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The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-07-09

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The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-07-09
~ CATCHING THE ALBATROss.
The Absence of Fear of Man in il

The Absence of Fear of Man in the Makeup of This Great Sea Bird
 By the time that we had approached Tristan da Cunha three or four spe- cies of albatross had congregated around the ship, as many as thirty birds settling on the water astern in a and continuous observation. After half a gale of wind a lul not infrequently occurs, when tke speed is reduced to two or three knots; then the hungry creatures literally clamor fer food. Di- rectly a bird intends to alight the legs appear straddling downward in ungain- ly fashion-a moment when even an al- batross looks like an Unbalanced goose of unwigldy size. For half a minute it runs along the surface of the waves, treading water, so to speak, until the enormous wings become manageable.
 Then the bird swims with both wings thrown back, like q pair of lateen sails, a very Argonaut on the translucent sea. At length the difficulty is overcome, the
 wings are packed away, and-like a large gull-it rides the water with con- Summate ease. Sometimes 1t paddles to and fro. or again 1t dives gracefully be- meath the surface after squids or similar ocean dainties. Half a dozen birds. per empty beer bottle thrown overheard, to
The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-07-09

TARANTULAS GROWING SCARCE | I've seen the famous 'Gila monster
 often,' said an Arizona man in the ho.
 tel lobby last evening. Tt Is simply an 1 uncouth, horrible looking lizard, and IC l rather encounter a hundred of them | than single tarantula. I'll never for get the first time ever saw one of those giant spipers. l was living near pi1oe- 1 nix then, and had gone out to take q look at q mineral deposit recently dis | covered on my land, The place was some distance away, and was walking
 across stretch of level, sandy country, when l noticed queer round object about the size of mans clenehed fist, lying near little pile of rocks. It
 looked for all the world like one of those snarls of hair that women take out of
 their combs, but when 1 drew nearer I
 saw that 1t was alive, and recognized 1t
 from descriptions as a desert tarantula
 It's legs were all drawn under it's body
 at the time and it seemed indescriba-
 hly lumpy and sluggish, but as I stopped down to get a closer view It
 made a sudden, quick movement and
 then jumped square at my face. uJtStu lt by pure llStlltl, anu lte lHlIS
 missed me and struck the sand two or
 three feet away. It ran several yards
 With incredible swiftness and then turned as if to charge again, but had
 had enough. 1 beat retreat Since then l have killed number of tarantu- las and caught them alive, but I have never outgrown the horror they inspire. The coarse brown hair that covers their bodies makes them seem much larger than they really are, and they have inn
 mensely muscular legs. Their pugnaci- ty and strength are almost incredible
 They will attack anything, regardless of size, and they make the most amazing leaps through the air. Of late years, I am glad to say, they have become very scarce, for every frontlersman is their natural enemy, and the war against them is fierce and relentless. The bite of the creature is said to be fatal, and | have known them to kill horses, but I have no personal knowledge of any case of a human being who died from the ef- feet of the poison, Their i'll repute in that particular is probably exaggera- ted."-New Orleans es-Democrat.
The evening times., 1900-03-26

save her from dying of starvation The
challenge was never accepted, but II cre-
ated the professional faster.
DR.. Tanner. a temperance lecturer at
Minneapolis wrote TO New York paper
Offering to step into the breach untitled
by Mollie Fancher. He explained that he
was afflicted with a wife given to gross
ness in eating, and that often out OF sheer
protest against her appetite for Corned
beef and cabbage he had denied himself
food for weeks at a time. He came to
New York and failing TO come to an agree
ment with Dr. Hammond, he hired Claren-
don Hall and on July Is. 1880, began his
memorable fast as public spectacle.
He broke his fast on August {. when he
weighed 121 1-2 pounds The doctors ad
yised him to begin on milk and water. but
he insisted on eating a piece OF ripe wa
termelon Then he drank a glass OF milk.
few minutes later he ate a large perch.
His feat made him an attraction in the
amusement field for a few years. Then
his eccentricitieS attracted attention. He
sold his wife for few dollars TO German
farmer, who married her. Later he Joined
a colony in the Far West. Four years ago
he was burned to death in the destruction
of a pottery at AkrCn. Ohio.
Not more encouraging was the fate OF
Succi, for he was last heard Of in an in
sane dSH lgiD III AitSI lasting lbt
ty-five days in the London Aquarium he
came 10 New York ten years age and re-
peated the feat at Roster & Balls old place
in Twenty third Street. The final act OF
the show was reached when a refined aU
dience assembled to see the Italian skele-
ton eat his first dinner An immense re-
past was served fer him on the stage, and
though the excess caused him great suffer
ing in his enfeebled condition ne g0rged
himself to the accompaniment cf applause,
while the orchestra played and George
Francis Train delivered an oratIon.
Alexander jacques, veteran CT the
Frarco-German. war, challenged Succi to
fast with him. the enc showing greater
endurance TO take the gate money.
Il the child Of France. defy the bla
tant Italian" he wrote. Accept my Chal-
lenge and starve with me. or be known
forever more as braggart sailing under
false colors.'
Succi fought shy Of a contest. and JAG
queS showed his superiority to blatant Italy
by fasting fifty days at the London Aqua
rum.
A fasting pig could play a longer en-
gagement than a fasting man, for the
Lancet" notes that fat pig fell off Dover
Cliff. was imbedded in debris, and was
found 160 days afterward alive and well.
The evening times., 1900-03-26
A BOOM IN WEDDINGS.
4 Minister'S Newspaper Advertise
ment Brings Much Business.

SYRACUSE. y. Y, March 26.-An ad-
vertisement which has been running in the
local newspapers for several days has
caused boom in the matrimonial bus-
ness here and the Rev. John Encell, for
mer pastor of Christ Church has had all
the business he could attend to. His rates
are from So to s., and he is ready for serv-
ice at any time of night or day The
'adv.' was as follows:
WHEN YoU are ready TO get married. cali on Or
send for Bro Encell, No. l07 Davis Street,
Syracuse, \. \.
Accompanying this was the picture of
a benign-looking spectacIed man.
Il believe in advertising" he said to-
day, land it came to me as an inspira-
tion that there wasnt~any reason why it
should not pay as well in my line as in any
other. 1t has. too. | would not have done
it if | had been member of the Ministeri-
al Association. because it would not have
been fair in competition with the rest, but
I'm outside now and, therefore independ-
ent of any of these obligations. I've used
newspaper columns before-sermonette ad-
vertising-just a line or two calling peo-
pies attention to their need of salvation
and the way to get it,.
Mr. Encell has been a farmer school
teacher. politician, and preacher. He has
been a member of the Ohio Legislature
and he was President Garfield's boyhood
chum and schoolmate. When Garfield was
the tutor of Greek class in Hiram Col
lege there were only two girls in the class
The future President married one and Mr.
Encell the other
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GIRL FOUND AFTER SIX YEARS.
She Had Been Indentured Under a
Wrong Name.

NEW YORK. March 26-After a search
of years Mary Chessney's relatives at last
have found her. Since 1894 they have been
hunting for her, and now that she has
been found it is a question whether she
will leave the home that has sheltered
her.
Just before the girl disappeared her
City. The father however. who lived at
No. go First Street. told the officials that
his name was Patrick, and it was thus
that the mother was buried
Mrs Mary Anderson, of No. 517 Gardner
Street, Union Hill a cousin of the dead
woman heard of her death. and at once
tried to find the children. They were
Mary. thirteen years old; Katie, nine years
old; Sarah, seven years old, and son,
sixteen years old. But when Mrs. AndeT-
son reached the house she found that the
children were gone. A month later they
were sent 10 the almshOuse, the father
still maintaining the name of Patrick.
Mrs. Anderson at length heard this, but
when she got to the almhouse there was
no record under the name of Chessney. At
that time Mary had been indentured to
Avenues, Jersey City. According to
the State Guardian law children
must be indentured TO persons of
their own religion. and Chairman
RiOrdan, of the AlmshOuse Commit
tee, was SO notified by the Board of Guar
dians Friedman, however, refused to re-
lease her, and. as the girl had good
home, the freeholders took no further ac-
tion in the case.
Mrs. Anderson meantime had kept up
her search. Once she had heard that Mary
was employed in a Jersey City shoe store,
so she visited every shoemaker in the
city. Then she saw Mary's story in the
papers, and, after a short investigation.
found that it was her cousins child.
Mary says she does not wish to leave
the Friedmans, but Mrs. Anderson says
she ought to because of the difference in
religions. She is willing and eager to pro-
vide home for the child, and Mary may
be induced to change her mind. OF the
other children, the boy alone has been
found. The other children are still miss
ing. Mrs. Anderson says. however, that
she will keep up the search until she has
found them.
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ACCUSED OF KIDNAPPING.
A Wealthy New Yorker Said to Have
Stolen His GrandchiId.

CHICAGO, March 26.-George H. Wag-
ner, of this city, has asked the assistance
of the police in recovering his thirteen
year-old daughter Louise. who, he claims,
was kidnapped last week by agents of his
wealthy father in-law, John L. Spoor, of
New York city.
The father accuses his brother. W. J.
C. Wagner, and another man whom he
does not know of taking away the child.
She is now in New York, he says, where it
is her grandfather's intention to give her
an education commensurate with his
wealth
Wagner's wife denies that the child has
been kidnapped but says she may be away
six months or a year.
Wagner says that Spoor had attempted
for over year to obtain possession of the
child and that within the last two months
he had been aware of some secret influence
being brought to bear on his daughter to
induce her to leave. The allurements of
social advantages in New York were paint
ed in the letters of her grandfather, he
says. and emphasized by the descriptions
of school life detailed by her uncle. j. c.
Wagner.
At last the plea came from New York
that the girl should be sent there for the
cultivation of a promising soprano voice.
Last week the consent Of Mrs. Wagner
was obtained to allow the girl TO make
The evening times., 1900-03-26
ADMIRAL DAY TO RETIRE
Few Chances Left for officers to
Leave the Service.
Likely to Be Refused
Because of the Number of Vacan-
ration of the Navy Personnel Law.
Captain sigsbee Going to st. Paul.

President Mckinley will approve this
week the application for retirement made
by Rear Admiral B. F. Day, President OF
the Retiring Board and that officer will
retire with the rank of senior rear admiral.
Rear Admiral A. II. Mccormick was re-
tired Saturday. The two vacancies thus
created have further limited the number
open to officers desirous of voluntarily re-
firing in accordance with the provisions OF
the Naval Personnel law. Only two Off
GERS of the grade of captain and one officer
of the grade of commander stand any
chance of having their applications grant
ed
Captains who may be retired, should no
further vacancies above grade of com
mander occur, are CipriaGo Andrade, and
w. H. Harris. Captains J. G. Green and
r. E. Impri are applicants, but their appi-
cations cannot be approved because Of the
retirement of Rear Admirals Mccormick
and Day.
Under the law, there must be twenty
vacancies existing above the grade of lieu
tenant commander on June 80 next. Nine
teen vacancies now exist and the only Off
tire is William l. Moore. on duty at the
naval station at Port Royal.
Naval officers say il was the intention of
the board which framed the Personnel Law
that officers OF the higher grades snoui.i bs
given an opportunity to retire, but as the
law is being interpreted by the depart
ment. they declare, the Older officers are
compelled to remain in active service and
younger officers are retired.
1t was reported here that Capt. John
MCGOWAN contemplated going before a re-
tiring board. which would have prevented
the retirement OF Commander Moore. but
he has applied for leave on account Of ill
ness, and four months have been granted
him. which will carry him over into the
next fiscal year.
President Mckinley is expected to ap-
prove the recommendation of Secretary
Root that the reservation at Dry Tortugas
be turned over to the naval service. This
action will mean that the Navy will be
provided with a valuable strategic base as
coaIing station, and the marine hospital
service will be required TO move to some
adjoining key and there establish its quar-
antine station.
Capt Charles d. Sigsbee, Chief of the
Naval Intelligence Office, and during the
war with Spain in command of the auxili-
airy cruiser St. Paul, has accepted an inyi-
tation from the city of st. Paul. Mimi, 10
visit il early in April. While in st. Paul
Captain Sigsbee will aid a committee 10
select a design commemorative of the part
played by the auxiliary cruiser during the
war.
1t is understood that the Navy Hepart
ment has selected Commander z. ID. Taus-
sig to command the gunboat YORKTOWN.
He will succeed Commander C. s. Sperry,
who will probably be given ordnance duty.
II is expected that Commander s. ". Very,
commanding the Castine, and Commander
George NJ Bicknell. commanding the Mo-
nocacy, will soon be relieved. Their cruis-
es Will expire during the coming summer.
The evening times., 1900-03-26
Thrown From His Carriage

ELLICoTT CITY, Md, March 26.-Frank
O'Neill. brother of County Commissioner
Thomas ONeill. was fatally injured in a
driving accident on Friday. He was re-
turning home from Ellicott City, when. his
horse turning a corner near the Old Brick
Church, he vas thrown headlong upon a
pile OF rock by the roadside. His mother
saw the accident and help was at once
sent He sustained fracture of the skull
and died Saturday morning. Mr. o'Neill
was widely known in Howard and Anne
Arundel counties, having been connected
with the firm of O'Nein Bros. engaged in
general contracting IN the lumber and
threshing business. He leaves widow
and six children.
The evening times., 1900-03-26

visit to her grandfather and forthwith the
ticket was bought and Louise placed
aboard the train. Mr.. Wagner. learning Of
the move, fastened to stop his daughter.
but arrived too late.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wagner formerly lived in
Syracuse, n. Y. where John /. Spoor, the
New York commission broker. had a sum-
mer residence. 1t is said that Mr.. SpooT
was opposed to the marriage OF his daugh
ter to Wagner, who was a young clerk.
The evening times., 1900-03-26
45c Hair Cloth, 33C yd.

We have this hairclOth in black
and grey; it is 2S'inches wide and
guaranteed fully shrunken. AS
the quantity is very limited, it will
behoove You TO respond quickly.
The evening times., 1900-03-26
I0c PercaIine, 6ac yd.

In black only-warranted to
wear well, and the color is guar
anteed absolutely fast. You'll find
this to be the best lining value
Vet.
The evening times., 1900-03-26
39C MerceriZed Italian Cloth,
20C yd.

Fresh and crisp. Just received.
As lustrous as silk We've made
this low price to quickly intro
duce this silk-like fabric. This
profitless selling is for Tuesday
only. BE prompt.
The evening times., 1900-03-26
LANSBURGH & BRO.
washineton's Favorite Store.
DIG Lining
ID ~ Values.
I0c Canvas, SIC yd.

This is not all-linen, but cloth
that is commercially known as
union-for service il is as good as
the higher price goods-in grey
only.
The evening times., 1900-03-26
One Woman Kills Another.

VIENNA, ILL.,. March 26.-Testerday
Clara Curley was murdered in this city
by Mrs. Levta Hogg. Jealousy is sup
nosed to be the cause The murderess
is now in jail. The affair has caused .
sensation.
The evening times., 1900-03-26
Five Stntes I'm Five Hours.

The "Royal Limited beautiful, swift. and
sure leaves Washington, b. & o. r. X. station,
arrives New York p. m. Exquisite dining and
cafe car service.
The evening times., 1900-03-26
SOCIAL AND PERSONAL

One of the social fads of the present
Lenten season is the Sunday luncheons
that ha. been given by some of the young
people OF the prominent set. Yesterday a
company of eighteen was entertained by
Miss Hegeman niece of Senator Depew,
at the Corcoran House.
Tonight there will be small dinner at
the British Embassy in honor of Lady
Minto wife of the Governor neral of
Canada, who is the guest of Lord and Lady
Pauncefote at the Embassy.
At the auction sale of fancy japanese ar
ticles and brica-brac at the Washington
Club Saturday afternoon over s260 was
realized for the Woman's Home. The Chi
nese Minister Mr. WI. was one of the
most enthusiastic purchasers of the Japan
ese china. The auction was under the
patronage of Lady Pauncefote. Mrs Hitch
cock. Mrs. Harriet Lane Johnston and
others.
Mr. and Mrs Robert Bromley, who are
back at the British Embassy from their
honeymoon travels. will sail for England
next month to take UP their residence in
Hall in Nottiughamshire.
Mr. Chin Pom Ye. the Minister from
Korea will sail for Europe Saturday TO fill
the diplomatic position abroad to which
he has just been assigned.
The Aid Association for the Blind will
give a progressive euchre at Raucher's :
Wednesday evening. for which many beau
EF,4t
tainment will be under the direction of
Mrs. Charles NJ. Pepper.
Mr.. Patterson, a wealthy and prominent
resident of Chicago. has purchased a build
ing site at the junction of New Hampshire
Avenue and Dupont Circle, upon which he
will erect a handsome home
Mrs. Fred d. Grant and her daughter
Princess Cantacuzene, are both at the resi-
dence Of the latter's mother in law. at St
Petersburg, where they will remain until
the Princess is sufficiently recovered from
her attack of typhoid fever to travel to
Paris. They will spend quite a time at
the French capital with Mrs Potter Palmer,
who has engaged spacious quarters for the
Exposition season, and will entertain a
large party of guests, including the Misses
Sartoris. 1t is rumored that Mrs. Palmer
will return to this country in time for the
Newport season. and that she will be ac-
companied by the Prince and Princess.
Ensign Wat Tyler Cluverius. L. S. N.
whose marriage to the daughter of Rear
Admiral Sampson will occur on April 5,
was one of the members of the Names
crew who fortunately escaped at the ex
plOsion of that ship in Havana HarboT.
Lieut.. George Herbert Mather L. S. NJ.
C., is now en- route, with his bride. TO
Alaska. The wedding of Lieutenant MatheT
to Miss Eleanor Robinson Poe, of Balt-
more, which was to have been one of the
most elaborate events of the season in that
city, was hurriedly arranged instead to
take place on Saturday evening last in con-
sequence of orders received by Lieutenant
Mather to proceed at once to Sitka The
ceremony was performed at Memorial Epis-
copal Church at $50 on Saturday, the
young couple starting almost Immediately
upon their long wedding journey of over
1900 miles. The trip will be by rail to
Seattle and thence by steamer to Sitka,
which will be their home for the next two
years.
The evening times., 1900-03-26
OIL Found TricllIins Over the Rock,

FAIRMONT, W. Va. March 26.-Oil has
been discovered triclding down ledge of
rocks in the bank of a ravine in the Wolf
Summit region of Harrison county. The
bank is higher than the oil wells, so the
oil could not possibly. come from them
The fluid comes out with the water and
flows down on the ground, killing all the
grass with which it comes in contact.
The evening times., 1900-03-26

The love of Heurich's beer reigns Ino5e or less
In every heart Of those who drink Maeraen Senate
or lager Order case OF Heuriehs by 'phonin9
6GI Arlington BottliEg Co.. and learn to love
a beer possessing pure qualities.
The evening times., 1900-03-26

Tonight there will be a small dinner at
the British Embassy in honor of Lady
Canada who is the guest of Lord and Lady
Pauncefote at the Embassy.
The evening times., 1900-03-26
AN0A5c osEfc accomplish
uu00N - ttt0 more and bet

ter results than any other cathartic. Easy to
take, easy to operate. ALI druggists. 25 ceats,
or by mail of c. l. Hood & Co., Lowell, Mass.
The evening times., 1900-03-26

One of the social fads of the present
Lenten season is the Sunday luncheons
that has been given by some of the young
people OF the prominent set. Yesterday a
company of eighteen was entertained by
Miss Hegeman, niece of Senator Depew,
at the Corcoran House.
The evening times., 1900-03-26
RECORD OF HUMAN EASHS
The Preb em Of Existing Without
Food Partially Solved.

stories of Abstinence From All
Parts of the werEd-A Doubtful
Case of Nine Years Duration From
France-Sixty-shree Days Without
Sustcnnnce the Maximum Instance.
The evening times., 1900-03-26
Killed in n Quarrel.

PETERSBURG, Va, March 6.-News
reached here yesterday afternoon of an
other murder in Greensvlle, which oc-
Cured in the upper part of the county. 1t
seems that BENJAMIN Owen and another
man, whose name was not learned, be-
came involved in dispute over the own
ership of cart, during which Owen was
shot and instantly killed. The murderer
fed into North Carolina. 1t is reported
that he has been captured
The evening times., 1900-03-26

Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Bromley, who are
back at the British Embassy from their
honeymoon travels. will sail for England
next month to take UP their residence in
Sir Henry Bromley's ancestral home. Stoke
Hall in Nottiughamshire
The evening times., 1900-03-26
MoIIie Fancher,s Abstinence.

Twenty years ago the New York papers
were filed with sensational accounts of
how Mollie Faneher, the famous invalid
of Brooklyn, who still lives, had abstained
from food for fourteen years. Dr. W. H.
Hammond publicly offered to give her if
she allowed herself to be watched night
and day for one month by relays of mem
bers of the New York Neurological So
ciety. $1,000, il at the end of that month
she had not in the meantime taken food
voluntarily or as necessary measure to
The evening times., 1900-03-26

Ensign Wat Tyler Cluverius. L. S. N.
whose marriage to the daughter of Rear
Admiral Sampson will occur on April 5,
was one of the members of the Names
crew who fortunately escaped at the ex-
plOsiOn OF that ship in Havana Harbor.
The evening times., 1900-03-26

Mr.. Chin Pom Ye the Minister from
! Korea. will sail for Europe Saturday to fill
! the diplomatic position abroad to which
! he has just been assigned.