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Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1904-01-02
THREE GOOD FISH STORIES.
Sea Serpent Monster Oyster and Man
Eating Lobster Arrive.

While returning to his home late
yesterday. says u dispatch from At
lantic City. y. j.. William Blackman
saw long. dark object being tossed
by the restless waves beating on the
beach at Nentnor. At last one big
comber left il stranded high on the
sands.
Blackman approached. Before him
lay sea serpent eighteen feet long
and with head twelve inches from
ear To ear. Its mouth was the same
size. The next morning It could not
be found. Residents are greatly
alarmed.
About the same time Richard Bur
bage of Pleasantville went oyster
hunting in Lakes bay. After n mighty
struggle he landed bivalve. he SAYS
which measured two feet in length.
fourteen inches across the back.
twelve inches in depth. and the meat
in 1t weighed twenty-four pounds. All
Pleasantville can bear witness that
no oyster ever caught was its equal
TAen John Winder proved the rule
of three and made the cycle complete.
Winder is mate of the yacht Pitts
burg, and he pulled a lobster ND on
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1904-01-02

trucks of all except the diner were
torn completely from underneath the
cars.
Few people were injured in the Pull.
man cars and the diners. although few
escaped without at least some slight
injuries.
Hardly had the bodies of the dead
been removed from the coaches until
thieves began robbing the dead of
Jewelry and money. Special officers
We're deputized. and with the aid of
the Baltimore and Ohio police force
and Connellsville officers the work of
the ghouls was stopped.
II Is charged thai the foreigners who
escaped serious injury In the wreck
Immediately set about robbIng their
more unfortunate countrymen. and the
dead az well as injured were robbed of
their money and other valuables.
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1904-01-02

The awful disaster to the Duquesne
flyer on the Baltimore and Ohio rail
road near Dawson, Pa, Dec. "a, makes
. sad Christmas for many families.
II is not only the worst railroad cillam-
ity this year but the worst in many
years. There have been thirty derail-
ments and collisions during the year
where the loss of life has been excep-
lionally large. but the collision on the
Big Four railroad of Nov. 10. when
ihirty-one were killed and seventeen
injured, had been the worst up to the
present horror. In this one twice as
many were killed and five times as
many injured. 1t may be interesting
in connection with these thirty disas'
Iers to know that twenty of them were
caused by collisions and ten by de-
railments. which would seem to indi-
cate that more attention is paid to the
condition of the roadbed than to the
details of running trains.
If there can be any consolation in
such an accident, by which over three
score persons were killed outright and
many others were injured. some OF
whom will die, it is in the fact that II
does not appear to have been the re-
suit of carelessness or ineff.otcEcy. A
freight train loaded with timbers lad
lust preceded the passenger train. and
some of the ties had fallen upon the
track The Duquesne flyer, running
at great speed. rounded curve, and,
. before the engineer could slacken
speed. the entire train. except a
sleeper and dining car. was derailed.
The timbers were properly loaded, but
the breaking of a stay-a contingency
which hardly could have been fore
seen-let some of them down. The
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1904-01-02

crew of the freight train were not In
. position to know il.
II was a horrible disaster. Men
we're crushed to death. scalded to
death, burned to death. Cars were
telescoped, smashed. burned. Every
detail Of horror and OF suffering posi-
Bile in railroad wreck characterized
This one. II is not creditable to skill
in construction tina: cars should be
built of material which Is made ali
the more infiammable by paint and
rarnish put on in proiusion. and that
hey should be built 50 lightly and go
10 pieces as easily as a cardboard
house. The old wooden vessels have
largely given place TO steel vessels
Why should not the old wooden cars
be succeeded by steel cars. which will
offer some resistance in case of acct
dent and reduce the risks of death and
injury to crew and passengers?
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1904-01-02
Red Cloud.

force of eighty-four soldiers was am
pushed and annihilated, he was but
little known.
The Indians say that Red Cloud
was not present at the Fetterman
massacre. Be that as it may. he GER
tainly got the credit of having
planned it, a circumstance which he
did not hesitate to fully make use OF
in gaining absolute control over his
tribe. He continued fighting against
the government until about twenty
three years ago, when he signed a
peace treaty.
He then buried his tomahawk and
has never since then broken his COM
pact with the government When he
fought the whites he did so with ter
rible earnestness and ferocity. De-
scending like whirlwind<'6f death
upon a settlement. he always left 4
CORY paff behind him: but when he
signed the treaty Of peace he did it
in good faith, and for twenty-three
years he has lived in amity with his
white brethren.
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1904-01-02
. Minister Admitted to the Bar.

For years Rev. ]. f. Herman of Mil.
ford. n. H.. has been studying law. and
now he has been admitted to the bar.
Il have done all this study" he says,
without in any way sighting my
duties as preacher Of the gospel. For
instance. Monday. instead OF being the
so-called blue Monday. was devoted
by me to the study II some branch OF
law. The knowledge of law is help.
full TO all professions and as much TO
the ministry as any other. Is not your
congregation the jury and will not a
convincing argument carry weight in
matters religious as in matters OF
law?''
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1904-01-02
CAUSE OF THE WRECK.
information Seems 20 Show Disaster
Was Unavoidable.

The wreck was caused by the break
'ng of the castings on carload of
bridge tiinbers on westbound freight
rain which had passed Laurel Run not
more than fifteen minutes before the
passenger train. The wreck occurred
IN a curve, and II was impossible for
Engineer Thornley, to see fer enough
ahead to detect the obstruction on the
tracks.
The biz Atlantic type engine plung.
ed into the timbers al a velocity of
sixty miles an hour. The engine
plowed into the embankment, and the
baggage and express cars were thrown
into the Youghioghney river. The
smoker followed the engine and land
ed squarely on top of 1t. This allowed
the escaping steam from the engine
to I'LL the car. The smoker was pack
I'D to its utmost capacity. and all the
Messengers were cooked alive.
Most of the killed were foreigners
who were literally roasted to death.
rhe baggage and smoker telescoping
The engine and Immediately catching
IRE. Not a single passenger in the car
escaped with his life, and * is esti-
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1904-01-02
Good Puns on the Weather.

Chicago man who has Just re
turned from visit TO Europe says
that during his stay in Paris the
weather was atrocious. 1t rained in
cessantly for week and this depres-
sing state Of affairs was emphasized
one day by another American visitor.
who ON taking leave OF a French
friend. said. ''Au reservoir" instead of
"Au revolr.' as he would have re-
marked under mere agreeable climatic
conditions. The Partisan. who is
thoroughly acquainted with the Eng
lish language entered into the joke
and replied cordially. Tanks"
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1904-01-02

Where Korea and Msnchuria Meet.
between the tall. robust, large-limbed
Korean and the diminutive, swarthy
and active Japanese is even more
marked. The difference in the spoken
language of the country, both in ge-
MUS and in structure, is but another
evidence of the fact that the Korean
is a type by himself.
With a population variously est.
ated at from 100000 to $4,000, 900.
and territory about as large as the
area of Great Britain, Korea awaits
the decree of fate and apparently has
less voice in the matter than any of
the other nations concerned. The
official classes by turns have paid
Difference to China. to Japan, and to
Russia. Korea's dependency in one
way or another upon the two former
powers having lasted for centuries.
The people themselves, docile, tract
able and Indifferent. are too unenlight-
ened to care, though since Japan's ag-
gressions in Korea in 1894 they have
been credited with a deep-seated dis
like of the Japanese. Russia alone.
with its slow-moving policy of gradual
encroachment and adroit intrigue.
seems to have gained ground with
out arousinS antagonism.
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1904-01-02
WHEN JUSTICE HARLAN FORGOT.
Kentucky Jdrlst Saved Situation in
Nick of Time

A Kentucky L.lles tells this story
at the expense of Justice Harlan OF
the United States supreme court They
were fellow guests at reception. in
Washington and the hostess rallied
the justice on his failure to drink more
than one glass of punch. He replied
that as Kentuckian he felt disloyai
to drink his other than straight, add
ing that just then he was out Of the
genuine tipple in his home. The dis
tiller that evening telegraphed to his
manager, who sent the justice case
of his best. Next Sunday the two
men met in the church of which Mr..
Harlan is deacon. The distiller was
coming down the steps when the jus
tice called to him: That was splen.
did, Then, remembering where he
was, he added hastily: The sermon,
| mean, of course"
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1904-01-02

Dr. Thomas B. Mehard of Connells-
vile, Pa, who assisted in rescue work
and attended many of the injured in
The railroad wreck near that city
Dec. "a, has given scientific medical
version of the cause of the deaths.
He said:
Many persons have been mistaken
as TO what caused the deaths of the
wreck victims, believing they were
due TO scalds and burns. Aside from
The engineer and fireman. who died
from crushing violence, the. death of
all the others was due to the inhala-
don of superheated steam. thus caus-
ing an edema of the larynx and in
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1904-01-02

Not the least curious feature OF the
critical situation rapidly developing in
the far east is the attitude of Korea
and the apparent apathy OF the Ko-
reans themselves in the face of the
threat Of national extinction. Their
country forms the bone of contention
and may yet be the fighting ground
upon which Russia and Japan are to
settle the question OF supremacy in
the Orient, but their possible prefer
ences and their future position are
still mystery.
Presumably some light might be
thrown uDon the question of Korea's
ultimate destiny and upon the prob
able tendencies OF its people by an
examination Of their racial character
istics. but even here the student
meets with difficulties which defy
analysis. The Korean is an indubit-
able Asiatic In his modes of thought.
his conservatism. his distaste for civ
ilization and his preference for the
lower forms of Buddhistic worship.
but he is sharply differentiated from
other Asiatics. He Is neither Chinese
nor Japanese nor yet. as some ethnol-
ogists would have IL. an Offshoot from
remote Caucasian ancestry. The n
fort To trace Caucasian origin
through the singular tribe of Amos.
the light colored people of northern
Japan, on the ground that the latter
came from n Caucasian race of great
antiquity. has been rejected as I'M
tenable. Several theories have been
advanced identifying the Koreans var
iously with Mongolia. Japanese and
Malay sources. but perhaps the most
authentic and satisfactory is that
which regards them as a distinct type
intermediate between the Monaghan
Tartar and the Japanese. Whatever
their origin. the distinction is too
marked to admit of confounding them
with the Chinese, while the contrast
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1904-01-02
ARMY TO USE HAND ORGANS.
sslvationists Adopt New Method in
Raising Funds.

italian organ grinders Of New York
are up in arms. The Salvation Army
is about to encroach upon their do.
main with organs and monkeys
There are many expert organ grind.
ers among the soldiers. who, the
officers insis;, should be given an op.
portunity to display their accomplish.
ment and incidentally to add wealth
to the exchcquer Police Commission
er Greene has received communica-
ton from Charles l.. Whitman. a COM
mander of the Salvation Army. asking
him To recommend an ordinance per
hitting members of the organization
To grind hand organs in the streets
OF the city. The commissioner has
turned the letter over to Senior In.
spector Cortright.
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terfering with respiration. death re-
sulting from the want of oxygen. In
other words, the victims died of air
starvation.
The word edema practically means
an escape of the watery element of
the blood in the surrounding tissues.
thus causing pressure on the opening
from the lungs TO the throat. in the
place where the vocal cords are at
tached. This change in the vocal
cords and larynx, practically scald-
ing or cooking. caused the alteration
in voice sounds emitted by those who
inhaled the deadly steam. This death
is one of the most horrible known to
medical science"
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1904-01-02
Justice Brown His Own soo,blaek

Though a very stout man. Justice
Brown OF the United States supreme
court blacks his own shoes nearly
every morning. The justice says he
feels proud to initiate Abraham Lin.
coin even to that extent On getting
out Of bed he dons his underwear and
socks. puts on his shoes and then
plies the brush. When fully dressed
the distinguished jurist finds It some
what difficult to catch sight of his foot
covering
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1904-01-02
SPEAKER BARS BIG FEEDS.
Will Accept Invitation to No More
Than Two Dinners a Week.

When Mr.. Cannon was made speak
er of the house he renewed acquaint-
ance with the demon of indigestion,
which has harassed years of his life.
To be cautious MIR. Cannon warned his
daughter. who is the head of his house.
that while their own latch string was
ever out and he loved his friends as
OF old. she must under no circum-
stances accept invitations for him to
,fEtre than two dinners week. So far
be has been able to maintain this yule,
but his hundreds OF friends in town
have found out the limit and to make
themselves solid as his dinner host
have fallen into the habit of inviting
him weeks ahead.
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1904-01-02
CHANGE IN MEMS DRESS.

Knee Breaches Growing In Favor With
London Society Devotees.
Mems clothes are becoming more
and more fanciful, according to a
great London tailor. who welcomes the
growing revolt against the "somber
sameness" Of evening dress. Society
men are taking to knee breaches
among other fads. and II the present
craze keeps up pair of long trousers
will soon be rarity in Mayfair. The
king has taken a personal interest in
the attempt to make men dress more
becoming. He wears evening dress
as little as possible and upon every
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1904-01-02
CHICAGO MAN GIVEN POST.
L. o. Murray to Be Assistant Secre-
tary Of Commerce and Labor.

Lawrence o. Murray of Chicago.
who has been chosen assistant secre.
tary of the Department of Commerce
and Labor at Washington, is at pres
ent secretary of the Central Trust
Company of Illinois. Three years ago
he went to Chicago. prior to which
time he had been trust officer of the
Central Trust Company of America
at New York. This will not be the
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1904-01-02

not seen his chief business agent for
year or more. having talked with
him only by telephone. 1t is a very
lonely life he leads; at least for other
men 1t would be lonely. He lives in
doors, except when he plays golf for
his health. He reads much. His age
is 64.-Special Correspondence of the
Boston Globe.
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1904-01-02
TRAIN WRECK ON BALTIMORE AND OHIO
RAILROAD THE WORST in MANY YEARS

a Goldfish line, while fishing twenty
miles off shore. It weighed, Winder
says. forty-five pounds.
1T was either a man-eater or the
original lobster" says Winder.
All Atlantic City is aghast at these
happenings.
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1904-01-02
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER
Sketch from Life by October

John ID. Rockefeller's Illness of sew
eral years ago left him wholly bald.
The skin of his head is like parch-
ment. He has not been to his Office
in the Standard Oil building in New
York for six or seven years. While
In that city he seems very seldom to
go down town. He does not often
even go to board meetings. He has
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1904-01-02

possible occasion he causes the gentle
men of the court to discard the dull
black garments for bright uniforms.
To the influence of the king may be
ascribed the desire of many men to be-
come more artistically clothed.
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1904-01-02
JOKE ON HENRY IRVING.
Famous Actor Not as Wolf Known as
He Thought.

TIC tHodSUk.
Henry Irving tells with glee of an
incident which occurred shortly after
he had made his name famous the
world over by series of successes In
tIe Lyceum theater. London. He was
standing in the portico of the theater
one day when he saw passing an old
friend with whom he had played In
his days of struggle. Stepping for
ward Irving grasped the old actor by
the hand, saying: Smith, my dear
fellow, I'm glad to see you. How are
you getting on?" "Oh. so so,7 was
the reply. i've been over the coun.
try with a rather poor fit-out for the
past year. and how about you, old
man? Are you doing anything"
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1904-01-02

first government office that Mr.. Muir
ray has held, for he has been private
secretary to the assistant secretary
of the treasury, and has been deputy
comptroller of the currency, holding
the latter position two years. MIR.
Murray was born at Addison, N. Y.
in 1864; was educated at Niagara
university and was admitted to the
bar in New York city in 1898. He is
a friend of Secretary Cortelyou.
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1904-01-02
BEFORE THE
PUBLIC EYE
FAMOUS INDIAN CHIEF DYING.
Red Cloud, Fighting Leader of ogai-
islla Sioux, on Death Bed.

ncu Ciouor Fi9ntiHg Gcducr " O9ai-
lslia Sioux, on Death Bed.
Once the recognized chief of nu-
merous tribe, now stricken with the
infirmities of his So years, broken in
health and spirit, scarcely able to see
or hear, Red Cloud, the famous Ogal-
lalla Sioux Indian, is dying in tepee
in the corner of the yard surrounding
the little wooden house which the
government built for him many years
ago on the Pine Ridge agency near
the Black Hills in South Dakota.
AS was the case with many before
him Red Cloud secured fame by the
shedding of human blood. Prior to
the Fetterman or Fort Phil Kearney
massacre, where Col. Fetterman's.
, 1904-05-27

special music, Laura Breisch will de-
liver a defamation and other remarks
will be made. After the program. the
students will repair 70 the campus
where trees will be.planted BY the var
lou classes and speeches made by the
class orators.
co y
The Ranchman's Reminder for April
has just been issued 1t is very com
plete in all respects and contains q
number of pictures. Under the head
ing, "~Seasonahle Suggestions is a
very timely article on lawns describ-
ing how they can be made and accom-
panied by a couple of pictures iilustrat-
ing lawns in Sheridan and this city.
An article on short courses. a portion
of a lecture on government reclama-
ton work on the North Platte, some
Grass Gossip" and articles on Polled
Herefords and Importance CT Stock
Feeding Investigations at High Att
tudes" complete the number.
. OK
In spite Of the prevailing winds, tar
get practice is being carried on as
much as possible. and although as yet
no decided advantage has come of hav-
ing drill take place in the early morn
ing nevertheless Captain Yates has not
despaired.
, 1904-05-27

those causes would nave met
With . very cold reception. How
you reach the public without the
BY the same methods we are reach
ing 1t here was the reply by e. Fee
Jenkins.
It's a pretty small audience you're
reaching here" retorted the woman as
she glanced about at the sparseIy fill
ed hall.
Following this apt rejolnder Mrs.
Henry Parsons declared that if it
hadn't been for the press the children
would never have had any farm gar
dens or Fairgrounds, while DR.. Annie
p. Daniel told Of the good work done
In bringing about the founding of the
hospital for women and children.
The rejoinders by the women of the
Charity Organization society embody
truths that should invite reflection
from those who adhere to the jenkins
notion that the newspapers promote
crime by uncovering it. The latter
always fail to take into cot the
fact that the newspapers by describ,
Ing crime and exposing rascality i'm,
mediately awaken into act.on all the
forces and influences of society thai
are arrayed against crime. By calling
attention to conditions that are unfav,
orable to good morals Or right living
the press gradually develops move
ments and agencies for improving
those conditions.
Certainly there are excellent rea
sons for holding that the same news
paper which crime or prints
the news about it without giving il
undue prominence of sensational col
oring is a daily and effective deterrent
of Crime.-ReCord Herald.
, 1904-05-27
EXHIBIT
BY PUPILS OF GRADED SCHOOLS
OF STATE URGED FOR THE
INDUSTRIAL CONVENTION
Specimens of Drawing in Ink, Water
Colors and Pencil, Map Drawing
for Pupils from First to Eighth
Grades and Other Features
Judge Brown Praised.

The teachers of the graded school!
OF the state have been notified Of the
exhibit of school work at the industrial
exhibit at Casper and have been invit-
ed to secure the interest of their
grades in the exhibit for which a first
prize will be offered the school fur.
nishing the best exhibit, says the Chey-
enne Tribune.
The work which will be admitted
to the exhibit will be specimens of
drawing in ink, water color and pen
Gil; map drawing for pupils of the first
to eighth grades and drawing, weav-
ing, stitching and paper cutting for
primary pupils.
Pupils in the grades will also ex.
hibit the reproduction of a story OF
$50 words which shall be written from
memory after being read once by the
teacher.
The award shall be made to the
school having the largest number OF
points out Of a possible one hundred.
The committee making the award
will be chosen by the governor, state
librarian and state superintendent.