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Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-07-28
THE DERVIsH STORY TELLER,

london Post: While we We're Thinking
the steaming beverage we became aware
of a voice frying in the desert below. That
the naib of the caravanserai was venting
his spleen on his underlings was our first
guess at the strident din, and we stuck
fast to the conjecture until the names of
Zal, Rustum, SOhrab and Ruksh left room
for no other thought han that we We're
listening to a recitation by some wander
ing Dervish story teller of the tragic fate
of Sohrab, whom his mighty father Rus
tum slew in ignorance. Now the reciter
spoke in the voice of the valiant son;
now he Numbered in the terrific tones Of
the terrible sire; bur when he fell on a
sudden to neighing in the likeness of
Ruksh, the immortal war horse Of the
Persian Hercules. there We're two persons,
but only two, who burst out laughing
my friend and I.
Leaping to our feet, we bestrOde the
parapet of the roof and watched what
proved to be a picturesque scene Of Per-
sian life and character. The coming Of
the Dervish story teller to Agha Baba
had attracted to the caravanserai every
soul in the neighborhood save only the
women folk. The arched inches, crowded
with the elite, might be described as the
dress circle of the rustic theater. There
sat, in the most conspicuous niche of all,
the cOurtly figure of the naib of the cara
vanserai, in whose kolah of black lamb
skin glistened the emblem of the Lion and
the sum-. Around him were grouped the
grooms and POSITIONS in their yellow jer-
kins and brimless felt hats. In the other
inches q couple Of muleteers were finger
ing their money bags meditatively; and a
camel driver, bronzed and weather beat
en-, was examining his mouth full of stale
bread in thin sheets, using each hand in
turn by way Of q ramrod. And out in the
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-07-28
HUMAN LIGHT.

New York Journals: Ottokar Hofmann
of Argentine, Kan, who is we'll known in
the West as a civil and mining engineer,
has made the remarkab bic discovery that
the human body possesses a hitherto I'M
known power which operates the same as
light in photography.
Pictures have been taken by this human
light, or body halo, by Mr.Hofmann which
are distinct, and the limit Of the accuracy
and ineness of the reproductions varies,
depending, SO the experiments he has con-
Quoted indicate, entirely upon the state Of
the body.
Mr.. Hofmann has not given a name to
the newly discovered force, but simply
confines himself. in discussing the many
interesting experiments which he has re-
Gently made, to the statements that a
human body em.ts rays Of some sort,
which act upon a Photographic sensitive
plate in a way which is both interesting
and puzzling.
This discovery opens up an entirely new
field for experiment and investigation by
PSYCHOLOGISTS, and it is believed that from
even the little that is known Of the new
rays an important factor has been found
which may indicate the approach of dis
ease or the development of different dis
ease germs in the body.
The experiments have shown that the
RAYS are not light, though they lave a
similar operation on a Photographic plate.
The human rays with some sub
tie force ehind them have the property
of passing without change or interference
through materials which are ~non-conduc-
tors Of electricity, such as glass and rub
Der, and producing the same effects as II
| there had not been any foreign substance
| between the body and Photographic plate,
| while if the substance is used as a con-
| ductor Of electricity such as silver or lead
| the ray does not pass through it. but the
same result is attained as If it did, ap-
| parently by the communication of the vi
| bration of the ray to the sensitive MIN.
During the tests made by Mr.. Hofmann
| several hundred persons were given a
! chance to emit the human ray Some per-
| sons gave a faint demonstration on the
| film, others a very strong one and a few
| gave no result, and yet after the lapse of
a few hours the results were reversed,
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-07-28

showing the difference of the chemical
energy in the same body on different days.
Inc temperature and moisture in the air
apparently had no effect in the produce
ton Of the rays.
MI. Hofmann's experiments were con-
ducted under all possible conditions to
test the activity and penetrating power Of
the rays. The ordinary developing tray
was employed, about half filled with the
developing solution, and the Aim was
such as every photographer uses. The
tests were made in perfect darkness with
out the use of the developing lamp.
In order to get rid of the possibility that
the photographs might have been taken
by a chemical reagent the film after be-
ing saturated was put between two glass
plates so that there could not be any con-
tact of air or communication between the
fingers pressed against the outside of the
glass and the film, n an almost perfect
photograph of the fingers was produced
after 10 minutes exposure.
This experiment and others demon
strated clearly that the reaction on the
silver compounds of the film was caused
by human rays and not by the chemical
reaction. A silver dollar left on a glass
plate over the film for hours developed
nothing, but when pressed in darkness for
10 minutes by the tips of the fingers a
distinct impression of the dollar was
shown without any of the details Of the
inscription on the coin.
The fingers were not imprinted upon the
film, showing that the rays did not pass
through the silver, but impaired their vi
brations to it. In order to prove that it
was the rays from the fingers which did
the work two silver dollars were used
upon the glass plate, and the one which
was touched by the fingers only made the
imprint on the film.
One of the best photographs of the fin
gers was obtained by Mr.. Holman by
placing a hard rubber tray between the
film and his hand. The usual 10 minutes
were used in making the test and a very
clear imprint of the fingers was shown.
The rays to do this work have to pass
through rubber one quarter of an inch
thick.
1t is expected that there will be some
other strange developments by the fur
Their experiments with the human rays.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-07-28
A BRAVE BOY.

The little son of Ras Rochester was
run over by a runaway team yesterday
afternoon and badly, although not seri-
ously injured. The accident occurred on
the West Side. The runaway team was
dashing down the street, and the boy,
who is only 5 years old, with a courage
possessed by few men, ran out in front
of the horses and waved his cap in the
endeavor to stop them. He was knocked
down, and the vehicle to which the team
was attached passed over him. His most
serious injuries consisted of several scalp
wounds, which We're attended to by DR..
Gregg.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-07-28
LOCAL BRIEFS.
Meet me at Newbro's fountain. .
Try Tisseras Package Ceylon Tea. .

Meet me at Newbro.s fountain.
Try Tisseras Package Ceylon Tea.
Coco-Cola is a great nerve tonic. Try
it. at Newbro's.
Born, July "a, to the wife of E. j. Des-
jardin, No. 529 Shields avenue, a daugh-
ter.
Mary. the infant daughter Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Joseph POlettO Of Meaderville, died
yesterday.
Chemicals and assayers' supplies. Fair
DRUG and Assay Supply company, us
East Park street.
Don't overlook the Butte and Bingham
copper mining shares of Utah at Is cents
per share. See d on Page 5.
d. D.. Babcock of Co. G, LIST Montna,
who was rounded while s%crapping with
the F%ilipinos, will lecture Friday evening
ON the experiences of the Montana SOL
diers during the campaign in the Philip
pines.
The Ogden base ball team will leave
next Tuesday for Montana, where they
will play ball during the early days Of
August. They will play in Helena, An
aconda, Butte and Great Falls. The
Montana teams pay their railroad fare
both ways.
The Hewett-Sisley company, mining
brokers', mas been dlsSOlved. L.. A. SiSley
will continue business at the old stand,
where he will be pleased to meet his
friends and anyone who wishes to buy
mining stocks. The new firm will be
known as L. A. Sisley & Co., mining
stock brokers.
At the banquet of the Rocky Mountain
Interstate Medical association held at the
Knutsford. Salt Lake, last Wednesday
night, DR.. Donald Campbell of Butte re-
sponded to the toast 1.-The Medical Ad-
vertiser," in which he said that there
was no room in Montana for the adver-
Using doctor. DR.. Campbell was elected
recording secretary and DR.. r.. J.. Murray
was made one of the board of trustees.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-07-28
$50 sets Of teeth $40. DR.. Wix.
A

New York Tribune: A story is going
the rounds of a golf match w Rev.
DR.. Sterret and Justice Harlan of the
United States supreme court. The Incl
DEN occurred at the Chevy Chase Golf
club, one of the prominent organizations
near Washington, during a meeting be-
tween these two ardent golfers. The doc
tor discovered his ball teed up in tempt
ing style for a brassie shot, and, with the
utmost deliberation. he went through the
preliminary "waggles," and with a SUI
preme effort-missed the ball. For fully
a minute he gazed at the tantalizing
sphere without uttering a word. At
length Justice Harlan remarked solemn
ly: doctor, that was the most profane
silence I ever listened to-"
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-07-28
DREYFUS' Off

London Mail: Dreyfus' coffin was spe-
cially made at about the time of the lola
trial. To enable the wooden shell to re-
sist ants, etc., it was stepped in tar and
creosote. The lining was of zinc, and the
lids were ane of glass, through which
the face of the dead could be seen, so that
the Meline government might prove that
he was really dead.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-07-28
MARCUS DAILY BETTER,

Advices received in the city today are
to the effect that Marcus Daily, the news
of whose illness yesterday was received
with considerable anxiety in Butte and
throughout Montana, is very much i'm
proved, and in a few days will be enjoy
ing his usual vigorous health. This
mornings news is good news for Butte,
where Mr.. Days health. aside from per-
sonal consideration. is a matter that con-
Germs vast business interests.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-07-28

For the hot summer months we will Of
fer the public something very fancy in a
special line Of silk goods morning and
evening gowns, dressing sacques, negli-
gees, wrappers, waists. shirts, hosiery,
etc. Room AZ and as Owsley block. Vein
berg Bros, & Epstein, Proprietors.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-07-28

~Seven-day excursion through Yellow
stone park leaves Cinnabar July 81. All
expenses, $50. Call at room so, Silver Bow
block.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-07-28

Wear Holbrook's foot-form shoes. They
will cure our cOrns.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-07-28
NOTICE.

Woman's Relief Corps will serve ice
cream and cake at I. o. G. T. hall Sat
urday evening, July 20. Members bring
cake. Admission, 25 cents.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-07-28

Odd Fellows picnic, Twin Bridge.
July 30. y
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-07-28

There will be forty first-class cars
for the Odd Fellows picnic, Sunday,
JULY 30.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-07-28

The Puritan and Ladies' Home Journal
for August at Postoffice News Stand. y
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-07-28

There will be forty f1rst-class cars
for the Odd Fellows picnic, Sunday,
J,11v 20.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-07-28

$40 sets of teeth $40. DR.. Wix.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-07-28

John N. Olson, Music Teacher and Or
chestra, 1926 West Granite.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-07-28
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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-01-03
GOMEz's INFLUENCE ENDED.
Views of n Havana Correspondent and
the London Times

LONDON, Jan. 3.-The Havana correspon-
dent of the Times, referring to the refusal
of General Maxine Gomez to surrender his
arms until an Independent government is
granted, says, II believe that the influence
CT General Gomez with the rebels is COM
pletely ended
The Times prints letter this morning
from a distinguished American naval Off
GER" giving an interesting account of the
situation in Havana and expressing sincere
pity for THE many gallant Spanish Off
GERS" He describes the "fatalistic resigna-
ton" Of the Spaniards and the riots result
from the dismissal of the Spanish police
without pay.
Commenting editor;ally upon the forego-
ing letter, its correspondents opinion and
the transfer of sovereignty in Cuba from
Spain to the United States, the Times says:
"Such a transfer was the best thing khat
could have happened to the Cubans. For
their own sakes it is to be hoped that their
political education will be rapid and COM
plete since it is certain the Americans will
not tolerate the impatience which a long and
demoralizing struggle has engendered.' Re-
garding the nonpayment of the police the
Times says "A bankrupt generally man
ages to pay his servants wages. The COM
pleteness of the Spanish downfall is more
fully brought home to us by these squaid
domestic tragedies than by the greater
events of the war"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-01-03
Sixteen Hundred Spanish Soldiers
Now at ZambOangO Under Conn
mand of General MOnterO.
MESSENGER SENT TO ILOILO
WITH INSTRUCTIONS FROM PREsI-
DENT Nf'KZ.LEY TO GEN. MILLER.
No Late Advices from the Scene of
Prospective HostiIities-TrOOpsO Or
dered to the Philippines.

MADRID, Jan. General Rios, the Span
ish commander, cables that he has arrived at
Manila on board the Leon XIII, after hav-
ing completely evacuated the Visayas and
the northern part of the Island of Min
danao and after blowing up fourteen forts
and the fleet of gunboats on Lake Lano.
He adds that sixteen hundred Spanish troops
are concentrated at Zamboanga, under the
command of General Montero. The Spanish
general also says that before quitting the
trenches he warned the insurgents in the
vicinity of Iloilo that if they fired a single
shot he would raze the town. The Spanish
transport Monserrat sails for Spain on Jan.
"A and the Leon XIII, with General Rios on
board, sails for Spain on Jan. r.
LONDON, Jan. 3.--The Madrid correspond
ent of the Daily Mail says that General Rios,
on his arrival at Manila, had a conference
with Mai. Gen. Elwell S, Otis, United States
military governor Of the Philippines.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-01-03
RACE FOR A CONTRACT
CONTEST BETWEEN THE NORTH
WESTERN AND THE BURLINGTON.
Mail Trains Speeding Westward from
Chicago at Eighty Miles an Hour
Part of the Time,

CHICAGO, Jan. 2.-Steel and steam fought
steel and steam in the great fast mail con-
test tonight. How the race from Chicago
to Omaha ended cannot be told until morn
ing, for the Northwestern and Burlington
trains do not reach Omaha until then. But
when last heard from both fast mail trains
were in Central Iowa flying westward at a
better rate than a mile minute. The Bur-
Hngton's fast mail left Chicago at $780, The
new flyer of the Northwestern road left
Chicago one half an hour later. The Bur-
lington is due in Omaha at 1856 and the
Northwestern at SIS tomorrow morning.
AS the government makes no mail con-
tracts with the railroads for any stated
period, under the rules and regulations the
Northwestern has only to give faster service
to Omaha for seven days than does the
Burlington to demonstrate that it is en-
titled to half of the mail contract, if not all
of it. But if in the seven days the Burling-
ton maintains its fast schedule and does
better than the Northwestern, then the lat
ter has no right to demand a change.
In order to get the mail for the Pacific
coast to Omaha within the time planned
both trains ran at various times at a speed
equaling eighty miles an hour, while the
lowest rate of speed was 49.5 miles an hour.
Lie 4NOIluWeSleIA uSeU the 9UO series OF
engines for its fast run, of which forty have
been built for the road. The dimensions of
these monsters are: Eight wheels, cylinders
19x24; drive wheels, 6S inches; weight, 126 600
pounds; weight of tender, loaded, $1,000
pounds; water capacity of tender 4,5OO gall
Ions; coal capacity of tender eight tons
The Burlington used the Glass engines
The dimensions of that engine are: Gauge
feet S15 inches; cylinders. 19x26 inches
drivers, S4A inches weight, 190, 600 pounds
weight on drivers. $4,000 pounds; tank ca
pacity, 1900 gallons.
The load behind these engines was not
heavy one. Only mail cars were attached,
and the entire equipment was for speed
making The Northwestern had 1925 miles
to run and the Burlington 500 miles The
mail which the Burlington carried, and
which the Northwestern desires, left New
York city and Boston simultaneously sun
day night at 9 o'clock. entering Chicago at
$50 tonight over the Lake Shore
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-01-03
sPANIARDs BROKE FAITH.
Hauled Their Flag Down from the
PnInce before. the ACreed Time.

Palace Before the Agreed Time.
CHICAGO, Jan. 2.-Richard Henry Little
staff correspondent of the Tribune at Ha-
vana in describing evacuation day incidents
on Sunday, says: THE Spaniards did not
leave with good grace. They showed the
spirit that made their rule in Cuba so
odious. They broke faith with the American
commission and they forgot to show COM
mon courtesy to those who were not so
long ago their foes, but who at least were
magnanlmous foes. The Spanish flag was
to be raised over the palace and then hauled
down in token of the ending of Spanish rule
in Cuba, but the red and yellow flag was
hauled down at o'clock, long before the
first guest invited to the evacuation cere-
monies appeared on the scene. Two or three
soldiers quietly went up to the roof of the
palace early this morning. and taking the
flag down, rolled it into a bundle. When
the Americans began to arrive for the cere-
monies the palace flag was on board a trans
port that was sailing down the harbor on
its way to Spain.
THE Spanish flag was lowered on Moro,
according to the previous arrangement, but
the principal ceremony of the day, the one
at which all the American and Spanish
officials were to be present and which was
to typify the end of Spain's sovereignty,
was the one at the palace. Only a handful
of soldiers and Americans were at Moro,
while great crowd jammed the roofs in
all the narrow streets for blocks around the
palace.
THE crowd expected to see the Spanish
flag lowered but did not 1t was the one
great disappointment OF the day. The people
on the housetops would shout Where is
abe parrot? Is it not going to fly DOWN.
The Cubans call the Spanish flag in derision
the parrot, because of its gaudy coloring.
Next to seeing the stars and stripes so up
they wanted the pleasure of seeing the par
rot hop down, but the Spaniards did not
care to give their enemies the qualification
of seeing the lowering of their flag, so they
lowered it in the gray of the morning. They
sneaked it down back street to the wharf.
Incidentally they broke their word.
"Ine Spaniards in another respect did not
serve TO make their departure as graceful
as it might have been. It was their neglect
of the common courtesies demanded on such
occasions. The formal ceremony took place
in the palace. Castellanos and his staff APP
peared ia the salon IN the worn, creased
fatigue uniforms that they have worn in
their ordinary duties about the palace. The
American officers were all in full dress. The
contrast was striking. The gravest breach
of decorum that the Spaniards made was
neglecting 70 wear their side arms. In fact,
Continued ON Third Page.)
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-01-03
AN ILL-FATED FAMILY.
Last Of the EmersOns, Widow,
Found Frozen in Her Home.

WEBSTER CITY, Ia, Jan. 2.-The mys-
terious disappearance of Mrs. Priscilla
Emerson, aged sixty, widow of the late Levi
Emerson, a banker of Stratford, has been
solved by the finding of her dead body
frozen stiff in her home. She had been
dead, it was learned, since a few days be-
fore Christmas. An autopsy will be held
to-day to determine the cause of her death
Thursday night before Christmas a nephew
from Dayton took Mrs. Emerson two bar
rels of apples as a Christmas gift. He was
at the house last night, and said everything
about the place was just as he left it Thurs
day. Sums of money were known to have
been kept in the house, but how much there
has not been ascertained. 1t is not be-
ieved the house has been robbed.
A strange fatality seems to have followed
the fortunes of the Emersons. Levi Emer-
son, the husband and father is said TO
have committed suicide by poisoning him
self He died suddenly and no examination
of his body was made. Lloyd Emerson, the
only son, doing a banking business at Ris-
ing City, Neb., went TO Colorado Springs
for his health and while taking a bath
burst a blood vessel and died Miss May
Emerson, the only daughter while handling
a razor, accidentally cut herself Blood
poisoning followed and caused her death
nine months ago. Thus the entire family
has been wiped out by fatalities.