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The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1904-01-08
DID HIS WORK IN BROAD DAY.
Negro Arrested at Savannah for Bold
Robbery.

Savannah, Ga, Jan. 5.-W. II. Both
we'll, n negro, was arrested for whole
sale robbery. He had been system
atically robbing the grocery ware
house OF the Fixon Lumber company
He would boldly drive up, in shirt
sleeves, with an order book, and start
to work at the dinner hour, when the
force was away. He would begin
loading his wagon and passersby
thought he was employed at the place
He secured and sold hundreds Of
dollars worth OF groceries,
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1904-01-08
Work For 1.nnn Men.

PittsGurg. Jan. 5.-The Black Dis.
mond Steel company mills OF the Cru
chile Steel company of America will
resume work in nearly all depart
ments tomorrow, giving work to 1000
mon.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1904-01-08
Noted Horse Breeder Dead.

Lexington, sJan. 5-Colonel Hart
Gibson. formerly one of Rentucky's
most noted breeders of thoroughbreds
and brother OF the late Senator
Randall Lee Gibson, of Louisiana, is
dead in st. Paul, MINI. of hoart dis
ease.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1904-01-08
RECORD FIRE LOSSES.

Total Of $15e,1s7,7oo for Year Just
Closed.
New York, Jan. 5.-A record of loss
by fire in the United States and Can.
ada for the year just closed compiled
by The Journal of Commerce, shows
total Of $156,197,70O.
This Is the greatest sum since 1898,
with the exception OF the year 1901.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1904-01-08
Lowest in 25 Years,

Albany, N. Y, Jan. 5.-Twenty-five
degrees below zero, the lowest in 25
years, was recorded here today.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1904-01-08
DOWIE'S PLAN.
New Enterprise Under Way by Zion
City Founder

New Enterprise Under Way by Zion
City Founder.
San Antonio, Tex, Jan. 5s-Johu
Alexander Dowie, the founder of Zion
City is not going to Australia on this
trip. He has arrived here to inyes.
tigate .Matagorda Island on the Texas
coast, as site for new Eternal
City,
Dowie's plan is to enter on exten.
sive stock farming and factory work.
Fte has an option on the island which
embraces 10000 acres.
Dowie admits that he has had this
plan in mind for some time, and that
he may bring his entire following to
the new settlement
The senate committee on military
AFFAIRS has decided to report favorable
Wood % be be lnfan1o tlinfn1o of -GeRsrai Ieona,d
stood z to 2.
The situation in the Far East re.
mains unchanged. The outlook for
peace continues gloomy.
The Indianapolis journal., 1904-01-27
Electrical Notes.

A German chemist and electrical engineer by
the name of Dr. Hans Godschmidt. says Elec-
rrcity, is in this country as a representative
of his government. to inspect the electrical
furnace in operation at the Cowles aluminium
works. If his report is satisfactory, this type of
furnace will probably be adopted by the German
government FOR the Krupp gun works.
An apparatus in use in Germany for the puri-
hcation of milk by ozonlzatiOn is so constructed
that the milk contained in vessel flows thence
in a thin stream into another vessel placed be-
low. The wires and carbon points of strong
electric battery so arranged that the light
arc passes through the stream or near it. The
ozone which is thereby engendered from the
oxygen Of the air is said to be sufficient to kill
all micro-organisms contained in the milk
The only system of trackless trolleys in the
United States is that Scranton Pa. which
has mace a fair showing of success In France
and Germany number Of these lines, which
have electrical automobiles operated by an over
head wire have proved satisfactory. the only
objection to them being the fact that they re-
qulre twice the current used for cars operated
over rails
The magnitude of the electrical development
in the United States is strikingy illustrated by
the figures of current census bulletin, showing
that in 1872 there in operation $3.50 CEN
tral station electric plans for power and light
ing. representing in construction and equipment
an investment Of SJO4, 1892, and showing gross
/ earnings OF S4S5, 700, 35S per annum. The power
! plant equipment consisted of $3.50 steam engines
OF ,9H indicated horse power, and 1880 water
wheels of 43S 1872 horse power driving Il. 4S4 dy-
namos Of $50 horse power. The electrical
| central station is very new industrial devel-
| opment, almost wholly created during the decen-
NAL period between two census enumera ations.
| y German medical weekly says that Roent-
! gen congress will be held in Berlin during Eas-
ter week. 1905. TO celebrate the tenth anniver-
! sary OF the discovery of the X-ray. Professor
/ Won Bergmann will be the honorary president
and Professor Roentgen has promised to attend
| the congress 1t is INTENDED to hold in connec-
tion with the congress Roentgen exhibition.
fer the purpose of showing the scientific results
of the
The Indianapolis journal., 1904-01-27
LAYING RESPONSIBILITY WHERE 1T
BELONGS.

The verdict of the coroner's jury in the
case Of the Iroquois Theater fire is new
departure in such matters and will cause
considerable surprise The public has be-
come so accustomed TO incompetence in
municipal officials and 20 bearing the re-
suits Of their inefficiency uncomblainingly
that it must have been almost startling TO
learn that the mayor Of the second largest
city in the country and three of his subor-
dinates, the building commissioner. the
building inspector and the fire marshal, are
held responsible, along with less conspicu-
Gus persons, for the most horrible fire
catastrophe of modern times. The finding
of the coroner's jury may not be followed
by the indictment of the implicated Off
cials, because the machinery of the city
government will probably be put in opera
tion for their protection. but it will at least
set people thinking on lines that may lead
to the establishment of a higher standard
of official responsibility.
1T is a welI-setted principle Of law that
employers whether individuals or corpora
tions, are responsible for the acts of their
agents If a railroad accident occurs
through the carelessness or neglect of en-
ployes, the sufferers from it do not look
for reparation or damages TO brakemen,
switchmen. engineers or train dispatchers.
They look to the corporation that employs
them. In the case of the Purdue railroad
wreck many persons were disappointed
that the coroner did not hold some of the
high officials of the road responsible for the
accident, instead of laying the blame on a
defective system. The corOner's jury at
Chicago did better. Instead OF finding that
the Iroquois Theater fire was due to viola
tion of the building laws and TO corrupt
municipal government, they lay the re-
sponsibility on Mayor Harrison and his
appointees by name for permitting and
conniving at such violation.
Although the verdict of the jury may not
result i'm legal proceedings against the Of
ficials, it is undoubtedly just one, from
most any point of view. When a city
charter provides for the appointment OF
| certain officials TO see that laws for the
protection of property and life are enforced
the people have a right to expect that
/ competent persons will be appointed and
that they will perform their duties faith
| fully, conscientiously and without fear OF
! favor. If they fail to do so, the appointing
power is jointly responsible with them fol-
such failure and its results.
The verdict of the Chicago jury is a step
I'm the right direction. 1t formulates a
! truer theory of municipal government and
/ suggests a higher standard of official re-
! sponsbility than has ever been proposed
before. If every city government in the
| country were reorganized on the basis OF
this verdict a great many municipal officers
would have to step down and out.
The Indianapolis journal., 1904-01-27

What shall 1 tell YOU about Rome? We are
her fortnght-and the who travels with
out governess and with two daughters finds
himself pretty much the tall confidential old
family servant Of the young ladies. Not one
word of writing have / done as yet, and TO be
sure. have been i'll for the last four days with
an attack of-welL OF leeches, bisters, calomel.
l have been i'll once a month for the last five
months. /. who never i'll in our country
Miss Sarah, l have had brednwater for four
days and am pretty better thank you. and am
so glad / brought my servant with me. con-
trary the dictates of common sense & econ
omy. Beside him have Eyetalian old
woman. with whom blunder on amusingly
and for lodgings of the very hand
soonest and comfortabest rooms in all Rome.
We came by Lyons q the Rhone TO Avignon
and Marseilles, a dreary journey through frost
and snow, in steamers how unlike our steam
ers. had a jolly passage by Genoa & Leghorn
to Civita Veccha. kilt a postillion on the road
to Rome, and missed being robbed only by a
day; the next day people were stopped and my
girls were quite disappointed at not enjoy
ing the adventure. j had hundred louis with
me wnIcn would nave mace II mucn more
piquante.-From Letters in the Century.
The Indianapolis journal., 1904-01-27
To Keep TrOIIeys On.

Many inventors have with more less success
directed their attention the task Of contriving
some simple device which will either prevent
trolley wheel from slipping Off the line wire.
which Will enable TO readily replace the
trolley wheel after ii has slipped off An inven-
ton recently made practically covers both of
these requirements; for should the trolley slip
off TO limited distance on either side Of the
wire the latter viii be caught by a spiraliy
grOOved roller and fed back on 10 the trolley
wheel. This device also possesses the further
advantage Of having parts projecting above
the trolley wheel which might interfere with
the free action OF the trolley or the finder The
rollers which adapted 10 feed the line wire
back TO the trolley wheel have approximately
the form Of cone, and mounted with their
inclined upwardly from the trolley harp
The rollers loosely journaed studs. which
threaded into rocking frames supported on
the projecting ends of the trolley shaft In or
der to retain these frames the shaft. the
latter each end is peripherally grooved to
receive the squared ends OF bolcs threaded
through the hubs of the rocker frames. The
rocker frames preferably connected to form
a yoke. which spans the trolley wheel, and to the
outer end of the yoke guide rod is fastened.
which parallel with the trolley pole. and
is fastened at its lower end to the trolley pole
stand.-Scentifc American
The Indianapolis journal., 1904-01-27
Curiosities of the Senses.

That impressions made on one of the senses
may produce similar impressions on another
sense is a fact whose observation has come
within the experience Of many. An extraordi-
nary instance il described in the Revue PhiIo-
sophGue. The subject was a youth OF twenty
six born OF "A negro-pathic family. He de
veIoped epilepsy in his thirteenth year and the
attacks seriously impaired his mental faculties.
although his color sense. which had been re-
markable since birth. remained uncomnionly
acute The human voice had always Il appears.
represented coiors TO hin-coiors OF a prism-l ike
delicacy. Even the cries Of animals were coll
ored. In the case of the human voice the most
intense color impressions resulted from the
sound of the spoken yowols. \. for example
gave the impression of light green. and other
senses were affected as well The impressions
succeeded and We're merged into each other.
Other vowel sounds produced these peculiar as
sOciatos: yellow. dark green. y white.
/ black. The printed vowols produced the same
impressions. varying in vividness.-Harpcr's
Weekly.
The Indianapolis journal., 1904-01-27

with a horse blanket boarded a troll
ley at Lehigh avenue and Memphis street
Wednesday evening. Making himself COM
Portable in the corner. he proceeded to buckle
the blanket around his neck after which he
rolled himself up in it and fopped down. The
other passengers were curious. and for their
edifcatcn the man in the blanket gravely ex-
planned that his business necessitated his rid
ing all over town in trolley cars. since he
couldn't afford to hire ice wagon. He had
caught innumerable colds from the frigid atmos-
phere; these had finally developed into the grip,
and then into pneumonia. The horse blanket,
he said, merely used as a precaution
against consumption. As he spoke he nervous
~ brushed at the nap of the blanket What S
the matter? What do you see?' asked a man
sitting opposite Grip germs" replied the
in the horse blanket. Look at 'em hop
ping around Il guess what he wants is a
warm berth in the bughouse." remarked the
conductor, cynically. Philadelphia Record
The Indianapolis journal., 1904-01-27
Electricity For the Lungs.

High-frequency. low-potential alternating cur
rents have been used by Dr. J. Cunningham
Bowie in England for treating pulmonary tuber-
culosis with some degree of success. He found
that the passage of a current OF electricity
through toxins considerably modified and an
nulled their toxicity, and that the greater the
volume of electricity used the more quickly this
was accomplished. He concluded that electricity
might be Of value in the treatment of phthsis
other diseases where bacterial toxins had to
be contended with. For this purpose ap-
paratus which would develop a fairly large
current at high frequency necessary
and this apparatus should make it possible TO
regulate the frequency. the voltage and the
current at viii. An apparatus of this kind was
constructed and has been used i'm number Of
cases. the results of which he gives. Almond
oil. containing iodine, thymol and other anti
septics. was used. for intralaryngeal injection.
The current density varied from 800 to 500
milliamperes; the voltage from so to 20, and the
time of application from 10 TO 20 minutes. The
arrest of lesion brought about by this treat
ment more quickly than by the Of antiseptic
oils alone and the authors experience shows
that the high frequency current promotes heal
ing.-BaltimOre American
The Indianapolis journal., 1904-01-27
Bible by correspondence.

''If you read the advertising pages of the
magazines you are constantly coming up against
some game to teach things by correspond
ence," said a local advertising expert yester-
day in burst of confidence. '',TeIegraphy
taught by mail has long been one of the things
at which l have marveled and there are
other schemes equally bewilderinE The
latest, however, completely knocks out all the
others for nerve. 1t is indeed a solar plexus
blow. A mail course in Bible reading is the
scheme. and it is being worked through the
columns of the religious publications. For a
fee of 50 the advertiser guarantees a scientific
course in the study of the Bible. | don I
know just what his game is, but it seems
to that he is up against hard PROPOSE
ton. still, there may be enough people OF the
class he evidently intends to reach To make il
pay. You can never tell about such things
until they are tried."-Philadelphia Record
The Indianapolis journal., 1904-01-27
USES OF ELECTRICITY.
Frances Electrical Power.

In report 10 the State Department J. c Co
vert, consul Of the United States TO Lyons
France. under date OF Sept. %. makes some
interesting observations concerning Electrical
Power In France"
Last year. he says, a congress was held in
the Alps to consider the water power-''la houille
blanche'-that might be utilized in those noun
tains. The report of this congress, recently
printed showed the existence of 1850 water
falls in the Alps. 5000 of which are in use and
represent $4,000 horse power. In 1901 it was es-
timated that 5000 establishments in France
provided with hydraulic power. utilizing
$4,000 horse power At the same time it was
estimated that in all France the steam power
I'm use aggregated 6.7SO. 900 horse power. In the
Alps, according to the calculations of NJ. Rene
Tavernier. Of Lyons. the mountainous region
between the sea, the Rhone and the frontier of
Italy can furnish not less than 100000 horse
power and 100000 during eight nine months
of the year.-Denxer Times.
The Indianapolis journal., 1904-01-27
story OF a Dog.

dog story comes all the way from
birmingham. Engiand-new II you don't happen
to have met the same dog before lie had been
a sreat pc. in the family. this birmingham
dog. in fact had been IT-untiI the baby came
There was suspicion the dog was Jealous but.
FOR the most part. he hid his sorrow in his
heart, and could not be detected in any dis
respect or Gisloyalty TO the newcomer II lnys-
teriously happened however. that whenever the
dog was LETT alone with the baby the baby
began TO cry. Upon entering the room no signs
OF trouble were ever TO be seen, and the dog
WAS always snoozing peacefully before the fire.
But finally one day. when the baby cried as
usual Gpon being LETT alone with the dog a
peek through the keyhole disclosed the cruel
canine rubbing his cold nose up and down the
baby's neck.-New York Commercial.
The Indianapolis journal., 1904-01-27
4 Gentle Hint.

a few years ago a man living near Wichita
had an only Caughtcr. she married ana went
to live at Emporia After her marriage her
parents sold their farm and moved to Wichita
where they bought small hotel and made good
returns one day the daughter and her husband
came Tor a visit. They remained two davs.
then another aud made no movement toward
home Finally the father-lanGlord called bis
son-in-law to his side and said: what a pity
John. thot You and MAJ eidnt come 10 vi.it
m e.; the farm. We were lot Keeping hotel
then and il wouldn't have cost you a cent 10
have stayed long YOU wanted to."-wich-
ita Eagle.
The Indianapolis journal., 1904-01-27
The Wrong House.

The other day one of the telephone operators
at the Hotel Cadillac received severe shock TO
her nervous system, which even now disturbs
her sleep Girls at hotels often have very funny
questions asked them over the phone, but the
operator says this was the limit.
The bell rang and she answered.
Hello came voice This is Mr.. - 1.-THE
name of prominent Detroit broker Did
you get that 500. 900 draf- 1 sent over to you a
few mintues ago?'
Dreams Of Pierpont Morgan flashed across her
brain she tried to say WHAT but it was no
use. After getting her breath, she said:
No. / haven't seen it,
What! roared the broker. Didn't get 1t?
Say. is this the First National Bank? p
You're in the wrong house." said the oper-
ator. This is the Hotel Cadillac"
The broker made certain remark as he slam
med up the receiver. which the operator says
was gust mean Of him. Detroit Free Press.
The Indianapolis journal., 1904-01-27
Avoided a DueI.

Commander Boot,-Tucker of the salvation
Army used to like to describe how he avoided
a due in India during his residence in the
Puniah Mr.. Booth-Tucker was in the British
civil-service at the time. but he already in
clined toward the Salvation Army. and such an
inclination made him, naturally foe to brawl-
ing.
lie was seated in lonely railway station one
afternoon when a German soldier tourist.
entered. This German had been drinking. He
was in a bellicose humOr, and he began at once
pick n quarrel with Mr. Booth-Tucker-0 The
latter said nothing help on the quarrel, but
nevertheless the German worked himself into a
frenzy. Finally he exclaimed:
"One the other of US two sir. will not
leave this room alive"
stay here and die, then said Mr. Booth
Tucker and he arose and went out quickly,
slamming the door behind him.-New York
Tribune.
The Indianapolis journal., 1904-01-27

1 have a friend, manufacturer. y year ago
he hired a boy. For months the only noticeable
thing about that boy was that he never took
his eyes off the machine he running. \
few weeks ago the manufacturer looked down
from his work to see the boy standing beside
his desk.
What do you want?" he asked
Want my pay raised said the boy.
''WhaC you getting?"
1T rec dollars a week"
"wen. how much do you think you are
WORTH"
II t'ink I'm wort 81, and I've been thinking
so for tree weeks. but I've been so blame busy
1 haven't had time speak TO you about it
The boy got his raise" He deserved 1t,
just as every man deserves it who is too busy
about his employers work TO worry about his
next weeks envelope-LippncOtts Magazine.
The Indianapolis journal., 1904-01-27

In a neighbOring city. the other day. the
leading man of theatrical stock company
"a matinee idol-committed suicide 1t is
reported that in one schoolroom in the city
the girls were all so overcome by the news
of the actors death that study and dis
cipline became impossible. Harsh measures
were necessary on the part of the teachers
to calm the hysterical weeping of
dozen high school girls who were regu-
lar matinee attendants. Are the school
hours too short? There is a lot OF time
being wasted, and worse than wasted, at
least in Dayton, O.
The Indianapolis journal., 1904-01-27

The entombing of nearly two hundred men
In Pennsylvania coal mine is the latest
appalling disaster whose list Of fatalities
may be added to the theater and railroad
horrors which of late have come with such
alarming frequency. Does the population of
the United States so soon need thinning out
BY these distressing means? When news of
great loss OF life by flood and fire came to
Us from China. We used TO be told that
these things were the methods chosen by
a wise Providence to keep down the swarm
ing surpias OF population in that over
crowded country. Shall the same unsatisfy-
ing guess be applied at home?
The Indianapolis journal., 1904-01-27
PANAMANs THE PROPER WORD.
Washington Letter

Washington Letter.
Two men OF authority in the government
have now made choice among The assOrt-
ncnt OF names for an inhabitant OF Pana-
ma. but unfortunately. they do not agree.
President Roosevelt. in his special message,
used "Panamans." while Senator spooner
In speech shortly after the message was
transmitted, said. 'Panamanians-i that is
the way 10 pronounce IL" Senator Morgan
immediate iatcrIccticn Of 'Panamanlac''
was rather an obvious joke. but evidently
new to the galleries. for there v as loud
laughter. AS was reported in this corre-
spondence recently, the Board Of Geo.
The Indianapolis journal., 1904-01-27
Thc New Tcstament in rorar nourr

"a great many people are under the impress
sion that il takes long while to read tho
New Testament" remarked weH-known
preacher tho other day. but as a matter OF fact
II only requires sixty hours FOR the average
reader TO read the entire book. or. In other
words. II man were 60 read an hour each
day he would finish the book inside OF Two
months. ] told this 70 business man once.
and ne said h, didn't believe me. Thinking Il
would Dc a good Ian to get him 10 read it at
any rae. I advised him TO ny II. and the re-
suit was that he reported that he had read
everything in IT within forty hours."-PhlIadel-
phia Press.
The Indianapolis journal., 1904-01-27

What is ''the dangerous age in children
A perusal of the news items in yester-
days papers would lead to the belief that
IL was the age of five. on the same day,
a five-year-old girl in this city played with
chances of recovery are slight; a five-year-
old girl in Lacrosse (Wis.) put her baby
brother in the oven and baked him TO
death; a five-year-old boy in Marion shot
his little sister in the head with a rifle
Watch the fve-ycar-olds-they are likely
to do almost anything.
The Indianapolis journal., 1904-01-27

through moderate prices. This year viii
see conditions in measure reversed. The
for his wheat; the farmer OF the South viii
get high prices for his cotton. and he will
buy supplies at lower rate. while the
wages of the Industrial workman are some
what reduced. This is big country-too
big TO suffer universal depression.
The Indianapolis journal., 1904-01-27

There is a thing in Korea called the
Posung. This is a brown citizen who hates
foreign devils. In time of peace he is a
peddler; In time OF war he is irregular
fighter. During the next year he may make
for himself a place in history beside the
Boxer. whose tastes and prejudices he ap-
pears to possess. The foreign colony at
Seoul is afraid OF him, and with reason,
for the Emperor has issued modern weap-
ons to 500 OF him. and he is more dangerous
than ever before