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THE EVENING TIMES, WASHINGTON, SATURDAY, 3TAKCH 24, 1900.
V - A. &??&''?& 5" 'aS -fi -?-S' , 77-!
OTA'S GOAL SUPPLY
The Empire Consumes One-third
3Iorc Than It reduces.
The 1'rlcen of Ilritinli ProilactH In
fluenced liy the Prevailing Rnte
for Freight Coke Used at Trieste
FumlxheU liy the Locnl Gna
AVorkM The Great Mining; Strike.
Frederick W. Hossfeld, Consul to Trieste,
In a communication to the Department of
State refers to the scarcity of coal in Aus
tria asfollows:
"A concurrence of circumstances affect
ing the supply of coal at Trieste, as well as
the general coal trade of Austria, has sug
gested the compilation of the present re
port, which, I believe, will prove of in
terest to mine operators and exporters of
coal in the United States.
"Austria-Hungary" produces only a little
more than two-thirds of the quantity of
coal which she consumes. In the year
1E99, the total 'production in the monarchy
was 41,000.000 .tons and the total consump
tion 58,000.000 tons.
"The consumption of coal andjcokfeat
Trieste at present amounts to ovf30Q.OOO
tons per annum. It has almost, doubled
since 1894. The steam and gasMiest used
here comes chiefly from Great Britain Ifnd
constitutes about 70 per cent of the entire
supply. The remainder is furnished by the
Austrian coast provinces of Istria and Dal
matia and the inland provinces of Styria,
Bohemia, and Moravia."
"The prices of British coal are, of course,
much Influenced by the prevailing rates of
freights. These depend mainly on the
prospects wliich vessels have of obtaining
leturn cargoes. When, for instance, the
wheat crop in southern Russia is a good
one, British shipowners are willing to ac
cept a low freight for Trieste, in the ex
pectation that by sending their vessels
from here to the Black Sea they may ob
tain remunerative wheat cargoes for Brit
ish ports. Ccal freights from Cardiff or
Newcastle to Trieste have varied from
$2.18 to $3.15 during the last two years.
The latter rate was reached about two or
three months ago, and is largely, if not ex
clusively, due to the South African war.
"The coke consumed at Trieste for fuel
is supplied by the local gas works, at the
price of $9.33 per ton, delivered in any
part of the city. The quality is fa'rly
' good when British coal is employed in the
manufacture of gas; but when, as at pres-
cnt, tho Austrian product is used, the coke
is of a very inferior quality. It is dirty
and slaty and generates but little heat.
"There is at the outskirts of this city a
blast furnace which imported last year
3C.O0O tons of coke from the Westphalian
mining districts 'in northwestern Ger- I
many). The coke is transported here by
a rather circuitous route. It is carried on
barges to Rotterdam, transferred there to
ocean vessels, and then brought to Trieste.
The freight from Rotterdam to Tri-ste I
alone is $3.15 per ton on an annual con
tract. I have not been able to ascertain
the exact cost of coke at the place of pio
duction or the freight thence to Rottir
dam. There is, however, no doubt in my
mind that this material costs the Trieste
consumer no less than $12 a ton. The best
English coke could not at the present time
be laid down here for less than about $14
a ton.
"The consumption of coal at Trieste has
nearly doubled in the last six years, as
shown in one of the above tables. This is
chiefly due to the recent industrial devel
opment of the city, the beginning of which j
coincides wun tne abrogation of the free
port privilege. While the change Las
checked somewhat the free commercial
intercourse of this port with foreign coun
tries, the removal of the Austrian customs
barriers has given an impulse to home
manufacture. With continued industrial
expansion, the consumption of coal will
probably again be doubled in the next five
j ears.
"The Bohemian and Moravian coal mines.
whose products are the only ones which !
here with foreign steam coal, are fi5 '
w .i.c., i icM 4V ... ' i !
of coal at the said mines was $1.91 per
ton. With the freight from the mines to
Trieste at $4.06, the coal cost last year
$5.87 per ton, laid down here.
"The prices for such coal, however, are
now considerably higher and quite irreg
ular, a eoiuiut'iu uihorgRQizauon nss taK- i
en place in the Austrian coal trade. Se-
rious differences arose about a month ago
la ,tho various coal regions of the empire
between miners and their employers and
have icsulted in a general strike, in which
at present no less than 60,000 men in the
mining districts of Behemia, Moravia, and
(Austrian) Silesia are Involved.
"The rather radical demands of the mi
ners and the meagre concessions which
their employers have as yet seen fit to
make are so far apart that it is difficult
to foresee when and how the pending dis
putes will be finally "settled, but it is al
most ceertain that the end of the strike,
when it does come, will mean higher
wages and rewer hours or work. The in
dustrles of this country are laboring un
t?.?l T!lrJe '
to their strike, and the effect of the pres
ent crisis will be felt by them long after
work in the mines has been resumed.
"In view- of this state of things, and
taking also Into consideration the fact
too well known to need any special eluci
dation here that a permanent rise in the
price of British coal seems inevitable, I
cannot but believe that shipments of
American coal to Trieste are practicable.
In fact, at the present moment, when
as high a price as $10.15 per ton can be
obtained for the best bituminous coal,
such shipments would be exceedingly prof
itable, even though $4.86 to $5.10 per ton
must be paid for freight.
"The present Juncture in the Austrian
coal market affords the very best oppor
tunity for introducing our coal. It Is su
perior to any that has as yet found its
way to Trieste, and a trial shipment
would, in my opinion, pave the way for
a regular trade In the future, when the
markets have again resumed normal con
ditions." Itepreacnlntlve Freer Bcnten.
MORGANTOWN, W. Va., March 24. The
boom of Representative Freer for the Re
publican nomination collapsed Thursday,
and there is no longer any doubt of the
nomination of A. B. White, Collector of In
ternal Rvemie for West Virginia. It was
to have been a banner day for the Freer
crowd. He was to have held several meet
ings in Preston county with a view to
swinging this Republican stronghold to his
6lde, and his followers from various parts
of the State proceeded there to give him a
lift. White's friends started a counter
demonstration movement and arranged
several White meetings, and at the critical
moment the anti-White faction' felL Freer
could not hold his meetings, and his forces
retreated, leaving the white forces
In possession of the field. The entire dele
gation from Preston will probably be for
White.
A weak stom
ach needs a
mild, natural,
but thoroughly
efficient tonio.
A rem efly
which answers
this descrip
tion is the Bit
ters, it has
cured thou
sands of sur
ferers from
Indigestion,
Constipation,
Biliousness.
"Why don't you
try It?
I CELEBRATE0 U
STOMACH
SfTTEftS
METHODISTS IN CONFERENCE.
? . .
Proceed Insrw Of the Second Day' Scs
, kIou -at Alexandria.
ALEXANDRIA, March 24. The second
day's session of the annual conference of
the Methodist Epls'copal Church of Vir
ginia convened yesterday In Trinity
Methodist -Episcopal Church, with Bish
op John F. Hurst presiding. The con
ference was opened with a prayer, which
was followed by the reading of the min
utes of Th.ursdjs,proj:eedingst. Bishop
Hurst introducljFtev. G. E. Ackerman,
of ChatpinosaTcan. The presiding eld
.ers for t&y-TactoWdtetri.cts .were then
called on for thefr 'reports.
Eider T. J. dTqralef.' of Xbfagdon dis
trict, reported 582 -.conversions, 262 per
sona received cjmprobaJJoo, and 231 re
ceived in full membership. There are Hf
leen chaises amFlorfy I6cal"prcachers in
the district. ."WtShinslon andLLce charges,
he said, arc tionJy ones who have not
returned cdnferenc-dnes, and-in his opin
ion they wduldkiake returns at an early
date. Elder CD.'Sfut chins was called on
to report collections,, bu J. vas absent. Eld
er W. V- Elllotf reported $21, all told, in
collections. .-tss ", --ofe.-
Elder S. A. 5Bb11, of the Alexandria dis
trict, rendereor-tols report, -as follows:
Thirteen charge?; .34 churches S parson
ages, one parsonage in process construc
tion. 221 conversions, -95 received on pro-
I bation, and a membership or 1,6S4. In his
' opinion the number of conversions was not
what it should have been, and this he -attributed
to the ministers". Rev. N. B.
Masters reported the expenditure of $100
for missions. Rev. L. I. McDougle report
ed $22 for missions. Elder R. H. Clark, of
Greenbrier district, made a report, as
follows: Twelve charges and 13 preachers,
COO conversions, and several churches now
in course of construction. Rev. A. J. Por
ter, presiding elder for the Roanoke dis
trict, reported that four preachers of the
conference br. 1S7G were now alive and
made some- interesting remarks concerning
the history of tho Methodist Conference.
Dr. S. M". Hartsock, of Washington, was
next introduced, after which Rev. G. E.
Ackerman. of Chattanooga, Tenn., deliv
ered quite a lengthy address. He spoke in
glowing terms of the benefits to be derived
from a coarse of three years In the Grant
School of Theology. The Bishop then pre
sented Dr. J. H. Boyd, of this city; Dr. Mc
Kcnney, Presiding Elder or the Baltimore
ConfereiMjf.Xnd Dr. Heisey, of Washing
ton. ""- -
The folkrfv&ug candidates presented
themselves ior admission to the confer
ence: James 1. Keister, Ira K. Ri;kett,
Jastper Sage. William M. Dye. Samuel A.
Wanlass,and-' Kenley H. Hackler. The
candidatcscame before the chancel, and
the usual tfucstions were propounded to
them by Bishop Hurst, and all answered
together. James B. Keister, William M.
Dje, and Samuel A. Waniass were e'ected
to full membership in the conference, and
Ira K. Rickett, Jasper Sage, and Kenley H.
Hackler were elected to the deacons' ojder,
with admission to the conference.
The next bus-iness to tome up was the
election of a delegate to the General Meth
odlst erence nii mwiw in wucaso
durin le month cf .May Of 32 ballots
cast - ?' Al H,AVf-D.fr eive, ??' an,d be
was .-... .'"'""
reserve delegate resulted In Rev. S. A. Ball
receiving 21 votes en the second ballot, and
he was declared elected. Rev. Mr. Gill, of
Washington, was then introduced. The
secretary read his report on the publication
of last year minutes. A report was made
of the examination of the fourth-year
class, and the following were credited with
having passed satisfactorily: Robert X.
Hatnets and M. B. Fleenor. Those having
completed the conference course of exami
nation were Robert L. Leslie, who, on mo
tion, was not advanced, but was given
credit for his work; Thomas C. Jordan was
elected to elder's orders; Morgan X.
Davenport, elected to elder's orders, and
passed to the fourth year class: J. F. Giles,
elected to elder's orders and completed the
conference course. Rev. W. A. Lytle, at
his own request, was dropped from the
conference, and he now becomes a local
preacher. E. W. Wells, at his own request,
was discontinued to preach.
A committee composed of Messrs. J. M.
Thorn and M. E. Church and Rev. S. A. Ball
were appointed to make church appropria
tions from tho money derived from the
sale of a church at Norfolk. Several re
nuests were made by preachers present for
those absent, which were as follows: N.
C. Burkhart desired a supernumerary on
account of ill health, and the request was
granted; M. B. Fleenor was glen a super
numerary relation.
The afternoon services, which began at
3 o'clock, were in commemorat'on cf the
Woman's Foreign Missionary Society.
"' s u iu,,ci.ub uuu u-
Itri idiuiilk iUUli; ju uto mil iu auuiu.
Mrs. Hartsock, of Washington, gave an ad
dress on foreign missions, especially those
of China. She was accompanied by a
Syrian lady, who delivered an address
about the missionary work in Syria. Last
night the services were conducted by the
Rev. U. S. A. Havener, who delivered an
able sermon. He was followed by the Rev.
G. E. Ackerman, who delivered an address
on educational and missionary work.
2R. DEBS NOT WANTED.
The Lnlior Union of Kvnnsvllle
Incite Him to Slay Away.
TVnTAXAPni.IS Mnrrh ?4 Fucene V.
Debs, who was nominated by the National
Convention of the Social Democrar-y, has
received a rebuff from the union men of
Evansville, and they have formally refused
to hear him discuss social questions in
tlnir meetings.
He had expected to go there early next
week to make a series of speeches to or
ganized labor, and it had been arranged to
advertise his meetings and get large
crowds.
The local unions held a meet
ing and by a formal vote decided that they
did not want to hear the Presidential can
didate. Knowing that there was some feel
iug against him, a committee was appoint
ed to investigate its extent, and when tho
committee reported, recommending that
Debs be asked not to visit Evansville, the
report was adopted.
CHARGED WITH CONSPIRACY.
"Warrants Incd Aprnlnst Member
of Buffalo Typojjraphlcal Union.
BUFFALO, March 4. On the application
of Edward Wunch, a linotype machinist,
Judge Murphy yesterday issued warrants
for the arrest of sixty-seven members of
Typographical Union No. 9, on the charge
of conspiracy. Mr. Wunch brought suit
against the Union last January for keeping
him out of employment. The-suity was tried
before Judge Childs and a jury and a ver
dict of $650 was found in Wunch's favor.
Wunch and his attorney, Thomas E.
Boyd, appeared before Judge Murphy yes
terday and asked for warrants for the ar
rest of sixty-seven members of Typograph
ical Union No. 9 He alleged that the
members of the union were preventing him
from following his regular employment in
violation of section 1C8 of the penal code.
This section provides that where two or
more persons conspire to prevent a man
from working at his regular employment
they are guilty of a misdemeanor. The
maximum penalty for the offence Is a
year's imprisonment and a fine, not to ex
ceed $500. The warrants were given to tho
police.
ilV. Boyd said he had no desire to inter
fere with the workings of the composing
rooms of the various newspapers and that
ho would be Batlsfied if the police simply
served notice on the defendants to appear
in the police court when wanted. The at
torneys for the defendants will be notified
to appear in the police court next Monday.
Trouble Over Ilolicnilan CalnROnn.
VIENNA, March 24. Forty-five Bohe
mian made caissons, iwhich have been sent
to Trieste, are causing a disturbance
among tho Radical and National members
of Parliament The caissons are not des
tined for the British in South Africa, but
will be shipped to Shanghai.
Shipments of Soldiers' Remains
Likely to be Deferred.
Opposition io Removlnjr Them Dnr
Jnfir" the Snnimer Scnuon AVork
Done liy the DixlnterrinRr Tnrty In
the Philippines Handicapped, liy
tlie CarelcNNncMN of Otis Clerk.
The work of bringing home bodies of
soldiers who have been killed or have died
from disease in the Philippines is about
completed for this season, and not a great
many more will be shipped before next
November. Since last November, when ac
tive work was begun in transporting the
remains, about 1,100 bodies have been
shipped from Manila to San Francisco.
The latest death reports show that 1,882
soldiers have died of disease or been killed
in action since the American occupation of
the islands. Over 200 were shipped to this
country last summer and early fall, mak
ing a total of about 1,300, and leaving
about 500 still In the Philippines.
Most of the bodies sent home have been
interred in the National Cemetery at Pre
sidio, near San Francisco, though quite a
number have been forwarded to friends
and relatives In all parts of the country.
Most of the 500 bodies left in the Philip
pines are said to be in vaults in the ceme
teries in and around Manila, and the War
Department would have them all brought
home within the next few months, but the
citizens of Manila object to the remains
being disinterred and carried through the
streets of the city during tho summer
months, especially In cases where the
men havo died of smallpox. The last re
ports received by the Surgeon General
show that over 100 soldiers died of that
disease.
The disinterring party which left this
country last fall numbered ten men, and
they have been assisted by a large number
of native laborers and the soldiers of the
various commauds which have lost some of
their number in battle or by disease. The
party has visited all parts of the Island
of Luzon, and also some of the smaller Is
lands, disinterred the bodies and shipped
them to Manila for transportation to this
country. They have done good work, but
have been badly handicapped by the care
less way in which the lists of dead have
been kept by General Otis' clerks.
In spite of peremptory orders from Sec
retary Root that all deaths be reported at
once, General Otis' casualty lists continue
to contain the names of men who have been
dead several months. A list received Mon
day announced the death of Henry Haze,
Company A, First California Volunteers.
He died of disease July 31 last, while a
prisoner at Tayabas. The delay in this
case is accounted for by the reticence of
the natives who refuse to divulge anything
concerning the insurgents. Other recent
casualty lists have included the names of
men who died the early part of December.
The regiments which have lost most
heavily in the Philippines are the Four
teenth, Third, and Fourth Infantry, of
regulars, and the Thirty-third Volunteers,
and the Third Cavalry. Tho Fourteenth
Infantry has lost 100 men. The Third and
Fourth Infantry have lost from forty to
fifty men each, and almost every death re
port contains the names of dead and
wounded soldiers of the Thirty-third Vol
unteers. This regiment was recruited at
Fort Sam Houston. Texas, and Is com
manded by Col. Luther Hare. A portion of
it took part In the campaign of northern
Luzon, where many of the men were kill
ed or died of disease.
The nine troops of the Third Cavalry
have lost twenty or thirty men by death
and have a number in the hospitals suf
fering from wounds and disease.
The coming rainy season. It is expected.
will cause a big Increase In the death rate
among the troops and General Otis may
change his plans and continue shipping
the remains home during the summer
months.
FEMALE STUDENTS EXPELLED.
The liihnppy Itesnlt of n Girls' Se
cret Society.
OXFORD, Ohio, March 24. It was made
public today that three girl students of
the Western, a college for women, Avere
expelled yesterday and ten others sus
pended as the upshot of a faculty raid on
an initiation by a secret society that was
in progress about midnight. The society
had existed secretly in the school about
seven years, although the rules of the
college strictly forbade organizations of
that kind.
President Lelia T. McKee and her as
sistants burst Into the room where the
society was in the midst of its ceremonies
and captured not only the conspirators,
but the complete membership roil of the
socitey, its archives, and secret ritual.
Tho members. It is "said, were locked up
over night, and yesterday the faculty held
court in their cases. Judgment was pro
nounced In the college chapel in the
presence of 150 schoolmates, and when it
was made public that the penalty was to
be expulsion and suspension the whole
school burst into lamentations. Two of
the young women who were expelled out
right were members of the senior class,
and would have been graduated in June.
Two were the daughters of trustees of
the college, and their fathers interceded
in their behalf without accomplishing
anything. Several of tho suspended girls
are the daughters or clergymen who oiten
preach in the college chapel.
HkWJH
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SPURNED AT THE GRAVE.
A Brother' Treatment of II in Sis
ter at Their Father' Burlnl.
NEW YORK, March 24. An open grave
stood between brother and sister in Cy
press Hills Cemetery on "Wednesday, but
it was too wide for tho brother to reach
out his hand to his sister on the other
side. They had separated several years
before, In Brooklyn, and not even
the death of their father could soften the
brother's heart, steeled against his sister
for a long time.
It was the grave of John Devlin, once
prominent in the political and business life
of Brooklyn. Ho died at tne nome oi ms
son. George Devlin, in Vernon Avenue,
Ravenswood, Long. Island City. The fam
ly had lived in Lpng.(Island City for live
years. Prior to, taking up his residence
with his son John Devlin lived with Jiis
daughter, Mrs. Charles J. Hinman, at 45
Decatur Street. Brooklyn. Mr. Hinman
has a tobacco business, at 222 Pearl Street,
New York.
Litigation over the disposition of their
father's estate caused;rtne troUDIe between
Mrs. Hinman and her"brother George. The
daughter learned "of the death of her fath
er on Tuesday through a friend,, who had
been notified by t'he 'sdn.
That night Mrs Hinman and her hus
band started for the home of George Dev
lin, in Long Island ,City, arriving there
about 11 o'clock. They walked up tho
long, narrow path leading to the house,
and rang the bell. When the dor was op
ened, the daughter says, she was denied
admission by her brother, who ordered her
away.
No death message had been published,
and the daughter had no knowledge of the
place of her father's burial. She remem
bered that he owned a plot In the Cypress
Hills Cemetery, and found that the bpdy
wpuld be buried in the plot on Thursday.
Early Wednesday morning Mrs. Hinman,
despite the advice of her husband, started
again for the home of her brother, accom
panied by a cousin. When they entered
the grounds, she says, they were approach
ed by two men and a big dog, and were
escorted out side the gate and told that
they could not remain about the place.
Mrs. Hinman said that her brother ap
peared and ordered her away, telling her
that it was the expressed wish of her fath
er that she should not be allowed to look
upon his face again.
The funeral services took place in the
Ravenswood house, and the daughter re
frained from making any attempt to be
present. She waited in the cemetery and
followed the hearse to the grave. She
stood opposite her brother.
.Mrs. Hinman carried a green wreath in
one hand, and when the casket was laid
beside the grave she placed the emblem
one one end of it. The workmen say that
it was no sooner put there than George
Devlin ordered a coachman to remove it,
and the man picked up the wreath and
cast it aside. Mrs. Hinman was complete
ly overcome by this.
WEST VIRGINIA INDUSTRIES.
ooke 0en to Be Built and Coal
.Mines Improved.
PIEDMONT, W. Va., March 24. The Da
vis Coal and Coke Company will, as soon
as the weather permits, begin the construc
tion of 100 coke ovens at Thomas. They
now have 517 ovens at Coketon and forty
six at Thomas. They will probably build
more as soon as the 100 are completed. As
soon as winter breaks they will build a
large number of tenement houses for the
use of their miners at Thomas and also
at the West Virginia Junction, which is re
ally a suburb of Piedmont-
The Watson-Loy Coal Company, of Bar
num. Mineral county, have been mining the
four-foot coal for some months. They have
also opened the six-foot vein and are ship
ping from 200 to 300 tons dally and have
already enough contracts to keep them
busy for nearly a year. April 1 they will
begin the erection of ten single houses for
the use of their miners, a large barn,
blacksmith shop and other necessary build
ings. The Philippi Mining Company, of which
Representative A. G. Dayton is one of the
principal owners, will build seventy-five
additional tenement houses at their mines
near Philippi, for the use of their miners.
The Davis sCoal and Coke Company's
miners and mine laborers at Douglas have
contributed $165 to the fund for the relief
of the families of 'the victims of the Red
Ash mine disaster
J. G. Hoffman & Sons, of Wheeling, will
enlarge their tannery at Germanla, Grant
county, by the erection of a two-story
building 1CO.3CO feet, to cost $15,000 and to
be used for additional vats.
LIBERTY FURNACE SOLD.
The Transfer Said to 31 can Its lie
ncircil Operation.
WOODSTOCK, Va., March 24 Liberty
Furnace, one of the best equipped furnaces
in this section, which is situated ten miles
west of Woodstock, has been sold condi
tionally, and it is announced that it will
be put in blast as soon as it can be re
stored to its former condition. The sale
will also include the railway from Eden
burg to the furnace and thousands of acres
of valuable mineral and timber lands.
A New York attorney spent several days
this week and last in the clerk's office here
examining the title to the property, and
upon his abstract of title rests the final
consummation of the deal. It Is thought
here that the title is sound and that the
present owners can give a title with gen
eral warranty. The new company expects
to rebuild the railroad and make It a stan
dard gauge and extend it to the West Vir
ginia coal fields, which are less than flfty
miles distant.
The operation of Liberty Furnace would
mean much to the residents of that section,
as a large number of them are almost
wholly dependent upon the plant for a livelihood.
The box with the perforated seal
The name on the mantle
are two ways of telling the genuine
&&
Mantle
A brilliant light and a long life
are two other ways.
Once used, always used.
See that you get the 'genuine.
Sold everywhere. Pnice, 50c
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An
Epicure's
Lunch
Served in a moment.
An appetizing, whole
some, satisfying lunch,
consisting of sardines,
cheese or any other
relish and
Kennedy's
Long
Branch
Biscuit
a light, crisp biscuit,
highly nutritious. Good
all the time, and every
time. Sold everywhere
in sealed boxes only. At
all grocers.
NATIONAL BISCUIT CO..
Washington. D. C.
Programme for (he April Meeting
Jnst Issued.
The Event "Will Brlns" Together
Sonic of tlie Heat Horses Xovr In
TrniniiiK Imp Entered for the
Spring: Hnndieap Qualities of
the Youneoterx to He Tented.
The programme Just issued for the first
nine days of the spring meeting of the
Washington Jockey Club, at the Benning
track, Is a very attractive one, and the
events will bring together the best horses
now in training, and the weights are so
carefully adjusted that the finishes should
be close and exciting.
Special interest will be taken in the
Benning Spring Handicap, carded as the
fourth race on the opening day, for which
is entered the great mare Imp, winner of
the Suburban Handicap last year and
many other stake races and handicaps, the
gross value of which was over $30,000.
From latest reports it is learned that she
is in grand condition, and a sure starter.
She carries the top weight, 132 pounds.
The other entries in this event are:
Bannock 117: Counsellor Wernberg, 114;
Charantus. 109; Brisk, 109; Kentucky Colo
nel. 107; Knight of the Garter, 107: Boney
Boy, 105; N'osey, 106; Prince of Verna. 106;
Guy Jacques, 103; Beau Ideal. 103; Sidney
Lucas. 102: Gen. Mart Gary, 101; Lady
Lindsay, 100; Golden Rattle. PS; Freyjing
hueysen, 99; Sensational, 9S; Xabo-.iish,
98; Cupidity, 97; Speedmas, 96; Robert
Metcalf, 95; Reoonah, 93; Thermos, 92;
Lexington Pirate, 90.
It is not probable that all these will
start, but there are so many that will be
sure starters that the race should be a
superb one.
Another race carded for the first day is
the Arlington Purse for two-year-olds, and
as a great many of those likely to start
have never faced the flag before, the con
test will be watched with much interest,
as it will give a line on the qualities of the
younger division now quartered at Ben
ning. The track is in good condition. Every
thing is favorable for fast work, and there
is no doubt that every horse will be right
up to the notch when the bugle sounds
calling them to the post. The course looks
spick, span, and new, as the buildings and
grandstand have been newly painted, the
fences put in thorough order, and with
good weather the coming spring meeting
will be the most successful of any ever
held at this track.
There are plenty of horses at the track
even now to make all the fields large,
and with the 100 or more to arrive from
New Orleans there ought to be an over
flow. The Washington Jockey Club has always
been a stickler for clean racing, and in
that respect has escaped turf scandals.
It has aimed to give its patrons clean, en
joyable sport, and no objectionable char
acters are permitted within the gates.
ASKS HEECY FOB A THIEF.
Millionaire McLcod Pleads for a Dis
honest Hutlcr.
NEW YORK, March 24. Archibald A.
McLeod, millionaire railroad man, who
lives at No. 12 West Fifty-first Street, be
fore Recorder Goff, in the Court of Gen
et al Sessions, yesterday morning, asked for
clemency in the case of John Wilson, his
colored butler, who bad r leaded guilty to
the charge of stealing siher, valued at
more than $100, from his employer's resi
dence. "Why do you ask that I suspend sen
tence in the case of this man?" enquired
the recorder.
"Your Honor, he has been in my em
ployment for twelve years, and has always
been a faithful servant. I want to give
him a chance," replied Mr. McLeod.
"I deny ybur request," said the recorder,
"and" I sentence your servant to twelve
months in the penitentiary." Glancing at
Wilson, he continued: "Sometimes a foot
pad steals from sheer necessity, but you
violated your employer's trust."
Mrs. McLeod yesterday at No. 12 West
Fifty-first Street said she and her husband
had no idea their butler had been steal
ing their silver, until a detective, who bad
been watching Wilson, called at the house
and told them about it. They were aston
ished, and at first would not believe their
man was a thief An Investigation, how
ever, convinced, them that the butler had
been" stealing their silverware for two
years. It was his practice to take the
stolen silver to a pawnshop.
'We did not miss it." said Mrs. McLeod.
"because' it was silver that was not used.
The butler-frankly 'Confessed he had stolen
it. He was very" repentant, and could give
no- excuse for his act. A searcbr of the
man's rooms revealed several pawn tick
ets. Most of the silver has been recov
ered." Mrs, McLeod said that Wilson had been
in their employ for twelve years. He Is
about thirty-five years old, and came from
.Philadelphia. They always had confidence
in him, and he had full charge of the
househbld affairs. They thought a great
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deal of the man, as he had many good
qualities. Since he had, been locked up
Mr. McLeod had visited jifm. t
"Would you be willing to take the man
back in your employ?" she was asked.
Mrs. McLeod replied, after a moment's
hesitation: "Well, I don't know. I do not
think I should care to have a servant in
my house who had betrayed my confi
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Sheltlon 1'Inn.
MOUXDSVILLE, W. Va., March 24.
Mayor John Parkinson, of this quiet town,
will be more careful the next time he finds
himself in a spirit of levity. A few days
ago, after reading the Rev. Mr. Sheldon's
paper, he remarked that he intended to
inaugurate a new method In managing
the town of Moundsvllle. He .would fol
low the Sheldon plan and "do as Jesus
would do." Xow the Mayor Is flooded with
suggestions from everywhere. The letters
are crosses between commendation of his
resolution to improve the city govern
ment and" pointed instructions as to how
It should be done. He has been asked by
up-to-date newspapers for statements
giving information as to how it feels to
be Mayor of a real good town, how ho
likes the Sheldon theory when it is work
ed in with municipal affairs, and how the
people take to the new plan.
There is a great revival In progress
in the Moundsvllle churches. It has been
going on for several wdeks, and in one
congregation six hundred persons have
professed conversion. Consequently when
Mayor Parkinson's remark became known
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$10 top coats and
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there was great rejoicing and more sug
gestions. The Mayor has gone Into tem
porary retirement, leaving the situation in
the hands of his friends, who are. busy ex
plaining how the Sheldon theory came to
be connected with Moundsvllle municipal
affairs.
Looking: for nn Heiress.
COLUMBUS, Ohio, March 24. J. E.
Drifting, who Is said to be" a." millionaire
mine owner of New York, was In Chtlll
cothe yesterday looking for a Ionglost niece,
tho daughter of his brother, who will be
his heiress it she can be found. The father
and mother of the girl separated years ago
and the mother married a man named
Daniel Logan. Mr. Drifting found enough
evidence to lead him to believe that tho
girl now lives at Leesburg, Ohio.
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