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The San Francisco call., 1908-07-08
SHIPPING NEWS OF COAST
Items of Interest to Mariners
of the Pacific

PORTLAND, July 7.-German bark Albert
Rlekmers has begun discharging cement at
Italian bark Emmanuele Accame has shifted
across the harbor to Montgomery dock No. 2 TO
load wheat.
The Portland and Asiatic steamship companv,s
liner Aicomeda is due to arrive here next Sun
day from Hongkong, via Yokohama
steamer Alliance is being oyerhauled at the
foot of Couch street There is a rumor Of me-
gotiations being for her sale TO the Southern
Pacific company which operates the Breakwater
Captain James Goode has been fined $500 bv
Collector Of Customs 2. S. Malcolm because on
the fourth of July his steamer Columbia car
ried So more passengers than the number al
lowed her by the government inspectors.
Arrangements have been made TO give the
British ship kelburn a deckload of planking
that viii conform with the new rules of the
English board Of trade. The vessel is completing
her cargo for Cardiff and London at the mills
Strong northwesterly winds are again sweep
ing along the coast and northbound craft are
coming in several hours overdue The State of
California Captain Nopander. did not reach her
Portland dock until 2 o'clock this morning.
steamer George W. Elder which was due to
arrive this morning from San Pedro and way
ports, did not reach Astoria till shortly before
ASTORIA. July steam schooner F. s Loon
with lumber for San Francisco, sailed this
Steamer George w Elder arrived in today
from San Francisco and Eureka with freight and
passengers.
ing for Sydney. Australia with 7GO, 600 feet of
lumber loaded at Knappton.
Steam schooner Johan Poulsen is due in this
afternoon from San Francisco to load lumber
Steamer Sue II. Elmore arrived this afternoon
from Tillamook with freight and passengers
Pilot schooner Joseph Pulitzer left up ffe river
this afternoon in charge Of Captains Staples and
Cam, the bar pilots.
Captain Genereaux. who is in charge of the Of
forts to float the sunken steamer Minnie f. KeI-
ton. succeeded yesterday in placing another cabln
under the craft about midships. The third cable
is being run under the vessel today This Is ex
pected TO be sufficient to raise her off the sands
Army Transports
The Burnside Is at Seattle.
The Buford sailed June 16 from Honolulu for
Manila.
The Crook sailed for Alaska June 90
The Fitzpatrick is at Newport News Va
The Dix sailed June from Honolulu for Ma
Mia.
The Logan is in port.
The Meade is at New York.
The Sherman is IN port.
The Sheridan sailed July from Honolulu for
this port.
The Thomas sailed July for Manila
The Warren IS at Manila.
The Overdue List
American ship Bangalore out 259 days from
Norfolk, for Honolulu, 80 per cent.
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Time RnII

United States Branch photographic office, Mer-
chants Exchange, San Francisco, July
Z 1908.
The time ball on the tower Of the Ferry build
ing was dropped today exactly at noon, Pacific
Standard Time (120th Meridian) or at Sh OOm
00s., Greenwich Mean. Time
]. c. BURNETT,
Lientenant. L. S. n. in charge
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NEWS OF THE OCEAN
Tonnage engagements

The steamer Sbyl Marston is chartered for
lumber from Albion 10 Guaymas at $6.25, and
the British bark Antiope is engaged for the
same business from Eureka to Australia.
The British tank steamer Seminole returns to
the orient with refined petroleum, having been
chartered prior TO arrival.
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OCEAN SHORE RAILWAY

Depot 18th and Mission SITS. Daily except SIM
day-Leave; 'I:45a, 9;15a. I:4Jp, 5:5Op. Az
rive: 1854. e:0oa. .12:35p. 5:35p. SUNDAYS and
holidays-Leave: T:55a, 915a. s+io:OOa- i0.5na ,.u
1900 noon, ASP. 5;5op, s:l5p. Arrive: 7:s5a'
6:52p. 'Mixed. "'Granada Express makss ~ y,
intermediate stops.
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VALDEZ June 5-Stmr Pennsylvania,
for Seattle.
for San Francisco; stmr Umatilla, for Nome;
D. m. stmr Northwesterner. for Nope. July
Jap stmr Ak Maru, for 1okohama;
Arrived July 6-Stmr City OF Seattle, from
Skagway. July Ger stmr Anubis, from Ia
coma; stmr Portland from Tacoma o
TAT0OSH-Passed July I-Stmr IlYertOn,
hence July ,, for Port Ludlow.
Passed out July 7-Stmr Umatilla, from Seat
tie, for Nome.
Guaymas via Carmen island, for Townsend.
ASToRIA-Sailed July 7-Stmr +. 5. Loop,
for San Francisco
Arrived July 7-Stmr George W. Elder, hence
ToWNsENDNSailed July 7-schr C. S.
EVERETrEA Arrived July 6-schr s. T. Alex
ander, from San Pedro.
SOUTH BEND-Arrived July 6-sehr Mawee
Sailed July 6-Stmr Willapa, for San Fran
SAN DIEGo-Arrived July 6-Stmr Marsh
field, from Hardy Creek.
GRAYS HARBoR-Arrived July 6-Schr De-
fiance, hence June %
FOREIGN PORTS
GIBRALTAR-Passed July 7-Br stmr Hud-
son. from Iloilo, for New York.
PACIHENA-Passed July 6-S p. m, Br stmr
Keemun, from Liverpool, for Vancouver.
VANCOUVER Arrived July 6-Br stmr
yacht Mineola, from Yokohama.
Sailed July 7-Fr bark Marechal de Gontaut,
for Tacoma
HONGKONG-Arrived prior July 2-Nor stmr
Christian Bors, from Victoria via Shanghai.
NANAIAIo- Sailed July G-Br stmr Fitzpat
rick for Ocean island.
FALMOUTH-Arriyed July G. Ger ship
Schwarzenbek, from Seattle; Ger ship Niobe
from Tacoma.
MARsEILLEs- July 6-Br stmr An
PUERTO MEXICO~Sailed July 4-stmr Mis-
souri,, for Delaware Breakwater
VICT0RIA-Arrived July 7-Br Stmr Keemun
from Liverpool.
Sailed July 7-Br stmr Fitzpatrick. for Ocean
island a Jap stmr Aki Maru, for y Yokohama
lachulish, for Santa Rosalia.
YokOHAMA-sailed July Jap stmr Amer
lea Maru, for San Francisco, via Honolulu.
HOBART-Arrived July 5-Fr bark Francois,
from London, for San Francisco.
ISLE OF WIGHT-Passed July 5-Fr bark
La Rochefoucauld, hence March 2, for Hull,
TENERIFFE-Sailed July 3-Ger stmr Sera-
pis, for San Francisco.
OCEAN STEAMERS
TENERIFFE-Saie July 3-Stmr Scraps,
from Antwerp, for San Francisco.
PLYMOUTH-Arrived July 1-Stmr Patricia,
from New York, for Cherbourg and Hamburg
NEW YoRK-Arrived July 7-stmr Carpa-
Sailed July 7-Stmr Kronprinzessin Cecilie,
for Plymouth and Cherbourg.
Arrived July 7-Stmr Princess Alice, from
oUEENsTowN-Arrived July 7-stmr Cam
pania. from New York, for Liverpool, and pro-
BREA1EN-Arrived July 7-stmr Kaiser VIII
helm der Crosse, from New York.
ANTWERP-,Arriyed July 7-Stmr Kroonland
from New York
Memoranda
Per stmr Daisy-July 8. 11:30 n. m, Il miles
off Cape Blanco, passed tug Dauntless, with log
raft in tow, from Astoria for San Diego.
Weather clear; wind fresh, northwest.
Per stmr Winnebago, at San Francisco July Z
from Everett, etc.--July 6, from Cape BlancO
to Cape Mendocino had strong southeast wind
and sea; thence 10 port light southerly wind
and calm. with thick fog. July Z. 945 a. m, 3
miles OF Point Reyes, met Br stmr Duiwich
bound north from Guaymas, for Astoria.
Captain Of U stmr George NJ. Sternberg re-
The San Francisco call., 1908-07-08
L. s. Branch Hydrograpbic OGice

A branch of the United States Hydrographic
Office, located at the Merchants Exchange. is
maintained in San Francisco for the benefit OF
mariners. without regard TO nationality and free
of expense. Navigators cordially invited to
visit the office, where complete sets of charts
and sailing directions of the world are kept at
hand for comparison and reference and the lat
est informotion can always be obtained regard
ing lights, dangers to navigation and matters
Of interest to ocean commerce
J. C. BURNETT
Iieutpnant II In oba-oo
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COmpagnie Generate TransatIantiuue

DIRECT LINE TO HAvRE-PARIS.
Sailings every Thursday, instead OF Saturday
at 10 a. m, from pier -, North River foot Of
Morton ST.
First class to Havre. S7T.5O and upward; sec
ond class 10 Havre $50 and upward. GENERAL
AGENCY FOR UNITED STATES AND CAN
ADA, 10 State ST. New York. j. F. FUGAZI
Manager Pacific Coast. $50 Montgomery ST.. San
Francisco Tickets sold by all railroad ticket
agents.
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Weather Report

United States department of agriculture
Weather bureau San Francisco July l. 1908.
RAINFALL DATA
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Mining Stocks

SAN FRANCISCO STOCK EXCHANGE
Following were the sales on the San Francisco
stock and exchange board yesterday:
COMSTOCKS
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TO SAIL FROM SEATTLE
Sun aud Tide

United States Coast and Geodetic Survey-Time
and Heights of Tides at Fort Point. For city
front tMisson street wharf add % minutes
WEDNESDAY. JULY S
The San Francisco call., 1908-07-08

ReguIar NornIng session
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CaIifornIa stocE and on Erchnnee

W AAA-aA~ o-AA-E@o
1I:30 g. NJ
~ Eee-lets ----.--+.s--- o-'J
] southern Pacific Branch 6s.-........I2S.O 90
p. M
200 Monte Cristo OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 20
The San Francisco call., 1908-07-08
Jumps From Ferry steamer

Shortly after the fleet had taken its
departure yesterday afternoon J. Kat
suda, a Japanese, attempted to commit
suicide by jumping overheard from the
Terry steamer Piedmont. The steamer
was stopped and a boat launched. The
Jap, who swan like a duck. was picked
up and taken to the harbOr hospital He
told the hospital attendants that he
had Jumped overheard to escape ghosts
tnat naQ been chasing him for weeks
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American ship Bangalore out 259 days from
Norfolk, for Honolulu, 80 per cent.
The San Francisco call., 1908-07-08
Asse..ment Directorr comstock ,IIne.
STOCK AND BOND EXCHANGE
TUESDAY. July 7-lo:3O a

As Or CD new l3s Or COUP.
MISCELLANEOUS BONDS
The San Francisco call., 1908-07-08
OCEAN TRAVEL

TICKET OFFICE AT sAUsALITO FERRY
The San Francisco call., 1908-07-08
New Fire rug Coming Here

The tug Ajax, which was built on
Puget sound for the Southern Pacific
company was TO have left Seattle
viii be stationed here and will be
used in towing car barges for the rail-
road company. The Ajax is equipped
with elaborate fire fighting apparatus
and IS said TO be one Of the most com
plete and efficient fire boats ever com
missioned on the Pacific coast. Cap
tain Atwater is master of the Ajax.
The San Francisco call., 1908-07-08
Overdue ships Make Port

The German ship Schwarzenbek. from
Seattle. and the British bark NiObe,
from Tacoma, arrived yesterday at Fal-
mouth These vessels have been on the
overdue list for several days and were
quoted for reinsurance at per cent
The San Francisco call., 1908-07-08
SALES
Morning Session

Onomea Sugar Co ............. 3T.oO
81 .001 Los Angeles Lighting 5s...-.... 81 90
81 600 : J. Arizona 6s tI9lOl ...-...... 10I 90
81 600 s p Arizona Is (l9lol .......... lO1 -25
81 600 s r lsu ref 4s.......... 81. 80
$1,000 United Z L Of T 4s........ g. CO \
Street
$1,000 & s J Valley IS .........Ii2. 90
Afternoon Session
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Union Transfer Company agents collect baggage and
checks trains OF Southern Pacific and deliver 70
residence They are authorized TO check baggage deot
from residence
a for Morning. . for Afternoon.
tS'Indav excepted tSundAy only,
Monday only.
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Board
. Associated Oh ................ q. 90
90 Cal Wine Association ........ so. 90
5 Onomea Sugar Co ............ 81. 90
p Spring Valley Water co... p 90
81 0a0 Pacific Electric Ry 5s.---..--.. 9s 90
$4,000 S p r r LIST ref 4s.......... 81 80
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-04-14
der all sfenographers think more

der all sfenographers think more
worthily of their profession.
At dinner given in honor of Cortel-
you last year in New York eX-Post-
master General Charles Emory Smith
asked this significant question:
Has he reached the linit?"
Instantly the hundreds of postmas-
ters and postal officials gathered from
all over the land .thundered:
NO" ny. n}
/An this of course referred to the
presidency of, the United States.
Can he reach It?
Six months ago the prospect looked
most favorable Cortelyou he'd about
him his bright and ambitious young
men, with whom he had revolutionized
the cumbersome service of several de-
partments. He had organized one of
the most effective political machines
ever seen in this country He was
working in silence and had made great
Roadway before the country awakened
to what was going on. When the fact
came to light George B. Cortelyou, re-
ceived the first serious setback of his
career
From the effect of that he is still
suffering. Can he overcome it and
continue his upward way?
Cortelyou is the most taciturn mem
Der Of the cabinet He never says
more than is absolutely necessary to
convey his meaning. Seldom does he
give out interviews. During the cam
paign of 1904 the reporters nicknamed
him "Can't-tell-you."
He does not belong to the type usual
ly known as good fellow" and never
tells stories. Here is one told con-
corning him, however, that illustrates
much. When postmaster general he
desired to have automobiles used in
stead of the slower mail wagons. The
attorney general rendered an opinion
that it could not be done under the
law. Cortelyou cut the red tape in an
expeditions manner. He found that
wagons were bought out of the appro-
priation and SO ordered the buying of
''horseless'' wagons.
In the same manner he Topped: off a
five million dollar steal in the weigh
Ing Of the mails that congress had re-
fused to stop.
That one act entities him to the
thanks of the American people.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-04-14
Man That Makes Good.

The one word that describes Cortel
you is competency He has been called
the secretary of silence and work
He is creator of system. an organizer
of method. He works long hours and
expects those under him to work long
hours. He accomplishes results with
out noise. He makes himself indis.
pensable and becomes not only the
right hand. but the shield and the
memory, nf his chief. The great fact
that has forced itself into the public
mind concerning Cortelyou Is that he
makes good. In the many positions he
has held. extending all the way from
stenographer to secretary Of the treas
ury. he has found new and simplified
ways of doing things, has organized Or
der out of conditions often approaching
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-04-14

'mitted 10 probate yesterday. The prop
erty is said to be worth s2O,O00,0OO,
and with the exception of a few pri-
vate requests to household employees,
goes to his widow, Mrs. Mary Lowber
Welsh Wanamaker, who gets third,
his mother, Mrs. Mary B. Wanamaker.
who gets an equal amount, and his two
sisters, Mrs. Mary B. Warburton and
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-04-14
BY JAnEs A. EDcERToN.

"HhEE months ago 1t would have
been correct to refer to George
Bruce Cortelyou as a presiden-
tial possibility. Now he is only
past incident in the Il regret to report
class. Considering his startling career,
however, it would be unwise to say
that he will not again be possibility
three months hence. A man who in
less than ten years can rise from
government clerkship to the second
Office in the cabinet is one to be reckon
ed with.
Properly to understand the miracle
OF Cortelyous advance one should have
been in Washington and have observed
the government clerk in action. The
average department clerk is certainly
the most hopeless, helpless, sapless be-
ing in existence. He is assured job
for life and is not working for him.
self. He is therefore without stimulus
or ambition. He is denied individual
Initiative by the governments red tape
system. His hours are short; his rou-
tine Is fixed. He lives in climate
that is enervating and in a moral at
mosphere that is laden with intrigue,
cynicism and graft. Why should he
strive? He can hope for little promo
ton, and that will bring neither an
adequate salary nor distinction. He is
bound to the wheel for life and eren
If he does escape is usually so listless
he can succeed at nothing else. He is
without incentive and therefore with
out interest
The only thing that makes men and
women worth their salt is spirit. Some
how the service of our great and good
government at Washington, especially
the service in the inferior grades. takes
all the spirit out of human beings.
This is not theory. 1t is a sad fact OBJ
served of all who have lived long in
the Capital City.
Over the door through which enters
its myriad Of clerks the government
should write:
Leave hope behind, all We who enter here.
My advice to any one contemplc ling
a civil service examination looking to
government employment is this: Work
on a farm, shovel In the street. sail
before the mast, get job in boiler
factory. pick cotton, dig in the mines
or do any kind of mans work that will
preserve your individuality and your
ginger rather than enter that spirit
killing, backbone softening, pith ex-
tracing process known as the govern
ment service.
The only government clerk before
Cortelyou that ever heard Of amount
ing to anything was Walt Whitman,
and he was great enough to succeed in
spite of the hendicap. The life even
sapped Whitnian's energy until he
was continually writing about various
glorifed forms of Incidence. For ex-
ample, he sang:
I loaf and invite my soul.
The average government clerk could
paraphrase this to read:
/ loaf and invite my salary.
That George b. Cortelyou could
emerge from this moral and mental
miasma and become man among men
entities him to great respect.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-04-14
Practically President For a Week.

His greatest trial came at the time
of McKinley's assassination. Despite
the stunning blow this was to him
personally, he had to put aside his
grief and take charge of everything
For a week he was practically presi-
dent of the United States.
In that crisis the quiet and capable
secretary lived up to the estimate al
ready made of him by his stricken
chief.
"Cortelyou is wonderful fellow"
said President Mckinley. HE never
loses his head
1t would be hard to imagine three men
more divergent in their characters.
methods and tastes than Grover Cleve-
land, William Mckinley and Theodore
Roosevelt. That Secretary Cortelyou
has Eerved under all Of them and has
elected praise from each shows his
capacity and versatility. Says Roose-
welt:
"Cortelyou has remarkable grasp
of public men and public questions"
The story of Cortelyou's organiza-
ton of the department of commerce
and labor and of his reorganization of
the postofiice and treasury departments
has never been fully told. No one can
realize its Importance who has not
| been N Washington and witnessed the
red tape and the antiquated and I'M
busiuesslike methods that cumber the
government machine. Routine. bu.
reaucracy and precedent are all power.
full. Everything runs In rut, EN-
pioyees do things as their predecessors
did before Them, and there is no buoy
ancy, flexibility or progress in the en-
tire grind. 1t is this which kills in
dividual initiative ambition and hope
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-04-14

\ Scrub yourself daily; you're not
clean inside. This means clean stom-
ach, bowels, blood, liver, clean, healthy
tissues in every organ. Moral: Take
HOLSTERS Rocky Mountain Tea. So
cents; tea or tablets. Harper House
pharmacy.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-04-14
CORTELYOU, THE
MAN OF SCIENCE
Presidential Candidate Who Quickly Rose From Gov
eminent Clerkship the Position of Cabinet Officer
Right Hand Man of Three Presidents Creator of
System and Organizer of Method.

chaos and in very instance has won
private and public praise for efficiency.
1t was these qualities that enabled
him to break out of the dead-alive
ranks of government clerkdom. Moth.
ing less than superlative energy, will
and competency would have been suf-
ficient to bring about his escape. When
Cortelyou was minor clerk in the
postoffice department President Cleve-
land needed a stenographer. and Post
master General Bissell said he had
heard of very competent man in
the Office of his fourth assistant. 1t
was thus that Cortelyou, right hand
man of three presidents. got his start
in the White House.
Shortly after this event the following
conversation took place one morning in
the executive Offices:
Cortelyou Il am not Democrat.
Mr. President. l thought you should
know this at the beginning. l am a
Republican.
: Cleveland-Well, what of that? 1t
doesn't make bit of difference If you
know shorthand and can mind your
own business.
The new confidential stenographer
thought he did and could, and that set
tied the matter.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-04-14
More Pacific Forts Needed.

Many of cur leading senators and
representatives have been seriously
discussing the advisability OF building
more extensive Notifications on the
Pacific coast. In time of peace pre-
pare for war is an old quotation that
may have some Significance at this
particular time. In time of health be
on your guard against sickness by
keeping the digestive organs strong
and healthy. the liver active and Che
bowels open by using Hostetter's
Stomach Bitters. Thus you are well
fortified against attacks of poor appe-
title, sick headache, vomiting, heart
burn, bIoating, belching, dyspepsia; in
digestion, biliousness, costiveness, fe
male ills. colds. grippe and malaria,
fever and ague. Insistson having Hos
letters, with our private stamp over
the neck of bottle We guarantee it
absolutely pufe aud You'll find it will
do you a world of good.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-04-14
WANAmAKERHAD $40, 600, eco

Will of Former Owner of North Amer
lean Made Public.
Philadelphia, April 1.-THE will of
Thomas B. Wanamaker, proprietor of
the Philadelphia North American, who
died abroad few weeks ago, was adj
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-04-14
Praised by Grover Cleveland.

In three months he was executive
clerk of the White House, and year
later Mr.. Cleveland warmly commend
ed him to Mr.. Mckinley at the incom-
ing of the new president.
II class Cortelyou and Lamont as
two of the brightest young men have
ever known" was Grover Clevelands
mature judgment
President Mckinley made Mr.. Cortel-
you assistant secretary and finally sec
rotary. During the trying days of the
Spanish war, although John Addison
Porter was secretary in name. the
president learned to rely on Cortelyou,
whose retentive memory. energy, tact
and method made him invaluable to
his worried chief.
Before the coming of Cortelyou the
private secretaries had been regarded
as jokes. the butts for the photographers
of the country The former stenog-
rapher brought the Office into respect
and organized the White House force
as never before
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-04-14

The most healthful. upbuilding med
icine known to science. Gentle and
soothing to the nerves, makes dfges-
ton easy. Brings the sweet sleep of
youth. HOLSTERS Rocky Mountain
Tea. IS cents: tea ar tablets. Harper
House phaWiacy.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-04-14

Mrs. Elizabeth Mcleod, and his broth
er, Rodman, who divide the remainder.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-04-14

servants. They are slaves to sys-
tenn, and to an out of date. cumber-
some system at that. No wonder they
get SO out of the habk of work.
The Western news. [volume] (Stevensville, Mont.) 1890-1977, 1908-11-11
WHILE BLASTING STUMPS, POWDER
EXPLODES PREMATURELY.
ALONE WHEN ACCIDENT BEFELL
A Native Of Bulgaria, Deceased Leaves
But One Relative in This Country
Funeral at Darby.

Tony Pedro, an employe of the I, AXE
Como Orchard compauv, was blown
into fragments Yesterday while al
work clearing stump land.
Pedro, who was an expert powder
man, was alone when the accident
occurred, about 10 a. IN, and the re-
mains were not discovered uutil four
hours later. The trunk Of the body
was blown oyer 10n feet from the
stump on which he had been work. n G
aud a foot was found 800 teet away in
another direction.
The authorities were Motif ed and
Coroner Kellogg held an inquest last
night. The jury returned verdic t
in accordance with the facts stated
above.
The funeral was held at'lD lrby to-
day, Father Carr of Hlmjltou con-
Quoting the service. The !deceas ed
was about IS years'of age and ma
tive ot Bulgaria. A brother en-
ployed by the ditch company is the
only relative in this country.