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The age-herald., 1901-10-08
DON'T TAKE CHANGES

When you have everything to lose and nothing to gain. There is one best ir everything. In whisky 1t Is Green River BOTTLED ALSO IN BOND,
 J. W. MCCULLOUGH, DIsTILLER.
The age-herald., 1901-10-08

MONEY AND TIME SAVED BY USING A GAS STOVE.
The age-herald., 1901-10-08

tcontinued on Eighth Page,
The age-herald., 1901-10-08

The case of Cecil Douglas. pro ami, vs. the Southern Railway Company is on trial in the City Court.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1901-05-04
Cos, of LAUNCHING a BattIeship.

An official Of Cramps shipyard says
that Il costs from $4,000 to $4,000 to
launch a battleship. "'rhe building Of
the ways for the ship to slide down
over IL the main item, and then comes
the greasing." he said. Every inch
Of timber over which the vessel slides
must be covered with n lubricant. Diff
ferent firms use different substances,
but soap and tallOw form the main In
gradients of them all. At the Cramps
we use a layer Of beef tallOw and
layer Of soft soap, and taken altogether
between one and one ana half tons
of the stun Is required to put move
on the average battleship. The tallOw
is spread on first. to the depth of about
three fingers, and the workmen use big
Hat trOwels to make the surface as
smooth as possible. Then they pour
over the soft soap, which Is just thick
enough TO run. or about the consistency
of tar. As a general thing, the double
coating answers the purpose admir-
ably, and the ship Glidcs into the water
as II it. was sailing on air. II 1t sticks,
as has happened In few cases. 1t is
likely to spring some Of the vessels
plates, and accidents Of that kind are
so costly that nothing Is spared to
avert them"
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1901-05-04

Can't Always Tell.

40 you serve Holsters nere?" asked
the new arrival.
"Well," replied the waiter, I'VE as
our instructions to discriminate as
much as possible among them as comes
In to eat"-Philadelphia North Ameri.
can.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1901-05-04
Your Bo,iy Not Your Own.

The supreme Court OF California has
decided In u contest between next to
kin on the one hand ana claimants UNI
der will on the other hand for the
possession OF a corpse, that q man can
not by will dispose OF that which after
his death will be In his corpse. The
custody OF the corpse belongs to the
next Of kin In preference to the al.
minlstrntor. This view Is based on the
fact that the general English and
American legal authorities establish
the rule that, in the absence of
statutory provisions, there Is no prop
"rty In dead body. IL this ruling
Is correct, the sooner statutory pro.
visions are obtained enabling mao
who feels that great benefit to hu.
manity will accrue through increase of
medical knowledge. by the continu-
ancc pOstmOrtcm OF an investigation
into his case, or that new light may he
shed upOn other scientific problems, to
authorize by will such use OF his
corpse, the better.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1901-05-04
HOW COMMON ATMOSPHERIC
CURRENTS ARE PRODUCED.

The atmosphere surrounding the
earth has tendency to assume a state
of rest or equilibrium, aud winds are
simply movements OF the atmosphere
by disturbance Of this equilibrium by
reason Of the unequal heating In the
various portions of the earth.
When any stratum Of air. whether
near the earth or ut a high altitude.
becomes uneQually heated, the warm
air expanding becomes lighter and
rises, forming an ascending current;
while the colder air PUSHES In ana takes
the place occupied by the heated pOr-
ton. Winds are the horizontal cur
rents moving towards those heated re-
gions. This principle may be eXempli.
ned by noting how the warm, light air
ascending through the pipe OF a heated
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1901-05-04

Why isn't homely actress a case OF
stage fright?
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1901-05-04

trying experiments with an innovation
of this class. In this new vehicle
there Is no chain for connecting the
sprocket wheels, but the power Is
transmitted to the driving wheel by
means of train of gears contained In
the casing surrounding the crank axle.
The steering Is accomplished by means
Of rack and plniOn attached to the
handle bar and steering post respective.
~. turn of the handle bar a short dis
lance In either direction rotating the
post and pulling the steering wheel
around by actuatine the two rods
which lead from the post TO the steer
ing head. The handle bar also serves
as q rest for the back. and in case Of
an accident the rider would he thrown
clear Of the wheel. rs there Is nothing
to obstruct his legs or body. The ma
chine Is also made In tricycle. form.
with short shaft supporting two small
wheels at the rear Of the steering and
driving wheel,
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1901-05-04

". Il A III.
doubted his faith in the Bible and In
his dictum that 1.-The sun do move"
He was nearly ninety years old, and
leaves q widow. who was his third
wife.
The Rev. John Jacob Jasper was
known the world over by his declnra-
ton that 1.-THE sun do move" This
one sentence he has perslstently used
In his sermons for fifteen years. For
slxty.two years he had preached from
the pulpit. He was slave when he
first propounded the gospel. In the
sermon which made him famous he de-
clared: "The earth II square and I'M.
movable. The sun rises In the east
and moves toward the west. and there
sets. The world IL hat. Is anybody
going to say TINT the sun was standing
still before JOsher told II to stand still?
DO you thing JOsher would have asked
the privilege to stop the sun II she had
not been moving? This morning when
the sun rose Il was over there" he
said, pointing to the East How could
the sun get from that side of the house
over to this pointing toward the Vest.
unless 1t moved? The man who says
the sun does not move. does not read
the Bible" The Rev. Jasper was born
In Fluvanna County, Va, July 4.
1912. He was six feet two inches tall.
and was remarkably well built. All
his knowledge was self.acquired. He
lectured throughout the country. and
once he received IN urgent request
from Henry Ward Beecher to lecture
In Plymouth Church. and nj other times
received pressing invitations to preach
In the large churches Of Europe.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1901-05-04
NOVELTY BICYCLE.
Here's Machine 20, the Very DiRni
fed RiiIcrs.

Here's a Machine 20, the Very Dinni.
fed Riders.
40 many bicycle riders maintain the
undignified position of "scorchers'
when riding for pleasure that it has Oc-
Cured to John c. Heir. of Brooklyn,
y. Y, to design a bicycle which will
not permit cycler to attain any other
than an erect posture. Perhaps those
riders who care more for grace and dig
nifty than for speed may be induced to
try this new machine. but 1t Is safe to
say that the ordinary wheelman will
prefer the regular makes instead of
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1901-05-04
Timber Mines.

4 curious source of wealth is reported
by the French consul at Menssze. IN
upper Tonkin. 1t lies In the wood
mines. The wood originally was q fine
forest, which the earth swallowed in
some cataclysm. Some of the trees are
n yard In diameter. They lie in Il slant
ing direction and In sandy soils, which
cover them to depth of about eight
yards. The wood furnished by these
timber mines Is imperishable. and the
Chinese gladly buy 1t for collins.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1901-05-04
First Fire Company Well Named

The Phoenix was the name of the
first fire company In England and 1t
was established In 1852. At that time,
In the towns, squirts or syringes We're
used for extlnguishing fire and their
length did not exceed two or three feet,
with pipes of leather. Watertight.
seamless hose was first made In Beth.
nal Green In 1870.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1901-05-04

nous sermon on
the planets has
been heard by
thousands Of per.
sons. died ut his
humble h o m Q
there recently.
He posse $ sed
much native dig
nifty and no one
wlio knew him
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1901-05-04
HIS SUN HAS SET.

The Rev. John J. jasper Of "suu DO
Move" Fame IL No More.
The Rev. John Jasper, the negro pas.
tor Of the Sixth Mt. Zion Baptist
Church. Of Richmond, Va. whose ia.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1901-12-18
FIFTY CARS THROWN INTO RIVER
KILLED IN A WRECK
Pennsylvania Freight Trains Collide
at Curve-Men Escape Proba-
BILE Death by Jumping.

Pennsylvania freight train No. 80.
south bound on the Olean division. col
liGed with extra freight No. 30 north
bound Wednesday at Walnut Bend,
eight miles north of Oil CITY, Pa,
throwing 80 cars into the river. Two
trainmen were injured and one man,
Head Brakeman McCaddon, supposed
TO have been thrown into the Allie
gheny river and drowned Is missing.
TIE injured are Fireman Van Brunt,
of No. 20. collar bone broken. Thomas
Martin, engineer. No. 29, thrown into
river. A wreck crew from Oil City
was hurried. with surgeons to the
scene The officials placed large
fJice Of men at work and expected to
have the tracks clear in few hours.
The crew of No. SO saw the lights of
No. 30 flash around the bend and saved
themselves by jumping. The road
bed at this point was very narrow.
skirting along the river bank, and
when the trains came together with a
crash the cars piled up and toppled
over into the water. Both engines
were demolished
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1901-12-18
CONTRACT FOR WESTINGHOUSE.
Yerkcs' London Underground Rail-
ways VIII Be Equipped Under
American Plans.

The Yerkes syndicate, which Sc.
cured control of the London Under
ground railways. and which has since
been preparing to change the motive
power of those lines from steam to
electricity. has finally decided to
award the great contract, amounting
to many millions of dollars. to the
British Westinghouse Company. The
contract will take some time to com
plete. as 1t is one of the largest ever
awarded In Europe and will be filled
by the new Westinghouse works now
nearing completion In Manchester,
England Bids had been made for the
work by English, Frencn and Holland
concerns. The electric generators
which the London roads will use will
be as large as the ones built for the
Manhattan. N. V, lines, having a
power capacity of 5000 horse power.
This Is 1,600-horse power greater than
the original generators built by that
company for the Niagara Falls Power
Company. The London plant will
have minimum capacity of 10000
horse power. and will be capable of
developing 100000 horse power under
stress. This is considered sufficient
to operate all the trains on the under
ground railways in London. The
work of undermining the old subway
traffic of London is to be started Jan
uary |. The contract is to be COM
| pleted In two years.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1901-12-18
EIGHTY HOUSES BURNED.
Salem, West Virginia, Practically De
stroyed--Loss over $3oo,ooo.

Fire broke out Saturday night in Sa.
lem. a prosperous oil town in West
Virginia. and caused loss of $4,000
and destroyed the business district OF
the city. Before the fire department
could get to work it was seen that the
business center of the town would
have to go. SiXty-five business
houses and Is residences were burned
No loss Of life is reported. At least
$50 people were left homeless. Grafton
and Parkersburg were appealed to for
help. Tracks were cleared and the
engine ready to go when the report
was sent that the fire was under con.
troll. Telegraph wires and all tele.
phone lines were destroyed. Trains
were sent over the Ohio river and the
short line railroads. At daylight Sun.
day "speak-easy" was erected in the
burned district and by noon many
were intoxicated and fights were FIRE.
quent. The authorities were unable
to keep order until late in the even.
ing. Many robberies occurred. The
owner OF the lot on which the speak.
easy" was put up ordered the men OFF
and on their refusal smashed the
structure.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1901-12-18
WIDESPREAD Damage BY FLOODS
WaSHOUTS AND LANDSliDES
Lives Lost Owing to Ncakene5
Bridges Collapsc--Ovsr One Hun
dred Mine Mulso Drowned.

A etoriu which for severity ana do
structlveu ss has not been oqua'Sd
for % years visited eastern and cen
trail Pennsylvania Saturday night
causing almost unprecedented damags
and Juniata rivers rose as hiEA as 10
four human lives. The havoc In the
coal regions was enormous, and the
loss to railroad ana mining companies
will amount to millions OF dollars
The Schuylkill, Lehigh, Susquehanna
and Juniata rivers rose as high as -
feet above their levels, and all OF their
tributaries overflowed. inundating the
surrounding country in more than q
dozen counties. lnnumerable wash
outs occurred on the Pennsylvania,
Reading. Northern Central. Lehish
Valley New Jersey Central and Lack
awanna Railroads. Bridges were car
ried away and traffic was at n stand
still The delegates to the conven
tion of the American Federation OF
Labor were stormbound at Scranton,
Saturday. with no idea when they
would be able to leave. The force OF
the water weakened the supports OF
a bridge spanning a creek near Will
Transport. and as a result a freight
train was wrecked and three men
killed. At Oneida. near Hazleton. a
miner was swept from bridge and
drowned. In the Schuylkill Valley
4S mines were flooded and in the Le'
high and Lackawanna regions the de-
struction was equally great. Hun
dreds of mules were drowned in the
collieries. and 1t will be weeks before
many of the mines can resume opera.
tions. In some sections the water
reached the second stories of dwell
ings. and the town of Westmore, near
Wilkesbarre was submerged. Many
of the residents left their homes In
boats. Similar conditions existed
along the Juniata river, farmers being
compelled by the steadily-rising water
to abandon their homes. The flood
was rendered more disastrous by the
melting OF the snow on the mountain
sides. The storm broke with great
severity Saturday afternoon after the
rain had been falling necessarily for
several days. Forty-eight collieries
of the Philadelphia and Reading Coal
and Iron Company and other corpora
tions at Pottsville. Pa, flooded and
will be idle for at least week. In
the Bast colliery at Ashland 80 mules
were drowned. A freight train on the
Philadelphia and Erie division of the
Pennsylvania Railroad went through
the bridge spanning Lycoming Creek
between Williamsport and Newberry
Three lives were lost. Washouts oc.
CURED at Nosburg tunnel on the lie.
high Valley, where debris was washed
down from the mountain, filling the
openings of the tunnel at Avoca.
where bridge was washed away, and
at many points on the cutoff noun
tain road to Fairview. A train was
lost in the mountains for 20 hours.
Every railroad entering Wilkesbarre
reported extensive damage from storm
all along their lines in Northeastern
Pennsylvania.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1901-12-18
DEWEY ALONE STANDS BY SCHLEY |
COURTS ADVERSE VERDICT
Legitimate Business Is Unaffected by
Vargsries Of Speculation
for the Week.

The report of the Schley Court Of
Inquiry was promulgated by Secretly
Long Friday. There are two reports.
Admirals Benham and Ramsey con
cur in the first. which Is signed by
Admiral Dewey also as a matter of
form. Admiral Dewey makes sepa.
rate report although he agrees with
the findings of facts subscribed to by
the others. The majority report con
dems Admiral Schley on eleven points.
while Admiral Dewey sustains him
in most particulars. The majority
opinions finds in brief that Admiral
Schley should have proceeded with
the utmost dispatch to Cienfuegos
and maintained close blockade; that
he should have endeavored to obtain
information of the Spanish squadron
there; that he should have obeyed
the departments orders; that he
should have endeavored TO capture
the Spanish vessels in Santiago; that
he did not do his utmost to destroy
the Colon: that he caused the squad
ron to lose distance In the loop of
the Brooklyn; that he thereby caused
the Texas to back; that he did injus
tice to Hodgson that his conduct in
the campaign was characterized by
vacillation, dilatoriness, lack of en-
terprise; that his official reorts on the
coal supply were misleading and in.
accurate; that he should not have
made the retrograde movement; that
his conduct during the battle was self
possessed. and that he encouraged in
his own person his subordinate Of
flcers and men. The report closes
with a recommendation that the Navy
Department shall take no further pro.
ceedlngs. Admiral Dewey In his
report says that the passage to Glen.
fuegos was made with all dispatch; !;
that in view of his coal supply the
blockade of Clenfuegos was effective;
that he allowed the Adula to enter
Cienfuegos to get information; that
his passage to Santiago was with as
much dispatch as possible, keeping
the squadron together; that the block.
ade of Santiago was effective, and,
| finally, that he was the senior officer
off Santiago. in absolute command.
| and entitled to the credit due for the
| glorious victory which resulted in tho
total destruction of the Spanish ships.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1901-12-18
SHOCK LIKE EARTHQUAKE.
Sharon company's Pig Mill Wrecked
and Hundreds Of Houses DAM
agsd-Nine Workmen injured

An explosion that shook the earth
for miles around. shattered windows
in hundreds of houses at South Sharon.
moved adjacent buildings from their
foundations and caused the injury of
nine men. two perhaps fatally, oc.
Cured at the Sharon Steel Company's
plant shortly after noon Tuesday. The
injured were Michael Howard,
burned about head. one arm broken;
Michael Barquorich. burned about
head; Edward Altman, head. face and
body burned; will probably die; Cas-
slus Truxall. compound fracture of the
left arm; these four were taken to
the hospital. the others were taken
to their homes. The explosion oc.
Cured In the casting department of
the pig mill" The metal was being
poured from the ladle into the cast.
ing machine, when 1t came In contact
with some water. which caused ter.
rible blast. The casting house, which
stood some distance from the blast
furnace stack from which the metal
had been drawn off into the ladle, was
completely wrecked. Large strips of
heavy corrugated iron beams and other
material were hurled hundreds of
yards by the explosion. Nine or 10
men were working in this isolated
mill at the time. engaged in pouring
the metal. The casting machine and
conveyor were damaged almost beyond
repair. A part of the conveyor was
blown several hundred feet. while not
a vistage of the iron roof of the mill
remains. Windows in the Office Of
the steel company in Broadway sew
eral hundred yards away, were broken,
and in Sharon and South Sharon the
shock resembled an earthquake. Some
of the clerks in the steel companys
Offices were hurled from their chairs,
and electric light bulbs were smashed
to atoms. The steel company tele.
phoned for all the physicians within
reach. both in Sharon and South
Sharon, and prompt attention was
given the injured. Following the ex-
plosion there was an immediate scene
OF terror and painful suspense outside
the mill. The report was circulated
that three men were killed, and weep.
ing women thronged the yards out.
side the big mill gates for tidings OF
their loved ones. The damage to the
mill and casting machine will be sev.
eral thousand dollars and will cause
serious delay at the blast furnaces.
which went into operation only last
Saturday, after several weeks shut.
down.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1901-12-18
CABLE FLASHES.

A death from bubonic plague in the
suburbs of Sydney. New South Wales.
was reported Wednesday.
Emperor William, of Germany. has
decorated Marquis to- the Japanese
statesman, with the Order OF the Red
Eagle.
Earthquakes were felt In the prov.
ince of Catania, Sicily. and in the
southern Italian provinces OF Calabria
and Lecce.
Courtenay Walter Bennett. who has
been British Consul at Bilbao, has
been gazetted Counsel General at San
Francisco.
Inspector Graham, after an exam.
ination of the hooks OF Teller Fitch.
am. of the First National Bank at
Ballston Spa, n. Y, found that
Fitcham's alleged embezzlements
reach $4,000.
A dispatch received in England
from Peking announces that the I'M
perial Court left Kai-Feng.Fu Satur.
day, bound for Peking.
Ex-Teller Fitcham, OF the First Ma
tional Bank, Balliston, N. Y. pleaded
not guilty Of embezzling 100000. and
was held in $4,000 bail while he re.
mains i'll in bed.
Lord Kitchener, in a dispatch from
Pretoria. reports that the result of
last weeks work is 81 Beers killed.
II wounded, '352 made prisoners and
SO surrendered.
The Venezuelan General Vicente
Sanchez reports that 1000 Colombian
Liberals. distantly supported by 1000
| Venezuelan troops. captured the Col
ombian seaport town OF Rio Hacha.
A dispatch received from Nkandhla,
Zuluand. dated December 8, tells of a
recent action near Luneberg, Trans.
vaal, in which Commandant Louis
below the knee.
At a conference of motive power
officers at Calcutta, India, it was de-
cided to call on the British builders
to submit designs for 16 light and
heavy bread and narrow gauge en-
engines, from which standard types
can be established for use on the In.
dian railroads.
The British Ambassador at Berlin,
! Sir r. G. Lascelles, has made repre-.
sentations to the German govern.
ment drawing attention to the grave
apprehension caused in Great Britain
by the proposed German tariff.
Owing to the objections to Frances
furnishing the whole OF the projected
/ Russian loan OF S200,000,000, iinan.
ciers in the United States will shortly
| be sounded as to the possibility OF
placing s100.000.000 of the loan.
Emperor William. of Germany, Ia
bestowlng honors upon the Russian
Grown Prince, Grand Duke Michael,
who has accepted His Majestys invi
| tation to hunt In Germany.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1901-12-18
SHORTAGE MADE GOOD.
City Treasurer Of Buffalo Pleads
Guilty TO Charge.

City Treasurer Philip Gerst's hear
ing at Buffalo, N. Y. upon an order
to show cause why he should not be
removed from office for alleged mis-
conduct in Office was begun before
Mayor Diehl Wednesday. Mr.. Gerst
in written statement presented by
his attorney pleaded guilty to the
charges that shortage existed, but
that since November 13 the shortage
has been made good. Mr.. Gerst added
that ne did not desire to make any de-
fense against the Mayors charges, but
consented to the Mayor making an or
der removing him from office. Ac-
countant McKenna. who was directed
by the Mayor to examine Mr.. Gerst's
shortage of s57,665 in the city treas
urer's Office. He did not know
whether there was any shortage at
present.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1901-12-18
WILL USE KiNEToscoPE.
Engineers to Depict Explosion Of
Boiler Before Ohio Assembly.

The stationary engineers of Ohio
will present unique argument for
the extension of the license law to the
incoming General Assembly. They
will reproduce before a joint meeting
Of the two Houses. by means of a
microscope, the incident leading up
to and following an explosion of n
low pressure boiler, in which two men
were killed while threshing wheat.
Under the present law all boilers un-
der 80 pounds pressure are exempt
from State jurisdiction. A large num-
her OF these small boilers, which are
used mostly for threshing, saving
wood, pumping water and similar
purposes. exploded during the past
year, and the fatalities were many.
The Engineers Association say that
no boiler, however small. should be
operated by any save licensed men.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1901-12-18
SAVED 500 CHILDREN.
Heroic Girl Played Piano in Burning
School Building.

While clouds of smoke filed the
Railways from a fierce fire which
ragged in the basement of the Lincoln
school at Chicago. Tuesday. Ethel
Barker 13 years old, sat at a piano
in the main corridor upstairs and
played a lively two-step for the 300
children to keep time by while march
ing out of the burning building. She
did not cease playing until the last
child had left the building, and when
she tried TO escape she was twice
driven back by clouds of dense smoke.
She finally reached door and went
to the first floor by cropping along the
walls and stair banistcrs.