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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-10-04

triOUs and faithful he on the night ~ began
to study textbooks IN chemistry and metalcrSy 30
home, and n little later 10 take evening courses ~
these special fields Pittsburs commercial COZ
lege.
This enough 70 attract the attention of his
superiors in the laboratory the lat On DIS
wearing drudgery began to ask questions tnt-
showed he was studying The late :. A. Eori. q
noted metauuTgis, at that time gave him a chance
TO work into the practical chemistry OF steel niaA-
ing. Andrew Carnegie was keeping a keen lookout
opportunities. and his heads Of department We-e
instructed 20 report thlS sort or material IS pc
showed Itself Thus young Corey was guJ %
handling men before he OF his teens. tir~-
promoted Co the order department, be was ~''A
after transferred TO the plate mill at uou->te,-i.
and at rweuty-Oue years OF age ltlle
superintendent OF the plate mills and the -set
hearth department OF the plant
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-10-04
SHIPPING BUFFALOES.
animals Sent from the BerkShires TO
The BrOnI.

LenoK Mass. Oct CspeciaD.-The last shipment
OF buffalOes from William c. Whitney's October
Mountain preserve 10 the Bronx Park Geological
Gardens was made this week. For three weeks
keepers and workmen were busy the mountain
Grating and shipping the big game TO New-York
II is no easy task 10 ship buffalo bull. and the
from breaking away. even when in the pen. from
which they were Grated for they seemed 10 sense
captivity and their roars snd charges IN the pen
were quickly taken UP by the rest Of The herd out
aide awaiting transportation.
The buffaloes We're driven from pasturaee into
q wire fenced Enclosure. From this Enclosure they
were separated and were forced into the pen from
which they shipped. once IN the pen the
bulls bucked the side walls with charges that
made the heavy structure shake The crates or
cages lroncd TO heavy wagons were backed up TO
the end Of narrow passageway in the pen and
securely connected. The end Of the cage was on
level with the floor Of the pen. The bufaloes were
then headed down the narrow uassageVay which
ran into the cage and forced TO go in after which
the door Of the cage was closed and the huffaloes
were prisoners At the first sight ~ The cage
the bulls became wild with rage. and fought all the
way into the cage. prodied with sharp pitchforks
by keepers along the sides 81 the pen and from
behind
The preserve is eight miles from the station. At
the station The animals placed in stock cars
and wee not liberated until they reached their
.dss; nation The crates hauled from the sta
;ion no the buffalo range and ,he doors unlocked.
The main rang i0 The Bronx Park connected
with The buffalo houS, and facing the Rocking
Stone has been assigned TO The u hItney herd, and
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-10-04

raft. They spent good part OF the day this
and then loaded most of their outfit on 1t. They
left only small packs their horses and started
them 10 swim across. There terrible current.
but the beasts managed 70 get to the other side.
Then the men took of their shoes and most of their
Clothes be ready If they had TO swim for it,
and showed the raft off.
"AlI this time the old Siwash stayed around and
looked on. When the men got started they found
their paddles were of in that current. They
were dashed downstream onto sandbar and, at
ter sticking there hour, managed to get back
to the side where they started. 1t was mighty
close shave for their lives They hauled the raft
upstream where they had built II, and then
started in to talk the Siwash again You see.
their horses were the other side. and it was a
grounding with them
The Indian didn't show any particular interest
IN them but said he would take them over for
Sondensed nik they m 1d I9 bot s6 wnrfb Of
food. Then he ferried them over. As he was leav-
ing them he said, just as II he was talking from
Me awful sorry when white men raft Me
'fraid they going to drown. Me cry ,.,o,,, s,.,
a tear AT the rernembranc Of their danger! They
strange the old hypocTite but they didn't"
But sometimes the prospectoTs get in on inc
:, a. Coz to " river where there was Siwash
with a boat He wanted So a head for the tour
OF us to land US the other SIDE. We knew
ola cuss in the spring. We had the gold ready
weighed out for him in little poke. and We
handed It
When We got across ana were putting the
hacks on our horses. of our fellows happened
10 take out "A gaudy red bandana handkerchief
me Indian spied it and wanted It at once, But
the white man was cagey and knew how to handle
NO Siwash him. he said; white man
only
it. They'll give anything to dress and live like
the white men. But the miner shook his head
and incidentally pulled out three more handker-
chiefs louder than the first. That set the Siwash
fairly wild and they CCkcred for awhile until
4 le Indian gave the poke OF gold for the four
handkerchiefs SO il cost US just about y cents
TO get over the stream
II know when / was over in KillisnOo, said
another man. there queer SiwaSh
there | remember there engineer from
Petersburg who was lost Baranoff Island. He
started out with other men in soop and
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-10-04
PERSONS KILLED: BIRDS UNFRAMED

4 railroad wreck, In which nine persons were
killed instantly and seven terribly injured. while
sly crates OF canary birds escaped without a
scratch vas that which occurred on the Southern
hallway lalf q mile north Of Danvic, Va. on
September e.
The train wrecked was The southbound fast mail.
The train was passing over trestie built on q
curve when the engine left The tracks ana plunged
seyenty-five feet the rocky bottom Of the shallow
stream over which the trestle is built Four mall
cars and an express car down with the en-
air- and fifty feet OF the wooden treste gave way.
Tho cars as they went down. touched the sides OF
a cotton mill located the treslle.
Al the ulai5ags IN the mail cars were torn open
and tlei, contents scattered in all directions All
the baggage in the express car. with the exception
OF the crates Of canary birds. was practically de-
stroyed The escape Of the birds is considered little
short Of a miracle.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-10-04
PORTABLE CHURCH PUT UP FOR USE

Something wholly novel in the way Of church
construction has been adopted by the Committee
Oh Sunday Schools and Young Peoples Associations
or the Presbytery Of NeW-Yorh In the house
% worship which has j.. been completed at
Homes-st. and Iniervaie-aye.. IN The Bronx. This
ne" church is portable or sectional structure and
can be taken down and rebuilt another site at
will.
ne o. ininltioe which had charge OF the matter
'--a-sel OF ne KEY Dr. Arthur u Mcmillan, the
- N-tS Soul = Palmer and Jonathan Marshall The
.,'llal1tLdl oh which led the committee TO select
1ls P3. 'able type Of building FOR the new church
- - - 80 SllAA lhe committee does hold title
- -e i-A9 upon which the church stands ana
,--..i -.'L any other site IA the vicinity SO
- loi lhe planting Of new mission work
~ l.e mar TEL ~ he nciehhorhood should change
pa 80 y more 4kaila BILE rlae. should lie
built upon f-e new localion - NV" "i4o io
The church IL ffty-f!ve feet IN ,o.,,,. $50.
I'VE feet IN width ard twenty fear a. S..t,
VIII seat AD'.t Two hundred persons The roof -
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-10-04

there are times when he does not look day more
than thirty-fye.
Among the workmen at Homestead a story -
current that has been told often that some OF
the younger men believe Il. Tt IS only few years
ago IL runs since President Corey was pushing =
wheeIbarrow in the yards OF one OF the mills az
Braddock He wheeled so much more iron i1 O. day
than the men at his elbows that he was ST. - -laIs
foreman over them. Then his boss noticed tlat he
got three times the work out OF them that the
other foremen did. and az the same time the men
worked harder without grumblng as much. Then
he was pushed ahead by Mr.. Carnegie and wEsr-
ever he superintendent he Invariably increased
the output. just as he had done with the wheel
barrow gang
Mr. Corey is hsrah to this story. He says. 7
was only sixteen when 1 went TO work, and I could
not wheel as much ore rs one husky Ia1orsr. let
aIc.le three. 1t IS also false that started f1 20
work for Mr.. Carnegie at 81 a day. 10 not as
much as that
Mr. Cory was born within sound OF the roar %
the steel mills at Braddock. ard it was almost in
evitabIe that he should go into the mills az soon
as he was ready TO seek a vocation AT -La t,wu
school. up TO his sixteenth year the future -ras-
dent OF the Steel Trust was stockE -l--i-
yOungster. keen for outdoor sports. lie was called
Bill and he played an able game If baseball. bug
there particular exc. iI-rca f- studies 20
ma Ike his teachers prophetic of u1u-gaI efficiency.
He Just plain. healthy. bullet headed 10y.
But whatever interested him he went a--.- as a
terrier after rat and studied and .rts-. .-ar-d
until he had aug out practical Wo-hl.- slau.-
edge by persistent picddtng. He got a job as
helper or general utility IN the laboratory e
the Edgar Thomson plant. He raised himself
from the ruck Of young men who were as us
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-10-04
REWARD FOR RETURN OF SERVANT

The servant problem Is by 20 meIIs "a -l,..,s.
invention. nor has it been confined wholly -D -3's
city. In The AI4ryia Journal August ~
lao. appeared an advertisement announcing tcAr
certain Irish servant had rUu away. and odecins
tio reward. The advertisements reads -s follows
TEN POUNDS Reward.
I-a- away. the CEN Cay os July last. from t.e
st .criuer. living iu Boau Forrest within elshl
lti-e~ OF JOu- Ill-ulr-. County. un l..-l y.
ts.it s-.t;t. .Iutyt owen Artart}. 4uo-- b. tg'.-
OLE 3 r-ct .-cls- ll-h. JI -W,lrtn} cHrlPl-N'.
has I,L. black .tlr ~ ctch ~ -roa.uc ll-y -ry!.
tn. rtildrrslIlC scar NHDvr the Iist- rlr
lad ol. ,uG tooE With him. when he went away.
SH"rt Sr. coat ma, r. 81 country man ..''''
slst.. l.ucI NttE t,. damned with metal oN--,..
IIri-- .f,Ns... patched cI both ~Irts. 90 NJ
sI'Tt. Old I.i~ ot shoes. AVID lt C-t ie.t Ntt
r.- soldier il some rart ~ America ABOUT .-S
.'... ut tr.t1yro.- ,,tr.tt. 't .lN @.F
st-.-iHt.u. ct tN. country. nocEtr i1Nr~ p. n.
..it .--..Il ave. brings hlul o. Al'Sludtr ,"" t'.
Or John ttsyt.r Merchants. In Juppd. or '. -
sug-.rit.r b. De-, 81 taken rl the county. ~..." ~.
c-lts FIVE pounds. ana t Cut vt me 'yi-l. -.
st.vv w.. HtiFrvt tr1 pounds. as "a p. ",..d -.-. '
~iG@rl tDr for g.- trouble and eNHyrsg ..-.,
o. NRNNEp REILLY
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-10-04

OF storms and passing clouds Henry Irving lights
his stage almost entirely With gas calciums. used
through ColOred mediums. and rarely employs a
purely white light. II IS in this way that ne OBJ
tains OF those results which have been among
the most impressive features of his productions
1t Is a singular condition Of dramatic speculation
that matter how great the expense involved 10 a
production and how great the care and skill be
slowed upon IL. and how able and experienced its
manager may be, only the first nights performance
tell whether success failure IS to be the re-
suit. The manager Of to-day Is ''plunger.' and
fl is the Of many ventures who is apt to be
the most successful a he stand certain per-
centage of the inevitable failures.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-10-04
SAFETY SWITCHES ON STREET GRADES

The sob 81 peddiue smoked glass throu@h "lich
70 observe cclipses has always SGT a standard OF
lazinoss but 81 has a rival Ia the guarding 81 a
safety switch the Canadian Pacific Railway
While this work requires discernihle activity. II
Is Yet OF great Importance ana the SNlicIlfnafl
must be the alert constantly while On duty
The Canadian Pacific ia crossing 10" Rocky
Mountains has steep grades 10 contend Win
Some OF them reach JIG feet 10 the mile. ] he safe
~ switches invention 10 stop train which
should chance TO run away Their track runs at
an acute angle from the main line, Ia the direction
away from the mountain top II is laid al Up
Grade. however. Thus. I. q train were ever TO run
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-10-04

made Of asbestos and the building of yellow pine
Its different sections firmly 5olted together
and il has neither nail nor screw In its COMPOSE
tion. BY the system Of construction used by the
makers the several parts of the building were fash
Toned in -he Company's factory ana were trans
ported to the spot where they assembled IN
TWO or three days. AT the end Of which time the
structure was completed and ready for use. thus
saving to the committee much labor and conse'
Quent
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-10-04

degrees. After It had passed I out, and
picked up several stones and measured them. Sew
eral were more than and half inches in
diameter. In order that l might remember Just
how large they Were traced the outlines Of sew
eral Of them paper by running a pencil
around their edges"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-10-04

RrscuE CrRrAiN.

From PUCK
staIia-But aren't you afraid Of going cut beyond
Bella1Oh no. All the men around here think
am an helress
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-10-04

away. the sN1tchran would be ordered by telt graph
TO open the switch. If there were not time ior
this he would be warned by the footing or the
locomotive and by the unusual noise. a simple
moving OF lever would turn the cars from their
downward course TO destruction and send them up
the incline The grade would there soon orlhS
them TO a stop.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-10-04

the animals VIII be on view from walks and fro
IN outlook on the buffalo house.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1903-05-29
LAND DECISION.


Texas suprsHns Csurt Makes y Hulfmg u
Mere Than Passing Inssrass.
A.stln. May 29-The supreme court
decided . new and important land
question. holding that school land Is
not on the market for sale until the mo-
tice Of the valuation placed upen n has
Seen received By the county clerk Of the
county wherein the land Is situated.
Certain and was placed upon the mar
ket IN Ccncho county. the land commits
toner's classification having been re-
ceiyed by the clerk of said county on
a certain day at 12:4s p. m. w II.
Brown filed his application to purchase
the land at 49, 5 on the same day. just
forty minutes before the classification
of the Land commissioned was received
by the county clerk. On the sane d@y
at 4:29 Henry Ford applied to purchase
the identical land sought to be pur-
chased by Brown. but as stated. the
tatters application was presented af-
ter the commissioners appTaisement
had been filed. The land was awarded
TO Ford because his application a
been filed after the classification had
been received. Brown brought suit in
trespass TO try title and recover the
land. securing a judgment IN his favor
Upon appeal TO the third court of civil
appeals that court certihes TO the SUI
prer1e court two questions. The courts
answer was as given above.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1903-05-29
STORM IN INDIANA.
NaTisas Portion. Of the state sa.tAtned
C0Esid@rahie Damage


Indianapolis Ind May % "Details
Of the ~ork OF a storm whtch swept
almost every part Of the state wednes-
day night Nere received Thursday. At
Alexandra the American Plate
Glass company had seven large steel
stacks wrecked William & Gray. a
~Hsarhlnjst helper vas killed and much
other 5agnaKr was done The aERre-
gate property loss II large At Walton.
Manf"rd Stevenson VAS instantly KIN
Cd 10y lightning Four other men we're
severely injured
Al Marion the wind wrecked the
home % Policeman Hundr severely in
Turing Hunde Edward Brennan. a rail-
~as engineer. died Of shock Christie
pher Hodci and has son. while at work
iu 81 hrld we're struck by lightning The
hos was Killed and the father fa.aily
injured.
A. Grceusburg the county bu,tdtnFs
were unroofed
Heavy damage was done at Frank
fort Thornton. Decatur. wlnfall. Cam
der and Geneva
In this city and surrounding territory
Telephone wires were wrecked Prom
~rty loss in Howard county atone is es-
timAted al ilo0 GOO
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1903-05-29
MILLER ri INDIANA.


Fermer Assistant Attorney General Eays
he Can Dsapreve Charges.
Terre Haute. Ind. May z9.-Daniei
". Miller. a former assistant attorney
general for the postoffce department.
who was arrested at Washington on
Monday on the charge of conspiracy
to solicit bride. has arrived here. Mr.
Miller stated in an interview that he
would be able to disprove all the eharg-
es against him. He admitted that he
made a trip to St Louis last February.
but that 1t was on official business not
in any way connected with the turf
fraud orders. He says that he may
have told some of his friends here that
he was going to Kansas City. but that
he would be able to explain this trip.
as well as ali other matters. to the sat
isfaction of the department. Mr.. MILL
er will resume the practice OF law in
Terre Haute. He has not yet employed
counsel.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1903-05-29

Kansas city. May 2s.-The first move
In the threatened strike Of freight
In Kansas city occurred
thursday, when sixty men employed at
the Missouri freight depot quit work.
The ordr Of a general strike Of the zoo
warehousemen and freight handlers
DID not arrive. and until Il does no
united movement is locked for. How
ever the situation is growing more
tense aud the met eager TO strike
have been kept at work by their lead
err With dIficult4
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1903-05-29

Caracas, MAY 2s-The oficfal Ca
EStte published q presidential decree
temporarily suppreSsing the custom
houses at LAvella. Qusnta. Puerto Su-
ere. GuiriA CaDo Colotado n Uni
dad Bolivar, and allowing steamers
coming from Europe thirty day. and
sailing vessels sixty days 10 reach en-
ezuelan ports, Steamers from the
United States are above fifteen DAYS
and sailing vessels twenty days The
allowances CouH from June /.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1903-05-29

Berlin, May 2s-Emperor william
has presented the New Yor Yacht club
With a cup TO be known as the emper-
ors cup To be competed for the nrst
time next fall II Is OF gold. two feet
high. and has on one side the arms OF
he United States and those Of Ger
many. and on the other the heads OF
an ancient Teuton and an Indian. and
a sketch OF the Meteor.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1903-05-29
SEED CRUSHERS
Seeretsry-Trsasurer Gibson Elected for
Seventh Consecutive Term.


Memphis. Tenn. May 29.-The Inter
state Cotton Seed Crushers' association
adjourned after electing the following
officers.
President-A. c. Perkins, Memphis.
Vice PTesident-C. Fitzsimmons, Co
Iumbia. s. G
Secretary-Treasurer-Robert J.. Glib
son. Dallas. Tex.
Mr.. Gibson was reelected for the ssv
enth consecutive time.
The governing board will be named
by the officers of the association. and
h place for holding he next coDven
ton Will be nance Dy the executive
committee, which consists OF the Of
hcers of the governing board.
A resolution was adopted condemn
ing the special tax on colored oleomar-
garine and proposing conditions to re-
peal the same.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1903-05-29

Houston. May 2s.-Fred p and John
III. Meyer. doing business n the
hrm name Of Meyer Bros. in Houston
and Beaumont, filed a petition in
bankruptcy with assets estimated at
$500 and liabilities. as stated. at
t5o,143. Judge X. r Hanney Ut
Hampstead was appointed temporary
receiver and took charge Of the stock
OF goods.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1903-05-29

Ardmore / r May 2s.-Edward w
Fsbman, formerly Of ST Louis. was ac-
quilted Of the charge OF killing John
Switzerland OF Powell Both were bus
mss men Of Powell The tragedy oc-
CURED In November, 1885. near the
~ and grew out OF remarks made
by Switzerland concerning Mrs. Fair
man.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1903-05-29

Waco. Tex. May % -Josenh Car
hsle. a citizen Of Waco. was bitten on
the leg by "a copperhead and was saved
by Rev n g Hardin. who bound a
llgatuTe above the wound made BY the
fanEs Of The pen then sucked the
seu"m out completing the entire OPP
Grafton in a few minutes.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1903-05-29
Div. Years for HAnniK.n

st Louis. May 2s-Frve years in
the p~suitentiary was the verdict re-
turned by the jury in the bribery case
Of ) , Hannigan. a former member
or the house Of delegates. Hannlgan
was found guilty Of accepting a bribe
ia connection with the passage OF the
Suburban railway bill
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1903-05-29

New Orleans May 2s-An activ,
movement has been set on foot IN
southwest Louisiana 10 secure the com,
mutation Of the death sentence OF A
4 Batson. convicted of the murder oil
seven members OF the Earl family. tn.
matter viii be laid before the board OF
pardohs and Governor Heard. Peti.
Ions In circulation are being we'll sign.
ed.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1903-05-29

Boise, Ida May 2s-President
B~oosevelt's train stayed at Boise
Thursday afternoon for two hours on
the way TO Salt Lake City. The pro-
gramme arranged for his reception was
carried out without "A hitch. He spoke
principally on irrigation. good citizen
skip and strengthening of the navy.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1903-05-29
Damage Around neld.n,nl.

Little Rock, May ga special TO
the Arkansas Gazette from Holdenville
l. T. SAY "a terrific windstorm broke
over that section. Twenty houses were
blown down six miles south of Holden
Vile. Mrs. Witherspoon and two chill
dren are seriously hurt The damage
to farmers Is great.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1903-05-29

Austin. N.Y. Ga member ~ rne
railroad commission says one or tNo
hrrua control The grain trade Of north
TexaR \ complaint was nled bv r. F.
Duggan. a Dallas grain dealer. and
an Investigation followed.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1903-05-29

D~s Monies la. May es.-Hundreds
% families we're driven from their
homes ny floods which closely ap.
preached the Unprecedented record o.
last year Reports from above Dex
DIN Indicate nat last years rec
ord has bsn surpassed and the water
is rising at "A startling rate.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1903-05-29

Salina. Kan May 2s.-The food sg,-
nation here Thursday is wor~ than
WEDNESDAY mother heavy rainfall
Thursday. and the river is stan on the
rise. No trains can get out OF toNn
west and many families have been
shut on from supplies.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1903-05-29

Kansas city, May 2s.-The Missouri
river at this point has risen three feet
within twenty -four hours. The water
has backed up through the sewers in
the west bottoms In the Wholesale dis
trict flooding the Easements OF sew
eral buildings GUS and driving occu-
pants OF shautes 10 higher "a
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1903-05-29

New York May 29.-President n. r
Yoakum of the Frisco railway has re.
turned to this city from his trip in the
southwest He says every effort will
be made to enter New Orleans without
delay.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1903-05-29

come IN state there was q general
rain over the state Thursday and
Thursday night. In some places there
was considerable hail At Whitesboro
= mule was knocked down and a fagm-
er near there bruised ,