Indianapolis Journal, Volume 53, Number 306, Indianapolis, Marion County, 2 November 1903 — Page 6

THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1903.

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TWENTY-FIVE ARE DEAD

.disastrous results of Finn IX A HEW YORK TESEMEST. Fire Lasted Twenty 3IIuute, Only Oue Ieraon "Was Injured anil the Losa Was bot $7,000. P A2TICS AT THE FIEE ESCAPE3 XI A.N V TUR ILLING RESCUES BY THE DEPARTMENT WORKERS. Many rerioni Suffocated In the Fierce Struggle to Escape Most of the Victims Were Italians. .NEW YORK. Nov. L--Twenty-one men, three women and a ten-months-old babe were burned to death or suffocated In a Are that started early this morning in the 'House of All Nations," a five-htory tenement house .at 42S Eleventh avenue, and "which the police and coroner believe to have ben of Incendiary origin. Some of the peculiar features of the disaster, In addition to the startling loss of life, are that the Are was practically extinguished in twenty minutes, that the police could learn of but one person btlng Injured, other than those whu lost their lives, and that the property loss was only 17,000. The dead are mostly Italians. They are: Guiseppe Rossi, AnUnio Rossi, Justlno Rossi. Nicholas Nogal, Pietro Deresi, An tonio Rrocera, Mucuktta Vluglguerro, Flmomena Doresi, a baby, Antonio Villco, Francis Villmo, Sarah O'Toole, Antonio D'Angelo. Pasqualo Marotto, Frank Mastrenlo, Mattio Vendrano, Jote Mustlm or Muatlole, Pictra Donyaki, Joseph Zorowltch, Frank Delmonio. Antonio Berolich, Antonio Uclliui, Guiseppe Cappeln, three unidentified Italian laborers. The only person injured, so far as can be learned, is Mary Jane Quinn, who was burned about the face and hands and severely bruised by leaping from a secondfloor fire eäcape to the ground. In several apartments in the tenement Halloween parties were in progress and the guest at these added greatly to the number of persons in the house and made the rush and Jam to escape more than it ordinarily would have been. Although plentifully provided with fire escapes, front and rear, eacape here was cut off a few minutes after the fire started by the bodies of the dead becoming wedged in the openings leading to the ladder. The lire had been burning for some minutes before It was discovered. It had started in the basement, and, rushing upward, had attacked the stairway leadingto the apartments. In a short space of time the flames had so enveloped the stairway that egress from the building by it was ImpossiDle. The house, from, third to fifth floors, was destroyed. At windows, front and rear, bodies of men and women were jammed, showing that a desperate struggle to get free had resulted in the complete choking of these exits to the tire escapes and had been the cause of a number of the inmates being suffocated. Lying on a bud alongside a window at the rear of the fourth floor the firemen found the bodies of five men. Each had clutched the one next to hlra In an tnaeavor to push hin away In order to get to the Are escape outside. The features of the men were distorted, some with rage, others with agony, and In two Instances the men had gripped each othfcr so hard that blood had been drawn and had run out over their hands. On the third floor, in an apartment where a - Halloween party was being held, John O'Toole, one of the occupants, started to the street. He was met by a volume of smoke as he opened the door. He ran to the fire escape, followed by all those in the Hat with the exception of his mother, whose charred body later was found lying at the entrance to the apartment. O'Toole and the pthers escaped. When the firemen reached the scene there was a mass of flame bursting through the middle of the roof, whi!? the air was filled with screams of the women and the curses of the men. Many daring rescues were made by the firemen, who at times had to use violence in their attempts to disentangle the mass of writhing human beings, struggling in vain efforts to reach safety Xrcni the crowded fire escapes. One fireman climbed tu the fourth floor, where a window was filled with a mass of people, Jammed in and fighting to get out. He . struck the heads of all the men he could tee with his flat and they fell back. He then handed down to the firemen on ladders below three women and a baby. Another fireman performed a similar feat and rescued two girls from the fourth floor. Ufe nets played a prominent part in the work of rescue. The firemen dropped men and women, dead and alive, from one floor to another and finally, the men standIns on ladders on the first tlocr let them fall Into the nets held by policemen and firemen in the street. The building was known as tho "House of All Nations" because of the different nationalities of its tenants. PIUXTIXG HOI SI! DESTROYED. Fire in Philadelphia Cnirn Los of More Than 200,000. PHILADELPHIA. Nov. L The large p!aut of the Avil Printing Company, in "West Philadelphia, was destroyed by fire to-night, and much surrounding property was damaged. The Avil building fronted on Market street and extended back to Filbert street. The entire place was destroyed, entailing a loss estimated at $200.0. on which there is an insurance of lioo.oco. There were In the building at the time many valuable manuscripts on medical and . ether subjects belonging to professors of tho University of Pennsylvania. Bryn iUwr College and Drexei Institute. Heelden theso there was a largo amount of finished work In the building ready for delivery. Surrounding property was damaged to the extent of upwards of 5100.0. This property includes two dwellings, entlrely burned; six houses on the south side of Market street, scorched and damaged by water; three houses on the south side of Filbert street, crushed by railing walls; seven houses on the north side or Filbert street, scorched ar.d damaged by water yrnd falling brick. The rear portion of a lf dozen dwellings on the east 3lde of Vrtieth street were damaged by a fall-V-wall. YAKKEE CONCERNS WIN. American Invasion of England Continues toMdrsnoe Rapidly Pittsburg Gazette. The most stubborn and prolonged fight probably that has ever been put up by Britishen against the so-called "American invasion" has terminated In favor of the Lorain Steel Company, branch of the United States Steel Corporation, which has Just been awarded a contract for the construction of the extension of the municipal electric traction system at Wolverhampton, one of the most prosperous cities In the west of England, on the Lorain system of surface contact. Yankee equipment in tremendous quantities have been shipped for use on the other side, large lots poing from Pittsburg, but the Wolverhampton contract Is the first one calling for an Amerlenn system of surface contact. Some two years ago the Lorain Steel Company offered to construct ten miles of lines at Wolverhampton on Its system, which wm Invented by M. Brown, of Johnstown, Pa., the chief engineer of the company. The lines were to be built on the understanding that if found satisfactory th corporation was to take them ever. The Uaei were duly built and sub-

mitted to exhaustive trials by the corporation electrical experts. Then the trouble began. The whole affair was made the subject of the most heated discussions. Several members of the municipality resigned: At last It was decided by the majority to take over- the lines and to pay the Lorain Company about J110.0W. This was agreed upon some weeks ago. Commenting on the matter the Tramway and Railway World of London, one of the leading electric traction periodicals in Europe, says in part: "The Wolverhampton Town Council has had a bad time of it over the system of electric traction for the borough. Shilly-shally Im a common weakness with municipalities and if the Council had throughout been more determined In carrying out a policy to which they had practically committed- themselves there would have btn less trouble and less room for local agitation. The Council may be congratulated on having settled the question of taking over the lines which have been built on the Lorain surface contact systems' There appears to us no adequate reason why they should not have come to that determination months ago when they refused to take the system over. The report of the borough electrical engineer submitted at that time was on the whole favorable and the terms now accepted do not differ materially from those originally considered. The Lorain . Steel Company built the lines and the corporation was to take them over after a year if tho system proved unsatisfactory. As far as we have been able to learn the system has all along done well and been all practically that was claimed for it. Private advices Just to hand state that It has now been decided to extend on the Lorain system notwithstanding the Initial cost and maintenance has been considerably more than of the additional lines which were built on the overhead system. The extensions will cost on the overhead system sume $35,CuO more and nearly 13,50) more for maintenance. The extensions on the Lorain method will meau an expenditure of some $300,0.. NO INDIAN SUMMER.

Scientific Jlen Trying- to Heat Mortals Out of Dest Season of Year. r Erasmus Wilson, in Pittsburg Gazette. Rut here comes a savant, or something of the sort, who tells us there is no such thing as Indian summer, that there never was such a thing, and that there never will be. This bold, bald statement is calculated to jar those of us who have been laboring under tho Impression that we had enjoyed Indian summers every year for ever so many years. And yet it may be a misapprehension and nothing more, for he concedes there Is a peculiar atmospheric condition at this time of the year. May it not be that our differences are merely differences In names for the same thing? However, the fair thing will be to let him say his say, for he 13 the official weather observer at Cincinnati, and his name Is Bassler. He says: "There is no such thing as Indian summer. There is an atmospheric condition to which the term is applied, but just what causes it i3 not positively known. This fancied season does not appear regularly every fall wis most people seem to think, and when the writer Intends fixing a date by faying it was in the glorious Indian summer whatever he is describing could have occurred in September or In December, or not at all, as it is not necessary for the so-called Indian summer conditions to arise at all. And it may happen that it is Indian summer here and not in the South. "The origin of the term Is a matter of uncertainty. There are various opinions, the favorite being that it started among the early settlers. It was the custom of the Indians after the first cold snap to set fire to the prairie grass and forests, and the hazy hue of the atmosphere was attributed to the smoke from these fires. Whatever the origin, usually after the first cold weather a period of calm, mild weather follows, and it is thought the smoke and dust particles, instead of passing off, are distributed evenly through the atmosphere, lending to It a hazy appearance. The first rain clears It all away. The so-called season has not yet made Its appearance In this section, though It has In the Northwest, where there have been snows. Indian summer is another 'ground hog' myth." There may be no Indian summer on the Rhine, nor "over the Rhine," but we have them up here In the foothills, and in the dales and vales for many miles round about. We know we have them, because we see and feel them, and no mistake. Thank heaven'! Even though they should take away the name, rob the season of all the romance with which it has been Invested, and chuck it in along with commonplace fall-of-the-year, and call the mess autumn just plain autumn they can't take away the sky-tinted haze, the leafy carpet, the hazelnuts and chestnuts, and walnuts, and hlckorynuts; nor the wild grapes, fox grapes, chinkapins and persimmons. No, sir. they can t do It never. And what Is more, and not to be forgotten, we will call it Indian summer till the cows come home for good and all. The title fits the occasion, and the occasion becomes the title. In short there Is a sense of eternal fitness throughout the whole matter that Is unmistakably unmistakable. Go and bang and batter something destructable, thou spirit iconoclastic, for you are only wasting time trying to down and derpoil the rarest and most heartsome season the entire year the farewell to summer, by the hills, and the mountains, the dales and the vales, the leaves and flowers, the birds and the bunnies, and all who have loved It, and who hope to hall it again and oft. Can you blame the Indian if he should haveclalmed it as his pood summer time? Where is the man who wasn't once a boy; and was there ever a boy of the country stripe who didn't look forward to Indian summer more anxiously than to the coming of the Four of July, Thanksgiving or Christmas? This delightful season Is not limited to a single day, rain or shine, but spreads over a whole week or more maybe two or three. It 13 neither too hot nor too cold to either work or play, but teems peculiarly adapted to playing at gathering hickory nuts, hullIne black walnuts, shucking hazelnuts and scooping up chestnuts. At this particular season a properly constructed country boy is not the sweetest looking creature on earth, not exactly. His hands arc stnined to his wrists with walnut hulls, and his mouth shows signs of his having cnten a few goodies that had been picked out with Juicy fingers. And as though It was not enough to have blackened lips he stains his teeth with black haws, for they, too, are ripe now and hanging In most tempting bunches within easy reach, except some of the finer looking one3 perched on the very topmost branches. Being still In his bare feet, and wearing his old clothes, the boy doesn't care much how high the hlckorynuts. chestnuts, and black haws hang, for climbing trees and clubbing down nuts, or game, is right in his line. Don't you remember how mother used to make you soak, and scrub, and scour your feet along in Indian summer time? You kuow it was largely a waste of good soap and energy for you had becu tramping over waltfut hulls, elder pummlce, and crushed fox grapes until nothing short of being skinned would remove the black. But he had to do It, for mother could not bear the thought of euch looking feet being tucked between clean sheets of one of her beds. If jour feet happened to be chapped or did you say hacked? she would throw In a handful of bran, or maybe a sprinkle of salt, or a dash of borax. Did you have to cut and shock corn? Well, that Isn't boy work, nohow, and yet we had to carry our two rows, or maybe cut a whole side, while one of the men went ahead and tied horses to hitch the shock to. And yet there was fun enough at the husking bee and In regular boy work to make the Indian summer time a sort of heavenly season to the healthy, hearty, stub and twist country boy. Nor can he forget it. even In the midst of the hurly-burly of the great city. Superstition of a Dnchess. Minneapolis Tribune. The Duchess of Marlborough Is very superstitious, one of her firmest beliefs being the very common one that black cats bring good luck. Her parting gift to the duke when he sailed for the Cape with the Yeomanry during the war was a tiny ebony charm In the shape of a black cat, with ruby eyes. Two prophecies were made anent her future when she was a tiny child of four; the first was that sh would wear strawberry leaves and sit with princes; the second that she would become the mother of a line of kings. The first prediction has come to pass and who knows but England may choose a new Hue of kings some day. Hum pi nit; Wheat on Cirouml. Topeka (Kan.) Special to ProviJence Journal. Tho farmers of Rush county, which harvested 1,000,000 bushels of wheat, must be content to see DuO.000 bushels rot on the ground. Representative Hale said that it is impossible to get cars to ship the wheat. Farmers have hauled the grain to the railroad station, and finding the elevators full were compelled to dump it on the ground.

HIGH RUSSIAN TARIFF

p.T ALL. AMERICAN' MACHINERY J50LD IX RUSSIA! ASIA. Part of "Widespread Foreign Antagonism to American Export Trade, Especially in Manufactures. INDUSTRIES ABE HIGRAT0EY DIE TO VARYING TARIFFS AND OTHER ECONOMIC FACTS. Excellent Prospect for Sale of American Hope lit China Induxtrlnl Stagnation la Colombia. WASHINGTON. Nov. l.-The determined fight made by foreign countries against the American export trade is shown by the fact that in Siberia a duty of 40 per cent, ad valorem is imposed on all machinery from the United States, while that from all other countries is admitted free. In this line of goods lies the best opportunity for the operation of American manufacturers, but this large import duty Is a serious handicap in favor of competitors. The principal demand at present is for machinery for coal mines. Coal mining in Siberia 13 yet in its infancy, but as the supply of wood for fuel is diminishing the industry Is developing, hence comes a demand for machinery and implements of this description. The Germans sell nearly all of the carpenters' and blacksmiths tools used in Siberia, though tho manufacturers of theUnited States have almost monopolized the trade in firearms, and they keep large stocks of goods at the local depots. Eastern Sibera is sparsely settled, but the territory east of Lake Baikal Is estimated to contain ten million people who are making rapid progress in civilization and whose wants are expanding In corresponding ratio. The introduction of Imports Is managed through native houses. Germany seems to have gone after the trade in a most practical and thorough manner and has a monopoly in many lines. The discontinuance of a free port at Vladivostock and the increase of the Russian import duties have nearly ruined the English trade in Siberia. This trade was most profitable as It was largely in light-weight, high-priced goods, upon which there was a comfortable margin for the manufacturer. XXX A notable feature of the present economical situation in the industrial world is the migration of Industries from one country to another in order to neutralize protective tariffs or, unfavorable labor situations. Many English firms are now operating branch factories in the United States and from Germany comes the news that representatives of the great German chemical industries are negotiating with the Russian authorities for the establishment of works in Russia. This movement on the part of the German manufacturers is the direct outcome of the new Russian tariff, which is almost prohibitive on some notable articles of commerce. In this connection the possible effect of the adoption of a more or less protective policy by England will be of great interest, as it is not to be supposed that tho American manufacturers will quietly consent to the loss of a large and profitable market through the mere fact of location. The purchase of British Industries by American capital and the establishment of branches of American works in Great Britain will undoubtedly receive a tremendous impetus should England adopt a scale of import duties sufficiently high to warrant the Investment. This probably would not be regarded with entire disfavor by the English people, for they would undoubtedly consider It equivalent to the development of their own industrial resources. XXX The Birmingham, Eng., Chamber of Commerce has been investigating the iron trade of that district for the puriose of determining the amount of Import duty necessary to protect the British iron industry from American and other foreign competition. They addressed inquiries to all the manufacturers and obtr.lned a variety of replies. The committee which was appointed to consider the matter, however, felt justified in concluding that an import duty of from S3 1-3 to 50 per cent, would give the British manufacturers a material advantage. In reply to the Inquiry as to the effect of a preferential tariff with the colonies some of the members wert of nnlnlnn th,f elgn countries would raise their tariffs . A. It-til-L. -S . . asamsi xiiiii-n guoas ana otners thought theso tariffs would be reduced, but a malorltv. however. exDressed th nnininn tha the Uritsh trade with the colonies would ne Dcneiuea Dy preferential treatment. One point was brought out in the course of this inauirv which does not sppm tn hav KAAn - u 1 W Vll taken into consideration very largely, and that is that the adoption of a protective tariff by England, would increase the cost of production and. thus offset, to a certain ueirree. me aavantatrs tn hn ?r. rived from a change of trade nniiv Tho increased cost of production, meaning thereby the increased cost of food and the probable increase In wages, is such an intangible quantity that no figures could be given by the experts at work upon the problem. The reply to this made by Mr. Chamberlain and his followers is to point to the United States,, which country, with its trreatcr cost of livintr and hls-hor rat. of wages, is still ablo to produce goods cheaper than the English manufacturers, who work under a lower scale of wages and a lower, and therefore cheaper, scale oi living ior ineir employes. XXX An industrial museum has been started In the City of Mexico by the national government of Mexico, and is under the di rect supervision of the secretary of colonl zatlon and industry. The museum is to maintain an exhibit of all mineral, vegeta ble and animal raw products which are found in Mexico, and also exhibits of all manufactures made from .these materials both in Mexico and in foreign countries. The purpose of the administration1, of this institution is to collect data for the information of the public, relative to the mrtthnrt! nf transnnrtntton within nnH V - - -... .JV 11 1 I II" out the country and information as to the tarirr laws or an nations, a norary pntnlnenH from all narts of tho wnri.i tn ho rollerted and the muspum will furnish applicants free of charge with all the data tjT . , Tkl. I,J l, . . I -J 11 yu"CE?ca. mir luirt jb cUCIlliy pn nrlintlnn of the Phlladelnhia Co mm or flat Museum, which has been used aa a model k 3 X SA. A Ä - Dy me lnausmai interests oi many coun tries. v v y Industrial conditions in the United States of Colombia are thoroughly bad. owlne to revolutions, overproduction and other clr cumstances, mostly political. A number of efforts have been made in the past few years to develop the resources of the repubic, but with little success. For a time the exploitation or tne goia fields promised lm portant results, but the returns failed to compensate for the trying conditions under which operations were conducted and the attention of investors and promoters was turned to the development of the quinla industry, which, for a time, returned large profits. Overproduction soon followed the extensive operations in this field and the rapid decline In price paralyzed the industry. It is said that the most promising prospect at presen for successful Investment and activity in agriculture is the development of the rubber Industry, but here again the boundary disputes between Colombia, Ecuador and Peru make the enterprise of doubtful value, for the rubber tree forests of Colombia are in this disputed territory. The building of the canal at Panama would be the industrial salvation of that country, but open and secret Ini..AAA r re citrannAM in rMtr tlnv n r . amicable arrangement whereby the canal

f. can be built. It Is doubtful, therefore, whether Colombia will improve her material conditions for many years to come. xxx Germany leads the world in the production of hops, but America is a close second, England coming next and Austria next. The production of all other countries is Inconsiderable as compared with those mentioned. The total production of the world this year is estimated to be 176.O0O.0O0 pounds. The total estimated consumption of hops by brewers throughout the world is held to be exactly this amount, so that the surplus from last year's crop will represent the surplus this year, amounting to a total of about 20.C00.000 pounds. Prices will be high this year throughout the world. x xx II. B. Miller, consul general at Nleu Chwang, China, believes he has discovered an opening for a very large trade In American rope. He thinks that the superior quality and ionger life of the American article will appeal to the Chinese and he asks the American manufacturers to send him samples and prices. He says if this is done he will call the attention of Chinese shippers to the desirability of buying the American article. Mr. Miller says 20,000 Chinese junks were registered at Nieu Chwang last year. This is only a very small percentage of the number in China. In this section all of these junks use sails made of American cotton goods. An effort is being made to furnish the rope for them from the United States. The rope used thus far was made here from hemp raised In Manchuria. It is badly made,, is quite inferior and does not wear well usually one season. The sea-going junks use great quantities of rope, especially of large sizes, instead of anchor chains. This is made from some of the palms raised in southern China and the manufacturing of the rope is done also in the south by the men who navigate the boats. Inquiries there as to the cost of it will show the possibilities of competition for that trade. The fact that considerable quantities of American rope are being ordered for Manchuria some for Chinese Junks indicates the possibilities of a trade in this line. If sales can be established throughout north China they may grow to wonderful proportions, for the amounts used and the number of boats are surprisingly large.If, In addition. It would be possible to get a part of the rope trade of southern and central China, the volume would be sufficient to keep several large plants ia operation. The simple fact that the competition is against Chinese production need not 'necessarily signify that the business is impossible, for the strongest competitor of American cloth for the sails of these same boats is cotton cloth made from cotton produced in China. The great bulk of transportation in China is by water, and no country in the world is using so mauy sailboats as in China; and all of these use considerable rope. This trade would not use the high-class and high-priced articles. Our cheapest and poorest are so much better than those in general use that they may possibly supplant them. The enormous quantity used and the possibilities of a great trade if tho market can be secured at all is sufficient Inducement for a thorough Investigation. In China rope is made from grass, hemp, jute, ralm and bamboo. Manila ropes have been tried ia this climate but the extreme dryness of the air during the fall, winter and spring, covering so long a period, shrinks and breaks the fiber and makes It worthless. Gunboats going into whiter quarters here have found all their ropes worthless in the spring and unable to bear any strain. The seagoing junks use the large rope made of a species of palm, and the junkmen take these ropes and work them over every two years. The river junks here use hemp ropes varying in size from one-fourth of an inch to cue inch in diameter. Price is 23 cents Mexican y.6 cents) per catty (1 1-3 pounds). They also use a jute rope, mostly IVi inches in diameter, for their anchor rope; this sells for 11 cents Mexican (5.4) per catty. xxx With the finest country roads in the world, England and France are facing a serious problem in the effect of motor car traffic upon the ordinary broken flint and gravel highways. It has been found that the large rubber tires of cars moving at a high rate of speed dislodge the fine covering on the surface of the road, leaving only the larger and sharper pieces of rock, and in fact thus rapidly destroying the highway. Efforts are now being made to discover some 'method whereby a smooth and hard surface can be secured for country roads which will stand the wear and tear of the heavy motor traffic common to those countries. It was thought that every problem incident to the use of automobiles had been considered, but this is a new feature which is causing the local authorities about London and Paris considerable anxiety. While the motor traffic is not so heavy ia the United States as It is in western Europe,

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the use of motors is rapidly increasing and there is no doubt that In the near future this form of transportation will by virtue of necessity enter into all road-building calculations. The authorities of England and France devote a great deal of attention to the care of good roads, with results familiar to every American traveler who has envied the French and English people their excellent highways. American representatives abroad are now watching the numerous experiments being made in road making and are keeping the Department of Commerce and Labor well informed as to the progress made. NO MIDDLE GKOUITD. "LIbernllt y" of Law Enforcement la a Mistaken Policy Fort Wayne (Ind.) Sentinel. Two years ago, when Mayor Low entered upon his administration as mayor of New York it was his frankly avowed policy to pursue a liberal course with respect to enforcement of the Jaws having to do with sumptuary matters. He at that time declared his belief that a strict administration of such laws was In large cities impossible and he set out to construe things liberally, granting indulgence beyond the letter and the spirit of the laws, hoping and doubtless confidently expecting to find it possible to keep the situation well in hand. Mayor Low in his speeches in the present mayoralty campaign now frankly admits that two years ago he was mistaken, and that in so far as that phase of his administration is concerned it has failed of what he Intended it should be. He is now convinced that no middle course is possible between unrestricted indulgence and rigorous enforcement of the laws. The things Mayor Low has had experience of are quite like those mayers In other cities have experienced In pursuit of similar policies. The moment enforcement of the laws is relaxed there begins the seizure of indulgences far beyond the "liberal" scope the executive has intended. And worse begets worse, until finally the "wide open," cverythlng-goes-but-murder order of things ensues and a positive condition of lawlessness is bred out of what was intended to be but the granting of a definite measure of extra-legal privilege. It is a policy that will not work out, as all experience will prove. When the power charged with the enforcement of the laws surrenders a part of his authority by suspending certain distinct prescriptions of the laws he has shorn himself of a portion of his strength and tied his own hands. No mayor of any city has ever tried such a policy that it did not plague him sorely before he was done with it. rOETIC JFSTICE. It Takes Ana-nut W. Machen as It Did Human of Old. Washington Times. Then the King Ahasuerus answered and said unto Esther the queen: "Who is he, and where is he, that durst presume in his heart to do so?" And Esther said: "The adversary and enemy is this wicked Haman." History often repeats Itself in the higher as well as In the lower walks of life, although in this busy world of ours the incident or event may pass unobserved. In the winter of 1SU5 three humble clerks in the frea delivery division of the Postoffice Department, over which August W. Machen then presided, were summarily dismissed upon his recommendation. The charge upon which they were removed, published broadcast over the country, was "conspiracy to belittle the department and bring the officials in disrepute." This incident is recalled with Interest, in view of the fact that August W. Machen is facing a much more serious charge in the United States Court of the District of Columbia to-day. The accusation against the three clerks was a mere subterfuge, of course. The "adversary and enemy" (otherwise August W. Machen), naturally enough, wished to get rid of three Mordecais because he was then engaged in one of his unsavory schemes, as the congressional debate on the postofilee appropriation bill in March, 1SD6, disclosed. The sacred book informs us that in Hainan's house there stood a Kallows fifty cubits high, upon which Mordecai was to be hanged. The cubit varies in length in dlfferenc countries. The Roman cubit measures 17.17 Inches, the Greek 18.1"), the Hebrew somewhat longer, and the English eighteen inches. According to the Encrliah measurement fuventy-five feet is a very high irallows. "So they hanged Haman on the gallows he had prepared for Mordecai." The "Deailbeat' and the Pass. Harper's Weekly. Among after-dinner speakers Joseph Jefferson ranks as one who can tell a good story In a dry, delightful way. His stories

now we are pre- i every appetite so their fill of deal principally with theatrical subjects. Here is one of his best: "While starring through Indiana several years ago," he said at a dinner the other night, "my manager was approached by a man who had the local reputation of being a pass-'worker or dead-beat. He told the usual yarn about being an ex-actor and ended by asking for professional courtesies. "l would be glad to oblige you, said the manager, 'but, unfortunately, I haven't a card with me. Just then a happy thought struck him, and he added: 'I'll tell you what I'll do. I will write the pass where it will be easy for you to show it. , Leaning over, with a pencil ho wrote Pass the bearer on the fellow's white shirt front, and signed his name. The beat thanked him and hastened to the gate. The ticket taker gravely examined the writing and let him take a few steps inside, then he called him back and said, in a loud voice: " 'Hold on. my friend; I forgot. It will be necessary for you to leave that pass with me!" DRAGGED DOWN BV DRINK. Lending- Young- Attorney- of Sew York In Felon's Cell. Akron (O.) Special to New York Herald. Friendless and alone, John F. McLaughlin, who declares he was formerly assistant corporation counsel of New York dry, made a plea for mercy before a Jury in . Common Pleas Court, where he was on trial thi3 afternoon on the -.charge of robbery. "Think well, gentlemen." said Mr. McLaughlin to the Jurors, "before you decide to make a convict of me. Don't brand me and blight the rest of my life. If you will give me another chance I will go out into the world and try as man never tried before to make a man of himself and regain the position which I once held." The members of the jury, although the plea touched their hearts, were compelled to return a verdict of guilty. The evidence against the prisoner was so convincing that it admitted of only one verdict, and unless Mr. McLaughlin Is successful in obtaining a new trial he will be sentenced to the penitentiary for from one to fifteen years. He will file a motion in a few days for a new trial. Mr. McLaughlin was a prominent young attorney a few years ago In New York, but drink got the better of him. It was not long before he lest his place, and he finally drifted West, doing odd Jobs for money with which to satisfy his craving for drink. McLaughlin came to this city on a freight train four months ago. In outward appearance he was a tramp, but a few minutes' conversation with him was enough to convince one that he was a polished gentleman when sober. He felt Into bad company here and was arrested several times for intoxication. Finally he was arrested with "Red" Winger and "Bert" Macklln for the robbery of Robert Spinner. The three men met Spinner in the street and took from him about $40. Within a hilf hour after the robbery the men were arrested in a saloon and identified by their victim. Winger was tried and sentenced to the penitentiary for three years. McLaughlin's trial came next and then the story of his life was told. McLaughlin says he has brothers and sisters, but he was to proud to appeal to any of them for assistance. Ilnlr-Spllttlnf? Difference. Philadelphia Inquirer. It is not an assault and battery If a person runs into another person's fist of his own volition. This is what a Jury in the Criminal Court decided yesterday in acquitting Thomas F. Geegan of the charge of assault and battery on Rhoads Shee. a brick manufacturer. It appeared from the testimony that about a month ago the defendant visited Shee In his office in the Real Estate building, to consult him about a contract for the furnishing of bricks. At the conclusion of the business discussion that ensued, Shee ie alleged to have told Geegan that he was morally, mentally and physically no good. I am not any good morally, eh?" asked Geegan. "You are not." declared Shee. "Not mentally, nor physically?" "No sir." Now' Shee said that as a result of this cclloquy the defendant struck him in the face. But Geegan said that at the conclusion of the dialogue he simply raised his fist and Shee's face moved towards it and bumped into it. The spectators in the courtroom laughed and the Jurj after scarcely a moment's consideration, acquitted the prisoner. Little Storlen of Journalism. Julius Chambers, in The Reader. A blind man and a small white dog were familiar figures for many years on Broad street. The man was a beggar and the dog was without a tall or a pcdlirree: but they were companions, shared their poverty and wero partners in their xrrlefs. One morning the beggar was led to his post by a young girl. He asked no alms that day, but stood hopefully calling for

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'"-7" the dog that had strayed away. Ills ap peal attracted no public attention, but a young reporter heard the plaint. His editor, offered a reward the next morning for the return of the missing mongrel, and In a few hours the two old friends were reunited. Their meeting was) pathos in action. These comrades in ad versity embraced each other, oiadiatora in the arena -of finance, commonly called the Stock Exchange, who had overlooked the picture of misery daily presented to them, had their hearts opened and theii mental visions quickened. GtlAY HAIRED BROTHERS Become Bitter Enemies Over the DIsw appearance of "Queen Mab.9 New York Telegram. White haired and strikingly alike, twa brothers who have both passed the sixtyyear mark, are at swords' points in a dispute about a rare edition of Shelley, 1S10, imprint of Phillips, and each pays he will have justice at any cost. The brothers are James and Patrick McGulre, aged respectively sixty-six and sixty years, and Patrick says James purloined the edition from him and caused the latter to be haled Into court on a summons. The Judge dismissed the cae on the ground that there was not sufficient evidence, but neither brother Is satisfied. Counsel has been engaged, and each vows he "will have the law" on the other. Patrick keeps a Fhop at Varick and Houston streets, where he deals In discarded dress forms, old irou. superannuated typewriters, window shades, paper stock, cook stoves, historic documents and wagon seats. He has made fnough money to retire, but he prefers to dig for old edition, for which he has a keener sense than "Snuffy David."His brother, James McGulre, who Is & plate finisher in the employ of a stereotyping company, occasionally acts as clerk for his brother while Patrick is engaged in literary Jaunts. Last Saturday James was In the store, and Patrick brought out of the safe a book about as wide zjz s, newspaper column. "Jim." said Patrick, "did you ever la your life see the likes of that? Only two more like that In all the world. The second rtntk la tn w nid npit month in Tendon hv Sotheby. Original poetry by Victor and Cazlna! Look M the Imprint, man!" "I don't want to see your old Itfjok," replied James, looking up from the latest fudge extra of an afternoon paper. "You will see it." replied Pa trick, placing the little volume In James's hand. "I've had that little Shelley, boy, for twenty years, and I haven't had to sell him at that, not needing the money. What do you think of him?" "That's a rare book, I guess." replied James, leafing over the pages. "You guess It's a rare book! You guess It is! You know well that It's a rare book! You that have been a plate picker these twenty years! Give it to me, you thieving stereotyper! It's worth J30, maybe a thousaud, and you know It Is!" This is the version of the Shelley controversy to a point - on which both sides agree. Patrick missed his Shelley and brought James Into the Jefferson Market Police Court on a summons. The brothers stood side by side, both white haired and so strikingly alike that they looked like twins. The magistrate heard the complaint. "And I can make affidavit."; raid Patrick, "that I know that he took it. I gave him the book and put it on the floor, and. being suspicious like, looked again and he was bending over it. The next day it was gone." "He grabbed It out of my hand," said James, "the white haired bookworm, and I didn't have It two minutes. That's the last I saw of It." "What wa the book about?" asked Magistrate Flammer. "Queen Mab?" "Queen Mab!" shrieked the aged Mblophlle. "Queen Mab! Did you hear what I was saving! Original poetry! Imprint Phillips! Off the pres three years before your Queen Mab taw the light of day!" "Say, now, Jim. I've used you square. Give me the book. I only brought ye to court to rebuke ye." "Didu't take your old book," repllel James, stoutly. "Doesn't the Bible say something," suggested the magistrate, "that brothers should forgive each other seventy times seven?" "Devil a bit will I forgive this plate picker," persisted Patrick. "I'll have to dismiss this case," said the, magistrate. "There's no evidence." Warn In ft- to Quail Hunters. Orleans (Ind.) Progress-Examiner. There nre said to m lots of quail this year, but the fellow who is fond of the sport of hunting must make friend with his rural ncquaintnncc to net much out of. it. It is a dangerous thing to "butt in" where you are not welcome. Kniiftn Mnrrlawe Epidemic. Providence Journal. Marriages have eo Increased In Kanns of late that thre are now ald to be practically no wbmen left there fcr domestic service. This Is what comes of making & fad of efforts to prevent race suicide.