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is curvature and the difference in ele-
walton 3,IO0 feet, Alamogordo. being
1900 ana the terminus 5000 feet above
sea level.
Half way up the mountain the coun-
try takes such a sudden drop off that
it is impossible to follow the course of
the stream or canyon, and the elevation
is attained by zigzag courses over a
rough, rocky country where 30-degree
curves are the rule and the tangent a
rare exception. An engineer who has
been accustomed to the curvature in
mountain climbing can appreciate what
this piece of road, AZ miles in length,
with 81 per cent curvature, where 80
degree curves and So per cent grades
are allowable. really means. The diff
ference between it and ordinary noun
tain climbing will be understood by
the professional when it is eX-
planned that the windings usually seen
on mountain climbs are more than
twice as close. For instance, at one
point on the road three tracks parallel
each other within distance not eX
ceeding 1000 feet. The railroad world
will be interested to learn of the prac-
tiCability of such road.
Some difficulty is experienced in try
ing to find suitable locomotives. Three
have already been tried, one of which
is a total failure. another a mon
proven case but the third has done
all the construction and never been off
the rails Accordingly, it has already
ben demonstrated that an engine can
be made that will operate such a road
Ordinary passenger coaches and box
cars, if We'll up on their bearings, pass
over the road Without difficulty.
Two features are essential in the con-
struction of a road of this knd-name-
ly rail bender and tie plates. The
road is designed for hauling logs from
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visit the family Of Col. Philip FouIke.
then congressman from the Belleyiile,
ILL.,, district. Colonel FOulke's two
daughters were attending St. Agnes
seminary at Terre IIaute. and Mrs.
Foulke was at the hotel Terre Haute in
order to be with them Coghlan had
been brought up in Colonel Foul,zc's
family, and was sent TO Annapolis by
him.
At the hotel Coghlan met some of the
young men from TrIre Haute, They
asked him to attend their dancing club
He went, and struck his colors before
the first glance from the eyes of Miss
Julia Barbour. 1t was A case of love at
first sight. The young naval officer was
so badly hit that he went to Miss Bar
bour's escort and begged him to give IN
his numbers on her card of dances.
But, unlike Manila, Miss Barbour did
not surrender at the first onslaught.
and Coghlan, who had intended remain
ing at Terre Hauta but few DAYS.
stayed there all summer The full term
OF his leave was taken un in laying
siege TO the heart of Miss Barbour.
The men of Terre Haute who were
young men "a years ago. remember
Coghlan still as a daring fellow, who
was even then not afraid to enter an
enemy's country and carry off the fair
est prize before his eyes. They recall
his wit and his frank habit of speech,
which has cost him two numbers in the
line of promotion, the last time being
when he said something more forceful
than tactful about President Cleveland,
Mrs. Coghlan is a niece of Col. w. e.
Mclean of Terre Haute and is expected
to visit him this summer together with
her distinguished husband
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homes. This proclamation was an
sWered by the Mataafans attacking the
Malietoans. The United States cruis-
er Philadelphia and the British cruis-
ers Royalist and Porpoise then opened
fire and shelled the rebel position.
The situation a. present is this: The
rebel SamOans seem for the time being
to have had enough of fighting with
men armed with the weapons of the
British and Americans, and are lying
low awaiting developments. which, if
they are expected to come through the
allied sailors and marines attacking
the natives, will be long time COM
ing, for the commission appointed by
Germany, the United States and Great
Britain to go to Samoa and try to
bring about an amicable understanding,
is now on the way there and being
clothed with unlimited authority to
take entire charge of affairs on the ISL
ands, it is pretty safe to predict that
with their presence the aspect of af-
fairs will change radically, for they
are a trio of trained diplomats and
are men who will speedily take the
authority out of the hands of the lit
tie men of the island who, under the
impression that they are engaged in
running the universe. have done more
to foment trouble than all the natives
put together. Our own Admiral Kautz
has kept firm hand on the situation
and has proved himself quite capable,
as he expressed it in a letter that has
aroused much criticism on account of
It's outspoken tone, of 'bossing the
ranch"
The most significant feature of the
entire affair, in the opinion of many,
is that for the first time American and
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THEY TALK THEOSOPHY.
Members of American Section Gather in
Chicago May FL.
From the Chicago Chronicle.

From the Chicago Chronicle.
The 18th annual convention of the
American section of the Philosophical
society will be held in Chicago, begin
ming May 81. The sessions will take
place in the headquarters, Athenaeum
building, rs Van Buren, street. On the
Saturday evening previous a reception
to visiting delegates and lecturers will
be given in the same rooms.
Among those to be present are Alex
ander Fullerton of New York, general
secretary of the American section
Brahmacharin Roy, lecturer on theos-
ophy: Miss Marie A. Walsh, lecturer on
the Pacific coast DR.. A. Marques of
Honolulu. general secretary of the Aus
tralian section, and Mrs. Julia A. N.
Scott, president of the Denver branch.
On Sunday evening there will be a
public meeting at Steinway hall, on
Van Buren, street, at which addresses
will be made by Dr. Marquis, author of
Scientific Confederation of Theoso-
ply Miss Marie A. Walsh and Brah-
macharin Roy. The following two days
will be given up to discussions on gen.
eral theosophical topics.
Three branches of this general organ
iZation maintain a tlourishing existence
in this city, and there are 20 more of
these societies or branches scattered
through the leading cities of the United
States and Canada and constituting
what is known as the American section.
1t also takes in Honolulu in the mid
Pacific, thus covering an extensive ter
ritory and forming an important part
of the whole Philosophical society. The
present organization covers nearly all
the countries of Europe. even extend
ing into Roman Catholic Spain and
Italy and into Russia, where the Greek
church is dominant.
The ara CO
europe that, besides the European sec
ton, whose headquarters are in London.
there is a Scandinavian section and
Netherlands section. The English sec
ton maintains a substantial monthly
magazine called the Theosophical Re
view, with Mrs. Annie Besant and
George D. Mead as editors while in
Paris an equally dignified periodical
entitled Revue Theosophique Franchise
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expresses the theosophical ideas. The
osophia in Rome and Sophia in Madrid
TeOsfisk Tidskrift in Stockholm ana
Theosophia in Holland represent the
general society in various countries IN
Europe.
India is an equally important literary
center. the Theosophist. a monthly
magazine, edited by Colonel Fl. S. Oh
cott president of the entire world So
c.ety, being published at Adyar, su-
burb OF Modras. The Hindu branches.
numbering several hundred. are thor
oughly in touch with their brethren in
Europe and America, while the Bud
dhists of Ceylon are so closely allied
with theosophy that several Buddhist
girls schools are in operation on the
island under theosophical auspices and
with American theosophists as teachers.
while Sumangala high priest of Ceyl0n,
is himself an active member Of the
Theosophcal society. The work of the
society in India is participated in by
hundreds of the Brahmins of highest
culture and during the year 1898 a col
lege was established al Benares by
Annie Besant and the Countess Yacht
meister, which is under the highest
auspices among native rulers and pun
dts. Many native princes are active
members of the Theosophical society,
as is also the crown prince of Siam.
But the influence of the society in the
Orient does not pause here, but follow
ing the trail of the islands southeast
from Asia it has organized an Austria
lasian section, with numerous branches
in Australia. Tasmania and elsewhere,
While the societies are so numerous in
New Zealand that an entire New Zea-
land section was created two years ago.
The Australasian section is represented
by the magazine entitled TheOsoph in
Australasia.
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The accompanying illustrations are
from photographs taken at Samoa by
one of our correspondents. AS will be
seen by the picture of a Samoan belle.
the women are not at all bad looking,
and the men are a stalWart set who
make splendid lighters. The islands are
for the most part lofty and broken and
rugged in appearance, rising in some
cases to upward of $500 feet in height,
and covered with the richest vegeta-
ton. The soil, formed chiefly by the
decomposition of volcanic rock, is rich,
and the climate is moist. The forests,
which include the bread fruit, the CO.
coanut, banana and palm trees, are re-
markedly thick. The orange, lemon,
tacca from which kind of sage is
made), coffee, sweet potatoes, pineap-
pies, yams, nutmeg, wild sugar cane
and many other important plants grow
luxuriantly. Until recently when swine,
horned cattle and horses were intro
duced, there We're no traces among
these islands of any native mammalia,
except a species of bat. There are Eng
fish and American mission stations on
the islands as well as several Roman
Catholic establishments.
GEORGE NJ. GRANT.
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own as Is that of the United States, and
a letter mailed in any postoffice on the
island with the regular 2 cent stamp
thereon would be treated the same as if
mailed without postage. and would go
to the dead letter office in Havana, un-
less it was a soldiers or sailors letter
endorsed by the proper officer, when 1t
would be forwarded and postage col
lected at the place of delivery.
Many letters arrive in Cuba with
only 2 cents postage prepaid. In these
cases double rates are charged for the
amount remaining unpaid. which
causes considerable complaint from the
recipients. but this is the fault of the
sender, who should learn that the post
age from the states to Cuba is 5 cents
per ounce, or fraction thereof.
In Porto Rico the stamps in use are
the ordinary United States stamps,
with the words Porto Rico and the
value printed in Spanish across the
face of the stamp. There ie no inten-
ton at present of making a new issue
of stamps for Porto Rico. so that. for
the time being at least, Cuba will enjoy
this great distinction alone.
C. F. w. NEELY,
Chief of Bureau of Finance Depart
ment of Posts.
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THE LATEST OUTBURST IN VOLCANIC SAMOA
The Trouble Dates Back Many Years and Has Been Apparently
tied Several Times-An Interview With Mataafa-Commis
sion the Way With Unlimited Powers.

British sailors and marines fought
the dream of those who favor an alli-
ance offensive and defensive between the
two great nations that caused intense
enthusiasism in certain quarters and
drew from the Earl of Selford. under
secretary of state for the British col
onies, the following burst of eloquence:
Now the dark, miserable cloud which
SO long hung over the Anglo-SaXOn
people has drifted off. 1t is only few
days since British and American Off
GERS and men fell on the same field CT
conquest. They were not engaged in
fratricidal strife, but were fighting
shoulder to shoulder, and, small though
the incident was, it will be Of import
ance in the history of the world
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CUBA'S NEW POSTAGE STAMPS.
First Time That the Postoffice Has Made
Stamps for Another Country,

Stamps for Another Country.
Written for the Sunday Standard
Havana, May 6.-Thc first step to-
ward the separation Ct Cuba from all
other sovereign nations or republics has
been taken by the preparation of a new
and special set of postage stamps for
the island, the designs for which have
been approved by the postmaster gen
eral. 1t is expeCtpd that the new
stamps will be on sale by the end of
May.
The stamps decided upon are of the
denominations Of 1, ,. 3, > and 10 centa-
vos, although two Of larger denomina-
tions, together with a special delivery
stamp, are under consideration. The
one centavo stamp will be printed in
green and the picture will consist in
part Of the statue of Columbus which
is situated in the court yard OF the
captain generals palace. Across the
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received permission to take the por-
trait of Mataafa, which we give. He
departed with a very pleasant impress
sion of the old man, and with the con-
Vlction that joint control was not the
best form of protection for these beau
tiful islands.
1t was in the middle of March that
the bombardment of the rebel strong
mold began. Admiral Kautz of the
United States navy, who, with his flag
flying on board the Philadelphia, was
the senior naval officer present, had
called a meeting of the consuls and
chiefs together to discuss the situation.
1t was resolved to dismiss the provs-
ional government and a proclamation
was issued directing the chiefs of the
Mataafa section to return to their
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MARVELLOUS MOUNTAIN ROAD.
Trains Climb an Elevation of Nearly Four
Thousand Feet.

From the Denver Republican.
The new Alamogordo & Sacramento
Mountain railway which has just been
completed from the new town of Ala
mogordo, N. M, to the timber belt on
the summit of the Sacramento noun
tains, a distance of 81 miles, is prob
ABLY one of the most remarkable rail-
roads that has ever been constructed.
From Alamogordo. which is situated
where the vast plain of the Tularosa
valley meets the foot of the Sacra-
mento mountains, its course is nearly
tangent to the mouth of the La Luz
canyon, but from this point to the ter
minus, over 60 per cent of it's mileage
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Captaiu Coehlan'S First prize

Though gallant Joseph B. Coghlan of
THE Raleigh has just come home from a
victorious campaign, there can be no
doubt, says the Chicago Tribune, that
"a years ago, after long siege he won
a victory which is still dearer to him
than any other.
Coghlan was on leave of absence. and
had gone down to Terre Haute Ind. to
The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-06-01
THE YELLOW FEVER STIR.

It is a little early in the season to have a stir about yellow fever in New Orleans, though we suppose it is not unusual to find g. case or two of the disease there at thls time of the year. The stir is cheering in that it indi- cates that those whose duty it is to fight the fever are attending to business. It Is possible, not to say probable. that their efforts will be successful in con- fining the disease to very narrow linn it's If they should not be able to do this the situation would be serious for the South and indeed for the whole country It was quite serious for Wall street yesterday, and much fever was discounted" But there is good rea- son to believe that the South and the country will escape an old-time yellow fever visitation.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-06-01
4 THOROUGH ANTI- TYR JUST T4W,


 When Texas tackles anything it tries to do it thoroughly. Its antitrust law which will go into effect early in 1900 is the most drastic law of the kind yet made. By this law every combination of capital or it's equivalent for the re- straint of trade, whether organized un- State, doing business within the State, is deemed a trust or monopoly The giving away of any article or selling it for less than cost for the purpose of preventing free competition in manu- facture or distribution Is prohibited. Refusal to buy of or sell to any person because he is not member of a com bination is prohibited. Combinations for the regulation of insurance are pro- hibited. Violators of the act are sub- ject to a loss of their charters or pro- hibited from doing business within the State, and are subject to a fine of $20O to $5,000 for each offense. Each days business is separate offense. Prose- cutors are given one-fourth of the pen alties. All court business may be set aside for the trial of case under the act. Purchasers of articles manufac- tured by violators of the law cannot be obliged to pay for them. Each corpor- ation is required yearly to state under oath whether it is in any pool. Failure to answer or to answer within thirty days is considered evidence of guilt. All associations for the collection of news or it's distribution are considered guilty without attenuation.
 This apparently means business, and so do the trusts, and 1t is probable that they will find some way to continue to do business, even in Texas.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-06-01

it's reasonable, as distinguished from it's sentimental, opponents, has been the danger of destroying the evidence of crime. To meet this objection, which is real, though of slight practical impor- tance, the English society has assumed the obligation of Investigating the con- ditions of death in the case of every body for the incineration of which ap- plication is made, and it has now se- cured the services of a distinguished pathologist for consultation purposes in cases of unusual doubt or difficulty, and for making necropsies when required.
 Cremation is making progress in New England as we'll as in old England; as the yearly statement of the New Eng land Cremation society, which has just been issued, shows. The New England Cremation society now numbers about two hundred active members and forty life members, and it invites the co-op- eration of all who believe that cremation is reverent and fitting way of caring for the dead, and conducive to the safe- ty and well-being of the living. Under- takers everywhere are now ready to take charge of cremations. There is a crematory now in operation at Forest Hills cemetery, Boston, where chapel is soon to be built for religious services. The increase in cremations is from S7 in 1894 to 167 in 1898.
 There is so much that can be said in favor of cremation that it is not sur- prising that it finds favor. The wonder is that it has not found more.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-06-01
4NOTHER THEORY .4TTA OK ED.

One by one the roses fall, and one by one ancient and accepted theories get upset. It has long been believed that the milk from tuberculous cows is the cause of much of the consumption among human beings, Some stud ies that have been made at the New Jersey Experiment Station do not SUD- port this belief. For some years the station officials have had under close observation several tuberculous cows, formerly part of the stations general herd. When the animals reacted under not slaughtered, as is the general rule prescribed by the cattle commission of several States, but were segregated and studied. The information obtained is valuable, and reassuring. An editorial correspondent of the Rural New Yorker says that "the milk from these cows has been tested and analysed again and again, but thus far no germs have been found in it. So far as science can determine, these cows have produced clean and healthful milk" Editorially, the journal points out that although no germs have been found in the milk, 'it is not safe to say that the milk has never contained any The germs might be found in one milking and not in another, or in one single part of the udder. It is difficult to discover them, for the testing apparatus is not yet perfected Still, it may be said that the germs in such milk are very scarce if they exist at all." This conclusion solves the riddle as to how human con- sumption could be decreasing while tu- berculous cows were on the increase There are not a few dairy herds in which there are one or more of such cows, and, if the theory be ac- cepted that the milk from these animals is always dangerous, the wonder would be not that there is so much consump- tion, but that there is so little.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-06-01
AnInterestinaSuggestton.

To the Editor of the Journal and Courier:
 Now that the Corporation of Yale has elected a layman to the presidency, would it not be capital idea to supple ment its good work by obtaining from the General Assembly an act substan- tially as follows?
 Section 1.-The life members of the Corporation may hereafter elect their successors from persons who are not ministers of the gospel inhabiting with in' Connecticut
 Section 2.-They may hereafter elect for shorter periods than for life.
 Section 3.--The Corporation may here after proceed to business without the presence of majority of the clerical members.
 The act ebing permissive and not man. datory would not affect the charter and could be put into operation only at the pleasure of the clericals.
 The third section is a corolary, and a necessary sequence of the two others.
 The object of the act is to resolve ex- isting doubts as to the powers of the clerical members by giving them full liberty of action in the future; and to remove al obstacles in the way of main taining the high standard of the present body. D. CADY EATON.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-06-01
ZIP NM fTTON

Cremation is making progress in Eng land, where it has had to contend with strong prejudice and fierce opposition. The English Cremation society is now twenty-five years old. It took four years of work and argument to bring about the building of the first crema- torium, and six years more passed be- fore an incineration was publicly per- formed under the societys auspices. The number of incinerations has in- creased gradually from 3 in 1885 to 240 in 1S9S and the total has reached 1,2S3. which most emphasis has been laid by
The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-06-01
POSSTBL Y.

It is hardly possible to eat the trusts to death at banquet. Memphis Com mercial Appeal.
 A little boy, writing a composition on the zebra the other day, was re- quested to describe the animal and to mention what it is useful for. After deep reflection he wrote: "The zebra is like a horse, only striped It is chief ly used to illustrate the letter Z.''--Tit- Bits.
 Something must be done with those boys of mine at college" exclaimed a staid old citizen. 'Trhey're wilder than March hares and in hot water all the time" ''Oh, we'll they're young yet, and you must make allowances. :" Make allowances, man? That's what's keeping me poor, ,"-Detroit Free Press.
 Fogg-Benner's grandchildren are in great luck. ass-Grandchildren What are you talking about? Benner isn't married yet. Fogg-I know, but he probably will be some day, and grand children are a natural sequence He has had an article accepted by the Hust Ter Magazine, to be paid for upon publi- cation.-~Boston Transcript.
 T laugh you to scorn!' she cried, de- fiantly.
 The villain slittered as to his eyes with hate.
 Laugh and grow fat." he hissed, om- inously
 Now Genevieve shuddered; for she al ready looked like a sack of wheat in the new styles-Detroit Journal.
 The landlady rapped on the table for attention. Gentlemen. l suppose you are all patriotic?" We are.' came the hearty response And you all love your native soil?" Couldn't love it better!" came in chorus II am glad to hear 1t. for you must surely enjoy the few grains of sand that refused to part company with the strawberries "-Chi- cago News.
 Unconvinced.-The sweet young thing You say that tmarriage Is a failure, but just take notice of the men you meet to-day and you will have to admit that you have been mistaken. The mar ried men, as a rule, look much happier than their bachelor brethren. Old MT. Crusty-Yes. of course they do. Why shouldn't they? Most of their wives are getting ready to go away for the sum- mer-Chicago Times Herald.