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GALVESTON, TRIBUNE, SATURDAY, AUGUST 28, 1915.
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EVERYBODY CAN HELP.
Domingo de Larrinaga..Liverpool
8.45
Low middling
11 Piemonte... .Torre Annunbiata
10.45
Pilar de Larrinaga .......Genoa
Shields
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SANCTUM SIFTINGS
LOCAL PARAGRAPHS
OBITUARY NOTICES
TO TEST WAREHOUSE LAW.
INTERIOR
193,657.
7,538
5,827
Totals
have been doubly baptized. .
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backed by
the Klond'e
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Roads
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Roads
Roads
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912
330
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Augusta
Memphis
St. Louis
Houston
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with the general trend of effort and do
his part in a general work.
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Today.
. . 5.60
... 6.40
Published Every Week Day Afternoon at
he Tribune Building, 22d and Post-
office Sts., Galveston, Texas.
Good ordinary ....... 7.30
Strict good ordinary.. 7.80
TOWNS.
Receipts. Shipments. Stock.
63.465i
62,34ft
12,060
55,792
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Ordinary.....
Good ordinary
Low middling
Middling .....
Good middling
Middling fair
Maylands, Mediterranean
Mexicano, Tampico......
5.66%
5.71
Dominic ....
Estor .......
G. Voyazideh
Greenbank ..
Hatumet ...
.5.75
aT
.. .Liverpool
,.. Liverpool
... Newport
Harlesden, ashore .
Hawkhead .........
Hekla, Danish ports
lonnis .............
Ikbal, Liverpool....
Low ordinary
Ordinary ....
Aiden .....
Ampleforth
Aspasia .. .
12 points up.
Ordinary .......
Good ordinary .
Low middling .
Middling .......
Good middling
Middling fair . .
El Siglo, New York ..
El Sud, aground.....
Elfland, Danish ports
Ethelwolf ...........
Fluent ..............
Yes’day.
10.06-07
10.16b
10.29-30
10.39b
10.51
10.61b
10.71b
9.46b
9.65-66
9.75
9.94-95
Middling fair ......
Sales, 50 bales f.
100 bales f. o. b.
8-24
3- 1
8- 4
8- 7
8- 7
8- 5
8- 3
7-31
8- 6
8-11
7- 8
8-24
8-12
8-5
8-14
8-11
8-11
8- 8
8-12
7-28
8- 3
Sailed.
Roselands (Br.), Newport News.
Topila (Am. tank), Tampico.
City of Tampico (Nor.), Vera Cruz.
Satilla (Am.), New York.
.. 7.72
.. 8.89
.. 9.85
. .10.34
,.10.86
ter ......
Wilberforce
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Texas City
South Jetty
..... Roads
......Roads
........ 41
Buford ...................
Kilpatrick ................
McClellan, aground.......
Schooners.
Coniscliffe (aground)......
Edna V. Pickells (aground)
Yes’day.
5.50
6.30
7.20
7.70
8.35
9.00
9.40
9.60
9.75
10.05
10.35
......Barcelona
Middlesborough
...49-2 rings
........1395
.........2524
Today.
. . .4.52
.. .4.82
.. .5.22
. . .5.68
. . .5.98
. . .6.54
Swan Lake
........ 40
........ 38
........ 37
........ 11
' GALVESTON MARKET.
The market for spot cotton closed
firm 10 points up.
Sales: Spots, 100 bales; f. o. b., 1950.
NEW ORLEANS FUTURES.
Futures closed firm.
Sales, 10,000 bales; Yesterday, 10,000.
LIVERPOOL MARKETS
CHAPTER III.
The New Gentleman’s Man.
Vessels in Port.
Alexandrian, Liverpool .....
Antonio, Mediterranean.....
Badminton .................
Beatrice, disabled ..........
Belgian, Liverpool..........
Benwood, Havre ..........
Campania, interned ........
Carolyn ...................
Chas. E. Harwood, Tampico.
The Tribune is on Sale at the Follow-
ing Places, Houston, Tex.
Nevsboy at Interurban Statiom.
Newsboy at Rice Hotel Cerner,
Yes’day.
4.47
4.77
5.17
5.63
5.93
6.49
... 6.74
.... 7.24
... 8.43
... 9.25
... 9.82
.. .10.75
..Liverpool
......Hull
......Oran
.....Barry
.Marseilles
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS
THE TRIBUNE receives the full day
telegraph report of that great news or-
ganization for exclusive afternoon publi-
cation in Galveston.
TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION
Delivered by Carrier or by Mail, Postage
Prepaid:
Bark.
Carolina, Barcelona (disabled).. .Roads
f
Yes’day.
5.72%
5.76
* 5.80
5.831/2
5.86%
5.89%
5.52
5.52
5.53
5.60%.
5.64%.
5.681/2
Returns to Port.
The tank steamship Mexicano, which
sailed from here yesterday for Tampico,
developed engine trouble last night and
returned to the roads this morning. She
will come to dock here for repairs that
will require several days.
THE & C. BEGKW HM
Agency.
Tribune Bldg., Chicago
To Sell Only Steamer.
Seattle, Washn., Aug. 28.—The Great
Northern Steamship company announc-
Good ordinary ..............
Low middling ...............
Middling ..................
Good middling..............
Middling fair ............ ...
Sales, 320 bales.
LIVEIGTOOL SPOTS,
Crown of Toledo, French ports..Roads
Dalecrest, Havre .............. 11
Eaton Hall, ashore........ Swan Lake
El Alba, New York................. 41
El Occidente, New York ............ B
El Oriente, New York.......Texas City
NEW ORLEANS SPOTS.
New Orleans, Aug. 28.—The market
for spot cotton closed quiet but steady.
NEW YORK FUTURES.
Futures closed steady.
NEW YORK SPOTS.
New York, Aug. 28.—The market for
spot cotton closed steady, 20 points up.
Yes’day.
9.84-85
10.06-07
10.27-28
9.21b
9.43-44
9.59-61-
9.69-70
San Giovanni . Torre Annunziata
Siguard ................Shields
Tuberg ......... Shields
Texas ........... .... Christiania
Urna ...............St. Nasaire
Ventura de Larrinaga, Manches-
62
. Roads
. .Roads
..... 37
..... 19
..... 40
..... 14
. Roads
..... 34
. .Roads
......... 11
......... 12
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ss Second-Class Mail Matter.
RIIAD TRIBUNE CLASSIFIED ADS
/JACK
LONDON.
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steamer, the Minnesota, and
Phipps Will Be Manager and
Lege Will Devote Time to
Gas Company.
their owning the
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city, as they are always ready and
willing to do anything for the good of
the town, and during the crisis that
just passed over Galveston, they have
demonstrated their willingness to go
to the limit on anything that will help
Galveston to right her unfortunate ex-
perience. The new connection that has
been made with Mr. Lege is by no
means the forming of a new acquaint-
anceship, as they all know Mr. Lege
well, which' accounts for their securing
his services.
October-November ..
November-December .
December-January . .
DAILY’ MOVEMENT
Arrived.
Maylands (Br.), Naples.
Antonio (Br.), Oran.
Mexicano (Am. tank), returned to
port disabled.
Chas. E. Harwood (Am. tank), Tam-
pico.
Ethelwolf (Br.), Liverpool.
Sailing Date Postponed.
The sailing date for the United
States army transport Buford, which is
to take the Twenty-seventh Infantry
from Galveston to Manila, has been
postponed indefinitely. It is expected,
however, that the transport will leave
with the troops about Sept. 6.
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1:11 a. m. and 2:47 p. m. At Morgan’s
Point, high tide, 9:22 a. m. and 12:33
p. m.;low tide, 3:35 a. m. and 5:11 p. m.
Sun tomorrow. The sun will rise at
5:55 a. m. and will set at 6:45 p. m.
Strict low middling... 9.10
Middling ............. 9.50
Strict middling ....... 9.70
Good middling ........ 9.85
Strict good middling. . 10.15
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Cutter is Appointed.
Thos. F. White, local manager .for
the United Fruit company, is in receipt
of information that Victor M. Cutter
has been appointed general manager
for the Central and South American
department of the company, with heaa-
quarters at Port Limon, Costa Rica.
He will exercise supervision over the
company’s interests in Colombia, Pa-
nama, Costa Rica, Spanish Honduras,
Guatemala and British Honduras. Mr.
Cutter is well known by a number of
Galvestonians.
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tinue trans-Pacific service which has
never been profitable. The Minnesota
will be taken to England by way of
Cape Horn, as the Panama canal could
not admit the steamer, which is the
largest on the Pacific ocean. The Min-
nesota probably will find a buyer in
London. The Great Northern values the
vessel at $2,000,000.
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Mrs. W. A. Krauss.
The body of Mrs. W. A. Krauss, who
was drowned during the storm last
week, and who was the wife of a mem-
ber of the United States coast guard,
was shipped this morning at 8 o’clock
by the Mallory Undertaking establish-
ment to Lincoln, Mo. Burial will be
made at that place.
The fall of Kovno, and the subse-
quent fall of Brest-Litovsk, remove the
last Russian fortifications from before
the Teutonic invasion of Russia. Hence-
forth the battles will be between the
contending armies in the field, and it
is doubtful whether the Germans and
Austrians have sufficient men at their
command to undertake a successful
through the illimitable spaces of Rus-
throught the illimitable spaces of Rus-
sia into which they can retire. Un-
less the Russians are hopelessly de-
moralized and disorganized, every mile
oof penetration into Russia is fraught
with just so-much greater peril to the
invaders. Now, more than at any other
time, would a concerted offensive on
the part of Italians, French and Eng-
lish be of the utmost value to the al-
lies.
Liverpool, Aug. 28.—Spots opened
with a good business and closed steady
5 points up. Total sales 10,000 bales,
of- which 9300 were American and 500
went to exporters and speculators. To-
tal imports 8000 bales, of which, 5001
were American.
LIVERPOOL FUTURES.
Spots closed steady.
While our imperfect special organi-
zation may be responsible for ninety
per cent of the criminals in penal in-
stitutions, it is equally true that were
it not for fear of punishment, law-
less, and predatory acts would be more
common than they are. In advocating
the abolition of capital punishment at-
tention has been called to the detri-
mental effects of popular admiration
sometimes evoked by a stoical be-
havior on the part of the convict. It
was a wise law which prohibitted pub-
lic executions and it is equally as much
to the public interest to keep the mor-
bid details of legal executions from the
avid public. Such a step would elim-
inate practically all of the objections
to capital punishment.
Henceforth I shall insist always on be-
ing called Smoke Bellew."
The arctic came down apace. Snow-
that had come to stay lay six inches on
the ground, and the ice was forming-in
quiet ponds despite the fierce gaes
that blew. It was in the late after-
noon during a lull in such a gale that
Kit and John Bellew helped the
cousins load the boat and watched it
disappear down the lake In a snow
squall.
“And now a night’s sleep and an ear-
Lv start in the morning," said John
FINANCIAL.
London: Bank rate, 5 per cent; rate
of silver, 22 15-16; consols for money,
65.
New York: Sterling exchange, de-
mand, $4.62%; commercial 60s, $4.57%;
commercial 90s, $4.55%; francs, sight,
6.02; 3 days francs, 6.03.
CHICAGO GRAIN MARKET
The range of prices on the Board of
Trade for September wheat and corn
was as follows: .
Wheat — Opening, 97%@97%c; high
98%c; low, 974c; close, 97%c; yesteyA
day, 97%c. S
Corn — Opening; 73%@73%c; hi7
9414c low, 93 %c; close, 73 %c; yesiM
day, 73%c. 5
ALF the time the wind blew a
gale and Smoke Bellew stag-
gered against it along the
lake beach. In the gray of
A SUSPICION.
Waco Times-Herald.
There is a suspicion that the whole
Mexican tragedy from the assassina-
tion of President Madero down to the'
recent raid upon Texas territory was
due to the activities of certain inter-
ests in the United States having exten-
sive investments in Mexico. This sus-
picion is strengthened by the fact that
factional leaders in that country have
little difficulty in financing their cam-
paigns and when one faction weakens
there is always another leader to take
up the cudgel for reform (?).
Repair Work Going Forward.
Throughout the length of the Galves-
ton water front repairs to the wharves
are being rushed, and from pier 10 to
pier 21, the district of greatest damage,
the sound of hammer and saw is heard
from morning till night. West of pier
21 there is no considerable damage un-
til the Southern Pacific piers are
reached, and repairs on the latter are
being made as rapidly as possible.
The United Fruit company’s pier at
the foot of 19th street will be repaired
in a short time. Material for repairing
the conveyors was secured from the
Texas Carnegie company and work will
commence Monday.
GALVESTON TRIBUN
(ESTABLISHED z38o.)
Marine Notes.
The Leyland liner Oranian, after load-
ing 1,700 bales of cotton at Texas City,
shifted yesterday afternoon to elevator
A. This morning she made room at the
elevator for the steamship Stanhope,
but will return and complete with
wheat. She took as much cotton as
possible on her decks and will place it
in her holds after the grain has been
loaded.
The Sunset elevator will be running
as soon as an adequate water supply is
secured.
The British steamship Stanhope
shifted from the coal elevator this
morning to elevator A, where she began
receiving a full cargo of wheat at 2
o’clock this afternoon.
The British steamships Maylands and
Antonio arrived here this morning to
F. H. Sage to load full cargoes of wheat
for Mediterranean ports. Both ships are
held in the roads for fumigation and
will come to dock Monday morning.
The British steamship Roselands
sailed yesterday in ballast for Newport
News.
The Huasteca line tank steamship
Chas. E. Harwood arrived off Galveston
bar early this morning and will proceed
up the Houston ship channel to Harris-
burg to discharge at the Gulf Refining
company’s mixing plant.
The Morgan line tank steamship To-
pila sailed from here at noon today for
Tampico in ballast.
The Spanish steamship Upo Mendi
shifted this morning to the Sunset ele-
vator, where she will load as soon as
the elevator resumes loading opera-
tions.
The Morgan line steamship Neches
shifted this morning from Texas City
to pier 26 to complete cargo for New
York.
FALL GARDENS.
Beaumont Journal.
It is a little early to think of the
planting of fall gardens, but the break-
ing of the summer season by the recent
storm and the cool weather will make
a decided difference in soil conditions
and the “growing atmosphere.” The
summer gardens have in most cases
been beaten into the ground or washed
away or torn by the wind, and the
planting of such vegetables as turnip
greens, lettuce, radishes, etc., would go
far toward reducing the cost of supply-
ing the table with fresh vegetables at
a time when the market gardens are
suffering from the depredations of the
hurricane.
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Steps Have Been Taken at Tyler to
Ascertain Constitutionality.
By Associated Press.
Houston, Tex., Aug. 28.—Steps were
taken at Tyler toward testing the con-
stitutionality of the permanent ware-
house law. Dabney White, secretary
of the Texas Ginners’ association, also
owner of a number of gins, has begun
these legal proceedings by ginning a
bale of cotton, he refusing to take the
three samples as required by this law,
inasmuch as his customer had given
him a written request that he did not
want his cotton sampled as this law
requires the ginners to do.
The county attorney has filed a com-
plaint against Mr. White and he has
refused to give bond, and, instead, has
made application for writ of habeas
corpus to the court of criminal appeals.
Mr. White justifies his attack on the
Constitutionality of this law by claim-
ing that it forces the" farmers and gin-
ners to lose $1,500,000 annually, and in
return neither receives any benefits as
these samples have proven to be abso-
lutely worthless in trading.
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Galveston Ships Reported.
The British steamship Minnie de Lar-
rinaga, from Galveston with wheat, ar-
rived at Barcelona Aug. 20. The British
steamship Elswick Lodge, from Galves-
ton with wheat, arrived at Havre
Aug. 21.
The Booth line steamship Aiden sailed
from Liverpool Aug. 24 for Galveston
to load cotton for Liverpool.
NOT A BEGGAR.
Fort Worth Record.
Galveston is representing to the
country that no need exists for a gen-
eral relief fund to alleviate distress.
Funds are in hand with which to sup-
ply distressing, urgent calls for succor,
and work is so plentiful that laborers
from the outside are being called for.
Food, clothing and bedding are being
supplied to the needy, and the question
of rebuilding the few ruined homes will
be taken up by the central relief com-
mittee as soon as urgent needs are met.
Evidently Galveston has no idea of be-
ing placed in the mendicant class.
Posto Office Inspector H. H. Black
arrived this morning from Houston
for the purpose of checking up the
supplies in the basement of the Gal-
veston office which were ruined by
water during the storm last week. Ap-
proximately $30,000 in stamps and
stamped envelopes were destroyed as a
result of the storm. Of course, this
loss will only amount to the cost of
the printing and paper to the govern-
ment, which will amount to a compar-
atively small item.
Barometer, Tides and Sun.
The following data regarding ba-
rometer, tides and sun are furnished
by the local United States weather
bureau:
Barometer (sea level): At 7 a. m. to-
day, 30.02 inches, which corresponds
to 762.0 millimeters.
Tide tomorrow: At Galveston, high
tide, 6:06 a. m. and 9:17 p. m.; low tide,
Fred M. Lege, Jr., at present general
manager of the Galveston Gas com-
pany and of the Brush Electric com-
pany, has tendered his resignation as
manager of the latter corporation, it
has just been learned locally. Mr. Lege
will quit the managership of the Brush
Electric company, it is understood, on
the first of October, after which time
he wilP devote his entire time to man-
agerial duties in connection with the
conduct of the gas company.
To succeed Mr. Lege as general man-
ager of the electric company Wm. R.
Phipps, who for some time has been
general superintendent of the Brush
corporation, was appointed. While
Kenneth E. Mason, secretary-treasurer
of the company, will retain his present
title, it is unofficially announced that
he, too, has secured a promotion in con-
nection with the proposed changes and
that he will be first assistant to the
new general manager.
It has already been announced that
the Galveston Gas company, some time
ago acquired by the Strickland inter-
ests, intends to proceed with the sub-
stantial betterments to its system and
additions to the plant, which were
planned before the storm, at an ap-
proximate cost of $150,000.
Concerning the managership changes
the current issue of the Electrical Re-
view and Western Electrician contains
a preliminary announcement.
After the sale of the Galveston Gas
company July 9th, 1915, the new own-
ers made arrangements whereby they
’acquired the exclusive services of Mr.
Fred M. Lege,Jr., to take effect Oct.
1st, .and from that time on Mr. Lege
will sever his connection with the
Brush Electric company and devote his
entire time to the new interest, taking
over the position as vice-president and
general manager of the Galveston Gas
company.
In submitting his resignation Mr.
Lege recommended to the Doherty in-
terests that he be succeeded by Mr. W.
R. Phipps, general manager, assisted
by Mr. K. E. Mason, secretary and
treasurer, and his recommendations
were accepted to take effect Oct. 1st.
Mr. Phipps and Mr. Mason have been
breaking into their new duties since
Aug. 1st, assisted by Mr. Lege.
Mr. Lege had expected to make a
formal announcement of his resigna-
tion on the first of August, but owing
to the fact that he was called to New
York, it was deferred, and, since his
return, which was only two days be-
fore the storm, he has been too busy
with the electric and gas companies to
give the matter any attention. He will,
however, make a formal announcement
as soon as it will be possible for him
to get a few moments time.
It is understood that in his resigna-
tion he will strongly support both Mr.
Phipps and Mr. Mason as well as the
Brush Electric company, as the sever-
ing of his connection with the Erush
Electric company has been in the most
friendly manner, and he will appreciate
all of his friends supporting the Brush
Electric company in the same manner
they have done under his administra-
tion.
Mr. Lege has the greatest confidence
in the Doherty organization and feels
that the city of Galveston is to be
By
o. b.; yesterday.
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PAVED J. RANDALL
En Madison Ave.
1 st 33d Street
1 Bew York City.
Nothing has been so conspicuous a
feature of the European war—not even
the surprising efficiency of the subma-
rines—than the terrific speed with
which the great German and Austrian
siege guns reduce the most powerful
fortifications. Brest-Litovsk, considered
the most powerful fortress in the Rus-
sian empire, and one of the strongest
fortified works in Europe fell before
the Teutonic onslaught in less than a
week after the heavy guns were
brought to bear upon it. No such opera-
tions have ever been parallele din his-
tory. The Japanese required many
months to take Port Arthur; the Rus-
sians needed several months to take
Przemysl. Evidently, for the moment,
the siege gun has proved the master
of the fortified position.
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Today.
January ..........10.07-08"
March .............10.30-31
May..............10.51-53
September ......... 9.44b
October ........... 9.65-66
November ......... 9.82-84
December ......... 9.93-94
Futures closed steady.
Today.
January-February .....5.79
February-March .......5.82%
March-April ...........5.86%
April-May .............5.90
May-June ......".......5.93
June-July .............5.95%
August ....................
August-September .....5.57%
September-October ....5.60
While it is probable that the city
health authorities are overconcerned
as to the possibility of a severe visita-
tion of sickness following upon the
heels of the recent storm, the time for
an academic debate of the matter is
not now. Today is the time for action
and whether we be sanitary experts or
just ordinary tax-paying citizens there
should be no stopping to discuss the
necessity for cleaning up. The piles
of debris, the sticky mud, the offensive
odors are all eloquent pleaders for
prompt attention.
A sufficient time has been permitted
to elapse in which to give attention to
the business portion of the city before
the people were asked to look after
their home premises. Nor are the peo-
ple being asked to do anything they
would not be perfectly willing to do of
their own initiative under normal con-
ditions. We are just now passing
through the most trying period of our
experience in connection with the re-
cent storm, and as we have been brave
when courage was the virtue most
needed, so must we be patient and com-
pliant through the days of rehabilita-
tion.
The Galveston spirit of unitedly ris-
ing to meet every occasion that de-
mands heroic action, sacrifice or ag-
gressiveness also includes another
quality which we can now exemplify,
that of patient effort persistently and
intelligently applied. No desire to add
to the already heavy burden 'being
borne by the people of Galveston is be-
ing manifested by those in authority
in requesting that precautions be taken
to ward off what would be more harm-
ful than was the storm, but the purpose
in view is to spare the people further
demands upon their hearts as well as
additional calls upon their financial
resources, and in this endeavor every
citizen should lend his aid.
Storms may come and storms may go,
they wreak savage vengeance on un-
protected coast lines and send terror
into the hearts of the timid, but noth-
ing can take from Galveston the repu-
tation held by this city for being
among the healthiest localities in the
United States unless we who are cus-
todians of this reputation become re-
creant to our trust and permit discour-
agement or inertia to rob us of one of
our most valuable possessions. It is
believed that there will be found no
reluctance in complying with the de-
sires of the health department once the
people understand that a real menace
lurks back of what just now may ap-
pear to be nothing more than a tem-
porary suspension of routine ob-
servance.
A man can fight a better battle, do
a braver piece of work or endure
greater hardships when he is assured
. that no danger menaces his loved ones
at home. The ordinary home premises
can be made sweet and healthful with
a few hours5 work, and once done there
need be no further apprehension, but
left undone it is of itself a constant re-
minder of a neglected task. Then, too,
many a valuable tree or shrub can be
saved by a few moments attention given
just at this time. Plenty of water
should be an aid in the work of clean-
liness and sanitation, but much can be
done without the use of water, and
what can be done should be done and
done promptly. The duty of preserving
the health of the community is a debt
each citizen owes his neighborhood, and
whether it is clear to the individual or
not that he is a stockholder in the
general health he should fall in line
Searching for Marowijne.
Washington, Aug. 28.—The collier
Jupiter has been ordered from Vera
Cruz to Alacran reef," about in the
center of the Gulf of Mexico, in search
of the missing United Fruit company’s
liner Marowijne. The gunboat Sacra-
mento is searching from New Orleans
to the reef, and the Marietta from
Haiti, also will touch at the reef on
the way north in an effort to sweep
the gulf for a trace of the missing
vessel. The Marowijne is. thirteen days
overdue from British Honduras.
Bellew. "Ir we aren t stor pouna at
the summit we’ll make Dyea tomorrow
night, and if we have luck in catching
a steamer we’ll be in San Francisco in
a week.”
Their camp for that last night at
Linderman was a melancholy remnant.
Everything of use, including the tent,
had been taken by the cousins.
Only once during supper did Kit
speak. “Avuncular,” he said, “after
this I wish you’d call me Smoke. I’ve
made some smoke on this trail, have I
not.?"
A few minutes later he wandered
away in the direction of the village of
tents that sheltered the gold rushers
who were still packing or building
their boats. He was gone several
hours, and when he returned and slip-
ped into his blankets John Bellew was
asleep,
in the darkness of a gale driven
morning Kit crawled out, built a fire
in his stocking feet, by which he thaw-
ed out his frozen shoes, then boiled
coffee and fried bacon. It was a chilly,
miserable meal. As soon as it was
finished they strapped their blankets.
As John Bellew turned to lead the way
toward the Chilkoot trail Kit held out
his hand.
“Goodby, avuncular,” he said.
John Bellew looked at him and
swore in his surprise.
“But what are you going to do?”
Kit waved his hand in a general di-
rection northward over the storm lash-
ed lake. “What’s the use of turning
back after getting this far?” he asked.
“Besides, I’ve got my taste of meat,
and I like it. I’m going on.”
“You’re broke,” protested John Bel-
lew. “You have no outfit.”
“I’ve got a job. Behold your nephew,
Christopher Smoke Bellew! He’s got a
job. He’s a gentleman’s man. He’s
got a job at $150 per month ana grub.
He’s going down to Dawson with a
couple of dudes and another gentle-
man’s man—camp cook, boatman and
general all around hustler. Goodby!”
But John Bellew was dazed and
could only mutter, "I don’t under-
stand.”
“They say the bald face grizzlies are
thick in the Yukon basin,” Kit ex-
plained. “Well, I’ve got only one suit
of underclothes, and I’m going after
the bear meat, that’s all!”
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H. Lance and H. Chandler, two em-
ployes of a railroad, were hurt yester-
day afternoon while unloading steel
rails, which fell on their feet. The ac-
cident occurred about 5 o’clock yes-
terday afternoon in the west yards.
The ambulance of F. P. Malloy picked
up the injured men and conveyed
Lance to his home, 3801 Avenue H, and
Chandler, whose feet were badly
mashed, to St. Mary’s infirmary.
As a result of a stab wound in the
right shoulder, Joe Decker, a negro,
was taken from near Twenty-ninth
street and Avenue E to the Sealy hos-
pital in the Malloy ambulance at 7
o’clock last evening.
A negro woman was taken to the
Sealy hospital suffering, it was
thought, with a fractured skull, last
night, in the Malloy ambulance. It was
stated that she had been struck on the
head with a brick as a result of an
argument with another negro.
G. Boyer, who has been working at
the causeway, was injured in an acci-
dent which occurred where he was
working last night. Shortly after mid-
night he was brought to, the city in
the Malloy ambulance and conveyed
to St. Mary’s infirmary, suffering with
a badly bruised back and a crushed
foot.
J. Nigras, a Mexican, with a gunshot
wound in his left foot, was conveyed
from the west end of the railroad
yards in the Malloy ambulance to St.
Mary’s infirmary this morning at 6:30
o’clock. It is said that the shooting
was accidental. -
In view of the fact that she was still
in her blankets, he did not make it a
long conversation, and. heroically de-
clining a second cupful of coffee, here-
moved himself and his quarter of a
ton of baggage from her tent Further,
he took'several conclusions away with
him—she had a fetching name and
fetching eyes, could not be more than
twenty or twenty-one or twenty-two,
her father must be French, she had a
will of her own. temperament to burn
and she had been educated elsewhere
than on the frontier.
The last pack from Long lake to
Linderman was three miles, and the
trail rose up over a thousand foot hog-
back, dropped down a scramble of slip-
pery rocks and crossed a wide stretch
of swamp. John Bellew remonstrated
when he saw Kit rise with a hundred
pounds in the straps and pick up a
fifty pound sack of flour and place it
on top of the pack against the back of
his neck.
“Come on, you chunk of the hard,”
Kit retorted. “Kick in on your bear
meat fodder and your one suit of un
derclothes."
But John Bellew shook his head.
“I’m afraid I’m getting old, Christo-
pher.” •
“Avuncular, I want to tell you some-
thing important. I was raised a Lord
Fauntleroy, but I can outpack you, out-
walk you. put you on your back or lick
you with my fists right now.”
John Bellew thrust out his hand.
“Christopher, my boy, I believe you
tan do it. I believe you can do it with
that pack on your back at the same
time. You've made good, boy, though
it’s too unthinkable to believe.”
Kit made the round trip of the last
pack four times a day, which is to say
that he daily covered twenty-four
'miles of mountain climbing, twelve
miles of it under 150 pounds. He was
proud, hard and tired, but in. splendid
physical condition.
One problem bothered him. He had
learned that he could fall with a hun-
dredweight on his back and survive,
but he was confident that if he fell
with that additional fifty pounds across
the back of his neck it would break
it clean. Each trail through the
swamp was quiekly churned bottom-
less by the thousars of packers, who
were compelled continually to make
new trails. It was while pioneering
such a new trail that he solved the
problem of the extra fifty.
The soft slush surface gave way un-
der him. He floundered and pitched
torward on his face. The fifty pounds
crushed his face into the mud and
Went clear without snapping his neck.
With the remaining hundred pounds
on his back he arose on hands and
kees. But he got no farther. One
arm sank to the shoulder, pillowing
his cheek in the slush. As he drew
this arm clear the other sank to the
shoulder. In this position it was im-
possible to slip the straps, and the hun-
dredweight on his back would not let ‘
him rise.
On hands and knees, sinking first
one arm and then the other, he made
an effort to crawl to where the small
sack of flour had fallen. But he ex-
hausted himself without advancing,
and so churned and broke the grass
surface that a tiny pool of water began
to form in perilous proximity to his
mouth and nose.
He tried to throw himself on his back
with the pack underneath, but this re-
sulted in sinking both arms to the
shoulders and gave him a foretaste of
drowning. Then he began to call tor
help. After a time he heard the sound
of feet sucking through the mud as
some one advanced from behind.
Secretary Garrison very properly took
exception to the talk made at Platts-
burg by Col. Roosevelt. The camp was
not a suitable place for a diatribe of a
controversial nature. Col. Roosevelt
is entitled to his own opinions as to
President Wilson’s attitude .toward the
European conflict, and he is privileged
to air those opinions to his heart’s con-
tent. But when he is asked to address
a nonpartisan gathering upon the de-
sirability of developing a citizen-sol-
diery in this country, propriety sets a
limit upon the scope of his utterances.
That is one of the defects of our dem-
ocratic government. Our statesmen oft-
en become so saturated with politics
that their views upon every conceiv-
able topic are distorted through the
screen of political rivalry.
“Lend a hand, friend,” he said.
“Throw out a life line or something.”
It was a woman's voice that answer-
ed, and he recognized it.
“If you’ll unbuckle the straps I can
get up.”
The hundred pounds rolled into the
mud with a soggy noise, and he slowly
gained his feet.
“A pretty predicament,” Miss Gastell
laughed at sight of his mud covered
face.
“Not at all,” he replied airily. “My
favorite physical exercise stunt.”
He wiped his face, flinging the slush
from his hand with a snappy jerk.
“Oh,” she oried in recognition, “it's
Mr.—ah—Mr. Smoke Bellew.”
“I thank you gravely for your timely
rescue and for that name,” he answer-
Today.
January ...........10.33-34
February .........10.43b
March .............10.58-59
April.............10.68b
May ..............10.78-79
June .............10.88b
July .............10.98-llc
September ........ 9.73b
October ............ 9.90
November ............10.00b
December ........,10.19-20
Morawitz, interned, aground . Red Fish
Nestos ................... Elevator A
Nueces, New York................. 26
Oranian, Liverpool....... ..Texas City
Ribston, aground .....S. P. Terminal
San Jacinto, New York......Texas City
Stanhope ..................Elevator A
Sarah Radcliffe .................... 40
Suveric, Havre ............ Roads
Toftwood, Havre.................Roads
Tei Koku Maru.................... 40
Wallace .. aground near Pelican Point
ed. “I
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dawn a dozen boats were being loaded
with the precious outfits packed across
Chilkoot. They were clumsy, home-
made boats. put together by men who
were not boat builders out of planks
they had sawed by hand from green
spruce trees. One boat, already loaded,
was just starting. and Kit paused to
watch.
This wind, which was fair down the
lake, here blew in squarely on the
beach, kicking up a nasty sea in the
shallows. The men of the departing
boat waded in high rubber boots as
they shoved it out toward deeper wa-
ter. Twice they did this. Clambering
aboard and failing to row clear, the
boat was swept back and grounded.
Kit noticed that the spray on the sides
of the boat quickly turned to ice. The
third attempt was a partial success.
The last two men to climb in were wet
to their waists, but the boat was afloat.
They struggled awkwardly at the
heavy oars and slowly worked off
shore. Then they hoisted a sail made
of blankets, had it carried away in a
gust and were swept a third time back
on the freezing beach.
Kit grinned to himself and went on.
This was what he must expect to en-
counter. for he, too, in his new role of
gentleman’s man was to start from the
beach in a similar boat that very day.
Everywhere men were at work, and
at work desperately, for the closing
down of winter was so imminent that
it was a gamble whether or not they
would get across the great chain of
lakes before the freezeup. Yet when
Kit arrived at the tent of Messrs.
Sprague and Stine he did not find them
stirring.
By a fire, under the shelter of a tar-
paulin. squatted a short, thick man.
“Hello!” he said. “Are you Mr.
Sprague's new man?”
Kit nodded.
“Well. I’m Doc Sline’s man,” the
other went on. “I’m five feet two inch-
es long, an’ my name’s Shorty—Jack
Short, for shrt Sit down an' have
some grub. The bosses ain’t turned
out yet.”
Thomas Stanley Sprague was a bud-
ding mining engineer and the son of a
millionaire. Dr. Adolph Stine was also
the son of a wealthy father, and
through their fathers both had been
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