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The age-herald., 1901-02-04
POGONIP.
The White Death of Colorado More
 Dreaded Than BIizzards.

An interesting winter phenomenon, Tor tunately of rare occurrence generally, is quite freauent in the Southeastern part of White Pine county, Nevada. It is known by the Indian name of "pogonip" and is mist or fog of frozen vapor A graphic ac- count is given in the Monthly Weather Re- view of a party of five who were caught in one of these deadly mists, with fatal results to one member and serious illness to all the others They were driving through North Park Colorado, in Febrli- ary, two years ago. The air was crisp and motionless. The sun was shining brightly and mountain peaks fifty miles distant were seen with great distinctness. Suddenly one member of the party complained that Some- thing had stung her in the face, and short ly afterward the others suffered in the same way. The distant mountains soon be- came obscured by mist, which was in itself remarkable manifestation, as mists in Colorado unknown in February. The air by this time was filled with glisten- ing particles that scintillated in the sun like diamond dust. On arriving at the first cabin along the road a man rushed out with head muffled and handed the travellers a slip of paper, commanding them to come into his cabin immediately without speaking, as the storm meant death. On getting inside the whole party within an hour were suffering from fever and violent coughs, and one woman died before morning. The other members were deathly i'll and sick long time, but event. ually recovered. It was explained after ward that the beautiful gistening particles were small particles of ice frozen so cold that they went clear down to the lungs without melting. A comparatively short exposure in such a frozen mist is always fatal. It is reported that about eight wears ago a whole Indian tribe across the Wyoming line died from its effects. The Indians call it the white death," and are justly greatly in dread of it.
The age-herald., 1901-02-04
MIR. ZANGWILL'S MEMORY.
Ills Vivid Recollection of the Neuralgia
 of Miss Agnes Repplier.

From the Sunday Evening Post.
 Miss Agnes Repplier and MT. I. zangwill have met for the second time. Miss Rep 'plier knows very well the conditions under which they first met, but it seems MT. Fang will does not. And thereby hangs a story which, told in Miss Reppher's delightful way, is a choice bit of literary gossip.
 The first meeting was at a small dinner party. The second was at large reception given in honor of MT. Zangwill.
 The author of "The Children of the Ghet- to- was surrounded by a worshipful circle of women. Miss Repplier approached and some one mentioned her name. MT. Fang will sprang forward and in his strident voice said how glad he was to see her again. He took her by both hands, shook them warm ly, beamed upon her, and said he was so glad to have the pleasure of meeting her again; he remembered so perfectly how i'll she was the last time he had met her; she was such a suffrer from neuralgia and the pain was intense that night. She was bet ter now? She replied that she felt very well irdeed, and that she was most happy to see him again.
 Then the buzz began. What genius he isp' they said. Think of his remembering that she had. neuralgia when he last met her! Isn't he truly wonderful?" And so on and on until Miss Repplier was fairly be- seged with exclamations about the Hon s wonderful memory.
 Now, here Is where I grow remarkable,' says Miss Repplier. T never breathed 1t aloud to one person in that worshipful crowd that I never, never had twinge of neuralgia in all my life, and that I was buoyantly we'll the one night on which I met Mir. Zangwill."
The age-herald., 1901-02-04
JAcKsoN'S COTTON BALES.
Even Though They Never Existed,
 Their Memory is Cherished.

From the New Orleans Democrat
 q was very much surprised to learn the other day." said a visitor from Burlington, Vt, at one of the hotels, that Jackson had no cotton in his Notifications during
 the battle of New Orleans. Whether the younger generation is better advised, am unable to say, but the cotton-bale legend is believed religiously by middle-aged peo- pie all through the New England States. They are proud of it as a master example of what might be called Yankee cunning,
 and before you could shatter your faith in
 the story you could persuade them that
 Washington didn't cross the Delaware and
 that Benedict Arnold was a high-minded
 American patriot.
 "I attended public school when I was a
 boy at Greenfield Mass" continued the speaker, and I remember distinctly the ac- count of the battle of New Orleans that was
 gwen in our Intermediate History of the United States It described the cotton bale fertilization as a happy inspiration which came to Jackson at the last moment as a possible means of offsetting the im- mense preponderance of the British forces. According to the narrative, the cotton was l piled up in a gigantic wall, and when the | enemy's artillery opened fire the projectiles bounded back from its surface like rubber | balls thrown against the side of house. ''I remember that the incident tickled us
 boys immensely. We thought it was such
 a good joke on the Englishmen, and years afterward, whenever anything would re- mind me of the battle of New Orleans, I would instantly have a mental vision of a crowd of astonshed artillerymen lodging their own cannon balls. The small Ameri- can loss was attributed solely to this re-
 markable piece of strategy, and the chapter
 was embellished with a fullpage woodcut,
 which is as clear to my minds eye as if
 had seen it yesterday. It represented what
 was evidently intended to be one end of the
 fortifications-a solid, square-sided, rectan-
 gular wall of bales, with regular apertures
 for cannon On one side was line of men
 dressed like the traditional dime-novel trap
 per- each with a coonskin cap on his head
 and rife about nine feet long, and on the other side was a dense mass of British grenadiers A number of cannon balls were seen lying on the ground outside, where | they had bounced from the elastic ramparlS | and the grenadiers were plainly getting the worst of it.
 1 That picture stands today as the accept | ed New England version of the battle, and l the man who attempted to pluck out those | venerated cotton bales and substitute or | dinary Mississippi river mud would have | a disagreeable job on his hands. l wouldn't | like to undertake it.
The age-herald., 1901-02-04
THIEVES GOING NORTH.
Officers Patroling Sreets of Marion,
 Ind, Awaiting Them.

Marion Ind, February 3.-George Weber, Jr.. cashier of the Marion Bank, is in re- ceipt of a letter from the Southern Bank CTS Association, located in Memphis, Tenn, stating that a gang of thieves and all- around crooks, which has been operating throughout the Southern States, started North about two week ago and that two of Marion's banks are scheduled to be loot ed The three banks here and the police department have taken the matter in hand and an extra force of officers are patrolling the streets in citizens clothes During the last two weeks, this city has experienced a carnival of burglaries and hold-ups, and the officers believe that part of the gang has already reached the city. The letter stated that the gang is composed of ex- pert bank robbers, porch climbers, sneak thieves and confidence men.
The age-herald., 1901-02-04
Says the Albany Correspondent
 of LesIie's Weekly
POLITICS IS UNACCEPTABLE
The New York Democrat Does Not De. sire to Quit His Lucrative Law Practice to Lead Party in
 Presidential Campaign.

New York February 3.-The announce ment that Senator Hill Is not a candidate for the Presidential nomination of his party in 1904 is made by the Albany correspondent of Leslie's Weekly in the current issue. He says:
 "I have the highest authority for the statement that Senator Hill is not a can didate in any sense for the Presidential nomination and that he is not responsible for the action of his friends and will in no way encourage the continuance of such &C., tion. Whatever Senator Hills ambition may have been in the past, he treasures no Presidential ambition now. He is engrossed in his law practice. It has grown larger and more lucrative each year and his absorption i,l professional duties gives him little tune and less inclination to respond to the grow ing call for him to actively assume the party's leadership.
 s'This reluctance CD on the part Of the Senator to re-enter public life is not the re- suit of pique or disappointment. lie simply finds greater comfort and enjoyment in the practice of his profession and less alure- ment in the field of politics, which has never been a source of profit and oft mas given him hardly comfortable support. Like
 
 every other man who reaches middle lie, Senator Hill looks forward to achieving substantial financial independence by main- taining his established and well settled pro- fessional practice. He is devoting his best energies to that end, and therefore he is not inclined to respond to such calls as have been made by the Texas legislature and by prominent Democratic leaders and organiza- tions in the South and West
 'Those who have intimate personal rela' tions with Senator Hill greatly doubt whether he will ever consent to lead his party again in a Presidential campaign While he is adverse to making public ex- pression of his feeling in the matter, his determination is not a secret. Devoted as he has been for so many years to his par tvs welfare, his withdrawal from politics Is regarded as impossible. He will continue to be an influential factor, but this will not interfere with a conviction he has recently expressed to many friends that office hold ing is unsatisfactory and unprofitable"
The age-herald., 1901-02-04
TEMPERANCE CANrEENS.
Sergeant Buzzacor Will Try Plan to
 Stake Soldiers Thirst.

Chicago, February 3.-Mrs. L. M. N. Ste vens and Miss Anna A. Gordon, President and Vice President at large of the Nationaf Woman's Christian Temperance Union, have had an interview with Sergeant Fran cs H. Bazzacot of Chicago relative to his plan for temperance canteens for soldiers in the field, plan that is already filed with the War Department at Washington.
 The general officers of the National w. c. T. U. have decided to urge MT. Buzzacot to go to Washington and demonstrate his temperance canteen there, as he did months ago with success in Chattanooga, Tenn.
The age-herald., 1901-02-04
CASH BOND DEMANDED.
Military Government wants Medley to
 Put Up the Coin.

Havana, February 3.-The military gov ernment will demand a cash bond from C. r. w. Nicely, the alleged defaulter What the amount wNlSbe has not been stated, as Neelys lawyer absolutely refuses to de- posit cash, fearing that it will be seized
 The charges will aggregate an embezz1e- ment of over $1Oo0O0, with the possibility of the amount being materially increased The judge of the court of first instance is inclined to hold that Nicely is guilty of stealing surcharged stamps to the amount of $500, 600; and as the question of bail at present rests with him, the cash to be de-
The age-herald., 1901-02-04
,osfted would exceed that of the embezzle-

ment
 The counsel of the government are confi- dent of con yicting Neely, especially of the mp-burning incident W. H. Reeves, who will probably be the star witness of the government, and who has been undergoing almost daily examinations by the postoffice inspectors for nearly month, asserted that the whole method of Neely's stealings had been revealed under promise of immunity.
The age-herald., 1901-02-04

Bessemer Business Mems Free Street Fair and Carnival; week commencing Monday. Feb. 4th. Excursion rates on all railroads.
The age-herald., 1901-02-04
LOAN ART EXHIBIT.

You are invited to the Loan Art Exhibit during all of the coming week at Morton's new studio, corner Second avenue and Nineteenth street. 2-3-3t
The age-herald., 1901-02-04
ENRAGED CITIZEN
 SHOOTS PREACHER Rev. John Keller Received Sev-
 eraI Bad Wounds
SENSATIONAL CHARGE MADE
The Ministers AssaiIant Claims That Keller Assaulted His Wife and Caused Her lIlness-ShoorIng
 Occurred a. Arlington, N. Y.

New York, February S.-Rev. John Keller Secretary of Rt. Rev. Bishop Starkey bishop of Trinity Episcopal Mission in Ar lington, N. J., and chaplain of the First New Jersey regiment, was shot and serious ly wounded by Thomas c. Barker, in Ar: lington, today. MT Keller had just left the house of John s. Sands, where he had his meals, when Barker opened fire, shooting four shots.
 One bullet went through the facial bone from the right side and destroyed the sight of the right eye. Another bullet shattered the fingers of the right hand and another passed through the clergyman's hat The fourth went wide of its mark. He is said to have an even chance for life.
 The shooting, it is said, was the result of a disclosure made by Barker's wife, all though MT. Keller denies the accusation made against him. Barker surrendered to the police. MT Keller refused to sign a complaint.
 According 10 a story told by Barker to several friends after the shooting, his wife last night told him that the illness from which she has suffered for nearly a year and which caused the Barkers to break up their home and go to boarding was due to all assault committed on her at her home by Rev. MT. Keller.
 The assalt, it is alleged, was committed after a hard struggle, during which Mrs. Barker became unconscious. The Bark CTS and the minister were friends and had continued apparently friendly. Mrs. Bark CT was a member of the mission, but her husband was not
 Lay in Wait for Miniser.
 When Barker heard his wife's story he waited until morning and then lay in wait for the minister and shot him. Barker has lived in Arlington about ten years. He is about 39 years old, and for many years has been in the employ of the Commercial Ca ble Company, being in charge of one of the departments in New York.
 The Rev MT. Keller is about 3S years old, and native of Philadelphia He was grad uated from the General Theological Semi nary in New York in 1SS6 and the same year was made a deacon In 1888 MT. Kel- Ter was made chaplain to Bishop Starkey and in 1895 was made chaplain of the First Regiment but at the solicitation of the bishop did not go with the regiment when it was called out during the Spanish war. Two years ago last May he was made sec retary of the diocese and still holds that position
The Washington times., 1901-12-10
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The Washington times., 1901-12-10
ST. LOUIS sURvEYoRsHIP.
Compromise Appointment May UIti-
mateIy End Controversy.

4 lull has come in the factional contest
for the control of the Republican party in
Missouri between r. C. Kerens. national
committeeman, and Secretary Hitchcock.
The President is looking into the aatece-
dents and general political virtues Of
Charles Weneker. who has been rec
commended for the position OF surveyor Of
the PORT OF ST. Louis, the point Of couten-
tion between the warning factions.
The appointment OF Mr. Welcker. who
has long been prominent in st. Louis poll
ties will be in the nature OF a compro-
mise. 1t is unders ;ood that weneker had
Roedy, Of 81 Louis, whom the President
called to Washington for a conference in
regard to the Missouri situation. While
the President is investigating the matter.
however. there is little likelihood that an
appointment will be made.
In the meantime it is understood that
several candidates hoping that the Pres
ident nay turn to a third party in his di
lemma are grooming for the place. The
President has much confidence in the
Judgment of Representative BarthJldt, OF
St Louis, with whom he has several times
consulted In regard to the situation, and
IL is possible that Mr.. BarthOldt may
name a candidate who will meet with the
Presidents approval. Such action on the
par. of the member from Missouri would
mean a rundown for the kerens faction,
inasmuch as Bartholdt is opposed 20 the
national committeeman and his friends.
The Washington times., 1901-12-10
CHECK FOR STANDARD OIL.
May Sell Moera Enim Product, hut
Cannot Control Output.

THE HAGUE. Dec. "a well known
fnancier said today that during two days
last week the shares of the Moera Enim
Company were well maintained, but are
now dull. There is no reason to believe
that the Standard Oil Company is buying
the shares. They would be Of no use TO
that company, because, according to law.
the seat of the company must remain at
Amsterdam.
A contract with the Moera Enim Com
pany would only give the standard Oil
Company control over the selling Of the
oil This possibly would not meet with op-
position from the shareholders. Neither
could such a contract be opposed by the
Government.
officials say, however, that the Minis
tiers would never allow the transfer Of
the concession of the Moera Enim Com
pany to a foreign corporation. The con-
troll OF the production of the oil by the
Standard Oil Company is thus rendered
impossible.
The Washington times., 1901-12-10
ANARCHISTS scoFF AT LAW.
Declare That Legislation L. Power
less 10 Suppress Them.

BOSTON. Dec. 9.-Simeon Zanofsky, a
New York anarchists. talked in Yiddish
before an assemblage of red flag follow
ers at Phoenix Hall last evening.
Legislation against anarchism." he
said, ''is like trying to dam a rushing
stream. No law ever impeded the ad-
vance OF progress. Anarchism is no new
invention of ours 1t is the primeval as
piration for freedom that only changes
its form at different periods of history
why talk about being practical, So
he asked. when there is so much misery
and poverty in the world? Why be prac-
teal when there is no hope but in the
radical change?
There are more anarchists all over the
"orld," he asserted. than anyone i'm
agines. Everywhere people are tired Of
governments and are doihs what they can
to evade the laws. There is not capi-
talists or merchant but who cheats the
Government Of taxes and tariffs
Lewis Gordon. OF South Boston, said
that anarchists had not been frightened
out OF existence. that they were just as
much alive as ever that no power on
earth can crush them or stay the advance
OF their sacred cause
The Washington times., 1901-12-10
RABBI ASKED TO RESIGN.
Rumors of Alleged Horsewhipping
Disturb Denver Congregation.

DENVER. Cot. Dec s.-Rabbi Rudolph
Farber has resigned the pulpit of the
leading orthodox synagogue in Denver at
the request OF his congregation. Reports
Of the alleged horsewhipping Of the rabbi.
although until now suppressed in the
local papers. had been we'll circulated
throughout the city. and the scandal was
too much for the congregation to carry.
Mrs Mary Sullivan and Mrs. Mary Ab-
bolt are the women Who claim they horse
whipped the RABBI. The former is the
wife of Dan sullivan. the Cripple Creek
postmaster who attracted attention by
his gallantry in protecting Mr.. Roosevelt
al the time of The Vlct1-ir riot.
Each OF the women claims that Farber
frequently tried 90 gst them TO meet him
cldndestinely. They allcge that Mrs Sui
livan met him by appointment October
y, having laid a trap for him, and pub
licly whipped him They declare they
have witnesses TO prove their story.
Farber says it IS q case OF race preiu-
dice and persecution, and shows an am
dayit TO prove an aIibi.
The Washington times., 1901-12-10
GROWERS GET THEIR PRICE.
Cotton Men Who Held Out for 20
Cents Rewarded.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla, Dec. 9.-The Cot
ton Growers Association Of Florida has
accomplished its end. and the growers
have received more for their cotton than
they asked.
For some time there has been a deter
mination to secure better prices, and
when the association held out for twenty
cents there seemed to be about time for
a climax II was reached Saturday, says
a dispatch from Gainesville. when 1880
bales Of the staple passed into tn hands
OF a BIackshear. Ga, factor for twenty
one cents a pound.
This means over S1JO.0GO to be circulate
ed among the farmers of that section.
The Washington times., 1901-12-10
FOND OF OUTDOOR EXERCISE.
President RooseveIt's Daily Rides
and TrEmps with General woos

General Wood, during his stay in Wash
ington, was much in the company of the
President Scarcely day passed without
the two former Rough Riders-Wood was
the first colonel OF the famous regiment
taking long horseback rides together. Both
are intrepid horsemen. and probably were
somewhat disappointed that the cares Of
official life or the necessity of attending
dinners compelled them to return to the
White House by o'clock at the latest.
One day last week, when 1t rained al
most continuously for twenty-four hours,
the Presidents brougham was ordered at
$3.50 in the afternoon. The President and
General Wood. roughly dressed and wear
ing long coats. were driven away. 1t was
Z o'clock before they returned, and when
the President walked across the portico
TO the door of the White House his shoes
looked as though he had indulged in i
long tramp over muddy country roads.
The President is quite as fond OF walk
ing as he is of riding. His endurance is
such that he thinks little of a fye-mile
tramp. Although ne is not an extremely
fast walker, he gets large amount OF
exercise from it. His is a short stride,
but he sets his feet down hard, swings
his arms vigorously and let's his body and
shoulders work easily from the hips.
When the President comes in from a long
walk he never siackens his pace until
he passes through the door Of the White
House.
On such occasions he never wears an
oyercoat. In fact, he regards this gar
ment as superfluous as far as affordng
comfort is concerned. To use a statement
he once made, when Civil Service Com
missioner, he doesn't think a man is
much good who has not enough blood in
his veins to keep his body warm without
an oyercoat."