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\ ten. General Wardell retained
much Of the fire and vigor
that made him a potent factor
IN deciding the destinies OF Texas,
when The Mexican war gave the Lone
Star State to the Union. Had not the
courage Of his youth still been dorni-
nant within him. he would have quail
ed at the task Of snatching his wife
from the very hands Of the law. and
leading the officers who pursued him
q lively chase to the isolated spot
which he now calls home
General Wardeu and his wife
made wanderers Of themselves in later
years. and. during a recent visit TO
Honolulu, Mrs. Wardeu became i'll.
She thought her illness but a trihing
disorder and did little 70 alleviate it.
until, on going to Los Angeles, Cal.
she became much worse. Tt then was
decided that she should go to q hos
pitaI
Scarcely had Mrs. Wardeu begun
treatment, when her case was dag
nosed as Ieprosy. The hospital au-
thorities were terrified by their discov-
cry. and frightened nurses. with hands
encased in rubber gloves, waited on
the Isolated patient in constant dread
Of Infection The city authorities, Of
course, were notified, and steps at
CnCe were taken for the removal OF
hrs. Wardeu to a colony of Iepers.
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But Struggle Cost Gen.
WardeH His Life
By ROTHvIN WALLACE.

ENERAL DAVID K. WARDELL-herol
That last little word epitonizes the character
of man who, in the making of the component
elements Of mankind, was given all of those es-
sentalS which cause one to sacrifice the things so
dear to the ordinary mortal-to face death in its
most tragic forms in the devotion to an ideal, in the
service Of country or individual held close by the
heartStrngs.
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he went to Europe. There he visited
the gay capitals OF the Old World, and
spent several years in hitting about
from place to place.
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that he died, just as his vigil began.

but. without needing, he went on.
happy once more IN the possession Of
his beloved wife.
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AUGUST so. 1908
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HAS WIDE EXPERIENCE.
IMPORTANT POSTS HELD BY
REAR-ADMIRAL BROWNsON,
Naval Officer Who Resigned as Chief
OF Bureau of Navigation Has
Won Praise Beth as Execu-
tive and Fighter.

Washington Willard
Herbert Brownson, who has resigned
as chief of the bureau Of navigation
after a difference Of opinion With
President Roosevelt, is an officer who
has proved numerous times that he
combines both the qualities Of a fight
er and an executive. He has had a
particularly wide experience and has
held some very important posts, both
ashore and afoat, in ali of which he
has won praise from those who have
had occasion TO pass upon his work.
BrownsOn, who attained the rank of
rear-admiral in 1898, had just come
from command OF the Asiatic feet
when he was appointed to the bureau
of navigation last spriE3.
AS a midsh. Dman he Ieaded a dar-
ing cutting cat party which defeated
a gang of Mexican pirates; as a com
mander he handled the cruiser Detroit
when it broke the Brazilian blockade
in 1894; as a captain he commanded
the Yankee during the Spanish-Ameri-
can war He has been tried equally
thoroughly in other lines of duty He
has done scientific work for the coast
survey; he was in the photographic
Office for four years in important posi-
tons; he was commandant of cadets
at the naval academy and he was
superintendent of that institution from
1902 to 1904, when he made a record
for efficient work; he was sent abroad
in 1898 to purchase ships of war for
this country, doing his work so well
that he was thanked by the navy de-
partment
One of BrOwnsOn's most interest
Ing adventures came to him when, as
a midshipman. he was attached to the
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and he wiggles his feet and ears in
quite an .amiable fashion.
Charles Van Zandt, who owns a sill
yer mine near Butte. Mont. and Ed
ward King. his superintendent, were
sinking a shaft seven months ago,
when they encountered Rameses, as
he is now called, fully 200 feet below
the surface He was cozily enscOnsed
in a pocket OF rock. the only crack in
which had been caused by the mining
operations. Ii was that fact that
caused the surprise when they found
the toad VISA alive, although exceed
ingly somnolent. He was nearly blind
then from having been so long in the
dark, but he was breathing.
Having heard theories of suspended
animation. Mr. Van Zandt took Ra-
meses to his bosom, warmed him up
bit, and then deposited him in a jar
Theoretically sealed. He kept him so
until few days ago, when he sent
him on to the Bronx menagerie, haV-
ing become thoroughly satisfied that
the theory was plausible
In the meantime examination of the
rock where Rameses was found re-
vealed nothing in the way of a fissure
that could have been made before the
sinking of the shaft, and the belief
is that the toad crawled into a creyice
that closed after him, perhaps in pre-
historic times, at least so far as this
country is concerned.
Dr. Ditmar said that he had inyes-
tigated the matter and had no reason
TO doubt its truth.
There are no riffs in the rock at
all" he said, and it is well known
that if a toad crawls into a dark and
cold place such as that where he was
found, the ordinary functions of life
may become suspended indefinitely.
This toad was found several hundred
feet below the surface of the earth,
and there is no telling how long he
may have been there. 1t might have
been 300 years or even more"
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old MOhegan on the Pacific station He
was at that time p years old, having
been born at Lyons, n Y. in 1915 He
was graduated at the naval academy
in 1865. The MOhegan was cruising
near Mazatlan. Mexico, when the cit
liens of that port appealed to Capt.
Lowe, the commander, for protection
against a crew of pirates who were
killing innocent citizens. I0oting un-
protected towns and committing dep
relations of frightful barbarity all
along the coast.
Capt. Lowe promised that he would
deal with the pirates. and he soon
thereafter located them in a cluster of
tropical lagoOns, almost inaccessible
because of dense vegetation. The
pirate captain had worked his vessel
into d snug position where he believed
himself safe from all attacks, having
got wind of the fact that the captain
Of the American man-Cf-war was look
ing for him. But he made a mistake
in his calculations as to the kind of
men who were in command of the yes
sci flying Old Glory. When Capt Lowe
discovered where the pirate craft was
hidden he detailed Nidshipman Brown
son, with a boats crew. to attack
them It was q desperate command
that Brownson undertook, the small
boat pulling up to the schooner m-
protected. Brownson's boat. however,
was permitted to reach the schooner
unmolested. The pirate ship was ut
terly silent and deserted.
The moment, however. that the
American sailors, headed by Brown
son, climbed over the rail a volley of
gunshots was poured upon them from
the limbs of the trees near by. The
pirates had arranged an ambush in
this fashion, the whole crew being
under cover and invisible. Realizing
that he could do nothing in the way
of reaching the pirates. Brownson's
quick mind instantly conceived a plan
for defeating them. He ordered his
men below decks to escape the pirates
volleys and Immediately started
dozen fires in the vessels hold AS
soon as the craft was well ablaze
BrOwnson gathered up his dead and
wOunded-four men-got them and
his crew into his boat and pulled away
from the ship. In a short time the
schooner was mass Of flames, the
pirates being marooned in the swampy
land without ammunition, food or
anything except the clothing they had
on. All their booty was lost with their
ship and they themselves were easily
killed or captured by the Mexican au-
.horities. The people of MaZatlan pre-
sented Brownson with a silver serv
ice as an expression of their thanks.
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being above reproach Miss Arnold
announced her determination to marry
her dusky lover despite family objec-
tons
After a vain effort to get a Denver
minister to marry them the couple
went to Santa Fe but there also the
cleTgymen refused to Offciate. A new
obstacle appeared in the opposition
of the chiefs followers to his marriage
to a white woman. The tribe was
nearly disrupted in the quarrel that
followed
Miss Arnold returned to Denver
alone, and since that time Chavarria
has made frequent visits to the home
of his fianCee. In an effort to break
the engagement. George Wilder, Miss
Arnold's stepfather, threatened to dis
inherit her, but she agreed to give up
her third share of his 100000 estate
without protest and still declared she
would marry the Indian.
In April, 1905, MI Wilder. broken
by disappointment over the family
trouble, jumped overheard from a
steamer in the Gulf of Mexico and was
drowned. He had kept his word, leav-
ing a viii in which he disinherited his
stepdaughter Cora.
Finding that Miss Arnold clung to
her Indian lover with a fidelity that
nothing could shake. her sisters at
length consented 20 the marriage, and
The three women went TO Santa Fe
last week. where d minister finally had
been secured to perform the cere-
mOny.
Chayarria is fully civilized, religious,
fairly well educated and well to do.
He speaks the Indian and Spanish Ian
gUages, but does not understand Eng
lish. and Miss Arnold set to work to
learn the Spanish after she met him.
Chavarria owns a large farm near
Taos, y NJ which he cultivates him
self and it is understood thai the
couple viii make their home there He
IS - years old and his wife a few
years his junior
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AmerIoa Ieads n Autes.

America now leads the world in the
manufacture, sale and use of autOmo-
biles. This is the declaration Of
French expert who has been keeping
a record of the automobile business.
Five years ago the United States built
only S14 automobiles Of all classes,
while at the same time France built
23,711 machines. Last year the
production in the United States was
so 600 in France $4,000, in England
2s. 900. in Germany p, 900. in Italy 49,
0OO and Belgium II, 600. In nine years
in the countries named there have
been manufactured. sold and used
$50. 900 automobiles, representing more
than 81 ,O0O, ,O00, 900 of money.
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tray. Former Surgeon-GeneraI Van
Reypen of the navy made the pre-
sentatiOn speech.
The health of the admiral was drunk
from a decanter containing Madeira
wine of the vintage of 1847. The de-
canter was formerly the property of
George Washington and in his presen-
tatiOn speech Gen. Van Reypen said
it was eminently fitting that the health
of the other George, whom we all
love" should be drunk from the same
decanter.
Dewey was in command of the
Asiatic squadron when it tackled Ad-
miral Montojos fleet in Manila harbor,
May 1, 1898. He smashed the Span
ish fleet in the greatest naval battle
since Trafalgar. He was promoted to
be rear admiral on the receipt of the
news and was made full admiral
March 2, 1899. He is president of the
general board Of the navy.
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GIRL MARRIES INDIAN
WEDDING is CLIMAX Or A WEST
ERN ROMANCE.
Miss Marie ArroId Becomes Wife of
Pueblo Chief After Lonq En-.
gagement-Race Only OBJ
lection to Groom.

Denver, Col.-Closing a romantic
betrOthal that has lasted II years, and
survived extraordinary obstacles, Miss
Cora Marie Arnold of this city has Just
been married in Santa Fe, n. NJ. to
AlbinO Chayarria. a full-blooded In
dian. The ceremony was witnessed
by the brides sisters, the Misses Lii
lian and Geneva Arnold of Denver. It
was performed by Rev. Mr.. Rendon. a
Presbyterian clergyman, after a score
of ministers of different denomina-
tions had refused to solemnize the
marriage during the last ten years.
ChaYarTia is chief of the Santa
Clara Indians, a tribe of the Pueblos
in New Mexico. He brought a band
of his tribesmen to Denver in 1896 and
they camped in the city park Miss
Arnold was one of the many young
women who went to see the Indians" {"
As soon as she beheld Chavarria she
fell in love with him. She made fre-
quent visits to the camp, and at last
invited the chief to call at her home.
The Indians first visit to his sweet
heart was the cause of bitter family
disagreement Objection was made
only to Chayarria's 5 race, his character
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preaasd u Five-Lnoh So.

A freinch steel shell, loaded and
rusty weighing about 40 pounds.
which rests on the desk Of Col VIII
liam /, Marshall IN the Army building
has attracted much attention from vis-
itcrs with in the last week. Col. Mar
shall Of the corps Of engineers Is I'm
charge of the dredging OF Ambrose
channel Several weeks aeo while .aa
Of the government dredges was suck
jng mp sand from a point uear the ex
irene easterIy end Of The cAaauel
there was q pounding heard ia the
dredging tUaT. and the Gr inch sael
Sas thrown iGtO the dTa lgi1gs. Later
a piece Of twisted machinery fclus itz
Uay through the tube ald Iod-e1 ir
the sand buakers. The shell T.
thought ID have been fred from one
II the light batteries at Fort Han.
cock. The fact that the she'll did not
explode as 1t shot through the tube Is
surprisingly Y. Tribune
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Bennington Monument at San Diego,
California.

the explosion Of the gunboat Benning-
tons boilers in the harbor of San
Diego, Cal. July q, 1905.
This monument is 81 feet high and
was erected by popular subscription
on the plat of ground set aside as the
last resting place of the Bennington
boys.
It stands on the summit Of Pt. Iona.
directly above Fort Rosecrans and
overlooks the bay of San Diego, the
ocean. parts Of Mexico and the meun-
famous regions Of southern California
The unveiling OF this tribute was az
important and solemn occasion. a hol-
iday being proclaimed in the city OF
San Diego Excursion trains were run
from all the ueighb0riug towns. At
least 1000 officers and men partici-
pated in the unFeiling ceremonies.
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DIPLOMA TO BLIND STUDENT.
George Rex Clark Wins A. q. Degree
at Chicago University.

Chicago.-GeoTge Rex Clark, blind
from birth, graduated from the Uni
versity of Chicago the other day with
an a. B. degree. after a college life
full of unusual experiences. He was
the first blind student to receive a
bachelors degree from the institu-
ton, and, although his course was be-
set with many difficulties, he attained
high honors.
Like Helen Keller, he made marvel
GUS advancement in his studies and
found time also to take up telegraphy
and typewTiting. He was also one of
the most loyal rOoters of his class on
the football field. following the prog
ress of games by the shouts of his
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The Prjevalsky Horse.

valid and distinct species Of the genus
horse, without relationship to the ass,
though it has some features that re
mind one of the Asiatic ass; but even
in these features, as the tail, for ex-
ample, the resemblance is closer to
the horse than 10 the ass
The results of the investigation
were prepared for publication by DR..
w Saleusky, director of the ZoOlog-
ical museum of the Imperial Academy
of Sciences, St. Petersburg. The book
has just been translated into English
and published in London under the
title "Prjeyalsky's Horse"
Many naturalists have held the
opinion that the domestic horse of
to-day was mainly derived from three
wild species, which have been named
the steppe, forest and plateau varie-
eties. The Prjevalsky horse is a rep
resentatve of the stePpe variety.
The Mongolians have made many
attempts to tame the wild horse, but
in vain
All efforts to tame the animals that
have been brought to Europe have
also failed.
Thus far the horse will not submit
to man. is afraid of him. and can
not be rendered serviceabIe. Though
now accustomed TO the sight of hui
man. beings, the captives. are very
badly frightened if person ap-
proaches nearer than within two or
three rods Of them
Still some facts are known which
indicate that there is hope that those
horses may eventually be tanned The
explorer KOslov about 40 years ago
saw a colt of six months belonging to
a chief in the Cobb that had been so
far tanned as to walk peaceably in a
bride. It would permit itself to be
led up a stairway to the floor above.
and even allowed the seven-year-oId
son of the chief to sit on its back.
1t is racticalIy impossible to cap
ture adult animals on their native
plains The Russians followed the
comparatively simple MOngOlian meth
cd of getting possession of some Of
the horses.
From time to time they could see
from afaT that young colts had been
added to the herd within a day or two.
They thereupon pursued the herd of
horses until the colts became so ex-
hausted that they could travel no
further and then it was easy to can
ture them.
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GENUINE WILD HORSES
BOOK ABOUT BEASTS DISCOV-
Erred BY PRJEVALSKY.
CaPtiVes from the Cobb Desert in Asia
Studied Carefully by the Rus
SLAMS Proved TO Be
Distinct Species.

New YOrk.-ThCre was little pros
pect 80 years ago Of the discovery of
a genuine wild horse. There are. TO
be sure, the so-called wild horses
Of the Americas, but they are the de
scendants of horses that the Span
ards brought to the western world
some centuries ago. While evidence
existed that wild horses were prob
ably as abundant in prehistoric times
in the south Of Europe as zebras are
to-day in British East Africa, most
naturalists believed that true wild
horses with an unbrOken line of wild
ancestry were extinct
Then, in 1879. the Russian explorer
Prjevalsky reported that he had dis
covered a new and quite distinct
horse in the GObi desert to the west
of Mongolia Two years later P0liakof
published a description of the horse
TO which he gave the name Equus
prjevalskii. Then the brothers Grum-
Grjimailo saw the horses in the des-
ert and learned many new facts about
them.
The Russians We're greatly interest
ed, and it was decided to capture a
number of the animals and bring them
to Europe. These efforts were sue
cessful, and five years ago a herd of
about 80 of the Prjeyalsky horses,
after no end of trouble, were landed
in Europe. Most Of them are still
in Russia, but a few were taken to
England. where they are kept on
the estate Of the duke of Bedford.
The English naturalists did not
make scientific study Of the animals
in that country because the Russians
have had a most thorough investiga.
ton in progress. with the advantage
that nearly all the captive horses and
a number of skeletons are in their
hands. Very few of the English nat
uralists believed that they We're true
wild horses, but looked upon them
either as a hang, hybrid, the kiang
being a species of the ass. or as
the offspring of escaped MougoI
ponies.
The Russians. however, have set
tied the question. They have proved
by the methods Of comparative anato-
my and in other ways that the Prize
valsky horse has no relationship with
Mongol ponies or the kiang but is a
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FROG FOUND IN ROCK POCKET.
May Be as Much as Three Hundred
Years Old.

New York.-Recalled to life after
possibly three centuries of innocuous
desuetude in the rOck-ribbed earth,
Rameses L, an ancient and apparently
estimable toad, now repOses in a ro-
tund jar on the desk of DR.. Ditmar,
curator OF the Bronx Geological park;
and probably will be the subject Of
much interesting scientific inquiry.
AS might be expected for one of his
age, who was virtually dead for so:
long without knowing it, Rameses is al
trife near-sighted and somewhat deaf,
but otherwise ne seems to be healthy,
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classmates. He attended all the
campus dances and became one of
the most graceful dancers at the uni
versity.
1t required only four years for Clark
to receive the degree he sought He
made his course in the usual allotted
time. All his books were of the
raised letter kind. Many of them
were not in print and often he was
forced to wait until certain of his
course books as well as his text books
could be made to order
Latin and Greek were the sNcial-
ties in the curriculum which Clark
Sought. He spent most of his time
in the study of Latin and received
many AS, the highest mark given.
With the Greek script he found much
trouble at first, but soon overcame the
handicap, and in his last course in
Greek he proved to be the best scholar
in his class.
Clark has been one of the most con-
spicuOus figures on the campus since
he entered in the fall of 1903 At
first he was assisted from building to
building and from classroom to class
room by friends, but after a years res
idence he dispensed with their serv-
ices and found his own way, even &C
ing to the libraries and searching
among reference. books.
Clark is uncertain what he will do,
but at present is considering going
into the real estate business
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searching the world for meningitis
anu-toxin ever since Mr.. Rockefeller
promised the gift two years ago in
the event Of the finding of a remedy
for the heretofore fatal disease The
S2,600,00O gift is TO be added 10 the
endowment fund for any use to which
the directors may choose to put it.
Doubtless a great part viii be en-
ployed in the worldwide exploitation
Of the FleXner cure.
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ADMIRAL DEWEY 70 YEARS OLD.
Hero of Manila Bay Still in Splendid
Health

Washington. - Admiral George
Dewey celebrated his seTcrtieth birth
day anniversary the other day He is
in splendid health and robust in ply
sique. AS is his custom, he spent the
morning at his Office, with the excep-
ton Of an hour during which he at.
tended a meeting of the Naval Relief
association, of which he is president.
At the meeting Of the association
the admiral was presented with two
handsome silver inkwells and a pen
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ii should support a quadriga, or four
horsed chariot, but this part of his
design was never carried out In
stead. the arch was surm0unted by a
fearful and wonderful equestrian
statue of the duke of Wellington.
For years this statue was a Euro
pean jest. OF all the bad statues in
London, and London has an unenvi-
able fame for bad statues, this was
universally acclaimed as the worst.
The story goes that a French officer
on seeing it for the first time stood
for a while in mute and w0ndersuick-
en- contemplation, then turned to his
companion with the remark: Nous
sommes venges' s''-we. are avenged.
For years Burton set aside a sum
of $4,000 as a gift to the nation if
il would merely remove the statue
from its position ON his arch. But it
was not till his death in 1855, that
this was done. Since then the arch has
remained bare.
The original intention of the archi-
tect will now be carried out by the
quadriga of Capt Adrian Jones. which
is the gift of Lord Michelham.
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REMEDY FOR SPOTTED FEVER.
Believed to Have Been Discovered by
Dr.. Simon FleXner.

New York.-The announcement that
John d. Rockefeller had given to his
institute an additionsl $2.60O,00O is
generally understood TO mean that a
remedy for cerebrO-spinal meningitis
has been discovered. The discoverer
is believed to be Dr. Simon FIexner,
chief of the institute, who has been
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Concrete for Vladucts-

Concrete arches are being cOnsid.
cred in Buffalo for viaduct construc-
ton. says Cement Age II was found
that the metal girders used hereto
fore have become corrugated by the
gas from locomotives. which does not
affect concrete II is the conviction
that much money would have been
saved had concrete been adopted long
ago.
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NEW BENNINGTON MONUMENT.
Shaft to Sailors Killed in Gunboat Ex-
pIosion Dedicated.

San Francisco.-On January z, Off
GERS, sailors ana soldiers to the num-
Der of several thousand, representing
the army and navy of the United
States, dedicated a beautiful granite
monument to the members of the 81
Of their comrades who were killed ir
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QUADRIGA FOR LONDON.
Group to Replace Much Derided
Statue of the Duke of Wellington.

London.-Capt Adrian Jones has
been commissioned to execute a
seulptured group which is to com
plete the large arch on Constitution
hill at Hyde Park corner.
When this arch was designed three
generations ago by the famous archi-
tect Decimas Burton, he intended that