The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, July 26, 1902, Page 4

THE SAN FRANCISCO WIFE TURNS MURDERESS AND SUIGIDE Double Tragedy Occurs in Grand Hotel in Ukiah. Mrs. .I.\D. Hunt of Oakland | Kills Her Husband and -Herself Leaves a Note to the Coroner Declar- ing Cruel Treatment Had Driven Her to De- struction. s after- Her with which she ¢ head of her her revo two bullets n of the heart o'clock. Its i from a note which she hinted at cruelty on unt was in poor | woman. Tie a powerful man ne of life. was read- story of the artlea by five d succes- terval, two come from ed out into he was met by others Room No. 15 bolted on the room where the side and the door was forced open. MAN DEAD; WOMAN DYING. resented itself to > the smoke filled 1l and con- 5 irs. Lying upon floor, about three the door was Mrs. Hunt, just hair_at the quickly called and summoned jury and Drs 3, an examina- d been 3. His wife had in the region of the must have been killed woman continued t es after the door was shot he hotel register and the em- 1 t Mrs. Hunt ight's train ._She had the hotel. Ukiah team, and then i no. b cash found in Hunt's pockets and about wife's purse. LEAVES NOTE FOR CORONER. a rch a letter writ- and addressed to tne d wrapped in a hand- d to her stocking with in some measure ex- The letter is as fol- fter he agrees to king 1 shall w that I cannot alive to treat the 1 have sent the to go after him, 1 can stop him. .If I I requested that our now that:we are to as well be buried | it will be less J. E. Hunt, a Oakland, and he q is telephone num- ain 10, Oakland. Other business - ither he or some one he may appoint will for us MRS. J. D. HUN’ Hunt is a Mason. I wonder if ve any sey in the matter. er is M: is my wish that our bodies J. D. Hunt's and mine, Mrs. > not think any one will ob- a relaptive, J. E. Hunt, for further direc- n him a letter that will should I find it oth of us. Yours E NELLIE F. HUNT. Hunt at one time kept a livery stable but in February he and a ¥rench, formerly of Guerne- d into a_contract with the Lumber Company to get saw logs near Comptche. Hunt was a mem- ber of Alcatraz Lodge No. 244, Free and Accepted Masons, of West Oakland. No one about the hotel heard any quar- rel between Mr. and Mrs. Hunt, and her letter to the Coroner offers the only ex- planation of the tragedy. TRAGEDY SURPRISES OAKLAND. OAKLAND, July 24—J. D. Hunt, who was murdered by his wife at Ukiah this afternoon, was well known in this city, where up to the first of the year he con- ducted the Club stables at Twelfth and Harrison streets. A few months ago he disposed of his business interests and went to Humboldt County on a logking con- absence his wife re- te family at 760 Tenth The couple have one son, Leon, ed 17, who is at present in the East. fin. Hunt leaves a married sister, Mrs. E. G. Soule, of 536 hteenth street. Mrs. Soule, when seen this afternoon, said: “I know that my sister went to Ukiah the first of this week and I won- dered that she did it, as she was an in- valid. 1 am more than astonished that she could have killed her husband. I am sure that there was no domestic trouble of any kind—if there was they Kept it to themselves. I have no idea what her mo- tive could have been. This affair has prostrated me.” Previotis to Hunt's departure he and his wife lived at 930 Myrfle street. The closest inquiry does not reveal why the woman committed the murder, except that they had differed over the future ot thelr son, the wife desiring that he re- main in the East, while Dodge wanted him to return to California. street, this city. The Preacher’s Reason for Thanks. Senator Perkins of California, who was once a sailor, {ells a story about a storm and a minister. The storm was a tremendous one, and it looked as if the vessel were doomed to 20 under. In the midst of the excitement 2 minister, who was one of the passen- gers, ed the captain if he could have prayers. h, never mind about the priyers,” said the captain. “The men are swearing 100 hard to stop fOr prayers; and as long as you hear them swearing,” added (Lne captain, “‘there is no danger. he minister went back to his cabin. A little while Jater, when the storm grew worse, the preacher went up on deck to see what the sailors were doing. Then he went back to his wife. “Thank God!” he said, fervently, “those men are still swearing. S e Archdeacon Wilberforce gives an ounce of tobacco every day to each of the work- men who are busy getting Westminster Abbey in readiness for the coronation, cud permits them to smoke it in the building. . ng this was the following: | GAPTAIN STRONG - ESCAPES ARREST Alleged Conspiracy With May Yohe to Raise ! Money. Detectives Reluctantly Cease Surveillance of Former i Officer. i | Special Dispatch to The Call. NEW YORK, July 2.—That Putnam | | Bradlee Strong narrowly escaped arrest! in England is proved by the fact that a | | cable messagé was received to-day from JALL, SATURDAY JULY 26, 1902. TWO POWERS BECOME SPONSORS FOR THE INDEPENDENCE OF KOREA Great Britain and Japan Continue to Exert Their Influence in Af- fairs of the Far East and Fnter New Agreement. — T. PETERSBURG, July 2.—A special dispatch received here from Seoul announces the con- clusion of an important agree- ment between the British and Japanese Minister to Korea on one hand and the Japanese Consul at Katow, spe- cial adviser of the Korcan Emperor, on the other, by which Great Britain and Japan mutually guarantee Korea's inde- pendence and pledge her their support and assistance in all important ques- ticns affecting her internal and foreign policy. Korea in return agrees to ra.se her naval and military establishments to a footing sufficient for her own defense, the authorities ofwScotland yard, asking | whether the surveillance of Strong should be maintained until the arrival of May | | Yohe. This cablegram led to a report that both Strong and thé Yohe woman | are to be arrested and charged Wwith con- | spiracy if they resume their relations in Engiand. It is not probable, nowever, that either of them will be arrested, as it is believed that even shouid it be estab- ished that there w no iailing out be- tween the former ca in and May Yohe his mother, who is tne oniy one who lost through the alleged the: xd resioration of the Yohe diamonds, not consent to see her son punished. et It is the general impression in this city that not one of the Yohe diamonds was stolen and that not one was pawned with- out the consent of the owne Right or wrong the bellef i g that when their funds got low Strong and Miss Yohe ed to force money trom the young | nfother. 1t is now remembered that after the de- | parture of rong May Yohe was scen wearing & large number of diamonds. | She kept in her cottage many of the pieces of jewelry which were reported stoien | from the safety deposit box of the Knickerbocker Trust Company. Some of the stuff, at least, which Captain Strong was supposed to have pawned never left the custody of its owner. It is also report- ed, though it cannot be asserted as a fact, that one of the messages received by Strong_when he went ashore in England from the St. Paul was from May Yohe, and that it conveyed the information that she had obtained a supply of cash and would sail immediately to join him. Captain Titus said to-day_that he had not requested the Scotland Yard authori- ties to arrest efther Strong or Miss Yohe. He said that he dropped all consideratio of the case when Emanuel Friend and Job | Hedges visited his office and_announced | that all the charges against Strong were | withdrawn. So far as he knows there is | no reason for arresting either the man or‘ woman. .‘.’.’i'.‘."'HH"HHH"“ Jeff Still King. Continued From Page Three. seconds. At the end of the second round Jeffries gave Fitzsimmons a look | of mingled surprise and disgust, which | amused the spectators. Fitzspnmons landed a number of | crushing rights and leits in the iaw, but | they seemed to have no effect on the] Los Angeles giant. The latter looked tired and jaded in the fourth round. In the fifth he nearly rushed Fitzsim-| mons through the ropes and received a | hard right over the heart for his pains. It was in this round Fitzsimmons was | sligh cut under the right eve. . Jef-| fries’ left eye was nearly closed. In the sixth Jeffries ran away for a time and then came back with a rush. He! could not corner Fitzsimmons. who | seemed a veritable will o’ the Jeffries was a fright in the the blood which covered him. In the seventh Fitzsimmons rushed Teffries across the ring, sending in a hard right and left. Jeffries was like a mad bull and the crowd hissed him for his rough | tactics. | visp. | xth from Warfare in Colombia. COLON, Colombia, July 2.—The Gov. ernment gunboat Pinzen sailed for Bocas ' del Toro to-day. It is rumored at Pana- ma that the insurgent General Herrera is now at Santiago de Veraguas, State of | Panama, and that the main body of the rebel army is at river Santa Maria. | Hayti’s Latest Revolution. | PORT AU PRINCE, July 2.—M. Fir- man, former Haytian Minister to Paris, who has been proclaimed President by some of the revolutionists, and General Jumeau have taken up arms against the Government and it is believed they will | | lead an attack on the capital. | — i Fire Damages Church. | LOS ANGELES, July 2.—St. Paul's | Episcopal Church on Olive street was damaged by fire this afternoon, caused supposedly by poorly insulated electric | wires. The loss is estimated at $000, cov- | ered by insurance. i AN ST | Accepts a Judgeship. WASHINGTON, July 2.—William H. Pope, special assistant attorney of the | United States at Santa Fe, N. M., has| resigned to accept a Judgeship in the Philippines. RAILROAD SEEKS SPACE i | OCCUPIED BY MUSEUM | Institution Founded by Merchants | May Be Compelled to Change Its Location. The North Shore Rallroad is after the space occupied in the ferry buildimg by | the Pacific Commercial Museum, which has accommodations in the north end of the building, the room having been as- signed by the Board of Harbor Commis- sioners some months ago. The museum went ahead and expended considerable money in building partitions, under the approval of the Harbor Commissioners. | Since then an exhibition has been partly | installed and the wares and products of | the countries bordering on the Pacific| | Ocean have been displayed iIn glass cases for the benefit of the commercial commu- nity that may build up an export trade with the lands represented. The North Shore road has represented | { t6 the Harbor Commissioners that it | needs space over its rooms on the ground floor and that it desires to arrange to| make a passenger landing from the deck | to the second floor of the ferry building. | The Harbor Commissioners may move the | | museum accordingly. Commissioner ~Kirkpatrick has ex- pressed the opinion that the primary pur- pose of the depot was to promote travel, and he says that the transportation lines sil t be given all the accommodation pos- e. A compromise may be effecte: | ; which both the railroad and the museum | may be accommodated and which will in- | volve only a slight move on the part of the museum. - Two Opinions on the Coronation. When Chauncey M. Depew sailed on the | St. Louls the other day, accompanied by | Mrs. Depew and Chauncey M, Depew Jr., he was asked if he would take in the “I wouldn’t coronation festivities, “Of course,” he answer | miss them for the world. | The Depews are expected to remaln | abroad until late in the fall. A different | opinion of coronations has Mr. James J. { Hill, president of the Great Northern raflroad, who salled on the same day on a private yacht for Labrador. | * “I wouldn’t go across the street to see | a coronation,” sald Mr. Hill when asked | 1f he would Teach London in time for the | erowning of King Edward.—Inter-Ocean. | —————— Yosemite Via the Santa Fe. The quickest and most convenient way In and out of the Yosemite Valley is by way of the Banta Fe. If you leave Sah Francisco to-day at 9 a. m. on the California Limitea vou are in Yosemite to-morrow at b p. m. Call at Santa Fe ticket oflfice, 641 Market street, for illustrated pamohlet and full par- ticulars. . | Caliente, and bloodshed is feared. by | Lab and also in case of raising a foreign loan mar- she agrees to restrict herself to the kets of Great Britain, Japan and United States. She further agrees no foreigners shall be appointed to tions in the Korean state service; measures shall be taken immediately the protection of Korean territory, that a protest shall immediately be maae against any state or persons attempting t5 erect works or buildings situated so as to prejudice Korea's scheme for na- tional defense. WASHINGTON, July 25.—Much est was manifested by Minhul Cho, Korean Minister here, and by the Japa- nese legation officials who are in Wash- ington in the announcement of the con- clusion of an important agreement be- twee Great Britain and Japan, pledging the independence of Korea and involving reciprocal concessions on. the part of the Korean Government. In connection with the report of the hew agreement it is pointed out here that the United States already has a treaty of peace; amity, commerce and navigation with Korea, signed in 1882, and providing that *if other powers deal unjustly or oppress- ively with either government, the other will exert their good offices on being in- formed of the case to bring about an amicable agreement.” The new arrangement is regarded in scme quarters here as an aftermath to the offensive and defensive alliance en- tered into between Great Britain and Japan for their interests jin the East, and as a further safeguard against terri- tcrial aggrandizement by any of the great powers of the Orient. L e B e e S e B e e e INGIAN RIGING 13 THREATENED inter- .Reds Will Oppose Re- moval From Warn- er's Ranch. Special Dispatch to The Call. LOS ANGELES, July 26.—Trouble but little removed from an Indian war on & small scale is looming up at. Warner's ranch. It is certain that force will have to be used in evicting the red inhabitants of the now famous little pueblo of Agua The ndians have declared that they never will leave their homes till overpowered. The® ranch 4s/ag’ immense tract in San Diego County, from which the Govern- ment will have to move several thousand Mission Indians, .Tne Indians slept upon their rights and white men came in and ,| obtained title to their lands. By "decision of the highest court in the land the In- dians mus. move, and recently the Gov- ernment appointed a commission to select a new site for their home. At the head of this commission js Charles F. Lummis of Los Angeles. The report of the com- mission has been forwarded to Washing- ton, and, until reviewed by the Secretary of the Interior, its recommendations wiil | not be made public. The Indians cannot understand why they should move, and through the influence and untrue statements of disappointed | land-owners and others they have sent a committee to Los Angeles to find some person who has influence in Washington strong enough to undo what the courts have done. To explain to them that this is impossible is useless and now it is be- lievad- that they will resist removal even to the extent of fighting. Theirs is not a bloodthirsty race, like the Apaches, but they believe they are-in the right. The last committee which came here had to be sent to the new Indian school at Riverside, its means of subsist- ence having been expended: Mrs. Josephine Babbitt, Government teacher on the Agua Caliente Indian res- ervation, is in Los Angeles. She declares that force will have to be used to move the Indians to any place whither the | commission may decide they must go. The extent of the trouble will depend upon how near their present homes the new homes are located. That some of the hot headed young bucks will try to make trouble she is certain. Commis- sioner Lummis also fears trouble, but be- lieves it will not be nearly so serious as was that at Temecula. Uncle Sam’s Army of Workers. Altogether there are not less than 220,000 persons engaged in the public service in all its ramifications at home and abroad. This aggregate includes Senators and Representatives in Congress, but excludes the enlisted strength of the army and navy. The number is probably somewhat Teater. glt is popularly supposed that the mass of Government officehoiders are at the capital, but the Blue Book shows this to | be an egregious mistake, for no more than 23,160 are employed in the District of Columbia, including the personnel of the Jocal district government, otherwise the city of Washington, or no more than one- tenth of the aggregate. This is made clear by the following summary from the forth- coming book, showing the total number of office-holders in the several executive de- partments in the District of Columbia, in comparison with the figures of the last Blue Book: LB g o] @ o o8 | o¥ DEPARTMENT. gg §§_ §§ o £ z 2 g g 2 g Treasury 4.351| 5,587 35,920,831 98 Interior . 4,440| 7,609 8,105,131 00 Government printing otfice s T 3,150 3,601 3,704,401 68 District government. | 3,026 1,996 1,636,384 00 Wa 1787 1 1,973,510 00 1,003,390 00 508,530 00 404,506 58 200,680 00 136,380.00 150,030 00 Totals ...... $24,004,168 49 Compensatich of 16,: 446 employes in 1 . £ 2 19,628,505 72 bt e tn two| ; i e ek VA B | 34,465,002 77 In the last two years there has been a net increase of 3714 office-holders at the capital, with a large correspondihg in- crease in_disbursements for salaries. Only the War Department and the local district government show & decrease in the num- ber of employes. The falling off in the district is important, 1030, but the dedrease in the War Department is only fifty-six. It was expected to be much greater, as Becretary. Root announced some months ago that a large number of the emergency clerks appointed during the Spanish- American war were to be discharged. The large increase in.the Interior Department is startling at first sight, but it includes the temporary census force, appointed largely in_1899-1900, which will be rapidly discharged from now on. The increase of over 1100 in the treasury department is not so satisfactorily accounted for, because it is doubtless )ermanent, although the eventual repeal of the war taxes may re- !\Il‘f: in some reduction.—Philadelphia Rec- or the RULER OF THE FAR EAST WHO~ AGREES TO GUARANTEE THE INDEPENDENCE OF KOREA. + WALL TOPPLES UPON FIREMEN Tra.gedy Attends Disas- trous Blaze in an Eastern City. ALBANY, N. Y., July 2.—One fireman dead, one believed to be dying and an- other -seriously injured in addition to a monetary loss variously estimated at from $500,000 to $750,000 is the result of the fire that broke out in the heart of the busi- ness district shortly after 3 o'clock this morning. The dead fireman is D. K. Bishop, an auxiliary member of the in- surance patrol. James J. Shelly, a mem- ber of the patrol, was duy out of a mass of wreckage, He was terribly burned and probably will dia. Frank H. Wetherwax, superintendent of the insurance patrol, is suffering from concussion of the spine and internal injuries. The fire started on the to| public market building i and spréad rapidly to the and the Elks clubhouse, which adjoin it west and east respectively, The front wall of the market building fell, carrying with it the upper story of the Columbia Hotel. Firemen who were spreading tar- paulins in the hotel were caught under the wreckage. he fire communicated to the Uncons ditional Republican clubhouse and the building gccupied by the Evening Times- Union. Neither of these establishment3 suffered to any great extent. Among.the heaviest losers will be the Lang Rubber Stamp Works, the Crucible Steel Com- pany, Lester-Parker Furniture Company, Albany Rubber Tire Wheel Company, Huth & Fisher Shirt Factory, United Shirt and Collar Company, Cadby Paper Box Company, Wertheim Bros., clothing manufacturers; Columbia Hotel Company and Albany Lodge of Elks. . p floor of the Beaver street King and Pauper. King Christian of Denmark, says the New York Herald, is accustomed to walk every morning, either alone or accompan-~ {ed by Prince Vlademar, through the sub- urbs of Copenhagen, and rarely a day passes that he does not meet some beg- gar or poor old woman, to whom he glves a small plece of silver, while at the same time he inquires as to the cause of Foverty and promises to give further relief. The other day, however, a stalwart old beggar to whom he was about to.offer the usual silver coin said bluntly, “No, your Majesty I don’t want that; I want your picture.” “My picture?” replied the King. ‘Do you suppose 1 carry a photograph of my- self in my pocket?” ‘““You have one in your purse, I guess,” said the beggar, and thea the King un- derstood. # With a smile he opened his- purse and sure enough there was one large gold g{ece on which his likeness was stamped. e handed it to the beggar and doubtless admired him for, his shrewdness, since on the silver coins which he gives away there 18 no likeness of him. —_—— e Automobile Brake Tests. On May 1, says the New York Sun, the Automobile Club instituzed a test of the brakes of seventeen types of automo- biles, of a victorla drawn by horses, a four-in-hand coach and a bicyele. The results have just been published, as below. The last column gives the distance re- quired to bring the vehicle to a full stop fiom full speed: Vehicles and Speed per Hour— Distance. Automobiles, 8 to 9 miles 9 feet average Victoria, 8 to 9 miley 17 feet average Four-in-hand, 8 to 9 mil 26 feet average Bicycle, 8 to 9 mile 8 feet average Automobiles, 15 miles . 20 fect average Victorla, 15 miles 57 feet average Four4n-hand, 15 miles. 7% feet average Automobtles, ' 20 mile: 53" feet average Four-in-hand, 20 mile 91 feet average Bicyele, 20 miles 613 feet average About ninety runs were made. The technical committee reports that eight miles per hour is a slow pace for automo- biles considering the ease with which they can be stopped and turned. The Prussian state railway administra- tion has begun to use American electric light apparatus for the lighting of postal and passenger cars. Columbia Hotel | CRENT SECRET ~NOT MARCONT E Surprising Development, Erom Attack on an Inventor. LONDON, July 25.-~The Saturday Re- view says a startling denouement fol- lowed Professor Thompson’s attack in the Review on the validity of the Mar- coni patents, in which the professor said an Ttalian naval officer named Solari was the real inventor of the wirelesstelegraph system. It says: “The offictal journial of the Patent Office of July 16 contains a brief notice of a very unusual character. It announces that Guglielmo Marconi, who, September 10, 1901, had filed a patent in his own | name for this invention, now seeks 1o | amend the application by converting it into an application for a patent for an invention communicated to him from abroad by the Marquis Luigi Solari of Italy.” PECULIAR CUSTOM OF THE JEWISH PEOPLE Weddings Are Arranged by the “Schatchen,” or Match- maker. The happiness which is charac{erlntlc of Jewish married life {s due to the fact that the great majority of the weddings among our people are brought about by matchmaking, either conducted by rela- tives or by the professional schatchen. The love match is the stem from which grows the unhappy marriage. The reason for this should be plain to the thought- ful person. The young man and young weman in love are totally blinded to each other’s defects, and consequently each ex- pects of the other perfection in the~fnar- ried life. Marriage is an eye opener, and necessarily a disappointment to them, since perfection resides in no one. Quar- rels and the divoree court follow. ‘When relatives make the match, as is the custom with many of our people, and ‘with the peasantry of France and Ire- land, this danger is overcome in great measure; although the blood relationship of the matchmaker {s apt to require too much for the relative even under that pldn. Yet, in comparison with love matches, these unions are very happy indeed, as observation and reading in- form us. 'The ideal marriage, the one most nearly sure to result in- full, satisfylng and com- Dl%le happiness, is the one in which a schatchen—the mfénm! of the word is ! ‘‘faithful messenger’’—or some one. exer- cising that function, discovers the exact uitahility of the man and woman for each other and brings them together. The gchatchen 8 the Jewish professional matchmaker. There ought to be such a calling among people of all races and creeds, for its exercise is conducive in the ‘highest' degree to the success of thi marital union and to all the comfort and prosperity that follow from it. The youth and maid brought together by the professional matohmaker of skill are insured against marital disappoint- ment. - The schatchen has#studied and judged fairly their temper¥, temperament, character and habits; and because the success of his calling depends on his skill 88 measured by the suceess of the union he iz very careful not to make a mis- take, and his experience enables him to avold it. Of course, there must be good health arid good morals: there must be industry and thrift; there must be mean: of livelihood, and there ought to be a sum laid by against illness or misforture, Given these conditions, the husband and wife are joined together without any il lusions as to each other; there is no chance of disappointment, heart-burning and_mutual hatred in the days to come. In fact, there is every reason to believe from the records of experfence that the longer their association in wedlock the more will their mutual lil grow, and that it will eventually bloom into a last- ing love, as ardent as that of unwedded sweethearts, which so often melts away ir marriage. Day by day is experience making plainer to those who think seri: ously and deeply on the subject that the first e&senuu of a hn%py marriage is to have match made by an outsider. It should be the hope of every lover of man- : l;zlnd to see the custom grow.—New York ews. . ———— s A factory inspector at Hallfax says that when he became. inspector he made a point. of andeavo tendant of a joiner plani) | sveb a wan. V2 LOUBET ORDERS SCHOOLS GLOSED French President Signs Decree Against Con- gregations. Serious Clerical Demonstra- tion Occurs in One Department. el gt PARIS, July 25.—A Cabinet council at the Elysee Palace to-day examined the questions brcught up by the appl cation of the law of associations. President Lou- bet signed a decree submitted by the Promier, M. Corbes, ordering the forcible closure of twenty-six Congregationalist schools in Paris and In the Department of Seine, which have refused to disperse vol- untarily. Decrees closing similar schools in other departments will be signed so goou as the prefects' reports are received. A great clerical demonstration was ‘made in front of the town hall at Angers, capital of the Department of Maine et Loire, last night, and was continued un*il midnight. The municipal council was in session at the time of the discussion. There was much figshting between stu- dents of the Catholic college and the rad- fcals, in which several persons were in- jured. Twelve arrests were made. The Journal Official publishes the decree signed by President ubet designating the schools which it orders to be closeds immediately.. Most of the schools desig- nated have been closed already, and the & sters in charge of them have return:d to their convents. GOSSIP FROM LONDON WORLD OF LETTERS Among Americans here this summer there are several well-known book lovers | and book buyers. They have been mak- ing some interesting purchases from the second-hand book sellers in London for their libraries. The fact is that nowa- days if a literary treasure comes on the market it stands a good chance of going to America. London book sellers have standing orders to buy for American cus- tomers, and high prices are not grudged. “The effect of this demand from Amer- jca,”” sald a well-known book seller the other day, "is that America is becoming the great depository of British MHterary treasures. Of course we have o0ld boeks and manuscripts in public collections, the like of which couid not be bought for money. What I am speaking about is the drain’ America is continually making upon our privately owned literary treas- ures,” Asked whether any English col- lectors competed in American salesrooms, he said that was not often the case. “Let a rare book or unique manuscript once cross the Atlantic and we are not likely to see it agaip.” Regarding the dullness of the book | trade, to which I have referred during | the last week or two, Messrs. Methuen | obviously disbelleve that August and Sep- tember are dead months for the publish- ing business. During the next two months they will publish books by, among oth- ers,’ the late Sir Walter Besant, A. G. Hales, Baring Gould, H. G. Wells, Eden Phillpotts, Arthur Morrison, Miss Helen Mathers, Harold Begbie, Robert Hichens and F. Anstey, a combination which a vVariety theater manager would probably call a_galaxy. of stars. Dr._Tempest Anderson is ‘a member of the British exyfidnmn sent out by the Government to Martinique to Inguire into the recent volcanic eruptions.. Before he left London I learn he had begun a book which he intended calling **Volcanle Stud- ies,” which was to contain a number of photographs of volcanoes in activity and of the results of eruptions in various parts of the world. The work is necessa- rily postponed, but John Murray will pub- lish it on the return of Dr. Anderson. It wil! doubtless then be found to contain ;:n‘ne interesting facts regarding Mont elee. The family of the late Marquis of Duf- ferin have asked Sir Alfred Lyall to write the biography of that great diplo- matist, but the work is not to be ex- pected till the middie of next year. The Teason s that Sir Alfred cannot begin putting together his materials yntil late- in .the autumn, when he resigns the seat he has occupie in the | India Council since 1888 Sir Al- | fred is well qualified for the task, as | he was an iIntimate friend of Lord Duf- ferin. Both held appointments in India late in the eightles, Lord Dufferin being Governor General, while his biographer was Lieutenant Governor of the North- | west Provinces; nor must it be forgotten that Sir Alfred is the author of “British | Dominion in India” and a “Life of War- rer: Hastings.” An additional tle between the two men was that they were both educated at Eton. ——————— Mahon’s Historic Chair. Representative Mahon, who is chairman of the Committee on War Claims, takes ride in the fact that his committee room s fitted out with what is regarded as the most valuable furniture in the Capitol. The chairs are not of modern pattern, but they are as b? and comfortable as an old rocker beside the open fireplace. These chairs are fully one hundred years old, and have been in constant ser- | vice for a century, yet they are as solid, substantial and in as good repair as someé that have been purchased for other ¢om- mittee rooms in recentdyeun. They were formerly used in the old Senate Chamber, | where the Supreme Court now sits, and were among the first pleces of furniture bought by the Government for the new Capitol, and for many years they were occupled by members of thg Senate. Eacn one has an interesting history, and Ma- hon has taken the pains to acquire all the information obtainable regarding them. They are of heavy dark mahogany and match the table and desks in the room. No Apologies. “I am very sorry to say,” began officious hotel clerk of a m’v’vded h‘o:teltlz‘ye, “but I am full.” “You reedn't apologize to me,” replied the stranger, who was about to register, “I take a drink once in a whilé myself.’ BOYS ORGANIZE AND QUIT WORK Chicago Messengers Be- gin Strike in Very Short Order. One Telegraph Company Re- sorts to Use ot Special Delivery Stamps. CHICAGO, July %.—The messenger boys of the Illinois District Telegraph Com- pany, which delivers under contract the business of the Western Union, struck to- day. According to an official the boys made no demand and their grievance Is unknown. The same company also looks after the local delivery service of the Postal Telegraph Company and the boys at the latter's office struck in_sympathy. The Western Union is offering $40 a month to deliver messages to avoid an interrup- tion of its business. The greatest inconvenience caused by the strike was on the floor of the Board of Trade. = The striking boys met to-day and form- ed the Chicago Messenger Boys’ Union with 2 membership of 150 and at once call- ed a strike of its members. Organizer Fitzpatrick of the Chicago Federation of Labor organized the union and has asked for a charter from the American Federa- tion of Labor. The Illinois District Telegraph Company is delivering all its messages through the postoffices with special delivery stamps, u‘ms insuring prampt and efficient ser- vice. Railroad Fight Goes to Court. OMAHA, Neb., July %5.—The contest for supremacy between the Union Pacific Railroad and its striking shopmen was carried to the courts to-day when the rail- road instituted proceedings against two policemen, Michael McCarthy and Harry J. O’Kane, who arrested two non-union men employed in the Union Pacific shops at Council Bluffs on charges of vagrancy and being suspicious characters. The police- men’s bondsmen are also named as de- fendants. Judge Baldwin, attorney for the railroad company, says that the two shopmen had come over from Council Bluffs to send money to their families and were returning when overtaken and ar- rested. He says the men offered to to the railroad headquarters and be identi- fied, but that the policemen had them locked up without ceremony. e ] NORTHERN ORANGES ARE FAVORED IN COLONIES Australian Importers Say That Their Countrymen Will Consume Large Quantities From California. Growers of oranges and apples in the northern part of the State are interested in the movement of a representative of Duffy Brothers of Sydney, New South ‘Wales. For some years the fruit trade with Australian colonies has been grow ing, and especially since the steamship facilities from this port have been so largely improved. Duffy Broth- ers have bought apples in North- ern California for colonial consump- tion, but haye confided their deal- ings in California oranges largely to Southern California. According to the statements of Mr. Duffy, a member of the Sydney firm, the Oroville oranges will be largely purchased this year, thelr qual- ity baving been approved. Mr. Duffy has bought apples largely in Watsonville and will visit all the northern orange groves Formerly the oranges for Australia were Imported from the Mediterranean countries. California is winning out by the excellence of its fruits and Mr. Duffy says that large quantities of California fruits will be in demand annually and the Australian market is certain to expand Californfa oranges are received in better condition in Sydney than the same fruit is laid down by the transcontinental lines in New York. —_——————— Is Mental Diversion Mental Rest? That physical rest may be obtained bringing into play a different set of m cles from those previously in use is illus. trated in the old story of the pugmill muls that was found to step off briskly in the afternoon if allowed to reverse the motion of the mill. The child who produces in- ciplent giddiness by twisting up a swing brings the unequal congestion of the cen- ters of equilibrium to a balance by a rap- id untwisting motion. Absolute rest of mind or bedy scarcely exists. Relative rest or modification of the mode of activity gives a sensation of rest at any rate. Af- ter a long day of close visual applicativ when the hands press the tired eyes (a though this particular mode of stimulat- ing . visual sensation may be harmful), how delightful to many persons are th subjective sensations of color—the kaleid- | oscopic effects that come and go with slight, variations in pressure. The brain finds rest in an objectless play of color; g0 the tired mind seeks rest from the stress of routine duties. not in the uncon- sciousness of sieep, but in the frolicsomo vaudeville, or the perusal of light Mter- ature or the newspaper. Perhaps this ex- plains to some extent the wonderful de- mand for books of fiction and magazines, as well as for !heflvlollen stage perform- ance 8o characteristic ot these days of intellectual strenuous Medicine. life.—American In Shakespeare’s Town. In the last year or two the youngsters of Stratford-on-Avon have taken up a g;mlnt custom. The town Is full of chil- en playing in the streets in an ap- parently aimless manner, but as soon as an American tourist appears the boys ther around him and begin a recitation In chorus of wistful singsong. They start in with a little valuable information about the life of Shakespeare, the dates of his birth and death are given and half a dozen judiclously selected dramas are named as best representatives of hi3 work. The perfcrmance closes with a rendition of the famous quatrain over the grave—“Cursed be he’—delivered in a tired voice. The mass play is perfect, not an infant gets out of time. When they have finished they continue standing in a ring, mute and pleading, and the appeal of their eyes will haunt the visitor unless he gives a penny right around the circle. During all the time of one’s stay in Strat- ford a group will instantly form whenever the tourist shows himself. Every boy in the village i€ equipped with the minatory rhyme and the blographical facts. Ohio State Journ: —_—————— A Clilnese official recently éntertalned the fereign officials at Shanghai with a dinner consisting of 126 courses. CALLER—Dear old Jack, I just read struck, and rushed right over. I'm awfully glad you're as well as you are. You're lucky. Now, old man, I don't want to work the old "I told you so” gag on you, but the way to prevent sunstroke is to keep the bowels clean and cool, i, machin who was in possession of all his fingers, He was five years before he came ac Korea, well as China, is going to have her army reorganized, and a British officer has already arrived at Seoul for that pnrpose. in the paper about your being sun- and the blood from belng over-heated, by taking a CASCARET Candy Cathartic at bed-time. They work while you sleep. and keep you safe and comfortable all day.