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train. Her nurse packed the largt3.Eiig-
lialt satchel, and replaced the clothing
which had been removed to a large carth
board box. Mrs. Chadwick, who has
bees! wearing a white sweater and dart:
• ohirt, changed her attire, and appeared
in a blue silk dress, the waist or match.
was trimmed, with lace. On the rule; to
-•• .-.-• •Clevclarita she conversed with her son
and a press correspondent, and. was re -
Mrs. Chadwick Taken to Jail malleably calm, In discussing her at -
fairs,. she said the people of the country
at} would soon learn that she had been more
Her Home,. slued against than sinning.
Emil Chadwick, who joined the party
At Ashtabula, was the bearer of a list•
ter to his mother from her stepdaugh-
ter, Miss Mary Chadwick, The letter
• which was couched in the most en-
iO$et4 on Fier! clearing terms, was r
of the Hotel Cont nental,G1?aris, an on ndwas,dated Nov. 30, It commenced: "My
Dear Mother," and was signed !'Your les -
''''Indictments, .. • ing daughter, Mary ,d
The girl gave her stepmother assur-
Iances of the greatest love and respect,
and bade her be ofood cheer, as she
was certain the matter would be set -
Fainted After the Steel Doors
Now Number Five.
Cleveland, C., Dee. l0,—Five times in*
dieted by the united States Government
at the exact,, Minute that her train roll-
ed intu the station, Mrs. Cassie L.
Char,4ppiel; came home to Cleveland to-
esety. She . was greeted with jeers,
loots and hisses by the crowds that had
gathered in the depot when her train
!arrived, howled at by hundreds gathered
fin front of the Federal building. The
last sound that reached, her from the
-outside world, as she passed into the
stuffy, • i11 -smelling • office of Sheriff
. Barry, in the county jail, was the hoot
of derision from the people massed in
front of the doorway. She made uo
attempt to give bail, and after a brief
atop in the office of the Clerk of -the
United Staten Court, was taken to pail,
Biro is held to -night in cell No. 14, in
the women's department of the jail,
:and her palatial residence on Euclid
:avenue,, of which the furnishings alone
are valued at $200,000, is occupied by
her maid. '
Her courage held to the last, but her
body failed her, and when she find
mounted 'the three flights of stairs
leading to the tier of cells where she
;d 'to remain, she fainted. But for the
aid of Deputy United States Marshals
• Iamb and Kelker, who, held her up
and almost carried her along as she
mounted the stairs, she never would
have been able to reach her cell.
Breathless, pale, and staggering, she
was barely able to reach a chair, as
the steel door of the women's corridor
swung open to receive her. She sank
'feebly into. the seat, her head fell
backward, and but for the marshals
she would have rolled to the floor.
Water was quickly brought to her, and
in a few seconds she revived and was
again a woman of business. .ler first
4r, was that her lawyer, Sheldon
. Kerruish, be sent for, anti she was
soon engaged in a conference with him,
concerning her defence. 'There is but
small chance that she will ,be - able to
leave the jail before her trial: There
are now seven'inclictmenis against tier,
live additional charges having been
laid against her iu the Federal Court
this afternoon. It would require
surety to -the amount of at least X100,-
000 to give her freedom. She -has her-
self no idea of giving bail, and Will
remain in jail.
She has the best cell in the place.
Mob Swarmed About Cars.
Mrs. Chadwick's train was scheduled
to arrive at 11.10, but it was three homers
late before reaching Cleveland. The
delay served to increase time crowd of
the curious at the station, When the
train finally relied in; there was a rtmsh
from time further end of the iron fence,
that kept the crowd off the tracks.
This mob had broken through the police
swarmed over the fence, and through
•the gate upon the tracks, so that when
the train came to a standstill there
were about 1,000 persons about the ears.
As the train drew out of Ashtabula
'Mrs. Chadwick said : "'lite next stop
evil1 be home,' anti immediately coin-
utenced preparations for leaving time
tied satisfactorily. She begged to be
informed is site or her father could be
of any assistance, and said if they
could help her they would return im-
mediately,
Mrs. Chadwick; reiterated her former
statement, that no her husband and
stepdaughter could be of no assistance
to her here, she wished them to remain
abroad, that they might be spared the
humiliation attendant upon their pres-
ence in Cleveland.
No Friendly Face.
When the train drew into the station
at Cleveland Mrs. Chadwick caught a
glimpse of the crowds. She instinctively
shrank back, and said: "I cannot see
why .all these people should be here,"
After time `train had. been emptied of
its passengers, 'United States Marshal
Chandler, of Ohio, was introduced, to
Mrs. Chadwick. She asked that she be
taken out as speedily as possible, and,
preceded. byEmil Chadwick and Freda
Swenson, te nurse, the party made its
way to the platform, and thence to a
carriage.
Although in her own city, no friendly
face greeted her at the car, and Mrs.
Chadwick stepped into her carriage as
if she had been an entire stranger. The
crowd had become impatient with the
delay of Mrs. Chadwick's appearance and
jeered. and whistled. 'When Mrs. Chad -
wick's son and her faithful nurse ap-
peared on the cat' platform and alighted,
Mrs. Chadwick was recognized by the
crowd, and there was a spontaneous
outburst of jeers, whistles, and coarse
epithets.
Shouts of "Here's -the notes," and
"Where's the money?" greeted. . Mrs.
Chadwick, and as the spirit of the mob
dawned upon her, she- seemed to grow
faint, and wavered as though about to
fall. It seemed that but for the deputy
marshal's supporting band she must ut-
terly collapse.
Mrs. Chadwick stated her age to be
33 years, her residence as Cleveland, and
the United States as the country of her
birth. -
Five Indictments.
Time Federal grand jury to -day return-
ed the indictments against Mrs. Chad-.
wick, President Beckwith, and Cashier
Spear, of time Citizens' National Bank
of Oberlin, at the exact minute that
Mrs. Chadwick's train arrived (mere.
The indictments against hers. Chad-
wick are five in number, Three of them
charge her with aiding and abetting of-
ficers of a National Bank to defraud
the institution, timid two charge her with
conspiring against the United States:
Of the four indictments against Presi-
dent Beckwith, of the Oberlin bank, two
charge him with misapplication of the
funds of a National Bank; one with
conspiracy to commit an offence against
the United States, and one with certi-
fying cheques when no funds' were on
hand. The indictments against Cashier
Spear are the same as those against
President Beckwith.
1a♦
Faithful Dog's Death Watch.
It was a dog's bark which drew the atten-
tion of a gentleman to the dead body of
Duncan Davie, farmer, Woodhall, Dumfries-
shire, yesterday, `
Mr. Davie had gone out with the animal
to look over his stock, and while doing so
he was taken ill and died, with only the
faithful dog as witness.
The dog guarded the body of his dead mas-
ter for hours London Esmiress.
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He 'was a very little boy,
'Who hung his stocking by his bed;
Anti happy dreams of Santa Claus
Made pictures in his head.
lb Christmas mornhm he awoke,
. f find searching in has stocking focal
A little purse, a catapult,
A prayer -book, nicely bound,
A Christ ms card, a box of sweets,
Ali in the stocking tightly Equet:edl,
Ills aunts ecstatically tried:
"Oh, Alfred, aren't your pleased.?"
And you who laugh at boys' mistake!,
You %vivo and aunts, abstain from
mnerking;
Yon'vs all got ton:ewber'e sundry hop's
Much larger than your stocking.
lle was a very little boy,
But such a love of truth he'd. got
He fell, reluctantly constrained
.Co say that he was not,
"I wanted a live elephant,
A pony, and a Polar bear,
Aim engine, and a bicycle, „
And these things are not there,
"But, see," the anrrtly voice replied,
• By reason to dispel his gloom,
"Yon would have had all tlmose—but
'Yon • stocking there's no room."
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THE WIRELESS TELEORAPii
TO OUR LITTLE TOTL&NO
Christmasvlile, Santa C,ausland, De- , that ; is there such a. rumor ?"
comber 19, 1001.— Your Christmas-
vi:lo correspondent has just had an
interview, with Santa Claus at his
ern -intro Seat on the Taffy River, and
is glad to bo able to announce that
the threatened postponement of
Christmas, owing to the toy strikes,
has been averted. Time calling out
of the Union Dolls and Amalgam-
ated Jumping Jacks in September
has, of course, seriously delayed Mr.
Claus' preparation for tho season, but
by yielding on a few of the disputed
points and agreeing to arbitrate oth-
ers a modus vivendi has been estab-
lished by willich all may be in readi-
ness for the celebration of Christ-
mas on December 25, as usual. It
was in respect to this matter that
I called upon Mr. Claus and obtain-
& the following interview;
Ur. Claus received me in the model
room of his delightful residence at
Toyton, on the Taffy River, where
he spends what leisure time be has.
I found him engaged in designing
a new style of nursery game called
Automobile. It was an Ingenious
mechanical arrangemnnet in which an
automobile starts at one end of a
road, moving at first very slowly,
but gradually increasing its speed
until near the middle of its course,
when it runs over a number of wood-
en mannikins. The falling of the
mannikins releases a small zinc
poiicsma.n on horseback, wdlo starts
in pursuit of the automobile and
failsin his
d' but
upon
it i
gains rapidly, It'
purpose to arrest the occupants, be-
cause at the moment he roaches the
side of the fleeing vehicle the mach-
ine explodes and blows the whole toy
to pieces.
"That will be the most popular toy
of the season if 1 . can ever get it
working ,safely," said Santa Claus,
as he explained the ingenious
mechanism to mo in detail. "It is
extremely realistic and the expio-
slan at the end Imparts to it a
sort of Fourth of July flavor that
will prove most appealing to time
small boys of the day. it has a
moral purpose, too, in teaching the I
young not to exceed the speed limit,
but I can't get the hanged timing
to blow up without danger to these
who pray with it."
"Will you let it go out this sea-
son 7"' I asked.
"Not unless I overcome that dif-
ficulty," said Sa;ndta Claus. "I don't
want to get parents down on me for
endangering the lives and eyes of
their children, and I am t'e: m much
afraid that for a novelty; this year
they'll have to be content lvith my,
football automaton. This is all
ready'. Come In here and I'll show
you how It wariest."
And my' host immediately; took me
Into the next room, where he intro-
duced me to one of the most charm-
ingly. Intricate, but delightful toys
I have ever seen.
'1`weuty-two little mannikins aro
lined up, eleven on a side, in oppos-
ing formations. By, touching a, but-
ton the mannikins are released and
a scrimmage that is most exciting
folloav,s. They) fall upon each other
until the whole quivering mass lies'
In a huge pile of mannikins in the
Centre of the board. The pressure of
another button brings them bask to
their original positions again, but
hero the method of the game ap-
pears. The ma,n'nikn's are made of
three parts each, somewhat loose-
ly joined together, armll of Mime in
the soorimmage, some 61 them aro
pulled apart and o incapaeltated
for further playj. Their remains are
removed from the beard, and the
players left -whole, cogtinue the
con-
tinued unttil before.
mannikins is on n e
side or the other'are completely} de-
molished, the side having one or
amore survivors, being declared time
winner. +
"Most Inge�niou's," said I, "But sup-
pose they are all smashed 7"
"Then .mon the game is a. arms," said
Santa Clatn, viteving the machine
with. nomnpl:rle;eitt smile. "It's it crack -
lug food toy}, I think; equalto
in liberal education, ell}?"
i And, Of course, I agreed with bits.
I "Mr. Claus, said I, as we retired to
his library, "I mimeo you have
I heard the rumors. that have been
"Yens," said I, "and it is causing
much disquiet among 'the ,young-
sters. It has been stated that ow-
ing to your troubles with' tlmo Union
Toys, you hh,ve announced that
Christmas must be celebrated on the
4th of next July!, instead of Decem-
ber 25, or else the youngsters will
be put upon a basis of the half full
stocking. In my own faintly, there is
a great hullabaloo about it, and
there are about two hundred and
sixty. Of good, soldid boy that will
land on amyl nook in no uncertain
manner Ch:rietmas morning if the
story Is true." ,
No One to be Osei'lookcd.
"There Is no truth in it," said
Santa Claus, instantly. "You . may
announce with my authority that
I shall start out as usual on Christ-
mas Eve, and shall not overlook a
single sock that is duly registered
in my books. Nor will there be any
reduction In the bulk of the gifts
supplied. Some of them, it is true,
may, be less carefully made than in
past years, because we've had to
do six months' work practically in
two. Time paint on our wooden mon-
keys probably won't be as dry as
It ought to 'pa, smut I shall leave word
with every monkey delivered warn-
ing mothers of the fact, and sug-
gesting that time babies be forbid-
den to put them In their mouths
until after New Year's."
"How do you suppose the rumor
started 7" I arcked. "It is rather too
bad to circulate tales of that sort
to harrow up'thesoulsof
the ex-
pectant kids" . C1
"Oh, it is not at all surprising,"
replied Santa Claus. "Fact act is, Ifanoy
I was myself responsible for it. You
see, when the walking Jumping Jack
from the Toy Brotherhood came
around here and threatened to tie
up the whole Christmas business
unless I acceded to certain prepos-
terous demands, I told him plainly
that he Could go ahead and call out
every Toy in the place. 'Then there'll
be no Christmas," said he. 'Oh, yes,
there will, said I. 'We may have
to put it off until the Fourth of
JJuly, but there'll ha a Christmas
fuse the same.' I haven't any doubt
that the rumor you speak of has
grown out of that retory of mine."
"The demands were preposterous,
were they 7" I piked.
"Not all of them," said Santa
Cgaus. "Some of them were quite
reasonable. When the monkeys ask-
ed for an extra coat of paint and
a quality of paint that would stay
on when a balmy chose to try to lick
It Siff, it seemed to me a wholly
reasonable request. I yielded on time
question of baby proof paint right
away. When the Plush Dogs demand-
ed btiiks instead of s.7ueaks, i could
not deny that there was Justice in
their request. No scl:-respecting
dog, whether he's made of plush or
come other material, should be ask-
ed to maks sounds 1:k3 a canary bird
that has been punched In the slom-
ac.., Nal I promptly gave orders to
have them ail fitted out with
or at least with. yelps.
lamlestructll. Toys.
"Rut when they threatened to go
out uiikes I stopped encouraging in-
destructible toys, in fact, unless I
shut down my indestructible toy shop
altogether, I put my foot clown and
deeliticcl even to consider the prove -
triton. There is a, demand for indd'-
struotible express wagons, steam en-
gines and choo-choo cars of one kind
and another, and it is my place to
meet the detnand. I ant a sort of
purveyor of happiness to the young-
sters of this world, and if the heart
of a youngster is set upon an inde-
struatible Ice wagon, .fire engine or
hook and ladder outfit, I should 'be
recreant to my duty if I withdrew
them from time market."
• "A very proper stand—and how
about trio eight-hour movement for
you slap that the youngsters are
outstue or your jurisdletlon.,
"']mitt's It," said Santa `Chas. "In
this case my' sympathy is with the
t.vll„ ,hut I can't really help them."
"What have you In novelties thea
year, rite. Claus 7" I asked.
"Nothing special outside of 'that
game of automobhlo and the football
layout," he replied. "My letter box
has Shown a gratifying; decrease in
demands for eSlienslve presents,
There seems to be a reaction in favor
.trims the Made lately about your 'of the simple thminga of the olden
tiaras. One little girl has asked me
to send her a. live Japanese baby In-
stead of a doll, and a small boy liv-
ing in Chicago said he didn't care
what I sent him besides IT I'd only
leave either Mr. Morgan or Mr.
Rockefeller in his stocking. But those
are all exceptional cases."
"There have been no demands for
blocks of stock in Industrials this
year, as there were last?" I queried.
"On the contrari' the children
won't have 'em," said Santa Claus,
with a laugh. "Ono youngster to
whom I gave a thousand shares of
the United States shipbuilding Trust
has sent them back because she un-
derstands they are assessable, and
she declares she has no use for what
she calls Ingrowing presents."
At the Saline Old Stand.
",Well," I observed, rising to take
my leave, "I am glad to be able to
telegraph such good news home. This
has been a hard year, and a great'
many people are losing faith in some
of our solidest institutions. tI will
be a great relief to all to hear that
Santa Claus is still doing business
at the old stand and that there
will be no postponement of the fes-
tivities of the Yuletide."
'Good," said Santa Claus, "and you
might add to that—"
Iters air. Claus rose up cautiously
and walked to the door and peered
out into the hall, as If to make sure
that no one was listening.
"You might add to that a state-
ment of whieh is yet avery great
secret," be continued. "I -m going to
be—incorporated."
"What, you?" I cried.
"Yes," he said. "Next year I shall
be a corporation with
a. capital Po1 of
P
$500,000,000, divided up into common
and preferred shares. Da you think I
can be !foaled at par?"
"Oar finaneors seem to be able to
float anything nowadays—except
ships," I replied. "'What do you ask.
for a share of stook—$100?"
"One hundred do.lars." c,ied Santa
Claus. "Is there that much real money
in time world?"
"i hete't know from experience;" said
I, ' but i',0 perc:on.a,ly seen U7, aria a
frie,ut of mum -n down in Wall street
said that ho once saw thirty-three
mo.e. that makes a hundrei'.'
'Well," g.ispo.i Santa Claus, "I can
grasp $37 and $33 as separate pro-
positioee, but the two together."
Hero the old chap shooa his head
at the a1:pa ling aggregate aim much
as to say that it was beyond h In.
Tat' a moment he resumed in answer
ter my question.
"We ehail ask a Cent a share for
the common and two cents for the
preferred," he said. "I want to lrialfil
tit ropu.ar, you knots', and at that
price nobody need be afraid of it,
particularly as, I don't require cash'
"What do you require, in the name
of heaven f" I asked.
"A ocmt:fied cltcque drawn upon
the Bank o; Good Wil'," replied the
o ti Sant, a i.ir a h" easant m mile that
com'p'letely won my heart. "In other
words my ,dear friend, I am going
to give myself away."
"Then, my dear Santa," said I, fa-
ml.iarly and affectionately, "you
will run on'y one danger, and that
In of being oversubscribed. IT you
need!toanylen." help' I shall be Ileased for
act as your agent on a very small
lnniim
"Very well," observed the old gen-
Homan. `'You may consider voueseif
am:Anted to received stmbscr:plions
to "The Santa Claus Peace and Good
Will Company, Unlimited, and to bind
the bargain here are a million ehnres
to begin. with:"
"Thanks," said I.
"You may remit at yoof eonven-
tcree," he observed, as I put on my
hat and passed through the door.
" No, sir," I said, with} real en-
th'usiasmn, "I'll pay now in full."
And I did, for I found on looking
into my heart that I had good will
eroag'r for Santa Claus to take the
whole issue, both common and r:re-
ferr'ed, though if ho had asked me
to pay In current bonds for ten
shares of the common, at a emit a
dare, I should have beim serion"ly
rminima weedl, for my verso contain.
ed nothing but it nickel and a lend
one at that.
rifeenwiil', let me asaure my young
trend' everywhere that they nmty
itrpro'mChr the c'oni'ng Christmas aea't-
ena w"th 'm t emelt ii. len Whm-t Over
may. Impels to thud rather imivaot4
moats "Tire Santa Clans i't'nee ttn:l
!rood Will Company" is as rwlld ,ts
the Hoch of Gibraltar, and miv be
'ALLEGED FOG INTOR: 'N TO.
Man Panted Who Has Swindled New York
firms Out of Thousands
Now York, Dee, 10. ---On board the the time of the purehtase of the hoedii.
train which took Ritts. Clradhvicl, to it was then dmeeovered that IIar.iai►
Co, had ; uffered 'through a mean aeuavrer•
ing the general description of the as an
who was at lamb The m an entered the
Reston office of the firm, bought bon&
and gave hi: cheque on the Sbawntut Na.
tional Bank, of Boston but the eertifiiea-
Una was found to be a forgery,
Time swint*ling of 'two banking houses
was so rt'm:rkahle that the police in time
larger truce of -the country were notified.
A month rolled by and then time suspect
was heard of in Birmingham, Ala,
lie obtained about $0,000 on some of
the stolen bonds from a Birmingham.
bank, and, then was heard of in New
York city. lie went to time Guardian
Trust Company, some thus ago, rented
an office, and pretended to be a real es-
tate and insurance man, and a dealer in
bonds, Ile tried :to sell the stolen bonds.
front his New York office almost within a.
stone's throw of the firms he had robbed.
Ire narrowly emmeaped arrest, and fled,
just before time police eanme. A few days
ago word was received that the man,
wanted was in Toronto, Ont., anti a de-
tective was sent to that city.
Cleveland, says the World, was a New
York detective on his way to Canada to
search for a man who, under mummy.
Cleveland, say lithe World, was a New
and Boston bond dealing business houses
outof securities running into thousands
of dollars. These firms are N, W. Iiar-
ris .& Co. and I'. IL Gay & Co. A year
ago last September this man opened an
office for the calm ,of real estate at Lynn,
Mass. Re carried. on an insurance busi-
ness- and apnemu rd to be prosperous..
lie- called at Gay d Co.'s Boston office
and purch:kseai a number of railroad
bonds. In payment for the bonds he g:fve
a certified cheque for xl5,043, the market
price of time sr. er'itiea. It was drawn on
the First National Ilan.: of Lynn, and
was signs 1 with his firm's name, Three
:lays later dine Cheque was discovered to
be valuemc.;a, 'lie certification had been
forged .tn 1 r. tithing could be found of the
firm, for their Lynn offices closed. about
PRESBYTERY UPHELD 'HIM, ited States in bond and exported from
New Mover for Revision of Presbyterian Creed , at Minneapolis, as elsewherelinothe
oUn-
ited States, thereby holding the trade
until conditions change. If the trade pas-
ses from the American mill to the Eur-
opean mill the injury to time farmer of
the Northwest will be past calculation.
To -day the price of.American wheat is
about sixteen cents above that of Can-
ada, The millers are only asking what
the law permits and the law question
has been submitted to the Attorney -
General,"
on Trial,
New York, Dee. 19, ---Rev. Dr. Samuel
T. Carter, one of the three Presbyterian
clergymen who started the movement
which led to the revision of time Pres-
byterian creed in America, to -day was
upheld by the Nassau County Presby-
tery at a meeting in Jamaica, L. I., after
he had appeared in defence of a letter
he wrote against the Westminster Con-
fession, in which he declared that "schol-
astic theology is wiong from the base
upwards."
He insisted upon pleading his cause
personally, and said:. "Time great objet-
lion to the Confession is not this state-
ment in it or that, but it is the whole
tone and style of the Confession. To put
the matter in a word., it is the God of the
Westminster Confession that is wrong.
One Presbytery unfortunately suggested
that the love of God should be put in a
footnote to time Confession. It is better
to have time hove of God in a footnote
than not to have it at ail,"'
"Every minister and elder upon enter-
ing his office must still accept the West-
minster Confesion as being the system
of doctrine targltt in the scripture, amid
every scoffer can still cast up this sys-
tem against the Presbyterian Church. I
ami convinced tlmat there can be no rest nor
peace till this system is fully abandoned
'.my the church, as it is by the brief state-
ment. If Calvin were living to -day he
would be chairman of time Revision Com-
mittee.
"I think the Presbytery of Nassau is
quite as much on trial as I am before
the people, and the same thing can be
said of time church in general."
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CANADA'S WHEAT FREE,
Provided It is Made Tato Flour for
Export.
.Washington, Dee. 10.—Secretae y of
the United States Treasury Shaw to-
day conferred with representatives of
leading flour mill interests regarding time
proposed regulations allowing draw-
back on exported flour, made in part
from imported wheat.
"If the application for drawback on
flour from mixed wheat is allowed," the
Secretary says, -"regulations will be so
drawn as to insure the payment of duty
on every bushel of Canadian wheat that
comes in, and drawback will be allowed
only on flour actually exported. The
importance of the subject uvill be appre-
ciated when it is known that during
October, 1903, 1,800,000 barrels of Am-
erican flour were exported, and in
October, 1003, less than 800,000 barrels
In other words the exportation of Anm-
ericaim-made flour has fallen off during
the present season more than one-half.
Two mills are being built in London,
each with a capacity of four thousand
barrels a day,Similar Sm am mills are being
built at Belfast and other places.
"Canadian mills regularly sell flour
for export on the New York city mtmr-
ket, and it is then sent through the Un -
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THE PERILS OF THE SEA.
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Crew Fifteen Hours Adrift on Fragment
of Vessel.
Boston, Dec. 19.--A story of hard-
ship and miraculous escape from death
was related by the crew of the New
York barkentine Emiia, who were
brought hero to -day by -the Clyde Liner
New York, which rescued the crew and
Captain Iteemie last Sunday, fifteen
hours after the vessel struck on the Dia.
mond Shoal, the mizzen mast went over-
board, and at time same time a great
sea wrenched off the stern to the aft
hatch. Each huge billow lifted her en-
tirely clear of the bottom at times, and,
with each receding wave the great gaps
in the hull widened, Finally time bow
of the vessel began to go to pieces and in
a short time was torn front the hull at
time forehatch. The main deck gradual-
ly went to pieces.
Time crew attempted to construct a
raft, but as the storm continued the
task was abandoned. The forward deck-
house remained. attached to a portion
of the main decks, and when seas swept
it away the captain, Imis wife, and crew
were able to hold their positions though
the waves dashed over them frequently
and. they were obliged to stand in a
foot of water, drenched. The wreckage
drifted about twenty miles in a south-
easterly direction And in the path of
the coast steamers.
At noon on Sunday time steward found
matches in a tin box, and by tearing off
parts of the interior of time house was
able to start a fire on the remaining
portion of the decks. The fire attract-
ed the attention of the New York, and
although the sea was stall running nigh,
all the castaways were taken from the
wreckage..
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Curious Bridges.
Perhaps the most remarkable bridges
in the world are the kettle bridges, of
which Cossack soldiers are expert build-
ers. The materials of which they are
constructed are the soldiers' lances and
cooking kettles. Seven or eight lances.
are pasesd under the handles of a num-
ber of kettles and fastened together by
means of ropes to form a raft. Suffi-
cient numbers of these rafts, t e'each
of
which will bear a weight of half a ton,
are fastened together, and in the space
of an hour a bridge is formed on which
an army may cross with confidence and
safety.
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