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New-York tribune., 1903-03-21

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is being prepared for launching It is expected that
she viii be put in commission during the first week
in April.
The board of governors OF the Brooklyn Yacht
Club has decided to have a special building
erected measuring 35 by 20 feet, for dining and
entertainment The club purposes giving entertain
ments every two weeks Of the season The house
committee is: John De Mund. A voorhees, and Will
liam Maxwell: reception committee, Sydney Grant,
Edward Salt and E. n. avery finance committee.
Gornelius FTgues9n H. t yc anq hSo Sonn bee
suspended until June l.
The President of the United States. the Secretary
OF the Navy the Governors Of New-York and Con-
necticut the commodore of the Royal Ulster Yacht
Club Sir Thomas J. Upton and Lieutenant Mark
A. Bristol U. 8. N. were made honorary members
of the Indian Harbor Yacht Club at the last meet
ing The regatta committee announced that ar ar.
Reliance Columbia and Constitution over the clubs
in the coming season enannei @ fs mas oHeR o
water to the club dock.
Commodore Frederick G. Bourne has chartered
his steam yacht Artemis for the to Fleet
Captain c. L. F. Robinson OF the New-York Yacht
Club.
A s5-foot fast steam launch for ]. 8. Hutchin-
son Of the New-York Yacht Club, launched
from the Herreshof shop on Thursday Mr. Hutch
inson is also owner Of the fast launch Vanish.
Among yachts laid up at UImer Park. Brooklyn.
some OF which are ALREADY peghnlnE 70 NJ 9ut.
are: The steam yachts Golden Rod. Telka and
Merry Monarch: the auxiliary Thorne: the schoon-
ers Mnta Gaetina and Vanitas: the sloops Abaco.
Carrier Peggy. Saush2n. Palas Susie. Narika,
Cygnet, FToiio. Bonifo, Wahasso sunol, Enc May.
Corona AthIon. Maud. Budget. Pa6ttne. Nemesis,
caribou and Elsie, and the power sloops Elsie.
Maud Gervala and Gaviota
The second general meeting OF the New-York
Yacht Club win be held at No. 81 West Forty
fourth-st on Thursday. March d. at p. IN. Gen.
eraI appropriations recommended by the dnanes
comrrattse will be considered. The secretary las
called the attention Of members to the .pFoviafan
OF the bylaws which directs th&t member buytnEs
the secretary ia writing. and that similar notice 81
TO be given Of changes IN rtE dimensions or pfivHt
VicA +
New-York tribune., 1903-03-21
ENTRIES FOR SATURDAY.

=. n yREELANp, PRESIDENT OF THE MET
RoPoL1TAN STREET RAILWAY.
Dissertation of the man and his career, with
photos of his picturesque home near Brew
eter n. Y, with anecdotes about him. In to-
nOrrow's Tribune.
New-York tribune., 1903-03-21

William Armstrong has been chosen by Captain
Lem. Miller as mate of the last Cup defender. Co
II1nbia The yachts crew has been engaged and
they are soon to go City Island, where the yacht
i beine prepared for launching. 1t is expected that
she viii be put in commission during the first week
In April.
New-York tribune., 1903-03-21

Horses and Carriages.
New-York tribune., 1903-03-21

A e5-foot fast steam launch for J. 8. Hutchin-
son. of the New-York Yacht Club, was launched
from the HerreshoH shop on Thursday. Mr.. Hutch
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-12-12

stern foremost, so far as l can see"
said he, "but I'll swear That nobody
has carried those diamonds away from
this house. They're here, and We'll
find EN-"
They searched the house from top to
bottom vainly.
"Well, | don't just exactly know
what to make of it." said Brice, but
this fellow that we nabbed must have
had something to do with it. Wen
take him over to the station house and
lock him up"
Davoil fell on his knees before Mrs.
Willard
II swear to you," he cried, that !
have nothing to do with this crime. !.
was starve. You discharge me; | get
no work; nothing to eat l come to beg
a crust This crime, it is plain. !.
read him like q book"
eyes, you can-notr' said Brice.
Madam" cried Davoll, eff 1 disclos.
to you who did it and say to you
where you can find the diamonds Of
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-12-12

mot above a minute, my lady," re-
piled the girl.
She was too we'll trained to ask
why" except with her eyes
"My diamonds are gone, Lucy" said
Mrs. Willard. 1.-THE door is broken, the
room is all torn to pieces, and the dia-
monds are stolen
"But where-where was hep de
manded the maid, pointing to the but
Ter, who had again fallen into the
chair whats the matter with you:'
shak1sg him by the shoulder. You've
gone and got drunk, and the house has
been robbed. He must have left the
front door open after you"
The butler was muttering to himself.
Zone thing is clear enough" Law
renee interposed. ''This whole bust
ness is a plot. This man isn't drunk.
He's drugged-with morphine, should
say. But what beats me is that the
house should be robbed first and the
man drugged afterward, for it's per-
feet certainty that he was just begin
ming to be affected when we came in"
There was a ring of the bell at this
moment, and the footman, who had re-
manned during all this scene close by
the door, opened it, revealing two men.
They stepped into the hall-a heavy,
sandy haired, red faced man holding
by the arm thin, dark, foreign look
ing individual.
The burly man was Detective Ser
geant Brice.
II beg pardon, ma'am," he said, adj
dressing Mrs. Willard. I'm head
quarters detective, and my general
business is circulating round through
this neighborhood looking for house
breakers Of various kinds. [ caught
this fellow prying open one of your
windows on the alleyway just now
I'd been shadowing him for an hour or
more. He says he used to be serv-
ant here and that he was coming to see
another one. Same old story, Of course.
[ brought him in to see if you could
identify him."
Ellis name is Davoll," said Mrs. Will
lard in the tone of one daZed. ''He
was my butler before this man. But
but you say you've followed him for
an hour and that you caught him be-
fore he actually got into the house"
"Yes'm. Why not2" said Brice.
Because the robbery has already
taken placer
"It has?" exclaimed the detective
"When?''
within half an hour"
"NO, a'am; excuse me- said Brice
Nobody has robbed this house within
half hour or an hour either. This
mans been hanging around for as long
as that, and my partner and l have
had our eyes on the premises"
"But my diamonds are gone," said
Mrs. Willard, and she gave Brice the
story, including the drugging of Nor
ton, the new butler, now so completely
Overpowered that it was thought best
to send the footman for a doctor.
II guess he drugged himself" said
Brice. cts an old game. Well find
the diamonds hidden somewhere about.
They must be in the house, for only
one person has gone out of it, and you
brought him back with you"
TONI" exclaimed Mrs. Willard, turn
ing to Lawrence.
II admit that | made a call of a few
minutes upon Miss Barton" said the
young man. "She herself let me in.
We remained in the hall. Norton, your
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-12-12

YOU HAVE BEEN DRINKING, I AM AFRAID, "
SAID MRS. WILLARD.
butler, was here all the time, and he
showed no indication Of being drug
ged."
The bell sounded again, and the maid
opened the door. A very modest look
ing person in black stood without, and
he held something in his hand.
''It's my partner" said Brice. what
is it, Joe?"
The person thus addressed came for
ward and revealed to the astonished
eyes of Mrs. Willard her jewel casket.
empty!
81 found this in the area" said the
man called Joe. 'It struck me that
your prisoner" a and he jerked his
thumb toward the discharged butler,
Dayoll-"might have thrown it away.
He might have done a trick somewhere
else, you know, before we found him."
"Otficer," said Tom Lawrence in that
peculiar drawl of his which his friends
find amusing, isn't it little peculiar
that a thief should throw away the
husk of his plumber While he's coming
toward the scene Of his crime instead
of when he's running away?"
"Everything in this case in exactly
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-12-12
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BY HOWARD FIELDING.
Copyright, 1908, by Charles ". Hooke

a S to Mrs. Wizards diamonds,
~ the sequence of incidents was
A certainly out of the ordinary.
The lady. alone in her car
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-12-21

place over its new foundation, 1t was not lowered again, but the masonry was carried up to meet the brick work of the wall The steel supporting beams were then carefully removed and the openings were closed. The cost of the undertaking was over a quarter of million dollars. Forty seven men were engaged on the job day and night.
 The moving of this building serves to recall several feats of the same kind that have been. remarkable from an en- gineering standpoint. One of these in which unusual methods were employed was the moving of the Beach hotel, at Coney Island. The building was an enormous structure of wood construc- ton, and the difficulties which con- fronted the engineers were more mat ter of size than of weight To move 1t without injury every portion must move at the same time, and to accom- plish this the entire building was raised and placed on tracks. Strong cables were then placed about it, and these were fastened to half dozen To- comotives. When all was ready these locomotives started simultaneously and
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-12-21

him, I asked him to advise me which one of those nice warm bathrobes to choose for MT. Busby-I just couldn t decide between the red one and the green one. He said"
 "Oh, by the way, he told me real funny story about a bath robe. He says 8 lady wanted to buy her hus- band one for Christmas and asked his advice. He told her to wait until to- morrow, as some new ones were com- ing in then, and-''
 "Why, that must have been the very day I was in; though I didn't sec any new ones when I went back the"
 "M'hm. And he just called her hus- band in that night and told him to choose for himself, so he wouldn't have to exchange it the day after Christmas. Her husband thought it the best joke yet to think what laugh he'd have on her when she gave it to him. So he chose blue one and why, what's the matter, Mrs. Busby ?''
 Without word, Mrs. Busby fled up the stairs, returning moment later with blue bath robe in her trembling grasp.
 Did you ever in your life know any body as mean as that clerk?" she gasped.
 ELISA ARMSTRONG BENGOUGH.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-12-21
The Prince of Peace
 At Has Name Every Knee Shah Bow and Every Tongue Confess

<@& VERY country of earth offers VT an apotheosis in the person of
 some great man who distin- guished himself in some great crisis in its affairs Switzerland idolizes William Tell, Russia her Peter the Great, Prussia her Frederick the Great. France her Napoleon, Italy her Gari- baldi. England her Alfred the Great and the United States her Washington.
 It is food for reflection that in the selections of heroes and in hero wor- ship 1t is an invariable rule, not sin gle exception being known in all his tory, that choice is made of one who has crowned his life with deeds done in battle. By and through the flash of the sword alone has immortality of fame been won by mortals.
 The scimiter of Mohammed and not his Koran conquered Arabia, Armenia and the Balkans. Moses was law giver, but he also was a mighty war rior and led his followers on from one victory to another. It is he and Joshua and David and John Hyrcanus, all intrepid soldiers, who have made glorious the history of the Jewish peo- pie. The history of Mohammedanism is written in blood and Omar and Saladin stand out prominent in its rec ords. So with other nations. Deeds, deeds only, and these calling for great holocausts of human lives, to make imperishable some individual name.
 Christmas day offers an anomaly, however, in the history of men who have lived and wrought wonders. The Christ was 8 man of peace, deploring war. What is yet more strange, He is glorified through His words and not through His deeds. The Heavenly voice said to the simple shepherd on the plains of Bethlehem: Behold! I bring you glad tidings of great joy, which shall be unto all the people; for unto you is born this day in the city of David Saviour which is Christ the Lord" And the accompanying choir with ineffable melody sang the re- frain: "Glory to God in the highest and on earth peace"
 The Christ-birth and the Christ-life stand forth the opposite of all other great lives that have filled pages in earth's history. Born of humble par entage in stable, amid the lowing of kline and the raucous complaining of discontented cattle, reared in the far-away bleak hills of Galilee, en- gagged daily in saving logs into boards, or blaming the latter into smoothness, He steps forth suddenly, at the age of 28, as a teacher of righteousness. Not among strangers, but in the midst of His own people. He appeared, and they were astounded at the profundity of His knowledge. As though to per- suade themselves that they were not mistaken as to His identity, they asked of one another: "Ts not this the car penter's son?"
 His fife work was brief. but four short years! Compare this with the yeaTa spept py other Hlum:aati nf
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-12-21
BIC BUILDINGS MOVED
Some Peculiar Methods Adopted to
 Fit Different Conditions.
The Pittsburg Opera House the Late est Giant to Change Its Location
 How 1t and Similar Feats Were Accomplished.

The moving of large buildings has become a science. and one to which many trained engineers are giving their attention
 One of the recent occurrences in this line was the removal of the Pittsburg opera house. This immense building was lifted from its foundations and moved intact and without any compar- at1ve damage 8 distance of g feet The theater, which is the largest in Pittsburg and is the home of one of the best stock companies in America, covers a site measuring 128 feet by 80 feet, and weighs approximately 2,496 tons, yet the building was transferred to it's new position without the slight est injury to it's contents. ...t
 About four weeks were occupied in preparing the building for removal but the actual transference was only matter of hours, and so smoothly was the feat performed that it was practi-
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-12-21

earth in perpetuaung thelr fams Without use of money. or influence, c numbers, and without oourting favoI of the rich and powerful. He wen about from town to town preaching His gospel of peace and love Thos. who gathered to Him were poor men fishermen, publicans. small farmers u herdsmen, rat..er.
 The waters of the sea of Judea wert but little stirred by His presence. St little was His presence felt that n{a contemporaneous historian of HI time, outside of His immediate follow CTS, makes any reference to His lifz or His works. Josephus, vokuminout and very just historian, ignores Elm utterly. No record has been found ~ Rome of His death, so little impren sion did 1t make upon the mind q Pilate.
 Truefit is that He healed sick mem cleansed lepers, raised the dead and cast out devils. But these were sub< ordinate and incidental only to Hit life-work, which was that Of proclains ing new gospel-that men should love one another. He made no parads of miracle-working. It was only when the suffering were brought into His! presence that He made exercise of His. divine power in healing
 He died the most shameful, disgrat1z full death known to His generation. In his extremity He was deserted even by His most devoted followers. He trod the wine-press of agony alone.
 Yet this Man of Sorrows has con- quered the world. Other illustrlouN men lived out their little day and all that remains of them is the memory of their deeds. They sought to build up material kingdoms; Christ's realm is in the hearts of men. His teachings have survived the overthrow of a thousand kingdoms of earth. Hia words to-day are as potent to sway men as when they came burning from His lips. All the higher civilization of earth yields Him reverencs ana homage.
 Age but serves to strengthen the might of His power and to confirm tho promise of the prophecy: "At the name of Jesus every knee shall bow and every tongue confess. ?
 WILLIAM RCSSER COBBE.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-12-21
Mir. Busby's Christmas
 Gift

n@ RS. BUSBY was finishing a NAfk pair of "bootees' for her ~ daughters newest baby, screwing up her mouth with the in- tricacy of the pattern Mrs. Griggs in the opposite rocker watched her.
 T guess must be going she an nounced, finally. "I only ran in to wish you Merry Christmas. I won't see you tomorrow. Call Christmas a holiday! I've two people to cook for usually-Christmas it's twenty!"
 And you'd not be content on other days, if you hadn' s'many then" re- turned Mrs. Busby. 'FWe'll go to Toms, as usual. He married a college girl. and I told him: These college girls may know a sight more about the structure of the human body than the rest of us, but they don't know half as much about making it comfort able!'"
 And now she has you come over every Christmas and see what a good housekeeper she isl" finished Mrs. Griggs, knowing the story as we'll as her hostess.
 "M'hm. Can't you stay?"
 Thank you, no. hoped you'd show me Mir. Busby's Christmas gift ,
 It's upstairs, and I'm afraid he'll come in. He hasn't seen it, though
 50 you've got ahead of him, fnally?"
 T have. It beats all the way that man finds things out and then leases Last year got him set of Dickens, and kept 1t hidden three weeks be- tween the mattresses of the spare room bed. The night before Christmas I was thinking how I'd surprise him when he said. smilipg like: That's 2
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-12-21

cally impossible to tell that the struc- ture was on the move. Nine hundred jack screws were used to push the building up. Then supports and roll CTS were placed beneath in order to eff feet the movement. Jack screws acting horizontally, were now braced against the pavement, each one being arranged as to push the end of one of the great beams upon which the theater was resting. At each jack stood man, and these operators, in obedience to a whis- tie, gave the screw a twist. The move- ment at each twist was imperceptib1e, but 1t was none the less sure, and gradually the huge building, weighing 2,496 tons, was pushed into it's new position 22 feet from it's original site.
 When the opera house had come into
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-12-21
MOVING A NEBRASKA COURT HOUSE

the great building was transferred without mishap.
 An even more remarkable case than this was the removal of the courthouse from Hemingford, Neb., to Alliance. The settlement of a county seat diff1- culty made the change in the location of the court house necessary. The dis tance was 19 miles, and some out-of- the-ordinary method had to be devised to accomplish it. After considering a number the engineers in charge con- ceived the idea of attaching locomo- tive to it and hauling it to the new To- cation along the line of railway. This feat was accomplished without mishap, and created a considerable sensation in engineering circles at that time.
 In Bangor, Me, 1t was found neces- sary to move a building to new To- cation several blocks distant. The road led up one hill and down another, but the trick was accomplished suc- cessfully, and without Injury to the building.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-12-21

nr@ Rs. BUSBY was finishing a 1U pair of "bootees" for her
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-12-21

m1gnty nI.e s-.. -- .>~~--e 44l tne spare room bed, Cynthy; it's a pity to keep 'em there, with the bookcase so han dy,' he says"
 But he hash tfound out this yoar?"
 NO; l guess he was ashamed of be- ing so mean. I've seen my present, though"
 But I thought you said it was kind of mean to try to find out-''s
 "Oh, that's different. My present is the handsomest kind of wrap, Mrs. Griggs. I was over at Parker's one
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-12-21

day and that head clerk he called me aside and let out that Mir. Busby was going to buy me one of those nice fur trimmed coats, and wouldn't I like to choose it, without him knowing it? So chose and won't I have joke on MT. Busby tomorrow"
 That was real nice of that clerk
 z It was. and seaing how l could trust
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-12-21
Activity.

Some men, said Uncle Eben, Is allus active at de wrong time. I knows a young cullud gemman dat'll go to. sleep wifi razor in his han while he's in de bahber shop. But when he gifts to a pahlor social, he wants to keep dat blade goin' all de time. e."-W ashington Star.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-12-21
Deeds. Not Words.

Father (sternly)-Didn't I tell you that if any of the other boys said anything to make you angry, you should count 20 before you said any, thing?
 Tommy-Yes, sir; but didn't need to say anything. Before I'd counted F the other boy yelled "Enough!"--- Philadelphia Press.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-12-21
Easier to Learn.

The two or three years gain of the German and Spanish schools over oura is due to the metric system and phonetic spelling, by which the greater part of compound numbers and spelling, which is such a, terror to our children. Is made unnecessary.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-12-21
GeniaIftv

The friendship of the ver-genia1 man is too often like a grate fire. exceedingly bright to look at. but not reliable in so far as the dispensation of warmth on really cold day is concerned.-N. O.. Times Democrat,
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-12-21
m itITuafemaIa.-.

Explorers in the neighborhood of Chama. Guatemala, have discovered treasures during their excavations in search of mines Coins and jewels, dec- orating corpses buried centuries ago by the Aztecs and Montezumas, have been fouEs. So far the valuables haye amouEs9d to oyer s5(l nla,
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-12-21
OId Stnrv-

He-And did he tell you the old, old story?
 She-Oh, yes; he said he had been fishing for about ten minutes when he hooked one which weighed about ten pounds, but it got away.-Yonkers Statesman.
The Newark journal., 1903-10-16
MADE MERRY TOO SOON.
WofuI Tale of the Man Whose Wife Was Going Away But Missed
 Her Train.

t'What's the matter, old fellow" he said, as they met the morning after, relates Lon don 1it-Bits.
 'I feel blue"
 But last night you were the iolliest mein- Der of the party.
 T felt jolly
 You acted like a boy just let out of school"
 "I fslt like one"
 You said your wife had gone away for the first time in three years, and there wasn anyone to say a word If you went home and kicked over the mantle clock ," Il remember II.
 You said that if you stayed out until four o'clock there was no one 10 look at you responsibility and sign and make you feel small
 Yes, and I stayed out until four clock, didn't I?'
 You certainly did "
 And 1 gave a war.whoop on the door step:2
 Yes: and then you sang a verse from a comic opera song and tried to dance jig"
 Yes; and my wife had missed the train Now go away and leave me. 1 want to kick myself little more for not taking the pre- caution 10 get an affidavit from the guard that she went with the train"
 And he gave himself several bangs on he cars and then shook himself till his liair began to fall out