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Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1897-07-10
AREA s. so q

inal main track use. Experiments with
the renewed rails in actual service
proved eminently satisfactory.
In the accompanying illustration are
shown three sections of worn rails.
The sections given show the different
ways in which steel rails wear. togeth-
er with flowage of metal. e., excess
i've curve wear, ordinary curve wear,
and tread wear The fact that these
different forms of worn rails, varying
in weight from $40 pounds to 800
pounds per yard, were all renewed to
the standard G, weighing % pounds
per yard. demonstrates that the maxi
mum reduction due TO the process need
not exceed % pounds per yard and the
resultant product of any lot OF worn
rails will be within five pounds OF the
original weight.
In sections of rails shown in the sec
ond illustration the original rail was
of English make, and was in the track
Twenty-Five years. In the rerolling
process the rails were altered to admit
the use of modern joint material.
In operating the process the rails
We're charged into a furnace that was
sufficiently long to accommodate the
/ whole rail. After being brought up to
a bright red heat the rails were drawn
/ from the end of the furnace opposite
/ to that used for charging, and carreh
/ by a steam-dMven carriage to the back
/ side of a three-high set of rolls. ana
entered between the top and middle
rolls. After passing through they fell
upon driven rollers, and by them en-
tered into the final or finishing pass be-
tween the middle and bottom rolls
They were then carried to the hot saws
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1897-07-10
Uniaue Marriage Custom.

"They have a custom in one portion
of the New Hebrides," says writer
about the South Seas. (which Is, to say
the least of it, unique. In one OF the
islands there is a large broken gully
In the mOuntains-th Americans call
them CANYONS. At one spot this can
Won is about eighty yards across, ana
on one side. situated near the top or
the ridge there is large ledge OF rock.
When a young man has made 1t right
with his inamorata, he, on an appoint
cd day betakes himself to the canyon
in company with large numbers OF his
friends and friends Of his tiancee. The
GIRL being a deeply-interested party,
acts as a kind of missile-holder to her
future lord and master. From the OPP
nosite side to the rock ledge his tayi,
ar task Is to throw stone on to the
lodge If the stone remain upon the
rock the ceremony Of marriage Is com
Melted. If the stone should roll off, as
If very often does, the marriage is de-
ferred for ten moons. during which
neriod both candidates for matrimony
are debarred from entering upon that
holy state"
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1897-07-10
TOWERS OTHER TREES.
Great Cottonwood 12S Feet High and
Over 400 Years Old.

The largest tree in the Mississippi
Valley, one of the three largest cotton
wood trees in America, was recently
discovered growing and tlourishing two
miles north of Evanston, ILL.,, ut Gross
Point. within a few feet of the edge
of the lake.
Many trees have been renowned in
history because of the events which
have taken place beneath their spread
ing boughs. The charter oak at Hart
ford, the Pennsylvania treaty elm at
Philadelphia, the haunted pecan trees
at Vieliere's in New Orleans, adj these
have their places in the chronicles of
history, not for any inherent superior
ity or any freaktshness of growth, but
only because of some accident Of selec-
ton.
But the Gross Point tree is a mon
strosity of nature. 1t is a huge cot
tonwood, 12S feet high, that towers so
majestically above the rest of the
neighboring woodland that the other
trees seem like diminutive pygmies of
singularly stunted growth. 1t stands
as straight as an arrow, and its lux
uriant foliage spreading out under the
sky seems to be lost in the blue clouds
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1897-07-10

Guilty in handling them. The manu-.
facturers of the new wonder claim to
have overcome the difficulty of using n
big machine ON anything but straight.
away track.
The construction of the double
quint" is being guarded with the great.
est secrecy, only the designer and two
of his workmen being allowed to see 1t,
The frame is n combination of double,
truss and triple brass design, which
will be amply strong enough to safely
support the weight of ten ordinary
riders on the average good road OF
track. The most peculiar feature OF
the machine, so far, is its chain. There
is only one chain, which runs the whole
length of the machine. The chain runs
over the tops of each of the ten sprock
ct wheels, and Is prevented from the
possibility of jumping the sprockets by
overbearing oilers.
The machine when completed vii
weigh about $50 pounds, and will carry
l 100 pounds. The wheels are about
twenty-eight inches in diameter will
two and Il half-inch tires, The ma
chine will be Steered by the man IL
front, and will be geared according t
the wishes of the men who ride it,
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1897-07-10
TonmY's idea of Babies.

"Babies are usually young. Now
and again specimens may be found of
twenty years and over. Real. live, I'M
mistakable, heard-a-mile-off babies are
always young.
"Pabies have features. With a good
microscope you can see baby's nose.
1t has a high fOrehead-one that goes
right over to the back of it's neck. A
baby's ears are put on for amusement.
solely to relieve its great eXpanse of
cheek. The places where its eyebrows
ought to be are there. but the eyebrows
have not arrived, which give rise to q
suspicion that babies are bare-faced
creatures. A baby has eyes, which
eyes 1t chiefly uses to express astOnish-
ment evoked, no doubt, by the antics
and language of those about. 1t has a
mouth, too. which it keeps for putting
it's hands and feet into, together with
keys. pencils, coins, pieces of coal. and
other odds and ends 1t may find lying
about. A baby's mouth is by far the
most useful of its possessions.
Babies wear clothes. The chief OBJ
ject aimed at in dressing a baby is to
lose the baby among the clothes. If
YOU have foot and half or two feet
of baby, you will require from forty
to nifty yards Of clothes to dress it prop
erly. The reason for this is that every
baby is the best baby that ever was
born, and the fact must be emphasized.
Beside, somebody might wish to steal
it; and in such a case the longer he had
to look for it, the greater would be the
chance of catching him."
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1897-07-10

Congress and grew to he a political fig
ure in the State. Agnes Gilkerson,
known to those who knew Smith then
as his wife, pushing him onward and
upward. He would doubtless have
won higher political honors, but his
past became known. When the woman
died the inconsOlable and aged manu-
facturer had a statue of her made in
Italy and placed it on his front lawn,
where he could see it always.
Captain Elton Smith, one Of the man
ufacturer's surviving children, recently
come into the great property of his
father, and one Of his first acts vas to
order the statue of Agnes GilkerSon
destroyed, so it should never more
plague him or his. a dozen stalwart
men armed with sledges and axes sent
the white statue crashing to the ground
and hammered the marble fiercely I'M
til nothing but pile Of debris remain
ed Some Of the villagers tried TO Sc
cure pieces Of the statue as souvenirs,
bur a cart took the whole mass to the
creek. where it was dumped into ten
feet of water and covered with stones.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1897-07-10

body, and he is beloved by all who know
him. Father Rupp was born ninety
two years ago in Lebanon County,
Pennsylvania. In 1882 he immigrated
to Wayne County, Ohio, and in 1S47 he
came to Illinois. AT this time this part
of the country was very thinly settled,
and as the people here spoke English,
of which Father Rupp was ignorant,
lie was compelled to set to work to
master II in order that he might con-
tinue his ministerial duties. His cir
cult covered many miles, and the roads
were new and rough. Many times ne
trudged over miles of country on foot
in order not to disappoint his congrega
tons. For more than sixty years he
has been n preacher and has brought n
great multitude of people into the
Christian religion. On recent Sun
day he preached in Martinsyille, and
the church was filled with his old-time
friends and admirers. Father Rupp is
still hale and hearty. His favorite
pastime is fishing. and when he has
earned a vacation he spends it in that
recreation.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1897-07-10

The immensely of the rotunda i'm.
presses the visitor at the Capitol, the
frescoes are attractive, the turbulence
of the House and the quiet dignity of
the Senate are interesting in their CON
traSt, but. after all, the feature Of uni
verSal interest in the WhitedOmed
building is the weather apparatus. Ii
is something novel to glance at map
which tells you whether 1t is raining or
showing. sunshiny or cloudy III Mon
tana, Illinois or Louisiana, or any
where else in this broad land. You can
tell whether the friends whom you left
at home are wearing mackint0shes OIL
airing their spring clothes under blue
skies. while even the temperature and
the direction of the wind are recorded.
But the map is not the only feature.
There Is something mysterious in the
cabalistic characters which are traced
on revolving cylinders, and which tell
at glance how hot or cold it is, or how
hard the wind is blowing or whether
the sun is shining. The instruments
which furnish the information are up
on the roof of the Capitol but delicate
wires, charged with electricity convey
the weather to the equally delicate in
struments within the building. All day
long a crowd of interested visitors at
the Capitol throng around the pretty
mechanism and never cease to wonder
at the progress of the age.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1897-07-10
The Left Ear the Best.

1t has been ascertained by expert
ments that number of persons who
use the telephone habitually hear bet
ter with the left ear than with the
right. The common practice of the tel
ephone companies is to place the re-
ceiver so that it will be applied to the
left ear. In order to educate the right
ear to the same point Of efficiency 1t is
recommended that the receiver be held
in the right hand half of the time.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1897-07-10
WRECK OF A WORK OF ART.
Statue of Agnes Gilkerson Is Demol-
ishcd.

Statue of Agnes Gilkerson Is Dcmol-
ishcd.
The costly marble statue of Agnes
Gilkerson, for years an object of in
terest on the lawn of the Hezekiah h.
Smiths mansion at Smithville, n. j.,
was broken into thousands of pieces
the other day. The wreckage of this
remarkable work of art was then cast
in Rancocas Creek, and the testimo-
NAL to Congressman Hezekiah b.
Smiths folly went out of sight forever.
The story of Smith and Agnes Gilker-
son is one of extraordinary romance
and wrong. and, when first made pub
lie, stirred the whole country. The
man had deserted his rightful family
at Woodstock. VT, and made a new
home at Smlthville with the woman OF
his infatuation. He became million
aire manufacturer, creating a great in
duStrial plant in the out of the way re-
treat he had selected. He also went to
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1897-07-10

of the heavens. The age of the tree is
uncertain In fact, its beginning is I'M
known. John Thorpe, the bOtaniSt, af-
ter a careful examination of the scores
of annual layers of bark, says the age
of the tree is at least 400 years. 1t is
by far the largest tree in the Missis-
sippi Valley, and is only exceeded in
size elsewhere by a gigantic cotton
wood in New Jersey and another near
Philadelphia.
Fancy the many startling and roman
tic events which have tranSpired under
the shade of the beautiful cottonwood
itself. Many strange tales of history
the most interesting of all the great
Northwest, have taken their rise since
the cottonwood was sapling. 1t be-
gan to spread its roots abroad a hun
bred years before white men set their
faces toward the Western Wilderness
1t was a mighty tree when the red man
was the monarch OF Illinois, and the
Illinois tribe the monarch of the North
west. During the reign of the cotton
wood as king Of the Illinois woods il
saw the total extinction of the Illinois
Indians and the rise of the pottaWatO-
mics. 1t saw, early in the nineteenth
century, the birth of the military post
a few miles south, near the mouth OF
the river, which has grown into a
mighty metropolis. And it may live
to see She decay of that metropolis
rearing its great head above the city,
and unnindful Of the changes of time
and the passing of human events.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1897-07-10

in the usual way, and after being cut
to the desired lengths. were put ON the
not bed to cool, subsequently being cold
Strengthened and drilled for splice
bolts. The loss in heating and rolling
ran from .05 per cent. to .0S per cent
With one heating furnace the product
was over 100 tons per turn. A plant
is being built at Joliet, H., to renew
rails by this process.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1897-07-10
ueat Flooded n Building.
lYNCHING FEARED AT COLFAX.
Leonard Taken to Spokane for Safe
NceDimE.

Spokane, July John Leonard, CON
victed of the murder of Jacob Malquist at
Riparia, and sentenced to be hanged at
Colfax tomorrow, slept in cell in the
Spokane county jail last night. Leonard's
attorneys have appealed to the United
States supreme court, and the attorney
general of this state has rendered an opin-
ion that this must act as a stay of eXecu-
ton.
Throughout Whitman county an an
orv feeling is said to exist against Leon
ard, and when it became known that the
hanging would not take place tomorrow,
threats of lynching were heard. Sheriff.
Sims determined to take no chances
against a possible mob and sent his pris-
oner to Spokane for safe keeping.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1897-07-10
A BicycIe Built for Ten.

A double quint," or a bicycle built
for ten, is the latest marvel in the line
Of wheels now being constructed. There
are two machines called the nonaplet.
or machines with nine seats, but they
have not been seriously considered as
successful by any of the large bicycle
firms, owing to their bulk and the diff
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1897-07-10
VICTIMS OF THE BLAZING SUN.
No Abatement of the Torrid Weather
in Eastern States.

in Eastern states.
Chicago, July 5.-The wave of torrid
weather under which the central states
sweltered last week showed no abatement
yesterday. From Pittsburg to Kansas
City and from Chicago south cloudless
skies and a blazing sun left a record of
prostrations and death which has seldom
been equaled for the early days of July.
Throughout the entire district the mer-
curry registered close to 100 in the shade
during the day, and the number of pros
trations ran into the hundreds. In Chi
cago the mercury registered close to 80
degrees for the greater part of the day,
and there were over n score OF prostra-
tions. At midnight severe thunderstorm
swept over the city, sending the mercury
down several points and bringing wei
come relief.
Two men were killed by the heat dur
ing the afternoon-Lambert LudDerg,
carpenter, and Henry Behlin, tcamster.
Several other cases are critical.
William Sullivan laborer, dropped
dead in his home in Lowe avenue tonight
as a result of the extreme heat, making
the third heat fatality.
Great Suffering in Ohio.
Fifty prostrations and 20 deaths were
reported in Cincinnati. Thermometers
recorded from l02 to l06 in the shade.
At Dayton the heat was from 100 TO
ITO degrees. There were two deaUns and
many prostrations
Upper Sandusky-S5 at 8 a. IN. and los
at p IN.
Toledo-July was the hottest July
day in 80 years. The thermometer regis
tered 90 and instruments on the streets
indicated temperature of from l 10 to
lis.
st. Louis.
st. Louis, July 5.-For the last three
DAYS st. Louis has had weather which
even the citizens admitted was hot. There
was also sufficient humidity to lay the
dust. but those three days were cold stor-
age compared to the Fourth At mid
night Saturday the mercury stood at ST
and it got no lower. At sunrise today 1t
went to 90, went to 100 later, and now
at II o'clock at night is 50 degrees on
the streets. There has been great sui
fering but only three men were prostrat-
D>Ni'
reported
Pittsburg's Hottest Day.
Pittsburg, July 5,-Iesterday Yves
Pittsburg's hottest day, but owing
fatalities nor serious prostration9
to the exceedingly low humidity no
resulted. The government Their
mometer registered 9S.4 as the
maximum. which was reached at p. m.
Local street thermometers showed the
mercury ranging between l0S and 4lo al
most the entire day.
Heat Flooded n Building.
Detroit, July 5-The extreme heat
beating down through the skylight yes
terday afternoon caused the blowing out
of two automatic fire plugs The torrent
of water thus released flowed down
through the building, damaging the dry
goods stock of Burnham, SlOpel Co
and the clothing stock of the Peerless
Manufacturing Company to the extent
of nearly 100000. The fire plugs were
set to escape at temperature OF 100 de
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1897-07-10
OLD RAILS MADE AS NEW.
Cheap Method of Renewing Worn Out
Railroad Tracks.

4 new method of treating worn out
steel rails, and one that has received
the Endorsement of practical steel rail
maker, Capt. X. w Hunt. Is described
by him in Casters Magazine. This Is
the invention of Mr.. T.. w. McKenna,
for years identified with large railway
systems. His idea was to heat the
worn rail in its entirety and cause as
little reduction of weight of section as
possible, and restore it to perfect Sec
ton and make il suitable for its orig
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1897-07-10
Treasury Statement.

Washington, July 2.-The monthly
comparative statement of the govern
ment receipts and expenditures, shows
that during the month of June the re-
cejpts from all sources amounted to $780,
5s4. 7O8 and the expenditures to S22,93l,-
694. leaving a surplus for the month OF
Ga 65O OLA
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1897-07-10
THE PRESIDENTS MOTHER INJURED
Nother Mckinley Fell on the Door
stem. Cutting Her Head.

Canton, Ohio, July 6.-President Nc
Kinley took stroll through the yard be-
fore the sun was high, and shortly after
Joined his mother, who was sitting on the
front porch Mother Mckinley, in walk
ing on the porch on a piece of straw car
peting, slipped and fell, striking her fore
head on the door step Although SO years
old, she was not so stunned but she was
aple to arise in a few moments, and wash
ed away the blood. A doctor was sum-
moned. and found the cut so deep as to
REQUIRE sewing up
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1897-07-10
Novelty in Headgear.

Aluminium helmets have not proved
successful in the German army, the
saving in weight being more than OH
act by the metals storing heat, even to
clustering the foreheads of the wear
ers.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1897-07-10
AGED ILLINOIS PREACHER.

Father Rupp, of Clarke County, Was
Born Niaety.two Years Ago.
Rev. Father Henry Rupp, Of Clarke
County, Illinois, is the Oldest active cler-
gyman In the State if not in America.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1897-07-10

Paris, July 5.-The Figaro says That III
the letter of Emperor Nicholas inviting
President Faure to visit him at st. Peters
burg. he refers significantly to "the bonds
that are henceforth to unite France and
Russia"
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1897-07-10

Chicago, June 30.-A special to the
News from Milwaukee says General Man
ager Earring of the st. Paul road has been
offered the presidency of the Northern
Pacific, but has declined.
The Wilson times. [volume] (Wilson, N.C.) 1896-19??, 1897-05-28
Embezzlement Charged.

BETHLEHEM, Pa, May 26 Nation
al Bank Examiner Charming Bing.
ham has sworn out warrants before
United States Commissioner Kirk.
patrick, at Easton, for the arrest OF
John B. Meixell, cashier, and Willis
H. Hoch, teller, of the South
Bethlehem National Bank. The
amount of the embezzlement is not
yet definitely asserted, but from
what has been already discovered
upon nearly complete examination,
it is started authoritatively by several
of the directors to be $4,000 or 1000,
which amount will not materially
injure the bank. The entire loss will
be made good from undivided profits
and by the directors. Teller Hoch
has restored $5,s1O Of the missing
funds. 1t is said that Cashier Meixell
had been dabbling in stocks.
The Wilson times. [volume] (Wilson, N.C.) 1896-19??, 1897-05-28
Spanish Cortes.

MADRID, May 16-The president Of
the Chamber of Deputies, Senior
Pidal, in the name of the majority,
has begged Senor Sagasta, the
Liberal leader, to persuade the
Liberals to resume attendance upon
the sittings of the Cortes, Senor
Sagasta replied that the question
was between the Government and
the Liberals and not between the
Liberals and the majority.
Consequently, the Chamber of
Deputies met to-day without the
Liberals members.
The minister for the colonies, Senor
Castellano, read a bill introduced to
provide for the expenses of the war
in Cuba and the Philippine islands.
The Wilson times. [volume] (Wilson, N.C.) 1896-19??, 1897-05-28
DYNAMITE EXPLODED.
Killed Farmer and Two Sons-His Vile and
Another Son Badly Hurt.

DULUTH, MINI, May 26.-A terri
BILE accident occurred to-day at Her
mantown, seven miles from Duluth.
Frank Lucek, a farmer living there,
was thawing some dynamite to be
used in clearing land of stumps He
was heating it over a fire when it eX-
ploded, tearing the house almost to
pieces and killing Lucek and two
young sons. His wife and another
small son escaped alive, but are
badly hurt. The boy was blown
through window and what remain
ed of the house caught fire and was
destroyed. The mother and son were
brought to Duluth and are in the
hospital here. The boy may die, but
the mother will recover.
The Wilson times. [volume] (Wilson, N.C.) 1896-19??, 1897-05-28
A Pastor Skipped.

WASHINGTON, May 23-Rev. A. 6.
Harrison, pastor of the Peoples
Tabernacle, and his family disappear
ed from their home here yesterday,
and it is reported that the reverend
gentleman is $4,000 short in his ac-
counts. He was given entire charge
of the church funds, and according
to the charges failed to pay bills for
funiture, carpets and church organ,
for which money was given him, and
also borrowed large sums from his
parishioners. w. L. Bruen, the
builder of the tabernacle, is a loser to
the extent of $1,000. When Mr..
Harrison learned that an investiga-
tion was to be made by the church,
he departed hastily, leaving his
household goods. He came to this
city from Texas three years ago, en-
gagged in mission work and gained so
large a following that the tabernacle
was built, chiefly through the efforts
of Mr.. Bruen, to give him following.
The Wilson times. [volume] (Wilson, N.C.) 1896-19??, 1897-05-28
Terminal Charges.

CHARLESTON, S, c., May PA
number of prominent railroad officials
were in the city to-day. They came
to discuss the subject of terminal
charges, but Traffic Manager L. A.
Emerson, of the South Carolina &
Georgia Railroad, being unavoidably
absent, consideration of the subject
was postponed until the meeting to
be held at Manhattan Beach on the
Second Tuesday in July. The traffic
men present were F. B. Papy, R. H.
Wright, of the Plant system; W. H.
Peasants, of the Florida Central &
Peninsular; H. w. B. Glover, C. H.
Smith, Seaboard Air Line; w. A.
Wainburn, Central of Georgia; H. F.
Smith, ], H. Drake and D. Cardwell,
Southern; and w. j. Craig, Charles
ton & Western Carolina.