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Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1903-11-25

One fine morning the mayor Of
Clarenceville was sitting in his Office
looking over the morning paper when
in walked Mr.. Bulwer and Mr.. Thomas
Bakersfield, After the customary sa.
lutation and greetings, Mr.. Bulwer
said he had a proposition to
make TO the mayor. Bulwer began
by %broaching the strange condition OF
affairs in the city. The mayor ad.
mitted that II was strange. indeed.
Bulwer then told him than the firm of
Bulwer & Bakersfield was response
BILE for the condition. The eyes OF
the good mayor, Mr.. Harding, opened
very wide at this. He was very much
interested. After the mayor partially
recovered, Bulwer told him that he
and Bakersfield had discovered a Sc.
cret which II put into effect would
save all people from having to eat
He told him the firm had come 70
C|larenceville to try the experiment
and the was as well known
to the mayor as TO themselves, since
he, too, had ceased to eat, along with
the rest Of the Clarencevinites. With
all this evidence Mayor Harding was
not without doubt that some trick
was being played either upon the PEG
pie or else upon himself. Which was
the victim the good mayor was just
then unable to decide.
1T is too preposterous to believe"
he finally said. Il must have evi
.dence Of the proof"
we have reserved me proof, which
we think will soon convince you, re
piled Mr. Bulwer,
And that is"
we shall shut down the mill, and
II you then regain your appetite, will
you then believer"
That test is perfectly satisfactory
TO me and If il bears you out, you
gentlemen have my hearty support
for what you may ask" quoth the
mayor.
SO the mill was forthwith shut dowT
with the immediate result that every
body began to want to eat again and
the return OF appetites became gen,
oral, The mill was closed FOR two
days, and during this time even the
mayor himself began 10 want to eat
Upon resumption OF the mill ali APP
again disappeared. The nor.
nal %non-eatable condition resumed
itself with its strange phenomenon.
The mayor was convinced. To BuL
wer and Tom he admitted the proof
of the c OF the discovery. He
willing TO 90 with them aud aid
them In placing 4 in practical use
deemed Il quite necessary
the mayor should be taken into
the scheme and shown the plant IN
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1903-11-25
yet they all hoped it had come to stay.

yet they all hoped IL had come to stay.
About a year previous to this
strange condition of affairs in Clar-
enceville, Thomas Bakersfield and
Richard Bulwer alighted from the
train and put up at the hotel. They
were looking for investments in real
estate. They might locate there, so
it was whispered. Stopping quietly at
the hotel for several months, dis
c%ussion dropped as to their business,
Taking advantage of this Bulwer pur-
chased a ~three-acre tract of land at
the end Of one of the main business
streets. He soon had the property
fenced in with a fence SO high that no
one could see over and he was secure
from curious eyes. People who in.
quired what was going on there were
told, that Bulwer & Bakersfield were
establishing a branch mill for one of
Bulwer's big New York manufacture
ing concerns. Contractors we're EN-.
ployed to construct two large build,
ings. Very ordinary in construction
and nothing in the detail to indicate
their purpose. They afforded abso-
lutely nothing as to the character of
the mill. In due time the buildings
were completed and the workmen dis
charged. The place was then appar-
emily closed up and no one but Tom
and Bulwer were to he seen around
the place. Following the completion
of the buildings several shipments ar
rived for the new mill. The some
what bulky material was enclosed in
wooden frames, we'll packed from the
public gaze. The only thing the pub.
lie could tell anything about was a
ten-horse power engine and a large
boiler. Bulwer and Tom personally
oversaw the installing of the numer'
Gus crates into the mill building
Passersby could hear the sound Of
the hammer and the saw within the
high fence, but M were admitted
to see what was being done. After
a time the exhaust of a steam pipe
showed activity had begun. Then
presently a low, continuous humming
was heard and kept up for several
weeks, and at the time OF the articles
in the newspaper the humming in
the factory was still going on. Near.
ly every day the new firm had ship
ments OF material from New York
towns. Nothing was ever shipped
awey from the plant and so the rath.
mysterious mill remained a secret
far as the real purpose was con.
cerned. Il was in good running or.
der and was evidently at work, stll
nothing ever came out from behind
that high fence enclosing that mystic
rious mill with its pun! pun! and its
low musical hum.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1903-11-25

SECRET

1 protection OF this discovery, and each
pledged himself to the other, Tom
walked over to a table near by and
withdrawing a cloth that covered an
oddly-shaped thing, said to Bulwer:
Here is my discovery"
This is what Bulwer saw. A large
glass case with several glass bulbs
inside. Some glass pipes, a copper
wheel and an alcohol lamp. Bulwer
never saw anything like It in all his
experience and he could only look in
establishment at this marvellous ma
chine. It was a contrivance beyond
his ability to understand at first
glance. Tom recovered the %contriv.
ance with a smile on his face and re.
turned to the table and resumed the
talk. He took from the drawer large
rolls Of paper. These papers con.
tanned the details OF this machine.
For three days and nights Tom and
Bulwer we're housed in this room go
ing over this wonderful discovery. Mr..
Richard Bulwer left Hornellsville with
"a satisfied look on his face which
meant much to Tom and increased
the respect for Tom Bakersfield in
the village, when It became known
that he had a man OF Bulwer's repu.
tation interested. Sometime altar
Bulwer had gone Tom received a let.
ter from him. Immediately arrange.
ments were made to leave. After
leaving money for his folks, Tom qui.
city left the place and no one knew
where he had gone. Curious neigh.
bors went away disappointed, for
none OF Toms folks knew wither he
had disappeared. He had satisfied
his mother that all was we'll, and that
she would soon hear from him, but he
wanted TO be certain his whereabouts
were not known to anyone. His
wishes were fulfilled, for not even the
wisest in the whole village could tell
where Tom had gone. So, with the
coming Of other events in the village,
Tom Bakersfield soon dropped from
the minds Of the people in Hornells.
Vile and was a thing Of the past.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1903-11-25

II was about two years after Tom
had left his village town that the fol-
lowing item appeared in the town pa.
per away out in the Western part Of
Now York, in what was then known
as Clarenceyille. Tho item attracted
much attention: "A Strange State of
Afairs-Many OF the citizens Of Clar.
%enoeville are complaining of a loss Of
appetite, Several assert they have
not eaten for some days, and yet are
In a perfectly healthy state and en-,
joying the rest from eating. Many
theories have been advanced as to
this strange phenomenon, but no one
can solve it. Speculation Is in order.
The condition is fast spreading. It
will be watched with interest"
Two weeks later another item ap
peared in the same paper: more
Strange Things for You-Eating has
altogether ceased In our town. Not
a man can be found who has eaten
for over sever days. The periods Of
fasting have varied in many cases.
but the actual eating has become a
figure OF speech People from an
over the country are docking TO Clar
enceville and are affected in the
same way, We are gaining rapidly
In population, and II this strange con
dition continues 10 exist. we will have
struck a bonanza that beats gold or
silver mines. No explanation has
been Altered. Can some one explain?"
The newspaper articles spread the
news over the country and people be
gan pouring into Clarenceyille and all
the newcomers quit eating along with
the balance OF the residents. Il was
a fact worth noticing that after going
a certain distance from the town the
seeming influence became ineffective.
Only within a certain radius could this
state OF AFFAIRS be found TO exist One
can scarcely imagine the revolution
In business, Groceries closed up their
doors, No M bought provisions. for
none were needed. Cutlery, dishes
kitchen utensils. and all manner OF
paraphernalia lay idly on the
storekeepers' shelves and in the ware
rooms. Housewives thought heaven
had suddenly come down 20 earth.
No o cooking, No more washing
No more kitchen work. Rel
ally IL "a a wonderful condition OF
in Clarencevine Many emf
nent scientists speculated, and some
the place. but none could ex
plain. There was no question but
he result Of this strange phenome
was quite as beneficial 20 the
as they had found eating 10 be
n the past Clerks and all manner Of
working men idled away the noon
lour and at supper time we're stll
Iappy to feel they were an right even
hough they had not eaten an day
iiarenceyille was rapidly becoming q
laradise ON earth. Where this strangei
OnditiOn came from one could tell
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-02-22
RAPID TRANSIT EXTENSION.

From The Real Estate Record and Guide.
The property of New-York have before
them now the plans of the Rapid Transit Commits
sion for what is considered to be comprehensive
Bronx. These plans include briefly an East Side
extension from Fortieth-st a and Park-aye north
from Broadway and Forty -second-st. 10 the Bat
ST an elevated road for freight passengers along
the North River waterfront. in place of the New
10th % for the prpose of bngng bos
20 their highest efficiency. and for the purpose OF
providing convenient connections with the subway.
should bear in mind have only been made possible
by the increased assessed valuation of real estate
possible increase OF accommodations the earliest
o an ecm also Which, fo6 t hG
in the end improve almost Indefinitely the rapid
two chief novelties in the plan as announced are
the West Side extension south from Fourteenth-st
eevated road on the North River waterfront the
first of tn is butt # IS 6 HE o the &c M
relished by property, owners along the proposed
board forced TO accept route further west along
the wider thoroughfares of Hudson-st and West
'front.' Il seems 1credbe that the NeWYo s cen
to to-" improve rSaS WITS fae facilities p f proposal
Altogether it Is a wonderfully comprehensive
greater city to expand with the utmost freedom
toward the north. which will enormously increase
VIII eeonSze hgzne ir 0Gersons in Manhattan
both on S to nd S real
centre OF the greater New-York Together with
the subways Tor Brooklyn and Richmond and
the tunnel connecting the Manhattan terminals of
the bridges. the scheme viii mean the almost
complete liberation Of the greater New-York from
the confines which have in the past seriously
impeded its growth and hsmpered it's prosperity
But ii should be remembered that IL leaves one
furure problem OF portentous Importance totally
untouched corresponding with the enormous
growth OF overhead ana underground traffic which
these extensions will effect there will be increasnr
demands upon the already overerowded street sys.
tenn OF Manhattan. Nehcular, trolley and foot
travel win necessarily in something like the
same ratio. How Will this travel be handled and
distributed. ~
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-02-22
NEW DEF0REsT STATIONS.
One at Hatteras To Be Typical Of Number
of Others

Speaking of the stations when the D eioie
Wireless Telegraph Company is elee'lI'e' " -
noses SOON TO erect on the Atlantic Coast Gar
ence c. Tompkins. manager. SAID vesteiuas ~
the one at Hatteras would be fairly typical OF
number It would be equipped with ABOUT ."eie
borsenower and have a range OF from ''' "
5oo miles The stations being constructed DIT
Co, 1uan Porto Rico. would have the same gen
.ra, canac;tv Another link in the chaln "ouiu
,robab,v he AZ Havana. Mention has ALREADY peei
1,ase of installations at Fort Wadsworth tStateh
leland, and on sandy Hook, Block Island ana Foliil
Judith Additional stations at Montauk JIM
Providence. New-Bedford, Boston ana Fort q
contempIa ted. The equipment on SANDY HOOK * !
Hancock Is less powerful than some o'hers' pu'
II ought TO send and receive for distances oet"ee"
TWENTY-FIVE and one hundred miles. Mr. ionhpAihs
thinks that this whole system may be IN opera'ioi
within six months. 1t is intended mainly LOT CUM
municaton with passing ships. but business pe-
tween land stations will also be attempted
Stations are now practically complete at fiai''i'
ton and Toronto Ontario. They may be opeheo
next week Possibly they may form part o,
transcontinental series. but on that pom. W.
Tompkins not ready to speak. me 1fntheuiato
use OF the Canadian stations is to be local
on the way there. Something like 90 horsepower
will be installed at that point: lhere as IN lne
Sandwich Islands. effort viii be mace 10 COW.
a greater distance than few hundred hllIeS o.
will hardly be possible without more power. nov
ever in time il Is intended 70 place apparatus on
Guam. IN the Philippines and Japan. ana eVen'u-
ally In Alaska and China. Mr.. Tompklhs says tnat
ments for the Pacific Coast orSanza ton recently
mentioned in press dispatches from San FRANCISCO
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-02-22
DECISION ON HAVEMEYER PROTEST.
A Piece of Terra Gotta Admitted as Earth
enware.'

The Board Of Classification OF the United States
upon a protest made by H. o. Havemeyer against
the action Collector Of the Port in assessing
a duty of 90 per cent ad valcrem upon terra Gotta
piece imported by him. The merchandise is in four
pieces consisting of panel fanked on either side
by a column. and surmounted by frontal or pedi-
sensations of human figures in relief II is the
work Of Dona teo. OF the fifteenth century. Duty
was assessed under the provision for decorated
earthenware in paragraph % of the tariff
ono declaration made by the importer that
the merchandise should come In 'statuary,"
under paragraph 454 at only 20 per cent ad
vaorem or at IL per cent rather. under the reel
proeity agreement existing with Italy. This is
overruled by the board. on the ground that the
relief Is not sufficient within the term
''statuary'' used in the law. Judge Waite. who
writes the opinion Of the board refers the
previous decision Of the board, i'm which the pre-
else degree of relief or separatcness is required
TO make an article come within the description
The declaration also made that the pro-
vision in paragraph g. for articles of earthly
substance specially provided for. might apply.
In which case the duty would be only IS per cent
ad vaorem. The board sustains this assertion. and
orders that the entry be reliqudated accordingly.
Judge Waite remarks that the article not
rectly eassed earthenware. the term ware
would seem to apply only tn goods made In large
quantities, with many articles OF the same char
acter and shape. ne merchandise In question
however, is SO far as is known, the only one of
it's kind, and IL certainly not made in quauti-
ties. The protest of such classification was there
fore sustained The foreign value of the article is
given about IL 000 francs.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-02-22
DISASTROUS FIRE IN BARRE, VT.
Entire Business District Endangered-Loss
About $4,000,

Barre Vt Feb. 2.-The city of Barre had de-
rided scare early to-day by a fire in the business
section in Nain-st.. which destroyed nearly $"o,e0
worth Of property The blaze was the most serious
I'm tho records Of the city. and it is admitted that
onl, the absence of wind prevented the destruction
of rh. entire business district. The fire started in
the basement of the new Currier Block. 1t as
s,lrned threatening proportions quickly. Inc ten
ants on the third floor of the building barely cs-
capped.
With the thermometer standing at Is below zero
and the water freezing to the iremen. and even to
-he burning building the fremen were prevented
from doing effective work As the flames spread 1t
was decided 10 call Montpelier for assistance.
and nv aid given by The men from that city the
flames were kept from going beyond the Curr1er
block which VAS Of brick, and the Shepee BLOCK,
of wood adjoining. These buildings were ruined:
Two women who occupied apartments on the
third floor Of the brick block were rescued Dy the
dremen partially overcome by smoke.
The flames originated the boiler in the Cur
rier Building The loss this block Is placed at
si4 600: on thu Shepee Block at 5000 In the Cur
rier Block Boston Bargain store loses Sl51S;
Yeale knight. drygoods; $4,000 and the Inion
Clothing Company 5000 In the Sheplce building
the Hooker Furniture Company loses $l0.No and
Sowden & Lyon grocers. S5,elo All losses are
nartlv covered by insurance.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-02-22
COMPLAIN OF CRUEL TREATMENT.
Evidence of Boys in the susquehanna val
lev Home.

r,,n,ta,,+on y Y Feb. af.-Story after story OF
thurman treatment was told yesterday aIterho '
20 tho hoard of trustees and assistant Dodru VI INC
s,,souehanna Valley Home. who. with press repre-
so,.a,,vas began an investigation into the reports
- .rr.ltx that have leaked out The nome Is IoI
ornhans and has about two hundred cniie. CT :
- ,,aar the care of the state Board OF Charlues
and under the direct supervision Oh 'Ou "
trustees. 49,, o.. .,
,.b aso one Of the boys complained 70 a
har Of tho BOARD of Supervisors of this county
that no had been thrashed until blood came n
Clay Preston special officer for the society io' 'V
r,revertion of Cruelty to Children. took the id''0l
49,, and this week the charges were made puohc-
A. tho hearing yesterday few of the boy anu
three instructors were examined r'u''S VI -
-; Io.ded with metal. and a dozen rattans from
= n,,arter OF an inch to three-quarters OF an men
we're shown as the implements with WHICH 10y
- --,,,,,a II was brought out that nearly ait
e. orueI whipping had been done by Maurice
x1-..so, the assistant superintendent at the NOME
II was also shown that an enn1ltE eNlSteu
+ba teachers and Superintendent ruler lolii7'
Asssn,bIvman from this district SO 'n'' A
wore made worse by That iact 80
DAIos Dyello said that he had often oeeI p' ,
- h,- n1otbinp was taken off, and diagonaiiy
un''l LIS 49, az his leg Just below the hips. was
80, "a bue mark which. he said. was mace
- A., y,-atso, having pounded him with BOARD
v-.too, roId two boys who saw the assault no'
.. .ot and also threatened to hck btluS " H1
told the trustees about the lncldent -as e,f-ts5
rroa s M, ton that he had been struck by VA
SON across the bare knees until tne ooou ta al,+ "
rot,an Uas used on his knees until IL Vas Spi. /.
a p.ars" a hoy stopped warm himselt AT a
radiator one morning Watson was STU u -, nc -
,i, nm nv the ears and thrown him on the
az and pounded him in the face Four boys sad
they sa W Watson do this -. --..7,,-
1rhe next hearing will he held next Aucsua3'
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-02-22

This Year q Record Breaker -PyOs-
pe,ffY the Cause.

The hotels IF this city are more cro"deo tha''
at any time all wintet. The season has been the
heaviest In the hotel history here, put TINS par
tjoular period is more than ever noted tor ms
crush Throughout the fall ana winter months
the transient guest has had l hard time or IL
to obtain place whereon to lay MS weary
head.
Conventions the horse show, attractions OF
various kinds and. most important of ali, the
visits of merchants and traders to buy at the
nations mart. are responsible for the hotel con-
gestion.
AT the present time -everal reasons are adj
yanced for the crush. Hundreds Of out of town
tradesnlen are here to buy W spring stocks
They bring their wives and families, and are
staying at the various caravanserfes ana max
ing festive week of it. Then, too, the railroads
have made reduced rates to New-York and re-
turn just now and that is bringing large num-
bers of people here.
Western and Southern people are here by the
dozens, as glance at the hotel registers shows
The most of these are here on business. but some
have merely stayed over for few days on their
way to other points.
The prosperity of the country also is doubtless
responsible for the present influx to the metrop-
oils With its varied attractions in a CONNER
cial way and in the amusement line soJouih
in New-York this time is tempting 10 tue
man with a plugging Waiiet- 49,
At the family hotels. where there Is nhoIe %
less of a quiet atmosphere the man VINO brings
his wife and children takes apartments loi a
time. and, in addition to business, does 'he d. :
galleries and similar institutions. ne si IS
traveller tries to find accommodations at lni
where there is life. But 1t is lflposslp51e
to find accommodations for all. and the h'enu-
ing visitor is wise If he telegraphs a lew oay >
ahead for his room. Hundreds are being 'uiheu
away nightly. and all hotels report cro"oeu , ~
the roof" All the prominent hoteis NAY e
inps away ahead and a canvass of dozes VI
the principal last night reVeaied .le aao
that the crush is likely to continue Iol soi' Re
time Where the unfortunate traVeler "ho 20
1850 u.;th tbe replv mo room goes is mat
fer of conjecture. but doubt the glaasolitle
boarding house with it's ever gaping ma" o.
sorhs the overflow. However the natloh II psoo
nerous the town IS full and the genial pohiiaCe
IS hieing himself about these DAYS Win 'A
smile that won't come or
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-02-22
DR.. BECK AGAIN PRESIDENT.
Annual Meeting of the Association Of For
mer German University Students.

The annual meeting OF the Association OF Former
German University Students held on Wednes-
day at their rooms in hall of tho Aron Society,
in East Fifty-ninth-st. Many tributes were paid
to DR. Carl Beck president OF the association, for
his untiring and successful work in its behalf.
Despite his many duties, DIR. Beck has devoted
much time to the organization which he was in
Ornamental i'm founding. As the reports showed.
many New-Iorkers have adued their names IN the
course OF the year. The organization alreauF nav
il is necessary for the applicant TO nave been
Taatriculated at of the German universities.
DR. Beck was una nimously reelected president.
The kice-presidents and trustees were also re-
elected and TO the latter were added President
Eliot of Harvard and President Gilman OF the Car
negie Institution.
The ANIMAL ronners Of the organization TO cele-
hrate its fundfrg will be held on March u IN the
large hall OF the Arion Society Inc attendance
promises be large