The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1907-05-31
MISCELLANEOUS
A New Brownsville Witness.

senate military committee lnlO the ne
gro soldier riots at Brownsville, Tex,
took a new and decisive turn when
Pauline Preciado, publisher of the
Provenir, Mexican paper Of Browns
vile, told of being an eye witness to
the shooting Of Barkeeper Natous Of
riot and positively identified the assail-
ants as negro soldiers. One Of the bull
lets hit Preciado in the hand and an
other tore his clothing. This testimony
Is all the more startling because 1t was
not included in the case made out by
the citizens and officers upon which the
president discharged the entire battal-
ion.
Another witness, Confectioner Elkins,
said he saw the firing Of several shots
by negro soldiers in the street below
his window in a hotel.
New Atlantic Queen Here.
The new White Star liner Adriatic,
which completed her maiden transat-
lantic voyage at New York May 16,
Is now the biggest ship afoat and
queen of the ocean. She Is fifteen feet
longer than her sister ship, the Baltic,
1,124 tons heavier, 1000 horsepower
stronger and nearly knot faster. The
Adriatic Is not intended to be "gray-
hound Of the sea-" but a safe and
luxurious seven day ship. She is 725
feet and 9 inches long over all, Is feet
and 6 inches wide and so feet deep.
Gross tonnage Is $4,000 and displace-
ment 10000 tons. She will accommo-
date 5000 passengers and $50 crew.
This is the first liner to be provided
with Turkish baths, including plunge
and massage couches. There is also a
gymnasium. Electric elevators carry
people from the nine decks.
New Patent Commissioner.
Edward 3. Moore of Michigan has
been appointed commissioner of pat
ents to succeed Allen, resigned. Mr..
Moore has been assistant commissioner
for several years and in the service for
fifteen years.
Record Carnegie Awards.
To Captain John W. Smith and his
crew of the schooner Elsie, who went
to the rescue of the sinking steamer
I.archmont off Block island, Feb. II, the
Carnegie hero commission has award
ed gold medals and cash rewards
amounting to $4,000, including pro-
vision for the education of their chill
dren.
Roosevelt Versus NaturaIists.
In an interview for the June Every
body's entitled Roosevelt on the Ma
ture Fakirs" the president goes for
several Of the popular animal story
writer's with sharp stick. He de-
clares that they do not know the heart
Of the wild things and advises against
giving their books to the children for
the purpose Of teaching the facts of
natural history. He regards the Rev.
William J. Long of Stanford, Conn,
as the worst Of these offenders and
particularly takes exception to an in
cident In one of Longs stories where a
wolf kills caribou fawn with a bite
behind the shoulder, saying that moth
ing but shark or an alligator will at
tempt to kill In that way, as there is
no less vulnerable point Of attack
DIR. Long Immediately gave to the
press a copy of a letter he had written
to President Roosevelt, taking the lat
fetal position and hiding behind an
interviewer to injure another man. He
further states in an interview that he
believes the president was angry be-
cause Of his criticism Of the presidents
method Of slaughtering game promiscu-
ously. He now charges that Mr.. Roose-
welt Is neither a sportsman nor a nat
uralist, but only a game killer, and
quotes at length from the Roosevelt
books to show the murderous tenden-
cies of the hunter and his incomplete
knowledge of the ways OF wild animals
when not pursued.
Accidents.
For the third time within six months
the Eliza furnace of the Jones' Laughlins
Steel company at Pittsburg was the
scene Of frightful explosion May 81,
when q slip" in the furnace caused
the molten metal to be thrown out like
lava from a volcano. Five workmen
were instantly killed and four were
fatally injured.
"A Southern Pacific express was
wrecked at Glendale, Cal, May %, ow-
ing 20 the deliberate work Of train
wreckers, one person being killed and
twenty-five injured.
The steamer Naomi was burned to
.he waters edge in Lake Michigan.
May q. and four OF the crew were
burned TO death
| Deaths.
Edward III. Conger, formerly minis
| Ter to China at the time of the Boxer
troubles, died at Pasadena, Cal, May
| iS.
Grin W. Potter, one of the pioneer
business men of Chicago, who was
sometimes known as the Socialist
millionaire" because of his dislike Of
trusts, died Ia his Chicago home, May
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