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The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1907-06-12

Philadelphia. June 12.-Acting upoi
instructions from Washington, United
States District Attorney Thompson
will move against the so-called UNI
brella trust. It is alleged that there Is
a conspiracy among the makers Of UNI
brella frames in restraint Of trade, fol
the purpose of fixing prices Of the
products of the factories.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1907-06-12
GRAPE JUICE,

If you want a fine tonic and delicious
beverage try Welch's Unfermented CIR spe
Juice for the convalescent and the anemic.
1t enriches the blood and brings back
health to the pale cheek. Largely used
in hospitals. Ask for descriptive books =
Chas s. Henry & Co.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1907-06-12
vvhele CITY Ia Rat KILLING Fest.

~ Louis. June 12.-This city will
navo Q rat killing festival Saturday,
- 100, 900 sxtsrminators are expect.
q - take part In the fun. City OH
elaas have named Saturday ~ the Of
nGlal day, and the fight against ~
(aats win be wagsd In every part q
- city.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1907-06-12
r1-otate League.

Lancaster, 4 York, 2.
Williamsport, 8; Harrisburg, l.
Altoona Wilmington; rain.
Johnstown-Trento rain.
Atlantic League.
Chester. 5; Brooklyn, l (1st game).
Brooklyn, Z; Chester. 3 cd game).
Reading, s: Elizabeth. 2.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1907-06-12
klaie Friend out HUNTING.

Kingston. N. T., June IL. = While
0Aoe1lAg fsh In Sawkin creek with
eNes Boyce, Fred. Meyer was acct
1ooAallv killed. The men were using
alouhle barrelled shotgun and small
= Boyce was passing the guns to
0eR whom the shotgun was acct
n6Gla1ly discharged.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1907-06-12
JOHN T. MORGAN DEAD

u. s. Senator From Alabama Passes
Away In Washington.
Washington, June 12.-iUnited States
Senator John Tyler Morgan, Of Ala.
bama. for 80 years a member of the
upper house of congress. chairman OF
the senate committee on inter-oceanic
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1907-06-12
CLANS. CLANS.

food for sale by Thos. E. Hall. Phone
803. 8 10 i'm.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1907-06-12
BEAUTY MORE TEAM SKIN DEEP.

Every one who wants . good healthy
color, and clear skin free from bilious
ness, sluggist liver and chronic consti-
patton should get . package Of Dainty
Laxakols tonic tablets, natures sweet
restorer. Possofacc Pharmacv.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1907-06-12

1oaro Fer SECRETARY MeteaIf and Party.
leerlolk. Va, June 12.-Secretary OF
- Navy and Mrs. Metoalf, Miss Met
81 md the secrstary's aide and 9th
- C ne secretary's party are aboard
- ueAtAouss tender Maple, which
WqDA % jamestown Island, and whose
1870 70 reach here has caused . be-
- hat the vessel II aground. The
oo0Uoa1y and party left here 1T 8
9 =, and were due TO return here
q g \ N. They have not been heard
-, aAA II there are no adyicss soon
= naval TUG Potomac win proceed up
- Iames river 10 ascertain the cause
e - delay.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1907-06-12
Windsor hotel

1919 Filbert St., Philadelphia, Pa
Three minutes from Broa., street Station
Two minutes from heading Terminal.
American plan from So to $3.50 per day.
Euronean plan from ST to $2.5 per day.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1907-06-12
ELEVEN DROWNED
Navy Launch and All on Board
Mlsslng at Hampton Roads.
GIVEN UP FOR LOST
Ok Midshlpmsn and Fivs Sailors Lost
Jhelr Lives After q Visit to the
jamestown Exposition - Probably
Run Down Dy Steamer.

Run Down Dy Steamer.
h(orSDlk. Va, June 1a.-Six midship-
nia Who came ashore Monday night
q Q small boat from the United States
hoe6lsship Minnesota, lying in Hamp.
- Reads, to attend a ball at the
jamestown Exposition grounds, to-
1otAer with i've seamen, are missing.
ne nidshipmen In the party were:
IAialp II. Field, of Colorado; William
L Oeovsnsoa, Of North Carolina;
teonklia p. Holcomb, Of Newcastle,
Dal: Herbert L. Holden. Of wisconsin;
UsaSy q. Muffin. Of Ohio, and Walter
q Vlrioh. Of Wisconsin.
nnilogs. all attached to the Mime
eeeas Robert H. Dodson, New York;
Jeese Conn, Louisville, KY; Frank r.
Iounbse. Mabton, Wash; Harley L.
- Dorns, West Cedar Rapids. Ia;
0oorge W. westphal. Meenah. Wis.
The Ninnesota's launch IL known to
haTo LETT Discovery landing at the ex-
pesltion grounds shortly after IL
ooloek Monday night, and the theory
q - edlcers Of the hest now In the
1naAs 10 that the launch struck some
oA1n9 and went down and that all
were crowned.
4 box belonging to the fireman OF
H. launch was found floating near
~ and q the last seen Of tho launch
~ wAsn 1t pulled out from the expo
a0Dlea pieg, ofacsrs Of the fest gave up
q hoOs q ever seeing the men. The
= nidshipmen. accompanied by Lieu
Aoaant D. M. Randall, came ashore in
T. laxnch of the Minnesota to attend
. hall on the exposition grounds. 1t
vas aflsr midnight when the party
~ away on the return trip. Of1csrs
c Ne Aeet expressed the opinion that
- launch collidsd with something un-
knoWn and that the boat with its occu-
PANTS went down. An Investigation
has BEEN ordered by Rear Admiral
1va1s.
IL monitor Florida found cape
aAoaG In the roads which has been
0haAttled - that which was worn by
leldsAipman UlYich. Lieutenant Ran
In. q the United States marine
aorDs. who was included In the FIRST
~ a missing, has arrived safely In
ltor1plk. He did not take passage on
- Ninnesota's launch, - had been
sappossd.
While the launch carried good sized
pAEey No one has been found who can
~ exactly how many occupants the
ApneA contained.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-08-12
HIESTON BANKRUPTCY
COURT SIGNS ORDER DISMISSING
THE ADJUDICATION.

Justice Barnard. presiding in the Bank
ruptcy Court today. signed an order dis
missing the adjudication Of Walter HES
ton, a local stock broker, a bankrupt.
Mr.. HiestOn may now continue his husl-
ness under the agreement with his credi-
tors to whom notes were given for their
claims payable in two years
Post x Flagg, the largest creditor, VINO
declined to join with the other creditors
IN the agreement, today fled a paper IN
which they state that they do not object
to the dismissal of the proceedings, but
make it plain that in no wise do they ad-
nit the allegations of the petition of HES
ton. or do they agree to he bound by the
agreement of the creditors or waive any
rights in reference to any security heid py
them.
The order of the court reads: pom
consideration of the petition for dlshlssai
filed by Heston and the referee report
thereon. it is this 18th day OF august
1907 adjudged and ordered That upon
payment by the said Hieston of the tees
of the referee and receiver the adJud1ca-
ton herein he. and it is hereby, set aside
and this proceeding dismissed. The fees
to be fixed by further order to be made
herein upon application of any party in
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-08-12

side of the bag. When a sufficient num-
Der has been secured and bagged, all in
one bag, II the number is not too large
the bag is sewed up and placed In a box
provided with suitable openings TO admit
air. The box is then forwarded to its
destination. Very few snakes die on the
journey from Brownsville to Rochester.
unless the weather is exceedingly cold.
when, sometimes. a few freeze
Rattlers are not the only snakes raised
on the farm. AS much attention is given
to other poisonous varieties and to nom
Venomous snakes. The most beautiful of
the poisonous snakes found in the United
States Is the harlequin, which is said 10
be the most deadly snake found north of
the Rio Grande. Mr.. Gruber received one
some time ago from Georgia He did not
know that 1t was poisonous. and its heauty
attracted him. 1t was striped with scarlet,
black and golden yellow.
Isn't II a beauty" said Mr.. Gruber as
he showed II to some of his friends
The next day he received n letter from
the man In Georgia who had sent him the
snake.
BE very careful in handling the pretty
little snake" the letter said. 1T bit a
Niger few days ago and he was dead in
an hour"
Mr.. Gruber hasn't cared to have any OF
the harlequins since, although they are a
comparatively rare snake and are the only
relatives on this side of the Atlantic Of
the cobra of India. None of them has
come to him from the Brownsville snake
farm.
But he has received many harmless
snakes from there, including the gopher
snake, the bull snake and others, and
poisonous snakes, such as copperheads and
cotton mouth, the last variety of moe
casn snake.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-08-12
Saving Wood Buffalo.
From Forest and Stream.


Increase in the bounty to be paid on
wolves is one of the suggestions made
looking toward the putting an end to de-
struction by wolves of the wood buffalo,
which still range on Peace river and Slave
river, and about which the feeling in the
United States as well as in Canada is be-
coming very strong. 1t is thought by some
people that such action might induce more
people to engage in the pursuit of killing
them.
AS has been more than once shown.
bounties fail to accomplish the object for
which they established. We recently
heard of case where club in Michigan,
in order to protect the deer on its pre-
serves. had offered a bounty of not less
than $50 on wolves, but the net result in
two years was the killing of only sixteen
wolves. an absurdly small number. 1t is
quite clear that something more radical
than this must be undertaken, and that
something is likely to be in the line of
Vernon Bailey's recommendation to de-
stroy the wolves, old and young, at the
time when the young are born.
At present in the Canadian northwest
bounty of 81 a head is paid for each wolf.
Persons killing wolves must present their
claims to the officials of the mounted police
and often have to wait a considerable time
before they can collect their money. This
delay tends to discourage those who might
otherwise make a business OF wolf killing.
The traders in the north wish the govern
ment to make the bounty on wolves $40
each and to give authority to any reCog-
nized trader or Hudson Bay official to pay
this amount when the specified part of the
animal is produced. F. Nagal. now in Ed
monitor. who has recently come in from
the north. declares that prompt action is
necessary if the Peace river herd is to be
protected. He estimates the herd at slight
ly over 400 individuals. He declares that
wolves are becoming more numerous in the
province.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-08-12
A Paying Crop.
From the Dundee Advertiser.

From the Dundee Advertiser.
F. W. Burbridge, NJ. A, of Dublin in his
opening address at the narcissus confer
ence. held In 1896. said: IAN acre of wheat
or potatoes may be put down as worth from
$50 TO $50. according to locality, variety
etc. but an acre of choice daffodils or mar
cissuses may be worth anything from $50 to
goo or even more" The ACCESSIBILITY of
blending bulb-growing with the culture of
Towering roots of all kinds is increasingly
apparent, and thus the chance OF success Is
widened. In addition, flower production
may be regarded as very natural aid to
the enlargement OF the scope of the bulb
grower. There is an astonishing demand
In large cities for the very Sommonest kinds
OF blossoms, and many a grower Is adding
substantially to his annual turnover and
flowers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-08-12
left but a pile of bent and twisted iron
rods h0lfS nails


rods. bolts, nuts and nails.
when a Is out of service, or Is
wrecked SO 1t will cost more to repair it
than it Is worth, we send 1t to the bone
yard" the foreman explained. That is the
easiest and quickest way to dispose of It.
OF course, We make use of the trucks the
draw bars. springs, brake couplings and
some Of the woodwork but we always
burn what Is left
DO all the railroad companies burn
their WORKOUT cars the foreman was
asked by a bystander.
Some Of them do; some Of them don't,
he replied Some of the roads strip the
cars of everything Of value, then tear them
TO pieces and sell the wood at SO much for
load. But we burn them. We send an
average of dozen cars to the boneyard
know just how many they send to the bone
yard at other places on the system. ASK
me something easy! l could not begin to
tell how many freight cars the Missouri
Pacific owns. Our business here is to re-
pair cars and we repair hundreds. l sup
pose the company buys new cars as fast
as the old ones are put out of service. New
cars are coming to US all the time. There
is a string of them over there"
He pointed to a track on which stood
freight train that had just pulled into the
yards.
What is the average life of a freight
car? Well, there you've got me. l don't
know. Some of them don't last long; some
of them last for years.
What do you do when car belonging
to another railroad is too badly wrecked
worn out to repair?'
IF q car comes to. US from another road
and It is in such a condition that We cant
get 1t off our hands, why there is nothing
to do but destroy 1t.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-08-12
SNAKES FROM TEXAS.
Where "Rattlesnake Pete" of Roches-
ter Buys Serpents.
From the Utica Observer.

where do you get your rattlers?" asked
an inquisitive visitor at "Rattlesnake Pete"
Gruber's place. you don't raise them, do
your"
mo, I don't raise them" Mr.. Gruber
replied. II get them from different parts
of the country. Some come from Pennsyl-
vania, others from Georgia and Florida,
but most of them, and the most expensive.
come from Texas. Most Of those from
Texas come from Brownsville"
why is it that you get so many from
Brownsville?" he vas asked.
THE man ! buy from has a snake farm
down there He has been a 1t for many
years and has made a fortune, under
stand. He buys and sells all kinds of
snakes, especially the venomous ones found
In the southwest and Mexico, but rattlers
are his specially and he always has
stock on hand
The snake farm from which Mr.. Gruber's
reptiles come lies just outside Browns
vile. II covers about twenty acres of
ground and is surrounded by high. strong
and tight fence. Inside the fence is a low
hill. and on this are the pens or yards in
which the venomous snakes are kept 1t
is said that there now about 500
rattlers in one pen, and this is the duh
season of the year. The pen is formed by
building tight board fence about fifteen
feet high, with the lower end of the
boards sunk an inch or two in the ground
AS the rattlesnake does not burrow, the
fence is an impossible barrier. The pen
is entered by means of ladder
The snakes are placed in the pens as
soon as they are caught and are fattened.
The serpents are sold by the pound. hence
the amount of fat they take on represents.
in measure the amount of profit
cruing to the snake farmer. Rats and mice
form the principal food of the rattlers. The
animals are caught by boys. who sell them
to the snake farr tr. The animals
thrown into the pens and as the latter are
not large and the fence is impossible,
they are soon caught by the hungry
snakes.
When an order is received for snakes it
calls for so many pounds. man takes
wooden pole, to which is attached a
piece of wire arranged with moose. The
moose is slipped over the head of the snake
and before Mr.. Rather realizes what is
going on he is dropped into heavy bur
lap bag in which some grass has been
placed Air is admitted through a piece
of wire gauze previously sewed In the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-08-12
Tending the Shrubbery.

From the London Taller.
People often imagine that a shrubbery or
bed of shrubs. once planted, will go on of
itself for good; In fact, a shrubbery which
may appear neat. tidy. and cared for to the
last degree may also be'very much neglect
ed. In the course of a little time the
stronger and more pushing plants will have
completely overgrown and ousted the more
delicate ones. The lady OF the garden Won
ders why the pretty guelder rose and bril-
liant diervilla have disappeared, the answer
being simply that some great hearty laurel
has deprived them of light and air and food
till the struggle has been too hard for
them. The careful gardener is therefore
continually WatChful for the well-being of
these more tender and beautiful plants.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-08-12
a Home Loving Bird.
From the Youths Companion.

from The ! Ouths Companion.
Direct evidence of the return of he same
Individual bird of a migrating species to
a particular spot season after season is not
easily obtainable, but n. C. Beers be-
leves that he has such evidence concern
ing a chipping sparrow at Lakewood, n. j.
A few years ago he heard little bird con-
cealed in the top of a maple utter ing a
peculiar song which he could rot recognize.
The next season he heard the same peculiar
song in a tree but a few yards from the
original point. This time he identified the
bird. which seemed to have learned a song
Of its own. The third year he did not visit
Lakewood at the proper season to meet his
little friend, but the fourth year he heard
and 1t again near the same spot. 1t
appeared always to make its summer home
in the trees on an area not more than two
acres in extent.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-08-12
Free Potatoes in Indian Territory.

From the Kansas City Star.
William Gulager of Muskogee has a po-
tato field of twenty acres near town, from
which he Is now marketing the first crop.
He says that the present prices will clear
him sS1 an acre on his twenty acres. He
will plant a second crop on the same land
just as soon as the first crop Is dug The
second crop should net $50 an acre.
An interesting phase of the potato bust
ness is that along the roads and in the
fence corners of the potato district there
are enough volunteer potatoes growing out
side of Enclosures for any one who wants
potatoes to dig and carry away all he can
use. These come up from seed wasted in
planting and moving previous crops.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-08-12
In King Edwards Pockets.
From Tit-Bits.

Like every man who values the look of
his clothes, King Edward carries very
little in his pockets besides handkerchief.
In his waistcoat pocket he carries a gold
pencil case. a cigar cutter. a little pass
key, a gold watch. carefully regulated by
Greenwich time, and half q dozen SOW
ereigns. In his coat pocket he carries a
tiny note book and IN the winter he puts
his gloves in the pocket of his topcoat.
The king never carries cigar case eX-
cept gold case which holds one cigar
but he almost always has a small box of
lOZenges. Unlike his nephew, the kaiser
he never carries a fountain pen in his
pocket.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-08-12
4 FREIGHT CARS END.
Brings Up in the Boneyard to Be
Burned or Carried Away Piecemeal.

From the Kansas City Star
Big Four live stock car was showed
on a repair track in the Cypress yards of
the Missouri Pacific railroad one day last
week One end was battered in. the sides
were bulged out and the heavy timbers
supporting the floor were broken and
splintered 1t was out of service. as any
one could plainly see, although the big
capital letters, &c. c. c. c." looked bold
ly-even defantly-at. the cars standing on
the numerous storage tracks nearby, as if to
say:
They will fix me up and 1 will be good
for MANY more runs before ! quit this
business
But as the car rolled on down the repair
track it creaked and groaned as II from
many aches and pains. At last 1t bumped
hard against a heavy steel coal car. which
was waiting for a new draw bar. Then it
seemed to sigh and say pathetically:
II am all in"
Hello. old 1855, back again, I see.' ex-
and looked at the car critically. He shook
his head and chucked: We'll. it's you for
the boneyard this time, sure lie gave
sign to his gang of workmen
The boneyard as 1t is called, Is the place
where all freight cars must go, soon or late
If they do not happen to be caught in
wreck and smashed to pieces or burned
along the right of way. They may cross
and recross the continent, journey from the
lakes to the gulf. take many side trips on
branch lines, tie up in railroad yards or pri-
vate switches for years ana years. But at
last when they are old and worn out or
battered and ,plintered beyond repair, they
all bring up in the boneyard and there
they burned.
Five freight cars were ablaze in the bone
yard when the Big Four car was dumped
there that afternoon. Workmen first
stripped it of everything of any value that
could be used in repairing-the side
better lumber.
air brakes and couplings, the springs and
some of the iron. Then they rolled the body
Off the trucks and 1t crashed down the en-
bankment and landed near a pile Of scrap
iron where another car had been burned
Four or five boys and two women, with
axes made a rush for 1t and began ham
mering off the splintered boards and carry
ing them away their homes for kindling
and fuel. By and by man built a fire
under each end of the car, and then the
flames cracked about it until nothing was
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-08-12
Giants in jelly.
From the London Graphic.

From the London Graphic.
Two models of huge cuttlefish have just
been placed in the shell gallery of the Nat
ural History Museum at South kensngton.
One of these is that of enormous octo-
pus. measuring twenty feet across the ten
tacles: the other is that Of a "squid." which
from the tip of the tail TO the tip of the
longest tentacle measures forty feet! The
trunk itself is ten feet in length the long
est pair Of tentacles thirty feet. Though
both these models are of animals taken in
American waters, specimens large. or
even larger, at least of the squd. have
been taken off the coasts of these islands.
Among the lower orders of the animal
kingdom probably none can compare. in the
matter of diabolical cunning and hideous-
ness of form, with the cuttlefsh; and in
these models. which are of natural size, this
Is painfully obvious.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-08-12
Bids for Construction of Bridge.

The Commissioners today received bids
for the construction of a concrete-steel
bridge across the tracks OF the Baltimore
and Ohio railroad at Monroe street. Brook
land. The bidders and their prices were:
Potomac Concrete Company. for bridge
lamps, $50 300; without lamps s31 800 Penn
Bridge Company. So, IA without lamps
$50, 40 with lamps; Charles b. Clark Com
pany, S2s. $50 without lamps $40 $50 with
lamps, James Jenkins over, S31 600 without
lamps: s34 500 with lamps.
Although the contract has not been
awarded 1t is unofficially stated that il viii
be given to Charles b. Clark Company.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-08-12
Peat and Coal.
From the Philadelphla Record.

FROM the PhlIade1phla Record.
Coal is fossil peat. The peat boys of to-
day might become coal beds In some future
geological age. Prof. Potonie of Berlin saws
there is a strict parallelsm between the diff
ferent kinds of peat and coal. When the
remains of plants collect under terrestrial
conditions ordinary peat bog is formed.
This CORES ponds with bright" coal If
slime is formed. and this corresponds with
dull" or camel. coal. When terrestrial
and aquatic conditions have alternated dur
ing the collection of the remains strata
peat results. and this corresponds with
coal deposits consisting of alternate layers
of bright and dull coal. The chemical and
physical properties of the various kinds of
peat and coal show a similar correspond
ence.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-08-12
Where the Cat Was Worshined

The Egyptians seem 10 have been the first
to cultivate the house cat. They elevated
puss to a religious cultus. The little bronze
statuette of the goddess Tell Bastab in
lower Egypt, is nothing more nor less than
a delicately executed figure of a house "a :
of twenty-four centuries since, SAYS Wom
ans Life. With some exceptions. the house
cat OF the present day seems TO receive diff
ferent treatment. The tabby Tom may be
eulogized, but, all the same. he has to spend
the night In the open air. a none too pleas
ant experience at the winter season