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Omaha daily bee., 1905-08-08
GREAT FIRE IN HOBOEEN
Passenger Terminals Of the LaokGWanna
Railway Destroyed.
TWO FERSYBoATs BADLY DAMAGED
Dukes Hotel and street Railway
Structure Also Burned-Loss Esti-
mated at Nearly Half
Million.

NEW YORK. Aug Inside Of three
quarters OF an hour late tonight FIRE swept
away the Deleware. Lackawanna & West
ern Railroad company's terminal in Ho-
boken, seized two ferryboats and practically
ruined them, and for half an hour threat
ened the destruction Of the entire water
front in the vicinity, including the Ham
burg American and North German Lloyd
steamship docks, at which several big ships
were lying. The property damage is esti-
mated at between S4OOOOO and $4,000 so
far as known no lives were lost.
For over an hour huge tongues OF flame
leaped from the wooden structures on the
Lacakawanna docks, lighting the New Jer-
sey and New York water fronts For a
time It threatened loss larger than that
OF the big dock fire of several years ago
when the North German Lloyd piers were
destroyed with a great loss Of life.
FerryBoats EndauEer shipping.
Blazing ferryboats cut from their docks
f1oated I'm the river, wandering fireships
which for a time endangered shipping in
the river The fire started on an old
wooden ferryboat and, swept by a northerly
breeze, communicated with the ferryhouse,
spread to the main building of the Lacka-
wanna and then to the Dukes house. a
FAMOUS ftODOken nOStelrN. Inc motel was
a frame structure and was ready prey for
the flames.
BY this time the flames were spreading
in all directions, utterly beyond the con-
trol of the few first fire fighters who had
responded to the first alarms.
Following the hotel. the structure of the
Public Service Coporations-the street car
operating company of Hoboken, Jersey City
and nearby places, went down before the
flames.
Loss Nearly Half Million.
At O'Clock this morning the fire was
under control, the big steamship piers had
been saved and a rough estimate placed the
damage at between $4,000 and $4,000.
a remarkable feature of the great blaze
was that inside of twenty minutes after its
start it had seized upon the Iackawanna
terminals and swept its 800 feet of train
sheds, booming them.
The flames started from an unknown
cause on the old wooden ferryboat Hopta-
cong, which had been tied up in the open
slip between the Hamburg docks and the
Christopher street ferry slips.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-08-08
MaHements OF Ocean Nes.eI. Angnst z.

Al New York-Arrived: Vaderland. from
Antwerp; NOordam, from Rotterdam;
Minpehaha. from London.
At tGenoa-Arrived: Citta Di TorinO, from
New York
AT Liverpool-Arriyed: Campania. from
New York Tunisian, from Montreal
At CherbOurg-Arrived: Kron Prinz VIII
helm, from New York.
At Dover-ATrived; Zealand, from New
York.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-08-08

MAGNOLIA, Mass, Aug. IN. Wltte,
accompanied by NJ. Wilenkin, the Rus
sian financial agent, spent an hour at the
Russian embassy located here temporarily.
The Russian envoy arrived from Boston
IN an automobile about O'Clock, and after
paying his respects to Baroness Rosen,
wife of the ambassador, held long con-
ferepce with several members of the em-
bassy. II appeared as If he transacted
considerable ofticial business as the at
taches Of the embassy We're extremely
busy for some hours after his departure.
NJ, Witte left for Boston early in the
evening.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-09-27

The habit many people have Of tor
turing themselves because of their in
ability to remember whether or not
they have done certain things is di-
agnosed as a disease by a French
physician and called folie de doute.
The victims are slaves Of their own
doubts. They suffer tortures from
their inability to remember whether
they addressed a letter correctly,
whether they turned off the gas prop
erly before they got into bed, whether
the fires have been properly safeguard
ed for the night, etc The business
man cannot remember whether he
closed his desk when he left his Office
and perhaps gets off his train at the
first station and takes the next one
back to town only to find that every
thing is all right. The housekeeper
lies awake for hours worrying about
the kitchen window and finally creeps
downstairs to find it securely closed
The learned physician who diagnosed
this distressing complaint has not, un-
happily, suggested a remedy.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-09-27
scenery In herring Sen.

Sailing southeasterly along the shore
of that haunt of the walrus and polar
bear, St Matthew'S island, In the Be
ring sea-" said navigator of those wa
ters, zone is impressed by the mingling
of the grotesque and the terrible in the
character of the scenery. The north
west point of the island is split up into
a collection of large rocks of most fan
tastic shapes. Houses, spires, cathe-
frals and figures of men and beasts are
some of the forms assumed by these
volcanic fragments, which, rising black
above the white, seethng foam of the
sea that breaks against their base, give
weird aspect to the grim and desc
lutte region. One rock resembling a
large saddle suggested to me the
thought that some antedlluvian giant
might in his time have straddled it and
perhaps flshed for reptlia over the
beetling cliffs which 1t surmounts."
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-09-27
Saved His Life,

This story is told, according to the
Boston Herald, at the expense Of the
late General Wilmon W. Blackmar:
General Blackmar was attending a
camp when he was approached by a
seedy looking man, who greeted him
profusely. The general shrugged his
shoulders and turned away, with the
remark that they were not acquainted.
"But, general" said the stranger,
don't you remember how you saved
my life at the battle Of the Wilder
nessT
General Blackmar at once became
Interested and he called group Of
comrades over to listen, saying: II
saved this mans life once. How was
It done, old comradeT
"It was this way" was the response.
I'VE were on hill and the enemy ad-
vanccd steadily toward our intrench-
ments. A veritable hail Of fire swept
our position. Suddenly you turned
here the auditors were absorbed and
excited-"and ran, and ran after you.
I think that If you hadn't shown the
example would have been killed that
day."
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-09-27
GLORIES OF the EXPO.
HERBERT, CREAToRE AND FIGHT
ING THE FLAMEs lRRESlST-
IRLE ATTRACTIONS.

The motto of the Western Pennsyl-
yania E'9]osition society, established
II years ago. "Give the Public What
it Wants. has wen repaid the so
ciety and the public is evidently OBJ
tanning that for which 1t is clamor-
Ing, Judging by the attendance during
the first Is days Of the Pittsburg show,
when over 100000 people thronged the
stately buildings at the Point. The
season is just at its height now.
Sousa has come and gone. Victor
Herbert, Plttsburg's own" orchestra
leader, is there this week, Next week
comes Creatore, opening his engage
ment on Monday night, Sept. 20, and
closing Saturday night, Oct 7. Vic
tor Herbert, who was for six years
the conductor Of the Pittsburg orches-
ira, endoared himself TO Western
+, Pennsylvanians. This year he has one
Of the best oTchestras ever gathered
together being composed Of the pick
Of musicians from all over the country.
Following Herbert comes Creatore-
that artistic enthusiast. Every note
Of his music sounds upon the chords
of his own being. He conducts en-
tirely without notes. He Is a leader
who feels the sentiment Of the music
of his band. His moments Of renOse
are few. He Is a voritable whirlvind,
When not engaged II a frantic waving
OF the arms. he Is entreating his mu'
siclans 70 play softer-piaEo, pianls
simo, plpnississiwo His beat Is In
cislye, free and clear. His magnetism
is irresistible. He fairly picks his
band up in the climaxes and shakes it.
One feels that every scrap Of intan-
sity has been urged from every player.
In past seasons the thousands who
saw CTeatore at the Expo could not
get enough of his music in one week.
That is the -sason his engagement has
been extended 70 two this year.
The "one fare for the round trip
plus 25 cents" excursions run to the
Exposition by a ! of the railroads have
been taken advantage of by thousands.
On Wodalsilys. Thursdays and Sat
urdays these reduced rates are grant
ed, the excursions being general over
every road on Thursdays On these
excursion days the big buildings at
the EXpo rea-mL.2 d typical fair. Hun
dreds Of families make day Of it.
there, taking their lunch and putting
IN many enjoyable hours. The Cana
dian agricultural exhibit in the foyer
Of the main building and the magnifi-
cent, startling and really thrilling fire
show, Fighting the Flames seem to
have been the most attractive points
for the ruralites during the past three
weeks. The Canadian exhibit, con-
slsting of fruit, grain and every con
ceivable soil product raised in the Old
Dominion, at once attracts the eye
and results in the asking of questions
about Canada and the inducements
held out to the prospective settler,
This is the aim Of the government In
placing the exhibits throughout the
expositions of the world. Those in
charge say that they have derived
more actual benefits from the Pitt
burg exhlb Ethan in any other city on
the globe.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-09-27

She judges picture with both hands
on her hips, and when disapproval ap-
pears in her eye one trembles for the
picture. When she is actually bored,
she strides across the floor to an
open window, puts her elbows on its
balcony rail, lays her ieathery chin on
her leathery hands, crosses her sturdy
legs, and in this street loafer attitude
refreshes her mind. Her fist is ca
pable Of a sledge hammer blow. Her
husband, yeoman though he is, would
hardly be match for her. He knows
t and Is visfbly proud Of it.
/ have seen Whitechapel hags rouse
their shriveled, bloated selves to fight
like fends, but she, II once she were
reused, would fight like god. In
fact, she Ii a modern type Of the plow
woman Of mythology. II Joan Of Arc
had been peasant of this type there
would have been no mystery about her
military prowess. She Is a mascu-
line woman in the best sense.-IAp-
pincotfas Magastna
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-09-27

very special provision is made by the
priests In the temples. This is spe-
cial function of the third night
The 'sayonara," or farewell ceremo.
nial, is the final scene, and pathetic
performance it is. On the last night,
the evening of the 10th. the spirits
must all return whence they came to
earth for their brief visitation, and
nothing has been neglected in prep
aration for their departure. Sweet
poetical messages Of love and good
will have been written with assiduous
care and real reverence. These love
letters have been placed in beautiful
little boats made Of barley straw, to-
gether with delicate morsels of various
kinds of food for the journey; also
miniature lanterns are deposited In the
tiny craft, for the departing friends
will need light on the mystic way.
The boats are about twelve inches In
length. Another tiny lantern is attach
ed to the prov. This is lighted, and in
cense is set afame in the stern. Then
the little craft is launched on creek,
canal, river or sea. And far into the
night, as these phantom fleets glide
along, the waters CLEAN with the spar
king of the strange little craft, the
"shoryobune," or boats Of the blessed
ghosts.-St. James Gazette.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-09-27
UThe LnSf Chord. -

Perhaps the most successful song Of
modern times is THE Lost Chord"
whose sale In Great Britain has ex-
ceeded 250000 copies. The story of its
composition, as told by Mr.. Willeby
in his Masters of English Music" IL
lustrates that in art, as in statesman
ship, success came to those
Who knew the seasons when 10 take
Occasion by the hand.
For nearly three weeks Arthur Sey-
mour Sullivan had watched by the bed
side of a dying brother. One night,
when the end was not far off and his
brother was sleeping, he CHANGED to
come across some verse Of Adelaide
Procter's which five years before he
had tried in vain to set to music.
In the silence Of that night watch he
read them over again and almost in
stantly their musical expression was
conceived. A stray sheet Of music
paper was at hand and he began to
write. The music grew and he worked
on, delighted to be helped while away
the hours Of watching. AS he pro-
gressed he felt sure the music was
what he had sought for and failed to
find on the occasion of his first attempt
to set the words. In a short time 1t
was complete and not long after in the
publishers hands,
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-09-27

The Fighting the Flames" exhibit
is one of the biggest ventures ever
shown under roof. It is given on an
asphalt stage-one OF the largest ever
built in the state. A half square of
fourstory buildings, every inch COW
cred with sheet iron, has been erected
on this stage, the stage being used as
a paved street. In front of these
buildings congregate crowd of nearly
$50 people and FOR 10 minutes q scene
typical of a busy street in New York
is presented. Suddenly there Is a cry
of fire. Maddened women attempt to
jump from the hotel windows. Police
drive the crowds back. Fire nets are
stretched and the three fire engines,
hook and ladder and reefs, manned
by 80 well-drilled fremen, are on the
scene. The work OF rescue with Pom
pier ladders goes on. Some of the ho-
tel inmates leap from the windows in
their attempt to save themselves,
while the flames shoot so feet into the
air and lick the tall buildings Chief
Humphries of the Pittsburg fire de-
partment witnessed the scene the
other night and pronounced it the
most realistic he has ever seen.
Aside from these immense attrac-
tions there is Ferris wheel 70 feet
high, a relief map of Pittsburg,
model Of the Pennsylvania terminals
IN New York and Philadelphia, gal
.ery of fine pictures of 200 prominent
men of Western Pennsylvania and
fish and game exhibit The merry-go-
Iund, roller coaster and "In and
Around New York" exhibit are fea-
lures Of the amusement area. On
every hand there is something new.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-09-27
DIAMOND CUTTING.
Shaping the Stones and the Work of
the Polisher.

ShuphhB Stohtb uiN " Osfs ~
the Polisher.
"The business of diamond cutting"
said a cutter of precious stones to a
reporter, "has changed. The old idea
of imbedding the stone In melted lead
and then allowing the lead to harden,
leaving only one facet Of the diamond
exposed for polishing, is done away
with. The whole process is this:
1--WE first take the diamond in its
rough state. We find in all Brazilian
diamonds six sharp points, the stone
being IN the form Of cube. We first
determine the best way to cut the dia-
mond by examining 4 for flaws and
deciding which way we will be able to
reduce the stone to the largest possible
perfect size and at the same time cut
out all the imperfections or as many of
them as possible.
"The only thing which will cut dia-
mond Is another diamond, so one dia-
mond imbedded in hard cement is used
symmetrical shape for polishing. The
table or top part of the diamond Is cut,
the sides of the diamond down to about
two-sevenths of the depth are cut, and
then for the remainder of the stone 1t
is tapered off to the small point called
the culet. The culet is supposed to be
directly In the center Of the table, and
by looking into diamond it looks as
though little hole were cut down the
middle.
when the diamond has been cut into
this rough shape it is about as black as
charcoal. This is caused by the abra-
sion from the diamond which is used
to cut it. Then it Is up to the polisher.
His work Is nearly always the same.
Except In the rarest of cases he takes
the stone and polishes on it fifty-six
facets in addition to the table and
culet, making fifty eight facets all told
on every stone.
HE uses holder which grasps and
locks the diamond securely at any con-
venient angle, and then he presents the
exposed surface to a fast revolving
wheel on which are diamond dust and
oil. That Is his entire work-to put on
In regular sequence the fifty-six facets
and then to polish to nicely these
flfty-six sides and the table and culet.
When he completes his job the dia-
mond Is ready for the market, impreg-
nable to weather, to acid, to damage,
except as 1t may be cut by another dia-
mond.
The invention of the diamond hold
ers with lock clasp has done away
with the melted lead as holder except
in the case Of the very smallest stones"
New York Herald.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-09-27
PECULIAR FIRES.
The Manner In which Many Disns-
trous Dlazes Originate

Ihe Monncr IN WnIch muny DtBnn-
trous Blnzes Originate.
Dust Is IL wonderful producer of fires
There have been instances IN post
offices where the dust of the mail bags
suspended in the rear of close room
exploded with terrific force. Dust ex-
plosions are Of frequent occurrence In
flour and drug mills. The origin of
many fires in tailor shops may be
traced to the so called dry cleaning Of
clothes. A rag dipped in naphtha Is
frequently used in removing grease
spots from garments. The rag soaked
with lnlammable fluid Is thrown upon
the floor. When the shop is closed up
and the abr Is confined the naphthn
soaked material will of itself generate
fire Bales of cotton placed in the
hold of ship are often the cause Of
disastrous fires. Frequently spark
from Il cigir finds resting place In u
cotton bale, where it snolders for
3 weeks. The dark hall In tenement
houses Is the indirect originator of
fires. Greasy mating or small heaps
OF paper lie about \ match not extin-
guIshed or cigarette stub Is thrown
down, and d blaze rcsults.-Fire and
Water.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-09-27

lc.aons who get "quulms' when rid
ing IN the cars or on boats can almost
certainly quiet them by slowly chew
ing - Glove or two. Indigestion, accom-
panied by formation of gas, nausea
and dizziness, will often yield to the
same simple measure. There are other
and better means of accomplishing
these results, but the value of the Glove
is that 1t occupies so little room, Is 50
easily carried about and can be so
readily got when wanted.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-09-27
Postal Antiquity.

a recent discussion of certain postal
grievances In the british house of COM
mons has recalled the history of the
post Posts are mentioned In Scrip
ture. In Job tx, 20, it is written MY
days are swirter than a post" and
again in the book Of Esther. chapter
viii, letters were sent "by posts on
horseback" The word, of course, here
means runner. TO Cyrus has been
a8cribed the establishment of sys-
tematlc couriers and post horses
throughout Persia, and augustus is
credited with introducing post chaises
at Rome. 1t was in the reign of James
|. that postal system was introduced
into England.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-09-27

GForty million bottles of August Flower
sold in the United States alone since its
introduction And the demand for 1t is
still growing. Isn't that fine showing
of successf Don't it prove that August
Flower has had unfailing success in the
cure of indigestion and dyspepsia-the
worst enemies of health and happiness1
GDoes it not afford the best evidence that
August Flower is sure specific for all
stomach and intestinal disorders THAT it
is the best of all liver regulators?
qAugust Flower has matchless record
of over IS years in curing the ailing mil
lions Of these distressing complaints
QTwo sizes, 25c and 75c. All druggists.
For sale by Boyle Woodward Drug Co
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-09-27
A HUGO TREASURE.
Romance of the Famous Writer'S Inn
provised Inl<stnnd.

provfsed Inl>stnnd.
Many valuable relics that of late
years have found their way into the
houses Of the wealthy and adorn the
shop windows of the antique dealers
are not only interesting from their
rarity or association, but also in the
manner in which they come into the
hands of the dealer. The following
story told by a dealer may illustrate
this fact and tell how priceless relic
came near to being thrown away:
Some years ago, when staying in the
little island of Guernsey, in the Eng
lish channel which for so many years
was the residence of Victor Hugo duS
ing his exile from France, l was 60
ing through one of the old streets and
strayed into secondhand furniture
store on the chance of finding some
thing that might be interesting. Among
several odd pieces found the bottom
Of an old Chippendale dressing mirroe,
minus the mirror the center of which
had been followed out to form an
inkstand.
The oddness of the piece attracted
my attention and upon questioning the
dealer he Informed me that it was a
part of a lot of rubbish that had been
thrown out of Hauteville House, where
Victor Hugo had lived and which is
still preserved intact by his family
just as he left 1t upon his return to
France. This old house Is full of costly
antique treasures with which the au-
thor loved to surround himself, and the
visitor on application to the caretaker
is today shown over the place and sees
the table and bed used by him in his
old study at the top of the house In
which he wrote so many Of his works
and watched the shores of his beloved
country, from which he thought him
self forever an exile.
This house and its treasures being
so carefully guarded by the descend
ants of Victor Hugo, l wondered how
a piece like the inkstand could have
been thrown away and hesitated to
believe that it really had come from
where the dealer said it did, the price
asked for it being but a few francs.
| decided to think it over before pur-
chasing, and in a few days called
around again. Upon inquiring for the
inkstand, the dealer said, with many
apologies, that l was too late, and ex-
planned matters as best he could. Dur
ing the summer months the Hugo fam
lily pay visit to the island a few
weeks, and prior to their arrival the
house is thoroughly cleaned, etc. A
new maid, seeing an old box, as she
thought, threw 1t away with the rub
bish, and it was sold by junk man
to the dealer. A few days after my
visit to him NJ. Georges and Mile.
Jeanne Hugo, grandchildren Of the
author, strolled into the same store,
and, looking around, espied the ink
stand. They Immediately inquired as
to how 1t came into his possession,
and after telling them the particulars
they informed him that 1t was an i'm
provised inkstand that Victor Hugo
had used for many years.