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Evening star., 1909-02-15
CAPTAIN MISTOok HIS COURSE
STRUCK ROCKS OFF NEW ZEA-
LAND WITH TERRIFIC FORCE.
Ship Sank Fifty Minutes Later
Two Boat Loads of Women and
Children Missing.

WELLINGTON, New Zealand, Febru-
ary 15.-Details of the wreck of the steam
ship Penguin off Cape Terawhiti on Fri
day reached here today. The captain
mistook his course in the thick weather
that prevailed, believing that he was
many miles from dangerous points. After
striking the rocks with terrific force the
Penguin slid off into deep water and be-
gan to sink. The captain remained on the
bridge, steering the vessel into a shelter
ed position, so that the launching of the
boats could be carried on without danger.
The ship struck the rocks about 10 o'clock
and sank fifty minutes later The boilers
exploded and the vessel went down i'm
mediately afterward. Two boat loads of
women and children are still missing.
Fifty-two bodies have been recovered
from the wreck. Six of those aboard the
Penguin are unaccounted for. In all.
the passengers and crew numbered about
100
The ship struck about 10 o'clock at
night, but the captain remained on the
bridge, and. after his Vessel slid into
deep water, was able TO steer her closer
into shore.
The seas were running high and the
Rats Better Than Boats
small boats and RATS, which were has
tlly launched, could not withstand the
waves. Both boats and RATS were over
turned. but while the boats practically
sank. the RATS righted themselves again
number of times
Many acts Of heroism were performed.
some of the stronger of those struggling
In the water helping the weaker ones to
regain the frail crafts
After several hours Of buffeting, the
Of
reached the shore. demonstrating that
RATS are more serviceable than boats in
heavy sea, close to a rocky shore.
One Of the RATS with ten mon thrice
capsized within a short distance of land
but all scrambled back and were ulti-
mately cast upon the cliff and We're saved.
Four boats came ashore some hours later,
all of them badoly crushed.
Evening star., 1909-02-15
AWAKENED BY ALARM BELLS
OCCUPANTS OF DARLINGTON
AROUSED ABOUT 6 O'CLOCK.
Flames Confined to the Basement by
the Firemen and Damage Re-
suits of About $500.

fire. supposed to have been caused
by spontaneous combustion. broke out
about O'Clock this morning in the base
18th street between Columbia road and
$500 damage.
Although the apartment house is still
under the course of construction. num-
ber of families were occupying apart
ments, and they were aroused from their
sumbers when the fire bells were heard
in the neighborhood. When they found
that the fire was In the basement of the
building they dressed hurriedly. but the
firemen quieted their fears when they
told them the flames were under control.
Originated in the Basement.
The fire broke out among some building
materials, paints and oils which had
been left in the basement in the rear
of the building. The flames had gained
considerable Roadway before they were
discovered by a janitor Of the building,
who ran to the corner of 18th and Irving
streets northwest and turned in an alarm
from box S12. Engine companies. Nos.
IL, 21, and truck company 6 respond
ed and soon several streams of water
were playing upon the flames. For a
time the firemen had considerable diff
Guilty in fighting the fire because of the
dense smoke but after they had broken
open a number of windows the smoke
cleared away and they got the fire under
control.
While the fire was being fought by the
way of the basement windows and doors
other firemen went to the second floor,
where the flames had burned through the
flooring In five or six places. and kept
them from spreading to the upper floors.
The building is owned by Harry Wardman
of 2432 Columbia road northwest, and the
loss is covered by insurance.
Firemen Slightly Injured.
While the fire department was fighting
a fire in a warehouse shortly after )
o'clock yesterday morning at 3O1-303 7th
street southwest Privates NJ. j. Berry
and W. H. Smoot of engine company
No. and Ladderman W. H. Nash of
truck company No. were slightly in
jured. ladder had been placed against
the building when a heavy shelf built
out from one of the windows on the third
floor fell and struck the firemen. Nash
was standing on the ladder attempting
to force entrance when his hand
slipped and broke the glass, thereby cut
ting his hand
The origin of the fire Is unknown. The
damage amounted to about 500.
Evening star., 1909-02-15
LONDON MARKETS.
Special CabIcgram to The Star.

Special CabIcgram to The Star.
LONDON, February 15.-There was nc
Improvement in the domestic depart
ments in the late afternoon trading al
the stock exchange. An encouraging fac.
tor was the securing of 100000 gold
from the cape by the Bank OF England
but operators in general were disposed tc
wait upon the developments at the open.
ing of parliament tomorrow American
railway shares were firm at the officia
closing on advices from New York
A cheerful tone was maintained on the
curb. Foreign securities were in good
spots. owing to support from Paris De-
Beer; turned weak and closed with a net
loss of 1l-l6 at II a-l6. Rio Tintos CLOSED
with a decline of ls at II. The conti-
mental bourses were firm.
Evening star., 1909-02-15
BALTIMORE GRAIN.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
BALTIMORE. Md. February l5.-WHEAT.
Strong: spot contract, 1.1Shal. 1S3s: spot No. 2
red western. 1.1shal. 1873: February. 1.1S1aa
l.lsA: May. 1.l71sal 17S.; steamer No. red.
l5al .l3l. receipts. 5.4OO bushels; southern on
grade. l.15a1 lSla.
CORN-Dull; spot contract 69lsa691t: Febru-
ary. 69sa69h: March 69lsa69h: May. 70lsa7OA
steamer mixed, G7lsa67A: receipts, 4O.9SS bush
els; exports. s9.22s bushels southern white
corn. 70aI2: southern yellow corn. 67a69.
OATS-Firmer; No. 2 white, 56I.a57; No. 3
white. 55a56: No. mixed. o41a asked: receipts.
10. $50 bushels.
RYE-Ffrmer: No. western domestic. SASSY
receipts Lola bushels.
HAY-Quiet; No. l timothy, H.5Oa15.OO; No.
clover mixed. II .lOal2OO.
GRAIN FREIGHTS-Quiet: steam to Liver
pool. per bushel, 1l1d February; Cork for orders,
per quarter. Is February.
Evening star., 1909-02-15
A Plucky Girl.
from the Kansas City Star.

There is inspiration for Missouri
students in the story of Mabel Sturtevant.
the Brookfield girl who has just won
the William Braun scholarship prize OF
more than $500 in a competition open
to the world. Although SO poor that
Mrs. Sturtevant had to raise vegetables
and take boarders. and Mabel had to
interrupt her studies by working for
three years, the girl got through the State
University and won a trip to Europe
where she learned of the prize she has
just won. 1t is stipulated that the prize
must be spent in travel, and Miss Sturte-
want is going to take her mother ON
world tour.
Evening star., 1909-02-15
Government Securities,
Whistling Sign Of Contempt.
From the Toronto Globe.

A Moroccan shows his contempt of any
thing by whistling. A conflict between
tribesmen and battalion of French
troops was recently precipitated by the
whistling of a locomotive on a railway
being constructed near Casablanca. 1.-The
giaours are laughing at u.s. said a chief
tain when the construction engine gave a
toot to warn the natives at work on the
line to look out. The Arabs went wild
mounted their horses and rode on the
whistling enemy. They had to be calm
ed with the whistling of rifle balls.
Evening star., 1909-02-15
Never Gives Up.

From the Houston Post.
II just had to marry him. he told mo
he never gave up anything he loved"
"Wel.. it's good to have husband who
loves one.''
"Y-e-s, but have learned that he loves
money, also"
Evening star., 1909-02-15
Nature Fake Potato.

sweet potato more than two feet long.
but nowhere more than an inch in dame
ter. is on exhibition in Lamar. The man
who dug it at first tried to kill 1t for
a snake.
Evening star., 1909-02-15
Closing Quotations.

Closing Quotations.
following stocks had changed in price
since above quotations. there being nc
change in balance of the closing prices:
RAILROADS.
Atchison, Top. & S. Fe., CON-, 1O17s.
Atlantic Coast Line. 12O12.
Baltimore & Ohio. COM, 1O9ai.
Brooklyn Rapid Transit, 72as.
Canadian Pacific. 174A.
e. c. G. & st. L.. COM, Az
Chesapeake & Ohio, g.
Chicago. Mil and ST Paul. COM. 147as
Denver and Rio Grande, COM, 475s.
Erie, COM. 32ss.
Erie, 1st pfd.. 4Sls.
Great Northern, pfd.. 144
Hooking Valley, COM, 91la.
Interboro. Met, COM. 1914.
Interboro. Met. pfd., 44A.
Kan. City Southern. COM. 42ls.
Louisville and Nashville. 129A.
Mexican Central. ctfs., 22as.
Mo-, Kan. and Tex. CON-, 1875.
Missouri Pacific, 72N.
New York Central and Hud. r., lbs.
n. Y, Chi. and ST. Louis. com. so.
n. Y, Ontario and Western. 4S.
Norfolk and Western. 91A.
Northern Pacific 1467s.
PITTS. Gin. Chicago & ST. L.. 911a.
Reading, com. 134.
ST l.. & San Fran. I'd pfd.. 402s.
Southern Pacific, COM, 12O.
Southern Pacific, pfd. 1224.
Southern Railway. conn.,, 263s.
Southern Railway, pfd.. 641a.
Texas & Pacific, 37b.
Third Avenue, ~.
Tol. St. Louis & West COM. 49I
Toledo. St. Louis & West. 2fd., 7OA.
Union Pacific. CON-, 1915.
Wabash, CON-, 10.
Wabash. pfd.. 80.
Wisconsin Central, COM, 42ln.
Wisconsin Central, pfd., S4E.
INDUSTR1ALS.
Amalgamated Copper, 76.s.
Am. Can. pfd.. 7J%.
Am Car & Fdry.. com. 51Ss.
Am. Cotton Oil. COM. JAa
Am. Ice Securities. 22M.
Am Smelling & Ref. COM, S17s.
Am. Smelling & Ref. pfd., 1O4a4.
Am. Sugar & Ref. COM. 1925.
Am. Wooden. pfd. 96.
Colorado Fuel & Iron, CON-, 4Os.
Col. & Hooking Coal and Iron. 25A
Distillers' Securities, 31A.
National Lead. CON-. sou.
Pacific Mail Steamship. 81.
Peoples Gas of Chicago, 113h.
Republic Iron & Steel. CON-. -.
L. S. Rubber, pfd., 1O3.
L. S. Steel, com, 53A.
Western Union Tel, 6S.
Westinghouse Elec. Man., S5.
BONDS.
Inter. Metro AVS. SO4.
Penna Convert. 31's 1915, 9Jas.
Southern Ry. IS. 112ls.
L. S. Steel I'd 5's, 1914.
Evening star., 1909-02-15
GRAIN AND PROVISIONS.

CHICAGO, February 15.-The bull cam
paign in wheat was checked temporarily
today by the severe storm, which cut off
telegraph communication with many parts
or the country and confined business
mainly to local operations. Owing to
lower prices at Liverpool sentiment in
the pit was bearish. and prices declined
about 11c from Saturdays final quota
tions. May opened IL to 14c lower, at
1875 to 1.13a4; sold at 1.137s and then de-
clined to 1.13ss.
Corn opened easy in sympathy with
wheat, and rallied on covering by shorts.
Trade was quiet. Prices at the start
were shade higher to 1sc lower. May
opened at 64e to 64As Later May ad-
vanced to 647sa65.
Trade in oats was dull, and the market
was steady. May opened a shade to IA
lower, at 53A, sold at .31s and then up to
53ss
Provisions were firm. owing to a 10 to
10 cent advance in live hogs. Prices at
the opening were 21aa5c higher
Despite the narrowness OF trade the
May wheat delivery was forced up to
I:il&. the highest point for the season
Inc market weakened late in the session
owing to a liberal increase in the amount
OF wheat on passage. The July and Sep
tember deliveries We're especially weak
The close was weak with May 1aal.
lower at 1.l35sa1. 1874.
Owing to the scarcity of offerings Nav
corn advanced to 65a65ls. The marke,
closed firm. with May up "a at 64s.
Close: Wheat-May. 1.13ssa 134; July
1.0ols; September. 95la; December. 90
Corn-February. 611a; May, 64s July
6iAa6iss; September. 64A.
Oats-May, o3ss: July. 4sis; September,
Pork-May. 169Oa16 92la: July, 17.Oo1s
Lard-May, 9.65; July. .9771a.
Ribs-May, S.s71a; July, 9.o5
Rye-Cash. 76l2.
Barley-Cash. 62a67
ClOVer-Marcb
Evening star., 1909-02-15
FOREIGN BANKS.

LONDON, Feb. 15.-Bulion amounting
to G29.OOO was taken into the Bank OF
England on balance today.
Bar silver closed dull at 23 11-16d pe1
ounce.
BERLIN, February 15.-EXchange or
London. 20 marks 81 pfennigs for checks
Discount rate-Short bills, ~ per cent
three-month bills, IA per cent
PARIS, February 15.-Closing: Three
per cent rentes. 81 francs 95 centimes fo,
the account.
Exchange on London, % francs pig CEN
times for checks.
Evening star., 1909-02-15
The World of Finance and Trade.
Washington; New York; London.
NEW YORK STOCK MARKET.

Furnished by W. b. Hibbs & Co.. bank
ers and brokers. Hibbs building members
New York Stock Exchange. Washington
Stock Exchange and Chicago Board of
Trade
Evening star., 1909-02-15

The range in the prices of these secur-
tiles during this period is shown by the
highest level reached in each for the
week ended January II and the week
ended Saturday last. These highs are Is
follows:
Evening star., 1909-02-15
Liverpool Grain Prices.

C1 P001 01o11I TUGS.
LIVERPOOL, February 15.-Closing:
Wheat-Spot strong; No. red western
winter. SIS 4d; futures quiet: March, Is
lid: May. IS 1Od: July. is 1O1ad
COrn-Spot steady; new American mixed
is 7lad; futures dull March, IS Sad; MAY,
is Sad.
Peas-Canadian steady, rs i'd
Plour-Winter patents firm, 29s Cd
Hops in London Pacific coast steady.
ga G2 les.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1909-04-22

Swinging like a pendulum at the
end OF two-hundred-and-fif d-fifty-foot
rope against the side of a five-hun-
dred-foot cliff. with Jagged rocks far
below and nothing but one bare hand
with which to fight off the fierce on
slaught OF an immense eagle whose
nest he was attempting to rob-this
was the awful predicament in which
Arthur Williams, a young man of
Riverton. Wyo., found himself one
day early in June last year. With
the welfare of her nestlings at stake,
the great bird attacked the despoiler
of her home with inconceivable fury
and only to a lucky chance does WILL
Jams owe his life.
Riverton is a new town on that
portion OF the Cheyenne and Arapa-
hoe Indian reservation which was
opened to settlement last year, and
in the country thereabouts mountain
lions, timber wolves, coyotes, eagles,
bears, etc, can be found.
Before the Indian reservation was
formally opened to the whites for set
tlement the fiockmasters were per-
mitted TO Craze their sheep over the
country, and it gradually became
known among the sheepmen that over
in Lost Well Canyon there were a
pair of eagles who made a speciality
of devouring young lambs. Try as
they might, however, the shepherds
were unable to get shot at either of
these great birds. and for several
years they were the terrors of the
district
Hunters with their Winchesters
often lay in wait for the big birds,
hoping to get a shot at them, but
with the proverbial keen eyesight of
such creatures, the cables detected
the nimrods and never came within
gunshot when the nest was being
watched
During the spring of 1908 the two
old eagles were more successful than
ever in raiding the flocks of the
sheepmen. and accordingly a special
effort was made TO exterminate them.
To that effort Arthur Williams owes
the appalling adventure which befell
him.
Williams and two friends made a
trip out to Lost Well Canyon to in
vestigate the chances of trapping the
eagles in their nest. A ride of eight
miles over rough mountain trails
brought them to the canyon, half way
up the perpendicular side of which
they saw the horizontal cleft in which
the wise old birds had built their
nest. At the foot of the cliff directly
under the cleft was a pile of bones
the remains of lambs thrown out of
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of the cliff, half way down which the
eagles nest had been built.
There's nothing to be done from
here, either" Faid one OF the men
despondently. 1--WE might just as
well go back home; we shall never
reach that nest"
While the men stood and talked
from far down below them there rose
the shrill. piping cry of young birds
Young ones!" said Williams. II
wish we could get them alive; they
would be worth money to us"
''No use to bother; you'll have to
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1909-04-22

the dark hole, where he could here
the eaglets talking"
Slowly he swung around, bracing
his foot against the rocky wall until
he faced the cleft and could give his
attention to the nest.
Suddenly, screaming wildly with
rage and fright. out from the dark
cleft came the old mother bird. Like
stone from eatapult she flung SER
self at Williams face
Dismayed by the suddenness of the
attack, Williams recoiled, his foot
slipped from the wall, and his body
spun around and out of reach as the
huge bird went past him. He did not
escape altogether scratchless, for one
claw, life a knife blade, cut across
his cheek, and in an instant the blood
was flowing from a cut half an inch
deep.
Only few yards did the old eagle
fly, then she wheeled and with the
speed of an arrow shot once more at
the man hanging at the end OF the
rope before her nest.
1ais time Williams braced himself
and with his stout stick ready in his
right hand awaited the onslaught of
the big bird. His left hand grasped
the rope.
The eagle struck Williams on the
head with her wing and at the same
moment Williams dashed at the bird
with his stick. Such was the fury
and strength OF the creature. how
ever, that the stick flew from Will
Jams hand and went whirling
through space to the bottom Of the
canyon far below.
Pecking, clawing and striking
stunning blows with her terrible
wings, the big bird beat the air in
front of Williams face, holding her
position and tearing savagely at the
head and face of the would-be de-
spoiler of her home. Her screams
were incessant.
Meanwhile on top of the cliff there
was utter rconsternation. The attention
or one man was necessarily taken up
with the rope, and a slip on his part
meant instant death to Williams in
the way Of a fall to the rocks at the
foot of the precipice. With a rife
in his hand the other man watched
that nightmare fight in midair far
below him. He could not shoot with
out endangering Williams even more
than the eagle.
Just then things were going very
badly with the nest robber. Blood
was flowing from dozen cuts on his
head and face, his hand was lacer-
ated, the clothing about his shoul-
ders was cut in ribbons. Moreover he
was half stunned, and but for the
loop in the end Of the rope would
have fallen to his death. He had no
time to give directions to his COM
rades and simply had to fight the bat
tie out alone.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1909-04-22
THE MAN WHO GAVE HIMSELF
Story Which Had Lasting Erect on a Great
Business Mans Life.

Sentiment and business are not
such strangers as one might at first
think. The following tale, taken
from the Worlds Work, was told by
a man of affairs, who handles mill
ions of dollars every year The les
son Of the story had been a lasting in
fiuence in this business mans life.
The two boys concerned in the narra-
tive were his college classmates.
One of them was farmland, a big,
brawny, slow chap who had made up
his mind years before to get out of
the day laborer class. He had saved
for a long time, and the local minis
ter had helped him along with his
lessons and coached him for college.
Finally, with 4 few hundred hard
saved dollars. he had taken the en-
trance examinations and been ad-
mitted. / never saw a man with a
more stubborn resolve to lift him
self peg or two. He knew his limi-
tations, and didn't aim too high, but
he was determined to get along. to
be. say, a lawyer in a country town;
and the path seemed open before
him, although his mental slowness
and lack of early advantages meant
that it would take him twice as long
as it would a clever youngster.
His roommate was the son of a
country doctor, his very antithesis,
clever and quick, easily the head of
his class, who had been brought up
in substantial comfort, with no
thought on the boys part where the
money came from.
The two became fast friends. The
doctors son used to help the other
with his studies, and the ex-farm-
hand looked up to his superior quick
ness with sort of awed admiration
which was pathetic to see.
One day, about the end or the first
year, the doctors SON received a let
ter from home. His father had died
suddenly. and his mother had aus
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take It out In wishing" said the thire
member of the party. Come on,
let's go home"
All right. III go home now, but
I'm coming back tomorrow after
those BIRDS" said Williams.
The next day found the three
young men back at the cliff. They
had mapped out a scheme whereby
they hoped to get the young birds,
and had brought with them $50 feet
OF stout rope, far more than enough
TO reach them from the top of the
cliff down to the bottom of the can
yon. To make quite sure of this,
however, they first lowered the rope
weighted with a stone down the face
OF the rock and saw that while there
yet remained a big coil at their feet
the weighted end of the rope rested
on the floor of the canyon.
Then the rope was hauled back and
tight loop made in one end. This
was paid out over the edge of the
cliff until it hung directly in front of
the eagles nest. The other end of
the rope was hitched around a con-
venient tree.
During all this time the men kept
close watch for the old eagles, but
saw nothing of them.
on hunting lambs, I suppose"
said one of the young fellows.
Then Williams stepped forward,
laid hold Of the rope and quickly dis
appeared over the side, sliding down.
ward, using one leg, around which
the line was wrapped, as a brake to
keep himself from going too fast.
Across his shoulders was slung a
stout bag in which he intended plac-
ing the little eagles when he secured
them. In one hand he carried a stout
stick for use in an emergency; the
other hand grasped the rope.
Down, down he went, until Just in
front Of the eyrie. Then he slipped
one leg through the loop at the end
OF the cord and turned to look into
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cumbed to the shock a few hours
later. 1t presently turned out that
the father had had nothing except a
good income from practice; so the
boy was left high and dry.
He had long talks with his chum
about the matter and told him that it
was evidently all up, so far as his ca
reer was concerned; he had not the
stamina which would enable him to
earn his own living while going
through college, and he accepted the
event as meaning that he would be
side-tracked for the rest of his life.
Shortly he had to return home to set
tie up some family affairs.
A few days later he received a let
ter from his roommate, which ran
something as follows:
Dear Jack. I've been thinking
things over. There's no possible
question that you'll get more out Of
college course than / could. You'll
surely make a mark in the world. I
can never be more than a fourth-rate
lawyer. Economically considered,
therefore, to educate me and leave
'I enclose a check for the amount
I've saved, which was to give me my
course. This will see you through,
with strict economy.
"Of course, know you won't want
to do this; but I've thought it all out.
and it's the plain common sense of
the situation. Moreover, l shall dis
appear by the time you receive this,
and nobody will know where I am.
So you couldn't return the check,
anyhow.
"Good-by and good luck"
The doctors son took his college
course, and is doing very well to-day;
and he has never seen his friend
since. tos
1t is possible that he got more out
Of G college coarse than his friend
might have got, Whether he will get
more cut Of iif- q another question.