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New-York tribune., 1903-06-08
MR. CONGER DISPLEASED.
Wants Count Cassinis Alleged
TTtterances To BE Investigated.

Pekfng. June TINTED states Minister Congsr
has teiesraphed to Secretary Hay suggesting an
inquiry into the authenticity Of the published
interview with the Russian Ambassador. Count
Cassinl. in which the Ambassador was reported
to have denied the correctness OF Mr.. Conger's
statement OF the Russian demands on China.
and to have expressed surprise that Minister
Conger should act unreliable rumOrs
Mr. Coheer's information was the original let
ter containing the Russian demands which the
Russian Charg& d'Afaires at Peking. N. Plan
con- sent 10 the Chinese Foreign Office.
New-York tribune., 1903-06-08
YALE MEN GIVE CUP TO DOCTOR.

One hundred and fifty members and graduates of
the Yale Chapter of the Chi Phi Fraternity gave a
dinner Saturday evening at the University Club 70
celebrat The twentyifth anniversary OF the found
ing OF the chapter. feature OF the affair was
the presentation of a loving cup-the gift of Yale
b Bissell. OF No Is West Fifty-eiehIh-st one of
the visiting surgeons OF Bellevue and St Vincent's
hospitals. DR. Besell was graduated from Yale in
1879. He wes one Of the founders of the chapter
and was for eleven years president Of the Omicron
Trust Association. which built the fine building now
occupied By the Chi Phi Fraternity al Haven
New-York tribune., 1903-06-08
HEIRS SEEK THE WARD MILLIONS.
Suit to Secure Division of the Estate of the
Victor in the Tai-Ping Revolt

tRY TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBUNE
Boston. June Suit will be started here Tuesday
by the heirs of the late Frederick Ward who or
sanized the famous ever victorious army and
crushed the Tai-Png rebellion. He given So
100000 and many honors by the grateful Chinese
Government for his victories. When he died the
fortune was confscated by government officials
and his sister Elizabeth filed claim for it with the
state Department at Washington
The claim acknowledged Just by
China. ana that there is strong proba hility
of its being paid. the various heirs in Cambridge.
Chicago and California want their shares deter
mined.
New-York tribune., 1903-06-08
LONG ISLAND FIRES DYING OUT.

sayville. Long Island. June 1-Advices from
the interior of the island say that the SLOW
steady rain has to large extent killed the
fires which have for week been a source of
uneasiness and of loss. While they not ell
out their advance has been stayed, and it will
take some days of dry hot weather for them
to get going again. The rain has not pene-
trated deeply enough Vet into the layers of
dry pine needles TO stop the subsuTface fires.
Another day or so of rain would settle them.
New-York tribune., 1903-06-08
yURYMEN GUARDED BY SOLDIERS.
q Special Panel Imported to Try Jett and
White.
rsx rELrcR.FH TO THE TRIBUNE !

Jackson, Ky. June Forty Mag County
farmers arrived here tonight ana sleeping on
oots in the courthouse, under the guard or the SOL
diers. They came as i special venire Of iurynen
10 try Curtiss Jett ard Tom White tomorrow,
On ;he charge Of numbering Jim" Cockrir and J.
p. Marcrn3 The trial Will be called bv Judge
Pee~ine tomorrow morning The defence viii try
10 establish an slbi.
Last night the town was in state Of terror not
~ithstsHdlng the presence Of the troops there be-
ING l6S shots fred by drunken ruf1ans There is
ne town marshal since the assassination Of
New-York tribune., 1903-06-08
WANT INDIVIDUAL REPRESENTATION

The executive committee Of the Austro- Hun
garian Anti-Tammany Association. of No "a St
Marks Place met at the Cafe Boulevard on Satur-
dav afternoon. Emil Nyitray was in the chair
The object OF the meeting was to elect committee
to call on the invitation committee of the Citizens
Union for the purpose of getting individual repre-
scntation at coming conferences. The Austrians
and Hungarans number. it is said. about forty
thousand The committee appointed is Emil
Nytray. Max Reebnitzer. John Biau. Leopold Lebe
and A. ". Brunn.
New-York tribune., 1903-06-08
CONSOLIDATING MEXICAN LINES.

Mexico City, June 7.-Chandos Stanhope. of Lon
don yesterday left here for New-York on business
connected with the railway deal whereby the gov
eminent becomes the controlling power in the Ma
tional Railroad Company and the virtual consoda-
ton Of the National road and tho nteroceanic road
is effected. Mr.. Stanhope signed papers behalf
OF the Messrs. Speyer, New-York and London bank
New-York tribune., 1903-06-08
FARMS COVERED IN THE SAND,

Topeka, Kan. June I--Tha body OF forest
stufz 4 school teacher was found to-day in the
debris left ev the fooe 1t has developed that
several fertile farms near North Topeka have
haen ruined The swift current washed away
much Of the good soil and in its place mas ger
q thick hard layer Of sand. rendering the ground
useless The water fell rapidly to-day
New-York tribune., 1903-06-08
LoUBET's VISIT TO ENGLAND.
Will Be King Edwards Guest for Tires
Days Beginning July 8.

London, June 7.-President Boubst will arrive
in London on July 6, or his return visit to King
Edward. He will remain in London three DAYS.
starting on his return 70 Paris on July Q. The
President Of the French Republic will reside ss
St Jan1es's Palace as the Kings guest
King Edward he's received a telegram from
the King Of Italy. regrettins his tnablllty 10 pay
his visit to the English court in the summer.
and promising to come to London with Queen
Helena in November.
New-York tribune., 1903-06-08
STEAMER IBERIAN GOES ASHORE.
The Vessel Rests Easily on a Mud Bank
Not Far from Montreal

Montreal June The Leland Line steamer
Iberian. from London has gone ashore twenty
miles below -Sorel Tho grounding was caused by
a heavy fog and smoke from the bush fires which
ohscured the hHoys
The steamer Is not in danger as she has run on
a mud bank. Lighters and tugs have been sent
to remove part OF her cargo. and II is hoped that
she viii be released tomorrow.
New-York tribune., 1903-06-08
PASTORS GRATEFUL FOR RAIN.
Newport Lawns, Parohed and sere, Take a
New Lease of Life.
fpY TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBUNE. J

Newport r. J.. June THE drouth OF weeks
was broken to-day by rain. which fell from early
morning until well into this afternoon The at
tendance at the churches was greatly diminished
on account of the storm, but the pastors offered
prayers of thanksgiving for the rain
The lawns and shrubs along Bellevue-ave.
were so badly parched and shrivelled that a
few days more of dry weather would have COM
pleteIy ruined them. Vegetation on the island
was at the lowest ebb and heavy losses in crops
have been saved by the rainfall.
New-York tribune., 1903-06-08
RAIN FALLS IN MOHAWK VALLEY.

Little Falls. n. L. June Half an inch OF
rain ell in the Mohawk Valley to-day. None
fell in the lower part OF the Adirondack. where
the fires are raging.
New-York tribune., 1903-06-08
BLACK WALNUT PEOPLE SAVED.

81 Louis June "A small steamer from 81
Charles succeeded in reaching Black walnut TO-
night. and the two hundred imperiled people,
,er-s6e5 .,6 in zres. distress for food and
shelter were taken from the island in safety.
New-York tribune., 1903-06-08
RAINS AT LAST IN BOSTON.

Boston. June S-For the first time in nearly
six weeks rain began to fall here shortly after
| O'Clock this morning. It first came in series
Of light showers but by o'clock it apparently
had settled down to light, steady drizzle.
New-York tribune., 1903-06-08
THANKS OFFERED FOR THE RAIN.

Middletown. n. Y. June TN many churches
throughout Orange and Sullivan counties special
thanksg1vings were offered for the rain, which fell
continuously to-day. There is great rejoicing over
the prospect of saving the crops
CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1903-04-30
Cbe Diamond fire Brick COMPANY

ful in this line of work, and its
silica brick are in great demand,
a market having been opened up
for them in New Mexico, Ari-
zona, Colorado and contiguous
states. Tests Of the Diamond
Fire Brick Company's silica brick
have proven them to be Of
very superior quality; in fact
it has been conclusivcly shown
that they will stand heat and
wear better than the famous
Welsh brick of that name. A
large addition has recently been
made to the company's plant,
and to operate it to its full ca
pacity requires the services of
about fifty men. The company
owns the lands from which is
procured the material which en-
tiers into the manufacture of all
its products, the deposits of fire
clay and silica on its property
being practically inexhaustible.
Analysis Of the fire clay used by
the Diamond Fire Brick Com
pany demonstrates that it is un-
excclled in the United States,
CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1903-04-30

Organized in January, 1900,
ehe Diamond Five Brick Com
pany has made record for busi-
ness during the three years Of
its existence that is eminently
satisfying to its promoters. hav-
ing grown from a small enter
prise into one Of the solid COM
mercisl concerns of the town.
The officers of the company arc
E. Ford Jewett, president; Sarah
A. MCKAY, vice-president; DR..
Mary A. Phelps, treasurer. The
directorate is substantially the
same now as when first elected
by the stockholders of the COM
Pany, only few changes having
taken place in its personel. Al
though it has found constantly
widening market for its fire brick
the company began some three
or four months ago to manu-
facture silica brick, which are
used for the crowns of furnaces
in smeIters, foundries, etc., where
the heat is greater than the ordi-
nary fire brick will sustain. The
company has been very success
CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1903-04-30

and the steadily increasing de-
mand for its products justi6es
the assertion that il is as high
in quality as can be manafac-
tured. The output of the COM
pany comprises fire brick of all
kinds, silica brick, rcd, white and
granite pressed building brick,
etc. In addition to its large
local trade the company's ship
ments extend over the Cripple
Creek district, to Florence, Pu-
eblo and Colorado Springs. The
management is in the hands Of
able and enterprising men who,
BY their combined efforts, are
building up business the i'm
portance Of which is daily in
creasing and adds materially TO-
the general prosperity of Canon
City.
Peabo,ly's system of register
ing prescriptions makes errors
impossible.
A company which always
delivers thi. goods-Wells-
Fargo Express Co.
CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1903-04-30
Rugs and Carpets

and coming Neosr before
hasth
eosy
qualify rock Of complete
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-02-15

probably had in his actual possession any
thing like the amount of actual gold anu
silver which is stored here.
The gold and silver actually kept within
these four walls usually exceeds 500. 0O0.OOo.
while at times its treasure is as much as 80
per cent greater.
Judged by the values of the exhibits the
Assay Office is doubtless the most valuable
museum of its kind in the country Admis-
sion to it is entirely free.
Any visitor will be received courteously
and conducted throughout the building. the
work being carefully explained by the ac-
companying guide.
For, after all. it is as much the property
Of one citizen as another. There is but one
restriction. 1t Is presumed that a visitor
who will pass among SO many treasures
must be above reproach.
AS you enter a keen doorkeeper observes
one closely and decides If the visitor is
worthy to be trusted.
This doorkeeper, by the way, is a remark
ably shrewd judge Of character, who has
had his wits s%harpened by many years ex-
perience.
1t is very rare for any one to be refused
admittance. The sightseers are allowed to
pass through the buildings only in small
groups and in the company OF a guide aud
a detective.
keep rather near one throughout the trip.
IN THE RECEIvING-ROOM.
The recefvfng-room is the first to be en-
tered. In many respects the most interest
ing department of the work Is carried on
here. The deposits are of a hundred differ
ent forms and from as many sources. The
jewelers. clerk brings bags full of odds and
ends. the valuable refuse of his work.
There are broken and WORKOUT rings. the
sweeplngs of the jewelers. benches. where
the very dust Is valuable and every con-
ceivable form of old, dIiapidated jewelry.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-02-15

10y
with a capital stock Of 1000. 900 francs. fui-
" paid. has recently been formed"
Signor Pine handed your correspondent
the official data concerning the submarine
working boat. attested by the Rome Naval
Office and by ths municipality of Genoa.
i:cre is the statement:
Trial Of Signor Pino's submarine wort
ing hoat in the Gulf of Genooa-The boat
is ID feet broad. 80 long and cigar-shaped.
In outward appearance it differs not f;nn
the type OF submarine boat introduced years
ago. Its construction is teel-apparartIy
one piece. like Il cannon.
This makes II possible for the ship to
Withstand any amount of pressure. The
keel is fitted with wheels. facilitating move
ment on dry land and on the floor of the
ocean.
The sides of the ship are furnished with
mechanical arms and hands. worked from
within. These arms and hands work like
tn human model. They can bend. with
draw and stretch like a mans arms. They
can lift and grasp things like that Of a
mechanic with power Il hundred times in
tensificd.
With this ship Sisnor Pine and his crew
descended into the Gulf of Genoa nj a spo,
where the water is 800 feet deep, according
TO the charts. The inventor did not know
beforehand where the trial was to tax ,
place. nor was he aware of the fact that
IL boat had been sunk there by ordsr of tha
Secretary Of the Navy.
When the Mayor of Genoa asked the in
Ventor whether he was prepared to descend
70 "a Ccpth far beyond the working capacitv
of divers. he agreed to the undertaking and
his boat was gone fully ten minutes.
However. the spectators 40 the cyperi-
ment We're Kept informed bf his where
thouts by telephone" ut should be mem
TONED here that divers cannot work below
Il depth of ninety or ninety-five feet. and
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-02-15
100000 IN
K OF PURE GOLD
United States Assay Office is Fed by Richest Mines of
America-Wealth of ]. Pierpont Morgans Firm
Scarcely Equals That to Be Found
in This Small Building.

WRITTEN FOR THE SUNDAY REPUBLIC.
A yeritable stream of gold has been flow.
ing down In Wall street almost continuously
for nearly a century.
Its course is very short. since 1t is con-
fined within the walls of the United States
Assay Office, but its volume is regarded
anxiously throughout the entire country.
The stream is fed by the greatest mines
of America and with thousands of articles
of gold which ~gravitate to it from every
avenue of life.
There is a fascination about gold which
lends n peculiar interest to its presence.
whether it be in the mines or in an assay
office.
The merely mechanical labor of melting
iron. for instance, and pouring it into
moulds. has no special interest, but thous-
ands are interested to see a large quantity
of geld undergo the same operation.
So II happens that every one knows the
modest little building which houses this
vast treasure. II is a quaint little structure
in the Colonial style and one of the Oldest
in Wall street.
1t has been Sc dwarfed by the towering
skyscrapers all about it. however. that of
itself IL might be really overlooked. and vet
every year many thousands of visitors are
drawn to 1t from all over the country solely
by curiosity, while ten thousand passerSby
each day search 1t out from its great neigh
bors. IL only for a glance, as though its
contents exerted some mysterious spell
which they were powerless to resist.
This quaint little foundry, despite its
grimy businesslike interiors, could readily.
as the saying goes. buy and sell the richest
banks In the country. with all their palatial
equipment.
VALUE EXCEEDS 500. COCO o
The wealth of the firm of j. Pierpont Nor,
.an. with ali its enormous influence through
out the world. scarcely equals that of this
little office. and no man in the world has
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-02-15

rings and You cit still until it stops ringing.
In a few seconds the picture drops out into
a receptacle.
1.-THE finished photograph is in a circular
frame about an inch in diameter. and may
be used as a pocket piece. for a locket or as
a boutonniere."
AT this point McGarvie opened the cas-.
so that the interior could be plainly seen,
ana dropping a coin In the slot, set the
mechanism going.
Running from the top of the machine 20
about midway Is a perpendicular tube con-
tanning 100 plates. already framed.
when the lever was pulled a plate was
uroppeo uown to the focusing point, in po-
sition 70 receive the picture.
Then when the button was pusbed a he'll
rang for two or three seconds. indicating
the length of time required for the ex-
poSure.
"hen this was accomplished the plate
started on a little journey Of development.
II passed to the back of the case. where
y cropped into the first of four developing
cups, into each of which IT was turned until
completed. The machine Is run by electric
ity.
ApoVe eacn machine an arc light is placed
SO mat when the daylight is not s~uficient
artinciai light is ready to be turned on. No
attendant Is necessary. except an electrician
who makes the rounds to keen the mech
anism in order.
a s,ooi is provided 80 that the person can
pe seated while waiting for the picture. and
so that children may be raised to the proper
height to get the focus.
rms machine has not. yet been placed on
me market. but its practicability has been
demonstrated.
McGarvie is a Snowman of varied expert
ehee, ne conducted the Mexican exhibit on
.ne MIDWAY at the Pan-American Expost-
non, ana has had attractions at many
IN my opinion this picture machine will
piesse the visitors to the Fair immensely.
any exposition
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-02-15


tne process consists OF melting the metal
anu pouring IL INTO n sand mold. This anal
Hania'es me metals contained in the pieces
anI a.n 'ieot TWO CHIPS are theh TAKEN
'ho - ~ Up ~ '"e aSsaEiis department. on
tba, ~ 80 me chilS OF ASSAYS, as
snaia, u caieIuliE Welsheu on
ounce f.. i,5ioatoJ nat d hhilioh'h Oh an
in a niece ~ -. - - II. ","ppe"
small hos. % ieau ana placed o a
Other similar cbins a'n iose.ne VI.
OF the small furnaces IN rrhtob = ~.
flame is kept AT a white hoo.
IN rtIE o,.rI
rho MI. -
t,a o.. ., pa'''iS mo the oven ana over
,n.toI, WIN Tue ieau anu pase
Ill - ~ III II cupeis' forming an
w. n Co... .ne D'he ASH IN turn apsorps.
- -, huS ho'hiiiS Out a crop OIL
r.moins Ths as tne case may pe'
"S h''e button Oh metal IS
cooied ana weighed. TIL weight being sub
tracted from tue original assay gives the
weight OF the base metal in the chips.
Afterwards the button must be separated
INTO It's component parts. of gold and silver.
IL IS next rolled out into a thin, nat strip,
ana. with the aid of nitric acid. the silver
Is soon dissolved. The gold dust is left in
III ioi" ., d yeilowlsh brown powder.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-02-15

The riches of whole continents are lying on
the ocean floor. the riches of worlds We
know of. and of others we do not know Of
In August. 1898. I happened to be in Lon
don when news reached there that a bushsi
of gold pieces had been thrown up on Corn
wall strand after one of the great storms
TO which this Southwestern peninsula is
subject. The coin was adorned with por-
traits of various Spanish Kings who reigned
in the Eighteenth Century.
The latest found was dated 1850. Where
did they come from. do you suppose? From
a Spanish galleon that fOundered off the
coast of Cornwall in 1884. The ship was
laden with gold in coin and bullion. in
tended for the Bank of England.
"A Spanish King sent it to London ON !,
ing to riots in his capital. and every few
years Neptune gives up some of the treas
ures he swallowed on that occasion prior -
the French Revolution.
Il yfolate no confidence when I tell you
that il is our intention to hunt for lust such
treasure by microscopes and lift same by
the Submarine worker. The ocean, as L
said before, is fun of them. You will re-
member that divers, plain, ordinary divers,
succeeded in 1885. to rescue the cargo Of the
East India brig HARLEM sunk in the
neiShborhoOd of Table Bay about the time
when the Thirty Years War was brought to
a conclusion in 1s4S.
OFF THE COAST
OF SOUTH AMERICA.
This" continued the Signor, pointing to
an illustration in a book he took from q
shelf, SIS the fac-simile Of a medal, struck
OF by Jacob II. OF England in commemora-
ton of the fact that his divers brought up
10000. sunk with a Spanish ship off the
South American coast. The medal bears the
date of 1851: the ship was sunk forty-foup,
years earlier.
READERS of American history know all
about the British frigate De Braak. foun-
defed in American waters in 179S. The De
Braak had 5,o00.0 10 pounds in gold and silver
coin, captured from the Spaniards, aboard.
These are still at the bottom of the sea,
together with the bodies OF 900 prisoners of
war in irons. which the De Braak likewise
carried. God willing, l will find them with
my microscope and submarine worker COM
bined-the millions.
d you happen to remember the value of
the Bourgogne's cargo? Il amounted to
%, 100000 francs. At the bottom of Magei-
Ian Straits. there lies a ship the name OF
which l have forgotten. worth s625 900. 900.
The straits are very difficult to navigate.
but the microscope will illuminate the
treasures that lie below and lest they
have dropped to the bottom of the earth.
We will find them by and by.
But we are not after gold alone. There
are many things at the bottom OF the sea
that will benefit humanity far more than
yellow metal. Food stuffs and fuel, as al
ready mentioned. and things liable to solve
great economic. historic and scientific rid
dies"
The inventor consulted his watch and
Your correspondent reluctantly prepared to
go.
What would you say to the discovery of
sodom and Gomorrah?'' he said at the door.
IF l find these Biblical cities. Won shall
have the first photographs. And by the
way. l will tell you all about the Dead Sea,
too"
PROFESSOR CARLO IBERTI. D. Phi.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-02-15

tus To this invention WAS the hope of max
ing the ocean. its highways and byways.
perfectly safe. No more shipwrecks on ac-
count of rocks. floating wreckage and col
lisions at least. The captain and naviSat-
or of the future will be master of the wa
tiers he sails. Neptune cannot play tricks
on him with rocks. sand banks. flats. shall
low water, wreckage and what not. for the
lookout can easily detect such by the aid
of the MICROSCOPE. AT the same time the
engineer will be able, at all times. to in
spect the bottom Of his boat.
MICROSCOPES influence on
NAVAL WARFARr.
After the foregoing il is almost unncces-