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COLD MBUS, N. C, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1907.
NO. 43.
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III
Numerous Lives Snuffed Out
By Railway Accident
OTHERS SERIOUSLY WOUNDED
Heavily Leaded Electric Train Jump
ed the Track at Sharp Curve Near
Woodlawn Eoad, in the Bronx.
New York, Special. The - White
Plains and Brewster express, a six-
ear electric train on the Harlem di
vision' of the Mew York Central and
Hudson River railroad, jumped the
track at a curve near Woodlawn
Road, in the Bronx.
Death List Grows.
New lork, Special. Twenty dead.
two fatally hurt, and 145 others more
or less seriously injured, is the re
sult if the wreck of an electric ex
press train on the New York Central
Railroad at Two Hundred and Fifth
street and Webster avenue Saturday
niprht. Of tne larare number of in
jured, 59, according to the hospital
and police reports, are seriously hurt,
hurt, and the death list mav be in
creased within the next 24 hours.
Most of the others are suffering
from lacerations or shock, and will
recover.
From Chicago to Savannah.
Chicago, Special. A proposition
to establish a State-owned railroad
from Chicago to Savannah, Ga., was
suggested to Corporation Counsel
Lewis by Governor Hoke Smith, of
Georgia, in a letter. Gov. Smith
declared that such a line would re
duce freight- rates and would have a-
great influence on trade relations
with 1ihe South. The letter says:
"I am much interested in the rail
roacLrates from the lakes to Georgia.
Our State owns a railroad from At
lanta .to Chattanooga and there is a
strong -sentimeht in favor of extend
ing it to Savannah. Jf Cdaeinnatti
could reclaim control of the line built
bv its citizens trom Cincinnati to
Chicago, and Cincinnati! nnd Chicago-
would join a movement tor the con
struction of a line from Chicago to
Savannah, there might be a through
trunk Tine from Ceicago to Savannah,
operated solely for the purpose of
paying expenses and interest of the
actual ost of construction without
the burdens of watered stocks and
bonds. Such a line would prrove. ben
eficial iot only to the great cities
through which it passed bet to- a
broad territory adjacent to the line.
It would" reduce freight rates move
than 25 per cent. It would kave a
most marked influence on ocr trade
relations.'"'
Five business Houses Burn.
Pittsburg, Pa., Special. A fire
which threatened the destruction of
several city blocks in Alleghaney,
across the Alleghany river from
Pittsburg, destroyed five business
buildings and three dwelling houses,
causing an aggregate loss of $200,
Four (ire comnanies were sent
to Alleghany from this city to fight
the flames, and a number of firemen
bad narrow escapes from falling
walls. The fire originated from an
explosion in the basement of Ken
yon 's dry goods stroe and Meeting
Kail, a five-story structure and quick
ly spread to other buildings. What
caused the explosion is not known.
A 160,003 Cotton Pixe at Elberton,
Ga.
Elberton, Ga.. Speeial. Fire early
Sunday destroyed the Southern Rail
way depot, 400 bales of eotton,' eight
freight cars and contents, and a pas
senger train. The loss is about $60,
000. Sparks from a passing train are
said to hava ignited the eotton.
Swainsboro, Ga., Has $75,00 Fire.
Swainsboro, Ga., Special. Fire
here caused a loss of $75,000. A
total of but $20,000 insurance was
earned. The origin is supposed tc
have been incendiary. The first start
ed Jos. Ehrlich's dry goods store
and that, the McLeod building, the
fason & Clark skating rink were
destroyed .
News in Brief.
Seventy-one bodies of those who
perished by the sinking of the steam
er Larchmont off Block Island were
covered, and but 19 persons are
wn to have survived.
An i- i . . mi - -
"ucrrumion to rue inaw case, i
" . a mistrial, was threatened b,
me Illness nf tha nifa n n sttvn
Several buildings of the Cramp
&111Pbuilding company, including the
Pattern shop, were burned.
One of the causes why Raymond
Ayres got a Dakota divorce was
inat his wif fna inn v,vwi nf io. I
BIB
RAILWAY
1
TARHEEL LAWMAKERS
What the House and Senate Are Do
ing Day by Day.
In the House Wednesday the Biok
ett bill, designated to provide amply
for all the insane of the State, was
taken up and passed without opposi
tion, thus becoming a law.
The Bickett Bill. '
The following is the text of the
Bicketjt bill which passed the House
by a unanimous vote, and which is
entitled "An act to provide for the
mental defectives of the State."
Sec. 1. That a State Hospital
commission is hereby created to con
sist of five practical business men, to
be appointed by the Governor, who
shall carry out the provisions of this
act and shall be known as the State
Hospital commission.
Sec. 2. Said commission shall
have the power to elect its own chair
man and secretary and to fix the
time and place of its -meetings. The
said commissioners shall hold office
until the work herein provided for
shall have been accomplished and
they shall have made report of the
same to the general assembly and
shall have been discharged. Upon
the death or resignation of any 'mem
ber of said hospital commission, his
successor shall be appointed by the
Governor. The commissioners shall
receive $4 per diem and travelling
expenses, including hotel bills, while
actually engaged in the work of the
hospital commission.
Sec 3w The said hospital commis
sion is hereby authorized and direct
ed to make additional provision for
the eaie of the mental defectives of
North Carolina along the following
lines: 1st, they shall purchase for
the hospitals at Raleigh, Morganton
and Goldsboro, such additional land
as tibev rhall deem may be wisely
used in conjunction with said hospi
tals, and may also purchase such oth
or lands in some other section, if
in their judgment it is for the best
interest of the State and uppon the
lands purchased or those now owned
by the hospitals they shall erect such
additional buildings upon the colony
ea ;cottage plan, or enlarging the pres
ent buildings as shall be necessary
for the care and accommodation of
all mental defectives, including epi-
reptdes, dangerous violent and indi
gent idiots, and all incurable as well
a curable insane; all lasane'and lm
becile Croatan Indians and all other
mental defectives, whose condition
is such that in the opiniosa of the
.hospital authorities thev may require
hospital treatment and can be ad
vantageously treated in such a eolony
and they are authorized and requir
ed to make such repairs, additions
and improvements to the present
hospitals as may in their judgment
be necessary for the economical and
humane management of the same.
Sec 44. All moneys expended by
the commission in carrying out this
act shall be paid by the State treas
urer on warrants drawn by the sec
retary off the commission and coun
tersigned by its chairman. Any
lands purchased or any additions or
repairs or improvements' made or
buildings erected under tbis act, the
cost of which exceeds $5,000 shall be
paid for after submission to and ap
proval by the council of the State.
Sec. 5. The commission shall re
port at least once in six months and
as often thereafter as shall be re
quired, to the Governor setting forth
fully all its purchases and expendi
tures of any kind by this act. The
Governor shall have the power upon
epmplaint or on his own motion, to
remove any commissioner for neglect
of duty of any unbecoming conduct.
The position of commissioner under
this act shall not be construed
to be an office wiihin the meaning of
Sec. 7 of article 14 6f the constitu
tion. For the purpose of carrying out
the act there is hereby appropriated
a sum not exceeding $500,000, of
which net more than $125,000 shall
be available, for each year of the
four years, beginning December 1,
1907, and if in any one of these
years, the revenues of the State, not
otherwise appropriated, shall not be
sufficient to meet the appropriations
herein made, the State Treasurer is
authorized to borrow enough money to
make up the deficiency and is author
ized to provide for paying the same
out of the revenues of the succeeding
year and the money so borrowed shall
be used exclusively for the purpose
of caring for the insane as herein -t
provided.
Other Matters.
The appropriations committee
Wednesday afternoon reported un
favorably the trans-continental rail
way bill. Strong argument in be
half of the project were made by
Senators Webb and Breese, rtepres-
. . , o t a
Ltab ff-T ? "
rnrnftv Welsh and others.
The House liquor traffic committee
failed to reach a conclusion on the
bill giving Scptland Neck the privi
lege of voting on the question of pro
hibition or dispensary.
The Senate committee reported un
s o kril rvhoh hiid nassed
the House, giving Dunn, in Harnett
county, the right of voting on pro
hibition or dispensary. The same
committee could not agree on the
House
dry.
bill making Madison county
In the house Thursday there was
full discussion of the bill to reduce
and fix passenger rates on all rail
roads doing passenger business in
this State. Many amendments were
offered the bill as finally coming be
fore the bodv is as follows:
A Bill entitled an Act prescrib
ing the charges railroad companies
may make for transporting passen
gers. The General Assembly of North Car
olina do enact:
Section 1. That no railroad com
pany doing business as a sommon
carrier of passengers in the State of
North Carolina shall charge, demand
or receive for transporting any pas
senger and his or her baggage, not
exceeding in weight two hundred
pounds, in excess of the following
charges :
(a) All railroads whose gross pas
senger earnings per mile of road op
erated, owned, controlled or leased by
them, as reported to the North Caro
lina corporation commission for the
fiscal year ending June 30, 1906, are
$1,550 per mile of road so operated
by said companies, or in excess there
of, two cents per mile.
(b) All railroads whose gross pas
senger earnings per mile of road op
erated, controlled, owned or leased
by them, as reported to the North
Carolina corporation commission for
i he fiscal year ending June 30,1906,
are less than $1,550 per mile of wad
operated by said companies, but in
excess of $1,000 per mile or road
operated by said companies, two and
one-half cents per mile.
(c) All railroads whose gross pas
genger earnings per mile of road op
erated, controlled, owned or leased
by them, as reported to the North
Caiolina corporation commission for
the year 1906, are $1,000 or less per
mile of road so operated by said com
panies, a rate not exeeediujr three
cents per mile, to be fixed and deter
loined by the North Csjtoiina corpora
tion i commission upon bearing and
investigation duly madenby it.
Section 2. In the ease that any
railroad eompany operated as a com
mon carrier ot passengers in tne otate
of North Carolina is owned, control!
ed or operated by lease of other
agreement by any other railroad
company doing business in said State
the rate for carrying the passengers
as prescribed in section 1 of this act
shall be determined for said railroad
bv the average gross passenger re
ceipts per mile of all roads operated
bv said railroad comnany, whether
the same be owned or leased lines,
as reported to the North Carolina
corporation commission tor the year
1906.
Sec. 3. That all passenger accom
modations on railroad trains operated
from one point in the State of North
Carolina to anv other point shall be
provided in every railroad train se
parate coaches for white persons and
colored persons: Provided, That on
roads, the business of which wilj not
justify the hauimg of separate pas
senarer coaches for the two raees, the
North Carolina corporation commis
sion may allow such railroads to
place partitions in cars to provide for
the separation of the races: Provid
ed, further, that in every first-class
passenger coach there shall be at
least one apartment used as a smok
ing apartment, unless where there
is a saparate smoking car on the
train.
Sec. 4. That mileage books of 1,000
miles in each book shall be kept on
sale at all railroad ticket offices in
North Carolina, and when such books
are purchased they shall be good in
the hands of any person or persons
named therein on all railroads on
which the fare is the same as ci less
than the fare, on the road of the
company selling such mileage book;
and when the mileage ' is detached
from said books by any other rail
road company than the one which
sold it, the said mileage shall be re
deemable on demand by the railroad
company which sold it.
Sec. 5. That section 1105 of the
Revisal of 1905 or North Carolina be
amended by striking out the word
"nothing," in line 26, down to and
inelifding the word " consideration, '
in line 30, and inserting in lieu there
of the following : No act regulating
the carriage of passengers shall be
construed to prevent or restrict tran
sportation companies from contract
ing with managers, owners or pub
lishers of newspapers for advertising
space in said newspapers published
by them at the usual price at which
said space is sold, and payment for
said advertising space by transport
tation at the lawful rate: which tran
sportation may be issued to the edi
tor, manager or publisher of said
newspaper, or any bona fide employe
of said newspaper, or any member of
the family of the said editor, pub
lisher or manager dependent on him
for support.
Sec. 6. That any railroad company
violating any provision of this aet
shall be liable to a penalty of $1,000
for each violation, payable to the per-.
a011 aggrieved by such violation, and
refc?perable in an action to be insti
tuted in the name of said person in
any court of the State having com
petent jurisdiction thereof.
Sec. 7. That any perosn or persons,
except those permitted by law, who
accepts free transportation, or trans
portation at the rate other than that
permitted by law, shall be guilty of
a misdemeanor, and upon conviction
shall be fined or imprisoned, or both,
in the discretion ofithe court.
feec. o. lhat all laws and clauses
of laws, and especially section 2618
of the Revisal of 1905, in conflict
Nwith this act, are hereby repealed.
sec. u. mat tms act snail oe in
force from and after July 1, 1907.
Passed Third Beading.
Bills passed third reading:
Amending the charter of the Tuck
aseegee Railway.
To incorporate Nazareth Orphans'
Home, in Rowan.
Authorizing street and inter-urban
railway companies to build and main
tain water power plants.
To establish a dispensary at Creed
more, Granville county.
To amend section 1891 of the Re
visal regarding the appointment of
guardian upon certificate from hos-
nif al cnrAvinfAnrlnnfi sP e Vi a 1ncnm4t
or patients, allowing guardians to Dt
appointed also upon such certificates
from government hosppitals for the
insane outside of North Carolina.
To amend section 3147 of the Re
a ja i n J I
visal, ragrding the statute of limita
tions in criminal actions
Graham asked that the railway bill
be made a special order for Wednes
day instead of Tuesday, and the Sen
alt took this action. The time for
tjje registration of grants of lands
wus extended for two years..
NEWSY GLEANINGS
Trusts are devastating Southern
AleerJa.
A camnaim n"rn bull fighting is
Doing wasred in Mexico.
Marshal Fi1'!. has been
Invpntoripd at $7f?.000.000.
3 Th total length of rwvre -ow
working in Mexico is 1",507 roiiv?.
A "Rerlin nrhu adenWrstrnrV
fa Emperor in the face with a snow-
UP"-
acres of timber land In tho
Wes
tn -pars in prison was approved bv
the Czar.
At present wp. pre imt
times as much sugar as the domestic
production.
Novn. Scotia wi'1 frr' coie""
rents n war puzine'"". a orirf-
ment h"vins: bm organized at Dal
honsie University
Tb TlMnois Spatrt rsert a tM
ro"h"bItinflr oiarprpo smo'unr: in "nvV
II places school or university pu
pils under eighteen years of ag.
Deflarrrtg Germirv's aim is tj
cripple Grat Britain's noTi"1 toi
slip tr-ay seize rolonley. th e&ito" of
the Liverpool Post warns his country
men. CorVrt Hpnrv d La Vault rrrd
his two hundred and first ascnt since
he be?an his career as an aeronint,
Failing: ovpr te famous terrace of St.
Germain, , Paris.
Government ownnrsbin of tele
phones is pronosert by the Province
of Alberta, Canada. Manitoba re
cently voted for Government owner
shin of telephones.
The liquidator of Manuel Siiviera
ft Co. estimates that perhaps $180,
000 worth of cattle has been stolen
from the Cuban pastures of the fugi
tive Havana banker, who haS cor
nered the cattle market in Venezuela.
enny Washington.
Philip Vlckers Fithian, a tutor at
Nomini Hall, Virginia, in 1774, gives
this descrption of Washington's niece,
Miss Jenny Washington. Evidently
she was a personable young lady,
with nil the graces of her time
"Miss Washington is about seven
teen. She has not a handsome Face,
but is neat in her Dress, of an agree
able Size & well proportioned and hr.3
an easy winning Behaviour; She is
not forward to begin a conversation,
yet when spoken to she is extremely
affable, without, assuming any Girlish
affectation or pretending to be over
charg'd with Wit; Sho plays wel on
tne Harpsichord & Spinet-; under
stands the principles of Musick, &
therefore performs her Tunes in per
fect time, a Neglect of which always
makes musick intolerable, but it is
a, fault almost universal among young
Ladies in the practice; she sings like
wise to her instrument, has a strong
full voice and a well-judging Ear; but
most of the Virginia Girls think it La
bour quite sufficient to thump the
Keps of a Harpsichord into th air
of a time mechanically, & think it
would be . Slavery to submit to the
Drudgery of acquiring Vocal Musick."
HOPES DASHED.
First Bell Boy Did you get rich
off that lady that gave you fifty cents
for taking up her grip when she
landed?
Second Bell Boy Naw! I had to
work all tlie jest of the week for her
for linthln'. Detroit Free Press.
BITS NEWS
WASHINGTON.
The President has received assur
ances from the Presidents of Nicar
agua and Honduras that they would
accept arbitration.
President Roosevelt wil not call an
extra session of the Senate if that
body at this session disposes of the
Santo Domingo treaty.
Secretary of the Treasnrr Shaw
announced he would buy $25,000,000
wortn or short four Der cent, bonds
at 101.
The funeral of Congressman RiTev.
of Virginia, occurred at the Capitol.
Secretary Root has devised a nlnn
to settle t'-3 Japanese problem by a
provision in the Immieration bill to
exclude all Asiatic coolies.
The Red Cross cabled ssono tn
China for the famine sufferers, mak
ing a total of $45,000, in addition to
$10,000 worth of flour and a large
quantity of seed wheat for planting.
Representative Morrell. of Penn
sylvania, introduced a bill eivincr th
District of Columbia two Congress
men and replacing the District Com
missioners with a Mayor and Board
of Aldermen, to be selected by popu
lar vote.
OUR ADOPTED ISLANDS.
The Pulajanes attacked and burned
two towns'in Occidental Negros, P. I.,
and killed six of the constabulary.
Cubans of the better class, allof
whom favor an American protector
ate, declare they will revolt aeainst
the new Republic to be established
by the United States.
The value of Philippine products
Imported into the United States in
the fiscal year 1905-'06 was about
$11,500,000 a decrease of $4,000,
000, or twenty-five per cent.
In Cebu. Gov. Osmena has secured
the surrender of all remaining outlaw
leaders and all guns.
DOMESTIC.
Former Governor Francis, of Mis
souri, testified that he took up Sen
ator Bailey's due bills held by H. C.
Pierce for money lent Mr. Bailey.
Ex-Congressman Benjamin W. Har
ris died in Bridgewater, Mass.
"John Doe" proceedings have been
instituted in New York to secure Ice
Trust papers missing from the At
torney General's office.
The Maine House passed a bill ap
propriating $50,000 to exterminate
gypsy moths.
The Ohio. Citv, First and Motro
politan National Banks, at Lima,
Onlo have been sued for an account
ing of all county money since 1S8S.
An oil tank blew up in Bayonne,
N. J., rocking buildings for a wide
radius and alarming persons in
Staten Islalnd and lower Manhattan.
Secretary Metcalf, of the navy, ad
dressing Naval Academy graduates,
advocated building of more battlo
ships.
The danger of a strike on the
Pennsylvania lines east of .Pittsburg
and Erie was averted by agreement.
Statistics made public in Washing
ton showed that the exports of iron
and steel manufactures for this coun
try in 1906 exceeded all records.
For six weeks Salt Lake City has
had a cerebro-spinal meningitis epi
demic. The Erie Railroad has taken of?
twenty-five suburban passenger trains
in order to provide facilities for its
freight traffic. '
Secretary Shaw spoke at Spring
field, Mass., in favor of the German
method ot free ports for the manu
facture of foreign materials to be
exported.
Miss Sadie Gallup, a survivor of
the Larchmont disaster, in Long
Island Sound, declared she was
pushed away from the captain's small
boat when the steamboat- was sink
ing. New York City agreed to pay the
Staten Island Water Supply Company
$907,000 for its plant. This is nearly
$2,000,000 less than the company
had asked.
Major Jacob A. Howe, of Maiden.
Mass., a veteran of the Civil War and
a prominent Mason, died of heart
trouble. He was employed in the
Custom Hous3 in Boston for twenty
rears and was S2venty-3ix years old.
FOREIGN.
M. Martens reached London, and
said that the sessions of the peace
conference at The Hague might begin
on June 15.
Rudolph Dolge, American consular
agent at Caracas, has filed charges of
corrupt practices against a number
ot Venezuelan Government officials.
The Irish bill to be introduced in
the British Parliament provides for
a council, the majority of whose
members are elective.
Sir William Howard Russell, editor
of The Army and Navy Gazette aad
a well known war correspondent,
died in London.
President Roosevelt thanked the
Royal Geographical Society of Great
Britain for having made him an hon
orary member, a distinction shared
by nine crowned heads.
An expedition which will attempt
to reach the geographical and mag
netic South Poles has been organized
in England; ' It will be under the
command of Lieutenant Shackleton.
The Shah sent a message to the
Persian Parliament granting all the
popular demands and recognizing
constitutional government.
A despatch from Naples announces
the marriage of Mr. Caspar Schuyler
Crowinshleld to Miss Grace Snelling.
PEOPLE STARVING IN
RUSSIA AND CHINA
Alexis Aladyin, Russian Leader,
Declares Famine Terrible.
10,000,000 HUNGRY CHINAMEN
Tlic Greatest Famine in the History
of the World Impending in Two
Nations American Assistance
Asked For Relief of Millions.
New York City. Unless immediate
3uccor be sent to the Chinese famine
sufferers in the district north of the
Yangtse River the lives of 10,000,
000 starving Chinese farmers will be
snuffed out within a few weeks.
A communication to this effect was
received by E: R. Johnston, of the
Christian Herald, from a prominent
?ivic society in China which ba been
soliciting aid for the famine sufferers
trom the nations of the world.
Immediate steps will be taken by
Aaritahle institutions of this city to
3end relief to the sufferers.
"The famine in North China is the
most terrible in the history of the
world." said Mr. Johnston. "Not
5vea the famines of India can corn-
Dare with it. It covers an area of
more than 40,000 square mil", with
a population of 10,000,000. It is in-
svit.able that thJs whole population
will be wiped out unless relief be
sent at onca.-
"Last. October and November It
rained in thi3 district for forty days
without cessation. Every cron was
itterly ruined. The Chinese of that
section rely for food entirely upon
what, they raise. They are mostly
small land holders or tenants.
"The whole country was covered
with water, and as there were no
;rops there was no seed for a new
olanting. In December 1,000,000 of
the 10,000,000 inhabitants were des
titute and thousands had died. By
February 1 the whole population was
starving and the suffering was terri
ble." Conditions in Russia.
Alexis Aladyin, ex-member of t?ro
Russian Duma and leader of the La
bor Group in that body, declared on
his arrival here that there will be a.
million deaths from starvation in
Russia within the next three months.
Aladyin comes to lecture at YaLe,
and Harvard and to acquaint the
American people with the conditions
in Russia. His return to Russia will
be governed by the result of the pend
ing election through which he may
be sent to the new Duma as the rep
resentative of the Peasr.nt Party of"
Simbirsk, Volga Provincs.
"Thirty millions of Russian people
ire to-day on the verge of starvation,''
he said. "In many of the provinces
the crops have been a failure, and
conditions have not improved during
the year. - In March, April 'and May
it Is probable that a million people
will die. The Government is alarmed
over the outlook, and money has been:
appropriated for relief. This money
was diverted, and at present there is
an investigation on to discover what
became of t!i3 f"niio funds."
4
THAW TRIAL A CRAZE.
Steamers Reselling Liverpool Raided
by Crowds Seeking Newspapers.
Liverpool. Long cabled reports of
the Thaw trial are filling some of the
mo3S prominent columns of every
newspaper every day. They have
only whetted the eagerne33 of a sec
tion of the public here for fuller de
tails, with the result that each in
coming transatlantic steamer is
boarded by a crowd t that is frantic
to obtain copies of New Yrk papers.
The passengers were quick to real
ize the demand and they refuse to sell
except at good prices. It does not
matter if the papers are torn and
travel stained so long as their ac
counts of the trial are intact. The
stewards on the steamers are reaping
a glorious harvest, often obtaining
seven or eight shillings for a single
copy.
The steamship companies have for
bidden their employes to traffic in
newspapers, but the trade goes on
surreptitiously. The buyers are
chiefly young men and youths from
city offices. It is a common sight on
a train or street car to see a young
fellow struggling with a big Ameri
can newspaper, which probably cost
him a quarter of his week's salary.
Papers Indicted For Thaw Case.
The County Grand Jury at Leban
on, Ivy., has returned indictments
against the Cincinnati Enquirer,
Louisville Herald, Louisville Times
and Evening Post for printing and
circulating in this county the "of
fensive and indecent" proceedings of
the Thaw trial.
REDS ARRESTED IN BERLIN.
13,000 Leaflets Intended For Distri
bution to the Army Seized.
Berlin. The police arrested three
Anarchists, a native of Holland, a
Belgian and a German, the latter be
ing a former editor of a revolutionary
journal. The men were taken into
custody in the latter's lodgings,
where 15,000 violently worded leaf
lets, with the heading "The Soldier's
Breviary." were found.
The leaflets were intended for dis
tribution in the army. The Prussian
arms were on the cover, with the In
scription "Published by the Prussian
War Ministry."