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Durango semi-weekly herald., 1904-07-28
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

The Russian population represents
100 nationalities, the three great
stocks being Films. Tartars and Slays.
At New York the other day Judge
Con gave two ex'convicts nine years
| and six months each in prison for hay
| Ing held up and robbed woman of 30
cents.
Divers in the British navy before
being passed as proficient In the craft,
have to be able TO work In twelve
fathoms OF water for an hour and 90
fathoms for quarter of an hour.
When the extension now planned for
the nations capital at Washington has
been made. the edifice, including the
works of art which It contains, will
have cost nearly $50, ,000. 900.
Mr., Chamberlain is twice as great a
man as Mr. Balfour, autographlcally
speaking as a signed note from him
is quoted al 81 $50. whereas one of Mr..
Balfonr's may be had for IS cents.
The Tammany society was formed
in New York in 1888, chiefly through
the efforts Of William Mooney, an up
holsterer in New York city, its first
grand sachem, to oppose the Federal
lists.
The four groups of statuary on the
Broad street pediment Of the New
York Stock Exchange, just implaced,
are attracting much attention and are
described as a superb collection of
high art and fine demonstration of
anatomy.
Forty-three hundred automobile H..
| censes have been issued In neigh
boring state. The number of these
machines is becoming like unto the
swarms Of locust in Oriental coun-
tries. Was not this state of affairs
foreseen in the vision of Nahum the
Prophet when he wrote. THE char
lots shall rage in the streets, they
shall iostle one against the other In
the broad ways; they shall seem like
torches; they shall run like lightning"
The Cherokee Advocate is one of
the Oldest and most remarkable news
papers in the United States 1t Is the
| official organ OF the Cherokee Nation.
| and is published at Tahlequah at the
nations expense. II is a five.column
folio weekly, half of which is printed
in the Cherokee language. It Is strict
ly non-partisan and is forbidden by law
to deal In politics. Indians who read
only Cherokee get the paper free. The
total circulation Is about 1000.
The Chinese are inyeterate gam
blers: they will bet on n cock.ight-
with trained erickets, Of course-as an
excuse for betting. They will bet on
the height attained by kite flying, the
| length of time the kite remains up, or
| the strength of kite strings when they
| saw one another They Will even bet
on the pips in an orange, or ;he mum
Der of grains In a handful of rice. with
| supplementary wager depending on
| whether that number should be odd or
even.
A Dutch manager Is building float.
| Ing theater. with seats for 1900 per
sons and liberal provisions for appeas-
| ing the hunger and thirst of his
patrons. He will tow his unstable
temple OF harmony up the Rhine and
down again and give operate per
| formances on board. With the en-
tranclng scenery Of that famous river
on either hand. with seductive musical
strains In his present day ark Of mel
ody, with plenty to eat and drink to
satisfy the needs OF all appetites. Teu-
tonic tastes should be amply gratined.
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1904-07-28
THE PACKING HOUSE STRIKE.

CHICAGO. July 27.-To counteract
he effect of the teamsters joining the
G today the packers announced
pension of free deliveries and their
ANS will be sent TO pasture. Pur-
chasers must call for supplies
Members of the state board of arbt-
tration today resumed their attempt
to effect a reconciliation.
James Hall, wounded by a stray bull
let in a strike riot. died today.
Six hundred strike breakers includ-
ing trainload of Kentucky negroes
reached the packing houses In safety
today. The police dispersed all pick
cts and announced that picketing was
prohibited.
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1904-07-28
WAR COSTS JAPAN $3.50, 900 600.

WASHINGTON, July 27.-Accord-
Ing to an official statement Just re-
celVed by the Japanese legation here.
'hpan's war account up to this time
aggregates $3.50 900. .000 The publica.
ton, printed in English, contains a
mass of statistical Information touch
ing Japanese resources that is without
parallel in corresponding publications
IN this or any European country. The
financial ability of the country to re-
spond to the severe demands of The
present war is indicated.
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1904-07-28

fetal OF the company with the party
was Treasurer o'NeIll. Following are
the names of the party:
IL. II. Taylor and wife. DIR. Terry and
wife, john +, Smith and wife. a.
Proudloye and wife, T. J. ONelll and
WIFE, Lou Molstead and sister, Daniel
Mahlsted and son. Smith Brothers. 10.
l.. Howard p Stafford, A. l.. Alden.
all of Geneseo, III; Wm. J. O'Neill, 7.
Kennedy l., Brandes, Mrs. Il. II.
Cooper and son. Chicago,
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1904-07-28
BETWEEN FRIENDS.

Mrs Colls-And when you told him
! was married did he seem to be
sorry?
Friend-oh, yes; he said so quite
frankly.
Mrs. Colls-Did he really?
F'riend-Yes. indeed. he said he was
extremely sorry. although he didn't
know the man personally,-Tit-B Bits.
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1904-07-28

atriee is In London at present with
her mother, the Duchess of Coburg.
and Is universally voted the prettlest,
snartest ana most 'ilirtatious" prin-
cess ON record Her mother has but
little control over her, but as she Is In
love with the cZareyitch and he with
her King Edward has Intervened to
obtain the consent az the czar, who OBJ
jects ON the religious ground of cous.
lnship' which is voted an insurmount-
able bar in the Greek church.
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1904-07-28
SAVE WHEAT IN
RUBBER BOOTS

TOPEKA, Kan. July Ex-senator
Mcmillan OF Ottawa county. who is
here. says the farmers OF central Kan
sas have harvested their wheat crop
In rubber boots. Thousands of the
farmers living in the wheat belt" he
said. "waded in water for days wear
ing rubber boots. trying to save their
crops Merchants in the towns have
been unable to buy enough rubber and
hip boots to fill the orders"
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1904-07-28
HUSBANDS DISSIPATION
CAUSES WiFE'S SUICIDE

DENVER, July 27.--Convinced at
last that her husband loved whisky
better than he loved his wife, Mrs.
Julia Fisher drank poison and died
last night while her husband, Herman
Fisher, lay on the bed In drunken
stupor. When the husband regained
his senses during the night and went
to the Kitchen for drink OF water he
stumbled over the dead body OF his
pretty young wife.
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1904-07-28
PROTEST FILED WITH
STATE DEPARTMENT

WASHINGTON, July 27.-A former
protest against the seizure OF the
steamer Arabia has been filed with
the state department by the repre-.
sentative Of Portland (Ore) ship
per. who stated that the -four aboard
was not intended for Japan.
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1904-07-28
POLITICAL PRISONERS
IN RUSSIAN POLAND
o

BERLIN, July 27.- Most revolving
reports are published here Of the Ill
treatment Of political prisoners in
turbances caused by the prisoners
complaining of insufilclency of food.
After being fortified by drink. 270 SOL
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1904-07-28
GROWS NEW TEETH
AT 1oo YEARS OF AGE

NEW CASTLE, Wis, July 27.-H.
E. Essler, lOG years old is cutting his
third set Of teeth. He reads without
glasses and Is as hale as most men of
60 years old He served in the Mex
lean war, was with Fremont in his trip
across the continent in 1919, and also
fought in the civil war.
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1904-07-28
CIRCUS POLAR BEAR
INJURIES SMALL BOY

PARSONS, Kan, July 27-Andron
Galyon. aged g. suffered dangerous
laceration of the arm today by ap-
preaching too closely a polar bear al.
tached to circus menagerle This Is
the bears third victim this season.
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1904-07-28
DELAVAN LAKE ASSEMBLY.

DELAVAN, Wis. July 27-WlIllam
j. Bryan was the chief speaker today
at the opening Of the seventh annual
session Of the Delayan Lake Assembly
His subject was The Value OF an
Ideal" The assembly will continue
for ten days.
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1904-07-28
FOR EXCELLENT REASONS.

Minister-You seem to be glad to
have me visit your home
Young Hopeful-Yes. sir, whenever
you come we have bully dinner
Youth.
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1904-07-28

ST. JOSEPH, Mo. July 27.-Despite
losses by sympathetic strikes, ali The
packers purchased today Union men
are extremely confident. Strike break
ers continue to arrive in small parties
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1904-07-28

KANSAS CITY. Mo, July 2T.-The
packers today say they have $500 men
working. .LllIng 5000 hogs and | 400
cattle. Desertions from the union
ranks continue
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1904-07-28

OYSTER BAY, July 27.-The day
an ideal one, the weather delightful
and the notification ceremony just
over was a great success. Tho town
of Oyster Bay was decorated in honor
of the occasion. and The presidents
house at Sycamore Flill was surround.
ed with American flags. The entire
incident was agreeable and satisfac.
tory from every point Of view.
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1904-07-28
PRESIDENT FEEL|NC''..v RE.
a1>s~
SPONDS TO CANN0N;o
SPEECH

We believe in reciprocity on the terms
outlined in President McKinley's last
speech. We recognize the organiza-
tion of capital and the organization of
labor as natural outcOmes of our in
dustrlal system Each kind of organ
lzation is to be favored so long as It
acts in spirit of justice and a regard
for the rights ot others. Each must
obey the law, for no man is above II.
and no man below it,
The great work of irrigation en-
ahles the administration to take one
of the longest strides ever taken un-
der our government for the benefit of
The settler and homeseeker"
The president then referred to our
foreign policy, and ended by saying:
To face the future with our past
and our present as guarantees of our
promises, We are content TO stand or
fall by the record which we have made
and are making"
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1904-07-28
SENATOR VEST STILL L,NoEes

SWEET SPRINGS, Mo. July 27.-
Senator Vest passed fair night, but
was delirious ali morning.
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1904-07-28

ALGTERS, July 27.-The steamer
Malacca has arrived here with a Rus,
sian crew in charge
The Savannah morning news., 1904-10-09

victim Of the naval revolution. With
the destruction of the gallant old ship
and its absolutely hopeless struggle
against the new sea-nnonster 1t was at
once realized that the day of the wood
len nIan-of-war had passed. 1t is,
therefore, peculiarly fitting that one
of the new sailing vessels should bear
the name of the Merrimack's prey.
The Boxer.
Like the Intrepid, the training ship
Boxer is named after one of the prizes
of our infant navy, the British brig
Boxer, Capt. Samuel Blythe, which
was another victim of the valiant lit
tie schooner Enterprise. commanded
this time by Lieut.. William Burroughs.
On Sept. 4, 1918, the two vessels met
off Seguin Point on the Maine coast.
In the first broadside from the Boxer
Lieut.. Burroughs received a mortal
wound, and the command of the En-
terprise devolved on Lieut. Mccall. A
few moments later the British COM
mander. Capt. Blythe, was struck and
instantly killed by an 1S-pound shot.
The fight was a short one and the
American flag was soon flying over the
stricken Boxer. The hull of the cap
tured vessel was riddled with shot,
her guns dismounted and her rigging
cut to pieces. The injuries to the En-
lCIpIiSG were III comparison Ills
cant, her dead numbering only four
and wounded eight. The two vessels
were fair match and to the American
superiority in sean1anship and gunnery
the victory is attributed.
Change In Names.
In departing from the usual custom
of naming the vessels of the navy aft
er states, cities and naval heroes of
the past, and in giving TO it's new train
ing ships these historic names. the gov
eminent has merely afforded another
Indication of its desire to rear again
the class of men who took part in those
fights. At the outbreak of the Civil
War, the registered tonnage of the
American marine amounted to 1906.
900 and $50 per cent. of a foreign
commerce valued at $50S, S64,375 was
carried in American ships. By 1908,
American tonnage had fallen to $751;
GOO. actually less than in 1910, and OF
the enormous foreign trade only SIS
per cent was carried under our own
flag, while over 100000 900 was paid to
foreign shipowners for freight and pas
senger charges. How rapid was the
ruin of the merchant marine is shown
by the fact that in 1869 ninety-one YES
sells built for deep sea traffic were
launched from American shipyards; in
1872, only three years later, there were
but fifteen. and since 1901, not a sin
gle order has been given an American
shipyard for a vessel for deep sea
trade.
The twin giants, the Minnesota and
Dakota, built in Connecticut for the
Asiatic service of the Hill railways
are the last products of American
shipbuilding for foreign trade. The
great Sewall yard at Bath, where steel
cot oh inc Lae
been closed for several years. AS long
as present conditions exist. the gov
eminent must rely upon training ships
to provide for its navy the class OF
men which other maritime nations re-
cruit from their merchant marine.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-10-09

COLORADO's ADJUTANT GENERAL A
STRIKING FIGURE.
Characteristics of the Fearless and
Determined Man who Led the
Fight Against the RiOtOus striIx-
ers and the Miners Federation
Full Responsibility Accepted ana
No Apologies to Make-FuII OF
Strange Oaths, But Not a Buster
ing Giant.
From the New York Post.
Denver, Col, Oct. II did il. I'm
responsible. Christ! I've no apologies
to make. It's damned lucky for them
that they didn't get a hell Of a sight
more than I gave EN-"
And Sherman Bell, adjutant general
Of Colorado, added that II there we're
any more emphatic way to declare his
entire and exclusive responsibility for
the deportation of the riotous strikers
from Cripple Greek district, he would
like to know II. As / could not think
OF any, and was not quite sure whether
the delicately bred type machines in
the Evening Post office would set even
the foregoing form Of declaration with
out slipping a cog here and there, l
let II stand without attempting TO i'm
prove upon II. My only apology for
quoting the general quite so literally is
that, without a faithful reproduction
of little sample of his style II would
be impossible for me 10 make my
readers appreciate its breadth OF vo-
The Savannah morning news., 1904-10-09
THE MIDDLE AGES
STILL WITH US
Countries Where the Institutions Of the Medic
val Times Are Still in Fine Working Order.
BY ROGER ATWOOD.

A brief cablegram from an English
correspondent with Col. Younghus-
bands expedition into Tibet an
nounced, the other day, that the
British had discovered in Tibet the
existence of secret tribunal almost
identical with the Spanish 1nquisition.
1t was run by the Buddhist monks.
who WELD temporal as we'll as spirit
ual power in the country, and it used
Instruments of torture similar in APP
pearance and effect to those employed
when hapless wretches were put to
the question lin medieval times in Eu-
hope.
This cablegram was not news to the
limited number of people who have
made a careful study of the institu-
to the generality to learn that real
relic of the Middle Ages still sur
wives in the world in this twentieth
century. Yet it is by no means the
only one. The Middle Ages are still
with us, and practically all Of their
peculiar institutions flourish some
where or other to-day
Middle Ages Up-tO-Date.
The man who wants to study medi-
evalism need not do so through the
rose-tinted romances of Scott or the
musty but still vivid chronicles of
Froissart. He can travel around the
world and see with his own eyes
knight and squire, robber baron and
luckless serf, torturer and tortured,
and all the other dramatis personae
of books like 'Ivanhoe" and Quentin
Durwaard."
The torture chamber played q
great part in the life of Europe
Middle Ages. 1t plays a great part in
the medieval life of Tibet, China,
Afghanistan. Morocco and other bar
barous or semi-barbarous countries
to-day.
The instruments of torture used in
the "yamens" of China are infinite in
The Savannah morning news., 1904-10-09
Building Sailing Ships
For the American NAVY
Side by Side with Modern Fighting Craft Are YES
sells of Old Time Rio.

the Mediterranean by Lieut.. stephen
decatur, then in command of the
schooner Enterprise. in 1903, when the
United States was engaged i'm putting
down with a strong hand the outrages
OF the Barbary corsairs. A few months
atterward, Decatur's prize figured in
one of the most brilliant exploits of the
war. the burning of the captured frig-
ate Philadelphia in the harbor of Trip
oil. With crew of sixty-two men
hidden behind her bulwarks, the In
trepld sailed boldly into the harbor
and made fast to the Philadelphia.
Iaken by surprise the Moors offered
but feeble resistance to the boarders.
led by Decatur, and in a few moments
the Philadelphia was a mass of flames.
Decatur and his men went out of the
harbor in their ketch as safely as they
had gone in.
The Intrepid's Career.
Late in the summer of the same year.
1904. the Intrepid closed her short
career as United States vessel, and
with the little ketch twelve men went
down in the harbor where she had
made herself famous. Capt. Preble.
who was in command of the American
forces, in his anxiety to push the war
vigorously and to annoy the enemy
by all MEANS" determined if possible
to burn the shipping in the harbor by
means OF fire ship. For this pur-
pose the Intrepid was selected, $50 bar
rels of powder and a number of shells
were slowed in her and the vessel was
headed for the harbor with Richard
Somers and a crew of eleven men on
board. 1t was intended to set fire to
the snip in the midst of the Tripolitan
vessels while the crew was to ESCAPE
III two rowboats. AS the ketch was
disappearing in the darkness, on hel
way to the harbor; a signal gun was
fired from the shore and a man, with
a lighted lantern in his hand, was seer
to dnop into the hatch where the pow
der was stored. A second later the
Intrepid blew up with a tremendous
burst of flame. OF the crew nothing
was ever seen, but it was learned that
Somers had blown the ship up wher
he saw that his attempt had been dis
covered and that a Tripolitan boarding
party was swarming over the bulwarks
of the Intrepid.
The Cumberland.
The name of the Cumberland. the
sister ship of the new Intrepid, is
familiar to every schoolboy in the coun-
try. When the iron-clad Merrimac
steamed out of Norfolk on her tria'
trip on March 8, 1862 the knell of the
| old wooden sailing man-of-war was
sounded and to the lot of the sloop-
of-war Cumberland, at anchor off New.
port News Point, it fell to be the first
The Savannah morning news., 1904-10-09

done--that's all
"Of course, the gang / was after
tried to give me trouble. They began
getting out habeas corpus papers.
stood Il little while; then ! said to
a couple of the district judges: Sec
herel We've had too much habeas
corpus. Now, you'd better go a little
slow on such monkey business, or you
may wake up some morning In the
bull-pen yourselves' That settled
things down for a while.
Then there was a lot OF fellows who
tried to scare me by Ginning about
foreign sovereigns, and all that. One
would say: I'm a subject OF King
Edward Another: Tn a subject OF
King Alfonso Another: I'm a citizen
of Mexico-you can't touch me- Wen
see whether / can touch you, says l,
and into the bull-pen goes the whole
lot. There was one fellow, though,
that got after me pretty hot. He sent
word to Washington, and stirred up
the British ambassador, and there was
lot of correspondence between the
United States government and the gov
eminent Of Colorado. oh, WELL says
!, i haven't lived in this camp so
many years without learning thing
or two about the men In It. Leave this
chap to me- SO ! calls him up and
Stewart Forbes says he.
Are you a citizen Of the United
States7"
"'No sir; I'm a subject of Edward
VII, del gratia King of Great Britain.
and
"'That'll do says /; now answer
another question, and remember
what" happen to you IL you lie to me:
Did you ever vote In the United
StatesY
"Well. you ought to have seen that
fellow sputter and stammer. / kept at
him with the question, and pretty
soon he did believe that he remember
ed that he--er-once perhaps-er--did
-.er--cast a ballot. When I'd got every
thing out Of him he was ready to give.
sent off and got the public records,
and there, sure enough. he had former
ly voted in the Pend d'Oreille country
and his wife had ben one OF the
judges OF election, although she was a
British subject. too OF course, 1t
didn't take him long 10 discover that
he's had enough: and when I talked
The Savannah morning news., 1904-10-09

OF turning him over TO the civil author
tiles TO be locked up for a few years
In the penitentiery, he begged for his
life and got out Of that district as fast
as he could travel.
Another chap was "a subject OF
King Victor of italy and a lot moro
of that stun. All right says /,
you're wanted by the police in italy,
and you're not wanted here. Now.
you can take your cholce--get out OF
here by yourself, or go out under
guard, to be taken back TO Italy,
There was a train out Of town that
afternoon. That fellow didn't wait ia
dispose Of his furniture-he just tied
UP what he could into a bundle and
legged 1t for the railroad track"
American Railway Methods I'm Ems
gland.
From the Birmingham Post.
After vigorously protesting against
the introduction OF American methods
as being unsuitable, If not impracticabla
on English railways, British rail-
way managers are evidently proftlng
by American experience to the extent.
at all events, of cheapening the trans
port of merchandise and minerals by
means of more careful loading, the
employment of trucks of larger car
rylng capacity and engines of greater
hauling power, and the discontinuancs
OF super1uous trains, more particularly
on branch lines.
In many cases. also. they are in
creasing the carrying capacity Of their
passenger coaches without adding ma
terially to the cost and weight OF the
trains, and utilizing motor cars in
country. districts as feeders for their
RAILWAYS.
A good deal stlll remains to be done
In the way Of staff reorganization and
the compilation OF really instructive
statistics for the guidance OF managers
and directors. and but little improve
ment Is apparent yet in the handling Of
passenger traffic so far as regards the
working expenses.
But the work Of reform has evident-
~ begun, and the period OF depression
through which we are passing will
not have been without its compensa-
lions II II serves. as we hope Il win.
10 stimulate and strengthen the re-
form movement.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-10-09
SHERIDAN OF MINE CAMPS.

Copyright. 1904. by T. c. Mcclure. }
The Savannah morning news., 1904-10-09

Each "RAs" OF Abyssinia has a
stronghold OF his esyn. which Is gar
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1904-11-25
Hard on the Host.

James Blown Potter was talking
about absentmi ndedncss.
Usually" ne said. 1.-THE errors OF
the absentminded are merely ludi-
crous. They don't cause embarrrss-
ment or pain. The last time l was
thought witnessed a piece OF absent.
mindedness that was embarrassing
aud painful to the last degree.
~ was dining in Oxford, and the
guest of honor was a bishop. He
was old and mild and thoughtful, and
/ was not surprised to hear from my
neig hbor that his head was continu-
ally In the clouds and his thoughts
continually wandering.
1T seems that this bishop had once
lived in the house of our host. That
fact. probably was what caused him
to forget that he was dining out.
As the dinner, rather poor one,
drew to close, he turned to his wife
and said:
my dear, l III afraid we mast pro-
uounce this COOK another failure -