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New-York tribune., 1908-06-15
TO PROVIDE WORK FOR coNvICTs.
They Will Be Set at Building Prison to Cost
S5,OOO.OOO in Western Pennsylvania.
fRy Telegraph to The Tribune.l

Pittsburg June 14.-With employment for only
one-third of the twelve hundred prisoners in the
Western Penitentiary, here. the state authorities
have completed plans for one of the most ex-
tensive prisons in the country. penitent1ary 10
cost S. 900 600 to be built principally by convicts
1t is estimated that ii will take twenty years to
complete it A measure has been prepared 10
place before the next meeting of the state Leg1s-
lature asking for a preliminary appropriation of
81 40 on 10 start the work The ground now
under the eye of the state authorities is in the
mountains perhaps sixty miles from Pittsburg.
and about two thousand will be taken in
The work of clearing and developing the stone
ouarries cutting the stone, etc. will all be done
nv convicts according to plans submitted by
Robert w. Herbert. of the Department of State
New-York tribune., 1908-06-15
RABIES PREVALENT IN WASHINGTON.
Bureau of Animal Industry Has Examined
Sixty-three Dogs Since January l.

Washington. June 14-An increasing prevalence
of rabies in the District OF Columbia is indicated
bv A statement prepared on the subject by DR.. A.
y Melvin chief of the bureau of animal industry
of the Department of Agriculture, which was made
public to-day.
The statement shows that since January 1 last
forty-three people and twenty five animals were
bitten by sixty-three dogs received at the bureau
from the District of Columbia and its vicinity,
which have been microscopically examined on sus-
picon of having rabies. The examination of these
sixty-three dogs showed forty-seven cases of posi-
tive rabies six negative of the disease and ten un-
determined awaiting the results of rabbit nocula-
tons.
I'm addition TO this number" says DR.. Melvin,
"there have been least thirtynne cases of abies
which have been typical that the practitioners
have not deemed IT necessary TO submit the car
cases 10 the bureau for confirmation of their
diagnoses
New-York tribune., 1908-06-15
GIVES DINNER FOR WHITE FRIENDS.
Well-to-do Larchmont Negro Celebrates His
Forthwith Birthday.

Tom Harris known throughout Westchester
County at the millionaire negro who counts
President Roosevelt among his personal friends.
celebrated his forty-ifth birthday on Saturday
night by giving a dinner party to dozen white
friends at the Plymouth Inn, in Larchmont The
dinner cost SO plate, and it was well into morn
ing before the last champagne corks popped and
the party broke up.
Harris started life a stable boy, and is now
rated as worth $4,000 which he has invested in a
livery stable and garages and Larchmont real
estate He launched into politics two years ago
and attempted to capture the Republican nomina-
tion for receiver of taxes, but defea ted.
New-York tribune., 1908-06-15
NEW BANK SAFEGUARDS.
BertiHon System, for Records of EN-
ployes To Be adopted in Pittsburg. :
rRr Telegraph to The Tribune.


Pittsburg. June 14-Pittsburg banks, several
Of which have been looted of almost s4,5oo.OOo
bv dishonest employees in the last three years.
have decided to adopt Bertillon system BY
which a record of every person employed IN the
hanks in Pittsburg will be kept In addition TO
photographs and measurements, record will be
kept of each mans business career, his politics.
his religious belief. whether he drinks or plays
cards, and all other facts that the bankers think
they ought to know about their employees.
These records will be kept in one central place,
vbere all the bankers who are interested IN the
movement can have access TO thenl- The eul-
ploves are indignant over the move.
New-York tribune., 1908-06-15


teenth Earl of Derby. died here to-day. He was
siXty-seven years old.
The Earl of Derby succeeded to the title the
death of his brother the fifteenth Earl Of Derby,
in 1898 After entering the Grenadier Guards he
served in Parliament from 1866 to 1885, when he was
raised to the peerage and entered the House of
Lords with the title of Baron Stanley.
He Lord of the Admiralty few months
in 1858, and Financial Secretary of the Treasury
from 1871 to 1873 when he appointed Secre-
tary of State for War and sworn in as a
member of the Privy Council. He went out of
Office with the Conservative party in 1880 After
the Conservatives came into power again he was
made vice president of the committee of council
education in 1885. Secretary of State for the
Colonies from 1855 to 1886, and president of the
Board of Trade in 1886
In 1888 Lord Stanley appointed Governor Cen
eral of Canada. which post he held until 1888 IN
1864 he married Lady Constance Vfiers daughter OF
the fourth Earl of Clarendon. They had ten chill
dren, one of whom died in 1869. aged two years
Edward George Vers. Lord Stanley. who is the
successor to the title, is forty three years old
New-York tribune., 1908-06-15
GERMAN NAVY LEAGUE MEETS.
Prince III Salm- -Horstmar Reelected Presi
dent

Dantsic, June 1.-THE eighth annual convention
Of the German Navy League opened here to-day.
The provincial president in behalf of the govern
n1ent. emphasized the governments wish that the
league preserve an independent existence. 1t must
express the wishes of the German people not those
of the government
A telegram of homage sent to the Emperor said
that the league would follow unswervingly the aim
of furnishing the Fatherland with feet which
would be able to guarantee TO the Fatherland that
peace which Il needs.
Prince zu Salm- Horstrnar reelected presi-
dent but the other former officials, including Ma
ior General Keir1 declined to take Office.
New-York tribune., 1908-06-15
LINER BRINGS IN sHIPwREckED CREW.

The Savannah liner City of Columbus brought TO
mort from Savannah yesterday Captain A E. Ellis
and the crew of the British tank steamer Caribbee,
which was wrecked off the Frying Pan Shoals on
June g. The Caribbee left Matanzas June 5 for
New York but encountered gale two days later
and filled rapidly. The pumps could not keep the
water out and the and captain took to their
tbree lfeboats One Of the boats capsized, and
Walter Howe, a seaman was unah BILE TO get back
70 il when 1t rghted again The rest of the crew
and CAPTAIN Ellis were picked up by the schooner
Theoline and later transferred to the steamer
Merrimack from Philadelphia, which landed them
in Savannah
New-York tribune., 1908-06-15
DIES SUDDENLY ON STEAMER.

lanes B. White, eighty-three years old, OF Lake
ceorge y V died suddenly yesterday on board
.ba C-Ivde liner Apache. the steamer warp
in, into her dock Mr.. White went to Jackson
,ilIe several months ago for his health. He i'm
proved RAPIDLY. and when his son. James White,
a. ,.ro is a physician, visited him several weeks
90 he decided return with him.
While talking to his wife and son at midnight
,,r White complained of a pain in his heart and
Looapoa unconscious. He died without having re-
Gained consciousness.
New-York tribune., 1908-06-15
NOT 4 "SPITE" FENCE!
But 1t Is Forty Feet High Along
side q Flat IN Pittsburg.
IBv Telegraph to The Tribune

Pittsburg June 14-Because A. j. McSorley erect
ed a fiat building in fashionable Ellsworth avenue
the residents of that street are extremely indfs-
nant. The Rev. Dr. j. Mckee. who owns the prop
ertv adjoining the fathouse has just completed a
fence forty feet high. which completely shuts off
the light from side of the fathouse. On the
side next his home the Rev Mr. Mckee has had
the fence covered with pressed steel. which, since
It is painted, resembles stone wall and does not
detract much from the appearance Of his property.
n, the other side however there is nothing but
the bare unpainted boards. The Rev. Mr.. Mckee
denies that it is spite fence.
New-York tribune., 1908-06-15
SHIPS 1900 CHICKENS 1900 MILES.

seattle June 1.-THE last steamship for st.
,tcbsels carried a shipment of fifteen hundred
Iegborn chickens bound for Fairbanks. The fowls
occunied thirty large crates and the freight
hiI was 500 The owner had to carry three tons
:. .aad enough TO last thirty-fve days. although
;. J., to,.d to get the shipment through in twenty
mo 6avs Most of the fowls will be sold TO people
bo want to start in the chicken business at FAIR
,anLs They will travel about twenty-five hun
New-York tribune., 1908-06-15
SOLDIER BROWNS FROM TRANSPORT
Steamer Castle Reports Loss of Artilleryman
in Fog OFF New London.
inv Tel.grsph 10 I'm. tribune. l

New London Conn. June H-Captain Albert
Earle Of the government steamer Castle. a trans
port boat running between neighborins isiand
fortdcations reported the loss OF one OF MS pas
sengers when his craft returned 10 the |us'o'"
House wharf at l2:iS o'clock this morning
The missing passenger is D. E. Etheridge. of the
ssth Coast Artillery United States Army stationed
at Fort Mansfield. near Watch Hill The soldier
fell overheard while returning from Fort wright
The body has not yet been recovered.
New-York tribune., 1908-06-15
DAN ON GAMBLING IN BELGIUM.

1-a-,-iers Pelgiurr- june 1.-THE counts here
,,a nh, a ban on gambling at the racetracks.
The paris mutual betting system has been CON
-nos az gambling in recent case that came
-. one Of the courts for trial and the di-
f,ors of q local race course were heavily hned
-, ,.o,s;on has caused a sensation. as ii threat
80 ,bc existence of racing in Belgium Ip AZ
ca.I viii bs .eken az cnca.
New-York tribune., 1908-06-15
TO MOVE WHOLE TOWN TEN MILrs.

Valdez. Alaska, June Il (SpecaD.-The OF town
Of Cordova originally a fishing and trading port.
ia to he moved bodily distance OF ten miles. With
the building of a railroad IL became necessary 10
have land for terminals and place to build large
docks so a new site OrCa Inlet has been Sc
iected and put in shape. Forty thousand dollars
has been spent the streets and In building
bridges All the buildings in the old town will be
,,ovad m the new site
New-York tribune., 1908-06-15
MOROCCAN TROOPS REBEL
Take French Commander and
Three Other Officers Prisoners.

Tangier, June 14.-Four thousand Of the troops
of Abd-el-Aziz. the Sultan. have revolted and
taken prisoners French commander and three
other officers.
New-York tribune., 1908-06-15

The first Sunday concert in Central Park yester-
a., brought out more than ten thousand persons
80, ~ whom applauded the Introduction Of string
orchestra in place Of the usual brass hand. Nahi'
- the new leader is responsible for the
a,d has great confidence in the result of
49, avnerinent The reception by the public VIII
,.rn,ine whether the string orchestra will be a
..,,-.1 nsnt feature OF the central faIk CencsstA
New-York tribune., 1908-06-15
FOUR TONS OF LIVE RATTLEsNAKEs.
Proprietor of Snake Farm Gets Dollar
Pound for Reptiles.
tRy Telegraph to The Tribure.l ]

brownsville Tex, June 14.-Frank B. Arm
strong to-day shipped four tons OF 1--we rat'e-
snakes to different points in the North and East.
where the reptiles will be placed in museums and
distributed among circus performers.
Mr. Armstrong has conducted a big snake farm
near here for several years. He received dollar
a pound for the snakes at his farm. lie had ex-
tracted the poison and fangs from all of them.
and they are harmless
New-York tribune., 1908-06-15
AUTO VICTIM DIES; CHAUFFEUR HELD.

John J. White, years old. of No 22i East
goth street who was struck by automobile on
Saturday. died at Flower Hospital yesterday
morning The chauffeur of the machine. John j.
Jones of No 25 West 9sth street. who is employed
by Henry Lake. of No. IS Central Park West was
remanded to the coroner. who held him In 5000
bail
New-York tribune., 1908-06-15
TO OPEN BIDS FOR NEW GOLFERS.

Washington June f4-The Navy Department will
open bids on July 1 for three steam col1iers
to carry 1900 tons of dead weight. and the cost
not to exceed $4,000 each. The vessels must be
turned over to the government complete.
New-York tribune., 1908-06-15

ado gives the change Of scene ara altitude you
,sgb - rafes al summer via Tock isiano I''iF ~.
tssks's surprised how cheaply vacation IN t'e
Sst he mae Writ ED-,1av
a (. PALMER. 4eL Bree1ws.. sc" lof--
New-York tribune., 1908-06-15
EARL OF DERBY DE4D.
Sirteenth of the Title-Was Once
TicerOy of Canada.

London. June 14.-Frederick Arthur Stanley. six
teenth Earl of Derby. died here to-day. He was
sixty-seven years old.
The forum. [volume] (Springfield, Ill.) 1904-192?, 1908-03-14
Time Table of Springfield Consolidated


Railway Co.
Cars for North Fifth street will
leave Fifth and Monroe every tn
minutes from 6:07 a. m, until 500 p.
M; every 10 minutes from 500 D. m.
until 11:20 p. m; owl cars will leave
Cars for South Fifth street will
leave Fifth and Monroe every 7h
minutes from 6:o7 a. m. until 7:45 p.
Fifth and Monroe every IL minutes
from 900 a. m. until 1924 p. M; owl
cars leave at 11:4S p. m, 1900 mid
night and 1924 a. m.
Cars for North Seventh street leave
Fifth and Monroe every IL minutes
from g.: 90 a. m. until 11:24 p M; owl f,
cars leave at 11:4S p. m. and 1924
a. m.
Cars for Spring street leave Fifth
and Monroe every IL minutes from
SOS a. m. until 11:20 p. m; owl cars
leave at 1144 p. m, 1908 and 1880
a. m.
Cars for East Carpenter street leave
Fifth and Monroe every II minutes
from COS a. M until 11:20 p. M; owl
cars leave at 11:44 p. m, 1907 and
1890 a. m.
Cars for South Grand avenue leave
Fifth and Monroe every Is minutes
from 607 a. m. until 1922 p. m; owl
cars leave at 11:45 p. m. 1907 and
/ 1890 a. m.
H Cars for Lawrence avenue leave
Fifth and Monroe every IL minutes
from 6: 90 a. M, until 11:36 p. M; owl
cars leave at 1900 midnight and IL: 80
a. m.
Cars for North Ninth street leave
Fifth and Monroe every II minutes
from 100 a. m. until 1885 p. m.
Cars for East Capitol avenue leave
F1fun and Monroe every IL minutes
from 500 a. m until 11:36 p M; owl
cars leave at H.: 90 midnight and 1880
a. m.
Cars for South Eleventh and Rut-
ledge streets leave Fifth and Wash
ington every Is minutes from 6:07 a.
m. until 11:22 p. m; owl cars leave at
11:52 p. m. and 1922 a. m.
Cars for West Washington street
leave Fifth and Monroe every Is min
utes from 600 a. m. until 11:15 p. M;
owl cars leave at HAS p. m and 1901
a. m.
Cars for Governor street leave Fifth
and Monroe every 10 minutes from
6:07 a. m. until 11:22 p. M; owl cars
leave at 1880 a. m
Cars for South Eighth street leave
Fifth and Monroe every Is minutes
from 500 a. m. until 11:15 p. m.
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Get in the reading habit-Colored
papers are for sale at: j. e. Thomp-
son, L. #. Osborne's Pool Room, The
Pekin Cafe. Brown & Meals Restau-
rant, Elk I. Cafe. At these places you
can secure the New York Age, Boston
Guardian, The Freeman, Richmond
Planet. The Voice, The Colored Amer
lean Magazine. The Forum, Etc
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ct is no benefit to have given me
something, but it is a benefit to have
enabled me to obtain something for
myself" EMERSON.
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POLITICAL ANNOUNCEMENTS

] hereby announce myself candi-
date for nomination for The Office Of
states attorney, subject TO the deci-
sion Of the democratic voters Of San
CANON County. THOMAS l.. JARRETT
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Please don't put the collectors off
by telling them you want to see the
editor. We employ them because we
have not time for that ourselves.
When the collectors come. pay them.
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BUSINESS transactions for this paper
clcn anyone save authorized agents
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s5.oe an HOO am 500 pm.
SEQ am t12:0e noon. 1900 pm.
zoe an. 100 pm 700 pm.
$500 an 1900 pm $500 pm.
500 am. $500 pm. 500 pm.
10000 am. 1900 pm. 100 pm.
sprnetieId Northeastern s dracti0n Co.
500 am s:ssSs pm s s:sS am s :SS pm
800 ana $50 pm 800 am $50 pm
1900 noon III 100 pm 1900 noon 100 pm
200 pm 2:O0 pm
Cars leave Springfield for Lincoln;
f5 7, 9 and IL a. M; l. ), o. T. . ana
rs a. m daily except Sunday.
southbound, for Carlinville: Gillespie.
Staunton Litchfield Edwardsville, ST.
Louis, and all intermediate. points,
$500 am 100 pm 5000 pm . ,c.a % %, pm
700 am $1,000 noon 800 pm l0:mu pm
5000 am HOO am $500 pm 0IO1Hg9
80 pm local and sleeper
sDaily except Sunday. SLimtedd cars airs
stopping at towns only. SLimted cars,
making all stops. corp Belt Limited TOT
ST, Louis. TCapital City Limited.
ssLocal through car making all stops.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-07-30
PRES CONMITTEF.

The press committee reported a sur
plus of $3.50 from the $175 put in its
hands. The main items of expense in
the accounts presented were: CONFESS,
$40; Club Stables. SO; automobile. ST.,
and rent of typewriters. $2S.15.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-07-30
GLIDDEN IN THE AIR.

BOSTON, July 20.-Charles J. Gid
den, the millionaire globe-trotting mo
torist and prominent aeronaut, is or
ganizing here the American aerial navi
eating company, the first aerial naviga
tion company in America, which prob
ably will be incorporated in this State
The company viii manufacture and
operate a trial device and establish
aerial routes for the transportation of
passengers and freight for sporting pur-
poses in the United States, Canada and
Mexico.
Glidden anticipates that within the
next eighteen months the new company
will be carrying passengers and mer-
chandise by the air line' between
Boston and New York. either by diri-
gible balloon or aeroplane. He believes
that with relay stations near Spring
field and New Haven this trip can be
made 800 days IN the year. The first
experiments will be made with small
dirigible balloons carrying one or two
passengers in addition to the operative.
Mr.. Glidden visited Honolulu about
three years ago on one of his globe
trotting tours,
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-07-30

f1eet) Is expected here only about
month from now, that il would be bet
ter If the committee and subcommittee
would continue to serve until after the
visit of that feet and regard themselves
az clothed with authority to act with
reference to that visit. The members
Of the committee and subcommittee are
now in a better position to act by rea-
son of their experience than new com
mittees would be. and, indeed, If new
committees should be appointed, they
would almost of necessity include many
and perhaps most of the members of the
existing committees. It would seem
mnch better to avoid unnecessary diff
culties. Inconvenience and confusion
by attempting a change. l hope there
fore verS much that the members of
the committees will see their way clear
to continue TO serve in their present
capacities with reference to the ex-
pected visit of the Pacific feet. -
WILL SETTLE FURTHER ENTER
TAINMENT.
After a discussion of this letter, with
the request in which most of the com
rnitteemen seemed to agree. the meeting
left the matter over for the next ses-
sion, to be called at an early date by
the chair.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-07-30
EMINENT PHYSICIAN
GUEST Of MED|COs

DR. H. A. Hare, of Philadelphia, an
eminent physician and publicist on
medical matters, was a passenger on
the Korea yesterday, going through to
Yokohama. He is son of Bishop Hare
of the Protestant Episcopal diocese of
South Dakota. His wife and daughter
arrived here by the Tenyo Maru, and
awaiting DIR. Hare here proceeded with
him on the Korea yesterday. His
daughter is the wife of Lieut.-Com-
mander A. B. Cook of the battleship
Virginia.
DR.. Hare was the guest at luncheon
yesterday of number of the local med
zeal fraternity at the University Club.
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In aaaition to the cash balance, the
committee reports show that there are
flags and bunting stored away worth
$500. cots and mattresses which eos
$500, the fixtures at the fshmarket fol
sports, for which an offer Of $500 ha:
been made when the committee want Il
sell; benches and tables at Pearl Har
Dor to accommodate three hundred PEG
pie, and eight water tanks There are
also built and ready the boat landings
which cost the committee altogether
$3.50, and the public comfort stations
which cost 1864.
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COMMITTEES STILL STAND.


The various committee reports were
accepted and the thanks of the execu-
tive committee extended to each. al
though the request that came from near
~ every committee that it be dismiss
ed from further service was refused.
In this connection a letter from Gov
ernor F'rear was read, which said:
:. Honorable George w. Smith, Homo
lulu, T. II.
''My Dear Sir.-Tn the absence of
Mr.. Carter. chairman of the fleet com
mittee, I take the liberty of addressing
you as next in line on that committee.
! understand that the members of the
committee are considering the question
of resigning and turning over the funds
remaining in their possession to myself
or some other custodian. While il is
only natural that the members of the
committee should contemplate such ac-
tion now that they have fulfilled the du-
ties for which the committee was called
into being. it seems to me. inasmuch as
there IS balance of funds on hand and
another feet of large size (the Pacific