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mechanics. Nubian blacksmiths. and
many Nubian boys, who were taking a
sort of manual training course in order
that they may serve locomotive en-
gineers. under machinistS and trackmen.
The machinery is of modern make and
the shops are about as well equipped as
our shops at Panama.
How the Desert Ruins Railroads.
AS we walked from lathe to lathe ana
from planning machine to planning machine
Capt. Midwinter pointed out some of the
peculiarities OF the wear and tear which
the desert has upon railway materials
Here" said he. as he pointed to the
wheel of an American locomotive. in
which was cut a groove so deep and wide
that 1 could lay my three fingers in ii,
'is an example of how the sands ruin
our car wheels. The desert is covered with
grains as hard as flint. They blow over
the rails. and as the cars move they grind
out the steel as though they We're emery
powder. AS a result a wheels life is
short. and we have to cut down its tire
every few months. Moreover. the sand
gets into the bearings. and there is a
continuous wearing which necessitates al
most constant repair.
'How about your sandstormso Are they
Serious obstacles to traffic."
AT times, yes. They come with such
violence that they cover the tracks; they
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APT. MlDNINTER hey {.

Red sea began to seep in. and we are now
drilling again. There are some stretches
along the route where there is no water
whatever. In such places we have to
carry our supply with us. For this we
have tanks of galvanized iron, each Of
which will hold about fifteen hundred gal
Ions
Travel on the Red Sea Railroad.
with all this. Capt. MiLwinter. can
you make your road pay?
II think so. 1t is the short cut to the
Sudan and Central Africa, and it will
have the most of the carrying trade of
that region. The country is vast. and l.
is lust now on the edge of it's develop
ment. Goods will be brought over the
Red sea road to khartum and thence
sent up the White and Blue Niles. We
shall have new roads going out from
khartum connecting the Nile with all
parts of the country, and both the rivers
and the road will be feeders for this line
Of ours
The Sirdar on Railroad Building.
Speaking of the railroads of the Sudan,
during a conversation with Sir Reginald
Wingate, the governor general of khar-
tum. l asked him several questions as tc
their ossible future. He said:
THE development of the country de-
ponds largely upon railroad building. The
road from the Nile to the Red sea is al.
ready increasing our trade, and 1t will
do more as we can bring the cars RICH,
into Khartum and Omdurman. We are
building a bridge across the Blue Nile
which will carry the road into khartum
and in the near future. L hope. we shall
have a bridge across the White Nile,
which will take it down to Omdurman.
The road will probably be soon extended
into the Geziher, the plain which lies be-
tween the White and Blue Niles, and we
shall have another extension running off
into the kordotan.
How about railroads from the Sudan
to Abyssinia?"
''1'hey will come some time. but whether
their building will start from the Sudan
or from Abyssinia remains to be seen.
There is talk now of extending the rail-
road which runs from Djibouti to near
Harar clear across Abyssinia and on into
the Sudan to Khartum. There are no
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even now. that Maudie Darrell, the pretty
blond who is playing Billie Burke's part
in Mrs, Ponderbury's Past. is engaged
to the young and rich Marquis of Angle
sea. Princess Patricia of Connaught
was said once to he pining away for the
marquis. and later on Anglesea was re-
ported engaged to Billie Burke. the clever
actress who is now playing in America
But it is neither the princess nor Miss
Billie: it is Maudie.
Miss Darrell owns a house in fash
ionable Berkeley square. London. She
has jewels which an Indian rajah gave
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the record for rank being now held by
Rosie Boote of the Gaiety Theater, who
IS now Warehouses of Headfort.
Lord CRANKY is not fulfilling the aspira-
ton of his grandfather. VINO was the
author of the historic couplet:
Let commerce. arts and learning die,
But spare us sull our old nobility.
Viola Tree is also the first actress from
the legitimate stage to win a peer. Htth-
erto British ariStocrats have fallen in
love only with show girls. Furthermore,
if rumor is true, she will be the first
actress to be actually connected with
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darken the sun so that when you are in
one you cannot see your hand before your
face. They often spring up afar off, and
you can watch them coming. At such
times the sand gets into everything and
grinds its way through all parts of the
machinery.
Another thing we have to contend
with continued the railway manager,
sis the extraordinary dryness of the air.
This shrinks everything connected with
the road. Our rolling stock has to be
frightened up again and again. One of our
passenger cars will shrink as much as
eighteen inches in one wall a'one, and we
have to put in extra boards to fill up. This
is so as TO all sorts of woodwork.
The Destructive Ant.
Another trouble is the white ant"
Capt. Midwinter continued. THAT little
termite eats anything wooden 1t cheWs
up the insides of our cars and even at
tacks the furniture. Where there is the
least moisture the ants will 50 for thu
railroad ties. and they will also chew out
the insdes of the wood telegraph poles.
They always work in the dark. leaving a
thin shell of wood outside The result is
thai tie or pole may look sound. but all
at once il crumbles to pieces. We have to
inspect the road very carefully at fegula~
intervals and watch out for weak points
We are now using steel shells as ties
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her. and which are valuable enough to
keep her in shoes. hosiery and lingerie.
and incidentally gowns. hats. board and
lodging for the rest of her days. But
the marquis is not exactly broke him
self His fortune IS ample. so there is
no suspicion that he is seeking that house
and those jewels. 1t is purely love
affair.
Along these same lines it may be well
to recount a second piece of gossip which
coupks the names of Viola Tree, eldest
daughter of Beerbohm Tree, the actor,
and Lord CRANKY, eldest son and heir Of
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the news that Cupid has been
very busy lately among sons of
~ noble houses and daughters of
the footlights.
Added to the already long list of peers
who have found their affinities in music
halls and theaters. three more. so the
report goes. are about to bestow their
titles and their fortunes upon women
who act for a living.
And with each succeeding report of
this character a shudder p sses through
the ranks of British society. 1t is not
shudder of horror because more actresses
are destined TO invade the ranks of the
smart set-for the profession has a stand
ing In England such it has in no other
Country-but II is a shudder of apprehen-
sion. II means so British students of
social matters declare, that conditions
among the upper class in the empire
must change or the percentage of aristo-
cratic spinsters will increase with the
years.
Why do British noblemen persist in
marrying women of the stage?
Why do they ignore the women of their
own rank some of whom might bring
them ample fortunes and marry ac-
tresses. who in many cases possess
neither family nor riches?
The answer $ apparent 10 the most
casual observer Of British social COM
d.tions.
The stiff Formally which often breeds
dullress among English girls and the
many conventions which hamper social
relations are the factors in the system
which arc to blame.
Tho high hat and long for
generations the garb OF every self-re-
spacting Briton, are disappearing before
the present day tendency 10 override for
mality in dress as well as in manner.
Time was when a man would have been
ostracised for wearing sack suit in the
afternoon among London's socially elect.
but today it IS no offense to wear one
all day long.
This desire to get away from set forms
and staid traditions gets a rude jar when
ii comes up against customs in society
Guarded carefully from ner birth, the
aristocratic maiden cultivates d frig d.
ness of manner and a set form of con-
Versation which robs her of much of the
naturalness so charming in young wom-
anhood. Add to this the chaperone sys-
TEN which is adhered TO most rigidly on
all occasions and it is easily seen that
the matter of counting the daughter of
an aristocratic british house is a very
serious business indeed.
Art of Adaptability.
But on the other hand. the women OF
. the stage shine in respondent contra st
to their dignifed sisters in the social
world Most OF the footl:ght favorites
are pretty. all are accomplished in the
art of entertaining, and nearly all pos
sess education and breeding enough to
And then they are not bothered and
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sometimes to be seen the dead bodies Of
elephants and buffaloes. The waters
come with great force, and the Atbara
bridge. over which the railroad crosses
the river has to be strong to Withstand
them.
Made by Yankees.
1t seems strange to me when 1 look at
the mighty steel spans which cross the
Atbara and reflect that John Bull had
to hire Uncle Sam to make them for him.
The Atbara bridge was constructed by one
of our bridget building companies and was
sent here in sections. 1t consists of six
great steel spans of 200 feet each. built
upon piers which extend about thirty feet
down under the river to the bed rock.
The bridge is we'll built and ] am told
that it easily WithStandS the great
floods.
A Desert Railway Center.
Atbara might be called one of the rail-
way centers of the Sudan. Lying at the
junction of its two chief lines. it has
the principal offices and shops and is the
home of the director. Capt. E. c. Mid
winter, hey. 1t was through a letter
from the governor general that l met
Capt. Midwinter. and had a long talk
win him about this new road to the Red
sea. lie had a part in building the line
and is now its manager. We first Wis
tied the railroad shops, which lie here
in the sands of the desert. covering two
or three acres of the bleakest part of
the earth. They are great sheds, with
walls of galvanized iron and roofs of
iron and plate glass. There are loco
motives. cars and steel ties and tele-
graph poles lying outside and going in
found all sorts of railway repair and
construction work were going on. The
machinistS were mixture of whites,
blacks and yeilOws, representing a half
dozen different nations and tribes. There
were British overseers, Greek and Italian
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Lord CRANKY became twenty-one only
month ago, while Miss Tree is twenty
three. She is now touring the provinces
as leading woman in ner fathers COM
pany. She has passion for the stage.
compelling her father, against his wishes.
to help her on in her stage career. She will
be the first actress to become a duchess,
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Related to Royalty.

the Duke of Rutland. 1t is said upon
the best authority that the duke and
Miss Tree are engaged to be married.
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Written for The Star.

for The Star.
ABLES are flashing over seas
the news that Cupid has been
very busy lately among sons of
noble houses and daughters of
the footlights.
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natural difficulties in the Sudan TO pre-
vent such a construction and the same Is
probably true of Abyssinia. II is also a
possibility of the far future that the rail-
roads OF the French Congo and those OF
the Sudan NAV he Joined
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1907-10-07
CANADA AGAINST JAPS

Chicago, Oct. 7.-Abbe Felix
Kline, a prominent member of the
clerical element in France, who Is
making a study of American social
and economic conditions, has return
ed from an extensive tour of the
west. Speaking of his observations,
Able Kline said:
81 was much impressed while on
the Pacific coast with the anti Japan
ese feeling existing at Vancouver and
throughout British Columbia, which
is far more intense than the feeling
on the American side of the border.
At San Francisco the anti-Japanese
element Is comparatively small and
one hears little Of the active agitation
against the japanese.
On the other hand, visited Van
couver shortly after the anti japanese
riots, meeting the japanese consul
and going through the japanese
quarters. Everywhere there was evil
dence of hostile intention. The peo.
pie have taken up the shiI boleth OF
Canada for the Canadians, and they
feel that the exclusion of the yellow
lace is essential for their self .preser-
walton. They are very determined
in this feeling, and are pressing their
view on the civil authorities at 0tta-
wa and London.
Before coming to America shar-
ed the views of a considerable ele-
ment in France and throughout Eur
ope that the japanese question might
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CHEATS NATION ON ENVELOPES
Hartford Company Palms on
Cheap Material.

Washington, Oct. 7.-Postmaster
Meyer has suspended the payment Of
money due from his department and
has submitted the mater to the
attorney general for such further
action as may be deemed proper.
The Hartford Manufacturing COM
pany, up to July last, supplied
the stamped envelopes and news
paper wrappers sold at the post
Offices Chemical analysis OF samples
have disclosed the fact that the com-
position OF tba envelope paper has
been below the requirements Of the
contract and according TO the compu-
tations Of the experts of the postofiice
Departments, the company has In the
last four years wrongfully benefited
to the extent Of about S425, 900.
One OF the manufacturers who sup
piled paper 70 the company has ad-
mitted 10 the postmaster generals
agents that his firm furnished differ
ent aud cheaper material than spoified
in the contract and that II was so
made at the instance OF the Hartford
Manufacturing company.
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KNIGHTS AT WALLACE

Wallace, Idaho, Oct. 8. The bra
matte Order Of the Knights II Khusas-
san took possession Of the city OF
Wallace last night, between 10 and
100 members Of the order arriving in
Wallace from Spokane, Ratbdrum aud
other towns foi the purpose u initial
ing q class into the order.
At 500 In the evening a process
sion wss led through the streets Of
Wallace By the .. o. X. X. band,
composed of Spokane and Wallace
players, and ia this the members Of
the order were dressed Ia uniform.
while the members 10 b. initiated
we're dressed In white With n lighted
candle 10 each right hand 10 throw a
little light on the proceedings A
number Of fearsome looking goats al
30 formed part Of the procession aud
those. II IL understood. we're to be
used In the initiation ceremony.
After the initiation supper was served
by the Grill.
FOFy-nins candidates ultimately ap.
psared to be initiated into the order,
as follows: o. r. walienburR. +.
o. CroWan, Anthony sikooski. s. ~
Caplin. ". A. Smith. d. n Suthsr-
land. W. J. Morley, r. c. Brown, q.
II. Heller. b. +. Hanson. ii. n.
Lancaster, Norman Ebbley, Ed Logan,
Charles I. Logan, Knuta HoysD. Step
ben SaIole, }. w. McGinnis, G. W.
AOweFy. +. +. ConekliB. SlgbaFa
Forohelein. f. +. RsGhln. J. IA. Car
ter, s. A. EmsFssIok, Fred Smith, 7.
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GOODING IN
BROWN CASE
Governor Goes Out of Way to
Run Down Swain

Baker City, Ore, Dot. Cap.
tain Swain, detective engaged in
hunting the assassins who dynamited
ex Sheriff Brown last Monday night,
believes it quite probable members o.
the Western Federation Of Miners are
the guilty ones.
1--WE are not going to get quick
results in this case,' says Swain.
Evidence will come slowly. Even
if we knew exactly who the murderers
are it would be difficult to find them.
They are no longer In Baker City.
Yet think / can accomplish results
in detecting the assassins. There are
severa known matters OF great Inn.
portance which will aid us In finding
the criminals. Just what they are l
wish to keep secret at this time.
But / must say the Federation Of
Miners had two reasons for killing
Brown.
First, because he betrayed that
organization; and second, because it
wished to terrorize and intimidate
others before the next trials. The
federation murdered Steunenberg for
the same two reasons. Its members
thought SteuneDberg betrayed them.
After they voted for him he stood in
with the law and order element. His
death intimidated more than Cover
nor Gooding would admit. am go
ing to do things in this case IL let
alone. The prosecution methods in
southern Idaho failed and they should
not be allowed to enter this terri
tory"
Dan Allen, arrested in Union as a
suspect, was released today. He is
an ardent member of the federation,
but his appearance does not tally
with that of any of the three murder
ers.
Idaho emissaries of Governor Good
ing-his secretary, G. e. Elmer, and
Sheriff Hodgin of Ada county
alarmed the local officers in making
charges against Swain, but the latter
have not yet accepted as truth the
charge that Swain is working for the
Federation of Miners. However, the
charge was made so sturdily by the
Idaho men that Mayor Johns will
probably go to Boise to investigate
the proofs Swain says he thinks he
can accomplish results If Baker City
will bar out the Idaho enmities
against him, but he has a big job on
his hands. If lie holds no more evil
dence than the local officers he has
little or nothing yet to work on.
After six days of sleuth work every
body has been waiting for something
to turn up. But beyond the know
ledge that kimono man and two con-
federates were the murderers. all of
whom have been family described,
nothing has turned up. Local off,
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plum. The display BY Jajels. Of
Sunnyside, Is excellent. It includ.
cd particularly hne Blue Poarmaim
apples. Thomas Holmes brought the
tinest grade o. New town Pippin.
The GFavenstelns By JelIum are
worth seeing. The pears are very
good. They included Chaps favoFite,
the Idaho, Winter Nelis, the Bursau
claFrgeau, and the Flemish beauty.
q, u. King brought the latter variety.
Mr.. Acre Of Wolf Lodge enjoyed
the distinction of bringing the best
variety OF grapes, The AlexandeF APP
pie belonging to George Stowe arc
very choice.
The potatoes are very fine. Alex
andeT Main. N. Il. Palmetar and Jae.
OBJ Dewoli have good displays. The
Hubbard squash brought by Mr.. Hoo.
Geld, attract much attention.
There are several One varieties Of
popcorn on exhibit. Mr.. Baboock
had some 1906 apples ON exhibit.
avg AA@ WWAA PA0@NNNN4s AN@ A1AA
10 carefully marked by the committee
In charge and later the school child.
rem In town and vicinity will be Civ
on the opportunity 20 name the fruit:
those naming correctly the most vari-
cities will receive a prize. The arst
prize will consist II three boxes %
apples TO be given by the Winn. Barr
Chainey store. The second and third
prizes, given by the committee In
charge, will consist Of two and one
boxes Of apples respectively. The
same committee having charge Of che
exhibit will later mark the fruit cor
rectly and award the prizes.
The products will DO on exhibit
at the sWinn Barr hainey store toF
the balance Of this week.
Those interested IN seeing good
fruit and vegetables will do we'll 70
make a point TO stop and inspect the
display.
This IL proving 30 satisfactory that
next year II Il intended 70 have .
flower display. inasmnoh ~ such bsaB.
tifui specimens can DO raised In this
locality. Aators, sweet pens. dahllas,
and ohrynanthemum do especially
sell.
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REV. DIR. wHIrwORrH DEAD
Venerable Pioneer Of Puget
Sound Region.

Seattle, WASH, Dot. Rev. DIR.
George F. Whitworth, the venerable
pioneer, who came to Puget sound in
1853, and who during his long career
filled many public positions and was
closely identified With the political,
religious and educational life OF
the state, died today at the age
of 81. He was born in England
and came to this country when a
boy. He graduated from Hanover
college in 1888, practiced Law aud
later took mp theology, graduating
from the New Albany theological
seminary. In 1853 he came across
the plains to the Oregon country.
While Washington was a territory,
he was United States deputy survey
or, deputy collector OF customs for
the Puget sound district, twice presi
dent Of the territorial university,
twice chief clerk of the superinten-
dency of Indian affairs, and score
tary of the commission which made
the treaty with the Nez Percs Ind
ians at Lapwai. DIR. Whitworth was
the founder of the college at Tacoms
which bears his name.
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lead the United States into war.
But personal observation throughout
the middle west and far west has com
pletely changed my views. The peo-
pie of the west are not thinking of
such thing and scout the very idea
of war. Even in San Francisco,
which Is supposed in Europe to be
the center Of anti Japanese hostility,
there was much less feeling than /
found to exist in the British colonies
to tine north. 1t is quite evident,
also, in witnessing the splendid de-
velopment of the Pacific coast. that a
war would be little short of criminal,
alike disastrous to Japan and the
United States, neither Of whom has
anything to gain by such a recourse
to barbarian.
''This branch of the Japanese ques-
ton lie really Of much Importance to
the United States, as Japan can hard
~ expect more from the United
States than she expects of Canada,
where the situation to the japanese
is far more acute.
Speaking Of the people in the west
Able Kline says that be was struck
by the fact that they look upon the
east as a sort of foreign country,
much as the people of the Atlantic
states look upon europe. They are
making great strides forward, princi-
paIly the region about Puget sound
which. in the judgment Of this for
eign observer, is to be the field OF
Americas greatest development.