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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-04-21
CAPTAIN PHEIP's MOTHER.
Died in Ohio Yesterday and Was Eighty.hvs
Years Old

A telegram yesterday brought the news
of the death of Mrs. Lucinda Phelps
mother of Captain r. f. Phelps, which
took place yesterday morning at her home
in St Mary's, Ohio.
Mrs. Phelps was eighty-five years old
She had been i'll for some time and Cap
tain Phelps has been with her for week
She seemed improved and he left the day
before her death. He is on the way
home, and up to last night it had not
been able to reach him on the road by
wire to inform him of the sad event. His
friends will sympathize deeply with him.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-04-21
Police Court Notes

Mayor Powell had only one case yester-
day. Ludella Prince. white woman,
was convicted of assault upon frankie
Lee. She could not pay Q fine of $5.25.
and was sent to the work-house for ten
days.
Lilly Hunter, who was recently sem
fenced to serve a term of thirty days on
the county roads, and who escaped from
the work house Monday night, has been
captured and sent back to finish her
term.
Matinee girls worship the hero because
they imagine his love- making stunts are
the real thing.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-04-21
J he Kinston Primary.

Especial to News and Observer.)
Kinston. N c., April 20.-At the pr-
mary held here today, hours OF voting 6
a. m to p. m. there was no mayoralty
nominee, and second primary to select
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-04-21
APPEAL TO JHE SUPREME COURT.

St Paul. Mimi. April 2O.-Thirty- y-four
points of error are alleged 'by the coun-
sci for the Northern Securities Company
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-04-21

The Shamrock III. challenger for the
Americas cup which was dsmastod in
squall yesterday. is being repidly
overhauled.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-04-21

Boston, April 20.-Boston and Phila-
delphia inaugurated the ball season to-
day before the largest morning crowd
that ever assembled in this city. A bad
fourth inning by Waddell gave the home
team lead which the visitors could not
overcome score: R. II. Z.
Boston,. :. ...00O5O211*-9 9 2
Philadelphia :. ..0O11O200O-4 7
Batteries: Winters, Dineen and Far
rell; Waddell and Schreck. Umpires-
Connolly and Hassett Attendance 8 37S.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-04-21
American League Games.
OBv the Associated Press J

Boston, Mass, April Philadelphia
won the afternoon game by a great bat
ting rally in the last three innings.
Young held the visitors without hit
for six innings. but was battered for six
hits, three being three baggers nj the
seventh. Score: R. H. e.
Boston,. :. ...021030001- Is 2
Philadelphia :. .0O00OO61S-1O 12 4
Batteries: Young Hughes and Far
rell; Plank. Bender and Powers Um-
pires, Bassett and Connolly.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-11-26
TheWabuse Mining & MillingCc
Branch Office: $3.50 Andrus Building Minneapolis MINI
T, COLORADO.

200 feet to
Wagon Road and Railroad.
Water the year round. .-
Coal at $3.50 per ton.
4 miles to custom smelter.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-11-26

belch1ng chimneys and furnace stacks
of our principal steel works.
Where formerly ant-like swarms of
men shoveled and wheeled and
dumped in the stock yards of a great
steel works, to-day they are noticed
stead, huge buckets with massive jaws
opened till they seem all mouth,
sWoop down upon the ore or coal or
stone, crunch together ten-ton
mouthful, whir upwards to spider
like arm, and, suspended therefrom,
glide swiftly along it. Meanwhile the
arm itself moves rapidly, the bucket
arrives over it's destination, drops,
opens, and, presto!-the ten tons Of
material are where they belong in less
time than it takes you to read about it.
When it is realized that this enor-
nous weight, bucket and load together
of $4,000 pounds is hoisted and low
cred thru perhaps 200 feet and run
horizontally 500 feet each round trip;
when one knows that as many as 60
round trips per hour can be made, Or
one per minute, and particularly when
it is discovered that all of this hurting
of weight thru space is done easily,
neatly and quietly by one mans man
ipulation& of a few little levers-then
only can the reader perceive to what
great extent has the efficiency of man
been increased and his sweat of the
brow" decreased thru the invention of
this remarkable class of machinery.
Almost all of the best known manu-
featuring concerns in this country use
some Of the "Brownh oist'' devices.
Shipbuilding in the United States
has been greatly cheapened thru the
installation by our principal yards of
the great travelling ship-building
cranes, one of which, for instance,
placed in position the sternpost of the
Russian battleship Retzivan in fifty
minutes with the aid Of three men,
It formerly would have taken twenty
men two days to do similar job.
The kinds of materials handled are
innumerable. In addition to bulk
cargo, boxes. barrels, general mer-
chandise, chemical materials, ammu-
milton, and, in fact, nearly everything
transportable, is somewhere in the
world being lifted, conveyed and low.
cred by Brown machinery.
Feeling the keen edge Of American
competition, foreign manufacturers
and shippers began coming to this
country to see how two dollars labor
could possibly produce cheaper results
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-11-26

cargo in a year than formerly that it
is little wonder the tonnage rates on
the Great Lakes have become lowest
in the world. -~- =. ~.
Fully 80 per cent of the ore unload
ed at lake ports is handled by the ma
chinery designed and patented by Mr..
Alexander E. Brown, and built by the
Brown Hosting Machinery company
of Cleveland of which this gentleman
is vice president and general mana
ger.
At the famous dinner given by the
leading men Of New York to Prince
Henry of Prussia, it is straining
nothing to say that no man at the
tables had done more to enable the
others present to become captains of
industry than Mr., Brown. For not
only the ore and coal men, but the ship
builders, the chemical makers, the
iron masters, the steamship owners
and operators, the naval officers and
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-11-26

that soon reincorporation became nee
essary. This was effected in 1900,
with a paid-up capital Of $2,O00,00O.
The officers of the enterprise which
has made the name "Brownhoist'' a
household word in the big industrial
family whose industries flourish upon
cheap handling of weight, are: Fay
cite Brown, president; A.. e. Brown,
vice president and general manager;
H. H. Brown, treasurer; G. G. Wing,
secretary, and +. G. Tallman, man
ager. .-' .-
After the application of the Brown
machinery to the unloading Of ships,
it took but little time for our astute
ironmasters to see where they could
save much money by the use of sim
liar devices at their end Of the line.
Thenceforth the lofty, delicate, strong
and graceful outlines of bridges, y
tcantilever cranes and other kindred
Brown types began to mingle with the
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-11-26

and associates. These he has worked
very successfully and profitably since.
This year he has managed no less
than fourteen mines, eleven on the
Mesaba, two on the Gogebic, and one
on the new Baraboo range. In this
he Is distinctly and emphatically a
pioneer once more, for that Baraboo
property is the only one there yet
mine. The eleven Mesaba mines pro-
duced this year 100000 tons, and
the two Gogebic about 100000 tons.
These are all choice properties, easily
and cheaply operated and producing a
select grade of ore. All the opera
tions of the International Harvester
company are in his charge, and he is
connected with very heavy Cleveland
and eastern interests.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-11-26

of the cost Of transportation, the con-
sequent twenty-sixfold increase in
traffic and the corresponding growth
in the prosperity Of the northwest, is
principally due to the inventive genius
Of one man.
Ships used to require five days to
discharge an average cargo of 1900
tons of ore. To load the return cargo
of coal took four days. To-day the
same sized cargo of ore is usually out
of the ship within seven hours from
the time she ties up to the dock, and
to take her coal cargo aboard aver
ages about four hours. This saving
from each round trip allows lake
ore and coal carrying steamer to make
SO many round trips in a season and
enables her to carry so much more
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-11-26

they do, many types Of steam loco
motive and wrecking cranes, electric
travelling cranes, high speed balanced
cantilever cranes, power jib cranes,
floating and bridge cranes, overhead
tramway, overhead locomotive and
tro1leys. railway. transfer tables, etc.,
etc.
The new plant Of the company in
Cleveland, built upon the site of the
former works, which were destroyed
by fire in December, 1900, is a model
establishment: Underwriters call it
the only absolutely tireproof factory
building in the United States. It Is,
besides, the most comfortable and we'll
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-11-26

This district within radius of ten miles from Red
Mountain in 1902 produced 40 per cent Of the gold
mined in Colorado, outside of Cripple Creek and Col
orado produced IS per cent of the gold accredited to
the United States 1t produced one-half Of all the
copper mined in the state It paid 26 per cent of
its production as DIVIDENDS the rest of the state
only paying IL per cent of its production
There have been no failures in the district where
properly managed and systematically worked.
The Camp Bird Tom Boy, Smugge1- Union, Vir-
ginius Revenue Barstow, Gold King Sunnyside, Her
cules, North Star, Silver Lake. Henrietta, Yankee
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-11-26

every captain of any industry requiring
great quantities Of materials, or en-
ploying heavy weights-all of them
admittedly owe their ability to success
fully cope with the cheap labor Of
Europe principally thru the greatly
reduced cost of handling their raw
materials, appliances and finished
product by the labor saving ma
chinery, or services similar thereto,
first invented by Mr.. Brown.
The saving Of time and money in
the unloading Of bulk cargoes gained
by the first machines built by Mr..
Brown at his own risk in 1888 was so
remarkable a forward stride that a
stock company capitalized at 100000
was organized in 1885. Business
poured in upon it to such an extent
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-11-26

ventilated working place FOR its en-
p1oyes of any plant now built or build
ing. The entire structure is lighted by
electricity and is heated by forced
blast thru underground conduits. The
machinery is systema tically arranged,
Is new, and is almost all motor driven
An interesting fact of the many sided
engineering mind of MT. Brown is
sharply outlined in this new building.
No absolutely fireproof and rustproof
roofing, siding and flooring material
being known, Mr.. Brown invented
CONTINUED on Page Ten, IRON and Coal
~ Section)
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-11-26

than sixty-cent labor. They saw, and
to-day perhaps no class of American
made machinery covers broader field
in foreign countries than that of the
Brown Hosting Machinery company,
which to-day operates in Japan, Aus
tralia, European Russia, Austria, Ger
many, Belgium, France, Italy, Sweden,
South America, Egypt England, South
Africa, Hawaii, Wales, Siberia, Ire
land, Spain and Cuba. III
Completeness and good taste are
carried far into the printed publica-
tions Of the Brown Hosting Machinery
company. Their varied catalogs are
models, describing and illustrating, as
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-11-26
QUARTER CENTURY
OF ACHIEVEMENT
CONTINUED from Page Six Coal and
Iron SeCtiOn.)

operations. Here again he was among
the pioneers. It was a good thing
for outsiders and the public generally
that his advice to his company in
reference to the Mesaba was not al
ways followed. If it had been the
Minnesota Iron company would have
then controlled that vast range.
MI. SellwOOd became manager for
the American Steel and Wire company
I'm mining operations, always carrying
on operations for himself also, and
when that company was merged into
the United States Steel corporation he
took Il number of mines for himself
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-11-26

Girl, and Iowa-Tiger have values aggregating many
many millions Of dollars. There seems to be
no limit to the possible production In other dis
trcts there good mines here and there In the San
Juan they all good their relative individual values
depending upon the amount OF mineral ground owned
We court investigation of mine the district and
our own standing among business men. Send for
prospectus showing maps, cuts and full information
A limited amount of stock for sale at 25c.
References Security Bank and the Northwestern
National Bank Minneapolis, Minnesota
Minneapolis office.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-11-26
Mr.. Sellwood, who still goes by the

old mining title "Captain' among his
friends, is d public-spirited man,
whose shoulder has been at the wheel
for years. Like others, he has reaped
experience and profit and loss in the
service. He is heavily interested in
banks and general business, and what
he does not know about the inner
history of politics in northern Mime
sofa since 1888 would fill a very small
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-11-26
BROWN HOSTING MACHINERY
COMPANY "--

Machinery has played a leading role
in the marvellous development Of the
great northwest in the past twenty-five
years. Since 1883 traffic on the Great
Lakes outlet has increased twenty-siX
fold while average freight rates have
decreased from $3.50 to SIS cents a
ton. This more than cutting in two
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-11-26

It's ores produce Gold, Silver, Lead and Copper.
81 Mining Claims, aggregating 176 acres.
All patented from the United States.
miles of veins traced on the surface.
miles of these veins outcrop,
= carrying good mineral values.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1903-06-13
SDanish Brides.

There are no bridesmaids at a Span
ish wedding, but instead a madrina
literally godmothep is present with
the witnesses. There Is no bride cake,
but there is Il reception and very often
feast after the ceremony. Before
the wedding takes place the brides
new home is made ready for her re-
ception, for the honeymoOners do not
start on their travels until the day
after their marriage.
Before their departure they pay a
polite visit to their respective parents.
On their return dainty sweetmeats in
pretty boxes are sent round to their
friends. No visits are paid till little
cards save been sent offering their
house."
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1903-06-13
Wihd and Tcmperntmre.

The wind does not affect the ther-
mometer, as any one may find out for
himself by simple test. Take two
dry bulb thermometers Of exactly the
same kind and hang one Of them where
it will be exposed to the wind and the
other where it will be sheltered-say,
on two sides of the corner Of the house
and after allowing them to hang
thus for few minutes you will find
that they register the same. And yet
the person who stands near the ther-
mometer that hangs in the wind will
feel the cold more senSibly than the
person who stands near the sheltered
one.
The wind is simply air In motion,
and air in motion is no colder than the
same air in Il state of rest. We feel
colder in the wind simply because its
blowing over us takes the heat away
from the body by causing a more rap
id evaporation from the skin. There Is
no evaporation from the dry bulb of a
thermometer, and therefore the wind
does not affect It,
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1903-06-13
THE TOBACCO PLANT.
Its Origin, According to n Quaint
Legend OF the East.


The prophet was taking a stroll in
the country when he saw Il serpent,
stiff with cold. lying on the ground.
lie compassionatcly took it UP and
warmed it in his bosom. When the
serpent had recovered it said:
"Divine prophet, listen. | am now
going to bite thee
"Why. pray?' inquired Mohammed.
Because thy race makes perpetual
war on mine" said the serpent.
"But thy race, too, makes perpetual
war against mine," was the prophets
rejoindcr "lIow canst thou, besides,
be so ungratcful and so soon forget
that saved thy lifcT
"Thcre is no such thing rs gratitude
upon this earth" replied the serpent,
"and if were now to spare thee
either thou or another Of thy race
would kill ne. by Allah, | shall bite
thccw
'If thou hast sworn by Allah | will
not cause thee to break thy vow,' said
the prophet, holding his band to the
scrpcnt's mouth. The serpent bit him,
but he sucked thc wound with his lips
and spat lie vonom on the ground.
And on that very spot there sprung up
plant which combines within itself
the venom Of t.2 serpent and the com
passion of tie prophet. Men call this
plant by The name Of tobacco.-"To-
bacco In Song and story"
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1903-06-13
wagner us an Acrobat.

Ferdinand Praeger related an incl
dent of a visit to Wagner at his Swiss
home The two men sat one morning
on an ottoman in the drawing room
talking over the events Of the years.
Suddenly Wagner, who was sixty
years old. rose and stood on his head
upon the ottoman.
At that moment Wagner's wife en-
tered. Her surprise and alarm caused
her to run 10 her husband, eXclaiming,
"Ah. Richard, Richard" Quickly re-
covering himself, he assured her that
he was sane and wished to show that
he could stand on his head at sixty,
which was more than Ferdinand could
1O
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1903-06-13
ROMAN HOT BATHS.
They NIny Hnvc Caused the Down
fall cr tiie In9erial city.


fall oC tlse Imperial city.
When Rome was in her glory and
men were strong and women beauti-
ful. they set first importance upon
the bath. There were 800 public baths
in imperial Rome.
Before taking Il bath the Roman took
a little exercise. In the later history
of Rome the room in which he un-
dressed was heated, and after undress-
ing he was anOintcd with OIL Then
came the scratching and rubbing Of
the skin with the strigil Following
this perspiration was promoted by
heated air or a hot bath. The bath
was completed with Il cold douche or
cold plunge. Finally the body was
anointed again.
1t Is believed by many writers that
the introduction Of the hot bath in
the place of the cold bath among the
Romans was The principal cause Of
their downfall. The luxury of the hot
bath was weakening and destroyed
that personal yalor and hardihood for
which the Romans were notorious in
their earlier history.
Little 10y little the cneryatins inilu-
encc Of the hot bath gradually sapped
away the vitality Of tie Roman soldier
until the more hardy men Of the north
found them very easy foes to CON
ouer-Medical Talk.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1903-06-13

There are Il good many crocodiles IN
the more distant reserves Of Kingston
harbor and at the mouths of the ia
maica rivers, but they are exceedingly
wary. and most cautious approach Is
necessary if one wishes to get close
enough for an effective shot
Just as the lion has his jackal ana
the shark his pilot fish so the crocodile
is almost always accompanied by a
small ployer. which perches upon the
scaly ridge of its back and is just Wis
ible above the filthy water in which its
biz patron loves to wallow.
On the approach of man or any other
danger this tiny bird tlutters into the
air and utters n shrill cry to warn its
"chum."
The crocodile dives. and you may sit
in your canoe and nurse your rifle for
an hour without Il chance Of a shot.
The Jamaican crocodile is shyer of
man than most of its kind.-Chicago
News.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1903-06-13
The Dinner Hour.

The hour for dinner has undergone
several changes. About 400 it was
10 Il. N. Henry VIII. dined at this
time and supped at 4. In the six
teenth century dinner was at II, break
fast at and supper at . or 6. In the
following century meals were an hour
later.
Disraeli tells us that in the reign
Of Francis |. Of France folks rose at D,
dned at 0. suppcd at . and went to
bed at o. which. according to a popu-
lar saying made them live to the age
of ninaty-nine Louis Nil, it is said
FASTENED his death by altering his
hours to please his young wife. In
stead Of dining at s Il. III and going
to bed at p. H.. he took to dining at
noon and often sat up till midnight.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1903-06-13
In an Old Time House.

TO 90 down into the low ceiled kitch-
en-, with its heavy, rough hewn TIM
bers and its great fireplace with the
logs fast turning to Goals; to look into
the old brick oven, where bread for
regiment could easily have been baked,
and. perchance, to be asked to sit down
ON the old wooden settec under the lit
tie window where the pot of flowers
stands and drink tea from quaint
blue cup will complete the charm the
place has thrown about you. Many
fantasies will throng the mind, ana
the shadows cast upon the walls by the
wavering light make this house their
home-one booted and spurred and with
a military step, the other a rustic or
silk and a Whit of rare perfume.-tour
Track News.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1903-06-13

"Among the strange and weird de-
mons and hogics which are believed
by miners to haUnt the workings un-
derground not the least horrible is the
Ladder Dwarf" said Il former pros
pector. Il never saw the creature my
self. but he is described as hunch-
backed. with a short body. large head
and enormously long and powerful
arms. In fact. he resembles an eX-
aggerated gorilla. His fayorite trick
is climbing the ladders by means OF
which the miners leave the mines,
raising himself with his long arms,
and as he passes the rungs kicking
them out one by one. He is supposed
to always do this just before an acci-
dent of some kind in the mine"
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1903-06-13
TIMING EXPOSURES.
A Work In which photographers
Become Remarkably Accurate.

Work In which Photographers
Become Remarkably Accurate.
The photographer was about to take
n picture of a young woman. ITS so
dark here" lie said, that | guess I'll
give you about thirty seconds" and,
drawing out the slide and removing
the cap. he began to count In meas
ured and mechanical tone, zone, two,
three, four, five" and so on. When
the exposure was finished the sitter
said: you gave more than thirty sec
onds to that plate. You counted very
slow-Tm sure it took you a full min
ute to count thirty"
The photographer handed his watch
to the young woman. He said: III
count thirty again. Time me-" And
he made the count exactly as before
and he was just twenty-nine seconds
making it. zone second of-not so
bad. Near my old record, in fact"
said the photographer "Ten years
ago. when | made more pictures than
| do today. ! could by counting make
exposures mp to five minutes without
being more than second Off. Usually
I'd be a second under; but, over or un-
der, it was only by one second that
I'd be out of the way. But" he added,
"this gift is not remarkable. Nearly
every photographer has it. Nearly
every one of us can guess spaces or
time running from Il half second TO
five or six minutes with what is for
all practical purposes perfect accu-
racy."-Phlladelphia Record.