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Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-02-21
COLONEL ELLET'S CREW ESCAPING
COTTON BALES.

Webb came down stream with the cur
rent and crashed into the bow of the
Indianola, cutting through her hull SO
that the water poured in like food.
This charge, carried away the PROV Of
the Webb, but she was otherwise un-
harmed. The Queen, however, was the
worse for her many collisions with the
ironclad and listed so far to port that
she had to be lightened to bring her
wheel into the water. After the last
blow from the Webb the Indianola
dropped down stream, pointing for
shore. Signal was given by the Queen
to the men on the Beatty to board, and
as the new antagonist steamed along
side voice cried out from the Indian
ola, 1--WE surrender!'
Brown gave up his sword to Colonel
Brand Of the Beatty, who calamity ac-
knowledged that the prize belonged to
the Queen Of the West and the Webb.
The ironclad had lost but two men in
battle, so we'll were her works protect
ed. Confederate shots fred at twenty
and thirty yards had failed to damage
her sides. The terrific cannonading Of
this night battle was heard thirty miles
up and down the river.
Finding that their prize was going
down. the Confederates attempted to
tow her to a. landing and save the yal-
liable stores on board, but she sank on
the Mississippi side in front Of Jeffer-
son Davis plantation. The Queen Of
the West. was destroyed in her next
battle, and Ellet never saw his ship
again. GEORGE l.. KILMER.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-02-21
A Rare Book,

The Duke Of Devonshire possesses as
an heirloom Claude Lorraine's Book
of Truth, = which Is said to be one &c
the rarest and most valuable books In
Europe. It's, at any rate, worth sir
times as much as the famous ma
zarin" Bible, the most costly book In
the British museum. The late duke re-
fused 500 900 for It.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-02-21

17s7-Birth Of Washington. p
177s-Rembrandt Peale,. cell
= ebrated among Ameri-
,@o can painters born in
Bucks county, Pa; died.
1860. Peale painted
Washington from life, :
iS19-James Russell Lowell,
poet, author and diplo-
! mat, born in Cambridge,
T. Mass; died 1891. y
1Qd7-Po tito of P,,opo Vy;Sto
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-02-21

:: Mexico, and defeat of Santa Annals
= Mexican army by American volunteers
under General Zachary Taylor. The
! watchword of the Americans was "the
memory of Washington"
1s9S-Edgar Wilson Nye, the popular
American humorist, died near: Ashe-
vile, N. c.. born 1851.
a902-Billy Emerson, one of the pioneers
Of negro. minstrelsy, died In Boston:
born 1886. Helen M. Stone, the Ameri-
can missionary seized by Bulgarian
bandits for ransom, released. -
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-02-21

Pa, l765. Fulton began g. w. Curtis.
active life as an artist and for time
studied under Benjamin West. In early
manhood he abandoned art for the
calling of civil engineer and with the
patronage of Robert Livingston per-
fected steam navigation.
l8A-George William Curtis born in Provi-
dence; died 1892.
1S96-Henry c. Bowen, editor and proprie-
tor Of the New York Independent, died
in Brooklyn; born 1913.
1S99-M. Emile Welt, Swiss statesman of
note, died at Berne; born 1926
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-02-21


On 1913,
English frigate Shannon
the During the battle which followed
oc words: Don't give the Ship
commander died at on June6
ATCH carefully force of physical Be
full that is exhausted about grasp the
the ladder holding that
Lancaster enterprise. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1891-1905, 1903-11-11

A colored man went into the
office of an optician in Atchison
end asked the name of a curious
looking machine which he saw.
That" said the optician, sis an
ophthalmometer." "Ya-a-a.s,s ,sir''
said the colored man, backing
out of the office; that is what |
was afeered it war."-Atchison
Globe.
The Universalist church, through
its general convention, has fol-
lowed the example of the Episco-
palian church in taking strong
ground against the divorce evil.
1t is to be hoped all churches and
organs of public opinion will take
similar action. The evil is a
serious and menqcing one and
has been permitted .to grow too
long.-Indianapolis journal.
Lancaster enterprise. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1891-1905, 1903-11-11
Former Tobacco King Iii.

Charlotte, N. g., Nov. S.-Col.
w. L. Blackwell OF Durham was
stricken with paralysis today and
no hope for his recovery is
held out. Starting as poor boy
he amassed a fortune in tobacco,
being the original Durham Bull
man. In later years he lost all
OF his money. He was postmast
er at Durham under Cleveland.
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TreSpasS Notice.

All persons are hereby warned
not to fish, hunt, with or without
dogs, or in any other way to tres
pass upon my lands situated in
Indian Land township. The law
will be enforced against any one
disregarding this notice.
Oct 2S-lm t. S. HOWE.
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CA ToRxA.
Bear. til. 1Ih' Kind Ye Have An.ys Bought
''';1''" GmzZzzs<
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NOTICE.!

The Town taxes have been due
and owing at the office of the
Town Treasurer since October
1st inst, and all taxpayers are
urged to come forward and pay
without further delay. After the
10th day of November, next, the
books will be closed and eXecu.
tions issued against delinquents
for the taxes, costs and penalties
r. E WYLIE,
Oct u, 'O3. May or.
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Notice to 0verseers.

Call out hands and work your
roads. Don't wait until you are
too busy with your crops.
Ground bridges less than
twelve feet in width must be re-
paired or built by the road hands,
the county paying for lumber and
nails. l.. j. Perry,
County Supervisor.
Lancaster enterprise. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1891-1905, 1903-11-11

a chil1d Of Mrs. Geo. =, Ben
son. whien getting his usual Sat
urday }ught bath, stepped back
&ga'"&i q hot stove which burned
him }vorely. The child was in
great lagony and his mother could
90 nIthing to pacify him. Re
membering that she had bottle
OF CihamberIain's Pain Balm in
the{hOuse, she thought she would
Wv. In less than half an hour
al fer applying it the child was
qTlet and asleep, and in less than
tFo weeks was we'll Mrs. Ben
SION Is we'll known resident of
Rellar, Va. Pain Balm is an
jantiseptic liniment and especial
1ly valuable for burns, cuts,
bruises and sprains. For sale by
j. f. Mackey & Co., druggists.
Lancaster enterprise. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1891-1905, 1903-11-11
Notice to Trespassers.

Notice Is hereby given that ali
persons are warned not to fish,
aunt or tre8pass in any way on
Jhe lands Of the undersigned.
Those who violate this notice Will
be dealt with to the full extent
of the law. J. =. BALES.
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occasion beautiful daisy appear
ed. and she strove for weeks TO

ed, and she strove for weeks to
IL is secret, at last finding the
~ infection of the particu.
H.. Ge that yields it, so that
she has since produced at will
daisies of great beauty, even with
successive rows of petals and
petals delicately veined. Other
notes give pansies. Others pic
ture sea- monsters, serpeutine
figures receding into infinity, and
still others form trees, even with
railing fruit, foreground of
rock, and the sea behind.
Cannon and other explosive
discharges appear to have a
hitherto overlooked projectile,
which has been pointed out by
Berthelot, the distinguished
French chemist. In addition TO
the well known smoke rings.
dense and cohesive masses of gas
are thrown out and this gaseous
projectile bursts like a she'll on
meeting the necessary resistance.
Some of the phenomena of Mount
Pelee and even of the tunnel.dls-
aster in Paris may be explained
IN this way. Burning clouds
asphyxiated all living creatures
on their route while persons not
exactly on the line escaped, and
the gas bomb from the tunnel
passed harmlessly over many
people to suffocate others 300
yards away from the actual fire.
Most marvellous Of all rocking
stones is that at the island of
Cephalonia, off the coast Of
Greece. a great rock about a
rod square, Is IN perpetual motion
in the edge of the sea, alternately
touching the land and receding
about twenty times a minute.
The regular beats Of this rock are
unaffected by Gains or by temp
estuous seas that break complete.
ly over it. The weight Of ten per.
sons did not perceptibly change
its rate, and when an English
captain attempted to drag it away
the oscillations snapped his
ch aims.
Stationary clouds to the lee
ward mountain ridges have been,
little observed, the best known
example being the Helm Rar r,
often seen over the CrossI Fell
range in northeastern En- gland
On recent trip to the Blue
Ridge in North CarolinsL w. M.
Davis noticed a similar cloud.
which held it's place, ICON tinualIy
forming and dissolIng, for more
than an hour.
MeIamenchytra(e (eus solifugus is
a singular earth %orm lately no,
ticed on Mt. St. Elias, Alaska.
BY night it swjarms on the snow
OF the Malqsplna glacier, but
"hen the SUN shines it burrows
to a depth kf IS inches or more
under thef surface.
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TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Notice is hereby given that
the County Board of Commis
sioners will not approve or pay
any claim against the county
for work, such as repairing
roads or ground bridges, unless
the same shall have been
authorized by, or a contract
made with some member of the
Board. L. j. Perry,
County Supervisor.
W. B. Bruce, Clerk.
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NOTICE TO TRUSTEES.

Trustees that have not as vet
made their annual report to me
will please do so az once, as nv
annual report TO the state super
intendent of education is due
now, but | cannot make it until
| get report from all the trus-
tees. Respectfully,
A. G. Rowell,
County Supt. Education.
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Money to Loan.

On recent visit 20 New York City
| made arrangements by which can
negotiate loans of $4,000 and up.
wards on first mortgages on improved
cotton farms at per cent. interest
on sums of 100000 and over, and 5
per cent. interest on sums OF less than
100000. No commission or broker.
age charged-only a reasonable fes
for abstract of title.
Re. wYLIE III
Attorney-at-Law.
Lancaster, S. c., Sept. 16, 'O3-6m ~
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SCIENTIFIC MISCELLANY

al Naryel-HOw Fever Kills
A Novel Life Sayer--YOice
SHictures-GaseOus Projectilss
The Seas Pendulum-Local
ClOuds-A Gold Loving Worm.
Filling the pores with sugar
has somewhat surprising effects
upon wood. The process, as de.
Vised by w. Powell of Liverpool,
consists in immersi'ng the wood
In heated sugar solution for some
hours, the time varying with the
wood, and then drying in an oven.
No previous seasoning is neces-
sary. The spongy fiber is con.
verted into a compact ligneous
substance, and it acquires greatly
increased durability and strength
with resistance to change of tenn
perature and moisture, and even
to fire A special advantage is that
the softer and cheaper-and even
detective woods can be made to
serve many purposes in place of
expensive hard woods. The sugar
does not dissolve out, and it does
not promote fermentation and
the growth of destructive organ
lsms, but it produces some re-
ma kable chemical or physical
transformation in manner not
yet understood. .
In a new fire alarm system of
EMlie Guarini Of Brussels. auto.
matte signals are given by wire
less telegraphy. The rise of the
mercury in a thermometer acts
upon a relay and sets in motion a
wheel, which makes and breaks
the electric circuit by a series of
contacts. Impulses are thus
sent through an induction coil
ahc the usual transmitting ap.
paTatus. The receiver at the
engine house includes air and
earth conductors, coherer, battery
and Morse instrument. The same
receiver can serve many trans
mltters, and, as the contracts on
the wheel can be varied, the exact
location of the fire can be locat.'
ed.
SO little as 3 to 5 parts of vana
dunn per 1000 doubles the resis.
tanc of steel to fracture, and gives
extraordinary hardness, with the
peculiar property of acquiring
maximum hardness by aunealing.
When a working tool of vanadium
steel becomes heated, its cutting
power increases. A suggested
explanation is that the extreme
ayidity of vanadium for oxygen
causes the reduction Of every
trace of the iron oxide and great |
ly weakens even the best prepar-
ed sJeels.
4 rise of body temperature
from the normal 08.4 F. to IO7I
brings speedy death. Drs. Halli |
burton and Mott find that cell ,
globuhn coagulates at the
lattar temperature, the fatal re-
sults Of high fever seeming to be
due to co&gulatlon of this proteld .
in the coils of the nerye-centers
and other parts of the body.
The electric lifesaving hook of
j. M. kenna, Scotchman, is a
long pole with hook and an
electric lamp at the outer end.
The light ls made to glow when
body is being sought in the water
at night.
The atudu of Huoioa 6ou.ooV
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SWperUisOr's Office Days.

My regular office days will
be on Wednesday and Saturday
of each week. The remaining
days will be required in the
discharge Of other duties.
l.. ]. Perry,
County Supervisor.
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Spiritual indifference is often
only mental Incidence.
No need to eat the BRAN bles in
order to get the berries.
a mans judgement on others
is his verdict on himself.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1903-08-14

Columbia, of Port Huron, In the Hands Of
Russ :. jerks, of st. Clair-As-
sets and Debts,

Port Huron. Mich. Aug. 1.-THE as
signment of the Columbia Iron works,
of this city, to Russ :. jerks. of st.
Clair. Mich, as the result Of financial
difficulties which a short time ago
caused the GilchriSt Transportation
company to assume temporary charge
Of the plant has been placed on record
In the legal papers filed the total in
debtedneSs of the concern is scheduled
at $36S. 92G. while the assets, accord
ing to the appraiSement. are placed at
S179.473. although the original cost is
said to have been 500. 1876 1t is said
that plans are under way for a reor-
ganiZation Of the company. and that
Gilchrist and CASTOR (of Buffalo. y.
" will interest themselves in the
project
The following ARE among the heavi-
est creditors: SAFE Savings bank
Detroit. 100000: A. u. Bennett. trus-
tee. Port Huron. Mich. $4,000; Com
Wercial and savings bank. 81. Clair
Mich. S15.24S; American National
bank, Los Angeles Cui.. $4,000; First
National bank. Chicago. $S.Co0; Jones
4 Laughlm Steel company, Pittslmrg
$29JS2; Bets Machine company, Viii
mington, Del, S11,012.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1903-08-14
AIRsHIP TAKES TO WATER
Partly successful Experiment with Pro-
fessor Langley's Flying Machine
Mace at WIndswater, Va.

Whitewater. Va, Aug. 1O.-A party
successful experiment with the fifteen
foot Langley airship was made from
the houseboat i'm the Potomac river
off this point. The aerOdrome started
well i'm straight line south with
velocity of 90 feet per second and flew
for adistauce variously estimated
at from four TO six hundred yards
Some DETECTION in the wings soon
after the launching caused it to take
a downward course. which she fol-
lowed rapidly and was impelled into
the water under the full power Of her
engine. There was sufficient steam
generated for IA rapid flight Of a half
or three-quarterS of mile. Under Gle
full pressure of this force the machine
struck the water and moment more
had disappeared from view. The
machine was recovered 1t was con-
SiderablY damaged
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1903-08-14
DEAD MAY EXCEED 100
Frightful Result OF Collision of Trains
and Fire on an Underground
Hallway.

Paris, Aug. 1.-Eighty-four bodies
have been recovered and the death list
probably will exceed 100 in the under
ground railway disaster which oc-
CURED here during the night. The ac-
cident. which was caused by collision
and burning of trains on the MetrOpol-
itan Electric railway, assumed the pro-
portions of an awful catastrophe DIR
ing the early hours of the day, when
more than four score bodies of the
burned and Sultocated victims were re
moved from the subterranean passage.
The work continues and indications
are that the death list will, perhaps,
exceed five score
Although the accident occurred at S
o'clock ut night the officials and fire
men were unable, until early in the
morning. to descend lnto the tunnel.
owing To the binding clouds Of smoke
from the burning train
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1903-08-14
Wants To seIIaDonated site.

Pontiac. Mich. Aug. 10.--A chancery
suit has been begun by George Hogle
and Frederick Wieland. solicitors for
the county Of Oakland, against the
heirs of the company which donated
TO the county the present site Of the
court house. In 1923 this company
decided the present site TO be used as
a court house site providing that Pom
tiac were made the county seat This
condition was fulfilled. Tie matter Of
obtaining a clear title was brought up
at the last meeting of the supervisors
1t is charged I'm the bill that the pres
ent site is too noisy. not large enough
and unfit for the purpose for which
it was decided The bill also sets up
that the value of the other lands which
the original owners possessed I'm the
county increased greatly because Pom
tiac became the county seat and as
this was the purpose e the donor. they
have no claim upon the land occupied
by the court house The county wishes
TO clear its title so that il may sell
tho site and get a more suitable one.
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POPE PAINTS AT MASS
Great Confusion and Alarm Among the
W0rshipers-His Holiness
Soon ReVives

Rome, Aug l1.-Pope Plus y had a
fainting fit while celebrating mass.
His holiness soon revived. The pope
has been oyer-eXerting himself to such
an extent that his naturally strong
constitution was unable to bear the
strain put upon it by the coronation
ceremonies. Such has been the effect
upon lis nerves that he has been una
ole to sleep for whole nights. When
the mass began in the Pauline chapel
the air vas Initiated with the tenn
perature above 90 degrees. Pope Plus
was seen to grow paler and paler. final
ly throwing out his hands as though
seeking support. He would have fall
en- had not Mgr. Bressen, his private
chaplain, been quick to catch him 1t
is impossible to describe the confusion
and alarm among The worshipcrs while
the pope lay motionleSs and uncOn-
scious, with his eyes closed
Fortunately. among the Venetians
present was DR. Davenezia, who. for
nine years has been the pope's attend
ing physician at Venice, but had been
sailed only once during that time to
treat sore throat. DR.. Davenezia
gave the pontiff immediate assistance.
while the messengers telephoned DIR.
Lapponi. s'he latter rushed to the Vat
ican. but did not arrive until after the
pope had been restored to conscious
ness and taken TO his own apartment.
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SCENE WAS Az APPALLING ONE
Seventeen Corpse Taken Out of the Tan
gle by the Wreckers.

The scene i'm the Grand Trunk yards
after the collision was an appalling
one The wreckage Of an engine and
four cars was strewn about. while the
ShriekS Of the injured victims and the
believing Of the frightened animals
Gaping steam and the excited shouts
Of the rpSCuerS Six of the injured
died at the hospital before $50 D. IN.
When the wrccking train crews had
finished pulling to pieces the tangled
and broken cars. seventeen dead men
were lying on the grass awaiting re-
moval to the morgue. \ majority Of
them were killed while asleep. The
circus performers were on the rear Of
the moving train and escaped injury.
1t was 3:45 a. m whS& the first
section of the circus train pulled into
the west end Of the Grand Trunk yards
here. \ red light was hung on the
rear car 10 stop the second section.
Engineer Probst. of Battle Creek who
was on the engine of the rear train
says he saw this light and applied
the air brakes To his horrer they
refused to work. He reversed his en-
fine. but the momentum was too great.
and with a crash that aroused all Of
the town near the yards the trains
met.
In discussing the question of respon-
sibility for the horror. the railroad of
ficials unhesitatingly lay it to Engin-
Ger Probst. Probst says that the air
brake on his train refused TO work
but the officials declare that he could
have stopped the train in time to have
avoided serious consequences. Gener-
al Manager f. Ii. Michigan said:
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Committee Announces To the Powers That
He'd War Has Finally Been
Declared

Sofia. Aug. 1.-THE delegates here
OF the Macedonian committee adj
dressed the following appeal, dated at
Sofia, to each of the representatives of
the powers:
Your EXcellency: The delegates Of
the Macedonian committee have the
honor TO bring to your notice the fol-
lowing declaration with the request
that you communicate it to your gov
eminent.
The Mussulman's systematic perse-
cution has compelled the Christians in
Macedonia and the vilayet of Adriano-
pie TO institute a general rising. They
have had recourse to this extreme
measure after eXhausting all pacific
means TO secure the intervention OF
Europe TO enforce the provisions Of
the Berlin treaty. At the present mo-
ment Intervention is the only means OF
remedying the evil and stopping blood
shed. The sporadic efforts Of the pow
ers TO secure reforms having failed
they resulted merely in Il Renaissance
of Turkish fanaticiSm and government
oppression.
1T is evident that reform measures,
TO be eflicacious, must include the ap-
pointment Of a Christian governor gen
eral Of Macedonia-some one who has
never held Office under the porte, and
who must be Independent of the Turk
ish government i'm the exercise Of his
functions; and the further appoint
ment by the powers of joint perma-
nent administrative board, with full
power to deal with any disturbance.
Having published the foregoing
facts to the civilized world. and made
known the causes which have driven
the Macedonians to despair the com
mittee for the Macedonians now In
arms proposes TO continue the fight
ill the object of their uprising has
been attained.
LSigned for the committee
DIR. TATARTCHEFF
"DR. CHRISTIE,
CDR. MATOFF"
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Machen Demurrers overruIed.

Washington, Aug THE district
criminal court overruled the demurrers
to the indictments for bribery in con-
nection with the government purchase
of letter-boX fasteners of August w.
Machen, the former general superin-
tendent of the free delivery service,
and Diller Il. Croft and Samuel A.
Croft of this city. Counsel for the
defendants noted exceptions to the
ruling
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1903-08-14
BARRIER IsMOND's JEALOUS FURY
Leads Him To Stab "A Man with Pair OF
Shears, Fatally Wonndng
lin.

Detroit. Aug. 10-Arnold Mcleod,
aged 20 years. was killed by Charles
Ismond. of 215 Fifth street. Ismond is
a barber. and it said that on return
Ing home late he discovered Mcleod
sitting in the parlor talking with Mrs
IsmOnd.
Infurated. tits alleged, Ismond dashed
through the window, and with pair
of shears stabbed Mcleod twice In the
neck The wounds caused death in a
very short time. After the stabbng
Ismond went TO the home of a relative
and from there walked to the police
headquarters and gave himself up.