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Long Peach, Cpl.. Bit. 12, The
police are today looking for George
Artemus, n Greek, who Uvea In Oak
land, who Is accused by Miss Jennie
Pardons, a pretty Oakland girl of 13
of having subjected her to terrible
cruelties, In an effort to force her to
marry him. ,, , lf
The girl ran Into the police station
almost fainting last night, and beg
ged for protection. Sho sold that
Artemus had made love to her In
Oakland, and that she had repulsed
his wooing. .... ,
One night, she said, h" was slug
ged on the at recta, P j h .
Kiiuiuu cuiiBciai nf.c ch. i... r-.
self In a room gunnl d by aa SIS'
man who could tir.t ' ,. .?ia
Artemus visited her open ih!rjS
and made violent love f3 rc r-W
lslng her freedom If 8he wobM Kr
pent to marry him. W5
Sho was n prisoner for thn ..i
the glV tnld, h.n th o?;?"'
foil In n fit one day and she eta
Sim ramp linrn on,1 i,,..: r1!.
safe. Last evening she met AS3
IU A fc tlVT.l (II If till KH in Ikn .1
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COLONEL STEWART IS
PREPARED TO UNDERGO
RD RIDING TEST
HA
Hnrjchnucn, Ariz., Sept. 12. Colo
nel William F. Stewart, "the Ameri
can Dreyftr," the Fort Grnnt exile.
I In the pink of condition today for
the 90-mllo test rldo prescribed for
him by tho war department, after
having made a 15-mlIo preliminary
jaunt Inst night.
Accompanied by Mnjor Foster, an
attache of the poH, Colonel Stewart
mounted his horse at Fort Hnuchucu
and dashed ncross tho country to
Hauchuca siding. An hour nnd 2C
minutes later ho drew rein nt the
fort, hav'ng made the round trip of
15 ml leu. Despite the paco nt which
he traveled, the colonol showod no
signs of fatigue nt tho ond of tho
trip, and his hor was In almost iw
good condition as when It loft th3
fort.
Friends of Colonel Stewart were
delighted today whon they lenrncJ
tho outcomo of the ride. They do
not healtnto to express tholr bollcf
that ho will have no trouble In pasn
ng tho 90-mlle test, and are ready
to wa"?er that his horso will finish In
better condition than tho mount of
any other officer rUIng under slnlhj
cumiiuuu.
Colonel Shuyler, coraraandam
tho post, who Is entertalnlnu rniJ
Stewart during his 8ny hero. rfnJ
to discing his gust's chanrM J
passing the teat. It 'a known, hot!
over, umi no snares mr ijcuef tlJ
Stowart will bo succr sfn1 I
The tost required hj the w&t i
pnrimcnt tnnt a moun'cj odicerroH
00 miles In 24 hours n'tual mi, J
This l divided into Mucc days wfcl
aigni Hours ruling epeh day Mr.1
olllcors hnvo taken tur fc3t tuceiJ
rtiily and seo nothln uIITpuU n '!
but they did not e.icotinter thera
(Mtlons whlru confront ColonM S'.
art. Ilu will not i inter n'T?
smooth, well-kent. AaA 'oad "
ty miles in eight hoard on ' K ;n
na desert l pntlreh (Vffcrent j
this senson the thermometer r'ii
rog'stors less than 10 degree J
win b rnys are nustering Altil
bltei the threat and nostrils of tii
nnd horse. The dust i Isc in at
and myriads of gnats swarm In J
air.
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EATALLY BURNED
IN OFFICE FIRI
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(United Pro I.0Act Wire.)
Chicago, Sept. 12. Miss Etta
Oaks, 27 yoars old, nnd George
rost. lfi, wr fatally burned nnd
five porsons seriously hurt by the
explosion of gas todtiy at the ollleos
of the Wall AddhiK Machine Com
pany. Tho vault was lighted by n gas Jo
which not ben tnrnel ff property
last night. The ga eollectNl In the
vault all night, and when a match
was struck today to light the Jet, the
terrific explosion thoel: the whole
building and shnttered the wlndoi
of the ontiro structure
Tho olllcos of the Xddlng Mich!?
Cmnnnnv ware wrofkrit EverTO:
who was thore at f lir Mine was me:
or los hurt. The t"rr nx'u'fif:
books wcro gcattesed a' '' ''flci
into which the vnu't w 1 j
wlilrlwlnil hail striiik I'
MIm Oaks and Fi t '- uncj
rlois when rani ii '
no linn for thrlr r i f
n... -J-i i i.. j.. t -
live nruiiijr in in i i
eral wtll dip.
t wsfxmwmnm''irr)KmaHasssxfa
isp-ttaimwEu
INTERESTING STORIES
FROM WASHINGTON
il'litlMl 'ri l.w! Air. .
Wushlugtmi, Sept. 12. -Down In
old Mexico they llku hnt-atuff In
llternturo.
Consul Uonrnl UnttHtltalg writing
to tho dupurtmunt of aumiuerM and
labor wo tho pooplo' there want to
road tihiulHtlona of lW.iar AUhh
Poc a creepy creutlone, or uaoirotio
Frenrh novuU th consul gouoral
politely duba tho latter "emotional
work ' and no (nine love Idylls or
churnt'ier sketches tttiti sale lu tt
book mart
. it isu'i someth'ng rarv, then it
nuut bo Htlrrlux. Hrlelly, the Himli
tail twmperuiuuut won't stand for
pnstiil In word NVedlM to av.
11 i'ii'- Jninee 1 tabuued.
llut tho take to the works of
ThtMuloio ftoHKveH Uiitteehalk de
clares naively. "Oceaalounlly works
of thillltug routeuiueraneiins Inter
est have grown pomilnr such
ns Tnelo Tom's Cabin." and, of re
cent enrs. l'rildont HooovoU'
published works" Tho "Strenuous
Life appeals to tho dovntQOtt of tho
'Simple Life" In Tabasco land.
I'ufortunntQlw QoUohnlk does not
mention tho six host bollore In Mexi
co City, but he dooa approximate
that 300 lulMcollnueous works. 4000
of current lletlon and 1000 ot stand
ard authors, with 3000 technical
books. Including those on games and
books of travel - nil Importation
from America aro wild every yoars
In Mexico City alone. In addition
nearly 6000 copies of vurlous Ameri
can dally paper, and 23RO monthly
nmgaslnes, are sold In tho capital
ouch month
It would nppoar that tho Spanish
American l Intolerant of "Sunday
txhool Btorlo." lie nuta tho Wind
ot a book that Hushes tho cheek or
makes nhtvor run up and down the
spine Wo thinks tho favorite books
and plays of Americans "too phlog
mRtlc' utwirdlng to Mr Oottichalk,
nnd that' our. qxLum' Htorntur has
too little o.tlurimpulslve and dra
matic Consul Leiulnfts o, of Tuxpaiu,
who also wrltee tho dt'paitmont on
tin snme subject, thinks llHckett
ooqua plays ami Dumas-like novels
IhwI suit the Mexican tarie.
"Chivalrous seutlmunt," he says,
"la h prominent charaeterlatle
among all rlnsee In Mexico, and
novels- of all kinds strongly appeal
to tholr nature If at all worthy of
WetNK read awl the price U moder
ate." It Is somewhat paradox-leal that
the Spnnlah-Amerleftn, who la gen
erally horribly averse to esertlou, to
hardship, and is. lu fart, rather In
dolent, should demand storlee brim
ming with action, seething with
stroauiwlty, or palpitating wth
hardship.
That he should love romanee and
storlee or tho tender pnaatou are to
be expuoted In a hailn temperament,
but why doe he take an Interest In
the works of Theodore UoosovvJt?
Cnutk Coimminirntloiit,
Probably no branch of tho gov.
ornmont aurvloo rocttlvos so many
"crank" communications aj tho do.
partmont of Justice
Hardly a day pasees hut the poet
man brings quorlea from oltlious
ouokliiK solutions of soma liit bIiiim.
tlou. denunciations of governmental
oollrj. offors or assistance and ad-'
vice on how to run things, and. oft-
Iiuih. nnthctlc little nuvwagfta of dU
appolntmont and life failure
Assistant Attorney Oeuoral Uus-
sell roeuntlv rtitnrtia.1 rmm niiin.
homn where ho wont to sAitia ui
certain Indian laud dispute In the!
course of aW work there, he Isautnl I
xubnoeuas to a grat many set tiers j
'Vpon his arrival horo ho Inund a!
curious letter Quo pt tho bion on
whom a subpoena had htftn served
wrolo, "I prav ou mj- honor havo
pltty on mo and toll thy sorvnut thl
matter whereof I am complained i
against and charged vfllh. It was
addressed "To the Uu. Melville W .
Fuller, chief Justice of the supreme
court of the United. ataUa of Ameri
ca, at thf I'llv of Mimkogot" the
foim of salutation with which the
giirnmcnt's subpoenas were hnid
d The writer was puthHIrallv
filghtenel. He Interspersed "my
Iord." and "your Ilouar" through
out, and wound up with an aupeal for
au audleiire, stating his willingness
tv come all the way to Washington
to 'Mini out what the accusation was.
J tittle Hu sell explained the matter
by rUir-
A South no'tnn fMass man re.
rentlvjiddreeeed 49 cloee-eiiarml
tyiiewrhtou pages to the department,
dotalllug his martial vicissitude
ami they were of the variety defined
liv Ocu'sl Sherman's fainoiH epi
gram about war.
The other day quite the meet pus
sl'ng of the recent letters wi re
relrisl It regij:
"M adleon, M. Attorner General
Ilonanarte. As a fawllr we have
h. i nred woet or the 4lme for
the last 10 yetire.
"MItS - "
The late J Sterling Morton was
ml of rotating the story of a letter
he had received when secretar of
agriculture. A young weateru farm
er was aaMdunuslv courting the
dnughtor of n neighbor also a
farmer at whoso homo ho was
wont to Indulge In ocaslo-ol
team' ft eorde T glrl' fnther wan
a voluntary weather and crop ror
desiHindeut and turh was fur.
nlMied with frankfd envelooef and
stnllonory of tho impart meat of ag
riculture. One evening the taitng man mark
od tho sooro on oho of the depart
mont's anvelsuM. I-ater, In Idl) fx
amlnliu It he was horrified to d
covor tho words "$300 penalty for
urlvate hha." in tho upper right hen I
corner Filled with dreadful though
"f nro'ectitlon, tho prospctlvo bono
I let sat down nnd wrote an apnea! -ns
letter to the seerttarv. the br
den of which was "Please Mr Mor
ton don't nrosequte me." At the
nd h's sweolhoart wrota "Pltwse
Mr Secretary. If John has t pay his
tine we won't never bo able to get
married, aa It will tako every cent
he has sjived "
Tho pathatlc aide of the caw ap
pealed id MprtoiV Of course, the-e
was a ridiculous tide too. for the
penalty clause on an official envel
ope rQfora only J.0 Its use through
the malls ho therefore dictate! a
long, fatherly letter to the younq
man. taking cur not to wound him
by pointing out the rid rulousness of
the situation, but merely explaining
It clearly And he closed the letter
by asking for a wedding Invitation.
Pumwiui Itnliifall.
Four and one-half Inche of rain
fall in one hour, aud 1.15 Inches In
only ton minutes. Is going some, but
that Is what they had down In Pana
ma one day last mouth.
They called it a shower, but ad
mit toil that it was the heaviest that
has been record Oil on the Isthmus
sluoe the Amorleau occupation. It
begun about noon and bnted until
9: IS p. in., biht the heaviest precipi
tation was between 8: so and 5 10
o'clock In the afternoon. During
tho three hours there were 7 61
Inchee of ralu.
A part of the roadbed of the Pan
ama railroad was washed away wad
the main of the futon Oil company
pipe line wne broken.
Fortunately the ptecip'tativin we
grentost at notntt where little or no
excavation Is In progre ltxcept
far momoutary troubta with sunken
traaks nnd tho natural aittteulty of
hand Hag mud. the work on the ca
nal proceeded as usual tho day aftor
tho storm.
j curable In the early stages, aud most
important or an, mat u is prevent
nh'e, perhaps more so than any
othM germ disease.
It Ik for the purpo e of dl semlnat
prescut day' Information of the
man ami methods of combatting It
this drondod scourge . that the con
gress has been called.
Each exhibit will bo made up of
mai charts, diagrams, model-' of
well-lighted and veutllnted factories,
together with models of sweat shop
work rooms, aud dark, poorly venti
lated bed rooms where the consump
tion germ finds au excellent breed
ing plan Pictures of dlsnen'nrles.
hO'pltaN and sanltorla where con
sumptives are treated. radJotsiQiihs
and photographs of honlthy and dis
eased lungs will bo shown.
From tho Americans began a sys
tematic Investigation of the Isthmus
of Panama In 1004 u to Julv i, this
yoar, 30.12 miles or borings have
bi:en made to determine the goolog
loal structure nlong the line or the
oanal. Ily meani of these bortnes
suitable foundations for look ami
dnms have beon found, and the
(character of excavation ha' been do
tormined In advance of the actual
ioxouvutlon work
White Plague.
Startling figures as to the spread
or the "white plague" w41l be pre
sented to the International Congress
' Tuboroulosls whloh is to meet In
Washington this month.
"Kveiy 3ti minutes there Is a death
from consumption In the stato or
Now York." is the romarkable state
ment which will appoar on one of the,
charts to be shown In tho Now York
section of the oxhlbltlon. which wPI
bo a feature of the congress
For moro than 20 years scientists
have claimed that tuberculosis Is not
only not herlditary, but that It is
Want 'Law. to Oppoo Vlvl Section.
The antl-vlvlsoctlonlst. headed by
Thomas Nelson Page, the novelist,
are preparing to urgo upon the com
ing session or congraas the passage
or a Mil proh'bltlug or regulating
the rutting up or live animal In the
Dl trlct of Columbia "In tho Inter
ests of sclonee." The bill Ir to rve
as a niodu! for similar legislation to
nutheU 1h the vnr'ous states by
Urnche of the Autl-VlvPectton so
ciety Thnt doge rounded- up for the
pound have boon turned over to
medical students fdr experimental
purposes and that they have beon
subjected to oruol torjtures. oft-times
without tho administration of an
anesthetic. U freelv charged by
'eede of the ociety h,tre.
"It i- h nUiie BlAssne,iH ot
the intllctlan of scffrng unon
the klles a'mals todax." said
Mr' Urry H. Ttn. 0" or th" "f-
flcers o' he society, "thnt Is the
strongest argument against vivisec
tion, and trv as they may. lt advo-o-
ce" adde a 8lncl n
Hnc wherf'n It has provod of as
hUtanp ti d'Bcovnrlno whlcli have
augmented medical science.
"In the heart masage axuerlments
being conduct ml at one of tho Wash
inzton hosoltali. In the course of
which rabbits aro tied down to the
vln tables ind cut to pieces
while aeony racks their bodies un
til at last nierc'fut death comes to
relieve them, tho results, by the
wordB of the surgeons themselves,
can prove nothing.
"A rabbit dies under the knife,
but the surgeon Is delighted nnd
says- "if It had been a huroari be
liiv tti avnarlm. n ' ' ' i:l
eeedetl.' Th utt.r i '
thv an larn not 111: '
Inw liv th 0iirlini ' -4 'l
ment would seeju ' x"
they do It?"
lln.icntnn I tllAI-ltlltl SfflK
Ilousotop lileach. a ',n1
nor blench are snii i -a j
t fow days ago lame M V!
who owns a nonio .n -Amorlonn
league wl ni ,
I..in'.ll o n.nAl.1,,' IV 1 "CJirt-
ing roof seats to ,.'1 t ' rs " ,
restetl on tho cliarnf i w "z
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an (jimiriiiiuuirin
.. ..
out a license. . . ,i
The legal shat ', ; Z
McVIlster gsillty. but 'f '
JIIUKU IIHUIiy unwf. -..,,M
commlttod no offenw In ';;'"
tho law. It Is assuni' i' " --, ,
a i... !.. V..tl. r ' '
cntogory of "enten
, a ij
i .- r iimU'
- rffiP'-OH
v,. -dSWttl
.. ' r ' w3
i i ta H
A solemn wphm
sued by the civil r
to tho nrjny of ";'
In Washington "'
side-stepping their
ducUvognmoofuol.'rf ,,
It seems imu f - u
f l.na l.onn tli i r.i. Cl .".,!
mnny government n f
to resign so that h nj
offlco In their boni. " .titi
othorwlso become r. - sn$it.,
pouucai wurit. ,0j,
niinr ci-ii-i --
looks good to thm , u w i
But this year h bWs
lntataments. a t, -The
order read" as r
"The comroissKin u eatl
lUHUpfiiut-wv ' . In ia
attitude toward en" ; ' M
sifted service who r. h engU
canuiaaies ur u..- . h0
notlve po'tlcal work a; w
ward eek relnsta'er; cUci
"Inasmuch as the 1- t
tlftonte is disrrtKr ' i
...mtssinn. no re . lfcA -r
i,...i in nv case wtt"v-.
' " r"'.:.r, rt"'. i
seeking remsiai- e
dulglng In a Joff.rrslk
tlvlty wnicn w""' -, i ,errK
h hd remainedjntne--
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