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ly deposited, but one OF the directors
said today that he could not Of his own
knowledge tell whether the formula
was for making steel or biscuits.
CONVINCED BY MRS. DAWSON.
However Mrs. Dawson made desper-
ate attempts TO secure control OF the
paper after her husband was sent to
prison, and at one time threatened suit
against the company. This was met
with the preliminaries of a suit on the
part OF the company 90 secure con-
troll OF the papers on deposit and the
effort was dropped The action OF Mrs.
Dawson in trying so hard to regain pos
session OF the paper in the vault con-
vinces the men that the secret OF the
process is really there
In addition TO the process Of Damas-
Gus steel Mr.. Dawson discovered
way TO harden copper He declares that
this is as successful IN It's way as the
steel is in another manner His back
ers, too, are confident from the samples
he has secured that his hardening OF
copper is complete success. In one
article alone he can make a fortune.
That is In the small round wheel at
the end of trolley poles on all electric
street cars With soft copper these
wheels are constantly wearing out and
have TO be repeatedly replaced at ire
mendous cost In the line OF surgical
instruments as well a fortune Is al
hand, for with hardened copper instru-
ments they can be Immersed In anti
septic baths without fear Of rust or
deterioration. Other uses for hardened
copper are almost innumerable.
DIRECTORS EAGER TO BEGIN.
An informal meeting Of the directors
has already been held and a formal
meeting will be held in a day or two
al which some action Will be taken 70
resume the work OF putting the in
vention on the market as soon as Mr..
Dawson Is ready TO cooperate. The
Decentralization Rood, Vice Presi-
dent Stewart Goodrell. Secretary A. II.
Miles, w, l., Read, l.. II. Chamberlain
and DR. G. NJ. Chappell-are anxious 10
proceed at once.
In this they may be handicapped by
Mr.. Dawson. He is suspicious Of every
person and will trust the secret 90
none. He fears that every man who
wants 20 discuss the project Is really
attempting TO get his secret away from
him. and there will come the hitch II
any occurs. He has thus far refused
10 put matters in such condition that
they could be put into a business propo-
sition 10 any corporation.
In 1895. when he went to Cleveland 70
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And Her Rich Grow Richer, Says
Baron Hisaya Iwasakl.
WESTERN WAYS THE CAUSE
IL 10 Due, He Declares, 20 the Intro
duetlon OF the New Indus.
trial system.

New York. July 2O-Baron Hlsaya
i"asaki, who is said TO be one Of the
"eallhiest OF the mikado's subjects,
VIII san for England from this port to-
Jay with two OF his brothers and three
Other fellow countrymen on the steam
snip umbrla. In discussing the condl-
uon Of Japan he said that In his native
'and the rich were growing richer and
me poor growing poorer.
Baron lwasakl IL a graduate OF Penn.
tyIvania University OF the class Of 81.
pul Tor the last ten years has been Nv
ing In Toxic. He has just arrived in
new York after a trip across the con-
lhent from Seattle, With him are
loshiya Iwasaki. his cousin Hldeya
ehd fasuya Iwasaki. his brothers and
'unsertru Hayo and Tatsuzo Some.
lie carries the hereditary title Of
osnshatku." or boron" to which he
succeede dnot long ago. and besides be-
W very wealthy man he il a student
q Industrial and social questions.
:, rave you any poor In Japanl" he
vas asked.
We have" he answered. land they
~ continually increasing In numbers.
ne feh are rowing richer and this
rOOs poorer. although the change is
sn1uAi. II is due to the introduction
" me new Industrial system"
me baron said he was glad 10 see the
~ system introduced but he did not
- me accompanying disparity be-
wen The rich and peer. Whsn Aslssd
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Most DANGEROUS Part Of the Journey Just Ahead. q

more time In which TO sketch. he Will
take boat az Lemon, Costa Rlca. ana n
20 the river MagdalIn8 South America
Ohe river SiG0H and the land of Zaia,
hemla Of the Book of Mormon, and
there await our arrival overland.
Along the isthmus We shall do CON.
siderable exploring but the main part
Of this work VIII be- done along the
banks of the MaEdallna river. 10 be
plain, we are IN hopes Of discovering
the ruins OF the city OF Zarahemla as
we'll as those of other cities From
Magdallna our road win lay southwark
20 Chili
Tomorrow We roll out, aud I'm the
next six weeks we viii travel through
what is reported TO bee the widest and
most difficult part OF the Trip. / feel
certain, however that with the bless
ings Of God, we shall Doe able to make
the journey I'm safety, and ! feel GER
tain too, with Ills blessings and the
guidance OF His Spirit we shall be able
10 make discoveries that shall be- II
great worth Co our people The boss
that are with we are as good men as /
ever lab0rcd with in my life. They
keep the Word of Wisdom and the
commandments Of God to the best Of
their ability
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on Christmas eve, 1895. He was on the
verge OF success after lifetime OF
work, self-denial and dlscouragements,
During the autumn he had interested
local capitalists in his discovery and
had been assured Of abundant capital
to put his process on the market, The
Damascus Steel company, with an au-
thorzed capital OF S25O,oOO had been
formed by his friends and he had just
returned from a visit to the East,
where he had interested some Of the
great steel men. TO the new year he
looked forward as bringing riches and
a commercial success from his plan OF
making steel But domestic trouble had
lowered over him for two years Ike a
cloud and eliminated on that fateful
Christmas eve In tragedy
Dawsons friends declare that he
never meant to kill Scott. They con-
tend that the latter drove the old man
almost insane with his determination TO
wed Clara Dawson despite paternal OPP
position. She was only 16 when she met
Walter Scott. She was pretty. plump,
and he was not bad looking. They fell
madly In love, and until their attach
ment ended in wedding and murder
their courtship was full Of storms.
WON THE GIRLS RELEASE.
First OF all Clara was committed by
her parents 10 the state asylum for the
insane at Mount Pleasant. Scott.
learning OF this. enlisted the support OF
some prominent citizens and secured
her release on habeas corpus proceed
ings, His victory was short-lived, for
his sweetheart suddenly disappeared
again Scott searched and searched
and finally learned that she was In n
convent In Chicago. Finally he went to
the 81. Xavier Academy at Wabash
avenue and Twenty ninth street, hop
ing that he might see the girl he loved.
Miss Dawson happened 10 be at a win
dow and she told him that she was i'm
prisoned there against her will. Scott
sought the mother superior and begged
her TO release the girl.
The mother superior declared that the
girl was pining away and said she
would keep her no longer, but the lover
was folled again. Miss Clara was held
al the convent until her father arrived
lie took her to Canton, Ohio, and later
placed her in school az Dayton me
wrote TO Scott, and escaping from the
shcool reached relatives at Keokuk.
Iowa The lovers were corresponding
regularly and arranged 20 meet al OF.
tumwa. Iowa. and get married.
HAD SCOTT ARRESTED.
Father Dawson intercepted the let
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see John ID. Rockefeller and also to
Pittsburg to see representatives Of AM
drew Carnegie he was so manifestly
suspicious and impractical that the
magnates simply put him down as Wis
ionary. They offered to furnish him ap-
planes In the plants bv which he
could make steel and offered 10 buy
his product but that did not suit the
inventor. He has dreamed for years
Of becoming rich from his secret, and
he makes heavy demands for any por-
ton OF his project
Dawson Is mild hammered yet tact
turn. He Is tall thin and slightly bent.
His cadayerous appearance Is accentu-
ated by long white beard and before
he went to prison he wore his hair
long He has kindly blue eye and is
rather pleasant man 20 converse with
except that metallurgy is his hobby
and he likes 20 talk OF little else
FAMILY or IRON WORKERS.
This inventor Of the process Of maxi
Ing Damascus steel comes from n fam
rs OF iron workers. Ralph Hogg, who
made the first iron cannon In England
I'm the fifteenth century, was an ances-
tor on his mothers side. s. r. Dawson
was born In Green county. Tennessee,
IN 1871. and lived there until 1861 when
his wather, with other Union men,
went 10 Kentucky. The following year
the son went 10 Princeton Ind. TO live.
In 1873 he was married there TO Miss
Mary Keyser. who died within the year
In 1876 Dawson came 10 Iowa and be-
gan selling patent rights throughout
the state. In Council Bluffs In 1871 he
met and married Mrs Josie a. Siddell
a widow. with her he is still living at
the family home in Des Molnes, both
OF them very happy over the reunitlng
Of the family after the separation OF
five years. They have two children,
Clara. the daughter who caused so
dark a trouble in the family and Daisy,
now IS years old.
After a lifelong study Of metallurgy
and a constant battle 20 develop his
discovery successfully Mr. Dawson
gives 10 his wife the credit for the
realization OF his life ambition. "She
always encouraged me 90 perseyere,'
he says. "and gave me counsel and ad-
vice which was the means Of my re-
tanning absolute control and possession
of my secret NJ 10 the present time.
Eccentric. yet kindly disposed 10 all,
most persons In Des M0inCs believe Mr..
Dawson would never have harmed
young Scott had he not been goaded to
desperation. and the action OF Governor
Shaw In paroling him Is regarded uni
versally with unmlxed approval.
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PROMOTION IN THE NAVY.
One Door Through which Enlisted
Men NAV Enter OfilCers' Ranks.

Washington. July 2O.-The only door
through which enlisted men Of the
navy may enter the service as commits
stoned officers IS that by which warrant
officers. passing successfully the eX-
animation given IN substance below.
obtain commissions as ensigns. App.i
cations 10 take the examination Wit
be received w 20 July go So far only
two warrant officers have put in their
applications. The hcsitancy u the
men Is said 10 be due to fear Of the
examination. A statement given out
By the navy department shows the
general scope Of the examination in
oludes a knowledge OF naval charts
and reckoning engineering seaman
ship, construction OF steel vessels and
relation Of their parts TO one another
gunnery. including description ~
mechanism. electricity and military
law.
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II anybody had hit on a remedy he

II anybody had hit on a remedy he
said
THAT will have TO be found by the
political economists. won't III" Then he
added with a smile: "Do you think
you have solved the problem here?
Perhaps the only real remedy Is social
istic We shall be glad TO see you put
one into effect and then we may follow
your example"
How do your fellow countrymen re-
gard the Chinese situatlon2" was
asked. DO they think now that there
Is any danger OF their having 10 fight
RUSSIA"
"Why, the trouble over Manchuria
has been all settled Of course" he
said. "Under present conditions there
Is no probability OF our going TO wan
We do not desire the ACKNOWLEDGMENT
OF China. What we do want is the open
door Just what you want
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=. addition to the regular Brigham
10 Academy Exploring Expedition
, i which the News" publishes this
D.osE II also gives space to the follow
'ag communication from Prof cum
$40 pre.dent Snow, written from San
w. Costa Rica under date Of July =;
mar Brother.-In Prof. Brimhalrs
mort for the school year ending last
Nav which awaited our arrival at San
r,ss the most important item among
,he many important ones It contained
~os the statement of your election TO
w. oresldency OF the BOARD Of directors
VA President Smith to the vice-presi-
SSncy. The school Is truly 10 be con
INFLATED on its choice Of officers, for
90 All feel that II has now reached q
,oint where the fulflment Of the great
rrgsson intended by its founder, and
igbored for by lts great builder Dr. Mae
Ger ID doubly assured. take pleas
me In expressing the wish that your
Snties as president of the board may
no as pleasant to you as | am certain
,bey viii be profitable to the school, and
through the school to the youth of
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A Dies Molnes, Iowa, special to the
Record Herald says: In safety de-
poslt vault of the Des Moines National
Rank lies a secret that may revolution
ne the steel industry Of the United
States. To that vault there are three
KEYS. One is held by the bank, one by
the officers OF the Damascus Steel com
pany. S. r. Dawson. convict in the
penitentlary at Anamosa, held the third
KEY. Because It required all three keys
10 open the vault Mr., Dawson Is az
home today a free man. paroled by
Governor u. M. Shaw during good be-
havior
Five years ago Dawson, who dlscov-
cred and placed the secret In the strong
box entered the walls Of Anamosa TO
begin ten-year sentence for the muir
der Of Walter Scott, who had eloped
with his daughter. Clara Dawson. Be
hind the walls Of stone and bars OF
iron the aged inventor carried the key
10 the safety vault. Wheeling. coax
Ink. threats. opportunities and com
mands had no effect on him, He re-
talned bis hold upon his secret. and de-
clared time and again that he would
die IN prison rather thSn give up his
secret.
4 FREED BY HIS SECRET.
With good behavior allowance Mr..
Dawson had fifteen months OF his SEN
tence yet 10 serve, when DR., l.. ID.
Rood president of the steel company,
interested Governor Shaw in the case
and pointed out 70 him that through
the death IN prison Of the old inventor.
science might lose again the secret OF
hardening steel and copper The gov
ernOr was told that Mr.. Dawson had
promised 20 give up the key In his pos
session when he became disabled, but
that he had maintained from the first
that his Imprisonment was not equiva-
lent 70 disability, and had refused TO
allow his secret 10 get into other hands.
Rather than permit the secret TO be
placed in jeopardy Governor Shaw last
week exercised executive clemency
Thus 4 was that the little key 10
strong box In Des Molnes unlocked the
great gates Of the state prison and per-
mitted an old man TO go forth free to
realize the dream OF his llfe-to make
steel like that OF ancient Damascus.
BEGINS WHERE HE LEFT OFF.
Aged, gaunt, with grizzled beard and
hair Dawson Is today Just where he was
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rooled over 900 pupils, etc. He was sur
prised. but 80 Interested was he in our
travels and abors that for over an hour
we talked of them. leaving the religious
question 10 one side.
AT Copan where the most proml-
nent OF all the ruins are situated,
we met with the misfortune Of los
ing by death four Of our best m ules,
but we soon made good the loss and
are now going on better than ever
No doubt now that the rainy sea.
son is on us we shall have some
difficulties with bad roads. but these
do not discourage us IN the least,
though they may necessitate slower
travel at times.
1T was thought best for various rea-
sons 10 release Prof Wolfe atte. he
had laboTed until August In the Peten
country | feared 70 have him hazard
the siclIly season further south. His
pupils, Brothers Adams and Van
Buren, are now so proficient that they
can do all the collecting and packing,
and the classification can be done IN
the academy His department IS bot
ans and zoology. These young men
are with him, but will reJoln US by boat
at Panama,
ITO enable artist Fairbanks to have
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Root and party arrived in Omaha this
morning after having stopped at Fort
Crook. ten miles below the city, EN-
route, and inspected that post. The sec
rotary visited headquarters of the de-
partment of the Missouri, made hur-
riei drive TO Old Fort Omaha military
reservation and then left for Des
Moines. to inspect the site Of the pro-
posed new post at that point.
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and once or twice we have
been strongly urged by the owners
10 remain longer.
We have also found the people very
honest In their dealings with u.s. our
horses, neither our naoks. have even
been molested more than TO have a bell
or a nalr Of hobbies taken, and this
happened near mining camp in Mex
leo. On the other hand, when we have
lost animals, the people have helped US
find item In one instance in Mexico,
horse ran away with saddle, gun,
spurs, etc, and was gone two days ana
nights We hunted In vain, but the AMI
mai was brought to camp one morning
by bative, and not thing was miss
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Question eff Naval Rations.

Washington. July 2O.-The secretary Of
the navy has appointed naval board,
headed by Lieut.. Commands Hunker, 10
take up the question Of the naval ra-
ton.
II Is forty years now since anything
was done on the ration and Il was felt
10 be opportune now that the subject
be taken up with a view to improving
the system.
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ing.
"Of course we have had our hardships
and our difficulties, but these only tend
10 spice the journey not 10 discourage
us. Our minister and c0nsuls have In
terested themselves In cur behalf and
have obtained letters Of Introduction
from the heads OF departments, ana
these nave often proven very useful to
us.
TT is not without considerable sur
prise even among our own government
officers. that they learn we are Nor
mons. They seem 10 think that Nor
mon, or rather their preconcelved idea
OK a Mormon, was considerably out OF
his element on u scientific expedition
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Asauith Dinner a Failure.

London. July l9.-The dinner given
last night TO Herbert II. Asquith, NJ.
f.. by thirty liberal members OF the
house OF commons, and $40 other pub
lie men. which had been looked for
ward 10 for a month as an event that
might result in the organized secession
OF the liberal imperialists was a
quiet and even q dreary affair Mr.. As
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TowNE A BoLTER.
Secy. johnson of Democratic National
Committee So Brands Him.

Kansas City. Mo. July 2).-Charles
A. Towne OF Minnesota was branded as
a bolter by j. c. johnson, chairman OK
the eecutive committee 81 the Demo
cratic national committee IN an inter
the executive committee of the Demo-
cratic party can get along without SUCH
men az Towne and Webster Davis VI
Il. Chairman johnson then launched
forth into denounciatlon OF several
late attempts 20 rtorganize the Demo-
oracy, snd especially the Ohio eonyen-
ton,
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Prof Cuff Of tie Brigham Youns Academy Exploring Expedition
Writes SnowPof Wolfe Has Been Released
to Return Home-Ar Fairbanks South America by Boat

OF original research. But as a rule
In our conversation, they soon lose sight
Of our religion and become interested
IN udf trip and our iab0rs. This was es-
pecialiy noticeable In Minister Hunter,
Guatemala, who was reported TO be a
very narrow minded man. My letters
20 him used the words Brigham
Young Academy and for a giw mo-
ments after shaking hands his questions
We're directed To finding out indirectly
whether or not we were Mormons. /
was plain with him. telling him that |
usoe adurutod On Michigan wne no,N
connected with an institution Of learn
ing fourded by Brigham Young, an ia
stltuton OF collegiate grade that en-
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Senator wolcott In London.

New York, July 2O.--A dispatch TO the
Tribune from London says
Senator WOlcott has arrived here
from Carlsbad In excellent health and
spirits, lie was perfectly wen, he re-
marked, when he went and Il a good
deal better now. lie viii probably re-
main In Englnad several months.
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The president OF the chamber returned
the document and declared that the
matter had been dismissed.
The minister Of foreign affairs Is con-
ferring with the United States and Pc
ruvlan ministers regarding the Pan
American congress
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Big Reception for Redmond.

New York, July 20.-The Irish Ma
tional club Of this city is planning big
reception to John T.. Redmond and John
Dillon. who are TO visit this country
IN September.
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Mello Accuses SALES.

New York. July ia dispatch 10
the Herald from Rio de Janeiro says;
Admiral Mello on Wednesday, sent
another memorial TO the chamber Of
deputies accusing President Campos
SALES Of false arrest and Imprisonment.
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Japan has a great deal at stake In
this matter. Should China be divided
we might find much Of her coast in
the possession Of Russia and then our
free commercial intercourse with China
might be stopped. No one can tell what
we might have 10 do to protect our
rights. What We desire, OF course, is
peace"
How does Japan regard the occu-
pancy by the United States Of the Phil
ippines?"
I'VE do not concern ourselves much
about that Since the United States took
possession there our Philippine trade
has slightly increased. We sell more
OF our coal there, The American war
ships use f."
secy. Root In Omaha.
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auiths speech had been spoiled by the
Incidents Of the week, especially by
Lord Rosebery's letter TO the City
Liberal club and by his speech later
before that body.
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Dawson allowed Mccarthy and his
friends to remain in the room and
watch all but one portion Of the pro-
cess. When the time came for the mix
ing Of the secret ingredient with the
melted ore he banished everyone from
the room. What IL was he added he
win tell no one save that II was some
form and quantity OF carbon. The fin
ished product confirmed all he claimed
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secy. Root In Omaha.
Omaha, Neb, July is.--secy. OF War