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The sun., 1897-09-14

Ben ~. Dickinson Opens tho Argument for tho
United States.

HALIFAX, y. s. sept. l3.-The United States
sido of the Behrng Sea claims question was
opened to-day by the Hon. d. NJ. Dickinson.
He said a sood word for arbitration. but did not
favor It In the form some proposed It. He APP
proved Of arbitration for certain objects, and
took occasion to- compliment the members OF
the tribunal. Addressing himself TO the bust
ness In hand. the speaker said that the British
contention that England could make claims
for thu persons shc had involved one of
the greatest questions eyer, submitted to an
International tribunal. He laid down tho gen
eral proposition that n dOmiciled party could
not apply for protection TO tho country OF his
original sovereignty unless he had first st-
tempted to obtain protection under the laws
OF the country in which hc WAS domclcd. He
opposed making an allowance for the estimat cd
catch because there was no measure to hc ap-
piled.
Mr. Dickinson said that II the deck OF ship
were invaded from foreign vessel, damage
would be done. but II II turned out thnt both
were Of the same nationality, II would he a far
different quest ion, llc cOntended tnat tho
flag flown by ship indicated her nationality
In time OF war, but not in peace.
The sun., 1897-09-14
wedding in tho AdIrondacLs.

A very pretty wedding took place at Brandreth
Lake, in tho Adirondacks. yesterday. at the
camp OF Gen. Ralph Brandreth. Miss Ida Louise
Thompson, daughter of Mr.. N. X. Thompson of
Elizabeth, n. j.. and Mr.. w. b. Stewart of
New York, were the happy parties. Tho Rev.
Dr. L. A. Bradley. vicar of st. Agnos's Chapel,
New York, and the Rev. T.. Gay of Fernandina,
Thompson, Jr.. gave the bride away Miss Mar
garet Brandreth and the Missos Josephine and
Kellock Meyers and Messrs. Jack, Guy and
Ralph Brandreth. Jr were the ushers.
The sun., 1897-09-14
Mrs. FARRELL Held for Completely In Pension
Frauds.

Mrs. l,essic Farrell OF 800 East Eighth street
was arraigncd before United States Commits
sioner Alexander yesterday charged with COM
plicity In pension fraud. 1t is alleged that for
the purpose of aiding Mrs. Mary T.. Reynolds to
draw pension moneys ms the widow OF Daniel f..
Johnson. y veteran OF the civil war she made
widow had not remarked. Tho complaint
charges that Mrs. Farrell swOre als'ly. and
that shc knew that Mrs. johnson had married
Watson &. Reynolds. The Comm !ssoncr held
the accused under $1,000 bail tor preliminary
examination on Sept. 22.
The sun., 1897-09-14

JACKSONVILLE. Fla. Sept. l3.-The stea mer
City OF Brunswick. plying between this city and
Msyport was burned to tho waters edge on
Saturday night shortly after arriving at hor
1850 and was then known as the Thomas Coliyer.
Her value was $15. 900. Whom John Wilkes
running on the Potomac River. Booth Is body
was brought to Washington on the steamer.
The sun., 1897-09-14
I.on..horeman'. Boay In the Rlvcr.

The body OF Frederick Pasch. 81 years old. a
longshoroman of 81 Lorraine street. brooklyn.
was found IN the East River yesterday at the
Mollonhaucr Sugar Refinery dock In South
Tenth street. Williamsburg. PasHh WAS last
seen alive Friday night AT the end OF the pior.
1t Is thought that ho fell asleep and accidentally
went overheard and was drowned. During the
day h. WAS employed on lighter near tho dock,
and when his vessel WAS towed away Yesterday
Paschs body came to the surface.
The sun., 1897-09-14
PEXxsYLVANIA,s bribery CASES.
EI.United states District Attorney Ingham the
Last Man Arrested.

PHILADELPHIA. Sept. l3.-Elery p. 1nEham.
ex.United States District Attorney. was arrested
at his homo In this city tonight bv Harrisburg
constable. charged with having attempted to
bribs Representative Robert l.. Edmundson OF
Bradford county to vote for Boies Penrose for
United States Senator last January.
Mr.. InRham expressed surprise at his arrest
and strongly protested his innocence His
friends say tho arrest was made TO force set
Element of the Valkenburg bribery case which
comes up for hearing in Schuylkill county to-
The sun., 1897-09-14
American vosssI ConascAted ana Her Crew
lmpriaoned,

WASHINGTON, Sept. i3.-Nows was received
at the State department to-day from George
bernhard acting Consul OF the United Suites
at Tegucignlpa, that the Government OF Hon
duras had Conhscatcd the American schooner
Alice Nano and imprisoned her crew on lac
charge OF smuggling at the port of OmOa. Tho
acting Consul is Investigating the case.
The sun., 1897-09-14
whore Yesterday. F,re. Were.

A.M-l:o6 All Brook avenue. J. Glum. damage
81; ESQ. O56 Bergen avenue, II, smith, damage s50i
645, Al West Thlrtieth street. damage o..
y. M.-7;t0. II West Twcnty'Sixth street, Manor
Hotel, damage 8I0i s;l6. Avenue 49, damage 56I
eilb, lOt8 seventh avenue. II. II Christman, damaRH
t6i $780, 90 sheriff street. damage g6i v;IV. lAee
First avenue. A. Pollen. damage $500.
The sun., 1897-09-14

The shipments OF currency from this city
through the Sub-Treasury to points In tho South
and W est yesterday aggregated $3.50, 900, most
of II going 10 New Orleans. In payment for a
like amount OF currency tho SubTreasury re-
ceivod 1925 900 In gold.
The sun., 1897-09-14
Archbishop I.angeyin al.

WINNIPEG, Manitoba, Sept l3.-Archbishop
Langevin. who achieved so much notorety In
his championship of the Manitoba separate
schools. is Ill OF typhoid fever in the hospital.
His condition Is critical.
The sun., 1897-09-14

Aldermen Oner n Howard for steiH's Murderer.
The Brooklyn Board OF Aldermen passed a
resolution yesterday offering reward of
81 900 for the arrest and conviction OF tho MUIR
deror OF George Stelz, the assistant sexton OF
Holy Trinity Church.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1897-09-25
SuarrOxyA Ayenge n Wrong.

The Riddle mansion, which stands
in Glen Riddle, Delaware County,
Penn, has for some time been the
roosting place of several families of
sparrows, and the birds had become
regular pest. One day last week Mrs.
Riddle decided to get rid of the birds,
and, mounting a ladder, she tore off at
least dozen nests from the caves of
the porch. The old birds returned
later, and finding their homes wrecked
had noisy meeting on the roof and
then disappeared.
A stray pigeon that had been roost-
ing around the place for several days
came back late in the afternoon and
alighted on the caves of the porch as
usual. The pigeon evidently noticed
something wrong, for several times he
flew from the porch to where the dis
mantled nests lay. This caused the
trouble, for the angry sparrows noticed
it and suspected the pigeon Of being
the cause of their troubles. The un-
lucky pigeon was at once attacked by
twenty screaming sparrows, who be-
gan pecking at him, and, despite a
brave resistance, the sparrows came
off victorious and left mangled corpse
on the field.-New York Press.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1897-09-25

when suddenly there was an uproari
and Scott saw the cause of it rushing
toward him. A runaway team wai
coming at breakneck speed, and right
in the track OF the maddened horsei
were two pretty little children crossing
the street.
Scott Is said to have reached the
middle of the street in one Jump.
There wasn't time to make two. The
leaping horses seemed to be absolute.
ly upon the children, who stood per.
fectly still, dazed. Scott gave one OF
them a push that sent her out of reach
of danger, but there was not time to
repeat the act. So, swiftly clutching
the other child to his broad breast, he
fell forward, bending over her, shield.
ing her with his body.
In fraction of second the horses
were upon him, over him, with crash
and pounding of hoofs. The spec
tators saw him half risa and then fall
weakly back, the child still clasped in
his arms. She was entirely unhurt,
but Scott was pretty nearly killed.
However. he recovered in few
weeks aud was substantially rewarded
by Mr.. j. w. Branscomb, the father
of the two children. Then the little
folks in the First Methodist Sunday
school, to which the Branscomb chill
dren belonged, got up fund, and
when Scott was we'll enough they gave
him a reception and also gold watch,
bearing the inscription, "Court Street
Sunday school to Scott Brown for His
Heroism, June -, 1897. San Fran
cisco Chronicle.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1897-09-25

The vast country north of the Gulf
of st. Lawrence is, to the un CONNER
cial explorer, the most interesting re-
gion on this continent, if not in the
world. For nearly four centuries the
ships of civilization have sailed by it,
yet, except at the very waters edge,
there has been no intrusion upon it.
The rivers which pour forth from every
opening in the hills bear witness that
the back country is n network OF lakes
aud water courses. Ask the Commits.
sioner of Crown Lands of the great
Province of Quebec to-day what his
department knows of that region, and
he will tell you that it is the least
known portion of North America; that
only few of the lakes have been sur
veyed; that two exploring parties have
recently crossed the peninsula; that a
handful of fishermen's houses fringe
the gulf; that for the rest of it, the
wandering Montagnais Indians are the
only tourists who traverse half mil
lion square miles of territory. Steam
ers go up the Saguenay. Lake st.
John is reached by rail. But away to
the northeast is tremendous tract of
country, from whence issue streams
greater than the Hudson, the head
waters of which no white man has ever
seen. n.-Frederick Irland, in Scribner's.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1897-09-25

Ollie Iverson, who owns a ranch on
McNeil's Island, at Tacoma, Wash,
near the United States Penitentiary,
has had an experience he is not likely
to forget for many long day, and,
while it was very serious affair for
Iverson, it was an amusing episode to
an Olympia excursion party that wit
messed it. The incident occurred to
Iverson while he was crossing from
the mainland to his island home.
While in Tacoma the ranchman had
purchashed quarter of hog, intend
ing to salt it down for future use.
Shortly after he left Stellacoom in his
skitf he noticed large school of por-
poises following in his wake, but it
never occurred to him that the carcass
in the boat had any connection with
the school of seapigs following his
boat. When he was about in mid
channel the school, which numbered
about $50, began to close in ON him,
and two of the leaders began to work
up alongside of his skiff. By this
time the rancher was scared, and he
bent all his energies to reach the ISL
and shore, but his efforts to pull away
from his fishy pursuers proved futile,
for he might just as we'll try to out
row tornado as to attempt to escape
from heet-tailed seahogs. AS Iverson
was nearing the shore, and when al
most directly opposite The United
States Penitentiary, the two large por-
poises, that for about twenty minutes
had been swimming SO close to the
boat that he struck them several times
with his oars, suddenly shot out of the
water into the boat, knocking the
rancher overheard with such force as
to break one of his ribs and upset his
skitf. For a short time the water
about his boat had the appearance of
a miniature maelstrom, as the hungry
seahogs fought and quarreled for the
carcass of the land hog. Iverson swan
to his skiff and clung to the gunwale.
Will Jenkins, who lives near the Bos-
worth landing, hearing the racket and
seeing the latter part of the trouble,
put off in his boat and rescued him
from his extremely perilous position.
DR.. Macklinson, of Stellacoom, was
sent for and dressed the mans wounds
and prescribed for him. The doctor
reports that his patient will be all
right in few days, but the patient
says he will sell his ranch cheap, for,
he says, although he has been meat
eater all his life, yet so long as he has
to live on the island he will never at
tempt to take meat over in a rowboat
Anyway, he says that he has to take
too many chances, or, as he expressed
it. 81 don't mind being held mp on a
street car or highway, but I do draw
the line at being robbed in broad day
light of my ration of bacon by measly
lot of wild seahogs."
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1897-09-25
Equipping German Artillery.

In the most secret manner the Ger
man artillery is being equipped with
the latest pattern rapid Lire guns. The
fact has just become known in Europe
and in this country, and has thrown
the European military world into great
confusion. For five years the German
government has been secretly manu-
featuring these guns, and nothing was
known of it until a few days ago, when
the first shipment was made from the
Krupp works to Strasburg. Then the
matter was discovered by emissaries
Of the French government. At least
1900 guns, which fire ten shots a min
ute, are to be turned out. The old
guns are to be kept in case of emer-
gency. The total cost of the new ord
nance is $40, ,OOO,O0O
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1897-09-25

o"O" Va AAOuAS Dy DAk Nisus
Fishermen from the shore in the
vicinity of Morehead City, N. c., tell
of thrilling adventure of one of their
comrades, w. L. Kennedy, who was
towed in his little boat for miles at sea
by mammoth shark or some other
great fish. Kennedy was fishing in
the sound for drum with hook and
line, and had been out in the boat all
the morning. About o'clock in the
afternoon he drew in his line and
moved on up the sound for few hun
dred yards to n little inlet, where he
hoped to find better luck. Arriving
at the inlet, Kennedy threw his line,
a very large, strong cord, overheard,
and made the end fast to the painter
of the boat. In few moments the
boat gave sudden lurch and i'm
mediately shot forward for the open
sea, Us if propelled by steam. The
seas were rolling high, Kennedy says,
and he expected every minute to be
his last. Kennedy soon realized that
he was being towed by some big fish,
and despite his tireless efforts to keep
the boat straight and pull against his
rushing tug, the chopping seas soon
swamped his little craft. For more
than three hours Kennedy and his
waterlogged boat were towed to sea,
and would have been lost had not the
line chafed and parted near the fsh's
mouth. The boats painter was
chain, fastened with staples under the
cap of the boat, and the fishing line
was made fast to the end of the chain;
SO Kennedy could not reach out and
cut the rope with his knife.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1897-09-25
FIELDS OF ADVENTURE.
THRILLING INCIDENTS AND DARING
DEEDS ON LAND AND SEA.

Dramatic Rescue of Tourist Who Had
Fallen zoo Feet Down u Crevasse In the
Alps-A Man Attacked in His Boat by
Hungry Porpoises-An Alabama Hero.
Details of the discovery and rescue
OF the missing German tourist in
Switzerland. Herr Sachs, of Breslau,
are contained in an interesting tele-
gram from Berlin in the London Daily
News.
Herr Sachs, while on a mountain ex-
pedition from Zermatt, sank into a
crevasse, beyond hope of recovery by
his guides unaided. The accident
happened about noon, and the guides
had brought assistance about seven
o'clock in the evanime, :" body of Ter
matt guiues reaching the spot in little
more than half the time they usually
spend upon the distance. There We're
in all fifteen guides present, Guide
Moser, the elder, taking command,
and there were plenty of ropes.
''The guide Julien was the first to
bend over the black hole in the glacier
crevice, and to shout down. A second
or two interval, and then he turned,
and cried, overjoyed, The gentleman
lives, and the others bent down and
shouted and listened anxiously. No
answer. Several anxious moments
and then the shout again, Are you
alive?' Il am alive, and have only
broken my arm,' came in a hollow
voice from the depths. The gentle
man lives, they all cried, deeply
moved, and all the Zermatt helpers
began to pick their way up again.
"The crevasse was first examined.
1t was about yard and half across,
and widened out greatly at the bottom.
The place where Sachs had fallen
through was marked by q hole just
large enough for mans body to pass.
On snow-covered bank of ice, Mt
depth of about 200 feet, sat Herr
Sachs, above still deeper ice-abyss,
which seemed to be fathomless. A
regular dispute now took place be-
tween the guides, each of whom wished
to have the honor of being let down
into the awful chasm. Julien claimed
the first right, but after short de-
bate Josef Marie Kronig, who was the
lightest, was chosen. He was tied to
a rope and lowered. Three glacier
rope lengths were necessary before he
reached Sachs. Sachs, a medium
sized, sturdy man, sat frozen fast on
his gloves, which he had placed under
him as a protection from the cold.
The jutting ice edges had traces of
blood on them.
ga second rope was now let down
for Sachs to be tied to. AS he was
rather heavy third one was lowered.
Kronig then bound him, and he was
drawn up. He had nearly reached the
upper layer of snow when it appeared
almost impossible to get him to the
top, as the ropes cut deep into the
snow. At last a guide seized his coat
collar and dragged him over. Thank
God-so 1 am out, cried Sachs. The
guide Julien wept tears of joy. Then
the brave Kronig was drawn up, not
without difficulty.
"When Sachs came up to the light
of day again he was quite dazed.
Nevertheless, the first thing he did on
his return to Zermatt was to send
telegram to his wife and to discharge
by telegraph an important business
affair.""
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1897-09-25

Wedged fast in the cow catcher of
the big engine which pulled the Union
Pacific train from the West into the
Union Depot was full-grown quail,
which had attempted to cross the track
of the engine while it was rushing
across the plains at the rate Of forty
miles an hour.
II have never before seen so many
quail in Kansas at this season of the
year" said the grimy engineer as his
attention was called to the engines
catch. ''We pass through great
coveys of them every morning, and it
is no unusual thing for us to knock out
half dozen or more between Lawrence
and Kansas City. 1t is not often, how
ever, that they remain on the pilot. -
Kansas City Star. =.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1897-09-25
SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL.

A mole will starve to death in day
or two if not fed. This greediness
makes it most valuable ally against
insects.
Wasps are the most inveterate
enemies of flies. Reaumer says that
he has known one wasp to kill one
thousand flies in day.
1t rains on an average 20S days in
the year in ireland, about $50 in Eng
land, at Kozan about ninety days, and
in Siberia only sixty days.
At sea level an object one hundred
feet high is visible little over
thirteen miles. TT n,o- hundred reel
high it is visible nearly thirty miles.
The mole's fore limb is enormously
muscular for digging, in which they
work with front paws turned edgewise
toward the sun and palms outward,
working from the median line toward
either side.
The records of lightweight years
show that tornadoes have width of
ten to 10, $50 feet, length of track OF
three hundred yards to two hundred
miles, and velocity of progression of
seven to one hundred miles an hour.
Rinderpest being a cattle disease,
DR.. Koch has found out that it does
not attack birds. He tried to inoculate
hens, pigeons, guinea fowls, a crane,
an eagle and secretary bird with the
bacillus of the disease, but it did not
affect them.
Many of the streets of Paris are
lined with trees. If a tree dies another
of the same kind, age and size is
brought from the State forests and put
in its place. The cost is tremendous,
but Paris is the most beautiful OF
modern cities.
The mole's entire body is so shaped
that it easily works forward in bur.
row. Its nose is pointed and shaped
very much like hoof. He tapers of
behind so as to offcr minimum of
resistance and to his exquisitely soft
fur the soil does not stick, so that
while at work in making his burrow
his body is always perfectly clean.
The British Gov overnment has adopted
DR.. George Stoker's method of treat
ing suppurating ulcers with oxygen
gas. A very large number of men
working on the Mombasa and Uganda
Railway have been incapacitated by
ulcers of the leg. The Foreign Office
has sent to Mombasa twenty complete
equipments for treatment. The result
will be watched with close interest.
Mr.. Douglas, of Harvard College
Observatory, has determined the
period of rotation of Ganymede, the
third satellite of Jupiter. He proves
tito be seven days, five hours, that is,
nearly equal to its period Of sidereal
revolution. This confirms the state
ment of Herschel, that the satellites
of Jupiter always turn the same face
to their planet as the moon does to the
earth
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1897-09-25
An Alabama Hero.

Scott Brown was a big, awkward
colored man, who lived in Montgomery,
Ala. He was one of the happy kind
who are properly objects Of envy to
the dyspeptic white man. Scott was
always cheerful creature to lo ok at,
but nobody thought of him as at all an
uncommon specimen of his race. Per-
haps he isn't.
He was walking along Commerce
street. in Montgomery, one afternoon.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1897-09-25

NEW YORK Sept. ga hat which William
Guldensuppe Is believed to have worn at
the time OF his murder has been found In
ditch about 200 yards from the cottage at
WOodside, l.. L., i'm which 1t Is alleged
that Martin Thorn killed the masseur.
1t will be recalled that, according to
the confession OF John Gartha. whom Thorn
Is said to have conflded in after the murder.
Guldensuppe was first shot and then his
throat cut and head severed. The discovery
Of the hat is considered important evidence
by the Queens county authorities. 1t is
thought now that the head for which such
extended search has been made Is some
where In the little ditch.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1897-09-25
PATIENCE WITH THE LIVING,

Sweet friend, when thou and are gone
Beyond earths weary labor,
When small shall be our need OF grace
From comrade or from neighbor;
Passed oil the strife, the toll the care,
And done with all the signing
What tender truth shall we have gained?
Alas! by simply dying!
Then lips too chary of their praise
Will tell our merits over,
And eyes too swift our faults to SEQ
Shall no defects discover
Then hands that would not lift stone
Where stones were thick to cumber
Our steep hill path, will scatter flowers
Above our pillowed slumber.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1897-09-25
TEDDY TARRION'S CHARGE.

NDER the cleaning
stars of an African
sky two men lay on
their backs before
their tent doors-the
one, Major Copleigh
of the Black Lancers,
4l,o oAl, on r,nra
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1897-09-25

"But will theyIallow it?" Her arms
were about his neck now closely.
"They-who9" he asked. "You for.
get--who is the only person who has
the right to prevent it?'-Chicagc
News.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1897-09-25
In One Position Thirty Seven Years.

NORWICH. Conn, Sept. 24-Ebenezer F.
Parker has just died ut his home here OF
heart disease. He was prominent resident.
and for 81 years was master OF transportation
Tor the Norwich 4 Worcester Railroad COM
pany, and was well known in shipping cir
cles In New York and New London. He was
IS years old and leaves six sons.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1897-09-25
FREDERICK COURTNEY sELous.

FHEDEWTVk VVV Nrsf'7'e'@'
One Of tue most picturesque characters OF
modern times is Frederick Courtney Seious.
the English elephant hunter. who Is now In
this country. Mr.. Selous is As years old and
il feet 10 inches high, as straight as
nlumb line and shows In his movements that
his muscles are tough and his frame rigid.
He is a highly cultured Engiishman. being
Rnvbv. He has an elegant country home at
Wareraye. on the Thames, and is welcomed
eyerywhere by the cultured classes. At ls
bs want To Africa and obtained permission
rom I,obsnrula, king OF the Ma.ateles, to
hunt elephants. He spent IL years as
South African hunter. Du..ns iS.. ne
nn,sm, 100 bufYalo, 4s zebras and Is lions.
Hs % has suffered many hardships and had
msnw narrow escapes. He thinks elephants
will never become extinct for they th5ys
whore men cannot 60. ~