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The Starkville news. (Starkville, Miss.) 1902-1960, 1903-02-20

Barcelona, Feb. 10.-The Workman's
association here have decided to
commence a strike within the next
few days.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-06-06

moment the king could free his minister or
mitigate his sentence, and Charles was free
to reprieve the earl even at the last mo-
ment.
Frances determined to see the king her
self and learn from his own lips the fate
of her father.
Wednesday saw no excitement on the
streets. People were going soberly about
their affairs, and this was a hopeful sign
TO Frances. who had grown to fear the hue
and cry of the mob even more than she
feared the indecision of the king. If he
were left unterrified, she reasoned all his
tendency would be toward mercy and the
keeping of his solemn promise made to
STAFFORD in her presence at Hampton.
AT the palace gates opening on Whitehall
the captain of the guard refused to grant
admission without an order: but. struck by
herr beauty and evident distress, he con-
scented to admit her IL she could name any
about the court who would vouch for her.
Frances pondered a moment and hesitated,
but her need was great, and she named De
Courcy, though with deep reluctance
De Courcy appeared before many mo-
ments. lured by the information that
beautiful woman was waiting for him.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-06-06

instructed in the extreme vanity of all tenn
poral enjoyments compared to the import
ance of our eternal duration. And so, my
lords, even so, with all humility and with
all tranquility OF mind. l submit clearly
and freely to your judgments. And whether
that righteous doom shall be to life or
death, / shall repose myself, full of graft
tude and confidence in the arms of the
Great Author OF my existence. TIE Deum
laudamus tie Dominum cohftemur."
The Latin phrase pealed forth like the
solemn tone of a chant. and the speaker
subsided into his chair almost in a swoon,
for physical weakness had at last over
come the indomitable spirit.
On none Of the vast visible throng had
the effective Grafton exercised greater
power than upon an unseen auditor. The
awed stiffness was suddenly broken by
q splintering crash. and the startled audi
ence looking up, saw the frail lattice work
that hid a gallery alcove shattered, and
the king. standing there. like a ghost en-
framed by Jagged laths. Stern de.erm ma
uon sat on that handsome countenance:
look which said as plainly as words iris
man shall not die!' His hand, cii:~fed he
broken framework beneath he
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-06-06

moistened his lips as if to give utterance to
the words his expression foreshadowed. But
before he could speak, a tall angular fig
ure sprang out from among the commons,
and held up a sinewy hand. His face was
ablaze with anger: his stentorian voice
dominated the hall. envenomed with ha-
tired striking the ear with terror does
the roar of tiger.
1.-THE might of England. in parliament
assembled. gives judgment, untrammeled
and unafraid. The king is not here. The
king cannot be here. The throne is va
cant and must remain vacant until Justice
is done
AS the last words rang out the long
index finger, shaken menacingly, pointed
at the empty and draped throne in the
hall. There was defiance of king or min
lister in words and tone and gesture; a
challenge to the throne. The pale face
of the king became a CHASTITY white, his
hand trembled and fragments of the lat
tice work fell from beneath it. Irresolu-
ton took the place of former determine
ton. and he glanced pitifuliy from right
to left as If seeking human support, of
which in the amazed stiffness there was
no indication. Then the fine white hand
of an unseen woman showed for a mo-
ment on his arm like a snowflake, and
Charles, with one look Of haunting COM
passion on the prisoner, disappeared from
sight. The phantom picture had vanished
from its ragged frame without sound
and blank darkness occupied its place.
Truly the king was not present. conjured
away by the strenuous hand of the fierce
combatant on the stage, and the soft hand
of the woman behind the scenes
''Who is that man. whispered Frances,
gazing in frightened fascination on the
rude interrupter.
THAT is John Ppm, the chief prosecu-
tor and deadly personal enemy of Lord
Stanford"
AS the girl gazed at this dominating
individuality all the froth of confidence
in her fathers acquittal. whipped up by
the chatter of conversation at the begin
ming evaporated. There stood the persona
fed hatred of England against the Earl
of STAFFORD. No wavering in accent or
action here, but determined man, know
ing what he wanted and bent on having
it. To he excited imagination the resolute
face took on the semblance of death
mask and the clenched right hand seemed
if the headsman had suddenly stood forth
and claimed his own, and chill as of
the grave swept over the audience with
a shudder in it's wake.
low. wailing cry went sobbing across
the silence; a cry that tugged at STRAIT
ford'S heart when he heard it. What mem
DRY did it stir in his troubled mind? A
Renaissance of something that had es-
capped him. crowded out by matters of more
pressing moment ...-.
What is that?' he asked. anxiously.
1T is nothing my lord" answered Vol
Inns, stepping between his master and the
connection among the women. "a lady
has tainted, that is ALL They are taking
her OUT
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-06-06
A Trolley Breakdown.

rTou ison ..
The method of sending in call for an
emergency wagon is as follows: When an
accident takes place the conductor of car
telephones to the superintendent's office, in
which hangs a chart showing which wagon
attends to that territory. Word is then tele-
phoned to the particular wagon and 1t is at
once dispatched to the scene of the trouble.
All voices are stilled as the operator takes
the receiver off the hook. The driver half
rises from the box on which he is seated,
the horses prick up their ears, the dog
awakens from his sleep and stands rigid for
a moment, while the man at the gates pre-
pares to throw them open. The magic
word wagon" is spoken, and every one
leaps to action. The gates fly open, the
wagon rolls out, and with quick turn is
speeding along the avenue once more. This
time 1t is bad breakdown. The motor On
a car has dropped from its place between
the wheels on to the track; one Of the
wheels has piece broken out, and the
'plough'-the connection between the car
and the underground rail-has bent within
the slet. The usual crowd has gathered,
and the excitement is added to by the
the car the bent plough having made what
is called short circuit" and set IRE to
the car floor. A stream from the extin-
guisher soon puts out the fire, and the
driver river after r putting n rubber gloves at
speedily released and attention is turned to
the fallen motor. tripod is erected inside
the car and chain from 1t Is passed
a aEsssa r. R2tsfE 4 aa asmssa ms &
turned around so that an unbrokeh part Is
resting on the rail, and is then chained IN
that position SO that it viii slide on tho
rail without turning. A bolt is sticking cut
freely. and here Is where the huge sheAH
are used. The bolt is caught between the
blades and with strong, firm grasp the
handles are pressed together. the bolt-heAd
being sliced of as easily as q gardener lops
OF limb from young tree. The car Is
then fastened to another one and drawn
along to the repair shop. The whole bro
ceeding has taken but fifteen ninutes ret IL
has sufflced to block the line for mile or
more and as far as the eye can reach can
be seen a long string of cars filed with i'm
patient passengers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-06-06
CHAPTER vi.
BETRAYAL.

There followed many days of suspense.
Despite the fervor of Pym's speech, the
commons had not asked the lords for judg-
ment, and Strafford's friends hailed 1t as
good omen. But the commons speedily dis
illusioned them A bill of attainder was
brought in They would have the head of
STAFFORD by act of parliament if not by
legal procedure
To the amaze of all. the lords gave their
consent to the BILL and nothing stood be-
tween Strafford's head and the block ex-
cept scrawl from the kings hand.
On Monday there were ever-ncreasing
rumors that Charles had signed the bill
which would send his chief minister to the
block. But by nightfall news came that
the bill had been signed not by the kings
own hand. but by four commissioners
whom he had appointed for the purpose
Even the house of commons was amazed
and the friends of the earl We're mute with
dismay But shrewd men pointed out that
the case in reality was no worse. At any
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-06-06
New England Thrift.
he Worlds Work. is

from the worlds Work. is
The proportion Of men and women who
retire on small conpetencies is doubtless
greater IN Massachusetts, than in any other
state In the Union.i unless it be Pennsylva-
Ma which is the other state of DR.. Benja-
min Franklin's residence. But man who
mas even the most robust respect for the
thrift of the people of Massachusetts, must
De surprised to learn from the report of the
states bureau of labor statistics that there
are more than Al. 5000 such persons-2S, 900
men and 1900 women. Two-thirds of
them are native born, too. The making of
sucn an investigation was characteristic
OF Massachusetts
BUT 1t tells volumes about the careful
management that is a part of the New
England temperament. The New Eng
lancer studfously saves and he invests pru-
oentiy, ana when old age comes. or he has
Wisn TO rest, he Is willing to stop work
and to adjust his life to his income; and he
generally leaves legacy also to his chill
oren. ANY one who has lived In different
parts OF the United States has had many
occasions to observe what this odcial re-
port connrms-that the native New Eng
lander has learned the art Of living consid-
erabIy below his income better than any
other man among US
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-06-06
Mistaken for Inventor.

An amusing story was told by DR.. Fewkes
in connection with his purchase of relics
from the country people. Most of the lat
ter possessed stone hatchets left by the
aboriginal Porto Ricans. These they called
"thunderbolts,' and 1t was their belief
that by hanging one In the caves of a
house immunity against lightning was in
sured. Before selling one to the doctor
the owner would generally wind bit of
string about it, retire and pretend to place
the relic in the fire. Later 1t was exhibited
to the archaeologist, and the explanation
was made that the string would not burn
off when in conjunction with the stone
Therefore the latter was a true thunder
bolt. DR.. Fewkes bought so many 'thun-
derboltS" in the country that there got
abroad the story that he had made a
wonderful invention. He had discovered
a method of grinding the stones into pow
der and of extracting some explosive con-
stituent which they had brought down
from above. This constituent the govern
ment was going to place in cannon balls
to be used in an anticipated war with Ger
many.
The cradle of the prehistoric Porto Rfcan
race the banks of the Orinoco river
South America, DR.. Fewkes is led to be-
lieve by his researches in the island. Their
ancestors belonged to the Arawak stock
of South America. They became a mari
time people and ventured out of the ORR
noco, proceeding from island to island in
the chain of the Lesser Antilles until they
reached Porto Rico. There part of the
race became Sedentary, The Caribs, an
other race, later swarmed out of the ORR
noco valley and finally commingled its
blood with that of the former race.
Among all of the acquisitions which
came to the United States by the treaty
of Paris said he, porto Rico is pre-
eminent from en- anthropological point of
view" JOHN ELFRETH WATKINS. Jr.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-06-06

ancient Porto Ricahs. standing Behind the
statues OF their deities, We're the mouth
pieces OF these goods.
The island kings or caciques are described
as sitting upon large wooden thrones. They
wore upon their breasts plates of beaten
gold. bands of stones across their brows
gold earrings, necklaces and bands of bead
about their waists. They wore kits or
aprons of cotton. but otherwise were nude
The married women wore these same
aprons, but the men and maidens were en-
drely nude save for the ornaments and
paint. Even the royal Processes went
abroad clothed only in their maiden NODES
ties, which III themselves were rather
meager VeStments
The houses of these people were pavillions
woven of palm leaves. The aboriginal archi-
lecture survives to this day among the Gil
baros or mixed bloods
Dr. Fewkes brought with him number of
large stone rings precisely the shape of
horse collars and of about the Same sfze
There is tradition that these were placed
about the heads of corpses to weigh them
down and prevent the evil spirits from bear
ing them away.
Evidences of Cannibalism.
Near Manau. on the north coast Dr.
fewkes made excavations in a large cave
known as the cave of the swallows" 1t
Is about 100 feet deep and looks out upon
the ocean. The legends of the country
round say that buccaneers once buried a
chest or gold here and many diggings have
been made by the country people. 1t is the
current belief that the caves of the island
are inhabited by demons. One night n dig
ger IN the cave near Manati heard a voice
say That the man who found the chest of
treasure would die a violent death. That
sufheed to stop excavation until undertaken
py the archaeologist. But he was seeking
treasure or another sort which the other
seekers had overlooked. He found the
walls or the cave filed with photographs
ana some fallen rocks with human heads
chlseled upon them. The floor was covered
with bat guano, ashes and fragments of
pottery; There were evidences OF past
feasts-bones of birds and beasts Looking
further he unburied from the ashes human
bones. These indicate that at one time
there may have been cannibalistic feasts
In this cave" said he but there is not
enough present evidence to substantiate
this beyond doubt
He entered another cave near by. Crawl
ing in in the dark he penetrated to its
very depth. where he found a niche cut in
the rock. This niche had probably been
an aboriginal shrine. Upon It lay num-
Der OF small turquoise pendants, perhaps
earrings. From these caves he brought
fragments of a skull and other bones. One
jaw bone is evidently syphilitic and may
throw some light upon the mooted question
as to whether one of our most dread dis
eases originated in the new or old world
These caves were used for secular and
religious purposes. and some burial
places. in the doctors opinion. He found
a widespread belief that their super
natural occupants will appropriate any
thing left at their mouths. 1t is also
believed that one King Cacique an abor-
iginal ruler of the island was imprisoned
by the devil in one cave, where he dwells
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-06-06
Two Explanations.

''Weli, he's been twenty years In politics
and he's poor man"
'Honest man Or did he blow in his
monsy3's
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-17
7 wrote to Doctor
Pierce, who seu5 me
a very kind letter
and advised me-"

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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-17
STILL PREDICT
RUss0;JAP WAR I'|
Correspondents in the Orient for
London Papers Are Not Salts
fed With Situation.
One Of Them Declares Russia Has
Erected a Fort on Korean
Territory.

London, Oct. 17.special corre-
spondents continue TO send in alarrnist
reports of the Russo-Japanese situa-
tlon; The corresp ondent at Chenfu
OF the Morning Post has gone to Wei
H1al-Wel, whence he cabled:
am informed in trustworthy
quarters that Japan has landed troops
at Ping Yang, at the outlet of Korea
pay Il IS currently reported that the
conference Of the Russian and Jap
anese authorities has been futile"
The correspondent at Hakodat
Japan, OF the Daily Mail announces
unusual military activity there, say
ing 10000 men have been concen-
trated at Hakodate, in readiness for
embarkation in the event Of HOSTILE
ties The correspondent adds that tor
pedoes are being laid in the ports of
western Japan.
Other of the Daily Mails CORE
|sspondents report the recall by Japan
|soI her military commission which has
|sneen examining the Swiss hospital
system, and the uneasiness Of Russian
authorities as to the capability Of Port
arthur to resist attack from it's land
approaches.
The Daily Mail points out that
Hakodate is the port which would be
used In the event Of Japan sending
an expedition against VIadivostock
a.iu :. says tHdt sucn a large eOncen-
tfatlon OF troops there shows that
part Of the japanese army has beer
quietly mobilized. = :
It was rumored on the Cardiff coal
exchange yesterday that both Russia
ana Japan We're seeking large pur-
chases of Welsh coal. Il g = - =
Cabling from Tientsin, the CORE.
spondent Of the Standard says that a
Vlsltor to Yongampho, Korea, reports
one Russian fort already built there
and another in course of construction
The Russians are said to be extend.
Ing the boundary of their leased ter.
ritory south of Taesan. r. :
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-17

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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-17
JAPAN IN EARNEST
German Adyices4 Expect Settlement or
Fight Before December.

German AdvicesI Expect Settlement or
Fight Before December.
Berlin, Oct. Negotiations be-
tween Japan and Russia, according to
the view Of the situation taken here,
are not making progress. Neither
side, it appears from official inforna-
ton, will yield on the essential prop
ositions. Japan persists in requiring
an agreement that shall now de1init
and declines to consent to the general
policy Of. drift under which Rus
sian influence will, the Japanese say,
steadily bear upon Korea and edge
forward until the time is ripe for ac-
auiring a part Of, or the whole coun-
try. Japan is determined, according
to the German view, to have a set
whereto they both must abide or else
and the threat is ever in the near
background-hos will begin.
This Is the danger in plain view.
The Japanese government seemingly
makes no particular concealment from
the diplomatic corps at Picking Of this
attitude, one impression being that
Japan is merely playing a diplomatic
game and another that the govern
ment is In deadly earnest.
| Russia's increasing military
| preparations in the far east and Ja-
pans nearly completed equipments are
regarded as pointing either to settle
ment before December or to hostilities.
| Japan's orders for war material were
placed in Germany a year ago and
since than have been delivered or are
af1oat. Four Japanese officers who
have been buying war material and
supervising artillery construction at
Essen left Germany for Japan last
Tuesday
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-17
FEAR THE GOPHERS
Michigan Men Think Minnesota
Will Be Tougher Proposition
Than Chicago Team.
Ann Arbor Critics See Little Differ
=: ence Between Yost's and
Williams Men.
Special to The Journal

Special to The Journal ~
Ann Arbor, Mich, Oct. 17.-With
the Minnesota football game two
weeks off, the gophers are the center
of interest at Ann Arbor. Many claim
that the western championship will
really be fought out on Northrop field
Oct. 81. While it cannot be doubted
that Stage has strong team at Chi
cago, few believe that his team can
play Northwestern Illinois, wisconsin,
Haskell Indians and West Point at
West Point in succession during the
five weeks preceding Thanksgiving
and still play q, winning game against
the wolverines on Marshall field. 1t
will be remembered, however, that the
last time Professor Stagg arranged
such a schedule was in 1900 when he
was defeated by Brown, Illinois
Northwestern, Pennsylvania at Phil
adelphia, Iowa and Wisconsin in sue
cession and finally defeated Michigan's
| Inflated team on turkey day. But the
chances of a repetition of such a per-
Torrance are slim and it is certain
that the maroon team would be con-
sidered more faVorably if it were not
for the long trip to West Point the
week before the Michigan game.
The Michigan coaches do consider
Drake seriously. The Indiana team is
always heavy and will give line or
| the behavior Of Michigan's green line
men. The wolverines have INDUCED
in no secret practice as yet. The
coaches have had all they could do te
teach the players the straight game
| without tricks. The new signals fol-
the Minnesota game will be given out
some time next week and will be
taught the team during night sessions
| in the gymnasium. The new signal.
will not be used in practice until after
the Drake game and then behind
| locked gates
| Trainer Fitzpatrick is using ever,
precaution to have the men in the
best of condition for Oct. 81 Gravel
Ipree is still with the Cross Country
club. Yost expects to use all Of these
men against Minnesota.
/ Man for man 1t is hard :at this time
Ito get a line on Michigan and Mime.