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FIERCE RAILROAD WAR.
0rand Trunk and Canadian PasiAo
in Bitter Struggle for CoatFol
Of Government.

Sir Thomas Shaughnessy is one Of the
most potent political forces In Canada
to-day. His predecessor as president Of
the Canadian Pacific railroad. also IN
American, Sir William Van Horne, ex-
erted his influence without opposition
and hence did not come into the lime
light of publicity.
The announcement of Sir Wilfrid
Lauriers cabinet that it would build .
line from Moncton, N. B., to Winnipeg
and lease it to the Grand Trunk railway
for so years is an open notification to Sir
Thomas as the head of the Canadian Pa
cific railway that the government Of
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The Piano Eve II Swift.

A pianist in these days has to cult
vate the eye so as to see $500 signs in
one minute, the fingers to make 1000
movements and the brain to understand
all these signs as we'll as direct all these
movements. In playing Weber's "Moto
Perpetuo" a pianist has to read 4,541
notes in less than four minutes, or about
- per second, but the eye can only re-
,eive about ten consecutive Impressions
per second. So that in quick music it
seems that player does not see every
note singly but in groups, probably
bar or more at one view. In the Sec
md set of Chopin's ''Etude in E minor"
Il IS necessary to read as many as 1850
signs in 211 minutes, or about rs notes
ner second.
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things that are part of the quarter. The
guide leads them up dark alleyways.
through winding Railways where they
cannot see their hands before their
faces, and finally into uttle box-like
rooms where white womsa and China
men smoke what is supposed to be OPT
um for their amusement. All converse
ton is carried on in whispers. good
deal is said about the police and other
dangers of the expedition, and the WIS.,
itors are worked up to proper state OF
excitement.
What the Cinnamon and women
smoke is not opium at all. Generally
small piece of wax is cooked over the
lamp and inserted over the pinhole OF
the pipe bowl. A convenient cigarette
in the end of the pipes broad stem sup
plies the smoke.
A few puffs and the smoker rolls over
in what appears to be deep slumber.
The guide leads the shivering party out,
and warns all hands to keep the matter
very quiet.
Next he finds Chinese gambling
den in full operation. Fantan, Chinese
dominoes and games with the long strip
of cardboard covered with Chinese
characters are being played. The table
is covered with money, the banker
hauls his coins from the center of the
table with his sharp-pointed stick and
the players suck away at their gurgling
water pipes. A carefully arranged pro-
test is made when the visitors enter, but
the guide arranges matters and the play
is resumed. This is just as complete a
fake as the opium smoking. The sup
posed gamblers are just play-acting for
the benefit of the visitors, but they do
it very we'll, and the visitors, especially
the women-for there are women in all
Of these parties-go away properly
awed. Visits to joss houses, restaurants
and alleged dens are made, fake fights
occur, dramatic scenes are enacted, and
by the time the trip is over the visitors
have seen about all they can stand.
The New York Sun says that for q
long time there was Chinatown wom-
an who used to commit suicide every
night for the benefit Of visitors. She
was a good-looking girl and had room
at the top of Doyers street tenement
For long while the fake opium
smoking took place in her room. ro-
mantle and touching tale of this girls
downfall used to be told conf1dentially
to visitors by the guides, so that she
was an object of special interest. At a
certain stage Of the exhibition each
night she would startle the visitors by
tossing her pipe aside, crying out. Il am
tired of all this!" and then, taking a
hasty swallow from a bottle labeled
"carbolic acid" she would fall grooming
to the floor, and the guide would hustle
the visitors away so they wouldn't be
arrested as witnesses.
The fake suicide was bowling sue
cess and a great money-maker for the
woman who did it. The wardman from
the Elizabeth street station put the per-
formances under the ban, however, and
the guides had to cut it out of their
repertoire The programme described Is
gone through as many as dozen times
some nights, and the strange thing is
that visitors never seem to detect the
imposition. They swallow it all with
perfect confidence, and pay as much as
IS a head sometimes for the evenings
entertainment.
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UNDERGROUND TOKEN.
Unique Coin Used by the Active Alo-
litlOnists in the Days Pre-
ceding the War.

One of the rarest of American copper
coins is the underground railway token
Three years ago one was dug up in a
garden in Indiana, and it was supposed
to be the only one in existence, but two
others are owned by descendants of the
Quakers who were Conductors" on the
underground railway" for runaway
slaves before the civil war.
The copper token, says the New York
Herald, is about the size of two-cert
piece and of about the same thickness;
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WILL BE CHANCELLOR.
Important GOvernme mt Post to BE Rs
vived by Russian Csar for N.
Sergius de Wife. . T.

The ferment of Russian life, with it,
many difficult problems Of administers
ton and government, has been too much
for the car, of late, and 1t Is now re-
ported that he has decided to make NJ.
de White chancellor of the empire-a
position which has not existed for con-
siderable period. With Lamsdor6
dominating foreign relations. Plehwe
controlling in interior affairs with .
high hand and doubtful wisdom, and
the procurator Of the Holy synod manag-
ing his great department with practical
independence; Witte in control Of flnan-
cial affairs, Kouropatkin at the head OF
the great army system, and still other
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1903-10-01

which a man seated on stool on one
end of the box jerks back and forth until
only the bran is left. This primitive
method serves instead of the American
boiling machines used in our mills.
Although Chinese labor Is so remark
ably cheap, yet the tediousness and Ia
boriousness of this method OF making
-four, entirely by human labor, Is so ex-
pensive that the wheat -four made in this
way costs them from three and half to
four cents per pound, and as such sum
is about half days wage for the labor
ing man, it makes wheat flour entirely
beyond the reach of the common people.
In order to supply the demand for
cheap flour, the Chinese habitually mix
their wheat with peas, beans or m1llet
before grinding it, but even these cheap
ened f1ours cost more than the average
grade flours in America.
The Four Track News says that, with
out considering the difference in quality
and fineness, American flour can be ex-
ported from our Pacific coast and sold in
China cheaper than the cheapest grades
of native flour.
It is easy to see what great field will
ultimately be found in China for Ameri-
can mill machinery, and If American
millers would take pains to manufacture
a grade of -four especially for the Chi
nese market, cheapening the wheat pro-
duct by large adulteration of corn, an
Immense market would be found at once.
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EARL OF DuNRAvEN.
Former Americas Cup Challenger
Soon TO Cut Important Figure
in British Politics.

It really looks as II the earl of Dun
raven might yet cut the big figure in
British affairs that he has always just
missed cutting-in somewhat the same
way that he missed getting the Amer
ica's cup. His political Importance has
just been increased by his election az
president of the Constitutional club, the
conservative rival of the National Liber-
al club, Just around the corner, for the
distinction of being the largest club in
the world. Each of these institutions
has about 5000 members, huge club
house an army of servants and sleeping
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New YORK;
never know it and 60 away satisfied
that they have seen the real thing.
The Cinnamon who live in China
town are not fools, neither are the
white women who associate with them
nor the white men who pick up a living
in more or less questionable ways in
the quarter. None of the Cinnamon, and
certainly very few Of the women, could
be induced to make public display of
their private lives for money, but they
are not at all averse to arranging little
exhibitions for the edification Of visit
ors, who pay we'll, thinking they are
seeing the real thing.
There are fully score of men of the
"Chuck" Connors type who call them
selves Chinatown guides. They have
lived in the quarter for years. know
every man and woman in it, know the
gambling dens, the joss houses. the
opium joints: in fact, are part of the
quarter and we'll qualified to show peo-
pie about.
The minute visiting party strikes
Chinatown it is taken in tow by one of
these guides. Sometimes the guide
meets the party by appointment, for
many of them have connections with
hotel clerks uptown who tout for them,
but oftener the party wanders about
until a guide picks it up and makes a
bargain to show it Chinatown.
OF course, the party wants to see OPT
UNI smoking, a game of fantan in opera
ton, the quarters of white women who
live with Cinnamon, and all the other
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1903-10-01
WOMEN MAKE FLOUR
Primitive Milling Methods Still In
Vogue in China.
No Reason Why Americans Should Not
Control the Flour Market OF the
Celestial Empire-Hints
Worth Taking.

With such an enormous population
and so little to do, it is not astonishing
that China's industrial system Is the re-
suit of q constant effort Ito make work"
instead of to save work, as we do.
For example, in China the grain crops
are harvested with little hand slckles,
and the sheayes after being cured are
carried in bundles by women and chill
dren and spread out for threshing on the
great floors like those described In the
Bible.
The grain is threshed out of the straw
by treading on it, or by being rolled with
heavy stone rollers. The straw is then
forked off, and the grain is swept up into
heaps with hand brushes, while it is win
moved by being thrown into the air by
shovelfuls and allowing the wind to
blow the chaff away.
The mills for grinding are of two
kinds, those in which heavy stone roll
ers revolve over stone tables, and the
other where the upper and under mill
stones are used. In the latter case the
lower stone is anchored to the table.
while the upper turns on 1t, sometimes
being pulled around by blindfoloed
donkey or OK, but more frequently by
human hands.
The primitive roller mills are usually
operated by human labor, the work fire.
quently being done by old women OF the
family, whose failing strength or poor
eyesight make it impossible to do the
heavier or finer work Of the household.
The wheat after being ground is
poured into an ordinary sieve, that Is
made to slide in grooves over box
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1903-10-01
cur,ou. scotch Superstition.

A curious superstition prevails in the
highlands of Scotland, that if a cat be
carried in a cart, and the wind blow from
II to the horses, the latter Immediately
tire: and if any part of the drivers cloth
ing be made from catskin, the horses
will feel as If they we're drawing double
burden.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1903-10-01
Gypsies Rarely Get Sick.

Some OF the healthiest and most grace
fully formed people OK Europe are the
gypsies of Hungary. They are rarely i'll
is their blood that their wounds quickly
heal without the application Of medical
melts.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1903-10-01
Wow viii You Be Good:

A law recently enacted by the Ieglsla-
ture of Louisiana Furnishes with impris-
onment and hard labor husbands who
Iesert or fail to support their wives and
children. The wives of lazy husbands
hang over the mantel framed copy Of
the law, with this query in red ink, Nov
Will You Be Good?"
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u.u rolled nv Electricity.

At the Church Of the Sacred Heart
in Paris a 22-ton bell is tolled by cleo
tricity. A choir boy does the work
which formerly required the services of
i've men.
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n Americans as the young English peer
who married Miss Consuelo Vanderbilt,
. daughter of William X. Vanderbilt
rho Wedding took place in New York
citv in 1895. The duke seems to be
quiet, unassuming young Englishman
Tithout any special political ability, al
though he has been chancellor of the
primrose league and paymaster general
The occupant of the latter Office is not in
tho cabinet, however, and, indeed. the
n ms is little more than honorary.
ben the subordinate position of junior
nndar secretary of state for the colonies
Iii he an advancement The duke is
>, vears old and succeeded his father as
VI n;nth duke of Marlborough in 1892. The
6rst duke of Marlborough was the victor
of Blenheim.
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DUKE OF MARLBOROUGH.
COnsue1O Vanderbilts HUSBAND MADE
Under Secretary of State for
the Colonies.

The announcement that the duke, of
Marlborough has been appointed under
secretary of state for the colonies is of
interest in this country, as he is known
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exposition, figures in the list of POSSIBLE
tiles; but Hon. Joseph w. Folk, also of
St. Louis, bids fair to become more vi
gorously doomed than Mr.. Francis. 1t
is Mr.. Folk who has made so brilliant
record in the prosecution of municipal
rascality in St. Louis. He has now I'M
earthed certain long-suspected facts re-
garding bribery on colossal scale in the
Missouri legislature that authorized the
present street railway monopoly Of st.
Louis. For a man of such courage and
strength there ought assuredly to be
large political future. If he should win
the governorship of Missouri, Mr.. Folk
might aspire to the democratic nomina-
ton for the presidency on new issues
that would reunite his party. Among
the men Mr.. Bryan has been naming as
available presidential timber is to be
mentioned Chief Justice Walter Clark,
of North Carolina, a man of undoubted
force and ability. 1t is understood that
Mr.. Bryan would readily enough consent
to the nomination of Mr.. Edward M.
Shepard, of New York, who would also
be entirely acceptable to the friends OF
ex-President Cleveland and Mr.. Olney.
Mr.. Shepard has of late made several
important addresses in the south, where
he gained a host of friends. Among the
very ablest of the younger leaders of the
democratic party is Gov. A. J. Montague,
of Virginia. who was honored at Brown
university several weeks ago with the
decree of doctor Of laws, where, also, he
made a commencement address. Gov.
Montague returned from his northern
visit to find it necessary to call out the
militia to keep order during stubborn
street railway strike in Richmond. A
new name for the democratic nomina-
ton brought out is that of Judge Gray,
Of Delaware, whose availability and
strength are supposed to have been much
enhanced by his services as member
of President Roosevelt's anthracite ar
bitration board. And so the list grows
from month to month.
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Feeble Youth Lives Century.

An interesting case of the longevity
IF a feeble youth was revealed in a
Paris police court the other day. A man
called to complain of burglary in his
apartment, said his name was Duval,
and his age 100 years. The story was
confirmed by his papers. Duval was
born July 4, 1903, and as youth was
refused as a conscript. He has lived
in one house SO years, and has grown
progressively stronger. He eats and
drinks we'll, walks strong, and has a
;tentorian voice. He remembers seeing
Nann1eOn in 1913.
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. <>.+v Of Vast Terraces.

a City OF V"st
e,m,a India, is built on tho side Of
.+een hin. and thu roof Of one house is
stton m a level with the foundation OF
ma on the next terrace.
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(Russian Statesman Who Is to Be Made
Chancellor.)
services of the empire separately man
aged and in the hands Of strong, ex-
perienced and ambitious men-the
young car has undoubtedly found it al
most impossible to dominate growing
Nv discordant administrative system.
NJ. de Witte is unquestionably the man
above all others to be placed in general
authority. If he had been there sooner.
if is not to be believed that the Kishinen
massacres would have occurred, his own
wife being Jewess. On the other hand.
if he had been in full authority, the Man
churian question would have been man
aged in a different way, since as 1t Ii
now understood that much of Russia's
apparent inconsistency has been due to
the independent action and conflicting
attitude of at least three different de-
partments having to do with Man
churia, one being the foreign Office, an
other being the war department, and
another the department having charge
Of the railway and financial interests
Veterans Touching Appeal.
An affecting letter was lately received
from an old soldier, by Pension Com
missioner Ware. 1t appears that while
valiant in war, the veteran lives in dread
of his wife. and his complaint and in
structions closed thus: Il got blood
poison by beinge HIT with hens eg wen
I cam bak from the frunt. The eg was
not good wen you send my penshun
want the Deed made sos my wife can't
set none of it,-she throde the eg."
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IA11RA ORM1sTON CHANT.

English Reformer Who Is Now visiting
This Country
tually teach for time. She was after
ward a nurse, and some years ago was
drawn into reform work of various
kinds. in which field she has made a
splendid success. She is an author OF
considerable power, and has even pub
lished volume of poems. She has sew
eral times visited America.
They Give and Take.
People who borrow trouble are al
ways willing to lend it, we've noticed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-08-04
THE AcE-HERALD's SUPERB RE.
 VIEW.

From the Bessemer Weekly.
 These recurring industrial editions of the Birmingham press are a healthy sign They are the record of progress and their liberal support by the industrial, business and commercial public shows that the spirit of progress and expansion Is rife among these classes.
 The AgeHeralds superb annual in- dustrial review of Sunday, July 26 Is a most admirable exposition of the marvel lous advancement along industrial and commercial lines made the past few months by this district. It Is really a wonderful story and in no other portion or section of this great country is there parallel to 1t.
 The condensation of information, it's systematic arrangement and the typo graphical excellence of this issue mark it as one of the very best as it Is one of the most effective ever issued.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-08-04
Meroers in Minnesota.

United States Circuit Judge Lochren has decided case brought by the state of Minnesota against the North ern Securities company, in which that state sought to forbid the proposed merger because it would violate acts of the Minnesota legislature forbidding the consolidation of parallel and com peting lines of railway. The testimony related to the state contention, and the case turned upon the state act for bidding the merging of competing lines. A similar suit was begun by the state of Washington, and it is now pending before the United States Su- preme court. The Minnesota case which was decided in favor of the mer- ger will also be carried to the United States Supreme court.
 Neither the Minnesota nor the Wash ington case affect the federal suit be- gun by the United States, which was first heard by district judge at St Paul, and which was later reviewed by four judges of the Circuit court sitting at St. Louis. The four judges unani- mously held that the Sherman anti trust act forbids the proposed North ern Securities merger. This case is also before the Supreme court.
 The Lochren decision in nowise af- fleets the decision of the circuit ipdges in the federal suit begun by Attorney General Knox, and the scope and eff feet of the Sherman act touching rail road mergers will be known when the Supreme court decides the federal suit. All three of the cases may be considered together, and the Lochren decision will have little weight. The entire subject will soon come up be- fore the nine judges of the Supreme court, and when it is decided the coun- try will know just what the famous act is good for in the direction of stopping railroad mergers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-08-04
Senator Germans Popularity.

The popularity of Senator German in homecoming from a trip across the sea is the occasion for many favorable expressions. Congressman Bankhead, who knows Alabama better perhaps than any other man, does not hesitate to say that this state will send a German delegation to the national convention. The national delegates, it should be remembered are to be selected in pri- maries, the convention system having been abolished in this state.
 Senator Germans popularity is wholly due to his confessed fitness for public service. Starting as a page he has steadily risen in place and public favor until he is now the democratic leader in the highest deliberative body in the world. When he was returned to the senate lass year he was at once and with the approval of all democratic senators made leader of the demo- cratic side. It is but natural that man eminently fitted for leadership should be sought in this emergency in the party in national politics.
 He lives in a contested state, and he comes back home with the avowed purpose to keep his native state in the democratic column. The state con vention has not met, but be the candi- date for governor who he may, MT. German will be the wheelhorse in the campaign, and the belief is general that he will see that democratic gov ernor is elected although the state gave William Mckinley a plurality of 1S,941.
 If Maryland goes democratic in No 9ember, nothing can prevent the nomi-
 ltion of MT. German next June.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-08-04
KEEP THE OLD LIBERTY
 BELL IN PHILADELPHIA
From the Washington Times.

From the Washington Times.
 1 TILE to the famous old Liberty " Bell" which more than 127 years
 ago proclaimed the glad tidings that the continental congress had adopted the Declaration of Independence, Is in dispute For more than three-quarters of a century the city of Philadelphia has held unquestioned possession of sne nis- toric relic, but now It's ownership is chal- lenged by the descendants of John Wilt bank.
 It appears that the bell continued to hang in Independence Hall for nearly fifty years after the outbreak of the Rev. olution, in fact until one fine morning in 1924, when an overzealous and too vigor- ous sexton cracked 1t while ringing 1t in honor of the visit of Lafayette.
 The council, it seems. according to the authenticated history of the bell. contract ed with John Wiltbank to replace 1t with a new one, and so little did the city fathers appreciate the historic value and patriotic interest in the old bell that they turned 1t over to Wiltbank In part pay ment of his bill. appraising it at nothing