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MRS. POST POSED
AS HAIR RESTORER
GR OW A LEG ON A STUMP.
OTHER miraculous powers she
arrogated to herself.
vl ,ncisea In the Trial of the Mental
Scientist nt Jacksonville Tell of
the Wondrous Effects She De
clared She Could Cause—Four Dol
lars a Month Her Fee for Getting
a Man Out of Prison—Held That
Nothing Was Impossible.
Jacksonville, Fla., Feb. 3.—The trial
e f the mental science healer, Mrs.
Helen Wilmans Post, who is charged
with devising a scheme to defraud
divers persons and using the mails
to further this scheme, brought out
very little new evidence to-day.
A letter from an Indiana woman was
read and placed in evidence in which
he wanted to know it Mrs. Post would
undertake to get her son out of prison
by using her mental treatment. To
this a reply was sent by Mrs. Post’s
direction to the effect that nothing
was impossible, and that she would
take the case for four dollars per
month.
It was brought out that she answered
letters and promised to give her treat
ment to persons who requested it for
every imaginable disease and also
for troubles of all kinds. She had
agreed to give treatment for making a
new set of teeth grow; to make a leg
grow on a stump from which the
lower limb had been amputated; to
make hair grow on bald heads; to re
store the affections for each other of
persons who had become estranged;
to transfer the affections of persons,
and in fact, to do anything she was
asked to.
Only two witnesses were examined;
these were Mrs. E. H. Dayton and
her daughter. Miss Dora Dayton. Both
of these were formely in the employ
of Mrs. Post as clerks and answered
letters for her. They identified a
large number of letters which had
been received by Mrs. Post and In
answer to which they had sent let
ters according to the general In
structions. Mrs. Post saw very few of
these letters, the witnesses stated.
All she did was to take out the money
enclosed and pass the letters on to
he answered. She did not know the
names of the writers in most instances.
On cross examination the defense
brought out the fact that Miss Dora
Dayton had undergone a course of
treatment given by Mrs. Post, also
that Miss Dayton had given Mrs.
Post’s grandchild a course of
mental science treatment at the re
quest of Mrs. Post.
PLANS FOR FUNERAL^
OF W. C. WHITNEY.
It Will Be Held To-morrow from
Grace Church.
New Tork, Feb. 3,—lt was decided
to-day that the funeral of the late Wil
liam C. Whitney will take place on
Friday morning at 10 o'clock, at Grace
f’hurch. Admission to the church will
he by card, as the capacity of the
building is limited.
The Interment will be at Woodlawn
Cemetery, for which place a special t :ain
will leave the Grand Central Station
after the services at the church. Payne
Whitney, who was summoned from
Thomasville. Ga.. when his father’s
condition became critical, is expected
to arrive here to-day.
The pallbearers for the funeral of
the late William C. Whitney were an
nounced as follows:
Grover Cleveland. Thomas F. Ryan,
Elihu Root, Thomas Dolan, J. Pierpont
Morgan, Grant B. Schley. William Jay,
P. A. B. Widener, H. McK. Twombley
and G. G. Haven.
William Ordway Partridge, the sculp
tor, took a death mask of Mr. Whitney
to-day.
STADIE SAVEdV MAN,
BUT DIED IN DOING SO.
Heroism of the Engineer of an Oil
Steamer at Sen Orleans.
New Orleans, Feb. 3.—ln attempting
to save the life of a sailor named Peter
Hansen, George Stadie, engineer of the
oil steamer Northtown, from Port Ar
thur, lost his life to-day. Several other
mn were prostrated by the fumes, but
were resuscitated.
Hansen went into the hold to repair
a valve and was overcome, and Stadie
volunteered to go to the assistance of
Hansen. He succeeded in tying a rope
around the sailor and the latter was
dragged to the deck, but Stadie in the
meantime fell unconscious and died in
a short while.
One by one seven men went into the
hold in the effort to aid Stadie, but all
were overcome by the fumes.
Rl’H ON BANK CEASED.
Aid of the Clearing House Associa
tion Was Offered and Declined.
Houston, Tex., Feb. 3.—The run
atarted on the Planters and Mechan
ics' National Bank, of which John
H. Kirby is president, had completely
subsided to-day when that institution
opened for business. The local
Clearing House Association announced
that it was ready to render the bank
suy assistance necessary, but the offi
cers of the bank stated that they were
amply able to meet all demands.
The temporary receivers of the Kir
by Lumber Company and the Houston
fJil Company have ordered a continu
anoe of operations in the usual man
ner and announcement is made that
Plans are being considered to termi
bate the receiverships when the cases
are called on Feb. 17.
SAY THEY HAVE A CLUE.
Bedford, Ind., Feb. 3.—Detectives at
"ork on the Schafer murder mystery
ratified the city officials to-day that
*bey had what they regarded as a
Promising clue. The man under suspi
cion is not a resident of Bedford and is
ln comfortable circumstances.
Lafayette, Ind., Feb. 3.—What may
Prove to be a clue In the Bedford mur
oer mystery has been given to the
Lafayette detectives by Katherine
•rilfin, a servant in the employ of
George E. Jenks, a paper manufacturer
of this city.
In the presence of two witnesses.
Miss Griffin declared to-day that she
"ag certain that the man who killed
Miss Schafer was the same person
who followed her on the night of the
murder, and she believes that the
school teacher was mistaken for her
®®“* says thls m an met her on
the day of the murder and got angry
at her refusal to accompany him.
posses7re hunting
NEGROES WHO KILLED
White Planter and Tsvo Negroes
Shot in Mississippi.
Doddsville, Miss., Feb. 3.—A white
man and two negroes are dead and
posses are searching for three
negroes, with the avowed intention of
lynching them, as the result of a dif
ficulty to-day, on the Eastland planta
tion, two miles from this place.
John Eastland, a wealthy plantation
owner, and Albert Carr, a negro ten
ant, were* killed to-day by Luther
Holbert, a negro, in a shooting scrape
which grew out of a difficulty between
Eastland and Holbert. The tragedy
occurred on Eastland’s plantation, and
when news of It reached Doddsville, a
posse was immediately organized.
When the posse arrived at the planta
tion further shooting occurred, and
John Winters, a negro, was killed.
Holbert escaped, arid' posses from
Greenville, Indianola, Cleveland, and
other points are searching for him and
two other negroes who, it is charged,
were implicated with him in the kill
ing of Eastland. The negroes will
probably be lynched if captured.
Eastland was a member of a promi
nent family, and relatives have offer
ed large rewards for the capture of
Holbert.
HAD TO DIG OUT THE TRAIN.
For Nine Honrs It Was Stopped by
the Heavy Snow.
Indianapolis, Ind., Feb. 3.—The Lake
Erie and Western, the Logansport di
vision of the Vandalia, the Michgan di
vision of the Big Four, and other rail
roads in Northern Indiana have for
twenty-four hours been blockaded by
deep snowdrifts ln cuts, and passen
gers have had some trying experiences
cn stranded trains. On the Lake Erie
and Western, near Peru, one train was
snowbound for nine hours until fifty
laborers and many of the passengers
dug it out.
Passengers have had to abandon some
of the stranded trains on the northern
roads, and seek shelter and food at
farm houses, or engage farmers to take
them to nearby points with sleds.
PEOPLE STORMBOUND
IN MICHIGAN’S THUMB.
Detroit, Mich., Feb. 3.—lnvestigation
of conditions in the "Thumb” district
of Michigan, that part of the state
north of Port Huron to Saginaw bay,
comprising three counties, made over
the long distance telephone by
News to-day, show's that there are
upyards of 100,000 people stormbound
in the villages, towns and hamlets of
the district. All the towns north from
Port Huron to Port Austin and Har
bor Beach, except Bad Axe, a junction
point, report alarming shortage of
coal, with little or no wood supply
available.
Fortunately there is no lack of pro
visions reported in any of the towns,
but suffering for want of fuel is in
evitable in many places unless the
Pere Marquette succeeds in opening
its line in a few days.
PLANS FOR CONVENTION.
Arrangements Made by tbe Demo
cratic Committee at St. Lonls.
St. Louis Feb. 3.—The sub-com
mittee on arrangments of the Demo
cratic National Convention reconvened
to-day to complete its work.
Committeemen Campau of Michigan,
Mack of New York, Johnson of Kansas
and Secretary Walsh of the National
Committee will act as a sub-commit
tee of the committee on arrangments
and will serve in conjunction with
the local committee of the Business
Men’s League, visiting St. Louis
frequently.
The members of the committee ex
pressed themselves as perfectly satis
fied with the arrangments made by the
local committee. They declared the
coliseum adequate for the purpose of
the convention and that it in every
way meets their expectations..
A large number of applications for
seats w-ere received and placed on
file. No action In regard to distribution
will be taken until a special com
mittee of the sub-'commlttee has
throughly examined the seating ar
rangements at the coliseum, and re
ported to the full national committee.
The sub-committee consists of D. J.
Campau. Michigan, chairman; J. M.
Head, Tennessee; C. A. Walsh, lowa,
and N. E. Mack, New' York, and it is
probable they will hold a meeting in
St 'Louis some time in March and
then confer with the local convention
hall committee. , ..
The committee decided to make its
headquarters during the convention at
the New Jefferson hotel.
ASSAILANT OF MRS. SHIELDS.
A Negro I Arrested Upon Suspicion
of Being the Man.
Norfolk, Va„ Feb. 3.—A negro, an
swering in some respects the description
of the Roanoke assailant of Mrs.
Shields, was captured beating his way
on a Norfolk and Western freight train
to-night near Suffolk by the train crew
and was brought here for safekeeping
pending identification.
STUDYING MEDICINE.
Work That Requires Good Sustaining
Brain Food.
' The medical student, like any other
brain worker, requires food that re
stores the steadily wasting gray mat
ter in brain and nerves. A doctor of
San Francisco says:
"For the first three years of my
course nt college I suffered much
from severe Indigestion with conse
quent loss of weight and energy of
bodv and mind. At the commence
ment of last season, through the ad
vice of a friend. I purchased a pack
osP of Grape-Nuts.
"For two meals daily I ate nothing
hut Grape-Nuts with good rich cream
as directed on the package and to my
extreme satisfaction I found that
the symptoms of flatulence, acid eruc
tations and mental depress on disap
peared entirely. I gained In weight,
strength and cheerfulness and at the
final examination my grades were
among the highest in the class and
better than those of any previous
and hard study lowers
the tone of the system generally, the
secretions of the stomach being fre
mientlv the first to become impaired.
In my estimation there is nothing in
foods that will cure indigestion so effi
caciously as Grape-Nuts.
-The food also possesses great sus
taining power and I highly recom
mend it to ail students and brain
workers" Name given by Postum
fo Battle Creek, Mich. \
Xo brain workers in particular,
"there's a reason ” , ,
Look In each package for the fa
mous little book, "Thu Koad to W ell
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SAVANNAH MORNING NEWS: THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 4. 1904
THERE iS NO SUBSTITUTE FOR
POWDER
Absolutely Pure
IT IS A MATTER OF HEALTH
ONLY HOME RULE CAN
SATISFY THE IRISH PARTY
So John Redmond Declares in the British House
of Commons.
London, Feb. 3. —"For the Irish
party there is no such thing as an al
ternative policy to home rule,” de
clared John Redmond, the leader of
the Irish parliamentary party, in the
House of Commons to-day as he re
sumed the debate on the address in
reply to the speech from the throne.
Mr. Redmond proceeded, in a speech
of great length, to detail the various
grievances of Ireland, incidentally in
forming the Liberals that it was a de
lusion to suppose they could count on
Irish support by promising an alter
native policy to home rule. Because
the Irish obtained a valuable act last
year, remedying some of the evils of
past government, some persons seem
ed to think that the Irish question
was shelved, but no concession would
weaken the demand for self govern
ment. On the contrary, every conces
sion they had obtained or might ob
CARS PLUNGED
INTO THE RIVER
TWO DEAD AND MANY HURT
IN A WRECK OF THE INTER-COLON
IAL EXPRESS TRAIN.
Everyone of the Thirty Passengers
Sustained Some Hurt Two of
Those Injured Will Die—Engineer
Looked Back and Saw the Cars
Leave the Trnek—Down a Thirty-
Foot Embankment They Tumbled.
Grewsome Kecord of Injuries.
Halifax, N. S.. Feb. 3.—Two dead,
two fatally hurt and twenty-five in
jured, is the casualty list in the wreck
of the Inter-Colonial Express train, the
five cars of which left the rails at Hun
ter’s crossing, forty miles west of this
city, to-day, and plunged down a thir
ty-foot embankment inp the Shubena
cadie river.
Every one of the thirty passengers
suffered more or less serious Injuries,
as did the ten members of the train
crew. The dead:
Mrs. John Glassy, Halifax.
Conductor Robert Duncan, Halifax.
Fatally injured:
Baggagemaster J. E. Blair, Halifax.
Armenian peddler, name not known.
The train was traveling forty miles
an hour. As the curve at Hunter’s
crossing was reached. Engineer Ross
felt a jolt and looking back saw the
baggage car swerve from the rails, fol
lowed by the coaches and the mail car.
The five cars went over the embank
ment and rolled down into the river
which skirts the roadbed at this point.
The Pullman trrned over twice. One
of the coaches struck a tree and was
ripped open from end to end. The
other cars landed bottom up in the
water, which fortunately was less
than two feet deep.
Mrs. Glassy was hurled across one
of the day coaches and instantly
killed, her skull being crushed.
Conductor Duncan, who was in the
baggage car, was burled under a pile
of trunks. His head was crushed, his
leg broken and his body cut and
bruised
Baggage Master Blair had his scalp
torn off and is bleeding to death.
The Arrmenian peddler,who was riding
in one of the day coaches, had nearly
every bone in his body broken.
Car Inspector Hudd was pinned
beneath the wreckage and only re
leased with the aid of jack screws, an
hour after the accident.
Of tsie others who are seriously
injured, many had broken limbs, but
it is believed that not but the two
mentioned will die.
The accident Is supposed to have
resulted from some defect in the
wheels of one of the cars.
DISTURBANCES IN COREA.
General Inanrrectlon la Looked for
ln the Spring.
Seoul, Feb. 3.—Serious disturbances
are reported in the country surround
ing Tonghaik. Thousands of armed
men have 'declared that they are now
Corean subjects. The malcontents
are divided into three separate organi
zations. It is thought that a general
Insurrection will occur next spring.
Foreign citizens at various stations
in the country have confirmed the re
ports that the Corean officials are pro-
Russlan and have asked for the ap
pointment of foreigners in order to
insure their personal safety. It is
stated that the Russians now claim
that the Yalu river timber concessions
cover all branches of the Yalu. Af
fairs in Seoul are quiet.
Smith Bent Gardner.
New York, Feb. 3.—J. DeMun Smith,
of St. Louis, defeated Edward W.
Gardner of Passaic, N. J., in the fourth
game of the national amateur billiard
championship tournament to-day by a
score of 300 to 282. J. Ferdinand Pog
genburg of the Llederkranz Club scored
a very easy victory over the Canadian
champion, Arthur Marcotte, score, 300
to 157.
tain would be used for the furtherance
of the contest for home rule.
Mr. Redmond, who was supported
by a full representation on the Irish
benclles, received an ovation from h'S
followers at the close of Ills forceful,
outspoken criticism.
Mr. Wyndham, chief secretary for
Ireland, in reply, announced the gov
ernment’s Intention to introduce an
act amending the Irish land act
and clearing all the doubtful
points. The chief secretary denied
that he had ever proposed Irish legis
lation with the view of giving home
rule to Ireland, or as a concession for
the purpose of changing the views of
the nationalists. He also denied that
he had any understanding with the
Irish party for any purpose.
Mr. Wyndham did not believe the
Irish question would be settled for at
least fifty years. Even if Ireland had
her own Parliament she could not in
the present state of the money market
find $750,000,000 for the purpose of car
rying out the provisions of the land
act.
ODELL AND OTHERS ARE
SHIPBUILDING VICTIMS.
They Are to Start a Fight Against
Schwab and Pam.
New York, Feb. 3.—Gov. Odell and
other up-state Republican leaders, who
were induced to invest large sums in
the bonds of the United States Ship
building Company, have decided to be
gin a fight against Charles M. Schwab,
Max Pam and others connected with
the concern.
It was learned to-day that when
Gov. Odell was in this city Tuesday
he retained Edward Lauterbach to
prosecute the fight for himself, and
other up-state men, who got caught
by the shipbuilding financiers.
One of the shipbuilding victims was
Reuben L. Fox. of the Republican
State Committee. Mr. Fox is one of
Mr. Lauterbach’s clients. He got
caught for SIO,OOO of the shipbuilding
bonds. Gov. Odell paid over SIBO,OOO
in real cash for $200,000 of the bonds.
Mr. Untermyer to-day prepared pap
ers in the name of Mr. Fox ln an ap
plication to Justice Kirkpatrick, of the
United States Circuit Court for New
Jersey, to have Mr. Fox, made a party
plaintiff in the Untermeyer suit to
have the shipbuilding company declar
ed insolvent.
DOLLAR* WHEAT.
Chicago. Feb. 3.—One dollar wheat
In the sample room and Board of
Trade became an actuality to-day. The
fact that the price, which has long
been the dream of the farmer, had
again been attained, gave stim
ulus to the efforts of the bull leaders
in the pits, and shortly after the dol
lar mark was reached In the sample
room, prices in the wheat, corn and
oats pits established new records,
eclipsing previous high marks for the
year.
Sigsbee to Sonth Atlantic.
Washington, Feb. 3.—Read Admiral
Charles D. Sigsbee was to-day ordered
to be detached from the command of
the League Island navy yard to as
sume command of the South Atlantic
station, ln place of Admiral Benjamin
P. Lamberton. Admiral Sigsbee will
sail from New York on Feb. 13 to as
sume his new command, falling ln with
his flagship at Culebra. Capt. George
F. Wilde, now at the Boston navy
yard, will succeed Admiral Sigsbee at
League Island.
Admiral Schley 111.
Washington, Feb. 3.—Admiral W.
S. Schley is confined to his home by an
attack of grip, but expects to be out
in a few days.
“Tell Me,
Pretty Maiden,”
Why not use Gamble’s
Tooth Powder? It beau
tifies the teeth, makes
them white as pearls and
gi%es a lasting fragranee
to the breath. You can
be no prettier than your
teeth —Just as a chain Is
no stronger than the
weakest link. Good tooth
powder goes a long way
in making a pretty
maiden pretty.
Gamble's
Is Gritless!
Drug stores and Toilet
Counters sell It.
IS NOT LESE MAJESTIE TO
CRITICISE ROCKEFELLER.
University of Cliionßo Professors
Wonid Not Be “Fired” for It.
Chicago, Feb. 3.—Members of the
University of Chicago faculty may
criticise at will, favorably or other
wise, the actions of John D. Rocke
feller, the institution’s most liberal
benefactor, without fear of dismissal.
This announcement was made by
President Harper to the senior class
at the university to-day, in response
to a question. It was asked by one
student:
“Would any professor be dismissed
for criticising John D. Rockefeller in
relation to the Standard Oil Company
and public affairs?”
President Harper replied: "The mem
bers of the faculty have a right to say
as they please. The university stands
for free speech. No professor has
ever been dismissed for expressing his
opinion on any subject. The university
is above such things as interfering
with a man’s right of speech.”
FOR HEARST AND WILLIAMS.
Adherents of Both Claim Illinois
• Democrats’ Support.
Chicago, Feb. 3.—The Democratic
State Committee to-day fixed the date
of the state convention as June 14 and
decided upon Springfield as the place
for holding it.
The presidential aspirations of va
rious candidates were under consider
ation and varying claims were made
for each candidate after the adjourn
ment. It was claimed by the friends
of William R. Hearst that a poll of
the congressional district committee
men showed that their man would
have a majority of the delegates to
the national convention in St. Louis.
On the other hand, the adherents of
Congressman James R. Williams as
sert that he will have the solid dele
gation from Illinois.
RECORDS OF THE VOICE
OF EMPEROR WILLIAM.
Berlin, Feb. 3. —A phonographic rec
ord of Emperor William’s voice, on
metal matrices, will be the first deposit
made in the phonetic archives that are
to be kept at Harvard University, and
in the Congressional Library, and the
national museum, Washington. The
Emperor, upon the application of Dr.
Edward W. Scripture, the psychologist
of Yale University, through the United
States ambassador here, has given two
examples of his voice for permanent
preservation.
The Emperor received Dr. Scripture
after the morning church service on
Sunday. During the making of the rec
ord, the Emperor was alone with the
phonograph. He spoke twice into the
apparatus. The first cylinder, made
especially for Harvard University, con
tained observations on Frederick the
Great. The other was a short disquisi
tion on "Fortitude in Pain."
Grand Army's Guests.
Washington, Feb. 3.—President
Roosevelt, Gen. John C. Black, the
commander-in-chief of the Grand
Army, Secretary Taft, Gen. Nelson A.
Miles and other well known officials
were guests of honor at the banquet
to-night to the Department of the
Potomac of the Grand Army of the Re
public. The President was given a
cordial reception. He paid a tribute
to the Grand Army and its work, and
in a general way spoke of the duties
of citizenship, and of the lessons taught
by the Civil War.
Earthquakes and Tidal Waves.
London, Feb. 3. —The English chan
nel has been visited by extraordinary
weather for the past few days and ti
dal waves have done considerable dam
age on the coasts of both England and
France. Earthquake schocks were felt
on the island of Jersey between 4 and
7 o’clock Tuesday morning. Unusu
ally high tides flooded many coast
towns, wrecking sea walls and cliffs
and doing much damage. Similar re
ports have been recefbsd from the
coast of Portugal, where the sea has
invaded villages and destroyed the
crops.
OBITUARY.
Augustus Baric.
Mr. Augustus Barie died yesterday
at his residence, No. 321 Liberty street,
east, after an illness of four months.
He was 89 years of age. His
death was due to a fall several months
ago.
Mr. Barie was one of the oldest
and best known citizens of Savannah,
having resided .here for the greater
part of his life. He was born in Au
gusta, July 15, 1815. When a boy he
came to Savannah and entered the
banking business with Hiram Rob
erts. He was connected with various
banks until he accepted the position
of bookkeeper with the Savannah Gas
Company, a position which he held
for 15 years.
During the last fifteen years failing
health prohibited active work and he
lived in retirement at his home on
Liberty street. Mr. Barie was the son
of a French consul to Savannah.
He is survived by a brother, Eugene,
now 93 years of age, and four nieces,
Miss Emily Verdery, Miss Mary Ver
dery, Miss Emily Joseph Verdery, and
Mrs. Eugenia Melvin. The funeral
will be held to-morrow morning at 9
o’clock from the Cathedral of St. John
the Baptist. The interment will be in
the Cathedral Cemetery.
Robert Harrison, Forest, Mias.
Mr. Robert Harrison, a former Sa
vannahian died Feb. 1, at Forest,
Miss. He was born In Preston. Eng
land, about seventy years ago, and
came to this city when he was a
lad of 12 years. He served hi3
time with the firm of R. and J. Lachll
-Bon, founders and machinists. In 1853
he, with others, went with the late
Col. W. M. Wadley to Mississippi,
where the latter took charge of the
Vicksburg and Shreveport Railroad.
Later on Mr. Harrison located in For
est, where Tie conducted a foundry and
machine shop. He married in Missis
sippi and his widow and several chil
dren survive him. Mrs. Robert Grooves
of this city is a sister, and W. P.
Bailey, Esq., is a nephew of the de
ceased.
Frank Reden.
Frank Reden died Tuesday night at
9 o'clock at the home of his parents,
Thirty-fifth street and Waters ave
nue, after an illness of only a few days.
Malaria was the direct cause of his
death. He was the only son of Mr. and
Mrs. Max Reden and was 13 years old
at the time of his death. The funeral
will be held from the family residence
to-day. Rev. M. J. Eptlng. pastor of
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, will offi
ciate.
Mrs. .Fames O’Brien, Darien.
Darien. Ga„ Feb. 3.—Mrs. James
O’Brien died at her home on the Ridge
near Darien yesterday. She had been
sick for some time. She is
survived by her husband, Mr. James
O’Brien, one daughter, Mrs John Mack
of Beaufort. 8. C„ and two sons, Wil
liam Thomas and John O’Brien of Da
rien. She was about 74 year* of age
and a native of Ireland.
Greatest Clothing Sale
on Record
AT
Men's High Grade Fashionable Suits
-sio-
Spring and Winter Suits bearing the
labels of “EFF-EFF’ and Hackett, Car
hart & Cos., New York.
Suits sold this season at sl2,
sls,
In Slims, Stouts and Regulars.
MINERS AND OPERATORS
FIND THEY CAN’T AGREE
Miners Want the Present Wage Scale, While Ope
rators Declare for a Reduction.
Indianapolis, Ind., Feb. 3.—The oper
ators and miners were called to meet
In Joint conference to-day that the
Joint Scale Committee might report
its progress and ask for additional in
structions.
After the reading of the Scale Com
mittee’s report F. L. Robbins, the
leader of the operators, moved an ad
journment and the appointment of a
committee composed of one operator
and one miner from each state to fix
the date for the next meeting of the
Joint conference. This committee will
meet in Indianapolis on Feb. 15 to ar
range for another meeting of the Joint
conference.
There was great excitement among
the delegates when it was seen that
the moment for a declaration of a
disagreement had arrived. The Joint
Scale Committee had reported the pres
ent wage scale as their ultimatum, and
the operators insisted that nothing but
the 1902 scale, which is equivalent to
a 12 per cent, reduction in wages, it
Is claimed, would satisfy them.
NEW COUNTRY FORMED
IN SOUTH AMERICA.
Paris, Feb. 3.—Adolphe Brezet, for
merly a captain in the French army
and now claiming to be president of
what he terms "the republic of Coun
ani” in South Americi. has arrived
here and is seeking to obtain the rec
ognition of his government by France.
Brezet says that "Counanl” com
prises the territory which was ln dis
pute between France and Brazil and
which was finally awarded to Brazil.
According to the president of this new
republic “Counanl” is two or three
times as large as France, with a popu
lation of about 200,000 colonists and 1,-
000,000 Indians, who support the new
government.
It is expected here that Brazil will
take measures to assert her sovereign
ty over the territory in revolt.
PARKHILL KILLED
BY LIEUT. ROACH.
Jacksonville, Fla., Feb. 4. —Lieut.
Roach, of the police force, shot and
killed Thomas ParkhlU at 2 o’clock
this morning on one of the principal
business streets. ParkhlU had been
arrested last night for a minor offense
and Lieut. Roach testified against him
In the Municipal Court. Roach claims
that ParkhlU fired at him three times
before he succeeded In drawing his pis
tol. _
TEN YEARS FOR ROSE.
Defaulting Bank Cashier Got the
Limit of the Law.
Cleveland, 0.. Feb. 3.—Georee A.
Rose, late cashier of the Produce Ex
change Bank, who recently confessed
to embezzling $187,000 of the bank’s
funds, was to-day sentenced to serve
ten years in the penitentiary by Judge
Dissette In Criminal Court. The sen
tence is the extreme limit of the law.
Appointed by the President.
"Washington, Feb. 3.—The President
to-day sent to the Senate the following
nominations:
Surgeon in the public health and
marine hospital service: Passed As
sistant Surgeon Henry D. Geddings,
Alabama.
Postmaster: Florida—William A.
Murat, Apalachicola; George (Glass,
High Springs; George B. Patterson,
Key West; Louis Wiselogel, Marlunna.
Whisky and Health.
From the British Medical Journal.
ln health, after a brief exciting ef
fect, alcohol Is a sedative, and it is
probably for this reason that head
workers in this country take It It is
often said that alcohol taken with a
meal assists digestion. Indirectly, the
sedative effect of a moderate quality
of alcohol on the higher centers may
be conducive to good digestion. But
the quantity of alcohol must be really
small, otherwise its local Inhibitory
effect will predominate.
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The possibility of a final disagree
ment and suspension of work is a
of conversation among the miners and
operators to-night. Leaders on both
sides refuse to go into a discussion of
the general effect of a possible sus
pension of operations on April 1.
A suspension of operations in the
four states, Ohio, Pennsylvania, In
diana and Illinois, would affect 117,000
men. The operators demand a reduc
tion and assert that they have to meet
West Virginia competition. They say
that the Pocahontas Coal Company
and other concerns have reduced
wages in the last month and they In
sist that they must have a lower min
ing rate with which to meet this com
petition.
The grounds upon which the miners
take their stand is that the compe
tition of the operators In the central
competitive field and those outside is
not as keen as the operators would
have them believe. The miners say
that at least in Ohio and Pennsylva
nia, their men have not steady work
and that all over the central competi
tive field the cost of living is such at
this time that they cannot accept a
cut In wages and maintain a fair
standard of living.
ROMANCE OF HEARTS.
Custom of Their Separate Burial la
Not Uncommon.
From Tit Bits.
The separate burial of hearts is not
such a singular occurrence as many
readers may be apt to suppose. His
tory supplies us with numerous in
stances.
When Richard the Lion-hearted was
mortally wounded in the attack on
the Castle of Chaluz he expressed a
wish that his body should be burled
at the feet of his father at Fontevraud,
in token of his sorrow for the trou
ble and anxiety which he had formerly
caused him. But he bequeathed his
heart to the Inhabitants of Rouen as
an acknowledgment of the faithfulness
of his Norman subjects. The some
what singular gift was gratefully ac
cepted, and was honored with a beau
tiful shrine in the cathedral. This was
destroyed in 1738, but about a cen
tury later the heart of the famous
Crusader was found inclosed in a
leaden casket under the pavement of
the cathedral. It was replaced, but
some time later was again taken up
and deposited in the Museum of An
tiquities, from which it was in turn
removed to a more appropriate resting
place in the choir of the cathedral,
where it now remains.
On the death of John Ballol, father
of that Baliol who opposed Bruce’s
claim to the throne of Scotland, his
widow ordered his heart to be remov
ed and placed in an ivory casket. Al
though she survived her husband twen
ty years, it is said that she never sat
dow'n to a meal without having the
casket beside her. In accordance with
her dying request the heart was placed
on her dead bosom previous to inter
ment ig her own abbey, which was
situated on the banks of the Nith.
When the great Napoleon died in St.
Helena his heart was removed in order
that it might be placed in a separate
case. The doctor who removed it set it
under a glass case in his bedroom. Dur
ing the night he was startled by the
sound of breakng glass, and he Just
managed to prevent a large rat from
carrying off the heart to its hole. The
heart was immediately placed In an
urn snd secured in the coffin beside the
body.
There would appear to be some doubt
as to what became of Byron’s heart
after his death. According to one ac
count it was lost in a marsh in Greece
under the following circumstances: As
is well known, the poet took a deep in
terest in the efforts which the Greeks
were then making to secure their free
dom. His services were highly appre
ciated by these people, and when he
died, his relatives, who had resolved to
convey his body to England for burial,
were requested to leave his heart in
Greece.
The wish was complied with, and the
precious relic was placed in a silver
casket. Mesolonghi was besieged, and
when the Greeks saw the impossibility
of warding off the attack a small party
made a desperate sally, carrying off
the heart with them. They were suc
cessful in cutting their way through
the Turkish army, but were soon com
pelled to conceal themselves in a marsh,
where the heart, which they had tried
so hard to save, was lost.
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