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RUIN AND DESOLATION IN THE WAKE OF THE GERMAN ARMY AFTER ITS MARCH THROUGH BELuIUM
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CUBAN GOVERNMENT
TO PENSION WIDOW
OF NOTED FILIBUSTER
Wife of Capt. Sam Hughes,
in Need Now, to Be
Helped by Country Hus
band Befriended.
Cuba will bo asked within a few days
to pay a part of the debt she owed to
the late Captain Sam Huehes, the king
of filibusters, whose Run-running expedi
tions, more than anything else, made
possible tho freedom of the Island.
Phlladelphlans who were warm per
sonal friends of Captain Hughes during
his filibustering days and later when he
was captain of the port here, have "sug
gested" to the Cuban Government that
A pension be granted his widow, left
destitute because Captain Hughes was
a generous and Improvident sailor.
When Captain Hughes died on July
H, last, he loft behind him only unpaid
bills, He had made several fortunes dur
ing his filibustering days. His widow has
been an Invalid for several years. She
went to Thornmount, Green Island, Bel
fast, Ireland, a year ago to visit Caotaln
Hughes' mother. Tho mother of tho fili
buster died two months before him, but
JMrs Hughes has remained there at Bel
jfast She does not know that the Cuban
1 Government probably will grant her a
.pension Friends recently learned that
ttht captain left nothing for his widow.
SUGGESTS CUBAN AID
George r Sproule, secretary of the
Board of Commissioners of Xavlgatlon,
an Intimate friend of Captain Hughes for
20 years, suggested the idea of a Cuban
pension to J J. Luis, Cuban Consul hero,
who frequently served aB agent for tho
Cubans In the filibustering.
The 'suggestion" wns sont two woeks
ago to General Emlllo Nunez, tho most
powerful member of the present Cuban
Cablnt and President Jlenocal's principal
advisor General Nunez was tho man
to whom Captain Hughes sold tho arms
and ammunition In lOOii, 1907 nnd 1WS,
sometimes directly and somotlmes through
Mr. Luis
"Mr Sproule camo to mo with the ad
dress of Mrs. Hughes." said Mr Luis
today "The Cuban Government wanted
to send her a letter of condolence. Mr.
Sproule wild that a pension would be
better, as Captain Hughes had left noth
ng I was surprised, but was glad to
inform General Nunez of Mr. . Sproule's
nsestlon.
"General Nunez was commander of the
army Captain Hughes supplied with
arms and ammunition. Ho i n... c-
retary of Agriculture and president of
the Jeterani Association I, of course,
could do nothing officially, but General
Nunez will probably arrange It."
Blmnn 5prule iay explained that
rL Jonn SUtn street. also were
I est0 th0 "suBBcstlon." Dr. Flynn
many frT HuBhes' Physician for
The flllbuMer whose memory Cuba
J,'11,0"0' ,'n a substantial manner was
corn in Belfast, and uent to sea when
from ,,n ,h" Ea'nuel Louther ships
!w.S6,,f?X! J1" came ,,ere ' 1S7a a"-i
LinPeF0n?hth ,the s"wns and Miners'
Mb oi,h OI3 "eamer William Crane
0nnf Ifanrled at various times tlw
btnv.H ,Ber,.nard. Bermuda, which was
li in ,ht0 ye beri bl0W" ! It pier
1M0 ani1tuDf!awara Rlver I" August.
, the Laurada, the ship In which
rada f.f " '" llb"s'l"S The Lnu
' " name( after his two daugh
rs, Laura and Ada. who are now dead
MADE CAPTAIN OF PORT.
At the outbreak of the Cuban war
captain Hughes enlisted In the Amerl.
can navy and was given the rank of
lluttr.ant He performed valuable
"rvices as he was familiar with the
west indies waters. He commanded
ne Bermuda after the war. and after
orarerkoVe CCfcp.ted th Position of chief
JuVttL ,th lnlted s,a,e transport
Scot rirter "mmand of Captain
mand.r Xx-Z Ja,er aPP0l"ted com
coun.rC h hen h0 "!ime bac t this
", 0? p;a1faii:rPp1?1ian,e1 cap,a,n of
tameP,tl"fHugh0a' H"low came from the
She h ? ,nB ueop,t as 'hrt filibuster.
?L.!.UD brothers living. Captain
ol Iteirl.? I-Xhill, a ired shipmaster
4lphl"a James ParkhiU. of Phlla.
o'has.wUh ''er husband on several
n,;. """"nns expeditions. On one
CROWN PRINCE RENEWS
ATTACK ON VERDUN FORTS
Flower of Army Assaults Forts on
Two Sides.
BERLIN. Sept. 22 (By way of The
Hague).
Tho army under command of the Crown
Prince this afternoon resumed Its at
tack of the great French stronghold at
Verdun. The flower of the Crown
Prince's army, backed up by a great
number of big guns, Is attacking Verdun
on two sides, according to an olllclal
announcement this afternoon by the Ger
man General Staff.
Heavy reinforcements have been rushed
to tho German forces composing the right
wing and centre. It Is believed tho re
sumption of the Verdun attack and the
sending of such largo reinforcements of
fresh troops to the right wing nnd centre
may be followed by an effort on the part
of the Germans to attempt an offensive
movement all along the line.
BAHAMA SHELLS FIND
INCREASING FAVOR IN
WORLD OF BUSINESS
GEM SMUGGLING
MORE PROFITABLE
UNDER NEW TARIFF
Increase of 25 Per Cent, in
Business of Defrauding
Government Since June
First, Experts Say.
More. Than Fifty Distinct
Varieties Obtained in the
Islands Put to Profitable
Commercial Use.
oceaMnr, ,.v. innons. un one
it"s L iT, L'nUed Utes author
A " ere 'aliiPioua nf fo..ini ii, .i. I
mumtu.n Uhr." tare of arms and am-
they hart tV ''Il 0,'--'al- although
t him Me"...or1'rei to wafh him.
hey,; mJ r lne Breakwater shen
she
dele
"iiimtion
Gen,?r v'.!" Bahamas were reached
Ices .,, '' aare of the serv
the Cuoan 7-ra ""Shea herself rendered
he?. uVf.1raent' and the Cuoan
U repiv ,,?h(lal ejPting a favora
mrnint in .I.he letUr he sent his Gov-
Capta,n Ee eantl-,ne. the old fronds
p,a,n "Shes are assisting her
WASHINGTON. Sept. 22 -Writing from
Nassau In the Bahamas, Consul W. H.
Doty tells how somo of the almost innu
merable varieties of shells In the Islands
and the waters surrounding them nro put
to commercial use. He says:
"More than 50 varieties of the shells
obtainable In tho Bahamas In quantities
sufilclent for commercial use are of eco
nomic value, as evidenced by the largo
orders received recently from Europe nnd
tho United States. Among theso are rlco
shells, so tiny In size as to make ono
marvel how a sufficient number could be
picked up to fill a barrel, gold shells, mud
shells, cockles, bleeding tooth; pretty dec
orative sun shells; eardrop shells, which
are eported to Odessa, Russia, to bo used
as ear pendants; Panama or tent shells,
which jesemblo miniature enenmpments
and sell at $W a barrel; hlack snails,
which take a high polish; conches king,
queen, Ivory, pink Up and trochus or
Turk's cap locally termed 'whelks', these
ore but n few of the assortment kept In
stock at the leading warehouse at Nas
sau. "The queen conch, which is especially
adapted for oameo carving on account of
having a layer of brown with a whlto top,
nnd tho pink lip conch, which has layers
of white and pink, are much sought for.
Only the lips of these two varieties are
exported, the demand coming from New
York nnd from Torio del Greco, near
.-siipiru, naiy. urninary conches sell at 1
cent, pink lip, whole shells, from 6 to 25
cents, and queens at SO cents United
States currency f. o b. Nassau.
"The whelk or Turk's cap, among other
shells, Is particularly valuahlo. as It has
a portion resembling the best mother of
penrl from which pearl studs, for In
stance, could he made. It Is estimated
that l.ftv,.i)0i shells of.ihls variety could be
obtained annually In this colony Thi
shells sell f. o. b. this point for U4 cents
each.
"The libnr here is cheap, colored wjm"n
receiving 25 to 30 cents, ordinary laboring
men 60 cents, and white engineers $1 50
a das". This would tend to reduce ma
terially the expense of a button establish
ment, and It It) presumed the machinery
Is not costly. In addltlor to button blank
making, thore ought fi be opportunity
for the manufacture of souvenirs of many
types, shell baskets, bracelets, necklaces
and other shell ornaments.
"It appears that a New York p-arl
button machine manufacturing company
Is planning to establish a button blank
cutting plant at Nassau in the near fu
ture. The recent Interest shown In Bahama
shells by the American people is apparent
from the exports- dclared through this
consulate to the United States, which for
the calendar eqr 1913 totalled Jll oC5.no
compaied with $1010 for the preceding
year.
WAR WILL NOT KEEP
U. OF P. ENROLMENT DOWN
Registration Largest in University's
History Is Looked For,
Eie;l3trattin of students of the Uni
versity of Pennsylvania began this morn
ing and ill continue until Friday, when
the regular sessions begin Officials of
the I'nlvirsity do not think that the uar
will have nn effect on the legislation,
uml link funvard to a record enrollment
No students will be allowed to jeglster
thU '"' without a doctor's vaccination
certificate Those who have not been
vaccinatum within the last eight ears
are tequired to be revaccinated As, a
result of thl order sore arms and
grouches are In vogue on the campu3.
The engineering department will take a
picture of every student entering tho de
partment this year The idea Is to keep
a muie accurate Identification system and
record of the students. j
Tin 20 per cent, duty Imposed upon the
Importation of diamonds has placed a
premium upon the smuggling of such
stones, In the opinion of diamond ex
ports of this city. George A. Moore, of
J K Caldw'ell & Co., believes that the
Inciease In diamond smuggling since June
I has bPen at least 25 per cent., and that
before the end of the year It will have
reached 50 per cent.
A great number of arrests have been
made In this country recently, and they
show that the inventive genius of smug
glers has been stimulated by the great
opportunities for large profits that aro
offered under tho tariff, a point which
Is well illustrated In one of the recent
arrests, where the smuggler had con
coaled an extremely valuable consignment
of diamonds by Imbedding them In the
plaster molding of a large picture frame
E J. Berlet of Maxwell it Berlet, was
sevnro In his ciitlclsm of tho tariff, point
ing out that the Government's Income
under a 10 per cent, tariff was $1,000,000
annually, while under the 25 per cent,
tariff Imposed on these stones a number
of yi-ars ago this Incomo dropped to J100,
000, a fact which he attributes to the
large Increase In smuggling and for the
renson that Individuals purchased their
precious stones abroad, rather than In
America.
That the Increased cost of diamonds
would decrease their sale to any marked
extent or that the war would lead to
any scarcity of the stones were Ideas
scouted by both oxperts, who say that
the demnnd. Is steady and that there Is
a sufficient supply In this rountry to
last for two or thtee years. Neither
of them believes that the war will lead
to tho oppning of an extensive diamond
cutting industry In America They say
the cost of labor Is too high to pprmlt
competition with the foreign cutters. If
the sceno of that industry Is to he
changed they believe that London will
be the cltv to receive It, although thoy
douht that tho war will cause the per
manent cessation of tho trade in Bel
gium, where somo 15,0rf) cutters are em
cloyed. The use of reconstructed and synthetic
stones as substitutes for such precious
stones as rubles and emeralds Is thought
to bo prohable by several eperts, who
say that they have notlved a growing
tendency in the buying of Jewels by
society women in this country
FRENCH ARMY REINFORCED
BUT FAILED, SAYS BERLIN
Kaiser's Troops Foiled Flank Move
ment, According to Report.
AMSTERDAM, Sept. 22,
Advices recolved here today from Ber
lin say that during last week's fighting
the Franco-British troops attacked forti
fied German positions between trie Olso
and Mouse rivers. Tho French wero sup
ported by their positions west of tho
River Meuse. The Germnn troops In the
cast retired slowly In accordance with
a plan worked out In advance by the gen
eral staff. It Is related, until favorable
positions wcie reached.
According to the dispatch the French
were reinforced by fresh troops from
Paris and the nimles south of Paris nnd
Belfort. They brought up heavy guns
from the capital and inm-dlatcly put
them in action. The French had planned
to attack and flank the German right
wing, but that movement failed, Berlin,
reports The French sustained heavy
losses.
In the last three days thp Germans
passed the offensive of tho French right,
which- was heavily reinforced The
Kaiser's forces also passed the centre
and main force between Beryanbac and
the fortress In the Argonne forest. Ver
dun was attacked from two sides.
PARISIANS REJOICE
AT REPORTED SAFETY
OF RHEIMS TEMPLE
I 30,000 PRUSSIANS FLEEING
Fugitives Seek Safety From Russians
at Frankfort-on-Oder.
AMSTERDAM, Sept 22
From Berlin comes the announcement
by the Wolff Bureau that In the neigh
borhood of Frankfort-on-Oder PAOO East
Prussian fugitives have been brought
there.
GREAT OIL GUSHER
JUST RUINED LUKE
HORTON'S PASTURE
Restoration Possible,
Though Bombardment
Broke Windows and Ruin
ed Decorations.
HUNDREDS OF TITLED
ENGLISH MOURN FOR
KIN SLAIN IN BATTLE
NEW MOURNING SUGGESTED
FOR BRITAIN'S HERO-DEAD
London Times Advocates Purple
Band Instead of Conventional Black.
LONDON. Sept. 22.
There Is a strong movement on foot to
diopenso with the orthodox form of
mourning In the event of casualties oc
curring In the British navy and army.
says tho Times. A number of sugges
tions have been put forward designed to
effect economies, although at the same
time In no way minimizing the respect for
the gallant dead. Recently we published
a letter on this topic from Mrs. Edward
Lyttleton. which. In view of tho interest
It has aroused, we reprint In full:
"If the country should decide to dis
pense with such mourning the economic
effect will be to save a disturbance of
cash expenditure Mourning will still be
bought for those who die natural deaths,
but we should have n large additional and
artificial expenditure, ternporanlv in
dated by the heavy death roll of the
nevt few weeks, nnd the monpv so saved
will be available for the suppott of or
dinary tiade This Independent nf the
weightier reasons for changing oui usual
custom.
"What I am advocating is something
that would be an appeal to all hearts for
svmpathy In bereavement, and U would
menn practically no expenditure, for tho
simple narrow hand of purple cloth to be
worn on the left arm by every man,
woman or child who had lost a relation
In the war would cost prncticallv nothing
and tho badge would ho the same for all
classes "
In a few days we shnll he receiving the
news of great loss of life on the Continent
and at sea. One's (list thought is a strong
conviction that for lives lost in such a
noble cause the wealing of conventional
mourning would be unsuitable.
Casualty Lists Include 797
British Officers Out of
Proportion to Losses in the
Ranks.
PARIS, Sept. 22. i
Widespread rejoicing was caused In
Paris today by reports indicating that '
the famous Cathedral at Rhelms had
escaped Irreparable destruction under
tho German bombardment of tho town
and can be restored, though seriously
damaged.
The magnificent windows are all
smashed, according to officers who ar
rived from the front, and ruin has been
spread In the Interior by bursting shells,
but the walls stand unbroken, though
scarred In many places.
Among the superstitious hope of ulti
mate French victory In the war is In
creased by the fact that the statue of
j Joan of Arc, which stands before the
facade, escaped serious damage.
LONDON, Sept. 22.
That there Is an Intrntlon on the part
I of tho German military experts to en
! deavor to raze the entire city of Rhcims
Is believed hero. It is claimed the Gen-
eial Staff now realizes the great strategic
mistake made when the Germans wlth
I drew from that city, and that they are
I willing to go to any lngth to retake It.
In describing the conditions in Rheims,
j tho Dally Telegraph correspondent says
l that there Is hardly a house In the nelgh-
borhooo of the cathedral that escaped
damage. Continuing, he says:
NAPOLEON'S CHESS BOARD LOST
Stolen From Compiegne Castle,
French Wounded Report.
PARIS. Sept 22
A chess board useo by Napoleon was
stolen from the Compiegne Castle, ac
cording to Information brought here by
wounded French soldiers The castle
was not damaged
A number of pieces of tapestry donat
ed by King Charles and the Cardinal
of Lorraine to the Cathedral at Notre
Dame at Rheims have been destroyed
But Two Acres of Spouters
Brought in One Hundred
Bucks a Day Some
Southwest Tales.
FIFTY LIVE CHICKENS
SENT THROUGH MAIL
BY THE PARCEL POST
Fowls Make Journey Safely
From Extreme Southwest
ern Rart of Virginia to a
Point in Eastern Section of
State.
TO MAKE CHILDREN FIREPROOF
Physician Suggests Solution for Their
Protection From Flames.
NEW YORK. 'Sept. 22 -A pound of
ammonium phosphate a crvgtal powder
coating 25 cents, dissolved in a gallon of
water was urged todav by Dr tarles
Frederick Pabst, Coroner's physician, as
a fluid that will make clothing nieproof
and prevent many children from bting
burned to death
He has started a campaign to pteept
such fatalities.
LONDON. Sept. 22.
The Official Press Bureau has issued
the following announcement:
"It may be of some interest and com
fort to the relatives of the officers whose
names appear as missing or wounded
In the casualty lists issued by the War
Otlice after the termination of the re
treat from Mons to know that letters
have begun arriving In .ondon from
German hospitals, In which some of them
nro found to be lying. Several of them
appear to be at Paderborn, Westphalia."
The British public, however. Is pre
pared to hear of great losses In the bat
tle now raging. The stories sent by
correspondents Indicate that the battle
has exceeded In violence and stubborn
ness anything In modern history since
the struggle at Port Arthur. There are
stones of charges rivaling Halaklava. and
the casualty lists confirm tho reports.
Casualties among British officers are
out of nil proportion to the losses In
the ranks Seven hundred and ninety
seven officers aie among the killed,
wounded and missing. One hundred and
thirty officeis have be!n killed. 3S5
wounded and 270 are missing. Many of
the missing probably must later be
recorded as killed or wounded despite to
day's official announcement.
The Coldstream Guards Regiment holds
first place with 31 casualties among its
officers' corps The King's Roal Rifles
and the Suffolk Regiment have each had
25 officers killed or wounded, the Gordon
Highlanders. 23, the Minister Fusiliers,
21; the Cameron Highlanders and the
Cheshire Resiineut. ID each.
The field artillery has lost 56 and the
medical corps 52 officers Listed by ranks,
the names of colonels and lieutenant
colonels number 32, majors, S5, and cap
t tins. 2tS.
The homes of man of the best known
families in the kingdom are in mourn
ing. Lieutenant Wjmllum. of tho Cold
stitMin Guards killed in action, was the
only son of the late Right Hon George
vynnnam. nt one time Chief Sectetary '
for Ireland Lieutenant Lockwood, of I
the same regiment, was the nephew and j
heir of Lieutenant Colonel the Right Hon
A R M Lockwood one of the moat i
popular memheig of the House of Com- j
mons Saturdu s list announced tho '
death of Lord Guernsey the heir of tho
Karl of Ajlesford, and Lord Arthur Yin-
ctnt Huv, heir of the Marquis Twe. d.ile
NANCY HERO'S SONS KILLED
Idme. Casteluiu, Spartan Mother,
Receives News Calmly.
BORDEAUX Sept
Two sins of General de Cnstelnau hero
of the fighting about Nanc have been
killed in battle, and he notified his wlfa
today that a third had been wounlcd
Mme ds Castelnau took the iuwj
calml;
' I nad four sons In the field she said
' I shall not se them again M husband
alone will -eturn He has no right to
aLow himself to b killed,
Tho masonry of the cathedral is
chipped nnd mnnv of the carved fig
ures and gargoIes hae been broken
off. In the doorwnv still stands the
crippled beggar crippled In HT0 who
has remained at his post through a
rain of flying splinters and dust,
pebbles and glass Fifty shells found
lodgment In the Interior, but the stone
woik withstood the concussion of their
explosion.
The building can probably be lestored,
according to this correspondent, as the
shell fire seems no longer to be directed
toward It, but, of course, Its priceless
decorations are ruined for all time.
KQMC, Sept. 22 (By way of Paris).
When Informed of the destruction of
the Cathedral of Rheims. Pope Benedict
XV said he "could not believe It possible
In such a civilized epoch as the 20th
century to bo plunsed back to the time
of Attlla."
The Pontiff requested that Cardinal
Ferrnta ask Cardinal Amette, Archbishop
of Paris, for full particulars, as tele
grams for Rheims are not accepted.
PARIS. Sept 22
A graphic description of the bombard
ment of the cathedral was glen to a
correspondent by Thomas Slldell, a New
York lawyer, who said.
On Saturday shrapnel began to
smash through the cathedral win.
dows about noon and four nuns nnd
three prisoners were killed About ISO
Germans were closely packed inside
They wero wounded by their own
shells
Whtn I left, the great rose window
over the main entrance was not much
damaged, but all the wonderful 13th
century glass on both sides was
ruined The statue of the Virgin was
broken in two while' that of Join of j
Are Just outside, still stood, though
lt pedestal was smashed The noiso
of the exploding shells wis like a
thunderstorm
The attitude of the IVonch Jn the trot
ter of reprisals is expressed by Gtjsuivs
Ilcrve, the Socialist leniVr:
When ue ore before Cologne with
our TS-milllmetre guns our soldiers
will not need the reminder that Co
logiiB contains one of tht seven won.
ers of the world, wuich must not be
touched
' And ai MunUb. Presden and Her.
lin a guard of honor must b placed
bfor every library museum and
art galr v would not snd
masterpiece of Gorman ntt to Lmj
vain to rrplaco those destrod
thpr. but would rebuild her UDiT
veislty out of funds contributed by
every country but qermnny. and
etoel It with treasures from every
land but Germany, ami found a
chair of international law to be fllied
b i Beluian or Cnslish Jurist, who
would each year do'iver lectures on
international law and respect for
treitv rUlns
The Paris press editorially ialls for
th 'nr i ,i-ei in. n of art treasures
u me Alliet nwi Germany
RICHMOND. Va., Sept. 22. A queer
j assortment of articles have passed
through the Richmond postofflce by way
I of the parcel post, but tho most curious
I shipment yet received arrived a few
days ago In tho shape of a peculiarly
constructed papier-mache coop contaln
I Ing 50 newly hatched chickens.
This unusual consignment through
1 Uncle Sam attracted much attention, and
1 a few lavored visitors at the Federal
building were allowed tho piivlleae of
I seeing the "biddies."
While It Is strictly against the parcel
post rules to accept live fowls for shlp-
I mont. this coop, ahout IS Inches square
and divided Into two compartments, with
sufilclent openings to allow light and
nir, wns Hilowed admittance to the mails
at a postofflce In Russell County. Its
destination was n point in Lancaster
County, a journey from the extreme
Southwestern portion of the State to the
extreme Eastern.
The chicks passed through the Rich
mond office while being transferred from
I nno train tn .another DesDite their long '
trip the half hundred chirping, fuzzy '
creatures were In good condition, and,
barring any mishap, should reach their
destination in as good shaps as when they
were mailed.
Being a violation of the postal laws,
the shipment would ordinarily have been
returned to the sender, but when it '
reached the hand of Postmnster Thorn
ton's subordinate.-, and the error of ac
cepting it discovered, it was decided to
allow It to continue to the end of Its
Journey, for fear the chickens would die
if returned to Russell Count
However, Assistant Postmaster W
Ross Southward said the department at
Washington will b.- notified, and. no
doubt, the actum of the postmaster In
Russell in acceptiii. the coot' j mail
matter will be the subject of inquln
TULSA. Okla.. Sept 22 Texas oil well
drillers are fond of telling the story of
Luke Horton. of Wichita County When
the discovery well came In on Luke'a
place It came in spouting a thousand
1 barrels a day. Luke, who happened to
i boat the rig. stood up with the drillers)
and watched her cut up for a few min
utes and he complained:
"You have spoiled two acres of my
j pasture "
"Your pasture'" snorted Buck Kelly.
"Ain t u In for an eighth of her worth,
100 bucks aday, and 30 wells on 200 acre;!
Is $3000 a day that's the rent on your
pasture "
"Pete," said Luke to his little boy, "go
tell your ma to get In out of the cotton
patch right now. Tell her to wait supper
for me. for 'm going to town and order
a house with 40 rooms and a quart of
diamonds."
HIS LAND COMES HIGH
I "Yas, sah, I'll sell this land," said old
I Joe Simpson when a buyer sought to pur
chase hl3 fee, "but I's getting $200 a day
I from It right now."
"How- does $2.'.,00rt sound to you'" ven
ture,! the buyer.
I "Huh. look heah, white man, you tell
me If dere's anything bigger'n millions
1 en I'll tell you If I's gwine to sell vou dls
1 Ian'," growled Joe. But the purchase Was
never made, as the Buyer loft old Jo in
Ignorance to die without ever counting
I his money.
After the evil luck and the department
I had cornered the Osages into the rocky
! hills of the headwaters of Bird Creek and
1 the Caney, the leanest acres of the Indian
country, the operator came to dot the
hills with derricks The evil star of the
, Osages had set and a fortune of green
oil gushed from the rockv ravines of
their countr and th once despised Osage
came Into the effulgence of $2000 a year
for every man. woman nnd child
But for oil field romance we must
yield the laurel branch to our Aztec Latin
neighbors Pioneers of the Mexican fields
ki.ow well the storv of the Peralta famllv.
In the old days wandering Grlngoes
fiuni the Tuxpam Railwav survo used
to holourn nt Pntrero del Llano hirlenda
In the Beiina Vinta Vallev and drink
intie her from Don Bruullf men-.'!
store w hleh with the surrounding acres
of pasture and mngle made a oompe
tence sufficient to supph Don Bra'.lio
a-id his son with sandals and his comely
daughter, Guadalupe with cotton dresses
.ODD FELLOWS ELECT JUDGE
I ROBERT DANIEL GRAND SIRE
I Georgian Placed at Hearl of Older oy
i Unanimous Vote.
! ATLANTU I ITY. N J , Sept '2 -Judge
Robert T Dani. ., of Georgia, was elected
i Grand Sire ! the Independent nidflr of
Odd Fellows bj unanim us vute in the
Sovereign Grand Lodge convention lure
i this morning Th nomination was ma4
! In on eU quent address b5 Edward t'ulo,
man. of ueoieia- and received with
a miFliti shout. This action keep the
I Giard tu'fnii in the South tr another
I two years ,
A swat 8sht i oaelnK over the o-
I tlo of Pep.n tirarui Sir, the pontum
next to the head uf the order, with WlUin
B Mohr. uf !lentotrn, 1 , among the
contestant Tte uther tvpnitneca ate P
f Qoulv. I'ulordd". W W hlp. Cat
Ifoinia. ' D Rlnel.an Florida. A'f:e4
S- Kimball Maine Lucieu J Eastin, Sia.
oud F J Trauliuan. Sew York, J
B. A RobeitsJn. Oklahoma, and Jateoh ,
Olher, On'ariu "
Past Chand Sire' lewels Weee conferred '
upon f L Campos.' Ontario; A g.
P'nkertun. 3!a..-hiMstu. C- S- Conway
1 inoik W L Ui. t Kendall. Wyoming
and John R Goodwin Maryland, the
I' esent Giand Mf i-Ui '
Thousands at Pri'ad. !,. j. O kl Fe'ous
a., expected t.. maun in the annual
1 1 liiate twrjoiiuv j
KILLING OF COWS DEFENDED
Tuberculosis Commission Fights Suit
For Loss of Ten Animals.
TRENTON. Sept. 22 Chief Inspector
Charles MeNabb and Inspector Wtl'iam
H Low. of the State Commas.. - on
Ttmerculorls. have filed with the Su
preme Court an answer to the suit of
Henrv Srvder of Upper Sadd e Ri er,
Bergen County Suit is brought for snsO
the value of ten cows killed b order of
the Swte Commission, on the ground that
thov were affected by tuberculosis, when
Snvder attempted o Import them frm
New Yoik into New Jersey in Aprl nh.
The ommisslon avers that the e nuna.
fin of the dead carcasses plain -.v,ntel
that it action had been wnrr.vne.i it
lit further alleged bv the Stat cl t iat
it is an arm of the State goei-vvi nt
and not tuanle as a commissi i. ' r nJP
done in enforcement of the law
HE&D ON ASSAULT CHARGE
XX'alter McCoy, SU Torretdnle irnue.
a held thia morning under M i i 1
for a further hearing pv Migi-n t'o
Roile. of the I'rnnistord poli e station,
en a charge of assault and bit' r ,v -ferred
bv Harr Donnellv. Donneiu no
Is in the Frankford Hospital with a f na
ture leg. aald to be th re j' i
atone thiown bi M d" , was u iiu- q
appear at the hearing
Vote Light in ijummonton
HAUMKTtV, N . ?ept J.' Df -the
dmgiessmnel ' ' , a ur l
vote I beirg p tile 1 'tire Nut nc I'i
lirsHe ba'lot has 'fn o in nr.
four luectn.1 up to H cl'wa Hi' 1 1 a
for Bepubiican nomination f"i c
iiw to be Wading Ri'-bards an l 'til
Vit Sheriff, 3 H Bartlett Het ., .
and John p. oarvw. ppmocrat, ni pi
abh ain uut here
.Joseph Demmue, eeittt , i
arin- stieetfc, who 1 st g-V '
killed Kinetu Hf 'icii''et i i
at 73? s iuth Se."'i street s
W'nr tn v ijui ,e4 i"5ri-pt ,i
' '"ni -i in street i i tm i
hrli -Aitroul bail to:U i- v
. 1 Clirntmn ut- , du