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A Sympathetic Princess.

The following story about the Arch
duchess Valerie of Austria is told by
the Vienna correspondent of the Lon
don Morning Post short time ago
a thirteen-year- schoolboy was
summoned home from his boarding
school at Linz to attend his fathers fu-
neral in Vienna. The lad was without
travelling companions, and while W ait
ing on the platform at Linz began to
cry bitterly. His distress was noticed
by a lady in a first-class compartment,
who summoned the guard, and had the
boy brought to her. She paid his ex-
cess fare for travelling first-class, and
devoted herself to the task of comfort
ing him and relieving the tedium of
the long journey to Vienna, telling him
that she too had suffered much from
the loss of a parent who had died sud
denly and unexpectedly in a foreign
land. The schoolboy was not little
astonished at the end of the journey
to learn that the kindhearted lady was
the Archduchess Valerie, daughter of
the Emperor
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Augustin Daly's Bible.

Since the death of Augustin DAILY
some references have been made in this
paper to his remarkable expanded
copy of the Bible, but no account has
been given-indeed it would be scercaly
possible to give one-to show what a
wonderful work it really is. The ac-
count which lis here given is furnished
by Henry Blackwell, who mounted all
.the pages, arranged the plates and
bound the volumes. -
Mr.. Daily spent many years in col
lecting the plates which were to ac-
company, or, rather, were chiefly to
make up the work He then turned
them over to Mr.. Blackwell to be ar
ranged and bound 1t was a tremen-
dous piece of work, and while Mr.
Blackwell was about it Mr. DAILY fire.
quently sent him more plates, while the
binder collected a considerable num-
ber himself There were in the end
about eight thousand plates, and in
sorting and arranging these Mr.. Black
well declares he spent no less than
1,SOO hours before beginning could be
made with the actual binding This
took all of his spare time for two years.
In the course of his work lie read
the whole of the Bible, through four
times, and he thinks that when he got
through he could have passed a good
examination in theology. He arranged
the plates by subjects, and when he
found so many of a single subject that
he did not care to place them all to-
gether he scattered some of them about.
placing them at passages containing
nv@ lass
subjects.
The next care was the text. The
Douai version was used, and the edi-
ton was one, printed in Dublin some
thing over a hundred years ago. Two
copies Were used, because every page
had to be mounted by itself on special
paper, SO that one side of each leaf
was lost. Some of the pages were
much soiled. In order to get them all
clean, and uniformly so, Mr. Blackwell
took the books all to pieces and boiled
the pages, just as a washerwoman
would boil clothes. Then he hung them
on the clothesline in the back yard and
sat smoking his pipe and Watching
them while they dried, the other mem
bers of his family and the neighbors
being all the time filled with due hor-
ror at such treatment of a valuable
book
But the pages came through the pro-
cess sound and clean, and then came
the work of mounting them, and fin
ally of binding. Theyswere bound into
forty-two volumes, in half white leyant
with vellum sides. Sometimes there is
a considerable amount of text in vol
ume and sometimes there is extremely
little, according to how many plates
have to accompany it. The Gospel CT
Matthew, for instance. takes three or
four volumes. and the Lords Prayer
alone takes a whole volume This vol
ume, of course, contains only one leaf
of the regular text of the book, but it
also contains the prayer in $50 lam
guages, besides the many plates.
Each of the volumes has a title page
with a water-color drawing by En-
gene Grivaz. Mr.. Blackwell estimates
that the whole work must have cost
Mr.. Daily not less than $25,OOO.-New
York Tribune
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WALLACE, Qdaho), July 2O.-This
evening attorney for Paul Corcoran,
on trial for the murder of James
Cheyne, announced that they rested.
Mrs. Corcoran, who was on the wit
ness stand to-day, said her husband
left home just before o'clock and re-
turned shortly after noon on April
Doth. He remained until nearly 3 p. NJ.
and she did not see him again until
. p. m.
L. j. SimpkinS was called to impeach
Superintendent Burch of the Bunker
Hill Company. He was positive four
soldiers guarded him during the inter-
view, but Burch's testimony was that
only one soldier was present. All ques-
tions asked Simpkins were objected to
by the State and the objections gen
orally sustained.
The defense asked for the recall of
A. M. ST. Clair, but the court would not
allow it. He was then called as the
defense witness. The fact was ELECTED
that he had served a term in the peni-
tentiary at Deer Lodge, Montana, for
assault with a deadly weapon. This
was the witness who swore to seeing
Corcoran on the train both when leav-
ing and returning.
Eight witnesses then swore to Cor
coran's good reputation as law
abiding citizen.
The prosecution will put on witnesses
in rebuttal, but expect to conclude to-
morrow. The defense will probably
have some sur-rebuttal, which will
probably throw argument over until
Monday.
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CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR.
Proceedings of the Convention at
Garfield Park.

SANTA CRUZ. July 20-The Chris
tian Endeavor convention at Garfield
Park to-day began this morning With
sunrise prayer at o'clock. followed by
devotional meeting, led by -. o.
Huntington of Corralitos.
Standing committees We're then ap-
pointed, and a gratifying report on
membership was made. the societies re-
porting being as follows: Active 952,
associate 219 honorary 30, junior 307
intermediate II. DR.. J. II. Durham
read the Corresponding Secretary's re-
port DR.. ]. B. Hodgen, Treasurer, re-
ported that the finances were all right
Then followed an open parliament on
committee work.
The afternoon session was opened by
Rev. Powers of College City. A paper
was read by DR.. J. H. Durham on Our
Work; What Shall 1t Be?" The even
ing sermon was delivered by Pew. Mil
lite of Visalia.
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ADMIRAL DEWEY.
The First Officer Of the Navy at
Trieste. Austria.

TRIESTE (Austria). July 2O.-The
United States cruiser Olympia, with
Admiral Dewey on board arrived here
this morning. The I'll Picolo" has a
flattering article welcoming the Ad-
miral to Austria. The Olympia will re-
main here about two weeks.
Admiral Dewey's health is perfect.
He has not decided whether he will go
to Carlsbad, as has been announced,
but it is not probable that he will do
so. The Admiral intends to visit VIZ
emma.
Upon her arrival here the Olympia
fired salute of twenty-One guns,
which was returned from the fort and
four Austrian and one Greek warship
subsequently.
Admiral Dewey received visits from
the port authorities. the United States
Minister to Austria. Addison Harris,
and the staff of the legation and the
Consuls of the United States In Aus
tria. The foreign Consuls. were receiv-
ed by Admiral Dewey zens board the
Olympia during the forenoon.
The Olympic had bad run to-Aden
against monsoon. but from that point
on the weather was fine. Admiral
Dewey expects to remain on board his
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SAFE WAS TOO TOUGH.
Apaches Tomahawked 1t, Roasted
It and Soaked It in Vain.

1.-The Apache Indians had a hard nut
to crack when they got hold of our pay
masters safe,'' said the ex-Sergeant of
Cavalry who was asked about his eX-
periences In Arizona. "On this par
ticular trip 1 was detailed with six
men to escort him. He and his clerk
rode in an ambulance drawn by mules,
and, of course, the escort was mounted.
We were in camp one night between
two forts, when we were ju.nped by at
least 100 Indians. They killed two men
before we got out, and the ambulance
was left in their hands.
'The PaymaSter's safe contained
about $1,000 in greenbacks. 1t weighed
something like 400 pounds and worked
with a combination. None of the red
skins had ever examined one at close
quarters before, but they all knew what
it was hauled about from post to post
for, and. of course, they were anxious
to get hold of the money. They first
pounded off the knob with stones,
thinking the door could then be pried
open. 1t was failure, of course, and
then they tried their tomahawks on
the chilled steel hoping to cut hole
in it. They had seen iron softened by
fire, and the third move was to give
that safe three hours roasting. Luck
lily for Uncle Sam, it was fireproof
They threw big rocks upon it while it
was stiH hot, and it was dented here
and there, but they were as far from
the money as ever. After working
away for night and a day, the safe
was dragged up the side of a mountain
and tuHbled over precipice 200 feet
high. They expected to see it burst
open. but the only damage done was
to break one of the wheels off, 1t was
left lying where it fell for three or
four days. and the gang then turned
and carried it to the river and let it
soak fora whole week. It was thought
that this would soften it up, and great
was their chaGrin when baff1ed again.
Then they tried gunpowder, but, know
ing nothing of blasting. they brought
about an explosion which burned half a
dozen warriors and left the safe as
good as ever
.The Indians were :fooling with that
strong box for a month or more. They
roasted it again and they gave it an
other fall, and no burglars ever worked
harder to get at the long green. They
failed to. get at the inside, however,
and in disgust they tumbled it into
deep rayines and left it. 1t was four.
teen months later that peace came, and
we accidentally got track Of the safe.
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FRANCE AND AMERICA.
Reciprocity Negotiations Reach a
Critical Stage.

WASHINGTON, July 70. - The
Franco American reciprocity negotia-
tions have again assumed a critical
stage, and as only three days remain
within which a treaty can be framed
under the Dingley Act, there is consid,
cradle anxiety as to the final success of
the treaty.
The conditions have entirely changed
within the last few days, and whereas
at one time the French ambassador, M.
Cambon, and the special reciprocity
delegate, M. Charpentier. were quite de-
sirous of closing the matter, it is un-
derstood they no longer show any anx-
iety in that direction. This is said to
arise largely from an agitation which
has begun in France against the treaty
on the ground that it threatens to bring
American goods in competition with
French goods and to throw out of en-
ployment many French workmen.
This unexpected opposition in France
appears to have induced the Govern
ment leaders to use much circumspec-
ton in closing the treaty. This in turn
is finding expression in the negotia-
tions here, and there is an unwilling
ness to grant the large concessions pro-
pOSeO dt the outset. In particular It IS
that the authorities at Paris have made
it clear that ten or twelve articles must
not figure in the reductions, owing to
the extent to which they would affect
the agrarian interests of France.
Whether the officials here will feel
justified in concluding the negotiations
in the face of this feeling on the part
of the French authorities remains to be
determined, and the answer to it will
settle whether there is to be a treaty.
1t is an unexpected phase of the ne
gotiations that has developed of late.
This is that the American export of
mineral oils which is very heavy to
France at present receives the mini
mum rate in anticipation of the clos
ing of a reciprocity treaty, but if the
treaty fails the French Government will
Immediately apply the maximum rate.
The difference in duty on this one prod
uct is said TO amount to S5OOO,OOO In
case the present sharp differences are
adjusted the expectation is that the
treaty will be signed on Saturday.
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A Fight in Island Of Panay.

MANILA, July 81, 11:15 a. m.-News
has been received here from General
Smith at Iloilo. Island of Panay, of
severe fight on. Wednesday at Bobong
between Captain Byrne Of the Sixteenth
Infantry, with seventy men, and force
of $50 Babaylones, who surprised the
American troops. One hundred and
fifteen of the enemy were killed, as is
shown by actual count: many were
wounded and one was taken prisoner.
The American loss was one man killed
and one wounded. The fighting was
mostly at close quarters with bayonets
and dubbed guns. A considerable stock
of supplies and arms has been captured
by Captain Byrne, who is in command
of the battalion operating at La Car
lota, in the district Of Negros.
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WEATHER CONDITIONS.
Sacramento Temperature Low
COMPARED With Other Points.

SAN FRANCISCO, July 20.-The fol-
lowing maximum temperatures were re-
ported from stations in California to-
day:
Eureka 60, Fresno 104. Los Angeles
so, Red Bluff 81. San Luis Obispo So,
San Diego IS. Sacramento 80, Inde-
pendence 9S, Yuma 100.
San Francisco data: Maximum tenn
pertaure IS, minimum 81. mean 30.
The pressure continues to fall over
Nevada, Utah and Southern Idaho. A
moderate storm is central over the val
ley of the Colorado and Southern Ne
vada
Light rain is reported in Northern
Arizona and Southern Utah.
There has been decided fall in tenn
perature in the San Joaquin and Sac
ramento Valleys. and the temperatures
are more nearly normal than for four
days past.
In the vicinity of San Francisco there
is a vertical thermal gradient of l de-
gree for every 100 feet of elevation.
A thunderstorm is reported at Cedar
City, Utah.
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An ambulance and a guard We're sent
for it, and we found it lying in a bed
of a creek, with a great pile of drift
wood around it. 1t was a lonesome-
looking old safe, as you may suppose.
and nobody had the slightest hope that
the money had escaped fire and water.
When we got it to the fort and blew off
the door we found the $1,000 as snug as
you please. Some of the bills were a
little tender from the heat and some
had grown moldy from the water, but
Uncle Sam redeemed every dollar, and
the Paymaster was made happy again.
When the Apaches heard of our getting
the money, one of them, who had
worked hardest on the safe, growled at
me:
White man some fool, Indian mora
fool. and iron box great big DIN fool."
Chicago Inter Ocean,
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NEW YORK, July 2O.--A marvellous
change has come over the strike as
pect from one end Of Second avenue to
the other. There was promise, too, by
General Master Workman Parsons Of
a complete tie-up of the trolley lines in
Manhattan, with it's consequent in
spring effect upon the Brooklyn
strikers. A general tie-up has not
come by any means in New York. There
was little or no rioting on Second
avenue to-day or tonight. The cars
on that line ran throughout the day
almost as they had run previous to the
strike. The Eighth avenue line, which
the strike officials last night promised
would be dead to-day, was moving
right on time with only hitch now
apd then, far up in Harlem, where a
few roughs had clear field to run.
There is no strike on the Madison
avenue line, scheduled meeting of the
car men Of that line having fizzled out
tonight. Practically no trolley line IN
New York City is affected save tn"
Second avenue
A crowd of striking motormen of the
Eighth avenue line late this afternoon
attempted to wreck car at One Hun
dred and Thirtieth street and Eighth
avenue, after driving the motorman
from the platform An immense crowd
gathered and bicycle policeman went
to\the rescue. Other policemen ar
rived about the same time. They broke
through the crowd and attacked the
strikers, arresting several of them. but
were driven off by policemen who came
70 ha ciSto Of ho nd
his patrolmen along the way. The dis
abled car was pushed along to the car
barns and laid up for repairs.
The strike, according to a statement
made by President Rossiter, has so
far cost the Brooklyn Rapid Transit
Company $4,000, or an average of
S11 900 a day since it was started last
Sunday morning.
About 80 per cent. of the cars pan
regularly to-day on the main lines and
a little over 90 per cent. on the Nasl
SaussyStem.
Great difficulty is being met by the
company in repairing trolley wires
that have been cut. Gangs of linemen
have been sent out surrounded by
nOunted police and followed by patrol
wagons filled with policemen. No re-
SjSfanco nOSSih1o
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Mclean Held to Answer.

LOS ANGELES, July 20.-N. H.
McLain was in Justice James Court to-
day to be tried on one and to answer to
four other criminal charges, all grow
ing out of trouble with the sisters of
his sweetheart Miss Maggie Macy, a
daughter of ex-Supervisor Oscar Macy
McLain pointed a gun at the sisters
and threatened to blow their heads off.
and also struck Stella Macy, accord
ing to the testimony at the trial. The
Justice dismissed the charge of as
sault with a deadly weapon, because
1t was proven that the shotgun was not
loaded, and held McLain on the other
charges
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but who confesses that he is Clyde Mat
tox, and is wanted at New Kirk, O. T.,
for murder. The Sheriff at New Kirk
.telegraphed the Chief of Police here
that a satchel had been sent addressed
to Frank Jones, and that the sus-
pected Jones was Mattox. When Jones
was arrested he admitted the fact. The
Chief here has telegraphed for par
ticulars and instructions, Mattox re-
fused to talk about his crime.
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Rail Accident.

SAN FRANCISCO, July 20.-An ac-
cident occurred to passenger train No.
9, eastbound, at Stanwix, at o'clock
this morning. Stanwix is in the heart
of the Maricopa desert. and is few
miles this side of Gila Bend. A work
train was fixing a break caused by
floods when No. 8 came along. 1t
tagged the passenger train to stop, and
was making for a siding. A sudden
rush OF water came down from the
mountain, and racing toward the track,
tore it out completely, overturning the
engine and baggage car of the passen-
ger train. No one was injured.
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WORD From Otis.

WASHINGTON, July 20.-The fol-
lowing dispatch has been received at
the War Department:
Manila (Received July 2O.-Adju-
tant General Washington: Storm still
prevailing; barometer rising. indicating
improving weather conditions. Aver
age rainfall July several years, 1415
inches; for twenty days July, now
closed, Al inches: country flooded
Troops on outposts have suffered and
former lines of communication cut in
some instances; not serious. No mate
rial increase in sickness reported. Tele-
graphic communication maintained at
San Fernando, Bacor and nearly all
other points, Unable yet to collect
returning transports. OTIS.
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A wild Guess.

THE pillows in this clearinghouse
are, the hardest Il ever struck" COM
planned the new boarder at the break
fast table. II wonder what they are
made of?''
Perhaps" said the star boarder, "of
feathers from a tailor's goose. DE
troit Free Press.
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Ro1ALfsss*'; fs*Sss ss';;ss
Makes the food more delicious and wholesome
lBSOlUTECY pUIsE
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flagship, with the exception of occa-
sional trips on shore.
Most of the chief Government officials
are absent on leave. The British Con-
sui, Mr. Churchill. was the first caller
on Admiral Dewey and was saluted in
the most cordial manner.
The United States Minister, Mr.. Har-
ris, will give a banquet in honor OF
Admiral Dewey.
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Suicide in Contra Costa County.

MARTINEZ, July 20.-N. o. Osgood
took his life in cabin on the Larkey
ranch Tuesday evening. He told the
people at the ranch to bring his supper
down to him, and when boy arrived
with 1t he found the old man hanging
to rafter. Deceased was 10 years old
Joseph Carter, a stepson, of San Fran
cisco, took the remains to that city. to-
day, where they will be cremated An
examination of the body showed he
was sufferer from dropsy.
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al Newspaper. Change.

vISALIA, July 20.-A newspaper
change of considerable magnitude oc-
CURED in this city to-day, when George
W. Stewart sold his half interest in the
Delta Publishing Company to Alonzo
Melville Doty. By this deal Mr.. Doty
becomes sole owner of the Daily and
Weekly Delta"
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Steamer Goes Ashore.

HUENEME (CaL), July 2O.-The
stamer South Coast ran ashore near
the Hueneme lighthouse owing to a
thick fog about 8 o'clock this morning.
On riding the tide the ship got off with
out injury, and is now discharging her
cargo at the dock.
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Killed by a switch Engine.

MARTINEZ, July e20.-Last evening
j. w. Dennie. was run over by a
switch engine at Port Costa and killed.
He was riding on the engine, and lost
his hold and fell under the wheels.
Dennie was member of the Brother
hood of Conductors.
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A Long Wait.

Maid-You got home early, Mr.. Binks
Shall I call Mrs. Binks?
! Mr.. Binks twho loves q joke)=-Don't t
tell her am here. Just say a gentle
imam wishes to see her in the parlor.
Pm afraid you'd get tired.'
Tired
Yes. SIR She'd spend bout two
holrs making herself look pretty
New York Weekly.
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Volunteer Enlistments.

WASHINGTON, July 2O.-The num-
ber OF enlistments yesterday were 451,
making a total of 1929. The Thirty
first Regiment still leads with $50 men.
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Condition Of the Treasury.

WASHINGTON. July 20.-To-day's
statement of the condition of the treas
ury shows: Available cash balance.
$279, ,251, ,741: gold reserve, $244, ,492, ,OO2
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s, Suicide In Napa County.

ST. HELENA. July 2O-Rufus S.
March, an employe in Fred T. Moneys
livery stable at this place, committed
suicide to-day by drinking carbollc
acid.
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North Atlantic Squadron.

NARRAGANSETT PIER R II,
July 20.-The warships of the North
Atlantic squadron left here for New
port at $3.50 O'Clock this morning.
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Mattox Under Arrest,

Los ANGELES, July 2O-The police
here have arrested a man who has
gone under the name Of Frank Jones.
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Baroness Nathaniel Rothschi1d.
PARIS, July 2O.-Baroness Nathaniel
Rothschild died suddenly to-day of
heart disease
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He Is ssthe freeman whom the truth
makes free, and all are slaves beside.
Cowper.
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TROLLEY LINES
LITTLE AFFECTED.
Only One Crippled by the Street Car
Strike.
The Service on Second Avenue the One
Suffering Yesterday.

No Strike on Madison Avenue, the
Scheduled Meeting Of the Car
Men Resulting in q Fizzle-
Striking Motormen Attempt to
Wreck q Car on Eighth Avenue,
but Meet With Failure.
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CGUR D'ALENE
RIOT TRIALS.
The Attorneys for Corcoran Rest
Their Case.
Defense Asks for the Recall Of One Wit
ness, but It Was Disallewed.

The Prosecution Will Put on Wit
.nesses To-Day in Rebutta1, but
Expect to Conclude Their Case
During the Day-Argument
Will Probably Go Over Until
Monday.