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Los Angeles herald., 1908-06-14

-N the Mining Bureau Of San Fran
cisco may be seen, in glass jar, a
fine specimen of the remarkable land
crustacean known as the purse crap'
one Of the largest species eztant
II is sometimes found from eighteen TO
twenty-four inches in length, when fully
stretched out, and is capable of erecting
itself to the height of nearly foot from the
ground, which it readily does If irrttated,
retreatng and exhibiting to the utmost It's
powers of offense or defense.
IL is somewhat allied to the hermit crab,s
but having the abdomen or tail shorter, yee
very large, on the under side of which it car
ries its eggs in immense quantities. Its un-
der side is soft and membranous, its upper
surface covered with strong plates, which
overlap one another as in Holsters.
The first pair of legs have large and pow
erful pincers; the second and third pair Of
legs are terminated by single nail; the pair
next TO them are little smaller, with small
pincers; the pair of legs nearest the abdo-
men are very small, but terminated by rudi-
mentary pincers.
When teased, this crab is so powerful in its
first claws and legs as to be able to cling TO
stick, and can hold its own weight to be carr
ried for over a half-hour before letting go.
II can travel about as fast backwards as for
ward if pursued. 1t is generally Of yellow.
sh-brown color, its limbs being, however, COW
cred with little, blackish projections
1t is never found far from the sea, to which
Il is said to pay visits in order to moisten its
gills; but it always resides on land, and is
generally found in holes under the roots of
trees, especially of cocoanut trees. which it
prefers and where it accumulates great guam
titles of the fbres of the cocoanut husks as
if to keep itself warm or for soft bed
AS a general thing the purse crab stays in
these holes during the daytime and comes
out at night. Its food mainly consists of
cocoanuts, also the nuts Of species of palm,
which it climbs the trees to procure, cutting
the cocoanut from the tree with its heavy
claws, and after it has cut down two or
three it descends and commences to pull tho
husk from them.
In its manner Of dealing with cocoanuts IL
exhibits remarkable instinct, as it always
begins to tear off the husk at the end where
the eyes are.
It then makes hole through the eye from
which the nut would germinate. This b
done by striking the fruit with its heavy
claw and breaking it sufficiently TO admit one
Of the small legs. by which it scoops out the
nut with its small pincers. Sometimes il
seizes the nut with one Of it's great pincers
and breaks it against a stone.
The purse crab is found in the mountains
and in the more eastern islands of the Indian
Ocean, as well as on some OF the islands of
the South Pacific, more especially the Caro-
line Islands. which are low coral group.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-06-14
CONTINUED FROM PAGE FIVE

"sWbere in the world did they come
FROM asked Bethel, after we had gathered
in the last coin. L didn't suppose. your old
brig carried such cargo. did your
az never thought SO. surely said l.; nor
do / believe she did,
"'Where else could these coins have come
from% asked Bethel. :, m
~ don't know said I. But as. the Polly
Ann is only ten years old, and these coins
are near two hundred if they are day, why,
Il doesn't stand to reason they were in the
brig. However. we will soon see; If they
came out of her, there's more inside. Come,
we will look
"We crept inside the old hull and exam
Los Angeles herald., 1908-06-14

almost certain to think that her
beauty is all sufficient. With it she imagines
she can conquer her kingdom. She does not
consider that beauty may fade. 1t is some
thing as difficult for her to realize as death
itself is to the young; it is far off. vague. all
but impossible.
How is she ever going to look other than
she does now, and still be herself? And at
any rate, there are always the means to make
the repairs of beauty, and sufficient unto the
day is the evil thereof.
And SO, in an average Of more than half
the instances, she goes dancing OFF about her
pleasure like fly in the sun, as full of the
present, as careless of the future. She makes
no preparation for the impending fate which
is sure to come to her if she lives long
enough. She relies on her fair face. her
blushes. her dimples, her radiance, her smiles,
her glances. her sweetness.
To please and attract is the aim Of her life,
and it does not need the cultivation of the
sterner virtues for that. The pretty girl
ignores intellectual cultivation.
Who cares for syllogisms, lectures, instruc-
tions? she unconsciously argues, from rosy
lips. Who will stop to ask if the bright eyes
have dulled themselves over dry pages of
scholastic lore!
Let who will be learned; it is enough for
her to be gay and happy. What, then, has
our pretty creature left for the dim passage
of middle-age, when beauty has fallen away,
but there still is left the desire to hold cap
tive what once beauty gained?
The time is coming when there will be
deep crescents round the mouth, whose love
ly curves have been dragged down by fac
cid muscles; when there will be fine spider
web lines about the eyes; when there will be
hollows in the cheeks; when the red and
white of the skin will have become blurred
and mottled or overlaid with yellow sallow-
ness.
Let the pretty girl remember that in the
darkness of that middle passage the beauty
that she had before she entered it will not
signify; all faces are in the darkness together
then, the girl that was plain with the girl
that was beautiful. The wreck of beauty
signifies. then. no more than the wreck oi
what never was beauty.
1t is the sweet voice, the kindly manner
the burden of what is said. the tender-heart.
edness of what is done, that tells with any
effect then.
1t will not be long before she arrives at this
time, which, in comparison to the blaze OF
youth neighbors close on the dark; and she
viii need then all with which she can have
filed her intellect and fed her SOUL all that
wit and virtue and breeding can have given
her in order to retain any thing of that
kingdom to which in the early days she felt
herself born by right divine
Los Angeles herald., 1908-06-14

Each guest was entitled to blow three bub-
bles, and hammered silver hand,glass was
The prize for the lady who blew the largest
bubble. and card-case the gentlenlan's s
prize. ,:,;.,
Three Judges had trying time in deciding
the winner of the prizes. Amateur blowers
were allowed to practice IN the corner ou' u
"Bring your thimble," was anopher odu
Los Angeles herald., 1908-06-14

~ RING clay pipe" was the startling
Rl addition to an invitation to re-
W. ception. Nobody could decide what
it meant. The mystery was solved,
however, when the guests entered the parlor
and saw on a round table in the centre OF
the room half dozen punch bowls, in rose
and blue glass and japanese ware, filed with
faky soapsuds.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-06-14
Giant Purse Grab

IN the Mining Bureau Of San Fran
| cisco may be seen, in glass jar,
fine specimen of the remarkable land
erustacean known as the purse crab,
Los Angeles herald., 1908-06-14
Beauty That Lasts

~ EAUTY is called a dangerous gift, not
Try because it is not good to be beautiful,
W. but because the girl who is pretty is
almost certain to think that her
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1908-03-04
Parents In Frenzy.

CLEVELAND. March 4.-3.l5 D..
m---One hundred and forty-si1 bod
les are In the morgue II is feared
the crowd OF relatives will break
IN the doors. More bodies are stili
IN the ruins.
Anna Moran. the principal. Was
In her office. upon the second floor.
when the alarm sounded She says:
Il ran into the hall The children
were marching out in order with
the teachers beside them. They
thought IL was fire drill The van
guard reached the first floor and
saw the flames They screamed,
broke ranks and ran To the door.
The door would not open. They
all rushed to the rear door. IL
opened inward. The crush prevent.
ed IL opening Some were crushed
70 death. aud some were suffocat.
ed there"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1908-03-04

Third Ward

Total ...sss.s EHA 90
Plurality FOR Miller 264
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1908-03-04

20 carry the eltg b. more than
= oan. and the bsfs that we're laid
on his chances PLACED that a. the
eutsid. figure Ia which they had
any considerable confidence
One Lons Democrat
The new citY council vii cor.
atst Of II republicans If ~hum two
are followers. ard one iune demo.
erat In the efforts 20 organise
e On March Is. ubsa the ncw u
ficaru enter upon their duties. there
Niil b. a contest for the presidency
between n & filll. the member
from the Third ward. and William
Murphy. formerly councilman from
he Ninth ward noN councilman.
elect AZ large
one strange freak 81 the cleo
ton - the fact that three 81 the
members OF the neN council.
Murphy. Goddard aud NcKinnon ali
i've 10 tno same nfvciuCt. the
Fourth % the Ninth This faet.
however. does not appear a. have
initiated materially n AZ all.
aAAtAAA me u&k9HAAsA AAffh tnHHh
IA the election
Il Is reported about The cliy hall
IN What appears Ia hs reliable aus
thoriff. that one Of the first I'm.
Hoftant results If the election will
- the resignation Of Chief " Po.
Ice Wappeusiein before or aoon
after Mlil.r's Inauguration
Chief TO Resign.
Miller sought 70 make Chief Nap.
nenatsin's fitness for the office an
issue IN the campaign 10 the chief =
disadvantage aud Il il nos reported
tha, the chief sill resign In order
TO anticipate any move to ask for
his resignation
There Ia also much speculation
as to whether CITY Engineer Thorn.
son will remain long under tho new
administration. though Il is not an
ttcipatsd that there sill be am
sudden action along this line
Another rumof is that A. T.
Walters will b. restored 10 the Of.
flee % street commissioner. bat II
this il attempted. there u a pros
peet 81 councilmanic opposition
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1908-03-04

wEkThER-FAlR TONIGHT; CONTINUED
COLD TON loHT. LIGHT NE. WINDS.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1908-03-04
WARD couNcLMEN.

First Ward-lamcs Conway republican.
Second Ward-Eugene v Way, republican.
Third Ward--H { Gill republican.
Fourth Ward-Frederiek v Sawyer republican.
Fifth Ward--H + Jackson. republican.
Sixth Ward-Arnod kbinden. republican
Seventh Ward--T T. Revelle. republican
Eighth Ward NJ Sparkman. democrat.
Ninth Ward-AlcNandcr NIekinnou. republican.
Tenth Ward-A r. Parker. republican
Eleventh Ward-W II. Weaver republican
Twelfth Ward--W iam II Hines. republican
Thirteenth Ward T. Armstrong republican
Fourteenth Ward--MaN Nafdail. republican
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1908-03-04

CLEVELAND. o. March lit
Is believed that over 100 school
children lost their lives this morn.
Ing when fire broke out IN the
North coIlluwood school.
The pupils we're caught like rats
ou the third floor and did not have
a chance to escape Thirty bodies
have heen recovered. The llremen
are working desperately 10 recover
the bodies % the dead before the
walls erumbic ia and prevent all
hope 81 recovery.
Nearby homes have been turned
into mofRnea and emergency hos.
pitfalls. aud a hastily organized band
OF nurses and rcscuera are strain
ing egefY nerve 10 bring order olt
al the chaos that reigua about the
blazing building
piles Of Bodies.
Piles Of bodies are Wedged in
the doorway ~ the building. above
which totters high brick wall.
which mas fall at any moment.
ohilviuus 81 all danger mothers.
fathers aud fircmen are daring all
risks 10 bring these bodies to a
place 81 safety.
n is a scene 81 horror.
For bleeka about the scene Of the
disaster mob OF people have
gathered. hundreds Of them per.
aouallY Interested In the outcome
~ the desperate battle saeed IN
der the vaiis Of the school build.
inE.
There were coo children In the
school building this morning A
house 10 house canvass will be
necessary before II can be definite.
~ known Just how many are miss.
iBE
The fire broke out at 1880.
while the classes were reciting.
and WAS caused by an oyerheated
furnace.
Panic is Caused.
The flames burst out suddenly
aud eueeloped the entire buinlns.
At first the children responded 20
the fire drill quietly and for a few
moments Il looked as n the build.
ing would be safely empiled Of It's
human occupants. 4 sudden flash
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1908-03-04

10y GNthFA fifAAsN
CLEVELAND. o., March Z. !
q --eulletin.-At 2 o'clock this ,
= afternoon ZAP bod had been I
= accounted for. II is now est ,
mated that 10 we're burned ,
70 death. Five Of the bodies
recovered we're Of women, ,
. presumably teachers.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1908-03-04

Total .....sa i.7b2 80 l.asf
Plurality for Miller 46s.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1908-03-04
Boys, Girls and Teachers Burned to Death in FrightuI
Holocaust in Cleveland Building Veritable Fiery
Furnace Teachers Die IIerOnes Scenes of Horror.

Of fire startled some Of the younger
children. who screamed and this
caused the panic.
Teachers were swept aside Ike
strawa IN a flood. and all control
was lost over the freuzied little
people.
Grace Fisk and Carrie Wiley,
two primary grade teachers. sacri-
feed their lives attempting 10 re-
store order 10 the snarled and
tangled ranks Of screaming. fight.
/ Ing girls and boys The Jam "a
the doorways we're terrible Dozens
were killed and wounded a. this
point.
Roaring Furnace.
On the third floor the holocaust
was harvesting It's heaviest toll A
I hundred children were trapped in
q school room with all escape cut
Of Maddened with fear many
turned aud. with lowering heads.
dashed Into tho socthing pit aud
were instantly killed by the hungry
flames that swept about them as
their writhing bodies dropped into
the furnace.
An aerial ladder was raised by
the Cleveland nremen. aud many
were saved.
The Lakeshore railroad shops.
near the school house. were closed
by Superintendent Fraser and the
workmen rushed 20 the scene 90
volunteer In the work OF rescue.
In this work Wallace Upton vas
| fatally burned while reaeuing a
child. In all this hero saved ~
lives.
Herbert =. Chelbergcr. II years
/ old. vas upon the second floor
when the fire broke out.
4 ran 10 the door aud fell over
mass OF children on the steps
and so reached the door" he said.
Then some one saw me and pulled
me out
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1908-03-04
TO BLOW
TOWN

GOSHEN, Ind. March "a let.
ter signed Anarchists. threaten.
ing % blow up Wswaks. a small
town Of 100 inhabitants. near Gosh.
en-. n $3.50 IL not delivered at q
certain place and time. has boon
received by Wawska officials. The
letter has been forwarded 10 the
post0ffiCe department at Washing
ton a vigilance committee will
watch every train which stops at
Wawaka for a. least three weeks.
Earl Abbott. 3 years old. while
eoaatinF down Yealer way towards
the lake this afternoon, was seri.
auslv Injured b. daahlng into a
building The bog. who lives at
500 18th ave-. was going 10 visit hla
brother Roy. who works for the
Gechi Boat company Coming
down the steep hill. he lost control
~ hls coaster tie brake refusing
10 work. aud smashed into a build.
Ing iie was removed TO the Seattle
General hospital.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1908-03-04
CHILDREN LOSE Their
lives IN Big FIRE
MOORE HAS NO REGRET
And THANKS THE STAR

The trouble with that didn't enough votes
said Mayor Moore ths morning In discussing the result
Speaking seriously. republican majority
IN Seattle ~ 1000 This. together with which
the saloon element unanimous against me made up
strength numbers
= have regret outcome II O. victory Of
republican majofltEsa. and fell before t
4 a publicly hank The star only for IT,
support this campaign. buf for It's announcement during all
the period % m independent newspaper detotng
wholly community o. possession
OF which any city may be- proud
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1908-03-04
Fourteenth Ward.
STARS ELECTION RETURNS

a The steroopticon election re. 4
= turns flashed hy The star last =
4 night on Second av.. near Co 4
= lumhla st.. drew a tremendous 4
4 crowd. by far the largest that =
4 euugregatcd az any point 20 =
4 secure election news The 4
4 stars service was rapid and =
4 complete Before 10 o'clock its 4
> canvas displayed returns suf- 4
y fiently complete 10 indicate the =
= election OF Miller 4 few mo- 4
= ments later The Star an =
4 nouueed the election Of Miller =
= by a plurality of at least =
4 5000
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1908-03-04
BRYAN'S ILLNESS TRIVIAL
10y United Press.

fNCoLN, Neb., March THE
illness Of VIM. J. Bryan is trivial.
i. viii address the state eonven.
aH tomorrow. The report OF the
form committee. TO be an.
euced after a conference. will re-
a Rryan's views.
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'7"9'I : T =
Plurality for sawyer. e2s.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1908-03-04
MILLER MAJORITY
IS a SURPRISE
Fiction Proves 10 Be Republican Landslide in Which
But One Lone Democrat Is Elected--Passes OF
Quietly With Little Apparent Inegulariy.
THE NEW CRY OFFICIALS.

Msyor-lohu + Miller. republican.
corporation Counse-Seott Calhoun republican.
comutroler-Hary " Carroll republican
CIV Treasurer--N + Prasser, republican
Counclmen- a. Large-W Il Murphy republican. and
1871 rennhllcun
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-04
ECHOES MOTHERS PLEA
MRS. LEAvY ASKS FOR CUSTODY
OF DAUGHTER.
Submits Letter Of Girl Asking to Be
With Her-Husband
Is Cited.
"My Dear, Darling, Sweet Mamma:

my Dear. Darling, Sweet Mamma:
Il am we'll and hope you are the same.
l surnef do wish that l was with YOU.
II know il the judges only knew how
my heart was breaking to be with you,
mamma, think that they would try TO
put me with you.
III they knew how good and kind you
are and what a good mother you are,
they surnef would put me with you:''
This Is a letter from her little twelve
year-old daughter which Mrs. May Nj.
Leavy submits to the court in making a
demand for the custody of the child.
Justice Barnard has cited her husband.
Albert A. Leavy. to have the child, Flor
ence E. Leavy. in court next Friday and
to show cause why she should not be
given into the custody of her mother.
The rule is issued on a habeas corpus
petition filed by Mrs Leavy. in which
she says the child is detained in Madison
Va. and she is not allowed access to her
She claims the child is fond of her and
seeks to be returned to her mothers Gus
tody. In evidence Of this she submits a
copy Of the child's letter.
The marital difficulties of the Leavys
have been before the courts for several
months. Mrs. Leavy sued for legal sep.
aration and Mr.. Leavy answered her sui,
with a cross bill for an absolute divorce
Both cases are pending.
Attorneys Darr. PeysOn and Taylor flee
the petition of the wife for the custody OF
the child.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-04
PLUNGE OVER PREC|P|CE
NARROW ESCAPE FOR DISTRICT
ATTORNEY BAKER.
Automobile Carrying Him and His
Bride Kept From Destruction
by Catching on a Tree.

NEW YORK, August 4.-United States
District Attorney Baker of Washington.
who successfully prosecuted the govern
ment land frauds in the northwest. his
bride of two months and several friends
who were accompanying them on their
honeymoon had an almost MIRACULOUS
escape from death today. While the
automobile in which they were travelling
was running down a sharp hill on Wal
nut mountain, near Liberty. n. Y, the
machine got out of control and plunged
over a precipice nearly 300 feet in height.
The machine, big covered car. turned
three complete somersaults in the air and
lodged In the boughs of tree thirty feet
below the brink of the precipice. There it
hung suspended, top downward, with the
frightened occupants held prisoners In
the ipclosed top of the machine.
All were badly bruised and frightened,
but none was seriously injured. with the
exception of the chauffeur.
His skull was fractured. one Of his ears
was torn off and he sustained other in
juries. He was taken to hospital in Lib
erty for treatment.
Those in the car with Mr.. Baker and his
wife were DR.. G. E. Jeliffe, the alienist.
and NJ Mangan of Washington.
AS soon as they were rescued from
their perilous position In the suspended
automobile the party came to New YORK,
and after rest at the Hotel Astor
started for their homes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-04
ALL At SEA OVER BISHOpRIC
BRENT'S DECLINATIoN REoPENS
TROUBLESOME DECISION.
Election to Be Held in October
Probably-Same Body
Will Sit

The second declination Of Charles Henry
come Bishop of Washington has put rec
tors and laymen of this diocese entirely
at sea regarding a successor to the late
Bishop Satterlee.
The election of DIR. Brent commanded a
majority Of the Episcopal churchmen. AT
present there is no one candidate to unite
sentiment.
1t Is expected those nominated at the
conventions which elected Bishop Brent
will again come up for consideration.
Among Washington rectors who have had
strongs followings there are Rev. DR.. Ran
dolph H. McKim, rector of the Church OF
the Epiphany; Rev. George Calvert Car
ter, rector of st. Andrews Church.: Rev.
DR.. Alfred Harding. rector Of st. Paurs
Church: Rev. Richard P. Williams. rector
Of Trinity Church.
The out-of-town ministers who have
been mentioned as possible successors to
Bishop Satterlee are Rev. DR.. Philip NJ.
Rhinelander. professor in the Episcopal
School. Cambridge: Rev William Mercer
Incarnation, New York city: Rev. DR..
Mann. rector of Trinity Church. Boston
Dean DuMoulin of the Cleveland (Ohio)
Cathedral, and Rt Rev. Sheldon NJ. Girls
void, missionary bishop of Salina. Kan.
The election will probably take place in
October. 1t is expected that DIR. r. H
McKim, president Of the diocesan conven-
ton. in whose power rests the calling OF
the convention, will consult leading dele
gates and get their views regarding the
exact date for the meeting.
The same rectors and laymen who were
delegates to the conventions that elected
Bishop Brent will sit in the next conven-
tion.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-04
PRIMARIES IN KANSAS.
Bristow and Long After the Sena-
torial Nomination.

TOPEKA, August 4.-For the first time
Kansas voters are today selecting their
candidates at a statewide primary. each
party nominating its ticket from United
States senator to nstable.
Four state tickets are in the field-re-
publican. democratic. socialist and pro-
hibitionist. This Is the first time since
1890 that the populists have not had a
ticket The socialist and prohibition
tickets have only one candidate for each
office. and for many congressional and
legislative places no candidates.
A candidate for United States senator
receiving a plurality of the votes in the
greatest number Of legislative districts
will be the caucus nominee of his party.
Joseph l.. Bristow. formerly fourth as
sistant postmaster general. is in the race
for the senatorial nomination against
Senator Chester I. Long. and the cam
paign has been most exciting. including
Joint debates between the candidates.
Other candidates are: For United States
senator Hugh P. Farreliy. democrat: E.
c. Shouse prohibtionist; E. c. Smith.
socia, list.
For governor-Cyrus Leland jr. and
w. r. Stubbs. republican,; Russell ]. Har.
rison, w. II. Ryan and J. d. Rotkin, dem
ocrat; Albert L. Hohe. prohibitionist
| George II. Hibney, socialist.