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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-06-27
MISSISSIPPI RIVER COLLISION MEETS

Consideration OF the requests for parts Of the
~'SS.v9 appropriation 1or needed improvements
song The Mississippi River. from its mouth, at
NsN-JTleans, 70 the Ohio River. continued
YESTERDAY by the Mississippi River Commission, In
eAeeatiFe session. II the Army Building. Colonel
Ss9fge l. Gillespie president OF the Commission.
S'sAt-eo Other members present were Colonel
enc = aleEney, Major II. I. Handbury Major 3.
cs- 1890 Judge r L Taylor l. Marlndln and
$500 mason u. Patrick, secretary OF the Com
---sstln Captain Patrick announced after the
80 '-e lai the awards q the = 5000 apprOpria-
--oI would probably be made public to-day.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-06-27
TIE NEW HONOLULU BANK.

ARRANGEMENTS FOR OPENING THE FIRST Ma
TIoNAL OF HAWAII ALMOST COMPLETED.
The preliminary arrangements which have been
= progress for some time looking the estab-
lshmenI OF q National bank IN Honolulu al
most completed. Al the Offices Of J. & ". Selig-
man d Co. who VIII be the Neg-York agents OF
the institution II was said yesterday that time
would be lost in organizing the new bank, now
that the necessary authority had been obtained
from the Controller Of the Currency
Agreements have been made for taking over the
First American Bank. which Is now in existence
f. Honolulu. As the banking laws OF this coun-
Try 90 not provide for the conversion Of inter-
national bank into a National one. the First Amer
tcal Bank viii be Hquidated and in its place viii
rlsR the house. which viii be known the
First National Bank Of Hawaii The ca piIal will
b increased from 100000 10 $4,000. Although the
directors and officials Of the bank have been prac-
tically determined upon, a member Of the Sellgman
firm said. the names would not be made public for
g 1eW days. Tor the reason that some changes in
The appointments might be made.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-06-27
THE SCENIC LINE

MIDLAND RAILWAY OF ENGLAND.
The most interesting and picturesque North
to South through the centre OF England EXPRESS
TRAINS LIVERPOOL (CeutraD TO LONDON and PRIN[
CIPAL TOWNS. Also LIVERPOOL tExchnnge0 to Scot
land THROUGH TICKETS TO LONDON. PARIS ana all
parts. NEWEST TYPE OF Rolling Stock on Express
Trains. BAGGAGE CHECKED through from hotel resi-
dence pier in New York 70 OF London Obtain
guides. time tables maps. &c. at the MIDLAND CON-
PANTS AGENCY CIessrs- Thos Cook & SOM. 81 and
11s6 Broadway. New York
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Hotel Russell,
Russell Square, London.

SperOty appointed
london 1eng an c4se 9"eh e the great Financial Conn
Literary, Dramatic Parliamentary
Leading Shopping IhOroughfdreS Principal
IeT1inL Yet IfeSuuuY quiet
surroundings and tie Grand old of Square
Famous
HOTEL GREAT CENTRAL.
4 accommodation for 500 guests.
PrOpriefOrs-THE FREDERICK HOTELS Of'N1SHi1D
TTD
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-06-27
BURGLARS PLUMBER IN 4 cHURCHYARD

A large clothes basket filed with silver was
found yesterday morning in old ST. Paul's Church
yard, in East Chester, Borough Of The Bronx It
was hidden in the tall grass near the rectory. It
consisted of silver cake baskets berry dishes
sugar bowls. spoons. knives and forks valued at
about SEQ.
W T. Johnston, d produce merchant discovered
the basket while examining mis- strawberry beds. It
IS believed that the silverware is the plumber of
burglars, who have been robbng the houses along
Long Island Sound. Mr.. Johnston. with the heIp
OF his employees. removed the silver to his home
and then notified the police.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-06-27
CONSOLIDATED GAS MEETING.

The regular weekly meeting of the Executive
Committee OF the Consolidated Gas Company was
held at the National City Bank yesterday after
noon. Regarding the rumoF that q stockholder
might institute legal proceedings 10 restrain the
company from increasing It's capital stock from
S54 $50 900 0G9 the trustees said that
the plan announced In the circular 10 the stock
holders on Monday would surely 60 through
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-06-27
CHARTER REVISION COMMITTEE MEETS
FIVE sUB-cosr6TTTEEs ANNOUNCED AT THE
CLOSE OF THE SESSION

The Charter Revision Committee met yesterday
at No $50 Broadway. At the meetings close the
appointment Of the following subcommittee was
announced;
On the Mayor and Municipal Assembly Miscellaneous
Alatters-Asssrs- SCdIBREN, BFlAMAN and EIVES
On Taxes Finance Docks Ferries County
-Messrs- DEWITT, LDVEY and CROMWELL
On Borough Government. Public Improvements. Water
supply. etc-hessrs- WELLS, GOODNOW and
MASON.
On Police Fire, Health Parks, and Law
observation-disclosures. BARTLETT, DAWSON and
KAPPER.
On Educatlon. Charities and Correction-MessrE TAFT
MI KEEN and CT2IMMINS.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-06-27
ANOTHER ADVANCE IN LEAD.

me American Smelling and Refining COMPANY
- another advance of = OF a cent pound
- making the second advance IL two days
pc TOT the company lead Is now II cents
PD-"o' as against q. cents. the bottom price Of
irsss - some surprise vas expressed in the
ilssn.--oF Lt acton Of the company 81 This time
larre = trace Is generally duh and there is q
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-06-27
ACTION TAKEN on BoULETARD TREES.

Al the meeting % the Council yesterday reso-
luton was introduced by Mr- Wise authorizing the
Board o. Estimate TO make provision for the
preservation Of The Boulevard trees. It requests
ne Rapid Transit Commission 70 discontinue work
II The avenue until fall that there Will be
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-06-27
european ADVERTISEMENTS.

EUROPEANS AND TRAVEL,
LERS will find the London office of The
Tribune, 149 Fleet Street, a convenient
place to leave their advertisements and
subscriptions for The Tribune.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-06-27
TIE BRITISH STEINER AAREoTTs ASHORE

d JOINS. y. F. June 2s.-The British steamer
1-1IsoIa. Captain Easterbrook from Quebec for
- = poo lumber laden. went ashore this morning
-ps Anguile on the southwest coast Of New
s---.Ii.@acs In the Gulf Of St Lawrence. The ship
total - - aense fog and IL is feared viii be
crs1- - - she IS leaking badly Several of her
we're Injured by the shifting Of the deckload.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-06-27
EUROPEAN RAILWAYS.
European Trains de Luxe
FROM TONnON

LuchOn Express-Pyrenees. ROyan Express
NOrd EIpress.-Berl1n - St observation-disclosures
gadine ENpFess-COire. Zurich & Lucerne,-
Carlsbad ExPress-EEer, Bayreuth & Carls-
bad-Pentnsular Express-Brindfsi for Egypt.
-Med1terranean ExPress-Nice, Monte Carlo,
etc.-Trfeste ExPress-Nienna. Trieste &
Egypt.-COnstanzn Express-COnstanza & Com
stan Ople.-ROme ExpFess-GenOa, Rome &
Naples.
INTERNATIONAL SLEEPING CAR CO.,
Ia Cockspur ST., LondOn.-sB Place de POpera.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-06-27
Norfolk Hotel. BRIGHTON. ENGLAND.

Elite Family Hotel. OverOoks sea-waI promenade and
lawns public Perfect sanitation Shaded
electric lights. Lift Delicate cuisine Choice winea
Jules \. Creighton. Mgr.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-06-27
HOTELS IN ENGLAND.
Queens Hotel.
Upper Norwood, Queens Hotel.

Near Crystal Palace London. Healthest situation
Englani Lovely gardens Boarding 81 so p
day. Special large parties. Convenient ira
service for City and West End London.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-06-27
nd. The Abbev Hotel

nenlIWortn' England, ne Abney Hotel
dramatically situated. overlooking historic OF
Kenilworth Castle and Abbey leading hotel and
central Shakespeare Proprietor had 10 years
New-York experience. Moderate Write for book
let CHAS. z. CLEVELY Proprietor
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-06-27

ONDoN-Board and residence IN perfectly appointed
II English residence, situated part Ksnsing-
ton near Hyde Park and Gloucester Road Station Fun
board terms including dinner from II dol
LaFs weekly Private sitting Highly recommended
Mrs GASCOIGNE, p LeXham Gardens, Cromwell Road
Morris tribune., 1900-12-08
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! A HTNDOO MYSTERY !,
BY M. QUAD.
COPYRIGHT, 1900, By G. ,. LEWIS =
0oOoOoocecOc0Coc eoG

For corroboration Of what ! am
about to relate I give you the Haidara-
bad Gazette of the dates Of June s, 8
and "a of the year 1872. In those
three issues, as well as in others later
on. you will find much space devoted
to the case Of the man who went by
the name of Chilka.
This Hindoo Chilka, who was about
40 years Of age, came to the canton
ment at Haidarabad as a peddler of
fetiches. He had the beaks and claws
Of birds, the feet of small animals, the
skins and teeth of serpents and the
ears and claws Of tigers and panthers.
He claimed that all his stock had been
blessed by a holy man and that each
and every article was a charm. The
native soldier is full Of superstition,
and the English soldier in India at
least hopes for good luck. Together
they always buy literally of these
peddlers. There were charms against
death, WOUNDS, sickness, loss and what
not, and the very cheapest and poorest
was a guarantee that its possesso1
would never be struck by lightning.
The man had been selling his goods
for an hour or so when dispute arose
Morris tribune., 1900-12-08

escape. The door had been locked,
with sentry on the outside, and the
window had not been tempered with.
When the officer made his report he
was reprimanded. To square himself
he fell back on the soldier prisoners.
Before the affair ended good many
officers were badly mixed up. 1t could
not be disputed that Chilka had been
locked up. It could not be disputed that
he had vanished soon after. No one
could say how he had gone, and that
was the stick Of it. To say that he
had melted into q shadow and doated
through the keyhole was ridiculing the
matter. He was finally reported as
having escaped, and it was generally
believed that the other prisoners had
somehow aided him. Next day the
Hindoo was arrested in the city for
having passed bogus coin and was
taken to the city jail to await trial.
When imprisoned in the guardhouse
at the cantonment, nothing was taken
away from him. When taken to the
city jail, he was carefully searched and
his pockets emptied Aside from the
fetiches have mentioned, he had with
him fiat stone about the size of an
American silver dollar. The color was
pale pink. and it was framed in silver
and worn around his neck. This stone
he had not shown to the soldiers. but
the prisoners in the guardhouse re-
membered his having it in his hands
and gazing at it intently as he sat by.
himself. He begged hard to be per-
mitted to retain this charm, but it was
taken away with the other articles.
Chilka remained in Jail overnight
and was then brought into court for
examination. He denied knowing that
the coin was worthless, but as several
others like it were found in his pockets
he was remanded to jail to await trial.
He asked for the pink stone, explain
ing that it was charm against fever.
and it was given him. The story of
the mans escape from the guardhouse
had reached the jailer, and though he
laughed at it he at the same time
locked the prisoner up in a eek by him
self. When his supper was carried in.
the Hindoo was staring at the stone.
Two hours later he was missing from
the cell. 1t was so utterly impossible
70 the man to have left the prison
that the officials stood COMPOUNDED.
Search was made for hours, and then
the Waterman in that corridor was put
under arrest 1t was asserted that I'M
less he had unlocked the cell and two
corridor doors Chilka could not have
escaped. He made an indignant denial
and the singular incident was the talk
of the town and was published in the
newspapers. The affair would have
died out in week but for the recap
ture of the Hindoo two or three days
later. He was seen and recognized in
a village about 20 miles away and was
arrested and returned to jail. He
would make no explanations. He was
offered sum of money and his free
dom if he would betray the guard, but
he was silent. No Importance was at
tached to the pink stone, but it was
taken away from him when he was
locked up.
For two days the man was quiet and
suIlen. Then he began to shout and
scream and rave, and to quiet him the
stone was restored AS soon as it was
placed in his hands the fellow was like
a lamb. It was given him about 8
O'clock in the afternoon. The corridor
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in which he was confined contained
eight cells, and in each cell except his
there were two prisoners. There was
barred window at one end Of the
corridor and an iron door at the other
A guard sat at this door and had con-
troll of the lever unlocking all the cells.
He was own brother to the sheriff, and
his integrity could not be impugned.
His orders were to look into Chilka's
cell every hour, and at 4 o'clock he
looked in and found the man apparent
" asleep. At 5 o'clock he looked in, to
find the cell empty. There had been
no movement to alarm him, and the
other prisoners had heard nothing.
Before unlocking the cell the guard
called in the jailer, and never was Off
cial so dumfounded. The Hindoo had
vanished. But how could he have gone
In the flesh? There was the guard and
there were II prisoners to back him
up, and, though the jailer was a hard
headed man. he was forced to believe
in the supernatural.
This third queer escape caused no end
Of talk. Europeans who reside in India
see so many strange things that they
become tainted with superstition. There
were a few who shook their heads and
limited that the jailer knew more than
he dared tell, meaning that Chilka had
dealt with him; but the great major
ity put it down that the pink stone
was the fetch which had caused all
the trouble. In order to clear them
selves of ridicule the officials deter
mined that Chilka should be recap
tured at any cost and messengers were
sent in every direction, and large re-
ward was offered. In about ten days he
was found 100 miles away. The first
move of his captors was to take the
pink stone away from him. He was
brought back to Haidarabad and jailed,
and he was offered various sums of
money if he would give up the secret
of his escape. Not word Of explana-
ton would he make, and for four days
he refused to eat or drink. He begged
for the pink stone, and it was finally
decided to give it to him. The stone
had been taken to lapidaries and jew
elers, but no one had been able to give
it a name or to recall having ever seen
one like it.
When the charm was turned over to
Chilka, he wept for joy and called for
food. He was now taken to a corridor
in which were four cells and all empty.
The only window was boarded up, two
guards were stationed at the door,
and cell each side Of the Hindoo was
occupied by guard. The jailer him
self was the guard on the inner side
of the door. The charm was passed
over to Chilka just at supper time. He
ate his food and lay down on the straw
as if to sleep. Alta quarter past the
jailer looked into the cell, and the man
was there. So at half past and quar-
ter to z. At o'clock he was gone.
Smile if you will, but the Hindoo had
taken his departure out of an iron
cell, with four guards at hand, and
not the slightest trace Of him could be
found. The guards in the cells had
heard no more on his part. His cell
door remained locked, and there was
the impress of his form on the straw.
You can't say those four men were
fools. You can't deny in the face Of all
the talk and newspaper articles and
afidaYits that he vanished on the diff
CONTINUED on page 81
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between him and an English soldier
and he was ordered off the grounds. AS
he stopped to argue the matter he was
run into the guardhouse to give him a
lesson. The prison held four or five
soldiers at the time, but Chilka sal
down in a corner and refused to notice
any Of them. They turned from him
to their cards, but after half an hour
suddenly saw that he was missing
There was but one window, and thai
was barred. There was but one door
and that had not been opened. The
alarm was given, and an officer came
In to investigate. It was little he could
discover. The peddler had vanished
and yet had he been a cockroach there
was no crevice he could have used tc
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HIS SOLEMN VOW.

Washington Post: mo, I will not vio-
late my oath,' exclaimed the Capitol Hill
man, striding up and down the room. 1T
was in my extreme youth, but an oath
made at any stage of life sacred, and
I cannot, will not disregard it,"
His distressed wife clasped her hands
in supplication.
but Johnnie needs It," she almost
walled. This is the spring of the year.,
when the blood of children is thick and
needs to be thinned. and, besides. every
child ought to have some kind of a
spring medicine as a tonic and"
THAT end of it's all right. Euclidia,"
said the Capitol Hill man in a relentless
tone, but my oath goes. When, at the
age of 9 years my mother used to corral
me and the rest of the kids every morn
ing before breakfast around this time of
year and force Town our threats a big
pewter teaspoonful of thick, gritty, yal-
lery, evil-tasting sulphur and molasses,
and LUX us with fence pickets if we tried
to duck and sidestep that regular morn
ing ceremony, I made a solemn, heaven-
hear-me vow that If ever I had any young
ones of my own, and that vows going to
stick. Euclidia-it's going to stick! I
don't care a boot in Jackson City if
Johnnie's blood's as thick as the mayon-
naise dressing in a baseball magnate's
head, I on stan for no sulphur and
molasses, and l have spoke!""2iiW 80
Thus brutally shorn of one of the her
editary privileges of motherhood, the wife
of the Capitol Hill man buried her face
in her hands and sobbed dismally.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-04-11

paid. One check for $50 belonged to Mr..
Ewing for two weeks work in exporting
the books. Of the company. Witness
considered the amount due Mr.. Ewing as
being small for the work done,
Mr.. Mellere drew the checks from his
pocket and submitted them to Judge Har-
wood for examination. He was then
questioned as to each. and besides ex-
planning their conditions added that none
OF the officers had Drawn any salary since
1919, but no resolution had been adopted
declaring that they should not be paid
for their services.
Lyman M. Harley was recalled for fur
Their examination. After reading a copy
OF a letter written by a dealer in salt to
one of the officials of the company in re-
gard to the price at which he would place
salt on board the cars (Which was IS
cents per ton at one season of the year
n 30 cents at another) Mr.. Harley said
the cost of laying the salt down at the
WORKS OF the company, as shown by the
books. was about $40 per ton. He then
proceeded to lay before the court the de-
tails of a secret understanding between
president L and Fred w. Sherman,
the superintendent for the mpa rela-
tive to the information the latter should
OF should not give out in connection with
the working of the property. He had
found. he said. on record in the COM
pany's books, a letter written by Mr..
sherman to Mr.. Mcclure in which the
writer stated that the result of certain
explorations in the property Of the COM
pany would be known to no one save Mr..
Mcclure and himself.
This closed the testimony n the argu-
ment was commenced. zach side being
given an hour and a half. Mi. Harwood
SPOKE nrst. He said that out of about
81. 900. 900 taken from the propertv onlv
$4,000 90 cents a share) had been paid
to the stockholders: tina the officers of
the CORPORATION were in st. Louis doing
nothing much save charge and charge for
the purpose Of burdening the stockhold-
ers until the latter would be compelled to
sell u Referring to the 81, 200 in checks
held by Secretary Meller for the officers
of the company. Mr.. Harwood said it was
an insolent subterfuge on the part of the
defendants to increase the indebtedness.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-04-11
ROUGH AND READY MEASURED
MENT,

London Globe: When Colonel Baden
Powell is drawing a rapid map he uses
the joint of one of his fingers as a meas
ure. This finger joint is exactly one inch
long, and if he wants his sketch to be on
a scale of two inches to a mile he knows
that this particular joint represents half
a mile. Most people have tricks of this
for making rough guesses at meas
urement. The average walking stick, for
instance. is a yard; n three nch is a
common length of a folded penknife.
With these two rough-and-ready rulers
ton. but when great accuracy is essential
pains. For obtaining very small measure
ments coins are useful, although they
w the great disadvantage of not being
easy things to manipulate. A correspond
ent of a weekly journal points out that
by piling up half crowns one can obtain
any lengths in sixteenths of an inch, as
the half-crown piece is exactly one-six-
teenth of an inch thick. The h%alfpenny,
despised in change, is a good workable
coin of measurement, for its diameter is
precisely one inch. The diameter of a
penny Is ! 3-16 inches, a half crown is ~
inches, a sixpenee is y of an inch, and a
shilling is 1916 of an inch. In all these
cases only coins of average preservation
are dealt with. and absolute accuracy
cannot be obtained from those tina are
much worn. Some men by the eye alone
can judge to the fraction of an inch both
length n height. Practice in conjectur-
ing distances not only makes perfect, but
Is extremely interesting work.
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REwARn.

The undersigned will pay the sum Of
twenty-five hundred dollars ($2. 500. 001 to
n person or persons furnishing the TN.
dersigned with information which win
lead to the detection and conviction OF
n person or persons or corporations.
who have heretofore or may hereafter
trespass pom and extract ~ remove
ores or minerals from any Of the under.
ground workings beneath the surface u
those portions Of the Michael Dewitt lode
claim. which are included within injunc-
tons issued by the state or United States
courts OF. Montana.
BUTTE AND BOSTON CONSOLIDATED
MINING COMPANY.
BY {. s. Battesnan. Asst Supt.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-04-11
REWARD.

The undersigned will pay the sum Of
twenty-five hundred dollars (S2, 500. O0) to
any person or persons furnishing the UNI
designed with information which VIII
lead to the detection and conviction Of
anw person or persons or corporations
who have heretofore or may hereafter
trespass upon and extract and remove
ores or minerals from any Of the under-
ground workings beneath the surface Of
the Pennsylvania Lode Claim, Lot No.
172. in Silver Bow county, Montana.
BOSTON AND MONTANA CONSOLE
DATED COPPER AND SILVER MN
ING COMPANY.
BY c. s. Batterman. Asst supt.
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GREAT CROWDS.
Each Afternoon and Evening the Wara-
yraDh is Crowded.

The interest in the beautiful pictures
shown at the Waragraph on Main street,
is as great as ever. At each performance
every seat is occupied. The comfortable
auditorium, the mechanical effects, the
music. the interesting descriptive lecture,
the beautiful and varied pictures and
thrilling war scenes all combine in what
will give the most fastidious an hour Of
unalloyed delight. Ladies particularly
will enjoy this weeks programme. which
furnishes a maximum of entertainment
for a charge that is certainly modest by
comparison.