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The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-08-15
Pumps Water Over the Ground
Coffee,

grounds. The accompany illustration
shows coffee pot recently designed
by Massachusetts inventor, with the
idea Of removing the necessity for
pouring the liquid from the pot pre-.
paratory to passing it through the
percolator the second time. Instead
of pouring the hot water directly on
the ground coffee in the percolator
the bottom portion of the pot is filled
with the required quantity Of water
previous to inserting the percolator
In the center of the latter and extend.
ing down to the bottom of the pot
will be seen cylinder containing q
piston. and by raising and lowering
this piston the water is pumped from
the pot to the top Of the cylinder, fall.
ing thence on the coffee and perco-
lating through into the lower chamber
again. When the liquid has gained
the desired strength the percolator
and pump can be removed and the
clear coffee is then ready for serving.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-08-15
Akborouah Maze. :

J, From "Chums" ian English paper)
we extract the following regarding
some well:known English mazes, or
labyrinths. Once upon a time it was
the custom to make mazes for the
purpose Of affording religious discip.'
line. The early Christians we're accus.
toned to follow them as q penance.
By degrees this pious practice died
out, but here and there some of the
old mazes are still in existence, One
OF the most famous is that at Hamp
ton Court, and thousa Of boys have
ATTEMPTED to solve the secret of It's
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-08-15
somerleyton Hall Maze.
Hampton Court Maze.

construction. This labyrinth Is sup
posed to have been made in the reign
Of William and Mary. The hedges
originally consisted wholly Of the horn
beam. Now, however, holly and syew
are intermingled with the hornbeam.
The maze covers a@quarter Of An acre,
and the walls Of hedges are exactly
half q mile in length. y sS,5 8%.
The labyrinth In Hatfield Park is an
old one ard Is formed Of clipped yeW
hedges. One OF the most lebrated IS
at somerleyton Hall; near Lowestoft.
It1 IS perhaps the finest example Of I
labyrinth II Englard Its hedges are
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-08-15
Improved Stock Waterer.

No matter how pure a source of sup
ply may be at hand for watering stock,
If it is pumped into an open trough
and left exposed for any length of
time it soon becomes polluted and un.
fit for the animals to drink. This
will not be the case, according to
the inventor, if the stock watering ap.
paratus here shown is put into use.
II pure water is furnished to the tank
or barrel to which this fountain is
attached, it Is claimed that there is
no way by which the animal that is
drinking can make it foul The
waterer consists of a double drinking
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-08-15

that have a heating surface of 1880
square feet above LOO square feet of
CRATE surface, and can maintain a
working pressure of 265 pounds to the
square inch.
Like the other newer large ships OF
the navy the Vermont will have three
smoke tunnels and two military masts.
When she has her full compile
ment the Vermont will carry, besides
her officers, 814 men.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-08-15

strong language, at his neglect of
duty. l, small child, so far from
being frightened, thought it exceed
ingly funny to see the duke angry and
went into fits of laughter. This
checked him, and the footman inter
posed, saying: If your grace will
look, you will see the bell is broken
and never rang at all. only came in
for something else The duke exam
footman and said: Yes, was wrong.
l am very sorry, William, and beg
your pardon And then turning to me,
added in his gruff voice, Always own
up when you are in the wrong"
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-08-15
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Hatfield Park Maze.

nearly seven feet high. In it's centre
is a summer house Of quaint design. It
is only about fifty years old. The maze
SAkborough, in Lincolnshire, is one OF
the early type of the 3mazes. \ It does
not consist of hedges, but is cut in the
green turf and is foYty-four# feet in
diameter: AZ will be seen, there is
no puzzle about It. There is only one
road to follow. The object Of It is to
test the patience OF the pilgrim. It is
merely firing, not perplexing. This
was q form Of religious maze. In by
gone: days no large garden Wa com
plete without maze. h 5z
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-08-15

Has Money Enough to Retire.
Detective Sergt. William c. Weiser
of New York has resigned his Office.
He admits having 100000 laid aside
and promises that the hardest work
he will do for the remainder of his
life will be to clip the coupons off his
bonds.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-08-15
Senator Spooner's Fine Estate.

Senator Spooner of Wisconsin has
bought on private terms the great
Blanchard estate, which includes prac-
tically the whole town of Pittsburg,
the Aost northern town of New Hamp-
shire, which, it is understood, he will
turn into game preserve. Much of
the property is in it's natural state and
is ideally located for preserve pur-
poses, and added value comes from
it's inaccessibility, practically absolute
privacy being there assured.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-08-15
A wellington Story,

Wel1ington's grandniece tells this
anecdote of the Iron Dukes sense of
justice in the just published volume of
his letters: II forget if it was at Wal.
mer or at Strathfieldsaye that he one
evening in the drawing room rang the
bell several times, and, no servant
answering it, he became extremely
angry. When at last a footman ap-
peared, the duke stormed, with very
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-08-15
Weather SIGNALS in India.

''9's'o III
Monsoon stations are to be .estab-
lished in India for the PURPOSE of TAX.
ing observations by means Of kites and
kite balloons. The first station will be
in the Hmalayas at simla, 1000 feet
above the level Of the sea. - ~ "a, x
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-08-15
New Safety Lamp,

New Safety Lamp.
At recent meeting of the Academy
of Sciences of Vienna, Prof. Molisch of
Prague communicated a paper upon
osphorescent bacteria. He has been
able to photograph the colonies of a
phosprorescent micrococcus by means
OF it's own light. By inoculating large
glass TASKS of half-litre capacity con-
tanning a suitable culture medium
with the organisms, bacterial lamp"
is obtained with which it is quite pos
sible for an observer at distance Of
one or two metres to read a thor
mometer or to see the time of a watch.
On dark night the bacterial lamp"
is visible at distance of more than
sixty PAGES.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-08-15
An English Carpet Cleaner.

Years ago the housekeeper was con.
tent to sweep the carpet with broom,
but with the invention Of the carpet
sweeper it was dicovered that hand.
ling the broom was unhealthy, both
for the woman who welded it and for
the unlucky individual who happened
to be within reach when her ire was
aroused. Soon it was found that the
handle OF the carpet sweeper could be
unscrewed, and SO man in his despair
has cast about for another device
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-08-15

Pressure Test Of Small Tubes: !,
An experiment tried by an English
naval engineer to test the strength sof
the small tubes in water tube boilers
showed that they resisted the pressure
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-08-15
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)ZZEzNLZ

far beyond any that they could be sub
jected to in actual use. A copper tube
OF one inch outside diameter was plug
ged on both ends and gauge fastened
on. It was set over a blacksmith's
forge and steam raised to 1000 pounds
per square inch, when it burst. This
tube was 0.07 inch thick, the tensile
strength. of the metal being only six
and half tons per square inch. A
steel tube of one and a quarter inches
diameter coiled into circle of six
inches diameter a nd 0.704 inch thick
stood 1888 pounds per square inch be-
fore bursting. Through defects in the
material they sometimes give way at
300 pounds per square inch.-Iron Age.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-08-15
A New Percolatinq Coffee Pot.

While the coffee pot which makes the
beverage by percolating hot water
through the finely ground coffee is
finding great favor, there is some COM
plant that one infusion does not make
the drink strong enough. necessitating
the pouring Of the coffee from the
pot and passing it again through the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-12-03
REFORMS IN PROGRESS.
Brasto7c's annual Report on the Free
Delivery Sustem.

washington. Dec THE annual report Of
routth Assistant Postmaster General Bristow for
the hscal year ended June 80 was made public to-
day Regarding the free delivery system Mr. Rris-
tow says in part:
An investigation. which is still in progress has
fs H inar Tor number of years supplies
al! eye single TO the public interest Both in the
rre oa g4aty ana the cost Of equipment the
appes TO articles furnished under regular con-
sstches. as well to those bought in the open
marker under exsency privilege. which has been
Favored contractors. abetted by trusted but I'M
An early and thorough reformation viii be under
%rs Ine me OF service equipment with the
cost, fraudulent contracts have been abrogated.
IN the reletting OF contracts honest competition
VIII nave fair and free play
Mr.. Bristow recommends an appropriation to
construct inspectors lookouts in postoffces where
ever necessary in the opinion of the Postmaster
NTeherai' mat the Interstate Commerce law be
amer ded so as 10 prohibit common carriers from
AIDING and ahetting in the greengoods. lottery
any other scheme. carried on partly by mail and
partly by common carrier, in violation Of postal
laws; that special agents and route inspectors he
hereafter designated rural agents. that the pro-
vision that rural carriers shall not be prohibited
from doing express package business be re-
pealed; that the maximum salary Of q rural car
rler be increased to $3.50 a year route twenty
hve miles or more and the enactment of a law
requiring assistsn Mt postmasters cashiers and other
employees to give bonds to postmasters direct and
holding postmasters responsible under their own
bonds
The estimated expenditure for both city and rural
free delivery service in the fiscal year beginning
July l. 1904 will be about $4ZODOCOO. There were
1850 appointments of postmasters IN the year and
the removals of postmasters for showed a
decrease There We're 4.462 postoffces discontinued
Of which 2,l63 resulted from the extension of rural
free delivery. the salaries of the postnasters of
the latter offices aggregatng 1921 332
City free delivery service was established IN
year at 80 postOffices making q total of 1852 free
delivery Offices. There in operation 10 3eS
rural free delivery 1t is estimated that 260
additional routes he established ol,t of The
appropriation AVAILABLE making % 67S which
Will be in operation already established nv
routes in the next fiscal year will require s85600O
If Congress provides for increased number of
agents as recommended. it will require about s14-
oC000 to maintain and install the service in the
next fiscal year. If the maximum salary az The
carriers is increased from 500 to $50 year as
recommended: II viii compel an increase in the
above estimates of about % per cent.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-12-03
REJECTED sU1TOR ATTEMPTS MURDER.
Slashes the Girls Face and Then Ends His
Life With Poison.

New-Haven. Dec. Am rage over the continued
rejection of his attentions, Thomas AcCabe forced
his way into the kitchen OF private house, No.
119 Crown-st, this afternoon. slashed Miss Hattie
Gilmore across the face with and then
killed himself by drinking carbolic acid. The wo-
mans life was saved through the efforts of her
friend Mrs. Brockett, who kept McCabe from US
ing a weapon she had in his hand.
McCabe went into a closet in the sitting room
and besides drinking acid nearly severed his left
wrist with the Here he found by the
police who carried him the kitchen. where he
died before a physician arrived.
Miss Gilmore very weak. but in no immediate
danger. When she recovered sufficiently to speak
she said the trouble due 10 an old love affair.
Miss Gilmore's home is in GuilfOrd, and she had
been visiting Mrs. Brockett since Thanksgiving
Day McCabe was a Lnachinist and lived in Dag
gett-st. this city.
According TO Mrs Brockett. the young woman,
about a year ago, kept company with MtCabe, but
discoveries which she made compelled her to re-
quest him cease his attentions. He persisted.
However and at time Miss Gilmore consulted
a LAWYER with a view to having McCabe arrested.
Miss Gilmore is about twenty-five. McCabe was
about thirty.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-12-03
MCCARTHY FOUND GUILTY
Parkss Right Hand Man TO BE
Sentenced TO-mOrTO1C.

Timothy Mccarthy. the walking delegate OF the
Housesmths and Bridgemens Union and right
hand man of Sam PARKS. was yesterday found
guilty Of extorting 500 from Herman Loebel to
terminate strikes on the Martha Washington Hotel
and the Republican Club. Recorder Con, In his
charge, said
II the walking delegate makes use OF the powers
lntrusted to him by the organization, ana MAKES
use OF his authority for the purpose OF eXtoruon,
ne does not violate the law as a walking ueIeS4le
of his union. but Individual The deiendant
is not trial a walking delegate, but IS on trlal
as q citizen.
II the defendant called the strike for the interests
or the wOrkingman and not for a criminal purpose,
he cannot be convicted. II Parks and Parks alone
eNtorted the money from Mr.. Loebel; the cieIeluaIS
can in way be connected with the crime II
ooth Parks and Mccarthy called these StrlksS on
buildings being erected by the LoGbel-A,nareW VS.
company and the design participated IN oy
both Parks and Mccarthy to demand money from
Mr.. LoebcI and Mccarthy acted with Parks, ana
was concerned with Parks in all movements ne IL
equally guilty Parks
The jury out one hour. ave ballots oelhs
taken. it was said Mccarthy. standing straight
and unfnching beside his counsel, heard the YER
dict without q show Of emotion Mr.. EuStdce
asked for "a new trial and said that tomorrow,
when sentence is to be pronounced he Will suoInlt
a brief.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-12-03
EXCLUDING CHINESE.
Judge Ray Holds That Decisions of
Immigration Officials Are Final.
LFRoM THE TRIBUNE BUREAU. ]

Washington, Dec. 2-The Department Of Jus
tee has been informed Of an important and far
reaching decision rendered by Judge Ray, OF the
Northern District OF New-York. which will
greatly facilitate the operations Of the Chinese
immigration law, in that the findings Of the i'm
migration officials in reference TO the admission
or deportation Of Chinese seeking entrance into
this country are final and appeal can be
taken 10 the courts. This decision. according
70 the officials OF the Department of Justice, will
have the effect of preventing the annoying and
unnecessary delays heretofore so easily obtained
by appealing Chinese immigration cases to the
courts
At Malone. y. Y, and other ports where Chi
nese are allowed to enter, numerous cases have
arisen in which, after entry has been denied TO
z Chlnaman by the immigration officials, not
"'ihstanding the fact that he claims to have
"een born in this country, effort has been
maze 10 oyerrule the action OF the immigration
"ineers by habeas corpus proceedings before the
-eleial c~rts. In such cases the court causes
al The evidence 10 be taken before a United
.914'es commissioner or before the court Itself,
"A order 10 51.er,line whether the writ Of habess
.p-s snah he allowed and the plaintiff saved
.se,- osport2Jtcsi. The result has been great
~ cht me manufacturing Of bogus evidence by
the rlli-1ee Sn2, not infrequently, reversal OF
cEs-s "a - VI lhe Immigration officers In thirty
.,ls,4 - mis- nature Judge Raw decided that the
officials ms ana findings OF the immigration
nor orI,, maj. ana this decision is regarded
the circil-ns+.Si lihently fair and warranted by
vast assista~-. - attending the cases but as or
lax. Hle future enforcement OF the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-12-03
APPEAL OF MARRIED TEACHER.
1t Will Decide Whether Board of Education
Can Change Terms of Contract.

Has the Board of Education the right to modify
its contracts with teachers by subsequent changes
IN It's bylaws? That is the broad question which
the courts will be called upon to determine in the
Vandewater case" said Associate City Superln-
tendent of Schools O'Brien yesterday. Mrs. Van
dewater." he continued, was teaching in Queens
several years before the bylaw of the board which
prohibits the marrying of women teachers was
worded as 1t is now. About year ago 1t was
found to be defective and was changed
still It is a question If Mrs. Vandewater did not
forfeit her right to consideration these grounds.
since she entered protest at the time Of the
passage of the new bylaw. Does not this failure
on her part bind her TO abide by the terms of the
new bylaw in spite of the fact that it did not
exist at the time she was appointed2 1 think it
does
Associate City Superintendent Stevens says how
ever that the question all settled by the de-
cision rendered in the Appellate Division OF the
Supreme Court. in Brooklyn. October It. 1903, in
the case of Minnie r. Maston and Kate NJ. Muir
nhy That decision sustains the board in making
and enforcing its anti-marriage bylaw.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-12-03
MINERS APPEAL TO PRESIDENT.
But the Federal Government Cannot Inter
fere in Colorado Labor Troubles at Present.

Denver. Dec. 2-The executive board OF the West
ern Federation Of Miners has sent the following
telegram TO President Roosevelt
AT the present time officers Of the State OF Colo
RADIO. under the guise and pretext OF enforcing the
law have ordered a large number OF reputable and
self-sustainng citizens and residents 10 leave Tel
luride, Col, under penalty OF being imprisoned or
otherwise severely dealt with The citizens and
residents not guilty OF any crime against the
laws OF the State or United States. The Constitu-
ton and laws OF the United States pertaining 10
civil rights are being frequently violated. and we
call on you, under the civil rights statutes and
under Section 1.SSS OF the Revised Statutes OF the
United States. 10 investigate conditions prevailing
there, and give 10 these persons who have been so
outraged the protection guaranteed TO them by the
laws OF the land.
Washington. Dec 2.-President Roosevelt received
the telegram from the executive board OF the West
ern Federation OF Miners to-day. The affair is In
the hands Of The State authorities OF Colorado and
X does not appear at this time That the Federal
government, through the President. properly
take action on IL. The Secretary OF War. who has
been consulted by the Colorado authorities. has
pressed the opinion thar the government cannot IN
erfere legally trouble in the Telluride district
at the present 1uncture officials believe that the
rights OF the miners viii DO fully protected by the
State authorities
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-12-03
ICE REPORT NOT READY,
Committee Meets Floating Debt n
Million Less.

The report Of the stockholders committee Of the
American Ice Company, which was expected to be
given to the public yesterday, was not completed
The committee, comprising John A Sleicher. of
NeW-York, chairman; G. Glen Goodrich of Balti-
more, and A. c. Nickerson of Boston held A pro-
longed session at the Gregoran Hotel yesterday af-
ternoon and evening, and at its end il was stated
that the report would probably be ready for pub
lication some day next week as the committee had
decided TO incorporate in it the company's balance
sheet up TO November !. A member of the COM
mittee said:
While we have agreed not to disclose the con-
tents OF the report until it has been sent to all
the stockholders, it be said that our expert
accountant finds that up November l the com
pany has paid off than 81 600 of its enor-
nous floating debt the greater part Of which has
oeen earned since July l. OF the S1,250000 floating
Indebtedness at the beginning of the year, not
S2tc,o00 remains
In answer 10 the inquiry to whether Charles
W. Morse again in control of the property. the
committeeman said:
Mr. Morse was elected a director at the last
annual meeting, but did not qualify and has not
served.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-12-03
DIES IN HER 1o1sT YEAR.
THY TELEGRAPH TO TIE rRIBJ'E.I

IBY TELEGRAPH 70 TIE rRIBJ'EI
o-snge ~ Dec 2-Mrs. Martha Thornton Cut
Is- a notice of whose death at Llewelyn Park yes
+erdav appeared IN The Tribune to-day. would have
heen 1O years old had she lived until April g. 1904
Notwithstanding her advanced age, Mrs Cutler
had beer In good health until a few days ago. and
;-r IN was due 10 old age. Mrs. Cutler
born in sudbury Mass She was the eleventh OF a
Emily Of thirteen children of Samuel Richardson,
yghoee ancestors took part in every war In which
the country had engaged, Nearly eighty years
a gn she was married Roland Cutler, OF sudbury.
AS a member OF the firm OF Francis r. Fa1on q
Co shoe and leather dealers. OF Boston. MI cutter
Tusiness going to Llewellyn Park TO 1--we. He died
there IN 1873. OF the six children OF MI and MIS-.
Ter surgeon Of Watham, Mass. who was one or
10 frst surgeons IA the country to remove the
yermiforrn appendix in appendicitis cases. Another
child was Henry Stephen Cutler once organist and
choirmaster of Trinity Church. NewYoTk. and still
suother was Mrs Levi p Stone, who died In
IIewelIyn Park a week before her mother cele-
brated her Tooth birthday
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-12-03
EXCITEMENT CAUSED IN LOWELL.
Many Clergymen and Students There Con-
nected with Ottawa University.

Lowell Mass Dec. 2-The first OF the fire
at Ottawa University caused much alarm In this
city as in addition to several Lowell clergymen
who are instructors at the institution. number OF
young men from this city. who members OF
the Oblate order. but not yet ordained to the
priesthood thought to have been among the
students IN the burned buildings. 1t is learned
however that their rooms were IN another part OF
ottawa.
Father Charles NJ. McGurty. whose name appears
among the list OF injured is native Of this city
and celebrated his first in this city last sum
Father Emery. the rector Of the university
was a curate the Church OF the Immaculate Con-
ceptiOn here for many years. and has relatives
here Among the other clergynen from this city
We're Father William Kerwin. Father Thomas Muir
phy Father Ouimette and Brother Turcotte-
The Oblate order is strong in Lowell having four
churches and a uOvitiate here and all the priests
the university. feel keenly the loss
of their alma mater. apart from the great loss to
the order and the accidents TO the priests and stu
dents.