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TIIK INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, SUNDAY, DK CK M 15 ER 1001. HR.SCHWAB ONTRUSTS motaiiu: Mi:i:rn iiv Tin: stccl coiii'oiiATiovs riu:Mii:vr. lie Snn the Trunt I n Drml Ilunlnea Proposition, II ii 1 1 1 on n Trinity that AVould "Wreck Anything. CONSOLIDATION IS DIFFERENT IT EXPANDS TKADR AND IHIDl'CKS ritICi:S OF l'HOHlCTS. Ills Crfat Concern, with It SO,000 Stockholder, In Favor of Pub licity 1'ny for Lahor. CHICAGO. Doc. 21. In a Fpecch to-night before the llanktrs Club Charles M. Schwab, president of the United States Steel Contrition, declared that "the trust 3 a dead business proposition built on a trinity that would wreck anything the restriction of trade, the Increase of prices and the throttling of competition." In distinction from, the "trust" he declared that consolidation had for its guiding prin ciples the reverse of this trinity; that instead of restricting it expanded trade by creating new avenues and reducing the prices cf commodities produced. For par ticulars he discussed the United States Steel Corporation, pleading that it was with this consolidation that he. was most familiar. Mr. Schwab was the second speaker. W. B. IUdgley, controller of the currency, pre ceded Mr. Schwab and two others followed him II. II. Hanna, of Indianapolis, and Prof. J. P. Hugget, of Coe College. "liefore a company of bankers it is, of conrse, unnecessary to defend the principle of consolidation," said Mr. Schwab. "Men lr. your business are of necessity too well grounded In industrial science to be affect ed by the timorous advocates of old line methods or th silly outcry against con solidations as 'trust.' No one has a clearer appreciation than myself of the evil that lurked in the trust scheme. I say 'lurked' advisedly, because the trust is a dead bus iness proposition with which we will never again be troubled. It was an experiment, and to that extent served its purpose. Hut it was founded on misconception and pro moted along lines of self-destruction. Its fundamental principles were thy restriction of trade, the inert as- of prices and the throttling of competition a trinity that would wreck any proposition or business, political or social. The consolidation, as organized to-day, has for its guiding lino the very opposite of this. Instead of re stricting trade it expands trade by creat ing new avenues and reducing the price cf. tha commodities which it produce?. It Is enabled to do this because the chief advan tage of consolidation Is the reduction in the cost of the articles produced." Mr. Schwab pave an account of the for mation and workings of the United States Steel Corporation and then said: "1 am heartily in sympathy with President Roose velt wnen he says that all the great com binations should be given publicity. When the stock in a large corporation is held by the public, as in the case of the United fctaiei Steel Corporation, for example, which has some 5o.jO stockholders. I be lieve every stockholder has the right to know something of the financial standing of the company and the management of Its affairs and that It will only be companies that are formed on erroneous principles of capitalization that will object to such pub licity." Of the relations between capital and labor Mr. Schwab said: "Touching on the relations between labor and combinations 1 beg to tat that the greatest advantage to the welfare of thU country has resulted. "Wages have steadily advanced since con solidation started. This curious thought occurred to me this evening: "Many people think that the bonds of the United States Steel Corporation are a first mortgage upon Its great properties. If you will ston to think, you will find that the first great mortgage Is that which Is owed to labor. The Ünited States Steel Corporation pays to labor approximately fÜO.üöO.öüO a year. This Is equivalent to a mortgage debt of $3.uuo,(Mi,otjO upon the property, which must be paid In advance of the first mortgage bonds. Never be fore has labor In the industries with which I am familiar received such high pay." A GR CAT SK'CIiSS. Archbishop Ireland Dlcnsea the Capital-Labor Conference. CHICAGO. Dec. 21. Archbishop Ireland, of St. Paul, in Chicago for a few hours to-day on his way home from New York, commented with much optimism on the recent formation in the metropolis of the arbitration commission. "The conference," ho said, "was a great success, both on account of the character of the men who took part in It. of the objects which they propose to pursue and of the possibilities of the results to follow. It was no small thing to bring together the chief labor leaders of the country, employes represent ing the largest Industrial operations, as well as thote men who spoke for public cjdnlon and general principles of justice rather than for the special interests of la bor and capital." CAPT. F. A. COOK ILL. In a Dangfroai Condition at the Washington .Naval llopttnl. WASHINGTON. Dec. 21. Word was re ceived at the Ilureau of Navigation just before the otnoe closed for the day that Captain Francis A. Cook was lying dan gerously ill at the Naval Hospital in this city. His condition was considered so crit ical that the department was asked to order Naval Cadet Harold K. Cook, who U now on board the battleship Illinois at New Orleans, to come to Washington im mediately. Another of Captain Cook's sons. Passed Assistant Surgeon Frank C. Cook, is now at the Naval Hospital in this city In attendance upon his father. When the Meade court-martial was ordered Captain Cook waa assigned as a member, but after ward was relieved on account of bad health. His ailment is an affection of the heart. 1Ie has been In the hospital for Several eeks nast. first at the Norfolk navy yard and later In the hospital in this city. At the Naval Hospital, late to-night, it was stattd Captain Cook's condition had very much improved. Aler to He Operated on To-Day. DETROIT. Dec. 21. Lite to-night Dr. C. G. Jennings, one of Gen. R. A. Alger's physicians, announced that (Jetural Algtr had had a restful day and that an opera tion to relieve him of his trouble would be performe! to-morrow morning. The doc tors say there is no occasion, for alarm on the part of General Alger's friends, as the op ration Is not a serious one. Senator Seueil IlcntiiiK l'nIIy. CAM D FN, N. J.. Dec. 21. At II:) to right Senator Sewell was resting easily. There was no perceptible change In his Condition since early in the day. His phy sicians hny th re is no cati for alarm Unless the Senator should be attacked by another inking spell, such as came over hirn Thursday r.iht. Oultna ry. PAPUCAH, Ky.. Dec. 21. Col. John C. Noble, known as the Nestor of Kentucky Jurnalim. died to-day from old age. He ctlehrattd his t lshty-fuurth birthday I)tc. 2 and the olxtv-ecor.d anniversary of his marriage the .'id of this month. He sVrved In the Mexican and civil wars and pub lished the Paduenh Herald, one of the first papers here, half a century mko. He leaves a widow and six children. KACIN1. Wis.. Dec. 21. -Word was re eled in this city by relative of the Rev. O. P. Peterson, founder of the Norwegian Danish M. K. Church In Norway and Amer ica and the bst known Scandinavian preacher In the Northwest, announcing his dtath in Rroklyn. N. Y., lat night of ap oplexy, aged eighty years. The body will be brought to Milwaukee for burial. NEW YORK. Dec. 21. Dr. George Bajles is dead at his home in Orange. N. J., aged sixty-five years. In ivj Dr. Rayles was a df legate from the New York Academy of Medicine to the international medical con gress in Berlin. He was post surgeon at Fort Hancock during the Spanish-American war. OAKLAND, Cal.. Dec. 21. John J. Valen tine, president of Wtlls. Fargo & Co.'s ex press, died at 1:30 o'clock this morning. He had been ill for some time and his death had been expected for several (Lays. - MACOMB. 111., Dec. 21. Damon G. Tunnl cliff. aged seventy-three, died here sud denly last night. He wa3 at one time on the Supreme Bench of the State. MRS. DALE RELEASED. Five Thousand Dollars In Cash Put l'p In Lien of Bull Ilontl. NEW YORK, Dec. 21.-Mrs. Elizabeth Dale who was held in custody at St. Mary's Hospital, Hoboken, pending the result of an investigation into the death of her five-year-old daughter, Emmeline, was taken before Judge John A. Blair in Jersey City to-day. Application for Mrs. Dale's re lease on ball was made and Judge Blair fixed the sum at $5.0uu. This was furnished In cash and Mrs. Dale was released. MORE BOILERS EXPLODE AXOTHEK SEHIOl'S ACCIDENT AT A riTTSlIL'ItG STEEL MILL. Seven 3Ien Scalded, One So Badly He Died, and Twenty to Thirty Slightly Burned. FITTSBURG, Dec. 21. For the third time within seventy-two hours Tittsburg steel workers have been killed or maimed by terrific explosions. Following on the heels of the accidents at the Soho fur nace of Jones & Laughlin on Thursday and at the Black Diamond steel works yesterday, the city was shocked this morn ing by the report of another explosion at Sniger, Nimlek & Co.'s West End plant of the Crucible Steel Company of Amer ica, in which seven men were scalded, one badly cut and twenty or thirty others slightly burned. At 6:53 o'clock two of a battery of five boilers used to operate the sheet mill ex ploded with terrific force. Scalding water played havoc among the workmen, who had Just started In for the day, while pieces of the boilers caused great destruction to the mill ptoperty. Of the seven men scalded one died to-night and another is in a seri ous condition. The Dead. WILLIAM REED, fifty years old, mar ried. Severely Scalded. CHARLES MILLER, engineer, aged twenty-six years, married, badly scalded about the head, face and chest. WILLIAM GEORGE, aged forty-five years, married, a roller, scalded about the head, face, arms and chest. FORD REED, aged about nineteen years, son of William, who died, single, scalded about the face and hands. WILLIAM SHARP, age unknown, em ployed on the rolls, ,?.calded about the face and arms. JOHN BROWN, aged forty-five years, one of the roll crew, scalded about the face, head and arms. BOYD JOHNSON, engineer, aged about thirty-eight years, scalded about the face and shoulders; may die. Those who are known to be hurt, but who went to their homes, are Frank Spitzinger, roller, age unknown, scalded about the head and face, and an unknown Slav, struck by a piece of boiler, causing loss of the little finger on right hand. There are at least twenty other men who were at work in the mill at the time of the explo sion, who were more or less injured. The men were all hurt by the escaping steam. The cause of the explosion is attributed to frozen pipes which supplied the two boilers of the live with water. They froze some time early this morning. MURDER WILL OUT Arrest of n Man for a Crime Commit ted Thirty-Two Years Aro. GUTHRIE. O. T., Dec. 21.-James Wilson, a farmer living ten miles west of this place, was arrested to-day on a requisition from the Governor of Missouri, charged with the murder of Orville Lyons, at Arno, Douglas county, Missouri, thirty-two years ago. Wilson is now more than sixty years of age. He was betrayed to the officers by his wife, with whom he had lived neatly forty years. They were divorced here about two years ago. The prisoner will be taken to Ava, Mo., for trial. Relatives of Orville Lyons will prosecute him. Farmer Shoot Three Others. LAWTON. O. T.. Dec. 21.-Twenty-two mllest southwest of Lawton late yesterday, John Roberts shot and killed George and John Hlgglnbottom, brothers, and proba bly fatally wounded their father, G. N. Higsinbottom. as the result of a quarrel over the division of a quantity of hay. All are farmers. Roberts mounted his horse after the ehooting, rode home, bade his wife food-bye and left. Receiver for Insurance Company. SIOUX FALLS. S. D.. Dec. Cl.-Judg Carland, of the United States Court, ha3 appointed F. II. Hollister, of this city, receiver of the Germania Live Stock In surance Company, of this city, whose char ter was revoked a short time ago by the state commissioner of insurance for alleged illegal practice. Dr. anen to Receive n Bequest. CHICAGO. Dec. 21. A ruling made by Judge Cutting In the Probate Court to-day will secure to Dr. Fridtjof Nansen, the arc tic explorer, a fourth interest in the estate of the late Mathlas Blessing, a well-known Chleagoan, who died several years ago, leaving an estate of about 130,000. To Oppose the Coal Combination. 1 1 INTO N. W. Va., Dec. 21. Prominent state capitalists have closed a deal for the bulk of the coal lands in Raleigh county, and will open extensive operations in op position to the combination, which will ne cessitate the building of a new line of rail way to the Kanawha river. California Mince Robbed. ITKIAII Cal., Dec. 21. The south-bound stage between Laytonviile and Willlts was robbed this morning half a mile above the latter place. A registered pouch and the express box were taken. A man named Ivans has been arrested and is now in jail at Willlts. Return of Snnsa Band. NEW YORK. Dec. 21. Among the pas sengers who arrived to-day on board the steamer Philadelphia, from Southampton, were John Philip Sousa and his band. Mrs. Sousa. Miss Dorothy Hoyle, violinist, and Miss Maude Reece Davis, vocalist. Death of a Retired nv.il Officer. FORT MONROE. Va.. Dec. 21.-Capt. Francis S. Brown, retired, aged sixty years, died of aiopWy Friday nUht In the cot tage of Admiral Robley D. Evans, in which he resided. l?7o.tH0 for Stock ExchmiKe Sent. Nr:V YORK. D-c. 21. A seat on the New York Stock Excha- e was sold to-day for $73.0x0. This is th .liehest price ever paid. A Superb Dinner. The management of the Grand Hotel will give a splendid dinner of many courses on Christmas evening, beginning at 6 o'clock. A handsomely decorated menu will be given each guest, an orchestra will fur nish dtllghtful music and the vent will be on; that should be largely pat. onlied. JOHN BROWN'S PAPERS LCTTKHS THAT THROW LITTLL LIGHT O.N THE VIRGINIA RAID. Some from Correspondent In Indiana and Other States-Two Pathetic Miive from a Sinter. RICHMOND, Va., Dec. 21. The Rich mond papers will to-morrow print what aie known as recently discovered "John Brown papers." which were found in a lot of rubbish In the State Library. It cannot be said that they throw any additional light on the John Brown raid into Virginia, which resulted in his arrest and execution. There is not a scratch of Juhn Brown's pen among them. They are of two classes, letters to Brown and his fellow-prisoners, and letters from the prisoners to persons throughout the country. The prisoners, it Is supposed, never saw the letters sent to them and the letters written by them were never mailed. Those to Brown and his assistants are for the most part signed with initials only, and no prominent per sons can be identified with them. They are largely from -correspondents in New England, Ohio and Indiana. Two letters to Brown from his sister Elizabeth are both roetlc and pathetic, and it is evident she had no conception of the fate that was in store for him. From marks on all it is shown they were in spected by Andrew Hunter, of the prosecu tion, or Governor Wise. What value there is in the letters to the prisoners, if any, lies in their showing the widespread sym pathy throughout the North with John Brown's desperate venture. The letters from the prisoners tell nothing. Search is now being made for a carpet bag of Brown's, said to be hidden in the roof of the Capitol building and to contain his diary and some of his documents. Many, however, doubt the existence of such a historical treasure. Several letters in the batch written from the North ex press pleasure that Brown had been cap tured. It Is not at all certain that some of the letters have not been published be fore. In not a few cases the letters to Brown and his band are written in red ink. TWO DEAD, TWO WOUNDED. Result of a Fight Between Two Wnr- rliitf Florida Families. SANDERSON, Fla., Dec. 21 As the re sult of a fight whlcn occurred at 6:1 o'clock to-night at Lee's tie camp, five miles from here, between the Hogan and Dorman families, who are well known in this section, two men are dead, two are wounded and a third is mlsaing. It Is said a feud has existed between the two families for a long time. The dead are Joshua Ho gan and Willie Dorman. The wounded: Andrew Nain; Thad Dorman, fatally. Lewis Hogan is missing, and, though his friends are looking for him, he has not yet been found. EXPLOITING THE POOR. One Fault of Much Charity Im Lnrk of Respect for Poverty. Boston Transcript. One of the chief reasons for the remark able success of the Mills hotels in New York city may be found in the respect that is always paid to the personal rights of any man who enters their doors as a lodger. "When a man has paid his 20 cents for a room," says Mr. Thomas, the manager, "the hotel is his, and I have no more right to take away from him any of his privi le ges or try to make him do what he does not want to do than the manager of the Waldorf-Astoria has to dictate to his guests." The humblest man who can pay the lowest price charged for a room can have as much self-respect as the wealthiest guest of the highest-priced hotel in the city. Here is a practical truth which many excellent people have great difficulty in learning. Phillips Brooks once remarked to a settlement worker, in a conversation about friendliness with the poor: "The most melancholy thing about poverty is its approachableness." What then shall be said of the philanthropy that is forever seeking to try experiments with poverty! There are those who conceive it to bo a part of the work of the good Samaritan to note devn data concerning the personal appearance of the robbed and beaten Jew, to call him a "case," to compel him to join in a religious service by the roadside, and to get the sociological facts of his wages and his relation to strong drink, before helping him on the ass and taking him to an inn. Very probably the Samaritan ought to contiue the prayer meetings and the sociological inquiries after reaching the inn. In the minds of the philanthropists to whom we refer he undoubtedly would do so. One can imagine, however, that the next time the Jew rinds himself In a similar predicament he will beg the good Samari tan to leave him by the roadside. In the study of the housing problem in our cities of late years there has been something of a tendency to treat the tene ment house as the legitimate object of ama teur Investigations. The more meagre the quarters and the more poverty-stricken the tenants the less attention is paid to their right to themselves. Into such tenements city inspector, philanthropist and investi gator are apt to enter with hardly a rap on the door. Questions are put in per emptory fashion which would be consid ered ap Insult by people In better circum stance. Gratuitous advice is sometimes given by those who would do "good," as they call It. although they are well aware that the only ground for their audacity in offering the advice is the helplessness of those who are the unfortunate victims of their benevolence. The newer charity does not favor ama teur investigations or blundering benevo lence. Its fundamental principle is friend liness with the poor based on mutual re spect. The courtesy which always recog nizes the personal right to privacy on the part of every family, no matter "how low down in the social and financial scale, is absolutely essential to all permanent so cial service. If the poor are too approach able it is tho part of the well-favored to help them to become less so by the devel opment of scif-respect. The way to do this is to recognize their personal rights even when they themselves have forgotten them. It Is necessary that there should be in vestigation into bad housing conditions and the various evils conected with a city's crowded life. But these investigations, whether in the name of the municipal au thority or In the Interest of private phil anthropy should lie made only by those who desire to build un rather than to pull down the personal barriers of a proper self-respect which every human being needs before he can be true to himself. YANKEE ENTER PRISE. How a Detroit IIiisIiip Man dot III Start In Life. Detroit Free Press. The proverbial shrewdness and ingenuity of the Yankee were never better illus trated than by a boyhood chapter in the life of Samuel O. Rand, now a prosperous and well-known Detroit contractor. Mr. Rand was raised In a farming district down in Maine and when quite a lad met with an accident that gave him a permanent lame ness. At first the injury was of such nature that it prevented his mingling with other boys of his acquaintance and enjoying the out-door pastimes that they enjoyed. In his loneliness he made a pet of a little pig that had become neglected by its mother be cause of her large family. The pig was a very intelligent and tractable little fellow and the boy found him a very apt pupil in the little tricks that he taught him. In cluded among the household p-ts was a young dog. and the dog and the pig be came great friends and companions. Then an idea came to the enterprising lame boy. He built a small vehicle, and by great pa tience and perseverance he managed to break both the pig and the dog to harness. After awhile the oddly-paired team were so trained that they could be driven as readi ly as horses. "Sometimes I used to drive them ns a team," says Mr. Rand, "sometimes in tan dem, and sometimes singly. That pig. which I used to call Punch, could go as fas; as the average roadster, and he was always obedient and under control." Th boy and his stranj?e outfit became familiar objects to the inhabitants of the surrounding villages, which they used to visit regularly. At first they were regarded with great awe by the youngsters, and the boy. Barnum-llke, saw an opportunity to turn an honest penny. He used to place a number of rock xlgzag fashion and then wager that he could drive between them without the animals of hi3 vehicle coming in contact with them. All boys that wanted to get Into the game were obliged to con tribute a penny apiece and on days when busins9 was good (country circus days, for instance) the limit was raised. After awhile young Rand and his pig-and-dog equipage became famous In the country roundabout, but. gradually, as the boy grew too old for such an enterprise, the pig and the dog retired to private life. Mr. Rand and his horse and carriage, which he uses in his contracting business, have long been familiar to Detroiters, he havir.rr come to this city in 1SÖ1. DEMOCRATIC ROW. Perry Belmont N'omlniited for Con jures br a Rump Convention. NEW YORK,' Dec. 21. Perry Belmont was nominated by Democrats of the Sev enth congressional district to succeed Con gressman Nicholas Müller, resigned. Mon tague Lessler was nominated by the Re publicans. A row occurred in the Democratic con vention before any nomination had been made, the police cleared the hall, and part of the delegates went to another hall and nominated Mr. Belmont. The other dele gates refused to take part in this con vention. MASO'S MEN WITHDRAW WILL TAKE NO PART IN THE COM ING CUBAN ELECTIONS. Will Publish a Manifesto Accusing? the United States of Acting In an Unfair Manner. HAVANA, Dec. 21. The supporters of General Maso in his candidacy for the pres idency of the republic have decided to take no part in the coming elections, fixed for Dec. 31, all the candidates of the party have withdrawn and the Maso members of the provincial boards have been requested to resign. These steps were decieled upon after the receipt of a letter from Governor General Wood refusing to grant the party representation on the board of scrutiny or an extension of time in which to modify the voting list. At a meeting of the party leaders a reso lution was adopted declaring that the "cen tral board is a coalition of partisans, and that General Maso, after exhausting every means to insure impartiality, rectitude and justice at the coming elections, has become convinced that neither in official circles in the United States nor in Cuba does the in tention exist to seo that the the elections are carried out with sufficient legality to reflect the real wish of the Cubans, who are desirous of independence and anxious to freely elect their first constitutional gov ernment." It was voted to inform Secre tary Root of the decision arrived at and also to publish a manifesto to tho country. La Lucha applauds the withdrawal of the Maso candidates and says that without the guarantees asked from Secretary Root every one knows that the election will be a falsification of the will of the majority. "The Maso coalition," says La Lucha, "should not lead themselves to the be trayal of the public and should not co operate in a policy which tends to lay the foundation of the republic in a gigantic fraud." Besides having tho so-called Conserva tives with him, Maso is said to have a strong following among the blacks in the country districts, and it is intimated in Havana to-night that this t'ement may not take; kindly to the present condition of things and may cause trouble. Maso's Conservative leaders, however, say they have no fear. The Discuscion, the Palma organ, asserts that the withdrawal of Maso's supporters is due to the fact that they are a hopeless minority and their candidates have no chance of being elected. A CLASSICAL PARALLEL. Rome Once Hud an African War on ItM Hands. Tho Spectator. Dr. Richard Garnett notes a curious "hls tcrical parallel" In Tuesday's Times. In the days of Tiberius. Tacfarinas, a Numid ian chieftain, maintained a contest against Rome which positively bristles with pros pective plagiarisms of the latter stages of the war in South Africa. On the one hand we find the Romans, battled by the superior mobility of the Numidians, enlisting co hortes auxiliaries (colonial contingents) and seeking to bridle the activity of the enemy by erecting casteila (block houses); on the other we find Tacfarinas forestalling De Wet by spreading reports that Rome was assailed by other nations and was evacuating Africa. General after general came home reporting that the war was at an end. till "there were at the same time three public statues in Rome wreathed with laurel in honor of as many com manders, each of whom had finished the war, "et adhuc rantabat Africam Tac farinas." When at last a meritorous of ficer .actually did finish it Tiberius refused him the triumphal ornaments, having al ready bestowed them upon another general, who had come home some time before aJ leging that the war was over. If Dr. Gar r.ett cares to prosecute his parallel hunting researches in the "annals" of Tacitus fur ther, he will find in Book IV, Chapter IS. a curious passage bearing on the disastrous results of feminine Iniluence in time of war. We may add that he Is hardly cor rect in stating that the parallel breaks down in one respect that there were no pro-Numidians in the days of Tacfarinas. Thero were at least accusations of pro Numidianism, Tacitus expressly stating ("Annals," III. Chapter 33) that two Romans were put on their trial and ac quitted for having supplied Tacfarinas with corn. VACCINATION AND LOCKJAW. Complication May Be Avoided liy Proper Treatment of Wound. American Medicine. The vaccination wound must be treated in a surgical and scientific manner. Such is, we take It, the one clear and admitted re sult of our recent experiences. The public must be thoroughly educated in this highly Important matter. Self-vaccination should be absolutely forbidden, and the physician whose neglect of the proper precautions and after-treatment permit tetanus or other infection is blameworthy. In the report of the Camden Board of Health the tetanus cases are said not to be due to the char acter of the virus, but to the distribution of the desiccated tetanus germs by the wind. How, then, did they gain access to the wound? As the committee reports: "By the neglect of the patients to present them selves to the physician so that the wound could receive proper attention." In all the cases the wound was exposed by the scab being knocked off or removed, or else the arm had been Injured and infection re sulted. Frequently children scratched the wound and infected. It In this manner. "Tetanus or other Infection can never oc cur if the vaccination is properly protected from contact with the atmosphere or with soiled clothing, bandages," etc. In a word, the vaccination must be regarded as a sur gical operation, and its after-treatment should be under the physician's direction. There will then be no tetanus or other complications. The principles of aseptic surgery are as imperative in this as in any other wounds or operations. Poet Buried in Potter'M Field. RT T.OT'IS Dec. 21 Dr Thnmo nlvan Devoe, poet, playwright, miner, dentist and a member or a prominent Nova Scotia family, was buried to-day in the potter's field, lie died here yesterday of consump- .1 i ..i..... : - ...... lion, ageo m.i -nine jears. Produce Company Anntum. 1II'VTV1! I I' Ali T. 1 Tho Southern Produce Company, one of the largest wholesale groceries and produce concerns in north Alabama, made an as signment late to-night. Assets and llabili ties are not given. Burned Himself In Jnil. LORAIN. O.. Dec. 21. Jerry O'Donald. In the city prison for being drunk, tried to light his pipe and stt lire to his clothing. This morning his charred remains weie found. The dead man came from Cleve land. Cnrrlc rtion t'naen I)IuiIwed. "WICHITA. Kan.. Dec. 21. All cases in the District Court against Carrie Nation The H. ihe Ch A foregone conclusion that any gift selected from this great art store will give pleasure to the recipient. Nothing grows on one as does a PICTURE, or an ART PIECE OF MERIT, and this stock has no equal in the city for VARIETY AND CHARM. ome Mini Framed Pictures A varetv so great that we can't bein to particularize. A great assortment at one dollar. Choice subjects in at tractive frames. Pictures for drawing rooms, ior recep tion halls, ior dining rooms, dens, chambers, for any nook or corner at any price. Bronzes A select assortment of choice subjects at more than reasonable prices. Mirrors Stunning new shapes in late styles of framing. No such line in the city. Marble Pieces Nothing- to equal them in the city. A WIDK RANGE OF PRICES. THE H. Good. J e welry Never amiss to anyone just the thing for the one you've forgotten in the rush. To morrow and next dav last buving days. SELECTION EASY here, where there is nothing but highest quality and a great assortment. Pendants and Brooches Of distinctive elegance, new and ( $2.50 unique designs, tolid gold, set to with all sorts of fine gems (. $G50 Watches Of the reliable kind only, those f$2.50 which do what they are made to - to do keep time I $250 Diamonds My Specialty. C. L.TKOST DIAMOND MERCHANT 15 North Illinois Street r I T will be with delight you set before holiday guests CHRISTMAS DINKERS if the groceries and meats COME FROM MOORE'S. The best of everything and that means PURE FOOD to which there is no waste. To-morrow and Tuesday for buying and making ready. Wednesday mora ing for the final cooking. ORDER EARLY right after break fast is bebt time. No place so satisfactory as tKis. Ask your neighbor. The N. A. Moore Co., GROCERS, 162 and 164 North Illinois Street Plionos MO-. You Will Be Pleased With our splendid display of DIAMONDS, WATCH KS, CUT GLASS, fcCAHFWNS, KlLVEItWARE, CLOCKS, TOILKT SKTS, LOCKETS. GOLD. SI I A' Kit, OEMS, And you will get tho benefit of our LOW KENT PRICES if you paironizous for Christ ma jjlfts. Our stock Is new and the location In easy reach of all. Transfers on every car line. Bryant and Gore JEWELERS. zrzrr Mus.- LARGEST BUSINESS LARGEST ASSORTMENT LOWEST PRICES . . . Geo. J. Marott, 2G and 2S hi. AV'nnli InKtn St. FINE VEHICLES Tne H. T. Conde Implement Co. West Washington St. OPPOSITE STATE HOUSE. S0Z0D0NT Tooth Powder 25c Good For Jiad Teeth, yot Had For Cood Teeth. and her saloon-smashlnfr colleagues were dismissed to-day, the Surreme Court hav ing dismissed all points at issue. Cnnudit to Ilnvc u SuKur Factory. DAY CITY, Mich. Dec. 21. Captain James Davidson to-day awarded to a New York company the contract for a sugar factory to bo erected at Dresden, Ont., and to co?t t).tiu. Associated with Captain Davidson in the project are S. J. Pttzsimmuns and James H. Walsh, of Detroit. The factory is to be ready for operation by Sept. 1. 1K'2. ew Year live nt (lerninii IIoui. Rehearsals are being h-?M for the New Year's eve vaudeville entertainment at the German House. The "stunts" will begin at 9 o'clock, and after the comedians have finished the usual dance will begin. It will continue indefinitely. Lieber Company, 2k West Washington Street. ristmas Gifts Thai Please Mated A bewildering exclusive pieces An Astonishing Variety of Beautiful Things at Moderate Prices. Few Christmas Hints NATIONAL BICVCl ES Btan1 w,thout an equal. It Is the bent constructed " whoel an 1 the lightest running whtl mad. We have Ulcycles from $13.U0. See our line of ChlUren' Wheels. A nice present for the little ones a gift they will not forget when pretty weather comes. Expert repairing. Sun dries at the lowest prices. Wheels called for and dellvere 1. fj "3 IF M ri ac Manufacturers' Sale of Pianos We are offering our ENTIRE STOCK at REDUCED PRICES until we iuvoiee, Jan. i, 1902. It will pay you to Get OtluiT3 IPjtIoo On Piano indorsed by MME. SEmniCH G. CAMPAHARl SCHUMANN HEltiK FRIEDA SIEMANS H. EVANS VILLI AM S EMiL PAM EDUARD ZIEDENRUST 0 00 Shopper, Cameras Every make of Camera to choose from. Experienced Camera salespeople to explain things. A lower price than elsewhere. Bric-a-Brac assortment, including some rare and from the lt3ding foreign markets. Photographs Reproductions cf world-famous Paintings, statues and buildings. Artists' Materials For both amateurs and professionals. Drawing and Painting Sets of a s-uperior sort for children. MP ANY. Don't Ruin Your Eyes by reading by the old-fashioned coal oil lamps. You are your own pn comp-inr. Make your own trug at a e ct of ;.'- fir i hours' burning. Don't formet thev lamps make a very appropriate Xinai pn nt, an t hometuinjf tint will lnt a Uf time. Come in and examine them. Get one of our famous HYDS?0 CARBON LAMPS Ten times stronger than any other light used. New designs. Lowest prices. For Stores, Churches, Halls, und ont-door lighting. It w ill pay you to In vestigate tills l imp. It is k niieihlnjf v.vr. Stop paying enormous electric light L11U. get one of these GAS ARC LIGHTS Cots you about one-lxtfi of your prosrnt electric liclit Mil. We hnvo "all kin-Is or lamps. Come In and we will be plcived to explain their merlu. Price lowt-r than the lowest. 136 E. Nesv York SL Cor. Mass. Ave. NEW PHONE 3S22 c3 AT rices! OB CJiSH or PJIYMEHTS OO CO., fn) D.H. Baldwin & Co, MANUPACTUUIIHS 145-149 North Pennsylvania Street w