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The Savannah morning news., 1904-04-17

and some of the insurgent leaders
even sent in notes OF sympathy
There was genuine mourning all over
the land
In Vigan especially the sorrow was
deep, for the men there had fought
under Lawton. Their thoughts turned
towards old Billy, who had carried
their dead leader through the worst
campaign of the war. They united him
from the picket lines and led him out
into the plaza, and there gave him an
honorable discharge from active serv-
ice, to come and go as he might please
about the town, on government PEN
sion. Billy looked a bit bewildered
at first, but presently started off to
explore the streets, and as he passed
the men took off their well-worn CAM
paign hats.
After that you could see him wan
dering in a day dream along the mar
row streets of Vigan or in the adj
jacent fields, sometimes stopping to
browse in an distracted sort of way;
coming and going when and where
he chose. like the sacred oxen of
Benares.
At first Billy retained his simple,
modest bearing. He rubbed noses with
his old comrades in the ranks and
VISITED the picket lines daily. He still
greeted all Corners in his old spirit
Of democratic good fellowship, from
the General down to the latest re-
cruit in the rear ranks.
But there came change. Gradually
it dawned on Billys ponderous intel
flect that he had become pretty much
of big gun, that he wasn't an ordi-
nary plug to be met with any day, and
he decided to stand up for his social
rank. He began by refusing to mess
with the other horses. In this he
gained his point. The men made the
mistake of submitting at once, and
thus irrevocably bound themselves
down to the rulings of his tyrant will.
They gave him a separate feed stall.
Then he insisted on green grass
mixed with oats twice a day, and again
the boys bowed to his will. Thence
forth a detail of men had to hustle
feed for Billy daily. Thus he had them
in his grip. After that they had to
humor his every whim
1t was not long before Billy made
himself obnoxious to Americans and
natives alike. One morning he stalked
into Company Els mess quarters just
at mess call. The boys tried to per-
suade him that he had got into the
wrong place, but Billy obstinately re-
fused to take that point of view. In
The Savannah morning news., 1904-04-17
THE WONDERFUL
WAR DOG.
Military Trainers Have Developed
His Intelligence.

Since 1883 the German army has been
military duty, and now it is announced
officially that the results are excellent.
Perhaps one reason for the good be-
havor of the animals is to be found in
The rule for the guidance of their hui
man trainers which reads:
Always, before you punish a dog,
make sure that you yourself are per-
Iectly calm and without anger. Never
lail to praise dog for good work. Use
every opportunity to speak to the dogs,
either praising or censuring them as
the case may demand"
1t is no life of fun and play that
awaits puppy who is distinguished
oy being selected for the honor of be-
coming the member of a regiment. He
must learn almost as much as a private
soldier and drill fully as hard
me first that is taught to the young
Jog IS to walk exactly at the proper
Instance from the soldiers whom he ac-
Lonpanies, neither too far before or be-
hind them, and when thus on the march
~, ~ De absolutely as grave and -atten-
i've as a man.
mis- training lasts till he is seven
n tn1nths old. Then the puppy must turn
- - every day and run races with the
er5 dogs, to strengthen his muscles
atlu chest. After he has done this for
,.osut i've months. and when he is a
'7Sr Ola, the real military work begins.
Try thls time the dog knows his own
mp OF men pretty well. But he must
n Nv learn to distinguish every man in
he Even in the darkest night, so that
d.. shaIl Know by scent If a soldier who
apr'ro 10y belong to his regiment tries to
"DDroach the ca
The Savannah morning news., 1904-04-17

Peace be to the memory of old Billy.
There are parts OF his career that
NAV be open to criticism, but those
who knew him in the days of his
mower are disposed to overlook those
naulities of his character which made
of him at times an obnoxious tyrant
12u1v's sway extended over people
including two races. Both the con-
ouering Americans and the insurgent
F'ilipinos bowed meekly before his au-
horn and reared, but it is not on rec
ord that he ever displayed any par
rfality toward his white compatriots.
ON the contrary, it was to the persua-
sions of the Filipino children that he
showed himself most amendable, but
then. it must be remembered, there
were no American children in Vigan
n that time. When his old masters
death first raised Billy to autocratic
mower, he-but let me begin my nara
tive in it's proper chronological order.
Gen. Lawtons advance against the
northern division of the insurgent Fill
ipino army will always be rendered
as a firm, vigorous campaign, temper
ID by a spirit of humanity unusual in
the histories of past marches of con-
quest Lawton's forbearance and keen
sense of justice toward the conquered
forever endeared him in the hearts of
those who fought him.
This has nothing in particular to do
with old Billy, except that Lawton
rode him throughout that northern
campaign, and he became so identified
with the American general that he
came in for a certain share of the re-
spect accorded his master by the ma
lives At that time Billy was such a
gentle old beast that the children
could pat his long, solemn face, and
Billy would nibble bananas and tufts
Of grass from their little brown hands.
The American commander might be
holding a very important consultation
with his aides in the plaza, when sud-
denly old Billy would spy a group of
children coming up the street, and
then the discussion Of campaign plans
would be momentarily interrupted by
The Savannah morning news., 1904-04-17

the Colonel and the line of men at
company front.
1t is recorded that the Colonel
swore great oath. That may have
attracted Billy's attention, for the
seemed to recognize the Colonel as an
old friend. He went up to him, and
the Colonel, to save his dignity had
to retreat to the band stand.
Protest was of no avail. II you
spoke to them. Perico simply shrug-
ged his shoulders, and said mo sabe,"
and Billy twirled an ear or winked
an eye. There was little satisfaction
in that. Then you felt that they
chuckled together after you were
gone.
But tyrants are only mortal. These
two were no exceptions.
One day a yellow flag appeared be-
fore the house in Vigan in which Pc
rico lived. 1t was the beginning of
the fearful epidemic of smallpox when
half of the families of the town and
province were affected, when the SAT-
from rag hung in listless folds before
The Savannah morning news., 1904-04-17
New Sources of Rubber.

From the Scientific American.
A French botanist. in the course of
his explorations a few weeks ago In
the sandy plains of the French Congo,
discovered a plant, the bark of which
contained large quantity of ibrous
rubber. At the time scarcely any at
tention was paid to the discovery, but
owing to the scarcity of rubber and its
high commercial value, which Is really
so prohibitive as to prevent a very
wide employment of the substance, at
tempts are being made in England to
turn this new discovery to commercial
use. The plant also thrives profusely
in Northern Nigeria, and it is these
forests which are to be exploited. A
sample of the plant has been analysed
by the botanical authorities of Kew
Gardens, London. and these investiga-
tions show that the rubber exists in
the roots in sufficiently large quanti-
ties to warrant development. The
name of the plant is Londolphia thrall--
onil. 1t is to be found in many places
on the West Coast of Africa. One firm
which Is already engaged in the man
ufacture OF this rubber is placing it
upon the market at rs cents pound,
and 1t is in every respect equal to the
ordinary rubber.
India rubber has become such an
indispensable material in the arts and
sciences that users will be glad to
learn that fresh source of supply is
said to have been found in the white
mangrove tree, which grows plentifully
in the swampy lands along the coast of
Central Queensland. The sap Is oh
tained by making incisions in the bark
of the tree and allowing it to run into
tins. Some samples of the rubber thus
obtained are said to have brought 81
pound in England. An idea of the
Importance of the rubber trade may be
formed from the statement that the
United States and England alone alb
serb more than 100000 pounds an
nually.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-04-17

the continent by the ten locomotives.
A string of fifteen or twenty of the
ordinary type of freight engines would
be required to pull similar weight.
The weight of each engine complete
will be about 100000 pounds, and that
of the tender about 200, 900 pounds. Their
speed will be much greater than that
of freight locomotives now used in
pulling the ore trains of the Santa Fe
road, and their cost viii probably be
at least a third more than that of the
best freight engine now on the road.
From the time the first cast was
made until the first shipments shall
start over the rails for the Southwest,
fifty days will have elapsed. A force
of about $4,000 men assist in the con-
structiOn OF each of these engines, the
thousands of pieces of iron and steel
being directly handled by at least half
that number.
Although of the same width of the
smaller engines and adapted to the
same tracks, the new type is much
longer and higher than the others, and
when placed beside one of the old style
locomotives the latter appears a pig
my indeed The most distinguishing
features besides the size are tandem
cylinders and the immense driving
wheels
The high pressure cylinders are
placed well forward. and just back of
them are the low pressures. man
of average hight standing beside one
of the great driving wheels would not
reach to the top rim, for each of the
drivers Is about eighteen feet in cir
conference There are five pairs of
drivers, and in the extreme front of
the engine Is a pair of pony wheels.
Before leaving the Baldwin shops the
ten great locomotives will probably be
inspected by representatives of several
of the Eastern railroads.
The other forty locomotives will be
of the balanced compound type, sim
liar in many respects TO the French
engines The drivers will be 70 inches
in diameter and the cylinders Is and
25 inches, with a 26-inch piston stroke.
They are designed to attain a speed
of eighty miles an hour and will be
used exclusively for passenger trains.
Each will weigh about 100000 pounds,
including the tender. Shipment OF
these will begin in April, and the last
will leave the shops in May.
While work on these engines is rap
idly progressing, a rush order for
twelve locomotives from the Japanese
government is being pushed with all
the expedition possible. They are for
the military roads in Korea, and will
be started for the seat of war early
next month Six of the engines are of
the standard gauge and six OF narrow
gauge.
Owing to the fact that Russian To-
connective plants are small concerns, II
is thought by many railroad men that
a large order for locomotives may at
any time be placed with an American
plant by the Russian government. Of
The Savannah morning news., 1904-04-17

ficials of the Baldwin Company said
yesterday that they had received no
order yet, nor, to their knowledge, had
any other American firm.
Vice President Gross of the Ameri-
can Locomotive Company of Dunkirk,
N. Y, was in this city last week. He
said that while the Russian govern
ment has forbidden the Importation OF
locomotives, it is only as a protective
measure, and not because of a tariff,
and that if the government should re-
quire any large addition to its motive
power, bids from outside firms would
undoubtedly be called for.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-04-17

down into the Gale de Santa Ignacia,
into the Escolta, the main street.
and turned up towards the plaza.
Women screamed from windows and
the sidewalks, men shouted, but none
dared to seize the afflicted boy.
Suddenly there was a commotion
further down the Escolta. The crowd
scattered, and through its center old
Billy came pehing, answering the
boys wild shouts with a. succession of
hoarse whinnies. At the corner of the
Gale del Obispo Perico turned down
toward the market, where the street
ends. with Billy pounding along not
fifty yards behind. Into the market
gates the boy disappeared. causing the
widest confusion among the throng
of buyers and sellers. The market is
a square, walled in by stone, with "A
door on each side of the quadrangle.
The crazed child shot into one gate
and out of another, and fell in a fit in
the street beyond.
Billy burst into the crowded market
too late to see where his little com
The Savannah morning news., 1904-04-17
LARGEST LOCOMOTIVE EVER BUILT
Giant Machines Could Haul Big Bat
tieships-speed Equal 20 Passen-
ger Engines.
From the Philadelphia Ledger.

From the Philadelphia Ledger.
Ten monster locomotives, the larg-
est in the world. are in process of
construction at the Baldwin Works.
Each will be capable of pulling
greater weight than ever before ac-
complished by a single locomotive.
These machines are part of an order
for fifty placed by the Atchison, To-
peka and Santa Fe Railroad Company,
and the work of construction is being
rushed for an early delivery. II is ex-
pected that this locomotive will prove
the beginning Of an epoch in railroad
freighting which may result in the abo-
lition of thousands of smaller and
weaker engines Of this and other coun-
tries.
They are the product of a theory that
one gigantic locomotive, having the
power of two Of the present average
type, can be operated more cheaply
than two small ones.
The ten locomotives will be able to
pull $4,000 tons OF dead weight on a
level grade. If the first class aTTnored
steel battleships Vermont, Cohnecti-
cut, Kansas and Ohio were placed
upon wheels on level track 1t is safe
to say that they could be pulled across
The Savannah morning news., 1904-04-17

him to carry it to some officer. The
men turn out whan they see the dog,
go at him with shouts and make be-
lieve to attack him. At first the new
dog either drops what he Is carrying
to bark and snap at the pursuers. or
he will stand over 1t and prepare to
fight.
Now, of course. what is wanted in
war is not that the dog should protect
whatever he is carrying by fighting
for it. In that case. his fight would
be short. for the enemy would simply
shoot him and then get the message
or the ammunition with which he had
been entrusted.
SO the trainer bends all his efforts
to teach the dog. first, that he must
under no circumstances drop the par
eel from his mouth; and second, that
he must dodge an enemy, keep out
OF his sight IL possible, and under ally
The Savannah morning news., 1904-04-17

This, of course, is one Of the vital
necessities for the war dog, because he
is to be used both as a sentry and a
messenger in war, and in each case he
must recognize an enemy or friend at
once.
Then he must learn to obey instantly,
so that at the word he stops as if
frozen stiff. Thus he learns to lrop
to the ground and crouch low with his
head between his forelegs the moment
he hears the command down." And
there he must remain, for hours If nee
essary, till he hears the regimental
whistle that tells him that he is to
come on.
Then comes another hard and long
branch of learning. He must become
so that he will carry articles in his
mouth and hold on to them no matter
what happens. The trainer gives him
a Gao or glove at first, and sends
The Savannah morning news., 1904-04-17

making himself as lnconspicuous as
possible.
The good army dogs have proved
that they can go five miles with a
message, passing all sorts of enemies
and hindrances on the way. In these
trials the dogs showed that, however
hard pressed they might be, they
could evade capture with wonderful
skill, and even In the highest places
they rarely turned tail TO return, but
always tried their best to take their
messages through.
So, perhaps, in some war to come, a
dog may even earn the iron cross
Surely, if being Faithful, True and
Brave win earn it, men may be sure
that the dogs will not be behind them
in deserving it,
The Savannah morning news., 1904-04-17

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The Savannah morning news., 1904-04-17

we'll" said the tiresome bore,
who was fond OF quotations, "a fool
and his money are soon parted you
know" Yes. How lucky you are
not to have any money. "-Philadel-
mia Ledger
The Savannah morning news., 1904-04-17
When LaWton'S
Charger Ruled Vigan
By ALBERT SONNICHSEN.

p Sea vagabondso and "sonnichsen's True
The Savannah morning news., 1904-04-17

Copyright, 1904, by Albert Sonnich
SEMI
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1904-06-01
CHICAGO WILL
CLEAN HOUSE
Reform in the Department TO At.
tempt to Show Better Results Il
in the Future

Especial Telegram to Evening Teller)
CHICAGO, June 1.-The State Street
Improvement association, of which Joy
Morton is chairman. has about COM
pleted arrangements for cleaning the
down town district this year just to
show visitors that Chicago can be clean
IL the streets are cared for by private
associations instead Of looking to an in
competent city street department to
keep it's highways in order. In making
a report of the joint committee OF the
Merchants and Commercial clubs yes
terday Chairman Morton said:
TT will cost about $150,000 to keep
the down town streets of Chicago clean
for one year and of that amount we
have little hopes of receiving more than
$4,000 from the municipality. This
means that the business men in the dis
trict to be kept clean will be asked to
pay their pro rata share of the bal
ance."
Mr.. Morton said the committee al
ready had decided to do the following
things: Have a general supervisor OF
the whole downtown territory engage
foremen to operate under the direction
of this supervisor; have force OF
uniformed sweepers busy day and
night pave State street with asphalt
from Congress to Madison streets. Cost
estimated from $4,000 to $4,000.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1904-06-01
FEAR MOBS
IN OHIO
Strikers and Strike Breakers
Clash in Operating IronFurn-
aces at Hamilton

Especial Telegram to Evening Teller.)
COLUMBUS, O.. June 1.-Governor
Yerrick today, ordered the troops to
Hanging Rock, Lawrence county, to
preserve order att he Hamilton fur
mace where there are serious clashes
between the strikers and the colored
strike breakers. The sheriff tlegrap phed
that a mob was parading the streets
armed with Winchesters and shotguns,
openly threatening violence and de-
struction of property. Four companies
of infantry left at noon.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1904-06-01
WORK Of
The SESSION
Congressman ffeach Briefly Re.
views important Local
Legislation

Congressman Burton 1. French
reached the city last evening and has
spent the day in visiting among his
many friends. Congressman French
has the honor Of being a member Of the
first state delegation since 1899 In Idaho
that has had majority working In
harmony with the national adminis-
tration. And the record OF the Idaho
delegation at the last session was one
to be proud Of. many things Of interest
having fallen to our share In the dis-
tribution OF congressional favors.
Idaho had many things to ask and
received many good things At the hands
OF the last session" said Mr.. French
today In reviewing the prominent
events OF the session. The delegation
was interested in securing $4,000 for
the survey Of the Coeur ,d,Alene Indian
reservation and when the survey 10
completed and the report turned to
congress a movement will be made to
allot the land In severalty and open the
remainder to settlement. In the same
line modification of the Fort Hall bill
was secured and the ten dollar limit
removed for the purchase OF lands
within the five-mile limit OF Pocatello.
This will allow the opening for settle
ment Of some 10000 acres OF lands In
10 10 AtnA A.
Of interest to settlers was the modifi-
cations secured for those who enter
lands allowing them to take valid oaths
outside the state in making entries ON
public lands S.
The delegation also worked fort he
bill which restored the homestead
rights to those who had relinauished
land once taken or otherwise had lost
their rights. This in connection of the
fight made for the retention Of the land
laws makes a very good record for
work done in the interest oft he home-
steader and those seeking to secure the
public lands for settlement.
The thing Of most lasting benefit to
Idaho emphasized by the work OF the
session was the securing of a perma-
nent setting aside OF a large part Of the
reclamation fund for work In Idaho.
The Minedoka project has been ap-
proved and carries alone 32.400. 900 and
means the reclamation of about $780,
900 acres OF land. The Boise Payette
project will also be eventually put
through. 1t has been approved and
only awaits the settlement Of some
private land titles before the depart
ment can act"
Congressman French will probably
return to his home in Moscow tomor-
row. While here he was the guest Of
his sister Mrs. G. Orr McMinimy.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1904-06-01
IN THE CONVENTION
Details Of the Work Done by the Dele
gates This Morning

The convention was called to order
at 1920 this morning by s. L. McFar-
land, chairman Of the county central
committee. who briefly stated the OBJ
jects of the convention and stated that
nominations were open for temporary
chairman. Senator Heitfeld placed the
name Of Daniel Needham in nomination
which was seconded by Geo. H. Storer.
G. E. Erb moved that the nominations
be closed and Mr.. Needham named by
acclamation, which was carried. Mr..
Needham was escorted to the chair
with much ceremony by Mr.. Heitfeld
and Mr.. Erb and introduced after which
he spoke for twenty minutes on the
principles Of democracy, paying tribute
embodiment OF all that constituted good
government.
During his remarks he paid a high
tribute to the beautiful class Of Normal
student girls who were present study
ing the practical side of civil govern
ment under escort of Prof. H. L. Talk
ington, pointing out that in this great
state OF Idaho as they grew to their
majority that they would represent the
great question of women suffrag &c
practiced in this state.
f. A. Cox of West Lewiston precinct
was named as temporary secretary and
g. c. Martin of Spalding precinct as
temporary assistant secretary which
carried by acclamation. On motion OF
Geo. H. Storer Of Central Lewiston
which was carried, the chair was given
the privilege OF appointing COMMITTEES
OF Ave on credentials q. e. Erb OF
West Lewiston precinct moved that q