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The Washington times., 1901-07-21
LAND SEEKERS NUMEROUS.
Latest Reports Estimate 10000
Applicants In Oklahoma.

W. A. Richards, Assistant Land Com
missioner in charge Of the land opening
in Oklahoma Territory. advises the Sec
retary of the Interior that the total reg
istration, including yesterday of appli-
cants for free homesteads is 92,lG3. There
remain eight days for the receipt of reg
istrations for homesteads
1t was originally estimated that about
10000 applicants were awaiting the Presi-
dents proclamation to register These
figures. ii appears. will be greatly sur
passed by the final totals of registration
and estimates now have it, that probably
10000 names will be entered for the draw
ing of the 13 900 farms available
The Washington times., 1901-07-21
ALLEGIANCE NOT YET PROVEN.
Italy Must show That Lynchers' Vic
tins Were Her Subjects.

The Italian Government has failed to
produce proof that the two Italians
lynched recently at Erwin, Miss, were
subjects of that country. Until 1t does
SO the State Department will not pass
on the demand for redress. NJ. Cariguani,
the Charge d'Affaires of Italy here. called
at the State Department yesterday TO en-
quire, as to what progress the Department
was making in its enquiry into the lynch
ing, but no report on the subject had been
received from the Governor of Mississippi
or any other source. Yhe Italian Consul
at New Orleans is endeavoring to secure
the desired proof of nationality.
The Washington times., 1901-07-21
KILLED IN A FIELD.
Lightning Hits II PitchfOrk in n
Mans Hand.

MUMFORDVILLE. Ky. July 20-Light-
ming struck pitchfork in the hands of
James Smith while he was at work on
his farm here yesterday afternoon. Smith
was killed instantly.
There were ten men working around a
wheat thresher and everyone was shocked
more or less. Ben Hoke will die and
two others were perhaps fatally hurt.
The Washington times., 1901-07-21
Sentenced to he Reprimanded.

Major Charles E. Woodruff, surgeon in
the Department of Missouri, has been
convicted by court-martial of conduct
prejudicial to good order and discipline
and sentenced to be reprimanded by the
department commander. Major Woodruff s
offence was in requesting that an army
steward who had been ordered to accom-
pany a field battery ton n practice march
be allowed to remain behind and assist
him in operations and other surgical
work. 1t is alleged that he misrepre-
sented the emergency of the work de-
manded of the steward.
The Washington times., 1901-07-21
A WEST VIRGINIA DUEL.
Free Use of Knife and Pistol mt
n Picnic.

fHAMLIN, w. Va. July 20-Word has
just reached here of bloody duel fought
in the mountains Thursday night
At a picnic Wash Fry and Anthony
Lambert quarreled over two women.
Lambert had a pistol and fired several
shots Intellectually.
Fry had knife and cut Lambert IA
tally. The two women looked on and
encouraged the combatants
AS a result, a general fight followed.
and the local officers present had a hard
time averting several other fatalities
The Washington times., 1901-07-21
Was william II. Stewards Me-sepaer

Genrse- - oiiIorth. for thirty-fve years
a messenger in the State Department, died
Friday night at his home on Sampson
Street. He was appointed by William H.
Seward, then Secretary of State. and for
a number of years was coachman for sue
cessive Secretaries of State. including Mr.
Seward and Hamilton Fish. During the
time James G. Blaine was Secretary of
State Wohlforth was made a watchInan
In the State Department.
The Washington times., 1901-07-21

Tho Government has leased certain
rooms in the building at the corner of
Fourth and East Capitol Streets, now
occupied as Station B of the City Post
office, for n period of five years The
lease was placed on record yesterday hy
Stephen j. kubel, and stipulates a yearly
rental of 81 $50.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1901-07-05
A Strange story Of a Necklace.

The prevailing fashion OF ornament
ing the jacket. corsage or bolero with
pretty buttons: the use. pushed to ex-
trcme. OF clasps. buckles and metal
trimmings. which must have some
thing unusual about them In design
or material to render them effective.
has sent the fortunate TO the task or
ransacklng treasure boxes; the less
fortunate-in ancestral possessions-to
the antique shops where great bar
gains. from the point OF view OF the
seller. may he obtained by the picker
up OF unconsidered tribes. Quaint but
tons OF every known. and few uu.
known. sizes. designs and materials;
old.fashioned clasps of delicate work
manship: brooches big enough for belt
fastenings. and many other dress orna-
ments. may be obtained. and often
Justify the expense and time by their
rarity. Many n woman's entire gown
to-day may he bought for the price
OF the buttons on her coat. for the
clasp Of her ribbon. or the band OF
trimming adorning some part Of her
toilet.
One young woman. who has Q FAD
Tor curios. and o genuine love and
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1901-07-05
Try to Make Blood Oranges.

Consul Hughes. in his report to the
State Department, at Washington,
sent from Coburg. Germany. says:
There Is great demand in Ger
many for the so-called Italian blood
orange The popular idea here is that
this fruit Is colored, not by nature.
but by injections of some artificial
vegetable dye. To discover the truth
or fallacy of this belief several well
known German chemists have been
experimenting. first, TO find out from
the blood orange itself If its color is
due to artificial means, and, secondly,
to change the common Italian orange
into n blood orange by injections OF
different kinds of coloring matter.
The experiments. however, have not
been attended with success.
1T was found that no single injec-
tion of any solution would color more
than one part of the orange. and that
If several injections Were made the
fruit was likely TO decompose very
quickly The theory was then ad-
vanced that the coloring was pro-
duced by watering the roots of the
trees with blood-Ted vegetable solu-
tion. 1t Is needless to say this expert
ment was as barren of results as the
first"
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1901-07-05
Grain Rust.

The red rust which often appears on
rye and wheat Is the same that ap-
pears earlier In the season upon the
leaves Of the barberry bush. We have
heard 1t both asserted and denied that
the same rust attacks the oat, but
never were able TO trace the rust on
oats TO the direct vicinity OF the bar
berry. as we have that which ap-
peared on rye. But where these
grains are grown we advise cutting
and burning Of all the barberry bushes
near the field. In some parts of Eng
land they have very strict laws, oblig-
ing this to be done. There are proba-
bly, some other plants upon which this
rust can be found, as IL is sometimes
found on grain when there IS not a
barberry bush for miles, but where
they are 1t always starts on them be-
fore ii does On the grain. About the
time the grain begins to harden this
turns to black rust. which Is only
an advanced form of the same disease.
1t does not hurt the kernel OF the
grain. unless to cause it to shrink if
IL comes very early.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1901-07-05
DOMESTIC.

The United States Grand Jury. at
Helena, Mont, reported 102 indict-
ments against land grabbers in the
State.
Two guards. brothers named Nesbitt.
of Baton Rouge, at the State convict
camp. near New Orleans, La, were
killed by third guard.
Geronimo. the famous Apache chief.
arrived ut the Exposition at Buffalo.
n. Y. He is under guard.
Seven tobacco rehandling houses and
thirty-two small residences at May
field, Ky, were burned. Loss, 100000;
partially insured.
Wholesale groccrs Of Saginaw.
Mich. formed a trust capitalized at
SS,OOO,00O.
DIR. William S. Wyman was elected
President of the University Of Ala
bama.
Stephen Clark, n gambler. of Poplar
Bluff, Mo. killed Pearl Clark, while in
a jealous rage and then fatally stabbed
himself.
Lightning killed Robert Coke and his
son. at Piedmont. Ala, and William
Huss and two sons, at Lincolnton, n.
G.
Jessie Morrison. of Eldorado. Kan,
was found guilty Of manslaughter In
the second degree for killing Mrs.
Olive Castle. bride OF her old sweet
heart.
Blackmailers who demanded $1,000
from w. C. Carson. Kansas farmer.
set fire to his house. and his wife was
fatally burned.
General Gomez arrived Mt Tampa.
Fla. and said he was glad to be on
American soil. for he felt that he was
among friends.
San Francisco is now in size tho
ninth city OF the Union, and according
to the last census has population
of 342,7S souls.
Three boys. all under eleven years
old, were drowned below the dam OF
the Wards Paper Company, at Grand
Rapids, Mich.
Homer Bliss, at Mount Clemens,
Mich, confessed TO killing his father,
but said Ii was accidental.
Oil was struck at Cusack's well. No.
Q. at jamestown, Tenn, at depth OF
375 feet.
The south bound cannon ball train
was wrecked near Beebe, Ark. but no
one was killed.
Excessive heat killed w. p. Brad
ford, of Utica. y. Y. who was riding
on n train in Missouri.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1901-07-05
Tn. Babel Of Paradise Park.

Probably the Paradise Park public
school, in this city. Is about as near TO
what the Tower OF Babel once was In
a linguistic way rs any similar place
In the world. Twenty nine different
nationalities are represented on the
roll OF scholars. aud each or these
speaks the language OF Its mother
country In their homes. on the streets
and frequently on the school play
grounds. AS the children of each ma
tionality naturally form little cliques
OF their own. in which they jabber
away In their mother tongue. the re
suit is frequently almost distracting
to the teachers Speaking OF this pc
culiar aggregation OF youngsters. Pres.
ident Miles O'Brien. OF the Board OF
Education. said:
"The only place the children hear
the English language spoken Is In the
class-rooms. IL seems as IL nearly
every nation I'm the world has a rep
resentatlve in this Paradise Park
school. and when the little ones are
playing together. many dialect OF
patois can be heard that would puzzle
the most expert lineuist - interpret
Indeed. he might have TO travel thou
sands of miles to hear many OF then
at all. The school is certainly one OF
the strangcst things Of our great cos
mopolltan city."-New York Times.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1901-07-05
WISE WORDS.

Learning makes a man mt company
for mself-Young.
A laugh Is worth hundred groans
In any market.-Lamb.
Ambition Is the only power that
combats love.-Colley Cibber.
To see what is right and not to do 1t
is want of courage
Hard workers are usually honest;
industry lifts them above temptation,
-Bovee.
To give people something to think
about that is worth thinking about is
something to live for.-Voltaire.
He submits to be seen through a
microscope who suffers himself to be
caught in n fit of passion.-Lavater.
The man with but one idea in his
mead is sure to eXaggerate that to top
heaviness, and thus he loses his equi,-
ibrium.-A. Hill.
The universal self-delusion is this:
When man has n good thought, he
fancies he has become what he thinks
for the moment. Good thoughts are
very good; but unaccompanied by the
difficult processes of character. they
are often no better than soap-bubbles.
-MoZoomdar.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1901-07-05
New York's Pie Market.

More pies are made in New York
than in any other city in the world.
The daily output of the regular PIE
factories Is in excess OF 12o,00O. The
pie baking record was held by Bos-
ton until two years ago. The pie hab-
ii is growing on New Workers:
The biggest pie factory in the coun-
try turns out 10000 pies "A day. There
are scores of smaller factories which
turn them out by the CARLOAD daily.
The work is under the direction OF an
expert baker. who receives large
salary. These factories claim TO use
the very best materials in making Pies.
Until recently there was a prejudice
against factory pies, but this Is disap-
pearing.
The most popular pie is that made
Of apples. For years Its popularity
has not been shaken. The standard
pies next to apple are lemon and Gus
tard. Pumpkin pies are in great de-
mand In the fall and mince pies in
the winter Peach pies are the most
popular after these. Until the factory
made pie appeared New York was sew
eral times threatened with serious pie
fam.nes.-New York World.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1901-07-05
rowing Seed Grain.

We believe IL would be profitable to
every grain grocer TO carefully select
by sieve. or In some other way,
enough Of his largest and plumpest
kernels to SOW on a strip OF his best
soil to grow as much seed as he ex-
poets TO use another season. Save the
product for that purpose, and the
next year select the best Of that in the
same manner, and continue 10 do so
as long as IL was found that the Sc
lected seed gave better results than
the other. Some experiments that have
been made in this way indicate that
the average Of the entire crop was
nearly doubled by about five years
practice Of this method. and even then
the average was far behind that where
the selected seed was sown.-Amer-
lean Cultiyator
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1901-07-05
OUR ADOPTED ISLANDS.

Atanasio Ta:tano Peres was ap-
pointed 10 be the first postmaster of
the island Of Guam.
All Cubans must be vaccinated,
Commission having been appointed for
the purpose.
Harold NJ. Pitt. Government con-
tractor. was acquitted Of the charge
OF improperly purchasing Government
stores at Manila.
In a fight with insurgents in Samar,
+. l., Lieutenant Edward Il. Downes,
First Infantry, was killed.
The Navy Department will order an
Investigation of the trouble between
Commander Schroeder. the Governor
of Guam. and his men.
There were four bubonic plague
deaths at Honolulu, Hawaii, from
May 20 TO June 8.
The volcano Kilauea. in Hawaii, Is
showing signs OF renewed activity.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1901-07-05
Cba..d Down Stairs by a Safe.

Harry Moore ran a race with n big
iron safe down a flight OF stairs Mt
Marietta and he won the race. That
Is the reason that he Is alive and well.
barring few bruises. today
Moore lives In WilliamstOwn, across
from Marietta, but works for the
Marietta Transfer Company. Yestcr-
day he was at work with a gang Of
men drawing n heavy iron safe up a
flight Of stairs. Two horses were
drawing the ropes that moved the big
safe UP the tracks, and Moore was
below It. on the stairs. guiding 1t.
Suddenly one Of the ropes snapped and
and broke In two.
With remarkable presence or mind.
he plunged down the stairs, pursued
by the great bulk Of iron that would
have crushed him to death had 1t
overtakcn him.
He made the narrowing descent
ahead of 1t, and got away alive. 1t
struck against him and crowded him
down, but fortunately he was not
caught under It, but was buffetcd by
II out into the street. He received no
broken bones. but was hurt slightly
on the hip and leg.
He became dcathly sick after his
miraculous escape, and was taken to
n hospital. The safe damaged the
stairs and side walls considerably In
It's descent. - Parkersburg CIV. VaD
Correspondence of the Cincinnati
Commercial-Tribu
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1901-07-05
A Boer War Heroine.

The most famous heroine OF the
Boer war is the remarkable Mrs. Gut
mann.
The hazards OF war are enjoyed by
few men as keenly as by this Intrepid
woman warrior, who before the war
was at the head Of the secret service
In Pretoria and johannesburg.
Mrs. Gutmann was the only woman
connected with this difficult branch OF
the service. but she was referred to
by her associates as If she were vet
eran.
The war begun. Mrs Gutmann was
active I'm the plot TO kill Roberts ana
Kitchener Just as this was on the
point OF success 1t was discovered and
the greater number OF the secret sery-
Ice staff fell into the hands Of the
British.
Mra~ Gutmann was then made n
prisoner and kept in one Of the forts
In johannesburg but she cluded the
vigilance OF her guards and escaped
dressed as n man. She was afterward
taken TO Cape Town and has now
been allowed on parole TO rcjoin her
husband Mt Durham. She has fought
on the Boer side and has Joined sever.
al commandos and says that though
she often suffered from hunger and
thirst she never felt better In health
than while constantly In the saddle.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1901-07-05
knowledge OF tho antique has spent

knowledge OF the antique. has spent
several years In collecting old-fash-
loned watch bridges. Perhaps you are
too modern TO know what they arei
For your Information. II Is told that
In the watches OF the past generation
the handspring was protected by
disk OF gold or silver. as the material
OF the watch determined. This disk
was about the size OF a cent and con-
sisted OF circle OF metal surround
Ing an open-work design In fligree.
Every dealer had his particular pat
tern for n bridge and so could tell the
maker Of n watch as soon az he saw
this guard; and. of course. no two. were
alike. One can imagine the care and
money expended in gathering a collec-
tlon OF this kind. Having made IN,
the young woman In question used
about n dozen clasps for her Eton
jacket, the rest she had made into n
necklace. This article was such
beautiful piece Of workmanship when
completed that IL attracted the atten-
ton OF a sneak thief-and you know
they are connoisscurs I'm the mattCr Of
jewelry-whO left her apartment en-
richcd by II as well as several other
pieces OF value.
The strange part OF the history is to
come. A few months ago. travelling
I'm Europe, the young woman visited
the principal museum in Brussels. and
there, reposing on n velvet cushion.
under n glass case In conspicuous
part OF the room. was her necklace,
easily recognized-if 1t were possible
that n second could be in existence-by
the initials on the clasp. II would be
interesting TO follow the adventures
OF this wandering antique. from Its
home In an American apartment TO
It's resting place In the Musee de Brux-
elles; scarcely less interesting than
the original adventures Of the separ-
ate disks from the time Of manufac-
ture till they were joined together 10
make My Ladys necklace. If inanl-
mate things could talk. what ma
terial for the writers OF historical ro-
mances might be gathered from the
most humble room!-Collier's Weekly.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1901-07-05
THE RHYTHM or EARTHQUAKES.
John Mines Advice tn Builders In
shaky Countries.

Earthquakes have their pitch. and IL
persons living In lands OF seismic dis
turbances will build their houses out
OF tune with mother earth's shiyers
they will be comparatively safe
This Is what John Milne. or Earth
quake Milne" as he is called. says
Mr.. Milne is the principal member Of
the seismic section OF the Royal So
ciety. and has for a long time been
studying earth vibrations at Newport.
Isle OF Wight. where he has instru-
ments so delicate that they automati-
cally record vibrations so slight that
IL is impossible TO detect them in any
manner with the senses alone His
records show that the whole earth shiy-
ers every fifteen seconds.
BY means OF his horizontal pendu-
lums." as he calls them. he has ascer-
tanned the pitch Of earthquakes. and so
advises that buildings be out Of tune
with them TO insure protection. but
different portions OF the building
should have the same pitch. or our
earthquake disturbance viii be sure
to injure them. In earthquake coun-
tries he advises deep bitches around
houses to cut off the ripplcs along the
earth's surface.
Mr.. Milne has made yet another dis
coyery. and says that he has demon
strated that the interior OF the earth
Is neither hollow nor liquid, but is mar
vellously rigid. even more rigid than
cast steel or the finest glass. He says
that his horizontal pendulums havo
registered vibrations that have trav-
eled through the very centre OF the
earth, and at a rate much higher than
If the globes interior were more dense
than the most rigid mineral known.
AS he says. vibrations do not travel
rapidly through gases or fluids. and
very much more rapidly through dense
materials. They travel through glass
as quickly as through any substance
scientists know OF, but through the
earths interior they travel two and
one-half times as fast as through glass.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1901-07-05
ge,iGLEA1!M<!.I!Mt!c:s N. !!
EfN III -. FROM rAG -
RS1ssShoPs

Washable duck hats for small chill
dren.
Shirt-waist suits in white, blue, OK
blood and navy.
Black hosiery in all the latest lace
openwork designs.
Edgings and insertions of embroid.
cry at attractive prices.
Accessories in golf colors, such as
jackets. stock collars, etc.
Breasts, wings and plumes of all
descriptions in great quantities.
Millinery ribbon in polka-dot de-
signs and also in plain colorings.
Short back sailors and shirt waist
hats trimmed with polka-dot silk
Separate skirts in dark. heavy ma
tcrial for mountain and seaside use.
A great variety OF fancy handker-
chiefs in all kinds OF colored borders.
Dress linens in the solid colors, par
ticularly natural and navy blue; green
and red also seen.
Printed silks in twill and liberty In
color combinations that almost In
variably include white.-Dry Goods
Economist
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1901-07-05
ChiId's Rattle For Life.

q Five times eleven-year old Mary
Sunberry. of Shamokin, Penn,
climbed part way up a thirty
well into which she had fallen. and
at each attempt she fell back into ten
feet of ice cold water. She would
have tried again had her torn. bleed
ing fingers not been deprived OF
strength. To prevent herself from
drowning she clung to several pro
jecting moss-covered rocks. At last
her fingers grew cramped and she
thought she would drown. Then the
face OF Henry Marquette. n neighbor,
who had come for water. peered into
the well and ne dimly saw the girl.
She said she was about to sink. He
told her TO hold on few seconds. He
dropped a rope with a moose in IL, tell
ing her TO slip II under her arms. The
girl. by a superhuman effort. placed
the moose where she was directed. In
doing so she had to relax her grip on
the rocks. whereupon she sank. Mar.
quette felt the rope grow taut and re.
alizlng what had occurred. he pull
hard and drew the half-drowned girls
head above water. and shortly after.
ward she was drawn from the well
and resuscitated.
She said she had gone to the well
Tor water. and while drawing a buck
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1901-07-05
The Demand For Chemists.

Expert chemists hired by opposing
parties in lawsuits land always at the
command of the highest bidder make
from $4,000 to $4,000 a year. II Is
said that the late j. .. Donner.
chemist OF the Sugar Trust. received
a salary of 10000 a year Armour.
Swift. Morris and other great butch
ers and packers have in their abat-
toirs splendid laboratories where high
salsried chemists are constantly at
work. Blast furnaces. steel mills.
gold. silver. lead and copper mines.
cloth factories. all have their chem
lists. The young man Of inventive
genius and an inquiring mind should
study chemistry. II does look as II
the field is inviting. But there must
be patience. Most Of the great discov-
cries have been accidents.-New York
Presa