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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-10-01
THE PRESIDENT AND THE BEAR.

The first days hunt from the new camp was
successful. We absent about eleven hours
and rode some forty miles. The day included
four hours steady buCzifig, for the bear
as soon as they got the chance, went through
the thick timber where the snow lay deepest
Some two hours after leaving camp found
the old tracks of a she and a yearling, but II
took US a much longer time before finally
struck the fresh trail made late the previous
night or early in the morning. 1t was Jake who
first found this fresh track, while Johnny with
the pack a couple of miles away. slowly
but surely uzzng out the cold trail and keep
Ing the dogs up to their work. AS
Johnny came up put all the hounds on the
tracks. and away they went, through and over
the snow, yelling their eager delight. Mean
while we had fixed saddles and were ready
for what lay ahead. 1t wholly impossible
to ride at the tail of the pack, but we did our
~, after much hard work and much point riding
through snow. slush and deep mud, on the
level and along, up and down sheer hisides,
we heard the dogs barking freed In the miSGle
Of great grove of aspens high up the u9S91tain
side. The snow was too deep for the horses.
and leaving them, we trudged heavily up
foot. The yearling was in the top of a tall
aspen. Lambert shot IL with his rifle, and Wa
then put the dogs on the tran OF the old she.
Some Of the young ones did not know what TO
make Of this, evidently feeling that the tracks
must be those of the bear that they had already
killed; but the veterans were in fun cry at once.
We scrambled after them up the steep noun
tain. and then downward along ridges and
spurs, getting all the clear ground could
Finally we had to take TO the snow. and
foundered and slid through the drifts until we
were in the valley. Most of the time the dogs
were within hearing, giving tongue as they fol-
lowed the trail Finally a total change in the
note showed that they were barking freed; and
rapidly as possible we made our way toward
the sound Again we found ourselves unable to
bring the horses Up to where the bear had
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-10-01

Amid ferns and MOSES brown,
From the little mountain town.
Through the driving rain they bore nl1s
Kearsarge frowning down:
Onward bore him, wrapped from slght
Under palms and blossoms white
While the grieving hearts OF thousands
Followed through the night
To that grave, lOve-sanctihed,
Where in the full summer tide,
Low they laid him, who had cher1sned
Sympathies worldwide.
Honored grave. Yet Azrael's dart
Only slays the mortal part,
And they die not who have written
On the human heart
Sad Rumania, far Picking,
East with West. his praise to sing
Who deemed justice more than power
Hitler tribute bring;
And the motherand who bore
She whom most he labored for.
Bows her head in sorrow, knowing
He returns no more.
Fame has crowned her own again.
Writing with ilumined pen,--
Lincoln's friend, who loved and trulS
Served his fellow men. a..
FLORENCE Earle Coates. in The Reader Mag
azine.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-10-01

We hear The distant sound SOU, Ct The aa 1ine.
The grapes are purpllngs So, -, ', GALES
Clear sunlight fills the - ~ i've
81 sInpS A. + ssnborn. in Suburban 1's~
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-10-01
THE PORTUGUESE soNNETs.

IT was during their residence in Pisa. carry IN
1s47 that browning first saw the "Sonnets from
the Portuguese as the poet Edmund t1OSST , iidS
told bv authority of Browning himself Ihelr
custom vas Mr. Browning said. to write aIoLie'
and not 20 show each other what they mao VIZ VIZ
ten. This rule which he soineIiIhes "a, "a nc
tf.roue1 hut she never He had the habit or
working IN a downstairs room, where ulel
meals vera spread while Mrs. Browning STUDIED
IN a room on the floor above. One day early al
1917 their breakfast being over. Mrs Browning
went upstairs. while her husband stood at the
window watching the street till the table shouid
be cleared. He presently aware or some
enc behind him. although the servant was gone
It was Mrs. Browning. who held him by the
shoulder TO prevent his turning 70 look at heTs
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-10-01

more air spaces in the walls are essential. The
temperature of this house is controlled entirely
by Ventilation In summer and fail the windows
when the air is coolest, and are closed very
early in the morning. In Northern States
Temperature of about fifty degrees may be main
tanned at this season in this way. The cold air
may enter through windows. wooden flues tile
and extending through the wall and several
feet outside, The house should, of course, be
frostproof-CThe Garden Magazine
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-10-01
PRETTY WOMEN AND PoRTRA1rURE.

Otto schneider's renditions are usually of
pretty women-not pretty pretty women, but
pretty women-and therefore he may confidently
NEE in his own country where familiarity with
thu subjects OF his choice extensively pre-
val1. And in this connection 1t may be
nrlest to alude 10 of the shibbOleths OF
our ,lational modesty Good can come out of
Paris only" which have bleated so long, fol-
lowing the Victorian bell wethers. that we have
credited 1t as simply as we believe that blessed
Az tho pure in art. for they shall Italy,
TTs great French master (for of course pretty
wofSen and dry points inevitably invite us
toward Helleu) loses nothing through our adj
mirtfJion of Mr. Schneider. but may be glad
indeed 10 see that the thing has been done with
such charm and distinction this side of the
water, So many people have seemed 20 think IL
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-10-01
PASTOR WAGNER ON ROOSEVELT.

He gives the impression Of concentrated force,
of a snrinE at tension. You feel that he is ready
AT anv moment for a supreme effort, to expend
himself In any cause that demands it. Here
ia a man who will never retreat before any
thing unless it be evidoing, for he is as scru-
pulous as he is determined and brave, leader
who obeys the inner law. This chief OF re-
publican state, armed by its Constitution with
more authority than most sovereigns enjoy, has
the sensitive conscience of q child He ls-to
sum II I'D tustly-an honest He will never
be made to follow crooked paths; whatever END
he chooses to pursue, you may be sure that ne
viii move straight toward it.
Moreover he IS clearsghted without lllu-
sions; he knows life and mon with their under
handed ways. And yet, seeing things as they
are, he believes in the ultimate victory of the
good; but he knows that the price of this victory
is a daily struggle against the elements OF de-
struction. He has done much, and thought
much. His body supple and warriorltke, equal
TO the greatest fatigue, Injured to hard privaton,
Is at his service, Hike a good steed perfectly
responsive TO its master. Those who ac-
cuse him OF Imperialism do not know him. His
patriotism has nothing aggressive about It; 1t
inenaces no one. II he would have America
strong it is that she may not be at the mercy of
Ihe good pleasure of others; and the people are
with him In this matter Pacific but invincble
-such Is their character. For those every
Where who interest themselves in the destinies
Oh me whole human family to find at the centre
81 9 ule lie or a great people, a people whose in
iuelce makes itself felt TO the ends Of the ca rth
q character OF this metal heart of such kInd
80 ga Ihteingence so broad and SO rare NAV
Wi sIte nsIhen worldwide Confidence -('rt1a
NV Siafies wagner, in McClure's Magazine
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-10-01
IcELEss COLD STORAGE

When Ice storage is not feasible an ,,nrAtr,o-
Grated mousse punt or the same lines Int with
well If this house is built into si ,ase,iy , as
is easier to regulate the temperature mn mn n.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-10-01
WORK A SUBSTITUTE FOR WORRY

Manual work is active. and carefully Use s;,rts
may take its place as very proper supS'i .sst
for worry II may he confidently asserted Zee
when worry and uncertainty have given I'D
70 a new and positive interest OF SCUM nm
proper sort most OF the other symptoms IN ~
complicated cases OF nervous proStrauo" -"
vanish = rro-x
That in brief is the simple philosophy OK ~. nm
as a remedy for nervous strain ana 10 49,
toward results How the principle u-G ne
upon given individual may not ai ava form
predicted Only experience can tell " WA. and
of work or plav will be best in given case, case. AZ
whether the treatment may be carried .o oG Or
home or not Sometimes, of course; - ,rob-
effort Of any kind is impossible. but II = oFning
able that in the great majority or cast - ne,i-
under the head of nervous exhaustion ,,nder
rasthenia the systematic use OF wor ieoSt be
favorable conditions viii, 10 say the iTTsryous
beneficial. OF course. where there IS me- Md
breakdown must never oveFi9 e}aI require
vidual and his physical and men.ai - rsJIeye
ments. But very often all attempts u, rreas-
by helpful counsel and ordin31IS ~ TrSspect Of
ures fail. ana we have the gloomy Us life
months or years and in some cases 1'' :, coed
time Of Embellishments H. =
Housekeeping.
81
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-10-01
JOHN HAY.

couldn't-(Booth Harrington. in The MetropoE
itan Magazine.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-10-01

and at the same time pushed a packet Of papers
into the pocket Of his coat. She told MIN 10
read that, and to it up if he did not like ~
and then she fed again to her own room. All
this in fulf1lment of prophecy: for had she
not said in her letter Of July D, 1876. as Inoch
as this about the "Sonnets": You shall see
some day at Pisa what I will not show you now
Does not Solomon say that there is time TO
read what is written? If he doesn't he ought
Browning notwithstanding his intense love or
privacy took the right ground concerning these
works Of inIrnitabe art. Il dared not reserve TO
myself" he said -'the finest sonnets written In
any language since Shakespeare's." Mrs. Brown
ing finally consented to their being printed
under Miss Mitfords care, as Sonnets by 4:
p p. Reading: Not for Publication; 1S47." and
in the edition Of her poems brought out in 1850
they were actually published, with their present
title which was suggested by her huspan9: me
oT+bor's suggestion had been "Sonnets Trans
lated from the Bosnian" but Browning. who
called the author of "Catarina to Camoens his
s.oIyr little Portuguese" named the title that
nrevailed-(Richard Watson Glider in The Cen
fury Magazine.
The Cairo bulletin., 1905-09-11
CzAR LIFTS THE
EMBARGO ON j. S.
Orders That High Customs on
American Goods be Discontinued
JAPANESE ENVOY is I'LL
BARON KoMuRA CONFINED TO
HIS RooM-REpoRT OF
SECRET PEACE IS
DENIED

Oyster Bay. Sept l0-At the con
ference last night between President
Roosevelt and the Russian peace en-.
voys NJ. Witte, by direction Of the
emperor Of Russia, presented the fol-
lowing communication:
Some years ago, in consequence of
misunderstanding in the interpreta-
tion of the most favored nation
clause, there were established in Rus
sia on several articles of American
production. customs duties on high
er scale than those duties en- the same
articles when imported .eom other
countries.
His majesty, the Emperor of Russia
has commanded me to inform the pres
ident Of the United States. that he has
been placed on order to the discontinu
ance of the levying of such high du'
ties on American products in order
that henceforth the American mann
| facturer should pay the same datttes
as importers from other countries.
The Cairo bulletin., 1905-09-11
KOMlJRA tS Ill.

New York, Sept To- Baron Kom
ura is Ill at his apartments at the
Waldorf Astora ho-al. and all the so.
cial engagements of the Japanest en-
voys today were either cancelled#0r
indefinitely postponed.
Mr.. Sato, spokesman for the Japa-
nese party, said Baron Kotnura be.
came slightly Ill Saturday night and
DR.. William f. phitchard was called
In attendance The senior envoy of
the Japanese emperor is suffering
from intestinal trouble His high tenn
peratlire OF last might however, was
considerably reduced tSday While
| the illnesa is not regarded as serious
Baron Komura has been told he must
rest for few days
The Japanese had planned to leave
New York next Thursday for Seattle
Wash, whence they will sail direct for
home
Mr. Sato, added the denial of the
Japanese ENJOYS to that Of the Rus
slams made yesterday. tnat a secret
treaty Of peace had been agreed on
by the Emperors of Japan and Rus.
sia.
The Cairo bulletin., 1905-09-11
SAYS PRIEST IS
TROUBLE MAKER
BRIDEGROOM ARRESTED IN ST.
LOUIS SAYS OPPOSITION TO
WEDDING OF eAR6oNDRLE
BELLE, is THE CAUSE.

St. Louis. Mo. Sept. William
Leindecker, who was arrested Saur-
day on a message from f. \. Stroh nix,
city marshal of Carbondale, III, STAT
ing that he Is wanted there on a
charge of embezllement declares his
arrest is due to The spite ef men he
had threatened to expose ter wraitinG.
He gave the name Of Catholic priest
who IS a stockholdar In The Carhondale
plumbing and steamfltting company,
and accuses him Of being ut the hot
tom of the affair.
Leindeoker was boo6keeper for the
plumbing company 1nd says he rel
Gently was charged with be ng short
$3.50 in his accounts. lie denied that
he was short, he says, and Offered tc
make the amount good Ii it were prov
en- by the books that the sum was
missing. He was not allowed 10 ad
| just the alleged discrepancy.
Liendecker was arrested Saturday
morning at the home % ais parents
at 1888 South Eighth street, by Uetec
tiVes Joyce and Sullivan. aud taken L
| the Four Courts. lie says he wai
just preparing to return 10 Carbondal,
for his wife when taken MO custody
The Cairo bulletin., 1905-09-11
WANTS PLATFORM
/. PLEDGE REDEEMED
REPUBLICAN SENATORS AND REP
REsENTATlVES MUST TOTE
FAIR WITHOUT BEING COM
PEELED BY THE PARTY LASH

Chicago, H., Sept. 10.-The next
legislature must be composed of men
who will seek TO carry out the party's
pledges without being driven to II by
the lash This demand has gone
broadcast over the state and the
senators and representatives nominat
ed next spring are to be given 10 un
derstand that when the Republican
party makes a declaration of policy
in its state platform it is to be car
ried out The next state Republican
convention is expected TO make some
strong recommendations, and Gov.
Deneen is anxious that men shall be
nominated for the legislature who are
in harmony with such declarations.
In the past necessary legislation
sometimes has been sacrificed to ear
ry ng out pledges. The experience oi
the last general assembly is a notable
example The state platform de
clared in favor of a primary law ans
civil service, yet it required all the
influence of the state administration
under the personal direction of Gov
| Deneen to see that acts providing fol
these things were passed.
Two very important matters prob
The Cairo bulletin., 1905-09-11
ILL, BUT SHE'S HAPPY
With Locked Jaws Pretty School
Teacher is Hopeful.

Vineland N. j., Sept. 10.--The Ill
ness Of Miss Carrie Mootz, pretty
school teacher. Is attracting wide at
tention because Of her severe afflic-
tion.
Six years ago she was stricken with
rheumatism. and for the last three
years she has lain on a cot, unable
most of the time to move hand or
foot. Her jaws became locked and
today she can hardly open her mouth
a fourth Of an inch. She Is perfectly
well In every other way, not having
an ache or a pain.
Her appetite is ogod, physician;
from far and near having so far beer
baffled. Miss Mootz hopes that. 4!
her case becomes known, some one
will send her cure
Her father has spent the saving
OF many years for her relief, and ha
about lost faith in the power OF medi
cine. With all the odds against her
Miss Mootz Is happy. She said toda.
Il am the happiest woman In Vine
land, because am going to be wei
soon
The Cairo bulletin., 1905-09-11
CONDITIONS IMPROVING

St Petersburg, September ll.M
pappe, the ST. Petersburg representa-
live of the Baku Bourse, said to the AS
ISOLATED Press today that The situation
at Baku continues to show d i stlnct
Improvement. Telegrams rer#iyed hy
NJ Pappe today from the oil men re-
port the steady arrival of troops. five
further battalions having reached
BaEu and the worst is believed to be
over.
Later reports show tina in addition
70 the refneries In the black town
district about thirty per cen Or the
oil property Is the well district es-
capped
A lamentable feature Of he situation,
according to NJ Pappe is the condition
of the wormen, many OF whom are
without sufficient clothing and utterly
destitute
NJ Pappe paid high compliment to
Finance Minister kokovsoff for the
energy with which he acted since the
uprising. The min ster visited the
emperor twice, to lay before him the
gravity of the situation, as the result
of which his majesty twice telegraph
ed to the viceroy to spare no efforts to-
protect this important industry.
The Cairo bulletin., 1905-09-11
DOLLY HuRT9" BABY ASKS
Only Worry of Child Rolled unde
Street Car

Trenton, N. j., Sept. 10-Alice Carl
ton, eight years old, with her doll In
her arms, was run down today by
trolly car BY seeming miracle she
escaped death. The child had been
playing with her ,loll in a sand heap
and started to cross the street.
A car bound down town was ap-
preaching and she waited for 1t to
pass. A car going in the opposite di-
rection struck the child and, still
holding tightly to the doll, she was
rolled into the wire net in front OF
the car, The fender dragged and the
little girl rolled out of It, directly In
front Of the car.
John Elkin, sewer inspector, was
standing in an excavation by the side
of the tracks, and just as thechild dis
appeared under the front platform o
the trolley he reached out his arm
and snatched her, just in time to saw
her life
The little girl was cut In severa
places, but her first words were: Il
dolly hurt?"
The Cairo bulletin., 1905-09-11
Was the Report Of the Keep
Commission Which Accuses
Public Printer of
Fav0ritism
GRAFT NOT CHARGED
AND PRESIDENT DECLARES THAT
CONTRACT TO THE LANSON
MoNoTYPE COMPANY
MUST STAND STATES
HIS REASONS

Oyster Bay, Sept. 10.--President
Roosevelt today made pubic the re
port of the Keep Committee on the
recent investigation of the affairs in
the government printing office at
Washington.
The inquiry was made by special
direction Of the president on the ac-
count of the protest he received
from the officials of the Mergenthaler
typesetting machine company against
the award of the contract by Public
lie Palmer to the Lanston Monotype
CO., for seventy-two machines of its
make.
II does not appear that there is any
question as to the validity OF the con
tract in question Ii ii had not been
for the conduct of the Mergenthaler
company in preferring the charge dis
cussed by the committee In conclus-
ion. that OF corruption. should agree
with the committee that it would be
desirable TO set aside the contract, IL
such course Is legal. But second
to corruption in public officer in
point Of iniquity comes making base
less charge OF corruption, and this is
what the committee finds the Mergen-
thaler company has done in this case,
BY order Of the president the con
tract with the Lanston company was
held up until an Investigation coult
be .msile. with view to ascertainine
whether the charges Of favoriteisn
aud corruption in letting the contract
was substantially founded.
The president decided, after exami
nation Of the Keep report, that thu
contract for the Lanston machines
should stand The Keep committed
reported that IL the contract should
be set aside, such course would b.
desirable" although the committee
states expressly that mo corruption
payment or promise passed from tn
I.anston monotype company TO tn
public printer or any person In tn,
government oice
1t was developed by the inyestiga
ton however, that two important as
sistants of the public printer were II
directly interested in the Lansto
company, their wives being stockhol,
ers in theshrdlhrdl RofisppdilaiauE
ers therein.
The commission shows that fal
and impartial test of the Lanston an
Mergenthaler machines was not mad
and reports that the purchase of s
large a number of Lanston machine
improvement and indicated great pa
tiality and bliss on the part Of tf
public printer.
The Cairo bulletin., 1905-09-11
Still 10 the Throes Of PeyOIution
and the Inhabitants are
Either Starving or
Being Killed
THE WORST HAS PASSED
GUT RIOTS AND sLooDsHED CON-
TiNuE - TARTARS HAVE
BEEN JOINED BY ARMED
FORCES OF kURDs.
TROOPS ARRIVE.

Tihis, Sept l0.-The governor of
Baku reports that firing continued Iast
night and today. though on a small
scale, and that few were killed or
wounded.
The troops and police, he says, are
still engaged in prevent ng incendiar-
ism and pillaglng
The director Of the chronological In
stirute at Baku telegraphs saying we
are starving and dying, and imploring
the dispatch of necessities.
The worst news today comes from
the zangezurski district. where it Is
reported that many Armenian Villages
were wiped out and hundreds of per
sons killed Help is slow III reaching
there owing to The distance from the
military centers
The whole Of the Tartar population
has risen and his been joined hy 4.coo
armed kurds from the Persian bank
OF he Alas river The viceroy has
protested to the Persian authorities.
General Shirinkin has ordered the
governor of Ellzaheshpol to invesfi-
gates the truth Of the accusation
against some Of the Tartar police com
missafies that they are cooperating
with the insurgents.
/ II is reported that the Armenians
and Tartars in Shusha have become
i raconciled. that the population has
1bcen. d sarmed and that the foreign
/ residents have returned to theil
homes, General TakaischwiIs teIa
graphs that the disorders are ceasing.
The Cairo bulletin., 1905-09-11
FINES FOR 100000"
Also Those Who Cough or Whistle at
Any Female

houston, Tex, Sept 10-The max
ing Of the "goo-goo' eyes ID now mis-
demeanor ia Houston. The. law has
Just been enacted by the City Council.
and its wording Is as follows:
Section l--That hereafter any male
person in the city OF Houston who
shall stare at, or make what is com
monty called gco-goo' eyes at, or ini
any other manner look at or make re-
marks to or concerning. or cough or
whistle at, or do any other act to at
tract the attention of any female per
son upon the streets OF Houston. with
the intent or In o manner calculated
to annoy, or to attempt to flrt with
any such female person, shall he deem
cd guilty Of a mistlemeanor, and upon
conviction thereof In tine Corporation
Court be fined any sum no; to exceed
500"
The police have been instructed to
see that the provisions Of the law
are strictly enforced.
The Cairo bulletin., 1905-09-11
FATHER GREEN AMONG LIST OF
ViCTiMs-MANY NEW CASES.
IN 0uTLAYiNG PAR
lShES.
Report to 6 o. m.

New Orleans, Sept. 10.-The unfa
vorable part of the Sunday report is
the unusually large number of deaths.
Another distinguished member of
the Roman Catholic clery is in the
Jesuit College died at 4 o'clock this
afternoon, after being i'll exactly a
week.
He was stricken with a chill last
Sunday, just after delivering a lecture
Not single Italian name is among
The other deaths.
There Is liule news from the coun-
Try today. The most important is thar
from the health officers of La Fourche
parish, reporting four cases at La
Fourche crossings. There were two
deaths in that parish Sunday, one at
La Rose and one Midway, between Cut
off and Leeville.
Other country reports were:
Patterson, seven cases, two deaths
Tallulah, eleven cases two deaths.
kenner, two cases, one death
Hanson City. four cases.
Donaldsville, four cases.
| St Roue, two cases.
Pecan Grove, one death
/ Reports from Mississippi show one
new case at Gulfport. four at vicks
burg, four at Natchez.