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The St. Louis Republic., 1900-09-09
TWO WOMEN WENT CUNNING.
Had to Pay Fines for Shooting
Quails Out of Season.

REPUBLIC SPECIAL
Los Angeles. Cal. Sept. s.-Two wealthy
and prominent society ladies' were ruthIessly
dragged before Justice Jenness of Santa
Monica by the strong arm of the law last
week and assessed $40 each for shooting
quailS out OF season.
The two ladies In the case were Miss
Kate Sadler and Miss Maud Gravety of
Tolucs, who. according to report have
many mannish proclivities in dress, speech
and manner.
They started out early in the week for
santa Monica canon with the. avowed in
many of the sterner sex are wont to do,
but unfortunately failed TO inform tneIn-
selves OF the exact time when 1t is lawful
TO destroy certain game in this country.
Accompanying the ladies on the jaunt was
man who acted as valet. cook and general
roustaoout but he. too. was either ignor-
ant or willfully neglectful of the game laws
Parties passing near the camp in the can
on noticed the mutilated carcass of a quail
which was shot at too close range and
many feathers. which were unmistaka bly,
the personal property OF the luscious little
game birds. but few hours previously.
The matter was brought to the attention
OF Constable II. l. Pritchard, OF Santa
Monica. and he Immediately set out for the
canon in quest of the violators OF the law.
lie had no trouble in finding the location
of the camp nor the evidence OF slaught-
cred quail and. no one being about the
place at the time, he gathered up carcass
and feathers and sat down to await the
homecoming of the malefactors.
His surprise may be imagined when two
ladies In hunting costume came trudging
back to camp. with guns over shoulders
and well-filled game bags. but he had come
to make arrests, saw his duty and per-
formed II.
The ladies expressed great Indignation at
the outrage" as they put It, but the min
ION of the law was obdurate, and they
accompanied him to the city Justice un-
der protest
The Court. in view of the unusual facts
of the case. imposed only the minimum
fine of $50 when he could. IL he 50 wiled
have muicted the ladies that amount for
each and every bird killed.
The St. Louis Republic., 1900-09-09
Injured by Jumping From Train
and Both Limbs Had to Be Am
putated Below the Knee.
MIGHT BE CALLED A SAND0W.
Plucky Officer Possesses EXtraOr-
dinary Strength and Never
Lets a Man Escape-Is a
Trained Wrestler.
REPUBLIC SPECIAL.

REPUBLIC SPECIAL.
Philadelphia Pa. Sept. Shaving met
with an accident that would have incapac-
itated most men from leading active
life. Charles c. Dalryuple OF this city chose
a career which demanded untiring effort
He is fine example OF what a man can
do when possessing indomitable energy and
pluck.
Bereft of his feet, Mr.. Dalrympie has for
sixteen years past acted an officer of the
law in New York State and Pennsylvania.
During this time he has made a remarkable
record that many more fortunate officers
would be proud TO possess.
He has arrested the boldest kind OF GRIM
inals and has never allowed one to escape
the penalty of the law by gaining their free
dom. Bert Hare, Pennsylvania hotel man.
arrested on the charge of selling intoxicat-
ing drinks to minors was the only man
who ever got away from the footIess officer
for any length of time. Hare was given an
opportunity to secure bondsmen, and ran
away. For three weeks Officer Dalrymple
searched for the missing hotel man, finally
relrrestrg him.
frunted d man 700 strong or quick 10 pre-
vent his Handwriting him Mr.. Dalrymple
possesses extraordinary strength, and
He is good fighter. a trained wrestler. and
has never met defeat in catch-as-catch-
can match.
During his sixteen years of service. Mr..
Dalrymple acted as Constable of Frews-
burg, a large town near jamestown, N. Y.
About six years ago he left there and went
to kinzua. small town in Warren County,
pennsylvania. He was eleAsd Constable Of
the town during the first Var OF his resi-
dence, and still holds the office.
MIR. Dalrympie lost his feet November. IL.
1865. while trying TO dismount from a rapid
" moving train at Franklin, Pa. One limb
was amputated fourteen inches below the
knee, the other seven Inches. Since then
he has moved about on his knees with an
ease and rapidity that is lesa than re-
markabie Mr.. Dalrymple Is a good horse
man. and spends some of his time in agri-
cultural pursuits. He dismOunt from a
carriage wagon with as much ease ap-
parsntly ordinary person
Previous to the unfortunate accident at
Franklin, Nr. Dalrymple was a soldier,
From 1863 to 1860 ne drove a team for the
United States Government. He enlisted in
the First Volunteer Infantry in 1852. and
was honorably discharged AT Nashville,
The St. Louis Republic., 1900-09-09
California Girl Had a Curiosity to
See How She Would Look
in Her Coffin.
RCBED HERSELF IN A SHROUD.
Prank of Young Woman Who
Wanted 10 DO Things Other
Girls Shivered TO Think
About.
REPUBLIC SPCvsY.

REPUBLIC SPECIAL
San Francisco. Cal, Sept. st recently
took the fancy of a capr.cious young wom-
an of this city TO have her picture taken
IN a coffin.
Miss Leonard. in all the lively. larksome
huoyancy OF perfect health and gay spirits
posed before the camera in grave clothes.
How II makes one shudder and shiver TO
think of IT!
Not so with Miss Leonard.
That remarkable young person was as
much at ease during the counterfeiting of
a death sleep as other girls would be in n
hammock under a tree on a drowsy summer
day.
Which shows conclusively that all people
are not alike and that what chiis the mar
row in one PERSONS bones may be merely
a trifing amusement for another PERSONS
peculiar point of view
Miss Leonard regards this, her pet notion
about what constitutes a real pho;ograp phic
novelty, as joke.
The serious side Of the matter doesn't i'm
press her at all.
She laughs lightly when told that the act
was uncanny enough TO shake the nerves of
strong man and insure him a lifelong
supply Of horrid, terrifying, nghtmarish
dreams.
O1 course, there have been other instances
in the world in which living persons hob
nobbed with such grim. silent, appalling
companions as caskets.
Miss Leonard's cheerful chumminess with
a receptacle sacred TO the dead rather than
the living is not without precedent: but to
be photographed in a coffin while alive is
something SO fOrbtdd .ng and repellant that
the cameras services are not in demand for
that purpose. never have been. and, unless
this world loses its equilibrium In It's old
age. never viii be.
Sarah Bernharlt, with a passion Tor do
ing frealish things that would advertise
her the world over as a genius with star
Ting eccentricities, had a pleasant little
propensity for Juggling coffin around the
country with her on her dramatic tours
Sarah is not SO sensational nowadays.
Charles had a mania for sleeping In a
coffin-prepsring himself in advance as IL
were, tor the habit that all human beings
must acquire sooner or later, unless they are
cremated or buried al sea.
The royal Charles has been dust for many
and many year.
II is said that Napoleon had a coffin in
readiness for his final resting place.
Napoleon was nothing II not eccentric.
AL, these eminent Dersonages. however,
The St. Louis Republic., 1900-09-09
IN SEARCH OF MISSING LINK.
America and Europe Contestants
for Scientific Honors.

REPUBLIC sPESIA1A
Denver, Colo, Sept. 6-Two continents
have entered into a rao, for the discovery Of
pithecanthropus. which scientists have dis
covered IN their research to be the missing
link between man and the lower animals,
and David J. Walters Of New Haven. Conn.
a student at Yale. has volunteered to
maintain the American end of this race,
and he actually expects to win the laurels
from Professor Haeckel of Jena Uni
yersity who Is about to start from that
country to find the missing link. He so
declared with great positiveness last even
ing at the st. James Hotel. where he reg
istered en- route for Java, where this
pithecanthropus Is believed 10 be.
Mr.. Walters started September 1 from
New Haven, and expects to reach Java
about the middle of October. He will thus
be on the scene some time before his Ger
man rival arrives IN that Dutch country,
he not being announced to start from Jena
before October l. He does not know of
the American designs on this pre-empted
sphere of German influence in science and
will be surprised at the great steps and
rival will have made beforehand, also that
he has unlimited means to discover the
object OF his search. the wealth of the
Vanderbilt family itself. George Wander
biIt the reciuse student of the great piJ-
tocratic family. the owner of BiItmore. is
his patron in this race of scientific rivals.
The St. Louis Republic., 1900-09-09
YEARS OF CONTROVERSY.
The Government, Like a Woman,
Changed Its Mind.

REPUBLIC SPECIAL
San Francisco Cal. Sept SIT waa with
some surprise that Captain q F. wilcox Of
the Sixth United States Cavalry learned by
a recent published telegraphic dispatch from
Los Angeles that the Government ha.i begun
suit for the sum Of 500 paid to him four
wears ago for the loss of his private cavalry
hcrse which was killed In a Government
corral at Fort Lewis. Colo. thirteen years
cseco last week on a short leave from Wa
wona, near the Yosemite Valley. were he is
IN Command OF the troops guarding the Gov
ernment parks, and he will depart to-day
for his post of duty.
The history Of the case is familiar TO
many army officers. but the public might
gain the impression from the published re-
port that Deputy United States Marshal
Christian of Los Angeles was hurryiDg to
WawoDa to arrest Captain Wilcox for some
crime. In 1857 Captain Wilcox owned fine
saddle animal. for which $1,000 was original
" paid. Army officers are required to fur
nish their own mounts. but the horses are
cared for In the general corral provided for
the cavalry. Captain Wilcox's horse. while
In the corral at the fort in Colorado. WAS
Kicked by a Government horse SO severely
that it's leg was broken al d 1t had to be
shot The Captain. then g. Lieutenant Gled
the horse After seven years the Secretary
Of War at Washington acted upon the
claim, then the Second Comptroller OF the
Treasury approved it, and tho claim was
paid.
1t now appears that another Comptroller
Of the Treasury has seen flt to change the
opinion of his predecessor and has begun a
csvil SUIT FOR the return OF the $780, though
at no time has Captain Wilcox been re-
questcd to refund the money, but the pres
ent Comptroller has asked why he should
not do 80, as the former decision has been
reversed.
The St. Louis Republic., 1900-09-09
ARE AFRAID OF THEIR LIVES.
Girl Witnesses of the Riot Between
Cinnamon and japanese.
REPUBLIC SPECIAL.

San Rafael. Sept. S.-The only witnesses
of the battle between the japanese and Chi
nese laborers a, Novato several days ago
are Mary Macebo and Gertrude Green, who
were in the packing-house of the Novato
Land Company when the row started. The
young women made their escape through O.
gauntlet of siashing knives and whizzing
hayhooks, and Were the first to bring as
sistance to the helpless Cinnamon. They
saw Chung Fong go reeling to the floor
with a hayhook Embedded in his skull, and
say that they can identify his assailant.
They were brought here to point out the
assailants of the Chinaman, who is expect
ed 10 die but were so unnerved as re-
suit of their experience that they refused
to see the japanese prisoners They are
both residents of Novato, and said that the
Japanese on the neighboring ranches would
murder them If they pointed out the guilty
ones The trial of the sixteen Japs in Jail
here has been postponed until It Is ascer-
tanned IL Chung Fong will survive his ir-
juries. In case he RECEIVERS the trial will
lake place tn Novata
The St. Louis Republic., 1900-09-09
CRUSHED BY A SPERM WHALE.
The Josephine Loses an Officer OFF
the Coast of Peru.
.EPCPLrC SPECIAL.

REPUBIIC SPECIAL.
Victoria. British Columbia, Sept. S.-Jap-
anese papers received by the Idzumi Maru
report that the American whaling bark Jo-
sephine, Captain A. c. Howard. arrived at
Hakodate, Japan, on August and reported
the loss of one of her boats on the voyage
by being struck by a sperm whale and the
loss OF her fourth officer, J. B. Perry, in the
accident.
The Josephine sailed from New Bedford
in March, 1899 and Captain Howard report
cd having s,700 barrels OF sperm whale oil on
his arrival in Japan.
The disaster to the boat occurred In March
of this year off the coast Of Peru, and not
having spoken any vessel In the meantime
had not before been reported. When the
boat was stove in assistance was at once
sent from the bark. but Fourth Officer Per-.
ry went down before IL arrived. The Others
managed to cling TO the pieces of the boat
until rescued.
The St. Louis Republic., 1900-09-09
CALIFORNIA LEMON CROP.
A Dollar More a Box This Year
Than Last.


San Diego, Cal. Sept. s.-Good news comes
from the lemon growers Of San Diego Coun-
ty. This season has been the best In the
history Of the industry in this State. and tho
same satisfactory condition still continues
Lemons are now bringing a dollar a box
more than they did at this time last year.
and all summer the price has been at the
top notch. For some reason or other for
eign importations have not been as heavy
as in previous years, and the California
fruit has been introduced In places where
il neyor reached before. One grower In this
county has already sold $4,000 worth OF
lemons this year. Although the old crop
Is rot yet all marketed the new crop IS
beginning TO appear on the market giving
another Illustration that lemon trees bear
the year round.
The St. Louis Republic., 1900-09-09
uokes a Violin on the Stradivarius
Model as Sweet Toned
as Masters.
DECLARED TO BE A GENIUS.
Not Being Able 10 Get the Proper
Tools. He IngeniouSly Made
the Instruments
Himself.
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prrI-rr.:C SPECIAL
c-rac,,se y. :, Sent. s-TaleHt or an uii-
,,e,.a, kind is shown in this town by IL
,.aar-oId boy The Fiddlemsker of iafh-
crack" IS the title won by Henry Evans
,bo has 4 uassicn for violins and for the
making of -iol!us.
The boy !s a natural musician. ana mas
r!ayed oss the violin ever since ne was
large enough TO h0td one.
last March h- started In TO make a noole
after the Stradivarius model He got DOCKS
from the public library treating on the suo-
iart and procured fine, seasoned WOODS
from FAR away places
He lacked tools that were fine enough
for the delicate work. and. with spirit
worthy OF q Crusoe. he made the toois
himself and set TO work. getting up III :
o'clock in the morning that he might nave
time for his violin making before scnooi
When Il was finally completed henrs
found It weighed too much. according 10
the Stradivarius standard. and with minute
patience the boy took It all apart ana AGAIN
s7noethed and saudpapercd its surfaces uil-
Ii! il vas reduced to the proper WeiEh1-
Tho violin was christsned yesterday out
at Henrys home, In Burnet avenue, IN inc
district known as Tamarack.
He had all the musicians or note IN the
city out 10 see his violin and hear Its beau
tiful tones. and they are making a hero OF
the child by proclaiulng the fiddle a
marvel in workmanship and tone. and Its
maker genius
Young Evans IS grandson OF the late
Judge Henry Rieeel Of Onondaga County,
and q nephew Of the actor Charles Rtegel
of New YCrk-
His oldest sister. Mary Elizabeth Evans.
who is Is years old. has also attracted
public attention by going into business for
herself. She has opened a grocery and runs
II herself. II promises 10 develop Into a
department store, having already a meat
market. a drug department. an ice cream
parlor and candy kitchen. the product OF
which Mary Elizabeth sells at fancy prices
In nearly every city in the State
During vacation the boy Henry, attends
TO part Of his sisters cares, and for recreG-
The St. Louis Republic., 1900-09-09
VANDALS SLASHED PAINTINGS.
Thieves Turned on the Water and
Flooded House.

REPUBLIC SPECIAL
New York. Sept. s.-spitefuiness. as well
as thteyery, seems to have been the inten-
ton Of the men who committed recent
robbery in this city. Plumbers working on
the roof of No. 1os West F1fty-eishth
street found the scuttle of the roof unfas-
tened They Informed the police. 1nvesuga-
tion showed that the house, which is the
home of Mrs. George II. Danforth. who is
.nendine the summer at Lake George, had
heen numbered OF pictures and other goods
worth about $1,000. The canvases had been
c1,t from the picture frames and carried
away Many large pieces of sifverware were
Not content with their plunder, the
thieves had turned on the water in the
top fioor. and the house was badly dam-
The St. Louis Republic., 1900-09-09
CHRONIC LOCKJAW.
Girls Jaw Locked Eight Times
Within a Year.
REPTRIIC Special.


Philadelphia. Pa, Sept. s-Lockjaw.
usually considered a dangerous malady. has
no terrors for Hattie Garrison. 19-year-
old colored girl. who lives at No. 22s South
Darien street. For the eighth time within
a year she was attacked with IL last night.
and the doctors at the Pennsylvania Hos
pital say she will recover.
Chronic lockjaw is the term applied to
Hattie's peculiar case. and IL is considered
a novel ailment. Although her teeth are
locked tightly and she suffers dreadful
agony, no fear of her death is held. be-
cause she has been in the throes SO often
previously.
Relatives of the girl say she cut her
foot on a rusted nail less than year ago.
and shortly thereafter had her first attack
of lockjaw. There was apparently no hope
for her recovery for a time. and Hattie sur
prised her medical attendants when her
teeth unlocked
During her subsequent attacks. Hattie
was in "A critical state, but her attacks be-
came so common that her recovery was
never in doubt. 1t is said that the girl ts
attacked by the Iockjaw without the slight
est warning. Last night she was talking
with a friend. when her mouth closed like
wise and she was unable to utter Q vog4a
The St. Louis Republic., 1900-09-09
VAGAR!ES OF THE LAW.
Couple Divorced for One Week and
Then Decree Annulled.
REPUBLIC SPECIAL.

REPUBLIC SPECIAL
Los Angeles. Cal, Sept s-For one week
Mrs. Hansen Of this city has been congrat-
ulating herself on having secured a divorce
from her husband A decree. granting her
legal separation. was regularly signed and
gust q
Yesterday. however. the decree was set
aside by the court. owing to legal tech
nicalfty. 1t appeared that Mrs. Hansen's >
attorney had failed to make proper service
of the amended complaint upon the hus-
band The latter appeared IN court yes
terday and asked to have the decree set
aside on that ground.
Judge Fitzgerald asked Hansen 81 he In
tended to fight the case, should the decree
be set aside Hansen replied that that was
his intention. The order setting aside the
decree was accordingly made.
The setting aside OF the decree WIFI neces-
sftats the trying of the case In court again.
The St. Louis Republic., 1900-09-09
KITE SAILS FOR EUROPE.
Novel Aerial Craft Consists of {
Buoy and Three Kites.
.EPTEIJC SPECIAL

REPU Bi.IC SPECIAL.
Asbury Park, N j., Sept. S.-kite-fiying
on an unprecedented scale was attempted
to-day. when W. A. Eddy, the kite ex-
pert. launched his so-called "kite-buoy" on
its voyage across the broad Atlantic to
Eddy has for some time maintained that
II is possible to fly a kite from this con-
view constructed the novel aerial craft
which he launched to-day. 1t consists of a
buoy shaped like an ocean liner and sup
ported by three kites, each five feet in
diameter The buoy is four feet long and
thirty inches deep. One thousand feet of
steel wire connect It with the kites. On the
sides Of the buoy are the words "Asbury
Park." and fastened to 1t Is a bottle. in
which is a letter requesting the finder of
the buoy to communicate with Founder
Pradley stating where the BUOY was found
and In what condition
The St. Louis Republic., 1900-09-09
HUSBANDS FOR EVERYBODY.
Students of Conditions Propose
Plan to Equalize the Sexes.

6BFUBILC SEEClAIA
Boston, Mass, Sept S-In looking over
the census reports of the world the fol-
lowing facts have been noted about the
proportion of men and women in the DIFF
ferent countries:
There seems TO be a shortage Of women
in the British colonies, If the reports of the
census takers are true. In TWO or them
alone-Canada and Austraiia-there Is i
chance of half d million more TO gain nus
bands and homes.
According to the late figures the popu-
lation of New South Wales on December 81
consisted of 729 00O males and 62s,0p females
Here Is a deficiency of 10000. In victoria
{. the discrepancy is not sc marked. but In
other colonies the difference IS proportion
ately larger In New Zealand, for instance,
. there is an excess of $1,000 males.
II is strange under the circumstances that
some of the million and more women OF
+ the United Kingdom who cannot md nus
: bands do not go to the colonies Perhaps
II they realized how much they Were needed
there they would go in large beVies, It Is
said however. that they are too tirnid 10
Venture into strange lands, ana are wait
Ing for the colonists to come ana take
them. Students of conditions think some
thing should be done TO equalize the sexes,
: both In ths coloniss ana ths United KING
The St. Louis Republic., 1900-09-09
FALSE TEETH, FALSE WOMAN.
Husband Deserts Wife When He
discovers She Had "StOre Teeth"

REPUBLIC SPECIAL.
Philadelphia. Pa, Sept. S.-Andrs Brenter
of Gladwyn judges a woman pretty much in
the same way that a man does a horse-by
the teeth. And so it happens that the man
has deserted his present wife and two chill
dreH and Is looking for a new partner.
Mrs Brenter Ii seems, wears false teeth,
of which she has two sets. OF course, she
only wears one at time. These two facts
were unknown to her husband until the 9TH
er day. Then the surplus teeth were dis
covered in the bureau. Brenter was white
with rage He demanded an explanation.
''Yes, they're NINE" meekly said his wife
u only wear one set at a time
You have been false to me-" Brenter con-
tinued. Know a woman by her teeth The
woman who wears false ones Is not true to
her husband"
There was n rise In tempers at this point
and The man and wife INDUCED in a little
family trouble They. were separated by
neighbors and Brenter Immediately declared
his intention of quitting his wife. He packed
a trunk and. carrying 1t on his shoulder. de-
parted In search OF another woman with
sound molars.
The woman said she doesn't care IL her
husband never comes back. She said she
can get along better without him than with
out her false teeth.
The St. Louis Republic., 1900-09-09
STEPPED FROM CAR INTO RIVER.
Much Surprised Pennsylvania
Had Close Call From Drowning.

REPUBLIC SPECIALA
Gloucester City. Pa, Sept. s--Elmer Lee,
a young man from Bristol. in making the
mistake of getting off the wrong side of a
car. found himself in deep water sure
enough and had a narrow escape from
death. Lee alighted from a car on the
Washineton Park Pier. and instead of step
ming on the platform. as he intended to. he
stepped overheard
seIf giving out and cried for help The
crew of the naphtha launch Ethel Of Cam
den who we're lying near by. went to his
assistance and rescued him In an exhausted
condition. He was taken to a nearby house.
where stimuIapts were administered
The St. Louis Republic., 1900-09-09
THE.FAITHFUL MEET MRS. EDDY.
Founder Of Christian Science En-
tertains Believers in Her Cult.

REPUBLIC SPECIAL
Concord. N. H, Sept. s.-Followers Of
Christian Science had a most unusual privi-
lege shown them here yesterday. In re-
sponse to a special invitation extended by
Mrs. Mary Baker =. Eddy, founder of the
Christian Science movement, about forty
leading members of the faith gathered at
the Christian Science hall. Mrs. Eddy oc-
cupied a position on the rostrum. and In
opening her remarks. said: Il have invited
you here for no special purpose, except that
I desire to see you
Then she stood while she talked for forty
minutes on topics of interest to her hearers.
and largely on exposition OF biblical points.
At the close of her address she invited all
those present to remain until tomorrow
and enjoy the hospitality OF the city.
Mrs Eady was in good voice. her skin was
clear and her eye bright. She stood for
forty minutes ana did not seem to he at all
fatigued, an indication that she is re-
markably well-preserved woman for her
years.