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4 "Hf nr j if .. f i !) f -,v i THE ENTERPRISE. WELLINGTON, I OHIO. General News Summary. Interesting Home and - Foreign News. -".!':. DOMESTIC. Mrs. Joanna Davern, a widow, l0 fears old, wus burned to death in a lire , which destroyed her house at Courtland, -X. V, on the 3d. She was rescued from the building once, but returned ito U to secure valuable papers and perished. A fire of unknown origin destroyed Charles Bacharach's clothing store at Philadelphia on the 3d and before the Homes were subdued 15 other building's, principally small dwellings in the vicin ity, were badly damaged. The entire lota is estimated at $150,000; covered by insurance. The American Hide and Leather Co. -was incorporated in the county clerk's office at Jersey CMv, N. J., on the 3d. It has a capital of $70,000,000. The heaviest rain of the season vis ited Illinois on the 3d, bringing relief to winter wheat, which him suffered everely from the dryest April in 2S .years. Four 'hundred machinists employed In the Saoo and I'ettee shops nit Hidile ford, Me., have struck for an advance of 20 per cent in wages. , : , Lewis Curr and (jeorge Vmulenvor den left liernard's buy for Bridgeport, Ji. ,i ., on Oneida lake, on the 1st and have not been heard of since. A storm j1' which swept the lake an hour after ' ' they sailed overturned their boat, it is supposed. i v. t The jiiry In the case of Theodore '"'"'Willis, former city works commissioner 'Of Brooklyn, -ft. i., and William t.. j ' Phillips, ex-police commissioner, on trial for conspiracy to defraud the city tfhroujfh public contracts, reported on the 3d that they could not agree on a ' verdict and they were discharged by the court. : A world s shooting1 record wns broken in the state tournament at .Lincoln, eb on the 4tJi when in a -quad shoot at 20 largets squad No. 1 losed with a clean score. Ex-Alderman W. J. Lenycrnft, ot Brooklyn, N. Y., who wns under indict ment with other Brooklyn cx-officiajs . lor conspiracy to defraud the citv, fell dead on the night of the 4th at his , ; ..The preliminary statement of lead 'production for 1898, issued by the Uni ted States geologicnl survey, based on returns from the pig lead producers in the United States, shows that the total lead production from nil sources wns . .?10,60fS net .tons ns Against 289,098 in 3897, and 204,994 in 189(5. The Chapman Slaite Co., whose big quarries are near Bethlehem, l'a an nounce a 15 to 20 per cent, advance in wages. C. K. Kummer and Ilobert C. Kiun mer, brothers, were drowned in Lower Mystic lake, near West Medford, Mass., on the 4th, while canoeing. A, battery, of sixteen 12-inch rifled mortars is being put in place at Fort , Point, near San Francisco, and military 'engineers say that When they are set ('the Golden Gate will be limpregnnble. . The mortars have an accurate runge of five miles. ' ' The employes of the blast, furnaces f the E.e G, Bmoke Iron Co., at llirds- 'boro, Pa " have been notified of another advance 'of 10 per cent. In wages, tnk Jng effect May. 15. They, will then, be getting a raise of 24 per cent, over li'Ji wages. ' " h i .-, The federal authorities of the west. ern district of Texas, embracing nil of the Kio Grande border, have received Information that a gigantic plot is tin- der way to smuggle Chinese Into this country from Mexico, " .. An examination of the books of J. K, Wiscoskie, ex-city treasurer of Argen tine, Kan,, shows a hortage of be tween $20,000 anS'$2J,u00. t Wiscoskje has disappeared; - ' ' fc The government has commenced the work of putting in position the eight rannon around the historic Perry wil " low on Pnt-in-Itay island, in Lnke Erie, i The eannona came from the Brooklyn navy yard and will mnrk the resting ' place of Lieut. Brooks and Midshipmen Lunt and Clark, of Perry's fleet. The governmeni lvasfapproprinted $20,000 to put theNwnnotrs In position. Business failures in the United Btates for the week ended May 5 num bered 158, as compared with 5-'!8 for the corresponding period of 1S08, and S3 in Canada, as against 25 for the same time last year. Gen. Henry, at San Juan, Porto Eico, Is making fair progress in the plan for the enlistment of 400 Porto means in . the United States army for service in their native country. The postmaster general has ordered that the rural free delivery service of the country be divided into two grand sub-diviBions, the western and eastern. The former Is to consist of the states west of the Ohio and its headquarters will be at St. Louis. The other division, comprising states east of the Ohio, will have its headquarters In Washington. A receiver has been appointed for the F. Kroeber Clock Co., of New York City, in proceedings brought by a, majority of its directors for the voluntary dissolution of the corpora tion. The directors allege that the corporation is insolvent The liabili ties pf the Company are 80,000, with nominal assets. , Special government officers are at Anderson, Ind., investigating the alle gation that the government has been defrauded by large corporations in placing the valuation of plants trans ferred to them at a value far below their "real worth, in order to pay less internal revenue tax. It is charged that property worth (1,500,000 was turned in at 1250,000. The president has presented gold medals to a number of persons In recognition of their heroic services in effecting the rescue of American citi m from disabled vessels. The Xiront Central Railway Co.. an EnglislvcoDerr,has ordered 20 freight engines at the Baldwin locomotive works in Philadelphia. T. B. Klnruid. of Jamaica. Plain, Was., to whom the matter was uliit ted for investigation, 'has abandoned all work on the Keely motor ami will ship took to the Keely company all tile nia rfrfnes and manuscript Urt by the in ventor, i.eiinc the alleged exposure of afuplicity in the Keely laboratory some time ago Mr. Kinraud kas done no work i on the machine. The water, in .the Penobscot river, near Bangor, Me., has remained at frmhet hrlight for a week and all branches of the lumber trade have suf fered. The ' lowlands in- northern Maine are flooded and many of the country roads are under water. The tnter-coDegtate shoot,. In which the University of Pennsylvania, Prince ton, Harvard and Vale, participated, took place at Philadelphia on the 6th and was won by the University of Pennsylvania. ' ' The phenomenal rate cutting war be tween the goa companies of Netf York City continues with unaboted zeal as fat as the price of the product is con cerned, but nenv features have been in troduced which 'forecast a settlement and the formation of a powerful com binwtion. " ' 1 At SpringfleM, 111.,' on the 6th the jury in the case of the 18 compsnlies comprising the Springfield Coul associa tion, Indioted on the charge of violat ing the antii-tnist lnw in forming a pool and admncing the prioe of conl from 75 cents to $1.50 per ton witihotit making a corresponding advance in wages of their miners, brought in a ver dict of not guilty, after being out six hours. Bain fell heavily nlll over Nebraska on the 7th. At Cedar Creek, in Cuss county, a cloiidlxivrst caused several thousand dollars' damage. Small strenms overflowed their banks and the Burlington tracks were flooded for 600 yards to the depth of several 'inches. Farm lands on the h'illwdes were bndiy furrowed and nil the planted corn was washed out. A mob of 2.000 strike sympathizers made it practically impossible to operate ears with safety in West Thiluth, Minn,, on the night of the titlh. Considerable glass was broken and two arrests were made. The crowd threw stones and eggs nnd placed obstructions on the tracks. PERSONAL AND POLITICAL. Bev. Samuel II. Kellogg, one of the best known theologians in the country, died suddenly on the 3d at Landeur, Ind., where, with two other eminent pcholnrs, he wns translating the Scrip tures into Hindostnnee. Brig. Gen. Thomas M, Anderson, who returned recently from the Philippines, has been assigned to command of the Department of the Lakes. The president has decided to appoint Albert S. Kenny paymaster general of the navy to succeed Edwin Stewart, retired. Kenny is now general store keeper in New York City. Hon. ICafly F. Poppleton, one of the leading criminnl lawyers of Ohio, died at Delaware, O., on the Cth. Mr. Po-ple-ton wus an active democrat, having represented the old Ninth congressional district in the Forty-fourth congress. The funeral ' of Sergeant Charles Smith, of the United States marines, who fell in the first engagement with Spanish troops In Cnbn, June 11, 1898, and who is supposed to have lieen the first American killed on Cuban soil in the wnr with Spain, took place at West minster, Md., on 1he 7th, and was ut. tended by about 2,000 persons. Gov. Itoosevelt has Higncd n bill passed by the New York legislature providing that any person connected wit the police force who shall use his official power either for or against nny political party shall be guilty of a mis demeanor. ' FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. Prof. Cervello, of the University of Palermo, Italy, claims to hnve discov ered radical cure for tuberculosis. The remedy consists in the. subcutane ous injection of a substance called "formnlina." Out of 100 patients Prof. Cervello is said to hnve cured 65 and the others are improving. Mail Carrier Bi'innle has made a perilous trip from the Stickine river to Victoria, B. C, to urge the Dominion and provincial governments to send relief to upwards of 200 men who are facing starvation on the Ashcroft traiL Mules and dogs had been the sole diet of the men for weeks when the mail carrier left. The Washington volunteers in the Philippines dug up largo sums of money in two towns taken by the Americans. The largest sura found in one place was $1,200. One man found $!i,000, another 1,200, one 8S00 and several sums of 8400 and' 8500 were unearthed. At Dresden City, Out., on the 6th, the local 'branch of the Canadian Bank of Commerce was robbed of $10,00(1. The robbers got away without leaving a clew. . -''" LATER. A cyclone which passed over Cana dian county, Okla., recently, destroyed nt least 20 farmhouses and caused great damage to growing crops. At Chick asha 17 buildings werejwreeked nnd 14 persons injured. J. H. 'Murray, n rail road man, who was caught under fall ing timbers, died Of his injuries. James Whitman and his son George, farmers near Oknrche, were killed in their field. The Topcka (Kan.) Capital has start ed a popular subscription to purchase a sword for (Jen. Kunstun. ' Every county, town and city in Kansas is arked to contribute. The engine room of the sawmill of Hie Payne Lumber Co. it Oshkosli, Wis., wns wrecked by a boiler explosion on the 7th, Eugene Dubois, his wife and child were the only persons in the mill. 'Hie woman was killed outright, the (Wld died in an hour nnd DulKiis may recover. ' Cold water turned into a hot boiler caused the explosion. Maj. L. C. Overman, U. S. A., retired, was instantly killed by falling from a staging on which he was nt work ut his summer home in Nnntiwktt, Mass., on the Hrti. ' Work has been resumed in full in the American plate class works nt Alexan dria. Ind. Neither side will state the conditions on which over GOO. m.'n re sumed work, but it is understood that the men abandoned the union.. An attempt was made on the Rth to start the cotton mills of the Ponemnh Co. nt Tuftviille, Conn., where 1,400 em ployes are on strike. The attempt wiu not a success, only 150 union men going to work. Of these 50 quit at noon. The state deportment tins been in formed that. th Duke of Arena will present his credentials to. the president at minister of Spain entry ii June, and Chat Hon. Bellamy Storer will lie re ceived by the queen regent of .Spain at the same time. An extensive deal in the iron Industry has been practically closed n.t Ilelle- fonte, Pn., by which n syndicate or eastern capitalists will become owners of the Collins furnace, the 150-ton plant built in 1887 and which has 'been idle r Ince lWO. The new company hus also purehnsed the extensive ore mines of the Carnegie Co. at ticotin,. 16 miles west of IVlIefonte, as well a the ore rights on hundreds of acres of land. Fire nt New York City on the 8th damaged the six-story furniture factory of Le4 Abruhsuns to flhe extent of $100, 000. ' " " ' 3 ' Got. Gage has appointed Lieut. Col. Dubois to be colonel of the First Cali fornia regiment nt Manila to succeed CoL Smith, who was made brigadier general 'by the president. WILL ABDICATE. Mr. Carnegie to Lay Down the Steel Trade's Soepter. Bis Partners Will Purrhase His In duatrlal Interests The Craze for Combines Breaks Out In Sev eral Branches ot Business Hitherto t'ntouchedi New York, May 6. Mr. H. C. Frick was seen yesterday and made the fol lowing statement: "The current rumors that the Car negie Steel Co. and the H. C. Frick Coke Co. contemplate combination with other steel interest are wholly unfounded. What was in contempla tion, and what is now practically con summated, is the amalgamation under one corporate organization of all of the properties and interests of the Carne gie Steel Co. and the H. C. Frick Co. and their subsidiary and allied organi zations. Practically the only change In the situation will be the retirement of Mr. Andrew Carnegie from the or ganization, he having sold to his part ners his entire interest, Mr. Carnegie's intention being to give his entire time in the future to the prosecution of his great philanthropic work. "With reference to Hhe chnrtera which have been obtained in Pennsyl vania and New Jersey there is nothing to say nt present, but it should be well understood that there will be no change In the management of the various com panies." It was authoritatively said yesterday that a syndicate of English capitalists is negotiating for the purchase of a number of cotton mills in and near Fall River, Mass. The English syndicate concerned is said to be the Cotton Spinners' Fine Yarn association, which a year or so ago purchased nearly all the smaller English concerns. It is at the present time negotiating the pur chase of ten of the Fall Kiver mills and is now conducting an investigation into their affairs. It is likely tihnt the American Thread Co. is attempting a consolidation of the cotton yarn mills of Fall Kiver. An official of the thread company Is quoted ns saying thut if such a combine is formed, it will prob ably be formed by the American Thread Co. Inasmuch as English capital is behind the, thread company it is re garded ns likely that this latest report is but the reappearance of the first in a different form. The Times publishes the following: Arrangements have been completed for the organization of a company with a capital of 812,000,000 to absorb the principal glass bottle manufac tories of New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania. The company will be incorporated within a few days in New Jersey and its headquarters will be established in this city. The new concern will be known as the National Glass Co. Trenton, N. J., May 6. Articles of incorporation were filed Friday with the secretary of state of the Illinois Electric Vehicle Transportation Co., with nn authorized capital of $'.'5,000, 000. The company is authorized to operate auto-mobiles in Illinois nnd is one of several companies organized and controlled by the Whitney.Elkins syn dicate for the manufacture and opera tion of auto-mobiles. Chicago, May 6. Principals and rep resentatives of the Whitney-Elkins-Widener syndicate, of New York and Philadelphia, were in close consulta tion yesterday with officers of the local street railway interests. Levy Mayer, general counsel for the Whitney-El-kins-Widener syndicate, in an inter view last night regarding the project ed sale of the consolidated street rail ways to the syndicate, said: "Mr. Yerkes has not yet parted with his holdings. I think he will, however. If so, Mr. Y'crkes will get a large amount of money for his interests. I Bhould say at least 810,000.000." The Chronicle says: Manufacturers of specialties used in the manufacture of railway rolling stock have united and will transfer their plants to a new corporation which will bear the title of the American Equipment Co. The company will be capitalized at S2V 000,000. REFUSED TO YIELO. i Buffalo Longshoremen Continue the Htrike-Frnltlera Conferences. Buffalo, N. Y., May 6. The mem bers of the state board of arbitration worked hard yesterday in an endeavor to settle the troubles on the docks. Conferences were held with the str'.ke leaders, meetings were addressed and speeches listened to, and at midnight a conference was held at the Iroquois hotel, at which were present repre sentatives of all the interests involved and a determined effort was made to bring about a settlement of the diffi culty, but without avail. While there is every indication that Contractor Connors Is willing to grant concessions to the strikers in the way of advanced wages and the removal of the saloon bosses, the strikers show a most unyielding spirit. A meeting was held in the afternoon at which 2,000 scoopers were present. When a member of the state board asked the men if they would return to work if all their demands save one that of the withdrawal of the contract from Mr. Connors were conceded, there was a great shout of "no, never; we will not go to work again under any contractor." The grain blockade In the harbor is worse than ever. Will Test the Marconi System. , London, May 6. According, to a statement made by the secretary of the Wireless Telegraph Company, an attempt to transmit trans-Atlantic messages by the Marconi system will be made during the contests for the America's cup. Stations will be estab lished at Sandy Hook and elsewhere along the course laid out for the great yacht race, from which the entire con tests will bo risible. Messages record ing the progress of the races will be transmitted from these stations to a point on the Irish coast in the neigh borhood of Waterville. Smith's Decision Is Just. -. Washington, May 6. Postmaster rieneral Smith made a ruling yesterday that the sign "U. S. Mall" or any other sign indicating the. carriage of the mails must be carried on:y by such cars on strctt railway line as actual ly at the time are transporting tht mails, This decision is In response to a request from the Amalgamated Association of Street Railway ' Em ployes, who in convention in Loulsvllls Wednesday telegraphed President Me Kinley a protest against the Indiscrian. Inate use of these signs by street em tinea. DEWEY IS COMING HOME. Hla Successor as Commander or th . .Asiatic Squadron Is Appointed. Washington, May 9. The navy de partment has selected, a successor' to Admiral Dewey to command the Ashtiq station. ' Orders weTe Issued yesterdnj detaching Rear Admiral Watson from command of the Mare Island navy yard aud ordering him to report to Admirn) Dewey at Manila, to relieve thut oftli eer whn he feels that he can be spared there. Hear Admiral Kempff, nt presl ent on waiting orders, has been ordered to succeed Watson in command of tht Mnre Island navy yard. It is stated nt the navy department that Admiral .Dewey will come from Manila direct to New York when h returns to the United States. The ad miral will not start until the eommis sion of which he fs a member has com? pleted the work It has undertaken, al leost so far ns It relates to the restora tion of pence to the islands. The reason for bringing the flagshig Oflympia to New York Instead of hav ing her come to San Francisco, where she whs built. Is said to be primarily because 'Admiral Dewey desires to make the passage on his own flagship, and also for the reason that the Mart Island navy yard threatens to be over whelmed with repair work as soon o the numerous vessels of Dewey's f'eei beyin to return to the United States The Olympia is in need of a thorough, overhauling, having been nwny from her home station longer than any ol the vessels in the Asiatic fleet, nnd ren dered more than the usual amount of hard service during her absence. ' New York, May fl. Admiral Dewey has cabled to this city his acceptance of an invitation to a banquet to ba given in his honor by 100 prominent citizens. Thirty-seven citizens have announced their intention of subscribing $100 each for a banquet in honor of the great cap tain, and there is no doubt that the list will be filled by the 63 others neces sary to make the 100 men aud the $10, 000 planned for. Thus, when Admiral Dewey dots ar rive, which it is believed .will not he until in August or early in September, there will awn it him, in addition to the civic celebration, which will lie most elaborate, the most splendid ba mi net ever prepared for nn officer. HELD IN $1,000 BAIL. Practitioners ot Christian Science are Chanced with Hastening a Woman's Death. New York, May 9. Coroner Banning and a jury held an Inquest Monday at Mount Vernon into the death of Mrs. Charlotte M. I'.arguet, who died on Wednesday Inst of dropsy, and whose life, it was claimed, might have been saved If she had been given medical at tention. The authorities cluim she was treated by christian science meth ods and that the neglect resulted in denth. The jury handed in a verdict to the effect that Mrs. Barguei died from acute dropsy whidh could have been relieved nnd life prolonged if pro per medical treatment hnd been given. The jurors held that Mrs. Clarence Fowle, l!he christian scientist who treat ed the woman; Liston B. Barguet, jr., her son, and Miss Ethel Barguet, her daughter, were guilty of negligence r-nd reconunended that the coroner take the propif steps to punish them.1 Coroner Bnmning accepted the verdict nnd directed the constables present to srrest the three persons held respon sible by the jury. The coroner then held Liston Barguet nnd Mrs. Fowle to await the action of the grand jury un der $1,000 bail each, or Rtand commit ted to jtiil nt White Plains. In the cape of Ethel Barguet he held her ns an fieeessory. The two held as prjncipals furnished bond and Banning paroled Ethel Barguet, who 5s a teacher in the New York schools. A BRITTLE COMBINE. Plans are Perfected for the Consollda tlon of Window Ula Partorles. Muncie, Ind.. May 9. The statement is now made that the mammoth win dow glass, combine will be completed during the next few days. Glass men Tcgard it as settled that the American Window Glass nswx-ia'ticm, which goes out of existence May 30, will be sup planted by the American Glass Co. It will be capitalized at $30,000,00(1 nnd will control, it is claimed, more t han OC per cent, of the cou.ntr.vs window glass production. Many officers of the new organization will be the same ns those who held the reins in the old couVbine. James A. Chnmhers will be the nominal head of the concern, while Thomas F. Ilnrt, of this city, and E. L. Phillips, ol New Cnstle, Pa., will be the controlling spirits. , A singular thing in connection with the formation of the combine Is the persistence with which the Indepen dent planits hnve retimed to option themselves. In Indiana there ore said to be hut two that joined. An inde pendent plant at Lancaster is the only one in Ohio to join. A Cunning Scheme pf Fraud. Chicago, May 0. Some Chicago men have hit upon a plan by which they hope to defraud the United States out of thousnnds of dollars. The scheme Is to gather up nil the second class ad vertising mail matter of large commer cial houses, ship it to Mexico by freight, change their American money into Mexican money at a ratro of 2 to 1, buy Mexican stamps, then mail the mattci back to the United Stntes, thus savinf! half a cent on every letter. ' A careful examination of the laws, the promoters claim, proves that the government is unable to do anything in the case with, out legislation. Gage Sustains Johnson. Washington, May 9. The secretary of the treasury has made a report tc the president upon the . charges re cently preferred by Samuel Gompers, president of the American Federation of Labor, against the conduct of the bureau of engraving and printing un der Director Johnson. Mr. jGompers' chnrgos. were based largely upon the testimony given In the investigation of the bureau held in J897. The secretary of the treasury fails to find the charge sustained in any .material degree, eith er by the result of the investigation re ferred to or the iwork of the bureau. A Protest Against Kxclnalon. Wnshlngron.Mny 9. "The president ii gatlon here has made strong protest to the state department against the extension of the Chinese exclusion set to Cuba, this hating been one result of a recent execntive order extending the Immigration laws of the United States to Cuba and Porto Itlco. An nttu.ihe of the legation said yesterday that the legntlon had made such a protest, and that In view of the fact that the Chi nese would make the best kind of cltl r.ent for the settlement of Cuba he be lieved th.nt the order would be modlfltd so at not to exclude his countrymen. ATKINSON S PAMPHLETS. Their Author Sought to Enlist the War Department la Their Dlstrlbu tlon. Washington', May 6. The post office department has made public the letter from Mr. Edward L. Atkinson on which the action of the department in seizing his pamphlets was based. Many let ters asking information about the sub. jeot have reached here and the follow ing statement was given out yesterday by Postmaster General Smith: "In view of the. statement of Mr. Ed ward Atkinson that he sent his pamph lets only to Admiral Dewey, Gen. Otis, President Schurman and three or four others, the letter of Mr. Atkinson containing his application will be of in terest. It follows: " 'Boston,' April 22, 1899. To the Sec-i retnry of War Sir: I desire to send a large number of the enclosed pamph lets on "The Cost of a Nationnl Crime,'' "The Hell of War and Its Penalties," "Criminal Aggression: by Whom Com mitted?" to the officers and privates in the Philippine islands. I therefore de. sire to know whether or not these documents can he sent directly through the wnr'department or may be forward ed in due course of mail. A list ot regiments is desired and if there are printed lists of officers available they would serve nie a very useful purpose,! " 'Edward Atkinson. . "Xo answer was made to this letter except to send on official copy to the postmaster general, who issued instruc tions to the postmaster at San Fran cisco to hold the pamphlets. The spirit and design of the pamphlets will be indicated by a few extracts. In one of them Mr. Atkinson says: 'I will ap pend one question to each reader: How much increase of taxation are you will ing to bear and how many of your neighbors' sons nre you ready to saori fl.ee by fever, malaria and venereal dis ease in order to extend the sovereignty of the United Stntes over the West In dies and the Philippine islands? "Again after describing what he calls The Bell of War and Its Penal ties,' Mr. Atkinson says: 'Lest others nhoiild be entrapped Into enlistment in. the regular army or volunteer service In the tropics, it will only be fair and honest on the part of the recruiting offi. cers to be put in possession of these facts. Again Mr. Atkinson says: 'The way has already became plain for the youth of the land 1o avoid disease In the tropics by refusing to volunteer or enlist in the army or the navy of the United States. The way will be found for the volunteers now held against their will to get their release from un lawful service in any other country than their own after pence is declared.' "Mr. Atkinson not only speaks thus of nnd1 to the soldiers of the United States, but he encourages the Filipinos to insurrection when he says: They have the power to enter into interna tional relations, nnd they nmy yet be recognized nnd rightly recognized by other powers.' " Boston. May 9. The executive com mittee of the Anti-Imperialist league has adopted the following letter to be rent to Edward Atkinson: "The ex ecutive committee of the Anti-Imperialist league thought it proper to privately coirnnunh-nte nt once to the same persons to whom, as you advued us April 22, you had written to express your intention of mailing your .pamph lets to soldiers in the field, that the league did not desire to circulate its literature In this manner." THE INCIDENT IS CLOSED. Gen. JHUrs Refuses to Criticise the Re port of the Beef Court. Washington, May 9. "he president is commander-in-chief of the army nnd my superior. He has approved the findings of the Wade court of inquiry, Therefore, I hnve no comment to make. It would be nn unsoldierly act were I to do so." With these words Gen. Miles replied to n reporter who saw him yesterday with regard to the probable action he would take in view of the adverse re port of the court. "Will you formulate a protest to the president?" wns the next -question. "I have nothing to sny. No, sir," re plied the general. "Do you believe congress Will rectify the matter?" "I do not know what congress will do, nor hnve I nny means of knowing in advance what verdict the result of 3n investigation might develop. I havt no comment, criticism or statement to make in this matter, nnd you may take it as certain that any alleged inter views or intimation to the contrary said to come from me or near nie are false. "I was nnd am now actuated solely by the consideration of the health, lives nnd integrity of the army. My duty is done."- A Good Thing lor the Shippers. Chicago, May 9. The Michigan Cen tral road yesterday gave notice that to meet competition it would ignore the Chicago switching tariff on eastboiind freight. All the other roads h ive fol lowed suit nnd for the prcucnt the tar IT is s ispended. Th-j effect of 1hi net:o is to saddle the eastern roads with flic payment of switching c'lurge agsregating nearly $300,000 s year winch have fornitrly been paid iiy the shippers.' 72-Hour Pedestrian Contest Begins, New York, May 9. A 72-hour go-as-you-please race began at t o'clock Mon day afternoon in Grand Central palace, with 15 starters. The men will be on the track 13 hours a day until Satur. day night. . Can't Agree on a Price. , "Detroit, Mich., May 6. The street railway interests represented by Tom L. Johnson nnd the Detroit street rail way commission headed by Gov. Pin gree, have been tumble to meet upon a price fpr the sale of the street railways to the city. The commissioners offer something over $15,000,000, to be paid out of the receipts of the lines, the com. pnnie to be secured by a new franchise extension in the event of default -in payment. The companies' price 1 $17, 000,000, exclusive of a 'hank itccoun't of f 400.000, which Is to be turned over to the commission ns working capital. Disaster Predicted. Sontlago. Cuba, May 6. The former Spanish cruiser Reina Mercedes, which wns sunk in the channel of Santiugo harbor during the bombardment of Ad miral Sampson's fleet on June 6 nnd which was recently raised, pumped out nnd brought to this city for repairs, left her moorings Friday and was towed to the center of tine harbor in readiness to star for Newport Newt as soon as the tow boat arrives. Some practical navigators predict a "repetition of the disaster which befell the Infantk Maria Teresa while on her way norts if rough weather la encountered. rlAMED BY MtfNNETT Ohio's Attorney General Claims that L Charles B. Squire OOfcred Him a Bribe nr. Squire Enter an Em phatic Denial. , Columbus, 0 May . Attorney Gen eral - Monnett on Monday . ufternooji filed in the sureme court his answer to the motion of the Stnndnrd Oil Co. re questing that he designate the persons alluded to in his statement that he had been approached with offers of bribes to dismiss the suits against the com pany, nnd named Charles B. Squire, formerly ot Cleveland, and now ot New York, us the party through whom the alleged proposition was made. The at torney general In his answer says: "The molion having been made to be heard May 18, the attorney general waives the length of time and asks for nn Immediate hearing. He concurs In the request of the defendant that the court appoint a commissioner to take the legal testimony which bears upon the truth of such charges as are set forth In the camplntnt, or that such tes timony mny be taken In any other mode that this court mny deem expedient. "The plaintiff had no menus of bring ing the defendant into, court In con tempt without nn order from this court, hut the same having been waived by the entry bf nj)iearance ny this motion, and to avoid delay, plaintiff compiles with the demands of the motion so far as it is able. The attorney general cannot comply wi'.h the first request, requiring the plaintiff to name the per son who made offers to Hon. Dnnlel J. Ryan, but the same can be hnd through legal process under the orders of this court from witnesses who have the knowledge thereof. The plaintiff can not comply with the second request of the Standard's attorneys compelling Hon. T. K. Watson to furnbih, the names of parties who made the offers and representations in said complaint r.i"t forth, but the same can be obtained under nn order from this court from witnesses who have such information. "As to the third request In the mo tion addressed to the mtorney general, to name the party who had the conver sations with him and to name parties connected therewith representing the Standard Oil Co., the attorney general rays that the party calling him up from Cleveland and the party making the proposition set forth in the complaint was Charles B. Squire, formerly of Cleveland, now of New York City; and the stockholder and officer represent Jrg the Standard Co, that Charles B. Squire claimed were the parties through whom the proposition had ih otne wny come to him were Frank Rockefeller, of Cleveland, a stockholder of the Standard Oil Co., F. B. Squire, recretury of the Standard Oil Co., nnd Charles N. Huskell, late of New York City." The attorney general says that to as certain in what way Charles II. Squire received his communications from the cbove parties the state will be com pelled to take testimony under nn order of this court. New York, May 9. The Tress says: In a statement to the Press last night Charles B. Squire said: "If Attorney General Monnett, In his statement to the court of Ohio said that I offered him a bribe as representing the. three men he mentions. It Is absolutely nnd unqualifiedly false. I know nothing about the statement you say the attor ney general has made, but he surely could not hnve said I offered him a bribe of $400,000 or any other sum as representing men from the Standard Oil Co. or anybody rise. I never offered n man a bribe in my life, nnd if any body says I did, he tells an untruth." HE RAN A "BLIND POOL." Now lie Is I'ndcr Arrest and It la Said III Victim Lost $100,000. Los Angeles, Cnl., May 9. Dr. ne gelsburg, who was arrested here Sun day nnd held nt the request of the New York police to answer charges of grand larceny in connection with the conduct rf the Investors' Guaranty nnd Trust Co., admits that he is the man wanted and that he fled from New York when he found he wns short. He will go back to face the charges without requi tition papers. New York, Muy 9. Tnr palice of this . rity sny that, the .total sum involved in Ihe swindling of which Dr. Ilcgelsberg, now under urrest in Los Angeles, Cul., le necused will leach $100.0(io; Dr. llegelsberg was president of the Investors' Guaranty nnd Trust Co., with offices In this city.' It is alleged that the company did a "blind pool" business in stocks! Two days before the company's of fices were closed some of Hegelsberg's customers received from him n type written circular dated at Newark, X. J., Haying that disaster had overtaken him. He attributed It to the panicky market, and said he had destroyed the books nnd asked for a few mouths In which to make everything square. He confessed that, he alone constituted the whole company. The letter concluded: "I was a fool to think I could beat the mnrket and mnke a fortune for you and me, but you will hardly be more suc cessful. You lost only a few dollars, while I lose my very existence." SOO,000 Fire Los at tlaanlllon. Massillou, 0., May 9. Fire in Russell fr, Ca.'t extensive thresher and engine plnn't last night, destroyed' property valued nt $.100,000. The fire started in fhe warehouse. - In this structure 300 finished machines wer consumed. Can ton wns wired for nsisttmce, but re sponded too late. The machine shops were saved. Albert Bamberger, a vol unteer fireman, wns killed nnd Chris tian. f.. Balis, a workman, wns probably fatnlly Injured by a fulling wall. Will Demand a General Advance, . Fittsburg, May 9. President Shaffer, cf the Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers, has ap pointed a wage scale committee to re port to the national convention to com mence in IMroit. Mich., next week. The committee will meet in this city on Thursday to compile the wage scale of 80,000 skilled workers In all parts of the country. Those who ought to know sny a general advance will be asked nnd that in the puddling deport ment nm Increase of at least 50 cents per ton over present rates will be de- mnnded. Raised the Price ot Plows. , Chicago, May 9. The Northwestm Plow Manufacturers' association met in this city Monday and it was unani mously voted that the advance In prices of raw material is so great that 15 per cent, tuinuld be added to the selling price of manufactured goods. , President Vacation Begins, ' Washington, May 9. President " and Mrs. McKinley left the city last night for a vacation of a week or ten days at r Hot Springs, Vs. 1 he trip wns made In a handsomely equipped special train which left here over the Chesapeake A Ohio railroad. . .. re l tut is warm . '.-'TtinksA!l So." . - ..', Thousands ire "cold" in ihii they do not understand' the glow of health. This Im plies j ' disordered ' kidneys, liver, bowels, blood or brains Hood' s Sarsaparilla. makes' "warm" because it gives ill who take it perfect health. Z&cdXSa Hood'i nilt cnr liver 1IU ; the non-lrrltaUnsud only cmthmlc 10 Uk with Hood'l 8niprlliv . Moudlns from Cold Chicken. To make boudins, chop sufficient cold chicken or turkey to make one pint. Put half a cupful of water or ch.icken; stock into a snucepnn, and ndd two lituiespuoiHuis oi sun wnrie orenu--crumbs; boll a moment, tnke from the fire; add one tnblespoonful of butter and three eggs slightly beaten; add the meat, a teaspoon ful of salt nnd a quar ter of a tablespoonful of white pepper? mix thoroughly, and put into greased' custard cups. The cups may, before filling, be garnished with chopped pars ley or chopped truffles or mushrooms Stnnd in a baking-pan, half filled wfthi boiling water and cook in a moderate over for 20 minutes. While they are cooking prepare a half pint of sauce by mixing a tnblespoonful of butter and one of flour, and adding half a cup ful of milk and half a cupful of chickctti stock: stir until boiling; take from the fire; add the yolk of one egg, half t teaspoonful of salt and a dish of pep per. Strain this Into the serving-dial and turn into it the boudins. Jhe dish may be garnished with small triangle-, of toasted brcod or carefully cooked peas, or simply with curled parsley or celery tops. Ladies' Home Journal. Practice and Practice. fl. Teackle Wallis, for many yeari the leader of the Maryland bar, was noted: for his wit and sharp tongue. On one occasion it wns remarkej to himitJxat a. certain law firm suspected of not jg' altogether reputable, had a fine prac tice. "Yes," said Wallis, "their prac tice is better than their practices." Of: a well-known, judge, whose opinions' were generally characterized by a pTea-tr vacillation and indecision of nrlml, be- once snia; "judge u ia certain ot only one thing in a case, and that ia that there is a doubt in. it." San Fran cisco Argonaut. An Excellent Combination. The pleasant method and beneficial: effects of the well known remedy, Syrup op Figs, manufactured by the CALiroKNiA Fio Syrup Co., illustrate the value of obtaining the liquid laxa tive principles of plants known to be medicinally laxative and presenting them in the form most refreshing to the: taste and acceptable to the system. It . is the one perfect strengthening laxa tive, cleansing the system effectually, dispelling colds, headaches and fevers, gently yet promptly and enabling one -to overcome habitual constipation per manently. Its perfect freedom from every objectionable quality and sub stance, and its acting on the kidneys, liver and bowels, without weakening or irritating them, make it the ideal laxative. In the process of manufacturing figs, are used, as they are pleasant to th: taste, but the medicinal qualities of the remedy are obtained from senna and. other aromatic plants, by a method known to the California Fie Syrup Co. oilly. In order to get its beneficial effects and to avoid imitations, please-, remember the full name of the Company printed on the front of every package.. CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO- BAN FRANCISCO, GAL. . XAUISVII.LB. IT. NSW YORK, X. T. For ule by mil Druggists. Price 50c. per bottle, gwimnnnnnwnwmmiiinnnwnmma There is a I Class of People E TOo are injured by the use of cof, J E lee. Eecently there has been placed E in all the grocery stores a new pre- p paration called GKAIK-O, made of 3 E pure grains, that takes the place of P coffee. E The most delicate stomach re- 3 P eelvea It withrmt diatresa. end Tnnfe 4 p few can tell It from coffee. E It doe not cost over as mnch. 3 E Children may drink it with great ben- 3 p (fit. 15 cents and 25 ocnts per pack- 3 ace. Try it. Ask for G&AlN-O. 3 iTryGrain-Ol C InilrttbatrmirfrrocerglTMjoQGRiUIM) 3 Accept no imuauon. 2 ituuaimuuuuuuauuuuuuummimni BMT BREATCi I ! bees tnr CAIOAKlTtftMu. ft mild ftnd effective lax all Te liter ere ilraplr wok ditrful. Mr deusbier end I were boiberea with tick itonech end our bruetb weiTer bed. After taking few Uowe of Cawtareu we bare Inummd, wouderf ully. Tim? are a great help In tb laisllr Wtl.HKI.MIMA MlCtk im UUUiduoum BL, CindoMti, Ohio. PlMitnt. PaluaM. Powm. Tm1 Good. t Oood, Hunt Blcktu. Woskan.ur Grip. llk.24C.XKl. ... CURE CONSTIPATION. ... SUrthtt Iwlf C HT. ftWiC. M U..I. R.1 Vtrft. 311 M.TIl.Rl Spldsnd ffunrantfl by ll1r'ii lU'DAU .1.1. to (fujtK'IV'banm lUb k rs V T 4"" tumS WilthfAlTli.il tula. VI i BM (Jouuh Bjnip. 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