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boat rose on a boiling wave, he saw
other schooners. Each time he waved
his slicker in q frenzy and yelled IN
til his dry throat refused him utter
ance, but the men of the vessels eve
saw the lone dory and its corpselike
cargo. S..
Just before shutdown that night the
trawlers saw a steamer, and ono more
they went through the mockery of wav-
ing their garments and trying to shout.
The steamer was beyond the limits OF
their world. Still Matheson urged tina.
they were in the path of commerce,
and he told the youth that they would
probably be sighted on the morrow.
Hemmeon huddled in the bow of the
Tries to Kill Companion.
Toward midnight he began again u
talk of his home and to tell his par
ents of the cruelty of a man named
Matheson. The latter tried to quiet
him, but the mad youth glared out OF
burning eyes and threatened to Kill
him. After a time he crept along the
bottom OF the boat and fumbled about
in the water until he found the pitch
fork, And then he sprang up and
stood over the cider man. brandishing
the pitchfork. Matheson moved quick
ly also. He tried to seize the youths
wrist. Hemmeon laughed and jumped
backward, nearly swapping the boat.
Matheson pleaded with his friend. The
youth screamed with laughter and, be-
fore the laugh ended, made a sudden
plunge with the pitchfork. Once Math-
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CAPT. CHARLE1 MATHpoN -

become of the schooner. But the night
grew older and older and the cold pene-
trated through their oilskins. Occa-
sionally the youth swore.
Finally the morning came. The fog
was SO thick that the light of day made
only the merest impression on the dark
brownish coloring of the atmosphere.
Atfirstthe nearby horizon was blackish
green; hours later It was a murky green,
and in the late afternoon it was Q curious
mixture of brown and yellow. So the
world of the oceanic lake and the dory
and the two men was very hideous and
CHASTITY. The younger mans face was
palIid and wrinkled. The older man
still sat silently in the stern, with both
eyes wide open and grave.
Hemmeon complained of hunger and
thirst. He kept looking across the I'M
dulating lake, asking fretfully If the fog
would ever lift. He said that the cook
on the schooner was probably getting a
feed ready, and he remarked that the
feed would go mighty well. He felt Of
his stomach, and then he asked the old
er man If he. too, wa pretty hungry.
Well, / could eat" said Matheson,
grimis, But keep your ears open for
the. fog horn, ana don't think Of grub.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1906-03-16
Popular Line to the East.

The splendid passenger service of the
Nickel. Plate Road, the care and atten.
ton shown passengers have made it a
%favorite with the inexperienced as well as
those accustomed to travel. Every feature
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aod to see that cars are kept scrupulous-
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turbulent sea that he couldn't give
much attention to the youth, and then,
above the wailing of the wind and the
water, he heard a d~isorderly clamor.
And cnce in awhile the youth reached
forward and grabbed him by the arm
and demanded his supper. He. accused
Matheson of keeping his food from
him.
During the night the storm tossed the
dory about like a piece of wreekage.
Sometimes it amused itself by delug.
ing its occupants, and once, when
Hemmeon was standing theatrically
in the bow and expostulating with his
companion,. a wave descended upon
the boat and fareened it so far that
the raving boy lost his balance and
toppled over the side. Mathewson
jumped for him and caught him by
the collar of his jacket, and, when
the next wave came along, he yanked
him into the boat again. The young
man was no longer delirious; he was
as limp as a dead man. His face was
pallfd and parboiled.
The old man stepped down and felt
Of the family beating heart, and then
he rose and slQpked around for his
oars. lie sane pRs of them IN the
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1906-03-16

crest of a wave; he couldn't see the
other two, and then he worked desper.
ately. From the bottom Of the dory
he tore off a batter board and used
1t for a rudder. It was n very crude
affair, but it suficed to control the
dory after a fashion. v q
After many hours the mound Of oil
skins in the bottom of the dory moved
restlessly, and eventually the head Of
a man appeared from the debris and
a weak voice. inquired what had hap
pened. The active figure in the stern
replied briefly, and urged the youth
to busy himself with the bailing
bucket. Hemmeon worked for half an
hour, and then began to talk and talk.
always incohercntly. Chiefly he &C,
cused the other man Of. withholding
his food from him. He pleaded and
stormed and threatened. And thus
the night grew older and older and
gray morning dawned.
The sea was ribboned with foam.
The older man in the dory examined
it for a long time, and his eyes sank
further and further in their sockets.
He listened TO the younger man i'm
passively and made no answers to his
charges. This silence melted the mad
youth to greater frenzy. But the in.
dustrious man with the batter board,
to steer with a board and bail
out the boat and to forget constant in
ternal disturbance, forgot the lunatic.
Mad Youth Attempts Suicide.
All the afternoon and early evening
of this day the youth sputtered and
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fumed, and at last began to talk abou.
his home in Nova Scotia, and car
ried on a long conversation with his
mother and father. He told them
that he had gone out fishing with :
man named Matheson, and that this
man, by reason of some enmity for
him, had eaten all the food and drunk
all the water in the boat. He said
that be suffered so much from hun
ger and thirst that he. finally wished
to jump into the sea Whereupon he
stood up and screamed a long de-
nunciation to the man with the board
and bucket, and, when Matheson or
dered him to sit down, flung himself
I'VE the side of the boat.
The older man dropped his board
and bucket and jumped for the luna
tic. The latter fell into the water,
but his friend had him firmly by the
tail of mis- smock and dragged him
back into the dory. For a long time
the youth lay apparently dead. Mathe-
son tried to revive him, but the fire.
quent deluges of water interrupted
him. He bailed automatically for the
remainder Of the night.
In the morning the storm lessened,
but the waves still tumDled over one
another in a threatening manner, so
that the older man busted himself. in
steering the boat and in bailing.
Vessel Is Sighted.
Shortly after noon the creature in
the bottom of the boat wriggled to life
again and moaned fitfully. This was
reassuring to the older man, and he
looked again from horizon to horizon.
And after a time, when the dory rose
on the crest of a wave, he thought
he saw a speck in the distance, He
watched it intently. and finally con-
cluded, with a feeling OF great joy, tina,
it was a schooner Of some sort. So
he jumped for the pitchfork and took
off his jacket, forgetful of the January
wind, and raised the crude signal in
a frantic n
The vessel seemed to approach them
| then it remained in its relative posi-
| ticp for an apparently interminable
time. Tt remained there so long tina;
even the older man lost patience and
| began to scream. The feverisn youth
gradually comprehended the unusual
excitement and regained sufficient con-
| ~sciousness to join in the cries for sue.
cor. Together the two men stood ur
In the uncertain dory and waved their
apparel to the far-off vessel, an
yelled until their parched lips spli,
and the blood ran down their chins
The vessel eventually disappeared IL
the far-off east.
Then the youth sank down in the
bottom of the dory and resumed hi
raying denunciation of his ~conipan'
ion. The latter sat with bowed head
and for a long time gave way to his
emotions. 1t was his first break
down. Later III the dav when thu
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1906-03-16

signal for the last time and waved n
to and fro.
Then he saw the other dorymen
wave something back and steer their
boats toward him. The stimulating
influence of their acknowledgment
ives so great that he leaped on the
maudlin figure in the bow and tried
to rouse him to a realization OF the
most wonderful event in the world.
The youth answered him with faint
incoherence. The boy was very pal
lid.
Later, on board the Flora 8. Nick
erson, the older rescued trawler drank
endless quantities of water. Eventu-
ally he said to his rescuers:
What day of the week Is IT,"
They answered: "Saturday-Satur-
day afternoon. When were you lost
in the fog?"
He answered: ION Tuesday,
don't remember what year"
The other fishermen counted rapid
ly on their fingers, and then they
gasped:
One hundred and two hours
God!"
In a nearby bunk the pallid youth
babled continuously. When they
brought him into Boston the other
day and sent him to the hospital he
was still babblipg.
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We ought to hear that thing by and by.
And maybe the fog will blow away"
On the Boundless Ocean.
To the younger man it was incom-
~prehensible what had become of the
Quonnapowitt. He had thought she
lay to the westward, but the longer
he gazed at the exasperating western
horizon the less he thought of his
original theory. At first he suggested
that they row in that direction. But
the Older man argued that because
the breeze came from the northeast,
and because the schooner had proba-
bly, changed her position during the
preceding "a hours, they ought to row
southwesterly, with the wind. He told
the young man that that course would
undoubtedly lead them into a fleet Of
fishing smacks or into the path Of
other craft. The younger man as
scented.
The older man advised him to take
the oars and row, and added that he
would relieve him after a half hour.
The younger man finally became
very weary and hungry and sleepy.
Now and then his head dropped on his
breast and lay there until the nan in
the stern prodded him roughly with
an oar, whereupon the young man
slowly awoke and showed much an
ger. Sometimes his friend spoke to
him brusquely and sometimes he
pleaded with him. The young man
continued to complain. He said he
was hungry enough to eat leather. He
wished to eat some of the remaining
fish in the bottom of the boat. The
older man ordered him to leave them
alone. and, to make certain that he
complied, he picked them up, one by
one. and threw them overheard. The
young man said he had already eaten
one, and when the other man scolded
him he laughed loudly.
Youths Mind Deserts Him.
But by and by the laugh became
a shrek and the complaints incoher-
ent. To check the delirium, the older
man splashed cold water on the burn
ing face. These ministrations restored
his friend to temporary sanity. But
presently the older man vas so busy
trying to manipulate the dory in the
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1906-03-16
AWFUL EXPERIENCE OF A FISH,
ERMAN OFF COAST OF
NOVA SCOTIA.
FIVE DAYS WITHOUT FOOD OR WATER
Mind of Youthful Companion Gives Way
Captain Matheson Prevents Murder
and Suicide Until They Are
Finally Rescued.

Halifax.-Afioat on the limitless ex-
panse of ocean off Browns banks, the
Nova Scotia fishing, ground, for wei 100
hours in a little dory, and with a COM
panion crazed through lack of food and
drink, such Was the awful situation
experienced by Charles Matheson, a
Boston fisherman, recently.
Matheson with Frederick Hemmeon,
. a youthful Nova Scotian, had left the
fishing schooner Quonnapowitt and
gone trawling. When they finally filled
their dory near shutdown and were
about to return, their vessel was no.
WHARF, in sight. They studied the rim
of the universe with great care, but they
could not see her. So far as they were
concerned she did not exist.
SO the younger man threw out the an
Choir and made himself restful in the
bow and watched the waves undulating
1azi1y out of the clouds of mist, into the
small world, and then into the mists
again. Z
A moment later he said he guessed he
would doze awhile, since there were no
signs of the schooner.
Keep awake" answered the older
man sharply. you'll take cold if you
sleep in this dampness."
But Hemmeon protested that he would
sleep only a short time The other man
commanded him to sprinkle some water
: on his face and swing his arms vigorous
dy. The older man had been to sea during
the past so years; the younger man only
three years. SO, the latter obediently
sprink1ed his face with the cold brine
and exercised, and presently he said he
was wide awake again.
The FirstSNight.
Hemmeon said the fog was growing
thicker..''TEe older man corrected him
with considerable sternness. He said
night was coming. He told the younger
man to swing his. arms whenever he fel
drowsy and cold. Several times during
the early part of the evening the youth
rose in the bow and exercised; later, he
lay still SO long that his dory mate
grabbed an oar and prodded him and
ordered. him peremptori1y to keep
awake.
Always they listened for the foghorn,
and the youth often wondered whathad
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1906-03-16

New York, Feb. %, l9O6.-The Erie Rail-
road has placed with the American Lo-
connective Company an order for . loco,
motives, delivery to begin in March.
These are to be exact duplicates of the
10 engines received by the Erie during
the past six months, and which have
proven so. successful in passenger service
as to warrant their adoption as a stand
ard type, known all along the line as 'tls
$500 class" With their tenders carry
ing l6 tons of coal and $500 gallons of wa.
ter, these largest passenger ser! ice loco
motives ever constructed, weigh $3.50 $50
pounds each, the weight Of the locomotive
alone being 230,500 pounds.
Used on the through Chicago and Buf-
falo trains of from II to Is cars, these en-
gines easily keep a schedule time even
when hauling these long trains of the
heavy coaches now required for up-to.date
passenger service. So satisfactory have
they proven in making time, during four
months trial in winter service, that the
Erie management decided to have a sufi-
cient number on hand for all emergencies
in their fast passenger train service.
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The Boat Trick.

Patience-You say she didn't mean
to accept him. sA,N t8a&a ~
Patrice-No. she didn't; but II
seems they were on al Ice boat when
he proposed. and she had to hug him
to keen ou!--Yonkers Statesman
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Some people arrive at a conclusion and
never get away from it.-Philadelphia Rec
ord.
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Pal Ms,
AMERICAN WOMEN FIND RELIEF
The Case of Miss Irene Crosby Is One
Of Thousands OF Cures made by Lydia
e. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound.

How many women realize that
tits not the plan of nature that women
should suffer so severely.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-03-17
PRETTY GIRL AND MERCHANT
MISSING FROM THEIR HOMES
Mob Came Near Lynchino Lone
Traveller for Crime that
Never Occurred.
lSpecial % lhr DaIly Press.l

NSDcCHll 10 inc Daily prcSS.]
INDEPENDENCE, VA. March l6.
&C. S. Young, who suddenly disap.
peared from dis little country store
at Rugby, has not as yet been found
but 1t has been learned that Il young
woman of great beauty is also miss.
ing from the locality. ..
On the morning that Young dis
appeared his wife came to the store
TO look for him and finding the place
the place was ibcsmearod with blood.
There was Instantly hue and cry
of murder.
a mob quickly formed and after
awhile it was learned that man had
been seen driving away from the
town as If in a great hurry, He
was held up and many persons cried
for his life. They wanted to string
him up and at once
Cooler heads prevented the lynch
ing and upon investigation IL was
learned that the blood was not hui
man, but from chickens that had
been Killed and thrown away. Young's
coat and hat was found covered
with blood. These things taken into
consideration with the disappear
ance OF Miss Ollie Stringer, beauti
fli and only twenty, has led the Cos
sips to charge that Young and Miss
Springer are on their way to distant
lands. Mrs. Young is Frustrated
over the affair.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-03-17
NO MORE EXCURSIONS
Railroads i is Said Plan Retail.
atorg Measures.
7Wo-ctNT FARE IS IHE CAUSE
New Law viii Go Into encc, and il
is Believed That the Transportation
Companies viii Not Try to slock It's
Mandates
sneclal 10 Lhe palIy press !,

special 10 The daily Press
RICHMOND, VA. March l6-Pcople
who have enjoyed the Sunday cxcur-
sions may be deprived Of that diver.
sion the coming summer. The rail-
roads are not saying just what they
are going to do, but remark drop.
ped today may mean that the Sunday
excursions will be a thing of the past.
An old railroad man, one who has
for years been identified with the
management Of trains. said that the
ministers lad gotten active and had
inveighed against the Sunday excnr.
siOns. and that the railroad had 1t in
their power TO cut off the privileges
which had been extended to the
clergy.
Let 'em all pay full fare" said the
railroader would serve 'cm right.
The legislature has made two.cent
rate all right, and the railroads can
afford to cut off few cheap trips aud
curtai the OH. business to a still
greater extent That will be about all
for this time
The impression prevails In some
other quarters that the railroads will
comply promptly with the two.
cent rate proposition, putting II into
effect ninety days after il has become
Il law--as required by the code. 1t Is
also said thai the Sunday excursions
VIII he maintained by all The roads. as
they have always paid handsomely
and afforded a chance for .offlce-bountl
people 10 "pend n day In the country
CT at The seashpre.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-03-17

in the navy who has not completed
II fonr-year course In some rcprta-
bic college Or university, or a two,
year course in some theological sem
mary. aud whose work in the ranks
of the regular clergy Of his sect has
not covered term of at least three
years.
The bin provides that the total
number OF naval chaplaihs shall not,
exceed iiirty. four OF whom shall
have The rank OF captain; six, com
maDdcr; six lieutenant conlmandci';
seven. he rank of lieutenant. junior
grade.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-03-17
Three Policemen Are Wounded By
The Former Convict Before
He is Arrested. 4.
STARTS ROUGH HOUSE IN CAFE
Just Because Hc Was Ordered Out
OF the Rcsor, Tic Began to un.
load His Three Revolvcrs Upon
the sIuccos,s and the Proprietor
Of the Drink Emporium.
Thy Associated Press. J


NEW YORK, March l6.--Eli In.
cas-. negro eNconvict. who served
u twenty years sentence in Ken
lucky for murder. tonight shot three
men in the Crescent Cafe, los West
Thirty-sccond street
The injured men arc l,oundsman
John Walsh and Patrolman James
Scout. both vi tile West Thirtictl
street police station, ana John Jones,
nanaser Of the cafe.
The most serious injury was sus.
tained by Scott, who was shot I'm
the right shoulder He will be par.
allied. Jones wound is in the right
shoulder. but is not serious. Walsl,
was shot In the right hip.
Fifteen shots were fired The
fifty patrons Of the place sought
safety behind the bar. under tables
and behind barricades of chairs. LII
cas-. still shooting backed out OF tic
place.
Lucas entered the cafe In an ugly
mood and was ordered out INlhs an
gered him ana he pulled one or thfro
REVIEWERS 7he carried and began the:
shooting.
Lucas was arrested later at Fifty
sixth street AMI Broadway, after a
fight which WAS almost MS dcspcrtc
as the original one in ulic cafe. Be
fore he was subducd he ha, OK
changed shot for shot with two
detectives.
There was running fight for
nearly a block
When Lucas was brought bacl,
to police station lie was battered
and bloody from head to foot, his
clothes we're nearly all torn OFF him.
and he had received severe beat
ing because. the police said. of his
dsperatc efforts to escape even afbcr
being alarmed
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-03-17
FOUR LIVES ARE LOST
IN A FIRE IN HOTEL
Ten Guests Escaped From tho Burning
Building in Their Night
Clothes.
Try Associated Prcsa,

The business portion of the village
OF Tustin. Osceola county, was de.
stroyed by fire today which started
in the Hotel Compton from a detective
furnace. Ten guests escaped In their
night clothing. while four were burn
ed to death. The loss IS $4,000.
The dead:
WILLIAM NJ. M'CRANE. proprietor
OF the hotel.
MRS. WILLIAM M'CRANE.
EDWARD DEMOREoT. porter.
CHARLES WORKMAN, travelling
man of Pierson.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-03-17
Those Under Eighteen Can't Labor.
tBy Associated Press.l

DIES MONIES, IOWA. March 1G.---
With the passage by the Senate to-
day OF the child labor bill the meas
IRE will become a law, as Governor
Cmmmins will sign it at once. The
new law prohibits the employment Of
children under eighteen years, In any
occnpation which would injurc rhelr
health. Tho law is also aimed at de,
parlment stores, prohibiting employ
ment which compels children 10 re
main standing for any length Of time.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-03-17
MANY MEMORIALS GIVEN
Old BrutOn Church to Receive
Handsome Presents.
$1,000 FROM c. 8 0. DIRECTORS
Historical Building in Williamsburg
I Tha, Was the Successor of the Fa-
mouse Ediace at jamestown is Be,
ing Put Into Flrst-cIass Condition
Especial 10 the Daily Pressl

WILLIAMSBURG. VA, March 10
Among uhe larger gifts received for
the restoration fund of Bruton church
was one of $1,000. made this morn.
ing by a friend OF the church in
Philadelphia, and $1,000 from the di
Iectors of the Chesapeake & Ohio
Railway Company. following a spe.
cial visit of inspection OF President
Stevens and Vice.President Axtell
Mrs. Byam X. Stevens, of New
York. gave $3.50 as memorial to
the Colonial clergy of Bruton church.
The memorial will be in the form
of pulpit.
Donations have been made for me.
mortal pews as follows: Pews In
transceps to be memorial to members
Of the house of burgesses; in nave
to Colonial vcstry; in choir to Colo
,nial governors, surveyors-general and
early presidents of William and Mary
College.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-03-17
To Regulate Rural Deliveries.

WASHINGTON. ID. G.. March To-
u is understood that an attempt will
he made by the committee ON past,
Offices and post roads to sccurG,. e
islation providing that rural dGrlt-
cry carriers shall make only three
deliveries week on lines where the
number of pieces Of mail delivered
dos not exceed 1900 a month
Representative Flood. of Virginia,
has introduced . bill providing thai
there shall be six deliveries on all
routes established prior to Apri I,
1906.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-03-17

the wreck says that the car IN which
he believes twenty-five persons we're
Killed was completely consumed. He
also states that a drygoods box lad
been placed alongside the track and
the bones of the bodies which wcro
entirely burned up were placed in it,
This box was brought to this city by
the coroner