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Milford chronicle., 1901-08-23

II experienced quite a shock the other
day." said a New York lawyer, whose
increasing rotundity Of person Is a source
of grave alarm to his sense of proportion.
'When the real hot weather set in | CON
cluded to attire myself in a pair of duck
trousers, which | keep in stock for such
occasions. When | put them on, | dis
covered that the waistband was shy by
about several inches. | tried two more
pairs and found the same lack of extern
sion. and | reported to my tailor and
asked him to send for them to see what
could be done. That evening stopped in
to show him what was needed.
at isn't much of job, guess said,
with confidence. All you've got to do to
make them fit around the waist is to let
them out a bit and put in a v. That's
what the women call il, isn't itP
"'Yes. it V all right he said. but
let me measure you first and see how
much to let out
He proceeded to run his tape around
me and then to lay 1t around the waist
| band OF the trousers, as | stood watch
ing him.
"'Well, said inquiringly, as he
seemed to be studying the situation.
! "'Well,' he repeated, with a laugh. as
he looked at my figure and at the trousers
I and the tape, a Y isn't in it with this
| proposition
"'What do you meanP asked. with ar
uncomfortable feeling.
Il menn that a v won't do in this
case he said. laughing some more. Ii
will take whole string Of VS.
"rhen ! got hotter than the weather
| and told him | guessed 1 wouldn't trouble
him to make the change. New Yorh
/ Sum-
Milford chronicle., 1901-08-23
SIXTY SEVEN METDEATH
Report Shows That Number Were
Drowned in Islander Wreck.
1O8 PASSENGERS WE'RE ON BOARD
Many Returning From the Klondike
Threw Away Gold To Save Their
LiVes-HerOic Captain Foote Stayed
On Board Until the Last.

many Returning From the klondike
Threw Away Gold To Save Their
LiVes-Heroic Captain Foote Stayed
On Board Until the Last.
Port Townsend, Wash, Aug. 2O.-It
is now known that 81 lives were lost
as the result of the APPALLING disaster
to the steamer Islander which struck
a floating iceberg off Douglass Island
at a. m. on August Is. The ship
went to the bottom in 20 minutes, car
rying men, women and children to
watery graves. 1t will be some time
before the names Of the greater part
of the victims can be obtained.
One man, who had just come from
the KlOndike, whose name could not
be learned, is reported to have taken
his portmanteau to the care of the
purser, Mr. Bishop, and with the grip
containing dust amounting to $40, 900
in value, grasped firmly in his hand,
jumped from the sinking steamer to
a boat close by, and failing to reach
the boat, he went down with his
treasure.
The death of Captain Foote was very
pathetic. He remained on the bridge
until the steamer was laundering.
When the vessel commenced to sink
and 1t was seen that no expedient
could avail, the captain, it is said,
jumped into the life raft, which was
already taxed. Realizing that his
weight would work havoc there, he ex-
claimed: q see there are too many
here, so goodbye, boys" and swan
away. He was shortly afterward seen
to sink.
J. T. Snyder, of juneau, who attend
ed the inquest over the survivors
at that place, says the testimony tend
ed to free Captain Foote from any
negligence. "A stowaway," he says
was discovered in the forward water
tight compartment. When the vesse
struck the water rushed in on hin
and he set up big howl, and, being
Immediately under the sailors quar-
tiers, one of them thoughtlessly rushed
down and opened the compartment
which allowed the sea to come rolling
into the hold, carrying the body of the
stowaway and the sailor with it. This
was done without the captains knowl
edge, and 1 think excused him fo
thinking the vessel would float TO
several hours, which it would hav,
done had the water-tight compartment
not been opened, and he could hav
beached her in a small bay about thre
miles away. 1t was established tina
if the pilot had carried out his inten
ton he could have gotten her on tn
beach without the loss of any live
l avpanf tho ctOmaWavo
Milford chronicle., 1901-08-23
IN A TUNNEL nor DAYS
Two Men, Trapped in Cleveland's
Crib Horror, Rescued.
KNEW NOTHING OF LIE FIRE

Thought They Were Doomed To Die,
But Worked Desperately To Dig
Their Way out-Prepared To Eat
Raw Mule Meat.
Cleveland, Aug. 2O.-Adam Kest and
Joseph Engine. two of a dozen or more
workmen who were trapped in the
water works tunnel 200 feet below the
surface of Lake Erie, by the burning
of crib No. 2, last Wednesday morn
ing were rescued from their horrible
position late yesterday afternoon and
are now lying semi-conscious at HUI
ron Street hospital. With careful
nursing the physicians say they will
soon recover their former strength ana
probably be none the worse for their
thrilling experience.
Shut off from the upper world, the
men knew nothing of the catastrophe
that killed so many of their comrades
and imprisoned them. They knew
that something had severed their con-
nection with the crib. They knew that
beyond the air lock, behind which they
had taken refuge, the air was too foul
to breathe. But they supposed that
the trouble was temporary. Each day
they expected their comrades to come
down the tunnel to their rescue.
When their signal for help, tapped
on the air pipe, was at last answered
from the crib, Kest and Engine were
preparing to eat raw mule meat. Theil
deliverance came just in time to make
unnecessary this desperate effort.
At the hospital last night the two
men were permitted to talk for a shor
time and they related some of theil
experiences. They said they did no
know there hao been a fire and the!
could not account for their plight. un
less some accident had happened
which would soon be repaired. AS tn
time passed by, however, and hour
heightened into days, the men wer,
beginning to fear they were doomed
to death either by starvation, suffoca
ton or drowning.
Eve gave up more than once" salt
Kest. I'VE lost track of the time.
did not know whether it was six day
OF three. The gas must have mad
us sleepy We slept a lot l know
We did not know whether it was da
or night down there. The darkness
was awful. We tried to get out sew
eral times. Each time the gas drov
us back. At last we decided that
was get out or die, and we made
try, tapping on the pipe as we wen
along"
Milford chronicle., 1901-08-23

Although Lord Kelvin is one Of the
foremost scientists of the world. Il Is said
that he is a poor teacher During his
prOfessorship in the Glasgow university
his lectures were so obiuse that his
classes could not understand them He
had an assistan, named Day. who. with
half the knowledge Of his superior had
twice the success as lecturer. The
story is told that when Lord Kelvin was
first knighted he found one morning the
following legend written on the black-
board in front Of his class: work while
it is Day. for the knight cometh when
no man can work"
Milford chronicle., 1901-08-23
He Llkea Wagner.

The Philadelphia Record says: "There
is a physician Of Spruce street who is so
fond Of the music OF Richard Wagner
that whenever a child is born in a family
Of his patients he will suggest a name for
it-invariably a name from one of the
Wagner music dramas. Triplets. three
little girls, were born the other day that
will be named, thanks to the doctors
suggestion. Elsa, Elisabeth aud Brunn-
hide. There is a little colored girl who
goes through life well pleased with her
cognOmen Of Isolde Liebestod Jackson,
and there is a colored boy whom the doc
tor named, to his mothers great delight,
LOhengrin Telramund Tillinghast.
I was glad to have the opportunity
to name these little girls the doctor said,
for triplets are born rarely. Only one
birth in $500, in fact. is of triplets In
the course of my practice | have caused
81 children to bc named after the heroes
and hRF0ines Of Wagner"
Milford chronicle., 1901-08-23
An ERective Platter.

A short time ago William Ordway Par
fridge was returning to his studio in the
Kennedy building by way Of East
Twenty second street. On the steps Of
the bank near by crouched a mite of hu-
mainly. sObbing piteously. The tall man
bent over the ragged little heap. Hurt
m foot" came family in answer to his
inquiries.
"Well, I'm a DOCTOR" the artist re-
turned. cheerily. wiping the mud and
blood from the stubbed toe with his hand
kerchief, 'and this is a plaster" produc-
ing a quarter from his trousers pocket.
1--WE found plaster like this will stop a
pain sometimes when nothing else will"
And he left the cool bit of silver gleam-
ing on the dirty bare foot and passed on
in the gathering dusk. followed by pair
of shining eyes, from which simple de-
light had chased all sign of tears.-New
York Times.
Milford chronicle., 1901-08-23

Mr.. Sousa, the march king, wears his
uniform at all times and seasons. He
compels his men to do likewise. The fact
that he does so leads to experiences that
are very laughable to him.
Mr.. Eousa was standing in a railway
station on the platform waiting for a
train. A belated traveller ran up to him
and shouted, HAS the 9:03 train pulled
out3"
81 really don't know" answered the
man with the blue uniform.
well, why don't you know?" shouted
the lrate traveller. 'What are you
standing here for like a log Of wood
Aren't you a cOnductorW
Yes" said Mr.. Sousa, 81 am a con.
ductor."
"a nice sort of conductor you areW ex
claimed the traveller.
well. you see," said Mr.. Sousa, st an
not the conductor Of train. am the
conductor Of a brass band."-Saturday
Evening Post.
Milford chronicle., 1901-08-23

A Berlin newspaper publishes some
curious details respecting the letter bags
Of the principal European sovereigns
The pope holds the first place, as he re-
ceives every day from $4,000 to 23.OOO
letters and newspapers. King Edward
VII comes next, with 5000 newspapers
and 1000 letters. The czar and the Ger
man emperor receive each from 600 to
700 letters, appeals, ETC.; the king OF
Italy 800. and QIeen Wilhelmina from
100 to l5O. The pope, says the same au-
thority, employs no fewer than 35 sec
rpfa rial.
Milford chronicle., 1901-08-23

'The great need of the church Of God
today" says the New York Christian
Advocate. in all its branches is the re-
assertion with holy fervor from its pul-
pits of the profound spiritual essentials
for which the church stands. and the ap-
preparation and enjoyment on the part
of the people Of the church generally of
those spiritual experiences which are
guaranteed in the Scriptures to all who
have been born again and follow their
Lord in sincerity and truth.
In short there are many protesting to
be Christians who. on examining their
spiritual state in the light of tie. clear
declarations OF our Lord on conversion.
will acknowledge that they need to join
that invisible multitude Of the spiritually
tliseascd that is ever crowding about tho
Great Physician Of Souls. and to touch
if only the hem Of his garments in order
that they may be made spiritually whole
II was the Divine Master himself who
said. 'EXcepi yp be converted. and be-
come as little children. 80 shall not enter
into the Kingdom of heaven"
Milford chronicle., 1901-08-23
MILLIONS INVOLVED
In Suit Brought BY Tennessee Farmers
Against Copper Companies.

Against copper Companies.
Knoxville, Tenn, Aug. 21.-Judge
Mcconnell, sitting at Cleveland, Tenn,
yesterday dissolved injunctions grant
ed two weeks ago in a case that in
wolves millions of dollars. At Duck
town, Tenn, $5,OOOOOO have been in
vested in the copper industry and two
mammoth smelling plants built About
40 farmers claim that their land has
been ruined by the fumes from the
plants destroying all vegetation, sui
phuric acid being used in the process.
They filed suits for damages and
abatement of the alleged nuisance and
were granted injunctions two weeks
ago. the observance of which practi-
cally shut down the plants. Three
thousand men are employed in the in
dustry and one feature of yesterdays
hearing was the presentation of q
monster petition signed by 5000 citi-
zens of Polk county asking the dis
solution of the injunction The Ten
nessee Copper company and Ducktown
Sulphur, Copper and Iron company
are the plants involved.
Milford chronicle., 1901-08-23
TEXAS HAS A NEGRO BURNING.
Murderer Of a Six Months Bride Meets
Summary Fate.

Dallas, Tex, Aug. 21.-A dispatch
received here from Whitesboro, Tex,
says the negro Alfred Wilder charged
with the murder of Mrs. Caldwell, the
wife of a Grayson county farmer and
a bride of but six months, at her home
on Saturday last, was captured by a
mob and burned at Nelson's Ranch
two and one-half miles east of Red
Ranch, last night. The negro was
taken to a tree and swung in the air
Wood and fodder were piled beneath
his body and a hot fire made. Then II
was suggested that the man ought not
die too quickly, and he was let down
to the ground, while a party went to
Dexter, about two miles distant, tc
procure coal oil. This was thrown on
the flames and the work completed,
Milford chronicle., 1901-08-23
IPITTssURe TUBE MEN STRIKE.
Employees of Pennsylvania Works
Went Out Monday.

Pittsburg, Aug. 2O.-The men of the
Pennsylvania Works of the National
Tube company in this city Joined the
strikers last night. and it rs expected
that the force in the Frankstown
plant will follow them today About
500 men left the Pennsylvania Works.
and It is almost certain that all OF the
remaining 900 will join in the move
ment and completely tie the property
up. There are about 800 men in the
Frankstown property, and the total
number of men added to the army of
strikers by the movement will be
about 1900. It was understood. earlier
yesterday that the National Tube com
paGy had announced an advance IN
wages, and it was thought that it
would hold the men.
Milford chronicle., 1901-08-23
POLICEMEN HELD FOR TRIAL.
First Arrests in New Yor<'s Latest
Reform Inquiry.

Reform inquiry
New York, Aug.21.-As a result OF
the judicial inquiry being carried on by
District Attorney Philbin, Justice Jer-
ONE and the officers of the Society fol
the Prevention of Crime, into the con
duct of the police department. war
rants were issued yesterday for the ar
rest of Wardman Glennon, Wardman
Dwyer and Sergeant Shields.
The three police officers were quick
ly arraigned before Justice Jerome
who held Glennon in the sum of $1,000
and the others in $4,000 each, security
being at once furnished.
The evidence upon which Glennon
Shields and Dwyer were arrested was
given by five witnesses. 1t related tC
an alleged disorderly house on Wes
Thirty-tAird street, which they are
charged with failing 70 suppress.
Milford chronicle., 1901-08-23

1t ls said that Mrs VIVA Winkler Of
KOkOmO, Ind. has the greatest number
of living descendants on record At a
family reunion on her ninety-Grst birth
day recently 2l1 of her flock were pres.
ent, they being children, SO grand.
children, l0l great-grandchldren and !
grPat-great grandchildren Several have
been lost track Of and were not in attend.
ance. Mrs. Winkler had a husband and
four sons in the Union ranks Of the civil
war, ~ of whom came out unscuthed.
Milford chronicle., 1901-08-23
A BOLD THIEF, THIS.
His Unsuccessful Ruse to Escape With
Tray of Diamonds.

tray OF diamonds.
Detroit, Aug. 21.-While the clerks
in Horace Steeres' jewelry store on
Woodward avenue were busy in the
rear Of the establishment yesterday
afternoon a man walked in and grab.
bed a tray of diamonds worth $4,000
jh,t as his presence was discovered.
The clerk shouted and the thief ran
out and down Woodward avenue with
the clerks in pursuit. Policeman Wag-
ner Joined the chase and the thief was
pursued into the public lighting plant
on the river front Here an employe
saw him empty the contents Of the
tray into a handkerchief which he
slipped into his pocket. Throwing away
his straw hat, the thief put on a cap
and then walked boldly out and met
the pursuing policeman, who, however,
recognized him despite the change OF
headgear. He was arrested and "a
diamonds were found on his person
The prisoner gives the name of Charles
Meyers and says he just arrived here
from St LOuis
Milford chronicle., 1901-08-23

GENERAL MARKETS.

Philadelphia, Pa. Aug. sO.-FlOur
steady; winter superAne, s2l5d2.3O; Penn
sylvania roller. clear $2.9OG3.15; city mills
extra, S2.4OG2.65, Rye flour slow. at $3.50
$50 per barrel, Wheat off; No. red
spot 7Slkq74c. Corn declined; No. vel
low, local, SIC. Oats weak; No. white
clipped, 44a45c.; lower grades, AalSc
Hay in good demand; No. timothy $l6.5
ali for large bales. Beef firm: beef hams
Sl950q2O.5O. Pork steady; family, $3.50
Live poultry quoted at 9kd1Oc. for hens
6h@7c. for old ROSTERS. Dressed poultry
at 1Oc.for choice fowls, &c. for old ROSTERS
Butter steady; creamery. 21lkc, Egg
firm; New York and Pennsylvania, nc
Potatoes firm; Jerseys. eO67Oc.
Milford chronicle., 1901-08-23
Home. Sweet Home.

Speaking of the summer and winter
journeys wealthy people make to vari-
Gus resorts" here and abroad. a shrewd
observer of city life remarks that "the
finer the house on the avenue the less it
is occupied" In SO far as that is true,
it is to be regretted. At every season, in
some favored region. nature spreads q
Milford chronicle., 1901-08-23
Appreciation of Her Rights.

Woman always has voted and al
ways will vote. Our -grandfathers
thought they were by their votes putting
Washington into the presidential chair.
No. His mother. by the principles she
taught him and by the habits she in
culcated. made him president. 1t was
a Christian mothers hand dropping the
ba Hot whrg Lord Bacon wrote, and New
ton philosophical, and Alfred the Great
governed. and jonathan Edwards thur
dcred Of Judgment to come. How many
men there have been in high political sta
ton who would have been insufficient to
stand the test to which their moral pFin-
ciple was put had II not been for a wife's
voice that encouraged them to do right
and a wife's prayer that sounded louder
than the clamOr of partisanship! Why,
my friends the right of suffrage, as we
men eXercls2 II, seems to be feeble
| thing. You, a Christian man, come up
| to the ballot boz, and you drop your
vote. Right after You comes libeltinf
or a sot. the OffscOuHng Of the street, and
| he drops his vote. and his vote counter
acts yours. But if in the quiet of home
| life a daughter by her Christian de-
meanOr wife By her industry, mother
by her faithfulness. casts q vote in thu
right direction. then nothing can resis
it. and the influence of that vote vii
throb throughFthe eternities.
Ny chief anxiety. then, is not tina
woman nave other rights accorded her
but that she. by the GRACE Of God, ris
up to the appreciation Of the glQriou
rights she already possesses. ] sha
only have time TO speak OF one grand an
all absorbing right that every woma
has, and that is to make home happ!
That~rcalm no one has ever disputed wit
, her. Men may come home at noon {
ut night, and they tarry a comparativel
little while, but she Rll day long govern
it, beauties 1t, saRctifes II. 1t is witt
( in her power to make 1t the most attra
tive place on earth. 1t Is the only cal
harbOr In this world. You know as We
as l do that this outside world and Il
business world is a long scene Of jost
and contention. The man who has a dc
lar struggles to keep it; the man W
has it not struggles to get it. Prices u
Prices down. Losses. Gains. Misre
presentations. Gougings. Undersellir
= Buyers deDreciating; statesmen exaggcr;
ing. Tenants seeking less rent landlor
demanding more. Gold fdgetV. Strugg
about Office. Mep who are in tryi
10 keep in; men out trying to get
Elips. Tumbes. Declarations. Fani
CatastrOphes. o woman, thank God J
have a home. and that you may
III queen in it. Better be there than w
e a queens corOnet. Better be there I'll
vi carry the purse of a princess. u
ug abode may be humble, but you can
% YOUR faith in God and your cheerfuln
ain Of deme0nOf gnu II WIFI spleuuolS y
10 as an uDholsterer's hand nevery yet kind
ok rUl-- - ot,o5oe, z, 4ba eitu-huunl
NC 1hefe axe aOuues an INC NilS -
q two stories, four plain unpapered roo
Milford chronicle., 1901-08-23
CHICAGO WORKERS JUSTIFIED.
Steel Men Say They Should Not Vio-
late Personal Honor.

late personal 1OnOfs
Chicago, Aug. 21.-A statement ad-
dressed to labor organizations and to
the public. signed by IA men who
claim to represent the members Of tins
Amalgamated Association employed in
the steel works at South Chicago, was
issued last night 1t is an extended
argument in justification of the refusal
of the South Chicago men to violate
their contract with the Illinois Steel
company In conclusion it says:
.The principles Of union labor are
as dear bs--us eS 20 any men in the
country who ear. .living by hon
est toll. but we do not mink W rs tl I'D
be expected 70 Violate every rule Of
business integrity and personal honor
for a matter of sentiment, for this is
time when we must not let our SYM
pathy get away with our better judg-
ment."
Milford chronicle., 1901-08-23
PINKERToN's cLEVER cAPTURE
Alleged German EmbezzIer of $375,
600 CAUGHT In Milwaukee,

900 Caught In Milwaukee.
Chicago, Aug. 17-Shadowed by the
police of Paris, bounded by the detec-
tives of Scotland Yard, looked for by
the sleuths of New York, Philadelphia
and Cincinnati, Gerhardt Terlinden, of
Dtisburg, Germany, accused of forgery
and embezzlement by the German gov
eminent, was captured in Milwaukee
by Chicago Pinkertons and brought to
this city for safe keeping. The pris-
oner is wanted by the German authori-
ties for having forged and hypothe-
Gated 500, 900 marks worth of charters
and securities the property Of the
Garhardt Terlinden Company OF Bdis-
burg, OF which he was manager. The
business was a land Improvement and
investment enterprise, and it is said
that great number of poor persons
were financially ruined by the defalGa-
tions of the manager.
Milford chronicle., 1901-08-23
SYMPATHY FOR STEEL STRIKERS
Texas Legislature Extends Moral Aid
and Denounces Trust.

Dallas, Tex, Aug. 1.-THE morning
session yesterday in the Texas house
Of representative at Austin was Occu-
pied with resolutions extending sym
pathy and moral support to the steel
strikers and denouncing the steel
trust. Delegate McFall made a speech
in favor of the strikers and against
the trust. The resolution is now the
pending business, and will come up in
the morning hour from day to day IN
til disposed of.
Milford chronicle., 1901-08-23

KERR Brothers Celebrated White
Wash and Plastering Lime reduced in
price. 5bushels and over, SOc per bushel;
in lots less thaa 8 bushels, 35c per bushel
for cash. A. w. POWELL.
Milford chronicle., 1901-08-23
PRETTY WOMAN AIDS TRUST.
Former Friend of Strikers Familie
Helps the Strike Breakers.

Helps the Strike Breakers.
Pittsburg, Aug. PA feature of in
terest is added to the contest at the
Lindsay & McCutcheon mill by the
claim of the strikers that Mrs. Fred
Baugh. wife of the superintendent, is
escorting the strike breakers to and
from the mill. She has always been
very popular with the mill men, and
the pickets say they would rather
face a regiment of soldiers than do
anything improper in her presence.
They say that in peace times she
nursed their families, and that they
simply cannot interfere with her OF
the men she escorts.
Milford chronicle., 1901-08-23

I know there are women Of most I'M
desirable nature who wander up and
down the country, having no homes of
their own or forsaking their own homes.
talking about their rights. and we know
very well that they themselves are fit
neither TO vote nor fit to keep house.
Their mission seems to be to humilinte
the two sexes at the thought of what
any one of us might become. No one
would want to live under the laws that
such women would enact, or to have cast
upon society the children that such wo-
men would raise But | will show you
that the best rights that woman can own
she already has in her possession; that
her position in this country at this time
is not one of commiserntiOn, but one of
congratulatlon; that the grandeur and
/ power of her realm have never yet been
i appreciated; that she sits today on a
| throne so high that all the thrones of
earth piled on top OF each other would
not make for her fOotstOol. Here is the
platform on which she stands. Away
down below II are the ballot box and tho
congressional assemhlage and the legisla
tive hall.