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The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-06-27
SHOCKED THE CAT.

The three members of a household at Great Bend, Pa, are the aged pro- prietor, his housekeeper and the family cat Prayehs are the rull each even ing, and the cat fell into the habit of regular and punCtual attendance. No other cares that proverbially crowd a cats life were ever allowed to inter- fere with this religious duty.
 At the signal for prayers the cat would even leave a mouse half caught, or give a doomed bird longer lease of life, and decorously compose herself in the lap of the housekeeper with an air of attention. At the final Amen" she went briskly about her business.
 But in an evil day there came a kit ten that was deemed superfluous, and the sentence of death was pronounced upon it. The head of the family under took the execution of the sentence, and, unknown to him, the old cat was a witness to the scene.
 From that day the cat refused to
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-06-27
PECULIARITIEs OF BULLETS.

1 When General William Crozier, chief
 of ordnance, was before the Philippines committee there was a very interesting discussion concerning the effect of bull lets when striking different substances.
 General Crozier showed there was a marked difference in the effects of the bullets used by the American troops in the Philippines upon different occa- sions.
 "It is characteristic of the modern bullet when fired with high velocity" said General Crozier, that when it strikes in a semi liquid mass it is likely to produce an effect very much like an explosion. For instance, soon after the adoption of the present service rifle in the United States army an escaping prisoner at Chicago was shot in the head by sentinel, and the top of his head was blown off Sometimes simi- lar effects are produced by striking in the bowels or other soft portions of the body In the case to which I allude, of course, the range was very close
 An instance occurred in Puerto Rico of exactly an opposite kind in the acci- dental shooting of arf officer at very close range" continued General Cro- zier He was fired at by a sentinel. The bullet passed through the bowels, ranging downward, as he was dropping to his knees when struck The officer was well within a week, and yet the man at Chicago had his head blown off, also at close range. These actions are difficult to account for. Not only does the bullet produce these curious effects in the soft portion of the body, but they are observed in the firmers portions of the body I mysef in the Philippines, examined Filipino who had been shot at thirty yadrs immediately after shot. The bullet entered the left side below the shoulder and passed out of the right side at the neck. Where the ball en- tered the hole was very small, while where it passed out it left a. gash four inches long. It could only have been accounted for by something like li- quid mass having been forced out The gash was longer than the longest di- mension of the bullet"
 The bullet used in the Philippines called forth an experience of Senator Dietrich
 T was up the Big Horn Basin" he said, Ion a hunting trip. l saw a jack rabbit sitting on the mound which was thrown up around his hole. As he saw me he settled down into the hole and I fired at him. I presume he was about three hundred yards away. The bullet struck the earthen mound the jack rab- bit flew up into the air, dropped to the ground and remained motionless. An examination showed that the rabbit was dead and yet the bullet had not struck
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-06-27
KING SUFFERS PAIN
(Continued from First Page)

(C0ntinued rom F1rSt fage)
 The most striking feature of corona ton day as it is still called, was the universal substitution of services of in- tercession for those of rejoicing. These services occurred throughout the coun- try and on board the great fleet that lies interviewed in Portsmouth harbor Yet even these lacked pathetic and dra- matic clements. Tn face of to-day's fa- vorable bulletins tears and litanfes are out of place The crowds that packed the streets of the metropolis until mid night tonight evidently appreciated this; they did not ''maffick but there was a general sense of rejoicing which, even with the most unruly section, fail- ed to become inordinate All night long the Strand WAS thronged with crowds of people. who usually confined them selves to taking a farewell look at the decorations gradually disappearing from the front of Buckingham palace, Only a slim gathering awaited the night bulletin, and when that was posted the royal residence. save for a few strag- slers, became deserted.
 Inside the palace the members of the royal family spent quiet evening and the number of callers was smaller than any night this week.
 With the favorable progress of the king there Is much discussion as to how the coronation will eventually be effect ed. While nothing has in any way been definitely settled. 1t appears that King Edward is likely to celebrate this event very quietly and with merely the cere- mony that attends the opening of par liament. This consists of a drive direct to Westminster Abbey, accompanied by a small escort, and speedy return to Buckingham palace, and it is rumored that no foreign princes or envoys will be especially invited for the occasion All this, of course, is quite in the air but it forms one of the chief topics of London's daily conversation.
 Hundreds of visitors to London, es- pecially Americans and people from the country, focked to Westminster Abbey to-day and until late at night curious and rather awe-stricken crowds of spectators stood gazing at the place where Edward VII. should have been crowned. The artificial coronation an- nex, which Is one of the few parts of the abbey not hidden by stands, attract ed special attention.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-06-27
COLUMBIA'S CHINESE COURSE.
A Step Likely to be Followed by Other
 Colleges.

Owing to the demand which the American occupation of the Philippines has created for young men skilled in Oriental languages, Columbia universi- ty has added to it's curriculum a course in Chinese, which will be taught, gram matically and conversational as care- fully as French, Spanish German or any of the other modern languages. The opportunity to learn Chinese, as well as to study other Oriental languages, has been eagerly embraced by students who realize that the United States must soon need the services fo well educated men who possess also practical knowledge of such languages as Chi nese.
 This novel addition to the language course has been made possible by Gen eral Horace w, Carpenter, wealthy Californiaian, who has given to Colum- bia the sum of $100000 with which to endow a chair of Chinese language and literature. The endowment was origi- nally anonymous, and it was with some difficulty that the present was traced to General Carpenter.
 The donor, in letter accompanying his gift requested that the fund be known as "The Dean Lung Founda-
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-06-27
New Haven Steamboat Line

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 Sundays: Steamer Richard Peck leaves New York 9:30 a. m.; due New Haven 200 D. m. Leave New Haven 3:15 D. m. due New York 500 D. m Sunday steamer touches at East 21st Street, mornings 9:45, evenings 7:45.
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The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-06-27

hinl-he had simply been Killed by con- sussion."
 Senator Carmack laughingly re- marked that he did not believe the story at all.
 Your prowess as a hunter is well es- tablished," added Senator Beveridge as he nodded to MT. Dietrich, when you can kill game without hitting it, Washington Star.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-06-27

attend prayer service, and cannot be induced to listen to the prayers of one who had so shocked her sensibilities, She faithfully performs all other dut- ies as before, and socially purrs for the family on all secular occasions, but rigidly draws the line at family pray ers.-NeW York World
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The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-06-27
STATISTICS OF THE CREWS,

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His People fin Many Desperate En- counters, But Had Long Been FrIend- lv to the Whites
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-06-27

finish, Harvard's time was 11;191a, Yale's 11:25h.
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The Washington times., 1902-06-28
Horrors of the Black Cell.

1t was in lie Nou that Mr.. Griffith saw
the terrible Cachot Noir or Black Cell
that engine OF mental murder which
the sentimentalism communards have
substituted for the infinitely more mer-
ciful lash" The Cachots Noir werc
never opened except at stated intervals
once every morning for inspection and
once every thirty days for exercise and
q medical examination of the prisoner.
Mr. Griffith stopped at the doors of two
cases OF "ten years solitary confine-
ment in the dark" and asked for the
doors to be opened The commardant de-
INJURED for a moment Mr.. Griffith's cre-
dentials were explicit and the doors
we're opened.
"Out of the corner in one came some-
thing in human shape. crouchins forward
rubbing his eyes and blinking at the
unaccustomed light 1t had been three
ard a half years In that horrible hole.
about three feet long by one and half
broad | gave him a feast of sunshine
and outer air by taking his place for .
few minutes.
After the first two or three the
minutes heightened cut into hours I
lad absolutely no sense of sight. was
as blind as though l had been born with
cut eyes The blackress seemed to como
down on me like some solid thing and
drive my straining eyes back into my
head, and the silence was like the
silence of upper space.
When the double doors opened again
the rays of light seemed to strike ny
eyes like daggors. The criminal whose
place 1 had taken had a record of in
fanny which no printable words could
describe. and yet | confess that I pitied
him as he went back into that living
death of darkness and silence
1t is scarcely three years since Mr..
Griffith witnessed this atrocity. 1t is .
relief to know. as he informs us in .
note, that since then-not, however, BY
legislation. but on the authority of tho
minister of colonies-ttis terrible pun
ishment has been made less severe
The Scotsman.
The Washington times., 1902-06-28
DOINGS IN THE WORLD OF SOCIETY
Miss Naomi Brent Married to Dr. Roderick Hamilton in
Mount Pl asant Last Night
Large Odasoned Residence Bower OF Beauty for the Ceremony
Miss Buck to Wed Mr.. JoseFhP KIey-Col Nat Mckay
Marries Mabel G. Geyer at Crsfeld, Nd.
Hamilton-Brent Nuptials.

Miss Naomi Brent. daughter of the
late Major Brent, u s. A., was married
to DR.. Roderick F. Hamilton, Of the
army last night at the home CT Mrs.
Brent, in Mount Pleasant. The large.
cld-fashioned mansion was embowered
in daisies and woodland vines and
branches. and over the drawing room
entrances were draped silk flags, caught
back with chains of daisies.
The bride, girllshly dainty in white
swiss, and carrying large bouquet OF
white sweet peas. descended the stairs
with her uncle. Dr. Marsten Delaney, OF
Chicago. and was Joined at the entrance
of the drawing room by her twin sisters,
Misses Daphne and Ruth Brent, each
of whom was in white swiss with
chaplets of and bouquets of white
daisies.
Rev. Z. NJ Lothrop, of Chicago. a cou-
sin of the bride, who came en- for the
ceremony, officiated. his gift to her be-
ing the white and gold missal from
which the service was read.
DR.. and Mrs. Hamilton left last night
for New York. and will sail for Europe
today. They will spend the summer In
foreign travel and go to housekeeping
hero in the fall.
The Washington times., 1902-06-28
Hote, Man Finds Washington Clean.

Mr.. and Mrs. George Boone. ir.. of
St Joseph. Mo. are at the Ebbitt. MI.
Boone is the proprietor of the st.
Charles Hotel, and is here on visit.
without doubt said he last night,
Washington has the cleanest streets OF
any city in the country and if 1 were a
millionaire 1 think l should live here
all the year round.
Speaking of politics, Mr.. Boone said
that ii Missouri would change Demo-
cratic to Republican control now and
then it would be a good thing FOR the
state.
Its a mistake for a State to continue
politically the same year in and year
out" said he because the party in
power becomes careless, If not corrupt;
v hereas when q State is in the doubtful
column the officials will be almost GER
tain to give the people clean admins
tration. new broom, you know. to
use a trite expression. always sweeps
clean"
The Washington times., 1902-06-28
Bronze Bust of Mckinley.

beautiful bronze bust OF the late
President Mckinley has been placed in
the Presidents room in the Senate wing
of the Capitol. 1t is the first of any
President to occupy place in this his
toric room. The bust is by Mrs. Cad
wallader Guild, an artist whose work
has attracted wide attention abroad and
by lovers of art in this country.
1t is pronounced by Senator Hanna,
than whom there is none better to
Judge of a likeness of the late President,
tc have most striking fidelity to life,
and to portray his facial characters
tics in mastery manner. A similar
commendation is made of the work by
General Grosvenor and other intimate
friends of President Mckinley.
What is perhaps most strange about
the execution of the bust is the fact
dent, and the work is as much an in
spiration as anything else. Mrs. Guild
is native OF Ohio, but has lived in
Berlin for many years. About a year
ago she came to Washington for the
purpose OF having the President sit for
bust, but was prevented from carry
ing out her plans.
After his death she resolved to pro-
duce the bust from Photographic i'm
pressions, and the result is pronounced
| lifelike representation. The artist has
faithfully produced all Of the express
siveness of the late Presidents strong
but kindly face Ia a manner which has
called forth the admiration of members
of both houses.
Mrs Guild has produced two famous
busts of Gladstone. of the Princess Of
Schleswig- Rolstein. the daughter OF the
late Queen Victoria, as we'll as num-
ber of German statesmen and other
prominent persons.
The Washington times., 1902-06-28
Why Not Pension Everybody ?

Among the remarkable Legislative
propositions submitted during the
present session of Congress the bill
recently introduced by Representative
Kern of Illinois takes leading
place. The gentleman from the Suck
er State thinks that every blind per-
son in the United States ought to have
pension, and, thinking so, he asks
Congress to place them all on the rolls
at $50 per month each. There are no
exact statistics at hand showing Just
how many persons there are in this
country who are so unfortunate as to
be deprived of sight, but the number
is sufficiently large to make such a
pension an annual charge of many
millions upon the public treasury.
1t is not easy to understand why
the Illinois statesman confined his
generous impulse to the blind. If
these are proper objects of national
charity, it would seem that ''there are
Others" Why Ec. include the deaf
and dumb. the lame and the cripples
unable to earn their living, or the mil
lions of others that are afflicted with
the various ills that flesh is heir TO 2
If Mr.. Kern thinks that blindness is
the supremest afflfction of all, he
might have provided a sliding scale
for the lesser ones.
Of course, no one with the least
sense of sympathy but deeply COM
miserates the blind. 1t is not, how
ever, question of personal and in
dividual sympathy that is involved.
The proposition of the gentleman
from Illinois simply shows to what
lengths the pension mania can go. If
the principle upon which Mr.. Kern's
suggestion is based is sound, then it
behooves the Government to provide
pensions not only for those afflicted
with all sorts of bodily ailments, but
also to open the doors of the aims
houses and make the inmates of these
institutions the benelciaries of its
bounty. And after all these are pro-
vided for the next in line would be
those who have failed in business, and
so on ad infinitum.
The Washington times., 1902-06-28
UNCLE SAN IN THE LEAD AGAIN

This yacht. and small that but she did the business
neatly cup defender happened Kel where
prizes offered Emperor William for the international yacht
of
New York. entered No boat longer than thirty feet to parc
pate only eighteen length but she there just the
boat second and singular coincidence that an
Fngli iboatna .ohnB Bull hardly the
Perhaps SNAIL matter but the superiority Of the American ship
again It remarkable fact that
Of people who not specially enhu
Of
racing built either in England Germany, other
country able approach the perfection with which the
builders their hadiwork 1t would be folly claim that
this
if that what i that the American to
excel il everything that calls for mechanical skil3
friends have discovered the they
will perhaps occasionally victory
the present writing he in the lead
The Washington times., 1902-06-28
UNDER THE CAPITOL DOME.
Called to the Speakers Chair.

Shortly after the House met yesterday
Speaker Henderson called to the chair
Representative Spencer Blackburn OF
North Carolina. This was not only
decided compliment, but recognition Of
Mr.. Blackburn's ability as presiding
officer. the member from the Tar Heel
State having been speaker pro TEN. of
his State Legislature.
Representative Blackburn presented n
dignifed appearance, and presided with
the ease of veteran.
The calling of Mr.. Blackburn to the
chair by Speaker Henderson was some
thing unusual as the Representative
from North Carolina is just serving his
first term. 1t was the first time this
session that such an honor has been
bestowed upon new member. and he
was. warmly congratulated by his col
leagues.
Representative Blackburn is a member
of the House District Committee and is
an earnest advocate OF District improve
ments. He believes in liberal appropria-
tions for the National Capital.
The Washington times., 1902-06-28
W. 7. Stone to Succeed Senator Vest.

Present indications point TO the cleo
ton of Col. W. j. Stone as the successor
to Senator Vest said Hon. p. r. Fitz-
gibbons, city register of st. Louis, Mo-,
at the Raleigh last evening. He is
strong man and popular with the people.
I'm the coming election Missouri will
send fifteen Democrats and one Republi-
can to the House of Representatives
Representative Butler, of st. Louis,
whose seat is contested by Mr.. Horton,
will be reelected by seven thousand
majority. He is one of the most popu
lar Democrats in St Louis.
The Missouri Republicans on the
surface are in favor Of Roosevelt's re-
nomination in 1904. but way down deep
there is a strong sentiment OF Hanna,
and the Ohio Republican Senator has
host of influential friends who will
work for him day and night II he but
tips the wink. Indeed, / shall not be
surprised If Hanna were nominated.
Missouri is Democratic, but Republi-
can delegates count in a nominating
convention for the Presidency"
The Washington times., 1902-06-28
THE CASE OF JANE TOPPAN.

puzzle for the psychologists furnished by the confession of
Toppan having poisoned less than thityone
persons had The she told
the physicians her with determining her mental
responsibility itself the degenerate mind
doubt the of the listeners that they
person whose only abiding place the asylum
the insane placed and there like Jesse Pomeroy she
Will end her days
1t shocking contemplate possibility that there other
women engaged of the sick who be
afflicted Toppa How their tendencies take human life
what if all they be held responsible
for their acions perverseness the
irresponsbiy begin? Human life
voe of these questions and they well worthy the
study elucidation of every psychologist
The Washington times., 1902-06-28
Expansive Seals.

The great collection of seals in the
British Museum will shortly receive
some interesting additions. These are
Sir Walter Raleigh's seals of office as
governor of Virginia in 1854. warden of
the Summaries OF Cornwall and Devon
in 1885, and governor of Jersey in 1900.
in addition to the great Elizabeth's own
family seal. They will become the prop
erty OF the nation under somewhat novel
conditions Before they are handed
over to the trustees of the British Mu-
scum two thounsand electrotypes In fac
simile will be issued to a body OF sub
scribers at a guinea a set, and every
subscribers name will be included in
the list OF donors. The scheme has been
approved as both ingenious and pa
triotic by collectors, who will thus
achieve distinction as being the nations
bene!actors in a small way. while at
the same time adding to the list of
curios in their private possession
Pail Mall Gazette.
The Washington times., 1902-06-28

A great deal, very great DEAL recently has been
written and spoken of reciprocity; both the Repub-
lican and the Democrat have proclaimed it bene-
cent policy. The truth is reciprocity permanent
policy is absolutely irreconcable with any of the
three distinct views of the tariff advocated in this
country: free trade tariff for revenue only, and tariff
for protection. Reciprocity being based upon a
cession of lower revenues upon certain articles III
change for reductions by foreign countries of their
upon certain articles exported thereto by us
of necessity cannot co-eyist with free trade.
tariff for only means, Of course, that it
should be fairly adjusted with regard to all tax
payers to eqializc the burden of taxation section
ally and individually, and under such system in OPP
Grafton reciprocity would be impossible, for it would
force either a Encouragement of the whole existing
tariff or an inequality of the burdens of taxation
| take ii that the protectionist of ultra views
would not hesitate to concede that the body of the
tax law should be so arranged from MS standpoint
TO produce equality of favors and of burdens;
hence it would follow that reciprocity would be equal