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Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1904-06-11

NIT6SGDleu Win Illuminated ADDRESS Dy at!
English City)
Northwich, Cheshire, England. At the
end of the year the box IS which he de-
posits his receipts was found to contain
far more money than was obtained by
any other single collector So he has
fairly earned his distinction.
His name is Prince" he is five years
old, and a fox terrier. He does not go
about with a box slung around his neck
with a sign on it, like most money-col-
Letting dogs who play the part of mere
carriers He is genuine collector.
When he encounters anybody whose APP
pearance leads him TO infer that he has
money to spare, Prince" Immediately
begs of him by sitting up on his hind
legs. AS it is we'll known in Northwich
what he wants, and what use he makes
of the money given him, his appeals are
seldom unsuccessful. The coins he col
lects he deposits himself in box kept
for that purpose. He did not nave to be
taught to beg for money either.
About three years ago." writes his
owner, Arthur Holland, of the Sports
mans inn, Northwich, he developed a
mania for waiting about in the hope, APP
parently, of picking up dropped coin.
Whenever customers placed money on
the table Prince would Immediately
prick up his ears, run from whatever
part Of the house he happened to be, and
sit up patiently as If waiting for ssme-
thing. One day, gentleman accident
ally knocked a two-shilling piece from
the table and although a thorough
search was made for it II could not be
found. Some time afterwards 1t was
found that Prince had it in his mouth.
After this episode Princes coin-col-
lecting talents were utilized, and from
an ordinary, irresponsible dog. who did
nothing for his keep, he speedily devel-
oped into a valuable member OF society
who does far more than pay his OVID
way In the world
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1904-06-11
HER ALLOWANCE.
BIZ s. E. KrsER.


When Willie Spooner and his sweet
young wife went to housekeeping two
years and half ago they agreed that
she was to have an allowance on which
to run the house and which was also
to cover her personal expenses. After
they had arrived at fair understand
ing of what 1t would be likely to cost
for their provisions, for help and for
other things such as the little woman
would need from time to time, Willie
added ten per cent for good measure,
and Maudie Spooner at once began to
make wild plans for the investment OF
the money she would be able to save
up month after month.
She thought at first of putting 1t in
the bank until there would be enough
to buy such dear little home as she
and Willie wished to own some day
Later she decided to give the money to
the poor. She thought also OF using IL
to establish ward in some hospital
in memory of her grandmother, and q
dozen other splendid schemes present
ed themselves to her.
At the end of the first six months she
found that her average savings
amounted to s48. She had bought an
extra hat out of her SUPP 8, so that
it was not as great as she ad expect
ed it would be.
At the end Of the year, however, the
$48 was gone and Mrs. Spooner had to
confess to her husband that she was
$74 lin the hole"
They sat down to consider the mat
ter. Evidently something was wrong
somewhere. They found out before
they had figured very long what 1t was
Things had been going up. It was nee
essary, therefore, to fix the allowance
with a new set of estimates. When
they had done this Willie found, not
without certain misgivings, that be
would have TO give his wife $3.50 more
for the second year than they had orig
inally agreed upon. But she bravely
promised to get along on the new al
lowance, no matter what happened.
In few months it became apparent
to Mr. Spooner that something had
come into his wife's life which she
was keeping from him. 1t frequently
happened that he found her with pen
Gil and paper, deeply interested. AT
such times she would quickly put her
writing materials away and evade his
questions.
He became convinced that she was
leading a double life. When this
thought first suggested itself to him
he staggered as if some one had dealt
him blow with bludgeon.
He searched in his wlfes desk, when
she was not looking, for letters from
the other man, but he found only re-
ceipts from the butcher, the grocer, the
milkman, the iceman and others with
whom she had regular dealings.
At the Office where Willie Spooner
was employed it was noticed that he
couldn't keep his mind on his work.
He would often jump UP from his desk
and pace the floor, and deep lines be-
gan to appear in his broad, high FORE
head,
All this time the beautiful
Maudie was being steadily and relent-
lessly crushed by some powerful. wick
ed force She never laughed any more;
she had dark hollows under her eyes;
her face was drawn, and the shabbi-
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1904-06-11

Qowa official Who Issued an Authoritative
Leap Year Ukase.)
fined heavy, cause We needed more FAM
! lilies in Gowrie.
at was joke, of course it was. Some
people in the town thought it was in
earnest and got awful mad; others were
| tickled to death: but the pesky news
papers were what got me into trouble.
A man came out from Chicago and wrote
it all up, then the st. Paul and New York
papers took it up and the letters COM
menced to pour in. Since then letters
have been coming to me from girls, grass
widows and unmarried women all over
the world-yes, stree, all over the world,
for | have half dozen from London,
one from Liverpool and one or two from
Edinburgh. In this country there was
not a single state in the union from
which | have not received letters and
photographs.
The other day | got a letter from a
lady in Louisville, Ky. 1t was a nice.
womanly letter, written in dead earnest,
and she wanted to know all about me
and said there were two or three girls
there who would like to know more of
the young men of Gowrie. or course |
have had some letters from girls who
were just joshing, but on the other hand
there were letters and photographs
came from real nice girls, in dead ear
nest
Il can't say what effect the ukase has
had on our little village. The other day
an old man married a widow don't
know whether she proposed or not
| There have also been half dozen other
weddings in our city recently. Can't
| say the women cid the proposing be-
cause they were afraid of being fined,
but they are marrled-that's all that is
necessary"
And the mayor of Gowrie went on to
| tell about some of the correspondence
and some of the proposals which he had
received as a result of his attempt to
make the home newspaper more inter-
esting. He shook noticeably as he mem
toned going into the Shrine, for, being
modest man, he had some queer fears
and anticipations, which made him COL
ect his thoughts with great deal of
effort On the way here from Des
Moines he had been handcuffed to an
other mans wife and then her husband
had been called, placing him in the most
embarrassing position imaginable, and
he thought OF again returning to such
a position, or anything like it, made the
old man walk the floor restlessly, and
ne probably wished he was in his quiet
little city, answering correspondence or
planning for the big street fair and car
nival which will be pulled of there soon.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1904-06-11

expended, and $4,000 men will be en-
pioyed, besides skilled labor.
The appointee was born at Fall River,
Mass, and graduated as a civil engineer
at Monmouth university, Monmouth,
ILL.,, of which his father was founder. He
entered railway service In 1869 as rod
man. and ten years later became chief
engineer of the Peoria & Pennington
railway, the construction Of which he
supervised. In 1887 he became bridge
engineer for the Santa Fe. and in 1892
was appointed chief engineer of the Illi-
nois Central. During seven years he
held this position, in 1898 became as
sistant second vice president, in 1901 as
sistant general manager, and In Septem-
Der, 1902, general manager of the sys-
tenn. He resides at 4427 Greenwood ave.
nue., Chicago.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1904-06-11

way. He was, in short, only nominally
emperor, and the real power in Japan
was the Shotgun, to whom the damyos
were subservient. The house of Kuroki
brought strong influence to bear upon
the Shotgun and succeeded In restoring
the power OF the emperor. For this SUI
preme service Mutsuhito is indebted to
the father of the present Baron Kuroki.
Gen. Kuroki has been student of the
old methods OF warfare, and has also
studied modern tactics in Germany. His
thorough experience has enabled him to
direct the wonderful campaign against
Russia. Gen. Kuroki, having routed
10000 of the cars troops between day
break and 8 o'clock one Sunday morn
ing. composed deprecatory telegram to
the mikado modestly announcing his
victory and describing the engagement
in detail as business matter.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1904-06-11

produce a religious play in New York.
He was not successful. He returned to
Africa and his address was given as
Tangier
He was not engaged in active occu-
patton, owing to poor health but not
withstanding this account of himself
he evidently kept busy in other ways.
He attempted to organize a municipal
x government in Tangier, under the title
of the Tangier hygienic commission,
and also attempted to correct the
abuses of the protege system in Moroc-
GO. He secured parliamentary and off,
cial investigation and by so doing sew
eral consular officials were forced to
resign their positions.
On one occasion he refused to sur
render a native OF Fee who claimed
that he had been a victim of exorbitant
consular charges and as a result was
imprisoned "a hours in the Kasbah.
The incident was widely commented
upon by the European press.
Mr.. Perdicaris then became vice
president of the Tangier hygienic COM
mission. and also vice president of the
Alliance brancaise Of Tangier During
this period he wrote a pamphlet on
American claims in Morocco and also a
novel called "Mohammed Bennani,,"
In 1872 he carried Ellen Marley, nee
Rous, of Hampstead. London. at Weis-
baden. They had on children. sut his
wife had two sons and two daughters
by a previous marriage.
The eldest son and the youngest
daughter of his wife accompanied them
TO Tangier, where they settled The
daughter married an attache of the
Italian legation there.
A Communication from Mr.. Pedicaris
covering the period 1895 to 1898 shows
that during the Spanish war he tempo
rrarily withdrew from Tangier.
In 1899 he wrote that he was back
xinsre again and was permanent con-
trolleT of the municipal government. A
letter dated 1901 said that he was still
vice president and controller of the
< Tangier municipal government.
The last communication received by
DR. Driver. dated 1902, stated that he
still held Office and during the year be-
fore had written articles for the Asiatic
university Review, an English publica-
sion. His health was reported to be
Sbetter than it had been for long time.
DIR. Driver spoke particularly of Mr..
Perdicaris' efforts in behalf of better
sanitary conditions in Tangier and Of
the great esteem in which he was held.
not only by the wealthy residents of
the place, but by the humblest natives.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1904-06-11
JUST A LITTLE JOKE.
PLAYED By THE JovIAL MAYOR
OF GowRIE, IOWA.
Issued Ukase Threatening to Impose
Fines on All Single Persons
Many Took the Edict in
Earnest,

Earnest.
When E. w. Sorber, mayor of Cow
rie, Ia, was in Sioux City the other
day for the purpose Of gaining entrance
to Za-Ga-Zig temple and the shrine OF
Haroon-Ar-K asheed, caliph Of Bagdad
he was besieged with eager strangers
who desired to know his cure for race
suicide
K. w. Sorber is the mayor who issued
an edict, shortly after he entered upon
the duties OF his Office, requiring that
every girl of manageable age in the
balliwick Of Gowrie propose during leap
year or pay heavy fine. The procIama-
ton created a sensation. Old maids
who had lived alone for years turned a
bilious green and said all manner OF
things about the mayor. But there was
more to the edict than the mayor sup
posed. 1t was published in the local
paper and a Chicago Chronicle writer
saw 1t. He visited the village-secured
the picture of the mayor and in a few
weeks the mayor OF Gowrie was known
far and wide by as many people as the
thane Of Cawdor or Tom Johnson, oil
Ohio.
1T do beat the band, don't 1t, what'll
come of JOSH said Mayor Sorber, as
he leaned back in an easy-chair and
drew a puff of black Havana that short
ened the weed an inch. Nov, | see
they've got my mug In the paper agin'
and would like to have word to say
about this. It's been the chief joy of
my life and | want to explain.
"One day last winter Ccmrade George
Couch and me was sitting out on the
step. l had Gowrie paper and had
been reading it; there wasn't anything
doing there that week, three men drove
down Main street in a carriage and
that's all. George said ought to write
something for the paper and make it
more interesting ! agreed to do it, and
as was mayor of the town and one of
the principal citizens I wrote an ukase
or proclamation, cause it was leap year.
and told the young girls around town
that they would have to propose or be
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1904-06-11
MILL BUILD PANAMA DITCH.
Chicago Man Named as Chief Engineer
Of Isthmian Waterway, at
Salary Of $25, 900.
Chicago Special.

John Findley Wallace, of Chicago,
general manager of the Illinois Central
railroad. has notified the Panama canal
commission at Washington Of his ac-
ceptance Of the post OF chief engineer in
charge Of the construction Of the 18TH
milan waterway
Mr.. Wallace will take up his work on
June l, at an annual salary of $4,000.
His headquarters for some time will be
at the national capital. 1t probably will
take two years for preliminary work,
and then the engineer will go to the
isthmus, to remain until the canal Is
completed. Nearly 5000, 100000 will be
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1904-06-11
COMES FROM SOLDIER RACE
Gen. Kuroki, Japanese Victor In Great
Land Battle, has Fine Mill
tary Record.
Toxic (Japan) Special.

Gen. Baron T. Kuroki, commander Of
the victorious japanese troops In the
great battle on the Yalu. is IS years old.
and was already famous for his success
full operations In the late war between
China and Japan. Kuroki comes Of a
race Of warriors. For centuries back
his ancestors anticipated in the civil
strife between the damyos, or Japanese
barons, and it was through the influence
OF the house of Kuroki that the feudai
system was abolished 80 years ago.
Emperor Mutsuhito, while acknowl-
edged as the 'heaven--born" and coming
Of a dynasty which antedates the food,
was in a precarious position while the
damyos were having things their own
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1904-06-11
DOG is HIGHLY HONORED.
His Success as a Collector for Charity
Led Citizens to Present Him
a Testimonial.
London (Eng.) Special.

Probably no dog has ever been dis
tinguished in as odd a way as the one
shown in this picture, who has been
made the recipient of an illuminated
address for his services on behalf of
charity. And he is much more deserv-
ing of this typically English honor than
many a titled bigwig who has merely
lent his name to some benevolent I'M
dertaking. During 1903 the intelligent
little animal collected no fewer than
1000 coins, ranging from pounds to PEN
MES, for the Victoria infirmary, at
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1904-06-11
TAKEN BY BRIGANDS.
AMERICAN CITIZEN AND HIS SON
HELD FOR RANSOM.
United States and British War Vessels
Will Endeavor to Secure Their
Release-Hot Time in
Morocco.

ReleaSe-Hot time IN
Morocco.
The impotence of the Moorish gov
mrnment is illustrated by its inability
not only to suppress the long standing
rebellion in the southern provinces,
but to keep order near the coast. For
over year bandit, Raisuli, has been
committing depredations in the Char
VIVA districts, only 20 miles from Tan
gier, until the roads have become un-
safe and caravans ceased travelling.
Last February 1000 cavalry were sent
out against him without success. Last
June Walter b. Harris, the correspon-
dent OF the London Times, was am
pushed and held in captivity three
weeks until exchanged for 16 native
prisoners. On theNight Of May Is Ion
Perdicaris, an American citizen, and
Cromwell Marley, his stepson. British
subject, were captured in his villa.
three miles from Tangier, by Raisuli
and band of $50 men and carried into
the mountains, where they are held for
q ransom The bandit chief sent back
to Tangier for bedding, food and medi-
cine. Both the British and American
governments have dispatched war yes
~sels to Tangier, and the sultan has
been Informed that he must secure the
release of thee aptives Immediately.
Mr.. Perdicaris was born in Trenton,
". j., 65 years ago, and is the son of a
Greek refuge. He was wealthy and q
patron of art, literature and the drama.
From the records Of the class OF
1860, Harvard university, of which DR..
s. M. Driver of ambridge is secretary,
the Boston Golbe has obtained the fol-
lowing interesting information regard
ing Mr.. Ion Perdicaris:
Mr. Perdicaris has kept In touch with
the class of 1860 ever since 1880. In
each of his letters to DR.. Driver he has
always invited members OF the class to
visit him, should their ways approach
Tangier.
From the records of the class IL ap-
pears that Mr.. Perdicaris left college
during the first term of his sophomore
year and lived in Trenton, N. J. Later
he went to Africa for his health. His
report of himself covering the period
1880 to 1890 is brief, but shows that he
was in this country and had tried to
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1904-06-11
Danger in Transfer Slips.

Street car conductors in New York
city are required to serve their transfer
tickets dry. That is. they must not mois-
ten with their mouths the fingers which
tear off a ticket from packet, just be-
fore giving it to passenger. 1t is as
serted that transfer tickets thus mois-
tened spread disease.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1904-06-11
BRITISH NOBLEMAN'S FAD.
Had the Crest of His Family Scared
on His Arm in Colors That
Will Not Fade.
London (Eng.) Special.

The arm shown in the accompanying
picture is that of a British nobleman,
cause his crest is tattooed on it. 1t
Is possible that in Great Britain and else
where there are other noblemen who
have been tattooed, but those who
know anything of this bizarre and bar
barrie custom say that there is not one
of them who has on any part of his
person such a wonderful work of art
as the crest shown above.
This work was done in London by
a man who is considered the best art
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1904-06-11

list of the kind in the world. A skilled
designer, he also uses various eolors,
especially blue and green, in his work
and this naturally adds greatly to its
attractiveness. Yellow and lavender
are almost the only colors which he
has not yet been able to use satisfac-
torily on the human skin, but he is ex-
perimenting constantly in this d.
rection and is confident that he win
soon be able to produce brilliant eff
fects with them.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1904-06-11
An Emperor's Voice.

Photographic reports of Emperor
Williams voice, on mental matrices, will
be the first deposits made in the phonetic
archives that are to be kept at Harvard
university and in the congressional
library and the National museum at
Washington.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1904-06-11
GENERAL KURoKI IN COUNCIL.

General Kuroki has far been given nickname by his
swift marching little yellow soldiers 1t be that the essen
tia Oriental dignity of the Japs will not allow calling their
soldier Straps, Tomme Adkins called Kitchen
his helmet This photo made the night proceed
ing the first advance of the Japanese the 1au General
Kurok with his staff and the division commander who with
freely his opinion on the prop
for the next morning. seated just at the edge
of of the singular straw tents which shelter large proper
population General kuroki report
by the correspondent silent in the council patient
with the long wndd of arguments but that the most
subordinate question the
general which given following the
council
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1904-06-11
Machine Makes sardine Tins.

A machine for making the tins used
for sardines has been invented by Nor
wegian. Hitherto a skilled workman
could make about 600 tins daily; the new
machine will produce from $4,000 to 2o.-
Gao o day.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1904-06-11
Before and After Cooking.

A piece of raw beef weighing 100
pounds. after being roasted weighs only
g71s pounds.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1904-06-11
Woman,s Pathetic INQUIRY.

An unfortunate woman in London con-
suited a clergyman in connection with
her domestic troubles. There was some
doubt as to whether her marriage was
a legal one, inasmuch as her husband"
las she had just Acknowledgements
to have wife living, from whom he had
been separated. The woman's pathetic
inquiry was: IF he is not my husband,
what right has he to knock me about?"
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-02-10
Mccoy Would Forget.

Kid Mccoy is teaching Jack Munroe how to box and incidentally how to de- feat Tom Sharkey in the coming min at Philadelphia. If Munroe could have seen Sharkey knock Mccoy Into q cooked hat at the Lenox A. c. when the Horton law was in effect he would have reached the conclusion, just as thousands did that night, that boxing science amounts to nothing when pitted agalnst phenomenal strength, heavy slugging and incessant rushing. Mccoy knocked Sharkey down twice. but that was while the burly sailor was trying to sbe clever When Sharkey threw science to the winds and piled in, however. 1t was, in the language of Sir Timothy Hurst, who refereed the battle "a murder" Pos sibly Mccoy can tell Munroe how to avoid the attack which 1t was impossi- ble for him to dodge even with his wonderful nimbleness.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-02-10
THE PUGILISTS.
TOMMY RYAN
 NOW ILL.
So He Says Himself and He y Can't Therefore Train
 for Fight With O'Brien
 Other Fight News.

The chances of Tommy Ryan and Jack O'Brien coming together just now are not bright, because Ryan an- nounced yesterday that he could not meet the Philadelphian for at least six months. A few days ago Ryan re- ceived an offer of an $S,OO0 purse from Jack Herman of tho International A. Q. of Fort Erie to box OBrien on March IT. Ryan in answer says that the date Is too near and that he cannot very we'll face O'Brien by that time, as his. health will not permit bis going into active training. OBrien has ac- cepted and 1t is likely that Herman may induce Marvin Hart of Louisville to take Ryan's place. Hart, it the bout is arranged, will have deciue>. advantage as to weight. It Is under stood that O'Brien is satisfied to tackle Hart on March IT at Fort Erie. Her man has notified Hart to this ef- feet and 1t is expected that the en- counter will be arranged.