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The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1907-09-10
Il DEAD IN WRECK
Rock Island ExpressHits Freight
al Waterloo, la.
DERAlLED AT FULL SPEED
locomotive OF Passenger Train Jumped
Track and Crashed Into FrS-1ht
stanoins on Siding. Teleseopins
Several Cars.

Several Cars.
Waterloo Ia Sept. Twelve per
sons We're killed and i others injured
in the wreck OF an express train on
the Chicago Rock Island & Pacific
railroad az Norris. la The express
train. northbound. jumped the track
while going az full speed and crashed
into freight train standing on the
sidin-
AL of the dead and injured were In
The smoking car. which was immeei-
ately behind the baggage cars. The
smoking car was demolished.
The northbound express was three
minutes late al Norris. where the
freight train was awaiting. The ex-
press came along at terrific speed in
press came alon gat terrific speed 10
an effort 90 make up time. Just as
the locomotive Of the passenger train
was about TO pass the freight locomo-
tive the trucks of the former left the
track. and the moving engine crashed
into the engine OF the freight. wreck
ing both locomotives and telescoping
The baggage and the mail cars and
iemolishing the smoking car.
The passenger in the two day
coaches following the smoking car es-
capped with violent shaking up.
Roscuers were Immediately at hand
TO care for the injured and To take
the dead from the wreckage.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1907-09-10

Botsford Conn. Sept. Tn a col
lision here between a New York. New
Haven & Hartford freight train and a
passenger train OF the same road.
George Chambers. fireman of the
freight. was killed and several per.
sons on the passenger train were
slightly injured
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1907-09-10
WEEDS Wrong Twin Brother.

Paris. IL. Sept Mrs. Addie
Thomas has brought suit for a divorce
from Calvin Thomas. on the ground
that she made mistake in the brother
she was to marry. She thought he was
Alvin. Caivin's twin brother. she al
leges.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1907-09-10
Richmond College.

Richmond College has j1st ceie-
hr0ted it, 10th anniversary witha
greater endowment. larger faculty.
better equipment. more depart
ments Of study. and more students
than ever before iu it, long and
honorable history. Among recent
giits l. a subscription of $50 600
10y the General Edlca;ion Board az
New York. which j. the largest
grant made hy this board 90 any
southern Institution.
Courses 81 study i-ad To degrees
OF b. A. b. : NJ A. and IL. h
Particularly strong courses in
Science and IN Law. Scholarships
for worthy students. Session bs-
gins sept. 10. Address
Pre-t. F.W Roatwright.
Richmond. Va
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1907-06-01
EGYPT WAKING UP,

Antiquities have to give way TO the
needs Of the present. The Egyptian
Council Of ministers has approved the
plan for raising the Assouan dam across
the Nile. change that will Increase
by two and u half times the amount OF
water that can he stored In the Irri.
gntiOn reservoir. The raising OF the
dam will result In the submergInG Of
the island Of Phil,ea aud the flooding
Of the ruins Of the temples. The Isl.
and itself Is u small granite rock abou.
u thousand feet long and 800 feet wide,
II was the scene Of the worship OF the
goddess Isis. Many pilgrims from va.
rious parts OF the ancient world Wis.
tied the shrine when the religion of
Isis was most widely spread. The
worshipers Of other gods built temples
near that Of Isis, ~ that there ap.
pearel on the small island a splendid
collection Of examples OF the best arch.
itecture Of the various periods In which
they were erected. The enlarged dam
will make possible an annual increa ~
Of the cotton crop OF Egypt amounting
To between eighteen aud twenty million
dollars In value.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1907-06-01

man without the bunch IL what he IL
for two reasons. Either he Is too In.
dolent tn put two and two together or
else after le had put them together he
was afraid that he had made u mis-.
take and that they made something
else besides four. 4 logical mind. ever
On the alert Ia benefit the owner. al.
most without his conscious voiition, Is
u product Of careful training. II you
are complaining that YOU never have
had any lucky iuncncs. set yourself
now 10 grasp the full meaning OF every
mn,utr incident that arises In cOnnec.
tion with each days work. no th,s
every day. DO not let each day be
complete In itself. Relate each day
with It's complex activities 70 each
other day. Soon you will discover that
some incident Of to-day has a direct
hearing upon some incident Of some
other day. You may be the only per.
son who has made this discovery. II
you are energetic you will usc It TO
your own advantage. And there you
are. Yonr lucky "hunch" has come
Try II. Don't be envying other lucky
dogs. Make yourself an object for
envy
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1907-06-01
EXPERT WITNESSES.

II Is to be expected that an honest
man. under oath In court or elsewhere,
will make an accurate statement Of
what he has seen or heard? Most Of
MS would say yes without much hest
fatiOn. Professor Munsterberg, the
psychologist Of Harvard University,
has no hesitation In saying no. al
though in ~ saying he lmpugns the
oblllty, not the disposition, OF wit
nesses 10 state the truth. The profess
sor has made known, through the me-
d!um Of u magazine article, some facts
that may be- new 10 many readers, His
theme Is the fallibllity of human senses
when IL comes 10 stating facts accu'
rately, and his object the adoption 10y
courts Of justice Of tests 10 determine
the credibillty OF witnesses. The eX'
animation Of truth has made great adj
yancement In many directions. Physl-
Ology, chemistry and other sciences
may be called into court 10 determine
In the most practical way, and with a
certainty that precludes doubt, long
list OF questions which once had TO go
unanswered. Blood tests and analyses
Of viscera for traces Of poison are H.
Illustrations OF this. What the courts
do not take into account, according TO
Professor Munsterberg, Is the fact that
psychology has advanced as rapidly as
other sciences, and now affords means
Of testing the power Of observation OF
witnesses, and consequently their truth.
telling capacity, as definitely as other
sciences determine the material facts.
That inability TO relate things accurate
ly which Is here considered. Is, OF
course, wholly apart from any moral
obliqnity, any desire or Intent to de.
ceiye. II Is not moral weakness, but
a sort Of mental colOr-blindness Chill
dren sometimes play game In which
a number Of objects are covered with
a hat then exposed few seconds, and
after being covered again, are descrIb.
ed. This test OF the powers OF 0bserva.
ton OF different individuals 10 amusing.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1907-06-01
WANDERLUST or BOYHOOD.

Four boys left their homes sudden.
ly AMI clnndestinely, with the avOwed
purpose OF seeking their fortunes In
Nevada. They did not let their par.
ents know their destination until, two
days after their disappearance. "a" fear
they would be recalled. 1t II presum.
ed that BY this time they are tasting
the first fruits Of liberty. We wish
them we'll. II Is highly proper for old
or ami wiser heads to wag dOlcfully
and predict all sorts of bad ends" for
boys who run away from home. but
what man Is there Of full stature who
can blame them? We all know what
the bOyish wanderlust Is and how IL
gets into the blood ut the sprlngtlme
OF year. Many stald old cOdgers even
to-day look about ut the trees and the
meadows and feel the call OF the wild,
and long for the EMULATION of the open
places. And many and many more
staid old dodgers remember In a mist
VI sweet memories times when tlley
themselves started to run away" aud
seek their fortunes In the big wide
world. 4 little more misty aud a little
more sweet Is the memory Of those FL.
tile enterprises which left the dirty
and penltent boy on his knees with
his head In his mothers lap sobbing
for the very JOY of being home again.
We all know the wanderlust OF boy.
hood. 1t Is a very natural and very
cOmmendable emotion, for II Indicates
spirit and enterprise and ambition to
do great things alone and unafraid. We
have all felt the wanderlust In ma.
turer years that called us out into life.
sometimes alone and sometimes In the
cOmpanionship of loyal friend who
shared our timOrous adventures. And
how many are there OF gray-haired
old men In the world to-day who would
not feel that the price of the long stiug-
gle was not too dear II they could only
return again along the weary years to
sob for Joy AT being IN the old home
and penltcnt nj mothers knee, Those
boys are all right. They do not now
realize the aching hearts they have
left behind, but the heritage OF liberty
Is theirs and they are off To the fish
ing pools, the swimming holes, seeking
whatever adventures may lie in their
paths. Mark Twain understood the
wanderlust when he told US about Tom
sawyer and lIuck Finn. II is boy!sh
nature. II all goes well, those boys
will be back again not bit the worse
for their premature contact with the
world of selishness and hunger. But
under whatever skies they wander we
sigh for their opportunities. We, old.
er grown, still know the destinations
of the wandcrlnst
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1907-06-01
FUTURE OF THE SPANISH BABY,

Speaking Of the birth Of son 10 Al.
fonsO and his wife. somebody observes
that the royal infant will one day b.
king Of Spain III he lives" The quail.
hcation Is well advised. but II Is not
complete. There is another condition
equally important. The young prince
will R king II he lives and II tho
Spanish people happen to want n king
when H. submits his prc,cnsions to the
throne. King Edward of England In
credited with declaring his belief that
his successor will bc chosen by u com.
pctitive civil service examination and
the jest has sufficient truth 10 make IL
somewhat grim. The king business II
In none too fiourishing q condition and
II grows less stable every year. The
future of the Spanish baby Is by no
means assured.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1907-06-01
LARGEST
WEEKLY CIRCULATION
IN CHICAGO.

ne CAisaso Hasls .sabsss
0n00GnS1al, NEST DeosDsr0as aaa
Oese sosDssssA 0sa n Chiease.
70 sooSAss asas1v every man
- staoo1a6 n The 0oamun1sy
~ n 0So wAo ass aoslasss Of
U11sas s0eason - directors Of
O0As1o o1a1sU.
- % ne 0u11s, mentor and
Oe06 - 0v0sy Dolit1sal leader
- evsSy SHADE % oDSniea.
u - soaA ~ 0ovssanews,
$3.50, 0ouoty asa Clsy 00~aals.
- - so01 ~ . BIC pssesata1s
- ne leOa1 1saAsp11tv, iasluAing
6sosA aaA 49,.
- % he Gavosste Of ChScago's
0ooAia6 bUalaess mes.
1t Seashss al classes n their
hooss.
h b ssaA b. The Fire Depart.
neat.
II - ssaA ~ the Police De-
~ ~ - svssy pubiis oAes saa
OvGsv DUhl1e library.
II % sot controlled b. aay
SAsaO, sAssky ~ ss0ohsA aavss.
ses1a1 a0sasv.
N Ne sevsatesa ysass 0s tts
0g1stsa0o % hAs managed 20 bUllA
- . las0s a1sealsstoa aaa sweat
00a1aoss without the ola Of DPo.
esssesaal advertising shaSias.
Thas - WY u - - SnAspsaA.
Gots - DsOUlaS aaA - stvoAS.
ne CASsa6e 0a6ls - eas -.
- nat has nsvos asDea0sd
$3.50 o1vsStisia6 a6oots ne
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Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1907-06-01
SEIZE YOUR OPPORTUNITY.

"Oh, just had hunch." That Is
the way the successful man often ex.
plains a particularly wise ana remun.
eratIve move on his part 10 the friends
who want 10 know how he did II.
Lucky dog" the less successful ones
remark as they walk away. Was he
lucky; Or did he simply use a little
OF the ordinary amount Of brains with
which he was endowed; Where did he
get the bunch? His "lucky" lnspira.
ton came from a habltual, intelligent
use OF brains, The lucky dog" simply
put two and two together and believed
that they made four. He combined
logic with conHdence-and won. The
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1907-06-01

Professor Munsterberg himself. al.
though lie has u good memory and has
trained II carefully. not long ago dr.
iectei himself IN tcstifyine inaccurate.
~ about n burglary In his own house.
lie thought he had observed everything
carefully. but subsequent examination
proved that his rccollcctions we're all
slightly but significantly incorrect"
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1907-06-01

daily. You will md canning cows
quoted on the livestock market at 81
to ~ per hundred pounds. In other
words. the packers pny 1 to cents q
pound for the meat they Gun.
>e
The "snoke nuisance" graft has been
abatcd.
Since the railroads quit giving pass
a. to the daily papers, the mum.
her Of train wrecks has greatly In.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1907-06-01

one Chicago plant thirteen men were
killed in one J"y recently.
Some members Of the Beef Trust are
fine men 70 parade rs leading citizens
OF Chicago. Water thieves and sellers
of poison. the public will size them ny
properly yet.
The Reef Trust ~ fiOWi,ng the coun.
try with advertisements telling how
much 1t likes the United States In.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1907-06-01

creased. In other words the papers
no longer suppress the wreck news
II the Beef Trust was to quit adver.
tIsang probably the public would hear
something from the dailles about the
lumpy-jaw, cancer and tuberculosis
dlshed up to the people for food.
\SA
The small property owner VIII he
taxed ont of all III possesses II the new
charter IL adopted.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1907-06-01

spcctiOn. The Beef Trust always did
love United States inspection. because
II was owing to United States Inspec.
ton and the absence Of other inspec.
ton that II was able to work M a req.
utntion that has startled the world
with horrors.
II you want to zee what kind OF
meat Chicago packers put In cans. read
the market reports In any Chicago
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1907-06-01

The yearnlng for regulations rs slang
users and manipnlators Of the English
language among the baseball writer's
on the daily papers Is something awful.
Eut their efforts are useless. The peo.
pie Just look NJ the score and pass M
the rot that Is dlshed out To them,
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1907-06-01
EAOLETS.

United States senator Albert J.
Hopkins Is held In the highest admira.
ton and esteem by the people Of iii.
mois. lie has served them faithfully,
brilliantly ami ably AMI his record re-
fleets credit upon them. upon himself
ana upon the great State he represents
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1907-06-01

Captain Martin Hayes has been re-
inStatcd on the police force by Judge
John Gibbons of the Circuit Court.
Captain Hayes, who was good Off
GER WIS removed for going into Il 81.
loon for II glass of beer
In a proceeding involving a mans
character" the court continues in his
opinion, III necessarily follows that
such must be the law. otherwise every
person subject Ia the operation of the
rules formulated by the civil service
board would he subject 10 It's unre.
strained and unlimited discretion. The
very idea that mans official status
and salary, as well ms his good name
and reputation, should he subject 10
the unlimited power ana unrestrained
will Of any man or body of men other
wise than in the mode and manner pre-
scrbed by law, would shock the com.
mon sense Of mankind"
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1907-06-01

Charles NJ. bowling. the popular
North Side business man, has made n
record IN the business world that any
man might he proud Of
~A
The citizens Of the Thirteenth Dis
trict are proud ON their able, honest
ami industrious representative in the
State senate, Albert G. Clark.
The contest between A. ]. SABBATH
and Anthony Michalek for "A seat In
Congress from the Fifth District closed
Tuesday, when the election commission.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1907-06-01
~

Prohibition, higher taxes ana life
terms for Aldermen 10 not appeal TO
the liheriy'loring people Of Chicago,
ana the heating that the new charter
will get M the polls on September II
viii be a warning to all reformers in
the future.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1907-06-01

Peter Fortune, the well'known prev
idtnt of the famous Fortune Brothers
Brewing Company, has by his long and
brilliant record rs II business man and
citizen won the confidence ana high
esteem OF the people Of Chicago.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1907-06-01

The new charter should be defeate,
Sept. II, There is nothing good II
II, and much that Is bad.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1907-06-01

one Of the nhlest. hardest working
and most popular officials In the City
Hall Is Assistant city Treasurer Harry
l!ildreth.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1907-06-01

Not satisfied with importing foreisn
pauper labor to compete with Ameri.
can labor, the Beef Trust kiln more
worhnomen annually In N plants than
fau In Q big battle In war time. In
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1907-06-01

Clyde 4. Morrison II making q splen'
did record In the city's law depart.
ment. Mr.. Morrison IN an able, bril-
liant and experienced lawyer and Is
liked, by everybody that knows him.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-01-31
MARY NOT ALLOWED To
USE HER READY RAZOR

Mary Gordon Bennett. who is no re-
lation to James Gordon Bennett, was
locked up in the police station last
night much against her will. She had
visited the halls OF justice of her own
accord. appearing before the station
clerk in the role of an aggrieved
woman. Another member of the
gentler sex had. she explained, insulted
her SO grossly that if the police re-
fused to take it up she proposed hon.
ing up a razor and wiping out the in
suit in blood. As Mary has only re-
Gently been released from Jail for
carving up a soldier, it was thought
that she might possibly make her
threat good, to avoid which she was
invited to step below and tell her
troubles to Judge Whitney this morn
ing.
All Poi, who has been held in con-
nection with the Haffner robbery, was
formally charged yesterday with burg
larry in the first degree.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-01-31
JAPANESE CHILDREN
VOTE FOR AMERICANS

The Kobe Herald says: DR.. Yama-
University, recently offered to present
picture of a famous man or woman
to the Iriye primary school at Hiogo
and asked that a vote of the children
should be taken to choose the subject
of the portrait The 343 boys and girls
attending the school We're consequent
ly requested a day or two ago to write
down the name of their favorite great
man or woman. It is a rather signif-
icant comment on the alleged anti
American feeling in this country that
Washington and Lincoln came out at
the head of the list with So and 90
votes respectively, while Admiral Togo
was bad third with no more than
%. Fourth on the list was Ninomlya
Sontoku, a famous philanthropist or
olden days, who endeavored to con-
struct a canal at Kioto at his own
cost for the benefit of the people. me
fifth was another American, Benjamin
Franklin, with q votes, and after him
came Kusunoki Masashige (Nanko) IA,
Miss Florence Nightingale Ii, Wageno
Kiyomaro Ca famous Japanese loyal
ist) Il, Marquis Oyama IL, Nelson IL,
Toyotomi Hideyoshi 7, General Ko-
DANA 7, Saigo Takamori z, Nakaye
Toju 6, Admiral Uriu 5, Murasaki Shi-
kibu 5, Bismarck 5, Sugawara Michl-
zane 4. Commander Hirose 4, Napoleon
A few votes were cast for President
Roosevelt, Niijirlna 10, Calico, Column
bus. Socrates, Count Katsura, Premier
Salonji, Marquis Yamagata, General
Nogi, Peter the Great and Admiral
Makharoff.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-01-31
PROGRESS ON
NUUANU DAM

Continued from Page One)
the dam and the stone cars have been
built. AS soon as the work can be got
under way, which will be very shortly,
the 5000 yards of rock will be dump
ed into position at the rate of a yarc
a minute.
At the present time the payroll al
the work contains LOT names of labor
ers. of whom IS are at work for the
government and % for the contractor.
These twenty-five are busy laying
tram track and putting in two tres
ties to carry earth for the big fill on
the inner side of the dam at the toe,
where the earth will be strung across
the canyon to form basin into which
earth will be siuiced and carried by
the aerial tram buckets.
Taking it altogether, the department
looks upon the progress at the dam
during the past few months as most
satisfactory, the only delay having
been caused by the recent unfavorable
weather.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-01-31
NOTICE.

A special meeting of the stockholders
of the Standard Telephone Company,
Limited, will be held at the offices OF
Thompson e Clemens, $40 Campbell
Block, Honolulu, on Monday, February
4 1907 at o'clock p. M, for the pur-
pose of adopting bylaws for the con-
duct of said company and such other
business relating to the main object as
shall be considered.
H. E. MURRAY,
Secretary.
GUY OWENS,
President. 1888
Honolulu, January 80, 1907.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-01-31
By Authority
NOTICE

is hereby given TO all persons having
claim or claims against the Depart
ment of the Attorney General for the
period of two years ending June 30,
1905, either for goods furnished or foi
services rendered, to present the same
al. once on proper official billheads. TO
the undersigned, at the office of the
Attorney General, in the Capitol Build
ing, Honolulu, Island and County of
Oahu.
JNO. M. KEA,
Clerk of Attorney General.
Attorney Generals Office, January
81, 1907. 1888