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New-York tribune., 1907-08-07
US. WARSHIPS ARRIVE.
Idmqrai Stockton Denies Story Of
Lack of Courtesy by japanese.

The arnored cruisers Washington and Ten
nessee. which comprised the special service
squadron representing the United States at the
maritime exposition off Bordeaux, France, ar
rived here yesterday under command of Rear
Admiral Stockton and. according to rumor,
will proceed to the Pacific Coast after they
have undergone repairs.
While the American squadron was off Brest
a few days before sailing for this port the jap
arese cruisers Chitose and Tsukuba, which Wis
tied New York after leaving Jamestown,
steamed into port friendly visit The two
squadrons had hardly been together four hours
"Aen Paris newspaper printed a story de-
claring that the men of the four cruisers had to
be kept aboard ship TO prevent a clash between
the American and japanese tars. Rear Ad-
miral Stockton denied the report.
The article in the Paris newspaper" he said,
was too absurd for consideration. The Jap
ahese arrived on the morning of the 18th and
we sailed on the evening of the 25th. There was
little time for exchange of courtesies but what
there was time for were exchanged 1t is true
'hat gave a breakfast in honor of the Jap
anesc but as the officers of nearly all the cruis-
ers were at an entertainment in Paris it was
impossible for many to attend
The newspaper bent on a war between the
mted states and Japan made much of the
slim attendance at the breakfast and ignored
the fact that the captain of the Tsukuba at
tended correspondent who came aboard my
flagship informed an officer that his paper gave
vent to much agitation because it wanted to see
the navy enlarged. Personally. / think that is
an exceedingly poor means of enforcing large
appropriations"
Rear Admiral Stockton paid a tribute the
japanese cruiser Tsukuba. saying that she was
product Of which the Japanese shipyard could
well be proud
In the matter of Innovations" he continued,
she is superior to ships. We have hardly
anything in our navy 10 compare with her. She
has much better arrangement of armor and
her ventilators 90 not show. The French were
rather courteous in their criticism Of our ships
on the other hand. the British were exceedingly
frank in pointing out defects. and their
criticism quite just. The defects pointed
out. however. were noted. and reported to the
bureau of construction long before the ships left
the ways
The rear admiral said ne would haul down his
flag in a few days and go direct to Washington
He is TO be retired account OF age
New-York tribune., 1907-08-07

pleasing to Rear Admiral Evans and his staff.
who are aboard The prOpeIers made 126 revO-
IutiOns minute, and while they have not been
standardized the result. compared with tho
work of the Louisiana, indicates a speed OF be-
tween IS and 10 knots.
If the weather permits. the standardization
tests will be made tomorrow and the four hours
endurance run, which presumably viii be IN the
direction of Boston. Will be made the day fol-
lowing. Captain Hugo OsterhaUs. formerly
chairman OF the trial board. is in command. The
vessel lacks about forty men OF her complement
She draws eight inches more than the Louis
lana which is considerable Of a handicap
New-York tribune., 1907-08-07
GANG LEADER PLEADS GUILTY.

Mineoia Long Island. Aug. 6.-August Won
FalS e supposed leader of the gang of burg
lars which made its headquarters at his hotel
in Freepo-t, pleaded guilty to-day to three
indictments Two of these were for burglary In
the second degree, second oftehce' ana one vas
g.. b,,rola -, i'm the third degree, second offence
Won Fahrig pleaded not guilty yesterday, and
he changed his plea because Supreme Court
.,,etice Dickey in Brooklyn refused to grant a
change of venue. He viii be sentenced later
New-York tribune., 1907-08-07
reptyTY SHERIFF KILLS HIMSELF

charles Rosse an Italian deputy sheriff.
L,lIad himself last night by shooting himself in
the head with revolver Rosse lived at the
home of Antonio Johns. Whose wife was hof"e
alone with her baby when Rosse took his nfe;
Posse shot himself in the temple ana .lle
hulIet went through his head and lodged III Ins
wall of the ROOM
New-York tribune., 1907-08-07
THE CONNECTICUT READY FOR TRIAL

Rockland Me-. Aug. 6.-The battleship Con-
necticut arrived at this port to-day for the pur-
nose of having her official trial later in the
week For one hour yesterday on the trip from
Hampton Roads the battleship was run at fun
New-York tribune., 1907-08-07

..Thev said: Well. sir. you can baptlze US IN
vo,,r trousers and go home IN your boots
ORDERS IssUED.-The following ORDERS nave
been issued:
New-York tribune., 1907-08-07
DFLNrsF1 sF1NEF0RNl1uRE D
"FLINT QUALITY %
FOUNDED lS4O

uoe which reduced
readily
eSfed
New-York tribune., 1907-08-07

Assignments OF cadet graduates OF Aiili'14r ,
Academy as second Ieutenants announced as 1oi
lows:
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forward and takes look into the
cooks galley. The fires are out and
the regular snoring that issues from 1t
his cook chest. II don't think I'll trou-
hls him tonight" sleepily thinks the
American. hesitating to disturb the
rest of an artist who had given him
such q dinner. but tomorrow morn
ing I'll have q chat with Monsieur Of
the dishpans."
The next morning the sun rises
brightly on the Mediterranean: Its
waves are silver. The yachts course
during the night has placed the little
pleasure craft well out upon tho open
sea. Corsica to the southeast OF her.
Apparently. the nights rest has in
creased the ladies' vivacity and the
certainty OF no danger being near them
has improved their spirits.
Everybody hungry. l hope!" cries
Barnes cheerfully. Notwithstanding his
greeting from his fiancee has been
rather formal as they sit down to a
delightful breakfast sent In by the
artist OF the galley and served by the
ScOtch steward.
Apparently the pleasant mead pro-
duces almost frivolity In Miss An.
struther: she cries enthusiastically:
"And coffee with the aroma Of Mocha.
and this omelette worthy OF the daison
Dore! ! feel as II were In Paris. We
have q great man In the galley. my
brother"
"Ycs. the fellow forward could put
appetite into anyone" assents Barnes.
assisting Edwin to do duty on the
bcefsteak.
IF We could arrange that We run
about from one little harbor to an.
other. think tho cruise could he made
quite enjoyable" remarks Enid. strus'
Cling to be vivacious. but. catchin. nm
abrupt sicam of passion In her be-
trothed'z facc. her eyes that might
even now have been his brides eyes.
grow suddenly naughty. though the
young iady's fair lips emit some hid
den sishs ns she attempts tho re-.
mnindcr Of her breakfast.
Some little time after. chanein. Ia
glance up from his work with his
knife. tho sailor husband stays his eat
Ing as he places honeymoon eyes upon
his bride. For Marina is asking ncr'
vously: ANY signs Of pursuit durins
tho night
"Pursuit!" anccrs the tar. DO you
think our friend Cipriano Danclsa has
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Giuantie Potatoes.

mig potatoes which weigh as much
as a man are not often seen. A small
consignment OF them. however. has
Just been sent on from the West In.
dies. There were just six potatoes.
and each was large enough TO feed a
siE family. Yam is the popular name
applied TO this variety of giant sweet
potato. The tubcrs usually attain a
length of three feet and an averags
weight of 30 pounds. Vans weighing
from 100 to $50 pounds. however. are
BY no means uncommon in the West
indies and other parts Of the tropics
where they thrive. In appearance the
vans look much like the ordinary 20.
seioes on greatly enlarged scale.
They are black or brown externally
and pale within. and are rich In starch.
when boiled they have . very pleas.
ant flayo-.
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q couple OF revenue cutters In commits.
sion 10 run US down. The Scasuii IL
quick enough TO show her heels to
most sailing craft. Besides. how can
hc toll what course we've takcn7 On
the wafer we arc safe. When wc land
the climax Of this affair begins" Then
tho sailor suddenly csciaims: My
heavens. what's the matter. dear
onc'' for at her husbands last susErs.
tion. Marina. though sh. uttcrs no
word. has grown of a sickiy pallor.
Nothing" stammcrs the bride. hid.
Ing her face from his glance by pick.
Ing up her table implements. only I
am no, very good sailor. therefore
this delightful cuisine has no charm
for me-
IA the young Corsican lady rises
from the table the English giri gets up
also: she seems to be anxious to end
her contigui'y to a bc'rpthcd whose
rcproachful sianccs at her cold and
rather naughty face have grown en-.
barrassing.
Would that dared TO take Marina
over the surgcs of the Atlantic to Eng.
land" mutters the young husband
moodily. as Enid and his spouse disap-
pear into their statcrooms.
Abou, this time the mate. Mr.. Ora.
ham. puts his head down the compan.
ionway and announces that Frenchy.
the cook. is iabbering for something
that none Of them can make out
some folderoi or other for his work.
This gives barnes the opportunity
that he wishes of examining the only
foreigner on board. He steps up the
companion ladder and strolis forward.
Monsieur Lcbocuf, a dapper little
Frenchman in immaculate white apron
and cooks cap. his moustache bris.
Ting fe.ociously and his black eyes
blazing, is savageiy smoking n cigar
outside his galley. Barnes offers him
n cigarette and thanks him for the two
delightful meals he has furnished
them.
"Ah. you speak little French"
cries the little Gaul. "C'est mag.
nifiaue! Not n man understands ven
deman. ne implements of my art"
But YOU have been on English
yachts before7'' remarks the Ameri.
can. automatically.
'aIais, oui. With my Lord Edgarton
and With Monsieur Ogilvie ze Scotch.
They had &c big steamboats,. Their
stewards spoke ze language Of Ia belle
France. But on zis 1eetle vessel no
one understands ven from zem de-
mand &c proper implements of my pro.
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vas tall. because he had TO bend down
when when he did It. His shir; stud
was a plain gold one. I believe
Well said !. how many tall men
were there In the party who possessed
nions,achcs and plain gold shirt
studsT'
Let mo Sec she muscd: there
was Capt. Jack iiarland. Sir. Porter.
and your nephew Jack
I frovncd severely. Jack was an
itnpcr,incnt young rascal. whose pre-.
warinx hsd dissustci me ON several
occasions.
Jack I said. lis quite capable of
behaving In such disgraccfui man
ncT.-
Yes she asscntcd. almost cheer.
fully: "bu, I @bn', think IL was Jack.
A, least" she added with a briEh,
smile. 4 wan, you to he dear old
I mean. a good. kind.hcaTtcd person.
and fnd out for me"
1T shall be donc'- cried. rising
10th TO the occasion aad TO take my
.rsrp-
H.
II IL one thing to make promise
in all the glow OF generous moment,
and another thing TO keep II in the
cold. practical light of aficr.rcasoning
However. I did the best ;ha, could.
In the frs, place wrote to Jack. who
vas then at Harvard. and. without dI.
vulgine the source of my Information.
stated briefly vha, had come TO my
knowledge. and asked him II he could
throw any light on the matter. II was
some two or three days before ! re.
ccived his reply which was character.
isticaily brief and ran:
dearest uncic:-I received your
letter containing a vivid description
Of what you term the shameful out.
rage Now. I don't mind confcssing
TO you that am the culprit. because
YOU have been young yourself tonccD.
and know that the path OF youth Is
strevn. etc. BESIDES. there were ex.
,enuating circumstances in this case
Like the decent old sort You are. make
It right for me with the girl. and for
ever earn the gratitude of. Your affec
,iona,e nephew. Jack Owen.
"P. ST. don't know that I wouldn't
do 1t again II got the chance"
I folded the letter and sat In my
armchair. staring savagcly at the q
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cuApTCR ,v.-cen.Inued.

You can wager your .ros money.
Rarncs. you'd be happier II you'd
spisecd before taking this cruise" OBJ
serves Anstruthcr. sotio vocc to his
frtcnd. You'd have bride with you.
like me. Now. no danger Of pirates
boarding US. Marina and I cnn forget
care for . few days in-in love-"
You may. cannot" remarks Bur
ton. srimiy.
'.Ah. Enid's u little ofish. IL she:
; won't como up even and say good.
night" srins the sailor. 'p,dn't like
your not accepting what Was offered
,ou, ch: whcu you got q chance take
IL. my hearty. especially with girls.
Nov u you'd hunted up tho minister.
us recommended to-day. you wouldn't
have to stow yourself away on the
cabin srtfcc tonight
This sra.dos suggestion Ii 10 dis.
auictins that poor Bur,on PAGES the
deck and sishs.
Tho boat has now returned. and a
tho men scramble on deck. Edwin do.
mands: did you put your passenger
on shore nj Bandoi'''
Aye. aye. sir. but the loon went up
the dock as cautious as II he feared
land sharks
This ruvivcs In iIarnca' mind En-.
ory's warning. Suspect everybody"
Thc weasel il soon under way again.
lie PAGES the deck smoking his cigar
and thinking: mo one can board us
in all probability unobscrvcd. We arc
safe hcrc with the Scotch crow and
the Scotch mate" Suddenly the cigar
Jsops from liarncs' fingers: with a
star; he mut,crs TO himself: by
heaven. no Sco,chman ever coaeoctcd
that aict nisnon and that creme d,as,
pcfsc. There's one man on this boa,
] must keep my eye upon
Thinking of land sharks laughs
Anstruthcr. slappins him on the back.
No." answers Barucs. shortly. Il
was mcditatins on our French eook!-
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FIGHT WITH SAVAGE LION.
Adventurous Hunter Paid for Spee-
With His Life.

From the Sudan comes tho report oi
a fierce isht between a wounded lion
and q government engineer. which
ended In the death Of the latter. an
EnEiishman named e. II. Salmon
Salmon. while on board the steamer
Nehemiah. between rashoda and
Mciut. on the White Nile. discovered
a lion among the bushes on the shore
Taking a gun. he went ashore asking
those on board not TO follow him. lie
shot twice at the lion. one bullet TAX
Ing nsc-t in the lions shoulder and
the other In the abdomen. After a
struggle Of a few minutes. which
seemed To be his death agony. the lion
lay motionlcss. Salmon approached
and the lion pounccd upon him. anc
throw hin. to the ground and began
to maui him. The engineer held the
lions neck and cndeayored to draw
his knife. but before he succeeded the
lion had bitten his thigh and crushed
his toes. lie gave the beast a stab In
the eyes. This infuriatci the animal
which snapped at the mans hand. bad
ly laccra;ing and smashing II. The
pain of the knife thrust. however. was
too much for the animal and lie start.
cd to retreat. The crew OF the steamer
now arrived upon the scene. They
killed the exhausted lion with.
out much difficulty and carried
the unfortunate hunter to the boat.
which then sailed with all possible
spt to Fashoda. where he was taken
to the hospital and received medical
attention. only TO expire Of his injuries
when removed to Khattum.
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a dainty skirt-and what not-above
still daintier ankle. and the bottoms
of pair OF Immediately creased trou
sers) My murmured apology was cut
excessively short as l raised my hat
and my eyes ut the same time. It was b
Jack and Kitty. looking very spic and
span. and no little pleased with them
selves.
|. "Eh? What" gasped. taken some.
what aback.
Kitty's smile was as the wine Of
Oporto In Its intoxicating sweetness.
oh" she cried. 1T Is Mr.. Waiker!"
1T is." said /. frownins ut her levity.
was feeling In no particularly light
mood myself Just then.
She pouted and turned to her com.
panion.
Don't you think. Jack" she said.
"you ought to tell your uncle about
about it?"
Certainly" responded that young
hopeful. You will. my dear uncle. be
delighted to learn that have lust oh.
tained Mrs. Mainwaring's consent to
my engagement with Kitty here"
''Hum-ah-exceedingly delighted
pray accept my congratulations"
stammered.
"Thanks!" said Jack. IL thought
you would be pleased" Tho young
vagabond actually winked as he said
this.
"Ah. ycs-of course" said !. with
a futile attempt at dignity. Kitty Is a
charmins-that Is. you will both be-
er-vcry happy"
I'VE mean TO be-" he asserted stout.
iy. Don't We. little woman
YES" she whispered softly. press.
Ing his arm with her daintiiy gloved
hand. Irony Of ironics! had bought
those glovcs'
I'll look you up this evening ut
your club" said Jack. making nv II TO
move on.
"Ycs-do." said !.
They departed In n blustcring gallo
Of laughter. two young. handsome. per.
fcctiy mated creatures. and =
I Jammei my hat firmly down upon
my head. and walked away M u the
love affairs of n mere hoy and Girl
could have no interest for n confirmed
old bachelor of something and forty.
Kitty and ! are the best OF friends
stiil. She IL Mrs. Owen now. and does
! not seem at all tn regret having
thrown herself away upon n worthless
youn. scamp like Jack. She actually
adorcs the fellow. and has forgiven
him his outrageous treatment of her.
even though the only ''.stcnuntin. cir
cumHtancc" was bunch OF miHticto-'
Hut then. women are like thnt-hum'
hugs. yen. bumbugH. I call 'cm!
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oaL chrisimaa Iseea.

We have used. In place OF the rcs
ula,ion evergreen tree. small oak
tree. writes a Suburban Life CORES.
pendent. We have selected q prc,iiir
shaped one. the more Irregular u.
i,riicr. and placed Il In tho middle
Of the room on the regular Christmas.
tIr. standard. There have been usu.
ally a few leaves left upon The trcc
which ~c have taken caro- not TO
knock on.
We hav. frosted one side Of the
tree and the branches 30 that. seen
In the light. II seemed as II the snow
storm had been blowing across tho
hare trc. and had stuck.
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sYN"Psis.
.. n. Do11 Nsed . o., .. Z.

Burton II. Barnes. a wealthy American
iish lieutenant. Edward Gerard An.truth-
dauxhisr OF tho Psoiis. from the mur:
dsrous vendetta, understanding that his
r-wsFl is to be the hand OF the xiIl no
IoVc0, Enid AnstFuthrr. sister Of tho Eng.
lish lieutenant, The four ny from AJac.
clio 70 Aaypciiirs on boagd tho French
.ieaasrr Constantine. The vendetta pur-
sues and a. tho quartet are about 70
boArd tho train for London AT Marscilics.
Marina 10 handed mysterious note
which causen her to collapse and ncccs.i-
tateo q posipon~ment OF tho Journey.
Haraas Eets part OF tho mysterious note
and receives l~ttrrs which inform him
that he Is marked by tile vepdetta- uc
-mp1Oys an American detective and plans
to heat the vendetta at their own game.
For tho purpose Of securing tho safety
of Sha women Rarn~s afrnnE~s To nave
Lady Chartrts lease q secluded villa AZ
Nice TO which tho party is To be taken
In q yacht. suspicion u created that
Marina L. In league with the Corricans.
4 man. bsli~vcd to b. corrcsio Danuhn.
IL seen pnAainE the houS- and Marina 70
Thought 10 have given him sign. Ma
rinA refuses To explain To ltarncs which
fact ndds 10 his latent suspicious bnrn~s
plans for tho safety OF tho party afu
s-arucsl by tho Corpicans. The carrtaEr
raryyink their party to tho cal ianains
10 followed by two men. on~ OF W"
Iofx~snan In supposed To b- cofrvEio.
Thcy try 10 murder the American. The
saak on the yarht-a frcnshfnan-ts suh'
perSed Of compiieity In tho plot.
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Extenuating
Circumstances
A Christmas Story
By ANDREW d. GRANGE

HH1lT T was IN objectionable ubsr'
4 ty." said Kitty.
THE temptation" began.
She cut me short with an angry lit
tie frown.
THAT has nothing whatever to do
with IT," she remarked icily.
'On the contrary" said ]. 1T pal
liates the offense. II 1t does not alto
gether excuse 1t. Let us consider the
facts OF the case. You were spending
Christmas with your aunt. Mrs. Glcn
torridon. In the country. One evening
as you We're passing along darkened
corridor. on the way to your room
you met a certain gentleman"
"He wasn't n gentleman" she inter
posed quickly.
"Oh!" l exclaimed. Il certainly
thought that your aunts guests"
He wasn't true gentleman" she
added disdainfully. ''or he wouldn't
have acted as he did"
"A discourtcoux gentleman. then
who taking advantage Of the darkness
deliberately kissed you upon"
Don't bc ridiculous!" she snapped
Il asked you TO help me-"
Il am endeavorin. to do so." said ]
"Thcn do II propcrly!" ! assumed
an nir Of profound gravity. Kitty re
gartcd me thoushtfuiiy out Of = cor
ncr Of her deep blue eye. you see.
she continued. u don't know who u
wuS-and-wcl,. you know, Il maker
Il rather awkward for me-"
"Didn't you see his facc?" ] asked
"No.- she answered. ''iic came ~
behind. ahd-and Il was all over IL
q second" Sh. shuddcred prcitiiy. III
was quite dark" nh. added. "and
only saw his shlrtfronI lie was 1t
evening drcsa. you know"
''iiut were there no distinguishing
f.-turcn. such as shirt stud. or-s
t,ous,achcT' ! susIcn'cd.
oh. ycs'" shc responded quickly
''ho had mous'aehc: and ! think h
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CHAPTER v.
1'Fes the Love Of Heaven oonr Kill
the cooki"

To this rather astonishing announce.
meat the young English naval officer
says: by Jovc. the bcsgar did give
US a good dinner
Too goodl- remarks barnes. gloom.
lily.
You wouidn', say that" replies Ed.
win. IF you had been knocking round
the orient on wardroom commons for
the last year. What do you mean by
'too Euod7' No cook is too good
And yet I'd feel easier" is Burton.s
comment. ''if the fellow had given us
1ob-scouse. pium.duff. roast beef and
dishes a plain Johnny Bull cook would
have been apt TO concoct. I don't pro.
pose 10 blindly trust anyone with for.
eign associations. They may be all
right, and they may not. so I'm going
TO investigate this fellow
II you find anything suspicious
about him." replies Anstruther. grimiy.
''ili put him ashore II he can make
salt horse taste like broiied chicken
Acting on this. by few def: ques-
,iuns to the members Of the watch on
deck. Barncs discovers that the nauti.
cai chefs name is Felix Leboeuf.
That's as twang It," remarks Gillie.
Who Is standing at the wheel giving
him the information. "Coswhise. MIR.
Jamieson's regular cook. went along
with him to the auld country. asd this
rhiel only come aboard to-day to take
his place l. the galley
Hum. new arrival?'
AYE. sir. and the men dinna like
him DER muckie. Thae loon puts gar.
u T. tn lob-scouse."
At this Barnes laughs slightly. strolls