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Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-07-08
DUG DOWN TO FORT AMSTERDAM.


Down Three Centuries.
The excavations made for the foun-
dations of the new custom house ut
Bowling Green have laid bare traces of
masonry which competent historians
believe are parts of the old Fort Am
sterdam, erected soon after the Dutch
bought the island of Manhattan from
the Indians in 1926. The laborers found
masonry Is feet below the lowest foun-
dations of the buildings which had oc-
cupied tho south side of Bowling
Green for the last century. They were
under the Whitehall street roadway
and about 80 feet south of the
building line on Bowling Green, where
the steamship offices used to be-
In the process of removing the or
binary earth and sand which there un-
derby The street, strong wall was dis
covered. 1t was built of rock and
bricks and the joints were of mortar
made by compounding burned clam
Shells with sand. Bits of shell were
found all through the mortar. The
bricks had been so much discolored in
the centuries that it was hard to tell
what had been their color when they
came from the kilns. The shape, how
eer, was that of the Holland baked
brick, of which many of the early
buildings of New Amsterdam were
made.
But it was not without corroboration
that the conclusion was reached that
the wall was part of the Dutch
sronghold. In the centre of the square
on which the new custom house is to
stand was found rounded piece OF
stone which was recognized as un-
doubtedly a part Of the buttresses of
the ancient fort 1t was at the same
depth below the present street level as
the wall. The relative position of the
two has convinced antiquarians that
the two were part ofthe same structure.
The old fort stood, or at least parts
of it stood, until 1890, when the last
traces above ground were cleared
away to make room for the buildings.
which have but recently given way to
the new custom house.
The New York Historical society has
obtained one Of the bricks. Another
has been presented to the Holland So
ciety by Cass Gilbert, the architect of
the new Custom house.-New York
Sun.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-07-08
COMPENS NSATION.

Who idly stands and shakes his head
And sighs and murmurs: "No!
Ere reaping time l shall be dead,
Why bother, then, to sow?''-
For him no shaft shall ever rise
To claim the pilgrims gaze,
No love shall center where he lies,
No honor crown his days!
Who plants has hope, and though he
may
Not see the fruitful fall,
He has foreseen glorious day,
And triumphs, after all
S. e. Kiser.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-07-08

Who fails to sow for fear that he
Shall not be here to reap
Must lie in bleak obscurity
Through all his final sleep.
The bard who sang, long, long ago,
When no one lent an ear,
Sang on for love of singing. though
They scoffed who chanced to hear.
Today men seek his grave and bow
Beside his monument
We laud the noble poet now
Who couldn't pay his rent.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-07-08
Work Among Mountain whites.

Miss Goodrich. a teacher in a south
ern mountain school. is encouraging
the women in her vicinity to cultivate
madder and indigo. and to use the
color from them for their weavings
in place of manufactured dye. Some
of the coverlets woven there and sent
to New York City recently were dyed
from those products, and others were
colosed with the bark and leaves Of
trees.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-07-08
"rrom Her Six children"

An interesting incident at Windsor
occurred at st. Georges chapel at the
time of the queens funeral. At the
conclusion of the service royal SER
want appeared, who made rapid
search among the floral tributes un-
til he found a small and simple cir
Gle of green laurel leaves, which he
promptly returned to the sacred
building. Few people knew afterward
and virtually none at the time that
this simple tribute IN such marked
contrast to the often over-elaborate
devices, sent with better motive per-
haps than taste. was the most inter-
esting of all. and that the plain card
attached to it bore the brief but i'm
pressive inscription. From her six
children. n.'-Chicago Times-Herald.
Berlin has IA schools In which girls
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-07-08

1t is a singular thing that a surplus
in the national treasury causes almost
as much anxiety as that unfamiliar
condition, deficit, would. Whatever
money accumuliates either in the
treasury or in private hands is with
drawn from general use and tends to
disturb business conditions. More
over idle money, with nations as with
individuals, is always a temptation to
extravaganza. Still very few of us
are so afraid of getting little money
ahead.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-07-08

One of the latest inventions is an
| imitation vaccination scar that you
can paste on your arm and thus fool
the health officer. The scar costs a
dime.
The largest Bible in the world is
said to be one in the possession of a
German lady. 1t is two feet six inches
long and 20 inches wide. 1t is over
200 years old.
Saturday is considered an unlucky
day for the British royal family. Will
liam Ill. Queen Anne. George l.,
George H.. George Ill. George w., the
Duchess of Kent. the Prince Consort
and Princess Alice died on Saturdays.
Three hundred persons in London
earn liying-and several of them are
growing rich-by providing meals for
the cats of the metropolis, which they
deliver regularly once. twice and
thrice day. as may suit the owners
of the feline pets.
Mrs. James Little. who lives near
Atchison, Kan, who was herself a
twin, and whose husband was q twin
and the son of a twin. has given birth
to her second pair OF twins, the first
pair being about IS months old when
the second pair made it's appearance.
At Naundorf in the Hunsruck near
the Rhine Roman temple has been
found enclosed in a walled enclosure
measuring 220 by 200 feet The tenn
pie stands in the middle and is GO by
so. 1t contains more terra Gotta OBJ
jects than have been discovered
hitherto in Germany. They are votive
offerings, about a 100 being whole fig
urines representing goddesses. Small
bronze statuettes of Mars. Jupiter and
Mercury have also been found.
The most durable paper is made by
a guild near Marking, China which
supplies the government of that en-
pire the leaves of its official docu-
ments. Some of these are over a
1000 years old, Fireproof paper made
of asbestos is another kind of greater
| durability. The drawback to them,
/ however, for printing purposes, is that
| although they will pass through fire
unscathed, they come out snow white,
without a trace of the printed letters
Or writing that was on them.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-07-08
Andrew Carnegie will easily be first
In the libraries of his countrymen.

Frederick Harrison, the English
writer, pays this very handsome COM
pliment to America. He declares that
he was much impressed by the observ-
ance of Washingtons birthday in this
country, and said that Washington
was the only patriot who perfectly
reached his ideal. He is also i'm
pressed with the liberality CT Ameri-
can rich men, and says that such un-
precedented philanthropy as had been
witnessed here was impossible in Eng
land, where every rich man is made a
county and establish a family"
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-07-08

The recent purchase of the Isle Of
Man by the British government has put
an end to a curious coronation GUS
tom. When the little island was
granted by Henry ". to Sir John Stan
ley and his heirs in 1406, the condi-
ton was imposed upon the grantee of
presenting two falcons to the king of
England at the time of his coronation.
George w. was, however, the last
king to receive the gift, the Duke Of
Athole presenting the birds.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-07-08

Entered at the Postoflice at Freeland. Pas
Is Second Glass Matter.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-07-08
SUBSCRIPTION RATES

FREELAND.-rhe TRIBUNE is delivered by
carriers to subscribers in Freeland at the rate
of l2l1 cents per month, payable every two
months, or Sl5Oa year, payable in advance.
The TRIBUNE may be ordered direct form thu
carriers or from the office. Complaints OF
irregular or tardy delivery service will re.
ceive prompt attention.
BY MAIL-The TRIBUNE is sent to out-of.
town subscribers for Sl,5o year, payable in
advance; pro rata terms for shorter periods
The date when the subscription expires is on
the address label of each paper. Prompt re-
newals must be made at the expiration, other
wise the subscription will be discontinued.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-07-08

The largest Bible in the world is
said to be one in the possession of a
German lady. 1t is two feet six inches
long and 20 inches wide. 1t is over
200 years old.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-07-08
QUAINT AND CURIOUS.

One of the latest inventions is an
imitation vaccination scar that you
can paste on your arm and thus fool
the health officer. The scar costs a
dime.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-07-08

Saturday is considered an unlucky
day for the British royal family. Viii
liam I'LL. Queen Anne. George l.
George H.. George H., George w., the
Duchess of Kent. the Prince Consort
and Princess Alice died on Saturdays
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-07-08

The inventive genius of the Amer
lean people will be illustrated in many
ways at Buffalo, observes the Balti-
more SUM-. The Worlds fair at Chi
cago was an admirable portrayal OF
the abilities of Americans in the me-
chanical arts. The years that have
elapsed since then will be especially
noticeable in the part electricity will
play in the Pan-American exposition.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-07-08

According to Harper's Weekly Rus
sia holds the peace of the world in her
keeping, and peace or war is simply
a question of psychology. There is no
great policy involved, no great lust Of
conquest, no wrongs to be avenged.
Peace or war-simply the mental atti-
tude of group of ministers. Peace
and a throne may be overturned. War
and an empire may be destToyed-or
saved. Which shall it be?
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-07-08

Berlin has IA schools In which girls
of IS and Ii are taught to cook
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-12-01
Railway Notes.

The San Pedro annual meeting has
not yet broken itself of the postpone
ment habit
Traffic Manager T. NJ. Schumacher Of
the Oregon Short Line has returned
from the north.
Travelling Passenger Agent Ernest
Drake of the Rock Island has returned
from a trip to Kansas City and Chi
cagO. He was accompanied by Mrs.
Drake.
To Anxious Inquirer-NO, the correct
name of the general passenger agent
of the Short Line is not Thunder
Mountain" BUrley. That is only his
sobriquet.
General Manager J. NJ. Herbert of the
Denver & Rio Grande denies the report
current in Pennsylvania that the
Switchmen's Union of North America
has reached an agreement with the
Denver & Rio Grande road.
Assistant Chief Engineer H. NJ. Nc
CARNEY of the San Pedro returned yes
teTday from the Meadow Valley wash
He found the survey progressing at a
fair rate, without serious differences Of
opinion between the San Pedro and
Short Line forces.
The Denver & Rio Grande employees
are again having trouble with the road
over the management of the Salida
hospital. A committee Of the employees
has issued a statement declaring that
the wishes of the men are not respected
in the management of the institution,
although they furnish 80 per cent Of the
funds for maintenance
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-12-01
IGNORE HEALTH LAWS.
State Board of Health Threatens
to Prosecute County
officials.

There is going to be a shaking up
among county and municipal officials
and health boards throughout Utah in
The near future as a consequence of an
opinion given by Attorney General NJ A
Breeder yesterday. In seveTal counties
the county commissioners have never
complied with the provision of the stat
utes authorizing and instructing them to
organize a health department The same
is true of several towns. In addition
some Of the health departments in exist
ence have failed TO comply with the reg
ulauOns of the state board of health and
nave refused TO furnish reports of local
conditions.
Now all this is going to be changed. or
prosecutions viii follow. Replying to a
request for information presented by DR..
Beatty secretary of the state board of
health, the attorney general holds that
the state board has the right to make
rules and regulations necessary for The
preservation of public health. that il is
the duty OF county and town boards 10
ItIhlsh reports 10 the state board as TO
local sanitary conditions and that non
compliance with the lawful requirements
or the state board Willful or otherwise
makes the offenders liable to prosecution
Tor miSdemeanOr
The negligence and refusal of certain
OIIlclals IN the past to do their duty I'm
me premises has embarrassed the state
BOARD said Dr. Beatty last night 'eThez
nave received warning, and leniencv has
been shown in order to give them a
cnance- The state board has now taken
auElce with view of taking steps to
enforce the requirements essential To
pubic health. ] think four counties have
neglected to furnish health officers. THE
members of the county board are liable
70 prosecution. The same is true of
nealth officials Of other communities I'm
the state who have refused To ftlruisI1
reports Of local sanitary conditions. and
especially reports in relation to contag
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-12-01
DASHED DOWN CANYON
Exciting Runaway Trip of Four
Loaded Freight Cars on Par
ley'S Canyon Branch.

Breaking away from the train 70
which they were attached. four cars
loaded with rock started madly down
the Rio GIande Westerns Park City
branch yesterday. They broke away
from a train which was switching near
the waterworks about 4.3O o'clock in
the afternoon, only a short time before
the regular passenger train was due
at that point.
The heavy cars soon got up high
speed on the steep grade. Efforts
made by the train crew to catch them
were futile. They quickly slipped
away. Past the penitentiary they tore
along at a terrific pace. Several teams
crossing the tracks had narrow es-
capes.
A work engine above the runaways
put on speed and took up the chase
after them. AS the cars reached the
easier grade in the valley their pace
began to slacken, and the engine
caught up with them. 1t bumped into
the rear car twice, but the automatic
coupler failed to work. and the cars
sped meTrily on.
They jerked around curves and
dashed across highways until they
reached the main line.
The situation was on the verge oE
becoming critical with these wild cars
running regardless of the regular traf-
fic. The crew of a work train on the
main line heard Of the situation and
came in just ahead of the runaways.
The engineer. gauging his speed nice
l., held back the tramps until their
mad career had been ended. Nobody
was hurt.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-12-01

half of D. Z. Burley of the passenger
department ". S. Spencer has ar
ranged special recital in their honor
today at the tabernacle. and later the
visitors viii be presented to President
Smith. All the points Of interest about
the city viii be visited and an effort
made to learn everything possible
about Salt Lake.
This handful Of men handles all the
western business of the Vanderbilt
lines said Mr.. Jerome. with the
exception Of myself none has visited
the western country before, and it was
deemed advisable to make them per-
sOnally acquainted with the country
and general conditions We started
with the travelling passenger agents at
Chicago Nov. s, and were their guests
and the guests of the Santa Fe and
Southern Pacific as far as San Fran
cisco. We visited all the places of in
terest on the coast, studying physical
conditions and cleaning all the infor-
nation possible. For two years the
roads represented have been advertis-
ing Salt Lake City extensively and
turning a great deal of travel this way.
Indications points to still heavier
travel. Our visit is purely commercial
to interest the public in this section
Of the country"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-12-01
GOV. HUNTS REPLY.
In Sympathy With Gov. Van SAINTS
Anti-combine Fight.

Ii . II patty W III Wv Y al 2SlAAb .
Anti-combine Fight.
Boise. Ida. Nov. Ex-Governor Hunt
has replied to Governor Van SAINTS
letter asking Idaho to aid in fighting
the northern railway consolidation.
The governor says.
Il agree with your views as to the
danger of this monstrous combination
viii be to the commercial interests of
all the territory through which these
lines may pass without competition,
but / regret to say, and l think that
sentiment is shared generally by the
people of the state, that Idaho has no
constitutional provision or legislative
statute that can be used to prevent
the consolidation of one or more cor
pOratiOns of this kind
The Importance Of this matter is so
great that I have given it much
thought and investigation and am able
to clearly reply that this state. in the
absence of law, can give no material
aid TO you in prosecuting an illegal
combination under the laws of Mime
sofa.
But I am able to state that this
question viii be the subject of action
by our next legislature, and that you
have the moral support and sympathy
Of the people of this state, who will
pray God to strengthen your hands
and give you courage and perseverance,
IN your great fight in the cause of the
people"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-12-01
ELECTRIC LINE
To IDAHO MINES
Proposed Road for Salmon River
Country.
3tACKBIRD COMPANY'S PLAN
ABUNDANCE OF POWER FROM
THE STREAMS.

An electric road to tap the rich Sal
mon river mining regions is projected
as an alternative in case the Oregon
Short Line does not carry out its plan
of extension to the neighborhood of the
Blackbird district. This railroad pro
Ject IS fathered by John E. Dubois. the
Pennsylvania millionaire, and DR.. p.
A. H. Franklin of Salt Lake, as a part
of their mining operations in Idaho
They prefer TO have the Short Line ex-
tend to the vicinity Of their properties,
but they have been investigating the
possibilities of an electric line and are
convinced that one is feasible.
There is plenty of power in the
streams" said Mr.. Dubois, just before
leaving for short trip to Oregon. For
some distance along the Salmon it is
possible to get 500 horsepower every
mile. There are plenty Of other streams
that can be made to yield great
amounts Of power, and an electric road
would be the cheapest in construction
and operation.
I'VE would not care to go into any
such project at present, but we will 90
ahead with the development Of the
properties of the Blackbird Mining COM
pc ny at Blackbird, and when we have
the tonnage exposed to ship, if the rail-
road viii not come to US, we will go
to the railroad"
The Short Line has surveyed a line
to Challis. and it is understood TO be
the intention of the management to
go that far. at least. Should Thunder
mountain develop as its friends pre-
dict, the railroad would probably be ex-
tended over Morgan pass and down
Panther or Big creek, passing not far
from the Blackbird camp. In case the
Short Line does not build there. it is
believed this route would be followed
by the proposed electric road, as it is
the best way and would
keen close To the Mltar mower.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-12-01
VANDERBILT OFFICIALS.
Party of Distinguished Railway Men
in the CITY.

Party of Distinguished Railway Men
in the City.
Representatives of the Vanderbilt
railroad system from points east Of
Chicago are in Salt Lake City on a
tour Of sight seeing and TO acquire in
formation on which to turn tourist and
other travel this way. The party ar
rived last evening and viii remain un-
til tonight
". B. Jerome Of Chicago. general
western passenger agent. of the New
York Central is in charge. With him
are Milton c. Roach, general eastern
passenger agent of the same railroad,
headquarters in New York; Joseph L.
White. general passenger agent of the
Boston & Albany railroad, with head
quarters at Boston: L. D. Heusener.
general western passenger agent of
the Michigan Central railroad. with
headquarters. in Chicago, and Il. J.
Rhein. general eastern passenger agent
of the Lake Shore & Michigan South
ern railroad, with headquarters at
Buffalo.
The party was met at Pocatello by
Erwin Tears of Denver, western pas
senger agent Of the New York Central.
w W Wood Of Colorado Springs. of
the Chicago. Rock Island & Pacific
road, and J. +. Dunn, superintendent
of motive power Of the Oregon Short
Line, who welcomed the visitors in be-
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-12-01
SALOON FOR DRAPER.
County Commissioners Decide to Is
sue License.

AAASS4OueIS DECIDE TO Is
sue License.
Philips Bros, the proprietOrs of the
new saloon at Draper, were granted
their license yesterday by the county
commissioners. Several residents of the
village had protested against the is
suance Of the license. because. as al
legged. the saloon men had violated the
law by permitting minors to become
patrons OF the resort. Yesterday fur
tner hearing was given the matter
ana on behalf Of the applicants a COM
mUnlcatiOn from A. w. Lindstrom and
SIX others was considered. certifying
JnaL when the saloon was opened ten
DAYS ago sign was hung out reading.
mo minors allowed in here" At
torney A G. Sutherland directed at
tentiOn to the fact that it is not OPTIONAL
with the commissioners to refuse the
license, since the applicants had paid
the required fee and performed all acts
necessary TO entitle them to the license
for three months.
An opinion was received from the
county attorney, holding that in cases
OF property acquired by tax deed is
sued TO individuals such property is
taxable to the COunty's grantee. but
itself the property must continue to
be assessed TO the last preceding owner
Another opinion from the county at
toraey held that while certificates of
tax sale made prior to December Of this
year bear interest at the rate of IL
per cent monthly, the county treasurer
must continue to collect this rate of in
tereSt for the purchaser upon subse-
quent taxes paid by the purchaser to
p. otect his certificate, notwithstanding
that law enacted by the last legisla-
turH cuts the rate of interest on all
tax sales to individuals from this de-
Hnquency TO 1 per cent monthly.
On application of Land and Water
COMMISSIONS Westerfeld, a disclaimer
was ordered issued to the city for its
recently purchased ranch lands in
Mountain Dell fork of Parley's canyon
TO clear the title which was clouded
by sale for delinquent taxes in 1893.
before the government patent to the
land was issued.
The Telluride Power company gave
notice Of its acceptance of the fran
chlse TO construct and maintain an
electrical transmission pole line along
the highways north and south on the
west side of the river
J1e commissioners directed the clerk
TO solicit bids for a hydraulic ram for
lifting water from a flowing well to
supply the county infrmary. accord
ing to specifications prepared by SUI
perintendent Jones.