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The sun., 1903-11-01
The President Accepts Admiral BOwles's
Resignation with Regret.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 3l.--In accepting the
resignation of Rear Admiral F. T. Bowles' 6
commission in the naval service President
Roosevelt seut the Admiral the follow
ing note;
My DEAR ADMIRAL BowLEs Your rcsigna-
tjon of the appoirtn of Chief Construct or
United States Navy, and of your commission
as a naval constructor, to take effect on the
3ist instant has been received, and | accept
IL with regret. Your services to the Navy
and therefore to the country rs a whole.
have been notable. and I desire TO express
my sincere appreciation of them. Sincerely
yours, lHEcpChE ROOSEVELT.
The sun., 1903-11-01
sw1ft.Bates Wedding on Nov. AZ.

WASHINGTON. Oct. 9l.--Gen. and Mrs,
Alfred E. Bates have issued invitations
for the marriage of their daughter, Miss
Eliza NJ Bates, to Mr.. Frederick Rotch
Swift of New York, on Nov. %, at clock
at their residence, in \ street. There. viii
bride, Mrs Dunn Mckee, and the brother
of the bridegroom. Mr., Rodman Swift. The
wedding viii be Witnessed by much smaller
party than that at the wedding OF Mrs:
Mckee, last year, but some hundreds OF
society people will attend the receptsn
which follows.
The sun., 1903-11-01
WET YEAR AND REALITY ONE.
Death Rate In England Drops as Rainfall
Records Are Broken.
Special Gable Despatch to THE

SpecIdI tdhf DcSpdtth 70 THB sun
LONDON, Oct. S1.-The present year has
been the wettest in England since 1924.
and only two inches Of rain are wanted
in the remaining two months to break
ell records. The extraordinary rainfall
has been accompanied by remarka BILE
fell in the death rate.
In 1901 tie death rate in London was
l7e; Birmingham. 2o.5; Bristol, 10. Man
chester, 2?l; Leeds. 1913; Liverpool, % g.
Sheffield, 2o&. Lest week the average
in seventy great towns dropped to
1879 and in the two previous weeks they
were 1873 List week in London there
we're only | 1888 deaths, against TIE usual
avera ge of sos TIE deaths from zyinoi ic
diseases dropped from an average of 1873
TO 81
The sun., 1903-11-01
ARMENlANS IN DEADLY ,FEUD.
MANI" MURDERS CREDITED TO
THE HENTSCHAKIST SOCIETY.
Man New Under Arrest al Boston for the
=" -ShsOuni Killing Is Treasurer OF the
Organ!zation-He Broke Away From
the Original Revolutionary society
Sp,eioi Gable Despatch 10 THE Sun

Special Cable Despa'eh 10 THE suS.
LONDON, Oct. -3i.--Sahtan Krikorlan,
who was arrested at Boston yesterday
when he arHspdsthere on the Cunard liner
lvernia, and held on the charge of being
implicated in the conspiracy which resulted
in the assassination Of Sagatel Sagoini al
Peckham. became the treasurer OF the
Hentsohakist Society OF Peckham in 1902
The Socisty Was originally devoted TO
mpyenA sfer ftesing Arrneni "a from iur-
~ For many years the headquarters
wore, N :C3reece. Eventually the society
pfes6hing became SO extreme that the
Greek Authorities broke up the head-
qYartsrs,, which we're removed to London
about 1Ssi. .
Since that, time split in the society mas
resulted In . remorseess vendetta ,he
outcome Of which has been series OF oloooy
murders. vazarbecX was the first leader
in London He was recently stabbed IN
Switzerland. ( He had been visited shortly
before by Sagouni.
Eazarbecks s house at SheI herds Bush,
where the society got up its plots, pup
lished a. newspaper and pamphlets mao
became the rendezvous Of nlhilists ana
anarchists This caused the SPLIT in 1895,
the secessionisis protesting against Hln-
: E,ingwith or copying the ideas Of a1archlsts'
/, In this way two parties were formed me
Hentsohakists favored the tactics of al
= arohists, while the Alfarists favored open
revolution in Armenia. The former re-
moved to Peckham a few years ago
~, Subsequently some rich ard influential
subscribers to the fund Effected a tenn
porary truce, but about year ago hostii-
ties broke out again between the two groups
aud eliminated in a fierce vendetta. ~mch
led TO a series Of outrages Early in ~ .
4 a. rich American Armenian Of the name on
Shaken left the United States for Armenia
He came to London ard endearored 10
make peace. The Hentschakists bitterly
attacked him and scattered pamphlets
= against him broadcast in Armenia ana
southern Russia The result was thai
;, Shaienn was cruelty murdered III the trans
tTincasian town of Poti early last summer.
y Mr.. Chtjian an Armenian clergyman
and an American citizen. undertook
another mission to Armenia. He came TO
London to the Alfarst party and, with his
wife and children, then started TOR Arme-
mia. The Hentschakists again foros' alIed
the pacific purposes of the other party
again flooded Armenia and southern
Russia with pamphlets in which they ac-
" cused Chitjian of being a spy and traitor,
and boldly suggested his removal. The
81 result was that while Chitjta was passing
through Odessa on his way to Armenia
he was stabbed to death in broad daylight,
and his assassins escaped. To-day there
is not an Alfarist or Hentschak klst who ever
. goes around without arms.
Thera ia no doubt TINT the series Of crimes
which have already been perpetrated are
only part, perhaps small part, OF the
programme of secret society which,
starting with a noble and patriotic object.
has become a gang of murderous anarchists
The sun., 1903-11-01
ESCAPED CONVICT CAUGHT.
Co,le Swan Away From the WOrkhOuse
Arrested ON the BONery.

workhouse on Sept. 20 by jumping into the
East River, was arrested early yesterday
morning on the Bowery, He is alleged 10
have assaulted and attempted to rob Samuel
Perufsky Of Pittsburg.
Detective Schmidt of the Eldridge street
station heard Perufsky's cries for assistance
and rushed up in time to see Coyle olutching
Perulskys throat and trying to steal his
watch.
COVE said yesterday that in escaping he
swan eight miles in four hours and finally
put ashore at Cow Bay,
Covle is wanted by the authorities at the
Charleston Navy Yard for desertion. While
a prisoner in the Marine Hospital in Chelsea,
Mass last April he made his escape.
The sun., 1903-11-01
CRUISERS TO GO INTO COMMISSION
The Columbia to BE Used as Training
Ship for Ftremen.

WASHINGTON. Oct 81 - The cruiser
Columbia has been ordered into COM
mission at the Brooklyn navy yard. She
will be assigned to tho Atlantic training
squadron as training ship for iremen
and may become the flagship. The com.
=. H.. has been directed to place the new
cruiser Cleveland in commission.
The sun., 1903-11-01
SOz0D0N'I
Tooth Powder
New Patent Top Can. Compare quantity ena
cuaiity with others. SosodoIt Is economy
Nj A r r ED

HAL FERRIS Carrie NJ Ferris daughter 0
Murray ". Ferris Of South Orange. " J., US
r'aril"G 10 Charles W. Hall OF Atlantic tlt'
: a. Orange. N,J., by the Ro'. Dr Nr''
saturday, oct. 81, 1903
SEXTON --nnRRANCE. On Tuesday, 0H y
ip}2 a, the Wes, End Collegiate Chgrla N'F
York city hy the Rev. Henry Fver,Son Cobb
y. = Edi,h Acken, oulv dausnttr 0t ClaEl''
T. and LIbhlc L, a. porrauce, TO HHroeU
Bradley sexton.
WHEEL Err ARMSTRONG AT Milford Pa, o'
-? 1905 a, the Church OF the Good shepasrd
Mabel, daughter OF Mrs. L. w Arrnstrons.0 y
CCorgc ". Wheeler.
The sun., 1903-11-01
Rig small.,louthed Bass.

WASHINGTON, Oct, sl,-Major Richard
Sylvester. chief OF the Washir gton police
force, returned from fishir g trip this after.
r oor with OF Of the largest sTall-mouth bed
bass ever caught in the Potomac: The
fish Was TIVE ly-thl ee IL ches H. ler 9Th
Ma ior Sylvester scrt the prize TO the White
House with his compliments. The fish was
lar ded with an eight ounce rod after
thirty minute fight
The sun., 1903-11-01
To Command Guantanamo Coalins Station.

WASHINGTON. Oct. 3l.-Commander John
A. H. Nickels of the training ship Topeka
has beon selected to command the new
American coaling station at Guantana mo,
Cuba He will go thera in the Topeka and
take charge on Dec 10, when there will
he formal ceremonies appropriate to the
transfer Of the property to the United
States Rear Admiral Coghlan, command
ing the Caribbean squadron, who will be
resent with some of his ships, willreceive
the property in tho name Of this Govern
The sun., 1903-11-01
Col. y. q. Rodman Retired.

WASHINGTON, Oct. sl,-An order was
issued this morning at the War Department
retiring Col j. B. Rodman of the iafantry
after forty years continuous service. Col.
application He was cadet at the West
Point Military Academy in 1903. From
1865 until September, 1901, he served with
the Twentieth Infantry. He was then
made q Lieutenant Colonel Of the Thirtieth
Infantry, but few months later returned
to his old regiment
The sun., 1903-11-01
Paris Prefect Of Police Resigns.
l. ssps<foi Cnois Despatch TO THf

PARIS, Oct, sl,--The FsR journal and
Lonterne state that NJ. Lepine, the Prefect
Of Police. has resigned. This is probably
due to the riotns at the Labor Exchange he
other day. for which Premier Combes held
the Prefect responsible in the Chamber OF
Deputies yesterday.
The sun., 1903-11-01
Dushess OF Roxburshe Sails.

'7 Spcoiol Cable Despatch n THE Sun.
LIVERPOOL Oct. 3l.-Ths Duchess Of
Rosburghe. mother OF the Duke of Rox-
hurghe. who is TO marry Miss May Goelet,
and her daughter, Lady Isabel lnnes-Ker,
sailed from here to-day for New York on
the Cunard steamship Canpania,
The sun., 1903-11-01
Prof. NIomn,sen's Condition Critical.

SpfcI0 VdbT6 UeNpdttN 70 THE SUN
BEnfIs. Got. 3l.--Prof. Mommsen. the
eminent historian. who was stricken with
apoplexy on Thursdny night, is in an ex-
treme!y critical condition.
The sun., 1903-11-01
nnsular AnDGinI,tlcnt.

WAsHINGToN. Oct. 3l.-Juiian Potter o1
New York city has been appointed nsul
at Nassau, Bahamas, vice Thomas ).
Nci.ein, decea sed. Mr. Potter is a hophcw
Of Bishop Potter. He is 70 wears cid ard a
linguiet.
The sun., 1903-11-01
German Crown Princes Latest Feat.

Special Cable Despatch TO THE SIN.
BERLIN, Oct 81 1t was reported here to-
day that the Crown Prince rode his horse
down a long flight Of 3 ep' from the pork
to, t!e San Souci palace in order to take his
place at the head of his regiment
The sun., 1903-11-01
MORE WARsHIPS FOR RUSSIA.
New Budget Contains an Extra ApprO-
priatiOn for Them.
Special cabh Despatch 10 THE 81

: BERLIN. Oct. 3I--A despetch from st.
Petersburg to the Lokoianzc'aer saye Russia
has decided 10 assign 1900 900 ruoles in
addition to the regular naval budget for
an incres Sc Of he fleet and 100000 rubles
for the fortifications at Pert Arthur,
The sun., 1903-11-01
LORD ssschen Oxford Chancellor .

special CGbie Despatch 10 THE Sun,
LONDON, Oct sl.-Lord Goechen was
to-day elected to succeed the late Marquis
Of Salisbury as Chan cenor Of Oxford Uni
versity:
The sun., 1903-11-01
Submarine Torpedo Boats Accepted.

WASHINGTON, Oct, 81 The Navy Depart
ment has accepted the submarine torpedo
boats Porpoise and Shark and released the
contractors Of ell liability.
The sun., 1903-11-01
Army and Navy Orders.

wAsHISoroS. Oct. 81 These army orders were
issued ,.dAy:
Major Mlalrd T. Waltz, Assistant AdJutapt
General. TO Governors Island.
/ general court marital TO meet at West Point
with Cant Cornelius DE W. Wilcox. Artply "a
nrssdent and First Lieut. l. u, krom er. Eleventh
CaNalry. as Judge Advocate.
The sun., 1903-11-01
These navy orders we're issued to day,

W H. Reedrr from the command OF the
Hartford TO home and walt orders.
g Inr1ar,dcr T. z. u. W. Vceder from Bureau
Of Equipment Washington 7" command OF the
Lieutenant Commander y, r, Usher. from Naval
w College 70 Washington with General Board.
Lieut. NJ Johnston, to command 8 'cond torpedo
Lieut. W. Ball, to the Des Moncs.
Lieut. r X Krank to thc Missouri.
Lieut.. l.. Fly inc. relIid. from inspec Ion duty
p S. d Assistant Surgeon r NJ B'eEcwel. from
ma yard, New York. DC. to the Clstine.
p ssed Assistant Surgeon r. Spear, from naval
station Tutula 20 h,we and wait orders
Lieut.. Marbury johnson. lately naval sMAche
Of the United States legation at Caracas, Venez
uela 70 command the second torpedo boat de-
stroyer notilla, which will Be retained on the North
Atlantic naval station
The sun., 1903-11-01

BLACK TAFFETA, all silk, extra hea,
and lustrous, 20 in. wide; reg. ~
65c. per yd. ~
BLACK PEAU DE SOLE. pure silk,
splendid quality, 20 in, wide; "a
reg. Use. per yd, ,,........ Do
BLACK COSTUME VELVET, a supcri
quality. "a in. wide; reg. 1925 I u
nor vd - NJ
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-10-13
A Trick With Dice.

You can mystify your friends 0y
telling the numbers on a pair of dice
without seeing them: Ask some one
to throw the dice without your see
ing them, and tell the person to
choose one of the numbers and multi
ply it by two, add five and multiply
this by FIVE, adding the remaining
number on the other dice. When the
person tells you the result subtract
mentally twenty-five from the number
he has obtained, and the remainder
will be two figures representing the
two numbers on the dice. Here is the
way it is done: Suppose the num-
bers thrown to be six and three Six
multiplied by two would be twelve,
five added make seventeen, multiply
by five is eighty-five, with three
added make eighty-three; from this
subtract twenty-five, and 1t gives as a
result sixty-three-si three being
the numbers thrown.
This can be worked with the same
result if the person throwing the dice
multiplies the three instead of the
six, the result in that case being
thirty-six instead of sixty-three.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-10-13

pie battery are as follows A tin can,
such as are used for canned vege-
tables; two pieces of wood, a little
wire screening, a binding post and a
common battery zinc, with few car
pet lacks.
Take your tin can and remove the
entire top with a pocketknife. cutting
it as near to the top edge as possible.
Then procure a binding post, which
can be bought for about cents at any
dealer in electrical supplies, where you
can also get your zinc for eight cents.
Make a small hole, large enough to
admit the screw of your binding post;
insert the same and screw up tight,
making sure to have the screw come
In contact with the can.
Now, take large spool aud cut in
halves, using one-half for the top and
the other for the bottom stay for the
zinc. These pieces should be dipped
in melted candle greese. The top stay
should be glued to a piece of wood,
which constitutes the cover.
Cut your wire gauze to the required
size. which will make a cylinder,
which is to be tackled to the top and
bottom stays. This is for the purpose
of keeping the steel chips away from
the zinc and avoiding short circuit.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-10-13
A Poppy Plncushlon.


All you require to make a poppy
plncushlon Is a penny roll of red
crinkled paper, piece of black ma.
terlal, some sawdust and yard OF
narrow green ribbon.
Cut the black material into circle
the size of small saucer, run round
the edge with some very strong black
thread, about one-quarter inch from
the outside; fill the center with saw
dust, and draw the cotton up tightly
SO that it forms a little puddinglike
pad, and fasten off the cotton firmly.
Next cut out some large poppy leaves
out of the red paper and sew them
round the black center, so that it re-
sembles a flower. When you have got
the leaves in position, make the back
neat by sewing another piece of black
stuff round the gathered UP part, and
then double the ribbon and sew the
doubled end firmly to the back of the
pad, tying the ends into a pretty bow
Just above the poppy to hang it up by.
Then gently press out the edge of
each OF the paper leaves and stick the
center full of pins. You could, of
course, have pink peoples, or yellow,
or white peoples, but in the first case
you would want a green centre, and in
the others yellow one, but green
should be used in each case, since this
represents the stalk.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-10-13
THE TEST OF TIME.

Useful instead of Ornamental Are the
Things Which Survive 1t.
The tomb of Moses is unknown; but
the traveller may yet slake his
thirst at the well of Jacob The gor
geous palace of the wisest and
wealthiest of monarchs, with its
cedar and its gold and its ivory, yea
even the great Temple of Jerusalem.
hallowed by the visible glory of the
Deity himself, are gone; but Solo
mons reservoirs are as perfect as
ever. OF the ancient architecture of
the Holy City not one stone is left
upon another; but the Pool of Beth
saba commands the pilgrims rever.
ence at the present day. The col.
umns of Persepolis are moldering in
dust, but its cisterns and aqueducts
remain to challenge our admiration.
The gilden house of Nero is a mass
OF ruins; but the Aqua Claudia still
pours into Rome its limpid stream.
The Temple of the Sun at Tadmore
in the wilderness, has long since fall
en- into decay; but its fountain yet
sparkles as brightly in the morning
sunlight as when, in days of yore,
thousands of worshipers thronged it's
lofty colonnades. Thus it is that
time, through the fundamentally of
successive generations Of men, per
mits the merely ornamental to crum-
Bile away to worthless ruin while the
truly useful is preserved in all it's
pristine greatness.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-10-13
Brief Span Of Life.

The mighty ones who wrenched the world
with pain,
Far in the past
lane
Where are they now?
me dust Of centuries old Time has cast
Above each brow
Where roams the spirit of the Normanf
The untamed soul
That from the sea, a lion from its lair.
Arose gainst England? Where the BAN
The world saw wave
Ger Harold resting in mans common
A narrow grave2
What profits Alexander. now. that he
Across the world
Bore ruin, sorrow, death and misery?
The grim phalanx which irresistiblv
Moved Ger the field
Dust.all is dustl The war flags all ara
furled
Gone every shield
Ian lifts his voice and fills the universe
With blatant vauntings of his sword or
For God a sneer; for destiny curse.
Times stroke is slow:
But when it falls man withers at its pow
And bows him low.
Mans, arm is strong; his footstep shakes
the land;
His iron grasp
May hold mighty nation, but his hand
Withers and falls when stops the running
sand
In old Times glass:
Deaths finger touch-a shudder-crv-a
gasp,
The strong ones pass!
Where is the glory of the sword and
shield2
The bright spears rust;
Fond lovers stray where once the ieefons
wheeled
The stolid plowman turns the battlefield:
The olive tree,
Green badge Of peace. may from cae-
Spring TRANQUILITY.
Oh, you. who would immortalize your
name,
Meier soulless cast
Your brothers blood upon the pyre of
And call the dread black smoke immortal
flannel
Though reared unseen.
last,
And still be green.
San Francisco Bulletin.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-10-13

see by the drawing that the zinc is
at least a quarter of an inch above
the bottom of the can.
The next thing required is steel
chips, which can be obtained at any
machine shop free of cost; they should
be packed between the gauze cylinder
and the outer tin can. The battery
is then ready to be charged.
The fluid for this battery is caustic
potash and should be mixed in the
following proportions: Take one-half
pound caustic potash and add one
pint of water; put this into your
battery and pour little nondrying oil
on top of the liquid and close up with
cover.
These cells should be filled about
three-quarters, and under no circum-
stances should they be placed so near
as to touch each other, without some
insulating material between them. The
e. m. f. (electro-motive force)is about
1.5 volts
Care should be taken in mixing the
caustic potash, as it will burn any.
thing it comes in contact with.
With the drawing any boy with a
little spare time can construct one or
more of these batteries for the small
sum of Is cents apiece.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-10-13

Aulas-it seemed to Sylvia as Il ths
locomotive had lost all it's vim. Yet
the speed was slow, only by contrast
and in reality was terrific. At last,
though, the big level of the Barren
Plains was gained, and for forty
miles-which were reeled of In Less
than thirty minutes-they swept
along like an albatross on the crest
of gale, smoothly and almost noise
lessly in the deadening snow.
Sylvia suspected that the engine
was doing no better right here than
it did every night of the year. Yet,
when she glanced from the time table
to the clock, as they clicked over the
switch points Of Melrose she was cha
grined to scover that they were stin
eight minutes behind. They we're
now approaching the long twelve
mile descent of Four Mile Creek, with
beautiful level stretch at the bottom
through the Spirit River Valley.
Sylvia came to a grim determination.
Half dozen times previously she
had wondered. in her unfamiliarity
with heavy trains, if she were falling
short of or exceeding the safety limit;
and half dozen times she had been
on the point of appealing to the fire
man. But her pride, even in that
momentous crisis. had restrained her
But just before they struck the grade
the responsibility of her determine
tion-contrary too. to her husbands
advice-seemed too much to bear
alone.
ITO be continuedl
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-10-13
To Pasteurize MIX.

Any housewife can "pasteurize''
milk, making it sterile, if she cares
to go to little trouble. Place a pan
of cold water on the stove and put the
vessel containing the milk into this
pan. Just as soon as the water comes
to a boil take it off. Add a pinch OF
baking soda to the hot milk, the pro-
portion being little less than half a
teaspoonful to the quart. If the milk
is sweet it will remain so for twenty
four hours even in the hottest weather
if put in stoppered bottle. Physi.
clans recommend this method of treat
ing milk for the use of babies in sum
mer