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The weekly examiner., 1901-04-06
BURIAL IN THE AIR.
Startling Plan of DispOsinE of the Dead Proposed by a Former British Naval Officer.

Burying the dead in the depths of the upper air is an innovation per- fected by Lieut.. James M. O'Kelley, formerly of the British navy, but now a resident of New York. MT. O'Ke1ley was the inventor of the coin-in-the- slot machine and other apparatus that have made him known to the patent office.
 The Navohi is the balloon car in which disintegration of bodies of the dead is forced. It is made of silk, elliptical in form. In an upright po- sition, the body is placed inside the
The weekly examiner., 1901-04-06
SUPREME IN RUSSIA.
Prince Kuropatlxin Placed in Charge of the Administrative Machin-
 cry of the Great Empire.

Reports which reach the United States through Berlin and other Eus ropean capitals are to the effect that the Russian government is in stata of panic, and that the whole admin istrative machinery has been put in the hands of Gen. Kuropatlxin, the minister of war. The departments o6 justice and the interior, including the secret police and the regular force of gendarmes, make reports every hour to the war office, and all measures looking to the safety of the czar and the suppression of the conspiracy
The weekly examiner., 1901-04-06

winning the Newdigate, with prize poem on the Feast of Belshazzar." :" There have been but few instances where the early promise was so well fulfilled in after life. After a brief spell as a schoolmaster in England he received an appointment as prin- cipa1 of the government Sanscrit col lege, at Poona, in the Bombay presi- dency.
 On his return to England after services which twice received the thanks of the governor in council, he became attached to the editorial staff of the Daily Telegraph It was on be- half of the proprietor of that journal that he arranged the first expedition of MT. George Smith to Assyria, as we'll as that of Sir Henry Stanley, in the joint expedition of the New York Herald, in search of Livingstone and the completion of his discoveries.
 Though Sir Edwin Arnold's later volumes of verse have not been so popular as his story of Buddha, his poetical translations from the San scrit epics and of the Persian poet Saldi brought him various distinc- tions from eastern rulers. He is a knight commander of the Indian em- pire. A younger brother, Sir Arthur Arnold, whose labors as commis- sioner in the Lancashire cotton fam inc brought him into notice, has since been prominent in London municipal government, and gained another knighthood for this Kentish family
 Romance has followed Sir Edwin Arnold more or less throuoho11t his career A long stay in Japan some years ago led to his marriage with Japanese lady, as his third wife. She is a typical Japanese beauty, her name signifying "Jewel of the Dark River" To Sir Edwin Arnold's en- thusiasm for the Land of the Chrys- anthemum is due much of the cult of things Japanese which of late years have manifested themselves in an English house interior.
The weekly examiner., 1901-04-06

weak-minded boy overheard and ap- peared as chief witness against the brutal seaman who, after being con- victed of murder, confessed that he had killed more than 30 boys in the same way, being paid for the acts by their guardians. At the end of the trial Scoville once more returned to sea, but was shipwrecked and drifted ten days in an open boat with little to eat or drink. He was rescued, however, and taken to London, where he was sick for long time at the Marine hospital.
 As soon as he was discharged from that institution he worked his way back to this country and obtained a place as chore boy for Cleveland (0.) doctor, at the same time attend ing school until he graduated. Then he went south and worked his way through Howard college in Alabama. Later on he managed to obtain enough work to pay his tuition at the New England conservatory, where he studied elocution and oratory. After finishing his course he took a posi- tion with Wilson Barrett's "Sign of Luc OrOSS cOmpaIy, gong WlGn Unal troop to England. While in London he obtained the position of assistant stage manager, and a short time later, during an engagement at Man chester, he fell in love with young lady, whom he married.
 The couple soon returned to this country, and Scovi1le was appointed professor of elocution at the Calves ton cTex.) high school. On the day of the great flood his wife was killed and the husband, stunned by grief and without ambition, went to New York, where, by chance, he heard 8 former opera singer, who was hold Ing a special missionary service, preach. After listening to several of her sermons he decided to take up missionary work himself, and accord ngly he is now studying with that object in view.
 His principal efforts will be direct ed toward stage folk or those who have failed to establish themselves on the stage and are drifting into dis golute ways of life.
The weekly examiner., 1901-04-06
Referred to the White Caps.

An English clergyman came TO America, and in due time became a citizen. While on pleasure trip abroad his filial affection induced him to call on his poor mother, whom he found an inmate of the Medway ,vorkhouse. The poorhouse board in- +imated that he ought to contribute to his mothers maintenance. Inls loving son, with the blood of 1reedom coursing through his veins, stoutly maintained that, being now an Amer ican citizen, he had no legal responsi- bility to waste his money in support- ing his mother
The weekly examiner., 1901-04-06

 against the throne are in the hands o4 Kuropatlzin. Kuropatkin has been minister of war and commander of q trained army of 5,ooo,ooo men since January 1, 1898. More than 30 yeara before he first saw active service in the army of the czar, and he was al- most continually fighting until he came to the chief command at St. Petersburg. From the first his career was brilliant. He was honored by suc- cessive czars, with all the decorations and ''golden swords in their gift, and he did great work for the empire ia extending it's boundaries to the easts
 He is now in his fifty-irst year, a man of great physical strength and iron determination of will. By descent he
 is great noble, but he has won his
 way to the front by individual merit.
The weekly examiner., 1901-04-06
Change an Britf,h Coin.

Among the odd changes brought about by the succession of King Ed ward VII. is that while Vietoria's face on British gold coins looked to the left King Edwards looks to the right. This is in accordance with a long stablishedNcustom that makes each successive sovereign face the opposite way on the coins from his or her pred. ecessor. 8
The weekly examiner., 1901-04-06
Texas, Big State Houxe.

The Texas capitol IS the largest state building in the United States, and the seventh in size among the buildings of the world. It is vast Greek cross of red Texas granite. with central rotunda covered by a dome 311 feet high. It was begun in 1881 and finished in 1888, having cost about $3,5oo,ooo. It was paid for with s,ooo,ooo acres of public land, deeded to the capitalists who executed the work.
The weekly examiner., 1901-04-06

Commander in Chief of the British Army
 in Indla.)
 of the Punjab frontier force and pro- visiona1 head of the imperial service. He is aa old-time Indian campaigner. thoroughly seasoned to the climate and the work. In the great mutiny of 1857, the year in which he entered the army, Gen. Palmer raised regi- ment of Sikhs, which he commanded till the close of the campaign. In 1863 he fought in the bloody business upon the northwest frontier, and afterward in the Abyssinian war, in the Duffia expedition, in the Afghan war, in the soudan, and as head of the campaign in the Chin hills. It is said he under stands Indian military needs more than any other man in the empire.
The weekly examiner., 1901-04-06
Electric Roads in Canada,

The statistician of the dominion of Canada represents that there were 34 electric railways in the confederated provinces at the close of last year, ag- gregating 63o miles of track. Capital amounting to $21, 100000 has been actually invested in these lines. Dur ing the year they carried 1o4,033, ,659 messengers.
The weekly examiner., 1901-04-06
COMMANDER IN INDIA.
Gen. Sir Arthur Power Palmer ApN pointed to the Post with the
 Approval of King Edward.

Maj. Gen. Sir Arthur Power Palmer. who by King Edwards approval has become, permanent commander in chief of the British forces in India, has been for long time commander
The weekly examiner., 1901-04-06

LlLEU 6t0lLtS-J teers and was made an honorary mem- Der of the staff.
 The new war official is native or Brooklyn and is 4s years old. He IS a Harvard man, and bachelor of Cos lumbia, and qualified lawyer, aI- though he has never practiced. He served a term or two in the New York legislature, but beyond that he has held no office. Col Sanger married Miss Dodge, a daughter of Gen. c. c. Dodge, of New York He IS a frlend of Secretary Root and has long been the personal choice of the secretary for the post to which he has just ac- ceded
The weekly examiner., 1901-04-06

Snow sells in the north of Sicily for about one cent pound. It is government monopoly, and the prince of Palermo derives the greater part of his income from it. The snow Is gathered on the mountains in felt covered baskets, and is sold in the cities for refrigerating purposes.
The weekly examiner., 1901-04-06

(In It Dlsintegration of Bodies of the Dead
 Is Forced.)
 balloon, occupying an airtight recep- tacle which connects with the balloon interior through only a gas tap. This casket rests on a rubber cushion which has a half-inch expansion, and through the cushion rough pin works through an inflammable com position.
 The coffin is lined with wax and be- fore it is put into the balloon 8 strong acid is poured into it and over the body. Dissolution begins at once, gas is formed which flows out through the top, and as the weight of the coffin grows less the rubber cushion expands, drawing the rough pin attached through the inhamma- .ble substance.
 R Tn the meantime the balloon has been rising with it's lifting power of % pounds fprpished by ordinary il- the gas air rtshes n letl Ill1lllIl already at a great height, rushes up- ward with tremendous momentum.
 Tn an experiment. made with the body of big dog, the Navohi reached a height of 5000 feet, pouring clouds of white vapor from the valve in the casl<et. For 200 feet more black smoke came from it. Then a light broke from the lower end of the Navohi.G It was on fire, and with a fiery streak, like that left by rocket, the whole structure shot upward and disappeared
 sIn the future" said the inventor, "we may expect to see the funeral party gathered on the housetop, the Navohi swaying gently at it's anchor age not far above their heads, and as the clergyman pronounces the last words of the burial service the funer- al director will sever the rope, and the body take. flight and follow it's soul above the clouds"
The weekly examiner., 1901-04-06
Whx Thex Arc so CoatIx.

To produce cashmere shawl of the best quality requires the constant la- bor of four persons for an entire year.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-01-15
BALLOTS ARE CAST.
ELECTORAL COLLEGE PERFORMS
.QuADREHNIAL WORK.
Cumbersome Method of Choosing the
Nations Chiefs Results Forwarded
ITO Washington Popular Vote and

William Mckinley and Theodore
Roosevelt We're elected President and
Vice-P President of the United States at
noon Tuesday. The electoral college met
at that time. 1t cast AT votes. OF
these 292 We're given to Mckinley and
Roosevelt and 15o TO Bryan ana Steven
SON.
The electoral college does not meet in
a body. Its membership consists of the
electors chosen in each Of the forty-hve
States of the Union last November The
electors of each State journey 70 their
respective State capitals. They meet
with the Governor OF the State and 9TH
er dignitaries. At noon each member
casts a ballot for the presidential and
ce-presidential candidates he was chos-
en- to elect. The ballots are then counted.
When this ceremony is completed three
statements are drawn up. Each state
ment is duplicate of the others. These
statements certify that the votes Of the
electors have been cast according GO law
and the Will of the people. They also
state the n1nber of votes given each
candidate.
The statements are sealed in envelopes.
One is sent by mail 10 the Secretary Of
State ut Washington. Another is placed
in the hands of a special messenger, who
is directed to proceed by the shortest and
most expeditions route TO Washington
and deliver it to the President of the
United States Senate. The third is place
ed in the hands Of the judge Of the dis
trict in which the electors convene. In
this way loss of the statement or failure
of it to reach Washington according to
law is avoided.
The House Tuesday passed Dill APP
propriating $4,000 to deflay mileage Of
electoral messengers bearing to Washing
ton the verdict of the people in the last
presidential election.
At noon Feb. 49, the president of the
Senate wiz summon the doorkecper Of
that body, and opening the safe will de-
liver to him the forty-fve sealed enyel-
opes. The doorkeeper viii place them in
two new cherry-wood boxes, and carry
them into the Senate chamber. The
members of the Senate viii form them
selves into a procession and march under
police escort to the House of Representa-
tives. There the House officially will re-
eeive the Senate, and the business of
counting the Official returns will begin.
When the result is known the president
of the Senate VIII announce TO the as
sembled Congress- William Mckinley
mas been duly elected President of these
United States, and Theodore Roosevelt
Vice-P President, for four years beginning
March 4, 1901"
Then, and not until then, is the full
ceremony of presidential election an
accomplished fact,
The electoral vote as cast by the cleo
tors of the various States Tuesday is as
follows:
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-01-15
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Not Too Many Women.

The census recently completed shows
that the feminine population is increas-
ing at rapid rate in the large cities
and it is predicted that this country
will presently be confronted by prob
lem that has worried foreign statisti-
clans for some time the preponderance
of women. 1t is admitted that the wom-
en- here have the advantage over their
foreign sisters in that many fields OF
work are opened to them and they can
also hold and dispose Of property to an
extent unknown on the other side. so
that the American woman Is in great
measure economically independent o.
man, and thus does she escape some OK
the serious consequences that atfiict the
foreign woman. 1t seems a pity that
anyone at this late day should fall to
worrying about the supertiuous woman
myth. 1t is such an old, old story, and
one that has times without number
proven to be needlessly disturbing As
TO the DOGGY Of so many women, did 1t
ever occur to the alannist to attempt TO
figure how many Of these feminine over
plus were widows who persist in out
living their husbands ten, twenty or
even thirty years and spinsters of UNI
certain age? Statistics published about
ten years ago showed that In London,
where the woman population is greatly
in excess of the male, between the ages
Of Is aud Al the men were in excess
The trouble appears to be mainly with
the women of 30 and over, who are
much more persistent about holding on
to life than are their contemporaries
among men
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-01-15


Tennessee has granted a charter for
colored university.
John Snyder. Chicago. fatally shot his
wife, then committed suicide.
w. II. DUR, formerly theatrical man
ager, killed himself at Chicago.
If protective legislation can be secured,
Dr. Webb of New York viii turn herd
of moose loose in the AdTondacks.
Wind Cave. at Rapid City, S. D., is to
be examined by the government. with a
view to making it national reservation.
Lawrence Bryant, years old, was kill
ed by his l0-year-old brother while play
ing with loaded gun at lie Roy, y. Y.
Frank Mitchell, negro living at Ak.
ron, Ohio, claims to be 10S years old,
and says he we'll remembers seeing
George Washington.
The brutal Spanish hull fights are as
popular as ever in that land The aver
age number of horses killed in Spain ev-
cry year exceeds 5.000. while from 600
to 200 buils are sacrificed.
II Foster Howard Of Milford. Mass.
recently was typical hobo. He had
plenty Of property and might have lived
at his ease, bat he preferred the life Of
4 tramp. aud spent III his days wander
ing and begging
John FiSke says that the English
namesake Of Hartford, Conn., is spelled
HEREFORD. but pronounced the same as
Hartford-just as in England Berkeley
is Barley and clerk clark
Texas had an economical spasm in
1894 and abolished tae Office Of State
geologist Since that time it has been
plugging along without any such office.
Now there is ciamor toshaYe the Office re-
stored.
An elk preserve has betn established al
Jaekson'S Hoe. Wye. by II. " Gilt
ner. who fears that elk Win share the
fate OF the buffalo. He now has herd
of nineteen. having started four years
ago with haif dozen.
Joshua Harrison. who was a sailor Oh
the Texas in the Santiago battle. was
sent 70 New York State prison for 5f,
teen years for killing. Clark Johnston in
: saloon hrAwl.
Nashville by vote oF 5.T17 to 934.
has decided so subscribe S1.Ue0,o sss Tor
stock ia the Nashville. Elarence and
No-shern Raiiway Company. 10 pass
fhr3aga Nashville. Is terminal being
Lsi.ca6es1 Ky, ass3 Elcrenec. Ak
John " Gates has heeene interested
III ,he Denver ard Rs9 tssans1e sray,
all VII assist taet raaa II tsias m
exfea<ian ESsn arana ism an. ta.o.. ta
rap sae rs4. fes LAsrx zI Ssn
Hese csul.iss, Ssaa.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-01-15

The last official act of Charles $.
Thomas, who retired as Governor of Col
erzido, was to grant Il parole to Alfred
Packer. The release Of the famous pris-
oner was the result Of efforts urged in
bis behalf Tor two years. Packer has
been ia prison over seventeen years. He
Was sentenced to 40-year term in 1888
a special writer. who conducted the cam
paign in favor of the prisoners release,
took the executive order granting Packer
his liberty TO the penitentiary. The at
tempted assassination of II. H. Tammen
and f. &. Boniils of the Denver Post by
w. w. Anderson, a lawyer, about year
ago, resulted from the agitation of Pack
er's case. Packers alleged crime was
the murder Of party of five prospectors
IN the wiids Of Colorado. lie admitted
that he killed one Of the men, who. he
said, was insane and had assaulted him
after numbering the other four with a
hatehet. Packer was 100 miles from
civilization at the time md was compell-
e1, he said, to cat the flesh of the MUIR
ilered man to keep himself from starry
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-01-15
SEVEN MEN DIE IN DENSE SMOKE
Lodging House Fire in Minneapolis
Cau-es Death of lnrnn4es

Lodging House Fire in Minneapolis
Causes Death of inmates.
Eight men died from suffocation in a
tire which broke out in the Harvard Iodg
ing house in Minneapolis. Several are in
critical condition ffom burns and in
Juries received in panic which ensued
upon the discovery Of the blaze.
The fire had its origin in the rear Of
the Standard furniture store on the
ground floor and at first it appeared TO
be Insignificant. The alarm was sound
ed by Charles Hanson, lodger, who
on going to his room was confronted by
a dense volume of smoke. He was on the
second floor and he imediately gave the
warning to George O'Connop, the day
clerk. O'Connor recognizing the danger,
proceeded TO kick in the doors on the sec
0nd floor, which is the main floor Of the
hotel. He continued up TO the third f q
and managed TO arouse several of lne
men. but was finally beaten back by the
heavy rush of smoke and had TO run out
TO avoid suffoeation.
The flames appeared in the rear ana did
not burst forth at the front, though The
smoke poured from the windows in vol
umes. As soon as the fremen arrived IT
was recognized that the heliding was a
veritabie trap. Ladders were run up at
the front and the fremen rushed up
Before any of them could make their
way into the building the dodgers were
breaking the windows and holding their
heads out in Il vain attempt 10 secure
fresh air. Pitiful cries for help were
made By many. This scene did not last
long, for the battle Of the men for life
was in vain. The smoke rushed out on
them and they succumbed and fell back
unconscious. All of the dead and uncon-
scious men were found in the front rooms
of the second and third floors.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-01-15
Will IGNORE EMPRESS.
Chinese PIe~;potentiaries Will Not
Heed Latest Elicit.

Chinese P1enS potentiaries Will Not
Heed Latest Eiict.
Prince Ching and Li-Hung-C Chang have
been presented with the identical agree
ments of the powers arranging the pre-
liminary peace terms, and have both de-
ciared their intention of signing them
even if it costs them their heads.
They received a decree peremptorily di-
recting them not to sign the preliminary
note unless the demands for the razing
of the Taku forts the establishment Of
permanent foreign military posts be-
tween Pckin and the sea, and of lega-
ton guards at Pes,in, and for the prohibit
ton of arms in China are stricken out
After q conference, ut which they went
over the whole situation. they determin-
ed in spite Of the order OF the Dovager
Empress, to sign the note. Disobedience
of a decree Of this nature is always pun
ishable by death.
Prince Ching and Li-FImg-C Chang tel
egraphed to he Dowager Empress re-
peating their arguments in favor Of
signing the note, and pointing ont the inn
possibility Of China making any resist
ance to the demands. They added that
they had received the first edict direct
ing the acceptance Of the terms. and or
lering them to sign the note. They had
communicated this to the powers, which
in itself constituted an acceptance which
it was now impossible to revoke.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-01-15
k&ss of Minor Note.

Many diamond robberies at san Fran
cisco.
More Dovie laeemakers have arrived
at Boston.
A miser Of Leeds England. left more
tkan S5.000000 to charity.
The first public library was establish
ed in New York in the year 1900.
The River Jordan has is origin in one
OF the largest springs in the world.
Maud Thompson. st. Louis. committed
suicide. Poison. Her fifth attempt.
W. s. Clark Of Montana has invested
$4,000 IN Mexican gold and silver
mines.
Holland has nine miles Of canal for ev-
cry 100 square miles Of surface, 200
miles IN al.
Fissrida people are preparing 70 90 more
and more into the snail ssait and orange
business
Gov. Roosevelt has presented the AZ
riean MctA0aists VITA parsonage at
Oyster Bay. New York.
Natives IL Alabama are ealkd Fix
ards. fran The abundance 81 these efea-
tures aioa.. tie streams.
InIsa9 lie mineral prodl.ct 81 TIE Init
css States aFlaantea & S5i.sss@,hs'1 and
ii $50 Is <.i7sissl9oal
Prosecutor Peas, S,ehyvsle Ay.
chaire turkey buyers II As inIy VIII
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