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THE MATHEWS JOURNAL. '
VOL. II. . MATHEWS C. H., VA., THURSDAY JULY 20, ?905. NO. '&2\
FATE.
The nky 1? clouded. the rock? ar*? bare!
The ?prav of the teinpe?t i? white in air;
The winds aro out with the wave*, at play.
And I ahall not tempt the ?tea to-day.
The trail is narrow, the wood is dim.
The panther dines to the arching limb;
And the hon'a wnelps are abroaa at play.
And ? shall not join in the chase to-day.
But the ship sailed safelv over the sea,
And the hunters came from the chase in
?lee;
And the town that was buildi'd upon a
rock
.Was swallowed up in the earthquake shock.
-Bret Harte.
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ANIGHT OnThlT
PUY'CLALLAM.
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LL wild boasts ?re now
? Brack inoro afraid of men
than in former times, and
_ this droad of mankind has
? M Increased as human weap?
ons bsve grown moro deadly.
Once and once only have I seen a
panther that was other than a skulk?
ing, timorous brute. Intent only on
escape. It was fifteen yoars ago. on
tin- Olympic shore and range, south
of tho Strait of Juan do Fuoa. I then
held a kind of roving commission from
the Smithsonian Institution. I was
hut twenty-tWO, and was thus put on
my BaetttS to penetrate, unvisited quar?
ters of tho world and keep my eyes
open.
And that time the region was a ver?
itable terra incognita. On the map it
Is termed (lallam County, but for a
hur?dred miles east and west, particu?
larly among the mountains, it was then
as primitive and savage4 as when our
raes first sot foot"on the continent
It was MM vast tangle Of brush and
rotting tree trunks, whioh gave way
like wet pepee1 underfoot, letting the
unwary explorer through into unsus?
pected holes, where hS might, very pos?
sibly, find himself in tho lair of a griz?
zly that had novor yot learned gun
fear. Hoars and panthers ?rere th,">
uionnrohs of this solitude.
Unmanly speaking, too. 't was a law?
less coast. Scattered along the shore,
often leagnea spart, were ? few
"lookouts" of otter-hunters, who wore
a l*.w unto themselves, and ?lid not bes
itate to semi a far-killing ballot after
these who intruded OB their "ranges."
The lakes of ? few Victoria Bauer
men might be stnnibted on during the
SOB. About the river months one
Would at times catch glimpses of an
Indian eanoo. or a thin lino <f smoke
rising at sunrise of snnBtt But Ike
forest was too dense, rank and tangled
for good hunting, and the Indians and
half-breeds here Were mainly those
whom murder or other crimes had ren?
dered outcasts.
In some expectation of finding the
precious metals. I had been trying to
reach a high mountain valley, visible
from the COBSt, by ascending the gorge
of the Pny-Clailam, from Port Town
send,-in a sailing ?lory, which carried
my small kit and stock of provisions.
A little way up the tidal portion of
the river 1 had come upon an old log
hut, in a sedoded nook of the shore.
It had evidently boon deserted for sev?
eral years, but it served mo as | baso
for my tramps up the gorge. On the
night of my story I had returned to it
rather late and thoroughly tired, after
a solitary jaunt of twenty miles or
more. I put on half a salmon to boil
in my porcelain kettle, over a fire
which a rock und the end of the hut
Sheltered, and I also Blade a skillotful
of hot "breakfast food;" this, with su?
gar and a spoonful of diluted canned
milk, appeased my hunger a little, till
the salmon was cooked.
Meanwhile dusk had fallen, and the
swarming mosquitoes drove mo to don
net and gloves. The hum of thousands
of these insects Mended with the dis
tant roar of rapids up the river. To
?at my salmon in peace it was neces?
sary to smoke out Ike hut and retire
aide?for the insect p<sts dashed
lindly into my platter and into my
?outh.
The moon was not yet quite in sight
ver the wooded mountain across the
tream. hut its light was slowly diffus?
ing itself athwart the wilderness; and
resently I heard two sea-otters miau
i|ng at each other down in Little Hay.
hey seemed to be close in to the
hore; and as my supper had revived
le considerably. I took my carbine
nd stepped outside. It was possible,
thought, to get a shot at them as the
toon came up; and a sea-otter taut
may be worth a couple of hundred dol
lors
My little cooking fire had burned
down, and I scuffed some loose sand
over it With my foot as I stopped to
listen to the otters again. But a dense
gust of mosquitoes dashed into my
face as I stood there; and reflecting
that I might have to lie or stand quiet
for some Jiitle time if I stalked the
otters, I went back inside for my heat!
net and gloves, standing my carbine
against that end of the hut as I did so,
for the door was at the other end.
It took me a minute or two ;o find
and put on the net in the dark interior
of the but; but I was coming out when,
not twenty feet away, I discovered
some large animal with eyes that
glowed like coals in the obscurity! It
was in the very act of crouching to
spring at me! 1 beard the sough of Its
breath as it drew itsolf togotln
jump, and I leaped back mto the hut
and slammed the door.
I had no lime to spare. The beast
came pint door wit
lence thatArtearly hurled it ba%k and
IsOne paw came at t?e cT?t\
the earth to hold it fast, yelling all the
while to scare the tree tail away. But
my shouts did not frighten It in the
least. With eager growling it dug and
tore at the door with its nails. It even
tried to dig the earth away beneath it.
Then It coursed eagerly round the hut
in long hound-:, and leaped on the roof.
Some slight smell of my fire lingered
at the farther end of the hut, and my
carbine, too, standing there, must have
given off odors; hut these smells ap?
peared not to deter the animal.
With low growls it dug at the poles
and boughs of the roof. The old dry
stuff rattled through on me as I groped
for a log bench in the hut. to set against
the door. I feared that the beast would
tear a hole in the roof and spring
down on me; but the thick? matted
mass of sodden boughs embarrassed it.
All the time I was shouting savagely,
and I made haste to strike a whole
card of matches-, hoping that the odor
of brimstone or the gleam of light
would deter the beast from its autark.
But immediately it eamc digging at
the door again, as if transported by
ferocity, and again I threw my weight
against the inside of tue door, for I
dared not trust to the bench.
My disgust with myselr' for being
sueh a fool as to leave my carbine out?
side can easily bo imagined. I was at
my wits' end to know how to beat the
crea tare Off. Plainly it was bold from
hunger, und had DO doubt smellcd my
salmon, half of a bleb was ou a shelf
just inside the hut dOOT. I had
thoughts of throwing the lish out to it,
and then an idea eaine into my mind.
For preserving the skins of birds and
small animais 1 had taken along a
quantity of arsenic in a bottle. When
the vio!.-nee of the creature's efforts at
the door had subsided and it was rac?
ing round the but again. I hastily cut
a deep gash in the lish with my knife;
then, striking another match. I put In
as much as twenty grains of the poison.
By this time the animal was on the
roof again, scratching and snarling and
snuffling. Opening the door a little, I
flung out the salmon. I had scarcely
dono so when, pounce! came the boast
to the ground. With a sniff and snarl
it seized the lish and ran off a little
way. Not so far. however, but that I
could hear it eating, its teeth gritting
on the backbone.
There must have been five or six
pounds of the fish; but within half a
minute the animal was back, sniffing
about the place for more. I listened
anxiously. It jumped on the roof
again, then prowled round the hut.
Presently there ?ame an interval of
frightful staccato screech! Then fol?
lowed MOM lofty tumbling all over the
ground about the hut. enlivened by
the most blood-curdling yells it is pos?
sible to imagine! rvoping out. I
caught glimpses of what occurred.
Sometimes that DOOT brute went ten
feet in the air. them it clawed up the
cartli and hrush, turned wild somer?
saults, and tore and bit its own flesh.
It tried in vain to vomit forth the
poison.
If not hard-pressed in self-defense. I
would never administer arsenic to any
living creature.
Pathetic moans succeeded the
screeches, and then the suffering ani?
mal dragged itself to the stream,
where I beard it noisily hipping water;
and after that the end came very soon.
Fancying thai its mate might have
been attracted by the yelling. I hastily
secured my carbine and Stayed inside
the hut till morning.
At sunrise I found the creature dead,
less than a hundred yards from the
place where it drank. It was. as 1
had supposed, a mountain-lion, or pan?
ther, a big, male that would have
weighed two hundred and fifty pounds
I nm sure, and probably one that had
never before seen a human being, of
learned aught of the deadly guile of
man.?Youth's Companion.
Yea. sir.
The other day an Inspector was ex?
amining a class in a Peckham school
when he came to the word "imagina
tion," and then asked the meaning
No one could tell him.
"Now." said the inspector, "I'n
going to shut my eyes and tell yoi
what I can see. I can see my house
A baker's cart is at the gate. Tin
baker goes up tue steps and rings tin
bell. The servant opens the door am
takes a loaf from him and pays him.'
He opened his eyes and inquired
"Now. then, what would you cal
that?"
Up went a little hand at the back o
the class.
"Well. Willie, speak up." said th
inspector. "What do you call
"A lot of lies, sir."?London Tit-Bits
Sincere CJuackery.
A rather remarkable ease of sineer
quackery, which perhaps may not b
as rare as is generally supposed, o<
curred la London some time ago.
An old lady sued Sir William Broat
bent, a leading London practitionei
because he refused to buy or try \m
elixir. This "was no common remad]
being free from those minerals whic
are the root of all evil, but the skillfi
blending of an herb of which medic-.
men know nothing." Needless to sa;
the old lady lost her case, which si
pleaded in person. Her sincerity w;
SS Obvions as her stupidity, and ma?
her a pathetic rather than a ridiculoi
figure.
Russian Diplomatic Siren?.
The Russian Government, too, is al:
represented abroad, not only by its ai
bassadors, but by unofficial diploma
of a most interesting description, '
d'elile of ladies who are d
spatched to the various capitals of tl
world. In Washington Czardom h
ss than ten of these ladies. Thi
entertain lavishly, and their drawin
us. with shaded rose-colored ligh
rind luxurious furniture m.d hanging
jare palaces of ease for weary legish
y?rs and Senators." These fascinati;
s then dictate tu whisper* wh
gia"s shall or shall not he passed
WON IN THE RAPIDS
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SaJtiorore Mao Raced Through the
Awfnl Waters.
WAS FORCED TO WEAR UFE BELT.
Defeated Car??* D. Graham in Daring Coa?
test Through Four Miles of Chnrnlnt
Eddies?Is the First Time la the History
of the Mighty Torrent that Such s Fest
Has Bees Accomplished.
Niagara Falls. N. Y. (Special).?Wil?
liam J. Glover, Jr.. of Raltimore, beat
Carlisle I). Graham, of Niagara Falls,
in the race through the lower rapids
of the Niagara Gorge.
The distance of four miles was cov?
ered by Glover in 26 minutes. Graham
landed 4 minutes later.
The swim was the best event ever
seen in the lower rapids, and was wit?
nessed by throngs of people, who crowd?
ed every vantage point on the cliff tops,
who sought foothold at the various scen?
ic stations along the gorge road and who
filled many trolley cars and trailers
which ran along the tracks of the gorge,
keeping opposite the swimmers for the
four miles of their battle with the wild
waves and uncertain currents.
The day was the hottest Niagara Falls
lias experienced in years, but the rush?
ing waters of the mysterious river Iwatcn
(<> breaker foam had a tendency to slight?
ly cool the breeze which blew up the
gorge.
it was past ? o'clock when Graham
and Glover, with newspaper men and
other friends, went down the gorge on
a ?atear that carried the moving-picture
machine and that exposed the films which
in future will portray the race to crowd?
ed audiences in cities far and near.
As soon as they arrived at the Whirl
poo! both men started to don their life
preservers. Glover, to the surprise of
all. putting on a life-preserver as well
as a line ring about his neck. Graham
did the same. When some of the peo?
ple saw this they bade good-by Id a trag?
ic ending to the contest, for it bad been
announced that Glover would battle With
the waves unprotected. However, bis
better judgment prevailed.
It was 3.50 o'clock when the signal
was given for the tuen to go. They
bounded from a Hal rock into the boil?
ing waters at their feet. The next in?
stant the current caught them and for
over half an hour they were buffeted
about like lops on dancing waves, at
t!ic same time being impelled forward
by the torrent of water than plunge- M
windly through the gorge.
Never before bad two men met in
such a truggle in those water-. Never
before bad the rapid- of Niagara bad
two human forms to throw about in
such summer glee.
A- a race it \va- tame. As a spectacle
il was exciting and fascinating.
The men had little to do tor the
greater part of the distance but to try
to keep in the main current, which they
knew most of necessity sweep them
rapidly toward the objective point at
I.ewiston.
Glover got the lead at the -'art. lie
kepi it for a little while until he was
caught in an eddy ?mi the American side,
and then Graham, who kept well out in
the current, swept ahead of him. It
was clear to the spectators that Graham's
knowledge of tlie river was helping biui
ver) much; -till they could not help
recognizing the fact that Glover was the
better swimmer of the two.
UV arm-Weather Reading.
New York (Special). ? An iceberg
about 250 feet high and 400 feet long
was lighted by the steamship Minne
tonka, of the Atlantic Transport line,
on the morning oi July 14. at 0.50 o'clock
in latitude 4.2 degrees 23 minutes, longi?
tude 49 degrees 50 minutes. Officers
made out a number of seals on the
southern part of the berg and a polar
bear on the eastern side. As far as the
officers could make out the bear was
trying to reach the seals, but could not.
owing to the fact that the seals were in
a sort of niche on the south side of
the berg.
Great Yields of Wheat
Topeka, Kan. ( Special).-?Stories from
the wheat threshing show this year's
crop to be a record-breaker. General
Passenger Agent Black, of the Santa
Fc, received notice of a yield of 00
bushels per acre in Ford county. Of
course, this is an exception, but many
fields report a yield of over 50 bushels
per acre. In hundreds of instances the
wheat crop harvested this year is worth
three or four times the present value of
the land. The Santa Fe officials say
the state's yield will be more than 80,
000,000 bushels.
The Baptist Congress.
London (By Cable).?The Baptist
Congress approved the constitution of
the new Baptist world alliance, the ob?
jects being to promote good fellowship
and co-operation among the Baptists of
all countries. All unions or associa?
tions of Baptist churches can join. The
executive committee will consist of seven
members from the United States, five
from Great Britain, two from Canada
and seven from the rest of the world.
Tornado Overturns Steamboat.
Wahash, Minn. (Special).?The steam?
boat Clyde, of Stillwater. was struck
by a tornado opposite Minneiska, half
way between Winona and this city. She
turned completely over and sank in 18
feet of water. The crew escaped. The
boat belonged to Bronson & Folsom, of
Stillwater, and bad in tow a raft of
logs and lumber. The boat is a total
loss.
Cuban Bandit Cooler ses.
Santiago, Cuba (Special).?Jose PI
nirOj who has been arrested ou sus
? n of bring the leader of the ban
dir^ who on the night of July <) attacked
Julian Cendoya, SB American banker
and agent of the Ward lane, at his
home, aero-- the bay. has confessed that j
he received money from Mr. Cendoya,
but refuses to divulge the names of his
in the crime. Mr. Cendoya
has l>cen unable to identify other pcr
?ruo have been arrested on suspi
HEWS IN SHORT ORDER.
Tie latest flappeatafs Coodeascd far Rapid
Rcadiaf.
Daaiaatk;
An elevator fell from the sixth floor
to the basement of the Land Title Build?
ing, in Philadelphia. District Attorney
Hell and several others were seriously
injured.
Thousands of Italians from various
sections congregated in Little Italy in
New York and celebrated the Feast of
Our Lady of Mount Carmel.
The entire crew of the British steam?
er Indrani, from Japanese and Chinese
ports, was detained at New "York har?
bor. Bul>onic plague is suspected.
The steamboat Dreamland while bound
for Coney Island collided in New York
harbor with the ferryboat Lackawanna.
Both boats were damaged.
An order was signed in Brooklyn to
exhume the body Of Mr>. Mary Gorman
Carlton, whose hosband is suspected of
having murdered her.
Bertha Claichc was indicted by the
New York grand jury for the murder
of Emil Gerdron, her cruel lover.
Mrs. Kate M. Cleary, of Chicago, died
suddenly from heart disease after a
quarrel with her husband.
James Breen, white, and Charles Jack?
son, colored, were electrocuted in Sing
Sing Prison.
It is said that the reason for Mayor
Dunne's refusal to give out the report
of the Scotch expert. Dalrymple. on the
traction system of Chicago is due to the
for "tainted money*' for the Chicago
without gloves. Another report confin?
ing itself to the traction problem has
been asked for.
Hitched to a plow by a rope, with the
pastor holding the handles and Rev. L.
K. Billingsley. of Wesley Methodist
Church, steadying the beam, members of
the First Methodist Episcopal Church,
in Des Moines, broke ground for their
new building.
John Barrenberg was shot dead on the
State ritle range at Sea Girt, N. J..
Saturday afternoon. He ventured out
of the rifle pit when there was some
skirmish firing going on and a stray
bullet struck him.
Prof. A. N Fox, who recently tele?
graphed to John D. Rockefeller begging
for "tained money" for the Chicago
Theological Seminary, baa been dismiss?
ed from the faculty of thai institution.
Mrs. Janet Wilson, who tied from the
Hudson River State Hospital and cune
to Bridgeport. ?!., with Walter Lang
don, shot herself at the Washington
Bridge Tavern and will probably die.
Albert Nuley. of Fishers Landing. N.
Y.. brutally assaulted Mrs. Fanny Har
ners and her daughter, who caught him
burglarizing their home in Clayton, N. Y.
Dr. Charles A. Linsley, secretary of
the Connecticut Board of Health, rec?
ommends isolation of the nurses and
patients in cases of cerehro-spinal men?
ingitis.
Superintendent of Insurance Hen
dricks, of New York, gave OUt an an?
swer to the criticisms of his official
acts in connection with the Equitable in?
vestigation.
The condition of Senator William A.
Clark, of Montana, who underwe.it an
operation for an abscess in the middle
ear. was pronounced very satisfactory.
The police of Brooklyn promise sensa?
tional developments in the case of Fred
crick C. Carlton, who is being held on
the charge of poisoning his wife.
The jinsecured claims against the es?
tate 01 defaulting Banker Bigelow,
amounting to nearly $?.000.000. will get
only 10 cents on the dollar.
The United States training ship Hart
fort arrived at Newport. R. I., from
Gardiners Bay. L. I., with a det..chment
of naval cadets.
In Chicago a verdict of not guilty was
announced by Judge A. H. Chetlain, of
the Superior Court, in the case of Presi?
dent Albert A. G. Wheeler, of the Illi?
nois Tunnel Company, and several for?
mer municipal officers on trial ?"w; al?
lege.! alteration of public records. The
jury in the case was discharged.
Twelve new directors of the Equitable
Life Assurance Society were elected.
Among them ar- former Judge D, Cody
Herrick; President Butler, 01 Columbia
University, and Congressman Littlcfield.
of Maine.
Walter Scott, the gold miner of Death
Valley, caiued a sensation in the finan?
cial district of New York, his auto?
mobile hansom being followed by crowds
that yelled to him to toss out his gold.
Richard Wareham. the oldest mem?
ber of the Knights of Pythias, died at
Rock Island. 111., aged 70 years.
A New York man went to sleep on
the roof of a house and fell five stories.
He was fatally injured.
Three persona v ere killed and seven
injured in a collision between two rail?
road trains at Steiger, III.
Near Braintree. Mass., a Pole mur?
dered his wife by nearly severing her
head from her body.
Several men in New York became in?
sane from the heat. One man who was
overcome fell from a roof and fractured
his skull. Heat and humidity are re?
sponsible for an epidemic of suicides in
Utka, N. Y.
t orelgn.
King Oscar in an interview said he
had forgiven the Norwegians, .nul hoped
the Swedish people would remain calm,
as it would he hanging a millstone about
their necks to restore the union forcibly.
Fmil Ar ton. one oi the principal fig?
ures in the old Panama Canal scandal.
was found dead in his apartments in
Paris, and is supposed to have commit?
ted suicide.
Koreans want President Roosevelt to
endeavor to bring about an agreement
by which they will become independent
within ?o years.
A royal English commission recom?
mends the construction of rapid transit
steam railways in London, to cost $120,
000,000.
The Venezuelan government has paid
to the British and German Legations 2,
797J999 bolivars, being the first six
months' instalment >\uc under the con?
tract recently Signed for the conversion
of the foreign debt of Venezuela.
It now appears that 4 of the 14 men
who lost their lives while imprisoned
in the sunken French submarine boat
Farfadet at Tunis were drowned soon
after the vessel went down.
Michel Ephrusir's Finasseur, with the
American jockey Nash up, won the Re?
public ?takes in the race at Maisspn
LaffitteAranee. ?"
STILL AFTER RUSSIANS
Jap's Operations in Sakhalin and
Northern Korea.
RUSSIANS HOLD ONLY TWO POSITION.
Believed Tbey Are Concentrating for s Reso?
lute Stand Against Japanese Advance
Upon Vladivostok?Japanese Victory at
Darline Now Assures Their Occupation of
Soothers Sakhalin.
Tokio (By Cable).?Reliable informa?
tion has been received here that the Rus?
sian forces in Northern Korea have
gradually been driven northward since
last month, and now hold only two
positions south of the Turnen River.
The latest information from the front,
however, reports the advance south of a
large* force from Vladivostok, but it is
believed the Russians will halt at Ne
kicrsk, north of the Turnen, and con?
centrate their forces to mrke a resolute
stand there against the Japanese ad?
vance.
The rainy season has se^?^ Man?
churia, and presents movements on a
large scale.
It is officially announced that the Rus?
sian center, holding Darline and vicin?
ity, was attacked July II, and offered
stubborn resistance.
The attack was renewed at dawn of
July 12. when the Japanese dislodged
the Russians, driving them in the di?
rection of Mauka. This victory insures
coniplet? occupation of South Sakhalin
by the Japan?
Eighty prisoners were taken by the
Japanese, among whom was Lieutenant
Maximta. i
Four field pieces, one machine gun
and ammunition warehouses were cap?
tured. The Japanese loss was about
70 men killed or wounded. The Rus?
sian- lost 160 men.
Admiral Yamada, commanding a
squadron sent north on a reconnais?
sance, reports that the Russian cruiser
Iznmrod is s complete wreck, and that
there is no hope of refloating her. The
vessel lies beached, heading west-south?
west, on the northern point 01 the south?
ern entrance to Vladimir Bay. about 200
miles northeast of Vladivostok.
A report by Captain Baron Ferzen, of
the Izumrud, said that during the bat?
tle of the Sea of Japan the Tzumrud was
cut off from the remainder of the fleet,
and steamed at full speed for Vladivos?
tok with Japanese cruisers in pursuit.
Subsequently he changed his course and
made for Vladimir Bay, arriving there
Ml the night of May SO. At I.J0 o'clock
in the morning of May 30 the Izumrud
ran on a reef at the entrance of the
bay. and. being short of coal, the captain
ordered the crew ashore and blew up
the vessel.
Situation In Manrhurla.
Gunshu Pas-. Manchuria (By Cable).
?Reports that the Russian army is in a
precarious situation appear to be with?
out foundation. Investigations made by
correspondents show that neither flank
has been turned, and that, in fact, the
Russian wings are more advanced than
the center.
The Japanese center is strongly forti?
fied. Many siege guns have l>een em
placed along the Changtufu-Xanchcnze
line, and there is a triple ring of forts
commanding the Mandarin road.
The Japanese are using novel ele?
phant-trap style of interenchments. con?
sisting of ditches covered with platforms
which are balanced in the middle and
which tilt into vertical positions under
the feet of attackers.
The Japanese have a captive balloon
eight miles south of Nanchenze.
Terribly Beaten By Cossacks.
Odessa (By Cable).? Severe measures
have been taken to repress the unruly
peasants in the government of Kherson.
One thousand and sixty arrests have
been made in the Parutine district. The
prisoners were terribly beaten by Cos?
sacks. The disorders have somewhat
subsided there, but continue at Khar
koff and Kursk.
Warships Nosr Sakhalin.
St. Petersburg (By Cable).?Japanese
warships have appeared to the north?
ward of the Island of Sakhalin and are
presumably meditating a descent on the
island.
Rev. Dr. Pearson Dead.
Quincy, Hi. (Special).?Rev. Dr.
Charles Pearson, pastor of the Unitarian
Church of this city, is dead in I oidon,
Hug., where he was visiting his daugh?
ter. He was for 27 years professor of
literature at Northwestern University,
Chicago, and was the central figure of
a famous heresy trial in the Methodist
Church. He afterward affiliated with
the Unitarians. Dr. Pearson was the
author of several volumes of poems and
theological works.
Alleged Sale of Passes.
Pittsburg (Special). ? Baltimore and
Ohio police officials, as well as the Pitts
burg Bureau of Detectives, who made
five arrests in connection with the alleged
sale of passes, admit that they have re?
ceived 75 passes from Pittsburg to the
seashore held by 75 different persons,
each of whom declares he or she bought
them lately. The police, however, are
satisfied that each and all of the pur?
chasers of these passes did so not know?
ing the gravity o( the offense, and the
chances are that they will not be prose?
cuted. _
Wife Held as Accomplice.
Buffalo, N. Y. (Special).?John Ko
paczynski, 27 years old, has been ar?
rested and charged with the murder of
John Staidle, who was found dead be?
side a railroad track. Mr. Staidle is
charged with being an accomplice.
His Let Flew Off.
York (Special).?A singular accident
happened here at the Northern Central
railway station. John K. Geist, a fore?
man at the plant of the York Safe and
Lock Company, entered a cab to be
driven to his home. In some way the
cab collided with a shifting engine.
Geist's leg was seen to fly off, and it was
thought that the man was severely in?
jured. A call for an ambulance was
sent in, but it was found that Geist wore
a wooden leg and that it was hit arti?
ficial member that had been knocked off.
SECRET SERVICE WORK.
Aiding Government Lawyers la Cottou-Lesk
Prabe.
Washington, D. C. ( Spec.il ). ?The
Secret Service has been called in to
render assistance to the Department of
Justice in its investigation of the cot?
ton-leak scandal, which is now in
hands of Acting Attorney-General Hoyl
and District Attorney Morgan H. Beach,
of the District of Columbia. The plan
of action to be pursued has been out?
lined to a large extent, and the second
investigation will be deeper and more
far-reaching than the one conducted by
Secretary Wilson.
Mr. Richard Cheatham, secretary of
the Southern Cotton Growers' Ac?
tion, who arrived m Washington with
President Harvie Jordan, of that asso?
ciation, intends to remain in Washing?
ton until the matter has been settled to
the satisfaction of. the cotton grower-.
Mr. Cheatham has been reticent sine?'
his return and is not talking for publi?
cation because he feels certain that Dis?
trict Attorney Beach is making a thor?
ough investigation. Mr. Cheatham says
he has not publicly expressed any opin?
ion concerning the integrity of Mr.
Hyde.
Secretary Cheatham spent a very busy
day in Washington. Early in the
morning he left his apartments at the
New Willard Hotel and went to the
office of District Attorney Beach, where
he remained until r o'clock. He also
conferred with Acting Chief Moran, of
the Secret Service, and with Acting At?
torney-General Hoyt. of the Department
of Justice. It is understood that Mr.
Cheatham made valuable suggestions and
furnished some important information
?p the District Attorney. The Southern
Cotton Growers' Association wants the
matter probed to the bottom, and in this
regard it is in accord with President
Roosevelt, whom President Jordan will
see about the case.
Leading men of the Southern Cotton
Growers' Association are greatly pleased
with the result of Mr. Cheatham's first
visit to Washington. He ran up against
a stone wall when he first laid the
charges before the Secreta;y of Agri?
culture, and it was with the greatest
difficulty that he succeeded in getting
the investigation started. But after the
services of the Secret Service men were
enlisted the investigation proceeded rap?
idly, although it was not given wide lati?
tude and was confined largely to the
conduct of former Associate Statistician
Holmes.
AMERICAN FLAG TRAMPLED.
Orangemen's Calebration at London, Oat,
Ends la Disorder.
London, Ontario ( By Cable).?An
American flag was torn down from in
front of the City Hall here and tram?
pled under a hundred feet as the result
of a remark made by an American vis?
itor at the Orangement's demonstration.
About Soo Americans came over from
Michigan and during the day carried the
Stars and Stripes through the Stl
without unfavorable comment being ex?
cited. At night the Americans were
gathered in front of a hotel, when some?
one cried, "To h-with Canada ; she
never showed us yet."
Instantly the American flag owned by
the Port Huron (Mich) Lodge was torn
from where it waved to the breeze and
was ripped into shreds and trampled
under the feet of an angry mob.
Port Huron Orangemen say they did
not resent it, as they believed the in?
sult to Canada was uncalled for.
Takes Severe Measures.
Boston (Special).?Dr. Henry Hull,
Supreme Grand Master of the Oranpe
Institute, announced today that he has
taken official action looking to the pun?
ishment of all members of the order
who were concerned in the insult to the
American flag at London. Ont., yes?
terday.
Dr. Hull has ordered the immediate
suspension of every American member
of the order who participated in the
affair, and he has demanded that Su?
preme Grand Master Sproule, of Can?
ada, suspend the Canadian members who
tore down and trampled on the Ameri?
can flag. Dr. Hull says that if his wishes
are not respected he will suspend the
lodges to which the Americans are ac?
credited.
Per Prosecutions of Railroads.
Chicago Special). ? Plans for the
prosecution of railroads for the grant?
ing of rebates to large industrial com?
panies in violation of the Elkins Law
and of injunction? issued by the federal
courts here and in Kansas City, have
been completed, and the first steps in
the new attack of the government will
be made in Kansas before the end of
this week
60 Killed By Pafllof Roof.
Fermo, Italy (By Cable).?The roof
of the chapel of the Women's Hospital
fell in during the celebration of mas>,
killing 16 women and 50 children. Six?
teen women and a large number of
children were injured. The injured have
been taken from the ruins.
LITE WASHINGTON AFFAIR*
Secretary Wilson is investigating the
rumor that a woman employe of the Ag?
ricultural Department has been selling
answers to examination questions.
The Interstate Commerce Commis?
sion has issued a bulletin giving statis?
tics of railroad accidents within the past
three months.
Money-order conventions were signed
with Orange Free State and the Lee?
ward Islands.
Another new case of yellow fever was
reported by Governor Magoon, of the
canal zone.
Secretary of the Na\ y Bonaparte his
revoke,1 the orders recently issued, trans
fer of Civil Engineers J. W. G. Walker
and F. R. Harris from the Charleston
( S. C. ? Navy Yard to other stations,
and severely commented on the meth?
ods that had been employed by the corn
tractors to have them transferred.
Secretary Bonaparte suggested that
the names of the colliers about to be
huilt oe changed to names selected by
him.
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OFF FOR THE NORT1
The Pearj Expedition SU
New Yori.
GETS AN EFHISUSTIC
With the Stars and Stripes F %
Mlzzen Truck, 'he Sturdy
Sails for the Frigid North The as]
Family Aboard 'he Came- fit
Also There.
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New Yr.rk < g
shining bright!)
flag whipping
breeze at her mi?
screaming whist
craft and the sha
cannon on shore H
vessel godspeed the !t sgj
out through the Narrows late Si
afternoon, her voyage toward the Nl
Pole begun.
Member, of the Pearj Arctic C
with Rob.-rt K. Peary, watched f,<-r
paitnre from the decks of the na
yard tug Pentucket, and. gatberin
around the intrepid explorer,
him. too, god-peed and succt
returned to shore to~tak?
for Sydney, C. B., on the midrn^V. ?rf?
from the Grand Centra! Station, deem?
ing the trip on the Roosevelt to that
point unnecessary.
There was not a hitch in the si
of the Roosevelt from her anch<
off Twenty-ninth street in the N
River, and no ship ever sailed under fair??
er skies. Long befor trtinaj time,
fixed as 3 o'clock, til
with Commander Peary".a
veil to bid him farcw
had gone on board in all
bor conveyances, and in one
there was a narrow escape from a seri- :
ous accident in the choppy sea along?
side the vessel. Prof. Monroe Smith,
of Colombia College, in attempting, ip^^
land from a launch at the gang.'
slipped overboard, but he was quickly
grasped by one of the crew of the
Roosevelt and dragged aboard.
On the decks of the Roosevelt :'
.had assembled Herbert L. Bridgman and
L. L. Delafield. secretary and treasurer,
respectively, of the Peary Arctic C
Prof. Holland E. Stone, Gen. j. B
sell Lowell, Charles Milliken, Fr<
iclc P. Delafield, P. W. Geer, E*b?ltp K.
Walcott, Wallace Downey and the new?
ly appointed surgeon of the exped? mm
Dr. Louis J. Wolf.
Mrs. Peary, with her mother. Mr-,
Magdalena Diebitsch. and bet
Mis-, Diebitsch, and Miss Rabh went
with the party down the bay. as did
little Miss Marie AnighnitO Peary r.nd
Robert E. Peary. Jr. Mrs. Peary was
the only person of this number who
did not sail away on the Roosevelt on
the trip to Sydney.
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appointed when. witli^wHr ^Bai
alongside as a convoy, the R
weighed anchor and swung around
against a strong ebb tide and headed
down the stream. There wa?
tering flotilla of small launches and row
in the immediate vicinity, but ihc ...
river was too choppy for small boat
navigate in comfort to their occupants.
Capt. Frank A. Houghton, who is in
command of the atoosevefi on her trip
to Sydney, took his place in front of
the big hand wheel amidships of the
vessel, the marine telegraph jingled in
the engine room, there was a stuvi [
the stanch hull as the engine turnea ^
over the propeller deep astern and the
voyage was begun.
There had been a silence on the river
among the passing vessels, only the
sharp blasts of steamers warning others
of their course, until the white chun
foam behind the Roosevelt told of
voyage just started. Then from e
steamboat, tug and ferryboat within h
ing distance broke out three long anchh*.
telling blasts. The ovation had begmc^
and for full two hours, until the Ro
veil was hull down in the main ship
channel there was scarcely I moment
that the deep-toned whistle of the Pean
ship was not sending back to saluting
craft appreciation of the honors.
BARON ROSEN AT SAtiAMORyillL
Russian
and P?en potential
Ambassador
Presents His Credentials.
\
Oyster Bay, L. I. (Special).?Raron
Rosen, the Russian ambassador and Rus?
sian peace plenipotentiary, was presented
to President Roosevelt at Saganiore
Hill. The presentation occupied only
a few minute:.. No forma! exchanges ?
between the President and the Am! , r
were made. Tin
were pronounced by Herbert
introduction-i
II. 1).
Peirce, third assistant secretary of -
Ambassador Rosen laid before the
President the letter of the Rusian Em?
peror recalling Count Cassini, and pre?
sented his own credentials ,i>
idor in succession to Octant
The President expressed his pit
welcoming liaron Rosen again tr
country, and the Ambas,.!dor in n
gave assurances of his own !
Emperor's high regard for the PreSJ
and for the country and people of \m<
ca. This ceremony over, the -'re^B_
introduced Ambassador Ro>t;i ? . CfO\
Beekman Winthrop, of Porto Rico, and
Chief Justice Edward C. 1.
zona, who were his gu< .1
ward luncheon was announc \
Ambassador Rosen ami A-sistant $cc\
retary Peirce remained as the g *~<^
President Roosevelt until 2 JO P. M.
when they were conveyed in t.
dent's carnage to the pier. *rrll^H~
boarded the naval yacht Sylph to retj
to New York. They expect to
direct from New York to Y\
Wholesale Drowning.
ria, B C (Bj Cable
was received b\ the Emss-?^.
o? the drowning ^ob Cn
result of the collapse Al .in 0
River, near Canton
north? int?wi,
had assembled
boat festival. Deme e?ow*t?
a ?nat shed built 1
structure gave way an<
indh the river
-a 'she other f
the