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Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1903-10-22
VICTORY FOR UNITED STATES.
Reported That Alaska Tribunal Comedies The
American Case.

London (By Cablc).-The Morning
Advertiser announces that it regrets to
learn from a source which it regards
as beyond question that the decision Of
the Alaska boundary tribunal virtually
comedies the American case.
The Morning Advertiser, which ap-
pears to be thoroughly satisfied with
the reliability of its statement, says the
news will be received i'll Canada with
CONSERVATION. 1t gives map and a
detailed explanation showing how the
decision will affect Canada, and adds
that those who have followed the ar
gumcnts have been thoroughly satisfied
with Hon. Clifford Sifton's preparation
and nreScntatinn oi the case.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1903-10-22
By Prof. VIM. Henry Peck,
CHAPTER XVII.
Continued.
Author Of the "1de Stone- Cutter
Of Lisbon" Etc.


"What is the matter, Fam"
"There! there. on the floor. In let
ters of blood-red blood!-you see--a
namey" cried Fan, trembling and
shrinking.
"I see nothing, save coin. l sup
pose l dropped it," said Hammond,
stopping and picking II up.
"And you, Mrs. Harker.' said Fan,
fearfully agitated. You see Il name
In blood?-a NAME
IL see nothing, Fan" said Nancy.
"Then it is meant for me! for me-
shrieked Fan, tossing up her arms.
"a name-a phantom name! warn
ing-another warning from the grave
Nicholas Dunn! He was my husband.'
And falling upon her face she
swooned with terror.
Luke and Nancy stared at each other
In mutual CONSERVATION.
The truth was out, plain and firm!
Old Fan was Ellen Elizabeth Dunn,
and they were her children.
"If she would but die now," said
Luke, pale and remorseless.
"'Twere we'll if she did" said Nancy.
But neither of them raised the miscr-
able old creature, whose ghastly and
wrinkled face rested SO still upon the
uame of their-father.
Hammond gaZed upon her in stern
Silence for Il moment, and then turned
20 speak to Henry Elgin.
Henry ElSin was as before, but Kate
Elgin was gone! Hammond stared
thunderstruck.
"Tremblc dog" shouted Elgin. "Hcr
delirium was feigned! God grant she
may escape. and springing from his
bed with sudden strength. .As shut the
door Of the ante-chamber near the hail
and locked it with the key th1n in the
lock.
Luke, springing to bell-cord and
Jerking it violently, cried: We are out.
witted again by that girl"' Then into
the speaking tube he roared: "Danlel
rouse the dogs. Both prisoners are
loosew
Then rushing at the locked door, he
began TO spring against it furioUGly,
while he filled the roJn with cries og
"2Sc.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1903-10-22
100 Stop Work Ia Sympathy.

Pittsburg, Pa (SpcciaD. .-Withoat
any prcarrangcd plan, but moved by 4
common impulse OF sympathy and hui
manty 1900 bridge and structural iron
workers in Pittsburg and its vicinity
lett their work when they heard OF the
accident that had bcialcn their craft
at The Wabash Railroad Bridge and at
meeting decided to remain off :or
two days. The action OF the men brings
TO standstli operations on every
building where they were employed in
this city, and on all work, bridges and
buildings oi various kinds as far up
the Monongahcla Valley as Donora and
as far west and north as NcMcastIe.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1903-10-22
Wireless Telegraphy Station 0pencd

Port Townsend, Wash. Especially
The plant OF the Pacific Wireless Te!c-
graph Company was thrown open to the
public here The apparatus worked sat
isfactorily on the initial message, which
advised President Roosevelt of the COM
pletion of connections at Fort Casey, on
WILDLY Island. with the lard lines OF
the big telegraph companies. Following
this, large number Of congratulatory
messages we're passed between Fort
Casey aud this city.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1903-10-22
AWAITS JAPAN'S ACTION
Russia Convinced No Other Nation Will
Contest Position.
MOVES OF JAPANESE WAR SHIPS.
What the Diplomats In Pekng Think OF the
Situation Believed that Russia VIII Re'
frain for III. Present From Further Adyan'
ces In Korea-A Majority OF the Russian
Ships Have Left Port Arthur.

Peking (By Cabie).-Like other cities
in the Far East, Peking is pcrplexed
by the reports IRON various points OF
events portcnding a Russo Japanese war.
Most oi these reports on investigation
prove to be unioundcd. The opinion
prevails here that Russia proposes to
hold all she has gained in Manchurla,
and refrain for the present from further
advances into Korea.
|, is also believed that Russia is con-
vinced that no nation except Japan
thinks OF contesting her position 4 i'd,
having assembled a fleet and army
which she considered strong enough
to rcpcl any Japanese attack, she is
awaiting Developments in Japans pol
icy,
4 majority OF the Russian ships have
lett Port Arthur since the maneuvers
for an unknown destination, but it Is
supposed that some OF them arc crus-
ing on the shores OF Korea watching
Ma San Pho and other ports.
The Japanese ships, whose presence
at Ma San Pho caused the report that
Japan had occupied that port have sail
ed. probably i'll the direction OF SaseAo.
Japan.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1903-10-22
TOWN DIRECTORY.
BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS.

BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS.
President of Board, Chas A. Weller.
Commissioners, Frank Hesson. w. J
freeze, Samuel b. Bennet, Chambers
]. Creager
Baiiff-Bcnedct Knott
Justice of the Peace-Joln Jones.
Notary Public-W. w. Zimmerman.
Poslmastcr-J. Henry Cover.
Agent w. NJ. r. R-Frank Hesson.
Thurmont National Bank-Saml NJ.
Birely, President
High School-H. D. Beachley. Princi-
pal
Public Schools-Claude |. Stottle.
myer, Principal: Misses NJ. Beth
Firor, Lima McGuisan, Grace Hen
shaw, Assistants.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1903-10-22
Financial.

Nearly all municipal bonds being
issued now are put out at 4 per cent.
Atchison is notably strong and the
buying is said to be of the best.
Amalgamatcd Copper directors de
clarcd the usual quarterly dividend OF
Y per cent.
Boston city has borrowed $1,000, 600
this year, for all of which it pays 4 per
cent
Warwick Iron & Steel has followed
out its compact and closed two OF its
blast furnaces.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1903-10-22
War on the T0y Pistol.

Columbus, O. (SpeciaD.-The State
Roar dof Health adopted a resolution
nv which their secretary was directed
TO take steps to prevent the sale OF
toy pistols and other explosive ap-
,,,,rtenauces. The resolution recites
hat hat Goo persons were killed, 100 made
Kind and 1000 others injured on the
iost Fourth of July. The board, there
lore. i,, declares it to be the duty OF
hcalth authorities to abolish the evils
attendant upon the celebration OF In
dependence Day ...-.-- -.-
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1903-10-22
Lost in the Lava Beds.

Flagstaff, Ariz. (Specia)),-Lco Yer
kamp, OF Flagstaff, and Miss Mabe
brown, OF Chicago, became separated
from their party OF sightsccrs at Sun
set Crater, in the lava beds, go miles
northeast of Flagstaff Sunday Afternoon
and up to this time no trace OF them
has been found. A searching party
was out all night, but failed to locate
the missing ones and returned for re
Inducements. Several large posses at
once started ont.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1903-10-22
Wnman Found Murdered.

St. Louis (SpeciaD.-1'he dead body
Of Mrs. Kate Lauman, aged So years,
was found lying in clump of bushes
near the roadside at Normandy, a sub
nrb OF this city. She had been shot
and robbed OF several valuable dia-
monds. There is no clue to the muir
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1903-10-22
LODGE DIRECTORY.

Good Samaritan Lodge, No 46, l. o.
O. f., meets every Thursday.
Acacia Lodge, No. I5S, A. F. & A. NJ.
meets every second and fourth Monday,
Chancellor Lodge, No 67, X. of F..
meets every Saturday,
Columbia Council, No So, Jr. o. L. A.
NJ, meets every Friday
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1903-10-22
| Cleign.

The two Canadian members ol me
Alaska Boundary Commission reused
to sign the decision, but the signatures
OF Lord Chief Justice Alverstone ana
Senator Lodge Senator Turner and
Secretary Root, the American comm's-
sioners, constitute a majority and III
surcd tinality.
1t is reported that King Leopold
had cool reception i'll Vienna, and
that he was told Emperor Francis JOS
cph would not undertake TO arbltratc
the kongo affair.
King Oscar, in opening the Storth--
ing, or Parliament, at Chrlst1anla, said
negotiations had been opened with var
ious powers for the conclusion OF ar
bitratlon treaties.
\ number OF insane conVictS eScap-
ed from the insane ward OF the Cen
tral Prison, at Halle, Prussia. lhty
killed several keepers, but were event
ually recapturcd.
Charles Page Bryan, United States
minister to Portugal, was 4 passenger
in a test trip made by Santos-Dumont 5
latest drisible balloon at NcaIlly,
France.
Two months ago Miss Hickman.
aged 20. a woman doctor OF London,
disappeared. Her body has just been
found i'll park.
The Japanese workmcn at the Port
Arthur docks have been discharged.
The exodus from other parts OF Man
churia continues y Japanese minister
says that Japan, while STIMULATING
the integrity of Korean and Chinese
sovereignty, makes no point of the
military evacuation OF Manchuria.
1t now appears that the governor OF
Beirut Syria, who was dismissed from
the g0vcrnorship on demand of the
United States, was told to return TO Con-
stantnoplc TO be the recipient OF lmpe-
rial favors.'
The physicians of Premier ZanardeIi,
OF Italy, have advised him to take a rest
from his ministerial labors, and he has
so informed his colleagues
Two men held up passenger tram
between Dunaburg and Pleskov, i'll Rus
sia, robbed the safe and baggage and cS-
capped with the booty.
United States Consul General Skinner
is in Paris making preparations for the
United States government expedition
to AbySSinla.
The Russian administrator OF Niu
chwang, Manchuria, proposes to organ
izc municipal council with one Amer
ican and two British members, their de-
cisions to be subject to the admlnstra-
tors approval.
Rear Admiral Won Prittintz will take
command of the German East Asiatic
Squadron. There arc now 10 German
warshps i'll south China waters and 3
off the Japanese coast.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1903-10-22
Yokohama (By Cable).-Thc neRoti

Yokohama (By Cable).-Tfc neRoti-
ations between Russia and Japan have
come to another standstill IT is
thought doubtful that the Marquis Ito'S
view oi the military occupation OF Man
churia is endorsed by the whole coun
try, but it is believed that Ito is strong
enough to carry his point, owing to the
paramount stand taken for the integrity
oj Korea and the open door in Man
Churia for all nations.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1903-10-22
Traine Going East.

Leave Rocky Ridge for Emmitsbure
at 26 and 10 56 Il. IN, and 81 and 6 81
p. IN.
Leave Edgemont for Waynesboro and
Chambcrsburg at 05 II. m. and for Ship.
pensburg at / | 40 n. IN. and 35 p. m.
Leave Frederick for Baltimore at 71S
q. m. and 90 and a 81 y. m.
Leave Bruccyille for Frederick at 8 SO,
o 36 and 10 40 Il. m. and 45 and 80 p.
m. and for Littlestown, Taneviown,
WrightsgiIle and Columbia at 8 AZ n. IN.
and 45p.m
*naily-all others daily except Sun.
day.
+. NJ IIowELL.
Gen. Passenger Agent.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1903-10-22
Western Maryland Railroad.

Schedule in Effect June p, 1903.
Trains Going West.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-01-05
WALKED INTO A TRAP.
CONCLUDED FROM FIRST PAGE

NCONCbODED fhOM FIRST PAGE.D
the detectives within the next few days to
furnish information regarding the grave
robbing scandal that would be greater than
what has already come to light.
While Cantrell was discussing the arrest
of COffelt he told of the finding of Stella
Middleton's body and the beginning of the
girl had been sweethearts, but two weeks
before her death he had occasion to leave
the city and go to Orange county. Before
leaving the girl asked him If she could
write to him while he was away. Cantrell
said he would not allow her to write to
him as he would be located in such out-of-
the-way places that If he correspondent with
anyone the letters might not reach him and
some day they might be a detriment to him.
When he left the city Miss Middleton was in
good health. Two weeks later when he re-
turned he was astounded to learn that the
girl had died. He said he lid not learn
after the burial he, in company with two
otner ghouls, went to the old Anderson GEM
etery to rob grave. Cantrel said ii was a
dark night and he did not notice the fea-
lures of the corpse until the Central Med
ical College was reached. Then for the
first time he weakened. he said and could
not carry the body into the cellar. His
spirits were depressed he said, and after
the girls body had been deposited in bar
rel he resolved to have ii returned to the
grave. 1t was then he said that he went
TO Mrs. Middleton's house one rainy night
and left the note telling her where the body
said that after the body had been replaced
i'm the grave he had the hardest time 10
keep the gang of ghouls from again steal
ing IL
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-01-05

Literary Bulletin.
II have been on the stage since my
eighteenth year: that is. for thirty-four
years." says Nine Lilli Lehman in her
book, How to Sing" which the Mac
milan Company has just published She
goes on: I'm Prague took part every day
in operas operettas. plays and farces-
thereafter at Danzig l sang from eighteen
to twenty times a month in coloratura ana
soubrette parts; also in Leipzig, and later,
fifteen years in Berlin. In addition L sang
in very many oratorios and concerts, ana
gave lessons now and then. Now hfteen
years more have passed, or which L spent
eight very exacting ones as a dramauc
singer i'm America, afterward fulfilling en-
gagements as a star, in all languages. IN
Germany, Austria, Hungary, France. Ing
land and Sweden. For many years L have
been devoting myself to the important
questions relating to singing and believe
that 1 have finally found what have been
seeking lit has been my endeavor 10 set
down as clearly possible. all that l.
have learned through Jealous. conscientious
study by myself and with others, and
thereby to offer to my colleagues some
thing that will bring order into the chaos
Of their methods Of singing; something
based on science as well as on sensations
in singing; something that will bring ex-
preston often misunderstood into clear re-
lation with the exact functions or the
vocal organs"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-01-05

This historical novel by Mary c. Francis
has for its subtitle 1.-THE Story of Andrew
Jackson" and such it certainly is, for he is
the hero of it's imaginative as well as of its
historical parts. The book is a singular
compound of both, for while it includes
many Incidents events and characters of
envelope them in an atmosphere of fiction
whenever she thought it would add to the
interest of the story. In preface she says:
1T is worth while to delve into the records
of our country's history if for nothing else
than to discover the value of any one point
of view. With such a man as Andrew
Jackson to consider, a character of SO ire
mendouS personality that his name cam
not be mentioned without causing contro-
versy, there arose many temptations to
stray into paths which would not justly
represent him. great man has the right
to come down to posterity in his best quail
ties, remembered by his virtues, not by his
faults-at least unduly emphasized-and
such remembrances Andrew Jackson has
had in this book. No other should fall
from my pen, for there is this peculiar fact
in connection with his life, that all his
shortcomings have already been pilloried
and pointed out to the world, while those of
most of his contemporaries are mercifully
concealed or softened by their biographers.
This might apply to an historically accurate
biography of Jackson. Much of the book
best parts are imaginative. In the preface
quoted from the author says fiction plays
only necessary part in the book. 1t GER
tainly plays an interesting part. For the
rest, however. every important event in the
life and career of Jackson is related and his
character and personality are portrayed
with a vividness hardly attainable in an
ordinary biography. Besides Jackson other
notable historic characters introduced are
Edward Livingston, Thomas III. Benton
Daniel Webster, Henry Clay, John C: Cal
houn, Francis Scott Key, Lafayette, James
Madison, John Marshall Martin Van Buren,
John Quincy Adams, William Writ, De Witt
Clinton, Mrs. livingstone, Mrs. Eaton wife
of the secretary OF war; Mrs. Donelson
who was mistress of the White House fol
Jackson: Harriet Martineau. Fanny KEN
bic, Dolly Madison and others of less note
The author has made a very readable story
with large substratum of truth, but the
imaginative parts are so skillfully inter
woven that il would not be safe to quote
from as a historic authority. While the
story is largely political it carries a pretty
love romance which is partly historical and
adds materially to the interest of the story
New York: The Federal Book Company.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-01-05
SOME OF THE new BOOKS


''The Success of Mark wingate' is
good story. Its author, Una l.. Silberrad.
has written also 1.-The Enchanter" and
Princess Puck" She is bold and original
in plot and gives the readers natural char
acters. strong and well defined. The nero
inc of the present story, Judith Loring,
works in an iron forge in the little Eng
lish village of Chele force of circum-
stances having left her at her fathers
death in this unusual position. On her
first visit to the forge, where she mas
gone to do her sick fathers work, she
meets Mark Wingate. nephew of the owner
of the forge. Mark is at college, prepar-
ing to be a chemist. The two work to-
gether at the forge: in the evenings at
chemistry and German. in the latter of
which the girl is proficient This friend
snip Is persistently opposed by marx
aunt and her daughter. who, as light, SUI
perficial women, form an excellent roll 10
the sincere. purposeful character OF JUDITH
But the chief obstacle to SMOOTH ana
interference with Mark Wingate. but In the
fact that he is so absorbed in his work
that he fails to see or understand rove
when il is near him. The author shows
a man who allows his interest in his work
to completely crowd out personal feeling.
Although the reader must admire the hero,
lie is IN Tednty cOlu, el1-Centcicu anu
emotionless. until his awakening at the
close of the story. The conception OF Jul
dith's character and life is unusual. 1t is
strong, original and well-sustained. A quo
tation from the latter pages of the book,
where she is refusing offer of marriage,
serves well to describe her:
"She had risen and was standing black
and tall in the freight now.
" Look at me-, she said; look at my
arms, strong as a mans; look at my
hands, stained with dye, clever only in
arranging apparatus. Do you know that,
though | can work out a problem with al
most absolute accuracy, 1 should not
know how to manage your household? Do
you know the temper | have, and the Will
L have, and the life l have led? 1 have
lived apart all my life. do not belong to
your people. l cannot talk their language
nor think their thoughts. When l was a
girl i lived al the forge. L worked with
men in the clang of hammer and the roar
of the fire-that is the language l know.
And since / have been woman l have
lived here and worked at science. Day in
and day out have worked at it,
| The story is well written. with some ex-
cellent bits of description of different sorts
Of homes. 1t is, however, essentially a
somber story, and those who prefer that
| all, despite desert, shall live happily ever
! after, will not enjoy reading of Mark
| Wingate's success. Doubleday, Page &
| Co., New York.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-01-05

Salem-born boy who died a mandarin snc
admiral general Of China. <ewlounG.asid
is called the First American Colony. hy
Mr.. p. T. McGrath. who gives brief ne
tory Of the island and It's fisheries. ac-
companying the text with very unas..ni
photographs. There is a variety OF ncuoa
and other miscellany.
The January Scribner is mace notable b1
an article by Willis Gibson on the Missis-
sippi and its steamboat Efe-a peper rot
only entertaining. but important because
OF the information it contains. The series
OF remarkable Illustrations ~ jules Guer'a
which accompany it indicate the inlpor-
lance with which the paper is reSardeu by
the editors of the magazine. These draw
ings are an education In art. English
Court and Society in the Eighties arc
described in series of letters written at
the time by Mary King Washington, men
toned in subhead TO the article as the
French Ambassadors" but who was rea!iy
the wife of the French Ambassador 10 the
British court. There is an article On the
library of Congress and the Work III - CO.
ing for the blind. The fiction consists OF
several short stories and the nrst install
ment of q serial by John Fox, Jr.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-01-05

A subtitle of this work designates it as
IAN Account of Gastronomy from Ancient
Days to Present Times, with a History of
Its Literature, Schools and Most Dstin-
guished Artists, together with Some Spe-
cial Recipes and Views Concerning the
Esthetics of Dinners and Dinner-giving"
1t has been said that the history of gas
tronomy is that of manners, if not Of
morals. Its literature is instructive and
amusing, for it is replete with curious
traits of character and comparative views
of society at different periods, well as
with striking anecdotes Of remarkable men
and women whose dest;nies have been
strangely influenced by their epicurean
tastes and habits. The art of cooking and
the pleasures of the table have played no
small part in the history of the world.
The author of this book. George III. ELL
wanger, has sought 10 give a complete his
torical account of the science of eating
from the earliest times. The subject is a
large one, and he has handled il very in
diligently, producing book of real in
terest and literary merit, containing many
good stories and anecdotes, rare recipes of
the kind that do not get into cookbooks,
and valuable suggestions for epicures and
housewives. The book contains some in
teresting illustrations and a good index.
Boston: Doubleday, Page & Co.