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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-03-19

rnorninge And why ID you not iaueh.
1 Exc % hear your iassghseT'
ms OF course. made me sAuxh tn
voluntarily. 80 NE eonverSed AGAIN Ike
eli friends. the cxar asking ase many
qncsticas ahoat myself. Paris women.
Pans ars<ts, and speaking very freely
about his own tastes
After perhaps two hours he sid:
Yonr people are taking me 20 Yer
ea1.ss early tomorrow. am afraid I
mast go Are Yea GOING
Il did not kssoG what 10 sag ] said.
Yes.
.'whsa we reached the Sidewalk my
coacaman drove up. and the car ex-
Claimed.
Drive Vnder the stars.
All: you have an open carriage II
= lovely night Then he handed me in.
and. without asking my leave. mounted
and SAT beside ne His own coupe and NJ.
Mofsa-d followed az q good distance.
When we reached the Champs Elysees
the car ordered. An pas Then turning
to me. he said. I suppose you are not in
hurry II II such an deal niaynt far this
sort Of thing
Perhaps a dozen bicyclfssx were dart
ing forward Of the carriage. coming back,
riding on the sides and behind When the
car noticed them he laughed and said
fsNEE 1sS4Sk 0& TIE 1EErEE&tSA 1EKa@3Gn 10
look after my safety. They mast be as
tonsshed. This little outing was not on
the programme al all
After a while his hand took mine and
held II. / could see no great harm in this
and made no demur
The victoria was now going slowly to-
ward the Arc de Triomphe thu, could al
ready be seen in the distance d.mly white
against the night. In the course of the
conversation / used the expression Your
Majesty" always addressing the car IN
the third person All at once he cut mo
short impatien,ly:
Don't Use that expression
:" What shall l saye' / asked. laughing
ly. How must one as humble a. I ad.
dress the czar Of RUSSIA
. Say YOU simply YOU he answered.
'Trea; me as your friend. And he pressed
nay hand TO his Eps-
When he finally reached my door the
car said: ] wish I could know you more.
Nerena'-for he had been calling me by my
frst mama from the start. 1 wish / could
run away from ceremony more often and
enjoy the company OF clever artists My
door was now open and the servant was
waiting for nae. He signalled to his coupe.
which had stopped half block away: and.
as 1t came dashing TO where We stood. he
said: Adieu. / thank you for having
granted me your agreeable company
He then entered his own carriage and
was driven away rapidly.
Il was yet dressing the following morn
ing when the maid came 10 my room 10
say there was man in the studio who
wanted to see me.
where b the card.' asked.
:" He says he has no card, and couldn't
understand his name. think he Is RI
Englishman. mademoseiie.'
suddenly II flashed through me that II
was the car, and rushed TO the studio.
1T was the car. He stood there simply
dressed In sack coat. with his derby and
stick in his hand. just like any ordinary
mortal out for a morning walk and drop
ping In for an informal call.
WI YOU pardon me for coming &C
early? he said. i managed TO escape al
dawn for solitary promenade In the Boi:
de Bouiogne. and your house Is on tbs
way. l leave today. i wanted to say
good-hy. I wanted to see the place whers
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-07-05
AN EARTHQUAKE TO ORDER.
CURIOUS FOURTH OF JULY CELEBRA-
TION At TICTOR, COL.
Five Tons of Dynamite Exploded on the Top
OF Big Bull Mountain-The Earth Trem-
bled, but No Damage Was Done in the

Five Tons of Dynamite Exploded on the Top
of Big Bull Mountain-The Earth Trem-
bled, but No Damage Was Done in the
City-2O, 900 Persons Saw the Explosion.
VICTOR. Col. July An artificial earthquake
was successfully produced here to-day by tho
explosion of n great charge Of dynamite. The
experiment was Witnessed by 10000 I've rsons
The whole city. mountains nearby and those
miles away were made TO tremble In 40 uncer-
thin degree.
The mines Of dynamite were prepared on the
summit Of Big Bull Mountain about mile
east of the town. Big Bulls altitude above
he sea level is nearly 1900 feet. Its arex
rises quito 1000 feet above the city. Gen.
Frank NJ. Relrdcn Chairman OF tho Celcbra-
ton Committee. and late Brigadier General
commanding the Colorado National Guard.
planned the earthquake for the purpose OF
drawing visitors here from the different towns
in the Cripple Creek district.
Some people.regardcd the plan as hazardous.
but II proved to be a great attraction. The plan.
however. came near being frustrated. c. J..
Lewis. a property owner here. who resides at
Waukesha Wis. got scared ut the enormity Of
the proposition and applied to the District
Court for an INJUNCTION to restrain Reardun
and his associates. but the court gave his ar-
peal little attention.
In order to demonstrate what would result
from che firing OF dynamite on the surface Of
the mountain. 100 pounds Of the explosive
were set OIL some days ago at n uoint midway
between the base and the top Of Big Bull! This
test was convincing. II caused an earthquake
and the town was shaken violently. but no
damage was done. Then II was de .ided to
utilize i've tons OF dynamite on the summit to-
day
The recurrent vibrations REGULAR to earth
guakes were realized. From beginning to end
the experiment was entirely satisfactory.
Huge bodies OF smoke gathered over the
mountain as the mines were regularly ex.
1lOded anu heavy masses OF granite were lifted
high.in the air. The earth'tremhIed at each
blast Small rocks were thrown in all direc.
tions Tor many miles. One notable result was
that the sound waves were sent through the
deep carons and gulches for distances esti-
mated at seyenty-fve to one hundred miles.
ter each EXPLOSION. instantaneous photo
graphs were attempted from number OF ele-
waited points in the vicinity.
Reports from places up to eighty mi lies dis
tant say that the explosions were plainly
heard
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Theatrical Notes.

The much advertised marriage Of George NJ.
Cohen and Ethel Levey will take place next
Monday. Mr.. COhen's claim to fame lies in the
fact that he is the author OF The Warmcst
Baby in the Bunch and My Babe from Bos-
ton Town" Though hardly lyric classics.
these songs are good OF their kind. He has
also written some clever vaudeville sketches
His success is really remarkable when IL IL
taken into consideration that he has only Just
reached the age OF II
When L. II. .Sothern reopens the Lyceum
Musknteer" his wife, Virginia Harmed. will
play Miiddi for the first time. The character
is better suited to her than any that she has
had since she has been appearing in her hus-
bands company, 1t is the part which was
acted 10y Edith Crane at the knickerbOcRer
last winter. After the run OF The Kings
MuSketeer" Hauptman's Tho Sunken Bell "
will be represented for the first time in Eng
fish. Agnes Sorma played the original Ger
Irving Place Theatre.
1t is probable that the Empire has never be-
fore held so small an audience AS 1t did yeSter-
day afternoon. There were exactly thirty per-
sons in the orchestra and fewer in the bal
comics OF course this is no reflection on the
clever comedy His FXceency the Governor"
which has been doing remarkable business
for Il summer show,
During one OF the intermissOns between
acts on Roster X Balls roof garden last night
Josephine Sabel who was in box with CIsSia
then medley Of the old oftrs. Her singing
was so spirited that il delighted the audience.
The Hungarian Band played her accompanl-
ment.
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1000 SIT DOWN TO SUPPER.
How ii. Nick. Twombly Entertained tho
Residents of Florhnm Park Borough.

ORANGE. n. j., July 4.-Onc thousand resi-
dents Of the new borough Of Florham Park
were tho guests Of II Mex. Twombly at
supper given by him on the grounds of Flor
ham, near Madison, this evening All the
farmers Of the borough. with their families.
and the employees on the place. with their
families. were invited to the supper. and it was
estimated that less than twenty people in the
borough failed to accept the invitation. A
party Of children from the New York Eth
cal Culture Societys fresh air home at
Ridge View Farm, mile away. were
also guests AT the supper as were the Mother
superior and fifty sisters from St Eli2nhrthS
Convent. to whom special invitation had been
given. Mr.. and Mrs. Twnmbly and their chi-
drcn drove to the supper grounds while the
banquet was in progress and remained to wit
ness the fireworks display which followed
The supper was served on a hillside under
two mammoth tents. The grounds were
lighted by scores OF calcium lights. aud the
Madison Band played during the evening
The fireworks display was elaborate and in
cluded n dozen set pieces, among them lor-
trait Of Dewey in fire. The finale was n big
piece ,hlaz ne out the words Success to Flor
ham Park"
Florham Park borough was created last
spring through the efforts of Mr. TwOmbly
and DIR, l.. u. Ward. President Of the pruden-
tial INSURANCE" Company, whose places include
about two-thirds of the borough.
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WIRE TAPPERs MAKE A nAUL.


Wire tappers have succeeded in fleeing q
pooroom in Greerpont. Their successful on
erations. however, were cut short on Monday
because of q blunder by the man who worked
the wiro. 1t was the old game Of holding out
the result OF the races while a confederate ran
into nearby poolroom and put bets on tho
winners. Then the result was wired along by
the tapper and the confederate cashed his bets
On Monday the gang. which was made up Of
three or four sharpers, one Of whom was said
to be former outlaw turfman. began BUSH
ness by holding out the result Of the first race
at Sheershead Bay. The wire to the poolruom
was tapped on n roof next door and one Of the
gang was told to play st. Clair. He got $40 on
this horse at TO l and the result was then
sent ill.,. The bet was cashcd and with the
same scheme $50 was placed on The Bobby in
Trqgcdinn at , to was pulled of. thereby
making total haul Of $40 for the sharpcrs
IL was SO Xix" ilndnE money that the sharpors
cconcIudrd to tax" chances. They sent $50 into
the poolroOm to ho bet on lurdan. u 30 to
SH Sr running , t in th" second race a, = louis
~" result Of the fourth rae" 40 Shccushcal
they hurried IN a commission 70 b" placed on
Montanic.. That was wh"r" they took too big
a chance. for In the Geographic description of
this rae" those IN the pooIrorm had been in
formed that Sadducre hal made the. running
and when Montanic was flashed as the winner
tn" room keepers became suspicious. An
Wba r tS was %"sh up 10y "%ph@n"
withheld, mud It was soon learned that Sad
duccc had finished first. hut had been dis
qualified because nf n foul. The additional
information was received that this other pool
room had received the result fully five min
utes before. When Lnrdan was asked about.
the answer, came back that Lurdan had not
been placed. while tho wretnppers had sent in
Iurdan AS winner.
. There was such n big row in consequence
that the gang decided To dccamp, leaving an
unclaimed het Of Sl2O on Battle Cry for a
place. The victimized poolroom keeper says
ttat in future he will be very careful not to pay
on bets until he is sure OF what has occurred at
the track
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a GOOD ENOUGH SEA SERPENT.
Giant Eel with Tremendous jaws to BE
Seen ut the Aquarium.

Visitors to the Aquarium yesterday had the
opportunity to see something new to them.
Prof. Bristol OF the New York University ar
rived in New York from Bermuda with several
tanks OF specimens taken from TROPICAL seas.
The greatest novelty is.a green moray. trop-
ical eel about seven feet long. which suggests
tho sea serpent. Its head is shaped some
thing like that OF u horse and is cleft with
deep mouth armed with long and powerful
teeth. IL is at least two feet around at the
thlckest partand according to the tales told OF
u by Assistant Superintendent Spencer OF the
AIparium. IL July ns savage as II appears. IL
viii attack anything. Mr.. spencer saws. and is
IN the habit. i'll its native haunts. OF EelIng
coral rock and tearing 1t away when It Is In
search OF prey. After it was caught and was
being taken out OF the trap II got loose In re-
capturing tia piece Of n box was used and;the
great eel bit at this and took piece out OF the
blank II feeds ON anything dead or alive but
prefers live flsh. and 10 has gieat speed a- well
as strength Although this srecimen is the
largest ever brought here. others have been
length.
A rare FISH added to the collection Yesterday
IS known only by It's name among the Ber-
There we're nine tanks for the aquarium in
yesterdays lot. and three more-lots are on
their way. Among the curiosites landed yes
terday one was Il srotted moray. n cousin to
the big eel black and yellow conevs. surgeon
and parrot fish An odd fish. which is proha-
bly, parrot fish, 10 called n Scotch po-gy. be-
cause OF It's brilliant plaid coat Mr.. spencer
said that Prof Bristol tried last year 70 get the
moray for IL i'm. but that he could.not induce
them to undertak Ike II then as they are greatly
afraid Of tha big fellows. This year he Of
tered extra inducements to them and they got
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Fair weather was general yesterday in tho Atlantic
States the interior and the Northwest In most II
the other districts. especially around the lake re-.
gions the Gulf states and Florida it cloudy and
shnwery. The high pressure fingered over the At
lantic States causing warmer weather north Of tho
CarolinA' 1t was also warmer in the west Gulf
States and in the Arkansas and lower Missouri val.
legs where the temperature was between 100 and
1909. The low pressure moving ont the st.
Lawrence Valley. carrying tho heat well over
northern New York. the New England States and
Canada
In this city the day fair and warmer; wind
brisk. southerly. averaging eighteen miles hour
average humidity SO per cent barometer, corrected
To- read 10 sea level at 4. NJ. aOl3. 7. NJ 5000.
The temperature as recorded by the official Their
mometer and also by THE SCS's thermometer at the
street level ia shown in the annexed table;
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-07-05
Englisbmen Did Not Intend to Object tC
Burke and Quinlan.

Fpecdi Cdbf Despdhh 10 The Sun.
LONDON. July Am connection with the
University athletic contests. Mr. Jackson
says that he has not been apprised
officially that Burke and Quinlan, tho Amer
leans. had been disqualified. but he
had no reason to doubt it. Oxford and
Cambridge. however had never had any idea
OF Directing to them. Any question
OF their amateurism rested entirely with
the Amateur Association. He hoped that If
the association objected to them they would
be notified in time to prevent their sailing for
England.
Oxford and Cambridge were very glad that
the decision did not rest with them. 1t
would be very unpleasant to have to debar
two OF their best antagonists. especially on tho
ground OF professionalism. Mr.. Jackson
further said he was sure that the stand
ard Of amateurism at Yale and Harvard was
thoroughly satisfactory. He warmly COM
mended the care which the faculties of the
best American universities bestow on the
question.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-07-05
BELGIUM AVERTS A CRISIS.
ITBERALS' REFORM PROJECTS SUB
MITTED TO COMMISSION

Governments Surrender Mainly Due to the
Efforts of the King-Riots May lie Re-
newed " the Commission Fails to Agree
Socialists Accent the Compromise.
S,,.,,l Cobt, D,,ooLb In Turs,.Y
BRussEIs. July 4.-Thc political crisis. II It
bns not hesn nassad has nj Toast been STAYED
"A torn time and RoIgIur il saved from n revo-
trtion prima Ninie,sr var, den perreboom
and ,ho C,,,or,,,,o,,t ha,., ,ioIdnd tn the oppo-
si,io,, ana oorood tn tho ,n,ointmcnt of a con, =
n,i.sion 70 a,nniro .hn yarious projects OF re-
tnr,r ,rhio,, had ho,,,,llrd This is a virtual
n,l,hdr.wai ~ ,ho ,;nvsrnment's Electoral bill.
Tha Cn,,nrn,,an,,s surrender. which is not
tsnas 80 ,rinm,h for the liberals.
~, IL rni,,oi ,,,,h great relief by the country
sasan,. e. tal;oyad IN have been mainly
g., ~ thn KIM, who 60 far as his consti-
.,,,ioaoI ii,,i,a allowed ,xerted pressure on
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-07-05
CHILD NIT BY STRAY BULLET.
She VIII Probably Die Because She Was
Around When Itnlian Encmies Met.

Theodore Mcrziro % years Old OF 52G East
14Dth street. and Nicolo Angelina Of Green
vile. y. j.. had n fight year ago at Mcrziro's
home over a game OF cards. and the host was
stabbed twice He told his friends then that
Angel no.
home and began shooting at him. He fired
five shots. all OF which missed Angelina. The
fourth shot. however. struck =. old Camille
Drmnria. who was celebrating the Fourth
nearby. and the child began to scream. In q
moment the street was alive with excited
Italians, hut MCr2iro had disappeared
The child was attended by DIR. Belt OF the
Fordham Hospitnl who found that she had
been shot in the abdomen. ShO will probably
shot her.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-07-05
At THE TOMB OF GRoTIUs.
American Peace Delegates Observe tho
Fourth by Honoring the Dutch Philosopher

American Peace Delegates Observe the
Fourth by Honoring the Dutch Philosopher.
Special Cable Despatch to THE sun
THE HAGUE. July 4.-The American dele
gates to the Peace Conference to-day placed a
wreath OF silver upon the tomb of the Dutch
philosopher. Hugo Grotius the father Of
International law" The ceremony took place
IN the Nieuwe Kerk at Delft. in which town
Grotius was born in 1888. The Hon. Andrew
D. White. United States Am bassador TO Ger
many and the head Of the American deega-
ton presented the silver wreath in behalf OF
America and delivered an address. in which
he lengthily reviewed the life and works OF
Grotus and extolled his greatness. The
widespread study OF law in America pro-
fessonally and internationally. he said. had
induced the feelings OF mercy and humanity
which were e1emplifled by Lincoln during the
civil war and in Grants Let us have peace at
the end OF the war; which was not followed by
reprisals The Geneva arbitration in 1872.
Mr. White said. was due to Grotius's reason
ing. Thirty years ago. Mr.. White said. he had
made pilgrimage to the tomb Of Luther. and
he now seemed to hear the spirits of the mighty
entombed encouraging the members OF the
peace conference not to heed the zealots. Gym
les and pessimsts. but to lay the foundations OF
future conferences which may build for peace.
NJ. de Beaufort. Minister Of Foreign Affairs
Of the Netherlands ard Vice-President Of the
Peace Conference. replied. thanking the United
States. in the settlement OF which the Dutch
had taken a prominent part. Your country"
he said. is one of the largest. while ours is
one Of the smallest. but they are one in COM
mon. Both won country and independence by
their own energy and valor."
Mr. Seth Low. thanking the burgomasters
and church trustees on behalf Of the delega-
ton for their reception. referred to the debt OF
gratitude due from America to the Neither
lands. from which the United States learned to
separate Church from State. and also learned
the value Of education and religious liberty.
At the conclusion of the ceremonies the organ
played the Star spanGed Banner" The morn
ings ceremonies were somewhat marred by
rain.
King Oscar OF Sweden telegraphed an express
sion Of his feelings of gratitude for Grotius's
achievements.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-07-05
FIRE CHIEF CROKER DEFENDS II.
He Says the New Rule ms to Firemcn's OF
Time for Meals Is n just One.

He Says the New Rule ms to Firemcn's OFF
Time for Meals Is n just One.
Fire Chief Croker. in on interview yester-
day. defended the new rule made by Com
missioner Scanned. that officers and men OF
the Fire Department may in the future be
excused from duty long enough to take only
two meals n day. The new Chief intmated
that former Chief Bonner had maintained lax
discipline in the department. Croker said
All this talk OF dissatisfaction among the
men Of tho department. because Of the new
mea-tims regulations, originates with class
of.men. fortunately.few in number whose OBJ
Isct in life seems to he to do the least amount
OF work possible. Under the old regime the
men we're allowed from one hour to one hour
and a quarter, three times DAY: for meals.
or. il they liked. they could get of once day
for three hours. Nothing in tho rules stated
when the men should 20 to their meals and.
consequently. they went when they wished. As
Il result TIE records show that men frequently
went to hreakfa in the afternoon and TO din
ner late at night ana there is'3ne instance
supper ut . O'Clock in tho morning. The worst
feature OF all was that in the early part of tho
rnnies have been turning out. on an average.
with five men ana enc officer. All companies
way the de oartment force would lie increased.
SO that all companies. or al east those south
of Fourteenth street. would have fourteen
The new order specifies that officers and
men shall he excused from duty twice II day.
for two hours at a lime. hnt'only between the
following hours: u to and x to lO.A. NJ: ~
4. NJ; 70 II NJ; = 10 1. % q and . to x 7. NJ.
In addition. the men NAV send out for lunch
con. and. II really necessary. n man may lie
relieved fIom duty to get his luncheon. Be:
sides this. the men have twenty-four hours of
every ten days and twelve hours: more off three
times n month. From this It will b" seen
that il the men vi sh to take the amount of
time usually taken by men who work for liv
ing. one hour. he may still have an hour In
II G, middle Of the day for luncheon. The rule
will not prevent any Of the men from getting
NIL tia fnAl shnllll y
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-07-05
HIGHW4TMEN TRY A NEW TRICK
Firecracker Exploding in Victims Pocket
Gave Them IA Chance to Run.

Four thieves with new trick for divcr'ing
the attention of their victim from his loss held
up Emil Appel Of 5l2 West Thirty-fourth
street. at Tenth avenue and Forty-cighth
street. and stole his gold watch. Two Of them
seized his arms. another pulled his pipe from
his mouth and the fourth damned his hat
down over his eyes Then. while one Of the
men took the watch. another placed u lighted
cannon cracker in Aprc!l's pocket and all four
ran away.
Before Appel could chase them the cracker
exploded and burned out tn" side OF his coat.
The shock of the explosion so frightened tho
man that he forgot his watch mud lost time in
yelling for tn" police. Detectives Mirhanls and
tOughln Of the West Thirty seventh street
station saw the four men running away how
ever. and caught two Of them. They were
Thomas Mctovern Of 40 West Thirty seventh
street and Louis Schneider 81 IJ3 West 'rhirty-
ninth street In the West Fifty-fuurh Street
Police Court they were held in 50 900 bail each
for trial
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CRACKER EIRNED HIM A SEAT.
Ruse by Which n Mean Man Made Himself
Comfortable in an Elevated Train.

A Third avenue elevated train bound uptown
was crowded yesterday afternoon when man
boarded it at Fourteenth street. He staggered
into one Of the carSand looked for a seat. but
not one WAS vacant. MumbinG to himself. the
man reached into his hip pocket brought out
ilrecracker at least ten inches long. and
caressed 1t lovingly The passengers looked
Interested. but nobody did anything Present.
" the man took out match and made some
unsuccessful attempts to strike it. Men and
women in the neighbrrhoOd began to look un-
easy. and those standing near moved up the
car
The match flashed at last. and the man. still
mumhling. lighted the fuse and placed the
cracker on tn" floor. There was a sizzle as the
powder burned toward the inside ot tn" red
cylinder, and Il stamped" began at once. 4
score Of seats were vacated and the man sat
down Oh ono and watched the fuse burn. As
the spark reached the end Of the cracker every
body held his breath A moment later there
was q little pun Of smoke and slight pop.
like that Of putty blower. Then tho man
put the cracker in his pocket and settled him
self back comfortably in the seat he had ac-
quired,
When the train reached Twenty -thiri street
H. was asleep. and there had been redistri-
button of seats.
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CYPRESS HILLS CEMETERY.
Office l Madison HT., corner I'D ST.. y. Y.