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MILLION DOLLAR FRUAD.
Hundreds OF People Throughout the
Country Contributed TO Golfers.

BOSTON, oct 2S,-In connection with
what the United States marshals Office
declares to be one Of the biggest frauds
they ever had to deal with in this city.
members of the firm Of ]. c. Fisher 4
Co.. brokers, were arrested today on a
charge Of using the United States mails
In scheme to defraud. 1t IS alleged
that Sl,OOO,0OO has been taken from the
public since January 1, 1900.
The method Of the firm is said by the
authorities to have been very simple,
People all over the country, 1t is al
legged, were written to and told what
excellent chances there were to invest
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CASTRO ELECTED.

NEW YORK, oct. 2S.-lA dispatch an
nounclng the election of President Cas-
tro. OF Venezuela. who has been the
provisional president FOR year, has
been received at the Venezuelan consul
late IN this city.
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ON EQUAL BASIS.

HELENA Mont, Oct. 2S.-The su-
preme court today handed down a de-
clsion involving the question Of the pur-
chase Of state supplies manufactured
by non-union labor. Under tthe decis-
ion. the bids Of non-union firms viii
have the same consideration as union.
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FAILED TO REGISTER.

COLUMBUS, Oct. 2S,-Returns from
the four large cities in the state. Gin
cinnatl, Cleveland, Toledo and Column
bus. show a falling off from registra-
tion Of a year ago of 2S,1S7, and gain
Of $40 over two years ago.
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WILLIAM GETTING MAD.
VIII Smlsn Everything to Places II No
Commercial Treaties Are Nego-
tiated.

BERLIN. Oct. 2S.-The German press
is discussing in a lively fashion the
folio wing utterance attributed TO En-
peror William:
'If no commercial treaties are nego-
uated. I shall smash everything TO
pieces"
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1901-10-29
ENToMBED MINER RESCUED.

SALT LAKE, Oct. 2S.-After beng
entombed in mine at Bingham. Utan.
for sixty-one hours, Charles Nuttlng
was taken out today, alive but very
weak. One other man. VIM. Anderson.
is still in the mine. There Is no hope
of finding him alive.
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BOYCOTT WOULD BE HARMFUL.
Proposed Action Against British Com
merce Does Not Meet Favor.

NEW YORK. Oct 2S.-The Brussels
correspondent Of the London Times and
the New York Times says the agitS-
iion among the Dutch Workmen's AS
sociat!cn in favor Of boycoting British
commerce has succeeded in arousine
a certain amount Of notice in the Dutch
and Belgian press.
1t is generally admitted that an at
tempt 10 boycott British vessels at Rot
terdam would mean ruin for local in
terests
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1901-10-29
SERIOUS GUN EXPLOSION.

LEAvENwoRTH, Kas., Oct 2s.-By
the explosion Of Colts automatic fir-
ing gun at Fort Leavenworth today,
Captain Menoher and five men of the
Twenty-eiyhth battery Of field artillery
were wounded. three severely.
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YALE CREW GETTING READY.
Thr,e Crews VIII at once Begin Prdc-
tlce for Coming Year.

NEW HAVEN. Conn, Oct. 2S.-The
Yale varsity oarsmen win meet Captain
Phil Kunzig today and begin their
training for the coming year. The plan
for the work this fall will be TO form
three crews which will BE- kept rowing
until college closes Cor the holidays.
After the holidays he oarsmen will rest
until February l, when they will be
called together again for tank prac-
,ice. Mr. Kennedy and Captain Kun
zig viii direct the coaching this fall
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MARINE MATTERS DISCUSSED.

PARIS. Oct. 2S.-The chamber OF dep
uties today began the discussion Of the
ministerial project aiming at the revis-
al, by means Of subsidies, Of declining
French merchant marine.
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AUBURN. y. Y. oct. sS-Thc body
II Leon csoIg,,z Siu no, De- removed
from Auburn Superintendent % State
Prisons collins and Warden Meade, art
ter hours ~ controversy with CEolgosz'
brother succeeded IN obtaining fr,m
him rc.inqllshncn, of the family claim
whcn the cS.cu;oncr shall have au.sh-
cd his w1-k,
collins ASSURED waldcck Czolgasz that
he and the family could attend the fun
cril. that they would be protested and
that the body would be given decent
burial.
CzolgosE suffered slight nervous at
tack late this afternoon. bu, the prls-
IN Officials did not regard II IN the light
OF a breakdown and adhered to the
belief that ne will 80 uufal,eringly TO
bis death
Or. Charles +. Mcdonald and the
prlsoa physician. Gerwlu. visited the
cell at o'clock They found the prs-
ner suffering from extreme nervous
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PRICE OF SILVER,

NEW YORK, Oct. 2S.-silver. ON.
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FINAL HOURS OF THE ASSASSIN
cEplgp-E Was Suilen and Refused 20
Converse Win the Attendants.
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Rnilds House Over Wife's Grave .

Colonel Elijah De Board, Of Gilmer
County, Georgia, is probably the only
man in the United States whose home
Is over a grave. This unusual habita-
tion is not due to eccentricity, or FOR
the purpose of attracting notoriety,
but is simply a case Of loyal devotion
shown in a visible way to the memory
Of his wife.
The recent loss of his partner In life
affected him deeply, since which time
10 has become q recluse. His deVo-
ton has been carried to an extreme,
it is thought by his neighbors, as ne
mas given up living in his large home
and has just built house on the spot
where his beloved wife rests, on the
beautiful mountain side near his home.
The structure is O small but substan-
:ial octagon of stone, and on the IRON
door opening into the single room ID
he following inscription: "One in life,
and one in death"
In the right hand corner is the grave
Of his wife, while secondary space
near by he has reserved for himself.
where, at the end he can find repos' =
Around the windows flowers ha.t
Deen planted, and the venerable patr.-
arch spends the days in beautifylns
the surroundings of his strange home.
On the anniversary Of her death,
With the assistance Of a local pastor,
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A Horse ON. the Peddlers.
"Sic-em, Bill"

The pedestrians on Cadillac Square
who heard this command naturally ex-
pected to see dog respond. Great
was their surprise, therefore, when
they beheld horse prancing along the
curb. He was nosing at a banana
vender, who was excitedly trying to
get his cart Of fruit out of harms way.
The vender kept moving, too, and the
horse returned to his post in front of
his owners fruit and peanut emporium
to wait for further interlopers. The
merchant has oof these horses, both
of which exhibit wonderful intelli-
gencc in protecting their owners in
terests from the encroachmcnt OF no.
madic rivals. 1t is against the ordi-
nance for street peddlers to stand on
the public thoroughfare longer than is
necessary to make a sale, so the horses
are really relieving the policemen on
that beat Of an unpleasant duty. 1t is
an advantageous corner, and many
peddlers try to do business there. Th"
horses, which are kept for delivery pur
poses, are stationed ut the curb on
busy nights, and when q peddler ap-
proaches the merchant slips the weigh
and "sics" 'em on. Then he gives the
irate peddler the equine ha, ha.-Dc
troit Free Press
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the pioneer tea plantation established

the pioneer tea plantation established
in the New World.
AS soon as the Secretary of Agricul-
ture became convinced that tea culture
in the South was not only practicable
but might be made profitable as well,
be arranged for the institution Of an
experimental plantation in South Caro-
lima. The site selected has proven a
most admirable one. Pinehurst, as it
is called, consists of about seven hun
dred acres of beautiful rolling, country
thickly strewn with woodlands. About
fifty acres of the splendid estate were
transformed into tea gardens, and this
apportionment has gradually been ex-
tended. The tiny seeds which had
been brought from the Far East. were
left to repose in earthly beds, prepared
and sweetened With all the. care which
could possibly be bestowed upon a
couch of soil. Dininutive shades were
even provided to screen these babies
of the plant world from the glare of
the sun, and then the tea planters
anXiouSly awaited results.
At first the little immigrants did not
appear to take kindly to the foreign
cline, and the investigators became
so discouraged that they were well
nigh ready to give up the experiment,
when. just in the nick of time, fate
smiled, with the result that these
American tea gardens now contain
thousands of bushes, each composed
of many separate stems. Better still.
the practical side of the enterprise has
commenced to make favorable show
ing. The yield of the plantation is
increased by one-eighth each year and
the tea produced is so vastly superior
to the black tea which comes over the
ocean that it sells for dollar pound,
or three OF four times as much as the
importations from China or Japan, and
thus nets the Government very
handsome profit on its investment.
But because tie tea which has thus
far been produced in Dixie has sold
for three or four times the price Of
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probation by awarding to the inventor
the Barber prize, destined for the in
vention of any instrument Of general
utility and superior to any employed
or suggested previously.
To stitch a wound the surgeon has
hitherto had to pass needle through
the edges Of the skin, then pass the
wire through, take the needle out,
press the edges Of the wound together,
make knot, make second knot, and
cut the wire-in all eight distinct
movements. The operation was long
and painful, and in many cases an
anaesthetic had to be administered.
With the sewing machine the opera
tion Is quick and simple. With the
left hand the surgeon draws together
the edges of the wound, and holding
the machine in the right hand, he
presses the forceps or the edges Of the
wound. From twenty to thirty stitches
can be put in in less than a minute,
and that number Is sufficient to close
q wound of twelve inches in length.
The stitches are little clasps Of
nickel, the ends Of which have minute
points in order to prevent slipping
When in position they take the form
Of V, the little points penetrating
the epidermis, but not the dermis. This
renders the operation almost painless,
and does away with the need for
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their money, and presumably some Of
them will be satisfied with less profit
than this when competition becomes
fierce.
The United States Government is
now planning to distribute tea plants
free to all Southern colleges that will
agree to assist the Department Of Agri.
culture in establishing tea gardens on
their land. Special scientific agents
are being sent out to give advice, and
after a thorough investigation has
been made of the possibilities Of the
Gulf States for tea culture, expert
ments will be conducted in Tennessee,
North Carolina, Arkansas, Indian Ter
ritory, Oklahoma Territory, Missouri
and other border States. Climatic
conditions, rainfall and soil must,
however, all be favorable to conduce
to successful tea culture, and the
American tea growers have already
discovered that it is useless to try to
propagate the plants where the winter
temperature is lower than fifteen de-
grees above zero. An average Of an
inch of rainfall every week in the
year Is also essential, although it Is
hoped to overcome this necessity by
means of irrigation.
One Of the most tedious tasks which
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ROLLING TEA.

for the force Of pickers to make the
rounds Of the gardens, and this must
be done every ten days, or about
score Of times during the season.
An expert can gather anywhere from
ten to twenty pounds of fresh leaf a
day. Some of the little pickers earn
fifty or sixty cents day, but the ma
jority do not receive more than twen-
! ty or thirty cents.
The method Of procedure after the
tea leaves have been picked is not a
| very intricate one. The crisp leaves
are gathered, as plucked, into Swiss
trout baskets, where they are per-
mitted to lie as loosely as possible lest
they become heated. Each basketful,
as it is brought into the factory, is
carefully examined, and after being
weighed is spread to dry in a cool,
clean place. Tea manufacture proper
consists Of two processes. In the one
the tiny oil cells in the leaf are broken
and the contents extracted by hot
water, while by the other the leaves
are once more dried thoroughly.
| The product of such q method Of
handling is the green tea Of commerce.
If it is desired to produce black tea,
two additional stages Of evolution must
be introduced-the whitening, or prep
aration of the leaf for rolling, and
oxidation, which involves certain
chemical changes. To such an extent
has mechanical genius entered the
field of tea production, that the black
tea secured at Pinehurst may now
fairly be said to be largely machine
made. The sitting, rolling, oxidation
and firing are all done by mechanical
process. A phase of the handling Of
the tea in which the American grow
ers have exercised exceptional care Is
found in the curing Of the leaf. No
direct sunlight is allowed to strike the
leaves, either when they are being
withered or during the process Of final
drying.
The possibilities of tea culture in
this country would seem to be almost
infinite. Not only may the standard
grades be raised in quantities, but it
is believed to be possible to produce
some of those marvellous teas known
only to dwellers in the Orient, for the
reason that no means has ever been
devised to successfully transport them
to this country.
1t costs upwards Of fifty dollars an
acre to set out and raise the tea plants,
and thousands Of dollars must be ex-
pended for a factory in addition to
the constant outlay for labor. A tea
garden, when once established, how.
ever, represents an institution that
will stand for centuries.-The Book
World.
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How Money Grows.

Some poo- relations Of Christopher
Columbus are said to be living in
Spain at this time. One or two Of
these have intimated that, if the lib
eral American people would take up q
collection for them, the same would be
received as fitting expression Of
gratitude to their great ancestor. But,
if We consider, there would have been
nothing impossible in it, and'it would
have been really considerate In COL
umbus, to have saved n dollar only
one dollar,-and placed it at compound
interest at the very reasonable rate Of
six per cent. By this time-four hum
dred years after-that dollar would
have increased and multiplied to the
munifcent sum of over SS600,000,001,
a sum sufficient to pay some Of the
gambling debts of his poor descend.
antS.-SucceSs.
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ITO be Continued
A Painters Practical joke.

To Jan Steen, the Dutch painter, q
brilliant practical joke Is ascribed.
Having accepted q commission from
a notable burgher Of Leyden to paint
a mural picture representing 1.-THE
Children of Israel Crossing the Red
Sea-" Steen, as usual, requested con-
siderable advance, and then disap-
peared to have a joyous time, his pa
tron having also gone on a pleasure
trip. Stems return took place q day
before the patrons, and the wall Of
the staircase had not SO much as been
touched. Steen simply painted 1t a
dark red all over. What is thls?"
asked the astonished and irate mer-
chant. "That," replied Steen, "is the
Children of Israel Crossing the Red
Sea-" Where are the Israelites:" was
the next question. "They are over"
was the answer. "Where are the
Egyptians?" They are under. Utica
Observer
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Irric alton in Central Asia.

It is announced that the Russian
Government has decided upon irrigat-
ing an area of about 10000 acres in
the Syr-Darja district, along the River
Syr, and along the Turkcstan Railway.
The amount of three million ruhles
has already been appropriated for this
purpose. Up to the present time this
district is but thinly populated, but
it is hoped that with the land being
made fit for agriculture, Russian peas
ants will settle down there more read
ily than has hitherto been the case.
Russia is exerting herself to the ut
most to keep on good terms with the
Emeer of Bochara; and it was only
few months ago that he was pre-
scntcd with n fine par!or car. Last
wear the Russian Government also bnilt
him 4 new palace.
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little Is that of securing helpers al

little is that Of securing helpers at
wages low enough to enable competi-
ton with the ridiculously cheap labor
of the Mongolians. Machinery now
does much Of the work Of preparing
the tea for market, but the leaves
must be picked by hand, and with all
the economy that can be exercised 1t
costs just about eight times as much
to secure the harvesting of pound Of
tea in South Carolina as 1t does In
Asia. Even as it is the cost would be
greater had not the projectors Of this
initial tea plantation happily hit upon
the plan Of employing colored school
children as pickers.
A school house is maintained on the
plantation, and in the intervals be-
tween learning to read and write the
youngsters are taught how to pick tea.
None Of these juvenile toilers can ap-
proach in rapidity the records Of the
expert pickers Of Asia, but it Is
claimed that they are far more careful
in the selection of the leaves than
their rivals on the opposite side Of the
world. About three days are required
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THE century which has re-
Gently been ushered into
existence will see an ad-
dition to the already long
list of reasons why there can
never be a repetition of that ia
nous Boston tea party which helped
to bring on the Revolutionary War.
This new preventive is found IN the
fact that long ere the present cycle OF
a hundred years is rounded out, Uncle
Sam will. in all probability, be produc-
ing within his domain sufficient tea
leaves for all the soothing beverage
which his people can possibly drink,
and mayhap will have some to spare
to his brethren across the sea.
That this will be highly desirable
consummation must be appreciated
even by the person who never slipped
q cup of tea in his life. For one thing.
it will enable the poorer classes to OBJ
tain good tea at lower prices, and for
another it will keep in the Golfers of
the American people fortune,
amounting to many million dollars an
nually, which now goes to feed and
clothe men and women on the other
side of the globe. Under present con-
ditions every man, woman and child
in the United States consumes about
twenty cents worth Of tea each
twelvemonth, and the immense aggre-
gate sum is divided among the tea
growers in China, Japan and Ceylon,
several middlemen and agents, and the
vessel owners who carry the precious
product to market.
The best feature of the new era
which is coming, however, is found in
the fact that finer tea can be grown
in the United States than in the
Orient. This has been conclusively
proven by some interesting expert
ments which the United States De-
partment of Agriculture has been con-
ducting during the past few years at
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has confronted the pioneer tea grow
ers has been that of determining what
species Of tea plants give the best re-
suits when transplanted to this con-
tinent. In order to demonstrate this
q number Of miniature tea gardens
have been provided, and in each some
particular variety is carefully nursed
under. special treatment. Thus the
visitor to this romantic nook in South
Carolina may see. growing side by
side, Japanese, Chinese, Ceylonese and
American tea. The difference in the
quantity of tea yielded by a single
bush presents as wide range in the
case of the different varieties as is
the case in the Orient, where the pro-
duct varies from one ounce from each
bush in Japan, to eight or ten ounces
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Ground Plan Completed.

Naggus Qiterary editor)-"How Is
your new society novel getting OH,
Rorus?"
Borus struggling author)-"Splen-
didly. I've got the French phrases l
am going to use in the story all Sc
lected. There's nothing to do now but
to fill in the English and divide it into
chapters. Tribune.
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American tea is without foundation.
The Government officials have demon
strated that under ordinary circum-
stances four hundred pounds Of tea
can be counted upon as the yield Of
each acre in plantation. The tea
can be grown and put on the market
at fifteen cents per pound. Thus if
the shop keepers sell this superior
grade of tea at the same prices that
are now charged for the inferior i'm
ported teas, they will almost double
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anaesthetics. The revolver Is COM
posed of forceps fixed to a magazine.
which contains fifty stitches. When
the forceps close little lever sends
forward the magazine, which places
one stitch between the teeth OF the
forceps, and retires. A little pressure
fixes the stitch in the skin.
They leave no scar, and this advan-
tage. it will be recognized, is often OF
considerable importance.
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FOR STITCHING FLESH.
A Sewing Machine Made For Surgeon
Use in Operations.

Use in Operations.
DR.. Paul Michel recently showed and
described to the Medical Congress at
Paris a little marvel Of ingenuity.
which Is destined to replace the
ancient method Of sewing the skin.
1t is simply a tiny sewing machine,
by means of which wounds can be
stitched quickly. The inventor calls
his little machine revolving hook for
ceps. It has been eagerly taken up by
surgeons, and those who have used it
are loud in it's praise. The Faculty Of
Medicine, Of Paris, has shown its ap-
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All the worlds staircase on which
all men 60 either up or down.
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the crisp leaves which have been car
ried half way round the world, it must
not be supposed that tie argument re-
eardinp the ultimate cleaDness Of
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Il ca Growing Experiments
in the United States.
Prospects of the Industry.
By Weldon Fawcett.

OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
Williams news., 1901-10-05
You get the best job printing at the NEWS office.

Arizona has a single forest of pine that covers more than 6,OOO square miles; this forest has yet to be touched. In the eighteen years from 1883 to 1900, the copper pro- duction was more than one billion pounds, worth about $14O,OOO, ,OOO.
 Arizona is large enough to hold within her borders the states of New York, Connecticut, Delaware, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Rhode Island, Vermont, Maryland and the District of Col umbia. Even then there would be enough vacant space to make a good sized New England state. Its population is 100000, so that there is lots of room for more people. Lead and Zinc News.