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New-York tribune., 1904-09-27
ORDERS NOMINATION FOR coFFEY.

There is much dissatisfaction in the With Senate
District Brooklyn. because of the purpose of Dep
uty Fire Commissioner Doyle 10 allow the nomina-
ton OF ex-senator Michael j. COfrey to succeed
Senator James F. McCabe. tho present Democratic
Representative of the district II is understood
Charles F. Murphy. the leader OF Tammany Hail.
who Is anxious to Coffey I'm the legislature.
again because the ex-senator has always been a
stanch friend of Tammany Hall. although on sc-
count OF his fight with Hugh McLaughlin he sup
ported the fusion ticket four years ago. The With
District Is sure Democratic district.
New-York tribune., 1904-09-27
AMBASSADOR IN SUIT OVER LEASE
Cottage Sold Before Papers Of italian En-.
bassy Were Moved Out.

Atlantic city. y J.. Sept "a case which m
wolves international law. and in which Mayor de-,
PIanches. the Italian Ambassador. is concerned a
to come up in two weeks before Justice Of the
Peace Donneuy. in this city. The AIn6assador O.
cupied cottage here in the summer, but left Il
early this month In his absence The owner s55
the property 10 Mrs JOSEF hine CadInus. Ot New
York, who took possession.
The papers OF The legation were still in the house
end the Ambassador was VeXed when he Learned
that the new owner had taken possession Of L.
cottage. He complained TO the State Departms1t
and Assistant Secretary Adee wrote to Mayor Sry
of this City warning him that the cottage In Ql--
ton Italian territory so long Jhe AInbass..
dor held the lease Secretary Riccardo BOrghsi1
IS representing the Ambassador in the case.
New-York tribune., 1904-09-27
DEMOCRATIC LITERATURE CENSOR.
John Sharp Williamss Eagle Eye to Dis
cover Absurdittes.

Representative John Sharp Williams has been
appointed chief Of the literary committee of the
Democratic National Committee headquarters.
All literary productions OF Importance for cir
culation under the auspices OF the national COM
mittee viii have TO be revised by Mr.. Williams
hereafter. The blue pencilling of ex-Judge Par
ker's letter of acceptance was laborious. and
some of the the job nearly had nervous
prostration before the letter in shape. Mr..
Williams's eagle eye is expected to discover alb
surdities at a glance. and il is expected that
the work OF the committee will be greatly faclli-
tated by his being hand to the shears
and the blue Dencil
New-York tribune., 1904-09-27
PARKER AND HARD TIMES.
Tawney Says the Candidates Letter Does
Not Jibe with Labor Reports.
lB4 TELEGRAPH TO The TRIBUNE. ]

Chicago. Sept. Recommending on Judge Parkers
letter to-day. Congressman James A. Tawney sas
Compared with Mr.. Roosevelts remarkably strou,
letter OF acceptance Judge PaTkeTs letter seems Ia
me 10 be rather weak There points n
which any well informed person must take issue
with his utterances For example. ! CHANGED "a
notice in the report Of the Federation Of Labor
that only $40 per cent OF their membership Is
without employment. Yet Judge Parker talks in
aIarmist fashion about the great number OF people
out OF work and about hard times Again. l0ls
section Of his letter is devoted to the discussion
the Dingley tariff and particularly 70 reciprocity
on this subject il will be edifying for al good
Democrats TO read their campaign textbook pub
Ushed four years ago, IN which they say tia:
reciprocity cares nothing for the consumer TIA.
its object Is 10 hunt foreign markets with cub
and that IL is a shame, a humbug. a deusi01 arl
snare On this as on other matters. the Democrats
position IS much like a hatcar. II Is mere N-c4g,
And fo-mOrrOV the Lord only knows where.
New-York tribune., 1904-09-27
lav rEIEenAPH TO TIE TR1BuNr.I

Boston, Sept. 26.-It is not known what action
will be taken by Governor Bates In the Gurney
case. No one could be found who would ventura
to say that the Governor would take any action
unless Mr.. Gurney makes a formal complain,
While Mr.. Gurney claims exemption under IN
1ernatfonaI law. authorities differ as to whether
he is entitled to such exemption In an Ordina7y
police court case.
New-York tribune., 1904-09-27

speak at Lima. Ohio. on October |. and at San
dusky Ohio. October 3 Senator Bailey. Of
Texas will speak at Charleston. w. Va. Oc-
tober H. Henry O. Davis win speak at Baltimore
on October 10.
The official notification OF Justice u. Cady Her
rlck Will take place next Saturday at II o'clock
noon, at the headquarters OF the Democratic State
committee. North Pearl-st.. Albany. The nOtihca-
ton committee consists of the officers OF the State
convention and representative from each Senate
district. Duncan Campbell Lee. permanent chair
man or the convention is chairman OF the notihca-
tlon committee, and will make the speech of nOti-
Nicholas C. Miller secretary of the Lincoln
voters League, No. SO Broadway. called the
Republican State Committee yesterday. He has
undertaken 20 form an organization of Republic
cans VINO voted for Lincoln. He said ne was meet
ing with success II is his idea 90 make central
organization of these voters, who may become
ucuVe IN advancing the cause OF republicans
throughout this state for Roosevelt and Fairbanks
"no hiselns and Bruce.
New-York tribune., 1904-09-27
KANSAS DOESN'T NEED MONEY.
Republicans So Sure of Victory in That
State That Chairman Declines Help.
IRY TELEGRAPH 40 Tnr TR1nuNr-l

Topeka, Kan, Sept. 2s.-W. r. stubbs chairman
of the Republican State Committee has returned
from his visit 10 New-York with the assurances
of the national campaign manag cement that he ca
have speakers for this State when they can be
spared from doubtful States. Mr. Stubbs was
asked by the national campaign management how
much money he wanted for the Kansas campaign
piled.
well. that is queer said one national COM
mitteeman- We have always had 10 send little
money into your State in other campaigns
Things different there this year" said the
Kanean
New-York tribune., 1904-09-27

.r,,,c,saa for The Democratic party
a :. . ,,reeant Constituted is made up OF several
SsscorSant elements What particularly .esas ossst
me is the naming Of Davis for 80 conyen-
ana the domination OF Bryan over tls S1N.. So 20
rson. III pavts's nomination isn't equlVaiei' -
q sale OF the place ] am mistaken
New-York tribune., 1904-09-27
FAIRBANKS IN MONTANA.
Irrigation Discussed-Several Political Meet
inps

Billings Mont. Sept. 2s.-Charles w. Fairbanks
spent the greater part OF the day discussing rriga
ton. The day devoted to a tour of the Vel
lowstone Valley, beginning at Gendive. the
ings. Ex-senator Clark, who a member OF
Senator Fairbanks's party. praised ono
OF the early movers for national aid 10 irriga-
tion by Senators Fairbanks and Dollyer
Political meetings held to-day at Glen
dive. Miles City and Forsythe. The night
spent at Billings, where a largely attended and
enthusiastic meeting held at which Senator
Fairbanks spoke of irrigation, discussing at length
the effects of the reclamation act. He told of
President Roosevelts part in securing the en-
actnent OF the existing irrigation laws
New-York tribune., 1904-09-27
INDIANA NEEDS TAGGART.
Democrats Believe That Presidential Elec-
tion MAY Hinge on Hoosier State.

Indianapolis. Sept 26-"The News to-day says
that Thomas Taggart. the National Democratic
chairman, Will give personal attention the Pres-
Dental campaign in Indiana: II is known that the
party leaders have agreed that Indiana must have
special attention. The leaders have reached the
conclusion that IL may turn out that the election
OF the Democratic ticket will hinge the result
IN Indiana. The present plan is TO have him start
nus WORK In Indiana within the next two weeks.
New-York tribune., 1904-09-27
JUDGE PARKER COMING TODAY.
The Candidate and His Secretary Expected
To-day.

r,sonus n. Y. Sept. 26-Altdn B. Parker and
- .aoro+arv will go TO New-York tomorrow
-o-otre --o arriving there at $50 o'clock
New-York tribune., 1904-09-27
FORAKER. TO AID oUARLEs.

IBY TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBCNEl
Milwaukee Sept &.-Senator Foraker VIII AID
Senator OuarIes In his fight against Governor
La Toilette by series OF stump speeches-
New-York tribune., 1904-09-27
NOMINATED FOR CONGRESS.

Harrisburg Penn. Sept 26.-Congressman Marlin
f. Olmstead. of Harrisburg. was unanimously
nominated to-day by the Republican conferrees OF
the XVIIIth District
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1904-06-24
Cost Only Sixteen Cents Foot, Says
~ Second Pilot.
STARTLING EVIDENCE
SOM
U. s. Steamboat Inspector Refuses to
Testify-Scores of Bodies Brought
to Surface by Use of Dynamite and
Guns-Total Reaches s45.

New York, June 22.-Evidence Of
startling nature, which doubtless will
have an important bearing on the ulti-
mate result of the coroner's inquiry
into the General Slocum disaster, was
forthcoming at the inquest.
Perhaps the most unexpected incl
dent was the continued refusal to an
swer questions of Henry Lundberg, a
United States steamboat inspector,
who was supposed to have inspected
the life-preservers and the hull OF the
Inflated steamer. His refusal was
based on the ground that an answer
might tend to incriminate him, and he
acted on the advice of his counsel.
Second Pilot Weaver of the Slocum
testified that he had purchased the fire
hose for that boat, and Mr.. Garvan in
troduced evidence to show that the
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1904-06-24
BRIEF TELEGRAMS.

During game Of baseball at Indi-
ana, Pa, between the Johnstown anna
tours and the Indiana normals, George
Thomas, catcher for the Johnstowns.
was almost instantly killed by being
hit over the heart by a foul tip.
The monthly statement of the collec-
tlon Of internal revenue show that for
the month of May, 1904, the total coll
lections were $1S,570,431, an increase
as compared with June, 1908, of $685.
S06.
On the application of Secretary Taft
President Roosevelt will direct the sec
rotary of the interior to reserve from
public entry tract of $4,000 acres of
land adjoining Fort Niobrara, Neb., to
be held for possible military purposes.
The gift of the emperor Of Russia
to the New York Stock Exchange. a
beautiful Russian vase, was presented
TO the officers Of the exchange by Con-
sul-General De Dodygensky, represent
ing Count Cassini, the Russian ambas-
sador, in the governing room Tuesday.
The Toxic correspondent of the Lon
don Daily Telegraph says that thirty
one guns, three torpedoes and a large
quantity of ammunition have been re-
covered from the Russian cruiser
Variag, which was sunk by the Japan
csc at Chemulpo at the beginning Of
hoSilities.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1904-06-24
GRAPHING FOR BODIES.

price paid was 40 cents foot, less 60
per cent, or 16 cents per foot net.
Don't you know that you can't buy
good fire hose for less than dollar or
a dollar and a half foot?"
II don't know anything about the
price of hose" said Weaver
Weaver also declared that there had
been no fire drill on the Slocum this
year.
Daniel O'Neill, who according to
his sworn statement, had never worked
on boat until he was hired on The
Slocum q short time ago, admitted
that he had jumped into rowboat
filled with people from the Slocum,
capsizing it. Asked il he saved any
one, he said there were others doing
that, and he was not an expert swim
mer. He swan ashore himself, how
ever.
ONeill declared he never saw fire
drill on the boat.
BY the use of dynamite and heavy
guns fired by men from the Second
battery scores of bodies were brought
up from the bottom around the shores
of North Brother island Tuesday.
From sunrise to sunset the searchers
along the beach and in the boats gath
cred in 112, bringing the number Of
bodies recovered to date up to the ap-
palling total Of S45.
OF these 700 have been identified,
and the missing still are Appropriated
at something more than 300.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1904-06-24
THE EARLIEST COMEDY.
1t Was Played mt Athens by the
First Travelling Actors.


The first recorded comedy was play
ed at Athens, B. G. 57s, when Susarion
and Dolon, the earliest travelling ac-
tors, performed comedy of Susarion's
composition on movable stage mount
ed upon four wheels. The new form
of play was so successful that the &C.
tors were rewarded by the grateful
populace with cask of wine and q
basket of figs.
Susarion belonged to Megaris, a state
OF ancient Greece, whose Inhabitants
were celebrated for their coarse hui
NOR, and who, in their villages during
the evenings, were wont to hold what
they called comus; really q revel, in
which impromptu acting, coupled with
buffoonery, played a considerable part
From this word we have our comedy.
In England the old miracle plays de-
generated very early into what but
for their religious associations were
mere farces, but the first purely Eng
lish comedy was one by Udall, an as
sistant master at Elton, and subse-
quently head master Of Westminster
school. 1t was entitled "Ralph Rois-
ter-Doister" and seems to have been
performed in London about 1851, being
published in 1866, ten years after its
authors death.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1904-06-24
RACES DECLARED OFF.
Eliminating of Bookmakers Put chica
90 Track Out of Business.

Chicago, June 22.-There will be no
more horse racing at Washington Park
this year, and a report Is in circula-
ton that the track where so many
American derbies have been decided
will be abandoned.
The stand taken by the city authori
ties, prohibiting betting in any form at
the track, is responsible for the closing
of the present meeting. With the elm
mating of the bookmaker race-goers
refused to patronize the track. During
the last two days, not enough money
was taken in at the gates to pay the
employees of the track, to say nothing
OF the purses, which amounted to an
average of $4,000 day.
After the races had been run Tues
day the directors of the club held a
meeting to consider the advisability Of
continuing the meeting for the full
twenty-five days and decided to close
the gates for the present meeting at
least.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1904-06-24
Believed Sloop Blew Up.

New York, June 22.-An auxiliary
sloop is reported to have blown up
while coming up the bay. The police
lives. The name Of the boat has not
been learned. The explosion occurred
half annie off shore, opposite Thirty
fourth street, South Brooklyn. Police
from Fort Hamilton station rowed to
the scene. They found parts of gaso-
line tank, an empty dory and two side
pieces of an auxiliary sloop, apparent
ly about forty-ilve feet long, but moth
ing to indicate the boats identity. One
shoe and a brown hat also were
picked up.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1904-06-24

The worries of a weak and sick
mother are only begun with the birth of
her child. BY day her work is constant
ly interrupted and at night her rest is
broken by the wailing of the peevish,
puny infant. DIR. Pierces Favorite
Prescription makes weak women strong
and sick women we'll. 1t lightens all
the burdens of maternity, giving to
mothers strength and vigor, which they
impart to their children. In over thirty
years of practice Dr. Pierce and his
associate staff of nearly score of
physicians have treated and cured more
than half million suffering women.
Sick women are invited to consult DR..
Pierce by letter free of charge. All
correspondence is strictly private. Ad-
dress DR.. r.. V. Pierce, Inualide' Hotel
and Surgical Institute, Buffalo, N. Y.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1904-06-24
STRANGE RAT TRAPS.
The Way Ostrich Eggs Are Utilised
In COptic Churches.

The Way Ostrich Eggs Are Utilised
In COptic Churches.
Ostrich eggs are regarded by the
Copts as the natural emblem of watch
fulness, and practical effect is given to
this idea among these people by the
very curious use to which they put
them in their public buildings, particu-
larly in those devoted to the celebra-
ton Of divine worship. Whoever en-
tiers a Coptic church cannot fail to
notice the numerous ostrich eggs which
hang above and around him.
The explanation is simple. The
churches are much infested by rats,
and these animals, as experience has
shown, have been in the habit Of crawl
ing down the cords by which the lamps
are suspended, for the purpose Of get
ting at the OIL and drinking 1t. To
hinder these four footed thieves the
cord belonging to each lamp is passed
through the shell Of an ostrich egg,
which is thus fixed at a moderate dis
lance above the lamp. The smooth
polished surface of the shell offers an
impossible barrier to the willy and adj
venturous rodents, so that they In
variably slide off and tumble to the
ground if they attempt a passage.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1904-06-24
Saloon For capac at Last.

Capac, Mich, June 22.-This town
Is no longer ION the water wagon" AMI
great is the Indignation of the citizens
as a result. James Burt, for many
years hotel man, applied for IL
cense to run saloon, and 1t was grant
cd by the council. To cinch matters
Burt furnished as bondsmen Samua
Martin and Fred RE, both of whom
are in gilt-edged shape financially, and
the bond was accepted. This is stun
ner to the staid old settlers who have
grown up without knowing what liquor
looks like, no saloon having been run
in he village for more than twenty
years.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1904-06-24

Additional Clerks and Alterations IN
Salaries In MICHIGAN.

Salaries In Michigan.
Washington. June 22.-The annual
readjustment OF the salaries OF clerks
in first and secoifd-class offices, taking
effect July 1, has Just been announced
at the postofilce department. There
are fewer changes than In previous
years. as congress cut the clerks from
$1,000 to $1,lO0; two from S1,100 to
$500.
In the Detroit office Postmaster
Dickerson will appoint six additional
clerks at $500 each. Additional clerks
authorized at Michigan offices as fol-
lows Ann Arbor. one at 5000; Battle
Creek, one at $500; Bay City, one at
5000; Escanaba, one at $500; Grand
Rapids, three at $500 each; Ionia, one
at 5000; Lapeer, one at $500; Marshall,
one at $500; Negaunee, one at $500;
Pontiac, one at $780, st. Joseph, one
at $500.
One hundred dollar increases au-
thorized as follows: Grand Rapids,
IL; Saginaw. 8; Kalamazoo, 8; Ann
Arbor, Battle Creek, Muskegon, Port
Huron, each; Benton Harbor and Mt.
Clemens, each; Adrian, Bay City,
Dowagiac, Flint, Lansing, Mt. Pleas
ant, Negaunee, Owosso, st. Joseph, 2
each; Albion, Allegan, Alma, Big Rap
ids, Cadillac, Calumet, Charlotte, Els
canada, Fenton, Greenville, Hastings,
Hillsdale, Holland, Ironwood, Lapeer,
Ludington, Manistee, Marquette, Mar
shall, Niles, Petoskey, Pontiac, Sagi-
new. w. s., South Haven, Sault Ste
Marie, Three Rivers, Ypsilanti, each.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1904-06-24
Gen. Bobrlkoff's Body Inferred.

st. Petersburg, June 22.-The body
of Gen. BobrilSoff, the late governor
general Of Finland, arrived here Tues
day from Helsingfors. 1t was received
with full military honors and was in
TERED at the army vault in Sergievow,
near st. Petersburg. The emperor was
present, but the empress did not at
tend the burial, although she intended
to accompany the emperor. A long ey-
pected event in the imperial family is
understood TO be imminent.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1904-06-24
Etzeps Death Unwarranted.

Washington, June 22.--Minister Con-
ger has cabled the state department
that Consul Miller, after thorough in
vestigation of the facts connected with
the killing Of the American war cor
respondent, Etzel, by Chinese soldiers
on the junk off New Chwang, has made
report stating that the killing was
unwarranted and without provocatlon
Mr.. Conger will forward the details by
mail, and in due course the state de-
partment will bring the subject to the
attention of the Chinese government.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1904-06-24
Nan Patterson Pleads Not GUILTY.

New York, June ga formal plea
Of not guilty was made by Mrs. Nan
Patterson Tuesday, when she was ar
raigned in the court of general ses-
sions charged with the murder of Cae-
sar Young, the boolkmaker. At the
same time counsel for Mrs. Patterson
served notice on the district attorney
that a motion would be made for the
court to direct an early trial for the
defendant. He said her physical con-
dition was such that it was a hardship
to keep her in prison, and said ne
would like to have the trial held in
July.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1904-06-24
TRUE BLUE.
First Used as a Political Term By
Scotch Presbyterians.

SCOTCH freSDytertans.
Blue is an emblem Of fidelity, and in
Britain for several centuries it has
been so esteemed. Coventry was
formerly famous for blue dye that
would neither change its color nor
wash out, and thence the epithets
Coventry blue" and true blue"
were figuratively used to signify per-
sons who would not change their party
or principles on any consideration.
"rruc blue" is said to have been
first used as political term by the
Presbyterians Of Scotland against the
Episcopalian church. Butler, in "Hudi-
bras" speaking Of his hero, says:
For he was OF that stubborn crew,
Hight Presbyterian true blue.
Fox, we are told, wore in the house
of commons blue frock coat, and the
expression "a true blue Whig'' was in
common use in his time, though, as
one writer puts it, blue must not be
set down as emblematic of fidelity be-
cause this color was formerly adopted
by the Wings" London Telegraph.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1904-06-24
A Modest nr;ton.

Like the traditional Englishman, Ar.
thur Stanley. dean of Westminster,
wore home from his first visit to Amer
lea an expression of amazement which
only time could efface. He was at
once beset by interviewers, says the
author Of "Out Of the Past" who ask
ed the usual questions.
"What was the thing which most I'M
pressed you in American" was one Of
these. Without moments hesitation
Dean Stanley replied:
My own tgnoranca"
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1904-06-24
EE MEDICAL ADVICE TO WOMEN.
Fatal Curiosity.

"Pygmalion, DEAR" asked Galatea
one day. "where did you find piece
Of ivory thick enough to carve into a
statue Of my size?"
Pygmalion smote his forehead with
his fist.
woman" he exclaimed, with ter
rible voice, another question like that
will upset the entire fabric of legend
airy history"
Nothing but fear kept Galatea from
telling the neighbors and exploding the
whole story.-Chicago Tribune.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1904-06-24
A Sioux Indian Custom.

Among the Sioux Indians a common
custom exists. When one family bor-
rows kettle from another, it is ex-
pected when the kettle is returned
small portion of the food that has been
cooked in it will be left in the bottom.
Should this custom be disregarded by
any one, that person would never be
able to borrow again, as the owner
must always know what has been cook
ed in her kettle A white woman on
one occasion returned secured kettle,
Intending to teach a lesson in cleanll-
ness, but her act became the talk Of
the camp as fresh example of the
meanness OF the whites.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1904-06-24
Ignorance.

A Scottish minister was asked to
pray for rain. He did so, and the rain
came down in floods and destroyed the
crops. Irritated at the result, one elder
confided to another that "this comes O.
intristin' sic request to a meenister
wha isna acquent WI agriculture"
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1904-06-24
Reopened With Nonunion Men.

Victor, Col, June 22.-The Portland
mine, which was closed by Gen. Bell,
military commander, because it gave
employment to union men, has been
reopened with small nonunion force.
The military commission, which de-
cides who may live and work in the
district, met at the Portland to pass
upon applications for employment.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1904-06-24
Heaven will permit no man to secure
happiness by crime.-Alleri.

It's mistake to imagine that itching
piles can't be cured mistake to suffer
a day longer than you can help. Doan's
Ointment brings instant relief and per-
manent cure. At any drug store, SOC. !.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1904-06-24
An Unpatriotic Man,

He-Sliinner is awfully mean. Ha
didn't buy his boy any skyrockets to.
day.
She-What did he do?
He-He told him he could sit on the
front steps and watch the shooting
Btars.-Louisville Courier journal.