country of employe of the postal service, especially clerks tn post offices and letter carrier, only upon this hypothesis, and that .there la an inher ent' streak in his composition of dishon esty, because he knows better Vjhan the public that once we get - after postal thieve we never stop until we land them in JalL And still they go on all over land pilfering from letters; believing themselves safe, It must Jar, some of them when they tumle into the traps w et . ' -..- - It 1 a matter of corresponding inter- est to remember that, as these dishon est clerk well know, the trap, which places the . manacles around . their wrists is the same old trap. Ilka th sam old bear trap, reUable and eertaln.'ito. hold fast "once it Is . : sprungr. only catches their pilfering hand Instead of their feet. It Is the decoy letter which the, postal thief quickly and alyly picks up and secretes about his person or else where, and once it is in his hand th trap J is sprung; the hand of the inspector on the. case closes about hi wrist and nc walks to. the station house' to ruminate how easily he was caught once the in spector decided upon the man of th force' who wa, the guilty among th honest- ": '. v ' - . 'Now, 'sine - every postal employ in the United States know ' that one th Official are suspicious of theft along hla route or postal car' run, that' th lapec tors lay all sorts of trap to land him behind the bare, why Will , they ' ateal money tetters with apprehension ' praci tlcally Inevitable? . Because human na ture 1 tire sam In all callings and th postal employ ! cast In bo different mold than the rest of us. it Is only his epvlronment. Te. ihey know instantly," Instinctively, whether a letter contain money, aa a bank teller Can tell by th feeling of a bill before he i look at . it that It U counterfeit. ; W" know' thl. too, and'that 1 th reason why w fish for them with the decoy letter and land them, thus safeguarding th publlo .and tha department from loss. . ", , ' v- ?Th . dc6yletfer : look 7ho""dllfejrnl from any .other letterr. and. it feel' just th aanta ' tO ; th dishohest hand of th postal . thief ;"a : any letter-.' containing money, "v7 usually place from three to five marked Jl bills in the envelope. Th inatabt the finger of th dishonest man atrlp aioog tha nvlogf jrft aow 1 rrf-TT -TTTls TA T A TT", .0 (Ui One coupon every be given for a week's paid In advance sub scription; twenty-six votes will be given for a: month's paid tn advance subscription, and seventy-eight votes will be given for every three months' paid in advance sub-, scrlptlon. - - ' .. : :: -: CUT OUT that it contains money, and ha will steal It if he ean. Because of, his eagerness and disinclination to let any letter with money go by w' ar enbled to catch him when w learn to certainty the rout Upon whiehv monty letter are tolen.'',f U. J. ' "Some employe are vry foxy, and go a long tlm peforp. thy ara detected. They often try to plac tha guilt upon an Innocent fUow carrier in this way. making up their routea and getting their . mall from tha, distributing table, they hand! th mU belonging to other oarriers. It !', a,n ,. ay thing 46 detect money, letters In th other fellow' lot and include thm in their own, to be pur loined at lelsur .and aultabl opportu nity. Suspicion ngtuMlly faU upon th innocent carrier and. he Is placed under eert survelllanc. Decoy i-. lejtsr ar malted and by other, means It I sndeav ord. to fix th guilt upon him. If our usual method fall w too, become sus picious that an Innocent man Is' being worked. Ws drop him and try to locate the actual thief, and It I not long be fore we have him 'in Jail". Sometimes two dishonest employe'' will work . to gether, out as rut portal thieves ar like the Ion highwayman and prefer to go it alone,' - - - ? '- ; Tou see.: th dishonest 'employ fool ishly believe that, h can beat the yam and an arrest In a large ofUce has only a temporary ' deterrent ' effect . upori the other crt; thieve therein. . They ar more cautlou. and may perhaps II low for a brief - tune, but hot for; long. It 1 a singular but true official fact that one La man begin to 'steal money letter he seldom voluntarily stop, ana w nave had ' men jronfee that they had been at this nefarious ' business' for - years, and wpuld hav remained at ' It as long ' as they wer in th service but for their arrest- It lava eay way to make money for the tlm being to the clerk or carrier who salary doe not meet hts expenses. He become emboldened by tha confidence In his cleverness to secret th money letters, forgetful that with each report of-theft the efforts of the inspeetors ar redoubled to entrap him, and the closer are drawn the meshe Of tha net slowly but surly beig' entwined around htm. Very, of ten the guilty man 1 positively known to the" Inspector for month be fore they can catch him red handed, th thief in the meantime believing himself undetected; Washington Star, r. 7 ; j.; 'Zoological. Trl lot ail th Strang oreaturea of th ani mal kingdom and of the vast variety of strange, thing on. which they exist, man U thi onH an!! that t pla, . . m o o To the most popular young woman in Port land The Journal will give a ten, days trip o the sea sid?JLandipay.her ex- penses down and ; back, , , and her hotel bill while there. To determine her v popularity a vote will be ? taken and the one receive1 ing: the- most votes - will 11 get ' the trip. The one t getting the next highest number will be given a "- trip lasting from Saturday ! to Monday, all free. ' The ; . one who is third in tne fist will receive a trip up the lordly. Columbia and return, c "' x, . This is a chance for the worthy young women who nil busy places in the city to take a vacation CONTEST , CLOSES JULYl5tH. day. Six coupons will THE COUPON. Love's Dream Dispelled. ; The' light burned din '- tha parlor of -the Miggs mansion. .Two person were in the room, but furniture, for one waa -more than ample for both, M : Th plaid coatsleeve of Leander 3. Bol Ingbrok wa wrinkled about th lender ' waist of Cleopatra Wlggs, fairest of the.' fair, and heiress to a barrel of money. . Her shapely head lay on Leander J.'s waistcoat as ,lf she might be sislng up. th chance of hi being able to stand for an insurance policy. And tW beat ing of their own hearts was all th sound they heard. Until ' after a ' while. Then ' another sound waa heard. It cam from th back ; stairs.; It was a sound as of the tread of ' footsteps. It cams and It came, - It was headed for that parlor. . . Leandar J. recognised the sund. He ' ro and turned up the light. Cleopatra ought a chair less adjacent. .. . . . . Th door opened. . . On th threshhold '. stood thb proud head of the house, iStl-' lagatawncy Mlgg. Cleopatra' pa. "Good evening Mr. Mlggs," said Lan der ; J.t :y hJ' ' . ''Good . evening Bolllngbroke," - respond d the proud Miggs, : andhia aooent on th "'broke' was apparent. ; ; ' Then ther waa a pause that weighed ton. , r - ' . . Presently Leander J. came to. He had been collector, for a house that sold wash boilers on the installment plan, and hard : propositions were hi forte. : " "Mr. Migga,, said he,- "your' daughter t fovea me and I love her. If s tip to you now to say when ahe shall be raina" ' Tha proud Mullag&tawney Mlgg' lifted -hi good right hand aloft and then lifted hi voice. ; - ?:V v ;. ' ; "She shall be yours, young man?' said he. "when the New York fetch' the pa nant; homef 'vl:'; ,' r" - " ' Cleopatra-rose,' She pressed ber'brow.' .She took a lap or'two Tound tha' roonv Then the full import of her stern father" cruel ultimatum broke upon her. . -- ; VParted forever r h cried,-and went g. down with a dull, sickening thud.. . . . Txve'a young dream had been knocked higher than the price of beef. Chicago r. Inter Ocean, ' .'',..- . ' A Chance Yet. ' ? am"7afraa.n"ald th ' Wgh-broweoT" bard, "that my poetry will never attract ' publlo attention." fc '" "Cheer up," aatd th loyal companion, ( "Maybe you'll get appointed to tfflct . on of these day, apd then everybody v will talk about your potry.Washlng ' toa Star. , i i .I' :'.-'- . -.f !