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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-10-18

man could swear Ike that but Irlg
Olafsen, in flesh and blood.
The skipper and the mate approached
each other, but what they said the
Waterman could not hear. Finally Dotn
went below into the cabin.
None of the mates watch came
aboard that night. The men of the
other watch came struggling aboard
toward dusk. They had no guilty con-
sciences to keep them away. me
others made for the hills up by the
Pail and were captured by the police
next day and brought aboard In irons
The mate, himself, conducted the hunt
but lodged no complaint against them
he only wanted them with him on the
passage to Frisco.
OF course, he left Honolulu on the
Aloha as mate. The record of that
passage is lost to authentic history
but occasionally you meet a sailor who
will tell you that there really is hell,
because he has been there. The port
watch Of the Aloha reached Frisco
alive that passage, but they were
carried ashore on stretchers aboard the
marine hospital launch. Nor was Trig
Olafsen ever heard to complain of hav-
ing gone unavenged. He always refers
to that passage with big complacent
smile that sends his tWo-lip whiskers
UP like bull horns.
Now to his story. He only tells 1t
when he is drunk. He weeps and
laughs by turns, but you do neither
YOU listen, spell-bound. And after he
has finished you know why the Vik-
ings Of old ruled the sea.
HE begins by swearing at the
spanker sheet block Never trust a
Epanker sheet block when 1t jambs.
You can't depend on 1t; it's treacher-
ous, he says. 1t usually takes five
beers to bring him through treatise
on it's proper management. about
then he will plunge into his story, as
he plunged into the tropical sea that
dark morning.
When he rose he saw the Aloha's
Itern fading into the darkness.
Haul in on your fore braces" he
feared, expecting TO hear the shouts
of the watch and the rattle of blocks
and cordage. But he heard only the
tapping of the stfl1 seething wake
about him, and then suddenly he re-
allied the truth. +, The stern light
dwindled and at Last danced far off, a
tnere speck.
can see him yet as he described
That moment. The dark pupils Of his
| pale-blue eyes spread and those big
mustaches stood straight out as
though he held a stick between his
! clenched teeth. -,
| de hounds" he grinds, "dey will
will leave me. Not even a lifebelt dey
trow me-but / kan swim-by God
/ / kan swim-and I viii not sink-by
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God. Hey. you lubbers!" Here he
roars as he did in the water. you
hear me, you damned dogs! I kan
l gives up! I will swim to Honolulu,
and If I can't tow my blasted carcass
dat far-I swim in spirit. 1 will haunt
you-on de night vatches-I will haunt
you till you yoump overheard"
He doesn't say so, but you know
that he peeled off his clothes and
struck out after the ship. His power
full jaw is set, and the muscles under
his ears are like huge walnuts. Then
he sees the bark, by the light of the
breaking dawn. miles ahead, and they
have hove her to. AS he mounts the
crest of a wave he sees a boat put off,
Here he usually laughs.
by CUNT vas funny. You know
dat damn skipper-he tink he find
me. Dey hunt all overland vas six
miles astern-ha, ha, ha, halt vas
funny. I don't even shout Watts de
use? I joost larfs and larfs-vay out
dere in de vater.'
of merriment. Here he pauses, nor
does he resume until he has disposed
of two more beers. His mustache
droops again, the fierce glare returns
| into those sea- gray eyes.
Den dey brace up de fore yards
again and go on. You see, dey goes
on, vile I swims after, six-seven-
eight miles astern. You tink / will
| drown? Not muchI 1 kan swim
| clear to Honolulu-or hell I doesn't
care vitch-only 1 gets to dose fellers.
1 wants to meet dem again.
l but amt dot the worst ting you
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for Miss Cannon is here recognized as
a woman of broad culture and tact, as
well as one of nice judgment.
She has seen more of the world than
most women in official society, has
Travelled extensively and knows much
of the society of two hemispheres.
While she is as democratic as her
father and as simple in her likes, pre-
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-10-18

s ss sEa 4ss s .: :e
y @ Fs M | % Ma s ls a asrs rom s Da
Him nc Terror oen
Are Later S @ I p @ @ @ M %
. FST DAYS f @ % = % & %
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maintained in quiet dignity. without
ostentation or vulgar show.
The house is an old landmark in
| Washington. 1t was long the residence
| of the late Senator Mcpherson, of New
| Jersey, whose wealth and official DO
| sition made it one of the handsomest
| homes in the capital. It is on Vermont
avenue, just north Of K street, and is a
roomy house with rather plain en-
trance and quiet, but rich, furnishings.
There were more ornate houses. offered
to Mr.. Cannon, houses which have been
built since the craze for show deyeI-
oped in Washington, but Miss Cannon.
who was the sole judge Of what kind
or nome the speaker should occupy.
selected the Mcpherson house because
1t was type of the older and more
dignified Washington life.
This home at the capital will COM
pare fayorably with the home of Mr.
Cannon in Danville, and ii will have
the same air of dignifed gentility and
democratic hospitality, and while the
Official residence Of the speaker, it will
be home in the best sense, with a
family there gathered about the hearth
stone. For Mr.. Cannon is much OF a
home man and loves to throw aside the
official yokes and exercise the privi-
leges of father and grandfather I'M
der his own roof with the members OF
his family.
The house is we'll adapted to enter
tanning. 1t is in the heart OF what is
called the official residence section OF
the capital. When built by Senator
Mcpherson he was neighbor to Senator
Palmer, of Michigan, and their homes
were among the finest in Washington.
1t faces Vermont avenue near the in
tersection of K street, and next to the
department of justice. Mcpherson
square, with the fine equestrian statue
of Gen. James p. Mcpherson, is just
across the street, and beyond are the
Arlington, Shoreham and NOrmandie
hotels. Congressman Hit will be a
near neighbour and so will Senators
Hale, Elkins and Allison.
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in Washington, that he might discharge
the social obligations that have ac-
cumulated. She has insisted on this
programme now that he is to be speak
er of the house, and he has gracefully
yielded to her judgment
There is no fear in official life that
the speaker or his daughter will be
sensitive over their rights in society,
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-10-18
/ WILL HAUNT YoU;=
ON De NIGHT WATCHES

up your hands and sink. But no
not with that fiery hate in you that
burns in your very bowels. You would
Wim-SWim-sWim!
You are always with him-with him
as he treads water, or strikes out, or
floats, looking up into the blue cloud
less sky. You see the froth in his
fiery hair, the spume in his tawny
mustaches, sometimes floating about
his mouth like sea weed, and those
huge white limbs moving under water.
And you see that broad, square chin
beat against the wavelets like the
Prov of a Viking pirate ship. So he
fought, ten long hours-fought while
the sun climbed up the center of the
metallic dome of the heavens and be-
gan to descend again, and the scream
Ing gulls circled about his head and
even lighted near by.
Here he pauses once more, and tells
you he sank; only for a second, mind
you, but he sank A picture flashed
before him. He saw the men of his
watch stalking about the streets Of
Honolulu. He saw them in the drink
ing shops leaning against the bars. He
heard them telling how he had
drowned and they chuckled and ogled
one another. He saw big Steve grin,
as he said:
Poor sucker, we'd "a picked him up
If we could"
Sink! Never! He could swim-a
thousand miles! He could swim in
spite of hell Itself
He must have been a fearsome sight
snen, shooting up again, above the sur
face, like a sea demon, shouting VEN
geance! Never! He viii swim-swim-
swinl-SWimi
By this time he is pretty drunk. If
he were an ordinary man you would
say he was nervously unstrung. But
Trfg Olafsen has no nerves, so he's only
beastly drunk. But still, you feel the
thrill of fire in that last squirt.
Here he gets maudlin and funny at
once and you can't quite make out
what happened. You know he saw the
foresails of square-rigged ship but
he doesn't tell how he got aboard it.
Figuratively speaking, he slobbers and
falls all over the captain and bOs'n Of
the Garnet. Then he laughs again.
you know, dey ask me, We're you
come FROM Ha, ha, ha, ha! I tell
dem 1 vas in Wales belly like Yona.
| Ha, ha, ha, ha! I don't tell dem moth
ing till next day.
By this time he is too drunk to tell
more, but you have the tale. You look
at the huge, drunken brute before you
ugly uncouth, heroic, drunk-and In
spite of all, thrill Of admiration comes
| over you.
And you feel that the Vikings must
have been just such heroic brutes.
| (Copyrfght 1903. bv Albert Sonnicb-
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ferring gentility to pretention, she has
quiet dignity and the will to assert
1T. She knows the social position her
father will hold is an exalted one, and
those who know her expect her to
maintain that position in a quiet and
tactful way. The home of the speaker
will be recognized as one of the social
centers in Washington. 1t will be
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ever heard of, to leave a shipmate to
drown in a smood sea? Would you do
dat to your worst enemy?"
Here he wakes sentimental and slob-
bers through a dissertation on the eth
les of shipmate fellowship He wants
you to understand he never hit fell
low when he was down, especially
shipmate.
would you see fellow drop over
board and not raise the cry? No, you
wouldn't-not even If 1t was the Chi
nese cook
A few more drinks wash away the
tears. Again he bristles.
But gets even wild deml 1 will
not drown-I will mott will mott"
He fairly roars this, and Trig's roar
is few keys lower than a bulls below
No! 1 will swim after dot gang Of
larrikins till lays my paws on dem!
You betI"
On he goes. With him you see the
white sails fade out on the horizon, and
with him you are alone in the great
circle. Drunk as he is, he speaks dis
tinctly now, carefully articulates each
word. Have you ever been out in a
small boat, alone with the gulls, clear
horizon, and land a thousand miles
away? No! He has. It's a sensation
that sets the entrails wriggling within
you.
"But think then" he continues,
pointing a huge gnarled forefinger at
you, think then-how would you feel
without a boat in midocean with a
clear horizon about you? How would
you feel then?"
You know-with his eyes looking
into yours. You know you would throw
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1903-07-09
TIE AMERICAN RAssis.
They Declare IN Favor Of the Hlstori-
cal Sabbath.

Detroit Mich. july & This confer
ence declares itself In favor % main
tanning the historical Sabbath as =
fundamental Institution OF Judaism.
and of oxerting every EFFORT to improve
ns observance and instruct the enccn.
tive committee To appoint a special
committee 20 study methods Of carry
ing this into effect"
The central conference of American
rabbis placed itself on record on the
Sabbath question Friday after an
eightho session by tho adoption e
the foregoing amendment 60 the report
Of the Sabbath commission on the
question. What Is our attitude on the
Sabbath question:"
A telegram was ordered sent 20
President Roosevelt cCngratuiating
him on his decision TO forward the
resolutions of the society OF B'nai
Birth TO the czar and thanking him
for "a
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1903-07-09
RAcs RIor AT EVANSVILLE.
A Mob Of Thousands Surround the Jan
5sus on Iynen'ns TWO Fves5vvs.


Evansville. Ind. July 7.-At ]
o'clock MoncRy morning tbs city was
in the hands OF a mob. The troops
have been ordered out by tho gov
ernor 20 protect the Jail IS
surrounded by 1000 men Two Ns-
groes have been killed in the race
riot. which r. rampant TIE crowd
around the Jail. iucsnsed at the mnr-
dor ~ a patrolman by a Negro was
shouting death 60 AN Negroes. The
negro has been secretly removed 20
Nincenncs. but the mob refused 90 be
heve O. and tried to tear down
the JAN. Stone masons in the mob
tried tc chisei out tho bars OF the win
dows and hattering ram was also
used. a white boy has been shot hy
a Negro. an unknown Negro woman
has been killed and several Negroes
have been seriously injured
The race riot Sunday was the Inn
mediate outcome OF the shooting OF
Patro.man Massey Friday night hy
Leo Brown Negro. Brown and an.
other Negro had engaged in quar-
rei and Brown had sworn to ku hi-
antoconiet Hc ran toward hi- home
90 secure revolver and pnf-olmau
Massey. hearing ~ the tgocbe. iay
in wait FOR Brown AS fhe Ncrro
came back armed. hunting DIS enemy.
Massey stepped from a doorway ana
ioid Dis hand on DIS shoulder Brown
turned quickly revolver in hand.
and shot the policeman in toe ab.
domeu. Tho officer as hc lav OBJ the
sidewalk fred at Brown and wounded
him dan-rrously Massey 1ied Slt
urday night
Iac fteei har 90 tho lau window
could NOT withstand the raln of blows
from the haftcring rams - tho mob
AZ O'Clock Monday morning tle
crowd swarmcd in and hcesn search
for tfe murderer Police Capt urcou
neckc triel io check their advance hy
rrn'rr fho hoso upon thcm Whom ht
appeared az fho window. holding nr
nozzle a rain ~ bullets WAS scni
through the window The captain o.
treated ana mo- further atfompt wa.
made fo Keep the mob out a
mob of POO white mon heavily armed
marched throurh tho streets of tht
ritf whcro NcEroes would lc ukc'y t.
ho found Shots wore hcarf constant
Il it was reported chat another Ne
gro bad boon shot n First street
Monday morn.ng tho crowds on fh,
sfrcots wcro Increasing. and Grin.
could ho heard in au directions uIs
order ana deadly notug were cscry
whore and cFtrl ono uf tle Thousand
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1903-07-09
IN rHG CUBAN SENATE.
United states Naval Station snd Isis
of Pines Treaties Read.


Havana July t-The United States
naval stations treaty and the Isis Of
Piues treaty we're Friday read IN the
senate and referred 20 the COMMITTEES
on foreign relations without comment
The text ot both treaties "a brief aud
simple. the naval stations treaty con
tslninE seven articles and the isia o;
Pines treaty four articles The sati
ncaticns of hoth are required 70 be
exchanged al Washington within sev.
on months
IN the naval stations treaty the Unit-
81 states agrees 20 pay s.. 900 annual
rental A. long as Il occupies tho sta
lions. Article / provides that Cuba is
70 acquire fo.thWith all private and
other realty within the required areas.
the United States agreeing 20 furnish
the money necessary for the purchase
n private properties. such sums 20 -
advance payments % the reat
Article 2 requires the Omitted states
20 mark the boundaries Of tho station
areas by permanent fences or other
enclosures
Under article J the United States
agrees 90 prevent the esfabliahment of
commercial. industrial or other enter.
prises within the areas
Article 4 says fuEitivcs from justice
who are amenabic 20 Cuban law ans
who take refuge within the areas oi
the naval stations shall De delivered
% the United States authorities froui
Cuban territory
According 90 article S materials. all
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The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1903-07-09
CLEANING THE CITY.
e'ot Machines Turned 70 the Wall ard
Seven Gambling Houses aaided.

Kansas City Mo- July f-Kansas
City kan. the rendezvous for the gam.
hlers Of the middle west. was the
scene Friday OF an active raid by the
police. when more than 300 slot ma
chimes were turned to the wall and
seven gambling houses closed. Mayor
Gilbert said later that this was the
first act in cleaning the city. The
resent administration would. De SAID.
hc rio OF gambling for az least two
years The pool rooms. several Of
which are being operated. we're not
mnlesfah
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1903-07-09
CONDENSED NEWS.
Irporvsnt r1.pY-ns-s. ~ -=-===. =.
Parts % the Worid.

The number ot persons carried daily
~ the elevated ,rains In New York
nov averages about 500 900.
The physician o. the late G. I. Ma
zee hss settled with The executors Tor
$4,000. His bui was $4,000
Thsre are four thousand retail naacr
dealers In the Cincinnati revenue -
trict hoidinS government iicesses
Booker T Washington esonssi. n,
NEGROES against mob vczgesnee. ~hich
he says is a menAc< 20 the nation
The America Federation % CafhO-
nc societies wln bold IS national con-
vention a. Atlantic City from August
20 .
ExOov. Atkinson. Of West virginia.
~in he chosen for one % the good
places 20 BE- allied soon BY President
Roosevelt;
Russia must evacuste the province
% Msnchuria a. once. declares Great
Britain and Japan IN a note addressed
90 China
Count Toistols pamphlet Thou
Shalt Not KIM has been seized ard
the edition destroyed BY the German
government
II is said that Senator Hanna
viii D. offered the chairmanship q
ths republican national commgtee.
but Will decline.
A monument VIII De- erected Co tho
unknown dead soldiers of the civil
war now buried In Spring Grove cem-
ctery. Cincinnati
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1903-07-09
Terrific Cloudburst Caused For
ty Feet Of the Wall to Give
Way With a Crash.
GREAT LOSSOF LIFE AND PROPERTY
The Catastrophe Happened in Oak
ford Park. summer Resort
Near Greensburg. Pa.
Loss Ct Life Wouis Have Been Much
Greater Had Not the Pleasure
Seekers Been Warned o. the
Impending Danger.

Grccnsburs. Pa. July Ga watcr-
spout ~ immense proportions. striking
in the vicinity Of Oakfori park sun
day afternoon at o'clock. created
q flood that caused great loss OF life
ana property 10 SIS known that ut
least 90 persons lost their lives. and
rumors place the number of dead q
more than 100. but until lato hour
Sunday night only three or -FOUR bod
ies have hccn recovered. having boon
washed to Tho hants of the ltuc
creek That runs parallel with the
park
Al . o'clock rain began Co fan n
torrents IN the vicinity of The park
and spread over a territory covcring
probably tom miles
a haifhour later thc cioultrrst
occurred. and the umbrellas carried
hy the crowds 20 people were crushed
liko crrshcis. The waters Iu thc lake
north of Oakiori park began o.
SWELL and Nonaecr James NrCrath.
believing that thcro was danger of q
final break in fhc rroat wallis of trc
dam. hurried among thr crowd o-
pleasure who had gathered
under the roofs OF thc eating stands.
thc ncrry Eo.round. tho theatcr. the
dancing pavilion and Other buildings
in lnc 90 tho vator should thc banks
break and warmed thcm to run fo the
hIus.
ON both sides or ,hr pleasure
grounds therc arc hIeh hius thc paris
being situated ir a. raF.ur about d
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1903-07-09

New York July "A sudden shift
% wind Friday brought Sir Thomas
Lipton's former challenger. crippled
and limping. across the finish line ~
nus her club topsail. only four 90.
utes behind the slippery new cup hun
ter. Shamrock Ill
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1903-07-09

Lincoln. Neb.. July w J. Bryan
formally opened his new home at Fair-
view Friday evening About 500 Of
his friends called. but the attendance
was greatly reduced by the threaten.
Ing weather
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1903-07-09

Ann Arbor. Mich. July 6.-The graft
Ing Of frog skin on the hand Of ha-
man patient has been successfully per-
formed at Michigan university by Sur
gson WestfslI The growth. however.
was very slow.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1903-07-09

Chicago. July 2-Aian-a-Dale broke
the worlds record for one mile over a
circular track at Washington Park.
running the distance IN 1875. The
former record. l;a7 50 was made BY
Brisadier at the Coney Island track Ia
1901
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1903-07-09
PUBLIC DEBT STATEMENT.
a Decrease During the Month Of June
Of s1o.676,ss6.

Washington. July 2-The monthly
statement of the public debt shows
that az the close of business. June 800.
1903. the total debt less cash in The
treasury. amounted to- S921uf1 .c3-.
which is decrease Tor The month 81
SI0G76.39s
The debt Is recapiiulatcd as fol
lows Interest bearing debt. S9i4.
54l4l0. debt on watch interest has
ceased since maturity 81 09o. debit
bearing no interest. $500. a.&l2. TO-
tai 81 sos. .405
This amount lowevcr. does not IN
clude sS93O5S.s69 In certificate and
treasury notes Offset by an equal
amount Of cash in the treasury held
there for redemption
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1903-07-09

New York July f.-The Newark IN
j. board of health has announced toe
discovery by IFS baeteriologist. the dts
ccvery Of tetanus germs in blank
cartridges.
The Morris County chronicle., 1903-11-06

Returns Throughout the State
the Same. One The Office Holder
Did Not b. Party
The Morris County chronicle., 1903-11-06

full candidate, also went about looking
after the vote. He did not shake
with fear nor sag with doubt, but
believed that his record as an official
was worthy of the suffrages of the
voters. 1t refuted the yirulent at
tacks of disgruntled politician and
ex-otfice-holder, and put to shame his
many falsehoods.
All over the county the returns
were phenomenal. They were be-
yond the highest hopes and figures of
the most sanguine politicians. Little
did Mr.. Voorhees,, or Messrs. Hillery
and Baker expect to hear of Re-
publican majority in Passaic and
Randolph townships, they were natur-
ally elated over the news. Despite
all that Freeholder John ID. Smith
said or did, he not even played part
in the game. He was ignored, and
this independent movement added
votes to the Republican party. In
his own town, which he carried by a
large majority for freeholder, he only
received l45 votes.
In the State the Republicans lost
three ASsemblymen in Union county,
but the Democrats made only one
gain in the Legislature. OF the six
Senators chosen the Republicans elect
four. OF the sixty Assemblymen
return the Republicans elected
The Morris County chronicle., 1903-11-06
GA garments collected

OF these garments 1910 were given
to the All Souls and Memorial hospi-
tails; 1920 to the kindergartens and
industrial schools of Morristown; IT'S
to the Children's Home; 365 to the
Summer Shelter; 245 to the Old La
dies Home: 7l6 to the Market Street
Mission, and 1884 to individual cases
in this city. The Guild has also given
over 1000 garments to assist outside
charities, as the Berkshire Industrial
Farm, Orphanage at South Orange,
Cripple Hospital in New York, and
other institutions of a kindred nature.
When we realize that the supply for
these and similar objects is very much
less than the demand, and that all that
is necessary to constitute one a mem
Der of this beautiful charity is the do
nation, ONCE A YEAR, of two new art
icleS of wear or household linen, it
would seem that those who are not al
ready members would hasten to enroll
themselves. Any who desire to do so
may send their contributions, with
name and full address, to Mrs. II. w.
Buxton, 30 Franklin street. The gar
ments contributed this year may be
seen on November Is, after 3 O'Clock,
in Y. M. @. A. Hall.