The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, October 20, 1902, Page 3

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, MONDAY, OUTLAW END3 WASTED LIFE WITH BULLET “Jim” Younger Shoots Himself While on Parole. Love Affair With St. Paul Woman' Back of the Tragedy. leabes Rambling Note in Which He Arraigns Governor Van Sant for Refusing Him a ‘ Pardon. ST. PAUL, Oct. 19.—James Younger, for- ly 2 member of the notorious James d of outlaws which infested the West- try a quarter of a century ago, d suicide to-day by shooting. He letter to the press, in which he a reason for his act despondency - continued :li-health and separation from his friends The suicide is supposed to have oc- o'clock this morning. ied a room in a downtown he did not make his ap- usual to-day search was At 5 o'clock this aftar- of his room was broken dy was found, stretched on or . beside the bed, a revolver red in his right hand. He had shot d been dead for several hours. inger, since his pardon from the Penitentiary in July of last year, led an mplary life. His first em- yment was as a traveling agent for a bstone dealer and on one of the trips made about the State he was quite seriou hurt by a fall from a wagon. Old wounds he had received earlier in life gave him much trouble, and, although he soon obtained lighter employment, his b £ extremely precarious and this him much worriment. He was 54 age. LEAVES RAMBLING NOTES. u in the room was found a ila envelope, on one side of written: is good and true I Jove and bid JIM YOUNGER. 1 the other side of the envelope were e words: Oh, lassie, good- away from me. No Burn _me up. JIM YOUNGER On another sheet of paper Younger had message, evidently his last committing suicide: ast night on earth—so good still think of thee. A. G. G.. this is my only chance. I wrong, but politics, that d others of their stripe le judge. Treat me right I am & square man, a in favor of woman's 1y brightest the produced. His one mistake ng out for all the people. and Come out, Bryan. B thing as & pensonal God. nd 1 know him well and e pity for the pardoning Stop to consider their the man who knows how e a friend in truth. man United EX-OUTLA W’S LOVE AFFAIR. velope contained a package of had passed between Younger n with whom he is said to uch in love. This woman, v connected, id to affection and it was one time that they were to Her relatives raised strenu- h ding and a fur- that it was isoner could marriage. The to disregard the objec- & and an effort was made other obstacle to their ning from the State full pardon and citizenship. This effort s believed, had much 1’ determination to end is said 1o be in Boise, Idaho, 1at_the relations between e Younger were very much in fact, that the brothershad not peaking terms for the past six Cole Younger is confined to his sickness and could not be seen ers. The difference between the is said be over money mat the Coroner, was not nec- t yvet known what dispo- of the remains , some ing under the terms of the to whether the body can be re- m the State HIS CAREER AS A BANDIT. James Youhger was the youngest of thr others—Robert, Coleman and James—who, between the years 1865 and gaiped great notoriety through their association with Jesse and Frank James. The band, headed by Jesse James, was harged with innumerable robberies of banks and raflroad trzins, in which many desperate encounters took place and a number of men were killed. The mem- bers of the band had served through the War, fighting on the side of the Con- deracy with Quantrell and his guer- L The scenes of most of their al- ed post-bellum depredations was the te of Missouri and those adjacent reto, but in September, 1576, the band ered Minnesota, traversing the State far as the little town of Northfield, in County. There, on September 7, ter terrorizing the people on the streets, ttempt was made to loot the First al Bank hier J. L. Heywood, who was in R serve the funds of the institution from the robbers and during the encoun- r was shot and killed—not, however, un- he had wounded one or more of the he citizens of Northfield, quickly re- overing from the panic into which the ivent of the raiders had thrown them, med themselves and started in pursuit the desperadoes, who, baffled at the sictance they had encountered, had mounted their horses and were attempt- ing to escape. A week was spent in their desperate retreat, the punpuing posse of zens now and again coming into con- t with the bandits and exchanging £hots with them. £ The raiders were handicapped in their reir-at by the wounded, whom they were endeavoring to carry along with them, nd tinally, in a thick wood, the posse surrounded them. A battle ensued, in which three of the members of the gang vere killed and the three Younger broth- were captured. Jesse James and the remainder of the outlaws succeeded in making good their escape. BROTHERS PLEAD GUILTY. All of the Younger brothers had been wounded in the serfes of batties that had marked their retreat, and to this day carry the bullets fired at them by the citizens. The prisoners were brought speedily to self through the head and evidently | arge of the bank, made a plucky fight | | { | { | | | R. ROBERT J. BLAKE, the young dentist who was shot by Dr. Benjamin F. Stoll in the of- fice of Decker & Stoll in the Phe- lan building last Thursday after- | noon, died at St. Thomas’ Hospital shortiy | after 3 o'clock yesterday morning. The end came suddenly. He was removed from the Central Emergency Hospital to St | Thomas’ Hospital in the ambulance about 6 o'clock Saturday night, and bore the |J‘ourney so well that his medical attend- | ants and friends were encouraged to hope | that he might recover. A sudden change | for the worse set in, and he gradually sank till death ended his sufferings, The officlals at the Morgue were noti- | fied about an hour and a haif later, and the body was removed there to await the inquest. Dr. L. D. Bacigalupi made an autopsy and reported that the cause of death was shock and internal hemor- | rhage from gunshot wounds in the chest | and abdomen. Dr. Bacigalupi made the | autopsy under the supervision of Dr. J. M. Williamson, president of the Board of Health. | As soon as the police were notified of | Dr. Blake's death Policeman Gallaway, | one of the arresting officers, was sent to { the City Prison to inform Dr. Stoll of the fact and to book him on a charge of | murder. When Gallaway went to Dr. | Stoll’s cel' and told him that Dr. Blake xa was ing | @ trial, and on November 21, 1876, plegded guilty to the charge of murder in the nrst degree, this plea, it is said, having been entered in order to escape conviction by a jury, which would have involved the infliction of the death penalty. The brothers were sentenced to the Stillwater | penitentiary to serve a life sentence. In 1889 an effort was made to procure an unconditional pardon for the broth- ers, it being pleaded in support of this effort that it had not been proved that either of the brothers had fired the shot | that killed Cashier Heywood, and a fur- | ther plea for mercy was based upon the | ground that “Bob” Younger was dying | of consumption. Superintendent of the 'Census Willlam R. Merriam, who then | occupled the gubernatorial chair, refused | to accede to the request for a pardon; | there still belng a very strong sentiment | against the brothers in Northfield and | Rice County. Shortly after this Robert | Younger died in prison. Frequently attempts were made to ob- tain pardons for the remaining brothers, petitions being signed by leading men in |all walks of life, both citizens of this | State and of Missouri. Among those who | made especial efforts to procure the granting of a pardon was Senator Ste- phen B. Elkins of West Virginia, who, it | is said, had known tne brothers well in | the days before the war. It is also re- |1ated that the Senator’s life was saved during the Civil War through the efforts | of Cole Younger. Elkins had been cap- i tured by Quantrell's guerrillas and had | been sentenced to be shot, but Younger | connived at his escape from the gang and | succeeded in restoring him to his regi- ment. | ARE GRANTED PAROLES. | All efforts at obtaining an unconditional pardon having failed, a bill was Intro- duced in the State Legislature in 1%1 em- | powering the State Board of Pardons to | grant pardons to life prisoners who had served twenty-five years or more. The bill was hard fought, but finally passed ; both branches of the Legislature and | was sent to Governor Van Sant for his signature. The Governor had three days within which to sign or veto.the bill, failing which the act would become a law without his signature. Before the three days had expired the House re- called the bill and did not return it to | the Governor until the time for approval had elapsed. The State Pardoning Board, however,;of which the Chief Justice is a member, decided ,that the bill had be- come a law without the signature of the Governor, and on July 10, 1901, upon rec- ommendation of the Board of Prison Commissioners, a parole was granted to Coleman and James Younger, and on July 14 they were released. Under the terms of the parole the brothers were not to leave the State, and since their release they have been en- gaged in business of varlous sorts. James Younger has suffered much from old wounds, and severzl months ago an op- eration was performed for the removal of a rifle ball from his back. d he collapsed utterly and bury- face in his hands gave way to German Epworth League Convention. ST. LOUIS, Oct. 19.—The ninth viennial conventiom of the National German Ep- worth League, which was begun Thurs- day, ended to-night with a mass-meeting at Salem Church. Before the adjourn- ment the following officers were elected for the ensuing fwo years: President, Dr, | ¥. Munz; secretary, Dr. E. 8. Hovig- horst; treasurer, H. C. Dickhayt; vice presidents—California, W. C. Schm“tzlei; North Pacific, H. F. Lange. WOUNDS OF DR. BLAKE RESULT IN HIS DEATH Young D¢ntist Breathes His Last and Dr. Benjamin F. Stoll Who Shot Him Is Booked . at the City Prison on Charge of Murder + | ot YOUNG DENTIST WHOSE WOUNDS RESULTED IN HIS DEATH YESTERDAY. e e e grief. He expressed the deepest regret at Dr. Blake's death and said he had never intended for a moment to kill him. He had not recovered his composure when taken to the desk to be booked nn the murder charge, and seemed deeply aftected. During the day he was visited by his wife and John A. Hosmer, one of his attorneys. The charge of assault to murder against him will be withdrawn in court this morning, the more serious one of murder taking its place. 3 e e 0T ENLIVENS POLITICAL WAR Garden City Hotelkeeper Opens Fire, but Misses. Special Dispatch to The Call. SAN JOSE, Oct. 139.—The extremely bit- ter political fight over the office of Sheriff came very near resulting In a tragedy to-night. It was only the faulty marks- manship of Don Ryan that saved a job for the hospital surgeons or the Coroner. Between 10 and 11 o’clock James Thorpe, | Democratic candidate for Sheriff, and Charles Christensen, with a number of other persons, gathered in the Western Hotel, on South Market street, which is conducted by Ryan. One of the men pres- ent had on the lapel of his coat a button of Robert J. Langford, the Republican candidate. The sight of the Langford button in Ryan’s establishment irritated the Thorpe supporters, and they insisted that it be removed. The owner protested and made good his determination to continue wear- ing it. Then Thorpe and Christensen pro- ceeded to the saloon to see Ryan, the sus- picion naving bgen aroused that Ryan favored|the exhibition or the button. Ryan announced that he was under no obligations to either candidate and or- dered Thorpe and Christensen to leave the saloon.. They did so after a vigorous ar- gument, but soon returned. Ryan %Rhen threatened to use a weapon \if he were again disturbed, and his undesired visitors once more departed. A short while after- ward, when some persons started to enter, he fired a bullet at the door. The shot did not take effect, but Ryan had every- thing his own way for the remainder of the night. He did not see the persons he fired at, and cannot say that Thorpe or Christensen were among them. There Lave been no arrests. HOPES TO ESTABLISH DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS Vatican Expects That Good Results Will Follow the Negotiations of Archbishop Guidi. LONDON, Oct. 19.—In a dispatch from Rome the correspondent of the Daily Tel- egraph says that the Vatican hopes that the negotiations in Manila between Gov- ernor Taft and Archbishop Guidi will lead to the establishment of diplomatic rela- tions between the United States and the Vatican. 1f this fails, the correspondent <, the Pope is believed to entertain the at when the Guidi negotiations are d the United States will send an traordinary to Rome to ratify the ents. ym“tnn Jenks for Superior Judge is #, right man in the rizht place. ' - CASTRD REFUSES |c© T0 MAKE ATTACK Rebel Officer Explains Retreat of Revolu- tionary Army. Mendoza Withdraws When Convinced That La Vie- toria Is Impregnable, S o2 il ‘WILLEMSTAD, Island of Curacao, Oct. 13.—One of the leaders of the Matos rev- oiution in Venezuela who is at present in Curacao has supplied the following de- tails and explanation of the retreat of the revolutionary army from La Victoria. He says the rebels abandoned the fight only after being convinced that La Vic- toria was impregnable and after Presi- dent Castro had refused to come out and attack the revolutionists outside of La Victoria. Twice did the revolutionary general attempt to force President Castro to take the offensive, and twice the Pres ident refused. ‘When the rebel reinforcements arrived at La Victoria last Thursday President Castro and his forces were located at a point on the German railroad. The reb- els made a detour of the city and cut off the only road of retreat open to the Government forces. The latter were then ! short of ammunition, and had it not Leen for the arrival of a train bringing them 500,000 cartridges it is believed that Castro’s forces would have been anni- hilated. Preparations for their retreat had already been ordered. * The revolutionists stationed near Cara- cas, some 1200 men under the command of General Ramos, are alone responsible for the retreat of General Mendoza. They permitted the train carrying ammunition to the Government to leave Caracas and reach La Victoria. This train had an escort of only 100 men. The men under Ramos did not attack it, nor did they de- stroy one of the eighty bridges between Caracas and La Victoria over which the railroad runs. An added proof that the Government suffered terribly in the La Victoria fight from the repeated attacks of the rebels is found in the fact that President Castro does not pursue General Mendoza. The latter's plan in withdrawing from La Victoria is to oblige President Castro to abandon the positions he holds there. The rebels suffered losses, but the Gov- ernment did also. President Castro's forces are reduced to 3100 men, while General Matos still has 9000 men in the field. It was not a rout, but a methodical retreat. In conclusion the rebel officer said that the revolutionists within a few days would be found near Caracas. B 3 TR GONAIVES IS STILL QUIET. Commander of Government Forces Maintains Order. PORT AU PRINCE, Hayti, Oct. 13.— The town of Gonaives is quiet. General St. Foix Colin, commander of the Gov- ernment forces there, is maintaining or- der. There aré“still a great number of refugees in the foreign: consulates. The family of the late Admiral Killick is at the German Consulate. The marine guards which were landed from the for- eign warships last week to protect the consulates have gone back to their ves- sels. svd The United Stdtes cruiset Cincinmatfhas left. here for Port de Paix, the French crulser D’Assas has left for Port au Prince, and the German cruiser Falk has gone to Cape Haytien. BATTLE IS NOT ENDED. Minister Bowen, Stationed at Caracas, Expects More Fighting. WASHINGTON, Oct. 18.—In a telegram to the State Department, dated ‘‘Caracas, October 18,” and received here at 5 o’clock this afternoon, Minister Bowen said that the revolutionary army had withdrawn from near La Victoria and that it was believed the ‘battle was not ended. also said that the Government troops still held Valencia. A later dispatch dated 10:45 this (Sun- day) forenoon, from the same source, said that the battle had ended with no de- cisive result. e Soldiers Dying of Yellow Fever. KINGSTON, Jamaica, Oct. 19.—The steamer Orinoco from Colon, Colombia, which reached here to-day, brings a re- p@t that yellow fever and smallpox have broken out among the forces of the Co- lombian Government at Colon and (hat there are ten deaths daily from these dis- eases among the soldiers there. PRINCETON PREPARING FOR THE INAUGURATION Many Men of National Prominence ‘Will Be the Guests of the University. PRINCETON, N. J., Oct. 19.—Prepara- tions for the inauguration of President Wilson are still going on, and by next Saturday everything will have been ar- ranged. Among the prominent men who will be the guests of the university not as representatives of institutions of learn- ing will be ex-Speaker Thomas B. Reed of Maine, Samuel L. Clemens (Mark Twain), Robert T. Lincoln, ex-Secretary of War; Wayne McVeagh, Philadelphia, ex-Attorney General of the United States; J. P. Morgan, New York; Bishops Wil- liam Satterlee of Washington and Scar- borough of New Jersey; H. C. Frick, Pittsburg; Thomas Nelson Page, the author, and A. K. McClure. The presidents and secretaries of all the, classes which graduated from the uni- versity now living or thelr substitutes, will also be in the procession. Among the leading colleges which will be represented are the following: Har- vard, Professor Abbott Lawrence; Yale, President Hadley; Johns Hopkins, Presi- dent Remsen; West Point, Colonel Mills; Columbia, President Butler; University of Pennsylvania, Provost Harrison; Univer- sity of California, President Wheeler; University of Wisconsin, President Berge; University of Minnesota, President North- rup; Lafayette College, Acting President Kirkpatrick; Vassar College, President Taylor; Wellesley College, Professor A. V. Prowe. Princeton Theological Semi- nary will be represented by Professor B. B. Warfield, and Union Theological Semi- nary by Professor C. A. Briggs. Immediately after the exercises in Alex- ander Hall President Wilson will turn the first 8od for the class of 1879 dormitory, which will be erected at the head of Prospect avenue. The Columbia-Prince- ton football game will be played on uni- versity field at 3 o'cleck, and at the clos; of this a reception will be held at “Pros- pect” by President and Mrs. Wilson for all the visiting guests and alumni. Native Sons’ Memorial Service. SANTA CRUZ, Oct. 19.—The Santa Cruz parlor of Native Sons held memorial ser- OCTOBER 20, 1902. ANSWERS LONEL G. H. MENDELL DEATH’S CALL President of the Board of Public Works Succumbs to an Attack of Pneumonia From Which He Suffered but Two Days — OLONEL GEORGE H. MEN- DELL, president of the Board of Public Works, diled yesterday morning at 3 o’clock at his home, 2360 Steiner street. The immediate cause of death was pneumonia, which he contracted last Friday evening. During the day Colonel Mendell did not complain that he was not feeling well, but when evening came he had to take to his bed. Physiclans were immediately summon- ed, but the patient became unconscious and remained so until the end came. Col- onel Méndell had been in a weak condition for some months past, but last week was at his office attending to his official du- ties. The'deceased leaves a widow and two sons;--George He Mendell Jr. and John Adair Mendell, who is now in the East. Colonel George H. Mendell was a native of Pennsylvania and was 71 years of age at the time of his death. He was a graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point and was made Illeutenant of United States engineers in June, 1552. He was afterward colonel in the carps of en- gineers, U. S. A. Colonel Mendell served in the army un- til his retirement in October, 189, during which time he spent thirty years on the Pacific Coast. He was in charge of the fortifications on San Francisco Bay and also superintended the improvement of H | Oakland, San Pedro, Humboldt and other e | harbors. During the ten vears preceding his re- tirement Colonel Mendell was supervising engineer of the War Department works, which extend from the Mexican to the Dominion line. For several years he lived a retired life, but in January, 199, he ac- cepted an appointment as Commissioner BIG ENROLLMENT INTHE SGHOOLS Report of Commissioner of Education Shows an fll crease, B et WASHINGTON, Oct. 19.—The annual report of the Commissioner of Education, just submitted to the Secretary of the In- terfor, shows that the grand total of pu- pils in schools elementary, secondary and higher, both public and private, in the United States for the year ended June 1961, was 17,299,260, an increase of 278,250 pupils more than the previous year. Of this number the enrollment of pupils in institutions supported by general and lo- cal taxes furnished by States and munici- palities was 15,710,394, as against 15,443,- 462, the number reported for the previous year. Besides these certain special insti- tutions, like city evening schools, business schools, schools for Indians, reform schools, schools connected with asylums, schools for cookery and other special trades and vocations, enrolled nearly hall a million pupils. Adding the enroliment in these special schools to that for gen- eral education, the aggregate is some- thing more than venteen and three- guarter millions of r popuiation. The value of property used for public school. purposes has risen to $576,963,039 irom $130,380,008 in 1870, and the expendi- tures for the common schools (including elcmentary and secondary schools, but excluding all institutions for higher edu- cation) amounted to $226,043,23, having risen to this sum from $63,396,666 in 1S7u. In 1870 the expenditures for schools per capita of the population was $164; the past vear it was §2 93 per capita of the population, the highest that it has ever been. It was an increase of 10 cents to each man, woman and child over the year previous. The average attendance of each pupil for the entire number enrolled was 99 days for the year, an increase of 24 days more than the previous year. Church Fanic Barely Averted. OMAHA, Oct. 19.—A serious catastrophe ‘was narrowly averted at the First Chris- tian Church to-day, when the 500 persons vices this afternoon at the Congregational church. Judge M. T. Dooling of Hollister delivered the eulogy. The programme was as follows: Invocation, the Rev. J. R. Knodell, pastor of the Congregational Church; address, Past President Carl C. Kratzenstein; solo, “Crossing the Bar,” S om Anthanw. who gathered to hear Rev. Allen Wilson of Irvington, Ind., barely escaped being thrown into the basement, twenty-five feet below, by the giving way of rotten timbers in the floor. The vast audience passed out quietly, however, upon being netified of its peril, and all escaped un- | hurt. i = + LATE PRESIDENT OF BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS, WHO DIED YESTERDAY. B SRR e e TS T TR AT RIS of the Board of Public Works from Mayor Phelan. His term would have expired next January had he lived. While he and his associates were subject to much unfavor- able criticism, which even included a de- mand by Commissioner Manson be removed from office by Mayor Schmitz for dereliction of duty, Colonel Mendell's worst enemies admit that he was a painstaking and con- sclentious public official. Mayor Schmitz, who is now in the East, | will fill the vacancy caused by the death of Colonel Mendell. Acting Mayor Brand- enstein, out of courtesy to the absent ex- ecutive, will not make any appointment. As the Mayor will now have two men of his own selection on the Board of Worka, it is quite likely that the department will | experience a severe shaking up in the way | of removals before long. No prospective candidates for the place have been men- tioned so far, but Fire Commissioner Parry is said to have an eye on it. RU3IA STANDG AT HEAD OF LI3T Produces More Petro- leum Than United States. WASHINGTON, Oct. 19.—A bulletin is- sued by the United States Geological Sur- vey on the subject of Russian and Amer- ican petroleum production says that since 1897 Russia has produced more petroleum than the United States, last year the out- put in Russia being 85,000,000 barrels ard iu the United States 68,000,000 barrels. The facilitles for handling the large Russian product are at preseut crude, costly and wasteful. The markets are far away from the production. It is said that three and one-half barrels of oil equal one ton of Russian coal, which is high priced and inferior in quality. The irregular supply and the fluctuating price interfere with the sale of larger quantities of fuel ofl in the great interior of Russia. During 1200 Russia produced about 17,- 800,000 short tons of coal, the higher grades of which sell for from §7 to $9 per ton. States produced about 270,000,900 short tons of coal. All countries bordering on the Mecditerranean are poorly supplied with fuel. Two-thirds of the total pro- duction of oil at Baku, about 81,000,000 barrels in 1901, now find a market as fusl oil. The total petroleum exports frora Russia in 1901 were 428,657,210 gallons, and from the United States during the same year 1,062,750,306 gallons. The very great differences between the petroleum of the United States and that of Russia is shown in the statistics of re- fired petroleum. Of the total world's production of crude petrofeum in 1901, | 165,595,733 barrels, the United States pro- duced 69,389,194 barrels, or 41.97 per cent, and Russia produced 85,168,556 barrels, or 51.49 per cent, and yet of the total pro- duction of refined petroleum of all grades in 1901, estimated at 1,500,000,000 gallons for all countries, the United States produced 911,120,944 gallons, or 60.7 per.cent, and Russia 414,122,090 gallons, or only 2.7 per cent. Grant Summoned to Washington. CHICAGO, Oct. 19.—Brigadier General Frederick D. Grant, U. 8. A, who has been visiting his relatives in this city {'since last Friday, left for Washington to- night under telegraphic orders from the ‘War Department. He had expected to go direct to San Antonio. the Grand Jury that he and | During the same year the United | 1 HALF-TONE PICTURES BY TELEGRIP Remarkable Invention of Two Cleveland Young Men., Photographs Transmitted by Wire Are Reproduced in Detail. ——— Machifie Somewhat Resembling « Phonograph Does the Work at Either End of the Line. — . Special Dispatch to The Call NEW YORK, Oct. 19.—Over ordinary telegraph wires a half-tone production of any picture may now be transmitted one mile or one thousand miles. Two young men of Cleveland, Ohlo, have devis- ed a machine hardly larger than a type- writer, which does ot loox unlike a pho- | nograph, by which, it is asserted, this may be dome, not only effectively but at cost that makes the operation of commer- cial value. Methods of transmitting Illustrations by wire have been the subject of much study for more than a decade. Numberless de- vices have been brought forward, some of which were of commercial value, but the pictures transmitted were in outline only. The drawing of a face or a scene could easily be sent or received, but the detall of the photograph was absent. This, it is now asserted, is supplied. The electograph, as it is called, is a ma- chine with a steel cylinder revolved by electricity. It is, as 1ine occasion de- mands, a transmitter or a recelver. When two machines are connected, at no matter ‘what distance, they revolve at exactly the same speed. The basic principle of this is admittedly the chronograph used in all Government signal stations and the Morse transmitter. The long steel cylinder, just as in a pho- nograph, is an electrical contrivance which travels one-seventieth of an inch with each revolution of the cylinder from right to left. This holds a steel point when a picture is to be sent, or & pen when it is to be received. When the picture is to be sent it is first made into what is known as a half- tone plate. This is then flooded with melted wax and rubbed to a smooth sur- face. The wax then fills the interstices of what would reproduce as light surface alone, leaving the other part clean. The plate is then bent until it resembles a phonograph cylinder and is slipped on the steel cylinder. The distant receiving ma- chine has plain white paper wrapped around the cylinder in the same manner as the plate. With an electrified steel point resting against the plate and a pen point against the paper, the moment the cylinders be- gin revolving the work begins. As the point travels over the smooth surface of the plate an electric connection is made and the pen point traces the line on paper. ‘When a waxed surface is reached the con- nection is broken and the pen leaves its surface. As the transmitter travels slowly over its cylinder, its pulsations broken by a thousand, and one dots, the picture gradually unfolds itself, an exact repro- duction of the original plate. Although the machines, it is thought, will find their principal use in newspaper offices, representatives of the inventors declare there would be much use for them in the business world. By it the police may obtain photographs identifying crim- inal ADVERTISEMENTS. A Miraculous Feat. “It seemed that nothing short of a miracle could save my little daughter from an untimely death,” says City Marshall A. H. Malcolm, of Cherokee,Kan. ““When two years. old she was taken with stomach and bowel trouble and despite the efforts of the best physicians we could procure, she grew worse and was curable. . A friend advised .. Nervine Miles’ and after giving it a few days she began to improve and final- ly fully recovered. She is now w:fi’veyeanoi and the very picture of health.” Seld by all Druggists. 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