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Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-10-11

Mrs. Chatterton-Henry, for good.
ness sake, don't wear such short trou-
5ers. Give them to the ragmani
Chatterton-Not much! You women
haven't got any patent on the rainy
day costume idea. These are my rainy
day trousers-Brooklyn Eagle.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-10-11

Our friend the cat is called kat in
Danish and Dutch, katt in Swedish,
chat in French, katti or katie in Ger
man, catus in Latin, gatto in Italian
cato in Portuguese and Spanish. kot
in Polish, kots in Russia, keti in Tur-
kish, cath in Welsh, kath in Cornish,
catua in Basque, and goz or katz in
Armenian.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-10-11
QUAINT AND CURIOUS.

In a church at West Kensington,
London, a notice was lately posted
announcing the sale of five pews.
One of the advantages" of these
pews, ran the notice, was that the
contribution box was not passed to
them"
Our friend the cat is called kat in
Danish and Dutch, katt in Swedish,
chat in French, katti or katie in Ger.
man, catus in Latin, gatto in Italian,
cato in Portuguese and Spanish, kot
in Polish, kots in Russia, keti in Tur-
kish, cath in Welsh, kath in Cornish,
catua in Basque, and goz or katz in
Armenian.
Chinese in London who wish to
worship without leaving the city now
have an opportunity of doing SO. The
largest joss ever brought to England
has just arrived from Swatow, near
Foo-Chow. It's full height is about
five feet 10 inches. 1t has a central
made figure three feet high, dancing
on rustic stand and holding up
some sacred fruit.
An entire town has recently been
discovered in the dominions of the
Car of the existence of which no
one seems to have any idea. Deep
in the forests of the Ural lies flour
ishing city, the inhabitants of which
speak curious language of their own,
and seem to form sort of ideal COM
monwealth, in which taxes and tax
gatherers, among other troublesome
things, are unheard of.
The most costly state funeral which
has ever taken place was, perhaps.
that of Alexander the Great. A round
$1,000,0OO was spent in laying Alexan.
der to his rest. The body was placed
in coffin of gold, filled with costly
aromatics, and diadem was placed
on the head. The funeral car was EN-.
bellished with ornaments of pure gold
and its weight was so great that it
took S4 mules more than year to
convey it from Babylon to Syria.
A painstaking meteorologist has
undertaken the laborious task of
measuring the dimensions of rain
drops. He finds that the largest are
about one-sixth of an inch, the small
est one five hundredths of an inch,
in diameter. They are larger in sum-
mer than in winter and larger in hot
IN nl;,, Gin op
the drop when it reaches the earth
depends on the height from which it
has fallen. In summer the lower
strata of air are warmer than in win
ter, and therefore clouds are formed
at greater height.
Peppercorn rents are very common
throughout England, especially in
building leases, where, for the first
year or two, a nominal rent of one
peppercorn is payable At Highgate,
in the County of Denhigh, that rent
| has been paid since 1902. At Kings
Bronze in Warwickshire, pepper
corn rent has taken place of pair
of tongs, which formerly had to be
given yearly rent for certain lands.
So for land at Wakefield the pepper
corn has take the place of an annual
rent of 1000 clusters of nuts. Two
farms at Carlcoats, in Yorkshire.
which not long ago paid as rent, the
one right-hand and the other a left
hand glove, now pay one shilling year
ly, the other a peppercorn.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-04-12
FIXING RAILROAD RATES.
For Delegates Who Will Travel During
 the Coming Summer.

For Delegates Who Will Travel During
 the Coming Summer.
 San Francisco, April 12.-Railroad business of great importance will be transacted at the trans-eontinenta passenger meeting that opens at Del monte next Monday.I A large number of delegates on their way from the east to. attend it will arrive in Los An geles to-day. They will leave southern California Monday morning on | spe- cial train and go direct to Monterey. Among the subjects on the program for fixing of rates at this meeting are the general convention of the Episco- pal church, which will be held in this city in October, the biennial meeting of the Knights of Pythias, to be held m San Francisco in 1902, the general assembly of the Presbyterian church to be held in Los Angeles in May, 1902. the convention of the Federation of Women's clubs, to take place in Los Angeles In 1902, the convention of the Baptist Young Peoples union, to be held in Chicago in July this year, the thirty ninth annual encampment of the G. A. R., in Cleveland, in September, 1901, the National Irrigation conven- tion at Colorado Springs July F and 13 of this year, and the national con- yention of the Travellers Protective association at Portland, Ore, 1902.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-04-12
SHOT PROTECTING WIFE.
Burglars Murder a Husband Who
 Tries to Save His Wife.

Pittsburg, April 12.-Thomas D. Kahney. "a grocer at IS Albert street. Mount Washington. about 8 o'clock this morning was shot and almost in- stantly killed by burglars who were footing his house. Kahney met death while trying to rescue his wife from the robbers. Three men had entered his house and were trying to force d gag in Mrs Kidneys mouth to prevent her from giving an alarm. Several shots were fired at Kahney with fatal effect.
 After the shooting the burglars fled from the house and have not been cap tured
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-04-12
LEPRoSY IN CANARY ISLANDS.
Two Hundred Cases Have Been
 Officially Reported.

Officially Reported. Washington, April 12.-The exist ence of about POO lepers on the Island of Teneriffe, Canary Islands, has been officially reported here by United States Consul Berlinger at Teneriffe. The report is based on personal investi- gation and assistance of physicians and says:
 ..Leprosy is somewhat epidemic among the people here, on account of their eating a good deal of fish, often putrid, and their general uncleanli- ness"
 AS to being contagious it is gen. trally discredited here, but in my opinion it is very infectious. In former years Spain had established a colony at Grand Canary for lepers. They were housed there, but had perfect liberty to wander about with the re- striction that they must sleep at the houses built for them. In course of time this law became a dead letter and gradually they spread over the differ ent islands.
 At Santa Cruz de Teneriffe, the capital. there are t(from personal knowledge) 22 lepers, 15 of whom are men, and there are also some children of these unfortunates. They are given place about fifteen minutes from the city hall, where they live, which is called Barranco Santo. There are also living at the same place about POO people besides, nearly beggars. You meet them at all time of day in town or road. asking aims and ex- posing their limbs Many have no fingers or toes. and they hobble along, and more pitiable sight is hardly i'm aginable.
 "Officially it is not recognzed that leprosy exists on these islands. The provincial government at Ten eriffe has lately built a large building about two miles out of town. The building has two separate wings, one for insane patients and the other for leoers.''
 United States Consular Agent Swan son on Grand Canary Island, i'll an accompanying report says that leprosy there is decidly decreasing. There are 50 patients in the lepers' hospital at Las Palmas. A few families infected with the disease live in their own homes.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-04-12

BlalSeslee property on South Main street, east side, directly north of the church of Our Lady of Lourdes. The present owner, John Byrnes, who re- sides a little farther south on the same street, is about to erect four-story brick block on the site. The new building will be one of the finest of the kind in the city and will be used exclusively for tenements and offices, no stores. The lot fronts sixty feet on South Main street and is 190 feet deep. The removal of the little frame building has set many people to think ing of the time when it was occupied by the late Alre Blakeslee. who owned one of the most peculiar horses that ever was known in Waterbury. The animal was gray and knew every place in town where its master was in the habit of calling. It would stand about the streets for hours and once in while when it got tired hanging around It would start for home, go in to the old stable ill the rear, eat some hay and then back out and ramble up town-again. On more than one oc- casion it picked up quite q fuss when Mir Blakeslee persisted ill remaining too long at any particular place and often walked over to the doorway and gave 1t q bunt of its head. Thirty years ago or more MT Blakeslee was doing some painting for John Bergin in his saloon on South Main street, and had the horse outside. The animal went to the barn three or four times and returned to the spot. 1t kept this up until dusk, when it walked across the sidewalk and commenced to lick the glass on the window. MT Bergin came out and attempted to drive it away, but it made vicious drive at him, and he escaped by tumbling head over heels through the doorway into the saloon The horse was passionate ly fond of candy and other toothsome morsels and would act as meek as a lamb while such things were being fed to it, but as soon as the supply gave out the person giving it would have to step aside quickly if he did not want to run the risk of being bit ten or feel the horses feet sinking into his body. The barn where the horse spent So many nights will not be torn down for the present, but the dwelling house where Mir Blakeslee and his family resided for over forty years will be razed to the ground before sunset to-day.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-04-12
FAMINE IN COAL.

Ship Now Sixty Days Overdue From
 Baltimore.
 San Francisco, April 12.-Foundry- men and blacksmiths of San Francis co are beginning to feel the shortage of Cumberland coal, which almost amounts to q famine. 1t Is caused by the non-arrlval of the ship John Mcdonald, from Baltimore, with 5000 tons of Cumberland coal on board. She Is now sixty days overdue. The Me Donald has been out 210 days. and while she has not yet been posted there Is T5 per cent reinsurance on her.
 Cumberland coal is non-sulphurous and ls used almost exclusively in forg- ing. Unless the Mcdonald comes into port within n short time 1t will be necessary to have coal shipped over I<nd by rail.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-04-12
NOW FOR VERDICT
Consolidation Evidence all in
 This Morning.
THE ARGUMENTS BY COUNSEL

r The Bill Will Be Passed, Said Man
 Who Attended the Hearings--The Man Who Sat at His Elbow Says It
 Will Be Ki1led-This Afternoon q
 Conservative Citizen Gave It as His
 Opinion That Favorable Report
 Would Come from the Committee.
 The committees on cities and borx oughs resumed it's session on the AYu- terDury consolidation bill this morning, at the Capitol in Hartford, and at 10:50 the evidence was all in, after which Attorney Kellogg present. ed an able argument in favor of the Dill and consolidation. He was fol- lowed by Attorneys Barbour Of Hart ford,. Wood, kendrick and Town Att tOrney Carmoiiy in opposition to tue bills. Attorneys Root and Gager, the latter of Derby, argued for the consol- idation bill. After the attorneys had presented their arguments, Attorney Gager offered two amendments to the bill. The first one asks that Water- vile be made the sixth ward of the city and have the privilege of send ing representative 10 the board of al- dermen. The other one asks that the assessors be appointed by the board Of aldermen. There was some objec~ ton to this and n compromise was ef~ fected by agreeing to let the mayor appoint the board of assessors, to be approved by tile aldermen. There was also some objection to making Water vile separate ward, as there are only 300 voters in the 'yille, wbereis the second ward has 2,000 or more Judging from the evidence introduced, and from the questions asked by vari- ous members of the committee, 1t is pretty generally conceded that the committee will make favorable re- port on the bill. The hearing was at~ tended by Mayor Kilduff. City Clerk Ryan and Engineer Cairns on behalr of the city. Mayor Kilduff expected the trolley bill would be called for hearing to-day, but owing to a rush of other business 1t was postponed.
 Hartford, April 12.-xThe railroad committee held an important meeting this morning and considered the half fare school children's bill Senator Bree of New Haven, who put the bili Ill, made. a long speech in favor Of it. He was supported by n number or gentlemen. Judge Gager of the Derf}v street railway combatted the argumentS tbat the state had q right to manaf4 the business of corporations of the state.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-04-12
AMERICAN BEEF
Will Find No Place in the British
 Army.
WAR OFFICE CONFIRMS 1T.

Says Hereafter Only Home Grown Beef Will Be Eaten by English Soldiers-No Retaliation in the Or der, Says Major in Her Majesty's s Service.
 London, April 12.-The British war office confirms the report that 1t IS go- jug to try the experiment of supplying the army with only homegrown beef. ihe experiment will extend six months from June 1st.
 The director of contracts, q major, said to q representative of the Asso- ciated Press:
 .%The new rule applies only to re Trigerated beef hitherto bought in the open market in London. 1t will not seriously affect the American trade, as the total weekly supply for the army is only 100000 pounds, which is bare Iy per cent of the weekly imports of refrigerated beef into England from the United States. Mir BrOderick's action was taken long before the New Orleans proceedings. It is quite ab- surd to suppose that any idea of re taliation prompted the order,, which
 
 was due to q natural desire to help some of the Industries. The differ- ence in price is very trifiing. and we are making that up by giving Tommy Atkins frozen mutton two days instead of one day weekly. If the plan Is sat isfactory our supply problem will be greatly simplified, for we often have complaints and disagreements over re- frigerated beef. You must not sup pose that we now use no homegrown beef. Aldershot and some of our other camps are almost entirely supplied with homegrown beef. We have hith- erto used refrigerated beef as an ad- dition to our ratiOns. rather than as an integral part. We have no preju- dice against American firms and We do not believe they will miss this trade to any extent, even if 1t Is decided 10 continue the experiment"
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-04-12
REWARD FOR DOCUMENT.
Stories and Memories of tue Alabama
 x Being Revived.

London, April 12 Stories and menl~ ories of the Alabama have been re- yived here by an advertisement offer ing a reward for the recovery of a document conveying the thanks of the Confederate states to John Lancaster for rescuing Captain Semmes and part of the crew of the Alabama when tue kearsarge sunk her off Cherbourg.
 The Confederate steamer Alabama. Captain Semmes, was attacked and flnk by the United States corvette llearsarge, Captain Winslow, near Chebourg, France, June 10, 1SG4 The British yacht Deerhound picked mp thirty-nine persons. including Semmas and fourteen of his officers, after which she headed for Southampton Captain Winslow's s officers begged him to throw q shell at the Deerhouud. but he refused, John Lancaster was probably the commander of the Deer hound
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-04-12
RECOVERED THE KINGDOM.

Bombay, April 12.-Ibu Rashid has recovered the Kingdom Nejd Central Arabia, after defeating Mabaronk. Sheik of Koweyt, who recently seized the city of Nejd and deposed Ibu Rashid after q pitched battle. The army of Mabaronk was lured into q narrow gorge where the hordes of Ibu Rashid swooped down upon them from the mountains and apnihilated their enemies The fugitives who have reached the gulf ports declare that 5000 men were killed. c The fate of Mabaronk is not known.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-04-12
VESSELS ARE WAR RISKS.

San Francisco, April 12-The Exam iner says: Vessels bound from this coast to Chinese and Japanese ports must carry extra insurance and have been put on .'war risk" basis. This means heavy addition to the usual rates of insurance and comes i'll the class as special hazards. The reason for this decision on the part of the marine underwriters is the strained relationship between Japan and Rus sin.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-04-12
WEATHER REPORT.

Washington, April 12.-For Connec- ticut: Fair tonight and Saturday; fresh northeast winds; an area of low pressure is central this morning in the southwest and another in the north west Local showers prevail west of the Mississippi river, but pleasant weather between the river and the Atlantic coast Light frosts were re- porter from Norfolk and Lynchburg. Va. and thunderstorms from Calves ton and Corpus Christi, Tex. Condi- tlons favor for this vicinity pleasant and cool weather tonight, and on Sat urday slight rise in temperature and increasing cloudiness towards night.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-04-12
KLoNDIKE CONSUL DEAD.
Reported That Colonel Mccook Died
 of Pneumonia.

Seattle. Wash, April 12.-Colonef J. c. McCook. United States consul for the KlondIke, whose dangerous illness was announced in Dawson adyices few days ago, is reported dead by the White Horse Tribune of April A. On that date the paper published what purported to be q Dawson special To the effect that the consul died or pneu- monia. However, the same day the White Horse agent of the White Horse and Yukon railroad told A. J. Mor- risons of Dawson that the announce ment was premature. that Colonel Nc Cook was still alive, but at deaths door.
 Colonel McCook is said to have co1- tracted pneumonia while returning to Dawson from his Philadelphia home.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-04-12
CROWS NEST RAILWAY.
Two Canadian Ministers Opposing
 Each Other.

Two Canadian Ministers Opposing
 Each Other.
 Kew York, April 12.-According to an Ottawa specIal to the Tribune, in the house of commons railway and canal room, two Of Sir Wilfred' Isaurfer;s ministers, NIT Blair, minister of railways and canals, and Mir Tarte, minister of public works, openly op- pose each other over the passage of the Crows Nest Pass railway bill.
 The bill provides for the construc- ton of a road from the coal mines at Michel in East Kootenay southward to the international boundaries; also from Michel Creek northerly to point on the main line on the Central Pacific railroad ;also northerly aud easter ly by the North Kootenay Pass to AL berta to connect with the British Col unlbia Southern railway.
 MT Tarte charged that James J. Hill and !. Pierpont Morgan had acquired an interest of 30 per cent in the coal company, which was a menace to Can adian interests and if this company wanted to reach American markets with Canadian coal 1t immediately ought to assure the committee of pro- tection for Canadian interests. The stock was on the market and if the bill passed Morgan and Hill would probably buy up the controlling inter ests and choke off the Canadian Smelt- ing industry. The committee sided with Mir Tarte aud the bill was laid over.
 It is now almost certain that the yanderbilts will in short time have control of the Ottawa and New York railway. which connects with the New York Central at Tupper Lake and with the Rutland railway at Moira. $. R. Galloway. president of the New York Central. Dr W. Seward and MT Gle nents. president of the Rutland rail- way have been in Ottawa negotiating.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-04-12
NEW SCHOOL FOR BOYS.

of land at Frank hill, owned. by John NJ. Odendried, about two miles from here, has been purchased by the Rev George E, Quaile of West New Brlgh- ton, Staten Island, N. Y.. who will at once begin the erection of an extensive school for boys. Rev Mir Quaile is at present principal Of military school in West New Brighton and will remove here, probably opening the new school next fall N
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-04-12
ONE GYPSY KILLED.

Johnstown. Pa. April 12.-In fierce fight on the mountains near Lilly last night between band of gypsies and a posse Of officers. one gypsy was Killed outright. a gypsy woman was shot through the thigh and shoulder, and Prank Coons received<a bullet in the abdomen. He will probably die.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-04-12
BOY FRACTURES SKILL.

Fishers Island AprA 12 Mhlles playing around coal pockets at tha' wharves here yesterday, Walter, aged 13, son of Christian Hanson. fell and fractured his skull. A New London physician came on a special iugboat in response to q summons. and by his direction the boy was taken to q hos pital in New London, but death oc- cured late last night despite III med- ical efforts.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-04-12
TWO WERE SHASGAIEn

New York. April I2.-The British ship Ems, outward bound for Calcut- ta. which had two of her crew taken off yesterday on the charge of having been shanghaied. passed out Sandy Hook this morning in tow of n tug and proceeded on her voyage.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-04-12
FIFTEEN MORE CASES.

New Haven, April 12.- Fifteen more cases were reported to the state board of health to-day. According to the figures given out by that board there are now over three hundred cases of typhoid fever in the city. Two deaths occurred at the hospital to-day and this makes the total number of deaths ten.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-04-12
BRITISH CAPTuRE RoERs.

London, April 12.A dispatch from General Kithcener, from Pretoria, dated Thursday, April II, says Colonel Monro's mounted infantry, after two eighty prisoners, including Command ant Bresla, at Leetfndeyue. near De Wetsdorp, in the Orange River Col- ony.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-04-12
AGUINALDo.s SUCCESSOR

Paris. April F. Agoncillo, the agent of Aguinaldo at Paris received q cable gram this morning announcing that the Phillipino general. SandIco. had been elected as Aguinaldo's successor as commanding general of the Phil- lipino forces as we'll as dictator during the continuation of the insulreefion
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-04-12
FISHING STEAMER LOST.

Altona. Holstein. April 12.-The fish ing steamer Emma has been lost dur ing storm in the North sea. Her captain and crew of ten men were drowned.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-04-12
COLONEL R1GRY DEAD.

Chicago. April 12.-Colonel r. E. Rigby. we'll known real estate deal- CT. and one of the charter members of the Union League club. died last night. aged 75 years. His estate is varlously estimated from $500,000 to $2,000,000.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-04-12
WILL LECTURE TO STUDENTS

San Francisco, April 12.-Dr William J. Tucker, president of Dartmouth college. has arrived here for the pur- pose of featuring at the University of California. He will deliver his first address to the students to-day. Next Monday evening he will attend n ban- quet in this city given in his honor by the alumni of Dartmouth.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-04-12
PREDICTION IN WAGES.

Danielson, April 12 The Davis X Brown Woolen Go announced this cated In Elmville and employs fill hands. The conditions of the fnnrkt 1s given as the cause of the cut doW
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-04-12

CHINESE STEAMERS COLLIDE.
 London. April 12. special dis. patch from Hong Kong says two Chinese steamers came into collision yesterday between Canton and Wu Chow. and that seventy Chinese were drowned
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-04-12
SIyTY HoIJSES DESTROyED

Budapest, April 12.-Sixty houses have been destroyed by fire at the village of BorczlS in Transvylania. Great distress prevails there.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-04-12
LODGING HOUSE rHIEF.
Arrested in Boston and May Get a
 Heavy Sentence.

Heavy Sentence.
 Boston, April 12-Inspectors of this city and Lynn today arrested John Egan. on the charge of being lodging house thief, who has operated in Lynn and Hayerhill during the past eight months. and who has secured over $1, GOO in jewelry and clothing. He has been recognized as John Shea. alias J. Slavery, man with a record, and as he has served five terms at various in- stitutions he Is liable under the habit uaI criminal law to be sentenced to q Twenty-Five years term in prison.