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New-York tribune., 1905-11-22
KILLS FOUR.
international Sm0keIesS Poypder
Laboratory Shattered,
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tBy Telegraph The Tribune
New-Brunswick. N. j, Nov. 21.-Four men
were killed by an explosion in the laboratory of
the International Smokeess Powder Company at
Parlin near Sayreville, this afternoon. The
victims
APPLEGATE. John twenty-five years old. sayreville.
PRICE. John forty years old. South River
REDPATH L. w. thirty old superintendent of the
laboratory
sPRATFoRD, Frank, fo=ts-a years old, gayFsvino-
While these four mon we're at work in the
laboratory, about o'clock there a sudden
explosion, which shook the surroundings like
an earthquake Flames shot from the room,
and in instant the whole building. which
Wd6 detached. was on fire, The fre spread to
q second building, and. although the fire de-
partment connected with the plant used every
effort to check the flames, both buildings were
totally destroyed The main buildings of the
plant were not destroyed The force of the ex-
plosion tore the men TO bits
At the office of the company the superintend-
ent declined to give any particulars Of the eX-
plosion. He said that two buildings had been
burned. When asked about the dead and in
tured he said that he was too busy to give out
any information.
Frank Spratford was widower with one
child. John Applegate was young man OF
about twenty-five who married a short
time ago John Price leaves a wife and two
children About two months ago he underwent
an operation for appendicitis, and it was only
yesterday that he returned to his work In the
laboratory of the powder works. Mr. Redpath
was a bachelor, and lived at the Parlin Club.
where 1Dany of the officials of the works live.
The exact cause Of the explosion IS unE1nwf
except that It was due to chemicals unusual
precautions had always been taken at the WORKS
TO prevent accidents
The laboratory was well stocked and maze
excellent fuel for the flames, which spread rap
idly The explosion was heard for miles around
and attracted crowds to the scene Coroner
Haines, of South Amboy, viewed the bodies ana
gave a permit for burial
New-York tribune., 1905-11-22
BRITISH ARMY Reform.
Secretary for Var Issues Minute
an General StGf.

London. Nov. n-H O. Arnold Forster. Secretary
for War. to day issued an important minute en-
bodving the decisions OF the Army Council 1or
n. formation of general staff, such as possessed
ly other European powers. The minute is ad-
dressed to Lieutenant General Sir Neville Gerald
Tvttelton. who on the advice of the Lord Esher
commission has already been appointed Chief OF
the General Staff.
Secretary Arnod-Forster lays down as the ann
of this reform the gathering together OF the
abest men in the army to place the fortunes
Of the army always in their hands and thereby to
form a school of military thought which sha!i DC
abreast or ahead of that of any other army:
The minute provides that the of1icer@ oil l9e
general staff shall be selected ACCORDING 10 lnelt
qualifications and not according to their rapk'
that they shall be in the prime Of life ana De
appointed for four years, the appointments 10 ne
rereNed duadrennially.
New-York tribune., 1905-11-22
TNHURT UNDER TRAIN.
Blind Han Has Remarkable Escape
on Brooklyn Bridge.

At this end of the Brooklyn Bridge in the rush
hour last night a man who had just left train
from Brooklyn was seen to step off the platform
and fall just another train approached The
crowd yelled and the motorman. who had seen
the man fall. brought his train to sudden stop.
Platform men policemen and others jumped to
the tracks thinking the man had been ground
to pieces, but when he shouted from under the
car "Ne noa hurt the first car was uncoupled
and pushed ahead. and there lay italian be-
tween the rails fat his back.
He was uninjured although one car had
passed, over his body. The man. who said he
was Vito Orpolo. of No. 1S Marion-st.. was
found to he blind.
New-York tribune., 1905-11-22
ARMOUR FACES BIG LOSS.
Bull Operations Cost Grain Specu-
lator Half a Million Dollars.
fBv Telegraph TO The Tribune. ]

Chicago. Nov 21.-The bears in the corn and
wheat pits of the local Board of Trade have
J ogden Armour the big bull grain speculator,
on the run The action against the wealthy
packer which forced him to unload millions of
bushels of his long holdings in wheat and corn
will cost loss of over $5O0.O0O, which sum Re
expected to reap in profits.
Misinformation to the total yield of corn.
based on reports furnished by his hog buyers
in the corn belt. is the rock on which the packer
ran. Armour loses 21a cents every time he sells
bushel OF and the total loss will ap-
proximate $G25,OD
New-York tribune., 1905-11-22
Jocko MADE "moNKEYs" OF GUESTS

BY Telegraph o The Tribune.l
Dayton. Ohio. Nov. PA reception last night at
the home of John Donovan in Riverside was rudely
interrupted by monkey. named Jocko belonging
to an organ grinder. which entered the dining room
ard threw plates a the guests and chased them
from room to room until captured. The monkey
knocked at the door. and the hostess let him in
thinking he a guest.
New-York tribune., 1905-11-22
FLEET OFF FOR TURKEY
Rum0r That Sultan VII Yield to
POzcers' Demands.

Vienna Nov. 21.-The first section of the
Austrian squadron. which will form part of the
combined fleet of the powers under Admiral
Ritter Won Jedina. of the Austrian navy. in the
proposed demonstration in Turkish waters, Is
due to arrive at the Praus at daybreak on
Thursday morning. The italian warships Will
probably arrive at the PiI@us after the Austrian
vessels and it is expected that the French con-
tiugent will follow. Hopes are still entertained
here that the Sultan will accede to the demands
Of the powers regarding Macedonian reforms
and thus obviate the necessity of demonstra-
ton.
London Nov. 21-The British armored cruiser
Lancaster and the scoutshfp Sentinel have been
dispatched to the Pir#us.
ConstantfnopIe. Nov. 21--The prolonged con-
ferences of the Council of Ministers at the Yildiz
Palace are believed to indicate preparations to
Weld in principle II the demand Of the powers
for the acceptance of the financial reforms de-
cided upon for Macedonia. Probably, however
the Turkish government will make further at
tempts to obtain notifications of the plans be-
fore definitely accepting the full programme. The
arrival of the international fleet at the Piraeus
ts likely to hasten the Turkish decision. The
F2ussian feet has returned to Sevastopol, after
q sbort cruise in the Black Sea.
New-York tribune., 1905-11-22
v.,ues STOLEN KISS AT $4,000.

~ ,to,nes Iowa. Nov. 2l.-Aiss Ella Hamilton
,hjnks tn. kiss she alleges Hayden Marquis. a
wealthy young mar. stole from ner IS worth siV.o-
,-ie il, = suit nled to-day in the District Court.
TIE s,,jt viii come trial at the January term.
sfaroI,fs IS the son of r w. Marquis. reputed TO
be millionaire.
New-York tribune., 1905-11-22
STUDENTS IN BLOODY BATTLE.
TBy Teiegraph 20 The Tribune.

IBS Telegraph 20 me 1FlhuFle.I
Cleveland Nov IA riot between one hundred
stud.nts Of Case School Of Applied Science and
like number from the Western Reserve University
occurred this afternoon, ard when a squad of po-
llcemen stopped the fray the field resembled bat
ttaAeld the bruised and Injured lying ali aroun1
Forty were InjuIe ed. thoagh none seriously.
New-York tribune., 1905-11-22
WOMAN RECEIVERS SIGHT AND DIES.
Joy Over Seeing Again Causes Two Strokes
of Apoplexy.
TBy relegraph 10 The TTibune,l

Winsted. Conn. Nov. 21.-Shock, foho"ine an
Operation which restored her eyesight, caused tlie
death of Mrs sarah Whiten sixty-six years old,
OF New Britain yesterday. She had been totaHy
blind for three years Friends contributed the
money to provide for an operation and she was
oVerjoyed at the prospects Of seeing again enc
was IN con,naratiyelv good health when she sub
mitted 20 the knife a couple Of weeks ago ont
two strokes of apoplexy caused her death.
New-York tribune., 1905-11-22
THE MINNEAPOLIS AT DOVER.
Cruiser Said to Have Struck Ground Off
French Coast.

Dover England. Nov. 21.-The United States
cruiser Minneapolis arrived here to-day from
Cherbourg, and exchanged salutes with Dover
Castle.
The cruiser encountered thick fog, and, 1t
is said struck ground off the French coast She
was piloted across the Channel by the master
OF traMler
New-York tribune., 1905-11-22
THEATRE TRUSTS NEW CENTRE.
Lederer Says Klaw & Erlanger Will Move
Headquarters to Chicago
IBy Telegraph to The Tribune. ]

Louisville. Nov. 21.-George Lederer, who Is here
experimenting the bringing a new light
opera, to-day said that the theatrical trust. as
represented by Klaw & Erlanger, would in future
make its headquarters In Chicago instead of New
York No cause Is assigned for the change Nj.
I4sderer says that the play Lew Nanace.
the Colonial in Chicago. under his I4edere.SJ I'll
rectton-
New-York tribune., 1905-11-22
cu,ckEns THEIR FAvoRITE CULT.

tBv Telegraph The Tribune
louisville Nov 21-The new free hoFaFy lot
- raonle opened here to-day, and il was
coi0 c,rious coincidence that the first
regafaeq, ,ed a. for was treatise chicken culture
New-York tribune., 1905-11-22

Nothing quite equal to the train service olLeted
by the Nea7-York Central Lines. % trains DAY 10
Buffalo ans Niagara Falls. = TO Chicago, . 10 y
LOUIS. . 70 Cincinnati.-Adyt.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-06-03
CHRISTIAN COURTESY.

Instead of being one of the minor
virtues real Christian courtesy includes
in itself all the graces there are. Love
is at the center of things in the Chris
tan system, and courtesy is simply the
way in which love expresses itself. It
is a grace that the poor man can exer-
else as well as the rich and the IN
taught as well as the cultured. It is
altogether a matter of the heart. If
the heart is kind the manners are
sure to be gentle No grace is more
needed in the world, and none is. more
potent for good than courtesy. And it
has the unusual merit of blessing him
who gives as well as him who takes.
Just as surely as one gives quietness
for noisy abuse and kindness for dis
courtesy so surely viii he bring hap
piness and peace to the hearts of 9th
ers and promote the we'll being of his
own heart also.-Rev. Frank NJ. Good
child Baptist, New York
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OF INTERES TI4Q
INA0@EN

too, one sees vagaries in the line of
revers, skirts, hunting pinks, ETC.,
which are often tremendously piquant,
though our more conventional sports
women elevate their eyebrows at the
daring and individuality shown in the
costumes of French horsewomen.
The trousers which accompanied
the habit of an earlier date have given
place to soft silk boomers or full
Knockers of satin, the satin ones wear
ing better than those of silk. but be-
ing much less popular and practical
than the boomers of china silk or
pongee, which are readily Numbered.
Crash habits and habits of a heavy,
firm, close woven linen are, as we have
said, popular, and are delightfully."- cool
for a hot day, but have a disadvantage
in that they usually look sadly demon
allied at the end of a ride, though
they may have been charmingly crisp
and fresh and attractive at the start.
One needs several of these habits and
a clever and patient laundress if one
goes in for them at all, but there is
no disputing their modishness and
comfort.
The natural linen color is the usual
choice and the habit is made upon
the model of the park habit already
described unless the rider is youthful
and wears a Norfolk
The Ancient Order of Designing
Mothers has gotten Out a revised add
tion-a sort of vermiform appendix. It
seems they overlooked number of
eligible men in the list compiled by
them last week and there has been
roar-not from those omitted but from
their friends.
Chief among the overlooked is one of
the most promising young men in town
who recently inherited a large fortune
and the mana cement of his fathers
estate. He is a Yale man, very good
looking, excellent family, talented and
popular.
The others added up to date are:
A young southerner; lawyer, in the
Columbian block.
The oldest son of a North Topeka
miller.
A Kansas avenue druggist.
A young widower connected with one
of Topeka's most prominent houses.
Good position and excellent prospects
Three young physicians
Another railway attorney; good look
ing: clever; said to have political am
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and let him get his own supper and
only appeared when denouement
seemed to be called for.
well, why don't you throw your
arms around my neck and kiss me"
she asked, as he stood looking at her
and turning all sorts of colors.
$50 you are here?'' he growled.
-tLemueI, I am here, and it's a good
thing I am. You won't have to strain
your back moving any bureaus to-
night"
When you are coming here why the
devil don't you telegraph and have
somebody meet you at the depot2"
I come and go as I please, and
should like to see anybody prevent me.
I am not so old and feeble that I can't
come up from the depot alone. You
were having a fine time, weren't you?
Going to move the bureau whether it
killed your wife or not. I always hap
pen to drop in just in time"
Yes, you always-always-
Stop right here, Lemuel. I have
heard enough from you for a. spell. Go
down stairs and sit down and fold your
hands, and I will be down presently
and talk to YOU
MI Bowser went down stairs and
put on his hat and softly opened the
door and sneaked out into the night.
The mother-in-Iaw came down a few
minutes later and hunted for him and
found. Darkness and distance had
swallowed him up, and only the meow
ing cat was left behind as a sign that
the man had once been there and played
high jinks.-(Copyright 1905, by r. B.
McClure)
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in for a case Of spinal meningitis then
III miss my guess. They live about
three days with that disease, I be-
lieve."
81 shall be all right in the morning >,
"Or marked for death. I have Of
fered to telephone for the doctor. and
that's all I can do. It's your fault
that you are where you are, anyway.
Why will women be so careless %
Mrs. BOWSer, whose head was throb-
bing and beating with the pain, made
no reply, and presently he went on:
81 was told about a woman the
other day who was eating burdock
leaves to improve her complexion
eating burdocl leaves and drinking
lobered milk. Perhaps you have been
trying it2 If you have it serves you
just right"
She almost smiled to herself at the
thought, and he kept quiet for two
minutes before he said:
''Who has gone and skejdwed that
bureau across the corner? It was
never that way before.
= Tit was moved this morning"
she replied.
ing against the wall and no one had
any business moving it. You know I
can never sleep in room where
things are skejawed around. I shall
put it back at once.
''Please wait until morning"
mot a minute. It makes me nerv-
Gus to sit here. You might as Wen
have the bed kit-a-corner across the
room. Was it that fool of cook who
mo, sir, it wasn't" exclaimed a
voice that brought out the goose flesh
in a second-''it was the undersigned,
and I want to know what Lemuel
Bowser is going to do about it!''
Mr.. Bowser knew it was the
mother-in-law before he turned, and
he knew that she must have been in
the house when he came home. SO
she was, but she had hidden away
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ALAS, POOR BoWsER.
He Is Having a High Old Time When
Something Happens

When Mr.. Bowser left the office for
home he fell down three or four steps
of the stairs and a soulless man laugh
ed at him. When he got out on the
street a newsboy ran against him and
disturbed his equilibrium. When he
took the street car a woman grabbed
him by the coat-tails to draw herself
IN the STEP and when he SWore about
it she said he was a baIdhead and no
gentleman. The conductor worked on
a nicked quarter on him in his change,
and a croSs-eyed man wanted TO toucn
him on the chin for luck.
Therefore. when he got home he was
ready to hold Mrs. Bowser responsible
for everything that had happened. OF
course, she was to blame for it-of
course. Would any son of a gun of a
cross-eyed man have dared to put a
finger on his chin for luck at poker but
for Mrs. Bowser?
Mr.. Bowser slammed the gate open.
He did it to let Mrs. BoWser under
stand that he was boss of that ranch,
and that things had got to stand around
for him. He banged the front door
open. He did it that she might know
he had arrived and have goose-hesh
over it. He expected to see her in the
hall and to shout Womanr' at her,
and demand why in Halifax the gas in
the back parlOr was not lighted, but she
wasn't there. The cat wasn't there.
The cook was not in the kitchen.
Nov. by the seven horns OF the sew
en- brindled bulls, but this is too much
too muchr' explained Mr.. BoWser, as
he went climbing upstairs.
There was more to come, however
He found Mrs. Bowser in bed with
headache, while the cat was chasing
rubber bali around on the floor as If
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The automobile may be putting car
rage horses out OF commission but II
isn't interfering with the equestrian
fad. The saddle horse is more popular
than ever in this country not only To-
cally but everywhere. We are coming
round to the British view that a wOm-
ans, literally and dguratively, out OF
the running unless she rides. Not with
in many years, the New Workers say,
has there been so much riding in the
park as this spring: The popular riding
academies have been crowded and now
the graduates are proudly airing their
accomplishment on the bride paths.
The country club fad and the rise OF
the hunt club is doubtless responsible
for the increase of women who ride.
Many a girl who would rather sit in a
rocking chair with her embroidery, IS
learning to take fences because it is
the thing. Cross country riding IS alb
solutely demanded in the east where
there are so many hunt clubs. In To-
peka it is still a novelty
Women's riding toys have changed
considerably in the past few seasons
The stiff heavy uncomfortable habit OF
a few years ago would not be tolerated
now. Riders go in for comfort more
than before and the summer habit IS
almost as negligee as you please Sail
ors, caps or s0mbreros may take the
place of the once regulation derby or
silk hat. One may go veilless and even
gloveless, il one likes, without greatly
shocking the proprieties; shirtwaists
are worn without coats, duck and pique
habits have a great vogue IN the east
for summer wear: and the tan coverts,
which are so practicable for dusty
country roads, have almost entirely
superseded the darker colors and heaV-
Ter materials once regarded as de rigeur
They still use the side saddle in the
east. although last winter the cross
saddle was introduced by the New
York colony at Aiken. However the
horse show authorities, which set the
fashions in things equestrian frown up
on the cross-saddle and it can not be
said to be exactly fashionable. In To-
peka, however, nothing else is used and
even the girls who have ridden side
new fad.
The shirtwaist must be plainly tail
ored one of white linen, cheviot or
any eccentric features With it is worn
a mannish wash neck scarf, often Of
the same material as the waist. A belt
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OF nm. y

Mr.. Bowser went down and poked.
He made himself a cup of coffee and
ate some bread and butter and cold
meat and though the cat looked into
the kitchen once or twice he dared not
venture into the open. Dinner" was
made ready and finished in half an
hour, and then Mr.. Bowser was ready
for other business. He had a griev-
ance against the cat. the cook and
Mrs. Bowser, and he anticipated hav-
ing a good time that evening. No one
who has read of him can call him
cruel hearted. He simply likes to
have a racket on hand to vary the
monotony. He is never to blame for
anything, and it brings joy to his heart
to convict others.
well, I suppose I'd better telephone
for the doctor and hear the worst at
once 2" he said as he came tramping
upstairs.
ct told you it was only a headache"
replied Mrs. Bowser.
''Xes. you told me so, but If you amt
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donestic troubleg were not of the alight-

domestic troubles were not of the slight
est account.
II heard you come in" family an
nounced Mrs. Bowser from the bed.
s'Oh. you did, Ell? You heard me
come in. and you jumped into bed?'
4 have had raging heaoache an
day"
will eat pickles and smoked herrlils e
and then walk out in the backyard IN
her bare feet must expect to nave
headaches. Where in Texas IS that red
headed cook of ours?"
II let her 90 home for the day. She
said she'd surely be back by O CLOCK
Hasn't she come yet?'
.'Of course she hasn't come, and OF
course she won't show up till mldhlght.
Were you idiot enough to take her
word3"
yes. you thought and thought and
this is the result of it. By John, was
there ever such a conducted house as
this! I have now got to putter around
for two hours to get myself bite TO
eat"
Il tried to get up a few minutes ago,
but couldn't do it" explained Mrs
Bowser.
"Of course you couldn't. You are
probably in for a run of fever. You
may have smallpox or the plague be-
fore you get through with It, That
would be just our luck. You wait till
the cook shows up and I'll make her
think a house fell on her III be up
again after get something to eat"
seWhy don't you go to restaurant
for this once?"
why don't I go to the drug store
and ask for strychninei Didn't 1
come within an ace of dying once
after getting a bite to eat in one
horse restaurant
'But thought it was too many
beans that allied you"
'"Too many nothings! If you think
you won't die before I get back III
now go down and poke about the
kitchen, and if that internal yaller
eyed cat follows me III be the death
of him."
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COURTESY AND SUCCESS

Ours is a world that is harsh i'm its
judgments and cruel in its criticisms.
Young man, restrain your tongue! Be
kind Practice courtesy. Keep the
ideals of Sir Walter Raleigh's gentle
man ever before you. Don't peIt the
unsuccessful with words like stones.
Consider that what the north wind
cannot do to produce harvest the
south wind, blowing softly can easily
accomplish. Hate is as pOwerIess as a
pilzzard- Love is as Omnipotent as the
sunshine. Distribute joy by your daily
kindness Go out like a sower and SOW
penefactions like a prince Live with
the courtesy of one who feels himself
70 De natural king. Test yourself by
Jesus Christ. FIe scattered benefsc-
tons and exhaled kindness. Be kind
tender hearted and forbearing if YOU
would reap the finest harvest of prsc-
Llcal success--Rev- DR.. Newell Dwight
Hills Congregationalist. Brooklyn.
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CHARITY.

Don't depend too much on organi-
cations to do your charity. The asso-
ciated charities and the church and
the Salvation army and the various
benevolent concerns are good. They
are doing work you cannot do. They
deserve your support. But we pay for
them in more ways than one. Let US
not allow them to rob US of the pure
joy of personal hand to hand charity.
You will lose much of the beauty and
tenderness out of your Christian life
unless you somehow keep always in
touch with Gods poor.-Rev. DR..
Frank Crane, Unitarian. Worcester,