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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-03-22

Berlin. March 21.-The French Foreign Min
lister, NJ Bourgeois, informed the German Am
bassadOr. Prince van Radolin, at Paris. on
Saturday last nat France accepted IN principle
the inspectorship OF the FrancO-Spanish police
for Morocco as proposed by Austria-Hungary.
the precise powers OF the inspector TO be fixed
by the delegates at Algeciras.
Much OF the delay at Algeciras IS explained
by the fact that the ENJOYS OF Germany and
France must discuss by telegraph with their
respective foreign offices every detail suggested
by either side. Each exchange takes two days.
and. although an agreement has been reached
IN principle, fresh differences in the particulars
seem to arise hourly. requiring patience and
careful work.
Count Won der Osten-Sacken, the Russian Am
BHlow this afternoon the instruction dated
March 10 from the Russian Foreign ONCE to
Count CassinL The Russian Ambassador men
toned the incOrrectness OF the Paris '"Temps's"
version Of this instruction. It says;
The government thinks It Is necessary to deny
the statement representing that II Is supporting
the creation OF a special police organization at
Casablanca and opposing the French point OF
view. This IS untrue. In order to avoid q false
Interpretation OF this important question you
ness 70 assist regarding the police question az
the mentioned harbOr. At the same time this
instruction shall be handed over to the powers
at the conference IN order to disstpats any sus-
picion that Russia is playing a double game
Though your efforts shall be to assist Frances
Just demands, they shall be directed to q high
ain1-namely, the solution OF existing difficulties,
considering at the same time the dignity OF both
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-03-22

Algeciras, March 21.-The conference commit
tee again sought to-day TO reconcile views on
the Moroccan police, but adjourned leaving a
number OF disputed points unsettled. The meet
ing however, produced a good impression a de-
sire to reach an agreement appearing to dom
mate those present.
The next sitting Of the conference Is depend
ent on the completion OF the new Austrian
scheme for a settlement OF the police dispute.
Il is hoped that the session VIII be held On Sat-
urday. The terms OF the new proposal are not
fully known. but II f. admitted that the Casa
blanca proposal win be withdrawn
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1906-12-09

bles in. Then new brink farther
back is formed. The effect is con-
stantly to shove back the brink of
the falls.
This cuttingk> back makes little
canyon, as can be seen in one of these
pictures. At Calexico and Imperial
and BrawIey in the Colorado River
foods the river cuts enormous gulches
a hundred feet deep.
The corner grocer did not, of course.
want the river TO cut these big
clutches. But before the rains should
come, and with them the winter floods,
he wanted the river to have a bed
deep enough to confine it.
He sent his farmers with scrapers
to make tiny bitches where the river
bed was to be. Then he turned the
small river (summer size) down the
route. Just as he planned, the river
cut beautiful channel. In doing SO 1t
uncovered a deep-buried barbed wire
fence on one Of the farms
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SHOWING HOW TIE River WAS I-UHNEB AW4I
.FSClI TIE NILES HoTTE

to these details itself and puts the
rivers where it wants 'em without con-
sulting anybody. But these farmers
had to argue out where the best route
for r river would be.
Farmer Scruggifis didn't want any
gosh darued river running around his
place. Farmer Jones allowed he would
just as lief have it if they would run
it down under those trees on the edge
OF the farm; his wife liked nice scenery
and he allowed he'd like to get river
for her.
In the end the corner grocer got
weary OF the discussion and ran the
thing IN e straight line as a crow
would fly, straight to tho ocean.
Wherever a farmer wouldn't give land
enough for a river bed the corner gro
Ger bought the land out OF the funds
Of the stock company.
All the engineers predicted failure
for him and shifted at the money with
which he was tacklins the job. He
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only had about $4,000 and one of the
surveys had cost $4,000.
Finally Corralled
But the corner grocer knew some
thing about Western rivers that the
engineers didn't. This is the wonder
full process of cutting back"
With this knowledge he made the
wicked, old river actually cut out it's
own prison bed.
Cutting back is, in effect, the ero-
sion whereby the brink of waterfall
is eaten away. and hence forced grad
ually up stream In the recent floods
at Calexico the brink of the great
waterfall there moved up stream at
the fearful rate of mile a day.
The water falling over the preci-
pice forms a whirlpool at the base of
the fall. This eats away the base of
the cliff over which the water falls.
Finally the. brink Of the fall is rest
Ing on nothing because OF the eating
away. OF the base OF the Cliff and tum-
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ago. and who therefore have the an
portunity to devote themselves to other
things.
us man extinct here?' asked LADY
cunard when coming away from In
afternoon reception in New York. This
was natural. for at similar time OF
day in London drawing rooms are
crowded with men. The Englishnan. in
short, has leisure to play the cavalier:
the American has not.
Many OF the English girls are strik-
ipgty beautiful. sincere in their arec-
tions and seldom artificial: nor are thew
lacking in a daring. adventurous spirit
which quite equals, II not outdoes. that
or the American girls. AS vet this
country has not produced a Dodo.
When the day, perchance. shall have
come that greater proportion OF our
men have more leisure. and the Eng
lish women have digested the fact that
a round hat and a sack coat may still
be worn at the noon hour. il may be
that these splendid girls will queen it
over the man and great houses OF the
new world IN a way similar to that
which they are now so amicably al
lowing American girls TO do in Eng
land.
For some time English women have
carefully studied the attitude OF Amer
lean men toward their wives 1t Is
acknowledged to be charming. Quite
sententiousIy some generous soul may
hope it will last" Scientists even ara
prying into what they regard as the
Americans extraordinary admiration
for and confidence In his own wife.
They are kind enough to explain that
primarily, this has. come about through
the early scarcity OF women in the
States. They dwell on the days when
q man had to be rather spruce and
rather spry to catch a woman. Fur
Their, they tell us that the present pleas
ing condition of things cannot last. II
is argued abroad that American women
are becoming overturned. or. 1t might
be said. too finely bred. and that this In
something which must eventually react
on the welfare OF the country.
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Took a Little Vacation
The wav of this was-this.

The W2y OF this wss-this:
About twenty years $50 the San Ca
brlel River ran decorousIy from the
mountains to the sea, skirting the town
OF Downey. One winter, when the
1reshets were unusually heavy. it
Jumped its banks far up toward the
hills.near FL Monte: ii went away for a
little vacation, and it never came back.
For twenty years it has been an outlaw.
making havoc and ruin.
The whole food water went pouring
where the river ought to be running.
And Il has been running at random
like that for all the years since
Sometimes it would take notion to
sweep over one farm; sometimes an
other No farm in the country that
lies between Downey and Artesia and
Norwalk was safe.
Sometimes the farmers tried TO nus
tie out their teams and throw up little
bikes, but the old river. simply laughed
st them. II has been = common sight
every winter in that country TO see
1srm-houses standing in the midst of
broad lakes stretching for hundreds
OF yards.
Pretty country roads, arched with
trees, would unexpectedly become
broad, sluggish creeks-impassabl
Farmhouse after farmhouse was
abandoned to stand with staring. va
cant windows like the dead eyes of
corpse. Silt and dirt torn out by the
floods were swept down until the farms
were covered. As this continued year
after year. the fences were buried with
it. Many farmers were ruined.
u has been = common experience,
when the water receded a little, 10
stumble over what appears to be
stick OF wood in the mud and find it
70 be the TOP Of some long buried barb
ed-wire fence.
Some farm was always partially in
undated al summer. but the winter
foods were sure 70 change the course
The winter coming OF the dreaded river
had all the tragedy and terror OF
medieval dragon. The farmers lay
awake nights watching and listening
Tor it.
Many a farmer has Weakened in the
morning and found himself on his front
steps a prisoner with 9 big river gurg-
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ENGLISH WOMEN AND AMERICAN MEN

I'm London short time ago LADY
! who goes to court was signing that
she had no more fingers on which to
count the titles captured as she
declared. by American girls Later she
said that it was one of the greatest
rarities to meet an English woman OF
standing with an American husband
She recalled the marriage or Sir Edwin
Arnold's daughter with a man OF this
country, that of Sibyl Cuffe and MIR.
Cutting, and mentioned that Marshall
o. Roberts had married the daughter
of Sir George Herbert Murray. But
after naming a few other notable in
stances of such marriages she still de-
clared that the attraction of English
women for American men, and vice
versa, was not considerable.
1T must be serious matter to fall
in love with an English girl" she was
then told by a young American. who
had just returned from fashionable
party in London. and where he had
taken neither the time nor the trouble
to break through the wall of reserve
and conventionslity with which he had
found those girl surrounded.
They are all SO alike" he COM
planned. unconsciously missing the va
riety which spices intercourse with his
own country women. Charming. GER
tainly. but we couldn't hit II orr
Nor had he in the least appealed to
the English girls, whose innate conser-
vatism holds them back from accom-
modating themselves to the ways of
American men. A man who announces
himself the slave OF time. who is
known to spend his days shut up in an
Office, is frequently, even though un-
justly, regarded as a money grubber
by the women accustomed to men whose
fortunes have been mada for. tn EN- Ions
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HOUSE ON TIE NILES =
RANCH OCCUPANTS &RIVEN OUT
~ By FLOOD LAST 1EAE

The farmers then built high dikes On
either side of the river bed about
hundred feet on either side OF the little
cut-in bed. so that the winter floods
might have plenty of room to roar
down.
incidentally it has been one long
holiday for the farmer people. They
have been working in camps of hun
dred teams each. Girls have gone out
to visit them it has been one grand
social soiree and blowing tournament.
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1t has saved millions OF dollars 60 The
countryside The silt by which the
farms have all been plastered has en-
riched the ground to a wonderful de-
gree. Already property values In that
entire district have jumped. THe farm
ers are going back to their deserted
FARMS: the dragon has been conquered.
The engineer of this gigantic enter
prise. this engineer who has won out
where $4,000 engineers failed. has
gone back to the store.
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- he only river ever made to order
has just been completed in South
ern California.

he only river ever made TO order
has just been completed in South
ern California.
or course. engineers have built
plenty or irrigation bitches; but this
ssn't an irrigation ditch; this is simply
river.
It's a freak river, anyhow. For about
twenty years-and until this month
81 has been the only river IN the world
running every day in the year without
any definite course and without any
banks. It was hobo river. 1t ran
all the time, but sometimes it ran one
place. and then it would take a no
ton TO run some place else
For years prominent engineers with
imposing bundles of plans and books
fun Of mathematics have been trying
70 make that river behave
About six weeks ago the farmers got
tired Of the years OF engineering con-
situations and decided to handcuH the.
old reprohate themselves. They cid it.
All ohe engineering plans were made
by country storekeeper who sells
oiled" shirts and eggs and moiasses
II the crossroads; he doesn't know any
thing about engineering or mathcmat-
les
The entire cost of making the river
e order has been less than one OF the
distinguished boards OF engineers
charged for making q survey.
The tanning OF the river by the reso-
lute-if unmat.l ematical-corner grocer
VIII reclaim thousands and thousands
O. acres that have been ruined and
devastated by this vagrant old dragon
o. river II will mean the repopula-
ton Of countryside made desolsto-r by
deserted fsrmhou5es.
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St. George Didn't Approx

Vow x daS y DC t.sSt 81 Oeor sc. u 70
conquered TIE great Dragon. MAJ also
have kept a crossroads store as :. side
issue.
TIE St. George in this case,in a lean.
typical Westerner. He educated him
self built up nice little fortune for
himself; has railroaded some, numbered
some. knows about mines little. His
name is George Feltz.
He wasn't feeling in good health last
winter and be bought part interest in
the prosperous country store at Artesia.
He thought it would be a rest.
The first time he saw that winter
food come. up he didn't approve OF it,
He bought farm and the food went
over the farm. and it made him angry
He set his kim. Yankee lips together
herd, md the futurs'didn't look bright
for the river.
lie found out about .thc plans and
examined them ell. Then said: "Al
that these engineers discovered about
this river is that water runs downlaill
1 knew that already without a map
Although he rad never tanned q river.
nc was not appalled,. He just figured
that. as he had a little time on his
HANDS, be might as well be dxing that
river.
As the county authorities would not
come through" with money, he or
ganized little stock company among
the farmers and the storekeepers-ob-
ject OF the stock company, putting
down and disciplining rivers.
The next morning ne got out all the
farmers he could find. He couldn't fn1
many at first Farmers are suspicious.
They hung back lie wanted hundred
teams to do the work. He got eight
Most men would have been completely
dieiacartened and would have quit on
the spot. He took the eight and got
busy.
Fla a Nice Place"
Then occurred some OF the most
unique meetings ever held in this.
world. Their object was. to get the
consensus OF opinion of the farmers as
to where il would be nice TO have a
river.
They talked il over just as farmers
might talk over new road. or as the
people of countryside consult with
the builders of anew railroad.
? Usually. you see. Providence attends
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p
ling Under his house, His hay floating
OF down the Stream and his small 1--we
stock drowned Meny. cattle have lost
their lives aloag with pigs and chick
ems.
The farmers Appealed to. the State
and TO the COUNT Supervisors. Every
ore they appealed 70 always got some
engineers to go look at the river and
make maps and hold consultations aid
go home again. Then the. demon river
would laugh derisively and eatup some
more farms
Many times. during fl;.e years OF their
suffering, panics have come over the
little towns, lest they4sbe swept away
TOO. Many times it. fas seemed that
the river intended to come over into
town for visit. Every year Il worksf
little nearer 70 the. towns.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-03-13
AMUSEM ENTS,
Shepard's Pictures Wednesday.

One Of the successes of tho present
season is without doubt Archie l.. Shep-
ards remarkable production Of THE
about twenty minutes and is one of the
most absorbingly interesting moving
pictured conceivable. 1t 1t shows the
attempt by a band of outlaws to wreck
limited express train. The accidental
discovery of their plans by a switch
mans daughter. Her capture by the
outlaws who tic her to a tree to prevent
her interference with their work. Her
rescue by a beautiful Newfoundland
dog. 1t further shows how she manages
to flag the train Just in time to pre-
vent the wreck. and later her re-
capture by the bandits who throw her
across the railroad track bound and
gagged, just as another limited train
is about to pass. The final great
climax of this remarkable picture shows
the rescue Of the girl by her sweetheart
who is engineer in charge of the train,
by picking her from the track while
the train is going at full speed. "The
Wreckers' will form an interesting
portion of an exceptional program of
moving picture surprises to be offered
by Archie L. Shepard at the Opera
house with a special matinee at 3.45,
Wednesday. March IA. Seats now on
sale. Prices 10. 20 and 80.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-03-13
A vlNplcATloN FOR OR. PIERCE.
cccision by the Supreme Court Of the
State Against the Ladies' Home
journal.

A verdict has been rendered in favor
of the plaintiff in the libel suit brought
assainst the Ladies' Home Journal pub
saea 6s wSy By fse bspesa Gsps Mds coz 2ssS by
cia;icn. Of which Dr.. r. v. Pierce. is
President The suit was brought by
Doctor Pierce against the Curtis Pub
iShing Co. for his skmS false statements ,an
cines known as DR.. Picrce's Favorite Pre-
scription. In the May number of the
Ladies' Home Journal 09oD. MIR. Edward
Box the editor stated at, that Dr. PerGe,s :,
and some other harmful ingredients, and
Dr. Pierce had in the action alleged that
the defendant maiiclously published this
article containing snch false and defama-
tory matter. DIR. Pierce further claimed
that no alcohol is or ever was contained
in his "Favol1te Prescription" that said
medicine was u vegetable preparation.
and contained no dcleterious ingredients
tending to give some Of the ingredients of
said medicine, was wholly and absolutely
false. During the trial the Vice-Prcsi-
dent of the Worlds Dispensary Medical
of Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription were
extracted from the following native roots !:
Golden Seal. Blue Cohosh. Lady's Slipper.
Black Cohosh and Unicorn, by means of
pure glycerine. He was asked how he
knew. as physician and experienced
medical man. that the "Favorite Pre-
peculiar to women, such as amenor-
rhea, dysmencrrhea, ante-version, retro
version, and he stated that he knew
such was the fact because of his pro-
fessiOnal experience and the many thou
sands of women whose ills had been
crue,l by this "Prescription The Vice-
President. being asked to give his au-
thorities, read from the standard
works, such as the United States Dispen-
Satcry. The American Dispansatory and
many other standard medical books
Tho rctraction printed by the Curtis
Publishing Company two months after
the libclous statement appeared and
nearly two months after the suit had
been begun stated definitely that analy-
ses had been made at their request and
that the .Favoritc Prescription did not
contain either alcohol, opium or dgitalis.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-03-13

Announcement was made Monday
that S. T. Stilkey of the s. T. Stilkey &
Son Co. had sold his interest in the
business. the purchaser being Willard
r. McFadden Of this city. Mr.. Stilkey
will retire from the business but 9TH
erwise the company will remain the
same, and the stable will no doubt he
conducted in the same first-class man.
ner that has characterized it hereto
fore. Mr.. Stilkey has been in the hus.
iness for 13 years, during which time
he has built up a livery establishment
which is second to none in the citv :
Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-03-13
CONDENSED DISPATCHES.

The young man who was arrested by
Capt L. +. Hurley in Cambridge Satur-
day OH the charge of defrauding Har-
ward students and entering the domi-
tory rooms, and who gave the name OF
Albert l.. Lambert. has acknowledged
that his real name is Lucius Rapp and
that he is the son of a prominent Chi
cagO man. The amount involved in the
several breaks committed by Rapp, the
loans he made on students and the
worthless checks cashed will be in the
vicinity of $4,000. He also admitted that
he had done similar work at Yale, to
the extent Of about $4,000. and that he
had operated. too. among students at
Trinity college in Hartford.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-03-13
JURORS SUMMONED.
LIST OF 20 Special Jurors Who Will be
Drawn for Trial Of Mrs. Cooper.

Clerk of the Courts c. w. Jones re-
ceived last evening the returns of tn,
veniress, issue1 last Saturday for new
special jurors to serve on the jury a
the trial of Mrs. Alice +. Cooper O
South Windsor for murder. The tria
Is to begin tomorrow in the suprem,
court. The. new jurors who have beer
summoned to appear for draft on thi.
jury are as follows:
L. a. TiilSOn Of Monmouth
John Robinson of Monmouth.
A. c. Richardson of Monmouth.
+. L. Bishop of Monmouth.
{. ID. Lincoln of Wayne.
w. b. Frost of Wayne
Charles L. Cloueh of Readfield.
NJ. +. Condor of Readficld.
Charles S. Brown of Readficld.
l.. II. Hammond Of Manchester
+. +. jackson of Manchester.
George NJ. Foster, Of Winthrop.
Joseph H. Bates of Winthrop.
Harry G. Davis of Winthrop.
Robert G. TOwlc of Winthrop.
Russell NJ. Chase of Faycttc
IL. j. BamfoIrl of r'aycttc.
Joseph z. Stevens of Litchficld.
Andrew j. TOZier Jr.. Litchficld.
Eugene l.. Campbell of Litchficld
Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-03-13
List Of Unclaimed Letters at the Post
Office

Women-Miss Lillian F. Bailey, Mrs
Hattie Brown, Madmoiselle d. Dion
Miss Bertha Grant. Miss Anna Jack
son, Miss Marion Lincoln, Mrs. U. l.
Millidnus, Mrs. Gertrude Seekin, Mrs
L. A. Swift, Mrs. Martha f. Rogers
Mrs. E. NJ. Vaughn. Miss Lillian Van
Derpool, Miss P. Wescott
Men-Mr. E. +. Blaisdell. J. c. Down
ing Co. Everett Evans, c. F. Everett
Esq. John Evans. Mr.. ]. w. Fitzpat-
rick, Mr.. Lara Li!lnekirs. Harry Lewis
Mr.. H. E. -Offenbacher. Mr. Walter Per-
kjns. Mr.. Chester Sellar, L. L. Young.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-03-13

Lee johnson was down from Bel
grade Lakes to cast his ballot yester-
day. In addition to running barbel
shop at the lakes Curing the coming
season as he did year ago, Mr.. John
son has embarked in the ice business
and has harvested about 300 tons to
be retailed during the summer to cot
tagers, fishing carties and residents.
He has also bought farm of 24G acres
in Mercer. just beyond the Rome line,
upon which there is a lot Of valuable
timber part of which he will cut next
winter.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-03-13
PERSONAL Mention.

S. c. G. Ward left last night for Bos-
ton. to be gone until Saturday.
George NJ. Chapman of Fairfield was
i'll the city on business Monday.
Ralph G.. Wcbber. Bowdoin '0G, spent
Saturday and Sunday at his home in
this city.
Capt. Harry NJ. Smith went to his
home in Bangor Monday to participate
in the election.
Mrs. G. w. Selander Of Portland was
the guest of Augusta friends Monday
and was registered at the Cony House.
Miss Bessie NJ. Weston. who is teach.
ing school at Rumford Falls. is at her
home in this city for a two weeks
vacation.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-03-13

Frank Lee, who is stacking ice from
the Kcnncbcc river above the dam.
las his field open and is now running
ice into the stack. He expects to cut
%bout 1000 tons at that point, and will
also stack some at point farther
Gown the river.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-03-13
Waterville Notes,

Geo. w. Dorr, the enterprising drug
gist. has just received large stock
of Hyomei. the guaranteed cure for ca.
ta1rh. With every outfit he gives a
signed guarantee to refund the money
if Hyomei does not benefit. This is
the famous inhalation treatment that
cures catarrh without stomach dosing.
and is the only guaranteed cure for
that disease.