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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-04-02
SUNDAY MAGAZINE for APRIL 2. 1905

parte. living trees Relic of circle 1t casts tall.
black shadows across the section of 5Qth-st New
York city, where the Tunnel mansion once sheltered
culture and dispensed hospitality. When sapliugs
these natives of Egypt caught the fancy of Napoleon
and he brought them back to France. where IL
presented them to his friend Jumel who was an
ardent admirer of trees
ElmS dedicated to liberty were many IN the Revo-
1utonary days the most notable being located At
Boston, Providence. Newport and New-YorI,. The
giant growth Providence was the scene of especial
celebration in 76S. when and in the presence of
multitude it was cOnseCrated formally to the Sons
of Liberty. Washington selected an elm under
which to take command of his army. Dorothy
Dudley describes the scene as follows: Zone saw
the majestic figure of the General mounted upon
his horse beneath the wide-spreading branches Of
wide old elm" Protected by the inhabitants Of
Cambridge, and venerated by every American pa
triot this relic of glorious epoch now shades the
roadway as it did in I775.
The famous elm in Philadelphia which was called
the Penn Treaty Tree, was feled by gale IN 1870
at the ripe age of two hundred and eighty-three
Writers differ as to whether PENIS treaty with the
Indians was made under this particular growth.
but are prone to doubt the doubters and believe
the a1uring tale of how the splendid Quaker and his
friends. with love in their hearts, came laden with
gifts to the copse at Shackamaxon for the purpose
of honorably purchasing the land and giving the
hand of fellowship to the American, savage and
Ofttines treacherous though he was. We even are
willing to credit the statement that the worthy
Friend INDUCED IN such seeming piece of frivolty
a 'sky-bue sash" but we emphatiCallv object
to accepting the obese and aging hgure of the man
whom Benjamin West has portrayed in his famous
painting, when remember that at the time of the
treaty Penn was only thirty eght years Of age How
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one hundred and eight branches so heavy as to
need equal number of pillars for their support.
pavilion has been erected in the head of the tree
and gooseberry-bushes have been planted in the
depressions where the enormous limbs join the
trunk This pretentious growth has caused the
town to be mentioned jOcularly as "Neustadt by
the Linden
A queer but united family is preserved in Corn
wall where one day witch-em blown down
and fell across small stream. Being used for
natural bridge. it permitted to remain, and
accordingly it sent up trunks either side
of the stream In time, the groups united by the
bridge trunk covered large of ground Among
important parent groves are the horsechestnuts of
Hampton Court, visited in the spring by all Lon
dOners: the architectural beecheS at SchOnbrunn,
Austria, loved by the youthful Marie Antoinette
the aged peppers at Riverside, California; we'll
the wonderful groups of cherry and plum-trees
familiar to tourists in that country of gardens,
Japan. There a certain Colonel Jackson of
Athens Georgia who attached to the tree
of his bOyhOOd days that he had deed recorded
giving the possession of the tree to itself and Sc
curing the adjacent ground necessary for the further
progress of its root growth.
History records many instances of the attraction
that trees have for leaders among men. HerodOtus
responsible for the statement that the defeat of
Xerxes army in Greece due largely to delay
caused by halt in the vicinity of plane tree of
unusual beauty. The Persian became so enam-
CURED with it that he caused medal with the tree
in relief to be struck, commanded an attendant to
give it special care, and last token of his ardor
Clasped jeweled collar about the trunk of this new
favorite. Tuckwell says that Napoleon detected
his way the Simplon Pass, that the army might
not injure the Soma Cypress a favorte of Francis l.
and goodly specimen before the birth of Christ
half-mOOn of expresses is memorial of Bona
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-04-02

symbol of tears. Montezuma spent his last sad
night beneath the one preserved in his name by the
Government of Mexico When we view this scion
of a royal stock Chapultepec, we are apt to sigh
for the lost beauty of that pOrphyry hill where
hanging gardens fourished where fish or water
fowl in fresh salt pools were nurtured carefully
and where the sculptors chisel never was idle. As
wept with rage and despair beneath another cypress
still growing POpotla, he doubtless remembered
the many specimens of this family that still shade
the castles and mOnasteres of his beloved SPAIN
although in most instan to-day the castle walls
are crumbling and the monastery bells long have
been silent.
The Sultanas cypress leans heavily on the stone
wall of orange court in the Generalife gardens of
Granada. When Ferdinand and Isabella, with fly
ing banners and blare of trumpets entered the city
on that fateful second of January 1902 the wife
of the Moorish Sultan BoabdI fled from her balcony
the and there hid in the trunk of the cypress
which only generation before had served a rem
devious for the swarthy Abencerrage and Zaraya,
"Star of the Morning" The tree bears its six
hundred years bravely, and no doubt informs the
tall sons that have sprung from its roots of the
strifes and cruelties, the broken faith and fierce
delights, that have SCARED the palace from en-
trance gate to garden limit. But, although pagan
and Christian have possessed the tree in turn its
care has been assured throughout.
The Difference shown to trees specialized as parent
growths is praiseworthy. The two famous larches
belonging to the Duke of Athol at Dunkeld, Scot
land which the ancestors of all the larChes in
that country, were brought from Switzerland in
small pots early in the eighteenth century, and
set the cathedral, where to-day they re-
Ceive many visitors as does the good Bishop
himself At Neustadt in Wurtemburg is another
honored parent, linden of uncertain age. Its
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apparatus.
The 1ght-ship is supplied with triple-expansion
engine operating single propeller wheel for motive
power. In addition to steam power she also is fitted
with mainsal and foresail and two iibs 1t is
not calculated that these will be used for motive
power, but may be of advantage in assisting to
keep her head to the waves In heavy weather
For such purpose, however, the vessel Is provided
with kedge- anchor weighing three hundred and
fifty pounds, which acts a sort of automatic
rudder- The principal mOOring tackle consists of
harbor-anchOr weighing two thousand pounds
attached to a chain of links one and one-eighth
inches thick and eight hundred feet in length. in
order to afford ample room for swinging in high
seas To the stem of the ship also fastened bv
cham of the same size, is a mushroom anchor
which like the others is raised and lowered bv
steam wlndlasses designed especially for the
purpose.
While the Government name for the ship Is No
II, her actual title is Diamond Shoal for she is
anchored above this spot, which has been the
graveyard OF many a vessel 1t is supposed thai
She IS located not far from where the Inflated
Monitor went down
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THE crews of steamships bound north N
and south along the Atlantic coast 10
sometimes are able to pass closely
enough to the dreaded Cape Hatteras to 4
communicate with the little band of mari
ners who give warning by manning the
lightship which is stationed off it. No. II,
she is termed, rides at anchor in one of
the most dangerous spots In the wOrld-a
place where it has been impossible so far
to construct lighthouse, owing to the
quicksand on the bottom, the strength of the
currents, and the storms which are raging
continually in this portion of the Atlantic. \
Consequently, the Government decided to s.
provide a floating lighthouse, and No 72 =
was built especially for the purpose. II
Numerous schemes have been devised to S
erect stationary lighthouses at this hazard
point; but all have proved to be failures
However, man from Maine recently has u
appeared with an entirely proposal
which the Government is said to be con-
sidering favOrably. He is so confident of
the feasibility of his enterprise that he is
willing to construct the lighthouse entirely
at his own expense, and wait five years 70
his pay. If the structure should maintain its DO
sition for that PERIOD he is to be paid five hundre
thousand dollars with five per cent interest from
the time the lighthouse is completed.
When work was begun ship No. r. orders wer
given to make her hull and framework of the bes
steel to withstand the force of the Atlantic waves
To prevent her from sinking, should any part o
the hull be pierced five metal partitions or bulk
heads were built from side to side and from deck t,
keel. Even if three of the spaces made by thes
should fill with water, the others would keep he
ahoat The ship is the home of a crew of ffteel
men, who frequently are shut out from the rest O
the world for month at time, getting only al
occasional glimpse of the low sand beacI
known as Cape Hatteras and the row of whit,
breakers which mark the rocky ledge upon which
so many vessels have been wrecked Day afte
day they tossed to and fro in the ''cross sea-
as the mariners term it, that is created by the
northeast southeast gales and the swift currents
that circle around the Cape For many hours al
a time cannot remain on deck without danger
of being washed overheard
The crew then literally are in a floating prison
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hours each. One of the three engineers also
IS on duty at all times, as steam is kept up
constantly in order to operate the electri-
cal apparatus at night and machinery
that may be needed at other times,
while during a gale everything Is made
ready to get the vessel under way IN case
she should be forced from her anchors.
The lighting system consists of two sets
of three electric i 2Sh-lights. each sup
ported on steel maSts at a height of fifty
feet above the water-line The lamps
are calculated to throw RAYS which NAV
be seen at a distance of twenty miles on
an ordinary night and from six to eight
miles in thick weather The flash is pro-
duCed by special device operated by a
belt from the shaft which drives the cleo
tr1C dynamo furnishing the illumination.
The dynamo is driven by a steam engine,
and IS of sufficient capacity to supply a
series of incandescent lamps for illumina-
ting the cabins as we'll as the mast
headlights A set of oil lamps also is
provided for the masts in case any
accident should happen to the electric
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-12-15
CITY CHAT.
Roller skating.

=.
Insure with Mckee
Delaware holly at Passig Bros
Tri-City Towel Supply company.
We found your coal man. Page Z.
For bus or express, Spencer & Trefz.
For bus, baggage. express call Robb's.
All kinds OF fresh dressed poultry at
Schroeder's.
Shaving mugs and safety razors at
j. Ramser's.
Fan chains in gun metal and jet at
j. Ramser's.
New line of solid gold bracelets at
j. Ramser's.
Swell hand bags in fancy feathers
at ]. Ramser's.
Manzanilla olives. 20 cents per quart.
at Passig Bros.
English walnuts, Is cents pound, at
Passig Bros.
Can corn while they last cents per
can at Passig Bros.
Sailed almonds and pecan meats in
glass at Passig Bros.
"a YOU tHJOy uthNlou5 :,
go TO McCabe's for it.
Genuine sea- skin cap from s. to s12
N Gustafson & Hayes.
Dressed turkeys. geese and chick
ems at II. Tremann's Sons.
Fresh dressed turkeys. geese, ducks
and chickens at Schroeders
Nicely dressed chickens at Co.eman's
market. 1913 Second avenue.
Chickens. nicely dressed. at Gil
more's packing house market.
The stage of water at the Rock Is
land bridge was $50 ali day.
Child's plain. solid gold rings. 25
cents. Saturday at McCabe's.
Three pound can of red beets, 10
cents per can. at Passig Bros.
Ice cream and ice cream soda at
Peterson's. 1874 Third avenue.
Fancy box suspenders. 20. 30 and 10
cents at Ullemeyer & Sterling's.
High grade silk ana wool underwear
are shown at GustafsOn * Hayes.
Shelied filbcrt nut meats, - cents
per pound Saturday at McCabe's.
Wrapped molasses kisses, 1214 cent,
per pound, Saturday at McCabe's.
There is no mistake, Mueller's La
Sale coal is the best we ever used.
Baltimore canned and bulk oysters
and shrimp at ii. Tremann's Sons
Don't forget, please Mrs. Austin's
pancake -four best of all. At grocers
Lewis Single Binder ciSar-richest,
most satisfyinl moKe on the market.
Toilet sets. smoking sets. travelling
sets. manicuring sets. at J. Ramsers
For Saturday 20 per cent of on all
winter overcoats at Gustafson &
Hayes.
Fine Austrian 81 hand painted plates
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-12-15

81. Saturday at McCabe's Choose
early.
For Saturday 20 per cent off on all
winter overcoats at Gustafson &
Hayes.
For Saturday. 100 knee pants suits
at half price. all sizes. at Gustafson &
Hayes
Solid. silver thimbles, 10 cents. Sat
urday at McCabe's at 10 and O'Clock.
Be prompt.
| After trying that fine Milwaukee sau-
/ sage you'll buy no other. Get it at
| Passig Bros.
Go TO Gilmore's for choice sugar
cured hams and bacon and pure kettle
rendered leaf lard
| A full line of new and up-to-date jew
elry of every description at Jackson's,
1907 Second avenue
One hundred more of boys suits will
J be on sale Saturday at half price at
Gustafson & Hayes.
Passig Bros. store is headquarters
for imported and domestic cheeses.
Place your order now.
Extra fine line Of Xmas vests. muf-
fers. gloves and neckties at GU. & 81
Ullemeyer & Sterling.
Passig Bros will have their usual
display of fresh vegetables and fancy
fruits of all kinds tomorrow
Dance at Woodmen hall, South Rock
Island. Saturday evening. Dec. 1G.
Gents. so cents; ladies free.
If you tire of buckwheat. try Mrs.
Austin's famous pancake flour. Made
from the great food cereals.
Dance at Woodmen hall. South Rock
PIsland. Saturday evening. Dec. 1G.
Gents. 80 cents: ladies free.
At 2:3O Saturday, Letters of Self
Made Merchant to His Son 30 cents.
at McCabe's; formerly $50.
Choice tenderloins. spare ribs, and
pigs feet at Coleman's market, 1913
Second avenue. Both phones.
Choice tenderloins. spare ribs. and
pigs feet at Coleman's market, 1915
Second avenue. Both phones.
Hear the free lecture tonight at the
Memorial Christian church. Ii will be
both instructive and humorous
Jersy coats and cardigan Jackets are
practical mems presents. GU. & 81
Ullemeyer & Sterling; see them.
Miss Hartley conducts fashionable
dress making parlors at 2412 Fifth-and-
a-half avenue. Prices reasonable.
There's a whoop and a hurrah to- the
Christmas buying at McCabe's which
is fast passing all former seasons.
Finest novelty wool sweaters for lit
tU. & 81 Ullemeyer & Sterling's.
Sweaters. REFERS. silk mufflers. higl
grade neck wear. all suitable for Christ
mas presents at GustafsUn & Hayes.
Those infants fine % cent whit
cashmere hose. silk heels and toes. 10
cents per pair Saturday, at McCabe's.
Boston butts. spare ribs. pork loins.
sausage meat. and fresh pork cuts of
all kinds at Gilmore's packing house
market.
Now is the time To buy your lard for
summer use. Order at II. Tremanns
Sons and get pure kettle rendered
leaf lard.
Directors of the Modern Woodmen
arrived in the city today and opened
their regular monthly session at the
head office
Pork tenderloins. leaf lard. spare
ribs. neck bones. sausage meats.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-12-15
GustafS0n e. Hayes

less price. When you buy jewelry, Ice
sure of your dealer and choose careful
ly. ingalls,, 1907 Second avenue.
Don't forget to visit Jackson's jewel
~ and art store and get his prices be-
fore purchasing elsewhere. Big lne,
new goods. low prices. Diamonds.
gold and silverware of every descrip-
ton. Jackson's, 1907 Second avenue.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-12-15

butts. pigs feet. livers and hearts at II.
TTemann's Sons
The children's REFER and long over
coats We are selling at 20 per cent dis
count are newest styles. GU. & 81
Ullemeyer & Sterling.
y delicious hot supper will be served
in the lecture room of the Central
church by the Young Peoples league.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-12-15

scalp given by Mrs. Sol Levi, 1856 Sew
enteenth street. Old phone, west SO.
A real holiday gift Saturday. La
dies sheer linen hemstitched hand
initial handkerchiefs, two for the price
of one or 1215 cents each at McCabe's.
Our store is meant TO compete with
the finest shops in the country Same
beauty of design, same workmanship
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-12-15

day dances until Jan. 6. Afternoon
dance Gil Christmas and New Years
at > p. III.
Boys 25-cent tool chests, II cents.
The 25 cent doll go-carts, IA cents;
some 25-cent sets toy dishes, II
cents; Saturday at McCabe's.
Expert manicuring, shampoOing and
thorough treatment of the hair and
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-12-15

Saturday from ) to 1880 p. m, for %
cents.
Fancy toys and holiday goods of ali
descriptions Will be sold at very low
price at Horblit's Dry Goods & Notion
store. 2929-2931 Fifth avenue.
Ciendenen's social dance at Iudustri-
al hall Saturday evening of this week.
This is the last of the series of Satur-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-12-15

Temperature AT "a. M. 20; at 3:30
u. M. -. Minimum temperature i'm the
past Is hours 10. Velocity of wind mt
. "a. IL miles.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-12-15
THE WEATHER.

change I'm temperature. The lowest
temperature tonight will he about 20
degrees 80
J. VI. SHERIER. Observer.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1905-06-02
Ships Sent to Bottom
to Cheat Nctors
Of Prey.
SUNKEN CRAFT
GONE FOREVER
Depth Of Water Pre-
clNdes Their Be-
ing Raised.
OFFICIAL VIEW
OF THE BATTE
Efficiency JMe Nos
gNIto F2eets Is NOT
Yet Goncedea.
Special Dispatch to The Cali.

CALL BUREAU. POST BUILDING
WASHINGTON, June 1.-DIspatches
from Toxic contain so little evidence
that either torpedoes or gunfire were
entirely responsible for the sinking of
so many Russian ships that the Of
ficiaIs at the Navy Department are In
clined TO think Vice Admiral RoJest-
vensly's bnttleships were sunk by
their own officers to prevent their fall
Ing into the bands Of the enemy.
s Nothing contained in the advices re-
ceived from Lieutenant Frank Marble.
the Americana naval attache at Toxic,
gives emphatic proof OF this conten-
ton. but officers familiar with torpedo
tactics doubt that the great battleships
could have been SO quickly sunk by.
torpedo fire.
II is believed here that the commando
ers of certain of the Russian ships,
seeing the battle was going against
them, opened the valves md sank their
ships. In the straits where the battle
was fought the water is so deep that 1t
will be Impossible for the Japanese
ever to raise the sunken battleships
and cruisers.
1t is the opinion of naval officers that
with all the valves open. the engine
and fire rooms OF the Russian ships
would have been so flooded within a
half hour that no one could with safety
have remained aboard.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1905-06-02
RARE GEMS
To- BE SOLD
At AUCTION
Royal Jewels in
the Stanford
Collection.
Include Those Once
Worn by Queen ISa-
bella Of Spain.
Boughtst Private Sale by the
Late Philanthropist at a
Cost Of $1,0OO,OOO.
SPECIAL Dispatch to The CAN.


NEW YORK, June Levels originally
the. property Of Queen Isabella Of Spain.
valued at s.. 100000. it was learned to-day.
were left by Mrs. Jane Lathrop Stanford.
who died recently in Honolulu. The gems
were bequeathed in her will TO Leland
Stanford Junior University Of California.
IN z few weeks they VIII be sold az auc-
ton and the proceeds VIII go toward Ii
sbrsTT building for the university, the cor
persrOne Of which was laid about ten days
ago.
That Mrs. Stanford had betn the owner
Of this remarkable collection OF jewels
was made known to-day by Mrs. George
Perkins Lawtpn. niece of Mrs. Stanford.
who is living in the San Rafael apart
ments, e5 West Forty fifth street The
jewels are divided into i've sets and in
clu6e some sof the most famous diamonds
IN the world A romance surrounds them,
as they were taken by Queen Isabella in
her fight when driven from Spain by
revolution
Mrs. Stanford paid 81 900. 900 for the jew
els al private sale. She seldom wore
them, but. kept them among q collection
Of gems which she had accumulated in
the course OF many years. 1t was one Of
her hobbies TO collect diamonds and mag
nifoent settings, and the Eve sets of
Queen Isabeila's. gems were considered
~ her the finest in her possession.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1905-06-02
PREFERS DEATH TO SIGNING
IGNOMINIOUS PEACE TREA
Car Dashes the Hopes Of Those of His Advisers
Who Favor the Wars Ending


measure OF patriotism into the men
at the front. the Car Is prepared 70 at
once convoke popular assembly and
grant such other reforms as may be
considered expedient at this time.
The statement published in an even
Ing paper to the effect that. French EN-
bassador Bompard Is returning hur-
riedly to st. Petersburg at the request
of Russia to arrange for peace negotia-
tfons is denied 1t is likely. however.
that Bompard is the bearer Of COM
munication from French Foreign Min
lister Delcasse suggesting the mex
pediency of q further continuance or
the struggle.
There Is a denial. also, OF the story
published in America, to the effect that
the soldiers OF Linevitch were on the
verge OF revolt While the naval dis
aster is expected to have its effect upon
the morale OF the soldiers at the front.
in the way Of increasing their discour-
agement. no word has come from Line
witch that would convey the impression
that there was danger OF a mutiny.
WASHINGTON, June Russia will
know officially how ready this Govern
ment Is to assist her in commencing
peace negotiations with Japan at the
earliest possible moment IL Count Cas-
sini, the Russian ambassador. carries
out his intention OF seeing the Presi-
dent tomorrow. Indirectly Count Cas-
sini Is already informed OF the willing
ness of the President to take up the
question of peace terms with Japan.
provided Russia Is prepared to discuss
the subject In good faith. but unless
he receives instructions from his Gov
ernment between now and the time
he called upon the President the EN-
bassador will personally express the
firm conviction that his Government
has no intention OF negotiating with
Japan at this time