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ney. Westward the dust of Krakatoa
took its way. Before the occurrence
of that eruption no one had the slight
est suspicion that far up aloft, twenty
miles over our heads, a mighty tempest
is incessantly hurrying with a speed
much greater than that of the awful
hurricane which once laid so large a
part of Calcutta on the ground and
slew so many of its inhabitants. For
tunately for humanity, this new
"trade-wind" does not come within
less than twenty miles of the earths
surface. We are thus preserved from
the fearful destruction that its unin-
termittent blasts would produce.
blasts against which no tree could
stand and which would. in ten min
utes, do as much damage to a city as
would the most violent earthquake.
When this great wind had become
charged with the dust of Krakatoa,
then, for the first and, may add, for
the only time, it stood revealed to hui
man vision. Then it was seen that
this wind circled round the earth in
the vicinity of the equator and COM
pleted its circuit in about thirteen
days.
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fact, that it is only In certain places
that one team can pass another with
out considerable manoeuvering. If all
the labor expended upon an American
country road were to be concentrated
upon a narrow track only wide
enough for farmers wagon, great
improvement in results would be
noted, for it Is Of course much cheaper
to lay the foundations, build up the
body, and surface a road fourteen
feet wide than to put into shape q
highway which, at its narrowest point
the ambitious Americans have extend
ed to forty feet. This. in itself, Is a
point which If intelligently adopted
would IN many places solve the Ques-
ton of a practicable roadway upon
which In all kinds Of weather and at
all times OF the year single team Of
horses could haul a profitable load to
market.
The English farmer uses a cart up
on which a single horse draws any
where from one to two tons Of dead
weight The tires Of the wheels are
from four to eight inches in breadth,
thereby cutting no ruts and each pass
ing vehicle adds to the solidity and
smoothness of the road In that its
wheels serve as effective rollers.
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ERUPTION OF KRaKATOA.
Continued from preceding page.)


hausted. The waves were then, strange
to say, reflected back from their point
of conveyance to retrace their steps
to Krakatoa. Starting from Central
America, they again described a series
of enlarging circles, until they en-
braced the whole earth. Then, ad-
vancing into the opposite hemisphere,
they gradually contracted until they
had regained the Straits of Sunda
from which they had set forth about
thirty-six hours previously. Here was,
indeed, a unique experience. The air
waves had twice gone from end to end
of the globe. Even then the atmos-
phere did not subside until, after some
more oscillations of gradually fading
intensity, at last they became evanes-
cent.
But, besides these phenomenal un-
dulations, this mighty incident at
Krakatoa has taught us other lessons
on the constitution of our atmosphere.
We previously knew little, or l might
almost say nothing, as to the condi-
tionS prevailing above the height of
ten miles overhead We were almost
altogether ignorant Of what the wind
might be at an altitude of, say, twenty
miles. Krakatoa drove into those
winds prodigious quantities of dust
hundreds of cubic miles of air were
thus deprived of that invisibility
which they had hitherto maintained.
With eyes full of establishment, men
watched those vast volumes of Kraka-
toa dust start on tremendous jour-
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the sward. The American hailed him
and with the usual freedom and in
Quisitiveness Of his nationality asked
many questions as to the conduct Of
affairs in such an establishment as
the gardener was connected with.
"Tell me-" he said to the gardener,
"how do you make a lawn like this.
have place in America and ! am
trying to make q lawn around the
house, but it doesn't seem to do WELL"
The old gardener scratched his head
and, looking doubtfully at the Ameri-
can, he said: "You must have a good
subsoil, and a good surface soil and
the sod must be we'll laid. Then you
must roll 1t, and cut it and water 1t,
and keep on doing this until It's
right"
A CENTURY TO MAKE A LAWN.
The American agreed with him
that the process was simple, and then
asked, "How long will have to do
this before the lawn is like that oneT
The old gardener again spoke doubt
fully, but finally gave 1t as his opinion
that IL his directions were followed
for anywhere from fifty to hundred
years the results would be all that
could be desired.
This same idea might also apply to
the roads and bridges throughout Eng
land, for much Of their excellence ts
due to the fact that their foundations
were laid scores Of years ago and
generation after generation OF work
ers has been tinkering at them ever
since. In fact, the roads built by the
Romans now serve as the foundations
for some Of the best known English
highways, and to the south Of Lon
don, east and west through the beautl-
full county Of Surrey there is q road
now greatly patronized by the owners
OF motor cars which in its beginning
was the highway beaten hard by the
sandaled feet Of the early Britons as
they toiled to the east coast from
Wales with their back-breaking bur-
dens Of tin. This same road was af-
= terwards improved in its texture and
grades because of its being the high
way for the pilgrims of western Eng.
land en- route to Canterbury. It ie
still shaded In places by the yew trees
planted perhaps a thousand years ago
to furnish bows the sturdy British
archers.
ENGLISH ROADS VERY NARROW.
In the first place the English road
is generally narrow, so narrow, In
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ENGLISH LANDSCAPE.
Their Roads and BRIDGES are Sub
stantiaI, Enduring and
Picturesque.

In Comparison With American Rural
improvements They Convey The
Idea That We Think But Little Of
Posterity.
There is an old story which will
bear telling again as it illustrates so
well the disadvantages to be over
come In a new country. 1t is of an
American travelling in England who,
when out walking one day stopped in
front of an old English mansion to ad-
mire it and it's surroundings. What
particularly impressed him was the
magnificent sweep of velvet lawn
which extended without a flaw or
blemish from the hedge along the
roadway up to the very steps Of the
house. An old gardener was at work
on the place and at that particular
time was pushing lawn mower across
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Because of the comparative isolation
of Hawaii, its large foreign population
and the amount of silver in circula.
tion, it seems that the coming in,
dustry has been active there. Chief
Willlie of the Secret Service has an.
nounced that arrangements have been
made for the establishn ent of branch
of the service at Honolulu, where in
dications have pointed to the develop
ment of coming enterprises and it is
hoped that the contemplated measures
Of suppression may be effective"
Another reason why the past year
has been a difficult one with criminals
is that there has been an increase of
cooperation between the police depart
ment of the various cities, and gen.
eral improvement in criminal identi-
fication and police work. AS Richard
Sylvester, major and superintendent of
the police department of Washington,
D. c., and president Of the Interna-
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tional Association of Police Chiefs re-
Gently said: eff the police forces of the
country today adhered to the methods
and practices of ten years ago they
would not be prepared to contend with
the criminal and disorderly classes.
1t should not be forgotten that in this
period those agents of the people who
are chosen to combat crime must more
than ever before have higher intelli-
gence, more accurate training, greater
courage, both moral and physical, in
order to cope with educated, clever,
unsuspected professionals who have
succeeded the goldbrick man of days
gone by. In time the bank burglar
with his can of powder and drill has
given way to the yeggman who uses
nitro-glycerine; the faker who delight
ed the citizens with cheap gold rings
has given place to the gentleman"
who sells cheap gold mines and three
card monte has gone over the divide
and 'bucket-shops" and "sure-things"
prevail. The charms of rapid life have
produced embezzlers, check-raisers and
forgers."
1t is fact worth noting that the
King of Counterfeiters is at large, but
is under surveillance of secret service
men. This old and skillful operator
is VIM. E. Brockway, and he lives in
N. Y. He has done penance for his
offences against the statutes of the
United States, but though now old, yet
so great is he as maker of counterfeit
money that the secret service men
never lose sight of him. Brockway can
make money which any banker in the
country would accept as genuine.
Amador ledger., 1906-05-25

In some violin experiments in a
menagerie the influence of the instru-
ment was greatest on the puma, which
became much excited when lively
music was played, but was soothed by
slower melodies. Wolves showed an
appreciative interest, lions and hyenas
were terrified, leopards were uncon-
cerned, while monkeys stared In won
der at the performer.
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1t Is not due to any peculiar advaYl-
tage of Soil, and certainly not to any
advantages Of climate that English
roads are better than American roads,
for If one leaves the highway in the
English country, the lanes will be
found, by travelling American, to
have q most homelike appearance in
their rutted condition, and very
great contrast in the matter Of holes,
bogs and boulders to the highway left
behind No climate could be more
threatening to the solidity OF a road
way than the moist and changeable
weather Of the British Isles.
STURDY APPEARANCE OF THE
BRIDGES.
In the matter Of bridges. solidity
seems to be the purpose in view. The
arches and retaining walls are built
Of stone, approaches are gradual, and
when once the finishing touch Is put
upon one Of these structures, 1t will
with little supervision and care out
last even to many generations the men
whose handiwork it is. The solid ma
Bonry arch, the heavy stone-capped
wall, and the gradual rise Of the road
way to the centre Of the bridge are
entirely utilitarian in the minds Of
the builders, but they possess a GER
tain sturdy character of their own
which is form of beauty welcomed
by the eye. Time softens the colors,
ivy creeps over the stones and in q
short space, even If newly built, one
Of these English country road bridges
takes permanent place in the land
scape giving the impression Of always
having been there and Of intending
always to remain.
THEIR VALUE TO THE TEAMS
TER.
Aside from the beauty, strength and
durability of these macadam roads
and stone bridges, they possess an
economic value which plays large
part in the conduct Of an English
farm where the margins Of profit are
email, and there Is no reason to be-
neve but that the American farmer
especially in regions where the cult.
walton Of the land Is more or less IN
tensive, we would find similar roads
and bridges Of enormous value
through an appreciable increase In
his ability to reach his market in the
shortest time at the minimum ex.
pense and with the least motive power
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BAD FOR COUNTERFEITERS.
Secret Service is Hard PUSHING
this Dangerous Glass of
Criminals.
Detectives Kept on Alert to Cope With
Clever and Brainy Schemes for
Passing Illegal Money-The King
of Counterfeiters.

Passing Illegal MOney-The King
of Counterfeiters.
This has been a bad year for crimi-
nails. This statement is based on data
brought out at the convention of the
Police Chiefs Association Of New York
State, an address delivered by the
president of the International Associa-
tion of Police Chiefs and by
the operations of the var ious police
bureaus of the United States govern
ment. The secret service division OF
the Treasury alone caused the arrest of
532 persons charged with serious
crimes. Of those taken into custody
forty-one were arrested for counter
feiting the currency, fifty-two for max
ing alterations in the currency, 344 for
counterfeiting coin and the remainder
for various violations of the United
States statutes. Of the 532 alleged Of
tenders, 392 were native Americans,
forty-two were Italians (some of whom
were naturalized) and thirteen were
Austrians. The largest number of ar
rests were made in Pennsylvania where
those apprehended numbered ninety
four. New York followed with seventy
seven arrests, Ohio with thirty-fve,
California with twenty-nine, Missouri
with twenty-three and in the remaining
instances every state and territory with
the exception Of Alaska was represent
ed.
AS compared with last year there
was decrease in the amount of count
erfeit currency seized by government
officers and an increase in the amount
Of counterfeit coin confiscated. The
total face value Of the notes seized was
$36,S34, against $44,350 the preceding
year, and of the spurious coin, $24, ,110
as against $16,419 the year before. The
number Of plates for printing counter
felt bills captured by the government
was 165 and the number of dies and
molds for casting and stamping count
erfeit coins was Asa. Nearly all this
stuff was seized by the Government
before it had been placed in circula-
tion. Nine classes of counterfeit notes
were placed in circulation and of these,
in the opinion of the Treasury Of
f1cers only four were cleverly enough
executed to be called dangerous.
RAISING SMALL BILLS.
The feature of the work of makers
Of false money this year was in raising
the denomination of bills There was
rather remarkable increase in this
Illicit industry and the raisers were
particularly busy in circulating these
altered obligations in Ohio, Indiana,
Illinois and other states of the middle
west. 1t is believed by the officers of
the secret service that the leading Of
tenders in this division of criminal
work were captured, though there is no
doubt that many altered bills are still
passing from hand to hand in the chan
nels Of trade. Counterfeiters in the
United States do not restrict their
operations to the manufacture of Amer
lean money, and one of the sl1illful
pieces Of work done by the secret SER
vice men was the apprehension of
three groups of counterfeiters who
were issuing fraudulent obligations Of
the Austro-Hungarian government
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Hundreds Of people are daily taking ad.
vantage of our very liberal and
decidedly interesting offer.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-09-11
OPENING OF ROWLAND HALL

Rowland hall viii open Wednesday
morning, Sept. II. The home building
Is already completed. so the boarding
department will be opened and carried
on as usual Extensive improvements
have been made, by which the comfort
and convenience of the family life will
be much increased. The school build
ing is not finished, and as those in
charge wish TO give plenty Of time for
it's successful completion, a building
well suited for school purposes has
been rented at 125 b street. This build
ing has been we'll fitted up for the
class work OF the school. so that none
OF the departments will suffer inter
rUption or detriment.
The principal would like to have the
pupils. with parents and friends who
accompany them, assemble i'm the IL
brary and parlors OF Rowland hall
Wednesday morning. Sept. u, at 8
o'clock.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-09-11
HIGGINS AND ROOSEVELT
Governor and President Fix Things
Up for New York Republican
Convention.

Oyster Bay. n. Y, Sept. 1O.-"AIl 1 can
say is that ] have had a very pleasant
visit TO President Roosevelt, and that ne
and / are in entire accord"
This was the extent of the information
which Governor Frank W. Higgins wished
printed regarding his conference TODAY
with President Roosevelt at Sycamore
Hill
President Roosevelt has indicated that
he has nothing whatever to communicate
regarding the conference.
When asked about the conference, the
governor said:
Naturally the president and I talked
over New York state politics and discussed
the candidates"
The governor was asked as to the cor
rectnesS Of the statement in the morn
ing papers that he had a majOrity OF the
delegates to the Republican state conyen-
ton His reply was:
4 nave no doubt that I have some
good friend who has said that i have
majority Of the delegates, but you know
never ADVERTISE
When Governor Higgins reached OYSTER
Bay he was asked the direct question If
he would be canCE ate for reelection.
He replied that he had absolutely moth
ing to say on that subject
After Governor Higgins had departed II
was said at that executive office that
there would be no statement whatever
from the president regarding the confer
ence.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-09-11
CASE OF ADAMS
IS POSTPONED
Idaho and Colorado SheriffS
Failed to Arrive in Time
for Proceedings.

Boise. Ida. Sept. 10.-The prelimi-
nary examination of Steve Adams on
the murder charge preferred by the
Colorado authorities after his release
on Saturday under q writ of habeas
corpus, was postponed today until
Wednesday next. Neither Sheriff Suth-
erland Of Wallace, Ida, nor the Colo
rado sheriff, who is en- route to take
Adams into custody, arrived here to-
day as expected. The wife OF Adams
who has been held in the woman's ward
at the state penitentiary since March,
though no charge has been made
against her. now threatens TO bring
suit for damages. She charges that
her mail has been opened by the war
den without warrant of law.
Detective MCFARLAND of Denver, who
has taken a leading part in the secur-
ing Of evidence against the men
charged with the murder of former
Governor Frank Steunenberg, arrived
here today. He declined to discuss the
move TO take Adams out OF the 1uris-
diction of the Idaho authorities, and
would not state what effort would be
made TO hold Adams here as a witness
against Meyer, Haywood and Petit
bone.
Denver, Sept. 1O.-On request of Dis
trict Attorney Stidger, Governor Nc
Donald today issued requisition papers
asking Governor Cooling of Idaho for
the extraditiOn of Stephen W. Adams.
to stand trial on the charge of murder
ing Detective Lyle Gregory I'm this
city May Is, 1904. Deputy Sheriff
Charles e. Burkhart left this after
noon for Boise. Ida, where Adams is
confined.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-09-11
CONTRACT FOR BRIDGE.
Palmer G. Tate Are Awarded It by
County Commissioners.

Palmer & Tate, Salt Lake contractors.
were yesterday awarded by. the county
commissioners the contract for building a
concrete bridge over the Jordan river at
Fourteenth South street. the contract
price being 81, 200. The same firm was
awarded the contract for building a tenn
porary bridge there for $500
Other bids on the concrete bridge were
as follows: Pueblo Bridge company Of
Pueblo Colo, 5,045: Charles s. Shelley
OF Denver. Colo. S5.143; George A. Fisher
OF Salt Lake. 81, 450; Parker & Bullen of
Salt Lake 1910
Mister, can you tell me where DR.. g.
w. Higgins office is? Why. yes.
Didn't you know he had moved? He
is at No. % Vest Third South
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-09-11
CUSTER SUIT
OF MISSOURI
n. Clay Pierce Testifies Before
Special Supreme Court Com
missioner Anthony.
CONTROLLED BY STANDARD
MADE STRONG PROTEST BUT IN
VAIN.
CONTROLLED BY STANDARD

81 Louis. Sept. 10.-H Clay Pierce,
Chairman Of the executive board OF the
Waters-Pierce Oil company. appeared
oefore Judge f. A. Anthony, special
supreme court commissioner, at the
Southern hotel today as a witness in
the custer proceedings by the state of
Missouri against the Standard. Repub-
lie and Waters-Pierce Oil companies.
Former Judge II. S. Priest Mr.
Pierce's personal counsel. conducted
me examination in chief His first
question was:
DO you own any stock in either the
Repubiic OH company or the Standard
OH company of Indiana?"
No, and I never have"
Do any Of these companies own any
STOCK In the Waters-Pierce OIL COM
pany?"
Looked at His Book.
Pierce consulted a memorandum
which he took from his coat.
i understand that the shares of
stock standing on It's books in the
name Of NJ. NJ. Vanburen have been
admitted in this case TO belong 10 the
Standard OIL company OF New jersey
he replied
Can you state the number Of
shares?"
II think IT is 2,74s."
How many do you own?'
Twelve hundred and fifty"
Mr.. Pierce described the forming of
the Waters-Pierce Oil company and
stated that up to the time of the first
liquidation, in 1900 the business of the
company had fiourished
About that time" said Mr.. Pierce.
IAN inexperienced agent Of the COM
pany in Texas entered into an agree
ment with the Standard Oil company,
which resulted in our being oustad
from that state.
Ousted From Texas.
II took the matter up with the Texas
authorities and was frankly informed
that no Missouri company, controlled
by the Standard oil company or doing
business according 10 it's methods.
would be tolerated in that state.
After the reorganization in 1900 un-
I'll the spring OF 1904, the Standard Oil
company made no attempt to interfere
with my control or management of the
Waters-Pierce company. At that time
the Standard OIL company transferred
the 2,745 shares of stock held i'm my
name to II. NJ. VanbuTen and began in
many ways to dictate the policy Of the
Waters-Pierce company. / protested
vigorously against this interference"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-09-11
MOUNTAIN SIDE Slid DOWN
Township in Russia Overwhelmed
and Nearly 800 Persons
Buried Alive.

Tifiis. Sept. ALPHABETICALLY without
warning the side of a mountain rising
above the townsite OF Kwareli broke away
and a sea OF semi-liquid sand. stones and
mud swept down on the township and
overwhelmed and obliterated st. Some 255
persons have been buried alive Fifty
five bodies already have been recovered
from the mire. which Is six feet deep. In
adfntiOn to the lives lost. countless head
OF cattle persisted and the crops were de-
stroyed.
Kwareli township occupies an area Of
five kilometers of the district OF TeIaw
in the Caucasus. Similar disasters are
common occurrences in Caucasian val
legs.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-09-11
Little Left to Son.
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.

Mary Ann Jenkins to Victoria B.
Blades, part lot block 102, plat d 81, 250
FRANK d. DoSee to Jessie Hefner. lot
1, block ], Blair & Curtis............ $500
Ephraim Jensen TO A. n. Rosenbaum,
lot l. block 80. plat E.............. 1
A n. Rosenbaum to Lois H. West
part lot |. block 80. plat E........... 26O
r. b. Wells to G. r. Beers, section
p, township l south, range l east $50
n. II. Jensen to w. r. Jensen. lot I.
section ], township south, range l
west - . 80. -. ........ I
II. b. Blades to Tina Edkins, lot S,
block %. plat A -. e. .............. !. 80
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-09-11
GRAND JURY IS SWORN IN
Federal Court Begins Investigation
of Idaho Timber Land
Fraud Cases.
Especial to The Herald.)

Boise, Ida. Sept. 10.-The United
States grand jury was sworn in today
and at once began taking testimony in
timber cases. There are twenty-nine
witnesses present from the vicinity of
Meadows and Lardo, indicating THAI
the inquiry is first to ne devoted to the
Meadows case. in which A. w. Cook CT
Brookville. Pa, is alleged to have Sc
cured 10000 acres of timber land IL
legally. B. S. White, formerly OF Mea-
dows, acting as his agent in the mat
ter.
Members Of the grand jury were
questioned very closely whether they
had ever taken advantage of the law
I'm taking up timber claims. One man
called was excused. This was William
playhouse of this place. He stated he
had taken I'D a claim and sold 1t to
the Barber Lumber company. Judge
Beatty remarked he might be needed
as a witness before the trial jury.