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Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1905-11-17

! persisted. has come by his death
through foul play. it is my intention to
hold separate inquiry upon the body
at the same hour tomorrow. | shall
now proceed with my inquiry as to
the manner in which the other pas
sengers met their death. Call the first
Witness
Later in the day hundreds of people
gathered in the churchyard to witness
the interments
The body of Silas Burritt had been
taken back to the vestry, where it
would remain until his son fulfilled
the promise he had made and brought
!. home. Earth to earth, ashes to
ashes. dust to dust" came the words
of the burial service, as one by one
the collins were lowered, and the
first spadeful of earth cast upon them.
Ted Burritt stood bareheaded be-
side his new friend. the doctor. Sud
denly there was a connection among
the crowd at a little distance and he
heard sharp cry Then the crowd
opened, as though to make way for
nbuS Oucs duu ne saw u young man
leading figure in black. whom he
recognized as the widow, whose hope
less grief he had before been wit
ness Of but who now was clinging
to the arm of the youth who support
ed her, and seemed as though her sud
den joy were almost more than she
could bear.
Il was never in the train at ALL"
he was assuring her over and over
again. 1T was quite mistake,
" nat made you think you recognized
me?"
There was a bit of cloth Just like
your coat-but oh. my boy, to think
I've got you again," And the couple
passed on, followed by the sympa-
thetic murmrus of the crowd.
Well. now. what d'you think of
that for sentimental episode? Sort
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1905-11-17
The Open Door.

81 don't know exactly how IL hap
pened," Reggie was telling his best
friend over a game of biiliars. 81
never meant to propose. you know
that is, not just yet. l wanted to
knock about little more. But after
we got home from the theater and
sat in the parlor discussing the plot
of the play, ventured out on thin ice
and broke through before l knew
where | was. 1t came as deuce of a
shock, just as | should imagine break
ing through real ice would be.
But Jessie was all ready for me.
She was expecting it, First thing |
knew she had me by the collar ana
landed me on safe ground again-but
was engaged. No doubt about that
Anyhow, I'm glad I've got her. Might
have lost her through some slip If I'd
waited. But don't want to read any
more stun about oashful fellows STAN
mering out proposals. It's all too
easy"
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1905-11-17

The station master was watching
their operations from the platform,
and to him DIR. Cartwright addressed
himself.
Look here, Mullins. | want to know
what you've done with that carriage
the fourth from the engine-that
we managed to save from being quite
destroyed with the others. The one,
you know, in which we found"
He whispered the rest in his ear.
The station master replied with a
glance of curiosity and sympathy com
bined at the young man. who was the
doctors companion. that the carriage
or the remains Of 1t had been left at
the side of the line. about one hundred
yards farther down. They soon found
It,
"Ah, yes" said the doctor. this is
the very carriage. You see. 1t is a
good deal damaged; but think, for
all that we may be able to find what
we are looking for. The first com
partment is the one that concerns us"
One door OF this had been smashed
anu btattu III W lht foiNt VI tu0 WI
cussion: the seat had been splintered.
and showed that the fire had caught
II in places, and the flooring was torn
~. The other end OF the compart-
-aent, though less wrecked. had re-
ceived more damage from the fire, the
cushions had entirely disappeared, the
woodwork was black and charred, and
what remained OF the door hung from
single hinge.
Nov" said the doctor. taking OF
his coat before ciambering in, you
had better stop outside; there isn't
room for two of us in here at once.
1t was in this corner"-indicating that
end OF the carriage which had re-
ceived least damage from the fire
that we found him. He was lying
there. with his head against the back
OF the compartment and the lower
part Of his body damned between the
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1905-11-17
CHAPTER x.-contlnued.

Long before the service was over
there were sounds OF lamentation and
waiting from many OF those present
and several were compelled to quit the
church from the violence of their emo
| ton.
At last 1t was over and the numer-
GUS and variously compounded congre-
cation broke up.
After partaklng OF frugal meal,
Ted sat down to await the arrival of
DR.. Cartwright. He hoped that moth
Ing unforeseen would occur to cause
him to put of his visit, for he was
beginning TO rely a good deal upon
the energetic little man, who had
shown himself at once shrewd and
kindly in his dealings with him. He
could scarcely believe he had met
him yesterday for the first time-and
here he became aware OF brisk and
amiliar voice below.
How do you find yourself today
Mrs Jinman, and how's your lodger?
Hope you're looking after him well;
giving him plenty of new laid eggs
anu CitdlH anu tHdl SORT Oh tnlEB
There's nothing like good living to
soften the effect of bereavement.
Ted heard the voice gradually
mounting the stairs and the next mo-
ment the DOCTORS head was put in
side the door.
'Hullo!" was his greeting, there
you are. Well. how are you getting
on?"
Ted said that he felt pretty well.
Glad to hear it," was the next
remark. as the maker of 1t allowed
the. rest of his body to follow his
head. by the by, saw you in church
this morning. Sad spectacle-yeryl
Shall we be OFF"
They left the cottage and made
their way in the direction of the sta
ton.
When they came in sight of the line
they saw that there were still parties
OF men at work, searching among the
heaps of rubbish for money or jewelry
or anything else that might have sur
viyed the general ruin.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1905-11-17
CHAPTER XII.
pr. Jeremiah at Home.
reyoIyer

The inquest, which took place at
noon on Monday, was held in the
school house. The jury, having been
sworn in, proceeded to view the bodies
and on their return from this mel
ancholy duty the coroner made an
unexpected announcement, which
caused a great sensation among the
closely packed audience.
1T having been brought to my no.
tice that one of the supposed victims
Of the late disastrous affair, instead of
losing his life, as was concluded at
the time, through the accident in
which so many have, unfortunately,
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1905-11-17
HarrIs Author of "Mine Own Familiar Friend" .

broken door and the seat. His head,
as you might say, rested here" point
ing out particular part of the pad
ding which yet remained. THE bull
let. which passed through it, must
have lodged somewhere about there.
If so, we are sure to find it,
Cutting what was left of the cloth
in strips with his knife, he began to
pull out the stuffing In handfulls. 81
don't know whether the railway com
pany would have anything to say to
this" he remarked, as he carefully
passed the material through his fin
gers. before passing it on to his com
panion outside, who did the same.
but whenever I'm in doubt about my
right to do certain thing. | always
do it first and inquire afterwards"
There was nose of something me-
tallic falling.
Hullo!" cried the doctor. What's
that?"
And. regardless of the consequences
to his clothes, he began to grope
among the shattered remains of the
flooring.
In a few seconds he looked up again,
flushed and grimp, but triumphant.
He held in his hand conical shaped
piece of lead.
Il thought as much" he said. as he
handed It to the other-"a ball from a
reyolverl"
The sun., 1905-11-12

Mrs. Reginald Vanderbilt has some very
handsome show horses which will be seen
in the ring this week. She owns n pair
named Fad and Fancy which has won
prizes when shown 10 a victoria, and a swell
little pony named Frills, which has been seen
before a governess cart.
Mrs. Vanderbilt will not drive her own
horses, but will watch their performances
in the show ring from a seat in one of the
boxes.
Mrs. Thomas Hitchcock, Jr is another
exhibitor who has always been successful.
She has a fine stable OF hunters and jumpers
and at las. years show won nearly all The
best prizes in the classes in which her horses
were shown.
Mrs Hitchcock belongs to the hunting
set andis not only keen judge of a good
hunter, but also an expert rider. She fol-
lows the hounds at the Long Island hunts
and is always in prominent place at the
death
Two prominent women exhibitors will he
missed this year at the Horse Show. One
of them is Mrs. J. b. NJ. Grosvenor who has
retired from the show ring for time owing
to the death of her husband.
Mrs. Grosvenor two weeks ago sold her
stable of high stepTers, coach and harness
horses and sadders, and $50, 00O was realized
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HOMESICk FOR HARDSHIPS.
Gold Fever Sends Back Mcn Who've Just
Left the Far North.

VICTORIA. 3. c.. Nov 8.-.The grip Of the
gold seekers fever was curously demon
strated here upon the arrival of the last
SkaEway steamer. She brought among
her passengers Donald McGillvray and
harry lohnstone, both from Yarmouth,
y, s.. who went in with he rush of '97 to
the KlOndilSe, have stayed there ever since
and now arc rated wealthy men.
They had been planning for threc years
past TO come "outslde" after the autumn
work of 1905 and spend Christmas at the
old home. Their business affairs in the
North were arranged and they started for
civilization and childhood's scenes four
weeks ago. BY the time they reached
Skagway they had developed a genuine
homesickness for the pick and shovel and
they had n half mind to turn back"
On the trip down from Skagway they got
talking of what the boys" were doing far
away in the Northland-of what work
would be accomplished during the winter,
and Of what might happen .prciudi oial to
their interests. ResuIt When Victoria
was a return ticket and tho next steamer
sailing for SkaEway carried them North
again, They expect to go in to Dawson
over the ice.
Grecnhow, three other Yultoners who have
been staying at the Hotel Dominion for
some days ast, say that they too know
the feeling Of the call Of the North" This
is their first visit to the outside in eight
years, and already they are tecoming res.-
less and anxious to lie back at the mines.
"Half tho Yukoners who start out to give
the old folks at home a surprise think better
oi it cfore they are well started and hike
ack TO the mines" said Sinclair. The
gold fever is something mortal queer
Once you've got a real good touch Of it
you can't shake it on. | SUPP ose almost
every one has taste Of it once in while,
but the majority get over il all right But
when it gets such hold OF you that you're
willing TO go hundreds and hundreds Of
miles away from home and friends and the
comforts OF life to the hart.shi's of the
frozen North and then learn to think it is
the very finest country on the face Of the
earth why then you've got the genuine
article. Tha''s the kind of case / got,
aud guess levitt and Greenhow had about
the same brand"
The three PARTNERS senarate when they
reach San Francisco Sinclair to visit his
former home in Colorado, levitt to go TO
Australia and Greeuhow to New Zealand.
One or all will return to the North in March
to look after their interests on French
Creek.
The sun., 1905-11-12

Women who exhibit at the horse shows
are always favorites with the public. Their
horses always get the applause of the spec
tators
The show chiefly at the smaller country
shows held in the summer. but many of
them, encouraged by their successes, bring
their animals on to the New York show.
This week many will compete with owners
Of large stables for the rich prizes of the
National Horse Show Association.
Mrs John Gerken will be the largest ex-
hbitor among the women, and -hetakes
50 much interest in her horses that she will
personally superintend their preparation
for the show ring, She has large farm at
Parkvie, and in her stable are some of the
best animals ever shown in the ring.
She owns Newsboy, thought by many to
be the best gig horse; Shop Girl, another
high stopper, and a number of high
class harness horses and saddlers. She
shows her horses herself, and is an expert
with the reins.
Mrs, Gerken has won nearly 25o ribbons
with Newsboy alone, and has several hum
dred more that were captured by her other
horses 1t is her ambition to have 1000
rosettes, and judging by the successes her
horses have it will not be long before her
ambition is gratifed.
The sun., 1905-11-12

for horses and owns a saddle horse that has
Won many blue ribbons. The horse is
named Ell Queso and has competed In the
military classes, that is horses suitable
for cavalry officers and for chargers, and in
these classes he has seldom been beaten.
Miss Watt and Miss c. Watt daughters
of t. L. Watt, both own ponies that are
always seen at the shows hereabouts.
They drive their horses into the ring and
invariably win prizes.
Miss A. A. Marks owns a stock farm called
Willowmere Farm and she has trotters
and saddle horses. Her best is Damon,
trotting stallion by Quartermaster. He
is handsome black and Miss Marks shows
him herself
In the class for stations once she
rode him into the ring and captured the
second ribbon A little later she drove
him hitched to buggy in the roadster
class, but only succeeded in getting the
reserve ribbon that time. Good judges
said that the rig did not quite class and
that if the appointments had been better
Damon would have at least got the red
ribbon,
Miss Marks also owns large kennel Of
st. Bernard dogs and is always big prize
winner at shows.
Another woman who favors the trotting
horse is Mrs. Horatio n. Balm OF Pough-
keepsie. Her husband is an extensive
The sun., 1905-11-12

at the sale The horses averaged nearly
81. 900 a head, which shows the quality Of the
stock she had. Mrs. Grosvenor has been
showing horses for some Years now and
she will show again, and for that purpose
she purchased some Of the best horses in
her stable at the sale.
Another absentee will be Mrs, f. r. La
dew, who also retires because Of the death
of her husband Mrs. Ladew was not so
extensive an exhibitor as Mrs. Grosvenor
but she had a fine collection of harness
horses and always made strong bid for
the prizes.
Miss NJ. c. Maxwell daughter Of j. Rogers
Maxwell, has shown at the Brooklyn and
some of the Long Island shows and been
very successful with saddle horses and a
pair Of harness horses. She rides and
drives in the show ring at these places, but
is not likely to appear in the ring at the
Madison Square Garden, leaving the ex-
hihtion of her horses to professionals
Miss Maxwell owns good lady's saddle
horse in Adonis, on which she can be seen
any fine morning in Prospect Park.
Mrs Charles F. Hubbs owns some high
steppers which have won several blue rib
bons for her at some Of the smaller shows.
They are hardly of high enough class to be
very successful at the national show, bu.
The sun., 1905-11-12

sudden interest in the hop waltz and natu-
rally tried to find the reason. A quarter of
a century ago say the hop waltz was danced
a good deal especially in provincial circles,
but of course the younger generations Of
New lorKers know nothing about it. After
a time the reason for my pupils interest
leaked out.
There was Boston man in town. a man
of considerable importance, l judged,
financially and socially, and he was con-
sidered great catch. he was asked every
where and responded by attending every
dance, and what is more, by dancing.
But unfortunately he hoped when
waltzing, instead of gliding and he didn't
two-step. therefore his partners had hard
work to keep step with him. The only thing
to do,they felt, was to learn to hop too and
they did.
Whether these young women may de-
eide to keep on hopping whether there is a
Boston man around or not is question no
dancing teacher can predict. What is more
there is no teacher in the world who would
dare to predict what the fashionable women
of New York may decide to dance from
one season to another. The most any of
us can do is to show them how to dance
They will decide what to dance.
1t is not probable that any New York
teacher will approve the displacing Of the
glide waltz by the hop. of late teachers
all over the country have taken the stand
against the two step, which l took in the
beginning and have maintained ever since.
Il have never taught the two step here
taught il to beginners | moan-for the rea-
son that to allow children to practice it
much is sure to lead to slovenly dancing
When older pupils, whose dancing habits
are formed, want to learn the two step,
that Is another matter.
"Ycs there is every indication that the
two step will be danced this winter in the
best circles. 1t would not be so bad f
the two step was danced only to two step
time. The feature which we teachers de-
plore is that it is danced to waltz time also.
and that when waltz ia down on the pro-
gramma couple after couple shuttle through
it in two stop fashion.
And vet Americans are the best dancers
in the world, the most graceful l have
visited, think, every European capital
and watched the best dancers of every
country end find none equal to the Amer
leans, and especially the New Workers.
The, French jump, and hop good deal
temperament is manifested by the way
they use their feet"
Asked about French novelties in dancing
steps for American bathrooms this winter,
Mr.. Dodworth answered with smile
Il have only recently returned from a
trip to Europe and instead of finding novel
ties which might appeal to New Workers
i discovered that the Europeans are quite
wild over American dances and are eagerly
asking information about everything in
the dan, line going on over here,
In France, Austria, Germany, they have
taken up the two step with as much
The sun., 1905-11-12
broader and has some very fine stock.

breeder and has some very fine stock.
Mrs. Balm has taken a great fancy to the
trotter and has her own ideas, too, about
what blood is the best. She has purchased
some animals and proved to a certain ex-
tent that her ideas are good, as she has been
very successful in raising horses that can
win prizes.
Miss X. l.. Wilkes. a Canadian from
Gait, Ont, came down last year with some
roadsters and captured prize and a cham
pionship, much to the disgust of those who
think that the best roadsters in the world
are to lie found in this part of the country.
Miss Rosie Watson, daughter of George
Watson of this city, has fondness for
ponies and she always exhibits her best.
Mrs. George Wheeler of Madison, n. j.,
owns some fine harness horses and she ex-
hihits them.
Mrs. Harry l.. Toplitz favors ponies and
she has won quite large collection of rib
bons. Mrs. Hector Vervaeke of Buffalo
owns some high steppers which last year
won prizes at the national show.
The Misses NJ. +. and " l.. Alexandra
of this city have some good saddle horses
which they ride in the Park every fine day
and these they are fond of exhibiting at the
horse show.
Mrs. Frances Roche and her daughter,
Miss Cynthia Roche, have some of the best
harness horses and finest high steppers in
The sun., 1905-11-12
HOP WALTZ AND jig WALTZ.
TWO NOVELTIES SOCIETY MEANS
TO DANCE THIS WINTER.
The Jig Waltz Like Nothing but Itself
New York Girls First Learned the
Hop waltz TO Oblige Boston Man
Dancing Masters Object TO Both.

IT., -., u, -
ihele Is r'ni,oi ''ia' certain nNel1 yo'n'e
women ana ',Vener young n'a'rohs VINO ure
recognized leauers II, 'ne WORK Oh h,'ros
oocne noVel'ies ii,'o 'ne en'el'al.l''e''Ss oi
society "ai'' 'o oiiiE apou' ie'lNal .. 'ii'
mop "a'H' d"'' d' eNe,' n>enei N"ii''Io'
cai'eu u JiE "an"' hiu ,'lls III 'i'e iuVo o'
'he rae, 'hat last spring aanciils masters III
convention oeiouiceu WIN enersy 'ne WV
step' ior ,,'e reason 'iia' ~ was shoN'nS '"
one siue 'he ghue "al'H' ,he u'i'te VI az
ual'ce' "o' w! VI o'i"s ue''i "'e' "' ''''
poetry OF mo.ioh'
Inc jig "al'| Is DelhG 'aush' no" oS :"
oahclne master frehcnil'au' WHOSE PnP'iS
are the chl'oIen Oh people Conspicuous
eo''a''S' ~ .''e ioo'i.e "'ie'e v'o "
the JlR ""''N 10 i''P,' 'eu' >ell " '"S
Is nu',R pv ''ie 'eucher o''MeI'ii 'ne ua''oo
ana 'he inquirer "o' ulNfoSeu " "i'"' &c
lor course ol ieSsoi'e ", 'no ePo'i
'enCh siecld''IoS onIy, Hays ne anu
my P"pu9 arc sehe'a''! well N'0"" "0'''e'
The sun., 1905-11-12

This interest in the preservation Of old
trees comes too late to save some of the
most famous ones that this country might
still have toasted. The Charter Oak at
Hartford, which was destroyed in storm
in August, 1854, was said to lie more than 900
years old.
No amount Of money, nor a whole forest
of new trees, could replace it, once it was
gone. But rrorer care and precautiou
would probably have saved it.
The cry hole which made il famous may
also have heen its doom. If the cavity in
which the Connecticut charter was hidden
that night in 1887 had been sui seqUcntly
cleaned out and filled to lie watertig ght,
the Charter Oak might, Terhals have stood
for generations YET To come.
This Is the hist o'y Of most famous trees.
Weakened by decay, they are finally laid
low by some storm.
The Treaty trce-the elm under whose
branches William Penn made his, treaty
storm, March g. 1910. 1t was 2s3 years Ole,
and should ! Q standing to-day.
The Washington elm at Cambridge,
Mass, under whose branches Washington
took command of the American army, is
rrol ably the most famous tree in this
country Of which enough remains to be
called tree 1t is poor, mlsshapen, lop-
sided remnant now.
But if it were not for the tree doctor
II would be nothing but a stump. The
cleaning ana ming Oh lIS poor tll lIIulh, :,
the staying Of its few remaining branches
with iron bars and clamps, is all that has
kept it for a number of years. But the
fact that thousands annually so to see it
would seem to prove that the money for
its rerair was well spent.
If New York had taken little pains it
might even now show the old pear tree,
the eldest living thing in the city-whiCh
formerly stood at the corner Of Third avenue
and Thirteenth street. 1t vas tainted
bv old Peter Stuyvesant, who brought ii
all the way from Holland in 1904,
A careless driver knocked it down in
1907, after some. 200, years, of seeing New
York. If the city had taken better care
Of it the old rear tree might be close on to
it's quarter millennal birthdayby this time.
Up to the time of its violent death this cid
citizen blossomed and bore good crops
of fruit with becoming regularity.
Perhaps the largest tree in this country,
at least so far as the spread of it, branches
is concerned, is what is known as the Justice
Fields Oak near Monterey, Cal. A mem
ber of the Field family had written home
about this wonderful tree when he touched
at Monterey during the Mexican dominion
So. when Justice Field visited the place years
arterward, he hun.ci up the tree and found
il even more of a marvel than he had ex-
pected.
II is a live oak standing on a sandhll near
Seaside. a small village near Monterey
Perhaps il would be more accurate to say
that it stands in this sandhll; for the sand
has drifted in around the trunk to a depth
of forty feet or more.
1t is said that the trunk cannot be seen
through the labyrinth of great, low branches,
each as large as an ordinary tree II is
estimated that 5000 persons could be