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Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1907-09-05
FIERCE FIRE FOLLOWS
RlOTlNG IN ANTWERP

Antwerp, Sept. 5-A fire started in
a lumber yard here last night by riot.
ers, necessitating the calling out of
troops to assist the firemen in fighting
the flames, is still burning today,
threatening the destruction of the
lumber and warehouse district of the
city. Help has been summoned from
Brussels and Ghent.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1907-09-05
ALBUQUERQUE MAN
DIED YESTERDAY
Charles Heisch Succumbed to Attack
Of tuberculosis Contracted While
in German Army,

Albuquerque, N. NJ, Sept. s.
Charles Heisch died here yesterday as
the result of an attack of tuberculosis,
with which he had been afflicted for
over twenty years and which he con-
tracted while soldier in the Bavar-
ian "Jagers,' regiment of the Ger.
man army. He is survived by his wild.
ow and two children. Mr.. Heisch was
employed for some time in the bakery
of the United States Indian Industrial
School, near this city, but lately had
been engaged in the retail liquor busi-
ness.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1907-09-05
TELEGRAPHERS SEEKING
OTHER EMPL OYMENT

New York, Sept 5.-Striking tele-
grapher operators in this city are seek.
ing temporary employment in other
trades in the hope Of finally bringing
the Western Union and Postal Tele-
graph Companies to a settlement.
Four hundred girl telegraphers who
are out on a strike have secured po
sitions as clerks in department stores
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1907-09-05
EPIDEMIC OF CHOLERA
IN RUSSIAN EMPIRE

ST. Petersburg. Russia Sept. s.
Cholera is spreading considerably in
Russia. and householders of st. Pc
tersburg have been instructed to take
the strictest sanitary precautions. Fif-
teen fresh cases have been reported
at Nevgored,
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1907-09-05
GEORGIA RAILROAD
STOPS IMPROVEMENTS.

Macon, Ca, Sept 5-As the result of
the reduction in passenger rates and
general conditions of the money mar.
ket SO far as as railroads are con-
cerned, all improvements have been
ordered stopped by President X. F..
Hanson Of the Georgia Central Rail-
road.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1907-09-05
MONUMENT IN MEMORY
OF MARTYRED M'kINLEY,

Buffalo, N. Y, Sept. 5.--A monu-
ment was dedicated here today in
memory of President Mckinley. It
was erected by the state of New
York on the site approved by the city
OF Buffalo. 1t is in the form of an obe-
lisk of white marble eighty-six feet
high, and is situated at the Niagara
Square intersection of Niagara and
Court Streets and Delaware Avenue
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1907-09-05
FRISCO BRlBE GlVER
GETS PRISON SENTENCE

San Francisco, Sept. s. Louis
Glass, vice president Of the Pacific
States Telephone and Telegraph Com
pany, convicted of having bribed Su.
pervisor Lonergan, yesterday was SEN
fenced to five years in the peniten.
tiary..
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1907-09-05
SANTA FE'S CRACK
TRAIN IN DITCH

Westbound Flyer No. 9 in Another
Wreck-Train and Pullman Con.
ductors Seriously Injured.
Topeka, Kans., Sept. 5.-The Colo.
rado flyer, passenger train No. 9, of the
Santa Fe Railway was derailed at
Wakarusa, twelve miles west Of To
peka early this morning. Three Pull
man cars and one tourist sleeper were
derailed. No passengers received
more than minor bruises but the pas
senger conductor and Pullman con-
ductor were severely injured. A de.
fective rail was the cause Of the acci-
dent.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1907-09-05
ARTESIA ADVOCATE
CHANGES OWNERSHIP.
Special to the New Mexican.

Special to the New Mexican
Artesia, N. NJ, Sept. 5.--The Advo-
cate, a weekly Democratic newspa-
per published in this city, has been
sold to Gayle Talbot, John B. Enfield
and others, who will conduct 1t mere.
after as straight Democratic paper
Gayle Talbot was the editor and pro.
prietor of the paper some years ago
and sold out on account Of i'll health.
He has again resumed its ownership.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1907-09-05
is BRANCHING OUT
IN COAL BUSINESS
w. n. Hahn, of Albuquerque, Estab-
fishes Coal Yards at Fresno,
California, Costing $4,000.
Special to the New Mexican.

Special to the New Mexican.
Albuquerque, N. NJ, Sept. 5.--W
H. Hahn, of this city has just estab-
lished coal yards at Fresno, Calfor-
mia, which it is reported have been
put in at cost of $50,O00 Mr. Hahn
is heavily interested in coal mines at
Cerrillos. He is also owner of the
Capital Coal Yards in this city and at
Santa Fe.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-07-15
Fox and cibhon.

When the furniture of Charles James
Fox, the famous English orator and
statesman, was sold by auction. there
was among the books copy Of the
first volume OF Gibbons Roman his
tory. 1t appeared by the title page
that the book had been presented by
the author to Fox, but no considera-
tons OF sentiment deferred the recipi-
ent from writing on the fly leaf this
anecdote:
The author ut Brooks said there
was no salvation for this country I'M
til six heads of the principal persons
In administration We're laid on the ia
bic. Eleven days after this same gen
tleman accepted place of lord of
trade. under those very ministers and
has acted with them ever since"
Such was the avIdity of bidders nnx-
ious to secure the least scrap of the
writing and composition OF the IA
nous owner of the copy that owing to
the addition of this little record the
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-07-15
md Of Crab.

A jolly OLD boy from the Midlauds
entered into one OF the hotels ut the
seaside and. seeing on the slab on the
right q crab dressed on the shell with
legs, claws and parsley ranged round.
said to the landlord:
What dye call that?"
Grab was the answer.
Looks good. I'll have un, and gic
US pint of ale"
Bread and butter was added and tho
diner left to his dinner. In about an
hour the genial landlord entered the
dining saloon to see if his guest was
getting on all right. He found him
chawing nm the last claw, the chawer
red in the face. but beaming.
Like the crab, sir?"
Eyes. He was capital never tast-
ed one afore. but think you baked un
a little too long. The crust was hard.
Let's have another pint"
He had eaten the lot-shell. claws
and al complete.-London Tit-Bits.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-07-15
iii Quest HEIR.
The Great Napoleon ana Nshas iobs
t4ave Rsss


2 no Great Napeieon and Wlse< loh1
Have 6esH
Had Josephine borne Nsppleon nm
heir the history OF France and IN
deed all Europe must have heen very
different. In the hours Of triumph
after Wagram Napoleon realized that
had the young German fanatic who
had come to attempt his nfe been sue
cessful IN his mission one thrust from
that vulgar kitchen knife which the
lad concealed would have shattered All
the glOries whose fashloning had caused
such rivers Of blood to Cow He re-
solved upon the divorce of Josephine
He would take as his wife princess
and found dynasty Whom should
he marry? Should It be princess Of
the Russian royal house or q princess
OF another2 BE slept In the palace OF
the man whom he had but newly re-
slept as fate would have 1t, In the very
room in which the heir for whom he
prayed was destined to die. Under the
roof of the son OF the Caesars he re-
solved to marry that mans daughter.
A little while earlier she had heard
that the tide Of battle had turned
against the French and had written
to her father: I'VE have heard with
great joy that Napoleon was present
at the battle which was lost. II he
would only lose his head us welIrs
The writer of the words became. ten.
months after the French troops entered
Vienna MS conquesors, the bride OF the
man whose death she now wished.
She was the granddaughter OF Marie
Antoinette. and by his marriage to her
Napoleon believed 1t would be the sal
walton of France. A man wiser In the.
matter than himself had pointed to a.
Russian marriage, foreseeing renewed
hostillties with either Austriu or Rus
sia- Napoleon, he said, knew his way
to Vienna; he doubted whether he knew
the road to st. Petersburg. Napoleon
chose to find, as he afterward said.
that the marriage was but an abyss
strewn with flowers. The marriage
led inevitably to the calamitous Rus
sian campaign and 10 the breakup OF
his empire. His ruin began with his
marriage to the princess who was to-
be the mother of his child. All France
acclaimed the union with JOY, which,
was eclipsed only by the birth OF the
heir.-St. James Gazette.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-07-15
Rismarek,s lntense Hate.

That Prince. Bismarck was a good
hater is shown in the "reminiscences of
Herr Won Tledemann. formerly chief OF
the imperial chancellery. During the
first dinner at which Herr Won Tiede-
mann was present with the prince, Bis
marck said he thought Goethe was
wrong in saying that only love beauti-
fed life. Hate did the same service
and was quite as great vivifer as
love. ITO me-" added the prince. "are
Indispensable love for my wife and
hate for Windhorst" One morning
Bismarck said to Herr Won TiedemGnn.
Il have not been able to sleep: have
hated the whole night"
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-07-15
BIRDS EGGS.

Two infiniteslmal white eggs tax the
tiny nest of the lovely hummlng bird.
The catbird in her scrapbasket-like.
nest lays four to six blue green eggs.
Four to six little white eggs are laid.
IN the domestic phoebe birds beautiful
and finished nest.
Blue white eggs of the bobolink may
actually be stumbled over as one walks.
along the high grass.
The hooking bird, of romantic fame,
lays from four to six speckIed green;
eggs in her loosely done nest.
Two white eggs occupy the mourning
loves home, which stands for the poor
est sort of bird housekeeping.
One of the best architects in the.
world is the orlole. It's graceful nest
contains -four to six whitlsh eggs
marked with black and brown.
Olive gray eggs with brown spots
i've of them) occupy the blue jays
bulky nest in tree crotch high above
the ground.-St. Louis Republic.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-07-15
Equal 20 The Occasion

The Countess WaIdegrave was mar.
ried four times. One evening she APP
peared ut the opera in Dublin during
her fourth husbands occupancy OF the
post of chief secretary for Ireland.
An audacious CeIt. catching sight of
her ladyship i'll one of the boxes. shout
ed out with real Irish temerity, Lady
Waldegrave. which of the four did you
like best:"
The countess was equal to the &C.
casion. Without moments hesitation
she rose from lter seat and exclaimed
enthusiastically. Why, the Irishman,
of course: remark which naturally
brought down the house."
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-07-15
Mha.. e. EinA q

Two sons of Erin shared the same.
oed as we'll as the same bottle of
whisky. Pat waited till he found
Nike slept, when he quietly arose and
smptied the bottle. Soon after Mike.
waking. stole out OF bed and, cropping
about In the dark. was asked by his,
companion:
"Phwat are Xez lookln,, fer, NiikeE'
"Oh, nothin'r' says Mike.
We'll, Mike" says Pat, ..ye'll foindi
t over there in the corner in the bot
le"-London Answers.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-07-15
Psychology of GAMBLING.

The fundamental basis of the injury
done by gambling is tendency to over
rate the chances Of winning. When a
man speculates by stalking. say, 81 on
the chance of winning f1o0, observes an
English writer in Nature, the notion of
winning f1o0 makes big impression
On his mind and means something more
real to him than the idea that the odds
are 200 to / against him. say. He
forms clear mental picture OF the
prize, and the odds do not present the
same picture to his mind. Consequent
ly, he exaggerates his prospects.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-07-15
Their STRANGE aehavior Explained.

Their Strange Behavior Explained.
a real estate broker was one day
walking down the street with friend.
After proceeding a short distance the
friend fell back a step and closed in
on the brokers' right. They proceeded
twenty feet, when the broker backed,
up. sidestepped and regained his for
mer position.
Excuse me- said the friend as they
proceeded little farther along and he
retreated step and agnin slipped
around to the right side of the real es-
tate agent.
They continued along together a few
more PAGES when the broker, with an,
Il beg your pardon" executed the
same vancouver and regaIned the
eight hand position.
"say. what's the matter2r demanded
the friend.
Cant hear with my right carr ex-
planned the broker.
Same here" said the friend
Shake"
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-07-15
AZ Epitaph Of Pone,a.

The following epitaph written by
Pope was highly commended by .,eiIu-
son. 1t was written to keep alive til.
memory of Z: s:abeth Corbctt. who
sleeps now in st. Aargarets, West
Minister:
Here rests woman, good without pre-
tense.
BEST with plain reason and with sober
sense;
No conquest she but Ger herself desired:
No arts essayed. but not to be admired.
Passion and pride were to her soul un-
known.
Convinced that virtue only is our own:
So una Effected, so composed mind,
So firm. yet 1T; so strong. yet so refined.
Heaven. as is purest gold. by tortures
tried:
The saiat sustained IT. but the woman
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-07-15
TIGER MEDICINE.
A Secret That Was Guarded BY an East
Indian Trainer.

A Secret That Was Guarded by an East
Indian Trainer.
The 1naharajali OF Jammu had al one
time the distinction OF possessing the
finest male tiger kept in captivity any
where In the world. PercivaI Landon
in 'Under the Sun describes tllis
beast and tells strangely interesting
story. which he declares is strictly
true. in regard to 1t.
The tiger. glorious brute of white
and orange and black. with steel sin
ews and teeth like Sikh daggers, lay
sulkily in his cage and growled. Ma
daun, the attendant, spoke to the tiger.
and as he did so the beast flung him
self furiously against the fiimsy bars.
The keeper put his slender hand under
his clothing and pulled out little
white bag
Some years ago the tiger had found
that the little back door OF his den was
open. The assistant of the little men
agerie returned to find him loose in
the garden and fled
In half an hour Jammu's streets were
as those of dead city. No man him
dered the tiger, and he g!!ded silently
down The main street of the town. n
beautiful vision Of orange and black
striped death He reached the jungle
and vanished
An hour later Madam came back to
his work ana heard the news. \ few
minutes afterwarl another solitary fig
ure made its way down the stI,l empty
street. He had no weapon. He had
little white bag IN his hand and was
soon lost to SIGHT in the jungle
An hour later he returned barehead.
ed in the sun. At his heels. rtwn;ng
and k!ttenish. siouehed the tyar. ana
round It's neck WAS loosely tied one
end Of Nadaun.s white prSree. 1t was
the little white lif% t,at al conc II.
Would your hpn9rs IKE to see the
effect OF this incidence" Madam put
his hand tuto the bag and scattered a
few whitish grains inside thc bars. III
a moment the tiger was upon them.
searching ont the tiniest bit of what.
ever it was. IN fifteen seconds he was
on his back beating the air with his
huge paws. like kitten at play.
Madam very naturally refused to al
low us to look closely at the powder.
1t was his livelihood, he said, and his
secret, If otr honors would pardon him.
must be kept.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-07-15
HUMoR IN THE FooTNoTE.
Librettist GiIberes Joke on a Prospee-
tive Bride.

GlNe 5riCGs
In the early days of w. S. GiIberfs
success. wien Gilbert s: Sullivan were
considered rs managers rs the sure
winners" in the comic opera field. a
young wc" m who was a member OF
one OF tie "n.uarore" companies wr,:e
to Gilaa:t tcl...aS him of her approach
ing marriage With Il yong ulan d.
good position and family.
Gilbert congratulated the your
woman ami EXPRESSED the hope that
her future might be pro 2c.3Is uuG
happy.
Only little more. than month
passed. ana another letter from tie
same girl reached him. in which she
stated that her engagement with the
young man had been broken ana that
she had accepted another suitor.
He replied that he had every conf
dence IN her iudgmen: and again e,l.
pressed his hearty wishes for her wet.
fare
1t was almost two months after thai
that Gilbert received third letter
from the same girl who Informed him
that young Lord - had proposed and
that she had accepted him after break
ing her engagement with No. ..
Gilbert's humor could no longer with
stand the temptation, and he wrote,
II desire to congratulate you on your
approaching marriage with Here he
placed an asterisk and in a footnote
added:
Here insert the name of the happy
man"
This is probably as characteristic u
piece of humor as any that appears in
his Bah Ballads" or in his works for
the stage.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-07-15
ITO the Lnmnpo,t.r

ITO the lamppost'' is mistransla-
ton OF "a Ia lanterner' There was no
lamppost. The lamp was hung over
the middle OF the street. in the centei
NJ Il cord. which passed over pulle$9
at The sides OF the street. The lamp
was let down, the person to be hanged
was substituted for ii, and the ends III
the cord pulled.-London Notes and
Queries.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-07-15
Who Was Lvino There.

Tie Yeracious yerger-In the far COR
Ter lies William the Conker: behind the.
)rg.n. where you can't see 'em. are,
he looms of Guy Fox. Robin God and
Cardinal Wolsey. Now, does that
guldebook rs i sees you ave In your,
and tell you who is lynn here. sir2
The Skeptieal Tourist-No hut can
guess.-London Mall.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-07-15
It Wasn't Funny.

But he's a resular professional fun
NY man"
81 know he is
But you referred to him as an .un-
conscious humorist.'"
SO he was on the occasion to which
] refer. He had tried to be funny with
tough gent from the Fourth ward
Philadelphia Press.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-07-15
Quantity Put.

A veteran. going from his room
one night to let out the cat stumbled
on the landing and pitched headlong
down into the hall why. Siias. :"
called his wife, us that you: Did you
fall downstairs?' Yes" gruntcd Tie
old fellow, rising slowly Yes, dil
and for about Il minute and half l
thought I'd lost my pension
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-07-15
Appropriate.

A minister, having given out HIS mo.
tees" was about to read his HYMN
when he was reminded of one he had
forgotten. Stopping. lie made this an.
nounccment. apoloGizins for his forget
tulness. Then. much to the amusement
Of his audience. he began to line out
the hymn as follows: Lord, what
thoushtless wretch am Judge.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-07-15
she Wae ED.

Mlstress-Did you remember to feed
he eat every day during my ABSENCE
Servant-Every day but one. nial'ani.
NIstress-And didn't the poor thing
ave anything to eat all day? Servant.
oh. yes. ma'am; she ate the cnnary.--
Chicago News.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-07-15
The Woman In Business.

She handed III check payable to
Susan II. Smith. The cashier. who was
a German, noticed that she had in
dorsed 1t Susan Smith and gave it back
with Il polite "You hs { forgotten the
H." Overcome with confusion. she
mullnured. Excuse me-" and wrote
below the Endorsement. "Age twenty.
three Liprlucotts.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-07-15
All Dear 70 Him.

Wife-The doctor orders me to the
mineral baths ut Carlsbad. and you re-
Fuse me the means to go. That shows
now little you value me. Husband
On the contrary. do not wish to lose
I pound OF iFsfiiegende Blntter.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-07-15

A wasp you should never attack I'M
less you are sure to destroy 1t or 1t
VIII assail you again with Increased
evaporation and redoubled vigor.-
Mlrabeau.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-07-15
The EnoI;sb Of Il.

He-You have had week now a.
think OF my proposal of marriage
She-Ycs. and the more think OF =
the less / think of it-Cincinnati En-
quirer,
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-07-15
Knowledge nemsnssrasss.

would ynn like to attend lecture
on the fine arts?"
NO" answered Mr., Cumrex. Moth.
err and the c:..:ls can make me feel my
ignorance svtfialantly At home free Of
charge. "-Washington Star.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-07-15
Lemons.

Gould you get nlore hickory nuts o.
more lemons into barrel?'
Hickory nuts, of course"
Wrong. You could squeeze moro
lemons into t."-Cleveland Plain Deal
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-07-15
Pennltv 81 Loaninn.

whats become OF your umbreliasss
81 loaned It TO TompkIns''
why doesn't he return it2"
THE owner caught him with It and
demanded It. milwaukee Sentinel,
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-07-15

Soak ink stains In sour milk, and
should stain still remain rinse in a
weak solution OF chloride OF lime
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-07-15
Rettar Thnn the Mnafe.

In enc Of the Australian mining
camps in the old days there were 10
women and children. only the hard,
horny handed men who fought with tile
earth in the attempt to wrest from Il
the yellow gold. To the camp there
came a band of wandering musicians.
and with the band were the wife anu
baby Of one OF the members. A grand
concert was planned in the big saloon.
and fine dashing programme was
given.
But in the midst the baby began to
:ry
In an instant a tall Irishman was on
mis- feet.
"shtop the music" he commanded.
~shtop the music and let's hear the
blessed baby cry."-Baltimore Amer.
can
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-07-15

book sold for gnineas 4 large SUM
for the times.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-07-15

knowledge and timber shouldn't be
much used TIL they are seasoned. :
Holmes.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-07-15
Some Bulls.

Last year. in the north of Ireland.
the following came under my observa-
ton. In hotel the porter, for my In
formation and dutifully in furtherance
of the interests of his employers, re-
marked. ''If you want drive, sir. you
needn't go out of the hotel" meaning.
Of course. that carriages formed part
of the establishment.
Another bull was In conversation
overheard between two workmen One
put the question, Were you ac-
quainted with So-and-soY' to which
the reply was. mo: he was dead be-
fore knew him"
An Irish friend of mine was de-
scribing dinner party he had been at.
1t was great success. as two noted
takers We're present. each Of whom
was talking so fast that neither could
get in word.-London Spectator.