The Manchester Journal. (Manchester, Okla. Terr.), Vol. 13, No. 10, Ed. 1 Friday, August 11, 1905 Page: 7 of 8
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[ IMMENSE VOLUME OF WATER
DIVERTED FROM FALLS.
Commercial Enterprices ire Making
Heavy Drains on Thi# Famous Show-
Place—Its Tremendous Electrical
Power the Inducement.
Two hundred and eleven years ago the Bank of England was Incorporated.
Find a Banker.
CHICAGO STRIKERS BRUTALLY
TORTURE VICTIM WHO MAY DIE
Chicago Aug. 3. — Apparent evl-jhe raves wildly, and. as though still
! ,abor s.,uggers maintain in | under torture, begs for mercy.
Chicago a place where systematic tor-
ture is meted out to those who incur
the displeasure of the sluggers has
just come to light in the strange case
of William N. Wilder. Wilder was
formerly an army officer, and at the
time of the recent teamsters’ strike
was claim agent for a Chicago pack-
age express company. He disappear-
ed .July 6, was held captive for three
weeks and was then set at liberty,
half starved and so dazen that he has
not been able to give a coherent ac-1 intimidate him.
count, of his captivity. He was found
by a friend, wandering aimlessly
’about near the Union station at Canal
and Adams streets, and was taken to
his home at Downer’s Grove.
Physicians pronounce his physical
and mental condition such that he
may not recover. Much of the time
Marks ail over his body show that
he had been bound with heavy cords.
Over $100 he is known to have had on
his person is gone.
Wilder is an Englishman who saw
service in the American army in Cuba
and the Philippines and held a com-
mission as second lieutenant in the
regular army. He is a bold, outspok-
en fellow of 37, who gloried in his
physical ability to take care of him-
self, and defied pickets or sluggers to
Niagara Falls, August t:—The
volume of water being diverte-’.
from the historic Niagara Falls is
reaching such proportions that the
people of the State are trying to pass
laws which will prevent the possibil-
ity of a practical wiping out of this
sublime natural spectacle.
Water sufficient to develop nearly
five hundred thousand horse-power
continuously, twenty-four hours per
day, for industrial purposes, is now
being taken from the river above the
Falls, and further developments re-
quiring more water are contemplated.
Probably the largest user of the
electricity produced by the waters of
the mighty river is the concern which
by the five or six thousand degree
heat of the electric furnace brings
lime and coke into unwilling union,
thereby producing what is known as
Calcium Carbide.
Dry calcium carbide is lifeless as
so much broken rock, but in contact
with water it springs into activity and
begets abundantly the gas Acetylene.
The light resulting from the ignition
of acetylene is the nearest approach
to sunlight known.
These facts, though of compara-
tively recent discovery, were soon
seized by men with an eye to the com-
mercial possibilities and to-day cal-
cium carbide is being shipped every-
where and used for dispelling dark-
ness i- buildings of ail descriptions,
from the ordinary barn of the farmer
to the country villa of the wealthy, as
well as for lighting the streets of a
large number of towns. Acetylene
can be easily and cheaply installed,
and the manufacture and sale of
acetylene generators has become a
business of recognized standing, has
assumed large proportions and is
steadily growing.
REMAINS AT TOPEKA
A StKMllMal Nawspaptr Rimer It
Thi Cam if Mnk Talk.
NAVIGATION OF THE AIR
EASY. SAYS CHICAGOAN
SUPT/ DOLAN NEVER HEARD OF IT
General Manager Dan C. Cain la
Quoted at Length Concerning the
Current Rumor* of the Impending
Changes,
News has been received at Berlin
from Coburg that Emperor Nicholas
has refused his permission to Grand
Duke Cyril, his cousin, to marry the
divorced Grand Duchess of Hesse
(Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg and
Gotha).
Though the photographer may make
a specialty of negatives, he seldom
says “no" when asked to take same-
tiling^
DON'T FOtMiBT
A large S-or. package lted Cross Ball Blue, only
Sccnu. The ltuss Company, South Bend, Ind.
THE ORIENT GETS MORE TIME.
Extension Granted Until 1910 to Com-
olets the Road in Mexico.
Mexico City, Aug. 5. — President
T)iaz has signed an amended conces-
sion which allows the Kansas City,
Mexico and Orient railway an exten-
sion of time up to the first of August,
1310. to complete its road in that
country. The subsidy in the coun-
tainous sections is raised to a total
of *555,000.
The concession further states that
all the operating and maintenance ma-
terial to be used by the road will be
exempt from duty construction for a
period of five years. Another addi-
tional provision states that the gov-
ernment agrees not to grant 9ny con-
cession to any other road within fifty
kilometers on either side of the Ori-
ent for a period of ten years.
Russian Forces Increasing.
T-ondon. Aug. 5. — Dispatches from
Tokio give confirmatory evidence
from the Japanese correspondents of
Hie great strength of the Russian
forces and their continual reinforce-
ment. especially in northern Korea.
Reports from the same source indi-
cate that the greatest inundation in
three years has occurred in northern
Korea. The bridges over the Tumen
have been destroyed and the roads
are impassable.
AFTER NEBRASKA GRAIN MEN.
Supreme Court Enjoins Them From
Operating as a Trust.
I-iucoln, Neb., Aug. 5.—Judge Bar-
nes. of the Nebraska supreme court
has granted a temporary injunction
against the Nebraska Grain Dealers'
Association, which, it is alleged,
operating as a trust and in restraint
of trade. The association is forbid-
den to pool prices or accept rebates,
and. pending the injunction, the offi-
cers of the association must not act as
officers, and new officers must not be
elected. The action is brought by the
attorney general of the state under
the law passed by the last legislature,
framed along the lines of the national
8herman law.
Do you feel blue every day? You
are eating too much and sleeping too
little.
Violation of Injunction.
Kansas City. Mo., Aug. 2. — The
Santa Ft* railroad's answer to the pro-
ceedings begun in the federal court
here charging it with contempt In vio-
lating the court injunction against
giving rebates has been filed. The
arguments in the case will probably
not be held until some time in the
fall.
The institution of the suit is the re-
sult of an investigation on the part
of the interstate commission.
Packing House Fire,
St. Joseph, Mo., Aug. 2. — Fire
which started about 1 o’clock a. m. in
the beef bods of Swift & Co.’s packing
plant at South St. Joseph, complete-
ly destroyed the poultry department,
which is said to be the largest in the
world. The beef beds were entirely
consumed.
The fire spread rapidly from the
beef beds to the poultry department.
More Than 500 Seeking Homes.
Kansas City, Mo., Aug. 3. — More
than 500 homeseekers were at the
Union depot last night, all enroute to
Oklahoma. They came from Indiana.
Illinois, Wisconsin, Michigan and
Ohio, and most of them left over the
Santa Fe add Rock Island roads.
Noted Man Dead.
Grcensburg, Ind.. Aug. 5.-AVilliam
Gumback, former lieutenant govern-
or of Indiana, and well known as an
author, politician and lecturer, ex-
pired at his home here. He was born
in Indiana In 1829. and practiced law
here the greater part of his life. He
was elected to congress in 1854.
Ask Your Dealer for Allen's Foot-Ease.
A powder. It rests tlic feet. Cures Swol-
len,Sore, Hot,Callous, Aching,Sweating
Feet and Ingrowing Nails. Atall Drug-
gists and Shoe stores, 25 cents. Accept'
no substitute. Sample mailed FREE.
Address, A S. Olmsted, LeRoy, N. Y.
Will Auction Her Jewels.
Countess Lonyay has decided to dis-
pose of all her jewelry and valuables
associated with her first marriage to
Rudolph of Austria, and the sale will
take place by auction in the French
capital. The collection has already
been placed In the hands of a lead-
ing jeweler. It includes a veil of lace
presented to her by the city of Brus-
sels on her marriage, and showing the
united arms of Belgium and Austria.
There is also a beautiful parure of
amethyst presented by the town of I
Fiume.
Antiquity of the Wig.
The wig is older than civilization,
for the savage used one to make him
mere formidable on the field of battle,
just as the judge does today to in-
crease the terrors of the law. It was
the French revolution that killed the
wig. What the article cost the
Egyptian mummy and the Assyrian
notable is not known, but before the
guillotine fell in France the wig
which adorned the heads of its vie”
tims cost $150 to $200. The costly
decoration lingered a long time on
official heads in England; so recent-
ly as 1S58 Archbishop Sumner found
it necessary to wear one at the mar-
riage of the Princess Royal. Now-
adays clergymen of all ranks are free
from the incumbrance, which is the
dignified burden of the speaker of the
house of commons and the gentlemen
of the law. Even the most glorious
and subservient of footmen need but
powder the hair of his own uprais-
ing.
BABY’S INSTINCT
Topeka. Aug. 2.—C. W. Jones, su-
perintendent of the Kansas division
of the Rock Island at Topeka, will go
to Des Moines to become superin-
tendent of the Iowa division and J. B.
Smalley, at present superintendent of
the Iowa division, will succeed Mr.
Jones at Topeka. The office of the
superintendent of the Kansas division
will not be moved to Herington, but
will remain at Topeka, at least for the
present.
The above statements were made
by Dan E. Cain, general manager of
the Southwestern and Choctaw dis-
tricts of the Rock Island, upon his re-
turn from a trip to Oklahoma. Mr.
Cain was accompanied by Vice-Presi-
dent H. U. Mudge, who has been in
Colorado, and Frank Dolan, who be-
comes general superintendent of the
Southwestern district, with head-
quarters at Topeka, succeeding J. O.
Crockett, resigned.
The exchange of territory between
C. W. Jones and J. B. Smalley is by
mutual agreement, and not on account
of a promotion of Mr. Jones, as stated
In an evening paper which printed
“rumors” of the coming change. The
same paper has been claiming that the
division superintendent's office would
be moved to Herington, which report
was promptly and vigorously denied
by General Manager Cain.
Mr. Jones was formerly a resident
of Des Moines and wants to go back
to his old home. Mr. Smalley wants
to move to Topeka. Therefore the
two gentlemen arranged matters so
that they could be transferred. The
transfer has been approved by the
higher officials. They wanted to make
the change and will be allowed to do
BO.
“I am annoyed at the report, that
has been in circulation that the
office of the superintendent of the
Kansas division would be moved from
Topeka to Herington. I remarked in
conversation with another man at one
time that I wished the division office
were at Herington, as it might relieve
the constant jam there and have the
effect of keeping the schedule more
intact. Somebody overheard me and
took my word* for a prediction that
the office would be moved.”
The location of the office of the di-
vision superintendent is a matter that
is left wholly with the general super-
intendent. Mr. Dolan has scores of
more important matters to attend to
before he can waste any time consid-
ering the question of moving the office
of the Kansas division superintend-
ent. He has not even heard of the
question yet.
There is no significance in the visit
of Vice President Mudge to Topeka
at this time. Mr. Mudge has been in
Colorado. He met Mr. Cain at Mc-
Farland.
' There is considerable new work
going on on the Missouri division.”
stated General Manager Cain last
night, "and Vice President Mudge
wants me to go over it with him. All
of the main line is being reballasted
and new steel is being laid for a dis-
tance of 179 miles."
An aerial machine that will make
the distance between Chicago and
Washington under all weather condi-
tions in ten hours is the latest inven-
tion of a Chicago man.
Frank M. Mahan is the man who
makes the claim, and follows this dec-
laration with one to the effect that he
will perform the feat before the cold
weather sets in.
"I don't only promise this," said Mr.
Mahan, “I’ll do it. I have studied
aerial navigation for sixteen years and
have its solution beyond any question
af doubt.”
The inventor s new craft, which has
reached the experimental stage, wilt
s SMttuw rmtua
conform as closely as possible to the
form of a goose. The propelling wings
are placed at the top of the balloon
portion of the machine, while the pas-
sengers sit in a car beneath. A gaso-
line engine, light but - powerful, will
be the motive power. Mr. Mahan is
certain that he can make at least 125
miles an hour in his air craft.
The inventor is a hydraulic engineer
of national reputation. He built the
waterworks system at Memphis and
Kansas City and designed those at
Dallas and San Antonio, Tex. He is
the owner of many patents on fire
apparatus and is considered a practi-
cal as well as theoretical man.
DEFEAT IS UNF0RG1VEN
Unfortunate Leaders in War Never Given Chance
to Recover Position
Russia has several beaten generals
at the present time, and the question
is what will eventually become of
them.
BURIED IN SAND.
Canal Seat Captain.
Shows He Knew What Food to Stick
To.
Forwarding a photo of a splendidly
handsome and healthy young boy. a
happy mother writes from an Ohio
town:
’’The enclosed picture shows my 4-
yeanold Grape-Nuts boy.
“Since he was 2 years old he has
eaten nothing but Grape Nuts. He
demand* and gets this food three
times * day. This may seem rather
unusual, but he does not care for any-
thing else after he has eaten his
Grape-Nuts, which he uses with milk
or cream, and then he is through with
his meal. Even on Thanksgiving day
he refused turkey and all the good
things that make up that great din-
ner, and ate his dish of Grape-Nuts
and cream with the best results and
none of the evils that the other fool-
ish members of the family experl
enced.
"He Is never sick, has a beautiful
complexion, and is considered a very
handsome boy. May the Fostum Com-
pany prosper and long continue to ftr-
nlsh their wholesome food!” Name
given by Postum Co., Battle Creek
Mich.
There’s a reason. Read the little
book. "The Road to WellviHe- la er-
•r7 Pk«.
Rock Island Suspends Operations in
Colorado Springs.
Colorado Springs. Aug. 5. — The
j Rock Island railway is temporarily
out of business in this city as a resjit
of the cloudburst that struck nerth
of the town. The cut through which
the road enters Coiorsdo Springs is
about 10 feet wide and 20 feet deep
and it is declared to have run full ol
water when the force of the flood
reached that point.
The tracks for a distance of nearly
a mile are buried under from eight
to ten feet of sand and traffic is reach-
ing the city via Denver. Had this
cut not diverted the flood from the
course that It was taking and carried
it to Monument creek, which flows
along the west side of the city, enor-
mous damage would have resulted to
the best residence section of Colo-
rado Springs.
Terrific Heat in Texas.
Austin. Tex.. Aug. 3. — Last night
and today lias witnessed one of the
most intense heat waves that has
passed over Texas. Last night the
humidity was so great that, people
w'#re forced to leave their sleeping
rooms and take to the streets for air.
At midnight the thermometer regis-
tered 99 degrees, and today it has
been over 105 degrees.
Bloodhounds for Bandits.
Chicagn, Aug. 5. — Exasperated by
the escape of robbers and burglars
after depredations along the north
shore, the city council of Evanston
passed an ordinance providing for the
purchase of a pack of bloodhounds,
which will |* used to track fugitive
bandits. The hounds will be placed
in the care of a trainer.
The land of the Great Bear has sel-
dom permitted the leaders of her army
and navy to long survive their down-
fall. notwithstanding statements to
the contrary, and there are several
instances of Russians, occe shining
lights in barrack rooms and naval
dockyards, who have taken leave of
life, both obscurely and tragically.
It was not long ago- that a famous
general, at one time honored all over
Russia, died by his own hand at a
German gambling spa. He had erred
during the Russo-Turkish war of 1877-
"78, and in consequence the troops
under his command had met with an
unexpected disaster.
After the war the general left St.
Petersburg in disgrace, and, under an
assumed name, took up his residence
in Germany. He dissipated his for-
tune at gambling places, and when he
had come to his last penny he became
a "handyman.” eking out a bare ex-
istence by running errands, doing odd
jobs, and distributing bills.
Being unable to recover his self-
respect and manhood, he sought re-
lease by suicide. He shot himself at a
gambling spa. and when his body was
searched not a single coin was found
upon him.
Again, a leader of the Russians dur-
ing the Crimean war died in abject
poverty in an attic in the Latin quar-
ter of Paris. He had lost 15.000 men
at Inkerman, and his commission was
taken from him.
He went, to France and led a bo-
hemian life for -many years, making
a good income by composing musical
pieces. The money he earned he
spent in riotous living, and one morn-
ing he was found dead in his attic
after a heavy drinking bout.
Japan is harsh on her defeated of-
ficers, both naval and military. Dur-
ing the present war in the far east a
naval lieutenant who failed to carry
out a task set for him was politely told
by his chief to cover his disgrace by
committing suicide.
A sheet was strung on the deck of
the lieutenant’s gunboat, and behind
this was placed an armchair and a
table. On the latter was a sharp knife
wrapped in a piece of clean paper.
The lieutenant bowed'to his comrades,
went behind the sheet, sat in the chair
and picked up the knife.
The official reports stated that the
lieutenant ha.! died distinguishing
himself in action, and the emperor
granted him a posthumous medal.
After the British troops had entered
Peking and sacked the summer palace
of the emperor, a Chinese general
known as the chief of the “dragon
slayers," who allowed his troops to be
badly beaten, had his commission tak-
en from him and was publiclv de-
graded.
For a long time his wretched figure
was to be seen in the streets of the
capital, with gyves on his limbs and a
board round his reck as a punishment.
For many years a shabily dressed
Madrid. At one time he was one ol
the most mighty of the French mar-
shals. and his tunic blazed with gold
lace and jeweled orders.
He had risen from the ranks, but
misfortune came to him when he start-
out to meet the Germans as leader of
half a million men. Accompanying
him to the front were innumerable
valets, grooms and secretaries, yet he
came back to Paris, not as a mighty
conqueror, but as a broken, friend-
less man.
He had, in the eyes of the republic,
disgraced himself, and popular preju-
dice drove him from his native coun-
try. He went to Madrid, and fell
lower and lower down the social
scale until he became practically a
beggar, both in language and habits.
Not a touch of his former greatness
was shown by the ex-marshal as he
waddled in a purposeless way about
Madrid.
A French journalist met the broken
man once, and in reply to a question
he said sadly. "When I was a French
marshal I was the republic’s slave,
now I am a free man; but the price of
freedom is vermin and a crust of
bread.:”
A general who became a barber was
the leader of the Persians whom Sir
James Out ram crushed just before the
Indian mutiny broke out. The shah
degraded him, and after several more
or less exciting adventures he cams
down to be a barber at Bagdad.
Numbers of wandering Britons al-
lowed the fallen “giant” to shave them
sr.d r.s he wielded his razor he related
his many exploits. . -1
•e*-
Admiral Villeneuve, who was beaten
by Nelson at Trafalgar, was never for
given by Napoleon, and he became a
homeless wanderer, living at cheap
and even disreputable hotels.
His income after his disgrace was
said to be under $500 a year, and when
he died he was heavily in debt.
WAS QUESTION OF- RANK.
Other Decision Possible, Declared
John Chamberlain.
Since the Bennington disaster stor-
ies of Capt. Lucien Young are numer-
ous. His life-long friend. Col. Sara’
Doneison of Washington, tells one in
which John Chamberlain is con-
cerned. One day, the subject of eques-
trian statues coming up. they mutual-
ly agreed that the bronze representa-
tion of Gen. Thomas on horseback
was the finest work of art of its kind
in Washington. Shortly afterward the
same discussion was taken up by
Young and Senator Beck of Kentucky.
The senator held that the statue of
Gen. McPherson was a work superior
to the Thomas bronze. Young agreetf
to bet a champagne supper for three,
with John Chamberlain as referee.
Chamberlain sided with the senator to
Youngs astonishment. He demanded
an explanation and Chamberlain said:
"Well. Lucien. you and I are both men
of the world and 1 appeal to yon as
such if I could give a decision in favor
of a lieutenant in the navy against a
elderly man wandered aimlessly about I United States senator.
- - - - - i-,ru-Lru
J The Point of View.
The demonstrative elderly woman
i — *he tnusicale was going into rmv
pair.ter: Irish girls have the most I tures over the ' 8 * 1
beautiful hands, with long, slender fin- | leged
Most Beautiful Hands.
An autograph collector has the fol- I
lowing curious letter of Whistler the I
gers and delightful articulations
American girls' hands come next; they
are a little narrow and thin. The
hands of English girls are red and
coarse. The German hand is broad
and flat. The Spanish hand is full of
big veins. I always use Irish models
for the hands, and I think that Irish
eyes are also the most beautiful."
at the
performance of an ai-
songstress whose lack of vocal
efficiency contrasted grotesquely with
her extravagant, emotional delivery
Turning to her neighbor, she asked;
"Don t you just adore her singing? It's
so full of soul!”
But he. precise as well as cultivated,
remarked: "Madam. It seems to me
to be less suggestive of sole than of
flounder."—The Sunday Magazine
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