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Arrived at the Same Conclusion Re-
gardInE Literary Originality.

Chicago Inter Ocean.
The attention of those who scott at Rud-
yard Killings literary fame Is invited
HAD just issued by Thomas D.. Sey-
mour, Hillhouse professor of Greek at
Yale. There they viii find the metrical
excuse which kipling imagines Tommy
AtklnS giving Tor his looting propensities
quoted as a most Illuminating comment
upon one of the holly disputed points Of
classical scholarship.
Professor Seymour is discussing. as every
editor Of Homer needs must, the question
Wnether there was one Homer or several
he admits that The -liad" and THE
Odyssey were probably "growths' from
the works OF many poets. Yet he contends
for the essential unity OF these poems.
"A master mind, he says, there must
ave been, but vet the poems came gradu-
ally To their present condition. Many
brave men lived before AgamemnOn." and
many poets preceded Homer. who used
freely the poetic material which was the
inheritance of his generation. No one
mas stated the case more clearly than Rud-
yard kipling:
wen 'Omer smOte is bloomin' Tyre.
Ed card men sing by and and sea,
And Wot e thought e might require
r went and took. the same as me-
I'VE may compare continues Professor
Seymour. "also CiCerO's words (Brutus
xviii. I'D: Mill est stimuli ct inventum It
perfectuIn: nee dubitali debt quin fuerint
ante HOmerum pOetac.' Nothing is invent
ed and perfected at one and the same time;
neither ought it 10 be doubted that there
We're poets before HOmcr.)'
Here we have Kipling's cockney dia-
lect verses quoted by one of the most
learned Hellenists OF the day as express
ing "A literary Judgment of even greater
value than that given upon the same theme
by Marcus Tullius Cicero. Mr.. kipling's
most fervent admirers could ask for him no
higher praise.
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OPERATOR BLAMED.
Fatal Hallway Collision Due to Fail
ure TO Deliver Orders.

CHARLESTON. w. Va, Dec. "A head
end collision between heavily loaded freight
trains on the Chesapeake & Ohio shortly
before last midnight resulted in the death
OF two men, Fireman w. E.. Meader, Of the
west-bound train, and an unknown tramp.
A brakeman Of the same train was fatally
scalded and burned. being caught between
the engine and tender. Engineer Smith
was cut and bruised. The collision occurred
between Nuttall and Fayette Station. and,
it is said. was caused by a telegraph opera
tor forgetting to deliver his orders. Both
engines were almost demolished and a
number Of cars were derailed. About eleven
hours were required to clear the tracks so
that trains could pass. The trainmen all
lived at Hinton.
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AUTOMATIC TELEPHONES.
Incorporation OF n Company That viii
Introduce n New system.

CHICAGO, Dec. To-day the first pa
pers were sent TO Springfield for the in
corporation of the Automatic Electric Com
pany. with a capital of 100000. 1t has
secured manufacturing rights for the
United States and the plant of the Strow-
ger Automatic Telephone Exchange. The
ircorporators are Edwin w. Gearhart,
James G. Law, Albert @. Wheeler, jr.,
Thomas Fl. Watkins, Scranton, Pa;
Charles B.. Eddy, Almogordo, n. NJ; and
j. b. Russell & Co, bankers, of Wilkes
barre, Pa.
Russell & Co.. have financed the
Automatic Electric Company for the pur-
pose of having in their control the manu-
facture of switchboard, telephone devices
and appliances for the Illinois Telephone
and Telegraph Company, which will in
stall telephones in Chicago on the same
plan as the Gas Company furnishes meters
to consumers Of gas. the telephone to be
placed i'm every office and residence with
no charge to the user except they have
use for it. A guarantee is given to each
user that their cost per year shall not eX-
coed $50 for business and $50 for residence.
The small users pay nothing for the in
coming calls and only five cents for the
outgoing calls. 4 meter attached TO the
switchboard records the calls made.
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FOR THE SAKE OF DISCIPLINE.
The Old ~RaiIroader's story of n Sur
prising Poker Game

Detroit Free Press.
I'm my young days said the railroad
man with a touch of pathOs IN his voice,
81 got a lob as station agent at the most
lonesome junction / ever ran across in the
West. / had TO board myself, n outside
of the train hands and a stray cowboy
there was no one TO talk to; l was getting
mighty tired of the job when a stranger
stopped off one night TO take the narrow
gauge. He had three hours to wait. and
as there was nothing doing with me L made
bold to ask if he didn't want a little game
~ might take a hand for small stakes
he replied after looking me over pretty
carefully, and l got out an old pack OF
cards and at ii We went. l never was a
decent hand at the game and at That time
hardly knew the value of the cards. L
further had only about 80 cents IN cash,
and so YOU may believe me That / dld not
sit down i'm a spirit of aVariCe- We played
a 5-cent ante and a IO-cent-limlt game FOR
a while and / had the best of luck. j was
about 50 ahead when the stranger asked
to raise the ante to 80 cents and the limit
to 81. L didn't object and my luck still fol-
lowed me. l didn't have 10 do any bluffinS.
The Doorest hands i got held two pairs,
while he was i'm luck to get a pair of jacks;
Before three hours were up l was $50 ahead
of MIN. and when the train whistled and L
called his attention to it he replied: .
Never mind the train. I'm going TO sit
here till my uck changes
AFTER / had seen the train off and re-
ported her we went at it again. This time
IL Was a uOlldI ante anu III hA+b " nv
game. The stranger had a big wad with
him and could have raised me ont, but he
PLAYED fair. 1t was more than L would
have done with luck dead against me.
When il came 6 o'clock in the morning and
the express was due / was $50 ahead Of
the game. He didn't do any kicking, but
went off good natured. though l was soon
to hear from him again. hat afternoon
/ got the bounce through the division
superintendent, and when l asked the rea-
son he replied:
For playing poker.
"'But L neglected none OF my duties,
I replied.
But you played against our new super
1.-The devil 1 did. OF course ! didn't
know him. We'll. he might have won my
money
But you won his, you see. and we've
got 10 keep up the discipline. Pack up
and git!
Il got" sighed the story teller. land l
thought it was a mean trick for a year or
so. Then I was offered "A better job on
the same line. and got a call TO the super
intendents office. He gave me some SEN
eral talk. and we had finished our business
when he suddenly said:
"'Oh. by the way. l believe YOU play
81 haven't since that night. ] replied.
Yes. Just so. 1 believe Won were dis
charged next day.
Yes. sir
Yes, Just SO. Very interesting game,
and YOU didn't neglect your duties. but
as / saw some one looking through the
window Just as We counted I'D ] had TO
look out for discipline. you know2 Yes
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Must Admit Inspectors.

COLUMBUS, O.. Dec. The women in
sDectors appointed by the state commits
sioner of labor have been denied admit
lance TO a number of factories in the State
and the commissioner appealed to the at
torney general for an opinion as 10 the
legal right OF such inspectors. The attor-
ney general holds that "A refusal on the
part Cf the owners or managers of any in
Custrial establishment named in the stat
ute TO permit the commissioner of labor
statistics or any superintendent of a free
employment bureau 10 enter his establish
ment. even during working hours. TO gath
er such statistics. is an infractiOn of the
law and he may. on conviction. be fined in
q sum from so 10 Slo0.
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TRUST COMPANY'S AFFAIRS.
Statement from the President of an
Omaha Concern.

OMAHA, Dec. THE directors of the
session tonight with Edward Bette, Of
Philadelphia, who represents the Eastern
creditors of the institution. a. L. Wiman,
president of the company, was asked this
afternoon as to the condition of the COM
pany's affairs. He said: IF real estate
values were such that we could realize
from property what it represents TO us,
there would be no question about the sol
vency of the company. The condition of
the company is as uncertain as real estate
values on outlying property have been for
the past few years. The Omaha Loan and
Trust Company was organized in 1885 with
a capital stock of 10000, which was paid
up
Mr.. Wiman said its business had been
that of making loans on city property and
farm lands and i'm the sixteen years il had
been i'm business it had placed between
$12.O00.OO0 and l5,OOO.OO0 in real estate mort
cages In the majority of cases ii had
made its own loans and then sold many
mortgages to Eastern investors. These
loans have all been made in Nebraska with
the exception of many Missouri farm
loans.
As to the nature of the cOmpany's liza
bilities Mr.. Wiman said he was unable
to speak with certainty, but would DrOba-
bly, make a statement later. lie said that
some time ago il owed $3.50, 600 on its de-
benture bonds, but thought that amount
had been somewhat reduced. The guar
autees Of the company on securities il had
handled and of interest payments, had, ne
said, also involved it to some extent. y
large amount of their mortgages were put
up some time ago to protect the de-
benturcs.
The directors of the trust company are:
\. l.. Wiman. Guy &. Barton, h.. w. Nash,
!. II. Willard. w. W. Wallace, r.. M.
Morsman and George Is. Lake. Mr.. Wiman
is president, and his son, w. /. Wiman, is
secretary and treasurer.
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General Notes.

WASHINGTON, Dec. Frank NJ. Con-
ser. OF Ohio, now supervisor OF Indian
schools, has been appointed a special Indian
agent.
Governor Yates. OF Illinois, Iunched with
the President to-day, and, it is understood,
discussed with him the political situation
in Illinois. Governor Yates said he was
not summoned here and denies that his
proclamation for the relief of the Boer
women and children had any connection
with his visit.
Three Oncommissioned officers of the
marine corps lave successfully passed the
examination for appointments as second
l~ieutenants in that organization. They are
Sergeant w. +. NOa. Corporal l.. II. Ellis
and Sergeant j.. a. Hughes.
General II. Roberts, jr., will be nOmi-
mated to succeed eX-Representative Wilson
as postmaster at Brooklyn, n. Y.
Senator Depew. who is to sail for Europe
next saturday night, gave a farewell dim
ner to his New York friends. Those pres
ent included President Roosevelt. Secretary
Root, Governor Odell of New York. Lieu
tenant Governor Woodruff, Speaker Hen
derson and the entire New York delega-
ton in Congress.
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died last night from congestion of the
lungs, resulting from exposure at the Here
ford sale on Wednesday. This is the only
fatality or case of sickness reported among
the thousands of exhibits.
Among the first prizes awarded to-day
were the following: Senior champion polled
Durham male, Golden Gauntlet. j. II. Mil
Ter. Peru, Ind; Junior hampi polled
Durham male, TipDecanoe FoTty-fourth
W. w. Crane. Tippecanoe City. O.; senior
champion polled Durham female. Royal
Queen. j. n. Miller: junior champion pollcd
Durham female, Ruby of B~uttonwOod, F.
S. Hines. MalOtt Park. Ind.
So successful has been the show that the
management has decided TO enlarge its
scope, double its time and increase the
space for next year. The show will con-
tinue two weeks in 1902, and One-third more
space will he provided for the exhibits.
During the first week the judges will pass
on the entries in the fat stock classes and
during the second week they will Judge
the entries in the classes for fancy bred
stock.
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ON TRIAL.
Dying Man ArrniGned for Impersonat-
ing a United states Officer.

NEW YORK, Dec. almost at the
point of death, with his right side para
lyzed and both eyes blind. George Trow-
bridge, alias William Keefe, lay on a cot
in the United States courtroom at Utica,
y. Y, when his trial for impersonating a
United States officer was commenced, says
a special to the World. When Trowbridge
was arrested in Ashtabula, O., last August,
charged with d~efrauding several pensioners
in this vicinity, he was in apparent good
health. While in the Utica jail a few
weeks ago he received a paralytic stroke
and since then he has failed rapidly. Mr..
Trowbridge was taken from jail to court
in an ambulance and demanded trial not
withstanding his physical Indebtedness.
DR.. Kinlock sat at his side and said that
he would not be surprised if the prisoner
would not live throughout the trial.
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Ina Behalf of Miss Eastwick.

WASHINGTON, Dec. THE legal officers
of the State Department are looking into
an application by the family Of Miss East
wick. the unfortunate American girl con-
fined in London after conviction of nav
ing raised a stock certificate. The purpose
of the applicants is TO have the depart-
ment appeal TO the British Foreign Office
in Miss Eastwick's behalf. They have pre-
scented an overwhelming mass of testimony
TO show that the girl has i'm the past been
subject 10 fits Of arrangement. rendering
her irresponsible. and IL is asserted she Is
at present in that condition. The State
department VIII transmit these papers 10
the United states embassy at London. with
instructions 10 do all that can properly be
done In ehalf Of the prisoner.
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PLAGUE IN HAWAII.
Deaths Reported by DIR. Cooper, Chief
quarantine officer.

WASHINGTON, Dec. THE monthly
health report of the Harine hospital issued
to-day contains a report from DR.. L. L.
Cooper, chief quarantine officer of the
Hawaiian islands, dated Honolulu, Nov.
II. saying that on account of a second case
of plague having occurred there from a
new focus within a week he had begun the
certihcation of passengers, crews, vessels
and freight bound for ports on the Pacific
coast.
Under date of Nov. is he confirms a death.
by plague reported by telegram, also two
other deaths from plague on the island Of
Kauai. The case at Honolulu was that of
q Chinaman, who died Nov. Is. and DR..
Cooper thinks the infection came from
rats. In regard TO the two cases on KeaIia
plantation on Kauai the deaths occurred on
Nov. . and :, respectively. The second
case had nursed the first. and neither OF
them was III longer than twenty-four
hours. The Infection in these cases was
not determined upon.
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Where Heredity Did Not Work.
Philadelphia Record.

Professor. Cations theory that the hui
man breed might be easily improved 10y
the special training of the offspring "
efficient persons is constantly receiving
hard knocks when one notes how uucer-
tain is the descent of efficiency in given
eases. ono of the Pullman BOYS. for in-
stance. is dead, and neither he nor his
brother ever exhibited any OF tho parental
traits. Perhaps III both boys had been spc-
cially trained with high purposes fin view
they might have stood for more than they
did, but IL Is 10 be feared that any selec-
ton of youths likely To- possess supposed
mental and moral and physical gifts would
be any thing but successful. even were the
experiment practicable There is many 4
slip between infancy and manhood. and
even training Will not accomplish every
thIng; nor onnortunifv.
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souls, and that she knows something Of

souls. and that she knows something Of
the nature of the feline soul.
People who do not know animals lose a
great deal. The cat is especially worthy OF
profound study. He is a self-cOnfained an
imal, who rarely admits any one into his
confidence; but, when "a man has proved
himself worthy of cat friendship, and has
learned TO talk with eats. and comprehend
what they say. he can learn wonderful
things. For. was not the cat a god ia
Egypt? And is he not learned In mysteries
that only the Egyptian priests knew Now
that ] think Of il, shall go 10 Egypt FOR
and no other-with me. The other books
that / have mentioned deal only with mere
human beings, and ina Egypt one thinks not
of human beings. but of the gods.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-12-08
WAN ELECTION POSTPONED.
MasO's supporters send "A Representa-
tive from Cuba to Washington

HAVANA. Dec. 7.-Senor PieTra Fidel
left Havana to-day for Washington TO pre-
sent to the authorities there the grievances
of the supporters OF General Maso as a
candidate for the presidency OF Cuba. one
OF the complaints he will make is that the
central board Of canvassers, which is COM
posed exclusively Of Senior Estrada Pal
mas friends. are not complying with the
laws. Secretary Root will be asked to
appoint "A new board, with "A MasO rep
r~esentatiOn. and a request Will be made
that new provincial boards be appointed
and that the elections be postponed until
Jan. Il in order that the asked for re-
forms may be brought about.
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LOVELAND, o., Dec. six men were
arrested last night, suspected of being i'm
plicated I'm the robbery of the Baltimore
& Ohio station at Wilmington, last Thurs
day night. Operator Hahn, who was bound
and gagged at the time. arrived here this
The men had in their possession a mis-
cellaneous assortment of articles supposed
to have been stolen. Operator Hahn iden-
titled several of the articles as having been
stolen from his office. The men were run
down with blOodhOUnds by the sheriff of
Clinton county and detectives of the Bal
timOre & Ohio railroad.
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ROBBER INDUSTRY PROSPERS.
Three Men Break Into n Bank and
Garry on About $1,000.

DELTA, O., Dec. Three robbers broke
into the bank of the Archibald Banking
Company, at Archibald. this county. last
night, and secured about 5000 in gold and
currency. The bank vault contained only
a small chest, which was destroyed. AZ
ter the robbery the thieves stole a horse
and surrey at the outskirts of the town
and fled. John HOnmayer, a resident Of
the town, received a slight wound in the
jaw from a shot. The bank is a local con-
Germ. A posse from Fulton, Williams and
Henry counties is in pursuit of the rob-
hers, but it is believed they have escaped
into Michigan.
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An Gift.
London Mail

W-||NE III
English travellers on the west coast Of
Africa soon become inbued with a genuine
respect for the natives uncanny powers Of
gaining news Of distant events and of fore
telling death and disaster. The wise
women" Of the native villages say they
know what they know, but they cannot ex-
plain their methods.
About "A fortnight ago an English engineer
who has recently returned from the ivory
coast met in the Strand a native who had
been with his expedition. The Docs
dead said the cOlOrtd man. alluding 10 a
medical officer In the French hinterland.
ThOugh pressed. the native would say no
more than That he was sure the doctor
really had died.
The Englishman was sufficiently i'm
pressed TO make Inquiries. \ few DAYS ago
"A cablegram was received saying that the
doctor had succumbed 90 blackwater fever.
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Labor Union nj san Juan.

SAN JUAN. Porto Rico. Dec. AT a
meeting held here last night under the
auspices of Santiago Iglesias the Fedora
ton Libre, having five hundred members
approved the constitution Of the American
Federation OF Labor and received Presi-
dent Gompers's diploma from IgIesias. This
Is the nrSt labor organization of this island
10 join the American Federation OF Labor
and marks the beginning of an extended
movement here. 4 big mass meeting has
been called for Dec. ~. when efforts will
Be made. 10 bring other san Juan unions
into the Federation.
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Raisin Crop May BE Cornered.

FRESNO, Cal, Dec. 1T is stated on
good authority that a movement is on foot
TO corner the unsold portion of the ratsin
crop. The companies comprising the Amer
lean Raisin Packing Company are said to
be the principals in the deal. They now
say they have nearly all the raisins of the
California Growers Association in their
hands and are attempting TO secure the
outside crops, which have been held by
growers in the hope Of higher prices. There
is a great demand for raisins and the price
has advanced I cent from 2i5 cents to S2
cents per pound.
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The soul Of n Cat.
L. Alden's Literary Letter.

w. l.. Alden's Literary Letter.
Margaret Benson is soon TO publish a
book entitled THE Soul OF a cat" do
not know how many cat people there are in
England and America. but, certainly. every
one who Is intimate with eats should read
Miss Benson's book. IN a previous book
she showed that she had been admitted into
the choicest cat and bird circles: aud IL is
evident. from the title OF the forthcoming
book. that she has perceived that eats have
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Renr Admiral SIMPSONS Health.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 1T is authorita-
lively stated that there has been no
marked change for the worse in the condi-
ton Of Rear Admiral w. T. Sampson.
However, he IS now. as he has been since
he came TO Washington, in very feeble
health, and his chances for withstanding
any serious strain upon his vitality are
said TO be slight.
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cording TO a telegram received by the war
zen from the sheriff of that place. They
are Turner Barnes, sent up from the Terri
tory for ten years for assault, and Bob
Clark. who was serving a fve-vear sentence
for breaking into a Texas postoffice- Clark
was one of the leaders in the revolt and IT
was ne who held up superintendent Kinds.
OF the convicts who escaped in the out
break out seven are now at large.
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PITTsBURG, Dec. An Pittsburg rail-
roads that We're affected by the strike o.
the switchmen now have the fun number
or crews at work and the officials say that
50 far AS they are concerned the strike is
over and that Whatever trouble and incOu-
Venience there has been IS at an end. The
officials Of the sw1tchmeu's organization
assert that all the men who went out ON
the general strike order have remained
loyal. and thee say they Will keep up the
fight.
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BOY Convicted of Murder.

WINFIELD. Kan. Dec. THE jury in
the case of clyde Moore. on trial for the
murder OF G.. l.. Wilberger. a wealthy
farmer. last April, to-day returned a YER
dict Of guilty OF murder in the second de-
gree. Moore. who il only seventeen years
old. was arrested. with Charlie Belts. thir-
teen years old. on a charge of numbering
Wilberger on the country road and rob-
bing him. Belts was tried and acquitted.
In his testimony he implicated Moore.
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Emect of the Russian arin

WASHINGTON. Dec. I'm answer 10
numerous inquiries from United States ex-
porters Commercial Agent Greener, a.
Nladivostock. has supplied the State De-
partment with a list OF the articles whose
Importation into Siberia from America is
affected by the Russian tarif. Ii appears
that there is a prohibitive duty on iron and
steel of American origin, and importers are
required TO prove other origin of their ma