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CAPTURED BY PIRATE GREW.
officers of a CHILEAN Bark Were Doubt
Iess Murdered.

Officers OF a Cn1lian Bark were OOuDt-
Iess Murdered.
What has been the fate of Captain
Gilmore, his wife and the officers of the
CHILEAN bark Latona, which sailed last
fall from Port Blakely, Chill, for Eaton,
Peru? Have they been killed by their
own crew, or have they been captured
by pirates? One fate or the other must
have befallen them, for it is pretty GER
tain that the bark Lenora, wrecked in
the Philippines in January, was the
missing Latona.
Captain Gilmore, his wife and most
of the officers of the Latona were Eng
lish, and, as the crew came from the
slums of the southern CHILEAN ports, it
is not unlikely that they mutinied,
killed their officers and, being unable
to steer correctly, went to destruction.
The crew may have been heading for
the South Sea Islands, where safety
might be assured, and, having lost the
Philippines. None of the crew who
reached Manila was communicative,
and no one could get from them a def
mite story of what had happened on
and to their ship.
The first report sent to Lloyd's in
London from Manila was that the
Leonora had been wrecked, but no YES
sci with such name is known to the
shipping world, and, the Latona, from
Chilli, being missing, it is believed that
she is the wreck. Only a part of the
crew was saved, the rest being unac-
counted for by the survivors. The
wreck was flying an American flag
when discovered, but the Latona,
which was a coasting steamer, carried
the Gillian flag.
Late in November the schooner
AZalea, Captain Fardelius, sighted a
vessel thought to be the Latona. She
was several hundred miles off San
Francisco and was headed westerly
On drawing near, the identity of the
stranger was established, but no one
answered the Azalea's hail. Several
members of the crew were seen loung
ing on the decks, but no officers. Fear
ing that pirates might be in possession
Captain Fardelius contented himself
with circling around the Latona, anG
finally continuing his course.
Shipping men of San Francisco ant
the Pacific coast say they feel sure tina
the wreck on the Philippine shore is thu
missing Latona, and that the crew
must have mutinied and killed the cap
rain, his wife and all the English off
GERS, and then started to find the path
ways to the South Pacific, where thu
Holbrook argus., 1901-05-18
ALL AMERICANS ARE LIARS.
One of the Number Gives His Conc1u
sions After Investigation.


sions After Investigation.
do you know that the average
American is a hopeless and incorrigible
and unmitigated liar? said an anna
teur cynic of Baronne street. 81 don't
mean he lies viciously, but suave men,
dacity glides off the end of his tongue
as easily as molasses flows from a spi-
got ON a warm day in summer. He
does it unconsciously, habitually, auto
matically-just as his lungs and his
heart palpitates and his hair grows,
without any special attention from the
rest of his system. He does it because
he can't help it; the thing has become
a second nature. l had all this brought
home to me;' continued the amateur
cynic, "by a very simple little expert
ment which l tried on myself and a
few others no longer ago than yester-
day morning. Did you ever see a
pocket counting machine? Well, it's a
little device shaped like a watch.
Whenever you press the stem the need
lie on the dial jumps point, and it reg
listers in that way up to several thou
sand, on the principle of cyclometer.
They are used by anybody making long
counts and are very handy because
they never forget where they leave off.
But, to come to the point, something
happened to remind me of our nation
al vice of untruthfulness as l was get
ting up yesterday, and determined to
keep tab on myself and ascertain, if
possible, how many actual, out-and-out
lies put into circulation in the course
of the day.
81 CHANGED to have one of the little
counting machines have just mention
ed, so 1 slipped it into my pocket and
started out The first lie 1 told was
right at the door. Smithson was pass
ing and stopped to shake hands. Hello.
old manp said l, delighted to see you!
when, as a matter of fact, l was deuc-
ed sorry to see him, because l owe him
ten. l gave the counter squeeze and
hurried on, but before l got to the Off
ce l had logged it nine times. What did
l jog it for did y ask? Oh, trivialities
mere trivialities, but at the same
time pointblank lies, every one of 'em.
Whenever opened my mouth out drop
ped some COMPOUNDED hyperbole.
told Jones the joke he insisted spring
ing on me was the best l ever heard,
and then made a double tally by assur-
ing his wife she was looking remarka-
bly, well, when she was looking eXtre-
mely like a scarecrow. l told another
friend never laughed so much in my
life as had at something or other-I
don't remember now what-and still
another that 1 hadn't slept a wink for
three nights when l had neuralgia late
ly-all lies, bald lies. in spite of their
harmlessness. WhenI reached the office
and looked at the dial 1 was horri
fed. Good heavensp l said to myself
it seems to be physically impossible
for me to speak the plain truth in the
paltriest matters. I'll just remain per
fectly quiet for half an hour and keep
check ON Boggs.' - New Orleans
Times-Democrat.
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oLD-TIME RAILRoADINe.
How Tracks We're Constructed and
Trains Run Sixty Years Ago.

How Tracks We're Constructed and
Trains Run Sixty Years Ago.
Irving ID. Cook, who lives near South
Byron, recently repaired u barn on the
old Cook homestead that was built
many years ago. In taking out gran
airy, some timbers found IN its construc-
ton were recognized by Mr. Cook as a
part of the first old New York Central
Railroad rOadbed that was built to By
ron, which was for a time the terminus,
about sixty years ago. These white
oak sticks were by inches, as sound
as when first used, and were what the
first strap rail was nailed or spiked on.
The imprint of the two-inch iron strap
is plainly seen. Mr.. Cooks recollection
Of the early railroading is very clear,
as the road crosses his farm.
He says ties were first laid, and on
these were placed long stringers, which
were of any kind of timber that could
be obtained from farmers lear by.
These stringers were hewn on the upper
side, and on the under side were
notched where they crosse3 each tie.
On these stringers and running in the
same direction white oak scantlings
were fastened. When the ends of the
strips of iron met, a short piece was
placed so that the ends of the rail. if
they might be called that, would not in
dent the wood.
There were no section bosses in those
days, and handcars were unknown.
The first repair gang consisted of three
men, who carried a few spikes, chisel
an auger, hand saw, etc. in handled
basket. The few heavy tools, like crow
bar, adze and shovel, were carried on
the mems shoulders. The men worked
as they pleased, and during the hot
summer days it was no uncommon
thing for the gang to spend hours in
the shade of Mr.. Cooks sugar bush, ad-
joining the track. Trains were infre-
quent, and a roadmaster's pony was I'M
known.
Among the locomotives first used
for freight and passenger service were
the Louis Brooks, Whittlesey, Asa
Sprague and No. 4, the last being
known as the Iron Engine, because no
wood was used in its construction eX-
cept in the cab. These engines had only
one drive-wheel on each side. The first
Fourth of July after the road was con-
structed and in running order was OBJ
served by the railroad company by fir
ing cannon from the rear platform of
the last car on approaching stations.
/ The passenger cars were short and
much like the body of a stage coach.
Some of these passenger cars had an
upper story, and from this upper deck
Mr.. Cook saw Martin Van Buren, climb
down to shake hands with a crowd
when he was running for the presi-
dency. The conductor was then called
a collector, and passed along on the out
side of the cars on running board that
extended the entire length of the car.
The putting of names on engines was
discontinued twenty-fiveo or thirty years
ago, the last to run on the western divi-
son being the Dean Richmond, which
was No. 147; the AZariah Body, James
Whitney, James H. Kelley and Gen. II.
II. Baxter.-Rochester Democrat and
Chronicle.
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Lighting a Lamp with a SNOWFALL

Lighting a Lamp with SNOWFALL.
When a small piece of potassium, the
size of half a grain of corn, is dropped
into a tumblerful of water, some of the
oxygen of the water leaves it's hydro
gen, owing to the intense heat which
the chemical action produces, and COM
bines with the metallic potassium,
causing a violet blush flame. When
the piece of potassium is placed on the
wick of a coal-oil or alcohol lamp, the
fame produced by touching the potas-
SUM with q bit of snow, ice or water,
will light the lamp.
Holbrook argus., 1901-05-18

Vassar's athletic champion is 20
years old, five feet seven inches in
height, weighs 40 pounds, and is as
pretty as she is active. Miss Margaret
Calhoun, of '01, has a good many
marks to her credit. These are some
of the Vassar top-notches which she
holds: Standing broad jump, feet
inches; holds record for the Vassar golf
links, leaving Col. Bogey beaten to a
standstill; putting the 1S-pound shot, %
feet; running broad jump, II feet 10
inches; holds all-around championship
Of girls colleges, and champion Vassar
basketball player and captain of the
1901 team.
In addition to these accomplishments
she is a splendid dancer, swimmer,
skater and 4 clever actress. Miss Cal
houn is a Bay State girl and halls from
Springfield. She says she learned ath-
letics by climbing trees in her youth.
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Age at Which They Married.

Royal personages almost invariably
marry young. Queen Victoria was not
Fl at the time of her marriage; the
Prince of Wales was rather less thai
% when he married the beautiful Alex
andra. The King of Italy was 81 when
he married his seventeen-year old bride.
The King of the Belgians was first mar
ried at the age of Is, and the Emperor
of Germany was % when he married
the Empress, who is few months his
senior
Holbrook argus., 1901-05-18
Reforms in German Language.

The Allgemeiner Deutscher Sprach-
verein is a German association to en-
courage the simplification and purity
of the German language. One of its
aims is to make both spoken and writ
ten German simpler, not only by using
shorter and less involved sentences
but by the elimination of the use of
foreign words in the social, business
and scientific worlds. The headquart-
ers of the association are in Berlin and
there are branches in Milan and many
parts of Austria as well as in London.
Holbrook argus., 1901-05-18
Yellow journal Profits.

yellow journalism is successful from
a financial standpoint. The profits of
the Herald last year amounted to near
ly seven hundred and fifty thousand
dollars, or about two thousand dollars
per day. Mr.. Pulitzer's net profits for
the same time were five hundred thou
sand dollars, his income having fallen
off since the World dropped from two
cents to one. The Journal, it is gener-
ally understood, came out even, al
though Mr.. Hearst might have made
money had he not continued to invest
more in pushing his circulation. This
young newspaper magnet seems deter
mined to have his papers bought in
every town in the United States, and
his ambition to that end knows no limit.
Thus far his results are unprecedented.
The Evening Journal has a circula-
ton in Boston alone of thirty thousand.
Mr. Bennett and Mr.. Pulitzer are each
worth twenty-five million dollars, all of
which has been made in the newspaper
business. The Hearst estate, on which
Mr.. Hearst can draw indefinitely, it
seems, is worth more than thirty mill
ion dollars, and six million dollars, it is
estimated, have already been invested
in the New York Journal and Chicago
American, without any profits as yet"
-AinSlee'S
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Bank clerks are so often called upon
for information that they fall into the
habit of giving it in hurried, mechan-
ical way. A Philadelphia exchange
cites an instance which was followed
by unexpected and amusing results.
The usual formula when a stranger
is called upon to sign his name is "Sign
here, pen and ink, left hand"
One morning a stranger entered a
New York savings-bank and asked for
a considerable sum of money, and was
directed as above. 1t took him n long
time to sign his name.
A month later the same man appear
ed and presented the certificate. He
signed his name, but when the clerk
looked at it he saw that it was vastly
different from the firstssignature.
"This is not the signature of the man
to whom 1 issued this certificate" he
said, severely.
"Well," said the stranger, when /
was here a month ago you told me to
write my name with my left hand, and
1 can't write very well that way"
A light dawned upon the clerk, and
he asked the man to write his name
again with his left hand. This he did
producing a facsimile of his first sigma
ture, and the money was paid.
Holbrook argus., 1901-05-18
Ending of Duerer.

A st. Jerome, painted by Albrecht
Duerer in 1921, twentyfour by nineteen
inches in size, has just been discovered
by German art critic in the Lisbon
National Museum of Fine Arts. Duer-
er tells in his diary that he presented
the picture to Portuguese who had be-
friended him at Antwerp.
Holbrook argus., 1901-05-18
"The Absent.NIinded Berrar. ,

A total of $4S5, 600 has been realized
from Kipling's "AbsentM Minded Beg
gar in various ways, the proceeds GO
ing to the families of the British
soldiers fighting in South Africa. This
is at the rate of $4,000 a line which
doubtless breaks the poetry record.
Holbrook argus., 1901-05-18

Sometimes it takes the speaker longer
the hail.
Holbrook argus., 1901-05-18

cargo could be sold at good prices. If
this is correct, then the reticence of the
survivors of the vessel is explained
New York Press.
Holbrook argus., 1901-05-18

When spoiled young dry goods clerk
in a small town moves to large city,
ne never gets over the shock when the
wealthy packers daughters refuse to
pet him.
Holbrook argus., 1901-05-18

The solar orb would appear blue to
anybody who should view it outside Of
this planets atmosphere.
Holbrook argus., 1901-05-18

Volunteer Officers in the New Army.
There will be room for about 300
volunteer officers in the new army.
Holbrook argus., 1901-05-18

Some women are never really good
and mad until they go to singing.
Holbrook argus., 1901-05-18

AS rule old age applsIds the past
and condemns the present
Holbrook argus., 1901-05-18

Love is responsible for lot of earth.
ly misery by being elsewhere when
wanted.
Holbrook argus., 1901-05-18

The best safe for mans money is q
prudent wife.
Holbrook argus., 1901-05-18

What has become of the old-fashioned
woman who made one chicken do the
work of three by cooking it with
dumplings?
Holbrook argus., 1901-05-18

PIenty Oh hOOH III NIOnIana-
There are about 100000 acres of
unoccupied public land yet remaining
in Montana.
Holbrook argus., 1901-05-18

The dull man bores you and the sharp
one skins you.
Holbrook argus., 1901-05-18

he tried to get glimpse of the fingers
which Mrs. Stanlan would not show.
81 will not make any order in this
case and now declare it dismissed" he
announced with emphasis.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1901-11-01
FoRgIeN NoTEs OF IMTERgsr.

A bill has been introduced in the
Spanish cortes to regulate strikes by
law.
1t is estimated that Germany must
import 100000 tons of wheat this
year.
Turkey has paid another installment
of money due the Cramps for building
a cruiser.
At Messina, Sicily, the flooding Of
the mountain streams has caused wide
spread damage. Eleven lives have
been lost.
The sultan is informed by the Turk
ish ambassador at st. Petersburg that
the annexation of Crete to Greece is
inevitable.
John ID. Rockefeller has presented
10000 marks to the American church
fund in Berlin, which now amounts to
100000 marks.
The pan-American conference has re-
ceived from the Spanish colony at Bue-
nos Ayres a cablegram congratulating
it on sentiments favorable to Spain.
The Duke of Abruzzi will assume
command of one of the fastest italian
cruisers next January for voyage of
fourteen months along the coast of
America.
An earthquake was felt in many Ital-
ian cities, including Spezzia, Genoa,
Bologna, Verona, Brescia and Milan,
yesterday. There were two severe
shocks at Gallarate, where a number
of houses were damaged.
According to dispatch to the Novoe
vremya from Vladivostok, the Russian
general Grodekoff, accompanied by the
Russian assistant minister of finance,
M. Romaneff, will soon open the Man
churian-Siberian railway.
Herr Hilderbrandt of Halle, on the
Saale has presented Emperor William
with his villa at Arco in the Tyrol. His
majesty has accepted it, and it is likely
that the building will be turned into 8
sanitarium for German officers.
Emperor William has telegraphet
the German Protestant community il
SnaIlSudi tudt nc VIII give an dl.ai
and windows to the new church there
in memory of Baron Won Ketteler, thu
murdered German minister to China.
The total number of cases of typhui
officially reported in Bochum, Germany
is 1929 Thus far there have been 2
deaths. while only 1872 have completed.
recovered The epidemic has nov
spread to Bachem and Luedenscheid
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night. inns is the first time the
president has attended any theater
since his elevation, and his entrance
was warmly greeted by an audience
that packed the theater.
Justice Herrick Of the supreme court
of Albany has denied the application Of
the American Ice company and Charles
w. Morse, it's president, for writs Of alb
soIute prohibition to restrain Attorney
General Davies from continuing the
proceedings against the American Ice
company to ascertain if it has violated
the state antitrust law.
Education Commissioner Brumbaugh
has sent letter to Andrew Carne-
gle from San Juan, Porto Rico, ac-
cepting his offer of 100000 to build a
free public library for San Juan. Def
mite plans for the erection of the build
ing will be formulated in November.
Numerous new schools, built with insu-
lar funds, have been opened, including
a normal and an agricultural school.
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DEAD BY THE LAW.
CHoIE0sn Meets HIS Fate In the Avv-
fnI Electric Chair.

Leon A. CzoIgosz, the assassin Of the
late President Mckinley. has paid the
penalty for his crime. Shortly after Z
o'clock Tuesday morning he met death
In the electrical chair in the Auburn
prison.
AS with the trial and sentence of
Czolgosz, his execution was devoid Of
sensational features. From the first
Warden Mead had taken great pains
to have the affair conducted quietly
and smoothly
CzoIgosz refused to heed the words Of
priests who came to urge spiritual
preparation for death and declined to
either re-embrace Roman Catholicism
or renounce anarchy.
AT just 6 o'clock he was notified to
prepare for death and within a short
time was marched between his guards
into the deathroom.
Once in the chair short work was
made by the trained assistants of the
executioner in affixing the apparatus
to bis limbs and head and connecting
the wires that descend from the roof
of the conical metallic cap placed on
the head of the prisoner with the arms
and legs of the chair, which were
sheathed with active electrical con-
ductors.
II killed the president because he was
an enemy of the good people-of the
good working people. I am not sorry
for my crime"
These were his last words as the
guards strapped him into the chair.
Electrician Davis then turned on the
current, and in moment, which SEEM
ed to the tense minds of the witnesses
an eternity, the assassin of William
Mckinley was lifeless corpse.
State Superintendent Of Prisons Col
Inns persuaded the assassin's brother
not to make demand for the body
because of the trouble that might en-
sue were it taken outside the prison
walls A scheme to exhibit the body
has thus been frustrated.
Immediately after the autopsy, which
showed that the assassin's brain was
perfectly normal, the body was put in
black stained pine coffin, every portion
of the anatomy being replaced under
the supervision of DR.. Germ and War
den Mead. Shortly afterward it was
removed to the prison cemetery, and ex-
traordinary precaution was taken to
completely destroy it. A carboy of acid
was obtained and poured upon the body
In the coffin after it had been lowered
into the grave, which had already been
partly filed with quicklime Straw was
used in the four corners of the grave as
the earth was put in to give vent to
such gases as might form. 1t was the
belief of the physicians that the body
would be entirely disintegrated within
twelve hours.
The assassin was convicted on Sept.
25 after a trial lasting two days. On
Sept. 26 he was sentenced by Justice
White to die in the week beginning
Oct. %.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1901-11-01

Suspected of causing the death Of
four persons within thirty days, Miss
Jane Toppan, trained nurse, was ar
rested Wednesday in Amherst, N. H.,
where she had been working in her
professional capacity for over month.
The specific charge on which the wo,
man was arrested is the murder of Mrs.
Mary Gibbs of Cataumet. who was a
daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs. A. p. Davis
of Bourne, Mass, and a sister of Mrs.
Harry Gordon of Chicago All three
died before her, and when the death OF
Mrs. Gibbs followed suspicion was
aroused among the neighbors, especial
ly as no cause Of the deaths was given
out officially.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1901-11-01
MAY BE A BLUFF.
French Squadron Sent After Turkey
Back In TOulOn.

Back In ToulOn.
Paris, Nov. Late last night the
following dispatch was received from
Toulon:
'"The complete Mediterranean squad.
ron returned to Toulon this evening
and anchored in the roadstead."
This would include Admiral Gail
lard's division, whose departure has
thus been either countermanded or
postponed. If the dispatch be correct,
it would imply that the government
has received news from Constantine
pie which has not yet been divulged
and which has induced change OF
plan.
1t was reported that Admiral Call
lard had been ordered to cruise within
reach of dispatch boat for possible
further instructions, and it is signifi.
cant that the torpedo boat destroyer
Hallebarde left Toulon at full speed
during the afternoon to rejoin the
squadron.
The decision to make a naval demon
stration against Turkey was taken at
a meeting of the cabinet Tuesday, at
which M. Delcasse, the minister of for
eign affairs, explained the sultans pro-
crastination regarding the French de-
mands.
Admiral Calllard's squadron consists
Of the armored cruisers Amiral Po-
thuau, Chanzy and Latouche- Treville,
the second class cruisers Du Chayla
and CasSard and the third class cruiser
Galilee. The crews aggregate 2.286
men, but the vessels will also carry
landing parties.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1901-11-01

London, Nov. 1.-The Medical Press
and Circular calls for an immediate Of
fetal announcement as to the truth or
falsity of the rumors in regard to King
Edwards health, and The Lancet says:
"There is every ground for believing
that the rumors in regard to the kings
health are entirely untrue. His health
is good, and he has undergone no oper-
alton whatever"
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1901-11-01
Fiji, Pa..enrer. In PERU.

An attempt was made Monday night
to wreck the northbound passenger
train on the Naugatuck division of the
New York, New Haven and Hartford
railroad due at Torrington, Conn.,, at
7:46. A huge bowlder was placed on
the track near the local station. The
train struck it with such force that it
was imbedded in the front of the en-
CINE. About fifty passengers were
aboard the train, but none was seri-
ousiy injured.