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The Washington times., 1902-07-04
Board of Inquiry Decides
Ground Given IS
insufficient.
INCIDENT ENTIRELY CLOSED
OF the Nine Members Present, Five
Voted for the Resolution Freeing the
Episcopal Prelate From the Grave
Charges Preferred Against Him.

HARRISBURG, Pa, July 3.-The Ri.
Rev. Ethelbert Talbot. Bishop Of Central
Pennsylvania, will not be tried upon the
charge of unministerial conduct, for the
board of inquiry appointed TO determine
whether the bishop had been guilty of
conduct of that character this morning
passed the following resolution:
Resolved, That in the opinion OF the
board there is not sufficient ground to
put the Rev Ethelbert Talbot, D. D.,
uDon his trial upon the charges in the
presentment.
Seven Hours Deliberation.
This resolution was adopted after
nearly seven hours of careful delibera-
tion and after hearing witnesses brought
before the board by the Rev. Ingram
n. W. Irvine. Only nine of the six
teen members of the commission were
present, and the vote on the resolution
was a close one.
The first and only ballot stood 5 to 4
in favor of the resolution. Those vot-
ing in the affirmative were the Rev. Dr.
William r. Huntington, Of New York;
the Rev. DR.. D. J. Powers, Of Pottsyille;
the Rev. DR.. F. c. Foley. OF Williams
port; W. F. Reynolds. of Bellefonte, and
U. N. North. of Columbia
Those voting against the resolution
were the Rev. DR.. W. B. Bodine, of
Philadelphia; the Rev. Or. ]. S. B.
Hodges. Of Baltimore. the Rev. DR.. ].
Lewis Parks. OF New York. and d.
W. Thomas. OF Baltimore.
Ends the Case.
The finding of the board will be pre-
sented to the secretary of the general
convention and Will be placed on file
with the church records This ends the
case. as the board simply acted as
grand jury in ignoring the presentment.
Episcopalians generally have shown
considerable interest in this case, and
the close vote on the resolution shows
the extent to which the discussion has
gone. Members OF the church regard
the result with some satisfaction on ac-
count of the esteem in which Bishop
Talbot has been always held
II seems. according from what can be
gathered concerning the inception Of the
trouble. that DR.. Irvine. as pastor Of St.
Johns. was unfrocked after n trial be-
fore the proper church authorities be-
cause Of improper language and CON
duet toward females and "scandalizing
religion and the church"
Courts Then Invoked.
DIR. Irvine uusuccessfulIy invoked the
aid of the Huntingdon courts. both to
prevent the trial and his deposition,
which appear TO have been regular and
In accordance with all church rules.
Bishop Talbot appointed the court that
tried DR.. Irvine, and after a full hearing
the minister was deposed, and today is
residing IA Philadelphia without
charge.
II is understood that when Dr. Irvine
came into the central Pennsylvania do
cese there was an agreement between
Bishop Talbot and himself that upon the
The Washington times., 1902-07-04
ISLE OF PINES NOW
NO MANS LAND
American Settlers Appeal
for Protection.
Schools Closed for Want of Revenues
Finest Cattle Country
in the World.

The treaty disposition of the Isle al
Pines has been taken up officially by the
State Department with Senor Quesada
minister from Cuba. Several petitions
have been received by the State De-
partment from American settlers on the
island, who desire that the sovereignty
of the United States be established over
the Isle OF Pines in order that they
might have protection OF this Govern
ment
Mr.. j. II. Keenan,, the president of the
Association of American Settlers in the
Isle of Pines. has submitted a petit
tion to the State Department relative
to the conditions In the island and the
need for immediate action by this Gov
ernment.
He says:
When the American troops were with
Drawn from Cuba it left the people In
the Isle OF Pines without any form of
government, and they are practically in
a state of chaos as far as civil order Is
concerned. While the United States was
responsible for the government of Cuba.
ties of the province of Cienfuegos. For
over month they have had no govern
ment except such as is exercised by the
petty authorities of a little old Spanish
town on the south coast of the island
The schools have been closed for want
OF revenue to continue them. and every
other public function has been aban-
doned. The civil affairs of the island
are at a standstill.
Fine Cattle Country.
"The Americans who have gone there
have taken up over half the island. and
are prospering with their farming enter
prise. They believe they have the finest
cattle country in the world, and are in
every way satisfied with their prospects
Now they want the United States to
take up their political condition and
give them the machinery to govern
themselves In order that they may have
roads. schools. and other needed public
institutions and works.
Title Left for Adjustment.
Under the treaty of Paris Spain ceded
to the United States Porto Rico and all
other islands she owned in the West In
dies. except Cuba, the sovereignty over
which she relinquished. The Platt
amendment to the army appropriation
act last year required that the Isle OF
Pines should not be included in the con-
stitutional boundaries of Cuba, the title
thereto being left to future adjustment
by treaty. At present the island has no
sort OF tariff restrictions.
Veritable No Mans Land.
When our forces withdrew from Cuba
The Washington times., 1902-07-04
Veritable No Mans Land.

When our forces withdrew from Cuba
nection with any customs district. and
at present the people are buying from
Cienfuegos without paying any duties on
their purchases. The imposition of tar
iff duties is one of the prerogatives of
civil order which will be restored to
them when the treaty is completed and
ratified. The Isle of Pines people WILL
until the Senate reaches their case next
winter. enjoy their peculiar No Mans
Land status"
The Washington times., 1902-07-04
RAVAGES OF CHOLERA
AMONG BORNEO TROOPS
Disease Said to Have Turned
Back Expedition.
Hundreds Declared to Have Died-Be-
lieved That the Figures Are
Greatly overstated.

LONDON. July A dispatch to the
Daily Express" from Singapore, capi-
tai Of the Straits Settlements, describes
appalling rayages of cholera among the
native soldiers of Sarawak. Island of
Borneo, who were sent against the na-
tive head hunters in the interior. Ac-
cording to the correspondent, 10000 men
were sent in 700 longboats up the Batany
Lupar River.
Attacked by Cholera.
The first night out the men in the
hindmost boats were attacked by chol-
era. The disease quickly spread to all
the boats. The epidemic is ascribed to
the troops drinking the foul river water,
which is infected with cholera germs.
Hundreds of them were lying dead in
their boats. Many OF the boats were
unable 20 keep pace with the fleet ow-
ing to their crews being stricken, and
these were sent adrift. On the night of
the third day there had been 300 deaths
and fifty boats we're sent adrift
Two Thousand Dead.
BEFORE tne COMMANDER returned 10
headquarters 1000 men of the expedi-
tlon were dead. The river banks are
strewn with dead and dying soldiers.
The cholera IS spreading down the river.
The Singapore correspondent of the
Daily Mall serds 4 similar story The
PAPER declares that the number of
troops must be greatly overstated.
Sarawak. which is under the rajah-
ship OF Sir Charles johnson Brooke. an
Englishman, has, according 10 the
"Statesman's Year Book" n military
force OF $50 natives. under an English
army officer
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SPECIAL NOTICES.

TO THE PUBLIC-During July and August ny
offices and yards viii be closed on Saturdays
at IL O'Clock. WM. J. ZEH. els
The Washington times., 1902-07-04
UNDERTAKERS.

W. R. SPEARE,
UNDERTAKEN AND EMBALMER,
$40 ST. y. W.
Everything strictly drst-class the most rea-
sonable terms.
Telephone call. Main sio
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as a rule, places of this kind are
avoided.
I'VE found many trenches arranged
so that the occupants could keep up
a continuous retreat and still remain
under cover A drawing of this
scheme is presented. These trenches
are made alongside the roads or trails,
and, in addition, there are stone bar.
ricades piled at proper angles. The
enemy is stationed at Id, for exam
pie, and maintains its fire upon the
oncoming troops from this point until
the proper times comes for making a
retreat. Then the occupants retreat
back to (c) and open fire; then back
to (f), and so on as long as the
trenches continue
I'm this sketch the reader may OBJ
serve plan of barricade which is
built with the intention of giving a
reception of bamboo points to any
one jumping the same. 1t is frequent
ly necessary to rush the trenches of
the enemy and the Moros know this,
so that they prepare the back of the
barricades with the sharpened points
of bamboo as indicated. The points
do not show from the front, and the
chargers are often unaware of the
pricking points until they strike upon
them. We found many barricades
made entirely with the thorny under.
growth of the jungle. This substance
possess wirelike points, which tear the
clothes and the skin. 1t is very diff
cult to force passage through these
distractions, and the columns are de-
layed.
I'VE had artillery with us, and bar
ricades built of ordinary stone could
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-09-16
Frogs and the telegraph.

One of the greatest enemies of the
overland telegraph line in central Aus
tralia is the common green frog. In
order to save the insulators from be-
ing broken by the lightning they are
provided with wire choppers" leading
round them at little distance to con-
duct on to the iron pole in case of need.
The frogs climb the poles and find the
insulators cool and pleasant to their
bodies, and fancy that the "dropper'
is put there to furnish them with a
back seat. After nap they yawn and
stretch out leg until it touches the
pole-result, sudden death to the frog,
and as the body continues to conduct
the current to earth we have para
graph in the papers to the effect that
lin consequence of an interruption to
the lines probably caused by CYCLIC
mic disturbance in the interior, we are
unable to present our readers with the
usual cables from England"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-09-16
A eentIemanIu RurnIAr.

The story of the Glasgow BaSglRr.
Goodfellow. who has just been sent
to prison for six years, is very re-
markable. Goodfellow did his plum
dering quite in the genteelest man
ner. He dressed and spoke like a
gentleman and owned a beautiful
yacht, in which he would drop grace
fully down to some coast watering
place and plumber it on the quiet.
After the burglaries he sailed away.
no one for a moment suspecting the
aristocratic visitor. He also had a
carriage and a pair of dashing gray
horses that assisted him equally as
a blind and as a means of escape. A
favorite trick was to accompany his
predestined victims to church, slip
out before them and go through the
house while the owner and his family
were at worship.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-09-16
Inevitably.

DR.. Henry Van Dyke, the new mod
orator of the 114th Presbyterian as
sembly, sat in the Waldorf-Astoria re-
Gently. while to an appreciative sur
rounding he told this story: "A GER
tain colored clergyman in the South
had among his parishioners an old col
ored nanny whose shortcomings
and backslidings were many, and who
caused the old minister to make nu-
merous trips to 'mammy's' old shanty,
followed by exhortation and prayers.
After a long time he succeeded in
causing the old lady to renounce one
by one each of her bad habits until
none remained but the old black pipe.
" Sister Maria he said solemnly one
night after an unusually long argu-
ment, how you spec to meet yo'r Lord
wifi sech a 'baccy bref?'
Bless you, honey, OATS all right
cried nanny. 'Befo' meets my Lord
l specs to lose my BRET New York
Times.
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Sal 81 the united states-

The face of the great seal of the
United States, which may be used
only by direction of the President, is
wearing out, and congress has under
consideration an item of $1,25O for
having a new seal made The seal
now in use was engraved by Tiffany IN
1884. says the Washington Times. At
tAat time it was decided that there
was no violation of the law in chang
ing the artistic design Of the seal. but
not the general form and character.
Accordingly the claws of the Ameri-
can eagle which had been turned out
ward in the previous design, were
made to turn inward. 1t is the inten-
ton of the state department to make
another change in the design to give
it more artistic effect, and Augustus
St Gaudens. the SCULPTOR viii be
asked to make suggestions.
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The Roman Alphabet in Japan.

The Roman alphabet grows more
and more in favor with the nations of
the earth. The latest country to take
steps toward its adoption is Japan.
The government has recently appoint
ed a commission to draw up a plan
whereby Japanese writing may be
made to conform to modern English
and French forms. In China progress
in the same direction is reported, and
missionaries there say that the old
and inflexible sign-writing is sure to
go. Germany is rapidly falling into
line, and the number of books and
pamphlets printed in Roman charac-
tiers increases year by year In Rus
STA, however, the individual alphabet
peculiar to that country still shows no
sign of change-the one country whose
literature is almost inaccessible to the
foreign-born student. But from a
broad survey it seems inevitable that
eventually one alphabet-the Roman
will rule the world.-Harper's Weekly.
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Bartlett Residence.


memorate the event, and on the other
side Is the fine statue of the Minute
Man, the work Of a Concord boy
Daniel c. French, the celebrated
sculptor.
This does not exhaust the list by
any means, but they serve as exam
pies of the new Concord as well as Of
the old. To some Concord is also as
ISOLATED with the reformatory, built
there by the state, but the reforma-
tory is two miles away, at Concord
Junction, and is simply an anachron-
ism In its relation to Concord it
might as well be in the Antipodes.
Concord proper is synonymous with
memories of the Rev. Peter Buckley,
with the Provincial Congress, with the
fight at the North bridge, with Emer-
SON, Hawthorne, Thoreau and Alcott,
and with American liberty.
Its rich farms and its green mead
ows are still fertilized by what the
Indians knew as Musketaquid-the
''Grassground river" Some utilitarian
process may possibly change all this.
but the past, at least, is secure" And
so is the future, unless some terrific
convulsion (which is not probable)
eradicates all its glorious landmarks
and grasses from the hearts of Con-
cord people their generation for the
things that we're.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-09-16
Hardly compIimentarY.

Before the battle of Waterloo there
was an inn at that village called the
Gray Jackass." After the downfall
of Napoleon as the result of that bat
tie the innkeeper changed his sign to
the Duke of Wellington" to his own
discontinue. A rival took advantage
of the change and set up the Gray
Jaekass," whereupon he took away
the business from the Duke of Well
lington." The result was the substi-
tuition of the title This is the original
Gray Jackass" for the inscription be-
meath the duke of Wellington's por-
trait.
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whx the Rlnu,s Music stopned.

The nephew of the late Sir Richard
Temple has in his possession a ring in
which is set minute musical box that
on a spring being touched, emits a
soft tune-weird and sad, an acho of a
troubled past.
Over a century back this ring be-
longed to loyal follower OF the Ill
fated French monarchy, who, when
thrown into prison, was wont to find
solace in the music of this ingenious
trinket.
1t played it's last tune for him while
at the scaffold's foot he awaited exc
cution, from which hour it remained
unaccountably silent until it's present
owner took it to a jeweler, who found
in its mechanism a clot of blood that
had impeded its action. On this be-
ing removed the musical powers of the
ring at once returned.-Stray Stories.
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length, throwing his rife ahead of
him. An examination of the path
would show the trap ID, consisting Of
a single piece of thin bamboo, adjust
ed on little pegs, and set Just high
enough from the surface to trip any.
one who was passing.
81 never was in a country where the
enemy displayed so much ingenuity in
the setting Of traps. | served as a sol
der in Cuba, and have been at it
three or four years in these islands,
but not until | took the Moro trail to
the lakes with the American expedi.
ton of April did l see arrows set 70
shoot out across the path near one
when he tripped the rawhide or hem
pen cord. The Filipino had devices
of this kind, but they did not always
work and the soldiers would play with
the contriyances. But no one plays
with the Moro path-shooting arrow
gun, arranged as represented in the
sketch. Here the arrow lays IN hol.
lowed section or tube of bamboo, close
to the surface, and this tube is fixed
with bow, as shown. The buwstring
is hauled back and connected to a trip
clutch. This clutch is connected with
a cord, which extends across the trail
to a peg. AS a man passes over the
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-09-16
Revived old Custom.

American taxdodgers would proba.
bly, hesitate before going quite so far
as was travelled not long ago by the
rector of a parish in England, his
church warden and the chairman of
the parish council. BY virtue of Gus.
tom dating back to the time of Queen
Elizabeth residents of the parish of
Corby, near Kettering, are exempt
from market tolls and jury service pro-
vided that once in every twenty years
they submit to being placed in the
public stocks. The parson and his
two thrifty friends were locked up for
an hour or so. thus revivfHg a custom
which had been forge item for a great
many years.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-09-16
NO CHARM OF NOVELTY.
Man Compares His Domestic Life
With Martinique Disaster.

Man Compares His Domestic Life
With Martinique Disaster.
The young husbanu of a story sent
to this column was hardly polite, in
view of the presence of others than he
and his wife; but the sender of the
anecdote devOtes much space to de-
scription of the wife's temper. Her
outbreaks were frequent and ill-timed;
and, as they live in hotel affected by
the set in which they move, their diff
ferences form a topic of gossip anon
those who LOW them. They ha 4
some friends in their apartments for
dinner on a recent evening; and the
Martinique catacylsm was touched
upon in the general conversation.
One of the guests had been faithfully
reading the newspaper reports, and
was able to dwell on details. When
he had finished, the hostess observe ::
Il shouldn care much for life
there! Would you, dear?"-this to
the husband.
Well" was his Thoughtful reply, ''it
would hardly possess the charm of
novelty. New York Times.
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ism had. taken firm root and remark
ably strong schools of luministic paint
ers have arisen in Norway, Finland,
and Scotland. The Finnish school is
probably the youngest of the -nree
and bears a decided nationalistic char
acter.
England has also felt the influence
of impressionism, though not in so
great measure as Germany. Turner
and Constable had prepared the
ground for the new idea and it never
exerted sufficient influence to cause a
revolution in English art. At the pres
ent time there are but few great land
scape painters in England Nearly all
of them are also etchers and water
colorists. Some of the best landscape
and marine work is done in water
colors.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-09-16

F1OSHlCF f1OuSG-GOO cars Ot0s
outside world, however, is of a much
later date, and has reference to the
incidents clustering about April 10,
1775. The affair at the old North
bridge has made her a shrine, has
sanctifed her, so to speak, in the
hearts of the American people.
And the people of Concord, instead
of becoming sacreligious by their in
innate relationship, seem to have re
solved themselves into a great body of
acolytes, whose duty it is to see that
the lights OF this temple shall not be
extinguished. Each historic spot is
duly marked. so that the pilgrim of
to-day may follow in the track of the
troops Of 127 years ago. and learn
the story of the shot heard round
the world"
Driving through the center of the
town and taking the Lexington road
lover which the British marched on
their way from lexington, one finds
several modern residences worthy of
note, as well as several dating into
the indeterminate past, which have a
charm of their own.
At the junction of the Cambridge
turnpike and the Lexington road
stands the old residence of the ia
nous essayist, Ralph Waldo Emerson.
Farther down. on the left, is the
place where the lovable Little Men"
and Little Women" were written,
and nearby is Hawthorne's Way
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To readily reach mis- famous bridge
one must retrace his stepL, passing
on the way the attractive modern res
idence Of Edwin s. Bartlett, and next
door the residence of Judge John S.
Reyes, one of the Oldest houses in the
town Past this house the British
marched on their way to the bridge,
and British bullet. fired at the
house, bored hole into the Ia
hole which is almost reHgiously
marked, even to the resent day.
Diagonally across the street is the
"Old Manse,% where Hawthorne
brought his bride and spent the first
four years of his married life. 1t is
closed now, and looks somewhat
mournful and neglected.
Bordering it is the narrow street
leading down to the bridge where the
celebrated battle was fought. One
side Of the bridge is marked by a
monument erected in 1886 to com
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-09-16
Nn Admlrer of sooiaI Enrn..

Ex-Gov. Pattison has large and
healthy contempt for the punctiIious
of social form. He thinks there's q
great deal of an American fiubdub
about such matters and illustrates his
views on the subject by adding that
he never came across anything supe-
rior to reply Pennsylvania politi-
clan received from friend whom he
sad invited to a reception Yours
received. l will be there" was all
of it. 'and quite enough. too" says
the ex-governor.
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Types of Landscape
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powerful contrasts, his paintings were
devoid Of sentiment and did not sp
peal to the imagination. His fertility
was great, and the sameness in the
scenic effects of his paintings began
to pail upon the critics in Paris. Or
one occasion he had three or four PIC
lures in the Salon, which fact led one
of the Paris critics to remark: "Un
Calame-deux Calames-trois Calames
que de calamites!" The Swiss
painters of the present day are not fol-
lowing in the footsteps OF Calame.
They do paint beautiful mountain
sceneries occasionally, but have a pref
erence for simpler, homelier subjects,
which they paint in strongly realistic
style.
In the north of Europe impression.