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New-York tribune., 1901-07-18
COLORADO FUEL AND IRON co.'s 1ssUg

The Colorado Fuel and Iron Company has deter
mined to issue Immediately $40 900 of the author
iZed @o,eSeOO OF per cent ten year gold de-
bentures. which are convertible into common stock.
The debentures offered at par until August l.
each stockholder being allowed to subscribe for
one debenture for every twenty five shares of
stock held
New-York tribune., 1901-07-18
AN UNPLEASANT SIGHT.

A carload of passengers were treated TO horrible
stgbt when opposite No. 20 Sixth-ave. on Tuesday
81 ahout a m The halted by some OBJ
struction and while waiting large tub OF bloody
water apparently was brought out of an under
takers establishment and poured into the gutter
The incident was noted by many, and unpleasant
comments made Had IL been opposite a market or
hntcher's no comment would have been called
ANY who will offend the feelngs or the
neonle in this way deserves castigation
New-York tribune., 1901-07-18
HAMPTON NEGRO CONFERENCE OPENED

uampton. va July 1.-THE Hampton Negro
Conference was opened at the Hampton Normal
and Agricultural Institute to-day. The attendance
is large including prominent white and colored
aducators from the North and the South The
SpIroDosed nchisement of the Negro was the
theme of w NJ Reid. of Portsmouth. The gist of
uvhat he said was that the day IS not 1ar distant
S;hen the negro will be accorded all privileges now
eniOyed by the whites.
New-York tribune., 1901-07-18
THE PASSING THRONG.

The Right Rev. John McKim. Missionary Bishop
of Toxic. Japan. in the Episcopal Church. arrived
in this city yesterday his way
RELIGIOUS TO the General Convention of his
WORK IN Church, which is TO De held IN San
JAPAN Francisco early in the fall Bishop
McKim the Church
Missions House and asked TO tell something of tho
religious conditions in Japan the present time
The religious awakening" he said. "of which
we in Japan have heard so much can hardly bs
regarded as of permanent benefit Some years ago
there was similar one but It's effect died
out The Japanese are very excitable race: they
are quickly brought to a religious white heat cool
ing of again almost quickly. AS rule. after
revival movement the percentage OF those falling
away from Christianity is greater than before.
Perhaps the best working church force IN japan is
that of the Episcopal Church The country Is d.
and two of 1be ST,,-cL a.; 49, f-ni.l -,,
organization was completed thirteen years ago. and
iates for itself Three-fourt5s Of the deesates to
the japanese synod are natives
success In missionary effort depends largely
upon the proper organization OF the system OF
IN Japan are more successful than the Baptists
Congresationalsts are not now making the prog
The Congreeationslist policy seems to be one Of
disintegration. and many of It's converts become
headway and what appears 70 be more permanent
progress than any other body"
Harris r. Palmer of St Louis who is now stay
ing at the Gfsey House said yesterday that the
interest which the people TAX
SUCCESS OF ing in the great exposition TO BE-
THE ST LOUIS held in that city had stirred in
EXPOSITION many citizens unwonted de-
gree of public spirit THE
cess of the fair he continued. lis assured. AS
soon as the citizens where such exposition Is 10
be held well aroused and enthusiastic the work
hitch.
"A site has been chosen, which in many
spects will outrival Jackson Park. Chicago. where
the Worlds Fair of 1898 was held. The United
States Government has appropriated 100000. and
much more is coming from the city. Everything
that be done will be done celebrate not only
the expansion of our country under President Jef-
fersOn by the Louisiana Purchase. but also the
pansion under President Mckinley signalized by
the acquisition of Porto Rico and the Pacific ISL
ands''
New-York tribune., 1901-07-18
GOMEZ DISCUSSED IN HAVANA.
CUBAN NEWSPAPERS DENY HIS ALLEGED
STATEMENT ABOUT ANNEXATION

Havana July 1.-THE Havana NEWSPAPERS pub
,,Sh +be communication which General Max1mo
Gomez gave TO the press of the United states 10
gether with statement from him that II was tne
only declaration he made while In the Cni'eu
States over his signature The papers gen
orally deny that he made the aheseu s'a'eolN ~
49,, o,raxstiop was inevitable and that the two
countries were drifting toward IT, Gomez now
ever will neither affirm nor deny. Apparently ne
Is not in the least concerned He intma'es that
those who are doing the most talking never smeit
The resignation of Senor Vteta. Mayor OF Len n
f,eeos which grew out OF the reorsanlza.Ion ~ %
+be Cienfuegos police. has been accepted anu ei0
Avuntamiento will fill the vacancy
New-York tribune., 1901-07-18
CORPORATION FRANCHISE VALUES.
ADDITIONAL. TESTIMONY HEARD AT ALBANY
HEARING POSTPONED TILL JULY 25

HEARING POSTPONED TILL. JULY 25
Albany July II (speciaD.-Ex- Judge Robert Earl.
of the Court Of Appeals. heard more evidence to-
day in the Assembly Parlor about the value of the
franchises of corporations that have been asked
to pay a franchise tax and which offering op-
position to the payment of the tax levied upon
them various grounds.
The corporations were represented to-day by ex-
Senator David B. Hill and Charles L. Collin. and
the State Tax Commissioners by Deputy Attorney
General Canaan and J. Newton Fiero.
t 5. Williams. vice-president of the Brooklyn
Rapid Transit Company, gave testimony regarding
the value of the franchise of the Brooklyn Heights
Street Railway Company, whose charter II
The hearing of further testimony was then post
poned until July 25 Evidence will be taken that
day and July 26 and then an adjournment will
be taken till September.
New-York tribune., 1901-07-18
LINEHAN KILLED BY LIVE WIRE

Canatoharie. N Y, July 17.-Frank Beard, thirty
four years old, Hneman employed by the Mont
gOmery Electric Light and Power Company was
killed by electric shock here this afternoon
He was working on a pole and grasped a live wire
of 200 volts. The flesh burned from his
hands. He fell thirty feet TO the pavement,
uring his skull He leaves a wife and two small
New-York tribune., 1901-07-18

BELLEVUE DECLARES SHE Is INSANE. AND MAN
HAITIAN STATE HOSPITAL THE CONTRARY.

HAITIAN STATE HOSPITAL THE CONTRARY
Pauline HellwItz. seventy-three years old and
friendless and homeless has been sent here and
there by officials of various institutions in the last
three weeks. The woman inmate of the
Home for Aged and Infrm Hebrews and was re-
Gently sent from there to Harlem Hospital on the
ground that she insane. Thence she was sent
TO the insane pavilion at Bellevue There Il was
decided that she insane, and Mrs Helwitz
was transferred to the Manhattan State Hospital
AT that place II declared that the patient was
Of sound mind. and she back to Bellevue.
Then she was again bundled off the Harlem
Hospital, and the last mentioned place attempted
to make the Home for Aged and Inhrm Hebrews
take her back. That Institution refused TO do so.
and left her in the custody of the hospital
There is no provision for the maintenance of such
cases in the hospital and the case will be placed
In the hands OF the Commissloner of Charities
New-York tribune., 1901-07-18
4 BOND BROKER FOUND DEAD.

EE sUccUMBs TO APoPLExY IN HIS ROOM IN
THE PARKER HOUSE.
George s. Styles. guest Of the Parker House,
Inirty y-ninth-st. and Broadway, was found lying
On the floor Of his room dead yesterday morning.
Death was caused by apoplexy.
George Seney Styles thirty-eight years old
and single He was born in Pelham, n. Y, and for
several years had been a bond broker According
70 MS friends. Mr.. Styles time wealthy.
re mad lived at Browns Chop House for ten years.
fgpr weeks ago he moved 10 the Parker House.
recently Styles had three strokes Of paralysis.
~ Is said that he leaves sister in Montcair. N j.,
and one In Pelham
New-York tribune., 1901-07-18
GENEROUS RAINS IN THE CORN BELT

Kansas City, Mo-, July 17-Generous rains fell
this afternoon the larger part of the belt
Of the Southwest The good that will result TO late
corn and 10 pastures will undoubtedly be great.
Scattering showers fell over the Southwest last
night and to-day, but in most places continued ac-
counts Of intense heat reported. Reports
from many counties assert that to-day's rain. fol-
lowing what little has fallen within the last forty
eight hours, will least half crop of corn
and makes pasturage
New-York tribune., 1901-07-18
FAIRFAx INN. RERKELEY spRINGS. RnRNs

Cumberland, Md. July 1.-THE historic Fairfax
Inn at Berkeley Springs w Va. over one hun
dred years old. was burned to-day. The seventy
three guests had a narrow escape Ono woman
lost valuable Jewels.
New-York tribune., 1901-07-18
BODY HEADLESS AND ARKLESS.

CORONER THINKS IT HAD BEEN IN THE WATER
FOR SIX MONTHS.
he body Of a man with head and missing
vas found floating in the East River yesterday
-l0'ning OFF the government dock Paciflc-st-,
D'ooklyn II was discovered by william Tomolus,
!. no 81 Sxth-st.. Brooklyn, who went out IN a
,s"OOat tied a rope around the body and towed it
ashore
me Dooy was greatly decomposed, and the only
lining ~ on IL was pair of ragged brown trousers.
-. .e were apparently marks OF violence on the
@ @Ah The police advised of the discovery
70 tb bsook charge OF the body. which was removed
err-S Mofsue. Coroner Burger examined IL, and
wstsrs wtsseo the opinion that II had been In the
lad ~ 81 Ieast six months. and that many vessels
MI plsopaoly struck IL in that time
ysiS ulo not think autopsy would be OF any
.ngs, ~ the circumstances, and decided accord
4 es mat none would be made
New-York tribune., 1901-07-18
BASES SWHDLE ON SMALLPOX.

'NfEfsoSAroR OF DIR. RAY SAYS HE CAN BEAT
NokrH BROTHER ISLAND TREATMENT
q - ".iihsham, the assistant sanitary inspector
had -..d Soard OF Health said yesterday that he
char. word from DR.. Ray, the physician in
thai the pesthouse at North Brother Island.
was Niholer representing himself 70 be DR. Ray
Tss q work In Brooklyn.
tieras s goes TO the families OF smallpox pa
pape,s ose names he gets by reading the news
usStnenf ~. :. tells them that ne can get better
WI paw ~ tnelr friends and relatives IL they
ff"lncled .a ~ IN this way he ie said 10 have
~ sh sFnf =, nlDef OF persons whose relatives have
ealie1 10 ,h north Brother Island. The case was
Ne attention OF the police
New-York tribune., 1901-07-18
d BrLJpr -,
rakr ysAlkr REMOVED From A WIFE SLAYER

his VII. tAy who on June 30 shot and killed
was Ia.t a 49,, then shot himself in the left breast
sao the buysan.t operated on in Fordham Hospital
removed He is recovering.
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1901-01-03

suit of smallpox. and is so common as
hardly to be regarded as an affection.
No provision is made for the blind in
the shape of homes or hospitals. Many
of them wanaer about as travelling mu-
s%icians, sometimes singly, sometimes
in small bands.
Badness is fully as common in China
as in America. The Chinese call it
kuang t'ou, shiny pate. Women suffer
most from it. This is partly because
of the greasy hair dressing used, and
still more due to the fashion of draw
ing the hair so tight on framework
that it is slowly but surely dragged
out by the roots. When the center of
a Chinese woman's head Is as bare as
mon than badness ana blindness, per-
haps because there is neither style nor
disease to produce them. The Chinese
believe that If wax from the ear
touches the lips. dumbness ensues. An
other belief current in Pekin is that
a blow upon the soft spot on an in
fant's skull will cause dumbness.
Someone once asked me If the CHI
nese have the toothaehe. They have
everything. Now that the foreigners
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1901-01-03

method because we can get better ac-
quainted.
But" said he. docs 1t not make
you awful angry II Q ask a girl to
marry you and she refuses?"
In introducing people the
is always given first, as in all Chinese
nomenclature. Although this is con-
trary to our custom it is more reason
able. We say John Smith-they say
Smith. John. Ii is the Smith that Is
really important and necessary to
know. The John is secondary.
When two Cinnamon meet on the
street they stand at a respectful dis
lance and each gravoly shakes his
own hand. If you tried to shake a
White Is the Chinese hue of mourn
ing. 1t does not stay white long, how
ever, as the more solid and dilapi-
dated a Chinese mourner looks the
greater is the respect implied to the
dead. For this reason the afflicted
ines leave their heads unshaven until
they attain a remarkable degree of
disreputability.
Smallpox is almost universal. No
precautions are taken against its
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1901-01-03

Inc woman started and looked down,
expecting to see a little saucy boy ly-
ing there: but she saw no one, SO
walked on.
Didn't see me. did you?" said the
voice again. ana this time she saw
Polly hopping along by her side.
"Oh. you cunning creature!' she ex-
claimed. I'D like to own you! I'd like
to know you better. Where do you
live. | wonder?"
1904 Grand Avenue" replied Polly,
instantly. Next door to the cathe-
dral."
you clever bird" said the woman.
You are almost %uncanny." Then she
went into the church, and Polly ought
to nave gone home, but she didn't. For
the first time in her life she kept on
down the street. and by and by a man
with a crafty foxlike face crept up be-
hind her, and the next thing poor
Polly knew. she was covered with
something dark, lifted carefully from
the ground. and she knew that evil
times had befallen her.
-Four months after this, Miss Ella,
no longer an invalid and many miles
from 1904 Grand avenue, went into a
bird store in a southern city in her
t~ireless search for Polly.
Nom, we amt no bird like that"
said the proprietor, after he had heard
the description. except a little bird
brought in here by a drunken fellow
who wanted to get rid of her. He said
she could talk all right. but she never
has said a word"
Let me see her. said Miss Ella. So
she followed the man back into what
he called the training shop, and there.
in a diseonsolate ball of gray and
green, sat Polly in a cage.
POLLY" called the lear voice.
At once Polly unrolled herself and
flew against the bars wildly.
Heres Polly. Ellai" she cried;
open the door," said Miss Ella.
When this was done. Comet" she
called, and stretched out her finger.
And at once down 1uttered Polly.
1904 Grand avenue. next door to the
cathedral" Polly responded promptly.
n went on to intone the service.
We'll, | never did see the like OF
that in my lifei" said the man. Il
never knew such a dumb critter be-
fore, and | never knew a livelier now.
Shed ave made me some money"
Miss Ella took out her purse.
I'll give you a liberal price for her,"
she said. FOR | had almost given her
up. and it's worth a good deal to me
to have her back again. Isn't it
rolly?"
Aye, aye, madam" said Polly.-L.
E.. Chittenden in Youths Companion.
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1901-01-03

Old Santa In Summer
Whilst you are wading in stream or
pool,
Ducking and diving In water cool.
Old Santa s.sharp'ning up every tool
40 fashion some toys for you.
And this is the song he'll hum. hum,
hum;
I'll make a trumpet and drum. drum,
drum,
Then they can have the j%olliest noise
l love to be working for good little
boys!"
While you're enjoying the scented
breeze,
Swinging in hammoeks meath leafy
trees.
Old Mrs. Santa, with greatest ease,
Will dress up some dolls for you.
The song she will sing is: stitch,
stitch, stitch.
Which is the prettiest-whieh, which.
which,
Black eyes or blue eyes, frizzes OF
curls?
l love to be sewing for good little
girlsi"
The reindeer, browsing mid Arctic
SHOWS,
Searching for moss with an eager nose,
Are getting ready to pull, pull, pull,
Old Santa's pack when it's full, full.
full,
Over the snow. with dolls and with
toys
For good little girls and for good little
boys.
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oily
Here's Pony, Ella"
This, in such a funny voice, like a
photograph or graphophone.
Come, then" holding out her fin
ger.
So Polly hoped in from the next
oom straight to her invalid mis-
tress' sofa. and up to her finger.
A tiny bit of green and gray feath-
ers, but Polly was wise enough to as
tonish you.
Its a lovely day, Polly" said Miss
Ella. do you want to go o%utdoors?"
AYE, aye, madam"
will you be good and not get lost!''
Aye, aye"
Where do you live?"
1904 Grand Avenue, next door to
the cathedral" Then Polly began to
jabber, not words, but the tones of the
service at the cathedral.
Good Polly! go on now" said Miss
Ella, laughing. So Polly hoped out
of the front door down in the grass,
close by the walk, to see the passers-
by. just as she did every sunny day.
Presently a beautifully gowned wom-
an drove up to the curb and alighted
from her carriage, purposing to go
into the cathedral.
Don't you think you're a fine bird?"
said the odd voice from the grass.
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1901-01-03
CHINESE ETIQUETTE is QUEER.

When the Chinaman wishes to marry
the nrst requisite Is to secure a mid
dleman to transact The business. OF
all untrustworthy people the worst is
the middleman-who Is usually a wom-
an. In case the young mar desires TO
see the bride before marrying, he
brides the middleman 10 find out at
what time he can stand on some street
corner and see her go by in a cart.
II she happens to be beautiful she Ia
allowed TO go; IL homely, a beautiful
girl is substituted for her. and the
young man goes home satisfied. the
middleman In the meantime ~pocketing
the money. When the wedding day ar
rives, the girl is put IN a closed chair
and carried about for an hour or two
with a great retinue of beggars bearing
notices or lanterns before her, until
the time TO take her TO the BRIDE
groom's home. She is brought up to
his door. a red cloth put upon the
ground or floor, and she steps out on
the chair into his home, and by this
act Is married. One OF the pekin uni
verslty students n day, in converse
ton. said that their method OF get
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1901-01-03


Will Nicol, 17-year-old boy, has sue
ceeded in working his way from Mon.
mouth, ILL.,, to the Paris exposition.
He received the consent of his parents
to attempt the trip without capital,
and left Monmouth March Is, reach
ing Paris June 8. The boy is a nat
ural magician and made the money
necessary for his expenses by giving
little entertainments on the way. He
went from Baltimore to London as a
cattle tender on board a cattle ship. 1t
takes a boy of grit and pluck to accom-
plish an undertaking like that. About
a year ago he attended the Omaha ex-
position, and while there sprang into
prominence by his performance of
tricks as an attraction to draw a crowd
at l-cDonald's battle of Manila. He
earned considerable money at Omaha,
which he saved. When he made up
his mind to go to Paris, he did not
think for a moment of spending his
accumulations, but determined to pay
his way as he went along, and gave
his mother a check on the bank for
has entire fortune. His first stop al,er
be left Monmouth for his long trip
was at st. Adams College, Knoxville,
H., where the faculty permitted him
to give a performance, from which he
realized IS. He made several other
stops before reaching Chicago. From
Chicago he travelled through Indiana
and Ohio, making a little money at
every place he stopped by giving ex-
hibitions. At P~ittsburg he realized
quite a large sum, for a boy. "A few
more stops were made in Pennsylvania,
n in a short time he was at Balti-
more, where he took passage on the
Bothnia. On s~hipboard he entertained
the sailors with his music and his
magic, and the captain gave him $3.50
and return trip ticket to Baltimore
good for 80 days. This he sold for IS.
"On the entire trip" he says, Il old
not see a face that l knew, but the
secretaries of the Y. M. C.. AS at
Baltimore, Pittsburg and other places
were very kind to me and gave me
much assistance in working up my ex-
hibitions.' His baggage consisted of
a shoulder grip, contain a change of
clothes, and a hand telescope contain
ing the suit which he used in his ex-
~hibitions, together with his parapher-
MALTA with which he was enabled to
hold his audiences interested for an
hour and thirty minutes. Since reach
ing Paris he has been invited to APP
pear before some of lAe old masters
of magic who have taken a great in
terest in him. His father says the boy
is not yet decided whether to follow
magic or music.-From the American
Boy.
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1901-01-03
Dedications In Recent Books.


Martha Baker Dunn, in Memory
Stseet":
ITO my father, a nan whose brain
is as clear as his conscience and whose
long record of stainless purity and in
tegrity is his children's best heritage,
this book is a~ffectionately dedicated"
Harriet l.. Keller, in Our Native
Trees:
ITO the memory of Phyllis and Mich
olas, my loving companions through
fields and woods, this volume is dedi-
Gated" phyllis and Nicholas being
two dogs.)
Marie Corelli, in Boy; A Sketch:
ITO my dearest friend in the worlo,
Bertha Vyver, who has known all my
life from childhood and has been the
witness of my work from the begin
ming, this simple story is gratefully
and lovingly dedicated"
William Stearns Davis, in "A Friend
of Caesar:
ITO my father. William Vail Wilson
Davis, who has taught me more than
all my books"
George Cary Eggleston, in THE Last
of the Flatboats':
ITO my last-born boy, Cary Eggle-
ston, a brave. manly fellow, who
knows how to swim. how to catch fish.
how to handle his boat, how to shoot
straight with a rifle and how to tell
the truth every time. l dedicate this
story about some other boys of this
kind"
Lillian Bell, in CAS- Seen by Me-:
ITO that most interesting speck Of
humanity, all perpetual motion and
kindling intelligence AMI sweetness
~unspeakaDie, my little nephew Billy,
absence from whom racked my spirit
with its most u~nappeasable pangs OF
inconsistencies, and whose constant
presence in my study since my return
has spared the public no small amount
of pain"