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IT HE place was restaurant, and a
number OF correspondents from
Newspaper Row were gathered
around one OF the tables about IL at
night. spinning yarns.
Doing space work for some booming
Western town was good thing for the
newspaper boys who knew how to work
il properly" said one of the group, q
well-known correspondent Of a New
York paper. The best thing. however.
that ever came my way 1 was buncoed
out of. because I was new in the bust
ness and did not understand the game OF
working a big string.
1T was IN the days when North Dako-
ia was seeking Statehood. when people
were focking to the Territory and good
claims near prospective town sites were
at premium. Cat on DEVILS Lake there
was a reasonable certainty that q big
town would grow up, and it was a geo.
graphical fact that the railroad could
lot pass ny certain location which
would be the coming town of the coun-
try. Property in the vicinity of the
projected town became valuable. and
though it had not been officially sur
veyed. persons had squatted on it hop
ing to make good thing out of the rise
in values. sQuatter law prevailed, and
the man in a shack with a shotgun US
uslly held any claim upon which ne had
set uD his quarters.
TVo Hen KiIIa5
Fred and Charlie Ward. nephcws Of
J. V and ex-senator c. 3. Farweu. Of
Chicago. were killed while trying 20
hold eighty acres Of land near Devils
Lake. They had been warned of by
eoterie who claimed that the land they
had located belonged to an absent party
who was to be protected while on a visit
to the East. The Wards refused to va
cate and a dozen men went out one
night and shot them down.
The country was civilized enough so
that the affair caused a great deal of ex-
eitement. The prominence OF the Wards
and the prominence, too, of the men who
had done the killing, made it of great
Importance to the whole country. and
there was a great demand for news Of
the affair
Il was working on a little sheet which
endeavored to print all the news by mail.
end incidentally was correspondent for a
paper in st. Paul.
''The murder occurred seventy miles
from where was located, and thirty
miles beyond the telegraph, and the same
distance from a railroad. Our news was
Obtained from returning travellers aud by
mail. which was OF little use. But from
the passengers who arrived ] was able to
pick up enough to make show in the
little paper / was working with. and
every night sent a good space story 20
the st. Paul paper. I would get a tele-
gram every day to hurry the matter in
early and not 10 condense IL or cut il
down. but send everything. including the
details TO the utmost limit
Il learned afterward that all I sent
was Immediately distributed to the
string men In the Office. who tele-
graphed the story to nearly every big
paper in the country. The office was full
of men who knew how to work the
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left behind him his Kinnikinnick that he
used to wear. Medicine Lodge that he
used to visit, and the wampum for
which he bartered his pony for his
beaver skins. He has left behind him,
also. the Indian names of many familiar
objects. though the memory of these
meanings has all but been forgotten.
Mondamin means corn; Wawa. wild
goose: Opeechee, the robin: Dahinda.
the frog: Roanoke. a seashell; Chicago.
the wild onion; omeeme. a pigeon;
Wawbeek. rock. etc.
Musical ALTERATION
The Indian has left behind him hun
dreds OF musical alliterative names, in
which the consonant or vowel sounds are
doubled. Good examples are Wawaka
Wawasee, Kankakee, Kennekuk. Tusca-
loosa. Tallahassee. Ocklocknee, Ohoo-
pee, Oshkosh. MinnetonKa, Massabesic,
Contoocook. Loogootee, and Hatchechub-
bee. We like TO roll his Kennebunk and
Cuttyhunk. his Nantucket and Wachu-
sett. his Kickapoo and Tetonka over our
tongues. and 1t would be deplorable in
deed If they also should have to go and
be translated into correct and concise"
English.
Other historical landmarks closely
interviewer with Indian history, but
whose names will remain untouched by
the commission. are the place-names
that preserve the memory OF the early
missionaries and explorers. and OF the
first pioneers. sturdy men OF the wilder
ness, every one OF them Injured TO hard
ship and skillful in expedient, as he lit
orally took his lie IN his HAND as lie
ventured among hostile redskins in On
unknown land. The names of De Soto.
Ponce de Leon. Hudson. Champlain. and
La Sale. and of Fathers Hennepin and
Marquette are interviewer with the very
beginnings Of our history, just as the
names of Fremont. Lewis. and Clark are
indissolubly linked with the early days
of the Far West.
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flows under rock" and Saratoga, "the
place Of the miraculous waters in a
rock"
Similarly. Schenectady is 1.-The river
valley beyond the pine trees" scho-
harie is "the tributary that throws its
waters strong over and across the main
stream" the Wabash is "a cloud blown
forward by an equinoctial wind" Mo-
nongahela is "the falling-in- bank
river" Rappahannock. 1.-The river of
quick-rising water" and Toronto. "oak
trees rising from the lake" Such
words show a wondrous skill in the art
of word painting, and their expressive
Indian tongue reflects their impressions
with vivid minuteness impossible to
more cumbersome English.
There is no commonplace in Indian
names. All of the Indians terms are
picturesque. because alive and full of
meaning to him. A thousand examples
could be given. Once, before the white
mans day. a caving-in of a river bank
revealed the huge fossil tusk Of some
prehistoric monster. At once the river
received the name Chemung, big
Horn" and generations of squaws told
to generations of papooses the tradi-
tions of the big bones and wide Jaws
that once had been found there. In
1875 a portion OF Maine was visited by
most devastating fire. The Indians
at once gave the region >the name OF
schoodic, the great burnt lands" per-
petuating forever the memory Of the
terrible disaster. orinoco is "coiling
snake" possibly a reference to the
crooked course of the stream, but more
probably marking the notable killing
OF some venomous reptile.
Physical Features.
Some times It was the physical fea-
lures that were name-reflected. Thus
Wetumpka is "tumbling waters;" San
dusky. the ''cold spring." Katahdin, the
highest place." Tioga, the swift cur
rent" Niagara, the meek OF water"
Nahant is "at the point" Passumpsick
is much clear water" and Chautauque
is the "foggy place" Sometimes the
Indians names reflected his supersti-
tions. Thus, Manito is spirit" Mon
tauk is "a manito or spirit tree" and
Minnewaukon means the devils lake"
Sometimes his names celebrate his hunt
ing or fishing exploits. Mackinaw is an
abbreviation of longer word meaning
'-the great turtle place" Quinsigamond
means "the fishing place for pickereI."
There are several Ammons. which. as
the Government has a peculiar pen
chant for looping of the t6minative syI-
lables of Indian words. may not unrea-
sonably be taken 10 represent Ammonoo-
sue, an expressive Indian word meaning
''fish-story river" a proof positive that
the red man. as we'll as his successors,
was given to telling tall stories about
his luck in fishing.
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CoME time ago the Government aD-
-, pointed a commission. consisting
Of geographers, historians, POST
Office Department officials, and an Indian
for the purpose of translating into con-
else and correct English all Indian
names to be found in the geography OF
the United States. The task was to be
performed in such manner as TO retain
in the English translation as much as
possible the true meaning and sigpif-
canoe of the Indian term. The work of
the committee is we'll under way, and
when finished promises to add a large
number of picturesque place-names to
the already rich and varied collection.
The enormity Of the task may be COM
pretended when IT is considered that all
over the land, from Maine to California
ana from the Red River on the north to
the Mexican boundary on the south, 5000
Indian names commemorate the fact that
the red man once was the sole possessor
OF the land. The names OF his chiefs
and Of his tribes are forever fixed in
memory. Indian traditions are perpetu-
ated and musical Indian words have
been incorporated into our tongue, a
legacy Of poetry and romance even in
this practicaI age.
Names Always Mean Something.
Every name the Indian gave meant
something. He left to his pale-faced
brother the absurdities of prefxing to
2.7Oo towns and settlements the stale
descriptive terms Of East and West,
North, and South; he left TO the white
man the confusion Of thirty-three
springfelds in one Union. not a fifth OF
which were ever built in a field OF by
4 spring; Of Pineyille without a pine,
Oskdales without an oak, Weymouths
and Plymouths that are not at the mouth
OF the Wey. the Plym, or any other
river; OF Mount vernons twenty-five
strong. many OF them without even a hill
TO their credit. and Of ], 100 New Havens,
New Yorks, Newtowns. and New-every-
tring-else, all Of which have long since
ceased to be new.
Not so with the Indian. He pitched
his wigwam beside the stream. Through
the curling waters the long, dark stones
on the rivers bed looked like otters at
play. and forthwith the camping place
received the name It bears today-Kala-
mazoo-~stones-i -iike-otters" in the In
dian tongue. Again. he saw on a river
bank a pine tree wreathed in flames; for
hours II threw its torch-like glare over
the landscape. as would have beamed the
glow of some council fire fed by atten-
dant warriors, and Potomac that region
became. a literal translation OF
which is the place OF the burning pine,
that resembles a council fire." Pough-
keepsie is "a safe harbor for small
boats" Norridgewock. "the place of
aeer;" Ontario. 1.-THE village on the
mountain" Saranac, "tbe river that
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civil war the United States Government
was called upon to bestow a fostering
care upon several women who had pre-
viously been dependent upon men who
had served as Chief Executives. The as
sistance did not always. however. take
the form OF a pension. For instance, in
the case OF the famous Dolly Madison,
widow Of President Madison. Congress
enabled her to enjoy comfort in her de-
clining years by voting her the sum of
$4,000 for a manuscript left by Mr..
Madison and which he intended for pub
lication.
Cash Gift to Mrs. Lincoln.
Immediately after the death of Presi-
dent Lincoln. Congress made provision
for the payment to Mrs. Lincoln of the
sum OF $4,000. the salary of the Presi-
dent for one year. and in 1870 the widow
OF the civil war President was granted
a pension of $4,000 year. When appli-
cation was. made to Congress to grant to
Mrs. Harrison the $1,000 pension ac-
corded the widow of a President or ex-
President. some opposition developed on
the score that the applicant was the
second wife OF General Harrison.
Next to the widows OF Presidents, the
recipient OF the largest pension paid to
any woman is Mrs. Irene Rucker Sheri-
dan. who receives SOS per month. -Four
women - Mrs. Logan, Mrs. Mcclellan.
Mrs. Jessie Benton Fremont. and Mrs.
Blair. widow of Maj. Cen. Francis p.
Blair-each receive a pension OF $1,000 a
year. Among the women who receive
Governmental pensions of 500 a month
are Mrs. Custer and Mrs, wilkes, widow
OF Admiral Wilkes.
The Garfield Fund.
In a number Of instances personal
friends of soldier husbands and a solic-
itous public have joined the Government
in an effort to shield from care the
widows and daughters of famous milf
tary leaders. When it became known
that President Garfield. lowering be-
tween life and death, was greatly agi-
tated regarding the future welfare OF his
wife and children. Cyrus ". Field,
Of New York. took the initiative in rails
ing fund of s35O.oO0, which was turned
over to Mrs. Garfield. This enabled her
20 make many improvements at Lawn
field, the old Garfield estate in the out
skirts Of Mentor, a small town on the
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weeks the $4,000 tapestries which were
imported and presented to General
Sheridan by personal friends. The tap
estries were too large to be accommo-
dated in the Sheridan residence. and
have consequently been on exhibition for
years past at the National Museum at
Washington. Recently the District
authorities decided that Mrs. Sheridan
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Phil Sheridan's Widow.

The recent sale by Mrs. sheridan to
Clifford Pinchot. forester of the Depart
ment OF Agriculture. and one OF the
wealthiest Government officials. of the
house in Washington presented to Gen.
Phil Sheridan by his friends and admir-
ers, serves to call attention to the COM
fort which has been secured for the
widows and daughters of warriors of
moderate means through such gifts. The
house where Mrs. Sheridan and her chill
dren have lived for many years past
was purchased IN 1883 by twenty-four
close friends Of the famous cavalry
leader, each of whom contributed $4,000.
Mrs. Sheridan has sold the house in
order that she may build a new house on
Sheridan Circle. In which will be
erected the splendid statue Of General
Sheridan which is now in process Of con-
struction.
Mrs. Sheridan has also felt compelled
to offer for sale within the past few
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south shore of Lake Erie, between Buff
falo and Cleveland. Here Mrs. Garfield
has lived in peaceful retirement. The
late President Mckinley, although a
comparatively poor man during the
greater part of his life. accumulated
during the closing years sufficient prop
erty to provide for the comfort of his
invalid wife, and the improvement and
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Spanish-American
War
Contributes It's Quota
Of.
Beredved Women,
in Whom
The Nation Feels
The Deepest Interest

reconstruction Of his home at Canton.
which was completed only a few months
before the tragedy at Buffalo, was in all
Just such as he would have
planned could he have foreseen that his
wife would need II as haven of memo
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-03-22
REVIVE INTEREST IN MINISTRY.
Meeting OF College students ~ Union
Seminary.


Fifty-seven students from the senior
classes Of several colleges are holding
meetings In Union Seminary on the sub
jeot Of the Opportunities and Work OF
the Ministry II 10 said that the suggestion
OF the conference came from the officers
Of the seminary and the purpose is to .
arouse interest In the ministry a. profess
sion.
Al q reason for their suggestion the
seminary officers quote the figures Of at
tendance At theological seminaries, show
ing q falling of from year to year In most
schools, with practically no increase in
mstrioulation In any.
Yesterday morning the conference con-
adhered the Work Of the Minister The
Rev. George H. Fermis, pastor Of Calvary
Baptist Church, New Haven, Conn, said
that when he was In the seminary he
thought thousands were waiting outside
the doors Of churches to discover whether
Moses wrote the Pentateuch. He has
changed his opinion.
The Rev. DR.. A. H. Bradford OF Mont
clair said that the work Of q minister
AZ pastor il far moro full and satisfying
than IS a preacher.
Al an afternoon session held In Union
settlement, 3s7 East 10th street, the Rev.
Walter Laidlaw, secretary OF the Fedora
ton Of Churches, told OF tho work OF that
orGanixation.
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STUDENT RIOTS IN HUNGARY.
TROOPS CHARGE ON THE mon,
KILLING SEVERAL.

Outbreak 0ocurs On Anniversary os Kss.
suth's Death--vieersus Prstsst h Pr.
Iismeut-wsmded etedeats CaSTsed
Int Lsbbses-Premier's Firm Bsp,y.
special CeAs DsspaieA TO TIE SUE.
BUDAPEST. March 3i.-There were ex-
traordinary riots here last night on the an
niversary OF the death OF Louis Kossuth.
The students were the ringleaders Of the
trouble. The crowd overran the streets,
compelled the people to hoist black flags
and smashed the windows OF houses whose
occupants refused to do 50. The police
charged the crowd with drawn sabree.
wounding thirty-four Of the rioters and
two members of the lower house Of the
Hungarian Parliament. A child was tram
pied TO death during q cavalry charge.
Forty arrests were made.
In Parliament to-day the extreme Ma
tionalist Deputies protested violently against
the action Of the authorities In using the
military TO attack the students. The latter
assembled at tho university early this
morning. When they learned that two Of
their comrades had died from their injuries
during the night they asked that mourning
hass he hoisted over the university build
inss. This request WAS granted. After
ward the students. headed by two kos-
su,hist Deputies. marched to Parliament
and demanded the punishment Of thoss
guilty Of the attack on them lass night.
They carried their wounded comradss into
the lobble- Ia sncits the sympathy Of ths
members
Later about . .ooo .,udsnts had IN sngFy
in,sryi~w With Premier d. 6srll. The
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-03-22
MANS SUPERIOR BRAIN.
Prof. Marchand's Deductions Frsm an
Analysis Of l.l00 Cases.

Analysis Of hoo Cases.
Special Cable Dsspateh to TIE sun.
LONDON. March 2i.-Prof. Marchand OF
Marburg has accumulated the largest
number OF brain weights ever published.
He gives a thorough analysis Of lice
cases.
He says he finds the average weight
Of the brain at birth Of . male child Ia
500 grammes and OF . female child SIS
grammes.
Although Prof. Marchand shows . GER
tain relation between stature and brain
weight, the relation Il very inoonstant.
He concludes that the lesser weight Of .
womans brain is not alone dependent on
her smaller stature. a. . comparison Of both
sexes OF the same stature show that the
male brain 10 invariably heavier. In .
growing child, until 1t reaches . stature OF
TO centimetres. the brain weight increases
proportlonately with the body length. ir-
respective Of age or sex. After that the
male brain begins to outstrip the female.
The maximum brain weight 10 usually
attained about the twentieth year, when
the males average - about 400 grafnmes.
The female maximum u usually reached
about the seventeenth year. whom the
average is i,27S grammes.
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ton to work on fixed line, not allowing
more than . certain number OF licenses to
certain amount Of population.
Lord Peel, In q report on the licensing
question. suggested that one license to
$50 Inhabitants was the proper proportion
In populous places. II this Is accepted
thousands Of licenses must 60.
Thoroughly alarmed at the situation.
the license holders, who are . completely
organized body, approached Mr.. Balfour
this week. and prote9ted against the action
OF the licensing authorities. Mr.. Balfour,
with the wollwick and Rye elections to
reflect on. and other by-elections pending.
which were not without alarms, In behalf Of
the Government received the delegation
favorably. and said the authorities ought
not to take . fixed proportion. They
ought to consider the character. &c., Of
the individual license holders. This to
some extent appeased . class which has
been one Of the strongest supporters OF
the Conservative party.
Figures are being published. however.
which show that the drinking facilities
In many places are out OF proportion to
anything needed. In the metropolitan area
OF London. for example. there are i4.Sss
licenses. giving one to every 40 inhabi-
tants in spite Of the fact that districts are
included where there is only one license
to over l,o0o. In Holborn there Is one
public house to every 2s7 inhabitants; IN
Westminster. ono to every S77; In Fins
bury. one to every 80; and in 6tepney.
one to every So4. To put II In another
way. 1t Is found that there are 80 public
houses per square mile In Holborn; 7os
in st. James: $40 In Finsbury. and $40 In
Marylebone. One map Is published Of q
certain nine-sixteen.hs of q square mile
where there il q public house, not includ-
ing hotels and restaurants. for every II
inhabited houses. Assuming that the
male adult population Is normal. there
is one public house for every "a men in
in the Strand licensing division, and one
for every 90 In Marylebone.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-03-22
NICHOLSON AN AMERICAN.


Enslish Judge VIII Turn HIM Over -
Germany fer Trial On Frssd Charges.
Special cas,s DespotoA 10 TIE sun
LONDON. March 2i.--Dr.' j. H. Nichoi-
son, who was arraigned In the Bow Street
Police Court on Thursday on charges OF
fraud preferred by the Berlin authorities
was brought before the Magistrate again
to-day.
When Nicholson, who. It Is said. has had
a long career a. q quaok, on the Continent
and has operated in many cities. was first
arrested he said he was q Philadelphia
and had been q physician In New York.
Afterward he declared that he was Cana
dian and on that account the Magistrate
remanded him while he made some inquiries
on the subject. To-day the Magist rate
decided that Nicholson was an American.
and granted the motion for his extradition
to Germany.
The Judge entertained nineteen charges
Of fraud against him. Some were for
obtaining small amounts Of money and
others for not paying for advertisements
in newspapers. The Court dismissed the
other charges Of obtaining credit on false
pretonCoe.
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ENGLISH SPEECHES.


During the week.
Special cabis DssSoseA % TIE suH.
LONDON, March N.-The following ex-
tracts are>taken from the speeches Of the
week:
1T u clear that djsarmament must b
adopted In tho future; otherwise We shall
be ruined. Mr.. E. Robertson, Member OF
Parliament.
Land ought to Be a. easy Of transfer
as any other article or commodity. H. l..
Asquith
States and municipalities cannot manage
businesscs - economically and With the
same amount Of ability - individuals and
private companies. The Hon. r. p.
Porter.
we live to-day In an age Of big cities.
not great cities. PROF. 8. ]. Chapman.
4 am truly Of opinion that there is LEES
immortality on ths whitechapel side OF
London than on the Mayfair side. The
Dowager Duchess Of Newcastle. who has
residence In Whitechapel.
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CHINA CHECKING REFORMS.
Edics 10 Expected Against the New
Publicatteas.

spsosai cshs Dsspaseh 10 rus SEE.
PExIs, March si.-It u learned on tbs
highest authority that the Throne b about
20 issue an edict prescribing reform publ
cations. especially those Issued BY the
followers Of Kuns Yu Wei. On account
of the vide circulation Of thee publIos-
tions since 100 the Government y bscom-
ing fearful OF their effect. although they
no longer attack the hanchu dynasty or
the Chinese Government. but urge the
adoption Of better sduasfionai facilities.
The Kuns w Wei papsn take this stand
not ~iths,Andins tbs fsct that oil p-rsons
devoted 10 the rsformsU arc pfohihstsd
from en,srins the universities.
TN. proposed sosion VI ths Thfoas and
other rescsionAsy demonstrations. suoh -
the ourt treatment u tbs complaints made
by foIeisnsw ressa,ly In regard 10 boAsf
pssaiess IN tl.s psov,sns Of cAin. have had
an saso on soms of tbs vsassoys. and they
81. supporsins tbs osssssi cosssanssos
Nth Increasing sonhdseas
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e. Eias
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