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The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1903-10-01

"Isn't 1t queer that this formalde-
hyde is at once an embalming fluid
and a medicine?"
"Why, yes. Where they use it for
medicine they ought to call it formal
dejekyll. Detroit Free Press.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1903-10-01
Gained Forty Pounds in Thirty Days

For several months our younger
brother had been troubled with indi-
gestien. He tried several remedies
but got no benefit from them. We
purchased some Of Chamberlain s
Stomach and Liver Tablets and he
commenced taking them. Inside OF
thirty days he bad gained forty pounds
in flesh. he is now fully recovered.
We have a good trade on the Tablets.
HoLLEY Bros, merchants, Long
Branch, Mo. For sale by all drug
gists.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1903-10-01

Magistrate | understand you to
say the prisoner offered resistance
when you attempted to place him un-
der arrest?
Policeman None worth mentioning
your honor. Only couple of dollars.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1903-10-01

The amount of human labor now re-
quired to produce a bushel of wheat
from beginning to end is on an aver
age only ten minutes and the cost OF
such labor is 81 cents.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1903-10-01

Mrs. Growells- Our servant has left.
Growells-Well, I'm glad of it. You
were always complaining of her.
Mrs. Growells Yes, but I'm afraid
I'll never be able to get another who
will furnish as much cause for com
nl0lnt
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1903-10-01

Water pipes lined with chinaware
and which are embedded in cement in
iron pipes are being used in Coberg,
Saxony. They are thought to be in
distructible.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1903-10-01
Cures Chills and Fever.

G. W. Writ. Nacogodohes, Texas,
says: "His daughter had chills and
fever for three years; he could not find
anything that would help her till he
used Herbine. His wife will not keep
house without it, and cannot say too
much for it," soc. Sold by II. O.
Miller.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1903-10-01

Bands of the beautiful Bulgarian en-
broidery, executed with Corticelli en-
broldery silk and lavish use of hand
some Luxenil lace, add very materially
to the beauty and finish of our model.
The back is sure to please the feminine
eye, being done in the popular cascade
effect.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1903-10-01

During last lyear electrical railway
companies ran their cars eleven times
the distance from the earth to the sun,
killed / ,21s persons and injured AZ, 429.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1903-10-01

Wigg-Skinnum says he is the ar
chitect OF his own fortune.
\ agg-How did he succeed in dodg-
ing the building inspectors?-Philadel-
phia Press.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1903-10-01

Mrs. Knocker-So your husband has
no idea of the value of money?
Mrs. Bocker-None whatever. He
absolutely doesn't realize what lovely
bonnet $50 will buy.-New York Sun.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1903-10-01

A boon to travellers. DIR. Fowler's
Extract of Wild Strawberry. Cures
dysentery, diarrhoea, seasickness, nau-
sea. Pleasant to tade. Acts promptly.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1903-10-01

Only one remedy in the world that
will at once stop itchness of the skin
in any part of the body. Doah's Oint-
ment. At any drug store, so cents.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1903-10-01

care people ever punished in church
pop?"
eyes, my son; l was married there. "
-Yonkers Statesman.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1903-10-01

For pleasant physic take Chamber
lain's Stomach and Liver Tablets.
Easy to take. Pleasant in effect. Fol
sale by all druggists.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1903-10-01

Monarch over pain. Burns. cuts,
sprains, stings. Instant relief. DIR.
Thomas Electric Oil, At any drug
store.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1903-10-01
- LATE ST X
Fashion Notes
GOWN OF SILvER-BLUE zIBELINE.

A gown for a semi-formal occasion is
alwaps desirable. Silyer-blue zibeline
which is now SO much used for both
formal and informal occasions, is the
material of which this gown is made.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1903-10-01

Mrs. Jaggsby-"You've been drink
ing again, Mr.. Jaggsby,"
Jaggsby-"M'dear can't yo' let (hic)
bygones be bygones? I'm not drink
ing (hic) now, am I?- Chicago News.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1903-10-01

TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets.
All druggists refund the money if it
fails to cure. e. W. Groves signature
is on each box. 25c.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1903-10-01

"How can you tell, papa, when peo-
pie are way up in society?"
''When their diamonds are genuine,
and their manners are not. Life.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1903-10-01

Monthly Pain. cured by DR.. Miles Pain Pills.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1903-10-01
Fl. G. Townsend


st. Louis, Mo. apr 80 '04
New-York tribune., 1903-04-16

advised her to apply for Supreme Court in
junction restraining the city from ousting her.
Mr.. Cammann hasn't treated me right" said
Mrs. Armstrong yesterday. Il have known for
some time that the subway people wanted my
business place. An engineer came in here sew
eral months ago and made a mark the wall
right there" quitting her finger it,, and said
that they wanted that much of my office. As
the office is only four feet wide, what he wanted
would leave me only foot of space side
ways to do business in. FOrdham Morris was
in here several weeks ago, and said that L would
not have to move for year or more. When L
went down to Mr.. Cammann about the
office to see me. I felt very bad about that, be-
cause 1 always nave paid my rent and don't
owe penny in the world. l have lived right
here and across the street from here for more
than forty years. After my husband died,
twenty-five years ago. my friends told me TO
give uD the business But had my boy to
raise and 1 stuck to it and made go of it.
know all the merchants and truckmen In this
part OF the town. | hate the sight of a court,
but I think I'll have to bother these people
little because they haven't treated me right. [
have secured a lease from the New-Yor6 Life
people for their basement, and can go there II
I am forced out of this place in a hurry But II
doesn't seem at all right. after Mr.. Morris told me
that I could stay year. for Mr.. Cammann to
force me out His notice says that I must leave
on or before May !. and they have offered TO
deduct half a months rent if III go by Friday.
I guess I'll have to bother them, although L
hate the sight of court.
We can't go ahead very far with our tunnel
work in Elm-st until we get the right of way at
the northeast corner of Elm and Worth" said
John b Mcdonald, when seen by Tribune re-
New-York tribune., 1903-04-16
BIG STRIKE IMMINENT.
MEN TO VOTE TO-DAY.
demand for a Nine Hour Dau ON
EteOated Rejected.

DeNeioPments in the differences between the
employees Of the Manhattan Railway Company
ana the Interborough management indicated
last hlshI that strike was imminent Whether
OF TOT there VIII be one will be decided to-day,
when all the employees Of the Manhattan
system will register their votes IF two-thirds
OF the three thousand employees vote for g.
strike the executive committee of the union will
at once decide when it is TO begin
Before a strike can be definitely declared
w D. Mahon, president of the International
ASSOCIATION Of Street Railway Employees. must
assent 10 It. otherwise the striking union would
not receive the support of the association
president Mahon came to this city yesterday
afternoon from Detroit. At the Ashland House
where he is staying, 1t was said that he retired
at s o'clock last evening. He had long con-
ference. however, with George e Pepper, presi-
dent Of the local union. about which nothing
could be learned
Last night a statement from the executive
committee given out, limiting that. as the
unions demands had been refused, strike
inevitable. This. it said. the men regarded
as last resort toward gaining better condi-
uons. Although many conferences had been
held with the officers Of the railroad. who knew
the intolerable condition of the men. nothing
had been done to relieve them.
The men had long been forced to work from
" ~ % 'Sii'00Il iouAS d udS' TIE average pelhe
Twelve hours. On the Ninth-ave. line the condi-
uons were worst The swing system, de-
signed 10 give relief, really of no benefit,
because the men were forced to be around even
in their off hours, it is said. The crews
worked from a. m. to S:15 p. m. in some in
stances mot speciied) for 80 cents q day.
THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.
The members of the executive committee. who
Will have a large part IN deciding the question,
are: George E. Pepper. president: D. McCor-
mack. H. B. May. Thomas Capron James Full
brook. George ". Corwin. E. A. Pickett and H
Rogers.
After the grievance committee was so decis-
ively defeated yesterday its plea for nine
hour workday. the members went Immediately
to a printer. where circulars calling for a gen
New-York tribune., 1903-04-16

The steel cargo and passenger steamship Mime
sofa. building at the New-London plant OF the
United States ShipbuiIding Company, for the Great
Northern Steamship Company. will be launched
to-day. She is not only the largest vessel of any
kind constructed in America, but is the largest
cargo carrier in the world. The Cedric. which Is
registered at the tonnage and exceeds the
Minnesota in length has less dead weight carrying
capacity by more than 5000 tons. The dead Welsht
carrying capacity of the Cedric is 1S4oo tons While
that of the Minnesota is g 600. The Minnesota ana
her sister vessel the Dakota, which IS 10 De
launched in about ten weeks. will carry ZSVVo long
tons coal and 2S00oO barrels of -four rms Is %
per cent more than the dead weight carrying
capacity of the two giant carriers of the White star
Line. the Cedric and the Celtic.
As compared with the largest steamships built at
American shipyards, the Minnesota and the Dakota
have nearly double the tonnage displacement and
fully double the net dead weight carrying capacity
On the usual basis of forty cubic feet to the cargo
ton they have a cargo space for 3l652 long TONS
while the actual dead weight carrying capacity IS
2s COO and their tonnage displacement $4,000 tons
The Kaiser Wilhelm II IS somewhat longer than the
Minnesota bat has less breadth, and has moulded
depth of A feet as compared with nearly 56 for
the Minnesota The tonnage displacement OF 'he
big German vessel is one-third less than that
of the Minnesota and the Dakota. The strength
of the Minnesota's hull is shown by the fact that
# Is twice as thick as that of the American battle
ship Oregon. Where the oregon uses steel deck
plating of a half inch in thickness the Minnesota
uses an inch TO inch and quarter plate
Where the Oregon has main frame six by three
and half inches the Minnesota has twelve inch
frame.
The Minnesota is of the intermediate cargo and
passenger type, and built under Lloyds survey
She is $50 feet long 70 feet inches wide. 55 feet
high to upper deck IS feet high captains bridge
III feet high top of mast and has five continuous
decks all plated with steel Four decks not con-
tinuous are the forecastle promenade. bridge and
boat decks and top of all comes the captains
or NAVIGATING bridge making nine decks in all
New-York tribune., 1903-04-16
"T4R" TRUST RAISES FEE.
At Same Time 1t Harms Chdrt6Ters
Not to Deal zCith Others.

The sailor shipping trust. which was described
in The Tribune recently, has given new evidence
of its control of the supply Of deep sea sailors
at this port by raising the shipping fee from Slo
to 500 This combination consists Of boarding
house keepers and shipping masters The first
vessel 10 be affected by this increase in bonus
was the Beeswing which is lying in port await
ing favorabI day to weigh anchor for New
South Wales Last Friday the Beeswing en-
gagged eleven able seamen and two ordinary sea-
men in the presence of the British Consul For
each man the charterers paid a bonus of SO
AS a further concession to the trust only one
sailor was taken from each shipping master
and boarding house in the combine. so tnat all
the parties to the trust might share in the
profts and therefore adhere to the agreement
TO increase the bonus.
The Beeswing is full rigged ship of which
Rirt Potter &. Hughes whose office is at No. IL
Broadway are the charterers. One man was
taken from the New Sailors Home and one
from the Old Sailors Home. in Cherry-st- Both
of these houses are operated by missionary So
cie+ies and the charterers of the ship expressed
some surprise that they should be obliged TO
NV, for r7,en from the homes. Nevertheless, this
was the case.
To conservative of The Tribune of the
agents said Yesterday: Yes, ii Is true that the
Reesving had to pay $50 apiece for every one
of the thirteen men who were shipped we
we're rather of the impression that the men
Who came from the sailors homes would come
~ ne free and understood that some men
Skinned were from the homes. Nevertheless. we
Daid for every man. OF course. the whole thlng
Is an outrage - CHI
Frank p Hughes. who runs the Free Shlp-
,,ino Rureau at No | State-st. said III was
ip1nossible for me to furnish a whole crew 10
~ Issas1vine l could however. have furnished
70 tho skipper three men, and he could nave
td +barl for nothing a saving of $50 TO him
seIf but he was afraid to take them The snip
-. 80 boarding house masters told him that
70 he took my three men they would withdraw
all theirs from the vessel. and he would thus be
nrevented from getting crew
New-York tribune., 1903-04-16
A GERMAN ENs1GN's BRUTAL ACT.
Kills an Artilleryman for Not Saluting Him
Properly.

Berlin, April ia court martial has been or
dered to try Ensign Hussner. of the German
Navy, who on Good Friday killed an artillery
man named Hartmann with his sword. at Es-
SEN for not saluting him properly. according to
Hussner's version of the affair Hartmann was
2 former schOolnate of HussneT, and the latter
AYERS that the arteryman attempted gross ia
niliaritv in trying to shake hands with him
after he Russner had arrested Hartmann for
the nformaIity of his salute. Then Hussner
adds Hartmann started to run. and the ensign
thrust him through the back with his sword, af-
terward saying:
when | draw my sword blood must flow"
Hussner has written to Hartmann's mother
say wing it was hard that his duty as Prusslan
officer" required him to act as he did. In Huss-
ner's notebook were the names of several pri-
Yates who must have been reported by the en-
sign for not salutng him as respectfully as ne
New-York tribune., 1903-04-16
FIGHTS FOR TINY STORE.
Wido1o CEngs to Little Triangle
Needed for Sub7oay Station,
HAS HANDLED BOXES FOR 90 YEARS

Mrs. E. J. Armstrong, who for twenty-five
years has made a business of buying old pack
ing cases from the drygoods people in and near
Worth and Leonard SITS. is holding up the Bel
mont Mcdonald syndicate because she isn't Will
ing to quit the premises she has rented from the
Morris estate for more than twenty years. Mrs
Armstrong; business establishment covers
wedge shaped strip of land 13 feet inches wide
at one end and running north 81 feet q inch TO
a sharp point. Her business office is about
four feet wide by six feet long, and there, sum-
mer and winter practically without vacations
for twenty-five years, Mrs. Armstrong has
bought from truckmen and store clerks thou
sands Of packing cases. She and her hired man
repair them. cut them down and fix them up
for use again. Her dealings. her neighbors say.
have been straightforward and satisfactory.
The merchants speak well Of her.
The Rapid Transit Commission was informed
more than a year ago by the Belmont people
that they were not able TO obtain from Ford
ham Morris an easement of q little strip OF
land that the engineers declared was necessary
New-York tribune., 1903-04-16
TUG OF WAR FOR NEGRO.
LYNCHED AMID CHEERS.
hob Battered Dolgn jail Wall to
Get Him.

Joplin. Mo. April ia mob took an un-
known tramp negro from the city Jail this even
ing. and hanged him to a telegraph pole two
blocks from the Jail The negro was charged
with numbering Policeman c. Leslie, who was
shot last night in the Kansas City Southern
Railroad yards while endeavortng TO arrest sew
eraI negroes suspected Of theft.
Leslie ordered several negroes who had taken
refuge in a box car to surrender. When they
refused he fired several shots at the car. a
negro slipped from the and. coming up be-
hind the officer, shot him through the head The
murderer fed and within short time posses
were after him.
This afternoon Lee Fullerton found the fugi-
tive in a slaughter house east OF here. The
negro was armed with a rifle. and defed arrest
Fullerton slipped into the slaughter house un-
observed. and. creeping up behind the negro.
sprang upon him. and before he could resist had
him on his back and knife at his throat
Fullerton and another man brought the negro
here. where he was placed in jail
News of the capture spread rapidly. and the
Jail speedily surrounded by hundreds or
people There were cries Of Lynch him on
all sides. City Attorney P. H Decker mounted
the Jail steps and made strong plea for law
and order. This checked the mob only tempo
raTily, which soon started 10 batter IN a sec
ton of the Jail wall. Every effort was mace
prevent the entrance of the mob. but without
avail and in fifteen minutes the men had gained
entrance II the Jail and secured the trehlOil"s
negro
Mr.. Decker asyain interfered. and urged a
trial At one time il seemed that he would WIN.
as the mob began disappearing But suddenly
rush was made for the negro and ne was
dragged two blocks from the jail a rope was
fastened around his neck ard thrown over the
crossarn of a telegraph pole
A score of men attempted TO pull the negro
from the ground. while as many more selled
the man and pulled 10 prevent him from being
hanged IL was a veTitable tuS of war, nut
reinforcements on the rope OverCame the re-
sistanCe and the negro. despite MS Protesta-
tions of innocence. was swung into the air amid
cheers from the mob
T-ha Ivnchfng was followed by onslaught on
the negro section Of the city bv the mob. Houses
were burned and negroes were driven ont Of the
city.
All efforts to reason with the rioters were
futile The streets were thrOnged md the whole
CITY was in an upTOar- So far as known at
late hour no fatalities had occurred. though
many persons had received minor injuries.
New-York tribune., 1903-04-16
Rig FIRE IN TEXAS OIL FIELD.
Damage Amounts to s1,ooo,ooo-TwO Hun
dred and Sixty-fve Derricks Burned.

beaumont Tex. April ia fire on Spindle Top
.rI,, this morning did damage estimated at from
.0on noo - q 100000 Two hundred and sixty-fve
derr,cks we're lost. Two hundred OF the rigs were
on producing wells
rha FIRE started from a lantern at the Caldwell
"a, ,-or,,anv,s well. The fywheel of the engine
-, ,ta lantern breaking IL. and the burning oil
=. s. .. the derrick. The flames spread with
rapdity. Three blocks. Nos 36. s. and
ss Wee in ashes in two hours.
o. ~" a1ort was made 10 put out the fire for II
80 ,rnT,ossible to get within hundred feet OF the
eis ~ one was injured IL Is estimated that
&C. .hi-ls ~ the companies in the burned district
viii he una bic recover from the damage done by
the fire.
New-York tribune., 1903-04-16
WORTH

for the subway station at Worth and Elm SITS
On December II the Rapid Transit Commission
instituted condemnation proceedings against the
owners Of the plot Fordham Morris yesterday
visited the office of Assistant Corporation Coun-
sci { n Harris and signed the necessary stlpu-
lation for the proceedings IN condemnation
which give the city right 10 take possession at
once The Subway Realty Company had trled
n Durchase the tract from the Morris estate
r., -ri,.atA sale but Mr Morris asked 10000
for i, and this the Belmont people thought was
1oo much As soon the papers for the con-
demnation proceedings were signed Herman H.
Car1,n,ann &: Co. of No, 81 Liberty-st. agents
for the Morris estate informed Mrs Armstrong
che would have to get Her friends have
New-York tribune., 1903-04-16
THE CELTIC IN COLLISION.

Liverpool. April 15-The White Star Line steam
or Celtic Captain Lindsay. scheduled sail from
Liverpool to-day for New-YorO and the British
steamer Heathmore Captain Hisnett. at Liverpool
from Antwerp came into collision in the Mersey
to-day The Celtic was damaged. but Il is expected
that she will sail tomorrow. The Celtic had
small hole stove in her port side amidships. The
Heathnaore's bows were damaged.
New-York tribune., 1903-04-16

In the hull end decks of the Minnesota there DIX
less than 1900 tons of steel plates and Shapes
and S75 tons of rivets a greater total of steel
strength than is found in the hull of the greatest
battleships of any other merchant vessel in the
world. The Park Row Building contains SVo IONS
structural iron and steel one-fourth less than
the Minnesota, and the Frick Building in PittsDur
contains $500 tons. nearly 40 per cent less ana
the Old Colony Building, in Chicago contains
$500 tons of structural and steel or less than
one-fourth that in the Minnesota.
The Minnesota and the Dakota are primarily cargo
vessels: at the same time they have colnl'a ra-
4Ygiy large passenger 6GuPnent & ne 10 second
cabin. 6S third cabin and 2424 steerage passengers
fourteen knots and it is expected to average twelve
knots with the heaviest cargo and in the worst
The heaviest anchor weighs about eight tons. the
over eighty tons tons. and the whole equipment
anchors, cable and wire weighs about one hundred RED
heaviest ever made. The great steel rudder weighs
driven either nv steam or oIectrfcitT 4 compIete
electric light plant will be aboard. with 1900 lights
there viii be two vertical Inverted direct acting
triple expansion sur5ae GohGe3Sng is t aPG 19G rT
ing twin screws. Each engine is to have three
valve gear The indicated horsepower of the two
main engines will be about 1ooto at IS revolutions
square inch. There will he three-baded pro-
feet in diameter and z feet pitch with developed
blade area Of 81 square feet of each propeller
New-London Conn. April 15-In anticipation OF
the launching of the huge steamship Minnesota at
the yards of the Eastern Shipbuildng Company
tomorrow this city tonight is filled with visitors
who will witness the launching. Governor Cham
berlan arrived here tonight the guest of Rep
resentative William p. Colt. Tomorrow the mem
bers Of the State Senate will he the guests of the
local Board of Trade.
Everything is in readiness for the dip of the
Minnesota into the Thames, and nothing remains
to start the vessel down the ways except the saw
ing Of a few beams.
New-York tribune., 1903-04-16
sERyIAN OFFICERS ARRESTED.
Accused of Conspiring Against the Life of
King Alexander.

Vienna. April 15.-Colonel Ilic. commanding the
ctb Regiment at Belgrade. with six other Off
GERS has been arrested at Semlin. Hun
garian frontier town in Croatia -Slavonia, six
miles from Belgrade. on the charge of conspIr-
ing against King Alexander of servia. who sub
mitted the arrested officers to a personal
animation.
New-York tribune., 1903-04-16

All the great trains of the Middle West connect
with fhe Nev-York Central lines. Superior dining
seryioe on ali through tra!ns.-Advt
New-York tribune., 1903-04-16
UPTOWN AND DOWNTOWN.

The PENNSYLVANIA Railroad terminal stations at
West 23d ST and Cortlandt and DeSbrosSes SIS. are
convenient 10 all sections.-Adyt
New-York tribune., 1903-04-16

TwENTY-FOUR HOURS TO CHICAGO
,.is the Pennsylvania Limited Leaves New-Yor
West 2sd ST. daily at 9:55 IN. Arrives chicago
SIS a. m. next day.-Advt
New-York tribune., 1903-04-16

II you want g. collar button to depend on buy
Advt.
New-York tribune., 1903-04-16
rig OK THE CORNEf

IT'S OK THE tOEl.NII 9
,. G and Fifth Ave-th,e hoG1 cksts Ise"d 70 ain
TENS new ~ np!9bi !9Sbicago and ST. Louis.-Aays-