The Seattle Star Newspaper, March 27, 1899, Page 3

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It only costs wo Bits = ame To secure The Star for ONE MONTH Pacific Coast Steamship Company for San Francisco The company's ele- want steamships Queen, Walla Watla, and Umatilla leave Seattle a om via Port Townsend and Victoria, March 5, 10, 15, 20, 90, April 4, 9, 14, 19, 24, 9, May 4, and every fifth day there- after, Leave San Francisco Port Townsend, Mareh 2, 7, 12, 17, 22, every fifth day thereafter, FOR ALASKA The elegant steamships Cottage | City, City of Topeka and Al-Ki leave Seattle 9 a.m, March 1, 6, 11, 16, 26, 3, April GB, 10, 15, 20, 25, 20, May 5, and every fifth day thereafter, further information obtain) change, without previous steamers, sailing date, and hours of salling. J, F. TROWBRIDGE, Puget 8d. Supt, Ocean Dk, Seattle. Uptown ticket office, 18 First ay,, Seattle; Goodall, Perkins & Co. Gen. Agents, San Francisco. REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS. The following real estate trans- fers were Mled in the auditor's office Saturday. Moore ‘Investment company to Rufus P. Lincoin, of New York, lots 7S, 9 20, 21, 12, 13, 14 and 15 block 370, and lot 16 block 370, except the following portions, beginning at the southwesterly corner of said lot 16, on the east water way, running thence due north along sald water- way 20 feet, thence in a southwest- erly direction due east to ratiroad avenue to the place of beginning, being .0677 of lot 16 and the part conveyed in this deed being 9223 of lot 16 block 370, $24,000, Mary MacManamon to John Fren- els MacManamon and Joseph Ea- ward MacManamon, s % of n % of se % of see 23 In tp 2) north of range 4 of the Willamette meridian, con- taining 4 acres. Consideration, Walter A. King to I, Mather, lot # bik 3, Hagley’s Orient addition, of lot 7 bik 21 of Plummer’s addi- ton, J. H. Hemer and Robina Hemer to Mary Ann Cumming, lot 7 to 12. in- clusive, in bik #4, Salmon Bay Park addition. Mt. Pleasant Cemetery company 10 B.C. Drange, lot 20 see 1 in replat Mt. Pleasant cemetery. William Jewett Moore and Blanche Moore to Helen Grace Rankin, ird interest In ne % of nw n % of se &% of mn &% of seo of range 4 ¢, W. M., con- ae gue tei a . Van De Vanter to Bennett, Iks 6 and 7 tn the B. ¥ Eldorado addition. Liaste Barnes and Charlies Barnes | ¢o Chartes ©. Lee, lots 1 and 3 bik 1 | In Meade’s first addition to the town == i » Fork, de- coased, to Francis Atwood, lots 13, M4, 15, 4, 17, 18, Dik 49, Yesior's Charlotte BE. Gray and Thomas C. Gray et al. to Frank Atwood, lots 1, 2 3 4, Dik 48, and lots 9 and 10 In bik 42, Yeuter’s third addition. Hattie BE. Cummings to Nathan Knapp. n % of sw \% of se % and n & of se % of sw \% of se % seo 19 tp 21, north of range 5 east. Spurious Antiques. In Florence I purehased a small knocker In the design of a griffin holding a heavy ring in his mouth, says a writer in the Chicago Ree- ord, The head of the animal and the ring were worn quite smooth, but the hollow reverse side which fitted against the door wan flaked with rust an@ the bolts used for fastening the locker to the door were so coated that the nuts could not be turned. ‘The knocker seemed several cen- turies old, and yet when I showed ft to an American tn Florence, an expert who has frequented the shops for years, he shook his head an said: “I'm not sure that it wasn't made in Germany.” “But it must be rather old, look at the rust.” “The Germans can take a plece of fron and rust it Mke that in days.” It wouldn't take long to grind that down and then polish it. Now, Lam on the watch for deceptions all the time, and even I am fooled oc casionally. ‘The Germans will take any kind of an antique and copy it so well that only the shrewdest of judges can detect the fraud. Don't buy any armor or old lampe or old }eoins or anything of that sort until they have been passed upon by a | connoisseur.” | Tax on Ice. A bill was presented In the logir- lature of Wisconsin, on the 17th ul- timo, which imposes a tax of 15 centa per ton on all fee cut from Wisconsin lakes and shipped outsite lof the state. This ts a blow almed 14 at the Knickerbocker Ire company, and at the big packers of Chicago, who harvest by far the larger share of the ice cut from the Wirconsin lakes. ‘The annua! cut in entimated at about 1,500,000 tons. fome of the parties that would be affected by the pasage of such a bill lelaim the law would be void, as it aonld interfere with Intera * com. mere while the Chica« ler com- |cantes would simply cease cuttiny lice from Wisconsin lakea, Plenty of able from Tilino's water sna and Michigan lakes Chicago lice is obtal }or from Indi to supply ets, ete, at specially low prices MONEY by giving them an oppo nity to figure. For Seattle 10 a. m., via Victoria and | April 1, 6, 41, 16, 21, 26, May 1, and| two ow THE SEATTLE THE OATH OF OFFICE asm by Aguinaldo. MANILA, Feb, 25—Hy mall.—'The | | Philippine republic was formally christened as euch and its constitu. | Hon promulgated amid scenes of a great deal of pomp and dignity at Malolos on Monday, January 2, The town was Milled with natives from Manila and surrounding terri- tory, strained relationg with the the effect of in among the The insurgent leaders had been shrewd enough in hastening the adoption of the constitution so the demonstration could be held be~ fore the exeitement caused by Otte’ and Aguinaldo’s proclamations and subsequent events had died out Hitherto Aguinaldo and his fol- lowers called themaclves “Revolu- onary Government of the Philip- | pines but when the insurgent ohieftain, day before yeaterday,, in | Congressional hall, took the follow- joath as president, the nam was changed to ne Republic” —t sear, In the name of God, to faithfully execute my trust, to up | hold and caure to be upheld the j stitution and laws and defend | Integrity of the Pathertand.” followed the reading of a meg congratulating the represent jon good work done, after which Pa-| tern, president of the congress, sur- | prised every one by delivering an! | intensely patriotic address, In which he said: “In defense of our tnde- pendence we are pared to go to any extremity, even to the extent of digging one vast grave for ourselves jaed our country’s invaders.” Pa- terno had previously been a vigor- ous annexationist—his change of heart only similar to that of many others during the past two months. The day finished with a grand milt- tary pageant, 5000 troops being re- viewed by Aguinaido and hie staff. Japanese Women as Writers. A very large and important part of the best literature which Japan has produced has been written by women, says W. G. Anh’ in the “History of Japanese Litereture.” A good share of the Nara poetry t# of feminine authorship. In the Hetan period the women took tin more conspleyous part in maintaining the | honor of the native literature, The two greatest works which have come | down to us from this time are bot’ | by women. This was, no donbt, | partly due to the absorption of the | masculine Intellect in Chinese atud- lea, and to the contempt of the mate sex for such frivolous pureults as the writing of poetry and romances. Nut there was still a more effective cause. The position of women tn) ancient Japan was very different | from what it afterward became at/ the period when Chinese ideas were in the ascendant. ‘The Japanese in this early period) 4i4 not share the feeling common to most Eastern countries, that the | women should be kept in subjection, and, as far as pornible, in seclusion Feminine chieftains are frequently mentioned in the old histories, and several even of the mikados were women. Many instances might be quoted af Japanese women exercis- ing an influence and maintaining an mee of conduct quite at variance with our preconceived no- tions of the positions of women In the East. ROOSEVELT HAS A BOOM He May Become McKinley's Running Mate. NEW YORK, March 27.—denator W. B. Chandler, of New Hampshire. at the Fifth Avenue hotel last night, made a statement to the effect that Roosevelt might be nominated for second place on the presidential tic- ket of 190. Mr. Chandler gave out this information: ‘There is serious talk in Wasting ton about the advisability of run- ning Governor Roonrevelt on the Re- publican Presidential ticket. For the second place, I mean, for, of course, there Is no possibility that Presi McKinley will not be renomin: . “How about Hobart for renomin- ation?” was asked. “Every senator is thoroughly well pleased with the viee president, was the reply, “There ts the highest regard for him, But, the point tn regard to choosing Gov, Roosevelt in his stead, is that with Roosevelt on the ticket there would be every probability of carrying the city of New York and even the sta Roosevelt, many believe, would add greatly to the strength of the Re- publican ticket.” |DETECTIVE EARS AT ‘PHONE. Reports of Conversations Taken Off in the Central Station. | There is a young w the Then an in t jemploy of the telephone compan In an Oregon city who ts said‘ }to be an eavesdropper fihe ta a stonographer, and her duty Is to sit |at a desk at the central office and |take down in shorthend all that | passes over any telephone line that is to be investigated. She sits all {day with a trumpet at her ear, and she hears both aiges of anydconver sation that is held over any wire | with which it is desirable that «#h be “cut in.” This is done only at jthe request of the subsertber whose telephone is investigated | While the stenographer or tele- one detective is making a report of the investigation on any one tel hone line she hears nothing that anid on other lines. She nite at desk apart, and every word that she hears ts jotted down In steno graphic characters and then copied by her on the typewriter. This full report of the conversation is then submitted to the manager of the telephone company and by him to the subseriber who has asked for ft If the typewriter report conveys any information to the subseriber he on it aceording to his own ideas and the matter fecret between him and the telephone compar The telephone ta in such a case a private pctive. TT telephone company is often n to produce verbatim re A mud ronversations over | neribe », no the young wo- lesan § , who is an eave is kept e subficribers dropper by jauite busy. OUR MEW ® Whowe telephones are une in almost constant us countably thore here whose Wires are used PUrpoReH not exactly legitimate owners apply he telephone man- | ager for a reportef a day's or a| | wations: The telephone company | Uses its diveretion about giving the f vi | }information asked, While Smit | however, may Met a report of the | poe lh Ee are ies conversation on the telephone for | ‘ which he pays, (he company will ne + tell him what passes over Jonex' M b M te ‘May be Managed by mang Hin ph a rolemn and ea with the telephone telephone at home, paid the married is si gy man, had been very busy for sev- | | eral days, and he couldn't scoount | veep W'S BASTERN POLICY for it; neither could hin young wife, The recently wed: man, enter- | tained, however, a dark susploion. ‘The young woman with the er and the pencil and pad w work one morning on hix case | | | 1 Number of Little The rewult was most alarming to the your erried man, The ty writer report showed that as her husband left home in the | morning the wife called up a down — | town office and began a conversa- tion with one who had been very at-/| tentive to her married, That night the by an angry spew settioment of ferce in- WASHINGTON, March 27.—The new policy of expansion, looked u on with mingled festings of enthu siasm and trepidation, If successful, Wil give birth to @ new administra~ @ domentic i tensity | tive branch ef the government. A | department of the colonies will | quickly be found necessary. Al- | | | ready it exists in nucleus, us the so- HAS A RECORD : of insular affairs, a ently established branch of the rtment the intention to ralse th the highest Ite head would be a member It te new department to | rank of the cabinet, second in Importance | CHICAGO, March 27.-A woman who is said to have a eriminal ree- ord in both England and America, wae arrested Monday afternoon tn the Boston atore by Detectives Bug- and Brown of the central sta- When searched at the statton only to the secretary of state. It) would be divided into a number of bureaus, each supreme in its parties ular branch, The detachment of soldiers und sailors to be sent to any of the colonies would be left to the several * of sik were found in| judgment of one bureau. The ad- her poseeamion. ministration of posts and tele- The woman gave the name of Ro-| graphs would be the work of an-| wie Fish, She admitted to Lieut. Ho-| other. There would be a law bureau, han that the goods found in her | a bureau in charge of the taxes and| possession Were ftolen, and was on customs, a bureau of fiscal agenta. the point of being taken to Harrt- son street station when Detective John Hanley said “I think your name is Rosie Fish- The trend of eventa is already shown by the work of the bureau of insular affairs, now in existence, whieh la devoting Itself to all the! bane, madam, if | remember cor-| business of the islands which is rectly. You skipped to England to! not of a purely military character, ade the Hoston police early in the | Already there are Guam and Wake| soe. You were once arrested in the | istand to be looked after, in addition | city of Baltimore, I think, and you|to Porto Rico, the Hawailan group spent @ little time on the island for) and the Philippines. Cuba, it is be- your work In New York.” | Heved, will come within the Jurisdic- The woman nooded an arent, and) tion of it ere many years, for the naid impression grows that annexation, “Why, I didn't know you, Hanley.| rather than absolute independence, | Your hair wasn't white when I saw) will he the ultimate fate of that you last. Say, what do you think | istand. Besides, Uncle Sam i# the they will do to me for this jobT* | Proprietor of other tslands, not gen- According to Detective Hanley the erally known, scattered over the Pa- woman ts one of the cleverest shop- | cific. lifters in American. He says (that some are near the Gilbert archi- she is also known to the potice of! petago, and several are to be found London. labout @ thousand mites south of Hawali. The large cluster includes The Color of Snow. | Amertea, Paimyros and Christmas, The white color of snow is the re- | ihe later being 35 miles long. ‘There sult of the combination of the dif-| 0" nie capable po glbomame & he- ferent prismatic ra laeuing from | nan life. With the increased Pa- the minutes snow crystals. Pounded | 0” trage and travel that ie in pro- glass and foam give analogous llU8- | aoe they will. be rendered more trations of the prismatic colors) avaiable for eclonisation. And then | Diending together and forming the) nero are thousands of islands in| white light out of which they had| 1.0") Jot western waters never pre-| been originally formed, ‘The alr | i i51y occupled or claimed by any contained In the eryatais intennifien | "nT a atom With a depart. the whitesess of the snow THe | ment of colonies to manage them, snow from its loose texture and the | Othe dame appetite for colon. fact that It contains about ten times | 1's teed the prospects for in- flactor of heat, and. thus forma an {creases ta the family grow apace, vering forthe earth ta of radiation, tt not Watching Yankee Ingenuity. infrequently happening in times of] Very marked of late, has become great cold that the sail is 40 degrees | the interest displayed in military | | | | | warmer than the surfac of the circles at Kerlin in the developments overlying snow of small and other arms in the The appare snow 48 | United States, the opinion forming seen from a distance is often 4” | itself distinctly that the inventive | effect of light which adds a pecu-| genius of the United States wilt | Mar charm to mountain and winter | produce something more practical | landscapes, particularily in the than all scientific theorists of the| mornings and evenings when the | old world, rays of the sun fall mort obliquety | on the surface of the snow, But anow is occasionally found beth in| polar and Alpine regions of a really i At, the present moment the staff is following with close attention the changes which are to be made in the United States in the Krag- red color. This phenomenon seems | Jorgensen system, and opinion is to have been observed by the an- gaining cround that this will be the clents, as & passage In Aristotle ap-|@un of the future, combining those parently refern to it; but it attract- ed no attention In modern times til 1760, when Saussure observed it in | tuehtnens. the Alps and from chemical expert-| The Paris Temps, in reproducing ments concluded that the color was/from the German papers the an- lareat ne ties of the modern email arm, strength, simplicity and owing presence of som: nouncement that the German «mall able substance which he jarma manufacturing company has | might be the pollen of a recelved orders for 3500 of a new next observations on re made tn the Arctic expedition un Captain Rows, when it was found ex tending ra range of cliffs on th of Baffin's bay for eight m rifle to be ® | “Having no reason to imitate the discreet German military circles, we *.| will say that the new pattern is a delivered in June next, red color penetrating the snow elopment of that recently invent- cen to ® depth of 12 ed at the Mauser factory, the prin- n the return of the exped!-| ciple of which is the same as that of tion in 1819 the coloring matter as|the Maxim mitrailleuse. Ina word, then existing in the melted red enow/it te an automatic weapon, utiliz- was subjected to careful examina- | ing the action of the gases rrom the | tion by Robert Brown, and by Fran-| powder, which, when the first shot cla Bauer, the former most eminent | has been fired, effect the reloading botaniet pronouncing it to be pro- |The soldier has only to aim and pull | duced by a unicellular plant the trigger, and men who have used | | the rifle say that thirty shots a min- Big Ice-Making Ptant. | ute can be Ared with it.” The Temps, however, is of opin- Twenty years t an ice-making | |. ahat no. hifieae shoulder could | or refrigerating machine was a cur-| (0D 1M) Me and that the new/ lomity in the United States, and the | rin, ia therefore, “not dangerous. few to be found in operation were | Tay it pa regarded as of doubtful utility. Rut rece i | there were men who had abiding } refrigeration, and to these men the | erfection of the lee-making | in due fore the sum- mer opens New York city will have Pe Ids (ll die, in of ion two completely equip: ped ice-making ostabitshments, each Attempted Murder Has Re- Pree tiek Re 2 2. sand peli nase sults Unlooked For. } in Chicago and it# vicinity capable of) yemwannn, I, March 27.—Taaac | rning out several hundreds of | 44,,,, years old, tried to kill| tons daily, while the number of hia wife last night with a long knife amatier establishments of this char- | popeood had been drinking and be- | acter are rapidly Increasing through: | (urns infuria at his wife, saying: | out the country. The refrigerating | 1) cut your throat from ear to} machine has revolutionized the pre ' He rushed at her with the| ion business, effected great cha knife, but was selzed by hin broth. | es in brewing, ofl refining, and ¢ er-in-law and a flerce fight followe: in trie and has furnished the wife escaping In the meantime, economical means or preserving The police were called and Hop- surplu M1 products as a provision | ...4 sted. At the preliminary ons of searcity. | Moreover, | nearing City Attorney Lawson s excellent results obtained by | cured evidence from him concernin American manufacturers of refriger=| tne sais of whisky on Sunday which ating and tce-making machinery are| iy to the arrest of one of the sa atracting considerable attention in| icon keepers and two bartenders, all foreign counter and in’ Mexico. | of them being heavily fined on Hop- Central and South America, and| Oca textimony. even in uth Africa they have been |” - — — otably i ful Only recently a firm in Buffalo, N. ¥., received an} The Breakfast Face. order for an jee-making and re-! How many of us—I mean we wo- plant for one of the|men—get up cross, and by croas the brewers in England, This| inference ix naturally that we are rewery is olso Co be supplied | not good looking, for how can we by ita t 1¢ equipment by an and pretty at the same time? other Amertoar firm, hil the come down to the table a very | wagons which are to deliver the ico | different individual from the one | and beer to customers will also be| who r from ft the evening re, went from the United Stetes, |and behind a coffee urn we sulk and | change or | ter to let your husband think y« ive our particular men folks the Impression that feminine beauty ts an Impossible and improbable quan tity In the early morning This really is @ serious matter, as, after all, living is any w you winh to put it I way advisedly, no matter how you may frown at for goodnemn’ sake m at & The arly morning impressiuns that an takes away with him are the that Jast all day wife who take paina to eurl her batr, to put a dab of powder on her none, to slip Into her most becoming negli« at breakfast time, carn loaf all de if whe no desires, aud there will never be a word of protest from the man who, on the street, In the stock ex office, has time for & thought for the gentle creature who Kiswed him good-by at the r The thought may not be #0 p a ant, but it will be tremendously per- sistent if the creature who yawned good-by was in @ soiled frock, with disheveled locks, and a “got-up-tor- early” expression countenance, and that is a revelation to a man not used to seeing woman day's beginning, If you can’t look plearant and genuinely awake at breakfast, don't get up to it. Be The breakfas' slothful than sulky face should be sunshiny, RKemen her thie, a ye sriumblers, Fhe coffee may be bad, the cakes sodden, and the meat fried—awful word—to a crisp, but such a havoc in the menu will be lost sight of if the mistress of the mansion has a sweet smile and a winning personality to overcome the material discomforts due to @ bad cook or a faulty dige tion, A MISTRES WANTS REWARD LONDON, March 27.—-The Cen- tral News states that Maude Rich- ardson, the mistress of William Johnson, known as “Harry the V: et.” who was concerned in the theft of the Dowager Duchess of Suther- jand’s jewels in Paris last October, intends personally to serve the Duchess with a writ to secure the reward offered for the recovery of the stolen jewelry, she having be- trayed Johnson to the police. Sir Albert Rollit, the husband of the Duchess, wrote to Miss Rich- ardson’s solicitor that the Duchess was in Egypt ana, according to the Central News, the woman intends to go to Egypt and serve the writ in person. ‘The steamer Humboldt arrived tn port last evening from Skagway. She brought down a small number of passengers. On the voyage south the Humboldt passed the tug Pioneer with the steamer Dirigo in tow. The Utopia was also passed bound = south. The Humboldt brought down the following passen- gers: F. Frye, A. E. Griffith, Fran- cis Clarno, C. F. Booth, A. C. Car- von, M. KE. Freeman, Thomas Hart~- ney, H. Harris, E. A. Rebham, John U. Whipple, A. L. Cheney, R. Will- Jame, W. H, Isted, and eight second Adjudged Insane. MONTREAL, March 27.—Muller, the man who threatened to kill President MeKiniey and who was arrested a few days ago at the re- quest of the vice consul of the United States, was declared Insane today, and will be placed In an asy- tum. ————— Ladies of Federated Clubs Allege a Great Wrong. PEORIA, Ill, March 27.—The Federated Women's clubs of the fourteenth district met at the wo- men's club here today and decided that all the alleged great men of modern and ancient history had been masquerading under false col- ors. It was figured out that all the really great and good things ever accomplished in the world had been wrought out by women, or by some men working under the direction and guidance of woman. It was the fault of the sex that the honor and emoluments had been stolen. The representation today was large and the meeting was spirited, Set the Girls Thinkin A well known young man in this city was placed In an embarrassing position the other evening through |class. one of those little accidents that are always happening at the wrong time . He was walking along the street with two charming young ladies and was keeping them en- groased by his flow of conversation, which is a# plentiful and irresistible as a Niagara, when suddenly there was @ great crash and a distinct break—not of new mown hay, but of old rye whisky which floated up from the ground almost at his feet. Just how the young man succeed- ed in explaining the presence of that quart in his pocket at that time i# not known, but as he is a man of undying nerve and colossal self assurance It is safe to say he got out of it reasonably well, The fact that a friend was on the other side of the street when the bottle fell may eventually bring out the true Inwardness of the tale which is already well known by the friends of the victim and which Is furnish- ing them much amusement.—Brock- ton Enterprise. Schoolgirl Missing. SYRACUSE, March 27.—Hattle Mitchell, the pretty fourteen-yea old daughter of Mra, W. B. Thom- fon, f 311 Mather street, has been missing since Friday afternoon, when she left home to visit her si: ter in Fiteh street ‘There is no trace of her since she left home, and all efforts to locate her have been fruitiess, She was In the habit of taking her music roll when she went to her sister's, but did not do so on iriday, which leads to the suspicion that she did not intend to go there. She is tall for her age, has dark halr and blue e She—How ean you be so sure that you are in love with me and with no one else Even I wonder at times whether there is a posstbility of ab- solute certainty in such matters, I ou lack experience and the confidence it begets, I've been in love 40 times and Know every symp- tom,.—Detroit Free Press, ‘ sts i l,i A a a aS in the! TWAS KEPT A SECRET The Discovery of a Silver Ore Vein. THE FATHER'S DEATHBED STORY Cavern That Was the Haunt of Counterfelters. A Strange Story of Crime. CUMBERLAND, Md., March 27.— The_disravery in-g meeriahe In” Berkley county, West Virginia, of @ cavern containing mining tools, smelting pots, molds, ete., brings to Nght a hidden sliver mine, the facts of which read like a romance. Along in the early forties two men living in Berkeley county would fre- quently absent themselves from the community and remain away for several days a time. Their actions did not excite suspl« clon and whatever were their occu pations they were allowed to pure sue them without investigation. 1€ | Was not long, however, until spuri- |ous coin made its appearance in | Cumberland and territory adjoining, The imitations were bad, but con- tained good silver, The two men were not suspected until one of them was arrested in this city for | passing counterfeit money. He wae | tried on the charge, convicted and nent to the penitentiary, but the law was not able to extort from him = confession as to where the coins were mad Boon after the conviction his com= panion left the country, but return- ed just prior to his death. The se- cret would have died with him had not an old man by the name of Hor der called his son to his side one day and told him where the mine was located, after extorting from him a promise not to reveal the matter until after his death. Hore der had by accident stumbled upon the secret, but would not mention it for fear the government might be- come suspicious of him. The son faithfully adhered to the promise and would not breathe a suspicion of the place until his father had been dead some time. About two years ago, in company with two oth- era, sworn to secrecy, he visited the place, and, following the directions outlined by his father, found the mine and the vein of silver ore. It ia now being worked, OCEAN CABLE LAYER. Captain Trott’s Acquaintance With Bottom of the Ocean. Captain Samuel Trott, who died recently at Miam!, Fla, was regard- ed as one of the leading experts on submarine cable laying and repair- ing. He was an Englishman, born in 1822. At the age of twenty-seven he was a captain of a passenger steamer after a seagoing experience of ten years. In 1874 he assumed command of the cable laying steam- er Faraday, and remained in com- mand until 1880. During this time he laid the French and direct cables and made some remarkable repairs in mid-ocean. During the winter of 1876 Captain Trott sailed from London to Nova Scotia to repair the direct cable, at- tempted and completed the task in a gale of wind and a blinding snow- storm and was back in London in thirty-five days, It is recorded that as he steamed up the Thames on his return the entire marine population turned out and gave him an ovation, On a subsequent occasion Cap- tain Trot repeated the feat in thirty- one days. He was the first man who denponstrated that cables could be repaired in winter as well as in summer, thereby adding greatly to the value of cable property, and it has been said of him that he knew the bottom of the Atlantic and the position of every cable as well as a cabman knows the streets of a city. At one time a cable steamer lost a section of cable worth many thous< and dollars, and Captain Trott, haps pening to be tn that locality sever- al years Jater, picked it up and pro- ceeded on his way within an hour, He later presented the recovered ca- ble to the original owners and de- clined to recelve any remuneration. Captain Trott assumed command of the cable repairing steamer Minia in 1880, and retainea the command until his veath. He was the joint inventor of a new type of deep sea cable, and was the gole originator of an electric grapnel, which Is now tn very general use, the electric me- chanism bethg such that a bell is lrung on the cable steamer whenever \the prongs of the grapnel come in |contact with the cable, Just pre- vious to the outbreak of the Span- ish war he laid the cable connect- ing K est and the Dry Tortugas for the United States government. NEIGHBOR'S _ QUARRELS John McCourt at Lake Mills, Wis., Charged With Murder, JEFFERSON, Wis. March 27.3, McCourt, of the town of Lake Mills, s now confined in the county Jail tn | this place charged with th emurder of Christian Roehl, There had been a quarrel about the right of way across Roehl's land, and when Me- Court last Saturday passed through the farm he was reproved. this he struck down Roeht's with an ax. The boy is dead. Elephants Nurse Children, | Siamese women entrust their chit. jdren to the care of elephants, and tt is sald that the trayed. The bables play around the huge of the elephants, who are ful not to hurt the little creatures, And if danger threatens the sagactous animal will curl the | child gently up in his trunk and swing it up out of harm's way upon his broad back, al iad oa aes ea aaa