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Daily Kennebec journal., 1901-06-12
BURIED ALIVE.
Probably All Dead in the Port
Royal, Pa, Mine.
A Second Explosion Seals Fate Of the
16 Entombed Miners.
Two Dead and Three Living Men So Far
Taken Out.

Port Royal, Pa, June 11.-As result
of Monday nights explosion In the Port
Royal mines of the Pittsburg Coal Co.
l6 are dead. seven injured and thou
ands Of dollars worth OF property de-
ST. ttoycd. The official list of dead fol-
lows:
Recovered: VIM. NJ. QCunc, super
int ndent OF mines. leaves widow
three sons and a daughter.
Taylor Gunsaulus. Sr., leader, leaves
widow and several children.
Fritz krugcs.
Those still cntombcd i'll the mine and
known for certainty to be dead:
VIM. +. Allison. assistant auperin-
tcndent. leaves widow and five chill
dIcn.
Dennis Wardicy. foreman. leaves
widow and four children.
John kock, foreman. leaves widow
and several children.
Michael Roy. foreman, leaves widow
and small boy.
Bernard Bail. leaves widow and two
children.
Taylor Gunsaulus, Jr., son Of man
taken from the mine. leaves "A widow.
jerry Daley. leaves widow and chill
dren.
John Peoples. leaves widow.
David Jones. leaves widow.
John Canio, machine boss.
Samuel Iiadley. assistant foreman.
widow and two children.
Peter Marchando. boss driver. widow
and HID.
John Sickle. pipe man. wife and
three children.
Injured
d. Smith.
Harry Beverislge.
Robert Mckcnny, pit boss.
Charles McCancry. superintendent.
Clarence Settler
Daniel Mccullough.
Thomas Gleason.
All badly burned and bruised
Wm. McCunc WAS superintendent of
the Port Royal district. comprising;
five mines. He was a large stockhoIdcr
in the Pittsburg Coal 90. WIN. Allison
Was a second cousin OF President Nc
kinley.
Early this morning. Harry Bevcr-
idrc and two miners. three OF a rescu-
ing party that went into tho mine to
bring out their mates who were en-
tombcd. were sent to the Mckcesport
hospital
At 9.0i a. NJ. today. m inspection
panty went down into the mine
through the shaft on the Bal
tmorc < Ohio side or the
Youghioghcny river. 1t was their
purpose TO penetrate as far as
possible TO locate the dead bodies with
hardly n hope OF finding anyone alive.
Late this afternoon. the officials Of
the ttsbUrg Coal Go. issued an order
refusing To allow any more men TO en-
ter the shaft. as the danger was too
great. They are now considering the
advisability of flooding the mine for
the purpose of eXtinguishinE the fire
There is now no hope of rescuinc the
cntombcd men.
The rescue party had been in the
mine about an hour when another ex-
plosion was heard ana q rush for the
cage was made by The men above who
thought that these res-uers were
caught. Their services were not needed
as the signal to hoist the cage was
given ard when it reached the top
three unconscious forms We're lying on
1t. They recovered consciousness.
This last explosion destroyed all hope
of getting any OF the cntombcd men
out alive. So far two dead and three
living men have been taken out.
Calls have been sent out to all of the
mines OF the Pittaburg Coal Co. for
volunteers.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1901-06-12
Strikers Places Filled at Lewiston.

Lewiston, Me. June 1.-THE Maine
Central officials Informed the Journal,
Tuesday afternoon, the places made
vacant by the strike of the section
men all along the line, Tuesday. had
been filled by competent men. In the
Lewiston and Auburn yards 10 men
quit work and their places were immc-
diately filled by coed, reliable men.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1901-06-12
CONFERENCE FOR TODAY
Has Been Arranged Between Canadian Pacific
and Strikers at Montreal.

Montreal. June 11.-Grand President
Wilson of the Brotherhood Of Railway
Trackmen of America, this morning,
sent an ultimatum to President ShauS-
hencssy of the Canadian Pacific Rail
way, demanding "A conference on the
subject of an increase of wages for tho
trackmen of the company and giving
him until noon for a reply. At min
utes to u, Mr.. ShauGhcnessy replied
fixing conference for tomorrow.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1901-06-12
SPARKS FROM MAINE WIRES,

Camp No. 91ia. Modern Woodsmcn. of
AMrr!ca was instituted. Monday eyenins.
District Dcputy r. G. Reed. with over N
Charter si~rcrs. The following officers
were elected. installed and instructed in
ne rccte' work: Venerable consul w II
i;aifaty: worthy adviser. c. w. Hale
Gierk A. a. GorGen: banker. John Cor
1ch escort. A. l.. Fri end: physician. Geo.
=. oham: watchman, J. r. Kelley; sen
ny; Josena Savoy; managers. Nm. Nc
miciian. a. d. Estcy and G. NJ. Morgan.
rms makes the third camp in Aroostunk
county and ovc- 1909 members in the
Daily Kennebec journal., 1901-06-12
NOT ENOUGH MONEY
Fur BYcrs. So Fish. With O'Bricn at Lewiston
Is Cancelled.

Lewiston. Me. June II. The o Brien
Bycrs fight advertised 10 be pulled off a.
city hail. this evening. was cancelled a
1880 y. NJ. as Bycrs refused to accept u
per cent Of the gross gate receipts. for
which Is agreed to box. 1t was about a
$l6J house ana thc net gate receipts would
not amount to more tnau $50 Byers part
woVll it1Vc lcCu Gbnut so. The manage
meat offered .Ht EpStoni:ln $,0 to box four
rounds. bUt the proposition was not ac-
Daily Kennebec journal., 1901-06-12
NASHUA. Q; MANCHESTER. 3.
Kerins Again Defeats Manchester in Presence
Of $50 People.

Manchester. n H.. June lin a we'll
played game in this city. this afternoon.
Nashua defeated the local team for the
second game. McCloud for Mancho a'"r
pitched a good game but Nashua hit sat"
10 times. Kcrins, the old Lowell pitcher.
played the best game he has put uo in
this city, this year.
Nashua .......1 o o-9-i0 :;
Manchester % o l g. 6-1
Batteries-Eerins and Coveney: Nc
Cloud and Kelly. Time, 1.i9. Attendance,
-=n
Daily Kennebec journal., 1901-06-12
National League Standing.
Other Games.

At Ncridon-N Norwich. s: Mcri len. T.
At D"rnY-Ncw London. .; Derby. 6
Al IIIrtford-liartford. /: Montreal. o.
At Waterbury, Waterbury. 9: Er Stol. 8.
Vt Worccs;Cr-WorCe5ic Ii: BInd-
10. :.
~ Observation-Disclosures 3; To.on-
10. {.
At New ulycn-Ncw Haven. /; Bridge
port. =.
ton II. S. :.
vt Phrladcl7hia-Uni Universi;y Of pcnna.,
~: Columbia. o.
.At SyraCjIsc-SyrI CuS". e: Rochester. ,
Rochester IL: Syracuse, 1.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1901-06-12
Chicago Markets.

chicago. June ii.
Marked weakness characterized the
wheat market. today. Jny closed IL
lower: July corn closed 7t6b3s lower. July
oats 4 down. ana provisions, from IN,
changed to ~ under yesterdays hnal
srictS
The leading futures closed as 70 lows:
WIfEAT-June. 7O@s; July. 1l.' Sept
CoRN-No. June. lls; July. GA;
GATSNo. : jun. 277i; scpt.s 25'..
POpK-IuIy. lt7Ii4; Sept. H-s5. y
IARD-JrIly, S.5a; Sept. So: Oct, no.
RIRS-Julv. sos; Sept, S.01l9-
wiIEAT-No. ) spring. 6sl4aeoh; No. :
No > corn, 47al.: No. . yellow. rat
oATS-No. . ISL; No. 3 white. 2'7sa-os-
RYF,-No. .. 50'4.
BARLEY-Good feeding. q. : -
FIAXSEED-No. /, Ill: No \. w.
II. .e.a
TIMOTHY SEED-Prime, S9S-ee
MESS PORK-1i.S0FtiiS5. 10.
T.ARD-S. 12i a6iS-e5.
SHOET RIBS SIDES e;l SIS.
SIInI-I DERS-Drv Sait.d. GIsTiAs
Daily Kennebec journal., 1901-06-12
100000 MEMBERS.
Tic A. O. L. ". Supreme Lodges
Opens Session at Buffalo.

Euffalo, n. Y, June 1.-THE Su-
ptcmc Lodge Of the Ancient Order of
United Workmcn. with jurisdiction
over the United States and Canada ex-
ccD:irg the provinces of Ontario, con-
vencd here, today, with 200 delegates.
Supreme Master Walker presented his
report showing u membership of $i2O.-
o0O
Daily Kennebec journal., 1901-06-12

Boston. June II.
FJoUR-Spring patent, 4ai.S5.
CoRN-Steamer yellow, 81.
oATS-Two clip white. 70.
PORk-Backs. 1TJhflS.oO-
BEEF-SteerS. Sl.G9.
NEAI. .S-5o9. ~ - faI
LNMBS-West spring 19al4' do a.
D ale.
IARD-Ticrcc, 97s- ssrsI
CHF,ESFlNew northern twins. W
F,GGS-Eastern. tIf5.
POTATOES iiebrons; W.
STGAR-Granulate 593
MINED FEED-lf. I3ulA5o. .,.,r I-s1
Gi1I75. s,
Daily Kennebec journal., 1901-06-12
LEWISTON. II: BANGOR. s.
Full Of Exciting Periods and Won by the
visiio,s in the Fifth.

Bangor. Me. June 1L-The locals were
defeated. today, by Does Lewiston team
by score of II to 3. in game that was
fuil of exciting periods. The visitors won
the game in the fifth. when they touchct.
Smith for four singles and home rIiI.
netting them five runs. The features of
the day was a sensational stop and throw
hy Hayward in the eighth and Mullancy' >
home run hit to center
Daily Kennebec journal., 1901-06-12
BANGOR

Earned rlnS-t.C Cwiston 6. Bang1r Two
base hts-Wisc. Guihccn. 1hrcc-t1S,'
hits-J. Kelley, Mullancy. Burril Homo
run-Mulancy Double pla yS-AlIen un-
assisted, HAYWARD unassistcd. Bases on
balls-By Smith. Nullaney. Howe; by
Morse. Jope Guihcen. Smith. Struck out
BY Morse, Smith 3. Nelson Jopc; by
Smith Bucknam. Morse = Howe, Wise.
Stolen bases. Kelley, Spooner. Sacri-
flee hits-Allcn. J. Kelley Left on bases
Bangor 4 Lewiston 6. Time. Lis. I'm
pire, Mahon.y. Attendance, 500.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1901-06-12
ARRESTED ON SUSPICION.
But Impression Is That Dudier Did
Not Steal the $500 Package.

Shcdiac, \. b., June 11.-Jack
pudier. aged Is was arrested. tonight
on suspicion in connection with the
loss of the 500 express package sent
from Passport, Me. to Point Du Chcnc.
There is an impression that Dudicr is
not the thief.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1901-06-12
Four Men Out at Skowhcgan.

Skowhegan, Me, June i1.--(SpcciaD
The only indication of the strike Oh
the Maine Central in this town is the
fact that Allard Cilley. the sectlon
boss and his three men are idle A
man has been secured TO make the
daily patrol of the track and if ncce3-
sary it is thought that men can be
found to work on the road. The section
men say that they will remain firm.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1901-06-12
CANCER

Sufferers from this horrible n,aiady
nearly always inherit it-not necessarily
from the parents, but may be from some
remote ancestor, for Cancer often runs
through several generations. This deadly
poison may lay dormant in the blood fos
years. or until you reach middle life, then
the first little sore or ulcer makes its APP
pcarance or a swollen gland i'll the
breast, or some other part Of the body,
gives the first warning.
To cure Cancer thoroughly and perna'
nently all the poisonous virus must be
Eliminated from the blood--every vestage
3f it driven out. This S. S. S. does, and
L: the only medicine that can reach deep
seated, obstinate blood troubles like tkis.
When all the poison has been forced out
of the system the Cancer heals, and the
disease never returns.
Cancer begins often in a small way, as the
following letter from Mrs. Shirer shows !:
small pimple came on my Jaw a hout n inch
below me car on the left side OF my face. II Eavo
Daily Kennebec journal., 1901-06-12
New York Stock Market.

New York. June u,
Cotton futures closed steady. yune' JUN a:
Julv. SIG: August. I.6l; Sep,efmloea.r meoar,her.
October, 71S: November. 90, ., March,
III; January, III; fepruars'
Spot cotton closed quiet lie hisnss's s.i,s s-is
ding TnIands. 5-16: Middlins uuii'
Sales. so bales
Daily Kennebec journal., 1901-06-12

The T5ntallun Castle, troop ship. that
recently w3s wrecked of Cape Town.
was the vessel in which Mr.. Gladstone
visited hicI ut the opening OF the
North Sea Canal in 1895. when he was
tn" guest of Sir Donald Ctirrie.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1901-06-12
American League Standing.
National League.
At CHICAGO.

Chicago ........0 o Is IT,
BROOKLYN ......1 y y u u 2-9-li -,
Batterie5-Huchcs, NTcucfcc and King
kitSon. McJamcS and Mc,iGirc. .Ntt. nj
2ucc. go.
AT CTNCINATTI.
Cincinatti ......0 . o o N-,-,-a
Boston ..........3 0 0 0 o o 0-'-7-l
Batteries-Phillips. Hahn and Bergen
Dincen and liittredge. Attendance. iS0i.
At ST. LOUIS.
St Louis .......n q o q q q q Ii s. =
Philadelphia 30 o 2-J-1-3
Batteries-Sudhon ard Ryan: Donohue
and Mcfarland. Attendance. 900.
At PITTSBCRG.
pittShurg ...................2 . X-i ! a
New York ........-........0 o 90 Il
Called end of the fifth inning: rain.
BattCricS-Iec"er and O'Connor: Mat
tkewSon and Warner. Attendance 600.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1901-06-12
New England League Standing.
American League.

Il
Boston .........2 0 o = :, -
Milwaukee 30 o o q d II 80
Ea'tories-Cuppy and Schrcck; Reidy
and Conrur. Attendance. S1S5.
AT BALTIMORE
Baltimore 80 0 0 o o f+ s.
Cleveland ......1 l 0 0 t-.-12-
Ratferies-IIowell and R~'>''iSon: IIar.
and Yeagcr. Attendance. 1lG3
Daily Kennebec journal., 1901-06-12

ildlf the Ills that man is their to come
from Indigestion. Burdock Blood Bitters
strengthens and tones the stomach.
.tEtkos indigestion impossible,
n VI f.swEypf
Daily Kennebec journal., 1901-06-12

"Ssarchlight ting for frogs is the latest
industry in Kansas. 4 big electric light
Is flashed upon the ponds and before tie
cr0aEcrs recover their sight they a-c
Scco9cd up in nets.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1901-06-12

inc no pain Or inconven-
ciucc. and I should have
forgotten about it had It
not begun to infa me and
itc. ; il would bleed a
little, then scab over. but
could not heal. This
continued for some time,
When my jaw began to
swell, be ing very
painful. The Cancer be-
can to eat and spread,
until it was as large as q
half dollar, when I heard
Of S. S. 5. and dete-rnin-
ed to give it n fair trial.
and it was remark a BILE
what a wonderful effect
Daily Kennebec journal., 1901-06-12
New York Money Market.
New York. June II.

New York. June II.
Money on call steady at 2-tel3'@
Primo mercantile paper SSimas for &c
mand and at i.Sf+f;4s for 30 days.
Posted rates i.Sc1e and i.S9.
Commercial bills iSt,fI5is
Silver certificates nominal!y co.
Bar silver ..93s.
Maxicap dollars
Daily Kennebec journal., 1901-06-12
The Weeks Schedules.
AMERICAN LEAGUE

Wednesday. Thursday, Friday. Satur
day--Dctroit at iScston, Milwaukee II
Philadelphia. Chicago ut Baltimore
Cleveland ut Washington.
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
"Wednesday Boston ut CinciEattl. Phil
adclphi,, at St Louis.
Thursday. Friday. SatIrdly-Eoston ~
rttsburG. Brooklyn at st Louis. New
York at Chicago, Philadelphia at Cincn-
atti.
.5unday-Brooklyn at ST. Louis. New
York at Chicago.
NEW ENGLAND LEAGUE.
Wcdncsday-IIav at Nashua, Man
chester at Lowell. Portland at Bangor
Lewiston a. Augusta.
Thursday-Lowcll at Manchester. Ha-
vcrhillat Nashua. Portland at Bangor
l., wiStcn at Augusta.
Friday Nashua at Lowell, Manchester
at HaverhiI Augusta at Portland, Fan
eor at Lewiston.
Saturday-LoWcil at Nashua. ManchcS-
ter 1T Ilaverhill. Augusta at Portland
Bangor al Lewiston.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1901-06-12
AZ PHILADELPHIA.

Detroit ........4 0 0 0 90 0 0-i-7-l
Philadelphia Il . 0 90 0-i-i-l
Batterics-Cronin and Shaw: Fraze- and
Powers. Attendance. 3a5S.
AT WASHINGTON.
Washing Oh IL 0 | ! 0 0 81 |
Chicago .........0 0 0 0 0-l-7--
Batteries--Lec and Grady: Callahan,
Harvey and Sullivan. Attendance, - 0.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1901-06-12

Coffee drinking is much more modrr,,
custom than tea drinking. II was frat
practiccd i'll Arabia about the mldd g of
the fifteenth century. when the stony soe
that the chief of a company o: Darvi inc
noticed that his goats frisied and . aye.
all night long whenever on thc prev;oiis
day they had eaten of shrub CROWN :
wild in the neighborhood. FirGiug ii
fscult To keep his disciples awake dur;nc
their evening devotoEs. fc prepared a
beverages OF the leaves o. berries Of III !
shrub. and it proved so helpful 20 the
midnight p.cty of the Dcrvis,1es TIA;
from that time coffee came into use.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1901-06-12
Boston Market.

r"frESE- Steady. 9aln,L.
EGGS-Wcak; fresh, l0ai.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1901-06-12

it had from the very beginning the sore began te
heal and after taking a few bottles d;sa ppearcd
entirely. This was two years ago there are still
no signs Of the Cancer and my general health
continues good.-MRs. r. SHIRrR, la Plata, Mo
IN - N is the greatest of all
blood purifiers, and the
~ ~ only one guaranteed
9eA purely vegetable. Send
Cancer, containing valuable and interest.
ing information about this disease. auc
write our physicians about your case. W.
make no charge for 1r:ctlical advice.
TILE SWIFT SPECIFIC CO.. ar:ANTA "a
Daily Kennebec journal., 1901-06-12

Islngton is the most thickly populated
parish in England. having ll2 persons 10
the acre. Bolton comes next.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1901-06-12

A Philadelphia resident recently cen
tracted fer the building OF c22e houses, t.
cost about $50 90.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1901-06-12

T.NRp-N. II 9aiN--l.
SHORT RIBS SIDES @.l u.
IDERS-Dry- salted 6isn "a, =,
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1901-01-03
RAJAH WEEDS A EUROPEAN.
Some Of the SinRula Provisions Nj t.,
In the Marriage Con-
10, tract.

It is announced that the. young
rajah of Jhind, who is lord of the
third biggest native state under the
Punjab government, has, celebrated
his coming Of age by marrying E,l-
ropean girl, Miss Olive Mona,esenr
daughter Of Mr.. MonaleSen. of Bonn
bay. The wedding took place accord
ing to Sikh rites and was to some ex-
tent runaway one, if the match can
be SO described where the bridegroom
is already the husband of at least two
native ladies. Anyway, the British
political officer was not given time
to interfere effectively, says London
paper.
The Indian Planters Gazette claims
to have seen the marriage contract
which has been drawn up in accord
ance with Sikh usage, and provides
the lady with a definite income, be-
sides making stipulations, with reser-
vations, as to how many other wives
the potentate may also possess. The
existing Maharanis are reservations.
1t is an unpleasant business to An
glo-Tndian thinking, this marriage of
white girl to rajah, but right
enough from the Sikh point Of view
The lady will be known as her high
ness Juswant Kuar.
This is the second case of the kind
that has occurred of late years in the
Punjab. That of the late Princess
Florence of Patiala was the first.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1901-01-03
DOGS KILLED BY GAS.
Humane Method of DispOsinx Of
Them Adopted by the Chicago
Humane Society.

The Chicago Humane society has at
last hit upon novel but effectual
means of dsposing of vagrant ours be-
fore the heat Of summer sets in. They
are being gathered up from the streets
and asphyXiated by gas, reports the
Tribune. Calls are responded to by
the Humane society when made by
residents Of the city who may be both
cred by stray dogs. A number of wom-
en-, actuated by humanitarian impulses,
are cooperating with the society to
gather up the ANIMALS left to wander
and starve along the thoroughfurcs
1t is largely due to their repeated re-
quests for a milder means of destroy
ing dogs that the new scheme of en-
termination by gas has been brought
about. They consider death by shoot
ing an unnecessarily painful process.
A small metal tank closely sealed
with tight cover is filled with COM
mon Illuminating gas admitted by
tube. \ small aperture in the cover
permits the air to be forced out. Into
this tank, one at a time, the dogs are
dropped. the gas turned on, and in 30
seconds they are unconscious and in
less than a minute they are lifeIess.
Two feet of gas is considered sufficient
quantity to kill dog. and the expense
amounts to practically the same as the
bullet -..-.. ....-s
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1901-01-03
THEY HAVE HARD SERVICE.
Ooldlsrs In the French Foreign Le-
Eioa Have Anything Bat an
Easy Time,

The French foreign legion, which is
again the subject of Partisan political
gossip, offers about the hardest mil
itary service in the world. and no one
who knows enters it until he has ex
hausted all other means of support or
wishes to bury himself. says London
paper. Men of all nations are in it's
ranks, many of them hard characters,
criminals and jailbirds, and it is al
ways sent by France to do the dirty
work which that country naturally
does not choose to impose upon its own
children.
Thus it has held the frontiers Of the
then post is cut to bits by a wild Arab
tribe. The fever-infested portions Of
Cambodia and Indo-China, which Lodi
has described, have also heen the scene
of its exploits. The discipline. too is
most severe. Flogging is IA daily occur
renee and capital punishment is the
result of the most trivial otTenses
Thus the cases of insanity in the legion
are of much larger number than in
any other branch of the French service.
A physician who has been studying he
insanity of the DICTIONARIES says that
majority of the cases are well deve!-
Oped when the men enlist, since few
sane men would ever accept The condi-
tons know to exist in this corps. He
adds that in his opinion many men shot
for breaches of discipline We're not
mentally responsible, and he says that
the same trouble may cause the nsub.
ordination among the French troops
with the allies in China.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1901-01-03
SANDWICH WAS A DEAR ONE,
Tho Railway EatinR-House MOrscl
Cost a Kansas city Man
$17l.6O.

In the matter of expense this is
probably the record sandwich. 1t
was paid for by Edwin r. Kimball, a
wealthy business man of KANSAS City,
recently, says a Chicago paper.
Mr.. kimball was in Leavenworth
bound for Omaha, and it was impera-
tive that he should reach his destina-
ton in the morning. When his train
pulled into the station at Leaven-
worth he was hungry and he fastened
into Il lunchroom for sandwich be-
fore the train pulled out again. He
was still eating when the train rolled
out of the depot. BY the time he
reached the platform the coIored
lights on the rear coach seemed to
wink at him from a distance. as if in
mockerv of his discontinue. His only
way out Of the difficulty WIS TO tcIe-
graph ahead to friend on the train
to make deposit with the conductor
sufficient to cover the expense of a
special. An engine and coach were
sent down from the Missouri Pacific
yards in Atchison and Mr.. Eimhall
was promptly conveyed to Omaha,
happy in being able to meet his APP
pointment despite the fact that the
Leavenworth sandwich cost him Il
sum representing one dollar mile
for the entire distance. plus the price
Of his refreshments, which was SILL SO.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1901-01-03
Wheat from Egyptian Tom bs.

The statement has frequently been
made that it is possible to cause grains
of wheat found in ancient Egyptian
sepulchers to terminate and grow
This statement has been disputed, and
the question was discussed at a re-
cent meeting of the French Academy
of Science. Tt was shown that while
the albumen of wheat found in a
tomb 5000 years old had undergone
no alteration, the embryo was changed
and could not be caused to germi-
nate. But fresh embryo placed in
the ancient albumen would grow. and
this fact, it was said, probably ac-
counted for the statement that the
old Egyptian wheat rescued from its
long entombment would sprout and
grow.