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Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-01-27

A German statistician has calcu-
lated that the steam power in present
use on this globe is equal to 120,-
600, 900 horse power. The coal need
ed to supply this steam for a year
would make freight train exceeding
ten times around the earth.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-01-27
Women In the Days Mes.

Mrs. Clarence H. Mackay rnde her
debut as speaker in an adSess in
favor of equal suffrage, in NeN York
City.
Miss Ethel Dickens, granddngh-
ter of Charles Dickens, is the he'd of
o large typewri;ing bureau in Logon,
and is described as keen busiess
woman.
In four States of the Union, Wyca-
ing, Colorado, Idaho and Utah, wo,-
en- possess the same political righ,
as men, voting at all elections O.
the same conditions. In Wyomini
the right has been exercised for fort,
years.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-01-27
WHERE TIE big BASEBALL TEAMS WILL DO THEIR TRAINING.

New York City. -iW With the an
nouncement by Manager Billy Muir
ray. ~ the Philadelphia Club, ehat
the Phillies will do their spring
raining at Southern Pines, N. c., 1t
mas been definitely settled where all
National League.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-01-27

the National and American League
teams will prepare for the champion
ship season.
Following is list of the training
camps Of the big league baseball
teams during the coming spring:
American League.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-01-27

According to a German scientist,
the centre of the earth. is core iof
ircn or similar material, nearly G000
miles in diameter, separated from the
outer stony crust, 1000 miles thick,
by layer of some plastic material.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-01-27

That rainy winds have a marked
effect in consumption has been proved
by twenty years of observation in
Dartmoor and North Devon, England.
The death rate from this disease is
much less il. the sheltered places than
in exposed localities.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-01-27

The value of electricity for heating
purposes. says the Scientific Ameri-
CAN, is illustrated in new electric
glue pot, which has recently been
placed on the market. The economy
Of the device lies in the fact that the
maximum amount Of heat may be ap-
piled instantly when needed, while
the glue may be kept warm at all
times by reduced fow Of current
through the heating cells. The glue
pot. consists of cup in which the
glue is placed, and which is set in a
casing filed with water. The electric
heater is attached to the pot immedi-
ately below the water. A hot water
receptacle is provided in which the
brushes may be kept.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-01-27

Recent balloon observations have,
says the University Correspondent,
shown that bacteria are not absent
from the upper air, as has often been
supposed. At three miles exposed
gelatine plates caught abundant
germs, mostly pigmented, the pig
lment Drobably forming a protection
against ult let rays and cold.
to about 100 o,fsat there wass,ittle
falling Of in the numb Of bacteria
about 100 per cubic foot of air.
An English inventor has devised
process by which it is. possible to
purify rock salt direct, and on basis
which is not commercially prohibit
i've, declares Popular Mechanics.
Hitherto, in preparing white table
salt from rock it has been necessary
to depend upon the evaporation of
brine. The new process consists OF
melting the rock salt through the
molten. mass. Impurities are separ-
ated and deposited, and the salt is
left white and pure. The purified
salt is found to be exceptionally fine.
and, being annydrous, does not cake
after the fashion of brine salt.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1909-09-18
The ALASKA COAL
LAND FRAUD CASE
GARFIELD DRAWN INTO CASE THAT BEARS
PROMISE OF SCANDAL MIXED UP MORE WAYS
THAN ONE IN NOTORIOUS MATTER-END NOT YET

WASHINGTON, September 2,-rhe
widening circles of the Alaska coal
land fraud cases bid fair to include
former Secretary of the Interior Gar
field.
AS the case stands now, a record has
been demanded by President Taft, and
such record would include all the
proceedings during the Roosevelt-Gar-
field administrator as well as under
the Ballinger administration.
1t can be positively stated that Gar
field considered the cases absolutely
closed so far as the claimants were
concerned, and he was merely proceed
ing in the cases in order to have a
final finding made that would clear the
title of the coal fields so that they
might be open to legitimate entry.
That the Alaska coal cases were
understood by Garfield's subordinates
is shown in report prepared by AS
sistant Commissioner of the General
Land Office Schwartz, and presented
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1909-09-18
Rules Are Changed
InAmerican F OOtbaII
(From Pacific Weekly.)

The American style of football as
played by the Eastern colleges and
the preparatory schools throughout
the country will be confined during
the season in San Francisco to the ma
jority of high schools included in the
district about the bay. Although
several of the secondary institutions
have taken up the Rugby game, while
Los Angeles and the Santa Clara
valley schools have adopted 1t en-
tirely, the gridiron game still has a
large following. Changes in the
rules for the season OF 1909 have not
been many, but they are important.
The forward pass, although dis
cussed at some length, has been al
flowed to remain the same as last
year, except that the rules now make
It clear and definite that there is a
zone lying behind the scrimmage line
in which space an end might stand,
and by assuming this position be in
eligible in any event to receive for
ward pass. This position is more
than one foot back of the end of the
scrimmage line, and not a full yard
I to the rear of the line No player oc-
cupying this position is eligible to
! receive forward pass, the object be-
/ ing to make the competitors stand
either up to the scrimmage line or a
full yard back, where the official can
see that he Is not on the line.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1909-09-18
CABLE CHARGE BARRED.

The Commercial Pacific Cable Com
pany, an allied corporation of the Pos
tai Telegraph Cable Company, must
not charge an additional tariff on
Western Union messages sent over Its
Pacific cable. Judge Seawell decided
yesterday that temporary injunction
obtained by the Western Union Com
pany restraining the Commercial Ca
BILE Company from making the addi-
tional charge must continue in force.
Judge Seawell ruled that the additional
charge against Western Union mes
sages by the Pacific Gable Company
was discriminatory, although not an
unreasonable charge. The Western
Union Company alleged that unless the
Injunction was continued it would be
driven out of the Pacific cable business.
IS. F. Examiner.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1909-09-18

The most vital change in the rules
is that regarding scoring. For sew
eral seasons the advlsaDility of re-
ducing the value OF a field goal has
been debated, and particularly the
suggestion OF reducing the value of a
kicked goal from Placement. This
year the matter took definite form,
and the value OF a field goal has been
changed from four to three points,
regardless of how goal from the
field might be scored.
Another change, and still import
tant, is the provision that a team
having a kickout may have the op,
ton of taking the kick, as has been
the case in the past, or having the
ball down for a scrimmage on its
own twenty-five-yard line. This pro-
vides a great release to any team
driven down into its goal, particu-
larly in the face of a strong wind.
The change will permit team that
has been forced to make a touch
back TO have some chance to escape
its difficulty.
Previously such a team was forced
to punt out while the opponents
waited for the bali, in an effort to
make fair catch, or failing in that,
still to have good chance at drop
kick and score. The defensive side
was forbidden to kick the ball out of
bounds, which fact left it in a help
less position. The change gives the
defensive team a chance at the run
ming game and an opportunity to
work the ball out a little way at
least, with the possibility of further
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1909-09-18
CASES UNDER GARFIELD.

The Alaska cases were first held up
under Garfield by reason OF telegram
from Special Agent Lewis CLAWS. Gla-
Wis lated satisfied the department that
in the language of Schwartz's report
the schemes were entirely fraudulent
in their inception 1t was then Or
dered that the claims be pushed to a
final hearing, not with the end in view
of granting the patents, but so as to
wipe out, formally, the last vestige OF
the fraudulent entries and so clear the
title to the coal lands to the end that
future bona fide entrymen may not
be harassed by litigation based upon
the original frauds.
1t is known that after Secretary Bal
linger had resigned from the public
service and visited Secretary Garfield
at the home of the later at Mentor,
Ohio, ABOUT a year ago, it was to urge
as attorney, the reopening of the coal
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1909-09-18

gain. Again, if held, the ball can be
passed from the scrimmage line for
a punt, and kicked out of bounds, a
play perfectly legitimate, and thus
render the attempt of an opponent
to make a fair catch less.
In many games last year the ref
cree blew his whistle to indicate a
foul, sometimes inadvertently, and as
the signal made the ball dead it was
impossible for the offended side TO
take advantage of whatever run they
made by refusing the penalty. For
this season the rules this year call
particular attention to the fact that
the referee should never, under any
circumstances, blow his whistle, thus
to indicate a foul. However, If he
should do so by mistake the ball is
still dead and the play must stop.
AS there was said to be some mis-
understanding at times regarding
the limitations of positions a rule
has been made to show that the linn
itations apply only to the team on
the offense, but an attempt at an
evasion in order to get around the
rule will not be permitted by the Of
ficials.
One or two changes were also made
for the sake of making the penalties
uniform and it has been suggested
by the rules committee that the posi-
ton of the referee should be behind
the line of offense always. The rules
committee this year was composed
Of Crawford Blagden of Harvard,
Parke H. Davis of Princeton, DR.. w.
A. Lambeth of Harvard and w. s..
Langford of Trinity.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1909-09-18

by Schwartz to a select committee OF
the house of representatives on jan
uary 30, 1909.
In that report, and referring to the
same CLAIMS now under dispute, Sch
wartz said:
SCHWARTZ'S REPORT.
Investigation has shown that the
most valuable coal deposits in Alaska
have been cornered by claims; and
~ has been proven that hundreds OF
these claims were located by prospec-
tors in the employ of wealthy specula-
tors. In other instances men had
entered into contracts to pool their is
sues and form q corporation. This
was illegal under existing laws
Schwartzs report goes on to speak
of the law of May %, 1908, which AS
sistant Secretary of the Interior Pierce
ruled had cured fraud in the Alaska
cases. Schwartzs report says At is
not thought, however, that congress
intended nor that the terms OF the
&C will permit the contamination OF
schemes winch were entirely fraudu-
lent in their inception.
Fred bennett, commissioner of the
general land Office, was present at the
hearing when Schwartz's report was
read.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1909-09-18
PoTTIE'a SPECIFICS.

Politics. remedies for live stock,
which are regarded as a necessity
on the big ranches of Australia, are
becoming better and more favorably
known throughout these Islands. AL
though standard remedies for more
than 100 years, they are compare
lively new here. In the short time
since their introduction, however,
thy have taken hold in marvellous
way and are now depended upon by
all up-to-date and successful stock
men and breeders. For any disease
of animals write or consult DR.. Polite
at his offices in Union street near
Hotel.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1909-09-18

land cases. This was refused and
Ballinger hau to be content with mere
ly filing certain atfidavits for his
clients.
The curious thing about the present
situation is that Assistant Secretary
Frank Pierce, together with bennett
and Schwartz, are meeting the attack
that is being made upon the Alaska
coal land cases. These men were all
in the department with Garfield when
the cases were held to be fraudulent
in their inception"
WORTH A BILLION DOLLARS.
The Alaska coal land cases, which
are the bone of contention in the ca
btnet row that President Taft has
taken up, probably represent the great
est single stake ever played for in this
country.
Not only are there great veins OF
bituminous coal but also fields of an
thracite, all making a deposit worth
hundreds of millions of dollars. 1t
has been entimated that the Alaska
coal fields are easily worth a billion
dollars besides giving the United States
a tremendous advantage both in COM
merce and war on the Pacific ocean.
For such stake will the fight wage
before President Taft.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1909-09-18
COOK SAYS HE HAS PROOFS.

CAPE RACE, September 1S.-"1ell
America to have the fullest confidence
in my conquest of the North role. l
nave the full record of the observations
taken by me while on the trip, and
these will prove the truth of my claim"
said Dr.. Cook to a correspondent of the
Associated Press, according to wire
less message received here yesterday
from the steamship Oscar, on which
Dr. Cook is returning to this country.
The steamer, with the intrepid ex-
plorer on board, will reach New York
some time Monday.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1909-09-18
TAFT PRAISES
NEW TARIFF LAW
ASSOCIATED Press Morning Service.

ASSOCIATED Press Morning Service.)
WINONA, Minnesota, September Is.
President Taft, in a speech delivered
here last night, defended the Payne
bill, which he characterized the Jest
tariff measure which ever passed Con-
gress.
The President further asserted that
the insurgents abandoned the party In
the fight. This State is veritabie
hotbed of Republican insurgents.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1909-09-18
NEW MINISTER FROM CHINA

4, PICKING, September 1S-Chang Ying
Tang who has been appointed to sue
coed DR.. WI Ting Fans as Envoy Elk
Itraordinary and Minister Plenipoten-
tiary to the United States, departed
yesyesterday for his new post at Wash
ington.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1909-09-18
JOHNSON VERY NEAR DEATH.

ROCHESTER,, Minnesota, September
1S.-At late hour last night it was
announced that Governor Johnson was
very low and not likely to survive the
night.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1909-09-18
TOLsToI Is EIGHTY-oNB.

MOSCOW, September 1S.-Count Leo
Tolstoi yesterday celebrated his eighty
first birthday
The Green Forest tribune., 1909-07-09

which the village had suffered and the three muskets in his army were of no avail especially as none of the of ficers in command could be induced to get near enough to the bold beasts to risk shot.
 About the second hour of darkness the cattle in the village became very restless. The wind was from the south and as the half full moon was so bright that any skulking animal near the village would have been noticed, Drayton and I agreed that the lion was in a little coppe of rocks about half mile up the wind. We had not had time before dark tc examine any of the old spoor and knowing merely that there was at least lioness with cubs among the lot, we set out in stead of waiting until they approached the stream. Drayton carried special 50.50 Winchester and I Parker ten gauge, which had loaded with special shells of dense powder and buckshot set in wax.
 When within 50 yards of the koppe splendid animal form rose out of the rocks and stood facing us his fore paws on a huge boulder. We were hidden by the clumps of brush through which we had been working and he did not see us. Slowly and majestic ally he surveyed the little plain then, thrusting out his ponderous jaw ut tered roar that went laundering down the reaches of moonlit silence.
 It was with difficulty that could re- strain Drayton from risking shot from where we stood. The lion he'd his pose and ducking under cover of the brush and treading softly on the sand we hurried forward to the first ridge of rocks. To pass these, we must attract his notice to certainty, so Drayton dropped on one knee while with every nerve tingling and my eyes and ears astrain to catch any sign of his mate, who might be just beyond the ridge for all we knew, I waited for Drayton's shot. He chose the chest and the crash of the Winchester went echoing among the rocks. The mag nificent beast leaped ten feet in the air, then came rolling, tumbling, claw ing down our side of the koppe di- rectiy toward us. His wounded roar was answered from other directions. There were two other lions on the other side of the koppe and one in the rocks and brush not 20 yards from us to the right. But we had not time to think of them. The wounded lion got to his feet with incredible energy and quickness. As he leaped, with another roar poured both barrels of my Parker into his body. That was enough. He landed in convulsions and it was fortunate that he had enough There was crash in the
The Green Forest tribune., 1909-07-09

brush to the right and bounding into the moonlight giving terrible voice, came his mate She stopped as she caught sight of us. Never have I broken and loaded gun mol quickly. Drayton had pumped in another shell and without pausing to more than swing on his knee and cover, he let drive and missed, barely raking her shoulder. She bit hastily at the wound and then came for us lie a thunder bolt. I meant to pull both barrels, but gave her the right. She wavered trifle, but was on us before | could fire again. She knocked Drayton flat and his head, striking rock, he lay senseless, while her outstretched talons tore his rife fror his hands and tumbled it clattering among the bushes. Her momentum carried her over him and her body merely brushed me. leaped one pace to the right and swinging my piece without even bringing it to shoulder drove the bucks into her throat. She was in the act of whirling to rush upon Dray- ton, but now dropped in her final agony rolling over and over on him, one blind blow from her paws tearing half the clothes from his body but leaving him unhurt. did not know then but that she had crushed his skull as she leaped, but raging him aside saw that he was merely stunned and was now coming around. By permission of Longmans, Green & Co.,, New York.
 Copyright, 1909, by Benj. B. Hampton.)
The Green Forest tribune., 1909-07-09

I Gas otherwise they would not be oc- | cupying this hilD.
 However, they could not see any
 thing of us. as it was then quite dark. | And we went farther on among the mountains. In the early morning | light we crossed the deep river-bed of the Umchingwe River, and, in do- ing so, noticed the fresh spoor of a 1 lion in the sand. We went on and had | a good look at the enemy's stronghold; :; | and on our way back, as we ap- preached this river-bed, agreed to go | quietly, in case the lion should be moving about in it. On looking down over the bank, my heart jumped into my mouth when I saw a grand old
 brute just walking in behind a bush. Jackson did not see him, but was off his horse as quickly as I was, and ready with his gun: too ready, indeed, | for the moment that the lion appeared, | walking majestically out from behind the bush that had hidden him, Jack son fired hurriedly, striking the ground under his foot, and, as we afterwards discovered, knocking off one of his | claws.
 "The lion tossed up his shaggy head and looked at us in dignified surprise. | Then I fired and hit him with a leaden bullet from the Lee-Metford. He reeled, sprang round, and staggered a few paces, when Jackson, who was using a Martini-Henry, let him have one in the shoulder This knocked him over sideways, and he turned about, growing sayagely.
 q could scarcely believe that we had got lion at last, but resolved to make sure of it; so, telling Jackson not to fire unless it was necessary (for fear of spelling the skin with the larger bullet of the MartinD, I went down closer to the beast and fired a shot at the back of his neck as he turned his head momentarily away from me. The bullet went through his spine and came out through the lower jaw, killing him.
 We were pretty delighted at our success, but our nigger was mad with happiness, for a dead lion-provided ], he is not a man-eater-haS many in valuable gifts for Kaffir, in the shape of love-philtres, charms against dis ease or injury, and medicines that produce bravery. It was quite de- | lightfu to shake hands with the mighty paws of the dead lion, to pull at his magnificent tawny mane, and | to look into his great deep, yellow eyes, Then we set to work to skin him; two of us skinning while the l other kept watch in case of the enemy | sneaking up to catch us while we were | thus occupied We found that he was 1 fat, and also that he had been much
 wounded by porcupines, portions of
 whose quills had pierced the skin, and
 lodged in his flesh in several places.
 Our nigger cut out the eyes, gall-blad-
 der, and various bits of the lions
 anatomy, as fetich medicine. I filled
 my carbine-bucket with some of the
 fat, as I knew my two boys Diamond
 and M'tini, would very greatly value | it. Then, after hiding the head in a
 neighboring bush where we could find it again, we packed the skin on to
 one of the ponies and returned to
 camp nightly pleased with our
 selves"
 By permission of Longmans, Green & Co.,, New York.
 Copyright, 1sos by Benj B. Hampton.)
The Green Forest tribune., 1909-07-09

to a mortal end under the paws of Nubian lion. It would be the irony of fate, but that is what nearly happened to me some years ago. With perils innumerable behind us the two white men of the party, one gold-seeker the other pure adyenturer of the type of Tanner, nearly came to an end.
 We frequently left the river and navigable tributaries which we were working out slowly, to explore the ra- vines for high bars, never taking with us more than four bearers, though at times we were absent from the main party outfit for fortnight, knowing it was entirely safe in the care of a thin cross-eyed Arabian ex-chasseur who was a born voyageur with tinge of Napoleon and the Devil anG Uncle Tom in him. He was true as salt Arabian and the blood brother Senegal negro are two types of dark skinned men with whom I would as soon face danger and difficulty as with any white men that live.
 One night we were about to make camp when we encountered party of women and girls bearing water jars and they told us of village a mile further on. Before we reached the village we were met by the chief and his induanas who begged us to make a stay with them as they were seri ously troubled with lions. Two of the chiefs horses and two of his wives had been killed among the losses