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The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-03-23
WHITE HALL HAS FIRE.
Blaze That Wrecked Fifth Floor Room
 Creates Excitement.

Fire in room on the fifth floor of White hall dormitory at Yale created diversion in Berkeley court shortly before 5 o'clock yesterday afternoon. The blaze was in room 385 White hall, which is on the to pfloor of the build ing.
 The room is occupied by Peter Had ley Rich 1909, of Cleveland, O., and Edwin R. White Neither was in at the time of the fire. As near as could be asrertained they had left small gas heater burning in the room, which ignited one of the sofa pillows. The smoke and odor of burning coming from the windows gave the first alarm.
 Janitors of the college buildings were quickly on the scene with small extin- guishers and by the aid of these and a little water they extinguished the fire without calling the city fire depart ment.
 When the janitors burst into the room in the role of fire laddies they quickly seized the burning sofa pillow and threw 1t from the window Down 1t fell i've stories to the pavement, amid the cheers of the students who had gathered en mass across the court in front of F&yerweather. After 1t came burning window seat cushion, then followed a little more smoke and then it was oyer.
 The fire wrought havoc in the room, however. One of the side walls was badly ctarred from floor almost to cell ing, the windw seat was a wreck and with the water poured on the damage must have reached about $95. The heat in the room during the fire was so in- tense that matches on the rear wall, many feet from the blaze, were ignited, burning a poster picture on the wall above them.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-03-23
INTERNA1,L ATHLETIC UNION
One Proposed Between Great Britain
 and United States.

London, March 22.-James E, Sulli- van, secretary of the Amateur Athletic Union of America, and manager of the American team which will participate in the Olympic games at Athens next month, to-day discussed with officials of the Amateur Athletic Association of Great. Britain a proposal to organize an international athletic union, the the primary objects of which will be to agree as to the standing of amateurs and the acceptance or records estab- lished under the rules of the various national associations and the suspen- sions made by them,
 Secretary Sullivan also proposed an arrangement by which international field sports may be held every two years, alternately in the United States and England. The discussions will be continued during Secretary Sullivan s stay in London with a view to coming to an understanding at the meeting at Athens.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-03-23
NEW ENGINE COMPANY APRIL f
Commissioners Set That Date for open-
 ing of Grown Street Station.

Commissioners Set That Date for open-
 ing of Crown Street Station.
 At the meeting of the board of fire commissioners last evening it was vot- ed to place the new engine house in Crown street, No. 12, in commission on April f. The cmmittee reported that it was expected to have all the minor de- tails of the station completed by that date The house will be equipped with an engine and combination chemical
 The following, who passed the civil service examinations for the depart ment, and whose certificates of passing the medical examination were received by the board last evening, will be sta tioned with company No. 12: James F. Maher, Thomas F. McQueeney, W U. Kelloy, Thomas J. McGrath, Matthew J. Lawler, John P. Ryan, Francis L.. Kiernan, John E. Kenney, George A. Rose, John F. Lynch.
 Certificates of passing the medical examination were received also for these men, who are already assigned on substitute duty: Thomas F. Naugthon, c. H. Zimmerman, Daniel F, Fitzmau- rice. John F Goldrich, and John Far rington.
 The question of following the prec- edent of last summer and allowing the members of the department an extra day off per month during the summer months came up and was referred to the committee on efficiency,
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-03-23
GET INCREASE or PAY.
More Money for Lackawanna Conduct
 Ors and Trainmen.

Binghamton, N. r., March 222.-Offi- cials of the Brotherhood of Railway Conductors here to-day announced that as a result of the recent conference be- tween the officials of the Lackawanna Railroad company and the conductors and trainmen of that road in Scranton a substantial increase in the pay of the conductors, trainmen and baggagemen will go into effect on April 1. The brotherhood men say that this increase will make the Lackawanna the best paying road for this class of wages in the east.
 Different schedules are fixed for the different divisions. The baggagemen will receive an increase of ten cents a day. Some of the conductors will re- ceive an increase of (S1O per month. The increases range from to 10 per cent.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-03-23
CIGARETTE DECISION.
The Nebraska Law is Sustained fin
 General.

Lincoln, Neb., March 22.--The Me- braska supreme court to-day gave a decision on Nebraska's anti-cigarette law, which was tested in the courts by a young man arrested on the charge of rolling a cigarette. The effect of the decision is to sustain the law in gen- eral, making the sale and manufacture of cigarettes in this state illegal, but the rolling of cigarettes by individuals for their own use is not called manu- featuring. A few fines have been paid and sentences served under that part of the law which is now declared un- constitutional.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-03-23
HUNDRED AND FIFTY
 MINERS ARE ENT0MBED
EXPLOSION OF GAS IN MINE OF THE CENTURY COAL
 COMPANY.

At Six O'Clock Last Night Fifteen Men
 Were Taken from the Mine, Five of
 Whom Were Dead--ReIief Gang at
 WOrk-Headed by the Superintendent
 --0ne of the Largest Mines in North
 ern West Virginia.
 Fairmont, w. Va, March 22.-An ex- plosion of gas in the mine of the Cen tury Coal company at Century, small mining town fifty miles south of here on the Phillipi and Buckhannon branch of the Baltimore and Ohio, at four o'clock this afternoon, entombed at least one hundred and fifty miners, many of whom are believed to be dead.
 At six o'clock tonight fifteen men were taken from the mine, five of whom were dead and the rest terribly injured.
 A relief gang headed by Superinten- dent John Ward, entered the mine at 6:S0, but since that time nothing can be heard from the accident, as the tele- phone wires have been put out by storms and no other means of commu- nication are available.
 The mine is owned by Shaw Broth- ers of Baltimore, and is one of the largest of northern West Virginia. Two hundred and fifty men are em- ployed, but many of these came out to- day before the explosion occurred. Following the explosion relief trains were run from Buckhannon and Phil lippi taking physicians to the scene. These have not been heard from and little can be learned of the accident.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-03-23
Waiter Arrested.

Hartford Conn, March 22.-Frank Difo, waiter, arrested on a cHarge of violatingg a postal law, was arraigned before United States Commissioner Marvin to-day. It is alleged that Dlfio sent through the mails pictures which were so inferior to what was promised that they were fraudulent. The princi- pal complainant against him was Ar thus H. Parsons of Bristol. Commits sioner Marvin held Diflo for the term of the United States District court opening May 22. A cash bond was fur nished.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-03-23
FREIGHT WRECK AT GUILFoRD
Train Breaks and Then Comes Together
 Again.

Guilford, March 22.-A freight wreck delayed traffic on the west-bound track for nearly three hours here this after noon. The freight to which the acci- dent occurred was being switched, when it broke in two, the two sections coming together again so forcibly that one car was tossed to the top of another and four more were completely wrecked. No one was injured. The wrecking crew was sent from New Haven and cleared the tracks.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-03-23
CAPITAL PUNISHMENT TO STAND
Massachusetts Committee Recommends
 Leave to Withdraw.


 Boston, March 22,--Leave to with draw upon all bills abolishing capital punishment will be reported to the leg islature by the committee on judiciary. Senator Logan and Representative Grady of Boston dissented when the committee voted to make this report at its meeting to-day. Among the bills to be adversely reported upon are those making the penalty of murder impris onment for life, and providing that in all cases of conviction for murder in the first degree upon circumstantial evidence the penalty shall be life im- prisonment instead of death. TEle lat ter bill was designed to meet the case of Charles l.. Tucker, who was convict ed of murdering Miss Mabel Page on evidence which was entirely circum- stantial.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-03-23
AN INTER ESTING CASE.
Travelling Salesman Testing COnstitu'
 tIonnIity of Massachusetts Law.


 Boston. March 22.-The case of Abe Strauss, travelling salesman for the Continental Tobacco company, of New York. who was convicted of a viola tion of the law which prohibits making 1T a condition of the sale of goods that the buyer shall not sell or deal in goods of any other person, was heard by the supreme court to-day. Strauss con- tends that he did not violate the act and that if he did, it is unconstitution- al, as an interference with interstate commerce and an attempt to deprive the citizen of his liberty of contract. His company is contesting the case in his behalf.
 It is claimed that Strauss offered to- bacco to dealers in Brockton and Bridgewater at list prices, agreeing to give a series of discounts and if they agreed to handle only his tobacco, a greater discount at the end of stated period.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-03-23
4 NOAH'S ARA CARGO
Quite Menngerie Aboard the Steamer
 LuganO.

New York, March 22-The steamer Lugano, which arrived from Hamburg to-day. brought a cargo resembling that of Noah's Ark. It included eight cam els, five cages of birds. a case of snakes, three giraffes, a lion, two hyenas, a black panther, six ostriches, a deer, a kangaroo, gnus and a toothless baby hippopotamus about one year old. It is intended to release $500 of the birds in Central park. Only two monkeys died on the passage.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-03-23
Gorernor pnttinon Improved.

Columbus, O., March 22.-The physi- clans attending Governor Pattison this evening gave out the following state nent: Governor Pattison has had a good afternoon and has made some i'm provement since morning. He has talk en quite an amount of nourishment and is resting more comfortably. All indications are that he will have a moro favorable night"
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-03-23
Not a Success.

Rockland, Me, March 22, - Unless careful figures of horsepower statis- tics give unlocked for results, the standardization trial of the cruiser Charleston, held to-day over the Owls Head course with the ship equipped with enlarged propellers, was not re- garded as a success by members of the paYal trial board.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-03-23
ENORMOUS SNOW SLIDE
At Least Half Dozen Men Lose Their
 Lives.

Granite, Col, March 22.-An enor- nous slowslide came down last evening in the Winfield and Clear Creek mining district, killing, it is reported, at least half dozen men. Among the dead is Harry Wineborn, the pioneer prospector and mining man of Chaffee county. A relief party was organized here by James Ball and has gone to the scene of the disaster. The news of the slide was brought to town by courier.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-03-23
WILL PLAY FOOTBALL.
Delegates of New York Schools Vote in
 Favor of Game.

New York, March 22.-Football will be played by high school teams in New York and vicinity next season. This was decided at a meeting here to-day attended by the principals of the lead ing high schools and some of the pri- vate schools.
 The meeting became national in character when all the schools in the country were invited to participate in a conference that is to be held to for mulate rules for an organization which will be national in it's scope.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-03-23
Cheaper Gas for auakers.

Philadelphia, March 22.-Both branch es of city councils to-day voted to re- duce the price of gas from $1 per 1000 feet to 90 cents during the year 1907; to S5 cents from 1908 to 1912; to 80 cents from 1913 to 1917, and to 75 cents from 1918 to January 1, 1928, when the pres ent thlrty-years' lease held by the United Gas Improvement company ex- pires.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-03-23
Anthnnr Memorial RniIdinr.

Rochester, N. Y, March 22.-The Womens Educational union of this city has started a movement for the erec- tion of an Anthony memorial building on the campus of the University of Rochester, to be dedicated to the mem- nry of Susan. R- .ApthanX.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-03-23
sPRIGGs FOUND GUILTE.
Detained White Women in His Resort
 Against Their will.
Sincerely yours,
 "John A. Mccall"


 New York, March 22.-Robert Spriggs (colored), proprietor of a resort where it is alleged white women were detain- ed against their will, was found guilty to-day of the second offense of abduc- tion, after the jury had deliberated fourteen minutes. Spriggs was re- manded until Tuesday for sentence. The extreme penalty in such crimes is twenty years imprisonment. It is un- derstood that two other indictments against Spriggs will not be pressed at once.
 Sallie Bennett, negress indicted with Spriggs and accused of keeping one of his houses, came into court to-day and pleaded guilty of abducting Alice Har- ris, a negress aged fifteen years. She also was remanded for sentence.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-03-23
Francis Confirmed.

Washington, March 22,-The senate in executive session to-day confirmed the of Charles s. Francis, of New York, as ambassador to Austria Hungary,
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-03-23
DICK BILL REPORTED.
s2,OOO,OOO to Increase Efficiency of the
 Militia.

Washington, March 22.-The Senaat committee on military affairs to-day authorized a favorable report on the Dick bill to increase the efficiency Of the militia and promote rife practice. The measure is identical with one re- ported favorably by the House commit tee on militia. It carries an appropri- alton of $2.O0O,O0O.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-03-23
FOR THE HARVARD DEBATE
YALE TEAM WORKING HARD IN
 REPATRIATION


 Growing Interest in These Forensic Contests--Public Distribution of Tickets.
 The Yale university debating team is tions for the eighteenth annual debate with Harvard, which is to be held in Woolsey hall at o'clock Friday even- ing, March 30 The subject chosen for this year is one of the foremost and most living topics of life to-day, espec- ially in American cities, and one which must be of deep interest to all who are interested in the problems of the city. The question reads, Resolved, That 1t would be for the best interest of New York city to own it's street rail- way system (the term street railway system taken to mean elevated, sur face and subway lines).
 Colonel Norris G. Osborn 80 has been selected to preside at the debate. Two of the three judges have been chosen, Rev Dr. Robert Stuart Macarthur of Mount Calvary Baptist church, New York, and Melville E. Stone, president ot the Associated Press
 Yale will be represented by Jason N. Pierce 'O6 T. S., of Mount Carmel; Hen ry D. Smith '0S, of Beloit, Wis, and Edward H. Hart or of Brooklyn. The men have been to New York working up their material and have received considerable assistance from leading New York business men, A consider able delegation of business men from New York is expected to 'be present at the debate on invitation.
 The ticket distribution will be made first to regular subscribers among the students of the university. There will be a public distribution, however, at Steinert' music store next Thursday and Friday afternoons, March 29 and S0, from 8 o'clock to s. All seats are free but are reserved.
 Interest in these debates has grown enormously in the past few years and the big auditorium in Woolsey hall has been filled with an intensely interested audience. It is expected that there will be more persons desiring to lbe present this year than the great hall will seat.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-03-23
Morgan Leaves for Paris.

Venice, March 22.-J, P. Morgan and party from New York left Venice to- day for Paris.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1906-07-19

get acquainted with the stranger, and
he's over at her house playing croQuet."
Jim. you don't tell me that for
fact!' she gasped.
"Of course | do
'Humph, The freshness OF Miss
Susan Jones must be seen to at once"
And it was. Miss Sarah speedily
donned another dress, fixed up Il bit
and, leaving her brother to eat alone
she started for the Jones house. MI
Ripley and Susan were just finishing
their last game. Sarah walked up to
Susan and whisperingly asked for an
Introduction and forced the issue
When she returned home Mr.. Ripley
accompanied her, and Ire didn't leave
the house until 10 o'clock. He had
made himself very agreeable, and when
he had departed Jim observed:
by thunder Sarah, but 'spoSin' you
could marry a Teller like him.
Il mean to- was Sarah's laconc re-
ply.
The next day Jim was left out of it,
Sarah and Mr.. Ripley took the boat and
went fishing, and before they returned
she thought she knew her man pretty
well. He was romantic. lie was in
clined to be a hero. He quoted poetry
He sighed to find and love a heroine
When Jim came home that evening
there was a twinkle in his eye, and
after hearing about the fishing trip he
said:
Mr.. Ripley seems to be Teller who
gets acquainted with folks pretty fast
| just saw him walking home with
Title Graves"
you don't mean it, exclaimed
Sarah as she paused in the act of pour
ing out the tea
That's what l saw. She was at the
tavern to see the landlords wife, and
| 'spose she was introduced"
well I'll put a stop to that pretty
sudden | told Mrs. Graves only last
week that Tillie was altogether too
cOnceited."
Again Jim was left to eat his even
ING meal alone while the sister started
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1906-07-19

An honest old Pennsylvania farmer
had Il tree on his premises he wanted
to cut down, but being weak in his
back and having dull ak, he hit upon
the following plan: Knowing the pas.
sion among his neighbors for coof
hunting, he made a coon's foot out OF
a potato and proceeded to imprint nu-
merous tracks in the snow to and up
the tree, When all was ready, he in
formed his neighbors that the tree
must be filed with coons, pointing to
the external evidence made with his
coon's foot. The bait took, and in a
short time half Il dozen fellows with
sharp axes were chopping at the base
Of the tree. each taking his regular
turn. The party also brought dogs and
shotguns and were in ecstasies over
the ANTICIPATED haul of fat cOOns. The
tree finally fell but nary coon was
seen TO drop Germantown Telegraph.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1906-07-19
SARAH,
HUSTEING DONALD
HEROINE N-'-"
Copyright, 1876, by Bsa,rix Reado

Look here, Jim" began Colvilie one
evening. when her brother James came
home to supper, lin walking past the
tavern this afternoon 1 saw a strange
young man
Yes, there is one there" was the re-
ply.
Who is hep
Il can't tell you much about him.
His name is Ripley, l believe, and he's
come down from the city for a four
weeks vacation. He was asking me
about boating and fishing"
James Halliday was a carpenter of
the village of Branchville. His sister
Sarah kept house for him.
Sarah Halliday had lived for thirty
three years and no man had limited of
matrimOny to her. She never pretend
ed to good looks, but she always in
sisted that she was tender hearted and
had emotion sufficient to make a great
actress. Her failure to bring men to
the point had ranked, and she had
finally made up her mind to do a little
hustling for husband. She had seen
the young man sitting on the hotel
veranda with his feet cooked up on the
railing, and he had at once been mark
ed down. He had looked after her in
an eager way, and she flattered herself
that she had made an impression.
IF Mr.. Ripley is all alone down here
he must be lonesome" she said to her
brother jim after supper.
Yes, he may be-"
Then you'd better saunter up to the
tavern and show him that you want to
be friendly. You can bring in, if you
want to, that l noticed him this after
noon. We've got the mill pond here, and
we've got boat and fishing tackle, and
it seems our duty to make the stran-
gers stay as pleasant as possible. You
know how you'd feel if you We're away
from home"
The brother dutifully obeyed orders.
He found Mr.. Ripley smoking a cigar
on the veranda. He mentioned Sarah,
the mill pond, the boat and the black
bass waiting to be caught, and Mr..
Ripley replied that he should surely
take advantage of the situation. He
didn't set any date, however, and when
he came home to supper on the follow
ing evening the brother observed to
the sister:
What do you think Sarah? That
Susan Jones has somehow managed to
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1906-07-19

y fourteenth century manuscript still
eXtant records the festivities attendant
on the marriage Of Niolante Visconti
with the Duke Lionel plantagenet, son
Of Edward III. of England, at Milan,
Italy. The welding dinner consisted
of eighteen courses, as follows: First
course, sucking pigs wrapped in q thin
coating of gold, fish with their mouths
giving forth fire; second, hares roasted
ana sided; third, veal roasted and
trout incrusted in gold; fourth, quails,
cartridges and again trout, roasted and
gilded; fifth ducks, game and more
fish; sixth, beef and capons unadorned;
seventh, capons. meat and fish done in
lemon; eighth, beef and fish of different
kinds; ninth. cells and more meat;
tenth, galantine of meat and fish; elev-
enth, lamb roasted; twelfth, hare and
wild boar with onions; thirteenth, veni-
son: fourteenth. capons and chickens
with red sauce of apples and lemons;
fifteenth, peacocks with beans, sailed
tongue and roasted carp; sixteenth,
peacocks again, this time boiled in
spices; seventeenth, cheese, and eight
eenth, cherries