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The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-11-21
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The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-11-21

A German government commission charged with the examination of indus trial conditions in the far east has made an interesting report on the condition of the Japanese paper industry. and states that while these countries manufacture considerable paper they could also use large quantities from abroad. There are two classes of Japanese papers, one of which is composed entirely of fbre, wbile the other is loaded with about
The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-11-21
FUR REPAIRING.

A distinct departpenJ devoted to the Repairing, Refashioning and kedyeing of partly worn gar- ments. stress Is laid upon the success attending this department and of the results secured at mode crate outlay by our corps of skilled and experienced operators.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-11-21
BtQ0ks:AQQ Est. 1S733
FURS.

Attention is directed in the choice offered our customers in the personal selection of Alaska Seal, Persian Lamb, Broadtail Mink, Chinchilla and Black Marten Skins to be made into Jackets, Capes, Scarfs etc.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-11-21

2 A South African correspondent of the London Daily News says of President Kruger: T have often enough heard him quote passages to prove his points, but his quotations have been misquota- tions. When I was a boy had to learn my Bible very thoroughly, so I could tell his errors. Sir Bartle Frere found him out, too. Did you ever hear the story? When Sir Bartle Frere came down from zululand, at the time tie Transvaal was British territory, and lust before the breaking out of the re- bellion, he and Kruger had a conference The men who were there tell me that at the beginning Kruger started quoting Scripture. But Sir Bartle had two texts ready for every one of his, and, mot content with that, Sir Bartle care fully pointed out to him how each one of his texts was misquoted and bore quite different meaning from that he put on it. Finally Kruger stopped alto gether and sat gazing in wonder at Sir Bartles apparently intending stock of verses from the Bible."
The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-11-21

A big megaphone has been put up on the government lighthouse reservation bn Faulkner's Island. The megaphone is seventeen feet long and seven feet in diameter at the mouth. It is mount ed on circular platform twentyeight to any point of the compass. The megaphone has been heard ten miles away.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-11-21
Now Children!

Som ct h i n g newhas beene cr- ated for yo U this Christmas by The Art : Fabric Co. It's a Tiff e sized Doll 2H 1t.
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The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-11-21

A German expedition led by the Ger hnan onsulgeneral at Constantinope Herr Stemrich, Is surveying route for an extension of the Anatolian railway to Bagdad on the Euphrates. The es- timated cost of such a road is $1oOooO,- 900 and the time required for building it six to eight years. It is expected that Russian engineers will soon begin to survey route for Russian railroad across Persia to the Persian gulf.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-11-21

The question whether a railroad can be compelled to pay damages for the injury of passengers travelling on passes was last week decided differently by two courts. One affirmed that the person injured. an employe could not secure an indemnity because his pass distinctly stated that the railroad com pany had issued it with the understand ing that the one using it should waive claims that might arise by any acci- dent. The other declared that pas senger should receive the full amount of his suit. In the latter case the court also passed on very important new aspect of the accident problem. The railroads attorneys had no difficulty in proving that the injury was received as the result of malicious removal of rails by person now in the penitentia- ny for his crime. The judge did not think that this fact relieved the corpor- Htior~ of responsibility.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-11-21

The town of Adrian, Michigan, is Dverrun with cats, and the local coun- ell is seriously thinking of offering bounties for the destruction of the sur plus felines. At & recent meeting of that body the town clerk stated that a conservative estimate placed the num- Der of cats within the borough limits at thirty-five hundred, or more than three times the human population, which Is eleven hundred. The residents week, but the animals multiply more rapidly than they can be killed.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-11-21

A Kansas man who recently visited the battleship Iowa tried to get from Captain Goodrich the commander of flle ship, confession that pride would keep any commander from fighting his ship from a place of safety in the con- ming tower. Goodrich made this sensi- ble answer: If any commander thought he could better fight his ship from the coming tower and didn't do it, he should be hanged from the yard arm. If he thought he could better fight his ship from the bridge, and didn't do it, he should be hanged from the yardarm. It is not a question of safety or convenience for the captain, but of sacred duty, to do his best for his ship and his cause"
The times., 1899-07-01
NURPHY'S TERRIFIC RIDE
The Cyclist Covers a Mile in Less
Than a Minute.
The OmciaI Time WINS 81 4-5 Seconds
mnEer-A Thrilling Spectacle From
Beginping to End Successful
Prearrnnged Dramatic Conclusion.

New York. June 30.-Riding behind a
locomotive drawing one car in what. for
a goodIy part of the distance, was a true
race against the engine. Charles NJ. Muir
ply today. at haywood L. J., pedaled his
bicycle a mile in 81 As seconds. He rode
the first quarter in 10 seconds; the second
in II LIS, and the third in 13 As seconds.
1t was his ambition to ride the mile in
one minute, or in slightly better time, If
possible. His actual performance was very
close TO two miles in two minutes. He
not only followed behind the train, keeping
close to his wind shield, but once he dropped
well behind its protecting back, got out
where the wind was, and then in a real
and terrific race against the locomotive,
he beat its pace by a sprint that made up
the lost distance and brought him again
close to the rear platform and well within
the sheltering wings of the board that had
been built out from the sides for his
benefit.
Later in the wonderful performance he
again fell back and was outside OF the
shielding yestibule. and there in cloud Of
dust he chased after the iron pacemalter
TO the end. At the finish he added to the
worlds record he had just made another
record which was that OF boarding a train
while it was moving at the rate of a mile
in one minute. This was accomplished by
his running full tilt into the back OF the
car and being snatched from his falling
wheel by the arms OF friends and being
dragged exhausted but uniniured upon the
platform.
II was a wild ride from end 10 end.
more perilous 10 the man and more thrill
ing TO the spectators in every way than
was the performance of this same locomo-
tive chaser on the occasion Of his trial
attempt of June 2l.
In response TO a call OF ready and
pull at the bell rope the engine started
slowly For $50 feet Murphy kept his
hand on the iron fender and Then when
about half a mile of the preliminary rln of
three-fourths of a mile had been covered.
Murphy began to lose ground. He fell
away from his position until his entire
bicycle was several feet behind the rear
The times., 1899-07-01

to be left with two reliable men at some
place a few hundred yards away in the
direction from which the panther is least
likely to come. II only one man is left in
charge he will be afraid to remain If there
is a panther about; and II he does not run
away he will probably fall asleep. When
kid number one stops bleating, the men
with number two should be quietly whis-
tied up and the kids changed; and when
the fresh kid also goes to sleep, the origi-
nal one should be again tied up. By this
means a sportsman can have kid bleat-
ing under his tree from sunset to sunrise,
if he has patience to wait so long-which,
| must confess, | never had. / must have
sat up over kids some twenty or twenty
five times before | even saw panther. but
my perseverance was rewarded at last,
and then only after began to try the plan
of having two kids, plan which answered
exceedingly well. A large panther had
been doing a lot of mischief for some
months at village some twenty miles
from cantonments, and the local shikari
persuaded me to go and try for him. So.
having sent my camp and two kids on
ahead, | started late, and reached the viii
lage about ) p. m. | had machan rigged
up not far from the village, and between
it and a rather extensive jungle fIom
which the panther generally came.
l got into my machan at dusk, and had
to change the kids only once before heard
the panther grunting in the jungle about
a quarter OF a mile away. For half an
hour longer l heard nothing OF MIN. and
| began to think he had passed on. But
all of sudden he came with tremendous
rush from behind me. and lay down be-
side the kid | must have moved too
quickly. for the bedstead tit was before /
used a camp-chair) creaked, and the pan
ther at once bolted. He went about nifty
Yards and lay down, watching the kid. At
fer some ten minutes he began to crawl
very slowly toward my tree, and when he
was about twenty yards OFF he again rush
ed at the kid, caught it by the neck and
tried to make of with it. The peg to which
the kid was tied had not been sufficiently
hammered into the ground, and it came
out when the panther snatched away the
kid 1t was large and heavy, and made
such a noise as it bumped against the hard
ground that the panther was startled,
dropped the kid and went of After going
some fifty yards. he lay down and watched
the kid for nearly a quarter OF an hour.
He then began to crawl toward it, step
by step. | was afraid to let him come too
near, for fear he should make another rush
and make off with the kid before l could
get shot. So, when he was about twenty
yeards off, fred at his chest-not very
large mark to aim at by moonlight. When
| fired he gave loud wough. wough. and
made off at full speed before l could get
second shot / could not find any blood
that night; next morning l found few
drops. but could see nothing OF the pan
ther so gave him up as lost.
Next day beat the jungle in the neigh
borhood for spotted deer without success,
and when 1 had finished the last beat /
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sent a man to look at porcupine hole
close by. to see if there were any signs of
panther having entered it. He reported
that he had seen panther at the mouth of
the hole, and that il had growIed at him
and gone into the burrow. On going to
look at the place myself, l found fresh
panther footprints and a good deal Of
blood so it was evident that my friend of
the night before was there. l collected
the beaters and placed them out of harms
way, and proceeded TO fasten a frework
TO the end of long bamboo, with a view
to bolting the panther from the burrow
fancy he must have heard US walking
about over his head. for. with a loud roar
he suddenly charged out of the hole and
made straight for a man who had Jagged
behind without my knowing it. He got
up on his hind legs, placed his paws on
the mans chest and back, and tried to bite
his face. As 1t happened the bullet l fired
at him the night before had broken the
beasts right foreleg half way up. so that
when he seized the man the broken leg
gave way and man and panther fell to the
ground. one on top of the other. the
panther Immediately left the man and
bolted into some thick jungle. l went to
the other end of this jungle. and had him
driven out by stones thrown from the hi'!-
side above. He came within thirty yards
Of me and stood there looking at the beat
ers. and l killed him on the spot with
bullet through the shoulders Except for
n small scratch the man was quite unhurt
The panther was n male and measured
seven feet three and one-half inches.
The times., 1899-07-01
PANTHER HUNTING IN INDIA.
A Difficult Sport and the Methods of
Pursuing 1t.
IEron tho E;aIdN

OF all forms of sport in India, sitting up
at night over bait for panthers is about
the most utterly wearisome and most IN
productive, and yet at stations near to
which panthers are to be found nearly
every sportsman has tried it more or less
often-generally without ever having seen,
much less bagged, panther. Still, after
repeated failures, il is very hard to resist
the temptation of trying once again when
some village shikart comes in and reports
that a panther comes to his village every
night. and has killed large number of the
villagers cows or goats. The method
adopted in this form of sport is very sim
pie. The sportsman sits up in tree, on
native bedstead generally, while under
meath the tree is tethered kid, which is
supposed to bleat loudly, and so attract
any panther which may be in the neigh
borhood within close range of the sports
man above him. OF course, moonlight
night should be chosen; for this is not a
sine qua non, as lNltern with the glass
covered with white tissue paper, hung in
a tree over the kid makes very fair sub
stitute for moon, especially if the ground
round the kid is covered with chaff (which
is procurable at every village), as this
makes the panther much more easily seen
than if only the dark ground were beneath
him.
One reason for the nom success of this
form of sport is simply that the panther on
this particular night does not go his
rounds in that jungle; or else he comes so
late that the sportsman, tired of sitting
up for several hours, has gone home; or
what is very commonly the case, when
both sportsman and kid have gone to
sleep at their posts. Not uncommonly
when the panther does at last come with
a rush like a railway engine, the sports
man is so taken by surprise that he starts
up on his machan, which creaks loudly
(and all native bedsteads do creak), and,
of course scares the panther. If camp
chair is placed upon the bedstead. and
hung round with branches, so to make
it invisible, it is possible to sit for hours
seizes the goat, to lean quietly forward
and take the shot. This prevents all
creaking and noise, and is far more COM
Portable than lying fiat en- ones side or
stomach for a length of time. The kid
generally bleats loudly for half or three
quarters OF an hour. and then lies down
and goes to sleep; after which nothing on
earth will make him bleat This is the
greatest difficulty the sportsman has to
contend with, for unless the kid bleats he
may Just as well go home at once, as there
is nothing to attract the panther.
There are several ways of keeping the
kid awake and lively-all more or less
cruel; and all equally useless. The only
effective method is to have two kids. one
to be tied up under the machan. the other
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line Of the sheltering sides. a stupendous
struggle over the pedals for few seconds
and the rider was back in his place, where
the partial vacuum made by the flying car
reduced the feat to one Of fast leg work.
strong arms, brave heart, and nervous
force
Past the starting point. marked by n
black line across the boards and two red
flags and a green one waving at the sides,
went the car and well in behind it rode
the man. The half-miie flag was reached
in % 2-5 seconds, but soon after that was
passed the rider again fell back and soon
was with his wheel entirely without the
hood.
Three or four feet beyond this shelter,
or about eight or ten feet from the rear
of the car, he rode in a cloud of dust.
Now the rider gained foot OF two and
again fell back, but always he was back
beyond the shelter. riding and swaying in
that cloud of dust, and constantly the
same strain was on the watchers The
black mark and the red flags of the finish
were passed. Then he came forward, slow
ly at first until within the hood and
then suddenly he crashed forward and
the head of his wheel struck the Tending
bar. AS Murphy's wheel struck the fen
der he was grabbed hap-hazard, it SEEM
ed, but strongly. One helper caught the
"ASSi phN -huIphS was uEdNu entirety
aboard, where for couple of seconds he
lay motionless, face downward.
This dramatic conclusion had been pre-
arranged. The rushing forward of the
riders that seemer so inexplicable was
I caused by slight slackening of the train.
/ The men lying down had calculated that
they could reach over and so catch him
and they tried it. They succeeded.
1t was estimated that Murphy Travelled
nearly two miles in two minutes. The
wheel used by him was the regular racing
model of a Pennsylvania maker. 1t
weighed 90 1-2 pounds. and was geared to
100. In the mile the riders feet made
1,0639S revolutions, which meant 31g
turns of the pedals each second. In the
1,063.9s revolution his feet Travelled in cir
lies 1903 yards.
The times., 1899-07-01
HARMONY CEMETERY.
Attorney Duynu Holds That II Is
Not Exempt From Taxation.

Net Exempt From Taxation.
An opinion has been rendered by Andrew
B. DuvaIl the Attorney for the Dist. let,
in the matter of the request from John F.
Cook for the cancellation and exemption
from taxation of Harmony Cemetery. In
this opinion the ground is taken that the
Commissioners cannot exempt the proper
~. The association may become inCo--
porated under the provisions of the general
Incorporation laws of the District, and
then, Attorney Duvall states, the ceme-
1ery may be exempted from taxation.
The subject of the cancellation of taxes
against the cemetery has been before the
Commissioners for several months, hay:ng
been brought to their attention by Mr.
Cook The cemetery is at Metropolis )
View, and contains about eighteen acres
The land involved in the application or
exemption was purchased several years
ago by John F. Cook, for use as subse-
quent addition to Harmony Cemetery
The title was not vested in trustees at the
time. and it was listed as taxable property.
The taxes were regularly paid until June
30. 1896. The general taxes are unpaid for
1897 and 1899 and the land was sod at tax
sale April 19 1899, for the tax of 1898. TIE
property was conveyed by deed to John F.
L
the use and benefit of the Columbia Har-
mony Association as cemetery for co o ed
persons.
The District Assessor now carries on his
records about thirteen acres OF the Har-
mony Cemetery tract as exempt, Investi-
cation shows that this is being done with
out any special order so far as the As
SCISSOR could ascertain, and that it has been
done ever since 1871. Attorney Duvall at
81 x.f
particular attention 10 this feature of the
question He reports that In his opinion
the Columbian Harmony Association was
an existing society as early as August II
1856. when Congress passed an act for its
relief authorizing the sale of a square in
Washington and reinvesting the proceeds
In other lands in the District and outside
the city. The land which was sold under
this provision OF Congress had been decided
TO the society in 1929, by the Commissioner
of Public Buildings. With the proceeds of
the sale the original tract OF thirteen acres
was bought and Harmony Cemetery estab-
llshed.
In his opinion Attorney Duyall recites
that by the express terms of the Revised
Statutes OF the District all cemeteries.
outside the city limits, are assessable and
taxable. An exception-is made in the case
of burial grounds owned by Incorporated
associations. The Attorney closes his opin-
ion with the following statement:
Harmony Cemetery is not and never
was an incorporated association, and, in
my opinion, the placing OF the original
tract of thirteen acres upon the exemption
list and its continuance thereon. was, and
is, without authority Of law. This asso-
cAtion may become Incorporated Until
its incorporation its property should be
subjected to assessment and taxation as
In. H.
District, excepting all lots in the ceme-
tery which have been actually sold for
burial purposes"
The Commissioners have not yet con-
sidered the ruling OF their Attorney, but
will do so within few days.
The times., 1899-07-01
GERMAN UN-AMER1cANs.
An Expression of Extreme Jews by
nm inti-Monarchist.


To the Editor Of The Times:
A few days ago a news story went the
rounds of the American press to the effect
that a group of Germans in Detroit had
held a meeting for the purpose of pro-
testing against possible Anglo-American
alliance or understanding, and as body,
advised the United States Government not
to think of such thing as an alliance
with anybody on earth but their beloved
Kaiser.
am informed that the meeting was
brought about by the same person who en-
gireered similar gathering in Chicago
not long ago. and he, it is understood by
those who know him, is directly or indi-
rectly, in the employ of the German Gov
ernment It would not be surprising to
see the same game attempted in other
cities having large German populations,
and where there are representatives OF
the nation whose only conception OF lib
erty is license to drink beer in saloons
on Sunday. Perhaps they forget that. on
the principle of ''panem ct circenses. beer
drinking is fostered in the twenty-four
little kingdoms and duchies of old Ger
many by the iununerable Princes adored
by their humble subjects. Through much
drinking of beer men easily become of a
restful turn of mind, and do not bother
themselves much with democratic ideas
or theories. The innate tendency of every
sound man to seek the blessings of a dig
nified government is drowned in alco-
hol in the petty German States.
It is almost incpmprehensible that there
should be found German American citizens
who having sworn allegiance to this great
and glorious Republic, still cling to a
ruler whose constant purpose and effort is
to eradicate all republican sentiment in
his country and implant within the hearts
of its people slavish love for and sub
mission to monarchsl Those meetings in
Chicago and Detroit were shame to the
honorable name by which the participants
described themselves
A GERMAN AMERICAN.
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Smith md NicRce,er-

New York, June 3O.-Mysterious Billy
Smith. of Boston. who was overcome by
the heat some time ago and was thereby
incapacitated from meeting Tommy Ryan,
INDUCED in a rather interesting twenty
round draw with Charley McKeever, at
the Broadway Athletic Club tonight Smith
was not in his best form and those who
played McKeever believed that he had a
slight advantage on points when the bout
was over. The referee. John White, how
ever. rendered just verdict, all things
considered. The fight was fast. Smith
got in heavy blows in nearly every round,
but McKeever succeeded In drawing blood
from Smiths eye. In a mix-up near the
end, Smith was sent to the floor. Smith
was hissed for roughing 1t in the
eighteenth, but 1t was not exactly inten-
tional.