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New-York tribune., 1902-01-28

institution and the nurses had considerable diff
| fculty in calming them.
IN THE HOTEL MANHATTAN.
There was excitement. too, in the big Hotel
Manhattan at Madison-ave. and Forty-second-
st, where many large panes of glass were shat
tered by the conclusion of the explosion. For
tunately person in that hotel was injured.
While most of the damage by the explosion
was done above ground. there was considerable
tearing under ground Immediately south of For
ty-first-st. A hole torn in the side of a
large water main lying between the subway ex-
cavation and the Murray Hill Hotel and the
water gushed into the excavation in a torrent
for some minutes The explosion blew down a
part of the side wall of the tunnel through
which of the Madison-ave. line run, and the
debris covered the west tracks Luckily no
car was passing in the tunnel at the time. A
southbound was entering the cut. between
Forty-h first and Forty second SITS. and the mo-
torman was blown off the front platform and
hurt The was damaged, but the passengers
in the escaped injury.
A minute after the explosion occurred police
man sent out call from the fire alarm box near
the Murray Hill Hotel. The alarm called sew
eral companies of fremen. and some of the fire
men sent calls for ten ambulances The fremen
sent signals, too, which caused the shutting off
Of water from the broken main and stopped the
flood In the subway excavation. There no
fire to extngush. but the firemen stayed to give
aid 10 many of the injured persons. helping TO
carry them to ambulances and to places where
they could get temporary treatment. Some of
the firemen went down into the subway excava-
tion to look for bodies. Some helped TO clear
away the debris which blocked the cars of the
Madison-ave. line in the tunnel
New-York tribune., 1902-01-28
wLAUGHLTy GOES TO FLORIDA
THE KINGS COUNTY LEADER ANp .
FAMILY ON WINTER VACATION

Hugh McLaughlin the veteran leader Of 80 81
Kings COUNTY pemocraey, and the members OF :.
family left Brooklyn yesterday Tor tner s;S ar.
winter trip Florida. wish nualnsT MT his daushtsr
Mr. Courtney Master Hugh McLaesntis ei Kerrigsn
Thomas Kerrigan and sSs socE IAN, ana viii rsact
ST. Augustine Tonight. where they w. ,ars "a IN
night Tomorrow they will go 70 na,,s Sas eeef
engaged an the Grand Atlantic hose-
Laughlin Will not return before EaSsSA'
New-York tribune., 1902-01-28
DYNAMITE IN THE SUBWAY
Continued from first page.

institution, and the nurses had considerable diff
ficulty in calming them.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1902-04-19

The March FIRE loss in the United
States and Canada aggregated $12,056,-
600. II the figure looks small, it does
so merely because it is compared with
months in which the fire loss was alb
normally large. The year 1902 has
started out badly. In January the fire
loss was S15,OO0.000, and in February
S21,000,000. The March loss added to
these makes the total for the first quar-
ter of the year $4S,000.0O0. Last year
the total for the first quarter was $780,
100000; in 1900 the total for the first
quarter was 40,500,000. The New York
Journal of Commerce, which complies
these statistics. remarks that the rigid
enforcement of regulations controlling
the use of electricity would cut off mil
lions of the fire loss every year, and
that vigilant prosecution of incendiaries
would make a still further reduction like
ly There is another thing needing
to be done, and that is to develop a spirit
of precaution in the American people.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1902-04-19
SAWDUST FUEL BRIQUETTEs.
Great Demand for the combMstible
Material In Germany.

Sawdust in cake form appears to have
been used as fuel in Germany with rath-
er promising results. United States
Consul A. L. Frankenthal, writing a
short time ago from 6erne, Switzerland,
says that the sawdust cakes are octagon
shaped, 6l2 inches long, 31a inches wide
and "a inch thick, weighing about half n
pound each. In the district surrounding
the factory where these cakes were mace
the schools were heated by them, the
combustion leaving very little ash and
proceeding without a large iiame. No
binding ingredient is said to be used, the
sawdnst being simply dried and pressed
into the desired briquette shape, and Ow-
ing thus TO the absence or tarry or oily
substances there is no smoke in burning.
The, weight of such n hIiquette indicates
the heavy pressure under which it takes
its shape, and the edges look like pol
ished oak; in fact, it is heavier than 4
piece OF hardwood of the same size. The
demand created by the popularity. of
the fuel exceeded the supply of sawdust
and shiploads We're, therefore. procured
from Sweden and carloads from distant
manufactures. SawduSt which pre-
manded a market price as soon as it
could make use of il. Even then it was
profitable to manufacture the briquettes;
but, unfortunately, the factory was de-
Strosed by fire and operations came to a
standstill. Making sawdust briquetteS
of this kind would. therefore. seem 10 be
worth inQuiring into further.-Cassier's
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1902-04-19
Calling" by Telephone.

Formal calls" said society woman
yesterday, ARE becoming obsolete.
mean the running in of AN afternoon,
chatting for five or ten minutes, leaving
your cards, rushing off TO the next place
on your list and then expecting these
women TO do the same thing to YOU, and
praying you may be ont when they call.
That sort of thing is growing beautifully
less, and | think the telephone is largely
responsible for it. l make nearly all my
calls now over the phone. 1t is so much
more comfortable and saves such lot
of time and bother. just sit down in
my own home and call up Mrs, Jones in
her home. ! owe her a cali. II she is in
she comes 20 the phone, and, although
may have nothing in particular 10 talk 10
her about, we chatter away for several
minutes, and before l ring of l impress
upon her the fact that l am returning
her call and that she needn't expect me
10 come IN person. She laughs and thinks
us all right. and then pays some Of the
calls she owes in the same way. Ii really
does away with great nuisance. Phil
adelphiO Record.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1902-04-19
Paid $4,000 for Twenty.four Trips

Oscar Fish of Valdez, Alaska, who
Was recently awarded for another period
of four years the contract for carrying
the United States mails from Valdez to
Eagle, is the best paid mail carrier in
the world. For his contract with the
government he receives $4,000 a year
for making two trips a month between
the points named, d distance of about
413 miles, or nearly $500 for each trip.
The mail carried is limited to 800 pounds
and consists generally of letters only,
newspapers and the more bulky articles
being carried, however, when the mail is
unusually light.
Postofiice department officials say,
however, that the sum paid TO him is
reasonable when it is considered that he
makes his trips by dog sled and that he
mail carrier in the world His twenty
four trips a year keep him busy most of
the time, and he practically takes his
life in his hands every time he starts out
on his solitary journey. Fish has the
finest team of dogs in that far northern
country, and some of his trips are made
ia record time.
He has been given up for dead many
times by residents of Valdez and Eagle,
but so far he has always managed ia
reach the end of his journey, although
sometimes overdue and occasionally
much battered up. He has fallen down
precipices, been mixed up in avalanches
has been starved, frostbitten, frozen and
injured, but is still drawing his Sc, OOC
year from the government, and says
he expects TO continue making his ad.
yenturouS trips until showed under"
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1902-04-19
THE Vegetable Beefsreak. !"

The notion, long held, that the mush-
room presented the composition of ami
NAL flesh is rudely shattered. In one
regard, at any rate, the mushroom does
resemble a beefsteak--it contains prac-
ticaily the same amount of water. This
fact, as ascertained by recent analyses.
hardly justifies the mushroom being re-
garded as a vegetable beefsteak.' . 1t
may be blow to the vegetarian, but he
would have 20 consume at least ten
popnds of mushrooms in order TO gain
the equivalent of a little over one pound
of prime beef. Still, the tender mush-
room is undoubtedly easily digestible.
and it contains an unusual proportion of
potassium salts. Few will deny that the
mushroom is an excellent adjunct to
many dishes: it has an appetizing flavor
and the quality alone makes it dietetical-
IN yanable-London Lancet.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1902-04-19
"BEHoLD, L sHEw YOU A
MYSTERY

ILL., h. y and A. H.
Two ways were theirs TO reach the I'M
known shore;
One man was held in the fierce grasp OF
pain.
And watched the springs Of being slowly
wane.
The other no such bitter trial bore.
But dropping mid his fellows, breathed no
more.
Men grieved and listened for some sad
refrain
From homes bereft; and trembling for the
twain
Whose lingering lives were crushed
sought their door.
they spoke in turn: 1T always was his
prayer
To 90 out Ike flash; this chides re
greet"
''fie wished | should garb of sun
shine wear.
Both women smiled; only my eyes were
wet.
o life and death, what mysteries sc
share
Greatest of all. the love that We beget.
Mary Thatcher Higginson in Atlantic.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1902-04-19
NEW WAY TO KILL MUsKRATs.
Maine Man Discards Traps for Beer
Bottles Filled with Fresh Lime.


In March and April. Just before the
muskrats shed their winter coats, the
boys and men who wish to earn money
and have short outing, camp along the
muddy ponds and sluggish streams of
Maine and spend a few weeks trapping
these animals. the pelts of which are
worth from 20 to % cents each when
taken from their bodies, but when
tanned and dyed for furs are sold as
high as 81.
The usual way to get the rats is to bait
4 small steel trap with a bit OF raw
parsnip or sweet cake and set it on a log
or stone in deep water. The trap should be
weighted with stone. so when the ami
NAL is caught it will leap into deep wa
ter and drown, for il caught above wa
ter the rats readily amputate their legs
by biting them off above the traps, leav-
ing a worthless foot for the hunter
This spring James Sukeforth intro
duced a novelty in the way of catching
the rats, which has yielded large profits
and which promises to revolutionize tine
business. While the water is coated
with ice the muskrats make their homes
in rough houses of mud and sticks, bulls
the previous autumn, and so constructed
that the roofs are above the ice while
the walls run down to the mud at the
bottom. The mud walls keep the ice
from forming ON the inside and leave a
hole through which the animals can go
and come at all seasons.
Sukeferth, whu mad kept q bar-room
in Bangor few years before. was the
owner of 400 or 500 ancient beer bottles
with rubber caps and patent wired
fastenings. When the new style bottles
came in. he could not sell his stock and
took the lot to his farm in Dedham. In
his intercourse with wild animals he had
noticed that muskrats were much an
rn hx-f t,A ~
their dens as soon as any of the powder
was left near by. Two weeks ago he
brought home cask of fresh lime. and
having broken the Jumps, filed them into
the beer bottles, put in as much water
as the spaces would hold, and closing
the caps, sunk them inside the muskrat
houses. Then he laid out a box of
loaded shells and stood at attention.
with his shotgun in hand.
The wetted quickiime soon began to
swell and bubble within the bottles, and
when the pressure grew too much for the
glass to stand the bottles exploded with
Il noise that Jared the ice and set the
pond in a culver. The muskrats, star
tied by the noise, sought their homes for
safety, but meeting the lime in the water
made haste 70 reach open air. As they
emerged on top OF the ice Sukeforth shot
them as fast as they came. BY using
eight bottles of lime in four homes he
was able to capture 154 muskrats in one
forenoon.
1t is declared that the new way of
killing muskrats win enable one man
with Il gun to gather more pelts in day
than six men and 1000 traps could by
the old way The lime, which the rats
take into their lungs in trying to get
breath, swells the bodies so they can be
skinned more rapidly than if they were
lank from long Imprisonment in traps
Nav York SIM
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1902-04-19
KING CHRISTIAN TX.

morning till night, and the princesses
are turning soTnersaults in the soft green
grass. The music is always playing ana
the princesses are singing hymns. And
when we go ont we ride in a gilt car
riage, and ssmall boys in silver liveries,
with long blonde locks are standing be-
hind us, bowling and smiling so that their
white teeth show. And we don't drive
along the road; no, we ride through the
air, above smooth, snowy clouds, and
then we come to gate of white flames
but they do not burn us, and we drive
right through the gate. On, if you could
only know, mamma. how nice it is.'
But when you drive through the gate
Of white flames, where do you go then? q
To Millie Land also, of coursel It's
so large, Mile Landr'
IF | only knew where to find NIillie
Landp' The mother put her arms around
the shoulders of Anita and laid her
gently down on the pillow.
Il know where it is, mamma" said
Anita. Come here, and I'll tell YOU
She threw her arms around the mother
neck, pulling her close down to herself,
and then whispered into her ear: Don't
YOU remember the song about, The far
away shore that Eden enclosed? Eden,
that's Mile Landr-New York Evening
SIM
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1902-04-19
Being a Good Hostess.

A woman may possess wealth untold.
she may have the kindest of hearts aud
the brightest Of minds. but unless she
has absolute control OF her feelings there
will be some time in her career as host
ess that she viii display annoyance or
furry, and the ccntagion, spreading to
her guests, will die out in an undis-
guised failure.
A model hostess must to all appear
ances be made of stone, so far as dis
agreeable happenings are concerned.
Even though a guest or careless waiter
Inadvertently breaks a bit of china which
can never be replaced, she must smile
as though the loss of the whole set would
hut emphasize the pleasure of the even
ing. Her well-hred calm inspires her
guests with a feeling of confidence, and.
though in her heart she may be very
dubious about certain important details
OF her dinner or dance. if she does not
show her anxiety everything will pass
off TO happy conclusion.
A fiurried hostess or nervous host
whose couBtenance but badly concealS
the worry felt can do more toward max
ing the guests uncomfortable than il
the soup were served stone cold and
the salad dressing was ruined by a too
bountiful quantity OF vinegar.
An imperturhable calm and ready
tact are the two important factors in the
making OF model hostess, Secure
these by hook or crook, and you need
never fear for the success of any Of your
entertainments.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1902-04-19
HAVE BROUGHT FORTUNES.
Famous One-Act Plays that Have
Achieved Great Success.


Perhaps no one-act play has brought
its author richer harvest than has the
celebrated farce known to all English
speaking playgoers throughout the world
as BOX and Cox" This clever little
piece has produced many thousands Of
pounds in the shape of acting fees, and
although its duration is little more than
half an hour it has earned ten times as
much money as scores of plays more
than triple its length.
Another one-aet play which has led It's
author on to fame and fortune is Henry
Arthur Jones' Clerical Error" Until
the production of this pathetic little
drama by Wilson Barrett its talented
progenitor was unknown to theatrical
audiences, but the success OF the piece
was so great that Mr.. Jones was encour-
aged to make a further effort in a more
elaborate direction. The result was '"rhc
Silver King" which he wrote in collabo.
ration with another dramatist, and which
placed him at one bound among the fore
most of English playwrights.
Partisan playgoers are at the present
time being thrilled by one-act drama,
entitled "Au Telephone" Cat the tele-
phone), and it is said that the lucky au-
thor of this piece of work is rapidly
making fortune therefrom. Already
the English rights of the play have been
ayers, and offers from America and the
colonies are said 10 be pouring in upon
the playwright. There can be no doubt
that long before the piece has ceased to
attract the author viii have secured
many thousands of pounds thereby
fact which is all the more remarkable IN
view of the rumor that the entire drama
was conceived and written within the
space OF single week.
The well-known farce called 1.-THE Spit
alfields Weaver undoubtedly brought a
considerable fortune to its author. This
one-act play was enacted by j. l.. Toole
at various periods throughout his bril-
liant career. and 1t has figured, more
over. at countless amateur entertain
ments. Equally, the amusing farce, '1ci
on parlc Francais," has been responsible
for the piling up OF very large sum in
the way of authors fees, seeing that
Mr.. Toole alone enacted the same more
than 1000 times, and it has,
moreover, been played by amateurs in
every section of the Anglo-Saxon globe.
truths Romance" the pathetic and
charming curtain raiser which is FIRE
quently performed at West End the
alters previous to the play of the even
ing, realized for its lucky progenitor q
handsome sum. and the amount earned
in fees by such one-act plays as with.
cred Leaves ''Boots at the Swan.
Delicate Ground" and "a Case fol-
Eviction" would probably amount to q
well-ngh incredible figure. Tit Bits.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1902-04-19
Fish Feel Little Pain.

In reference to a recent prosecution,
the question has been raised as to the
sensibility of fish to pain. Writing on
this subject, Adrian Lumley sends us
show fish do not feel pain to anything
like the extent that might be imagined"
while fishing for pike at Bedgebury,
in Kent" he writes, Il left out at night
what is known as WINNER. large
float. wound with several yards of line
attached to a dead bait. impaled upon a
double hook Next morning the line was
found to he broken. and an hour later
pike took my bait, which. ON being
landed, proved TO have the missing hook
and lead imbedded in its eye, and about
six yards of line trailing. Is there any
warnl-blooded animal which, having q
sharp hook freshly imbedded in the most
sensitive part of the body, would be
able to feed under the circumstances o.
London Telegraph.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1902-04-19
Monuments 10 Martrrs.

No city in the world has so manv stat
ues and monuments as Paris and every
day. sees new project for a new statue
or bust. 1t is curious 10 note in this
connection that large proportion Of the
famous men honored 10 this way came
to their end by violence in some form
or other. Many of them died on the
scaffold, and a stroll through the Paris
streets may give the philosopher food
for reflection on the variability of human
Judgment. Danton aud Lavoisier were
guillotined, Jeanne dare and Etienne
Delet were burned at the stake, Henry
w was murdered, Etienne Marcel was
also ASA ssinated, Marshal New was
shot. Cond0rcet committed suicide TO es-
cape the scaffold, and these are only a
1.-THE Of those that might be mentioned.
A list of Paris statues reads much like
the Newgate Calendar.-Paris Messen-
car
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1902-04-19
DANISH POLITICS MIXED.
Events Which Led TO the Sale of the
West Indies TO the United States.

West Indies TO the United States.
The position of the Danish government
in regard to the transfer of the Danish
West indies is considerably mixed up
with politics, says writer in the Great
Round World. The islands have been
administered virtually as a crown colony
for the past thirty years, the revenues
being tucked into the public chest in
Denmark. During that period, and until
recently, the King has had a Conserva-
tive ministry. But the lower house of
the Rigsdag has been controlled by the
Liberals, and the result has been that
year after year the regular budgets have
been rejected and affairs have been car
ried on under provisional budgets which
the King has power to authorize. The
annual debts of the Danish West Indies
have therefore not been authorized by the
Danish Rigsdag, and have accumulated
TO about S3,500,000 The last two Con-
.&eryative ministries We're anxious to sell
The islands in order to secure the money
TO wipe out these debts without applying
10 the Rigsdag.
But last year the Liberals carried the
elections in the lower house so over
whelmingly that the King was obliged to
appoint a Liberal ministry, the first the
kingdom has had in forty years. The
Liberals were anxious to consummate
the sale for economic reasons, while the
Conservatives, out of the box, are oppos-
ing it on so-called patriotic grounds, but
really in order to make the question a
failure in the hands Of the Liberals.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1902-04-19

Gen. Schofeld differs with Gen. Miles
as to the proposed army staff. He yes
terday argued in favor of the War De-
partment bill as a measure in the in
terest of economy and efficiency. Prob
ably Miles himself is the cause of the
movement to give the President IN OPP
portunity to have a general at the head
of the army during his term who is in
harmony with the administration.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1902-04-19
Death warra.t for Wrong Man.

The Palatka (Fla.l News relates n re-
markable story OF an error made by Gov.
Jennings in filing out warrant for the
execution of ]. +. Brown, a negro muir
derer. BY some unexplained blunaer.
the governor omitted the name Of Brown
from the document and inserted IN jts
place that of Noah j. Tilghman OF Palat-
ka, Methodist minister. a white man
and one of the most respected citizens OF
the town. The sheriff was directed in
the warrant 10 hang the Rev. Mr.. Thigh
man on January -. OF course, he did
not do so. but the minister is often much
annoyed over the incident. and feels that
an apology is due him-a view which,
strangely enough, the governor refuses
to take.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1902-04-19

Poultney Bigelow will convince people
that he Is losing his head il he continues
TO insinuate that the German-Americans
aspire to assist Emperor William to
found German state on the North
American continent.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1902-04-19

The fact that no American yachts are
entered for the Kiel regatta may be due
10 desire on this side to give the new
Meteor more chance for first place. But
the Kaiser would like to have try
with the best afioat,
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1902-04-19

The Lake Superior fishing boats rec.
ord of five tons at one haul Of the seines
shows the extent of the pull" which
lake fishermen have on the finny. tribe,
and should encourage the enforcement OF
all restrictive measures designed to con-
tinue the fishing for those who make a
business of il,
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1902-04-19

In view of Sir Thomas Lipton's sports
manhke encouragement to yachting in
America, ]. Pierpont Morgan can hard
iy refuse to grant the request by Cork
that he send the Columbia over to race
for the Kings cup at the time of the
Cork exposition
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1902-04-19

1t is to be hoped that there is no truth
IN the report that the President intends
TO veto the revenue cutter service bill.
because he objects to the retiremnt sys-
TEN. The revenue cutter officers should
be treated the same as the officers OF
the army and navy.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1902-04-19

Farmers in this section are hoping for
warm rains, while the farmers in other
sections are carrying their moyables
above the reach of high water Some
thing has gone wrong with the meteoro-
logical distribution,