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LIoNs LIKE -. =. 1 NEW RAILWAY .,,, catlike Curiosity Makes fife Eventful Along the
 Uganda Line.
MIRA THEIR PET STATION
:. Thare Wires That They Sleep on v,s platicrir aud Amnse Themselves hv Chasing Trackmen Up
 Telegraph Poles.

r,o lions of East Africa appear to be
 .,+cbng the progress of civilization
 .;tb deep interest, and nothing has
 .,o more 10 arouse their curiosity
 'nd wonder than the trains on the
 Uganda railroad
 o1 This railroad from the Indian ocean
 !. victoria Nyanza, is 5S4 miles long,
 .sd hetween the terminal points are
 hirtv. mine stations. The line is man.
 ..od m the system of the Indian rail
 .sods and most of the men Ill the
 ..oct train and station service are East Indians,
 The Indian station agent is known as hahn and he leads a lonesome life. s,mha. for example, where the lions have beeu making a specia. study of the railroad system, has only d station hniIdng. water tank for the engines md a side track. this being one of the nlaces where trains pass each other on the single track road.
 The traffic manager at Nairobi one morning TtttlNeu lDAo ASLOiAlSuiuE lSlS- gram from the babu at Simba;
 A lion has been botllerns me for three nights He comes up on the station plat form and goes to sleep. Then he walks I'D and down, scratches nll the wall and door and tries 10 get into the office. Please send cartridges for q Snyder rifle by the first train for my protection. I have blank cartridges. but they are Of no use against lions.
 : This profound observation has the earmarks of sober truth. It Is to be believed that the cartridges were promptly supplied, but, If so, they did not make deep impression upon the lions, for month later another hair raising telegram reached the traffic as follows:
 Urgent To Traffic Manager:
 A lion is on the platform. Please in- Utruct guard and driver {engineer} to pro- ,eed carefully and to make no signals in he yard Tell the guard to advise pas Iengers not to get out here and to be very careful himself when he comes into the ,fHce
 It is not quite certain whether the oabu was chiefly solicitous for the ,afety of the guard or whether he
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leapcd to the opposite window and kicked out a pane. letting in a food of cold air. Then as quickly as it's angle would permit he dashed down the aisle to the other berth
 Let me help you, madam he said "Tne porter has deserted Us.
 Il seem to be in sort of we'll. my berth is so tilted" answered the girl. If you could just lend me a hand.'
 In a moment q girlish form was standing beside him. Are We killed?' she asked, her voice trembling little in spite of it's brave tone.
 Not yet" answered Wilton. but we'd better get out at once. The gas tanks are leaking
 Together they groped down the aisle to find d brakeman forcing his way in to the wreckago at the end of the car.
 Any one hurt in here?" he asked flashing his lantern i'll their faces. '1he porter didn't stop to sec
 All safc,' answered Wilton. What's the trouble?''
 "Open switch. Banged into coal chute. Engineer and fireman killed Lot of coach passengers hurt You are. the only Pullmans. Better get out of this" And he led the way up 10 the steep embankment down which the train had plunged, then trotted off down the track. leaving them alone be side the tangle of trucks and rails that marked the path of the wreck
 Wilton picked up forgotten lantern and for the first time turned to look at the girl whom he had rescued. Then he gave great gasp of astonishment Betty Allis. Where on earth"'
 Jack Wilton. Where"
 The two stood silent i'll a hearty hand grasp. Suddenly Jack fell to trembling, aud for q moment panic seized him.
 Betty Allis," he repeated. ito think that some one that 1 knew anti--that knew was in this catastrophe and so uear death. Ii makes mc-it makes me-
 Here Betty broke the tension with a trembling little laugh that was none tt. less merry.
 "Eut we are both safe and sound so what's to worry as: Let's find out where we both caIbe from and''- Then suddenly she became sober. "First. sats go see if we can be of any use
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HID IN HOT OVEN
 TO ESCAPE ARREST
Chicago Boy Accused of Stealing homing Pigeons Chooses Novel
 Refuge.

The bot oven of q cook stove is not the most comfortable hiding place in the world even for q small boy of dar ing proclivities- This is the opinion of Gilbert Golden. an eleven-year-old Chi to arrest him on charge of stealing homing pigeons. promptly hid in his mothers oven.
 When the officers entered the house they were told the boy was not at home They seated themselves in the kitchen, saying that they would wait
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HE lAAANA0GD A 4EAEdhAFa fOAE
 thought tha, the lion might take advan- tage of the open door. However this may be, the distress signal from Simba had the immediate result of starting 8 British sportsman in that direction
 lie took the next train for Simba, and under the water tank he and the railroad men erected platform about len feet above the ground, where the Nlmrod spent several days waiting for he visitors. His patience was at length rewarded. He bagged two lions and a lioness, though one lion bit him so severely in the arm when he went up to the apparently dead beast that he spent three months ill a coast hos ptal
 There was nothing doing for several weeks after the great day when three lions had been laid low within few rods of the station. Then came an- other nervous tclegram
 Extra urgent, Track hand was sur~ rounded by two lions while returning rom signal box. He climbed a telegraph pole near the water tank. He is up there yet, Order train to stop there and take him aboard.
 The track man succeeded In reaching the station before relief arrived For several days the telegraph wire was ourdened only with routine dispatches. Then another episode was proclaimed In the following shape:
 TO Guard and Driver of Down Train:
 Carriage of Secratorv Is ou fhA Si6ipsy where he shot lion just now. and others are roaring on Makindu side. Driver must proceed without signals and stop engine opposite station. Guard must not get out of the brake van.
 Later advices nave not yet come to hand, but If any station master Is find Ing life monotonous and longs to have a dull routine peppered with incident and adventure perhaps he may arrange to swap jobs with the babu at Simba.
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1t was ill that city that he was made a Mason in Rhinebeck lodge u lSi9. Since then he has held many high Ma ability. Mr. Brown has been regnlarl; promoted through the chairs in the grand chapter. receiving his first ap- poin,ment in that body in 1s99
 Tho $l3O, ,O00 temple to be erected by the grand lodge of North Carolina in Raleigh Is to be a seven story ire proof structure
 During his recent visit to England the young sultan of Zanzibar was initi- ated as q Freemason. becoming q mem ber of Empire lodge. To this lodge be. long also three of the semi-lndependent Moslem rulers of India.
 To preside in the east at the coufer- ring of the master Mason degree on ones father is certainly novel ex- perience It was enjoyed by William II. Nagle recently. when his father was "raised" in Detroit lodge.
 Vancouver, E. C., is to have new Masonic temple costing &5a,Go0.
 There is q remarkable increase i'll membership in tho \. A. $, Rite of Ma sorry in the southern jurisdiction of this country. G,5NO Masons having re- ceived the thirty-second degree during the two years ending June 30, 1905.
 A lodge shoulI be judged not by it's surplus. but by the amount expended in charity.
 The largest Templar organization in the District of Columbia is Columbia commandery. It was chartered in 1865.
 At its recent annual communication the grand lodge of Tennessee took un- der consideration the matter of remov- ing the Masonic home from Nashville to some point where more land can he secured for the industrial training ot the boys.
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Beat Aged Farmer to Il Pulp.

Two robbers murderously assa ulted William BranZe, a farmer recluse near Tilden, south of Nashville, III. They went to the home of the aged rocluse. stating they had been hired in the mud and asking for q spade, with which to excavatc their buggy. Branze started for the shed to comply with bagged him. He was ordered to tell where he had hidden his money, but refused to do so. and as q result was subjected to the grosseSt insults and torture One ear was torn off and one eye gouged out. He was beaten almost to pulp. He steadfastly refused to reveal the hiding place of his money.
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weekly lip !o and including septem Der B.
 Special ballots will be given fos paidin advance subscriptions, at the rate of ono cent each, CT 100 ballots for $l. We will give 1000 votes for every years paid-in advance subs5riF- ton to the daily or 200 ballots for a years paid-i0advauce subscription ta the semi-Wcohly. Remember tHat these ballots will not be given except on paid-in-adyauce subscrip ious, and no ballots will be siVen for less t6an one months subscription.
 Votes cast for one person can no; be- transferred to another even though the person withdraws from the cor test
 All regular and special ballots F be cast before expiration of date tbe.e. on or they will not be counted.
 No empIoyc of the Graphic or mcm Der of any employees family will be permitted tD enter ally or tue Eefts. tests.
 The contests close Saturday, Sep tember g, 1906.
 Payment for any subscription long er than three years in advance will not be accepted.
 Carriers or agents are not permitted to furnish special ballots to any one, but they may take subscriptions, and when this is done special ballots will b. forwarded direct to the subscriber.
 All subscriptions and communiea- tons regarding the contest should be addressed to the Contest Depart ment. The Graphic Pine Bluff Ark '
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Preacher Whips NaEgiDE Wife.

Mrs. $. H. Dull. wife of the Rev. Mir, Dull of the Baptist church at Gobleville, Mich, who was severely beaten by her husband. has gone to the home of her brother. George Acker- man. at Brimtied. Ind. to live. She has engaged attorneys and will bring suit for divorce if her husband does not make provision for the support of her self and child. MT. Dull has written the brother and says that his wife ha i; been nagglng him for many months and it reached d point where he could not stand it longer He says he will take her back If she will promise to be uouG
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6FLN NFPEA IsEI- until he returned. They had been In the room but few minutes when the oven of large cook stove slowly open ed. and the re4l face>l and perspiring youngster appeared
 Gee, but that was hot" said he, wlping the precipitation from his face. ''I didn't know there was a fire in the stove when l crawled in there. guess dea th."
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MASONIC.

Grand High Priest of New York.
 Chips From the Temple.
 Derrick Brown. who was recently elected grand high priest of the grand chapter of Royal Arch Masons of New York, has long been active in Masonry and is one of the best known members of the craft in the Empire State. He was born in Poughkeepsie in 1888, and
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Knights of the Golden Eagle.

Since the first of the year there has been a large increase in membership in the order
 A home and orphanage under the df- rection of and wholly supported hy the castles of Knights of the Golden Eagle of Pennsylvania seems now to be al: assured fact.
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A Remarkable Offer .~

he Graphic Proposes to Give Away Absolutely Eraa of cost, S4oooo Piano and Si so % its Due Eii,u To Apply the Purchase Price of Two Dt,, .r. Waking Grand Tota! of s55o.0o in PFIzes to tn. Three Host Popular Ladies.
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$, A. ROSENBERG. Stationer and Bookseller

Pine Bluff Ark, May 28, 1906. Pine Bluff Daily Graphic, City.
 Gentlemen: We think your piano contest a good thing, and we will give to the winner 8 handsome music cabinet, to match the piano.
 RHODES-HAVERTY FUR. co.
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WILL GIVE FREE MUSIC.

Pine Bluff, Ark, May 2G, 1906- Publishers Graphic, City.
 Gentlemen: I will give to the win. ner of the s40O.0o Kimball piano offer e,s by you. the choice of any music iT the house to the amout of $10. Yours truly,
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''An III Wind
 By HONORE WILLSIE .f,, -I.-,,s ltAss I,V {l.4+t..l.

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It is not quite certain whether the babu was chiefly solicitous for the safety of the guard or whether he
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1906-10-16
MINING CONGRESS
CONVENES AT DENVER.

Denver, Colo, Oct. 16.-The Amer
lean Mining Congress held it's open
ing session at the Broadway theatre
this forenoon with several hundred
delegates present President J. H
Richards responded to the welcoming
addresses delivered by Governor Nc
Donald and others, after which five
minute speeches were made by a
number of delegates, including Cover
Ter of Utah. After the appointment of
committees, President Richards de-
livered his annual address. He advo-
Gated the establishment of a depart
ment of mines and mining by the
Federal government and the creation
cabinet as its head. He also submit
ted a resolution urging the passage
of such measure by congress.
Another important matter to
come up before the mining congress
is a bill recommended by Governor
Pardee of California to prevent min
ing frauds by state legislation. David
Brunton, of this city, will present
a district mine drainage law which
will affect especially the Cripple
Creek district of this state, whore q
gigantic drainage system is propos-
ed. 1t is regarded as almost certain
that Joplin, Mo-, will secure the next
session of the annual convention of
the Mining Congress-
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Deeds Filed for Record.

The following deeds have recently
been filed in the office of Probate
Clerk and Recorder F. P Gayle:
c. c. Young and wife to Henry J.
Young, for $4,000 eighty acres in
1113-25 and the east half of 34-12-25
J. Q. Cummins and wife to John
]. Cole, for $3.50, lot 6, block 4, in
Thurber's addition to Roswell, with
water right.
X S. Woodruff to Charles w. De-
Freest, for $4,000, a half interest in
20 acres in 3-11-24 and forty-acres in
34-10-24, except two strips of land
therein, and water rights thereto.
Edward j. Glover and wife to Mar
garet E. Farmer, for s1,450, lot 9,
block 16, Roswell.
George A. Douglass and wife to
L. c. Hunt, for $1,000, eighty acres
in 2O-13-26 and water right.
Hiram Woods to Mary Maude
Earle, for $3.50, tract of s1a acres
in 33-10-24, in the city of Roswell.
w. P. Lewis and wife to George
H Greenway, for $1,000, block 27,
South Highlands
Belle Inflow Kirby and husband to
Grahame Lowndes, for 81 $50, lot IA,
block 27, Roswell
Guy H. Herbert and wife to J. s.
Lea, for s1,7O0. the Sc quarter of
18-13-25.
George Mehl to J. F. Ash for
$3.50, lots II, II, 13 and IA, block
"a, Roswell
Albert Smith and wife to NJ. E.
Ewel1, for 81 and other considera-
tions, tract so by $50 feet in
32-10-24
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An Entertaining Lecture.

DR.. George Waverley Briggs, a
man of the Southland, lectured to a
most appreciative audience at the
gymnasium of the Military Institute
last night, choosing for his subject
1.-The American Girl He held the
undivided attention of his audience
for an hour and a half, and was Civ
en- generous applause. This is one of
the speakers popular lectures, and
was calculated to amuse as well as
instruct the hearers.
Touching upon the qualifications
needed in the American girl, it was
instructive, but the sermon feature
was not the leading one by any
means. Many good stories were in
troduced. In closing he paid eloquent
tribute to the mothers, the old fash
ioned mothers of America.
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THE ELkS CARNIVAL
AUTOMOBILE PARADE.

Following will be the line of
march for the Automobile Parade OF
the EIks which occurs at five O'Clock
this evening.
From the grounds north on Main
street to 7th, west on TIN to Pennsyl-
vania, south on Penn, to First, east
on First to Main, north on Main to
the Carnival grounds.
The procession will be headed by
the Elks' Carnival Band and follow
ed by representations of the various
nations on auto-floats.
Parade starts at five o'clock.
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T. Wells, vice president; George NJ
Slaughter, treasurer; ]. A. Graham,
secretary.
1t was decided that all members
and the members of their families
should have cards before they will
be admitted to the grounds. A guard
will be supplied at the gate to see
that this rule is strictly enforced. The
club is to be made attractive to all
members so they will enjoy going
to the grounds. Special features will
be introduced at regular intervals to
increase the interest in the club. The
has reached 125 the shares will be
advanced to 5000 apiece.
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poets there the kind of produce that
can be raised in tnat country by
mesna of irrigation. To use the
words of one of the residents of the
Pecos Valley, it is an oasis in a great
desert. The cultivated land is all un-
der irrigation, the products raised
there showing what can be done with
land even though there is no natural
rainfall to aid in raising vegetation.
This car carries specimens of all
the produce raised in that country,
and while some of the samples are
no better than the stuff raised here.
ever raised here. The apples are of
many varieties, one instance being
which is on the car weighing "a o.
Other samples are two-pouni on
ions, 105 pound pumpkins, four pound
bunch of grapes, 17-inch cucumber.
and watermelons that would make
pickaninny's eyes stick out One of
the black bass caught in the Pecos
river is exhibited in a jar. 1t weighs
eight pounds, and while there are
not many that get to be that big they
often catch four and five Founders.
This car is the second one of it's
kind which mas been here in the
past three months. The other one
was from Tulare, California, and al
though it had some things much finer
than this, the specimens of the
same kind were no better than those
from the Pecos Valley.
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MRS. JEFFERSON DAVIS
MAY DIE AN ANY HOUR.

New York, Oct. 16.-Mrs. Jefferson
Davis, widow of the President of the
Southern Confederacy, VINO has been
i'll of pneumonia at the Hotel Majes-
tic, was still alive early today, but
her death, it is said, could not be far
off. Mrs Davis took a sudden change
for the worse last night and her
physicians said the end was only a
question of hours. She is 80 years
old. A clergyman VINO was summon
ed to Mrs. Davis room remained
with her a short time, and as he
left the hotel said she was uncon-
scious and sinking rapidly.
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ARKANSAS FARMER
GUILTY OF PEONAGE.

Helena, Ark, Oct. 16.-The jury
in the so-called "peonage" case on
trial here have found verdict in ia
vor of the plaintiffs, two white girls
named Emmons and Witt A farmer
named Musgrove was charged with
enticing the girls from ST. Louis and
holding thasn on his plantation. and
on complaint of the girls was indict-
ed for peonage. The Indictment was
found faulty, and damage suits were
tnen instituted. These suits have
been decided, and awarded Miss Witt
s625 and Miss Emmons $1,000 dam.
ages.
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AUTOMOBILE ExPLoDEs.
lat High Speed.-Two of the
Occupants May Die.

Cleveland, O.. Oct. 16.-An auto
mobile while running at a high rate
of speed struck trolley pole in
Lakewood suburb early this morning
and exploded. The four occupants of
the car were injured, and two of
them may die. The injured are: Miss
Anna Schmittel, Miss HuldA Acker-
man, Benjamin Camra and George
Hartman. The condition of Miss Ack-
erman and Mr.. Hartman is critical.
Something went wrong with the ma
chinery and the ear swerved from
the roadway and struck trolley
pole. Fifteen gallons of gasoline in
the reservoir was let out with a roar
and enveloped all four persons in
flames.
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KNIGHTS OF PYTHlAs.
Forty Thousand Uniformed Men in
Line at New Orleans.

Forty Thousand Uniformed Men in
Line at New Orleans.
New Orleans, La, Oct. 16.-The
Pythian convention was fully inaug-
urated today, proceeding simultan-
eously in several departments. These
include the encampment of the uni
form rank, opening of the Supreme
Lodge, and exercises of each of the
three following conventions: SUI
preme Temple of Rathbone Sisters,
Grand Keepers of Records and Seals
Association, and National Pythian
Editorial Association. The business
sessions occupied the morning hours,
while the afternoon was given over
to tine parade of the Uniform Rank.
Several thousand visitors came into
the city today to watch the Pythians
march. 1t was estimated that with
the late arrivals this morning there
were about 10000 uniformed men in
line.
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Oil weII at Cumberland Cit,

Mr.. Gray, store-keeper at Orchard
Park, telephoned to Roswell yester-
day afternoon tnat oil in considerable
quantities was being encountered in
the well which is being drilled for
James Sutherland, S. P. Johnson and
G. P Shearman three-fourth of a
mile east of Cumberland City town
site. The well is down $50 feet and
the first and second artesian flows
have been passed. One hundred feet
Of very nard formation was passed
below the second artesian flow, and
it is in this strata that the oil is
found. Eugene Carper is at the well
and his word for it is given as good
evidence that the conditions are as
stated.
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INVESTIGATING COMMITTEE
Is WITHOUT POWEI

Columbus, O., Oct. 16.-The Drake
Investigating committee, created by
the last legislature, is without pow
decision of the state supreme court
The committee was created to probe
into the affairs of Hamilton county
and Cincinnati, and held several
meetings. The case came to the SUI
preme court through a suit brought
by the Robertson Realty Co. of Gin
cinnati, who sued the state auditor
to compel him to issue a warrant on
the state treasurer in payment of
rent for the rooms occupied by the
committee in Cincinnati
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Poetry and Other Things.

George P. Cleveland writes to the
Artesia Advocate as follows:
Z notice by the newspapers that
there is a good deal of agitation
about the Tallmadge land cases, and
that some people who don't under
stand the matter compare the deal
ings to the Oregon land frauds. the
cases are not at all alike The Oregon
people who were convicted of land
frauds, skinned the country of its for
ests and pocketed the money, but it
would seem that where the Tall
Valley the reverse of the picture is
obvious. The vivifying water has
been brought to the surface of the
semi-desert, and while it quenches
the long thirst of the sun-baked SOIL
it flashes kisses to our glorious sun
shine, and there comes vivid hopes
and joys to all VINO see it. 1t may be
that there have been some technical
wrongs, but the trees are growing
where there was nothing but desert,
the people enjoying them, and the
government has been compensated >"