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THE MATHEWS
VOL. II. MATHEWS C. H., VA., THURSDAY
J O U RN Al3
JULY 27, ??K)r>. NO. &i.
A PARABLE OF PROGRESS.
Aid the placid pool to the rippling rill.
Aa it rollicked along on its way down the
hill:
**Oh, stay with me here! It is foolish and
wrong
For you to forever be rushing along,
btop here on the heights; for, as sure aa
you flow,
? You will onlv sink further and further be?
low.
You are uoisy and boisterous: be quiet
?nd bear
The choir of the pong-birds carolling near.
He contented, my brother, and patiently
try
To remain where the CJod of the clouds
made you be.
It is wiser and easier far to lie still."
t?aid the placid pool to the rippling rill.
?Said the rippling rill to the placid pool,
As it lay in the shadows so quiet and cool:
"I know it is easy and pleasant to stay
In one's flower-circled ned on the hillside
all day*
lhat each leap leaves ase lower; and that,
M I flow,
~ Some desert of death assj await ine below.
f Yet some spirit impels, in such magical
way.
That J feel it is better to aisUsbr obey;
And, somehow, m onward I leap in rhe
night,
Toward the strange, distant valley. I know
it is right,
And that safety is sure if I keep nature's
rule,"
Said the rippling nil to the placid pool.
*h> the placid pool lay aeUiaaJ] still.
Reflecting the stars and the sunshine, until
Its purity paid the high price of its peace;
Its water grew stagnant; its very' lias-leass
Was cancelled in scorn by the sun ovei -
head,
And the placid pool died in it* Howet
eireled bed.
Hut the rippling rill, a- if sped on its way.
t?rew larger and stronger and deeper earn
day.
"J'hc sunshine gtrstrcd ^mis on its bfSSSt
as it ran.
To do useful scrvn o Pa* sstSfS and man.
It grew to a river, and. when duty-free.
It found permanent peace in the infinite
sss.
?Charles Wcslej CSSSOO, 'n tnc Ckristisa
Register.
^^OA? UBRE wss despair written
*J \m nn Jack Ifarston's face.
?Q rW* Q 'i*ii*- wails o? the room In
M -A X which in- was pactos; rest
^xonf lessly v*" med to close in
upon him. ;mii the day is grow blacker
:mtl bischer ?is the silence grow s ltd
the minutes pssSSd on.
At last he --link helplessly on n lounge
in a corner, siie came In then?the
only woman in the world for bhii. but
bo did not notice !i< r until she touched
lii> arm.
v.T.u'k!" bor roice shook queer ly. "I?
.she worse y
"Dead!" be atsmmered, aa bis eyes
wandered nervously from the girl to
ihe ground. "Edith is dead, und?ob.
beavi ns!-you are accused <?f murder?
ing In r. There is a warrant out for
your arrest, ami the ptllce are coming
bore to arrest you -to-night."
Then followed a silence broken only
by the quick bearing of hearts.
"Dead, dark!'' Th< ^ir! SDOfce like
one wlio bad been Struck a severe
blow. "Ob, Jack ???Tack'." She broke
off suddenly and Yell back in a chair.
Jack stared at ker wildly at ha saw
the SShy pallor of her face, but when
he spoke a nain there was sympathy
and sweetness in bis voice.
"Porn - uiy love!"
"Jack, yon believe - -"
"My heart?my own heart, ?gainst all
the juries and judges in the world. You
could not hare killed my sister-you.
who losad her so. Dora?my darling!"
He gathered her In bis anus and told
ber everything then.
Dr. ICaCsfanns, the physician In at?
tendance In "Urs. Edith Marat?n, .lack's
sister, who bad been Stricken down
with fever, bad left his patient a pow?
erful medicine to be giren In twelve
drop doses every two hours, and bad
cautioned Dora Sauber, who bad of?
fered to attend to the wants of the sick
woman during the temporary absence
of the professional nurse, about ex?
ceeding the dose, and warned ber that
a larger ?lose might prove fatal. He
had been summoned hastily in the
afternoon following Miss Bauber's de?
parture from the bedside, and bad
found bis patient in convulsions, the
effect of a very Strong dose of the
medicine. Ilis skill was of no avail,
and She died in hit arms. Dora alone
had attended the poor woman during
the morning, and administered her
medicines and food, and the doctor felt
that it was bis duty to inform the po
lice of the fact and how bis patient
met her death, .lack and Dora were to
be married within a fortnight; but
the death of Jack's sister bad blotted
out everything now.
s * ? * ? ?
The days passed heavily, then camo
the one when Dora was to be tried for
her life. The court was packest, In
the morning the prosecuting attorney
had giver, in all bis testimony, and,
?ter luncheon, counsel rose for the
feiiMv He looked from the judge to
jury and smiled faintly. Very
lefly he made his speech.
"The prisoner is Innocent,*' be said.
fhe Is engaged to the deceased lady's
lother. Mr. Jack Mnrston, and she
hrned to love his sister as if she
?re ber own. She could not have
Iniruittod the crime that has been
joug ht a gainst her! She could not!"
lis tone changed. "I have only one
itness. and I fear she is too young
understand the nature of nn oath."
(The prisoner grew deathly -white.
|he tears came and gave her some re?
but she shuddered when a chair
fas put into the witness box and a tiny
irl. with wavy golden hair and big
Bue eyes, red now with crying, I
if ted gently upon it.
"Your honor." =;nid counsel, "the wit?
hes* is vers young, but I trust her evi
wiu be admitted
nodded n??cut, then cour.
sel turned to the little girl and spoke
to her very softly.
"I want you.'' he said, "to tell us
what you told uncle and me the other
dny about nursing mamma when the
lady you see there." be pointed to the
prisoner, 'was asleep."
The silence that followed was broken
only by sobs from the auditors in the
room where women were weeping like
chidden children. Then a little shrill
volee broke out :
"She?she was sleepy in the chair
when mammy asked for her medicine."
"What did mammy say?"
"She said?she said. 'Dear, give nie
my medicine. I ought to have bad It
long ago,' but Dora was sleepy?so
lleepy and?and couldn't give It to
her."
"And what did you do, little one?"
Counsel's voice trembled.
"I ?I got the bottle, and poured out
the stuff in a glass-"
She hesitated, looking frightened. A
kindly court attendant patted the fair
curls, and she continued:
"And Dora was so sleepy and I was
so glad 'cause I could play doctor. It
was meh fan. I (limbed on the bed
and said so fiercely. 'Open your mouth.'
and mammy opened her mouth and I
made in r drink all the stuff."
"And What did mammy do?"
"Nuftin! She went sleepy again."
The unconscious little murderess lost
lier grip o| things and cried as if her
heart would break:
"Mamma?I want my mamma my
mamma!"
Tender hands carried the poor child
away.
Dora fainted when the Jury, without
leasing the box. brought in a verdict
of "Not guilty." and .Tack took her
home in a cab.
In the quiet of the house she recov?
ered, nnd went to her room and locked
herself in. Now that the trial was
Over, the sense thai she was a free
woman again swept over her and al?
most crashed her Jack paced silently
tip and down the passage outside her
room for the remainder of that day
and all through the long night. When
dawn broke he tapped gently, and the
doot was opened from within.
Without a word he lifted the girl in
his arms and kissed her tear-stained
face. And- then suddenly he gave a
lOW cry. fot the b+auttful reddish
gohlrn hair, whose soft waves he had
so often caressed, lay in streaks across
a wrinkled brow, and In the place of
tin? ajotd was the sheen of many silver
threads. New York Weekly.
t-'Kithfui aTOIlnws.
Such was the quaint description ap?
plied by Robert I.ouis Stevenson to all
h tintan beings who had done their best
tO do well in iife. He felt that how
erer ranch we tried, we should hardly
be able to r?alisa the highest ideals;
we Bbonld be failures, judged by that
lofty standard, but we should at Ie;ist
he faithful because we had done our
utmost.
To pet on in life, speaking of mate?
ria! things only, is the desire of every
one. yet it is onlv the minority who
do their best. There is a lamentable
lack of d?termination, a deficiency of
"grit" and "go" in so many of us. We
see the object, we sigh for its attain?
ment, we make spasmodic attempts
to reach it. but ere shrink from taking
too much trouble about it. and we
cannot strive steadily and unswerv?
ingly for it.
Those ate not the faithful failures.
W< cannot impress too strongly upon
our children and upon those older ones
who are just commencing life, that if
I hey would succeed ?n climbing the
ladder to any appreciable extent, they
must cultivate the quality of "sticking
at it" -to use a popular phrase?and
that they must aim high. If we so
Seldom reach the rung of the ladder
which we have in view, and experience
tea? lies us that thi>> is more frequent
than we like to believe, then it is bet?
ter to fight for a still higher position.
The probability is that we shall fall
short of that position, but attain one
lusher than would have been the case
bad we not been aspiring.
Stevenson, doubtless, had the moral
side of things In view when writing
those words, but they apply equally
well to the material facts of life.
S5o.ooo.ooo marts? For fioir.
Would you imagine that something
like .500.000,000 could be spent yearly
on the game of golf? To begin with,
there are 870 golf clubs in England.
TOO in the Dnited states. 682 in canny
Scotland. 13-1 in Ireland, forty-tl: o in
Wales and sixty three In different parts
of the continent. There are. all told,
probably not less than ,"000 organiza?
tions devoted to golf playing.
These (dubs, counting their grounds,
buildings and preliminary expenses,
represent a permanent investment of
$? 4o.ooo.000 to $00,000.000: and compar?
atively few of them can be run at a
yearly expense of less than $5000. The
average membership is about 200 and
the average yearly subscriptions of
these ?00,006 golf players amounts
to nearly $20,000.000. Bach of the play?
ers is equipped with an outfit that costs
on an average about 920; and the year?
ly purchase of golf ?dubs, all over the
world, ?mounts, therefore, to several
millions of dollars. Springfield t'uion.
How to Water t'lant?.
It is much wiser ?o give plenty of
water once every few days than a
little each day. The latter method
keeps the surface moist, and the roots
naturally rise for the moisture so that
they are near the surface and will **?
Injured l>y the heat of the following
?lay.
(iive enough water to go deep, or
else just enough to wash the leaves.
The amateur should by preference wa?
ter at night, for then the moisture has
a chance to do Its good work before
evaporation starts under the heat of
the sun's rays, as it does almost at
? once when watering is done In the
! morning.?(larden Magasine
LANDED AT ANNAPOLIS
Paul Jones Remains in the Safe-Keep?
ing of American Navy.
WAS A NAVAL FAMILY FINERAL.
Honored By the Ircochmeo CefHn Deposited
le the temporary Vault Religious Cere?
monies by Chaplain Clark- Partie* Val?
ley and Tapa Sounded Tomb la Qasrded
by Marinen.
Annapolis, lfd. ( Special).?For the
first time in nearly a century and a
quarter the body of Admiral John Paul
|ones touched American soil when
eight American jackies Monday morn?
ing bore the Casket containing the re?
main-? across the Boat to the north
trail of the seawall oi the Maral Acad?
emy. Annapolis.
The event was the most imposing and
significant of all the ceremonies in honor
of the dead. For several days the body
has been on ship in American waters,
but the mosl touching incident eras the
final landing.
The very simplicity of ihe arrange?
ments made the scene all the more im?
pressive. Never before has there been
such an array of battleships ill the
Chesapeake Hay. and never before in
times of peace has the historic old
Maryland capital witnessed a more in?
spiring military display.
Early in the morning the squadron
saluted the shore with i.? guns, and
Rear-Admiral Sands returned Rear Ad
miral Sigsbee's salute with the same
number of nuns. Then Admiral Sands
and his staff sailed oui to the Brooklyn
on the tug Standish, which was to
bring back the remains of Admiral
Jone-,
At <)..*o o'clock the ship's crane of
the Brooklyn was fastened to the cas?
ket in the half deck, and in a few min?
utes the body was swung over the side
to the aft deck of the tug. The body
carriers, consisting of eight sailors, took
their places near the coffin, and the
Standish steamed up the Severn.
While the preparations for the trans?
fer of the remains from the flagship
wire being made several companies of
marines and sailors were being towed
ashore in cutters drawn by launches.
The first detachment to arrive was the
band and a company of marines, com?
manded by Lieut. A. II. McGramt, from
the Brooklyn. Then came a company
of jackies and marines from the Iowa,
followed in quick order by the rest of
the American seamen. The first bat?
talion of sailors was commanded by
Lieut Com. II. F. Bryan, of the Ala?
bama, and the second battalion was
commanded by Lieut. Com. Harry
George, of tin- Tacoma..
The bat tali.m of marines was formed
by companies ?mm the first and second ?
divisions of the North Atlantic squad?
ron, and was commanded by Capt. T. 11.
Lowe.
Among the la si i,i arrive was the
company of marines from the French
cruiser Jurieii <.]<.' la (iravicro. under
Lieutenant Breynann. Clad in blue
jackets and white caps with a red tas?
sel, they formed a striking contrast to
the spotless white uniforms of the Amer?
ican seamen. In their drill and appear?
ance they also differed widely from the
others in the parade. All of them were
men of middle age. while our marines
appeared to be mere youths beside them.
In the march they carried their guns
somewhat aslant and their stride was
short and jerky, which was very no?
ticeable when compared with the long,
easy step of the Americans.
When the two battalions had landed
the men were drawn up in brigade front.
stretching for ?oo yards along the si .1
wall, to receive the body of Admiral
Jones, in the following order: The
naval band at the head, followed by the
Naval Acadeim marine-, the fleet ma?
rines, the French jackies. the American
sailors, the midshipmen and the officers
of the squadron.
At 10 o'clock the Standish arrived off
the float, which was decorated with
American flags and the pennants of an
admiral. Immediately in front of the
float was the detachment of French ma?
rines and on the float were a small de?
tachment of American seamen and the
eight honorary bodybearers from the
Ciraviere.
As the remains of Admiral Jones
touched shore a minute gun. the tir>t of
a rear-admiral's salute, was tired, and
the Naval Academy Band, under Prof.
C. A. Zimmerman, greeted tile arrival
with a flourish of drums and bugles.
When the casket was being put in the
hearse the band played Chopin's "Fu?
neral Dirge."
Slowly the procession moved forward
in the order given above, the hearse
being in the midst of the American ma?
rines In front of the hearse were Rev.
H. H. Clark, chaplain of the Navai
Academy, and Rev. G I.. Bayard, chap?
lain of tlie Brooklyn.
During the march from the landing
and around the athletic grounds to
Maryland avenue and the formation on
the parade grounds the admiral's salute
continued, and the affair was so well
fired as the hearse drew up i" front of
timed that the iast gun of the salute was
the temporary vault.
Rattler In Child's Bed.
Altoona ( Special). ?Samuel Styers,of
Woodward, had an experience with a
rattlesnake that he will not soon forget.
His little son was ill and was confined
to a bed on the first floor. The front
door was kept open, day and night, for
fresh air. When Styers entered the sick
room in the morning he heard ,1 peculiar
noise. Investigation revealed a rattle?
snake coiled up 011 the sick hoy's couch.
Procuring a pole. Styer flung the reptile
upon the porch, where the dog was quick
to grab it and shake the life out of it.
Visits His Own Qrave.
Pottsville (Special).?Philip Harley,
of Pottsvillc, had the curious experience
of visiting his own grave. A week ago
a man was killed by ihe Philadelphia and
Reading "flyer" near Shocniakersvillc.
From effects found on the body it was
believed to be llarley's and was buried
in the Potter's Field wdien no one claim?
ed it. Harley turned up Sunday, and
when told of the incident visited the
place and deposited a bouquet of flow?
ers on the grave.
NEWS IN SHORT ORDER.
T>e Latest rTapseafafa Condensed for Rapt?
Readisg.
Domestic:
The Goret POT of Colorado has grant?
ed the requisition of the Governor of
Massachusetts for John Shidlofsib, the
Boston barbar charged with wife mur?
der.
Judge De Haxen Ins granted an ap?
peal of Senator Mitchell's case to the
Supreme Court oi the United States
on a bill of exceptions.
Major C. F. Gillette has been ap?
pointed a member of the commission to
investigate the Torrcsdale filter plant of
Philadelphia.
The citizens of San DiegO will erect
a monument to the memory of the men
who lost their lives in the Bennmgton
explosion
The fire in the Texas oil fields i> s;il1
burning fiercely. Twelve persons have
been burned to death.
l>ar!niR Dowling. Jr.. was killed in a
tight at Fort Mudgc, C,a., and Charles
Crews WSS scrcvcly cut.
The investigation of the ('?encrai Ta?
per Company before Special Examiner
Taylor began at St. Paul.
The new comic opera. "The Merry
Khan." was produced at the Euclid (?ar?
den in Cleveland.
The funeral of former Secretary of
War Daniel S. Lamont will take place
Wednesday.
Timothy Darling shot and killed one
woman and wounded two other persons
in Chicago.
The Minneapolis linseed oil industry
is paralyzed because of the corner in
flax seed.
The oil tanks of the Texas Company
at H unible, Tex., were destroyed by
fire.
Five military convicts have escaped
from the guardhouse at Fort Wright.
Veterans, Sons of Veterans, members
of Woman's Relief Corps and other pa?
triotic societies attended the funeral in
Boston of General Blacfcmar, command?
er-in-chief of the Grand Army of the
Republic
Three laborers drank a can of beer
and laid down Ofl the Burlington tracks.
Si Omaha. One was killed, another fa?
tally injured, and the third was injured
ami not awakened by his shaking up.
A collection of $2$JOOO was taken up
at the closing session of the Missionary
and Christian Alliance of the Eastern
District of the United States at Lancas?
ter, Pa.
A New York woman who is the moth?
er of mx children has passed the ex?
amination for admission to ihc New
York bar. She wa- at the, head of i.ooo
candidates.
Anthracite coal operators arc reported
to be storing immense quantities of coal
with a view to resisting the demand- of
the miners when again made.
Dehunore Place, the historic home of
the Bayard family, in Wilmington, will
be sol?! in the settlement of the cs'.atc
of the late Tilomas F. Bayard.
Six passengers on the steamer Finance
arrived in New York from Panama, hav?
ing abandoned their positions on the
canal.
The Mew York Legislation Commit?
tee will not be hampered by restrictions
in its investigation of the Equitable Life
Assurance Society.
A Polish merchant of Pittston, Pa.,
is dead as the result of fright because
of receipt of several "Black Hand" let?
ters.
Miss Florence Everett, of South Am
I boy. had a thrilling experience by being
i lost in a coal mine at Wilkesbarre, Pa.
Mis< Frances Schroeder, daughter of
! I former mayor of Brooklyn, Xew York.
j will wed Alfred J. Bonbon, a mechanic.
William Holroyd. S machines!. 23years
old, killed his 17 year-old wile in Phil?
adelphia and then committed suicide.
It i-; reported that the grave of the
mother of Abraham Lincoln, near Lin?
coln City, 111., i- neglected.
A: a prayer-meeting in s Cleveland
Baptist Church John D. Rockefeller said
he never tasted rum.
A serious Ho: occurred at the celebra?
tion of a Polish wedding near Latrohe,
1 Pa.
Charles M. Schwab denies that he gave
$.?5.000 for a copy of "Fads and Fan?
cies," hut admits that lie paid $1,500 for
a subscription.
In order to avert a disaster like that of
the General Slocum, the steamer Sirius,
with i.ooo Sunday School excursionists
On board, was run ashore after she had
struck a rock, which knocked a hole in
ihe bottom.
A Lockport ( X. Y. > women left $5.000
to her only child and $40.000 for a home
for houseless dogs and cats.
Mary I. Nelson, who sued Frederick
Gebhardl for $65,000. got judgment by
default.
The rate war between New York and
Chicago may lead to a reduction of the
tare to $1.
J. H. Patterson gav? a dinner to 10,
000 persons in Ohio.
I oteifa.
TI10 Czar and the (?crinan Emperor
had their conference o\t the Hohcnzol
lern, and the Czar returned. There is
much speculation in Berlin and St.
Petersburg a> to what the nature of
their interview was.
Premier Bal four announced in the
British House of Commons thai the
mini-try had no intention of resigning
o\\ account of its defeat last week.
Thousands oi roughs terrorized the
citj of Nizhin Novgorod, in Russia,
killing all the respectable people they
met.
The Turks are meeting with tome
success against the insurgents at Sanaa,
the Capital city O? Yemen provin
Dr. Juan Pablo Rojas Paul, former
president of Venezuela, died 111 Caracas,
Venezuela.
The Servian elections resulted in a
victory for the government.
M. Witte and Ambassador Nelidoff
si nt a courier from Paris to the Czar
with a message giving ihc result of their
interview with Premier Rouvier and ex?
plaining France's attitude.
The Emperor, left Petcrbof on board
the imperial yacht Standar! for Bjorko
to meet Emperor William SI dinner on
I ihc German imperial yacht Ilohen
zolltiii.
Tue French Minister of Marine has'
decided to send a SQUadron tO \ isit the
United States.
Havana has declared quarantr -
against New Orleans because of ye1 ^
lever, . '*' ?
THE BOILERS WERE BAD
Reported Leaking Just Before the Yes
sel Was Blown Up.
SAN DIEGO HOSPITALS ARE FILLED.
The Dead Qivea a Military durlal Sunday
Afternoon at Point Loma?The Doctora
aad Nones Worked all Night at Hos*
p?tala?Fifteen Bodies Believed to Be la
the Hold of the VesaeL.
San Diego, ('a!. ( Special ).?That the
boilers of the I'nited States gunboat
Benmngton, winch was blown up Friday
were known to be weak eras itated by
survking members of the crew.
The foliowng is the gunboat Benning
ton's casualty summary.
Total known dead, Oo.
Bodies recovered. 41).
Bodies m ship compartment. 7.
Missing (may be drowned), 15.
Severely ujured. 50.
Probab( fatally injured. 6.
Probable ultimate total number of
dead, 81.
A number of men are -till missing.
Some of ihese may be dead, and prob?
ably a dosen of the injured will die of
their wounds.
Fireman K. (i. Hopp made the first
definite .statement regarding the cause of
the accident. A short time before the
explosion, he says, one of the boilers was
found to be leaking badly, ami the hnil
ermaker was sent for to repair the dam?
age. Before the latter came the c ?
sion occurred. Hopp -aw men all about
him killed outright, and he himself \va
Stunned for a moment.
A Honolulu dispatch relates that the
Bennington's boilers were leaking when
she left that harbor. Repairs were made
to others parts of the machinery at Hon?
olulu, but the boiler - were no: repaired.
The men who were injured say it has
been the talk of the ship fe>r six months
that the boilers were defective, and many
of them had feared for a long time that
just such an accident would happen.
One of the men said that a year
last February, while the ship was at
Magdalena hay. the engineer of the
cruiser New York was -cut for to in?
spect the boiler-, and he reported that
they were in good condition. While the
vessel ivas in San Francisco last year
the talk of defective boilers again arose,
but no steps were taken to remedy them.
That the naval officers knew the boil?
ers were not strong is indicated by the
fact that before the gunboat departed
on the trip to Honolulu the boilers were
specially inspected, and the inspector de?
cided that the boilers were s-.ron^ en
to enable the vessel to make the voyage
to Hawaii and return to the Mare Island
Navy Yard.
The upper deck smidship presents a
mass of wreckage. The sm >kes'.acks
have been blown out of place and the
superstructure is bent and twisted m all
sorts of shapes. The plates on the side
are hulgmg out and leaks in a number
of places are letting in the water.
John Turpin. colored, who was <>n
board the Maine when she was blown
up in Havana, was oil board the Rcn
nington ami again escaped injury. He
rendered valuable aid in rescuing the
dead and wounded.
Every effort aboard the Benningtor
was bent toward reaching the dead
bodies beneath the steel bulkheads ir
the closed and flooded compartments A
fire engine from the local fire elepart
ment was utilized to pump out the wajtei
which during the night and morning
?periods of high tide rose high, in th?
? engine and boiler rooms.
Out of the confusion that followed 'du
disaster and the work of rescue com?
1 thrilling stories of heroism and self
sacrifice. The braver) oi the crew wa
phenomenal. Men who were badly in
jured and scalded workeel to reset*
those who were worse off than them
selves. The self sacrificing efforts oi
the part of the physicians and score- o
nurses also won high praise. Evcryon
who could he made useful at the 1ms
pit?is was put to work.
Benolnfcion s Dead Buried.
San Diego. Cal. (Special.)?Forty
-even of the gunboat Bennington's dea<
were buried Sunday in a common grav
in the little military cemetery on th
crest oi the promontory of I.oma, big
above the waters oi San Diego Bay, 0
the nnc side, and within sound of th
booming surf oi the Pacific on the Othet
Without the crash of drum OS the SOUn
of brass, without pomp or parade, ye
with simple impressiveness, all hone
aras paid the nation's dead.
They have honored dead to keep thei
company. All about them lie those wh
died in the nations in mote trying tune
Gravestones, yellow with age. bear th
names ni men who died at Monterey, i
the Mexican War; others who gave u
their lives in the conquest of Calitorni;
and who followed Commodore Stockte?
st Old San Pasqual. The-c are the
neighbors in death.
Army and Navy paid their last tril
Utes no less sincere than the simple gri?
of the representatives of peace, who ma>
the long journey around or across ;1
bay. From Fort Rosecrans came tl
One Hundred and Fifteenth Compan
coast heavy artillery; from the city <
San Diego, the naval reserves; from tl
Universal Brotherhood's Home, on Poil
I.oma. a company oi khaki-clad repr
tentatives, and from the government sh
Fortune a do/en sailors. But the mo
impressive body of mourners were tl
52 men from the battered BenningtO
Beside- those there were hundreds
civilians, who, nnthoughtful of the t
tiguing journey from the city, broug
their offerings of flowers to lay upi
the graves.
Alfonso to VIalt William.
San Sebastian. S<pain | By Cable). It
il rumored that Kmperor William has
asked King A'iT-onso ((, ,?mo ],js vjsjt to
Berlin so as to inclmk. September I, the
anniversp iy ()f ^ H;i[(lc of Scdan ;,.?
'he Sp 4msM Government has replied that
rCing would wisii to remain in Spam
'jlljl the genera! elections, which lake
r>)sce September & The question of
the visit was discussed between Gen.
Montero R?OS, ibe Premier, and Herr
Von Radnwuz. the GtfmiSJt Ambassador.
JAPS ADVANCE ON VLADIVOSTOK ?
Large Reinforcemeola From the .Male Arssy?
Ruaslaas Captared.
Russian Headquarters at the Front
(By Cable).?The Japanese advance
from Korea is taking on a more ener?
getic character, and is bein? pushed to?
ward Moasan, Nangan and Hasagawa.
The Japanese Mem to have received
heavy reinforcements from Field Mar?
shal (Kama's main army in from of
General Lincvitcii.
A ianding of Japanese near Vladivos
tok would not be surprising, and their
operations appear to be concentrating in
that direction.
The Japanese advance m the Island
of Sakhalin has reached Vladhnrrovska.
The Japanese artillery includes 40 ma?
chine gun>.
Tokio (By (.'able).- Admiral Dcwa
reports that a Russian lieutenant and IJ
marines, formerly belonging to the bat?
tleship Kniaz Somaroff, flagship of Vice
Admiral Roj^stvcnsky. recently landed
from a boat at Fnduma Point on the
! of Sakhalin, and were taken pris?
oners.
According to their statement they
were ordered to navigate the British
steamer Oldhamia to Vladivostok, but
encountered a dense fog and run aground
on Urupp Island. They set fire to and
abandoned the Oidhamia June 17. An
officer of marines with 17 men took to
a boat and made for Korsakoff. but
they have not since been heard of.
The captured lieutenant left the same
spot July 5 in search of the missing
party of Russians, and fell into the
hands of the Japanese. Two more Rus?
sian officers and 14 marines remain
where the Oldhamia was burned. They
had provisions for six weeks.
DEATH CAUSED BY HAT PIN STAB.
Victim Said It Was Dooe By Accident?May
Have Been Marder.
Detroit. Mich. (Special).?Fred Mont?
gomery, a waiter of Sandwich, Ont..
who was taken to St. Mary's Hospital
July 6 with a wound in his breast made
by a hatpin, is dead. At the post-mor?
tem six inches of the pin was found
imbedded in his breast, part of it actu?
ally in the man's heart. The piece of
pin had begun to rust, ami the physi?
cians marvel that Montgomery lived so
long. When taken to the hospital from
a lodging-house Montgomery said he
received the WOtUtd by accident, claim?
ing that a woman with whom he had
been in a cafe had slipped and pushed
against him as she was pinning on fier
hat. causing the wound.
It is now thought that perhaps the
wound was received during a row at
his home in Sandwich early in the rven
ing on which he was taken to the hos?
pital. Canadian officials say that Mont?
gomery's wife has been missing since
the night of the row and is supposed
to have gone to Indian Territory.
TOKIO TO HONOR TAPT.
Elaborate Preparations By Japa For His
Reception.
Toki 1 (By Cable).?Extensive prepa?
rations are making for the reception of
Secretary Taft and party. Besides offi?
cial receptions, imperial and otherwise,
the bankers' and other influential asso?
ciations and societies arc holding meet?
ings and appointing reception commit?
tees.
All Tokio is inclined to give the hearti?
est possible reeeptitm to Secretary Taft,
Miss Alice Roosevelt ami the other
member- of lie party, and will make ;-.
demonstration commensurate with the
strength and appreciation of American
friendship held by all subjects of the
Mikado.
Daniel S. Lamoot Dead.
New Vork (Special).?-Col. Daniel S.
l.amont. Secretary of War under Presi?
dent Cleveland, died a; 0.15 P. M. at his
country residence, at Milbrook, Duteh
COUnty, X. Y.. after a brief illness.
Nothing but the bare announcement
of Colonel Lamont's death was made
public by the family. Tt was under
i. however, that the death was unex?
pected, although Colonel Lamont had
been in feeble health for some time.
Wife Marderer Ends His Ufe.
Keokuk. la. (Special).?Lon Jackson,
who shot and killed hfl T5-year-old wife
at his home, near Downing. Mo., and
then disappeared in the woods, has com?
mitted suicide. He returned home and
hanged himself to a tree in the back
yard after shooting himself in the head.
The pistol shot aroused watchers over
the wife's body, who found Jackson
lifeless. Both husband and wife were
buried in the same grave.
Ex-Lerjslator Convicted.
Pensacola, Fla. (Special).?J. B.
Vaughn, one of the most prominent citi?
zens oi this county, who has served as
a member of the Legislature, chief deputy
sheriff, constable and in other positions,
was convicted oi manslaughter ut the
Criminal Court. While shooting at J.
C Nichols, at Century, a few weeks ago.
a bullet from the revolver of Vaughn
went wild and killed B. T. Nail, a drum?
mer. ^_____
Appointments By President.
Oyster Bay. I.. I. (Special).?Presi?
dent Roosevelt announced the following
I appointment? John McMackin, to be
United States consul at Georgetown.
Guiana; Bisher W Thornberry, to be
marshal of the consular court of the
United States at Chefoo. China, and
Henry F Blount, Cecil Clay and Wil?
liam F. Shushter to be trustees of the
reform school of the District of Colum?
bia.
UVE WASHINGTON AFFAIRS.
The investigation of the leakage "t
the cotton reports of the Department
of Agriculture was begun by the fed?
eral grand jury.
Secretary of the Naw Bonaparte de?
clares that the investigation of the Ben
nington disaster will be thorough.
The War Department took Cognizance
of the death of tonner Secretary La
mont.
After cutting his throat. F. Maurice
Cox jumped into Rock Creek, but was
rescued and taken to a hospital
OUR
NEW YORtt
LETTER nf
* * * # *
Nkw Ton f'iT v Y
Admitting that for revenge
her lO-rnon:h-old child, stabb? as
band and then tried to kill ?i le
insanely jealous of her si<
Hanley, Mr^. Annie Gal t
ical condition at the East? id
Hospital, and under arres!.
George Cabes and his wife re
from Denver, and live
avenue, Willtamsburg Whei
ley joined them, a few week
Gabrs became fealous, lie nurs?
ing her baby hoy yesterday plunged n
knife through his heart. Then she at?
tempted to kill her husband, and ended
by slashing her own arms ami w*Jgt?,
and stabbing herself in the abdomerv'
She surrendered to the police chcef
fully and without an expression of ri
gret. (
sg* 49 49
An odd will has been filed for pro?
bate by executors of the estate of Deane
Miller, who lived at !_' West Fortv
fourth street. Half of the residuary es?
tate is to be held in trust, the interest
to be paid to the testator's luother,
Clark A. Miiler. of New Rochelle, and
at the end of three years part of all of
the principal to be paid over to him
on condition that dur -e he
has abstained from t'? "^^kjg.
every form. Dr. Chai Vni ..
other brother, inherits the other half
of the estate and m mal be?
longings, and is one
with full power to del iat por?
tion of the conditional brquest shall be
paid over.
49 49 .9
To have a ghost walk in and demand
his clothes was a novel ex?Mktftl *jJithe
desk t'orne at the W -lunSn
Street Police Station. Harry Willis, 255
West Thirty-eighth street, was the
ghost.
"Go on!" gasped the Sergeant. "You
ain't got any clothes; you're dead! You
were drowned in North River Tuesday
night."
"Was I*"" said Willis. "Well, don't
you think it. I was in swimming, and
fell asleep afterward in a freight car.
When I woke up 1 found that the car
had moved OUt and I was in Spuyten
Duyvil. I borrowed I pair of tro
and telephoned my mother, who brought
ir.e clothes. In the meantime you had
found mine and reported me dead. But
jilease, sir. gimme my clothes !"
And he got them.
49 49 49
Some practical joker, maybe?- ?
misguided enthusiast, possibly?tried to
scare or blow Edward Washerman of
the Stock Exchange out of a railroad,
bull movement by sending him a cigar
box loaded with black gunpowder,
matches and strings to pull. If you
pulled "em. they'd scratch and start
things. The package came by mail, and
on the box inside was, the name of T' ^^_
W. Lawson, indicating thatf ^^^ag
it had gone daft over the frenzied-finance
agitation and thought he ?ras doing level
finances a good turn. The Postoffice De?
partment is looking the matter up.
49 49 49
Cupid will do a good business with 1
trio oi Jersey City young men befof
next July 4 _Wi?liam Locke, (" :>?c J.
Stillman and Tames Murray?-the first
a clerk of the Second District Court, the
second a lawyer and the third an em?
ployee oi the Pennsylvania Railroad?
have signed a farina! '^Kr,gi!Uiem that
any one oi the three faili ^UWaW?iXr-v
by that date mnsl forfeit $50
the wedding expenses of the more lucky
)iie>. Locke is said to he calling >n
half a dozen girls at once, to meet any
possible contingency ; Murray is said to
be engaged already, and Stillman is
making good his name by working on.
the quiet.
Abraham Licbcrmann is one of :h<
little tenement babies of Williamsburg
to whom hot weather means suffering, V
maybe death. So his parents have been *
taking him to the roof of their tene?
ment, at 47 Morrell street, to catch what
he might of the stray breez-s Last
evening Abraham crawled .-u-^^^dic
rornices on an cxplorihg'c^pitaTrTWragg,^
fell five stories to the street below. In
his fall he overturned a baby carriage^
struck head first and was killed. The il
taut in the carriage was not hurt.
49 49'49
To what base uses d 1 United States
Ship-building shares of stock return'
At the usual auction 500 shares each
>f common and preferred stock in thfj
:ompany were soldJor $25^or 2^ ecnj
1 share. The purctiaser wanrc?
decorate a room.
LEPT VICTIM TO DIE.
I
Robbers Cat Wrist of Real Estate Mas asd
Stood Him ia Doorway.
Chicago (Special).?The police be?
lieve that John Tcsmer. who died
the county hospital an b
had been found in a doorway*!
victim of torture indicted by men
waylaid and robbed him.
Tesmer, who was a prosperous
estate man, had collected rents
' era! places and was going horn?
I he was attacked by highwaymen.
j fought, but was worsted. A blow on th|
I left eye. which left an ugly cut. knock^
i him unconscious, and he was drT
! into a hallway, where he was^
i several hour- later.
Search for his assailants
? been unavailing.
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Newspaper Piant Barned.
Little Rock, Ark. (Special? ThJ
newspaper anil job-printing plant ?^M
Arkansas Democrat was burned-^Bj
estimate of the loss shows an agarre?
of $iSo,ooo, with insurance of $iqc?fl
Daniel D. Taylor, a,-trrcr?tj'jn?aaM
slept in the third story of the bufl
burned to death, his charred beW
being found in the mini today. jm
The tire had gained great hcadjfl
i before it wts, discovered. ^kWSk