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whose digital impressions have nothing
in common with those marks.
Apropos of criminal identification,
the Scientific American refers to a test
made at Bucharest, where is maintained
a school of descriptive Identification.
At the moment Of starting of,
crowded passenger train the description
of one Of the passengers was given to
two police pupils, who were then at the
front and rear ends of the train. Be-
fore the next station was reached the
person described had been recognized
and identified, altho he was disguised
as completely as possible.
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Wher we comes to look into the will,
we see fifty pounds left to John
Wheeler. What's he got to do with
masters money! says I. So I gets
knife and us scratches him OUT, and
that's just how he be, sir.''
The following is the copy Of will
left by man who chose to be his own
lawyer: "This the last will and tesla
ment of me, John Thomas. 1 give all
my things to my relations, to be divided
among them the best way they can.
N. B. If anybody kicks up row, or
makes any fuss about it, he isn't to
have anything"
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It is not generally known that among
the legacies which the corporation of
Trinity Episcopal church, New York
city, long has had in charge, is one
made years ago by John Leahe. He
left 81 900 with the following instruc-
tions:
"I give and bequeath unto the rector
and inhabitants of the city of New
York, in communion Of the Protestant
Episcopal church, in the state of New
York, and their successors, $1,000
lawful money Of said state, to be
by them put out at lawful interest,
and the annual income thereof to be
laid out in two-penny wheaton. loaves
of bread, and distributed on every Sab
bath day, in some part of said church,
after divine service, in the morning, to
such poor as to them shall appear the
most deserving.
The distribution is made at st. John s
chapel. George Bancroft Griffith.
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Ocean 81, 614 Feet Deep
@HE hydrOgraDhic office h

.HE photographic office has
issued a general chart show
ing the result of deep sea
soundings, taken by the United States
navy in different parts of the world
in the course Of the last ten years.
The greatest known depth of the sea
is in the mid-Pacifc ocean, and
is recorded at $3.50 fathoms- 81 GA
feet-or sixty-six feet short of SIX
statute miles. This sounding was
obtained on the U. S. S. Nero last year,
and it is greater than any elevation on
our continent, or, so far as known, in
the world. r.
Last year the greatest depth in the
Atlantic was found by the U. S. S. Dol
phin, 1862 fathoms, or five and quar-.
ter miles. The locality is some 300
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dren s children in the generations to
come. @~ -
The will was presented to the judge
of probate, who refused to set it up.
His property therefore was disposed of
in accordance with the state law.
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But some queer wills do stand.
Thirty-fve years ago in Birmingham,
Eng, a man died whose will was con-
tested, but finally allowed by the court.
The provisions of it were not to come
into force in quarter of a century
so that tho he left, f4,00O,00O
to be divided among three per.
sons, one Of them in the meantime has
died in the workhouse. Their relatives
including the deceased pauper's heirs
are numerous, and all in q humble posi-
tion in life. Some are factory opera.
tives, some cabmen, some ,beer-shoI
keepers. =.
After twenty-five years Of hope, de-
spair and heart burning, this million
aire 8 wealth is about. to be divided.
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The cumbrous verbiage 4f the law has
its uses, no doubt; but it requires 9
good deal of labor and SPEEDING of time
and with all it's repetitions it does not
always succeed in making the meaning
manifest, or preventing dispute. Sss
Here is a specimen of IA ,sss1ast viii
and testament which is perfectly intel
ligible. and shows in how few words
a dying person Is wishes can be ex
pressed-and expressed legally tooi1
glaring Contrast with the will Of P. T
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2 |Az;;|1(a>zag
BY w. W. Jermans. ,
Washington, Nov. 2.

washington, ISoN- q.
a. n T THE present moment l
~ would rather have George
Il In B. Mcclellan 8 chances for
the democratic presidential nomination
in 1908 than those of any other man IN
the party
This is the way politicians in Wash
ington look upon the democratic presl-
Dental situation three years in advance
of the election and two and half in
advance of the nominating convection.
The language quoted is that of demo
crat of national prominence, who does
not want his name used at this time.
The presidential quadrennium is so
short that one man is hardly safely
seated in the White House before plans
begin to form looking toward his sue
cessor Roosevelt himself, mindful of
the disposition of his countrymen to
look far into the future when figuring
on: political outcomes, announced on
election night, last year, after it was
known that ne had been elected, that
he would under no conditions that might
arise, consent to run for tine presidency
in 1908, and in spite of that early
denial, the public has so insisted upon
regarding him as possibility that he
has on several occasions since then felt
called upon to repeat his original state
ment.
Vicepresident Fairbanks has been
grooming himself for the presidential
nomination for fully two years, and if
there had been an opening last year, it
is believed that he might have gone
into the Chicago convention in opposi-
ton to Roosevelt. Secretary Shaw has
been a candidate for almost year, and
is to leave the cabinet next February,
in order that he may devote himself to
his case without cabinet restrictions.
Thus there is ample precedent for the
consideration at this early day Of the
Mcclellan case.
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We must go back to the New York
situation in 1882 to find parallel for
the situation in that state today. A
mere recital Of the facts of history will
lend considerable emphasis to the quota
ton with which this article begins.
The republican party was in control
of New York and the country in 1882,
and the democratic outlook was dis
.couraging. The party had no man in
sight. of presidential size, and it was
already on the hunt for somebody to
head its ticket in. 1884. General Han
cock, had been defeated for the presi-
:tiency- in 1880, and was down and out
politically. Tilden, still alive, was
feeble, and had almost ceased to take
an active interest IN public affairs. Mr.
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Tell Tale Finger Prints

II NIGER prints play prominent
r. part in modern identification of
criminals. Very often, on the
scene of a crime, says the Scientific
American, finger marks are found on
glossy surfaces (bottles, glasses, window
panes, door plates, painted and vanished
walls, etc.,. By comparison of such i'm
pressions, photographed by a special
process, it is easy either to discover the
maker of the finger marks observed at
the scene Of the crime, or to establish
the innocence Of suspected person
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Geo. B. Mcclellan and the Race for the Highest office
Why Politicians Believe That the Mayor Of Ne,u York Has the
Best Chance for the Presidential

Hendricks was feeling the touch Of age
and decrepitude, and had an over
whelming defeat as a part of his record.
Bayard was still possibility, but his
austerity removed him from the situa-
ton, even his friends admitting that
the small number Of his warm personal
friends and personal following would
initiate against him before the people.
1t was a time when the party, still
smarting from the sting Of inglorious
defeat, and thoroly disorganized, de-
manded some strong man, some new
man, if it was to recoup it's fortunes in
the next campaign. The question was,
where to find such man.
The republican party in New York
stepped into the breach at this juncture
and paved the way to conditions which
made democratic success possible. The
republican state leaders all at once fell
to quarreling, and row was started
which challenged the famous Kilkenny
cat fight for intensity and interest.
Daniel Manning was then beginning to
come to the front as democratic leader
i'm New York, and he saw that his party,
if properly directed, could make capital
out of the republican discordance. Mr..
Cleveland was then the mayor Of Buff
falo, and had manifested certain abii
ties as a public official which Manning
thought would please the people, and
so he began to push Cleveland to the
front. Meanwhile republican faction
alism continued to vent itself in open
feuds. The row was carried thru the
nominating conventions of that year,
and to the polls in November, with the
result that Cleveland was elected gov
ernor by q then unprecedented majority,
by force of which he became his party 8
nominee for the presidency.
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The situation today is not unlike that
Of 1882, so far as it's main features are
concerned. Again the democratic party,
not only in New York, but in the coun-
try at large, is depressed as the result
Of an overwhelming defeat, not yet
quite year old. Again that party has
no man in sight who is available for the
presidential nomination. Bryan seems
to be entirely removed from serious con-
sideration, by virtue Of his record and
two successive defeats. The day of
such men as Hill, German, Olney and all
their class, seems to be over, and there
is crying demand for some new, strong
man, to rise up and lead the party to
victory. ...
In New York, which bids fair to be
the pivotal state in 1908, as it has been
so many times before, Mr.. Mcclellan is
the only man Of this description who is
in sight, and Mr. Murphy of Tammany
hall, is doing for him what Mr.. Man
ming did for Cleveland in l8S2-pushing
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for he is already well and favorab1y
known in all parts Of the country. He
served for number of years in CON
gress, where his record was exceedingly
ereditable, and where, also, he secured
the confidence and the friendship of the
democratic leaders from all the states.
He speaks and writes we'll, and is a
young man of aggressive and decisive
qualities, honest, straightforward, and
considerably superior, morally, to the
Tammany environment in which he is
placed. His administration as mayor
Of Greater New York has been so good
and clean, as New York administra-
tions go, that the opposition to Tam
many has been unable to unite against
him, and he has practically clear field
to another term. The size of his majority
apparently depends entirely upon the
zeal displayed by the party leaders in
getting out the vote, if one eliminates
Hearst, which many believe may safely
be done, owing to the black eye munic-
ipal ownership has received from Mayor
Dunh'e s failure in Chicago.
* !. !.
As the democratic nominee for the
presidency Mcclellan would make a
strong appeal to the sentiment Of the
country. His father. was such a. nom
inee III 1864, and was defeated by Lin
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coin. This was after he had been dis
appointed in The army, and others had
been permitse.l to reap the fruits of his
antecedent sowing. General Mcclellan
will one day receive his justice at the
hands of his country; in fact, he is
already beginning to receive it. AS
tactician and pra ctical military organ
izer he has had no superiors in the
American army, and the work which he
did in licking the union army into shape
during those campaigns of mastery
Inactivity along the banks Of the
Potomac, during the earlier stages of
the war, it is now realized enabled the
generals who succeeded him to win sue
cessive victories for the union arms.
Yet during the period of his command
he was vilifed and traduced, and there
were times when even his friends could
hardly make themselves heard in his
defense.
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As the son of his father, therefore,
the young man who is now the mayor of
Greater New York, would take strong
hold on tho public imagination, and it
is quite within the bounds Of possibility
that the injustice that was done the
father years age might be atoned for
in the heaping Of honors on his son.
But of more consequence than this,
is the character Of the man himself. He
is good deal like President Roosevelt
In many respects. He is chock full of
energy and zeal for any good cause,
has good inclinations, and with it all,
he has a practical mind, is not carried
off his feet by impulse, nor hurried into
mistakes by oversanguine advisers. The
languishing character of the New York
republican mayoralty campaign is a fine
tribute to his manly personal qualities
as well as to his honesty and ability as
a public official.
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When Mr.. Mcclellan was first men
toned in connection with the demo-
cratic presidential. nomination, follow
ing his election as mayor, two years
ago, the point was made that, under the
provision Of tie constitution, he was not
eligible to the presidency, having been
born IN foreign country. This subject
was pretty we'll threshed out at the
time, and it was generally agreed that
the constitutional prohibition did rot
apply to him. The constitution saws
that, to be eligible to the presidency,
a man must be "natural born' citi-
zen. Mr.. Mcclellan was born in Europe
while his parents were visiting there,
and the best lawyers in congress,
when the matter was being discussed
here, said that the courts would I'M
doubtedly hold, if the case were ever
brought to their attention, that Mr.. Nc
Clellan was not disqualified for the
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him to the front and advertising his
good qualities. While all this is going
on, the republicans of New York, IS
in 1882, are in deadly tangle. The
situation is not quite SO acute as in
that year, but the difference is one Of
degree and not of kind, and the net
result is party discord and lack of cohe.
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sion. The republicans have all but
abandoned the mayoralty race in
Greater New York, and this seems to
suggest that Mcclellan will be re-
elected by majority that will recall
the Cleveland gubernatorial majority in
1888 majority which will point him
out to his party as an available candi-
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miles northwest of the Azores Islands
Previous to that the deepest known
water in the Atlantic was 1898 fathoms,
sounded in 1855 by Lieutenant S. P.
Leeq with an ordinary lead Of great
weight =. - = .Eza
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q . ~
1t has been settled that man always
cannot do as he will with his money
after death. The disposition of his prop
erty must be reasonable, or the courts
will set his will aside. John Stuart Mill
deplored this judicial, interference with
the wishes of the dead. He argued that
eccentric wills often were beneficial to
the race. He mentioned the case Of a
rich man who left a large property to
be used in caring for wounded birds
Mill argued that the carrying out Of
the provisions Of this will would have
thrown a world of light upon the ami
NAL economy.
But what defense could Mill have
made on behalf Of the last testament
of Josiah s. Twiss Of Hollis, New Hamp-
shire, with whom the writer was
acquainted9 The provisions Of his will
were that his funeral music should be
a brass band, which should be paid $40
for it's services; that his body should
be buried under clump Of balm Of
gilead trees which, he had set out a
few years prior to his decease; that 800
should be expended for peanuts and
candy with which to treat the mourn
ers; that his wife should have half the
property; his six children, SO each; and
that $1,000 be held in trust forever
for the purpose of educating his chill
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Mail Sent by Electricity

THE French are at work on a novel
scheme for the transportation
IL of mail and express parcels.
The great desideratum in the handling
of materials Of this class is speed in
transportation.
The dangers of high speed travel for
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date for the governorship, and If he
secures that, for the presidency, fol
lowing the steps taken by Cleveland.
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AS a candidate for the presidency,
cClellan would enjoy. many advant-
ages over those of Cleveland in 1882,
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presidency so far as birth is concerned.
Old New Workers do not recall
municipal campaign when any party
was as badly torn up and as sore
pressed for mayoralty timber as is the
case Of the republican party this year.
The campaign of 1908, between Nc
Clellan and Low was red hot, both sides
straining every nerve. This was the
case in 1901, when Low defeated Shep-
ard; in 1897, when Van Wyck defeated
Tracy and Low; in 1894 when Strong
defeated Grant; in 1890 when Grant
defeated Scott; in 1886 when Hewitt
defeated Roosevelt and Henry George;
in 1882 when Edison defeated Campbell,
and so on back thru all the campaigns
which the present generation can recall.
Obviously, some of the existing re-
publican weakness is due to the
natural difficulties that always OBJ
struct the way to complete fusion
against Tammany. New York is
strongly democratic city, and
the minority usually fails to agree on
men and measures, or so far fails as to
prevent hearty and thoro cooperation.
But after allowing for this condition,
which is chronic, and despite which the
fusionists, led by the republicans, have
On numerous occasions elected their can
didate for mayor, it is still fact that
in the present case the personality of
Mcclellan has had much to do with re-
publican and fusion Generalization. He
is better man than Tammany usually
supports, and his administration, while
not offending Tammany to the extent of
causing revolt Of leaders, has won high
praise from the opposition. No less
parsonage than DR.. Parkhurst himself,
upon his return from Europe a few
weeks ago, announced that Mcclellan
would be reelected mayor, and he indi-
Gated very emphatically that he would
find nothing to criticize in such a
result.
This, then, is the argument in favor
of Mcclellan for the presidency in 1908.
1t is outlined here as a news story for
the benefit of J u IN a readers, for
the people of the northwest, in common
with those of the country at large, have
long been wondering if the democratic
party would be able to pull itself to-
gether in time to make a creditable
campaign in 1908, and if so, who would
be its candidate. Of course, many
things may happen to remove Mcclellan
from the field of observation. A turn
of the political wheel may, on mo-
ment IS notice, make his nomination IN
desirable or impossible, or both. But
it is true that at the present moment
his chances for securing the nomination
are better than those of any other man
who has yet been mentioned in that
connection.
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ian at length arrived. The notary de-
livered to him the key Of the chest.
1t was opened, and found to contain
solely all the drugs and potions, still
intact, which the worthy physician had
given to his patieTt for twenty years
back. ~ .,-....- =. u.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-07-31
CHAUNCEY DEPEW WILL
TELL HIS SIDE OF STORY
Arrives from Europe and at Once
Begins Preparation Of State
ment.

New York, July 31-United States
Senator Chauncey NJ. Depew arrived
Saturday night on the American line
steamer ST. Paul When asked if he
would make any statement about the
affairs of the Equitable Life Assurance
society, D@pew replied that being
greatly in the dark as to what had hap
pened during his absence he could and
woIid not make any statement at pres
ent
He said: $50 many things have
happened while l have been absent
that do not care to say anything un-
til have had a day or two to go over
Tatters and have a talk with the Off
GERS of the Equitable society. When /
have become more familiar with the
run of affairs | shall be better able to
rake some statement" He is now
working on a statement.
New York. July 31.-Senator Depew
attended today's meeting of the Equit-
able society. He said he had not re-
signed as director and had no inten-
tion of doing so.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-07-31
SANTA FE EXPRESS GOES
INTO A DITCH AT LEM0NT
One Italian Dead, Several Hurt-Cars
Leave Rails on Sharp
Curve.

Chicago. July 31.-The California
express on the Santa Fe railroad. leav-
ing this city at 10 o'clock, went into
the ditch last night at Lemont. 80 miles
southwest of here and five people, all
Italians. were taken from the wreck
badly mangled, one subsequently dy-
ing.
The accident occurred at a sharp
curve, where the road crosses the
drainage canal. As the train at a high
speed came around the curve the
smoking car jumped the rails and car
ried with it the reclining chair car.
Both cars turned completely over and
fell into the ditch. Four sleeping cars
left the rails. but did not turn over. and
none of the passengers in them were
hurt beyond some slight bruises and
shaking up received. \ relief train
was sent to the scene from Joliet. All
the injured were taken TO the hospital
in that city.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-07-31
TERMS NOT
OUTLINED
Aimar SatO, Jap Envoy,
Denies He
Spoke.
AT LEAST OFFICIALLY
Gar Pledges Himself to Have
Honorable Peace or
None.
AT LEAST OFFICIALLY

New York. July 31.-Aimar Sato. of
the Japanese peace delegation. has
made a statement to the Associated
Press in which he denies that he has
ever in any interview given any out
line of the terms upon which Japan
will negotiate peace. or that he has an
nounced that Japan will make any de-
mands whatever.
No Shameful Peace.
St. Petersburg. July ST. The en-
peroT has issued the following note in
reply to an appeal from the clergy of
Orenburg not TO conclude a shameful
peace:
THE Russian people can rely on me.
Never will | conclude a shameful peace
or one unworthy of great Russia"
Working on Alliance.
London. July 31.-COnsiderable pro-
gress is being made with the new An
treaty of alliance, which
the foreign office hopes TO be concluded
at an early date.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-07-31
VIII Keep Busy.
GOVERNMENT MAY
PROSECUTE MOORE
Scandal Over Nitro Culture in Depart
ment Of Agriculture Discussed
by President.

Oyster Bay, July 81 President
Roosevelt entertained at luncheon to-
day Baron Rosen, Russian ambassador
to the United States. The visit was
principally for the purpose of making
arrangements for the formal call on
the president of NJ. Witte. the peace
envoy, who will arrive in few days.
The secretary of agriculture was also
at the luncheon as guest of the presi-
dent, to discuss recent developments
in the cotton leak scandal and the ex-
ploitation of nitro culture which Undue
ed the resignation of Dr. George T
Moore. If the facts disclosed warrant
ii, prosecution against the offenders
will be instituted by the attorney gen
eral.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-07-31
OIL INTERESTS TO
FIGHT STANDARD
Powerful Rival to Big Monopoly Organ
lied by the MELONS, of
Pittsburg.

Pittsburg, Pa. July 31.-Negotiations
practically have been completed by
which the MELONS, the Pittsburg bank
ers, will combine all of the important
oil interests of Kansas and the Indian
Territory. Thus the MELONS will con-
troll the most powerful company indie
pendent of the Standard Oil in the
southwest.
The capital of the new company will
be $25 900. 600, of which $7,500,000 will
be in per cent bonds, which the Mel
Ions are arranging TO have financed by
the Union Trust company at par.