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My engines are going full speed astern." pearance later to partake of a nasty meal. He gave monsieur a black look. but of course, catching Elsie's eye in- stantly, he meekly sat down and said nothing-nothing. that is, of an un- pleasant nature.
 Crawling quietly into the strait of Magellan at daybreak, the ship put forth her best efforts in the run through the narrows. Passing Cape San Isidro, she signaled her name, and 1t was l easy to see the commotion created by her appearance. A real furore began when she approached Sandy point. A steam launch puffed of hastily from the side of Chilean warship. and the commander brought the news that he had been sent specially from Coronel to search the western coast line thor oughly for the Kansas. He was about to return that day to report his failure to discover any trace of the missing vessel, and he listened in amaze while Christobal gave him a succinct history of the ships doings.
 At the end Courtenay presented him with a photograph of Elsie's chart. to which many additions had been made by her under her lovers directions. The position of the shoal and of Pillar rock, together with the set of the tidal current. was clearly shown. and 1t Is probable that Good Hope inlet, not withstanding its dangerous approach. will be thoroughly surveyed one of these days Then perhaps more may be heard of those Jumps of silver and copper ore which the savages hurled at the Kansas.
 The cruiser hurried away under forced draft to report from CoroneI. the nearest cable station Thence she would go to Valparaiso. so she carried a sheaf of letters and one passenger. Frascuelo. Finding that he could not execute the needed repairs at Sandy point. Courtenay deciced to make for M0ntevideo. where be would be in tele- graphic communication with Mir. Bar ing He was fortunate In finding shipwrecked crew on shore awaiting
 Frp se~urp~d full complement Of osoers and snxi-
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-03-24

Kodol Is to-day tne best known rem edy for all disorders of the storaeh. sach as dyspspsis. heart burn, sou- stomach and helchfng of gas sold here by Bzekfngham pkzrnsey.
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By LOUIS TRACY

COPYRIGHT. 1906, BY EDWARD J. cLoDE
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-03-24
CHAPTER XIX.

7" HE events of the next hour
 were shadowy as the dawn to Elsie. She knew that her lov-
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zEPpEuN'S AIRSH|P
IN BRILLIANT FLIGHT
Remains in the Air Over Six
Hours-Average Speed
of 34A Miles.

Frederichshafen, July 2.--Count
zeppelin's airship yesterday stood
brilliantly the longest and most search
ing test it has yet undergone. 1t re-
manned in the air for six and three,
quarters hours, attaining a speed Of
S4R miles an hour throughout, al
though for a short period the speed
cached SO miles an hour, the highest
speed yet accomplished. The appara-
tus successfully underwent severe ex7
periments, working without a hitch
during the entire period. Count Yep
p~ervise the test.
The balloon left the floating shed
shortly before moo and was lowed q
mile by a motor boat. Then utilizing
it's dynamic force and without casting
any ballast it assembled slowly and ma
~jestically to a height of 1000 feet. 1t
started off toward Constance at full
speed and then turned in the direction
Of Romanhorn, in Switzerland, where
it went through a long series Of ma
v all the apparatus working to
the utmost satisfaction. 1t then made
a descent to the surface of the water,
and after communicating with the ac-
companying motorboat it rose again
and proceeded to Rorarsch, at the end
of the lake, propelled by the full force
of the engines against a rather brisk
wind. 1t was allowed to drift back to
Frederichshafen, where it made a dash
for a long stretch at top speed, with
the wine In its favor as far as Con-
stance. where further maneuvers We're
gone through. The trip ended within
two miles of the balloon shed. 1t was
lowed home, arriving there at $3.50
o'clock.
Count Zeppelin expressed the opin-
ion that he would be able to undertake
a 4oo-mile journey by Wednesday or
Thursday.
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PLATT WHEELED INTO
COURT AT PERJURY
TRIAL OF MAE WOOD

New York, July 2.-United States
Senator Thomas c. Plat was wheeled
in a chat into the grand jury room in
the criminal court building to testify in
the case of Mae c. Wood. who is
charged with perjury in her suit for
alleged divorce from the senator, which
collapsed several weeks ago. The evil
dence was presented to the grand jury
by Assistant District Attorney Garvin.
Edwin Roland, the senator's eX-valet,
and Edward c. Hafey, a printer, We're
also witnesses before the grand jury.
1t was chiefly Mr.. Hatley's evidence
which caused the failure of the wom-
ans case against the senator and
brought about her arrest INC commits
ment under order of Judge O'Gorman,
who heard the evidence in the divorce
case.
Mr.. Haley printed the blank forms
of the marriage certificate which Miss
Wood offered in court, filled out, to
prove that she had been married to the
senator.
Mr.. Hafley testified that these blanks
We're not printed until three months
after the date on which Miss Wood
alleged that she was married. Miss
Woo testified thai the certificate wa
filled out within a few hours after the
ceremony was performed. She is at lib
erty under bail. No action was taken
by the grand jury.
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COLONEL FUCKERS
AFFINITY NURSES HIM,
I'LL IN HOSPITAL

Mount Clemens. Mich. July q
Among the anxious watchers at the
bedside Of Colonel William f. Tucker,
who has just undergone an operation
at this city, is Mrs. Ralph Platt. OF
Mrs. Myrtle Platt, as she is commonly
known.
Mrs. Plat is the woman who was
involved in the charges Mrs. Tucker
filed in the war department. against her
husband.
Il am here" Mrs. Platt said today,
las a guest of Mrs. johnson. Colonel
fuckers sister. Where 1 have beer or
my other reasons for being here are
not to be made public"
1.-The colonel is resting easily she
continued, and W. are doing our utter
most to nurse him back to health and
strength"
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AFRAID OF AIR, She
TRAVELS IN CASKE7
The Baggage Coach Ahead
Is Good Enough for
Massachusetts Woman.

Salisbury, N. j., July Enclosed in
r nearly alright wooden case, which
has n glass front. Mrs. William
'rryon arrived today in a baggage car
from her home in F%itchburg, Mass.
Mrs. Tryon, who is middle aged and
wealthy, a suffered long from ner-
vous trouble and bronchitis. She be-
lieves exposure to air a%sgravates her
Ills. Mrs. Tryon's husband and nurse
came with her. She arrived wrapped
in blankets and comforters. with per-
spiration streaming from her, but she
stood the trip we'll and seemed cheer
full.
Her travelling case, which is built aft
err her design, resembles a roomy burial
casket. 1t is comfortably upholstered
and contains a lock and books. Mrs.
Tryon has lived a year in a room to
which she has refused to admit any
fresh air for fear she would die. She
complained of cold even when covered
with blankets and at a temperature Of
so degrees.
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PLAYS PENNY ANTE
FOR TWENTY YEARS:
ONLY LOSES S2.37

Chicago. July 1.-"Lost s2.s7 play
ing poker in 20 wears and had So. O0o, 900
worth Of fun" is the way Police In
spector John Wheeler summarized his
experience in the game of draw.
The twentieth anniversary OF tho
Friday Night club, of which Inspector
Wheeler is president, was what called
forth the statement. Every Friday
night, with a few exceptions, during
the last 20 years, the inspector and
five other policemen have met at the
boarding house Of Miss Margaret Muir
ray and played penny ante, scent
limit.
inspector Wheeler has kept accoun
of the number Of seances and also Of
the amounts he a won and lost. At
one time he was 1852 ahead of the
game. This was worlds fair year. He
now sorrowfully admits that he should
have quit the game a winner. But he
wanted to increase his winnings. He
began to lose instead, and now, after
20 years Of playing, he is $2.37 to the
bad. WV
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SMELLS HEIR
SUED FOR DIVORCE

Thornton Smell, who was known on the
stage as Harriet Standon." and whose
real name before her marriage was
Harriet Fagberg, has brought suit for
a divorce from her millionaire husband.
Richard Carrie, in The Storks" at the
Majestic theater in Boston in 1909
when she left the company to become
Smells wife. The Smells live at Elk
hart. in this county, where the hus-
band, who is 80 years old. is vice pres
1dent OF the st. Joseph Valley bank.
He is also vice president of the First
National bank at Gary; is the chief
figure In a dozen big northern Indiana
enterprises n has an income of $780,
900 a year from his grandfather, Col
onel Thomas Smell, late of Clinton. H..
brought out the most degrading testi-
mony as to the vices of the old man.
Mrs. Smell charges cruel treatment
and declares that her husband neg
lected her i'm order to give his atten-
ton to young women of the stage. l.
is pointed out that she now find her
self in the position occupied a few
years age by the first Mrs. Smell, when,
as a stage beauty she, as Miss Stan
don, diverted SHELLS attention from
his own hearthstone. Smells first Wife
was Miss Gertrude Sherwood, the 1G-
sedi-olu daughter Oh Il wealthy Grand
Rapids family, whom he met at a
summer resort and quickly married.
Soon after the wedding "Thorney'
Smell, as he is called, saw Miss STAN
don or the stage of the Dearborn
theater, Chicago, and sought her out.
1t is said hat he followed her COM
pany from city to city II eventually
made an arrangement with his wife
by which he could be free to wed his
new divinity. The divorce involved
the payment of heavy alimony to Mrs.
tsherWood-SSnelI.
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%SKYSCRAPER OF 81
STORIES ECL|PSES ALL
Equitable Life Will Construct
It on Site of Present
Building in New York.

New York, July 2.-Plans for a gi-
gantic building, to be the loftie t in tho
world. overlapping by 200 feet the Met
ing Superintendent Murphy by d. H.
Burnham & Co, architects. of Chicago.
acting for the Equitable Life Assur-
nee society.
The building will be the new home
of the Equitable, taking the place of
the present edifice and occupying the
same site on the block bounded by
Broadway and Nassau, Pine and Cedar
streets.
With its tower, the new building will
have 50 stories and be 900 feet abov
the curb, 209 feet higher than the Met
ropolitan tower with its 46 stories. This
will be exclusive of the flag pole, which
viii run up $50 feet higher.
While contracts for his sky Scraper
of sky scrapers q not been drawn
up yet, it is said construction will be-
gin within a short time.
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OFFICIALS ARRESTED
FOR PROTECTING AN
ALLEGED EMBEZZI.ER


Des Moines, Ia, july 1-ch,r.a.
of misconduct as public officials we e
filed in district court Saturday aeainst
County Attorney Lawrence DeGrafr
the board of supervisors and F. T. Var,
l.lew, an east side justice Of the peace,
revealing an alleged plot to protect
prosecuted for e,nbezzlement. accord
ing to the statements in the peti-
ton. ps'i-
Budinot. a tax filed tho
charges IN connection with his s1,it
to recover $4,000 from z. T. Thorn
burg. formerly county superintendent
OF instruction, who he claimed en-
bezzled the above amount. CHI
Ihornburg now holds the position
OF supervisor of grades of the citw
schools. Si'y
Attorney Warren Walker filed tho
papers for the PLAINTIFF. '''
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STOCK TRANSFER
ORDER ENJOINED

ST. Paul, Mimi, July 2.-Judges
Sanborn. Hook and Adams in the
United States circuit court today made
an interlocutory decree whereby they
temporarily suspend n enjoin the en-
forcement of the order of the Inter-
state Commerce commission, which re-
duced the charge of certain railroad
companies for the transfer of live
stock from the terminal of their roads
in Chicago ~ the MO stock yards
from 50 to 81 per car.
The court holds the railroads com-
piled with the law, which requires ter
minal charges. TO be separately sched-
uled; hat the m commission
erred In reducing the rate
ably. The court says: Under the acts
of congress-. federal courts have juris-
diction to set aside Oh suspend any
order of the Interstate Commerce COM
mission, which results from ~misconcep-
ton or disqualification of law to con-
coded or uEdiSDuted facts.
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ALF VANDERBILT
SHUNS SOCIETY
Young New Yorker Now Inter-
ests Himself Only in the
Horse Show.

London. July 2.-Alfred Gwynne
Vanderbilt does not trouble himself to
go into society here. He prefers the
companionship of a few young Amerl-
cans, without whom he is rarely seen.
The sporting set of aristocratic eng
lishmen who play polo and race horses
seems to have no attraction for Mr..
Vanderbilt, although his close friend,
Craig Wadsworth has been adopted by
it. Mr.. Vanderbilt did not go to the
wedding of Miss Jean Reid and Iohn
Ward, nor does he appear at any OF the
dinners or receptions which Americans
give or where they are welcome.
One might imagine that Mr.. Wander
bilt is depressed because his charming
young wife applied for a decree of
separation. Opposed to this is the fact
that he goes often TO the klnSs"aS
theater. where Lena Ashwell, a brill
liant emotional actress, is playing In
DIANA of Dobson's." Both the actress
and the play appear TO interest i'm
menSely tho young millionaire.
Besides he has taken Il houseboat on
the Thames, to which he escapes when
smoky chimneys drive him from his
Park Lane fiat.
And if he needs abstraction from his
thoughts Mr.. Vanderbilt has found 1t
at the International horse show. Al
h principal judge of all classes OF
harness horses and cams he is at
Olympia from o o'clock in the morning
until IL at night.
AS a judge of horses MIR. VANDERBILT,
has not won the entire appreciation OF
English experts. nor, indeed, of the
spectators at the show. He has often
cNerridden the opinions of his fellow
judges. More han once his award has
been received in silence or the winning
cams have been Missed. while those
he rejected have been cheered.
The horses Mr.. Vanderbilt drove tc
his coach between london and
Brighton, except his famous grays. will
be sold next Monday.
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TRIUMPH FOR A
COLORED CHILD

Cleveland, Ohio. July with 1850
chances to err, Eighth grade school hill
dren of Cleveland today misspelled only
40 words in the big inter-city spelling
contest which opened the annual con-
vention of the National E%ducational
association. This city Won the contest
from Pittsburg, New Orleans and Erie.
Pa. which cities sent teams Of Is to the
convention.
The victory was a personal triumph
for a little dusky maiden, Marie C. Boil
den, 10 years old. daughter Of q negro
every word correctly, both in oral and
written tests.
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BRIDE DIVES TO
SAVE HUSBAND,
BOTH DROWN
Springs Into River, and for Five
Minutes Supports Man in
Racing Tide.

New York, July lotto Aubert.
master of the grain barge Edgewood,
moored at East Twenty-ninth street,
was drowned with his bride of a few
weeks. Hannah, who had dived to save
him. They san in sight of hundreds
iof women and children.
The barge, owned by the New York
Central railroad, tied alongside of the
pier Monday night, and when Aubert
stepped ashore with a slight. light
haired woman of %, he remarked that
he was on his honeymoon.
All day he superintendent the unload
ing of bis cargo, and after dinner Went
ON deck to smoke a pipe. Tripping
over u coil of rope he fell overheard.
From the window of the deck house
Ills Wife saw him fail. He was Il strong
swimmer, but the tide was like n mill
race and swept him out INTO the stream.
Tie woman ran the length of the boat
and fully clad us she was, dived for
Grasping his collar with one hand
and striking out with the other she
kept him afloat for five minutes.
Then for the first time they We're.
noticed by women and children ON
nearby piers, who set up excited cries.
Dennis Sheehan and William Dunn,
of 4l5 First ave, threw off their coats
and sprang into the water. Sheehan
reached the couple and grabbed the
woman She vas exhausted. He said
aftefWard he could have brought hel,
to shore, but the husband grabbed him
around the neck and he was forced to
let 81 the woman She sank imme-
diately.
The bodies were brought to the sur
face by Police Lieutenant Devine. Pa
trolman Ahern and Charles Devine.
Both the Woman'S arms We're around
her husbands neck, his right arm was
about her waist.
On h deck of the barge a spaniel
ran about all night, whining for the
master and mistress, whom an under.
taker had taken away.
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ANOTHER RAID BY
The SUEERAGlSTS

London. July 2.-Woman s%uffragists
assembled in great numbers in the vi
entity OF the house of this
evening. They made several ugly rush
es on the police Gordon and refused to
dispense when ordered. A humble OF
arrests We're made
h parliament buildings are sur
rounded by hundreds of policemen.
AT the house, members of the deputa-
tion were met by a solid body of police
n refused admission. The premier,
in a u r message, declined to see the
deputation n when the delegation re-
to collect a full force of ~suffragists for
a subsequent demonstration at the
house of
Hundreds of police are guarding the
house in view of the projected raid.
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AMERICAN TROOPS SENT
TO THE BORDER LINE

Washington, July 2.--By direction OF
President Roosevelt, Secretary of War
Taft has issued orders to the command
ing general of the department of Texas.
at San Antonio. to enc a sufficient
number of troops to Del Rio. Il Paso
and other points in Texas to aid the
civil authorities in preserving order.
This action was decided upon as Il re-
suit of the request from the Mexican
government that the United States do
its utmost to prevent any violation OF
the neutrality laws.
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BURNED BRIDGE
CAUSES A WRECK

WfnsloW, AriZ., July 1.-The v,est-
bound California limited on the Santa
ie was wrecked last night by running
into a burned bridge. Two trainmen
one passenger were killed, 20 per
sons more or less We're seriously in
jured.
While going at a good rate of speed
the train struck the burned bridge. ex-
tending over a ditch so feet wide. The
ensine, mail car accommodation car
and diner We're badly wrecked by fall
ing into the ravine.
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HEARST LOSES IN
RECOUNT OF VOTES

New York, July 2.-Justice Lambert
today directed the jury to find a verdict
for Mayor Mcclellan in the election re-
count suit of William Randolph
Hearst, u%pholding McClellan's cleo
ton.
In his address to the jury Justice
Lambert said no fraud had been proved
in the case, and if he should permit
disfranchisement of citizens on such
slight evidence, this country would last
but q very short time.
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KITCHEN FOR
PARIS CAB HORSES

Paris, July 2.-"Massachusetts' in a
letter to a newspaper suggests a hay
and oats kitchen for Paris cab horses.
like the soup kitchens for men. where
a hungry horse may have a bag of hay
and a bucket of clean water once a
day. That would give temporary relief
to much misery until the root Of the
evil is eradicated. he says.
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sELE

II like s. MAJ who has a good opinion
Of himself"
$50 do !. but your brother Tom car
ries it too far. Why. if the president
were to ride down this street and Tom
happened to be the drum major with
the band he'd think the cheers Were all
for him."
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An Old Fashioned Fourth of July.
A queer k.nd of Fourth-one without any
noise;
With speeches and picntcs no patience
And I pine for the o~ld-fashioned FoGth of
July.
Then we rose with the dawn and the oan-
non came first
We packed it with powder till ready to
burst
And my! how the glass in the windows did
When it startled the echoes of Fourth Of
July.
We hitched up old Dobin. and all tumble
The roomy old w~agon-the fat and tho
thin
Even grandma was there, and as clipper
and pry
AS any young maiden the Fourth OF July.
We went to the barbecue-who cared for
showers:
When the feast was a-futter with banners
and flowers:
And if down came the rain in the midst
of it, why,
1t was part of an old-fashioned Fourth OF
July.
The rockets and pinwheels and firecrack-
At evening all joined in the hullabaloo,
And Washington rode on his horse in the
A figure in flame on the Fourth of July.
! Tho band marching out In their uniforms
gay
Struck up by the light of tbs bonfres to
The Sar-Spangled Banner and Sweet BY
and BY.
And so ended n glorious Fourth of July.
-Minna Irving. in Home Com
panion.
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The ATTACK.

Mrs. Jones-Your little boy gave my
little boy the measles.
Mrs. Brown-You are entirely mis-
taken. Your little boy came where my
little boy was and took them.
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The Corps.

From the Chicago Record-Herald.
"How do you celebrate the Fourth
of July?"
'Well, we take care Of the Jones
children half the day, and the Joneses
AXE care Of our children the other
half.
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No Independence.

Tyed-This is The Fourth OF July.
knotley-Why don't you say lnde-
pendence day?
my marriage.
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Had a Still Livelier Tim

Deacon Goode-Why, Johnny, you
must have had a great time on the
Fourth.
Johnny Jimcrack-Bet I did; but
Tommy Plunks he's in de hospital.
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Wilfred,s Thouc

W11fFed's Th6ught.
I think the little shining stars
That blink way up SO high
Are simply Roman-candles balls
Stuck fast into the sky.
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THE EXPERT SHOEMAKER.

The expert shoemaker is in his way
a sort OF Sherlock Holmes: he can tell
by looking at a customers shoes sone-
thing about where the customer lives.
and this not by mud on the shoes or
he absence Of it, or any such common
place evidence as that, but by the man
ner in which the shoes show wear. But
Here. for instance, is a woman who
wears the soles of her shoes very thin
up at their forward end, at their very
tips, there, at the toe; n to her:
You live in the country" says the
mo-" says the woman, II live in the
city. Why did you think I lived in the
country?"
because your shoes ere worn SC at
the toes. I though you walked on mac
adam roads,"
So here the expert slipped. m:s.ed in
this case by not making due allowance
for 6. habit of these shoes wearer; but
usually he can tell.
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Tho Epitaph

Tho Epitaph.
The Fourth to celebrate with fun
A pistol seemed the best.
He bought one for his little son,
And Willie did the rest.
IN. Y. World,
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Good intentions may give you speed on
the way but they viii not always set you
on the right track. 4