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The state herald., 1902-01-31
WHAT NEELY STOLE.
An Inspector Says It VIII Be About
100000.

Havana, Jan. 2s.-rhc chief witness
to day In the trial OF the charges grow
Ing out OF the Cuban postal frauds
was Inspector Gregory. who testified
10 having come 10 Havana when the
frauds were discovered TO investigate
the department OF finance OF the Gu
ban posioilice.
Gregory said the accounts Of @. +.
W. Nccly were examined from three
different standpolnis and that. even
with n credit TO Neely OF the 1920
stamps destroyed. there was n short
age In his accounts OF $4,000. while
with The exact amount dcbltcd against
him by Washington mud shown by the
auditors books, there was shortage
OF sivJ.si3. Gregory said the cash ne.
count showed shortage OF siio.21s.
and estimated the total shortage ai
Si3i.ii3. Regarding the miscellaneous
accounts kept by Nccly. Gregory said
he had discovered several charges. the
amount Of which correspondent To GER
tain private bills OF Estes q. Rathbonc
which Nccly had charged 10 that nc.
count and for which there were no
vouchers.
The state herald., 1902-01-31
$500 AN ACRE.
Large Prices Being Paid for OIL
Land

BOULDER. Colo. Ian. 2s.-Another oil
company has purchased outright sew
On ncres OF ground southwest OF tho
Mckenzie well for $500. The pur.
chnscrS have not yet adopted n nnm..
but viii do 50 In n short time. II hns
raised enough money. In. addition so
that paid for the land. 10 purchase n
drilling outfit. II win he stocked nj
$4,000 with 100000 shares OF stock.
AT Louisville cooperative company
Inns been organized. A number Of bus.
lncss men each subscribed $1,000 10 de.
fray the expenses Of drilling two holes.
one Immediately west OF Louisville. the
other southwest of Louisville. Tho
company, which II known M the Louis.
vile on and Investment Company. hns
secured 600 acres of coal land II the
oil should fail III. company feels II has
the coal. but II IL confident II win strike
oil. There will be no stock fontcd I'm.
III after II hns been demonstrated that
there IA oil to be- had.
A new company organized today
wna unable To decide upon n name be-
cnure every one selected had been mp
proprinied. Telephone communication
with the secretary Of state nj chey.
ennc was kept NJ pretty lively to-day
by people who wanted TO know what
name not TO chose,
The Maxwell OH and Gas Company
IL another new company, II hns lands
nj the foot " the mountains north Of
Ncwiand's addition and nboui mile
north OF the city limits OF Boulder.
The state herald., 1902-01-31

building stood the shock, nearly every
room in the front Of the house was
wrecked.
The Manhattan eye and ear hospital.
on the east side of the avenue, Jared
nearly as bad, and had to be abandoned
by the management. The Grand Union
hotel lost all Of Its windows and glass
partitions, and practically every front
window In the Grand Central was
shattered. The great clocks on It's
front towers were blown from their
cases. Thousands of windows, some of
them seven blocks from the tunnel
shaft, fell In fragments. 1t was the
shower of broken glass and falling de-
brls that injured the greatest number.
Fortunately the explosion occurred at
the noon hour. Not more than hun
dred persons were in the main waiting
room Of the Grand Central station.
Some Of these We're slightly injured by
bits of glass. -Four ticket sellers were
cut about the heads and arms with
flying debris.
The damage may exceed S1.000000.
The first estimate of the damage to the
Murray Hill hotel places the loss at
100000, but later the hotel was aban-
hohtu IL tDt 10 Nph-
demned the loss on 1t alone will ap.
proXimate S1,000,000. The damage to
the Grand Union was estimated at
$4,000, and that to the Manhattan hos.
pital at $4,000. The loss at the Grand
Central station was entirely in glass,
as was that OF the hundred or more
buildings afterward affected by the ex-
plosion. No estimate was made of the
losses sustained by the rapid transit
contractors.
Moses Eppes. powder man in
charge of the shan,y where the ex-
plosion occurred. Is at Flower hospital,
suffering from contusiuns and shocks.
He said that on going to the shanty
about noon he found II candle which
he had left lighted on shelf, lying on
the floor, and some paper which was
about 1t was on fire. Close to this
burning paper were thirteen boxes of
dynamite cartridges, each box contain
ing from sixty to seventy-five car
trldges. Eppcs threw n pail of water
over the fire and ran 10 get another.
On coming back he saw the flames
were close 10 the dynamite and drop
ping his pail he tried to get away.
Then came the explosion and the next
he knew he was patient in the hos
Dital
The state herald., 1902-01-31

Ills That
Benefit


BY q curious natural law OF compen-
sation various diseases tend to prolong
life and improve the general health.
Gouty and rheumatic persons, 1t Is
said, have especial cause to be thank
ful. Perhaps this knowledge will help
them to be more cheerful than they
usually are at seasons of festivity.
Gout and rheumatism are exceeding
ly painful diseases. and, Of course, in
some cases prove fatal, but they confer
many blessing upon mankind; and
rheumatism particularly Is well known
to doctors as preventive of many
other diseases. 1t is a notorious fact
that equity subjects generally live to a
ripe age. and albeit they suffer very
severely at times. they generally enjoy
excellentgeneral health, the very causes
OF the gout keeping their blood in good
condition and making 1t uncomfortable
to many kinds of microbes.
Take half dozen persons over the
age Of seventy who suffer from rheu-
matism or gout, and half dozen 9TH
ers who suffer from neither and you
will find that, except for their rheuma-
tism or gout, they enjoy very much
better health than the non-sufferers,
and stand splendid chance of outliv-
Ing the latter. Moreover, gout and
rheumatism greatly enhance a suffer
er's chances of retaining his mental
faculties until the end. A large per-
centage Of centenarians who die with
The state herald., 1902-01-31
Some Diseases of
Positive Good to
Humanity.

all their wits about them. and with ex-
cellent memories OF the days OF their
youth, have suffered for many years
from rheumatism, and been particular
ly free from other diseases.
The loss Of leg or an arm is also
said to do you good in the long run. 1t
certainly seems that when a man lie
deprived Of leg or an arm, the vital
ity and vigor of the lost member re-
main with him to increase the vitality
Of the remainder
Numbers Of elderly persons in more
or less feeble health are kept alive by
coughs. such. for instance, as bron-
chitis. Chronic coughs are peculiarly
common to old people, and hundreds
who complain of the distress caused
them by such affections are really in
debted to their coughs for their length
Of life. The reason of this is that
most elderly persons suffer with weak
hearts and feeble circulation Of the
blood, and weak hearts become weaker
and weaker merely as result OF their
weakness. A constant cough corrects
this, keeps the heart beating more
strongly than 1t otherwise would, and
the strong heart beat keeps the blood
circulating more quickly, and the vital
organs are thus kept ii n state Of
activity which could only be main
tained by artificial mans and for a
limited time but for the troublesome
cough.
The state herald., 1902-01-31
Wage-Earning Women


There are to-day over three million
wage-earning women In the United
States. and the only place where wo-
men have not as yet entered TO usurp
mans position is as an officer In the
United States army and navy. or as a
sailor or marine. From the inventor
down to the telegraph messenger men
are standing aside bewlldered. and In
some cases indignant, seeing their po-
sition taken by y vast and increasing
number OF women. Tho position OF
the wage-earning woman to-day de-
niands attention. II is true that
fathers throw their daughters into
the Industrial world on much the same
principle that they throw their boys
into the water to teach them to swim"
And through heroic struggles the girl
In coming TO the surface and learning
the strokes.
The state herald., 1902-01-31
EXPRESS CAR LOOTED.
Robbers Go Through the Usua! Pro-
gram In South Carolina.

Branchville. s. O., Jan. 2S.-An ex-
press robbery took place about 7
o'clock tonight on the Southern rail-
way. when the passenger train from
Charleston reached point five miles
frem Branchville. Seven or eight men
were riding on the platform between
the engine and baggage ear, concealed
by the darkness. At the fifty-five-
mile board two men crawled over the
tender and covered the engineer. John
Reynolds. with WInchesters. BY or
der of the robbers n brakeman uncoup-
led the express. mail and baggage cars,
which were taken TO fifty-elght sta
tion, leaving the rest OF the cars on
the main line.
The local safe was stripped, and the
through safe was taken from the car
The engineer was then permitted 10 re-
turn with the three ears TO his train
Mail, baggage and passengers We're not
molested.
The leader of the robbers is sup
posed TO be Barton Warren. Warren
wns arrested charged with having sin
gle handed robbed the Southern ex-
press car Just below Brnnchville In
the fall of 1880. The case resulted In
n mistrial. Bail was furnished. A
few days before the next session OF
the court, i've months ago. hc killed
Thomas Watson. his former friend,
but one of the principal witnesses
against him. Warren has been at
large since.
The state herald., 1902-01-31
ODD JOE, THE NIGHT wAToHMAN

(From the Pail Mall Gazette, London)
How often on returning home late
on a dreary winters night has our
sympathy gone out to the poor old
night-watchman rs he sat huddled up
over his cage FIRE. overlooking the cx-
cavations which our city council In
their wisdom or otherwise, allow the
different water companies to make so
frequently in our congested streets.
In all weathers and under all climatic
conditions. the poor old night-watch-
man is obliged to keep watch over the
companies property. and to see that
the red lights are kept burning. What
q life. TO be suro; what privations and
hardships; no wonder they have aches
and pains. which nothing but St ia
cobs OIL can alleviate.
"oId joe is in the employ OF tho
Lambeth Water Works. and is well
and favorably known. He has been
night-watehman for many years. In
the course OF which he has undergone
many experiences. What with wet and
cold. he contracted rheumatism and sci
ntlca. which fairly doubled him up, and
Il began to look n serious matter for old
Joo whether he would much longer be
able to perform his duties. on which
his good wife and himself depended
for 4 livelihood: but as II happened. n
passerby. who had for some nights no.
uced Old Joe's painful condition, pre-
sentsd him with bottle OF 81. Jacobs
Oil. and told him to use II. Old Joe
followed the advice given: he crawled
home the next morning and bade his
wife rub his aching back with the 81.
Jacobs Oil "A gentleman gave him."
and undoubtedly his wife did rub. for
when old Joe went on duty at night ho
met his friend and bcnefaetor. TO
whom he remarked; Them Oils you
gave me. Guy'nor. did give me doing.
they was like pins and needles for
time, but look at mo now" and old
Joe began to run and jump about like n
rouns colt. All pain. stiffness and
'orcnoss hnd zone: he had been tell
lng everybody he met what 81 Jacobs
OIL had done for him. Old Joe says
now he has but ono ambition In life,
and that is To always to bc able TO
keep n bottle OF st. Jacobs oil by him
for he says there is nothing like It In
tho world.
81. Jacobs OIL serves the rich and
tho poor. high and low the same way.
II has conquered pain for nfty years.
and II viii do the same TO the end OF
Time. II has no equal. consequently
no competitor. I, has many cheap ifni-
latlonr. but simple facts like the above
tell nm honest tale with which moth
Ing on earth can compete,
The state herald., 1902-01-31
USING NIAeARA's POWER.
Canadians Now to Begin Generating
Electricity BY It.

New York, Jan. 2S.-Another great
step In the utilization of Niagara pow
er is announced by the Electrical
World and Engineer. On the Ameri-
can side of lAe falls the Niagara Fails
Power Company has long had In oper-
alton eleven dynamCs, each driven by
its own turbine and developing 500
horse power. The wheel put parallel
with the first one was recently COM
pleted, and within the last year orders
were given for eleven more water
wheels and generators. When these
are Installed the company Will be able
to supply 10000 horsepower In the
form of electricity.
Operations are now TO be undertaken
on the Canadian side, The Electrical
World and Engineer says that con-
tracts have just been placed with the
General Electric Company for the con-
struction of three l0.00o-horse power
generators for the new plant whose
ultimate capacity, II Il estimated. VIII
probably reach 10000 horsepower.
These negotiations have been con-
Quoted through the Canadian Niagara
Power Company, which had the orig
tnal charter for the enterprise. but
whose rights have been acquired by
the American company. These dyna-
mos will be situated, like those OF the
Niagara Falls Power Company, at the
level OF the surface of the earth, while
the turbines viii be In wheel pit dl-
rectly underneath. Vertical shafts
over 100 feet long Will connect the wa.
terwheels with the generators.
II is asserted these dynamos will be
the largest ever built. The closest ap-
proach TO them is made by those be.
ing Installed In the power house OF the
Manhattan hallway Company OF this
city. The latter have n nominal en-.
paclty OF 5000 horsepower, but are
designed 10 develop twenty-five or flf-
~ per cent. more In an emergency.
The state herald., 1902-01-31
YOUNG CORNELIUS.
A VANDERBILT WHO LIKES
WORK.
Though Rich. He is Always Busy.-Has
Patented Several Inventions to Rail-
rosds'-Is Now Civil Service Commis-
sloner Of New York.

Cornelius Vanderbilt, appointed niu-
nicipal civil service commissioner by
Mayor Low, works harder than the
average pennlless young man, though
he has an income Of 100000 q year,
or 5000 month, or $3.50 day. All
the work that he does is from choice.
rs he doesn't have to bother about the
wherewithal for house rent butcher
and grocery bills and such matters.
He Is an ordinary looking young
man, boyish in appearance and demo-
cratic In manner, but he has many re-
markable qualities which make him as
different from the average gilded youth
of fashion as a steam engine is from
butterfly.
He has ambltlon.-tons of 1t. That is
what makes him work SO hard. He
wants to earn reputation and be inde-
pendent of the halo which hangs over
him simply because he is Vanderbilt.
The family halo never appealed very
strongly to him, anyway. After his
disagreement with his father he be-
came doubly anxious to build up u
name that would be purely the result
of his own labors.
Mechanics is his hobby, and II he
gave way to 1t completely he would
spend all of his time in machine shops.
Young Vanderbilt showed that he
had ideas and determination much out
of the ordinary when he had his dis
agreement with his father over his en-
gagement to Miss Grace Wilson. Tho
elder Vanderbilt commanded him to
break the engagement, making 1t plain
that unless he did he would be pracd-
cally dsinherited and deprived of all
the power and wealth which centered
in the head of the Vanderbilt family.
This meant loss in money alone of
over Si0,0OOOOO, n sum which would
have caused most men TO ponder deep
ly before deciding to cast II aside. But
young Vanderblts decision was In
stantaneOus and positive. 1t was In fa-
vor of the woman he loved.
His father kept his word. As the
eldest living son, Cornelius, according
to all precedent in the Vanderbilt fam
lily. should have received the bulk of
his fathers wealth. Instead he was
left only 100000, while Sl5,00o,000
went to his younger brother, Alfred
Gwynne. Alfred gave SG,000,000 10
Cornelius to avert litigation over the
estate.
Young Cornelius was never dishcart-
ened by the great loss he suffered in
wealth and prestige. In the five and n
half years since the quarrel with his
father he has worked necessarily and
with good results. He began by in
venting n locomotive fireb box. The
great value of this invention is that 1t
keeps down the yearly expense bill Of
railroad company, as 1t rarely gets
out Of repair. II is now being used on
the New York Central. the Baltimore &
Ohio, the Union Pacific and thirteen
other large railway systems, and in
time VIII probably be in universal use.
He has just begun active work as an
officer Of the new city government. He
says he expects to devote much Of his
time to the office and perform his full
share OF his duties. As civil service
commissioner he does not receive any
salary.
The state herald., 1902-01-31

Lydia Il. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound cured me and made
me well, and that is why / gladly
write you this, and gladly thank you;
six bottles was all took, together
with your Pills. My headache and
baclsache and kidney trouble went,
never to return the burning sensation
had left altogether my general
health was so improved felt as young
and light and happy as at twenty"
-MRs. LOUISE Ginson, 4si3 Langley
Ave-, Chicago, lll.-S5oOo forfeit " above
Testimonial Is not genuine.
II you feel that there is anything at
all unusual or puzzling about your
ease, or II you wish confidential advice
of the most experienced, write to Mrs.
Pinkham, Lynn, Mass, and you will
be advised free of charge. Lydia Il.
PinlSham's Vegetable Compound
has cured and is curing thousands Of
cases Of female trouble.
The state herald., 1902-01-31
ScHlEY AT CHICAGO.
He Puts In Busy Day Shaking
Hands.


Chicago, Jan. 2s.-The last day OF
Admiral Schlcy's sojourn ia Chicago
was full OF Interesting Incidents. Re
ccptlon followed reception. and II is
estimated that during the day the adj
mlral shook hands with more than a.
600 persons, men, women and children.
The first item In the distinguished
visitors schedule was n visit TO the
new W. $. Schley school building. The
admiral entered the building through
two lines OF boys holding palms over
his head. while the children sang See,
the Conqucring Hero Comes" After
being Introduced he made short
speech. IN which he said that honor
and honesty are the handmnlds OF
valOr. lie said. too. that he was very
glad TO have the school named after
him. A small boy plpcd up:
II am glad they named II after you,"
wherenpon there were shouts Of lnugh-
ter and general applause. The 800
children In attendance marched by the
admiral. who shook hands with every
one OF them.
Al n. m. twenty-five representatives
OF the German societies OF Chicago
presented 10 the admiral resolutions OF
esteem aud appreciation.
The state herald., 1902-01-31

the spot where at one time many OF the
most famous soldiers OF the American
army fought.
To the lover Of the historic and ro-
mantle there is something cruel about
the destruction OF the remains OF old
Fort Crawford. To the residents of
Prairie du Chen, who for years have
seen and thought little OF the past OF
the dilapidated old walls, 1t is hard,
cold business proposition. They see no
reason why sentiment should retard
the progress OF their city. They can
see nothing to be gained in the pres
ence OF the staring sentinels of stone.
But few rods north from the site
OF the fort, hidden from the casual
glance by the thick growth OF rank
weeds, and made more obscure by the
presence of broken down fences, is
the old federal cemetery. There is no
hand to strew flowers upon the graves
OF the heroes whose remains lie there.
II is place OF mysterious surroundings
and Is avoided and Stunned. Though
upon the age-worn granite tablets the
cpigraphs OF many whose names are
inserted in living letters upon the
pages of history are carved in crude
broken letters. there is none to notice
them nor to give them passing
thought.
The massive old fort proper has long
since been torn down and upon its site
now stands the beautiful ST. Mary's
academy. Where the report OF the SEN
try's gun once startled the wilderness
now is heard the peaceful tones OF the
convent bell.
The state herald., 1902-01-31
MARCH OF PROGRESS DOES AWAY
WITH OLD TIME FORT
FAMOUS BUILDING AT PRAIRIE CHEN, WIS, TO
- BE TORN DOWN -

Old Fort Crawford, at Prairie du
Chen, Wis, famous In the history of
the settlement of the northwest, is be-
Ing torn down and before many
days the last remnant of the old fort
will be destroyed. Already workmen
are tearing away the massive old walls
which long ago sheltered all who
sought refuge behind them. For CEN
tury and a half they have withstood
the ravages of time and the attacks of
the painted Indian warrior. Fort
Crawford Is relic Of long ago:
around its barren ruins is grouped
more history than at any other place
IN Wisconsin; 1t is, indeed, thing of
history, romantic, bloody and price
less.
Even before the pickax Of the first
workmen clicked against the crumb-
ling masonry, there was but little left
OF the famous old fort. Barren and
alone, like towering sentinels guard
ing its sacred secrets, two walls OF the
fort hospital remain. The remainder
Of the once imposing series OF mas
sive buildings have been entirely de-
stroyed; they lie in wced-grown heap
OF rocky ruins. like fallen and neg
lccted monument OF fame. The stone
walls were fast falling to decay. but
the deep narrow windows and the bat
tle-scarred buttrcsses still remain.
Toward the Mississippi. which flows
past few rods distant, Is gnarled
and stunted oak tree. 1t Is SO near the
old fort that the afternoon sun sends
Its thin. sharp shadow upon the barren
walls. This alone will remain to mark
The state herald., 1902-01-31
EXPLOSION In NEW YORK
CAUSES GREAT DAMAGE

New York, Jan. 27.-The reserve
supply of high explosives stored at the
Park avenue shaft of the Rapid Tran
sit tunnel, now in course of construc-
tion, blew up shortly after noon to-
day. The giant blast killed six per-
sons, injured hundred others, and Sc
riously damaged all the property
reached by the flying debris and the
vibration Of She shock.
The irregular square formed by the
Murray Hill hotel on the west, the
Manhattan eye and ear hospital and
the Grand Union hotel on the east and
the Grand Central station on the north,
was the scene of the explosion. The
buildings named sustained the great
est damage, but the area extended for
several blocks in the four directions
from the center.
The killed We're:
Cyrus ADAMS, cigar man at the Muir
ray Hill hotel.
James Carr, waiter at the hotel.
Lawrence Hlne Of Ansonia, Connec-
ticut.
]. r. Robertson of Nelson. British
Columbia, guest at the hotel.
Ralph Thompson, assistant engineer.
(All outside reports seem to agree as
to his death, but his body is not re-
ported by the police or by the hospi-
tals.)
Thomas Tubbs, master mechanic for
Contractor Ira A. Shaler.
The list of injured is an exceedingly
long one, but most of those In II have
only cuts caused by flying glass
The sunken approach to the street
railway tunnel used by the Madison
avenue lines cuts through Park avenue,
and the shaft of the rapid transit sub
way was run down beside 1t at the
intersection Of East Forty-first street.
The street railway approach was
housed over with superstructure used
for the operating plant of the rapid
transit contractors. Temporary build
ings for storage purposes were thrown
up against the superstructure at the
mouth Of the shaft, and there the ex-
plosiOn occurred.
1t tore great gorge in the street.
demolished the temporary buildings
and part of the superstructure and sent
mass of earth, splintered timber and
twisted iron high In the air. Much Of
1t went bnttcring against the front Of
the Murray Hill hotel. and although
the walls and main structure of that
The state herald., 1902-01-31
OIL struck In Oregon.

Bnkcr City. Ore. Jan. 2s.-A mes.
scnger arrived to-day with n bottle of
the first oil struck IN the Mnlbcur In.
sin. The oil came from the Newell
well. n short distance from the town Of
Nnmpn. and wns obtained nt depth
Of iiO feet. The oil nnnlyzca seventy.
eight per cent, pnrniilnc, the highest
rrnde of nniurnl oil known, Much es'
element prevails over the discovery.
Two miles from The Newell well oil
Inns been reached nt depth ~ 400
feet This well cnn now pump twenty
i've barrels per dny.