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The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1905-09-09
REACH AMlcAsLE SETTLEMENT
State Fair Association Will Secure
Pipe and Cans From Pontiac.

1N~tt FNeoONAehNNU WI OtNhfI
Pipe and Cans From Pontiac.
Secretary Glddings has made an
amicable settlement with the State
Fair association OF property placed on
the Pontiac grounds by the state fair.
BY the terms Of the agreement the
state fair will take 900 feet OF two
inch pipe. which was used in providing
water for the machinery exhibit. and
the seyenty-two galvanized iron cans
used In buildings. The Pontiac
fair will have the use OF all the prop
erty this year, after which the articles
mentioned are to go 70 the state fair.
The Pontiac society has made arrange
ments with the Grand Trunk for
hauling exhibits directly into the
grounds over the side track already
laid
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1905-09-09
strike in Russian Universities.

Odessa cablegram The ministry OF
public Instruction has notified the Of
fcials OF the local university and 9th.
er institutions OF It's intention 10
amend the university statutes OF 1884
which have been condemned by pro.
fessors and students all over the
country A meeting OF 342 professors
decided to continue 90 abstain from
participation in university work until
new order OF things 10 established
and the people generally are given
all civil rights and the universities
are granted full academic autonomy.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1905-09-09
WILL TEAR UP THE BAD WALKS
Marshall Womans Claims for Dam
ages Arouses Aldermen.

ages Arouses Aldermen.
Mrs. Wellington Lewis OF Marshall.
who recently dislocated her ankle by
falling on a defective walk. presented
a claim TO the city council for $1,000
damages Immediately after the petit
titlon was read Aid. A. Flynn moved
that every alderman so over the
walks In each ward. and that the mar
shall be ordered to tear up every one
klhat Is defective. The city has paid
Ibut thousands Of dollars in damage
suits in the last few years. resulting
from poor walks aud the city fathers
are determined to have good walks or
none.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1905-09-09

Antiope has been captured by the Jap
anese. The vessel sailed from this
port on June for Nicolaevsk with a
general cargo. She Is the third AM
erican vessel TO be captured by tho
Japanese within a few weeks. II is
said that all three vessels probably
Will be released
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1905-09-09
ThIrd AmerIean shIp seIled.

San Francisco special: News has
been received that the American bark
The Washington times., 1905-12-18
+" THE MACINTOSH
GUEST OF MARTINS
Proudest, Most Exclusive
Scot Visits Americans.
SHOOTING WITH PARVENUES
Lordly Clansman Has Hitherto Affected
to Look Upon All Yankees as
Vulgar Foreigners.

LONDON, Dec. 1s.-Mrs. Bradley Mar
tin has got The Macintosh. of Mack
intosh. to stay at "Balmacaan" for sew
eral days. for the shooting.
The Macintosh. OF Macintosh. is the
proudest chieftain In Scotland. He looks
upon all Americans and even rich Eng
llsh tradesmeH as new rich. and al
though he has visited "Balmacaan' for
the day, he has never before made a
prolonged stay there.
The Mackintosh's father seldom came
10 vulgar London but on one occa-
sion during a short stay in town he
got into a dispute with a cabman.
The cabman asked for one shilling and
six pence. hut the canny Macintosh re.
fused TO pay any more than a shilling.
The cabman used the usual strong lam
guage: then the Scottish chieftain turned
round and said
DO you know who I amp" I am The
Macintosh. Of Mackintoshi"
4 don't care whether you are q Mack.
intosh or a bloomin umbreller." replied
cabby; I'm going TO have my fare
The Washington times., 1905-12-18
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS
RECORDED TODAY

Mount Pleasant and Pleasant Plains
Samuel o Drury ct ux to Anna NJ
Souder. lot 3l2. block T. $40
& street southeast. between Twelfth
and Thirteenth streets-John Cook. trus-
tee. 10 Andrew Glass. lots 80 and 81.
square l0lT, $40
100 Pierce place norJhwest-Emma NJ.
2os. SO. -e1i
Moore and Barbours second addition
william A Johnson and David Moore.
executors, 10 John F. Pyle. lot 81. block
3. 400
Massachusetts avenue southeast he
tween Thirteenth and Fourteenth streets
-Ilibert j. Osterman ct al. to Frank r
BIeakmore, lot IS. square 1897 $40
30 NJ street northwest-John Miller OF
uX- 10 William H. DuvaH lot 2O2. square
eZV. sIO William II. Duvall ct ux to
Louise NJ. and Abbie II. Farrow, same
property, $40
MI. PleasaEt-Frank A. O'Donuel
trustee, ct ux- to William H DuvaII
Iots z and 3. block Is. $1,000. Frank A
- Donnel, trustee, ct al 10 same. same
property. $40.
MI. Pleasant and Pleasant Piains-H
kozier Dulany ct al. to William n
DuvaIl, lot T. so. William H. Duvall
et uX- TO John Miller and Michael 7
heane. lots 2. and part lot 4. SO
Columbia Decentralization VI. O'Don-
nel ct al to William FL Duvan. lot IA.
The Washington times., 1905-12-18

block S5. SO William II. Duvau ct ,Ix
to Herbert p. PIllsbury. same property.
So
Orleans place northeast, between Sixth
and Seyenth-Thomas H. Melton ct TX.
SO ''''
29l3 Q street northwest-Edith L.
Brown ct al. to Carl T. Shoemaker, lot
Z, square 1883. $40.
Twenty-third and n streets northwest
maker, lot II. square 35, $40.
American University Heights-George
~. Corey et ux- TO Henry 3. Corey, lots
20 q. 2S, block Il. $500
Ift1 street northwest-IsabeIIa e.
Ieei ct vir. William s.. 10 Emma C.
Dwight. lot 21. square 15S. s21. .oo0
ADDITION to Washington Heights-An-
genette L. Bliss ct al. to Robert }.
Fisher. lot Z s..
Sixteenth street northwest betwaan
and Il streets-Edmonia r. McCortney
ct al. trustees. to Alexander Muncaster.
lot %. square l99. SO. Alexander Nun
caster conveys same property to Ed
monla II. aDA j. Howard McCortney.
trustees. same property. s10
Sixteenth and Swami streets north
west-kings County Trust Company, ex-
square. Ia. 5000. W ''"' iO' o.
1I2S III street northwest-Wllian ".
Trego ct ux- to Jennie z. Lee, east half
original lot Z, square 1z7. so.
Woodridge-E. b. Townsend to Frank
X. Holt, lot 9, block T. 80
North Grounds Columbian University
William E EdmonsJon ct al trustees
to Harry B. Wilson. lots l, q. "a
block 80, s3o,s7O.
The Washington times., 1905-12-18

ana even sat upon the hassock. ignorant
that 1t contained a fortune The full
amount OF this deposit subsequently
was returned to the owner.
She assisted many escaped prisoners
to pass the line. hiding them I'm the
woods and feeding them until an op-
portunity for escape occurred. and then
passed them across the Potomac. Her
brother was killed in the spring of 1868.
and Miss Floyd concealed the fact from
he .Tnother for more than six weeks In
ore Of her dreadful experiences her hair
turned gray in single night and her
rsiatlves wondered at this marvellous
change
When colored troops were being en-
l,sted in 1864. some one came TO Miss
F9Oyds home for the plI-pose of snric-
tne negroes to the county seat. enlisted
them herself and got the bounty.
Honored by Veterans.
She succeeded twice in carrying dis
patches for the benefit OF the st. Al
bans raiders, which resulted in their
release When she performed these
services she knew none of the men en-
tagged in that affair. but nearly thirty
i've years afterward she learned of
Colonel Bennett H. Young's where
dDOuts ana opened correspondence
with him. Colonel Young insisted that
Miss Floyd attend the recent Confeder-
ate reunion in Louisville as his guest,
and. although IN delicate health and
frail Of body. she made the long jour
ney To kentucky and visited one to
whom she had been a benefactor Sew
eral veterans once high In the Confed-
crate service called 10 nay their re-
spects.
A personal letter from Jefferson Davis
thanking Miss FLOYD for ner services Ia
the cause of the Confederacy was one
Of her cherished treasures. and upon
her departure from Louisville she pre-
sented II 20 Colonel Young as a con- !
ribution 10 his cabinet.
The Washington times., 1905-12-18
INSPECTOR MAYER
IS VIDE AWAKE
Watches Crawford Case Like
a Hawk.
HELPS THE PROSECUTION
Sits Alongside of Attorney for Gov
eminent and Lends Valuable Aid
When Needed.

one OK the most prominent and nor
maps conspicuous as well as astute and
unurlnS persons who figure in the trial
oi william e.. Crawford. now on trial
Tor conspiracy to defraud the Govern
ment' in the local courts, is Walter 9
Mayer chief of the New York dt,-tsior
or postoftice inspectors
Ihree years ago Mr. Mayer was saI-
dom heard OF and was, except for his
work as an inspector. but little known In
'ne East. Up to the time OF the begin
inns or the investigation of the Post
oince frauds In 1902 Mr.. Mayer was at
,scneo TO the division Of inspectors with
headquarters in Chicago He had. how
ever on several occasions shouvn ,,,,-,.os
aDilty IN the prosecution of his nrofes-
sion and had run many a crfninaI 70
earth. 70
This work was not forgotten bv tho
chief OF inspectors and when the inves-
ugation Of the scandals in The Post
oihce department were begun Mr.. MAYER
was hurriedly summoned 10 Nyashinpton
anu paced IN charge His first vvorl.
was In connection with the Macben-
Lorenz-Groffs' conspiracy case and n
~ que in great measure TO his work
'hat these persons are now serving time
IN the penitentiary.
NJ. mayer was a witness at the first
triai OF Crawford last spring. The Gov
eminent, however. did not call him IN
testify at the trial now in progress. He
is however, daily I'm attendance and
giVes material aid to the Governments
counsel in the prosecution of the coso
on account Of his familiarity with ALI ,ho
circumstances surrounding the alleged
conspiracy with which Crawford is
charged.
All day long he sits by the side or
special Counsel for the Govern n,e,,t
Holmes Conrad, apparently paving bnt
"'ie attention to what is going on
around him. Whenever a certain na No.
connected with the case is wantad go
,here are hundreds of them. Mr. Nayar
- caiied upon for it. Without hesita-
uon ne extracts IT from the mirad r,iIo
upon the desk In front of him. tbereh,, /
showing that ne has not been sIeentn,
"hiie the investigation has been in NJ
gress 80" al pro- /
nost OF the time he occupies his mind /
ana MS hands by cutting n small 49,
oi iegai paper into slips. This. boue,,ar
experience has shown in many instancos
uoes not distract his attention frr.,, tI,1
ipJect under consideration. for y,ha.,
eaiieo upon he always dernonstrs+ss -
Is Following step by step what is eo,na
On. about him. soins
The Washington times., 1905-12-18
Posse in Pursuit.

He telegraphed to the police of the
surrounding country TO watch for the
robbers, and started in pursuit with
several deputies. 1t is believed that after
reaching the woods the two men went
off on horseback. but the sheriff believes
that they will be tracked
W. 5. Hay. superintendent Of the
Northern Pacific Express Company.
thinks that not more than $50 was
stolen. This is the same train that has
been held up once or twice previously.
The Washington times., 1905-12-18
STRANGE FALL KILLS ATHLETE

YORK, Pa, Dec. H.-AIbert Miller n
young athlete. was the victim OF an
unusual accident in an inn ia Windso-
Saturday night. Losing his balance
while he was aiming a blow AZ a
punching machine, Miller fell against
the machine with such force thar b{s
skull was crushed, causing Instant
death
The Washington times., 1905-12-18

Swift g. Company's sales OF fresh beef
In Washington. ID. G. for the week end
ing Saturday. December 16. 1906, averaged
b.s5 cents per pound.
The Washington times., 1905-12-18
Death Ends Career
OF Southern Heroine
Olivia Floyd Was Celebrated as "PunnerD
tor ConfederaCys Underground Rail-
road"-OutWitted Federal Forces.

BALTIMORE. Md, Dec 1S-Down al
Port Tobacco. southern Maryland where
Colonial customs still prevail and
the telephone and the telegraph are
still almost unknown. there was buried
this week Miss Olivia Floyd famous
throughout the South as one of the
runners OF the underground rail
road between Richmond and Washing
ton. and woman who often deaad
Union bullets and helped the ST. AL
bans raiders TO escape Miss Flova.S
grandmother was Lady Sarah Howard
and her grandfather was Ranbael
Ne3lc. who was credited with descent
from the Princes of Ulster She ..as
related 10 Admiral Semnes. She tool
charse on her fathers farm and bust
ness when she was very young She
had an only brother. Robert who in
1861 enlisted in the confederate ar,o,-
and joined a cavalry regiment under
Stuart.
Underground" Agent.
Miss Floyd was standing in front OF
her home in the early days Of the v,,r
when eight Federal soldiers. passing nv
chaffed her as ''secesh" She prornntIv
drew Il revolver and fired every huIIe,
in Il AT them. She became one of ,ba
runners In the underground railroad,
between Washington and Richmond
and although her place was surround
ed and searched several times. SO sharn
was her lookout and SO careful her con-
duct and so many her resources tho,
the tederii troops never were ahle 70
catch either her dispatches or convot,s
or merchandise She conveyed clothes
money and letters through the lines
from prisons and prisoners.
Hid Fortune in Hassock
One fugitive entrusted $4,000 in bank |
notes TO Miss Floyd. She hid the money
In the stuffing of a hassock. Federal
soldiers frequently searched the house
The Washington times., 1905-12-18
FIRST SUNDAY CONCERT
AT MAJESTIC THEATER

This seasons series Of Sunday even
ing entertainments at the Majestic
were initiated last night IN the pres
ence Of a fairly good-sized audience.
The porgram was a popular one, keep
Ing strictly in line with sentiments Of
the Sabbath and day Of rest. and con-
sisted Of orchestral and vocal selec-
tions.
The motion pictureA of "The Peace
treaty OF Portsmouth" and n Trip
through Italy alone were well worth
the price or admission
The Washington times., 1905-12-18
WllKlE WILL ADDRESS
INSTITUTE OF BANK CLERKS

The regular meeting of Washington
Chapter. American Institute Of Bank
Clerks, will be held at the chapter
Iooins' LIZA r street northwest. Thurs
day evening at o'clock.
During the evening addresses will he
made by John +. Wilkie chief of the
united states Secret Service, and James
A. Sample. chief Of the Division q,
Issue. United States Treasury.
The Washington times., 1905-12-18
LEARNED NEXT DAY
TRAIN WAS LOOTED
Passengers Kept Ignorant
of Big Hold-up
IN STATE OF WASHINGTON

SPOKANE, Wash, Dec $50 quiet
Iy was a train robbery accomplished
fifteen miles west OF North Yakima Sat
urday night that the passengers on the
train did not know what had taken
place until Sunday, despite the fact that
the robbers dynamited two safes and
escaped with the contents
The train that was held up was the
North Coast Limited of the Northern
Pacific railroad. IL had slowed up at
Hillside Two masked men suddenly
climbed over the tender and pointing
they revolvers at the engineer and fre-
man ordered them TO stop the train.
Threatened Death.
The order OF the robbers was obeyed.
as the thieves informed the crew of the
locomotive that unless they obeyed in
structions they would be shot
While one OF the bandits remained near
tne engineer, the other ordered the fire
man and train hand TO diseonnect the
mail and express car from the rest OF
the train. The passenger cars were left
standing on the tracks while the loco
motive and the mail car were run about
two miles ahead
Safes Looted.
AS soon as the locomotive was out Of
sight of the rest OF the train the safes
were opened with dynamite The bandits
went through the contents of the safes.
and carried of all the money and Jewels
IN them They placed the proceeds of
the robbery in a bag and made a dash
for the woods.
While the robbery was going on the
passengers on the stalled train wonder
ed what was happening. The conductor
did not know. After the robbers had fed
the mail car was run back to the rest Of
the train and the passengers resumed
their journey.
No shots were fired either before or
after the robbery. Everything went off
just as the robbers had
planned, and II was not until Sunday
morning that the sheriff I'm North Yak |
ina was informed
The Washington times., 1905-12-18
JONES WISHES TO SHAVE
PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT
va Astor House Barber Has CJeansd
races of Many Predecessors in
Fifty Years.

think / should go to wasbt,
ana shave President Roosevelt So
shaved nearly everyone else worth ,,a,,
uonins in my fifty years of Avna-tn,sl- 49,
as a barber
Il shaved Abraham Lincoln h.,o-
" ne came into my shop one Sun
morning and never said a word
"hie he was in the chair"
0ctogenarian.
ms man who wants 10 shave prssi-
oent Roosevelt is William Jones eight,
years Old, OF go Patchen street. Brook-
iyn- Yesterday. at his home in the CJtv
OF Churches. Mr.. Jones and his wir..
celebrated the slxtieth anniversarv ..
their marriage.
IL was while discussing the story ~
his life that the ancient barha-
pressed a desire to shave another prasi-
dent before he died. He is now r.tt-a,5
from business. but for many wears uyog
known far ana wide as the chief barber
at the Astor House
Scott Customer.
Besides Abraham Lincoln" he CON
unued. II have used my beautiful blades
on Gen Winfield Scott, and now have
a lock OF the celebrated soldiers hair
Many times / have shaved Admiral
rarrsgdt. He w6s jolly chap, always
having a coed joke TO tell. after the
fashion Of all sailors. / have shaved
such men as Gov. John A. Dix. the Rev
Morgan Dix. General Burnside. George
p Morris, Gen. Ward B. Burnett. Caleb
others"
The Washington times., 1905-12-18
Scott Customer.
TRANSFER OF CONFERENCE
NOT POPULAR AT MADRID

MADRID. Dec. 1.-THE news of the
transfer Of the Moroccan conference to
Madrid from AIgeciras. was received
here with disapproval.
FL Liberal declares 1t is shame
for Spain not TO have prepared accom-
mediation at Algeciras for the delegates.
II considers IL possible that the Span
ish government is playing Traces game
conference
The Washington times., 1905-12-18
FEEDS HORSE BY Alarm CLOCK

WINsTED. Conn. Dec. Is-In order
that he may sleep in the morning while
his horse is eating breakfast. DR.. p. @.
Stevens. of West Cornwall has rigsed
up n patent electrical contrivance by
whlcn promptly at a. m. each morning
an alarm clock in the house completes
2 circuit and two shutters fly omen and
four quarts Of oats fall into the manoer
The Saint Paul globe., 1905-04-30
MOSTLY ABOUT PERSONS
OF NOTE

The sovereign who reigns the smallest monarchy
in the world is the King of the Coco group of islands
by the captain of the Keeling, but
lshman visited them, struck by their beauty
took up his abode there 1t is his grandson NJ George
heiss' who now holds sway over the Cocos
On the apex of the Prince Of Wales crown which he
wears on special occasions curious feather
tuft of periwak feathers the top adorned
$4,000 and has the distinction Of being the only ONE Of
and It the Death Of than o1P st.
Inc reason the pursuit OF the perwak is SO dangerous is
Rev. Mr.. Mattison, who died recently curate Of
Of ba G gdnd & nearly @ SIXTY & @ years For many years
He married lived comfortably and had children he
father he christened his wife and Pablshed his owns m
ed ali his children. he educated his SON until
he was 1T for college.
Paris has the monopoly Of the manufacture of the
NJ Loubet several tens of thousands cards in
same tim time rptis must be gse0ned by hundreds
in this c2nnection comes the Emperor Russia The
e 2nd ns the e5Pd a S 6 4gsr rr are
Joseph contains list of no fewer than twenty
., Hi Hiram am Maxim t i'm asked how he
and his name famous. The was kicked into me-
induced Of the old-ashioned Sprngeid rifs TS
shoulder was so afterwafd that set about a4q ndn my
some way 10 1lze the suRertuous power The British
should weigh not more than 100 pounds it Should
Mr. Maxim furnished engine of death veiehin-
forty pounds capable firing cartridees v5jth6
minute, 1000 within three minutes ~
story of the Cars betrothal is quite interesting
Although the great question had been planned and
thought cut for the royal couple by respective par
ents we're both determined have say in the mat
That they in love with other every one
knew. and between themselves mutual understanding
had been arrived at in the summer house York Cot
but CZarevitch, the future Car
formal and oldfashioned offer of his hand 'eThe E-
peror my father ne said addressing the bushing
lobe, has commanded make you offer Inv
hand ard heart" My grandmother Queen replied
The present Czarina, has commanded the
oner of your hand'-she broke into a ripping laugh
"and your heart take Of my free wnf."
The Saint Paul globe., 1905-04-30
SEA OFFERS ALMOST GONE

Now, gradually hunted by man, dragged down by
wolves the few musk that are retreating
above the Arctic Circle live nchens and on
moss.
1t is said that two herds are yet to be
found In Greenland they there years ago.
ABOUT the same time however band wolves appeared
and 1t Is doubtful II many of them survive
In 1sSS the perfect of ful-grown sea otter could
be had for 500; good specimens bring much
sl25 each THIS tells passing of that
Ihere is no rest nor does there refuge for
the sea otter Melted in the dubbed death
on Shore its chosen haunts untenabe it has be-
come marine Ishmae against whom every mans hand
is set.
Not so many years ago were found in
great numbers on the northern Pacific and Alaskan
waters. both the American Siberian sides. the
North American coast it south as Cali
forna kamschatka its principal habitat the other
side
Shorter thicker than the ordinary land otter the
sea otter is possessed of broad muzzle though OF
scarcely neck webbed and heightened
and expanded and employed exclusively
paddles. Covering skin fitted loosely body
as pllowcase fits pillow, rich dark brown,
unrivaled in It's softness
Instead Of being asfsh-eater like brother the
sea otter grinds urchins. clans and and
gulps them down, shells al
1t was while upon shore search OF such food and
place to sleep that thousands of them slaughtered
Now 1t has taken to sumbering in floating weed
feeding In water thirty fathoms deep.
Duiing the decade between 1873 1885, 2Oo to
400 sea otters were captured Alaska
alone In 1886 the captures dwinded to 7 and now
scarcely any to be found.
Going to join the brontosaurus too is the
Gus tribe Of the walrus with its long ivory tusks and
SCARED and wrinlkled face.
Formerly plentiful along the Atlantic Pacific coasts
OF North America and especially In Pacific waters the
rush Of this animal toward extinction has been rapid In
The Saint Paul globe., 1905-04-30

Probably the shortest fight against mans commercial
aggressiveness made by the marine
animal found principally in Alaskan waters although 1t
was sometimes in the Atlantic. the
sea that the legend the merm-:I its origin.
When Berfng returning from voyage of
ploration in 14 he found large numbers of
the Commander group Alaska, especially
upon the island that bears his name.
No such creature had ever been before, and
counts of its discovery worldwide interest The
sea from ten to twenty long somewhat
resenbed the warus but without the latter's tusks
had teeth horny plates covering the palate and
the opposing surface of the Jaw this 1t
Is supposed it fed entirely upon soft Stupid,
sluggish, almost helpless from the that 1t had
hind limbs and unable to dive 1t fell easy prey
to man. The Indians ate its 1esh white slaughtered
it for its hde 176S twenty-seven years after
covery, the had disappeared from Northern
waters.
Remains of this animal have been at mouths
Of rivers in Florida and other Southern States Natural
lists believe that few specimens still living in the
Businesses of the Amazon Orinoco rivers although
they sure.
Seen usually at the mouths rivers. basking upon
rocks the shore, with its sleek gisenng in the
ancient navgators viewing distance invested
it with romantic invention being partly human
the legend of the mermaid evolved.
cousin of the is the dugong. which
is hunted the Barrier Reef of Australia and
Philippine Island It. however, only
those two localities. and there is very rare.
Almost extinct, is the elephant, elephant
SEAL the largest Of known animals At time
elephant plentiful that
miles south of Desoation Island off Patagonia may
miles of land covered with its bones
1t plentiful. toe, in Patagonia. but has
terminated there