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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-12-15

ter interests is expected to work for an East
Side subway that will give rapid transit not only
from the Battery to The Bronx but beyond the
city limits into Connecticut
In the furtherance of such large plan of rapid
transit, there is reason to believe that the Rapid
Transit Commission will be asked to designate
as parts OF the East Side subway route Third
ave. and the Bowery.
rhe Rapid Transit Commission a.so NAV be
asked TO authorize the construction Of so much
of the Port Chester road as will come within the
city limits if there is no legislation 10 prevent
the Board Of Aldermen from continuing its re-
fusal Of the Port Chester application for permis-
sion to cross streets in The Bronx
Were it personal matter" Mr.. Mcdonald
said yesterday afternoon, lit would be a sub
ject of great regret that my connection with
the 1nterhorough Rapid Transit Company has
ended with the completion of my contract with
the city of New York for the construction Of
the rapid transit railroad. My interest how
ever, with rapid transit has not ceased with
the termination of my association with the In,
terborough system. 1t was this interest in the
development of the transit facilities of the city
which induced me and my frienss to acquire
an interest in the Metropolitan Securities Com
pany large enough to enttle us 10 representa-
tion on the board. which cordially agreed
to when the subject came up for adjustment
with the interests behind the Securities Com
pany.
THE present subway gives to the West Side
a greatly improved condition, but it does not
Continued second page.
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W[PING OUT PORT ARTHUR.
GUNS H4MMERING TOWN.
-Four Steamers Destroyed = Fire
attacks on the SeUaStop0I.

Headquarters Of the Third japanese Army, via
Fusan. Dec. Livery part of the city and har-
Dor of Port Arthur is visible from 203-Metre
HILL The streets of the city are deserted and
but few soldiers are doing patrol duty. Many
buildings have been burned and others shat
tered. The shelters of the harbor present
strange appearance, with the turrets, masts and
tunnels of warships showing just above the
water. There is not a vessel afoat in the har-
Dor. The docks and buildings on the water
front are torn and burned.
The Japanese shells reach every part of ths
city and harbor.
Washington, Dec. 14.-The japanese Legation
has received the following dispatch from Toxic:
Commander of naval artillery reports that
bomba rdment the 18th was principally aimed
al arsenal and torpedo depot at Tigers Tail
and at steamboats, in its vicinity. Torpedo depot
ablaZe one hour Three ships were destroyed
and was sunk, besides, buildings greatly
Dana ged.
Indirect rlbardrreut upon the Sevastopol.
staying outside harbOr. suspended. owing
10 bad weather. which prevented observation
Togo reports torpedo boat fotillas attacked
twice the SeVastopOl on the night of the 18th
and thrice on the night of the 18th The result
is uncertain. Each time they met the enemy s
fierce FIRE and one of our torpedo boats was
one shot each. our total casualties only three
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FORMER FOOTBALL CAPTAIN DEAD.
A. F. Holly, Jr,, Princeton Graduate, Sue
cumbs to Injuries Received in Game
la rE1rGRAPH ro - rRIRrNE-l

Lakewood, n J.. Dec 14-After suffering three
years from spinal disease. the result Of an injury
which he received in a football game, Augustus F.
Holly. ir. former captain Of the Princeton foot
ball team. died here to-day. He was graduated
from Princeton in the class Of 90 He played on
the varsity team two years. He was thirty-thfes
years old.
Mr. Holly was dlstantly related to the Vanderbilt
family. His grandfather was DR.. James B. kissam
He married in November. 1901 Miss Mary Hartwell
Chittenden. daughter of Mr. and Mrs simeon B.
Chittenden. OF Columbia Heights. Brooklyn.
After leaving college, Mr. Holly Joined his father
in the real estate business. No. 81 Liberty ST
New-York, Under tue firm name OF \. + Holly II
Co. He was compelled give up active business
two years ago. ana since then had been an Invalid
He came to Lakewood with his wife last season,
and took a cottage In MaIison-ave. His funeral
Will be held at his home here on Friday. and the
body will be taken TO New-Yori for buyia. IN Wood
lawn on Saturday.
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WOULD ALTER R0ADBED.
Tnterborough UHing to Ndke 1t
1sphalt at Stations.

The action taken by the advisory committee 70
Health Commissioner Darlington in urging that
a new roadbed be constructed for the subway
along the station platforms is heartily favored
by the Interborough company The officials OF
the operating company have been considering
the objections to the present rock ballast road
bed for some time and about months ago
decided that a roadhed of asphalt or concrete
cement would remove all objections on the score
of health. as 1t could he washed off with a hose
Accordingly. estimates were asked to deter
mine the cost of such a roadbeG If the Heaitr
Department. in accordance with the advice Of
the advisory committee. recommends that the
new roadbel he placed the Interborough COM
pany will probably comply promptly. An off,
cial said yesterday that this change could be
MADE easily without interfering with the train
service
This roadhed is only 10 be directly in front Of
the station platforms and for space of fifty
feet on each side beyond the ends of the plat
forms. Cement could be spread there, and II
would be dry and solid in five hours. Working
at night. when the trains are run least fire.
quently. the fob would present no great diff
cu!ties.
Professor Chandler. who has been analyzius
the subway air seid that he would be heartily
in favor Of this change, not that he thought
there had been any great danger get. but be
cause it would remove a source of danger.
Dust would collect on the roadbed, with its
attendant germs" said Professor Chandler
and Of course this dust would he stirred up by
the passage of trains To be sure. this dust is
only what we get outdoors whenever the wind
blows, charged with the same germs there as IN
the subway ! don't fancy there mas peeil any
great danger yet. because the SUBWAY haSIl
been in operation long enough 10 let the roadned
become saturated with germs. pht the longer
the road is in operation the more Ihis danger
viii he ae dnst vim its germs, and germs from
the sputum Of diseased persons VIII accumulate
in the roadbed. A roadbed OF asphaIt or cement
in front of the stations could ne uueied WIN "a
hose Just like the rest OF the station and so 1t
could he kept clean easily.
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GIFT OF S75O,OOO.
Neu Gymnasium and Training
House at L. Of p.

Philadelphia, Dec. 14-Th1s evening before large
audience the committee Of alumni Of the Unver-
sity Of Pennsylvania that has had in charge the
building Of a gymnasium, and the improvement ot
Franklin Field concluded IT'S lahors, and transferred
to the university authorities for educational ana
athletic purposes a plant that has cost nearly
ss0o ooo The money has been contributed by the
alumni ard ny public spirited Phadephiars. In
addition this gift. the chairman OF the comIrit-
tee Dr. J William White surprised the audience
the provost and the trustees. and even his Fellow
commit by the announcement that the erec-
tion of training house and dormitory for unlver-
sity teams and crews. to cost from $4,000 To $5o"F
was assured and that the house would b built and
ready for occupancy next foil; and Furthermore
that gift Of $4,000 had been received from The
estate of William Weightman, TO he held in trust
IS an endowment fund for the advancement Of
physical educatio at the university.
DR.. White made the opening address, IN which
he summarized the reasons for believing IN both
the physical and educational value of carefully
supervised exercise and competitive games when
adapted to the needs of the individual, and justified
the acceptance Of gifts the expenditure Of even
large sums Of money by university for these
bodily and intellectually, that health and strength
confer their possessor Provost Harrison re-
ceived the buildings and field behalf of the
university. and outlined the attitude Of the uni
versity authorities toward the department of phys-
cal education.
education. described the methods by which
Pennsylvania hopes TO have thorough oversight
the needed exercise and sports, avoid danger from
excuses In either direction and obtain results from
her undergraduates comparable with the admira bic
ones long known 10 accrue 70 the cadets mt West
Point and at Annapolis as a consequence Of their
by representative audience including of course.
large numbers Of undergraduates. who enlivened
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A SUBWAY FIRE SCARE
Passengers Declare Car Bottom
1blaze-HOt Boz Blamed.

Smoke clogged the subway from seventy-sscond-
st. 10 One hundred-a nd twenty y-1frh-st last night
aroused terror in the passengers who crowded
the trains during the rush hours. and drew throngs
to the entrances at various points
Traffic was halted for more than half an bour
Guards at the stations and train crews had their
strength and powers of persuasion taxed to the
utmost in restraining the affrighted passengers
convincing them that the trouble was of no mo-
ment and that there was no danger
officials of the line explained later that the
trouble had been caused by the packing Of a wheel
axle becoming ienited by friction. causing what is
technically known hot box" Cotton waste
saturated with oil is packed into the spaces about
the axle for lubricating purposes. The smoke
which issued from the packing carried its peculiarly
penetrating odor throughout TIE tunnel for block.
and aroused the fear Of the passengers that ther
were in danger Of experiencing a catastrophe s,cr
as the one in the Paris tunnel more than a wear
ago
Dumbness characterized the subway officials when
they were asked for an explanation as 10 how one
hot hoX could create such volume of smoke
IheN insisted that the packing and nothing else
had heen ignited. but there were many people on
the trains at the stations and the entrances to
the tunnel who declared that tho body Of the car
must have become ignited. No alarm Of fire was
turned In and the train which had the hot box
made its way under its power 20 the terminal
The ofhcials declared that all Of the fire.
proof and that the bottoms are Of such construc-
ion that 1t is impossible for them 10 take fire from
any cause. They are supposed to be steel clad
Passengers on the train we're ordered out OF the
cars when the train into Seyenty-second-st
It local. The smoke curled up in wreaths
to the top OF the tunnel and annoyed the waiting
throngS with its noXous fumes. Efforts were made
TO extinguish the IRE. hut finally the train crew
gave up the attempt and the train started empty
for the uptown terminus
Trains behind il SLOWED. and each in turn
furnished IT'S quota Of frightened passengers as the
train got into the smoke laden No flame
could be seen from the overheated axle bit a
stream OF smoke drifted along after the train.
Trains were blocked all the way 10 One hundred
and-thrd-sr. where the disabled train turned into
Lenox-ave, Then a quick run made to
Continued on so-ond page.
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MR.. RoosevELr's GIFT TO ARIES.

Paris Dec 1i-President Roosevelt was OF
the first subscribers TO the proposed museum OF
Aries for Proveneal relies. His subscription was
accompanied BY autograph lattsr 10 Edouari
Leon the organizer OF the proiect
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HUneARrAM COLONY FoR LOUISIANA.

lBY TELEGRAPH 70 TIE THBUNEl
-. orleans Dec. f-Arrangemepts were com
80 to-day for the Colonization Of eight hundred
,-eai'aA fam:les Eea- Hammond. La These
.4-eS are expected 10 arrive here in the next
- months. some Of them already being ON their
a., me arrangements for the colony were made
'.neiy Fesco. the editor of Hungarian news
PAPER at Cleveland
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GIVES TO RENSSELAER, TECH

Troy N Y. a Dec IA ". a. Riebng OF New
ark N j. has sent an additional $1,000 check to
the Rensselaer, Polytechnic Institute 10 be used IN
re building the burned structure Colonel RiebIing
gave 10000 last June Palmer c. Ricketts, director
Of the institute, also reports a gift Of 5000 from
George r. Cloett. OF this city.
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HOLIDAY TOUR TO WASHINGTON.

Royal Blue Line December p only N2 from
New York all expenses inenons ian rl ana az o h9's %
three days. Additional tours jan y a!io 90
Fob Il Mar Is a1,l 10 April lS ana = May H. l"o
Inquire u. & o. Ticket Ohice3-Au'I
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SAVANNAH LINE

Account Christmas Holidays will sell excursion
tickets to all points south at greatly reduced rates.
Tickets sold for students nth Goth and the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-12-15

Leave New York 5s2 p NJ arrive Cleveland 7:l5
next morning by New York Central. Fine service
80 e.-tess fare-Adyt-
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DEwETs WINES FOR HOLIDAY GIFTS

II = ITHalai Assorted Cases 800 500. sGE
GcTt -"ey d 1oEs Co. rs Fulton ST. N Y
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Nerves stomach, liver disorders Bohn's Laxa-
tives Cure. No discomforts. perfect reef-AdVt-
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Continued on so-,ood page.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-06-30
DoNTs.

Don't ignore little chances for big
opportunities.
Don't he too smart-that would
prove you foolish
Don't outwitting tho devil
Is moro interesting.
Don't be jealous-if she is not ,rui {
worthy, plenty arc.
Dent marry for home--it may cost
you double its price.
Don't malign the absent, especially
women men hate It.
Don't deyilize yoursolf-y0u may be
a demon don't tell It.
Don't nag a nottle Is thistlc-down
compared to the nagger.
Don't NEEDLE to often at Bacchus-
1t cheapens any woman,
Don't meet o lover half way-make
him come throe-Guafters.
Don't be on the lookout for evil,
but who1 you see it cut it.
Don't Overdue San oycr-dresscd
woman both ages and yulgarizes her
elf thereby
Don't put woman upon pedestal
women would prefer you to support
thom in life
Don't be prude don't talk Of
spades if you can help it; when yea.
DO, call them so.
Don't gush-for heavens sake never
gnsh over men,--any man would pre-
for a whipping Minna Thomas An.
trim in Chicago Record-Herald
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-06-30
HARRISBURG.
June %, 1904.

June 49, 1904.
Mrs. A. o. HCarne returned from
a visit to friends in Marion last Sas-
urday.
The large steel tank at Cummin' s
mill has been finiched and they viii
be prepared to handle grain in large
quantities this fall.
O. G. Barnett is visiting his family
in this ETY. tbs week.
Mrs Mapdo Williams of East st
Louis, Is visiting the family of b. T.
Jones ANA other relatives and friends
in this city.
Miss Mabel Parish. who has been
IN Chicago the past winter. returned
home Tuesday evening
Miss Myrtle jone left this evening
for Marion whore she viii remain
this summer.
Miss Bertha Fields is visiting rel
atiyes in Pope county this week
J. A. Durlce has moved into his
new house on Eat Lincoln avenue.
Or. G. w Turner and wife and J.
{. Riegol and wife returned from st.
Louis Tuesday evening where they
have been attending the fair the past
week
Mis- es Carrie Parish and May Par
ish returned from the st. Louis fair
Monday, Miss May stopped off at Car.
mi to visit relatives for a few days
Ralpt Horning ana wife, Ed Horning
and wife, Mrs. ida Hicks and Bert
Guard left Monday evening for ST.
Louis to attend the fair The party
was Joined at Ellorado by Mr.. and
Mrs J. II Gaines
Chief Of Police Geo stiff ana Might
watchman ] r. Martin aae deter.
mined in their efforts to rid the city
Of the prostitutes where they can get
evidence enough to carry out their
A few nights ago they raid
ca place on ga Walnut street and
two inmates, who were taken
before the police magistrate, and up
on that they would leave the city
were TUNED loose Yesterday Tues
lay) these officers became suspicious
that the pair had not left as agreed,
AMI Instituted a watch and by a lit.
.le cieyernegs found where they would
be likely to stop, and about midnight
last night raided the place and found
hem in company with wo young men
ard arrested all four The women
were placed in the cooler to await
rial
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-06-30
FAIR JAPAN ON THE PIKE.

Among all those visitors to the
Worlds fair in st. Louis from this
city there a concensus Of opinion
that the particular jewel spot of the
great Ten Million Dollar amusement
portion of the whole known as tbs
pike, Is Fair Japan, probably the
iaintiest and yet at the same tim.
The most ornate concession ever erect
ed for the entertainment of ;hc
American pleasure seekers
The promoters Of this beautiful
Japanese village proudly boosted in
their advertisement several months
ago that Fair japan would be "Fhc
Show that Would Make the Pike Fa
nous anal from cater report the
claim was justified Fair Japan con
rains a MAGNIFICENT Tea Garden q
Japanese Theater, the only ono ever
erected in America, in which 81 real
Geiaha girls especially imported from
Japan for inc fair t. entertain the
public with their native song and
dances are seen, there are ancient
temples which were dlsmantied in
Japan and brought to this country
piece by piece for reconstruction tea
houses in which gorgeously clad ma.
lives of the country now % cunspic-
uously In the public eye, serve light
refr2shment Of all kinds; street
in Toxic with typical booths and ba-
larrs and total population of eight
hundred native japanese Fair Japan
also bears the distinction Of being
the only concession on the Pike to
which Miss Alice Roosevelt paid a
social visit during her recent witt
90 the far and. in fact was nj re-.
ceptiGn given in homer Of the prcsi
dents daughter that the Imperial Tea
mouse was opened TaRen all in all
Fair Japan fair indeed and wen
worthy of a visit from any visitor to
The fair who is able to appreciate the
beautiful, the artistic and the novel
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-06-30
WICRLIFFE, Ky.

Juoe 20 1904.

JuGe 20, 1904.
Mrs Jake Corbctt will entertain the
WomanS club this afternoon.
Mr. Vcrmillon, expert electrician
for the American Telephone and Tel
osraph company was in town this
morning.
Mr. and MIS- Frank Parham. Mr..
and Mrs. Thw. Boswell aud Mrs.
overly, of Pgucdh. are expected on
a visit this dtemoon to the family
Of j. r. Coclt and they all intend
going TO see te lakes north Of town
on q fishing irunt tomorrow
Miss Irene Crozier.lof Mound City.
is visiting MIS-. Jake Corbett
We hear there is to be a wedding
in town in a few days, but are not
at liberty to|call names inst yet
Miss Ruby Corbett, Of Paducah. and
Miss Duvall Of Frankfort. are gueds
Of Mrs Corlptt at the Cabins.
Miss QuinGara Jones, Of Cairo, Il
visiting ut the Warden house
w. e. Page is moving his butcher
shop into the new building on Ohio
street
Miss LizHt Williams threw a stick
90 aTnoI a tre passing COW. miss
od The COW md broke a light in num
rhrey's phobgraph gallery
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-06-30
GOLF HAS HELPED TRADE.

Until about ten years ago tho sub
marine cable companies used prac
tically the whole worlds supply Of
sut1a percha, for the reason that IN
like rubber, It is not affected by salt
water But when the game Of golf be.
came the fad in Europe, England and
the United States, it was found thai
guta percha il the only satisfactory
material out Of which to make the
balls, and the demand for Il incrcaS.
ed TO SO great an extent tina, the pro.
duction nearly doubled The ships
from Singapore, Straits Settlements.
now bring enormous cargoos Of L
and although twice as much is i'm.
ported by England as was imported
ten years ago the price has advanced
abou, 100 per cent. This, the cable
companies say, is due solely to the
manufacture of golf balls.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-06-30
NEWS FROM OUR NEIGHBORS


in town today (Tuesday)
Mr. J. NJ Skinner left la night for
Paducah
Mr. Lee win move here from Bar
low this week
Mr. + Armstrong, better known by
the girls as Hop went to Paducah
Monday evening
Mr. Thos, Northington businessed
in town Tuesday
Mrs. George b. Cothcs is spending
The week with her mother, Mrs. Gar
ner, of Blandyile.
Miss Mary Lee wac in town Today
Mr. and Mrs. S. T. Payne went tc
Cairo yesterday.
Extenive preparations are being
made for the big lot sale and barbecue
to be given on July 7th Be sure and
ccmo ana spend an enjoyable day
Mrs, Hattie Tallie began her achoo'
Monday with a good attendance
James S. Gilbert spent Sunday in
Blandville
4 Mrs Ed owen is quite sick at hel
home on south Broadway,
Miss Jessie J.. Hudson, the young
eIocutionist of Doniphan, Mo, will
give an entertainment here Saturday
evening July 2nd be sure to hear her
MI VIII Rollings Il pushing the
work On his new residence on South
Chestnut street
Mr. F. L. Payton vii begin his new
residence soon,
Quite a number of our citizens at
tended the w. 0. w celebration at
Banlana Saturday night
Or. W. f. Stevens returned home
from st. Louis Saturday, He reports
4 grand time
Sunday School and singing Sunday
night vas rainel out, remember the
regular appointments.
Mr. Ed Miller, of Paducah, spent
Tuesday with friends here.
Mrs, H. A. Peters IL on the sick
list this week
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-06-30

One of the most highly priced relics
in the British museum, that great
storehousc Of wonders and curiositics,
both natural and artificial, is the crown
formerly used by the Irish kings in the
coronation exercises which made them
monarchs Of the Emerald Isle. Strict
~ speaking, there were two Of these
Irish crowns, the one In question being
that used by the Murrougs, fam
lily who were anciently kings Of Lem
stcr This regal relic, all that remains
of tho old Irish monarchy. is q plain
gold band, rising to Kind OF peak or
point in front. 1t dates back to the
middle Of the tenth century.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-06-30
NEVER LOOK FOR DEER.
Advice Given TO Beginners by Hunt
ing Authority.

80 'fN'N''N' ~
Persons who have wondered why so
many deer hunters are shot by fellow
shunters may set some light on the
matter from Theodore Van Dykes in
structions TO sportsmon Tie Gays in
his book on still-huntipg Having
selected the ground uIoa Htich You
are to hunt ,ol viii probably, II le.t
to yourself, 20 wandering around the
woods with Your eyes fixed about
afty yards ahead Ct you, expecting at
every turn so Hc2 q largo cali.likc cb-
ieet standing hroadside to yoH in q
nice open spot patiently awaiting
your buliet--Gistancc twenty-five or
thirty yards The first thing You
must do Is to lay aside caoh and
every idea & low a wild deer locks
that you have ever derived from your
imagination. from pictures, even by
tne best artists Look carefully all
around you as far as you can see
but do not look for a deer, Remember
this singular advice. DO not forget
it for a moment. One Of the great
est troubles that beset the beginner
| Is looking all the time for deer !
the artists deer is in sight you vii
see him quickly enough. Never MINI
that beast at all Spend ali you
/ time looking for spCts and patches o
light gray, dark gray, brown or ever
/ black. Examine OIL you can see from
the size of your hand to tho size of
small goat Never mind the shape O
| them"
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-06-30

afforded opportunity for cultivatln5
The crop In its infancy and Kidding i
Of weeds.
Thomas Higgins has administered
on the estate Of his regretted sister
Miss Mary Higgins.
There is case or two Of anailpoa
in the upper part If the city but IL is
.of suca a mild type that the people
up there pay very little attention &c
it-it seems to alarm no one
Miss Florence Stopblet was visit
ing young lady friends in, Mounds yes
terday.
There was rain in several sections
Of Pulaski county today, but Noun
City got none Of It.