The Mathews Journal from Mathews, Virginia • Page 1

MATHEWS JOURNAL. IV MATHEWS O. THURSDAY JANTJABY NO. I I. MIMO: 0, Pin.

SARDS SMITH. TIce-PrM. J. P. RSniNGBAH, The L.

E. Mumiord Banking Co. Poid Up Capital $.20,000 Surplus Undivided Profits $75,000 MATHEWS C. VA. Solicits i accounts of firms and individuals offers to every accomodation consistent with good banking Interest On Savings All Money In Vault Covered By Burglar Insurance Hours: 9 A.

M. to 4 P. M. Saturdays, 9 A. M.

to 12 a OLD DOMINION LINE. BETWEEN Norfolk, Gloucester, and Mathews Counties. Effective Thursday, May 24th, Steamer "Mobjack." Mon. Tues. Wed.

Thus, and and Fit Rut. A M. A. M. Lt.

Norfolk (O. I). Wharf). 6 30 6 30 PortsmouthfNorth St. Wharf).

6 8 Norfolk (Bay Line WharD. 7 00 7 Old Point. 8 00 8a0 Phllpot's Wharf. Kast River. 10 00 00 Williams' Wharf.

East River. 10 15 10 15 Hicks'Wharf. Fast River. 1080 10 30 Digirs' Wharf, East 1100 noo 11 Roano'? Wharf. Wnro Hiver.

Smith's Wharf. Ware River. 12 20 Ilockley. Ware River. 13 40 Auburn Wharf.

North River. 12 00 Dixondale, North River. 12 15 Severn Wharf, Severn River. 100 Old Point (Government 5 00 5 00 Ar. Norfolk Bay Line Wharf).

0 00 8 00 Norf (O. I). Pier No. 1 15 6 15 Portsmouth (North St. Wharf).

HO Norfolk (Old Pier No. 8). 45 6 45 P. P. M.

ChesapeaKe Company. "CHESAPEAKE E'egan? Passenger Steamers "Augnsta" and "Atlanta." For OLD POINT COMFORT und NORFOLK, VA. fl.aaaai.in liiani flail I more daily except Sunday') 0 P. and airive Old Poiut Comfort at I A. and Norf.dk 7 15 A.

where connection is made with the Hail Lines for all points "YORK RIVER LINE." Elegant Passenger "Charlotte" and "Baltimore." For WEST POINT and RICHMOMD, VA. Steamers leave Baltimore Tuesday. Thursday and ai 5 P. West l'oint at 7 45 A. arid Kicbmond at 9 20 A.

M. Steamers call at Gloucester Point. Irmcnls, Clay Hank and Alluionds Wharf in both directions (weather permitting Steamers Leave Baltimore From Piers 18 and 19 Light Street Wharf. Through Tickets to all points may be secured, baggage checked and staterooms reserved from the City Tick? Olliccs, K. Baltimore Aktiu W.

Ron ma, Agent, 27 K. Baltimore street, er General Offices. 53 Light street. Rkihk.n Fostkk, E. .1.

T. H. McDannki, Manager. Gen. Pass.

Agt. Asst. (Jen. Pass Agt. NigHt Line.

Every Evening Between NorfolK and Richmond. STEAMERS BERKLEY and BRANDON. Leave Norfolk 7 00 P. M. Leave Rlcbmond 7 00 P.

Main Line. FROM NORFOLK, Steamships Leave 7 p. Sunday Excepted. Arrive In New York, 8 00 P. following afternoon.

Leave New York, 8 00 P. (aSunday excepted.) Arrive in Norfolk, 10 00 A. following morning. class, one way, $8.00, and stateroom and berth included, round trip, limit thirtv days, 14.00. and STATEROOMS at ticket office, 2 Granby street.

In Atlantic Hotel Building, or at Company's office, on the wharf, Norfolk, Va. All ulea aubject to change without notice. B. CROWELL. Qeneral Agent.

Norfolk: Va Daily Including Sunday. DR. A. M. MARCHANT.

DCNTIST Office Over Journal Building. All Kinds of Dental Work Done Gas Administered OfYioe Hours: Oto I to 5. Dr. M. S.

Foster. Dentist, Over Slbley Bros' MATAEWS C. tt.f VA. OFFICE BOOM: 8 to la and 1 to ft, C. Garnett, Attorney-at-Law.

Mathews, Va practice In the Courts of the Counties of Mathews, Middlesex and Gloucester. I F. THEO. MILLER. Mathews C.

H. Photographing Of all kinds. Pictures enlarged, best style. and Silver soldering for Spectacles' id Jawelry. Watch and Clock repair Bicycle work, THINKING OF SHOP.

"I'll be as steadfast as steel," mur the beautiful girl. "Common or preferred?" the young broker, ington Herald. IT MUST BE SO. do we do the meanest and most hateful things to those we love Uie best?" presume it Is because no BLwould stand It TIP SYSTEM IN JAPAN. Scheme That is Intended to Benefit the Man.

"If our hotelkeepers should ever be lold of the Japanese method of tlp ning. wc would all have to take to I the woods," said an Eastern traveler. "In a Japanese hotel you give the I proprietor the biggest tip of all 1 when leaving and grade the lips accordingly. "When your bill is handed to you i it Is customary to wrap up in a sep? arate piece of paper an amount ap proximatlng about one-flfth of the whole account and give that to the worthy innkeeper, together with the regular amount required of you by his account, which you inclose In the folded bill. Then you wrap up small er sums in smaller pieces of paper and parcel these Christmas packages out among the servants who have waited on you.

"All hotel charges In Japan are forced by law to be very low, so that even the very poor man who finds himself on the road at night can get food and shelter for a nominal sum. The rich man has to pay no more i thau the beggar. "Since the hotel man could not make a living if this order of things were allowed to exist, without some saving grace, some recompense must lie marie to the hotelkeeper for his enforced generosity. "But if the man whom the worthy host believes to be well able to afford a fhodai leaves the hotel without, paying the same, woe betide him should he ever return to that hostelry Rec? ord. Lord -RadsfocK is oue of the few members of the peerage who not only takes an interest in relig? ious work but who deliver sermon? mmmamnsmmtmmm ALEXANDER d.

CASSEFT WillMLL TO FAMILY Estate Worth From Five To Forty Mil ions. HIS WEALTH IS LEFT IN TRUST. Document Directs That Forty Per Cent, of Income Be Paid to His Widow and Three Children- Cassatt Gets Three Residences and Contenta. Philadelphia the filing for at Norristown. the county seat of Montgomery County, of the will of the late Alexander J.

'assatt, president of the Pennsyl? vania Railroad, it became evident that Mr. Cassatt has tied up his property as far as the law allows. There arc many and varlotiR esti? mates as to the value of Mr. Cas? t's estate. Some persons who think they know adhere to the es? timate of which is clos? est to an official estimate.

Others believe the report that Mr. Cassatt. accumulated a huge fortune while not connected with the railroad, a period of some 17 years, when he was in some big coal land and man? ufacturing deals. These say that the estate will run up as high as $4 0.000,000; but the truth will pro? bably never be known unless one ot those Interested decides to talk, and that Is unlikely. As to the com? position of the estate, that, too.

Is conjecture past a certain point. It is known thai Mr. Cassatt carried a certain line of stocks and bonds, but that Is all. The amounts of his hold? ings are not known. The testament is very long.

and. brleflly summarized, it leaves the entire estate to the widow and the three surviving children, with be? quests to two sons-in-law. The document is dated November II, 1 and names the Fidelity Trust Company of Philadelphia. Robert KelaO Cassatt, Mejor Edward Buchannan Casr.att, his sons, and Mrs. W.

Plunket Stewart, his daugh? ter, as executors. To Mrs. Lois Buchanan Cassatt. the widow, are bequeathed all the testator's house hoi. Roods, pictures, horses and car? riages and other personal property, including his country seat.

Cheswold. at Haverford. near this city; Four Acres, bis summer home, at Bar Har? bor. and the Cassatt home, at 101 West Rlttenhonee Square, in this city. To Dr.

P. who was the husband of Mr deceased daughter. tin? will be? queaths $50.000 as a mark of my regard," and to VY Plunkel Stewart, formerly of Baltimore, the husband oT Mr. Cassa it's living daughter, the same sum Is given, but by a codicil dated Ma) the amount was increased to $1 00.000. One codicil authorizes the execu? tors to erect new home adjoining his Cheswold estate for the use of his daughter, Mrs.

Stewart, in lieu of property in Green Spring Valley, near Baltimore, which the testator de? clares It was his intention to sell. The sum of 1100,000 is bequeath? ed to Robert Kelso Cassatt for the purpose of establishing him in busi? ness with W. Plunket Stewart. The residue of the estate Is left In trust and 4 0 per cent, of the in? come Is to be paid to the widow and the remainder in equal shares to thf three surviving children. To Itlotv t'p Powder Plant.

Lebanon. Ohio dreds of lives and thousands of dol? lars worth of property were placed In jeopardy by a bold attempt to blow up the King Company's Powdei plant, southwest of here, was attracted by the exploding ol primers as they passed through th? rollers. An Investigation revealer the fact that primers had been concealed In a stack of IS tons ol powder and a plot had been laid destroy the entire concern. Therf is ro clue to the Identity of those guilty of the outrage. fiCbiglt Valley liaises Wajres.

Easton, Pa. (Special). The tSnti men employed in the Lehigh Valley railroad shops here were notified that their wages had been Increased, dat? ing from the first the year. Th( advance affects all classes of labor from the yardmen to the most skilled mechanic in the shops. The Inereas? is graded, ranging from 1 to 4 ceati an hour.

Efe Yellow Jack lit Havana. Washington (Special). Accord ing to a cablegram received at tin Bureau of Instilar Affairs, there ii not at the present time a single cas? of yellow fever in Havana. Fron September 30 to December 28 then were cases under treatment, whom seven died There are onl; two cases tinder treatment in whole Island outside of in Cruces and the other at Nueva Paz Captured By llondiirans. San.

Salvador By Ac cording to official advices receive? Here, the revolutionists who were re ccntly dispersed by the governmen forces of Honduras were on the frontiers of Salvador an? Nicaragua. Some of the leaders WOT made prisoners by the Nicaragua! authorities and others were capture? by the troops of Honduras. Consul's Salary Too Small. Washington (Special). Frederic! MeMasters, American consul at Zan zibar, has tendered his reaignatioi and proposes to embark in privat business.

He assigns as his reasoi for his resignation the Impossibilit of properly conducting the conulat at Zanzibar on the $2,600 salary au iborized by law. It is stated at th State Department that here are charges pending against Mr. McMas tera. THE NEWS OF THE WEEK. Domestic.

Attorney General William Jack? son, in the name of the people of New York, brought suit in the New York St'preme Court to oust Qcorgc B. McClellan from the office of Mayor of New York on ground that William R. Hearst was legally elect? ed to the office. Bankers Jacob H. Schiff.

James Stillman and D. O. Mills have haaa summoned to testify before the In? terstate Commerce Commission re? garding, the Harrlinan roads. The police of Philadelphia believe that Rolla Steele. who exploded a bomb In the Fourth Street National Bank, was an anarchist and that he acted alone.

The gross debt of New York City, according to the annual message of Mayor McClellan, is 697,392. Mrs. A. B. Sims, holder of the national woman's whist champion? ship, has denounced card playing as a sin.

James McCrea. the new president of the Pennsylvania Railroad, for? mally assumed the duties of his po? sition. R. C. Flower, a fugitive since 1893, cnarged with grand larceny and swindling credulous investors out of about $1.000.000 on allowed bogus mining operations, aran arrested in New York, after being huntpd throughout Mexico and South Amer? ica.

The operating managers of noariv? al! the railroads in the United States will soon be confronted with demands by the trainmen and other labor for an eight-hour day and an increase in wages. Three thousands residents of Chi? cago have received not ires of eject? ment In the suit of Sidney Smith, who claims Chicago real estate valued at $40.000,000. Harry Thaw's wite and mother, as well as himself, are averse to a straightout insanity plea as his de? fense at the coming trial. J. S.

Young, of Baltimore, in tes? tifying in the licorice paste trial, denied that he had conspired to limit the output. Boston has revived the "'blue laws" to such an extent that a casket for the dead cannot be moved on Sun? day. William Da Costa, the mulatto charged with perjury In giving falso testimony at the recent Hartje-Hooo conspiracy trial in Ptltaburg, was found guilty. He was remanded for sentence. In Chicago Judge Laadia, of the Federal District Court of Northern Illinois, sustained eight of the in? dictments against the Standard Oil Company of Illinois and dismissed two.

No reason is asigned for the sui? cide of Walter Dana Swan, an in? structor In the Harvard Architee toral School, who shot himself over the-heart and died in the hospital. It is said in Plttaborg that Mrs. Ilolman, mother-in-law of Harry Thaw, will give taatlmon) at the trial unfavorable to him. Because of epidemic of typhoid tarer, the water supply of the city of Scranton has been seized by the State. In his message to the Missouri legislature Governor Folk took a de? cided stand against lobbyists.

Governor Cobb was Inaugurated governor of Maine for the second time. Foreign. Kaisuli is said to have sought refuge with his brother-in-law, Zi lam. who has offered to deliver the bandit chief over to the Moroccan War Minister for a large sum of money. The French Foreign Office says there Is no truth in the report that France has ceded Taint i to Great Britain, and that no negotiations on the subject are in progress.

Since January I there have been It? workmen killed and 62 in Lodz. Russian Poland. The ter? rorists declare the extermination political foes must continue. Six terrorists were saved from the gallows by resouceful revo? lutionists at Odessa, who faked an order commuting the death sentence. The Chinese trading quarter of Bangkok.

Siam. has been devastated by fire, and it is estimated that Ihe loss will amount to about $3,000, 000. It is reported thai Sir Henry Mor? timer Durand, former British am? bassador to Washington, will be ap? pointed governor of New South Wales. Karl Hau. Of Washington, charged with murdering his moiher-in-lnw at Baden-Baden, arrived at Ham? burg in charge of detectives.

The emigration for 190C via Ham? burg and Bremen amounted to 181, persons, an increase over the preceding year of 1,595. Emperor William is sending Wald emar von Behack to the United States to study the commercial and finan? cial situation. The Duke of Ahruzzi. the noted mountain climber, has been award? ed the gold medal of the Italian Royal Geographical Society. The Company, large im? porters of cotton and wool in Portu? gal, has failed, and several of its officers are fugitives.

The prosecution of Von Koacietekl, member of the Prussian House of Lords, and other Poles of the inde? pendence party hy the Prussian gov? ernment for holding meetings witb out consent of the vernment re? sulted In acquittal and the placing of the costs upon the state. It is believed that the federal gov? ernment is preparing to take steps to prevent the passage by the Hawaiian legislature of measures tending to discriminate against the Japanese The officers of the Hamburg steam? ship lines have not yet reached an agreement with the company, which demanded that they resign from the Captains' and Officers' Association. BmpaTOr William and his son. the Crown Prince, are reported to have had a serious disagreement over methods of the Colonial Office in Xfrica. BANK BLOWN UP WITH A BOMB Thrower and Cashier Are Instantly Kited.

THE CRANK DEMANDS (5,000. While Fourth National Rank of Phila? delphia Was Crowded at Noon Hour a Stranger, Who Is Refused a Loan. Hurls Explosives at Vault, Plowing Himself and Cashier to Pieces. Philadelphia (Special men dead, a score of others injured, two of whom may die, and the beautiful interior of a bank building laid in ruins, is the result of a bomb being dropped in the Fourth Street Nation? al Bank here Saturday by a man who had demanded a loan of $5,000 for which he could show no collat? eral. The identity of the perpetrator of the outrage is wrapped in mystery, for he was blown to pieces by his own engine of death.

Nothing is left to tell who he was but a bunch of 10 keys found In a Jf clothing belonging to the bomb thrower. A plate on the ring hold? ing the keys bore the name of Bteele, Garner, Iowa." and the police are looking up the man. The other man killed by the explo? sion was Z. McLear, the cashier of the bank, who had been talking to the stranger and had refused his request. Saw President First.

The man who dropped the bomb called upon Richard H. Rushton, president of the bank, who is also president of the Philadelphia Clear? ing House Association, shortly be? fore noon and asked for a loan of $5,000. The president quickly con? cluded that the man was eccentric and turned him over to the cashier, with the idea that the latter would have hini taken from the building. Before leaving Mr. Rushton the man showed bin I picture of a woman and a child, with the remark: "Ain't they all right?" A few moments later there was a terrific explosion, which shook the big building and completely wrecked the Interior the bank.

Cashier McLear was In his office when the man threw the bomb and was instantly killed. With the ex? ception of his right arm and shoulder he was not mangled. The most seriously injured is Wil? liam Crump, the colored messenger, who made a heroic attempt to seize the object which the man was about to drop from his raised hand, but be was an instant too late. The messenger is badly torn and if he survives his terrible injuries he pro? bably will be blind. Fight of the bunch of 10 keys found are small and flat and similar to those used In opening tin boxes.

One is for a Yale lock and the other is a large door key. The keys have been photographed by the police and the pictures will be sent to various cities in the hope of finding a clue which will clearly establish the iden? tity of the bombthrower. A descrip? tion of the man. given by President Rushton. has been telegraphed tc Garner, Iowa, and other towns in that section of the West.

largest Hank lit The City. The Fourth Street National Bank is the largest financial instituion in (the city and occupies the greater por of the first floor of the Bulliti on Fourh Street betweer Chestnut and Walnut Streets in heart of the financial district. Tht exploalon was terrific and caused tie mondons excitement In the crowdec building and the street. The occurred a few minute! before 12 o'clock, at a time when bank is usually well filled with poi? sons in a hurry to transact businesi before the bank closes. No one saw the unknown man en ter the bank except E.

F. Shanbach er, the vice president, who was pass ing out of the building on his wa: to luncheon. He noticed the mai was poorly dressed, looked like Russian and carried a small parcel stranger walked straight bacl to the rear of the bank and asked clerk to direct him to the office President Rushton. What took plae? in bis office is best told by the presi dent himself. President Story.

was very busy when the mai entered my office," said Mr. Rushton "and I asked him to be seated for i moment. He was very poorl; dressed, had patches on his shoe and his entire appearance made a bit courions. While he was wait ing for me to finish the business bad in hand at the moment happened to notice that he looked a me very curiously. I asked him ui business and he gave his name as B.

Williams and said he wanted loan of $5.000. "He did not look like, a man wh could make a loan of that amour and asked him for collateral. said something about an insurant policy and that it would mature i from one to five years. 1 was the convinceo the man was a crank an decided to dlRmlss him at once, nc for a moment thinking there was an harm in him. told him he woul have to see the cashier and directe him out into the banking depar ment.

'As I turned to continue my wor at the desk there was a terrific e1 plosion and 1 thought the bulldin was coming down. The man had time to reach the cashier, the exph slon came so soon." Paying Tribute. Memphis. Tenn. gipsy bands throughout the States are being forced to pay tribu to a man known as Fred Slatch and alleged to be traveUM: amoi the bands styling and exacting is the chmSM peal to Preslderfl by thX camp ask an infl and apfl tawssfl Men CO.

Women Should prepare themselves for positions before they attempt to secure them. For the past eight years Gilbert School of SHorlHand Has turned out expert Stenographers and Typowritere. We give individual instruction and secure positions for graduates. Board secured at reasonable Write for circular. THE GILBERT SCHOOL OF SHORTHAND? CALVIN L.

ELEET. President and N. Fremont Baltimore, Md. EstabdiaHed in 1863. C.

S. Schermerhorn CEL Son, receivers, shippers? dealers. Grain, Hay and Mill Feeds, Seed Oats, Linseed Meal, Cotton Seed Meal, Gluten Feed. Also Distributor? of the Purina Poultry Feeds. 127 and 129 Cheapside.

Near Pratt Street, Baltimore. M3. OOINGS OF THE OLD DOMINION The Latest Virginia News Told in Shot Order. W. J.

Flippin, who is connected with a Lynchburg broker's eetablieh ment, was caught under an elevator in the Chesapeake and Ohio freight warehouse and seriously Injured. was leaning over the elevator batch speaking to someone below when the elevator dropped, crushing his chest the floor. To rescue him it was necessary for persons to as. the stairwjy and break open a door leading to where the man was In dfastrt The Lynchburg Poetoffioe daring the last year math' a splendid show? ing for the growth of tue hav? ing an Increase of per or $13,852.08, over 1005. The fig? ures for 1000 are $110,001.73.

Every month daring the year re? turned an increase over the same month in the preceding year, the in? crease rancing from 5.10 per cent. in April to per cent. In August. The last month showed the largest month's receipts in the history of the Office, the amount being February 1 the term Of A. Bmbrey, judge the Corporation Court of Fredoricksburg.

will expire, and Judge J. T. Goolrick will become bis successor, having been chosen by last legislature. Cool rick Is the present Commonwealth's Attorney of that city, and when he goee upon bench that position will be left vacant. Petitions are being circulated for the appoint? ment of Jndge Bmbrey as Common wealth'a Attorney.

Petitions are also being signed for the appointment of lion R. Swift, the prenant mem? ber of the House of Delegates from Fredericksburg. The majority of the members of the bar have signed the Bmbrey petition. The appoint? ment will be made February 1. Ptereon, of Stafford County, 23 years of age, feo days ago went to visit his uncle in Fauquier County.

He and bis uncle. It Is said. Quarrel? ed, and went to the woods, kindled a fire and went to sleep. His clothes caught fire and he severely burned. He returned to the uncle's home and medical attention was summoned, but he Little William Oliver, aged veara, was miraculously saved from drowning by his cousin.

Frank Oliver, at the home of the boy's grandfather, aear Coyner's Sprl In Roanoke County. The boy and his sister were on a visit to their grand parents, and went to the well to draw some water. The well Is SO feet deep, with SO feet of water. While pulling the rope which drew up the bucket the little boy fell in. His sister at once gave the alarm.

Frank Oliver rushed out and climbed down the slimy stone wall. reached the boy just in the nick of time, as the lad was unconscious. He sent the boy up on the bucket, but fearing the rope was not stout enough to hold his own weight Oliver held his perilous position nearly two hours, until neighbors could be noti? fied and a strong rope was lowered to him. This be fastened around his body, and when willing hands drew him np he fell exhausted on the ground, but soon recovered. The was resuscitated.

Mountain City Lodge of Masons bas elected and the follow? ing officers for the ensuing year. Charlee W. Watts, worshipful mas? ter; s. If. Dun lap, senior warden; Clarence N.

Price, junior A. Terry Shields, secretary: T. Iv Jarrett, treasurer; w. Horace Lack? ey, senior deacon: Fred li. White, junior deacon.

The will of I)i Charles L. Culpep per, who committed suicide by shoot? ing himself, was admitted to pro? bate at Norfolk. The personal es? tate of the testator is value 1 at $30, 000 and the real property at about $70,000, all of which is left to bis wife, Mrs. Mary O. Culpepper.

and daughter Ottaline. Mrs. Culpepp-r is executrix of the will. The car records office of the north? ern district of the Southern Rail wax were moved to Washington from Danville. The offices gave ment to IS persons and were moved from Washington to Danville several months ago.

It has since been de? cided that, to facilitate the proper handling of freight, the offices should be located in one place. The offices for the Charlotte, Birmingham and Knoxville divisions of the South? ern also go back to The fight among the "insurgent and "loyal" members of the Junior Order United American Mechanics In Virginia goes on, and certain the loyalists have hurled defijusgJB jit the Ctittcd States T. Osborne, John W. "loya.llsts.'^?? 1 wbo have secured charter for a council tinder the name of the Vir? ginia Branch, Junior Order of United Americans, have been served coplea of the decree of the Supreme Court, which restrains from operating in opposition to the 'in? surgents." but the 'loyalists'' declare that, the decree the court was given before they secured hoir char? ter from the State Corporation Com? mission and that they will pay no attention to it. Henry Metcalf, a daring jailbreak er.

who 12 year ago from the Nor? folk County Jail, was recaptured ar? returned to jail. Metcalf, who serving a sentence for housebre ing. and two other prisoners effei their escape from the old prison i lowering themselves from an uppe. I window by means of a rope made of blankets. The three-masted schooner I W.

Anderson, of Richmond. tain Morgan, from New York for Mataponi River now 1 (t days overdue, and it is ad that the vessel has been else blown far out of its The Petersburg City Cc adopted an ordinance provldlnj persons sentenced to the city jail for petit larcenj other misdemeanor, or if city ordinances, shall be com. to work on the public street in I he city parks. The hearing of the answer of tlv railroads of the State on thojmt'u tion of enforcing the wj begin January 16 before in? corporation Commission. The York.

Philadelphia and a vigorous protest against the sit Ion. The meetings of slon will be held either i of the House of Delegate- 1 courtroom of the Corporation mission. Mr. John W. Barclay, the native citizen of Lexington, is.

cally ill. He is In his eighty-? year. onn (ase of coMr.rsTio Upon Hose Hushes Shipped in Wet Almost Burned I p. A peculiar case of spontan? combustion, or something like itj described by a writer in Casslc Magazine. On Februj refrll a nursery la" They were shipped in containing numerous auger ventilation and were carefully pi with wet sphagnum, or Calif swamp moss, to prevent chafinj to rapport their vitality.

No ice was put in ihe cooling and the covers of these, as well ai all other openings in the cars, were closed as tightly as possible. The tars were ten days in transit. The outside temperature was. sixty de? grees Fahrenheit at the fif? teen degrees at the end of the trip. Upon arrival steam was issuing from every crevice of the cars.

Upon removing the tank covers it rushe. out in large volume. The doors opened and 96 was put in the the free circulation of air cooled the contents of the cars. In unloading if was discovered that srmiu of upper layers of boxes were badly damaged by heat naturally was most, IntcnseJaear the" top of the cars. actual combustion were fo-dnd, but this would probably have occurred in a short time had not the cars been quickly cooled.

The temperature must have been nearly up to the burning point, as many of th? green stems of plants were black and brittle. Wet sawdust in large quantities frequently becomes very warm in the interior even when exposed to winter went her, in fact the lower the tem? perature of the atmosphere the bot? ter usually the sawdust. Wireless telegraphic tions can now be made Eiffel Tower and the Island of PorW queradles, the equipment of whir latter station Is non to be definitely completed by order or the Vlinlster of Marine, in accorda: vtth the Postal. Telegraphic and Tel Department. USED TO IT.

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