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ground passages Of the madly rushing
RED, never to reappear. 1t was cur
rently believed that the river was lost
under the rocks for several hundred
miles, and that any attempt to ride it's
surface meant certain death. There
were stories Of great catracts, from
which the roaring music of the waters
could be heard on the SUBMITS Of dis
tant mountains, and there were ac-
counts Of parties wandering on the
brink of the canyon, vainly endeavoring
to reach the waters below. and. finally
dying from thirst within sight and hear
ing of the river, which seemed to mock
their distress. The mysteries of the
canyon were woven into the mouths of
the religion Of the Indians.
The Grand Canyon Of Arizona is
within government forest reservation
sixty by eighty miles in size. About
twothirds Of it is on the eastern and
the other third on the western side
The timber is in fairly good condition.
There was bad fire two years ago
which ruined several hundred acres of
fine forest, but there Is little danger Of
its recurrence because of the vigilance
of the superintendent and his corps of
foresters.
1t is thirteen miles from one rim Of
the canyon to that on the opposite side,
and there are two trails by which the
western side may be reached One of
them, the Bright Angel Trail, is OPP
posite the new hotel, and although it is
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The first color photograph ever made
by flashlight has been successfully
taken at Efingham, III. For years color
photography has been the goal that
photographers have been striving to
attain and during the past two or
three years some successful expert
ments have resulted. But It was only
dring the last six months that the first
successful color photograph by flash
light was taken, and the news that 1t
had been done came as a sensation at
the recent convention Of the National
Association Of Photographers held at
Detroit, Mich.
SO far no method Of printing photo
graphs in cOlors has been discovered,
but it is predicted that this will shortly
be done. Meanwhile the f1ashlight pho
tograph taken by Prof. Raymer at Eff
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WOMAN ROBS A WOMAN
Mrs. Mary Boloewen of New York Is
Victim of Daring Thief Who
Uses Chloroform.

NEW YORK, Sept. 2.-Strategy fail
ing her, good looking young woman.
stylishly dressed, last night produced a
revolver and handkerchief saturated
with chloroform, and held up and robbed
Mrs. Mary Baloeweiz in her home in
First street, Jersey City. When the
daring feminine robber knocked at the
door. she introduced herself as an agent
for the gas company and asked permits
sion to remove the coins in the gas
meter This was denied her, and then
she quickly drew a revolver and while
the frightened housewife held up her
hands, the cool robber chloroformed her
and proceeded to ranSack the fiat.
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eighteen or twenty miles to the top the
climb is comparatively easy. 1t follows
a stream of clear, pure cold water
which comes tumbllng down a narrow
canyon on the western side, and Major
Powell during his first memorable eX-
ploration of the canyon called it the
Bright Angel River because II was such
a grateful discovery.
People are beginning to find their
way to the Grand Canyon. Last year,
which was the first since the railroad
was opened, about $1,000 people came.
This year, If the present average keeps
up, there will be from 10000 to $4,000
visitors, and every one who comes goes
home a walking advertisement for the
place. There is nothing to compare
with it anywhere IN the world. 1t is
impossible to exaggerate the grandeur,
the sublimity, the impressiveness of the
scenery; and its fascination cannot be
accurately described. It is impossible
for one man to express his emotions to
another.
It is a singular fact that three
fourths of the people who come TO the
canyon are women. A large number
of them are well along In years, and
the endurance and the nerve they show
is extraordinary. Nearly every woman
who comes insists upon going down tc
the bottom of the canyon, while only
half of the men show that amount OF
energy.
Were canal of the size of the pro-
jected cut at Panama to be dug in the
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ARABS ATTACK FRENCH,
Over $4,000 Moors Surround Post at
Boudenib, but Are Finally Made
to Retreat

PARIS, Sept. ARAB tribesmen at
Boudenib, the former stronghold of Mu-
Iai Hassen on the Algerian frontier. sud
denly attacked the French post yester-
day afternoon. The hills surrounding
the block houses swarmed with Moorish
warriors on foot and on horseback. The
fighting continued until Z o'clock in the
evening, the French finally beating off
the enemy after the Arabs had sustained
heavy losses. The French had two men
killed. A renewal of the attack is ex-
pected. 1t is estimated that $4,000
Moors surrounded the French post at
Roudenib. The French garrison totals
1900 men. A column of French rein
fOrcements has reached Bouauns, forty
miles from Boudenib.
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Strap Canvas Over Hole.
AERONAUTS ARE HURT.
Three Frenchmen Fall from Basket
When Big Gasbag Strikes Freight
Car N New York.

NIAGARA FALLS, n. Y, Sept. l.
A balloon supposed to be one of those
which left Columbus, o.. passed over
the eastern end of the city about 2:3O
o'clock this afternoon. The gas was es-
Gaping and in passing over the New
York Central freight yards, the basket
struck freight car, injuring the occu-
pants, three Frenchmen. One of them
has two ribs broken. All three were very
ly. The balloon continued, but soon aft
erwards parted from the basket which
landed in the New York Central cut at
Devils Hole. The balloon dropped in
the woods at Devote college The in
jured Frenchman is being brought to the
hospital here
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TO BE LONG SESSION,
Revision of the Tariff Means Plenty of
Work for Congressman Start
ing March T.

WASHINGTON. d. G. Sept .
Senator McCumber of North Dakota,
who has just returned from visits to
president Roosevelt and Secretary Taft
today expressed the opinion that the ex-
ira session of Congress which is to be
called after the 4th of March next, for
the revision of the tariff, will be of long
duration and that it will witness many
stubborn contests over the various sched-
Jules which it is proposed to change. Mr..
McCumber said that the west will de-
mand that several articles which are
now on the protected list shall be made
free of duty, and he included lumber and
coal as among some of those in behalf of
(which specially strong fights will be
made.
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An alloy that gives off showers of
sparks when struck with metal-ignit-
Ing not only gas, but alcohol soaked
wicks-was a recent accidental discov-
cry Of Auer Won Welsbach. It consists
of iron with cerium, lanthanium or
other of the rare earths used for mean
descent gas mantels, and the sparkling
is found to reach maximum with the
percentage of iron at 80. A use for ig-
hitting explosives is suggested.
Acting on the instructions Of the
Russian war minister, a number of en-
gineers and other experts are engaged
near the town of Zlatoust In construct
ing the necessary buildings and placing
apparatus for a wireless telegraph sys-
tenn between st. Petersburg and Vladi-
voStok. Communication will take place
through kassatooy, which Is the high
est summit of the Ural Mountains, near
Zlatoust, where the state iron and steel
works are situated. The engineers rec
ommend the erection of a high tower
for the transfer of messages. The ONLY
serious difficulty hitherto encountered
is that Of obtaining sufficient electric
power, seeing that the number of ma
chine is inadequate.
AS we look up through the transpsr-
ent atmosphere on a clear night and see
the moon beaming brilliantly down IN.
on us. we may think, What a wonder
full sight the continents and oceans of
the earth would present if we could
view them from the mOOn!" But ac-
cording to the conclusions of c. G. Alb
bot, the director Of the Astrophysical
Observatory of the Smithsonian Insti-
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-09-04
U. S. w. v. MEET IN BOSTON.
Young Soldiers Begin Their Annual En-
Campment

BOSTON, Mass, Sept. 1.-Soldiers and
sailors who served in the army and
navy of the United States during the
Spanish war gathered today at Faneiul
hall, more than 5000 strong, for the for
NAL opening of the fifth annual encamp-
ment of the United Spanish War Veter-
ans. The opening meeting was purely
routing, consisting entirely of reports
and encampment organization. Tomor-
row the great parade, the feature of the
auxiliary, which is also holding its en-
campment here this week. met in Ford
hall and opened the formal sessions
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tuition, a man on the moon would catch
but feeting glimpses of the outlines Of
our continents The true radiating
surface of the earth, as a planet" says
Mr. Abbot, sis chiefly the water vapor
at an elevation of 1000 meters $4,000
feet), or more, above the sea-level." In
consequence. the man in the moon
dimly outlined in the glare of light re-
Elected from the atmosphere.
Mr.. w. f. Denning, the English as
tronomer, who is particularly known
for his studies of meteors, points out
that the meteoric shower radiating
from the constellation Aquarius during
the first week in May seems to be com
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KAISER'S SON IS INJURED.
Crown Prince and Princess Bruised When
Auto Overturns.

BERLIN, Sept. 1.-Crown Prince VIII
liam, the future Emperor of Germany
was near to death yesterday when, auto
MODELLING with the Crown Princess in Al
sace-Lorraine his machine overturned,
throwing their highnesses far from the
road. Both the crown prince and the
princess were badly bruised, but after
their injuries had been attended by ply
sicians they were pronounced out of dan
ger. Their medical attendants said there
were no bones broken or internal in
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-09-04
RUSH FOR NEW LAND,
Hundreds Wait for Farms Which Are
Being Thrown Open by Canadian
Government.

WINNIPEG, Manitoba, Sept. 1.-The
dominion land offices in every district in
the west where odd numbered sections
are thrown open for demonstrating prom
Use to be very busy for the next few
days. In the reports received early this
morning from fourteen points where ap-
plication may be made, it is stated that
hundreds Of men have been waiting out
side the land offices in line throughout
the night and an interesting time result
ed when the doors opened at 8 o'clock to-
day. In many of the towns, especially
in Saskatchewan and Alberta. numerous
valuable sections, some of them near
towns are to be had.
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plains. Next day when they want more
meat they do not scruple to kill more
cattle. In hurting their spears, which
are from Z to 10 feet long, they employ
a throwing stick with n sort of sling,
This enables them to throw the spears
with great force incredible distances,
driving the spear entirely through the
animal. The mounted police are con-
stantly on the lookout for these ma
rauders.-Our picture is from the Lon
don Illustrated News
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ENDS HIS LIFE,
Suicide Mania in Germany Finds Many
Victims-Dead Man Had
Looted Bank.

BERLIN, Sept. 2.-Another suicide of
an embezzler recorded today has drawn
the attention of the public to the preva
,Ience of such occurrences during the past
few weeks. Gustave Herzberg, the pro-
prietor of a small private bank, COM
;mitted suicide by shooting last night. He
left a letter saying he had embezzled the
banks deposits. but the amount of his
tdefalcation has not been established
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JEROME TO PROSECUTE HAMS.
New York District Attorney Will Aid in
Famous Case

NEW YORK, Sept. latter a con
ference with District Attorney Jerome
concerning the plan of the prosecution
to be adopted in the trial of Capt Peter
c. Hams Jr., and his brother, 7. Jen-
kins Hams, charged with the killing of
William E. Annis on August 10, District
Attorney Darrin of Queens county said
he would be largely governed in his
preparation of the case by Mr.. Jerome.
Mr. Darrin said he would do this be-
cause of the similarity between the case
of Harry X. Thaw, the prosecution of
which Mr.. Jerome directed, and that of
the Hams brothers.
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CLOSE WYOMING COAL MINES.
Owners and Workers Fail to Agree at
Meeting.

BUTTE, Mont, Sept. l. Negotiations
between the Wyoming coal operators and
the committee from the United Mine
workers, which have been going on for
four days, have been ended, and it is an
nounced that all mines of the big COM
panies will be closed at once. About
1000 miners will be out of work in
Wyoming.
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CHEATS MOB OF PREY.
Masked Band Surrounds Kentucky Jail
Only to Find Intended Victim
Is Not There.

LOUISA, Ky, Sept. IA mob of
200 persons, some of them masked, visited
the county jail here last last night, de-
manding John SprOuse, accused of burn
ing the residence and two children of
Charles Cooper at Cherokee several days
ago. Anticipating d call from a mob the
sheriff had few hours before trans
ferred the prisoner to Cattleburg. Mem
bers of the mob were permitted to search
the Jail 70 verify the iailer's statement.
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STEAMER THISTLE SINKS.
Oshkosh Boat Goes Down with Big Cargo
of Lumber.
OSHKOSH. Wis. S

OSHKOSH. Wis, Sept. 1.-[Special ]
The steamer Thistle, owned by the
COOPERATIVE Coal and Ice company of
this city, sank last night at Berlin, Wis,
while hauling lumber. The boat struck a
rock in shallow water which stove hole
in her side and she sank. The water
was not very deep and did not entirely
submerge the hull About 10000 feet
of lumber were on the boat. The hole
was plugged up and the boat was raised
today and brought. to Oshkosh. The dam
age is not serious.
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MORE TORPEDO BOATS.
Bids Are Opened for Ten Destroyers
with Speed of 291s Knots and
Three Big Golfers.

WASHINGTON. D. c., Sept Sub
stantial additions to the navy are con-
templated in proposals which were
opened today for the construction Of
ten torpedo boat destroyers for which
Congress appropriated $SOO,00O for each
and three Golfers, also provided for at
the last session of Congress-
Each of the destroyers is to have a
trial displacement of about 742 tons, a
speed of not less than 2913 knots an
hour and apparatus for burning oil fuel
and turbine propelling engines.
The Golfers are to be of twin screw
with a speed of - knots and a cargo
capacity of 1900 tons of coal.
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BIG TANNERY BURNS,
Platz Plant at La Crosse Is Partially
Destroyed by Flames-Loss
Over $4,000.

LA CROSSE, Wis, Sept. 1.-[Spe
cial. Fire broke out in the big tannery
of Davis, Medary and Platz, located in
the manufacturing district, at 1890 this
noon, entailing a loss of $4,000 or $40,
900.
A half dozen other large factories are
situated close by the tannery and the
fremen after making a desperate effort
saved them. The fire was under control
at o'clock.
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BIG RED WOOD ON FIRE,

STOCKTON, Cal, Sept. "a tele-
phone message received here this morn
ing from Murphys, Calaveras county, is
to the effect that the forest fire has got
ten into the Calaveras big tree grove
and the big tree known as The Mother
of the Forest" monster Sequioa, 327
feet high and rs feet in circumference,
has been burning all night. No other
trees have caught fire thus far, but the
rrayest alarm Is felt.
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TRAINS HELD UP
BY CLOUDBURST
TEN THOUSAND PASSENGERS KEPT
WAITING IN WESTERN
CANADA.
ALL EASTERN MAIL DELAYED.
Rushing Water Destroys Roadbed of
Canadian Pacific and Traffic
Is Impossible
GOVERNOR GENERAL A VICTIM.

WINNIPEG. Manitoba, Sept. l.
Fifteen passenger trains, besides all
freight and stock trains on the Canadian
Pacific between Winnipeg and Fort Will
liam are held up at way stations and
sidetracks between these two points as
a result of the cloudburst that flooded
the main line between Horner and Ig-
mace late Saturday night. 1t is stated
by railway men to be the worst disaster
of the kind that ever happened in west
ern Canada.
Thousands Kept Waiting.
Not a train has reached Winnipeg
from the east since Saturday morning
and fully 10000 people are being kept
waiting at points along the line. In ad-
dition to this eastern mails are all held
back for sixty hours, as is the west
bound mail going east and all express
matter is likewise delayed for this
period.
Earl Grey, governor general of Can
ada, and a party are on board one of
the delayed trains and other passengers
are made up of business men, CONNER
clal travellers, tourists, and immigrants.
AS a result of this sudden cloudburst
bitches and cuts along the road were
hlled almost instantly and the water
raced along the tracks at a speed which
swept away the surface material and
undermined the ties to such an extent
as to render traffic impossible.
Cars Thrown in Ditch.
There are two big washouts at SEQ
vile, east Of KenOra, besides several
smaller ones between that point and
Rennie. AS a result of the tracks being
washed out at Deception, six boarding
cars filled with people at that point were
thrown into the ditch on Sunday night
Every available man along the line, some
thousands, have been put to work to re-
pair the roadbed.
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THREE PENNIES PAY CAR FARE.
Exact Change Required to Get Low Rate
in Cleveland.

CLEVELAND, o., Sept. If the
passenger has his three pennies handy
he can ride for 3 cents on the street car
lines of the Municipal Traction company.
fostered by Mayor Tom L. Johnson, who
forced the Cleveland Electric 5-cent road
to lease to his company, then raised the
cash fare to 5 cents, after two months
of losing operation at 3. The new ruling
was adopted by the directors yesterday
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THREE ARE WRITING OPERA.
Father Vaughan and Two Professional
Friends Working at Oshkosh.

USHkUSH, WIS, Sept. II SpeciaLl
Philip A. Laffey, violinist of note.
Father Vaughan, noted Catholic pulpit
orator and Stanley Wood. a Chicago
newspaper man, all three of whom are
here attending the chautauqua this
week. are writing an opera. Father
Vaughan is writing the story of the play.
Mr.. Wood is composing the lyrics and
Mr.. Laffey, the music Father Vaughan
is the author OF a successful play-"The
Woman OF the Vest
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Waupaca County.

WAUPACA, Wis. Sept. 2.-[SpeciaL. i
Returns from twelve precincts out OF 81
give Hatton 9s5, Cook 615, McGovern 40,
Stephenson 20 Hatton will carry the
county by nearly two-thirds vote. Wesley
Irvine is elected for assembiyman without
opposition. McGovern's largest vote was
In the rural districts
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CATTLE sTEALERs IN AUSTRALIA
Canning Black Rasca1s Who Are IA
Pest to Ranchmen.

cunning Black Rasca1s Who Are
Pest to Ranchmen.
In Australia the ranchmen have to
contend with native cattle steaIers who
are SO cunning and skillful that their
forays result in constant loss to the
farmers. They do not drive the cattle
away in droves like the old Scottish
bordermen and the Texas outlaw, but
creep silently up to the herd and Stay
number by throwing sharp spears
into their flesh. When they have killed
several Of the animals they cut off only
the parts they wish for immediate use
and leave the carcasses to rot on the
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MORGANS YACHT
RIPS LARGE HOLE
IN LINE STEAMER
FINANCIER'S "CORSAIR" IS STRUCK
IN EAST RIVER DURING
DENSE FOG.
STATE ROOMS ARE TORN OUT.
Long Steel Bowsprit of Private Vessel
Raises Havoc with Superstructure
of Large Boat.
ONLY ONE PASSENGER INJURED.

NEW YORK. Sept 1-During a
dense fog in the East river today, the
New Bedford line steamer New Hamp-
shire, while passing down the river on
her way from New Bedford to this city
crashed into J. 2. Morgan's black steel
yacht. the Corsair, probably the largest
and handsomest yacht sailing out of
New York
Corsair Lying at Anchor.
The Corsair was lying at anchor
among a feet of yachts off the foot of
East Twenty street As the New
Hampshire crept slowly down the river,
the Corsair's long steel bOwsprit pene-
trated the sound liners superstructure
and ripped the sides out of eight state
rooms in most of which passengers were
sleeping. Only one of them, Il man, was
injured, and he suffered only some
bruises from falling debris but the New
Hampshire was a sorry looking sight
with great hole torn along the side of
her deck house.
In the crash the Corsair's fore top
mast was brought down on deck and
crashed through the roof of the deck
house. No one on board the Corsair
was injured.
Strap Canvas Over Hole.
The New Hampshire was anchored
while her crew strapped piece of can
vas over the hole in her side and then
proceeded to her dock
The damage to the COrsair amounted
to about $500.
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Judge-You'd better be careful or ]
shall commit you for contempt of court
The Lady-Don't be ard on me, vel
worship. I'm a-doin' me best ter con,
ceal me feelin's.-The Sketch.
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Not to Be ENpecfcd.

'Have you any idea how many
pounds the shipments of tea received in
this country in a year would totalf"
"Of course not. I'm not a tee-totaA
er."-Kangas City Times,
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Such a Girl.
the organ

When Charles Augustus heavel a sigh
And said, My own! My sweetl''
She handed back this hot reply,
You're crazy with the HEATH
Birmingham AgeHerald.
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Nothing Else Counts.

Bride (rapturously)-Oh, Jack, isn't
everything just lovely.
Groom-Yes, darling; you are every
thing to me-BoSton Transcript.
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\ boy never believes that work de
velops his muscles: he thinks only Eek
erciSe'' will do it.
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YANKEE TARS IN
FIELD OF GLOVER
EVERY HOSPITALITY SHOWN THEM
AT ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
AND MEN LAND.
TOASTS FOR TED AND Ed.
Are the Two Greatest Rulers in the
World, Says Chairman of the
Banquet
BASEBALL GAME TO THE SAILORS.

MELBOURNE, Sept 2.-The wealth
er here has improved, and as a result
there was large attendance at the va
rious outdoor entertainments arranged
for the officers and men of the visiting
American battleshipS.