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it Is estimated, from 1000 to 5000 of the
mammoth of the Sequoia trees for
which California is noted. Captain
West says for the benefit of the public
that the best route for reaching the
Giant forest is not generally known;
that the proper point at which to leave
the railroad Is Visal1a, Tulare county
California. Thence there is good road
through the park-like country to the
Kaweah river and leading thence
through the Ash Mountains into the
park.
The park itself is on a high table
land from $500 to 1900 feet in altitude
and commands q view of some of the
most magnificent mountain scenery IN
the Rockies. He recommends in some
detail the extension of the park boun-
diaries to take IN portion of this noun
tain tract, eastward to Mount Whitney
and the main Sierra divide and north
ward to take in the Kings river canon,
This section, Captain West says, eX-
ceeds in beauty and grandeur anything
to be found in Switzerland and is part
of the public domain untitled for agrl-
culture, but of Importance as game
preserve, and to conserve the water sup
ply on which the immense citrus ffult
interests of Tulare county depend.
The General Grant park is only TWO
miles square and Is in q very bad con-
dition, owing to fallen timber and rub
Dish which will be cleared away imme-
diately. 1t contains over 1875 large Sc
quotas, including the famous General
Grant tree, and little park would
make marvellously beautiful spot
One serious danger which also threat
ems the Sequoia park is the presence of
saw mills on private lands included
within the boundaries of the park 1t
is said there are $40 acres so held. The
mills are running the giant trees in their
neighborhood using them in the most
criminally wasteful manner, taking
only the clear lumber and leaving the
immense tops to rot on the ground and
be menace by fire to all the remainder
of the park. Captain West recommends
that these lands be appraised speedily
and purchased by the government.
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The auctioneer looked at the clock. All
right, he replied, I'll give you that
limit
"Then I took a desperate chance.
pushed through the crowd, which was
already interested in the next sale and
beckoned to a little fat man who had
been one of the loudest kickers a few
minutes before Look here, l said,
drawing him aside, do you want to be
my silent partner for an hour or SO!
What do you mean?' said he. ! gave
him the truth in dozen words, Now,
let me have that $500 deposit money,
added. and We'll share the profits,
whatever they are. The little man
looked at me shrewdly, This Is a big
joke on all of u.s., he said. grinning,
and guess I'll risk the deal At the
same time he counted out $500 and put
it in my hands l raced back to the
desk with the cash. clinched the sale,
and before noon had the deed in my
possession Then to make long story
short, my silent partner offered me
$1,000 cash for my interest, and as
81, 900 looked about as big as a noun
tain at that stage of the game l
promptly accepted. That thousand,
fortunately placed, gave me the start
that has kept me going ever since.
'But what about the eyeglasses, did
you say? Why, the auctioneer, as |
afterward learned, was very nearsight
ed and on the morning to which | re-
fer he had forgotten his glasses. That
was why he mistook my gesture of dis
avowal for a sign of assent, and forced
me, in spite of myself into a good
thing. never understood the exact
true inwardness Of the deal, but the
facts in the rough were that clique of
spectators had formed a combine to
keep down prices, but, owing to some
misunderstanding, failed to bid
promptly on the property which I Sc
cured The auctioneer was onto the
game and was anxious to break it up,
hence his precipitancy in knocking
down the lot to yours truly. l heard,
later on, that my portly silent partner
made $4,000 out of the transaction, but
l didn't begrudge him the money. The
$500 he gave me on faith that morning
was worth fully ten per cent. min
ute."-New Orleans Ttnes-Democrat
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STATE NEWS.
Strike of Freight Handlers in New
London.

Strike of Freight Handlers in New
London.
New London, Conn, Oct. 7.-Ihe ulr-
fculties between the two hundred
freight handlers employed at the docks
of the Central Vermont Railway conf
1,any and the officials of the company
over the question of wages which nave
prevailed for several days still remain
unsettled and tonight 100 or more
Italians were at work unloading the
stean1er Mohawk which arrived Satur-
day. The work progressed so Slowly
however, that at a late hour 1T was
thought that if the boat sailed for New
York as scheduled she would have to
90 light. The trouble has caused a
congestion of freight at both ends. The
report prevailed tonight among friends
of the strikers that even If the men
that had been secured to take the place
of the strikers did succeed in loading
the Mohawk that it would be OF no
great benefit as the freight handlers
in New York would refuse to handle it.
The men ask for Sill a week and 20
cents overtime, but this demand the
Central Vermont officials refuse, as
they are unwilling to pay more than 50
a week and fifteen cents an hour over
time.
At 10 o'clock tonight the switch crew
on the Central Vermont road quit work
supposedly out of sympathy with the
strikers.
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TRAMps' FAvoRrTE JA1Ls.
Part of the Industry is to Find Accep-
table Winter Quarters.

Kart or the Industry Is TO flnd AccSp-
table Winter Quarters.
'It's very funny how the professional
tramp will locate good and bad jails
with view to spending as comfortable
winter as possible" said the sheriff
of neighboring parish, who has had
an extended experience with the hobo
fraternity.
you know how an epicure in big
city will hunt for quaint, out-of-the-
way restaurants, and when he finds one
that Is really excellent, how he will hide
the discovery from his friends for fear
that popularity will deteriorate the SER
vice-well It's exactly the same way
with tramps. They all calculate on
spending the most Indictment part of
each winter in jail, and during their
summer wanderings they endeavor to
locate some easy institution where
they will be we'll fed and warmed and
not expected to do any work When
such a place is found the secret is care
fully guarded so the jailer's heart will
not be hardened by too many calls on
his hospitality.
Last month I had typical educa-
ted hobo on my hands for q fifteen
days sojourn, and he unfolded his win
ter programme in an amusing fashion.
He said he had two jails located as de-
sirable cold weather quarters-one in
southern California and the other in a
small town in Florida. I don't know
anything personally about the Florida
joint he said, but the last four tramps
I've met from that country all warned
p,,ip ~ rr;xr I, 10
berth. Judge from such solicitude,
he added, that the TALLER there is dead
soft and gives pie at least once a week.
The California lookup was in a small
place, as I ascertained avoided by way
farers on account of the bad reputation
of a former sheriff, The buns don't
know that he is dead yet said my
guest, and I am doing my best to keep
the sad news from reaching their ears.
The present incumbent is a peach-no
work, three meals a day and plum
pudding on Sundays The jails that
are Regarded as especial soft snaps
are generally in remote country dis
tricts, out of the beaten track of
tramps. The hobo who Is yearning for
winter shelter will get himself arrest
ed by committing some petty INSIDE
meanor, and is often treated more as
guest than prisoner by his kind
hearted oaptors The location or such
a refuge is valuable trade secret
Sometimes, however, the wanderers
make painful plumbers, as was the case
few years ago, when q small army of
vagabonds poured into town in Penn
sylvania which had enjoyed a past rep
utation for extraordinary leniency.
During the summer a new vagrancy
statute had gone into effect, and every
man arrested was given a year at
hard labor in the state penitentiary.
My educated hobo was one of the vic
Tins, and shuddered whenever he re-
called the experience. He regarded it
as a gross violation of the sacred laws
of hospitality. New Orleans Times
Democrat.
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GOT HIS START BY ACCIDENT,
1t wouldn't Have Happened If the
Austioneer Hadn't Forgotten Ills

1t wouldn't Have Happened if the
Austioneer Hadn't Forgotten His
Eyeglasses.
Il owe my start in life to the fact
that an estimable old gentleman forgot
to nut his eyeglasses in his pocket one
morning" said a prosperous business
man from sister city. TITS rather
curious story" he went on, land I'll tell
it as briefly as possible A good many
years ago, when I was young fellow
of rs or therea bouts | drttted INTO
louisville in search of job that didnt
materialize, and the upshot OF 1t was
that I found myself practically broke
in strange city. Up to that time
had always worked for small wages
and had never succeeded in accumulat-
ing as much as $50, but | had an abid-
ing faith that If I could once get hold
of a modest stake ! could launch out
for myself and make some money.
zone morning when was wandering
about with only two or three silver dol
lars in my pocket, looking for a chance
to go to work at anything that might
offer, I dropped into big downstairs
room where some real estate was be-
ing sold at auction. A. large crowd was
present, and there was an understandable
feeling of tension in the air that
warned me something unusual was
about to happen. While | was stand
ing there, only vaguely interested, the
auCtioneer, who was quite an elderly
gentleman, put up Il piece of improved
city property, and after q considerable
pause received a bid of $3.50 l could
see that the smallness of the amount
excited surprise. and was also aware of
a commotion in one corner where halt
a dozen previous bidders gathered to-
gether in an excited group
They seemed to be quarreling about
something, and meanwhile the auction
Ger was Indignantly appealing for re-
spectacle offer Make 1t twenty-five
hundred he shouted; does any gentle
man bid twenty-five hundred" He
looked directly at me, and [ made
gesture of denial Thank you! he ex-
claimed, greatly to my surprise; the
gentleman over there bids twenty-five
bination of buyers is going to be al
lowed to dictate prices at this salen
With that he suddenly knocked down
the property to me.
mo sooner was this done" continued
the story teller, than great uproar
of protests arose from the group in the
corner They insisted that they had
been given no chance to bid, but the
auctioneer stood firm, and, calling me
to the platform. requested my name
and address, and a 20 per cent. cash
deposit on the 81, 500. BY this time I re-
allied, of course, that some extraordi-
nary chance had thrown fine piece of
into my hands at fraction
of it's real value, and 1 did some quick
thinking. I've sent a messenger for the
money, l said, as cody as I could, and
I'll have it here in fifteen minutes
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THERE WE'RE OTHERS.

One Fisherman's Luck While Taking
Home a Fine String.
| File was an honest-faced young man,
= who had been off for a days fishing
and was returning home with a reason
ably fine string and much sef-satisfac-
ton. He had scarcely boarded the
street car, however, when q passenger
with deep voice growled out:
Yes, I was out fishing myself, one
day last week. / brought home twenty
pounds I bought EN- of regular
fisherman!"
A giggle was heard here and there
among the passengers, and then a man
with a soueaky voice observed:
give played the game myself, but it
was years ago, when / was a bad man.
/ bought EN- from a fisherman, and
brought 'em down--lied in the most
barefaced and shameful manner! Yes,
gentleman, that is the one regret of my
life"
The young man with the fish was red
faced and uncomfortable and as he
was hitching around a man with a wart
on his nose called out in loud voice:
Gentlemen, / don't deny that I love
whiskey, but / am not a liar! / get
drunk and smash things, but I rever-
ence the truth. Before I would lie
about fish I would torture myself at
the stake!'
Then a hatchet-faced young man
rolled up his eyes and exclaimed:
"They not only lie to the public but
go home and lie to their poor innocent
wives and trusting children!'
The honest faced young man saw
that all were against him. and he de-
cided to leave the car As he rose up
TO motion to the conductor a fat man
who had been browsing reused up and
said:
Gentlemen. / date my downfall from
that one thing-from the first lie I
told about fish / hired a, man to kill
me a dozen with a crowbar, and then I
brought 'em home and swcre I caught
'em on my own hook and line. I lied
about it-deliberately and maliciously
lied-and Providence
"All off" shouted the conductor as
the car stopped.
The car rolled on, and the young man
with the perch and bass fishpole stood
III lHe SlodlHlnB anu looked AFTER III ana
clinched his hands and gritted his teeth
and whispered cuss words, and an hour
later a pedestrian stumbled over some
thing and got up to rub his knees and
elbows and called out in amazement:
well, I'll be hanged If some liar
hasn't stopped here to lie and gone and
left his fish DECENTRALIZATION Daily
Globe
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THE G. p. CONVENTION.

Meriden, Conn, Oct. THE State
Christian Endeavor convention which
has been in session here since Friday
afternoon was brought to close to-
might. The pulpits of the various
churches We're occupied by clergymen
attending the convention, and Rev.
Charles M. Sheldon and Rev. Francis
Clark, d. D., also preached to congrega-
tions that taxed the capacity of the
church.
The convention was said to be one Of
the most successful of any held of late.
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MINERS PUZZLED.
Question as to Whether Their Helpers
Are Included I'm Wage Advance.

Scranton, Pa, Oct Now that q
convention to consider the 10 per cent
advance is assured the miners are puz-
zled as to what the companies mean by
10 per cent advance In the case of
the miner and his helper.
The miner works by contract and
pays the laborer out of his earnings
As rule the miner cuts six loads of
coal for which he gets $3.50. Out Of
this he pays for powder, oil and repair
of tools and the wages of his helper
The laborers pay Is fixed at SO much
per day, and in this region it averages
about $175. After paying the laborer
and the expense Of powder, oil ETC.,
the miner has about $3.50 left for him
self. Ten per cent. advance gives the
miner CD cents extra per day. The la
borer wants his 10 per cent, of IS cents,
and as a consequence the miner must
be content with As cents extra or per
cent. But in many instances a miner
has two laborers. This means that SO
cents must come out of the SO cents,
and the miney finds himself enjoying
and advance of only five cents.
Just how the operators want this Of
fer to be interpreted is not known here.
The local operators say that the men
who framed the offer either did NOT
have in mind that the miner pays the
laborers or else having been in mind
figured the laborer out of the situation
altogether, and left it for the miner and
laborer to settle between themselves
what, if any portion of the 10 per cent.
the laborer should receive. The labor
er will not 1t is thought, be cotent
with anything less than a full 10 per
cent. raise and this it Is thought is 60
ing to cause a hitch when the conven-
ton comes to consider the question.
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DAILY EXCEPT SATURDAY.
Steamer JOHN II. STARIN, Captain Nc.
lAllister, leaves New Haven from Starin'n
Pier, foot of Brown street, at lO:1b d, m.
Sundays, Tuesdays and Thursdays Steamer
ERASTUS CORNING, Captain Thompson
Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays The
STARIN leaves New York from Pier Ia.
North River, at 8 p. m. Mondays, Wednes.
days and Fridays; the ERASTUS CCRNIN0
Sundays, Tuesdays and Thursdays, Ears
20 cents; Excursion Tickets s1.25. State
rooms, $1.00.
Tickets and staterooms for sale at ]. n,
Judson's, 867 Chapel street; Peck 8 Bish.
ops, 7o2 Chapel street Free stage leaves
from corner of Chapel and Church streets
every half hour, commencing at $40 p. M.
Through freight rates given and bills Of
west. c. r. FISHER, Agent
Order your freight via Starln Line.
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CONVENTION DECIDED UPON
Continued from First Page.)

ence said he would have something to
saw tomorrow in regard to the conven-
lion. If the date has been fixed only
Mr.. Mitchell and his colleagues know it
or course. the principal matter to come
befor the miners will be the acceptance
or rejection Of the ten per cent. net in
crease offered by most of the operators
Presidet Mitchell said to-day that not
one official of the United Mine Workers
will take a hand in any action the con-
yention might take, as the men must
themselves settle everything that comes
before them How long the convention
will be in session depends on the
amount of business that may be pre-
scented. The belief is general that the
miners will accept the increase. Most
of the mine owners who have granted
the wage concession do not specify in
their notice how long the advance shall
remain in force, and it IS not unlikely
that an attempt will be made by the
miners in convention to. open negotia-
lions with the opera tors looking to-
ward an understanding in the matter.
President Mitchell and the other labor
leaders are strong advocates of an an
nual wage scale arrangement similar
TO that in force in the bituminous coal
field. The operators in those regions
meet their employees each year and fix
the wage scale. If this proposition
and that relating to the abolition of the
Slidblg scale are brought before the,
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Philadelphia Has Given 500, 900.

Philadelphia, Oct. THE cash contri-
buttons by the citizens of this city to
the relief of the victims of the Texas
flood sufferers now amount to 100000,
and a considerable further increase is
looked for within the next few days.
Nearly all this has already been sent
to Governor Sayers of Texas, and is
entirely exclusive of numerous train
loads of provisions, clothing, drugs
and other articles sent in response to
the appeal of the governor.
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BrcYcr1sT STRUCK BY TRAIN.

Hartford, Ocx. BERNARD Murphy,
aged twenty, whose home is in Park
vile, while riding a bicycle towards the
city was struck by a train as he was
endeavoring to cross the tracks at
Hamilton street He was thrown a
considerable distance and struck on his
head He was picked up unconscious
with blood oozing from his ears and
mouth. He was taken to the hospital
and his condition was said to be preca-
TiouS.
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Philadelphia, Oct Tt is the gem
eral belief here that President Mitchell
of the United Mine Workers will to-
morrow issue q call for a convention of
miners to consider the offer Of increas-
ed wages, to be held at Scranton, and
the supposition is that Thursday of
next week will be named as the time.
Mr.. Mitchell, however, declined to give
publicity to the matters discussed by
himself and other officials of the organ
ization at a secret conference to-day at
Hazleton and he gave no intination as
to when the convention will be held
This and other questions to be consid-
cred at the convention are supposed to
have been fully discussed at to-day's
conference.
Indications are coming to the surface
that hasty action will not likely be
reached on the question by the conven-
ton and that recesses will be taken
pending conferences of the miners with
the operators These conferences will
be requested with the purpose of OBJ
talning clear understanding as to the
permanency of the increased pay, If ac-
cepted, and also to ascertain the oper-
ators' views on the position of the in
crease to be respectively allowed the
miners and mine laborers
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HAS SAVED $75, 900.
The Y. M. G. A. is Practically in That

The Y. M. G. A. is Practically in That
Sum of Money.
The Y. M C. A. by not starting their
new building six or eight months ago,
has ben able to save about $4,000, ow-
ing to the prices that were on the mar
ket at that time. The building ma
terials then were very much more
expensive than they are at the
present time, and it has been estimated
that that sum has practically been
saved. Sixty-two bids have been re-
ceived, and the building committee will
report to the directors on the subject at
a meeting to be held this week.
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NEW HARTFORD Y. M c. A. SEC
RETARY

Hartford, Conn, Oct. Hartford Y.
M C. A. association, which has been
for some time without a secretary, has
secured for the position Noel II. Jacks
OF Oakland, Cal, who will enter upon
his duties January l. Mr.. Jacks has
been egaged in the work in California
for thirteen years.
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New York, Oct. New worlds records
for putting the twelve and sixtcenponnd
shots were made by Dennis Horgan at the
benefit games held to-day under the ans
pices of the Pastime Athletic club Mt lts
grounds Morgan put the underground shot
SIS feet 0h Inches, OF nine and one-half
inches further than any other athlete in
the world had ever done before. In put
ting the sixteen-pound shot Horgan added
half an inch to his own worlds record of AZ
feet inches.
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An Attempted Suicide.

Meriden, Conn, Oct. 7.-Thos Slack,
IS, and married attempted suicide TO-
night by drinking an ounce of laud-
anum. Prompt medical assistance saved
his life, however He resides on Orange
street and has wife and three child
rem
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CALIFORNIA; BIG TREES.

Report Of the Superintendent Of Ma
tional Parks in the State.
Washington, Oct. 7.-Captain Frank
West of the Sixth cavalry, acting su-
perintendent Of the Sequoia and Cen
eral Grant National parks in Califor-
MIA, has submitted his annual report to
the secretary of the interior. The first
of these paRks ID the larger, containing.
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TeIegraphtc Briefs.

Brussels, Oct Prince Albert Of Bel
GUM and his BRIDE Duchess Elizabeth Of
bavaria, were received at the town hall
this afternoon. The royal procession was
warmly acclaimed by the populace. The
socialist members Of the municipal council
were absent from the ceremony.
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Rolyoke, Mass, Oct. THE conservation
of the Catholic Church Of Our Lady of
Rosary was held this afternoon with I'M
posing ceremonies. Bishop r. d. Beaven
Of the diocese of Springfield ofiiciated.
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Tacoma, Wash, oct. IA Great North
ern local passenger train bound south anl
a local freight train bound north coliidad
on the coast line lust south of Edmonde
Yesterday. Samuel Work. engineer OF the
passenger train, was killed and Engineer
Smart of the freight train was fatally in
jured Horace G, Hoiiyburton and Mrs.
Marshall, both of Everett, We're seriously
injured,