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New-York tribune., 1908-06-04
GIRL RACES WITH TRAIN.
Hiss Bourne T7cice Passes Cannon
Bail Express an 4utO.

With her powerful touring car going at sixty
miles an hour, Miss Marjorie Bourne, daugh-
ter OF Commodore Frederick Bourne. twice
passed the Cannon Ball Express of the Long
Island Railroad in a thrilling yesterday
Miss Bourne her way to her home at
Oakdale. and was bowling along the Southside
Turnpike, which runs beside the railroad tracks
from Islip. When the train appeared Miss
Bourne ordered her chauffeur to. put on all
speed and beat it
While racing at a hair raising rate Miss
Bourne herself operated the levers and brakes
of the machine and braved the danger of being
thrown to the roadway. The passengers on the
train leaned from the car windows and cheered
the girl and the chauffeur. and the engineer
Of the train seemed TO get more than the usual
speed out OF his engine.
New-York tribune., 1908-06-04
IHJIENSE RIIL CONTRACT.
T.. s. Steel Corporation to Relay
T'rans-Siberian Railroad.
[Ry Telegraph to The Tribune.

Pittsburg, June 3.-Announcement was made
here to-day that the United States Steel Corpora
ton is closing a deal with the Russian govern
ment for 100000 tons of steel rails to be used IN
rela wing the entire Trans-Siberian Railroad The
Russians have found the rails now in use much
too light and desire to replace them with heavier
rails. With this end in view an expert mas
been sent to Siberia to look over the line and
see what weight rail will best suit. 1t is under
stood that S5-pound rails are now favored by
the Russians. The rail contract. when closed
will be filed in Pittsburg and Chicago 1t is
understood that two years will be required to
I'LL It.
New-York tribune., 1908-06-04
.11rF RETURNING TO DEAD BODY .

TIsv Telegraph to The ] ribune =, ~.
.hayiIIe n G, June 3-Ailhoush ~ IL "a"
AsH'' <,.r,,, NJ Atlanta, who occupied one or
I'5 Tsnderblt villas at Biltmore, has been DEAD
- ~ ,,.aelss and his body embalmed. natural color
=, e,nrning 10 his cheeks and the fulhess OF ms
face is being restored Physicians declare tie eas
IA -. ro~narl.a t,le known to medical science ana
- .loee,>, watching all developments
Mrs Carpenter at the time of his death' reIusea ,
.. Nov her husbands body 10 be buried deciar-
t,e he was not dead She and her husband were
zro,,, christian Scientists After keeping the
>, :. ,ilt,,ore for five days she agreed to have
:, cent 10 her former home for burial The BODY
vas shipped but Mrs Carpenter changed her nina
md again refused to allow it to DC buried
New-York tribune., 1908-06-04
GTPI MVSTERIOUSLY SHOT
Pittsburg millionaire To7cs He VIZ
!Spcnd Euerything for Solution.
rBv Telegraph to The Tribune ]

Pittsburg. June 3.-Miss Amanda Wettengel
a wealthy young woman. was mysteriously shot
while standing on her fathers lawn. in the West
End. to-day and it is thought that It was an
a-te777pt at murder from ambush. The young
woman is the daughter of Harry {. Wettenge
sn aged retired coal man worth millions VINO
said this evening that he would spend his last
cent running down the person who shot ms
daughter. .,.,.
Miss wettengel was wounded IN the thlgh
with .32-calibre bullet. the bone being sha'-
-ered ard it is feared she will be crippled 1or
life
New-York tribune., 1908-06-04
ANCIENT GRANT DOCUMENT FOUND.
Shows That the Soldier and President Mar
rowly Escaped St, Louis Politics
tBy Telegraph to The Tribune,

ST Louis June 3-Deputy City Register McClus-
KEY found an old record in ransackng through
some ancient documents to-day which shows that
I S Grant came near burying himself in st LOUIS
roIi,ics The paper is dated August !, 1883 and Is
an arp,icetion for place county engineer,
which the county court refused to give him. Grant
had married a St Louis woman ony short time
before and had resigned from the army, which
meant perhaps. that he intended TO settle mere
c.rant was recommended for the county office by
1,,eesor 7 / Reynolds. of Washington Uni
,ersitv and S NJ. Frost, both West Point men
Grant afterward wrote that the successful app1-
can't had the advantage of being born in foreign
country.
New-York tribune., 1908-06-04
CONTROL OF BRITISH MEAT MARKET
Mr. Churchill May Appoint Commission to
neal With American Competition.

1rdop rune 3-The American Beef Trust ana
,+ 11eeed control Of the British meat market came
nm again in the House Of Commons TINS afternoon noon
e. . brief discussion. Charles W. Bower11ah Grew
attention TO the recent Increases IN 'h7
-, saving they had been engineered by 'ie
-. I1e asked Winston Spencer Churchlll' pres
.sat ~ the Board Trade. TO follow the example
:. +Ia American Congress and appoint a coiiinls
To-, ~ INQUIRE into the operations OF the uust ~
This country and relieve the BRUSH CONSUME =, ,la
- -o,,ld consider the appointment Of commission
,' " ~ " that could be done regarding the opera
.tare If one Of these great trusts which gre" up
behind a protectionist tarlh
New-York tribune., 1908-06-04
.1rNCLE JOE" FOOLED CONsPIRAToRs
Planned Speakers Arrest in
pittsburg as a Measure of Vengeance.
rBy Telegl aph to The Tribune !

p,,sburg June 3.-Speaker Cannon would nave
Van arrested here to-day had he attempted u
iio' ,ate license Automobile enthusiasts
- bean irving 10 have act passed establishing
national licensing law. The House did not take
,tna,,, "a it. and as Speaker Cannon was violating
- ,.v IN not having a state tag when he drove
into Pittsburg last evening the autois.s
M, ia sivA him an object lesson and arrest
' mt .Trncle Joe" left the city for Chicago py
rsw today and the plot was foiled-
New-York tribune., 1908-06-04
BURGLARS AT W. H. Mo0Dy's HOUSE.
supreme Court Justices Sister Fires Revolver
at Intruder. Who Escapes.
IBv TeleE-zr. n The Tribune. ]

IBy Telegram The T-ihune.l
efall- Mass June 3.-Burglars this morning
-. caring attempt 10 loot the summer home
---aia z Moody. United States Supreme Court
- - n ss-tonstau Road Justice Moody arrived
= = -aS' week 10 spend the summer but he was
-ss' night, and his sister Miss Mary Moody,
: woman servant were alone in the house
e. So. O'Clock this morning three burglars
- 70 the roof Of piazza circling the house
iotced a window of the room usually oc-
!. - oy M Moody. and one man was inside
= MISS MOODY vas awakened. She fired at one
men win revolver. but missed. The men
-. IheE have not been caueht.
New-York tribune., 1908-06-04
M4GOON ACCEPTS TASK.
U7W Sal for Colon on June IS to
4rbitrdte CLAIMS.

Kingston Jamaica, June 3.-It was learned
here to-day that Governor Magoon of Cuba will
sail from this port for Colon on June Is on the
Hamburg-American liner Prinz Joachlm. IL Is
said that Governor Magoon will go to the lsth-
mus in response to Secretary Tafts request that
he act as referee in the arbitration of Panaman
claims against the United States. The Governor
has hooked accommodations for two persons be-
sides himself bat their identity could not be
learned.
New-York tribune., 1908-06-04
sRYAE IED0RSED IN LOUISIANA.
N'S'latlons Instructing for Him Defeated in
State Convention. However

6rs.s, Rouge Id, june 3.-W. J. Bryan was in
Cs-go.-'o 30 The Presidency by the Democratic State
L 'oA mere tonight. II was decided however,
s-.1, '-s Louisiana delegation 10 Denver unin-
e.. Both The Bryan resolution and the de-
esa,, = send delegates rnlnstructod were adopted
ihe a---y- Previously i resolution instructing
1sp,e e@'4oA 10 vote for Bryan 'as long as his
ese-v. 'ia-ls before the convention had been
sse..ane-ningiy voted down. Louisiana VIII have
ueleeates al Denver
New-York tribune., 1908-06-04
TIE sTElNHEIL MURDER CASE.

tnus 'o-e 5--The newspapers OF Paris con-
Ac.,L. Present various views ou the murder of
eyer :, = a'7ilAe1 ana MIhe. Japy. Prominence is
tEose - incident Of The discharged servant, who
GEe sea-ee- No arrests have yet been made.
&c u. inell Is hystefical and has been removed
esut ~--si'se Of friend, Count Arlon. Tor treat
New-York tribune., 1908-06-04
MILE FEoooRoVNA HANGED.

Voronezh. June S.-NIle- Feodorovna. the woman
who made an unsuccessful attempt assassinate
General BbikOr, Governor of this province.
Nav g. was hanged here to-day She was twenty
five years old and was formerly school teacher.
New-York tribune., 1908-06-04
TUENTY RESCUED.
SMprrecked Cree Taken by Brasil
iqns from Wake Island.

Rio de Janeiro June 3-Advices received here
say that the Brazilian training ship Benjamin
Constant which is a voyage to Yokohama,
picked up twenty shipwrecked men on Wake
Island a possession of the United States in the
Pacific Ocean.
New-York tribune., 1908-06-04
FLOODS IRE UIDESPRE1D.
LeUees Along the Mississippi in
Danger Break at 4ItOH.
rBv Teles-,ph 70 The Tribune 7

ST. Louis June 3-rhe Mississippi River rose
two-thirds of inch hour all day ard passed
the -J-foot stage tonight, nOodng cellars all along
the levee a depth of two feet and inundatirS
large portion of the lowlands on the Illinois side
The United States lighthouse tender Lilly returned
to-day reporting the food Of the Illinois River
had forced her abandon the trip up the stream.
which at highest ir the last fifty years
The river has broken rs banks in the vicinity
Of Alton subrnerging railways. Mobile Island. at
Wood Rivers mouth. is entirely inundated
Farmers are fighting 70 save dikes East St.
Louis officials have prepared TO throw up ad-
Ciitionai sack levee there.
a dispatch from Hannibal. Mo. tonight says tne
crest Of the I77-foot flood passed there to-day and
that the sny Ievee below would withstand 22-fo0t
food Minneapolis wired tonight that arother
food is coming down the Mississippi having
washed away thirty houses
Another heavy rain was general in the North
west Missouri belt. where flood conditions
reported alarming Western Arkansas. Oklahoma
and North and Northwest Texas report continuous
rain and wind storms and number OF lives lost
Red River Valleys food is the worst in many
years.
New-York tribune., 1908-06-04

Washington. June 3.-Post4naster General Meyer
announced to-day that agreement had been
reached with the British government providing for
a letter postage of two cents ounce between the
United States and Great Britain and Ireland, to be-
come operative October l, 1905 He said further
that the British Postmaster General. Sydney Bux-
ton, was ma king like announcement TO the House
of Commons to-day.
The matter of a penny postage, as 1t is called
in England has been under consideration for some
time and as far back as July President Roosc-
Welt approved M. Meyers course in urging a re
stricted union with England
on October J. 1907 the Universal Postal Union
which governs the international postal transac-
tions of the various civilized countries reduced the
rate OF letter postage from five cents half ounce
fat TO five for the first ounce and three cents
for each additional which Is the present rate
between the United States and Great Britain and
is also the rate between the United States and
countries with which this country does not have
direct steamship communication. mail to whl1n
costs d additional payment to countries through
which it passes in transit.
Under the articles of the universal union any
two states can form restricted union. Examples
OF restricted unions are those existing which
hermit two-cent-an- ounce letter rate between the
United States and Cuba, the United States and
Panama and the United States and Canada
Postmaster General Meyer believes that this re
duction in the rate of postage to the United King
dom ultimately will result in an increase in re-
ccipts because it has always been found that re
duction of the letter rate resulted finally in in
creasine the revenue. He is also of the opinion
that lower postage will lead to freer CONNER
cial intercourse Our manufacturers he says, are
increasing their sales in England, and must rely
to a great extent upon the mails for orders and
increase of trade Further" he said this will
be Il great boon to our adopted English speaking
citizens. particularly those of limited
it will enable them keep up correspondence with
their relations and friends in the old country at
domestic rates"
New-York tribune., 1908-06-04
WOMEN oPPosE WOMAN SUBTRACT.

London. June "A number OF influential women.
including the Countess OF Jersey. Mrs Humphry
Ward and several prominent writers and social
retcrrers. have started organiz>d movement to
oppose the grantinx of the suffrage to women
New-York tribune., 1908-06-04

oEwEy,s ESPECIAL SEC" CHAMPAGNE
Werme,tcd in the bottle, French method
II IT Dewey & Sons Co., l3s Fulton St, New York
-Adyt
New-York tribune., 1908-06-04

but looking at the enormous growth in recent
years, il is hoped that the expansion of corre-
spondence under the penny rate will greatly re-
duce this loss.
j. Hennker Heaton, who is now in Paris, has
written a long letter of congratulation to Post
ma ster General Buxton. In the course of an in
terview he said: Il attribute our success not
to my efforts. but to the influence of Ambassa-
dor Reid, Ambassador Bryce, Lord Blyth and
John Wanamaker.'
New-York tribune., 1908-06-04

Pure Ar. Pur. Wst-r Hearth ard corstcrs AZ
Rrettcn Weeds Information I1S1 BroaciS sE--ASsyL
New-York tribune., 1908-06-04

Wichita Falls Tex. June 3.-Seven thousand
feet Of track Of the Denver road between here and
Vernon was washed out last night and to-day BY 4
severe rainstorm Five thousand feet of the Nlch-
fta and Northwestern track between here and Red
River was also washed out A man named Pat
ton lost his life in fcod All Denver railroad
trains are blocked here The Wichita River has
risen eighteen feet
New-York tribune., 1908-06-04

Helena. Mont June 3--Flood conditions through
ont Montana are so bad that trains have ar
rived at Helena Over the Northern Pacinc Tor sew
eraI davs in either direction. and none is expected
to arrive to-morroN Great Northern trains are
moving with delay
That they might reach Helena Governor Norris and
twenty other belated Northern Pacific passengers
ut Livingston walked fifteen miles over Bozeman
Maintain where s-veral waShOutS have occurred
They were brought the rest Of the way by special
train to-day
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1908-01-10
THE HORSE; BOT FLY

The horse bot fly Is 9 species of
gadfly; but it is not the flies them
selves or their eggs that actually cause
the mischief or trouble, but the mag
gots, grubs, or bots that result from
the eggs. Horses that are turned out
to grass for long periods are the most
likely to be troubled with bots, animals
that are frequently handled and
worked taking very little risk, curl
GUS fact being that where number of
horses are grazing together animals
of dark color are invariably selected
by the flies On which to deposit their
eggs in preference to those having
light-colored skins. In the SKINNER,
and especially during the month of
August, the flies are very busy, and
dart about with great rapidity, with
the result that the female flies are not
long in ascertafning the whereabouts of
grazing horses. The female flies buzz
about the front of the horse they Sc
lect, frequently settling for few Sec
onds on the animals breast, forelegs,
shoulders and other parts within reach
of the animals tongue, during which
time its eggs are laid or deposited,
and each one sticks or adheres to the
hair by means of glutinous fluid
with which it is surrounded. 1t is but
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1908-01-10

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rarely that flies deposit their eggs on
parts other than those within reach
of the horses tongue, and the tickling
sensation caused by the fly settling in
duces the animal to lick at these parts,
with the result that the warm saliva
from the tongue iloosens many Of the
eggs, which are taken into the mouth
and afterwards swallowed with the
food the animal subsequently con-
sumes. A nunber Of eggs deposited
by the flies may not, of course, be re-
moved from the hair when the animal
ticks itself at this stage, but they still
adhere where they were deposited. and
in about week maggots will be-
Matched and will emerge from the
eggs. The maggots cause an itching
sensation, with the result that the
horse again ticks or. bites itself at
these parts. and the maggots are con-
.veyed into the mouth. and subsequent
~ into the stomach. the eggs that
were previously taken into the stom.
ach having by this time also produced
maggots. On arriving In the horses
stomach the maggots attach them
selves to its lining membrane or skin
by means Of two hooks With which
eachsis provided III the head end. Once
the maggots are attached 70 the
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1908-01-10
CHAPTER XIII.
"In Loving Memory"

Among the, melodramatic sidelights
on Life as it u.s." hidden away in the
Blue Books of Parliamentary Inquiries
and Royal Commissions. there is none
so startling as that which reveals the
fact that there is nothing easier, un-
der the present system Of death GER
tificates and registration, than to bury
anybody you like as somebody else.
( Many uniertakers doing a large
business among the. poorer classes
have sheaves of burial certificates ly-
ing about which ought to have been
given UP to the cemetery authorities
at the time Of the interment.
II the clergyman officiating reports
that he has performed the services
without the certificate being produced,
there is small fine.
There are plenty Of instances on
record IN which . wronk certincate
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1908-01-10

Steer Feeding.-The Pennsylvania
station has made some interesting ex.
periments on the value of shelter for
steers being fed. It was found that
If the lots were kept dry, shelter is
not always necessary. Shelter has
very little effect upon the appetite of
the animals except in extreme wealth.
er. In that climate it is seldom that
the weather is too cold for steers on
full feed out doors provided they are
kept in dry quarters and out of strong
winds. 1t is very essential for fatten.
ing steers that they be we'll bedded.
1t is decidedly advantageous that the
yard be macadamized or given an i'm.
previous coating of some kind to pre-.
vent mud during soft weather. Wet
bedding and muddy yards are more in.
furious than extreme cold The
amount of feed required per pound of
gain is practically the same whether
the steers are kept in a warm base
ment stable or outside.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1908-01-10

IA : f . 3. ts
In the plan of this barn, provision
is made for collecting the manure be.
low and having It removed regularly
by wagon or. ini manure spreader to
the fields. A hillside may be selected
for the site, as this. secures a more
solid foundation and gives easy access
on two levels, Loads of hay can be
driven into, the middle Of the alley
and taken up by sling carriers. Along
each side and behind the horses and
the cows are sliding doors between
every 2x6. with an additional 2x6 to
make plenty of room for the manure
to go through. Along the sides of the
center alley are grain boxes running
the entire length OF the barn, With the
water troughs under them. The barn
is 40x50 feet.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1908-01-10
CHAPTER xx,.-(continued.

CHAPTER xxl.-(continued
Claire took the notes and the cards
that had been sent round to her dress
ing room, read them again, and then
tore them up.
Over one of the cards she hesitated
q moment.
"Sir Mark rockingham" The name
was new to her. Pandora young ladies
are confidential, and the name of a
new admirer passes from lip to lip.
She hadn't heard any of the girls
mention Sir Mark Brettingham. He
must be newcomer to the Pandora
a new recruit to the ranks of the sup
per boys. She didn't tear the card up,
but put 1t i'm her purse.
AS she passed the stage doorkeep-
er's office on her way out she showed
the man the card and asked him If he
remembered the sender and what he
was like.
every handsome man. miss" said
the amiable Cerberus; ''about thirty,
should say-never seen him here be-
fore, miss. Seemed very disappointed
when l told him as there was no an
swer."
Claire got into a hanson and went
home to her fiat. She had made up
her mind to go home instead of going
out to supper, because she thought af
ter the excitement of the show" she
might be glad of rest
But now that it was triumph"
and she had made success, she felt
that she would gladly have been
among the gay supper parties at one of
the restaurants.
"And what fun it would have been"
she thought to herself. IF had gone
with this new Johnny! 1t would have
been quite a double debut"
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1908-01-10
HE WAS so THOUGHTFUL.
And Vet He Must Have Been Shocked
When She Spoke.


@Ah, sweetheart" he said, chow can
{ wait for next Thursday to come? It
seems year away. I have just seen
DR.. Thudleigh and he has gladly con.
scented to- perform the ceremony"
Il am SO happy" the beautiful girl
replied. 'The dressmaker added the
final touches to my going-away gown
to-day, and nothing remains now but
wait for the great day to come. Have
you seen about getting the drawing
room on the $3.50 train?"
Eyes, love, and have taken out a
$4,000 accident insurance policy, SO
that if happen to be killed by our
iear friends when they are seeing us
off you will have something to partial.
ly console you for your loss"
Dearest Harry, how will it be DOS
sible for me to ever be anything but
happy with one who is so thoughtful?"
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1908-01-10
a I Il G. pl.iPioMAlcY.

sHsw sisr.srsiIs p ID on,e,alI
corrSspo ndsnos Sto Russian.
+ The question OF I q diplomatic Ian.
guage has been raised In China for
the first time il our recollections by
the Japanese within the, last week or
two. Up t. the present time treaties
have been made out in the language
Of the West as wen as IN that Of
China, and in each case It has been
stipnlated that i there we're found to
BE- any difference. between the two
the Western should be held to be the
correct version. But, as rule, we
believe. communications with native
officials have been in Chinese. and the
Japanese in sending in theirs in their
own tongue have attempted to create
an awkward precedent.
For long period the diplomatic
language of Europe has been French,
though ct late years there have been
many breaches Of the rule. English
was largely spoken, for example, at
the Berlin congress after the Russo.
Turkish war.
An amusing story is told Of the
manner in which THE Iron Chancellor
discouraged the st. Petersburg autho.
rites from writing to him in Russian.
He gave instructions that "all commu.
nications received In other languages
than German, French, English and
Italian should be left unnoticed and
put away in the archives. Budberg
then wrote screed after 'screed in Rus
sian. No answer was returned, and
the documents were all laid by with
the state papers. At last he came
himself and asked VIII yhe had re.
ceived no reply. Bismarck himself
tells tn estory:
REPLY exclaimed, to what?'
Why, he had written month ago and
had sent me several reminders.
All, quite so,' said. There is
great pile of documents in Russian
downstairs, and yours are probably
among them. But we have no one
who understands Russian, and have
given instructions for all documents
written in language we do not un-
derstand to be put away among the
archives
1t was then arranged that Budberg
should write in French, and the for
eign Office also when it suited them.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1908-01-10
Not So Bad.

It is related that a man in hurry
for a train rushed for lunch into the
first handy restaurant. It was not
fashionable restaurant. It was not
even a good restaurant. To his sur.
prise and horror he recognized in the
waiter an old school and college
friend.
"Good heavens, my dear fellow!" he
cried, ''how did you come to this?"
ooh, it's not so bad as you think"
said his friend. Il only wait. don't
dine here"