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Nav hand in Credentials.

CONSTANTINOPLE.S September 1O.-There
is some probability that American Ambas-
sador Leishman wifi be received In audience
by the sultan in the course of the present
week for the purpose of handing in his
credentials.
ing for an early reception since the sultan
was taken Ill. recognizing that the ambas-
sailors to whom audience had been prom
ised before the breakdown of the sultan
had q priority of claim. -.
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MISTAKE COST LIVES.
Two Miners Die Because of Engineers
Error.

SPRINGFIELD. ILL.,. September 10.-A
mistake of the engineer in the coal mine
at Mount Pulaski cost two miners their
lives today. The engineer turned the con-
trolling lever of the elevator the wrong
way and the cage containing seven miners
who were about to descend into the mine
shot up toward the tipple. All the men
jumped. Five of them alighted in safety,
but Charles Cox and Charles Fultz fell
down the shaft a distance of 800 feet, and
were instantly killed
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Will Receive Smith.
rial Cablegram to- The Star.

Special Cablegram to The Star.
MANILA. September 1O.-The United
States transport Logan will arrive at sun
set. Gen. James F. Smith, vice governor
general. who will succeed Gov. Gen. Ide, is
on board. He will land in the morning.
There will be water parade and a recep-
ton at the city halE Gen. Smith will be the
guest Of Gov. Gen. Ide at the Maiacanan
Palace till Mr.. Ide's departure. which will
be September %.
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Passenger Injured In Collision.

In a collision between a wagon driven by
Page Walker. colored. and a street car on
NJ street, In Georgetown. this morning.
Samuel H. Virgins of Fort Myer Heights,
Va, a passenger on the car, was struck by
the tongue of the wagon and was injured
about the back and side. Policeman A.
Fennelly of the seventh precinct, who
reached the scene soon after the accident
helped Mr.. Virgins to the GEORGETOWN
University Hospital. where he was treated
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Court ASKED to construe WIN.

Mrs. Belle T. Bond today applied to the
District Supreme Court to eonstrue the will
of her first husband. Frederick Grimm. A
bequest of real estate contained In the
will. is expressed in doubtful language.
the court is informed. and construction
by the court Is declared to be necessary in
order to clear the title. Attorneys Wilson
g. Rarksdale represent the netitionsr.
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Services Of A. M. e. Zion Church.

There were two services at Metropolitan
Zion Church on D street southwest yester-
day-one at IL am. the other at 1880 p. m.
At the evening service Rev. DR.. p. A. Wal
lace preached a sermon on. 1.-The Tragedy
of Saul. or the Unmaking of a Man." At
the conclusion of the sermon three persons
Joined the church.
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Gov. Bliss Suffers RELAPSE.

SAGINAW. Mich, September 1O-Ex-
Governor Bliss has suffered a relapse dur
ing the past week. and today was taken to
the Alma Sanitarium in the hope of de-
irving benefit from the treatment He is in
the same critical condition he was two
months ago.
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around the train after the rebels failure
Go reach the train.s
Rebels Were Brave.

The insurgents fought bravely. They
overturned two railway cars at Consolation,
using them as a barricade, and every inch
OF ground won by Avalos had to be won
with the machete. Great credit Is given
Ayalos for his quick movements in coming
20 the rescue of the train and then return
ing so rapidly to the attack on Consolacion
It is not true that Gen. Pedro Dfax was
I'm command of the military train In the
battle He was deprived of the command
three days ago, when. instead or proceea-
Eng, he went back to Palaci1s. Col. Ia
oares then took command. Before starting
he wired to President Palma:
II will proceed with the train or die.
The peace negotlat tons have resulted In
failure. despite the efforts of Gen. Mercc;i.
After the news of the battle at and near
Consolation had been confirmed Doth sides
here became uncompromising In their at
titude. The leaders of the liberals. while
approving of Menocafs latest pan.. cannot
tors say that II Menocal and nis veterens
contemplate coup d etat on congress they
will fight. The government also relies now
more upon force of arms to end tho trouble
than upon diplomatic negotiations.
A meeting of veterans will be held his
afternoon to consider the situation
TAMPA, Fla, September 1O.-A Cuban
general arrived here today travelling in
cognito on his way to Washington on
government mission. Three hundred pas
sengers also came on the same steamer.
fleeing from the troubles on the island.
They report that the rebel army has now
more than a thousand men, armed and
equipped. The situation. they report, is
more gloomy than ever before and the
Cuban government is powerless to help IT.
self.
Sixty Residents Indicted.
HAVANA. September 1O.-sixty more resi-
dents OF Havana and its immediate vicinity
have been indicted for completely with the
rebels. They have been refused the privi-
lege of bail.
1t now appears that the Iebsls are in pos
session of the junction at Rincon of the
United Railway branches. and trains on the
Western line are stopped and searched at
wiz.
Troop Train Attacked
HAVANA, September 1O.-A troop train
from Havana was attacked early this morn
ing at Altemisa. The rebels wee driven Of
with machine guns.
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Admiral Hemphill Reports Here.

Rear Admiral Joseph N. Hemphill, who
has been captain of the navy yard, New
York. since June. 1904, reported at the Navy
Department this morning for duty as presi-
dent of the naval board of inspection and
survey. That office has been temporarily
filed by Captain Hugo Osterhaus since the
transfer of Rear Admiral Charles III. Stock
ton to the presidency of the naval examin-
Ing and retiring board in May last.
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OMAHA. Neb.. September 1O.-At the re-
quest of County Attorney Slabaugh, the
Judges Of the district court today announced
that they would call special grand Jury
at once to investigate the alleged Ice trust.
A reputed combination Of coal dealers will
also be looked after.
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Jumped From Brooklyn Bridge.

NEW YORK. September 1O-An I'M
known man. a passenger on a trolley car
on the Brooklyn bridge, left the car today
when the central span of the bridge was
reached and jumped to the river below. A
tug was seen to stop and Is supposed to
have picked up the bridge jumper.
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Charged With vagrancy.

vagrancy was the charge which was
placed against Beno Herr. twelve years
old. who was arrested by an officer Of the
first precinct this morning. The boy has
been sent to the house Of detention and
will be given q hearing In the Juvenile
Court tomorrow.
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Root in Peru.

CALLAO, Peru. September 10. 9:10 Am
The United States cruiser Charleston. with
Secretary Root and his party on board. has
been reported approaching this port.
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SAILED FOB a1BRALrAR.
Departure of Four Armored Cruisers
From Newport

The Navy Department Is informed that
the armored cruisers West Virginia. Colo
RADIO, Pennsylvania and Maryland. COM
manded by Rear Admiral Brownson. have
left Newport for Gibraltar on their way to
the Asiatic station, where they are to re-
place the battleships Ohio. Wisconsin and
Oregon, recently detached from that sta
ton. It Is expected that the cruisers will
cross the Atlantic In about ten days, and
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Will Of Mary Ann Grid.

By the terms OF the will of Mary Ann
Grid. dated July 20. 1905. and offered for
probate her entire estate is left to her
brother. Horace Grid. Rev. VIM. D. Jarvis
Is named as executor.
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Troops Leave for Fort Reno.

The military secretary is advised that
Company A. 25th Infantry Zone officer and
sixty enlisted mem, has left Fort Washa-
kie, Wyo., for Fort Reno. Okla, for sta
ton.
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OKLAHOMA CITY. Okla. September 10.
"A business meeting of the national con-
yention Of the Hoo-Hoos was held this
morning, Supreme Shark r. D. Inman pre-
siding.
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tenth biennial convention of the Brother
hood of Locomotive Firemen opened In the
public service building here today with about
100 deIe9ates present The convention will
continue for about three days. The sessions
will be secret. Many proposed amend
ments to the constitution will come up for
discussion, including proposal to change
the name of the order to include the engi-
neers.
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INVERNESS, Scotland. September TO-
Banns for the marriage OF James Henry
Smith of New York, heir of George Smith
of Chicago, to Mrs. Rhinelander Stewart
of Baltimore were read in the Parish
Church Of Alvie, Inverness-shire, yesterday.
Mrs Stewart arrived in England only few
days ago.
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KANSAS CITY, Mo-. September 10.-John
8. Kinkaid, charged with deserving from
the navy, was arrested at his home here
last night and started for Norfolk, Va.
today.
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round Judge of our feelings when came to good
big landing with fifth yawning, horrible NAV,
which the lead told nearly one hundred
and seventy feet deep
For the first and only time since I took to cave
exploring felt sick and i'll. The incident of the
lamp had upset my nerves. and these never ending
pits and the fear of being buried alive gave
awful feeling of terror and suffocation To make
matters worse, the telephone-wire had been nearly
severed by sharp rocks and | had been obliged
to leave man on each landing and signal by
horn.
However, a good dinner with a stiff glass of
rum after it, at the foot of stupendous cleaning
stalagmte which no mortal eyes but ours had ever
beheld, restored my courage, and we got to the
bottom of the fifth pit, which proved to be really
the last.
The barometer showed that we were more than
six hundred and twenty feet below the surface of
the earth. There only small chamber in this
last recess which did not take long to explore and
returned to daylight, rather starlight, for it
was past midnight when reached the earth
again.
The worl1rnen employed were the worst off,
however for each had to stand alone and almost
motioness a rocky ledge for several hours The
at the bottom of the first pit was on duty over
twelve hours, but he at all events could see
glimpse of daylight and talk to the folks overhead
Once on the surface after this uncanny experience,
set up the tents and slept at the mouth of the
cave. 1t has often taken me two and sometimes
three days to explore cave, and sometimes pass
the night underground; but sleep there-that
would be highly dangerous at work all the
time wandering in remote recesses of the earth all
night long.
| hatter myself that where l have not been the
first to visit cave have been the first to explore
it scientifically for the accounts of former observers
full of absurdities and exaggeratons For in
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stance there is the St Marcel d'Ardeche, great
cave discovered in 1898 by huntsman chasing a
wounded hare.
1t was visited little later by Paul Vibert, who
grave1y declared it was four miles long. | have
mapped and measured every bit of this cavern, and
know for certain that it is one hundred and fifty
yards short of a mile and a half. Vbert was also
sure there another abyss underneath it, because
the floor of the cave sonorous. That argument
proves nothing, for the walls and floors of many
caves are sonorous and in this very cave there is
wall that gives a musical sound when tapped. |
know caves where it would be possible to play
tune the walls so varied are the tones given off
by the towering rocky walls when struck.
St. Marcel is a most interesting cave, and thanks
to me it has now been thrown open to the public.
So also has Padirac, which bought and presented
to the French people. 1t is in the Department of
Lot about ten hours journey from Paris. The
mouth of the Padrac cave is huge pit, one hun
dred feet in diameter. Of course it made by
the Devil He going home with his days
takings," according to popular tradition, when
he was Swallowed by ST. Martin, who wanted to
1ieve him of his spos. Satan, who in the old
legends always seems to have been bit of sport,
Immediately made this pit, and offered to give up
his gains if St. Martin could jump its yawnng
mouth. The saint promptly spurred up his mule
and went over the abyss like bird. Then he chal-
1enged the Devil to jump his pit. Satan
copied; but saints had any idea of fair play,
and while the Evil One in mid air, ST. Martin
put cross on the ground where he was going to
land and of course the poor Devil jumped short and
fell to the bottom of the pit. 1t nasty tumble
close two hundred and fifty feet-but he had
had worse falls than that, as related to me.
The Padirac is now great resort of the
French public. l have had staircase constructed,
a fence put along the bank of the subterranean
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or big boulders to be climbed over, Emile Foulquier
nv second assistant is sent down. He too is splen
did fellow, also from Aveyron considerably over
six feet in height, and strong as horse.
If we come to a rock shelf that is not more than
ten eleven feet high, he grips me by both ankles
and lifts me above his head as though | weighed
no more than baby, so that can Chamber on the
top; or if there is an underground lake river he
carries the cola psbe boat. He is also useful when
there is pit within pit, as frequently happens
Sometimes there terrifying series OF pits, one
below the other sinking knows not how tar into
the earth. Soon after l took to cave-hunting, L
explored the of Vigne Clos, in Ardeche. The
lead gave the depth as one hundred and seventy
feet so we lowered that much rope-ladder, and l
went down. When l reached the bottom, however,
l saw l was landing measuring some eight or
nine feet each way, and in front of me was another
yawning gulf.
measured this with the lead, and found it to
be one hundred and fifty feet still lower; so
climbed back to the surface and sent down Armand
Foulquier and six other men, with ropes, ladders
and tools. When all ready l followed last
l had safety-lamp fastened to buttonhole of
my coat, and had not gone down many feet when
the lamp was knocked off by a rung of the ladder
and sent flying down the shaft. | shouted Look
out' and the men below drew themselves close
to the wall. The lamp knocked the candle out of
Armands hands, just grazed his foot, and went
hurting down the second pit. l was far more con-
cerned about the accident than he was.
After some delay, Armand and | got to the bot
tom of the second abyss and there found an
other landing and still third vast mouth but this
turned out to be only seventy feet deep To Our
amazement when conquered that obstacle,
there came fourth, also seventy feet deep. More
ropes were brought, and got down that pit,
congratuatng ourselves that record series
conquered at last. But on resting and looking
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that there was nothing to read in
his vicinity and he would be eter-
nally grateful if l would send him
a few novels, new or old, that he
did not doubt l could spare from
my own hbrary-the shabbier the
covers and the worse thumbed the
leaves, the less would he feel like a
robber.
He knew that almost everything in
fiction came my way, in the line of
my business, and that | had often
weeded out my shelves for the benefit
of free libraries, hospitals and prisons.
But what man may give away,
partly in charity but principally to
make room for something better, is
not good enough to send to a friend
"a sick friend, who is also a man
of taste and culture.
Slowly l looked over a shelf, drew
forth one highly esteemed book after
another, and meanly pushed all back
into their places. | had read each
and everyone of them several times
they had become dear to me; they
were my friends; I simply could not
spare them. might replace them
in time, according to title; but the
new books would not be the same
every reader with a heart in him
knows why.
Suddenly l bethought me of the
hundred or more New-York shops
full of secondhand books, the small
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their principal stock in trade, for novels form the
class of books of which people first rid themselves
when cleaning house or in need of more shelf-room,
and which always first to go, when the unfortu
nate owner in poverty, has to pawn his treasures.
Besides second hand books badly worn, would really
seem to have come from my own library: the decep-
ton would be innocent or at least pardonable.
So l took day off, ten-dollar bill and list of
the books which had wished to send yet retained.
Here the titles just the books were arranged
an odd assortment, yet anyone familiar with
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By Edwin L. Sabim

Upon the roadside's parapet
The sumac's signal CLOVIS
beacon-light by summer set
In warning of the SHOWS.
Swift spreads the word and none who hears
But needs the tiding dire,
And high his lambert torch uprears
To combat cold with fire.
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In silence now the legions stand,
Imbued by subtle thrill,
AS vale with vale joins valiant hand,
And hill is leagued with hill.
But see! The wondrouS host is tanned;
The torches fade and die,
And DER the ashes where they famed
The SHOWS triumphant lie!
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VNTHAT is the best proof that story R :
Wv "a novel, if you please-has real
value? Almost any thoughtful
critic will reply General and enduring
interest" But how the endurance and extent of
the interest to be ascertaned? Certainly not by
siderng the volume of sales in the year of publica
ton for some books that sold hundred thousand
or more in their first year can scarcely be given
away to-day. The dicta of the ultra-literary class
is equally unsatisfactory for the works of Jane
Austen, George Meredith and other much and Oft
praised writer's seldom asked for at bookstores
A few days ago l received letter from a sick
friend a thousand miles away and in an utterly
out of the-way part of the country. He said he
was slowly convalescing and well cared for, but
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3 y ] O h N III a b b e r. O n
thor of "Helens Babies


to it's author:
Henry Esmond" (Thackeray).
"Rudder Grange" Drank Stockholm.
Friend Olivia (Mrs. BARR.
David Copperfeld" (Dickens)
"Ivanhoe" (Scott).
-"Vesty of the Basins Sarah Pratt McLean).
'The House of the Seven Gables (Hawthorne)
Peter Stirling" paul Leicester Ford).
THE Rise of Sias Lapham" Howells).
"TrIby' (Du Maurier).
1.-THE Cations" (Bulwer).
THE Days Work" (Kipling).
Uncle Ren1us Ooel Chandler Harris)
"St. George and St. Michael" George Macdonald).
"Mr. Smith" (Mrs. Walford).
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Westward Ho" (Kingsley).
"Old Creole Days" George w. Cable).
Adam Bede" George Elliott.
"Huckleberry Finn" Mark Twain
"The Circuit Rider" edward Eggeston).
Some other shelffu1 might have
been equally good, but few contained
so many books that had been pub
ished in large quantities, so l had
no doubt of finding the lot quickly.
But l tramped from shop to shop
for half a day without getting single
book My last call was On a rarity
"a secondhand dealer who really
knew something of the insides of
books. / had known him of old |
approached him with confidence and
showed him my list. He glanced at
it, returned it and shook his head.
Do you mean to say" | asked,
that you haven't any of them?"
Not one"
why not?"
He looked at me wonderingly and
replied: You ought to know. Those
are all first-rate stories-the kind that
people keep, instead OF selling to us
chaps"
1t was homely test of the relative
value of fiction; but the oftener |
recall it the better | think of it.
AS to my sick friend, he got my
own she1ffu1 as a loan, to be re-
turned in full at his earliest reasonable
convenience.
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fiction old and new will admit that each
is good of its kind and highly creditable
to its author:
The daily tribune., 1906-11-15

II pays - savsr,iss yesr wants IN
ths Tribune.
The daily tribune., 1906-11-15
SUIT FILED AGAINST
STANDARD OIL COMPANY

Washington, Ndv = l5-Attorrey
General Moody. acting through the
resident United States district Attor-
ney. today proce, dsd against the
Standard Oil company under the Sher
man antitrust law by fling with
the Unitsd States circuit coprt OF st.
Louis u petition in equity against 1t
and It's 100 constitut mt corporations
and partnerships apd also against
seven individuals 1t Ia asked that tha
DOM hipati be d cIar,d unlawful aud
that In futurs be enioined from en-.
tering irto any contract or combipa.
tion In restraint OF trade. The pe.i-
tion reoites that the Standard and its
psrtrershps control ninety per cent
Of the oil.
The daily tribune., 1906-11-15
ZIMMERMAN DIES FROM
INJURIES RECEIVED SUNDAY

william Zimmerman. aged 20.
who was thrown from bis horse
while riding between Florence and
damon City Sunday morning. died Of
hts Injuries at the Sheridan hospital
this morning. The horse the young
man was riding stumbled and the
rider WAS thrown violently to the
ground. The pelvis bone a. broken
ard be was jured internally. He
was riding Ia company with TWO other
young men who brought him back to
Florence The body will be shipped
to his home In Cripple Greek tomor.
row morning He 10 son OF Henry
Zimmerman who wAs employed st
tho Do'css mill scm' years sgo.
The daily tribune., 1906-11-15
May Depose Speaker Cannon.

Washington. Nov 10 Unless Speak.
or Csanon ....icn gives some indloA.
tio o. taking mare friendly view OF
the propo'sl to rssIqr the tsuf and
particularly uplefs he 81 Iss assnranc.s
II re.elecsed to help the re,is'oriste
there will be = movement started in
ths next few weeks to deposs him In
the Sixtlsth congress Aud to put new
man In his place.
The daily tribune., 1906-11-15
BLOOD POISONING RESULTS
FkUM CUT BY COPY PAPER

Rocklsnd. Me-. Nov. lb--OhAriss
Littlcfsid. son Of Representative
Littlefald. private secretary to
Mayor-eiect Hughes. Of New York.
Ia fatally i'll Of blood poison which
he contracted while handling carbon
ccpy paS.r while writing apeelhes
In the recent campaign. An op
ton was performed Tuesday but oby
tsmpoi ary relief Wal secured. Tho
malady has spread 90 that tho arm
and shoulder arc Affected. He ont
his finger while hsudiiDg copy
paper.
The daily tribune., 1906-11-15
NEXT YEAR THERE
WILL BE NO PASSES


Chicago. Nov. i5-1he sentiment
expressed At the meeting OF the West.
erb passenger committees In the case
u the railroad pass. WAS that the pAss
sho Id vanish entirely from the West
The new rate law prohibits its IL.
suance for interstate travel to any body
txcs ping rsilroad officials snd en-.
ployes of com mon carriers. The
Westsrn railroads manifest the dis.
poaition to diN ontinue the Issuance
on state business. but the matter will
be finally settled at = meeting on
Nov. ~.
The daily tribune., 1906-11-15
Pole Expedition.

Paris, Nov 10 Now thAt Commo.
dors Perry has returned from the
Arctic rssiona- not having looatsd the
pole. the only rTpsditioin krown 10
b. preparing to sssh the pole next
year 10 Walter wplimen who Will
make the tfip IN his owa air ship
now baildiug.