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also fra slnents of a freize )rnameated
with bucranes and large p1terae. The
place which was occupied b. this long
portico or colonnade can be easily dis
tingu.sned on the present site. and also
some of the marble slabs which formed
the pavement still remain. Some sec
tons of the large marble columns are
still left.
At the farther corner Of the Struc-
ture, next the Temple of Antonius and
Faustina, were discovered not long
ago the remains of a monumental in
scription in honor Of LuciuS Caesar,
the adopted son of Augustus. The
colossal fragments on which the in
~scription is cit have been left in the
place where they were found. They
no doubt keep the exact position which
they took when the old edi6ce fell in
ruins or was overthrown during the
Middle Ages. 1t is impossible to say
to what monument this colossal in
scription belonged. Perhaps Angus
tus, when reconstructing the Basilica
Aemilia, added a portico to which he
gave the name of his two nephews,
Lucius and CaiuS Caesor.
Until the recent excavations were
made. ~archaeologists were not sure as
to the exact direction of the Sacra
Via, the main avenue passing through
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NO BULL ST. LOUIS
Police Stop Exhibition and Angry
Spectators Burn the Arena
An Attempt to Give the Worlds Fais
Visitors a Real Spanish Spectacle q.
ia Baked by the Governor.

st. Louis. Mo.-Incensed over their
failure to see a genuine Spanish
bullfght," which the authorities had
ordered stopped. a riot was started in
an arena near the Worlds Fair
grounds by a crowd of $500 men and
boys, who were unable to get their
money back, and the building was
burned to the ground. Four men were
arrested by the authorities Of st. Louis
County. charged with destruction or
property. The crowd. which numbered
about 1000, thinking these men were
connected with the show, made an at
tempt to mob them. and in their en-
counter with the deupty sherifs a
number were roughly handled and
some received scalp wounds. The
building is said to have cost $4,000.
It is a total loss.
The initial performance by the COM
pany Of Spanish bullfghters had been
advertised widely, but Governor Dock
cry, to whom numerous protests mad
been made by religious and humane
societies, ordered that the fight should
not be allowed to take place. Despite
these orders, a large crowd assembled
in the arena at the advertised time or
opening. Before the regular perform
ance a number Of cowboys drove in
some bulls. which they ran around
the arena in true Wild West style.
The crowd soon became tired of this,
and called for the bullfght.
The announcement was then made
that the bullfght would BE proceeded
with. As the matadors came into the
ring a county official stepped up to the
announcer and handed him a paper in
forming him that the proposed show
could not take place. When this be-
anne known to the crowd they leaped
into the arena and demanded the re-
turn of their money, 81 apiece. Fail
ing to get this, the crowd went to the
Office, which was in a small building
outside the arena and began to stone
it.
This was followed by attempts to
burn the main structure, which was
an immense building constructed Of
pine. Bits of burning paper were
thrown at the woodwork, and finally
some one went inside and dropped a
lighted match in a pile Of hay under
the building. The whole structure
was soon on fire and before long was
in ruins.
A call was made for the fire depart
ment. but the single engine that re-
sponded stuck in the mud, and there
was nothing to stop the progress of the
flames. The fire department Of the
Worlds Fair was called out to protect
the exposition buildings. but, as the
wind blew in another direction, there
was no danger.
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The Great Extent of Alaska.

The latitude of Alaska corresponds
approximately to that of the Scandi-
navian peninsula, Point Barrow, the
nortkernmost cape Of Alaska is IN
about the same latitude as North Cape.
Dixon Entrance, which marks the
southernmost point, is nearly on the
same parallel as Copenhagen. Sitka,
the capital of Alaska, is in the latitude
of Edinburgh. in Scotland.
Alaska stretches through twenty
seven degrees Of latitude and fifty
four of longitude. Its east and west
dimensions, measured to the exereme
limit of the Aleutian Islands. is almost
exactly equal to the distance from Sa-
vannah, on the Atlantic coast, to Los
Angeles, on the Pacific. Its most nor
therly and southerly points are as far
apart as the northern and southern
boundaries of the United States.-Na-
tional Geographic Magazine.
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SIX KILLED IN A CRASH
Freight Cuts Through an Electric
Car Near NoTwalk, Ohio.
All But One Passenger in Smoking Com.
partment Killed - Many More In
jured Tragic Scenes at Wreck.

Cleveland, Ohio.-In the most ter.
rible accident that the Lake Shore
Electric has known six persons lost
their lives and eighteen others were
injured, many, it is feared, fatally.
Two trains came together head on, and
the high rate of speed at which they
were running made the collision q
scene Of simple ruin.
The accident occurred three miles
from Norwalk, but the spot is a lonely
one and it was some. time before as
sistance arrived. A special cur was
hurried to the scene with doctors and
nurses, but than n sufferer died
in the interval, while the few unin-
jured passengers strove in vain to
rescue and relieve them. Those who
viewed the wreck said it was a wonder
that any one escaped alive.
The dead are: Clarence Ketcham,
New London; Neil Sullivan, Bing-
hamton, n. Y. United States Inspec-
tor of Safety Appliances for the In
terstate Commerce Commission;
Thomas Sweeney, w. ". Sherwood,
GarrettsvilIe, Ohio; W. P. Stevenson,
Ralph L. Williams, Toledo.
The east-bound limited, which car
RED most of the victims Of the accl-
dent, left Norwalk at 4.45 p. m. AS
far as can be learned there was moth
ing to show that it had not a clear
right Of way, but at Wels Corners,
while going at full speed, it suddenly
crashed into an electric package car,
| west-bound from B%erlinville.
There was no time to apply the
brakes-hardly enough to turn off the
electric queensland the two came
together with terrific force. The
freight car plowed clean through the
limited, splintering the smoking COM
partment literally into fragments and
piling the rest Of the car into a mass
of driftwood. For a long half hour,
while word was being conveyed to
Norwalk, men and women lay under
heavy beams and aXles, grooming and
screaming with pain. Those who
could be reached were soo dragged
free by willing hands, but there were
few whose injuries permitted them
to give any assistance.
For Gods sake, man. take these
timbers off me-let me get my breath"
gasped n man. pinned beneath the
freight car. But the car had to be
lacked up and a way cut through the
wreckage, and before lie could be re.
leased he was dead.
The six men who died were evident
ly in the smoking compartment, in the
front end of the car. They were pin
toned in and all were dead when taken
out. It was difficult work to identify
them. as several were badly mangled.
The injured were carried into a ca,
and taken to the st. Charles Hotel.
and the third floor of that hostelry.
was made an improvised hospital.
Frank Libling. Of Cleveland, had
just left the smoking compartment
when the accident occurred. He was
thrown to the floor and received nu-
| merous cuts and bruises.
Harry Peat, a paper man on the
limited, saw the oncoming freight car
and jumped. He received slight in
juries.
George Sturgeon. Of Fremont, mo-
torman on the freight car, is seriously
injured.
Strange to say, not a woman was
killed, although several were seriously
injured. -r.~4.."- .:;:..
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ENlBEZZLER ~CONFESSES.
New Haven Paying Teller Used
Banks Funds to Speculate.

New Haven, Conn.-Douglass NJ.
Smith, paying teller Of the National
Tradesmen's Bank, of this city, was
arrested, charged with having embez-
zled 100000 of its funds. a greater part
Of which he admitted he had lost in
speculation.
1t was stated after a partial inves-
tigation Of the accounts, that Smiths
shortage would total $4,000.
The bank will make a test case Of
the nights of the bucket shops, hav-
ing sued the firm where Smith specu-
lated for $4,000. 1t is alleged that
the firm of Yeomans & Dill share in
the responsibility. The banks &C.
counts will be overhauled and q
change Of administration made.
Teller Smith received President
Fields at the Hotel Majestic where he
has lived with his wife and child for
five years, and made a formal confess
sion that he had taken the banks
funds to speculate. Mr.. Smith Sc
cured bonds for $4,000.
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The Crusade In Brief.

Beer. with a good head, makes a good
head bad.
Beer or whisky drinking never produces
clear thinking.
In the rural districts of Norway and
Sweden there is ha: little drunkenness
and the people rank ar:ons the most So
Der nations OF C!irist&ndom.
In 1870 Sweden had one saloon to every
100 inhabitants. and the consumption or
pure white spirits was G.7 gallons per
carit.: IN 1870 she hal bat Ole saloon to
5000 Inhabitants. and the consumption had
fallen - Is gallons Fer capita.
Il 7ou don't wish to so to ruin, you had
better no: so to the groGshop.
Statistics show that hall a barrel Of
beer Is produced ANNUALLY for every man,
wD.n1 and child in this country. The
ccnso.a-ion is in knowing that the lndl-
vidual = not compelled TO swallow his or
he1 share.
The papers tell Of q solder in the Phll-
ippines who discourscs upon 4 new cure
for drunkenness among the soldiers: we
have. he says, "a lot ot nac;ve soldier; en-
listed here. When one CT tic white bnys
GETS drunk the captain p2ts l native solder
over him, and the native puts on lots OF
airs while marching him around. 1t grlnhs
the boys 50 tina: they wou!dn ges d1unk
il they could"
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NORTH CAROLINA GETS ROAD.
Governor Said Militia Could Be Used
to Execute Courts Orders.

Governor Said Militia Could Be Used
to Execute Courts Orders.
Raleigh, N. C.-The return Of the
Atlantic and North Carolina Railroad
to the State authorities occurred here
when Judge Purnell approved the
bond required in the supersedeas Of
Chief Justice Fuller.
Governor Aycock. after Judge Pur-
nell had acted. wired the superin-
tendent of the road at Newbern to
take possession. The answer came
back that the receivers would not re-
cognize his authority. though warned
that this was at their peril. and Mr..
Dill asked if he should put them out.
Governor Aycock telegraphed back
to put them out Of the Office and, if
necessary, call upon the Sheriff to do
so, adding:
IF military needed. notify me. Order
Of Chief Justice Fuller shall be
obeyed."
finally, by the use Of constructive
force, Receivers McBee and Meares
were removed.
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h disputed, has been found. ac-
riding to the recent excavations, 10
along the northern side. 1t passes
front of the two last named struc-
lres and lies underneath the level
round seen on the right OF the en-
a Ting.
- regards the Basilica Fulvia. of
ch only the central 1art built of
blocks and part Of the pOrtico is
standing, the censor, NJ. Fulvius
gbilior, founded this ediice in the
Ia 1E9 B. c.. and gave it his own
3ne. Later on. NJ, AemiliuS Lepl-
during his consulate in IS B. g..
bred the building considerably, and
amented it with bucklerS upon
were engraved the portraits OF
ncestors. 4 reproduction of the
lea restored and ornamcnted in
"A way now exists upon a medal OF
re time Of Lepidus. 1t is probable.
that he did not finish the
syork upon the building, for only
Ewenty-fve years later we see that
&,ucius Aemilius Paullus took up the
work and received 1000 talents from
Caesar for this purpose. From this
time on the edihce took the name OF
EBasilica Paulli. 1t was badly dam
Aged in the fire Of the year I40 of
Rome, and the work of restoring it
Exas carried out by Augustus and some
'bf the members of the Aemilia family.
4rhe splendid Phrygian columns (pav-
bnazzetto) which V%alentinian and
Thtodosius gave to the 3asilica of st.
PAID in 1856 A. D.. came from the build
Hngtwhich Augustine restored.
III the fifth century the Aemilia no
= on ler existed. On its site had been
EonAructed a portico, which was'prob-
kbl@commenced under 2etronius Max
my. uefect Of Rome, and completed
LIZ %Theodoric. To the editice which
(ey erected belongs the pavement
Formed of small blocks of marble Of
different colorS. representing seome-
kric forms. The columns of red gran
lite with their pedestals and capitals
.,f white marble (th:ee # which can
herr be seem were taken from differ
Int edifcts ard were adapted to the
main structure as best might BE. The
] nciant basilica contributed TO this
building with the old walls construct
ID of large tufa blocks some of which
till remain, rs will be o%bservedJ, also
with a dozen columns adapted to the
bortico. This co,onnadc was Of con-
kiderable length. nearly 20G feet long.
Ind ran along the Sacra Via.
To the ancient structure also belongs
HE pavement of African marble and
Two fragments Of an architrave on
which traces can still be e e of an
inscription showing the Construction
Bf the building by Aemiliu- Paul!us.
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A Tragedy Through Rum.

Two friends of mine, a couple who had
been married fer twenty years, came to
the conclusion that marriage was a failure
for them.
Years before, the man had been well off,
but he had lost everything through specu-
lation. He took to drink and soon degen-
Grated to a worthless burden upon the
wife, who supported the family by taking
boarders.
For ten years these two had lived to-
gether in the same house, the estrange-
ment widening as the husbands folly in
creased, until she could endure it no longer.
The papers were made out. and the day
came when he was to leave tle home he
had made so wretched.
/ happened to be a witness to their part
ing, writes j.. G. Smiley, in The Oaks.
There was no one in the house at this
time but we three.
She packed up his shirts and collars,
which she had that day ironed with her
cTn hands, and he stood on the threshold
with the parcel under his arm, beside q
trunk which contained his other personal
belongings.
Scarce a word was spoken. Both seemed
to feel that a crisis in their lives had
so For twenty years these two had been
together, drought light and suade, in
good fortune and i'll, and now they were
|. to part forever. Twenty years before,
buoyant with youth and hope and conf
dence in each other, these two had linked
their lives together. They had cone to
look alike, so potent had been the force
OF association.
What touching memories must have
surged through both their hearts as they
stood thus, she leaning against the stair
way in the hall, and he standing on the
doorstep with the dusky twilight closing
in about him as if to emphasize the dark
ness of the future years. =
The hour seemed strangely in keeping
with this Strange parting. There are mo-
ments so tragic in life that speech Is
dumbly inadequate. This was one of them.
"Have-I-got everything-Annie" he
slowly said, in a dazed way, as he turned
toward the door.
"All but this, Frank-do you want it?'
and she handed him a packet of faded let
tiers tied with a crumpled ribbon.
He turned pale as a corpse, as if not un.
til that instant realizing all the parting
meant. He looked at the packet, slowly
united the ribbon and wound it ABOUT his
hand, his whole frame trembling violently.
keep them-Anaie-for mel" he sobbed,
made one convulsive step toward the
woman, then turned and walked out into
the light. .
And she?
Well, an nour later I ster ped softly into
the hallway, alarmed at the deathly silence.
Still leaning against the stairway she stood,
the letters clutched tightly in her frigid
hands, her eyes strained out upon the
night as if they saw the ghosts of bygone
days when j Itn and happiness were hers!
That look will haunt me forever.-.Ram's
Horn.
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THE GREAT DESTROYER
SOME STARTLING FACTS ABOUT
THE VICE OF INTEMPERANcE.

Poem: The Song Of the Drunk-Painfnl
Parting of a Man and Wife Whom
LIQUOR Had separated - The Packet
That tho Drunkard Left.
With breath that smelled of rum,
With eyelids heavy and red.
4 drunkard sat in unmanly plight,
CHANGING around him with dread
Drink! drink! drink!
In drunkenness hopelessly sunk,
And still with the voice of dolorous pitch.
He sang the Song of the Drunk"
Drink! drink! drink!
While the cock is Growing aloof!
And drink! drink! drink!
Till the stars shine through the roofI
It's, oh! to be unbound.
And freed from the chains of drink,
And never again to near the sound
When glass and bottle clink!
Drink! drink! drink!
Till the brain begins to swim;
Drink! drink! drink!
Till the eyes are heavy and dim!
Rum, and whisky, and gin,
Gin, and whisky and run
Till over the glass / fall asleep,
And dream that Judgment has comel
Drink! drink! drink!
My guiding never fags;.
And what does it bring? A bed OF straw
A crust of bread, and rags,
That shattered roof. and this naked floor,
A table, a broken chair,
And a wall so blank, my shadow l thank
For sometimes falling there!
Drink! drink! drink!
From weary chime to chime;
Drink! drink! drink!
1t maddens every time!
Gin, and whisky, and rum,
Rum, and whisky, and gin,
Till the heart is sick, and the head is thick,
And the wretch is STEPPED in SIM"
With breath that smelled Of rum.
With eyeiids heavy and red,
A drunkard sat in unmanly plight,
CHANGING around him in dread
Drink! drink! drink!
In drunkenness hopelessly sunk,
And still Nth a voice that misery rung-
Would that its tone would teach ths
young!
He sang this Song of the Drunk"
New York Weekly.
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Temperance in Tennessee,

There are now $500 towns and cities in
Tennessee, and Of this number the saloon
has been suppressed in 445O, or in more
n~essee's liquor law is the ''Four-mile Law"
which is not commonly understood outside
of the State. This law originated in the
seventies, and has been strengthened and
improved from time to time. Under its
provisions the saloon was prohibited with.
in four miles Of incorporated institutions
Of learning, outside Of municipalities. Then
the people began incorporating country
schools everywhere, making them prohibit
DRY centres. They thus became the protec.
tors as we'll as the educators of society.
Next the people amended the law so that
saloons we're prohibited within four miles
of any school, whether incorporated or not.
The result is seen above.
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Baltimore's New MayOr.

Mayor McLane's suicide puts there
publicans in control Of the Baltimore
city government under a provision
for the Capitalization Of power pro.
vided by the new city charter. The
Republicans now also control the
burned district commission and all i'm
provements from this time on. Pres
ident E. Clay Timanus. Of the Second
Branch of the City Council. took the
oath of Office as Mayor. Mayor Tim
anus will serve out the balance of
Mayor McLane's term Of three years
He is a Republican.
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Inc Northeastern Corner of the Roman Forum.

surplus being caught in the brush cups
and may be returned to the can. AS
the paint gravitates to the bottom
brush, the user can readily eQualize
the distribution by reversing the de-
vice, using the bottom one on top. The
manufacturers state that with this
brush it is easy to paint seventy to
eighty rods of fence a day, and do a
good job, without splitting paint. The
brushes are referred to as also being
suitable for painting light structural
work, and can be made for painting
heavy structural material.
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Travis Worlds Champion.

The American golf champion, Walter
]. Travis, acquired the title of amateur
champion of Great Britain on the links
at Sandwich, near London, where he
defeated q. D. Blackwell, a represen-
tatve Of the Royal and Ancient Club,
st. Andrews, by four up and three to
play in q thirty-six-hole match. This
was the first time an American has
won this honor.
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Mysterious Death in Cab.

William T. Young, better known by
his track name of Caesar" Young,
bookmaker, horse owner and all-around
athlete, was shot and killed about 8
o'clock a. m, while driving in New
York City in a hanson cab with an
actress known as Nan Patterson, with
whom he had been entangled for some
time. The dead man was going to
break off relations with the woman
who sat by him, and WHO says he COM
mitted suicide. She was arrested and
held without bail. Young's wife was
waiting for him at the time he was
shot on the American Line pier, with
the tickets ready for their voyage Cd
the Germanic to Europe. .,r..a;N-~
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The President Benefits.

The report of Charles f. Lewis, who
was appointed to appraise the per-
sonaI estate in New York Of James
King Oracle, who was an uncle of
President Theodore Roosevelt and
who died in New York City on Noyem-
Der %, 1903, has been filed. The will
benefits the President and his family
to the extent of $4,000. Mr.. Lewis
appraised the estate at S440,G12.15.
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Labor World.

The coal strike n the Southern CO...
orado field has been settled.
The lowest wages for granite cutters
in Butte City, MaItana. is So 4 day.
Four hundred frcpht handlers of the
Fall River Lie were replaced by
Italians.
There is no change in the strike
situation in tie glove factories in
Gloversville, y. Y.
Several postal CLERKS unions have
been chartered by the a. Il. of L., n
now it is proposed to form ! national
union.
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Amazing Names Given Infants.

Some amazing names have been CIV
en- to foundlings and perpetuated by
their posterity. One infant found near
Shepherds Bush was named Thomas
Shepherds Bush; another, who was
discovered tied up in a napkin by the
side of a brook, became Martin Nap
kin-Brooke; and an infant picked up
at Newark, who later on fame as
DR.. Thomas Magnus, was chriStened
Tom Amang Us.
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EXCAVATIONS IN
ROMAN FORUM
III UTIIIIILNLIIl
HE remains or the north

z He remains or the nOrtu-
eastern part of the Forum
8 present considerable inter
est, especially after the re-
cent excavations which
ndatore boni is making, and
light is being thrown upon the
the Forum, thus settling some
j discussions which have arisen
he subject. Our present en-
1 shows some of the main points
TEST in that part of the Forum
lies to the west Ct the Arch Of
BIS SeveruS. In the foreground
remains of the Basilica Full
of the constructions Of the
eriod, which was modified con-
yly in after times. In the rear
of AntoninuS and Faus-
he of the landmarks Of the For
bose exact position has been so
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The National Game.

McGinnity keeps on with his great
pitching.
Napoleon Lajoie is hitting them
harder than ever.
Nichols continues to win his games
and handle the st. Louis team in fine
style.
Whether Barrett or Bay gets to first
base the faster is a question hard to
decide.
Catcher Carisch, Of Pittsburg, is &C
cused by Jack Warner as being q
bat:tipper.-