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signed as principal Of the public school at
Avery. and been appointed by the school
board to similar position at the Beane

signed as principal Of the public school At
Avery. and been appointed by the school
board to a similar position at the Beane
school.
During a severe hall and thunder storm
which passed over this vicinity Wednesday
evening great damage was done to tho
growing crops, corn especially suffering.
much Of 1t being blown fiat to the earth
or broken OF. Telephone lines were In
jured SO that communication was cut OF
on local lines. Fruit trees and shade trees
were blown up by the roots, Mrs. Annie Z.
Trundle and Mr.. w. c. Duvall of this town
suffering loss In this particular. Lightning
struck in stock yard Of Mr.. Clarence T..
Mills. killing fine work horse and
slightly injuring another. The storm seemed
to have been local, as no rain fell at points
mile east Of town.
Contractor Hezekiah Day has broken
ground for the erection of dwelling house
for Mr.. Walter c. Byrne on lot the lat
ter recently purchased of the Hutton es-
tate, located on Diamond avenue east.
Mr.. George E. Walker Of Gaithersburg.
candidate for nomination for sheriff. con-
tradicts rumor circulated to the effect
that he will withdraw from the race In the
interest of another candidate.
Mr.. Random Pollard and his bride OF st.
Louis are in town as guests OF his aunt,
Mrs. Martha A. Carroll. They will proceed
tomorrow on their bridal tour, expecting to
visit Washington, New York and Chicago.
Mr. and Mrs. William Davis Of Washing
ton are visiting Mrs Davis parents. Mr..
and Mrs. Joseph C. Phebus.
DIR. Horace B. Haddox has purchased OF
MIR. John w. Walker three acres OF land
adjacent to this town. paying for 1t $l.J.
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A MODERN GOLD CAMP
Nothing Like That Of the
Bret Harte Type.
THE CITY OF ROSSLAND
HAS ELECTRIC LIGHTS, WATER
WORKS AND TELEPHONES.
Was Founded by One Ross Thompson,
Who Divided Up His Land
Into Lots.
eclal Correspondence of The star.

Special Correspondence Of The star.
ROSSLAND. B. c., July IA. 1905.
As the visitor stands in the midst of this
rugged little mining city, he can see $15.-
100000 worth of gold and copper properties
around him. and within easy walking dis
lance. for this is one Of the most notable
gold and copper camps In British Column
bia. Now. the words gold camp" proba-
bly, suggest to the average American the
pictures conjured by Bret Harte; he mag
ines the red-shirted miners wrestling In the
sluices or vending their way to the bar; he
looks for the incoming stage. with old
Monte at the reins: he listens for the crack
of the revolver as some gent discovers more
aces on the table than are allowed in the
deck
Nothing doing of that character in the
modern gold camp Here is tight little
city. with electric lights, waterworks. tele,-
phones fire alarm and the like. If a stage
should roll in the people would wonder
what had happened to the express train
and If some gent should grow peevish and
pull a gun a neatly uniformed officer would
invite him to a modern lookup. Instead of
the red-shirted miners in the sluices. there
are hundreds of union labor men at work
in great plants where modern machinery,
electricity. steam and science extract the
unwilling ore from the earth and sift every
particle of value from the rock.
Modern Mining Of Gold.
They don't find gold in nuggets. nova
days or hereabouts. They lower miner
1.500 feet into the ground. have him put
in a charge of blasting powder, throw down
ton of rock. cart the rock away and ship
1t to the smelter. where 1t Is roasted and
treated until out of the 2,24O pounds of rock
will come half an ounce of pure gold and
some copper. And it pays we'll at that.
But the romance of gold mining once held
sway in these regions nevertheless. That
was way back In the sixties At that time
there was great excitement throughout
British Columbia over placer mining. All
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through deep channels, swift and terrible.
AT Trail the train starts upon the ascent
of the mountain to Rossland, and you take
q fresh grip your nerve. The railroad
rises 400 feet in seven miles. and 1t takes
an hour to make the trip 1t Is dizzy trip
with switchbacks and curves and loops, and
everybody looks relieved when the putting
engine stops at the Rossand station. Ma
ture seems to have planted the precious
metals in the most inaccessible regions,
where the search for them Is fraught with
danger and hardship. How man ever came
to discover the existence of gold and copper
in these forbidding-looking mountains you
cannot imagine.
At the town of Trail Heinze built a smelt-
er, which since has been bought by the
Canadian Pacific railway, doubtless to con-
troll the shipment of the ores mined on the
mountain.
Lead is also found in the region and the
writer was told that great deal of the lead
used by Japan in the war with Russia was
shipped from this district. British Column
bia. the state Of Missouri and Mexico prac
ucally control the lead market Of the world.
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Two Fishermen Fight Rockefeller.
From Leslie's Weekly.


A curious contest has arisen In the Adj
rondacks in consequence of the attempt OF
William Rockefeller. the Standard OIL mag
nate. to absorb the village Of Brandon.
N. Y, Into his vast private park in that
section. Mr.. Rockefeller has acquired over
1000 acres in the wilderness. and con-
trois forests. mountains. lakes and rivers.
the entire tract teeming with game In
the midst of this estate Mr.. Rockefeller
has built a superb country place on Bay
pond q beautiful sheet of water. The VII
lage above named is enclrcled by Mr..
Rockefeller's possessions. A few years ago
1t had / 200 inha bitants but the decline of
the numbering industry caused these to
dwfndle to a small number. Mr.. Rockefei-
Ter has bought the greater portion of the
village and removed the houses thus Sc
cured But a few owners of property in
Brandon refuse to sell out, persist In living
practically in Mr.. Rockefeller's park and
are charged with illegally fishing and hunt
ing In his preserve. Two natives who
have been most defiant opponents Of the
multi-millionaire are BLACK joe Peiea.
blacksmith. and Oliver lie Mora. a veteran
of the civil war. Both these men own land
in the village which they do not want to
dispose of. They have both been prose-
cuted for trespass on Mr.. Rockefeller's
properly. but the damages given have been
nominal Some 1900 signs warning tres
passers away are displayed on Mr.. Rookie
feliers tsstate. and one notice threatening
him with death has been posted.
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trIc-llghted steamer. pushing down the lake

tric-lighted steamer, pushing down the lake
at eighteen miles an hour. you feel for the
poor miners who struggled over the Dewd-
ney trail through the forbiddlng looking
mountains that rise on either side.
Arrow lake is really part of the Column
bia river which spreads out between the
mountains. forming a most beautiful sheet
of water, with enough current to keep 1t
always fresh. In places the lake narrows
to the width of Pennsylvania avenue, and
then the water rushes through the canyon
with terrific force, carrying the steamer
from side to side. while two men hold the
steering wheel and the engineers stand at
their post, to back her up if necessary.
Every turn of the lake presents new mar
vels in scenic effects, and at O'Clock in the
evening, with the glow of the sunset still in
the air, the boat energies from the lake into
the Columbia river and blows for the land
ing where you are to take the train for
Trail and Revelstoke. The train follows
the river for several miles, and you look
from the car windows down couple of
hundred feet, where the mighty Columbia
quarreis in menacing tones with the. boul-
ders in its way or rolls in ominous silence
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How Owls Catch Chickens.
From Forest and Stream.

When was chunk of boy shot q
horned owl the spread of whose wings was
four and one-half feet, and to the surprise
of the boy who had carried it for several
miles the weight was only four pounds.
They were rather numerous at that time
In that section OF the country, and were
troublesome about carrying on chickens.
which mostly roasted in apple trees about
tho farm buildings The belief that they
could carry away full-grown hens was a
common one. II was also commonly bo-
licved that an owl never picked a chicken
on the ro0st. but. alighting ON the limb.
crowded the chicken on, and as it new sto-
ward the ground caught It On th~ wing.
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through the north gold had been found In
regions almost inaccessible to man. The
government found it necessary to build
roads through the mountains from the
coast to the gold region. The first built
was the old Fraser trail. You see 1t
now, you whir1 along the north side of
the Fraser river in transcontinental sleep
ing car. The old trail was dug out of the
mountain side. on the south side Of the
brawling. turbulent Fraser river and chung
to beetling cliffs above terrifying rapids.
Here the pack trains and the wagons and
the burros toiled along with miners sup
plies. bound for the diggngs in northern
British Columbia. 1t cost more than mil
lion dollars to build that trail, but for years
1t was the only access from the coast to
the interior. When the news reached Vic
toria of the rich diggings on Wild Horse
creek. In the Kootenay country. there was
a big stampede of miners Another trail
was demanded and the government set out
to build it, young civil engineer named
Dewdney, who later became lieutenant
governor. located the trail. which has since
been known as the Dewdney trail. 1t left
the old Fraser trail at Slope, and ran east
ward parallel with the international boun-
dairy line until it struck the headwaters of
the Columbia river when 1t followed
small creek. which came to be known as
Trail creek. The Rossland district Is on
the moutain above this creek
The Montana Copper King.
The early finders of ore met with varying
success. Properties changed hands several
times, as men became discouraged 1t was
not until 1880 that the boom set In. No one
Of the original discoveries owns any Of the
properties at this time
z 1t remained for Yankee, F. A. Heinze,
the Montana copper king, to set the district
on Its feet. He took over some Of the prop
critics and later worked them off to adyan-
tage upon British capitalists, cleaning up
several million dollars. it Is said. In the
deal The properties are to be consolidated,
Ii Is reported. and worked a
nomical basis
The town of Rossland has an interesting
history. In 1891 Ross Thompson was work
Ing in lumber mill in Boomers Ferry,
Idaho. He became disseminated and struck
out for the north. He fancied the Trail
Creek district and located presumption on
the 160 acres of land that now comprise the
heart OF Rossland. He built log cabin
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his vacation, which he spent in Tennessee
Mr.. Warren Tolson, the owner of Piney
Point. visited his former home in Anacostia
during the week.
The personnel of the clerical force of tie
free delivery station in Anacostia has been
increased by the assignment of Clerk Eiwin
W. Dickle to the work. caused by the in
crease In business and the necessity for n
better system Of relief among the clerks.
who now number three. Mr.. George F.
Pyles Is the local superintendent in charge.
The Sunday school of the Anacostia Bap-
list Church, corner of Jefferson and Fill
more streets. was given It's annual outing
in the form of an excursion Friday to River
View.
Rev. Charles O, Isaac, the pastor of the
Anacostia Methodist Episcopal Church. who
is taking q prominent part in the Methodist
camp meeting at Washington Grove has
returned to Anacostia to oficiate today IN
his pulpit. He will go again to the Grove
shortly.
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GAITHERsBURa NEWS.
Two Town Offices Consolidated-Hail
Storm Does Great Damage.

Special Correspondence Of The Star
GAITHERSBURG. Md, July % 1905
At recent meeting Of the town council
It was decided. in response to public de-
mand. to merge the Offices Of bailiff and
lampiighter and add to the duties OF that
official the experimenting of the streets. re-
quiring the devotion Of his entire time to
ths towns work. Applications are being
received for the position and 1t Is under
stood the lowest responsible bidder will Sc
cure the appointment. 1t Is claimed that
this action win annually save the town
much money. The matter has been under
consideration by the coancii for SOME
time.
Miss Edith Byrne Of this place has re-
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and lived on It. raising little garden truck.
Later he concluded to stake the property
off into town lots adjacent to several of the
big mines, just then getting under way.
The first lots sold for $40 each. and Ross
Thompson thought he was doing well at
that. By 1895 they were up to $780, and the
next year $500. The law and order which
mark all Canadian towns were maintained
In this camp and it did not go through the
viciss1tudes Of some of the American camps.
The writer talked with man at Rossland
who for three months was the sole guard
ian of the peace In Rossland, and MAIN
tanned the peace at that.
The Trip Nowadays.
Nowadays you make the trip to this min
ing region in great comfort. Leaving the
Canadian Pacific railway at the head of Ar
row lake. the visitor embarks upon dainty
little steamboat for ride of 100 miles
through some Of the most glorious scenery
on the American continent. AS you sit on
the front deck of this clean. handsome, cleo
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Anacostia and Vicinity.

After weeks absence from the home of
her parents, at No POI Adams street. Ana
costa, Mamie Simpson. aged fifteen years,
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An Automobile is waiting for You

today from 10 am. to shutdown at the east
crh terminus of the Capital Traction Co.'S
Pennsylvania avenue line to take you over
the picturesque highlands Of the o. .
Realty Co. free Of cOgt.-Advt
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Propagating Gardens.

More than 100000 plants were propa-
gated at the propagating gardens during
the past year for the reservations under
charge of Col. Bromwelrs office. in addi-
ton 10 which there were also propagated
over $50 plants for other departments of
the government After these were sup
piled the surplus remaining, about 1900.
were distributed to hospitals, government
offices and to whoever asked for them
Considerable work was done in grading
the addition TO the propagating gardens
south of the Monument, in constructing
the roadways planned and in laying drains.
New roads were made leading from the
gate entrances at the extreme west front
of the grounds south to the road which en-
tiers from G street. These roads were bot
toned with broken stone and finished with
gravel
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Washington Monument.

Col Cromwell says the usual care was
taken to maintain the Monument and its
machinery in good condition and TO keep
the interior of the shaft clean. He gives
some interesting details regarding the new
elevator cables and hoisting machinery.
There are two hoisting and two counter
weight cables, each loo feet long and one
and one-half inches in diameter. They are
of the best steel WIRE made up of six
strands wound around hemp center, each
strand containing nineteen wires of three
different sizes. Tests of the cables showed
them to have tensile strength of 10000
pounds.
on the lower floor of the monument. The
on the lower floor of the Monument. The
frame of the room was built of steel
beams and channel irons. with concrete
walls and ceiling. The roof Is covered with
mastic, the walls are of adamant plaster
painted, and there Is a marble wainscote
and mosaic floor. There are two doorway
entrances. with wooden and glass doors.
The room is lighted with electric lights.
heated by steam and furnished with four
oak settees for the accommodation of visi-
tors waiting for the elevator.
Since the Monument was first opened to
the public. October o. 1888. up to June 30,
1905, 2,5I3. 600 visitors have assembled to the
top of the shaft. most Of them having used
the elevator but u large number walking
up and down the stairway. The total num-
was 100. 500. of which number So. 235 used
the elevator and the remainder the stair
way.
Potomac Park
Col Cromwell devotes a special chapter
to an account Of operations on this park
during the past fiscal year. The unim-
proved portion of Potomac Park annex,
which lies west and south of the propa-
eating gardens, and tina portion between
the 18th street roadway and the bath
ing beach, an area of about TWENTY
three acres, has been brought to a high
state of improvements by grading soilinp
state OF Improvement by grading soilinr
seeding. sodding. planting construction OF
bride paths and the merchandising of the
18th street roadway connection between
the river road in Potomac Park and the
roadway in Monument Park northeast of
the gardens. that work having been done
under the special appropriation of $4,000
provided by Congress for the purpose
The roadway east of the gardens on the
line Of 18th street, which connects the
south roadway in the monument grounds
with the water drive In Potomac Park, was
improved with q macadam pavement
twelve inches thick. The smaller section
on the west side of the 18th street road
way was rough graded over an area OF
about p, TO square yards and a piece Of
of 18th street was brought to rough grade
with 1000 cubic yards Of clay.
Congress, In the sundry civil act ap-
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White House Grounds.

Regarding operations in the White
House grounds. Col. Bromwen says:
The amount appropriated for the
grounds inside the iron fence $4,000 Is
hardly sufficient for the maintenance of
the grounds in creditable condition. 1t
is recommended that the amount of MAIN
tenance be increased to $4,000"
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1905-01-20
DISGUISED AS CHINAMEN.
Believed Cinnamon Are Accompany

Believed Cinnamon Are Accompany
ing Cars Raiders.
Toxic, Jan. 1920 p. MT is
believed here that the Chinese re-
ported to be accompanying the Lieu
tenant General Mistchenkos raiders
are either Uniformed bandits of sol
diers who had been impressed as
guides. 1t is not believed that Chi
nese regulars have been authorized
to join the raiders.
The report that Russian troops are
disguised as Chinese is regarded much
more seriously, and it is under further
investigation.
1t is considered probable that Major
General Ijichi, General Nogts chief of
staff, will be appointed commander of
Port Arthur.
The Japanese captured the British
steamer Oakley in the Sushima straits
Wednesday afternoon. The vessel
left Cardiff on Nov. II, carrying $500
tons of coal for Vladivostok. She was
brought to Sasebo.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1905-01-20
MAN HYPNoTIzED HIMSELF.
AWakaned After Five Weeks Sleep
by Electric Current.

by Electric Current.
Peoria, H., Jan. 19.-Benjamin Co
nigisky has just been awakened from
a five weeks trance, having succeeded
in hypnotizing himself while studying
art and the occult at Washington,
D. c.
While in Washington and in connec.
tion with his artistic studies, he be.
came infatuated with the occult and
actually hypnotized himself He was
found in his room soundly asleep, and
as he could not be awakened, his fam
lily at Peoria were notified. A broth
er went on and brought him back
Since then he has lain in this same
mysterious sleep and was only aroused
when a battery was applied to his spi
nal column One electric rod was
applied at the base of the brain and
another to the end of the spinal col
umn and the full force of the battery
being turned on, the patient awakened
and the indications are that he will
recover his health.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1905-01-20
In the House,

Washington, Jan. 19.-The house on
convening today fixed Friday, Feb.
II, next as the date for holding exer.
cises accepting the statue of Francis
E. Willard, presented by the state Of
Illinois.
A bill was passed allowing a substi.
tute judge to sit as judge in the dis.
trict court of the United States in
the territory of Hawaii in case of the
temporary incapacity of the judge Of
that court.
Chairman Hepburn, of the house
committee on interstate and commerce
today named Messrs. Shackelford
(Mo), Lowering (Mass.), Esch (Wis.),
Townsend (Mich.), and Adamson (Ga.)
as a special subcommittee to investi.
gate the Panama railroad.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1905-01-20
Bows Initiate Fathers Action,

Columbus, Ca, Jan. 19.-Information
has reached the city to the effect that
several boys at Fort Gaines, Ca, with
the view of initiating the farmers who
burned some cotton on the streets Of
that town a short ime ago, secured
matches last night and set fire to a
cotton warehouse. The fire burned
rapidly, and II bales of cotton were
consumed before it was gotten under
control. One residence caught fire
from sparks, but the flames were ex.
tinguished before much damage was
done
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1905-01-20
TRAINMEN MAY GO
OUT ON BIG STRIKE
Twelve Thousand Men On Peun.
sylvania Road Involved.
WILL STOP FREIGHT TRAFFIC

tTainH1SH SIain tnat 6TdkemSn are
Compelled to Act as Firemen-Three
Divisions of System Will Be Affect.
ed by the Strike.
Philadelphia, Jan. 19.-P. H. Morris
sey, grand master of the Brotherhood
of Railway Men is on his way to this
city from cleveland. He was called
here by First Vice Grand Master w.
G. Lee, who was unable to reach an
agreement with w. w. Atterbury, gen
eral manager of the Pennsylvania
railroad, regarding the differences be-
tween the company and the trainmen
1t is not expected that there will be
any further conferences between the
board of adjustment of the trainmen's
organization and Mr.. Atterbury un-
til after the arrival of Mr.. Morrissey
Mr., Lee said this morning that no
strike order would be issued before 6
o'clock tonight. He notified Mr.. Nor
rissey that the situation here was
critical and it was impossible for him
to induce Mr.. Atterbury to recede from
his position. The board of adjust
ment and Mr.. Lee went into q secret
session a few minutes before 10
o'clock.
Mr.. Lee and his associates on the
board Of adjustment went into session
today with the opinion that nothing
remained for them to do but to name
time when a strike would be declared
in the event of the company's further
refusal to discontinue compulsory fir
ing, as the company was requested to
do by vote of its men-reported to
Mr.. Atterbury by Mr.. Lee S,365 to Gil.
A strike at this time would be cost
ly to the company and the trainmen
alike. The divisions which would be
affected by strike would comprise the
three divisions between this 5icy and
Pittsburg, including an yard men at
Harris h&.5, Altoona, Pitcairn and in
termediate places, the United Rail-
ways of New Jersey divisions between
here and Jersey City, and the branches
in New Jersey; the Philadelphia, Bal
timore and Washington division be-
tween this city and Washington; the
division between Baltimore, Sungary
and Elmira; the Buffalo and Allegheny
division between Buffalo and Pittsburg
and the Philadelphia and Erie division
between this city and Williamsport.
If the strike is declared, freight traf-
fic might be virtually stopped in the
territory described.
Coal traffic might be blocked and
the heavy shipments of freight ex-
changed between the east and west
will be tied up between New York,
Washington, Pittsburg and Buffalo.