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The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1899-05-11

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The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-05-20

l ETOiU a piUbOSFdpu tdhCA IL 4hoAAAo.J
lines and publications in this country.
After a battle he would spread out his
writing materials, perhaps on a cracker
box or a camp table, and write his vivid
descriptions of the exciting scenes
which he had just experienced.
Besides taking part in the siege of
Manila, Mr.. irwin had a hand in much
of the hot fighting against the Fflipinos
around Manila. He vas with his regi-
ment when it made that memorable
charge up the Binondo cemetery hill
Feb. 8 and was in a number of later
engagements. Yielding to the urgent
and 1attering offers of American pub
fishers, Private Irwin recently secured
an honorable discharge and returned to
his home in Ligonier, Pa.
When asked for IN account of some of
his personal exploits, this soldier CORE
spondent modestly replied: Il cannot
say that I have had any out of the. or
dina-T. All the other fellows had about
the same experiences"
This author veteran of two wars is Is
years old and is a native of Pennsyiva-
MIA. Before going out as a soldier he
taught a country school and was a
newspaper reporter. He is now at work
on the history of his regiment. After
this is finished he will publish his Ma
Mia notes in book form and then de-
vote his time to literary work on indus
trial and scientific topics.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-05-20

elevations by sending up with each kite
a small instrument which re ords au-
tomatically several elements, such as
air pressure, wind velocity, humidity
and temperature.
The weather bureau has made rapid
advances in the establishment of cl-
mate and crop services in Porto Rico
and Cuba. Only a few weeks after the
Spanish war had ended the weather bu-
reau had in Porto Rico a full service,
which was issuing a weekly bulletin.
The example of the weather bureau of
the United States may we'll be followed
by other countries, for it is universally
recognized that our weather service is
the greatest in the world.
In the extension of the service to
the tropical seas the bureau made a
wonderful achievement. In less than
one month from the time that congress
authorized the establishment of the
West Indian hurricane service IL train
ed and expert observers were sent to as
many islands in the West Indies, the
stations fully established, meteorolog-
ical Instruments set up and arrange
ments made for cabling twice daily OBJ
servations from these stations to the
West Indian headquarters at Kingston,
Jamaica, and to the central office at
Washington.
The action of putting the machinery
of such an extensive meteorological or
ganization into such quick operation
was most remarkable. Thus the United
States did in a month what England
failed to 10 many years ago.
The weather observers had hardly
reached their posts when the most de-
structive hurricane since 1860 began to
form near the island of Barbados.
Warnings of this storm were immedi-
ately issued n telegraphed to ports in
its rack. Shipping interests receive
benefit of inestimable value.
The hurricane and cold wave arm
ings issued by the chief of the weather
bureau are the means Of saving prop
crty to the extent of many million dol-
lars each year. In November, 1897, n
tide forecast by the bureau resulted in
saving cotton at Norfolk valued at
$3.50, 600. By the same warning about
900 vessels were held in port, many of
which would otherwise have persisted at
sea.
Many times one hurricane warning
will be the means of saving property
of sufficient value to more than cover
the Expense of the weather bureau for.
several years.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-05-20
The Prig and His Cane.

In the number of THE Yattler for Dc
tober 6, 1903, it is observed that "a cane
is part of the dress of a prig" (this, by
the way. shows the one notion pre-
valent that "priggishness" is a modern
world land always worn upon a button,
for fear he should be thought to have
occasion for it or be esteemed really and
not genteely a cripple" In the number
for November Is a rural squire in town
is sketching who is the prototype of one
of the pavement nuisances. His arms
naturally swang at an unreasonable dis
tance from his sides, which, with the adj
vantage of a cane that he brandished in
a great variety of irregular motions, made
II unsafe for any one to walk within sew
eral yards of him." And under date of
December 5 there is an amusing sketch Of
"a lively, fresh-colored young man. who
was among the applicants to Isaac Bick-
erstaff's Court of Censorship for license
to use canes, perspective glasses, snuff
boxes. orange flower waters, and the like
OF life" This young man had
his cane hanging on his fifth button and
was an ssOxford scholar who had just
entered at the Temple,
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-05-20
A Hint TO Rowing Men.

The Intercollegiate Rowing Association
Who control aoatic matters of the large
number of rowing colleges in the country,
could do much to encourage the sport by
adding to their annual eight-oared races
a programme inelud .ng say, senior and
freshman four-oar races, senior and fresh
man pair-oars. senior and freshman sim
gle SOULS. OF course, a seat in the
boat would always remain the coveted
honor, but q man would feel that he had
been rewarded for his trouble if he were
fortunate enough to be in any of the
meet, which would practically become
the American Henley. differing only in
the fact that it would be entirely collegi-
ate. I am. of the opinion that If ever this
is tried it will practically re%velutionizes
college rowing, and that it will not Rake
US many years to find a second worlds
wonder, such as B.. H. Howell and others.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-05-20

According to NJ. T. Ho1l Schooling, of
Brussels says Cosmos F'ebruary 49,,
there is an old rule for finding the
length of a mans life if the present age
lies between u and Sc years. This is the
rule:-Subtract the present age from Sc
and divide the remainder by 2: the re-
suit will give the number of years you
have yet to live. This old rule was
discovered by the mathematician De
Moivre. who emigrated to England from
France in 1865 and became a member of
the Royal Society. The curves given by
NJ. Schooling are interesting to examine.
A first diagram shows the chance tina
every man has of living one year longer
than his present age. AT birth, this
chance is S to l; at five years, 119 to 1;
at ten, 512 to /; at fifteen, S47s at twenty,
2G; at twenty-five, 1856: at thirty. 100, at
t~hirty-fve, 81: at forty, rs, etc. M. School
ing affirms from his calculations that Of
1000 individuals of 60 years $50 will live
to be 70, 100 to so years and II to be 80.
while Of 1000 monagenarians 4 will reach
their hundredth year. We may add that
for men of 65 the average expectation OF
life is 10 is years."3Translation made
for 1.-THE Literary Digest"
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-05-20

a claim to set up a harem. Until a
bachelor seal reaches 5 or 6 years of age
he has not the strength to meet the old
bulls in combat and is driven off the
breeding grounds. When his teeth are
fully grown and he wakes strong, he
enters as a competitor for the favor OF
the cows and at once becomes the head
of a haren. The biggest bulls weigh
something over a ton, and it requires
four strong men to handle the carcass.
The cows average from 1900 to 1,,500
pounds, and the yearling pup weighs
about 300 pounds.
Their favorite fishing places are
narrow channels between the islands,
through which the fish are carried by
the strong current. When a certain
whitish ridge on the waves shows that
the fish are coming, the seals dive oft
the rocks and begin the attack. They
toss up the fish and catch them in their
mouths, but as soon as they have sat
isfied their hunger they wantonly de-
stroy the fish. Generally they bite a
piece GU of the back of the fish, or else
they simply crush it in their strong
Jaws and toss it on the water. If the
air is in the fish's bladder, the carcass
floats; if not, it sinks. After such a
raid by seals the water is often covered
with the bodies of dead and mangled
fish.
Fol 20 or 80 years the fishermen gen
orally, and the salnen packers of the
Sacramento especially, have been com
planning of the sea lions and praying
for their destruction. This same agi-
tation has bobbed up periodically. Fish
commissions have heard delegations,
discussed, resolved and reported over
n over again, and the verdict has al
ways been that the sea lion destroys
enormous quantities Of fish, seriously
interferes with the fishing industry
hereabouts, especially the salmon in
dustry, and that his number should be
lessened. But the sea lion has been pro-
tected by law, and each agitation has
died without result.
But this time the seals must suffer.
The exact method to be pursued has not
been determined, but that is a mere
detail. Deputies n some hired rifle
men may be sent out to do the work,
and, as is most likely, the work may be
done under some sort of a contract ar
rangement with skilled men.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-05-20
No American Prisoners.

"You are probably tired of hearing peo-
pie talk about the war" said Everett
Van Mater. who has just returned from
the Philippines, but I cannot help calling
attention to the remarkable fact thai
since the beginning of the war with Spain
and including the campaign in the Philip
pines, not a single American soldier OF
sailor has been taken prisoner by the en-
envy, if we except Hobson and the crew OF
themselves into the hands of the other
side. II | am correct, more than 25,00C
Spanish prisoners have been taken by our
tiago, and the combined forces of Manila
and vicinity have captured, besides the
Spaniards who surrendered to Dewey and
Merritt, thousands of the insurgents. ]
have made a close study of history, and
am especially Interested in statistics OF
war. and | can assure you that this is the
most remarkable showing in the history
of warfare"
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-05-20
DANGEROUS NEST RoBBING,
How Two CnIiforians Were Nearly
Killed by Condors.

ROW TWO
Killed by Condors.
Frank Ruiz and Fred Forbush nearly
lost their lives recently in trying to rob a
condor nest in San Royal canyon, near
Santa Barbara, in California. The nest
was in a cave far up a rocky ledge, n it
took considerable time and hard climbing
to reach it. Frank proceeded to investi-
gate the cave while Fred stood on guard
outside. In the nest Frank saw a beaubi-
full egg. which he picked up with care
and pu in his handkerchief. Swinging
it around his neck so as to keep both hands
free, he started on the perilous trip back
along the ledge.
He had made about three-quarters of
the distance, says the San Francisco Call,
when an ominous rattle of wings told him
that danger was near. Looking up, he
saw two condors sweeping down upon
him.
The birds were a little tilnid about MAX
ing the attack and several times came
neal and then swerved off into space again.
This gave Frank a chance, and his first
thought was for the prize that he had
been at such pains to secure. Fred was
standing on the other end of the ledge,
with his club in one hand, and with the
other he threw stones at the vicious birds
in the hope of frightening them away
"Here! Catch the egg and put it in a
safe place., " Frank called out, at the same
time throwing his treasure to Fred, who
caught it and quickly hid it between two
large stones.
Then the fight began. At sight of the
egg the two condors e1lne furious. They
turned their attentions 70 Fred, who had
all he could do to beat them off, even for
a few minutes. Twice they swooped down
on Frank and tore his clothes with their
murderous talons. He was powerless and
could only cling to the rocky ledge and
keep his head out of sight as much as pos
sible. Daring these attacks Fred kept up
a veiisy OF stones aid struck the birds
several times. One large rock struck the
mother bird square on the beak and for q
moment seemed to stun her. She futter-
ed in the air and then dropped to a rock
about so feet below, followed by her faith
jul mate.
This was Franks chance, and, at the
risk of his life, he made q jump from the
ledge to where Fred was standing. BY
the barest chance he gained a foothold.
Once he slipped and would have gone to
the bottom had not Fred quickly run for
ward and grabbed him just as he was slid
ing over the precipice.
lis the egg all right?'' he called out the
instant he was safe.
YES" answered Fred.
"All right; let the birds come"
And the birds did come. Like a whirl-
wind they swooped down on the two men.
The attack was met with a series of blows
from the clubs, but in such a position it
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-05-20
WAR ON THE SEALS.
WHY CALIFORNIA WANTS TO TAIN
THEM OUT nv THE GOLDEN GATE.

They Kill OF o Many Salmon and
Serve No Purpose Except to Lend
Picturesqucness to the Rocks Near
the Cliff House.
A unique warfare is to be begun In
the waters of the Golden Gate. The
California state fish commissioners are
going to thin out the sealc in a Fran
cisco bay and adjacent islands. For
years the seals have been protected by
law, but long ago they became a nui-
sance, and now it has been determined
that they must go.
The fondness Of the seals for salmon
and other food fish has been their I'M
doing. 1t is said that one seal will eat
50 pounds of fish at a meal and kill
twice as much more just for the fun
of it. Besides this, he destroys nets
When the fish commissioners relect
that thousands of dollars are annually
spent to stock the Sacramento river with
salmon, they draw h conclusion that
seals are an expensive luxury.
All that the seals are good for is to
add picturesqueness to the rocks neal
the Cliff House, where their antics are
watched by interested tourists. Years
age, when seal hide was used for belt
ing, the seals were hunted and their
numbers kept down, but since rubber
has taken the place of seal leather for
betting the seals are no longer sys-
tematical.y killed.
The principal breeding platE of the
seals is on the Farallone islands, about
40 miles from San Francisco. The ter
ritory of these islands is a lighthouse
reservation and under control of the
treasury department. AS in past years
seal hunters did much damage to light
house property, the hunting of seals and
birds there was forbidden. So the Call
fornia fish commissioners lave put the
facts before Secretary Gage and asked
for permits to kill seals on the island.
AS soon as these permits are issued the
killing will begin.
These seals are not the fur seals of
commerce. They are the gray seals and
are not worth the ammunition that it
requires to kill them. In their habits
they do not differ materially from the
fur seals of Boring sea. There still is
much to learn about them. After the
baby seal has been taught by it's mother
to swim and care for itself the pup dis
appears and for two years does not re-
turn to the rookery where 1t was born.
Where it goes and what it does in the
meantime are mysteries that no one
has solved.
The Seal rocks, nea the Cliff House,
are occupied mainly by the young bach
elor seals, who nave not yet established
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-05-20
VANCE n ERIcKsEN BOTH SHOT DRAp

VANCE AND ERIcKsEN III h o DEAD.
dams as tombstones are to the ~palefaces.
yandalizing an Indian grave is quite az
serious IN offense as vandalizing q met
ropolitan cemetery, and a much more dan
gerous one.
Three miners in Alaska have just DEM
onstrated this in a signal manner by get-
ting two of Sheir number killed in the ex.
pertinent and the third chased u of tina
country where the deed was committed.
Sidney Vance, an Englishman; Charles
Erickson, q Swede, and al American
whose name is not given We're travelling
near the village of Klukwan, Alaska,
some days ago, when they came to a NUNS
Der of Indian graves sentineled with thu
customary totem pole.
Totem poles possess a certain charm for
people unused to superstiSions and sym.
bolisms in the savage sense. They impress
them as huge fairy wands or something
of that sorb-as mystic taiismans having
q potency of their own for driving away
evil and influencing the supernatural.
When the three white foreigners saw the
totem pole, they fell under its nameless
charm, and nothing would do but they
must stop and daily with the alluring Gus
riosity, in blissful ignorance of the pres
ence of a large force of Indians not q huns
dred yards away in the brush. These In
dians were of the Chilkat tribe, and they
nurtured in their frigid bosams no super
huous affection for the pale face invader
of their domains. They regarded the three
white men with q disappearing eye even
before the latter had lone anything to stir
that unfavorable feeling to action.
1t wasn't long, however, before the n
terprising ingenuity which eyerywheredis-
tinguishes the superior races of mankind
began to manifest itself. 1t occurred to
each of the three superior minds that the
totem pole would serve excellently a
groundwork for their initials. The initial
cutting habit got in its work in a pecul-
iarly spectacular way in the next few no.
ments.
With three large knives Messrs. Vance
and Erickson and the unknown pro-
ceeded to carve the totem pole with q
new set of images. The Indians took 3
purposeful grip on their weapons and
watched. With savage patience they walt
ed until the work of vandalism was well
under way, when the whole band blazed
away. Vance and Eficksenf were both
shot dead. The narrator alone escaped by
lodging into the brush and proving ieeter
than his pursuers. The latter chased him
s~avagely, and-he thought more han once
that he had cut his last initial on earth,
but by good fortune and endurance he
pulled through and got away.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-05-20
END or A WASTED LIFE.
Prince L-oewepstein Sought Death
on the Firing Line.

There is strong circumstantial evidence
that Prince Ludwig Won Loewenstein, who
was killed during an. engagement betw
tho American troops and the Fiipinos
before Caloocan, deliberately sought death
to end a life which had become to him
little more than a regret.
C.. S. Bradford of San Francisco, who
has just returned from Manila and who
was on the firing line with the Americans
when the prince met his death, tells a
story which goes far to substantiate this
theory.
"That morning." he says ssthere was
some diminishing near the Malabon river,
and | stood with a party of civilians on the
stone bridge watching the maneuvers.
Prince Loewenstein and another German
were in the crowd.
"An orderly from General Hale's head
quarters rode up and requested us to get
away, as the position would soon be ex-
posed.
"Then he looked straight at Loewen-
stein and his companion and said: I'm
speaking to you particularly. You have
already given us some trouble by hanging
around the firing lines, and we will have
no more of it,
"Prince Loewenstein smiled and bowed
and followed the orderly as he rode away.
"Shortly after the Oregon regiment
moved across the wide plain toward some
timber on the extreme left of the Fllipinos
line. | saw two or three men dodge
among the trees and take shelter IN nipa
houses.
1.-The Oregons continued advancing and
firing volleys through the timber, and
their commanding officer ordered some OF
his men to perforate the houses
I'm Il of these houses were Loewen-
stein n his friend. The prince was shot
through the body, tho ball entering his
right side, and he died instantly. Inc
other mans left arm was shattered above
the wrist.
. the princes body were FOUND a
cheap watch, 20 cents IN silver, three Wis
iting cards with the full title OF the prince
and a pass signed by Agulnaldo, giving
the bearer the privilege to go anywhere
within the Filipino lines. This paper was
saturated Win plooa-
"Germans Thought the prince mac peen
seeking sricide ever lnce he arrived az
Manila, and that he denberateiy couftea
the death which overlook I'm.
americans looked upon MIN az Ia ohe
service OF the German government, ana
this view was shared by Engiishmen al
Manila"
There is much IN the record OF prlnce
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-05-20
ancient Internal Machine.

In 1893 the English decided to revenge
themselves upon the corsairs of ST. Malo,
who had long been preying on their COM
merce. AT first they tried to lombard that
port; but, finding that their shots had lit
tie or no effect, they devised a machine
which was intended to utterly destroy the
town at a single blow. A special boat was
built for this purpose, with a carrying
power of 40 tons. 1t was filed with all
kinds of destructive material and such
eolnbustibles as pitch, rosin and chopped
straw. There were over 500 bombs and
shells, with four openings, SO as to throw
projectiles in all directions. This great
hulk was lowed at high tide by three shall
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-05-20
lrt.ys smartness.

Bad luck to them Afraydees," said a
Dublin carman the other day when an
ing from Richmond Barracks to the Kill
dare Street Club.
"Why?" asked the officer.
Sure they've killed all the gentlemen
that was in the army
The officer was so pleased with the
yelled insult that he doubled the fare.
An old gentleman was begged by his
nephew to give up whiskey, as the alb.
stention could undoubtedly lengthen his
days. The uncle wrote back:-"My dear
boy, I tried your advice for one day.
and upon my soul you're right, 1t was
the longest day ! ever put in"
WHY are Irtshrnen always laying bare
the wrongs of their ~country?n asked
some one in the House,.
;.Because they want them redressed,' r
Numbered Major O'Gorman.
An Irish NAVY on the Holyhead boat
was complaining of his foreman, He'd
not stir a finger himself to lift a red
herring off the gfrdiron, but he'd ask You
to shift the Rock o. Gibraltar"
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-05-20


until Dow llal been pretty well perforated
with shots from the eneiny's guns.
Bow was taken to a surgeon, who saved
his life, which was finally forfeited to the
state. He was hanged for the murder of
a fellow oountryman.
To this day one may find ~graybeards
around police quarters who believe that
Leo Sar Bow WAS convicted through the
perjured testimony of rival highbinders,
who took this means Of getting him out
Of the way.
All who knew him could not help adj
miring the mans supreme courage. His
last words to the executioner We're:
ssThank you for your kindness, captain.
Goodby. Tell all China boys to be honest
and desert the tongs. l know. l have
tried both ways, and l say this that all my
countrymen may hear and heed. 1t pays
better to be honest"
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-05-20

New South Wales has a circulating IL
brary that has circulations within circu-
lations and is the most far-reaching in
stitution of it's kind in the world. The
public library in Sydney has 100 wander.
ing libraries, each of which is made up
of from fifty to ninety volumes The
books for this service are put up in par
ticularly strong bindings and are shipped
from place to place In steel fastened oak
cases. They are lent temporarily to $50
different little country libraries through
out the colony. All transportation
charges are paid by the library of Sgd
ney, which has an annual Government
appropriation of 81, 800 for the scheme.
The field is to be increased gradually and
$50 cases of light literature and novels
are to be added to the stock devoted to it.