THE ENTEBPBISE.
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WELLINGTON, l 'l '-OHIOt
General News Summary.
Interesting Home and Foreign Newt.
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Richard Love, colored, and Lewi H.
Davis, white, were shockingly mangled
fcy a premature explosion of a dyna
mite 'blast in the atone quarry of
DarnM Leonard & Son, nenr Baltimore,
Md., on the 10th. lloth had their eyes
completely torn out and sustained oth
er injuries whiah will prove fatal.
A strike is threatened by the brick
layers of New York City, who demand
65 cents an hour insteud of 5U, their
present pay.
A trolley line between Philadelphia
end Atlantic City w to-be built. The
tfompany will be known as the West
Jersey & Seashore Electric railroad
and it is expected that it will be in
full operation before the summer rush
commences.
'Negotiations are in progTess, with an
excellent prospect of oon reaching' a
successful conclusion, for a combina
tion of manufacturers of all (Trades of
carpets in a corporation which will be
known as the National Carpet Co., and
will be capitalized at between $40,000,
000 and 50,000,000.
Three men were seriously and two
probably fatally injured by the explo
sion ot a boiler t the works of the
New Jersey Iron and Steel Co. In Tren
ton, N. J., 'on the 10th.
A cyclone struck Coldwnter, Kan., on
the nighit of the 9th, completely de
stroying 12 houses and kilting Joseph
Towers. Aldrieh's general store was
wrecked and o brick block was blown
away and tJie court house unroofed.
After a confinement of about six
.. years in a political prison in the repub
lic of Colombia, Archie MeCarter, a civil
engineer ond contractor prominent in
Fort Scott, Kan., until 1891, when he
)cft for Yucatan, has just been liberat
ed. He has made a demand upon the
tolomlritin government for $150,000 in
demnity. 1 Three men who were playing1 cards
an a ireight car nt Baltimore, Md...on
the 11th, set it on fire, and one of them,
Clarence Kepner,, was burned to death.
"William Alders, another of the trio, was
badly burned. The flames spread to
me cotton warehouse of the Mount
vernon cotton duck mills, destroy in
the building and causing $50,000 loss.
An extraordinary movement is on
'foot looking to the consolidation of
PresbyUuriauaongregarions in-New
York City, some of them being among
me richest in the united states.
. Assistant Attorney General iJoyd has
.rendered a decision whiah lias been
approved by the attorney general, in
which he -holds that transactions
known among stock brokers as "puts'
are not taxable under the war revenii
act, although "calls" are subject to the
tax. , , . .
Twenty-one mills are already Includ
ed in the combination of manufactur
ers of fine writing paper and arrange
ments ore well advanced for the organ-,
ization of the new company. Its pro
posed capital is $25,000,000."
The Third Nebraska. Col. William J.
Bryan's old regiment, was -mustered
out at August Go., oalhe 11th.
.i-Tl.-. W..1;a.:. '.-T.4 k.1:i.i: J- -
rd SarOldahonra has been recorded by
. ' Mountain View, Washita county. In
one day it was surveyed and platted
find A Inrcrf nnrtion fif !t. cnM nn1
settled upon. The town was organ
ized and officered and nil lines of busi
ness were started. The town in one
day became a city of nearly SOU peo
ple. The good feeling in this country to.
ward Kranoe is shown in three distinct
projects for erecting statues in France
during the Paris exposition. The lat
est of these is to erect a statue of
Jloohambeau in the French village of
liis birth. The plan originated in
Philadelphia, Where $1,000 will be con
tributed; another $1,0011 will be raised
in the country at large, and another
$1,000 in France.
i'uddlers who are memliers of the
Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel
and Tin Workers will receive during
May and June an advance of 25 cents
per ton over the wages they have been
receiving. Finishers and hoop mill
workers will receive an advance of 2
per cent.
The war deartment will not send any
more troops to Manila by way of New
York and the Suez canal. iAII troops
now under orders for Manila, or to be
ordered there during the next few
months will 'be sent by way of San
Prancisco.
The American Steel Hoop Co. has just
purchased over 100,000 tons of steel for
use during the second half of the year.
Thirty thousand tons of this amount is
to be used in Pittsburg mills. It is
said tile price paid was $25 at the mills.
Experiments in wireless telegraphy
that for some time have been in pro
gress at Purdue university nt Lafa
yette, Ind., hnve demonstrated the pos
sibility of the transrvission of signals
across two miles of brick and stone
buildings.
The l.eland Hotel Co., owners of the
Leland hotel nt Chicago, has made a
Toluntary assignment. Assets are es
t limited at $30,000, with liabilities twice
at much.
Three-yenr-o4(l Lawrence Engein, of
Chicago, met death through a strange
accident. The child was playing on a
rear pnreh when he noticed n clothes
line with a noose tied on the end, hang
ing down from above. In playing with
the rope the child in some way placed
the noose about his neck, swung off the
porch and was strangled to death.
Firemen ut work in the ruins of the
American Lead and Shot Co.'s plant at
jsnltimore, which was destroyed by fire
recently, discovered among the debris
the foody of Robert F. Hudson, one of
the employes of the company.
Business failures in the United States
for the week ended May 12 numbered
JC5, as compared with 246 for the cor
responding week of. 1'JS, and 20 for
Canada, as against 24 for the same time
last 3-ear.
Fost master General Smith has issued
the following general order: "Post
masters at presidential post offices are
required to give their personal atten
tion to the business of their offices and
must not absent themselves therefrom
for a longer period than one or two day3
without authority granted upon writ
ten application to the department. A
violation of this order will be deemed
sufficient cause for removal."
The six-story Kennard business block
at Manchester, N. H., wns damaged by
fire on the 14tih with a loss to the own
ers and occupants of about $100,000.
Preliminary plans for the organize
tion of the United American Glue Co.
were c fTected in Now York City on the
J3th, The company win Save a capital
135,000,000. - . . 1
The directors of tine pan-American
Co, have decided unanimously on the
Runwey site for the Buffalo (N. Y.) ex
position. This action la linal, The
site is a beautiful one on the Niagara
frontier, In the northern portion of the
city and embraces 436 acres.
Postmaster flenefal Smith Sis pro
mulgated an order limiting the use of
signs bearing the words "U. 8. Mail"
to eucb street cars as are actually at
the time carrying mail and cars usod
for no other purpose.
F. H. Cooper, of Chicago, ihas secured
a $200,000 life insurance policy, made
payable to John J. Mitchell and other
trustees. Mr. Cooper desires to estnb
loish by means of this insurance a per
petual trust for the support of the aged
people In his native town, Akkriun,
Holland.
At Burlington, Wis.', on tne night of
the 13th a Wisconsin Central train ran
down a wagon containing four persons
at a crossing, killing Mrs. C. Tints. I, of
Milwaukee, and August Kleinfeld. her
brother, of Norway, Wis. Joseph Huen
ing was fatally injured.
The New England Mutual Accident
association, of Boston, having $8,000,000
of business In force and doing business
in 17 states, has been absorbed by the
General AorkVrnt Assurance Co., of
Scotland, and will retire from business.
A movement for the combination of
manufacturers of mncihine-made chain
is said to be under way.
Illinois coal operators nt a meeting
held in Chieuo decided to raise a de
fense fund of $1,000,000 to protect the
members of the organization in future
trouble with labor unions.
John II. Duke, Benj. MacMahon and
John C. Chambers, who do 'business in
handkerchiefs, under the firm names of
Duke, MacMahon & Co., in New York
City, mid John H. Duke & Co., in
Belfast, Ireland, have assigned. The
liabilities are nbmit $100,000.
Fred Simonds, an employe of the fire,
department, walked into A. Spinner's
hardware store at Erie, Pa., on the l.'ith
and asked to be shown a revolver and
some cartridges. Loading the weapon
he placed it to his head, pulled the trig,
ger and killed himself. The store was
crowded with customers at the time.
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.
Oliver Archer is dead at his home at
Allendale, N. J., aged t4 years. It is
said that the first baggnge express de.
livery on the Hudson liiver railroad
originated with Mr. Archer and the
first fast freight line was started by
him over the Hudson liiver railroad.
Aaron M. Powell, of New York, a
noted anti-slavery agitator, temperance
worker and writer, died suddenly at
Philadelphia on the nth while in at
tendance upon the opening session of
the Friends' yearly meeting.
j FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.
The British-Venezuela arbitration
which was to begin nt Paris on May 24
lins been postponed until June 15.
A dispatch from Hamburg announces
that 50.000 Galicians ure on their way
or preparing to come, to this country.
The steerage quarters on the German
American lines, it is said, are crowded
with the immigrants, who are leaving
home In consequence of oppression and
famine.
'. Incessant rains hnve prevailed in
permany since April 30, produoing dis
astrous floods, especially in the east-'
ern Oder district. In Austrian Silesia
an immense district has been inundat
ed. The river Elbe is (higher than t
has-oeen for 20 years. At Bitterfeld
11 persons were drowned.
.News received from Sable island, N.
S., states that the sea has made such
inroads during the last winter that its
very existence is in danger. Since 1i?02
a wreck register has been carefully
kept, which shows more than 150
wrecks.
At meetings of strikers in various
parts of Belgium on the 12th it was de
cided to accept the offer of 5 per cent,
increase in wages. Between 40.000 and
50,000 men have ln-en idie on account
of this strike.
An anti-Jewish men-nre has been pro.
mulgated under which the stay of all
Jews is prohibited in .St. Petersburg.
There have been serious outbreaks
against the Jews at Nicnlnicff. The
Jews there number 30.000. The rioters
wrecked hunih'nl.s of Jewish houses
nnd shops, desecrated Jewish graves
and killed and injured many.
LATER,
Two hundred section hands on tha
Pittsburg division of the Pan-Handle
railroad have struck for raise in
wages of 15 cents a day. They are
now getting $1.20 a day nnd want $1.35.
Baron lleyl Zu Herrnsheim, a mem
ber of the German reichstag, hue no
nated 3.000,000 marks towards the
tuberculosis asylum movement.
The $30,000,000 window glass trust is
a certainty. Leases hnve been closed
which place 93 per cent, of Hie pro
ductive facilities of the country in con
trol of the new combine. The new
concern will be ready to take the place
of the window glass combine on May
20, when nil plants will close for the
summer season. The new organization
will own over 70 window glass plants.
Eighty I'nited States engineers from
tlie barracks at Fort ToMen, WiNet's
Point, X. Y., started for the Philippine
Hands on the l.ltih. The men will
travel to San Francisco by rail and tire
due to sail on the transport Sherman
on May 22. They expect to lie in Ma
nila in seven weeks.
Gov. Smith, of Montana, has ad
dressed a letter to Gen. i.Merriam, com
manding general of the military forces
in the Couer D'.VVnes while that dis
trict is under martial law, to the effect
that no more arrests of persons sus
pected to have lieen implicated in the
Wnrdner riot may lie made in .Montana
without proper authority from the
state.
New York City's welcome to Admiral
Dewey is to lie conducted on n grand
scale. is was shown on the 15th when
the, joint committee from the 1ward of
aldermen and city council decided to
call iiKn the municipal assembly to
authorize an i ppropriatioii of $150,000
i v the city's part in the ceremonies.
A summary of 25 repjrts from the
lending seiilxwird and interior markets
shows an advance in the price of liny
of 20 per cent, over 'tihe average price
for the year ending May 12, lti!H,
Many applications have ln-en made
to the war department requesting that
nil useless cannon ensured In the Phil
Ipplnes be turned over to the states, as
trophies of the regiments making the
captures. Under the terms of the
peace treaty nil olisolete million are to
be turned over to the Spanish govern
ment. Admiral Farrogut's famous old
flagship Hartford, which for many
years has been on the Pacific (roast, is
conpng east. She 1ms been selected as
a training ship for landsmen. The
landsmen to be trained on the Hart
ford will be recruited almost entirely
In the central weal and luke states.
NEWS OF OHIO.
Gathered by Telegraph From All
Parta of the State.
Bailor Reek's Funeral. '
Clyde, May 12. Many prominent
men were among the thousands of peo
ple gathered here Thursday to attend
the funeral of George Burton Meek,
the first American 'sailor killed in the
Spanish American war, on board the
Winslowy-off Cardenas, one year ago
yesterday. The remains were buried
with impressive ceremonies Sn the vil
lage cemetery. Senator Foraker de.
livered tthe funeral eulogy, and paid a
fitting tribute to the dead hero. Brief
addresses were made 'by Gov. liushnell,
Lieut. Gov. Jones, Senator Mitdhell,
Congressman Norton and others, and
an appropriate program was carried
out, preceded by a lengthy funeraV
pageant.
The 8 lory Comes Too Late.
Canton, May 11. (Miss Clark, a book
canvasser who was here ifoe night of
the Saxton murder, end who saw Mrs.
George at the house of Attorney Ster
ling and heard her talk about en hour
before her arrest, now tells what she
heard that night. The reason she
never told it before was to avoid being
a witness. She says Mrs. George, the
night of the murder, knocked while the
Sterling family were at supper and
was admitted and had a conference
with Mr. Sterling. 'Miss Clark left
soon after. This testimony the prose
cution needed in the f.ase to show
where Mrs. George was immediately be
fore her arrest.
Sues an Alleged Tract.
Cincinnati, May 13. County Prose
cuting Attorney Schwartz on Friday
filed a quo warantosuit against the al
leged trust known as the American Tin
Plate Co. The Cincinnati Milling nnd
Tin Plate Co. is made defendant. It
ie alleged thnt this company has given
an option of purchase to the American
Tin Plate Co., through F. 6. Wheeler,
their agent, for $105,000. It is alleged
that the inventory of the Cincinnati
company sliows only $10,000. The
prosecutor alleges that the combina
tion amounts to a restriction of trade
and is in violation of law.
A Clever Pica,
Columbus, May 13. The Cincinnati.
Hamilton & Dayton Railroad Co. has
filed in the supreme court its answer to
the suit brought by the attorney gen
eral to oust the company from its char
ter on account of its membership in
the Central Passenger association,
which is uileged to be in violation of
the Ohio anti-trust law. The answer
;laims the signing of the contract with
the Central Passenger association was
an net of one of the officers of the com
pany and was not binding on the com
pany. Pnddlnra' Waxes Advanced.
Youngstown, May 13. The authori
tative Stsitement was given out here
Friday that the Republic Iron nnd Steel
"o. will at once raise the wages of pud
Jlers 25 cents a ton nnd that the wages
Df other Amalgamated association em
ployes will be Increased in proportion.
This increase is retroactive, taking ef
fect May 1. It will affect thousands
5f iron workers in tihe Mahoning valley
alone. Puddlers are now paid $4 a
ton. . ' - ' '
Repudiates His Friends' Action.
Toledo, May 11 Mayor Jones has
ihsolutely repudiated the action re
cently taken by political friends of his
In putting up the list of delegates to
the state republican convention which
was pledged to him for governor nnd
which was heavily defeated at the re
publican primaries. Jones says he
neither authorized this list nor has he
changed his attitude on the question
of being a candidate for governor.
It was a Poor Investment.
Cincinnati, May 10. Last night, dur
ing the performance cf the Buffalo
Bill Show at CuwminsvHle the roof of
Turner hall, which commanded a view
of the show from across the street, was
covered with 300 spectators who had
paid live cents each for the privilege.
When the show was half through a
portion of the roof went down with 50
people on it, a distance of 30 feet. Three
people were dangerously hurt.
Jennings scores a Victory.
Columbus, May 10. The supreme
court yesterday granted the haliens
corpus applied for by Malcolm Jen
nings, advertising agent of the Stand
ard Oil Co., nnd he was discharged.
Jennings had been ordered to jail by
Notary Mcnvine, of Columbus, for cpn
tempt for refusing to give the names
of newspapers in Ohio which were puid
for publishing articles in defense of
the Standard Oil Co.
Will support Swayne for Governor.
Toledo, May 12. The Lucas coupty
delegates to the republican state con
vention hnve dropped Mayor Jones nnd
practically united on Noah H. Swayne,
of this city, as candidate for governor.
Mr. Swayne, it is understood, will con
sent to the use of his name. Mr.
Swayne is an ardent sujmorter of
President McKinlcy.
.tllll Hands to Uet More Pay.
Cleveland, May 13. The wages of the
jmddlers and helpers at the Union roll
ing mill will be advanced 20 cents a ton
next week. The puddlers are now re
ceiving $4 per ton. As the helpers are
paid by the puddlers, this also means
an advance for them. The wages of till
other men will probably be advanced
proportionately.
Powder .11111 Kxplode.
Kings Mills, 'May 13. The gluze and
pulverizing buildings of the King
rmokf frss powder plant blew up Friday
morning, completely demolishing both
buildings. No one was hurt, us the
mill hands 'had not gone to work. The
cause of the explosion is not known.
Asked lor a Receiver.
Toledo, May 13.-B. F. Cuthbertson
has filed a petition in the I'nited States
court asking that a receiver be ap
pointed for the Lucas Conty Manufac
turers' Insurance Co., a concern doing
an extensive business in this taction.
He claims insolvency.
Death ot Houert Folger.
Mnssillon, May 11. Roliert H. Folgr,
the oldest practising lawyer in Ohio,
died Wednesday morning, aged 87. Mr.
Folger wns admitted to the Stark
county bar in 1842, ami practiced law
until a few weeks ago. He was the
United States commissioner for this dis
trict. Closed Because of a Strike.
Bridgeport, May 11. The Crystal
glass works, employing 350 hands, shut
down yetfterdny because 50 boys de
manded en advance of t-n cents a day.
The plant has been Idle only one week
in seven years.
THE CONTRACT SYSTEM.
Bihlo Grain lihoTclers on Freight
Handlers nr Deieraslnoa. that It
hall he Aholtahed.
Buffalo, & YM iiay The meeting
of the advisory committee of ten, ol
which lilstop Quigley is chainnaa,
which wag to have taken place last
tight at the bisli'op'i house to consider
the grain shcvclers'" strike, win post
poned uu?.!!' this mornin?, owing to the
illness of, two members of the commit,
tee. It was generally expected that a
plan would have been fiwmiila'ted last
night by which . a reconciliation be
tween the scoopers and the Lake Car
riers' association could be effected, and
the delay proved-a big disappointment
to those working for a settlement of
the trouble.
The strikers have steadfastly assert,
ed that they would not agree to any
terms or concessions made by the em
ployers except they were accompanied
by an absolute wiping out of the con
tract system. On good outhority it
was stated last night that the sopopera
must concede something, and it Is prob
able that they will agree to accept the
terms offered by the lake carriers. The
action of the Lake Cnrriers' association
at its meeting in Cleveland yesterday
in endorsing the proposition made by
the association's representatives to the
grain shovelers in this city, and in vot
ing to irmke no further concessions
opened the way for a settlement of the
trouble on the basis of the last propo
sition made 'by the carriers, which will
mean that while technically Mr. Con
nors will retain possession of the con
tract, he wjll have no control over the
men or the management of the grain
shoveling business here. All the de
mands of the men will be granted with
the exception of the abrogation of the
contract.
During the 'last 24 hours a number of
shrewd, conservative men who wield
great influence among the leaders of
the grain shovelers have been at work.
They have told these leaders plainly
that their stand for the complete alio,
lition of the contract has endangered
the victory already won by the men and
that if they maintain their radical
rtand much longer all will be lost.
The strike among the members of the
Freight Handlers' union is gradually
assuming a serious aspect. There are
about 2.000 of these men pledged not
to work for any contractor nnd many
of these men are now en strike. Orig
inally a few of them went out in sym
pathy with the grain shovelers and now
it is believed that in case the scoopers
gain their point they will still remain
nut until their own difficulties have
been satisfactorily settled. Several
managers of transportation lines said
if the contractors did not quickly
demonstrate their ability to do the
work of loading nnd unloading freight
boats they would lie compelled to de
vise other means of relieving the con
gestion of traffic here.
The freight handlers demand nn in.
crease of wages of from 25 centa an
hour, the present rate, to 30 cents an
hour for work. They also ask for the
abolition of the contract system.
INVESTIGATION OF TRUSTS.
The Industrial Commission Starts an
Inquiry and the First Subject Han
dled Is the Oil Monopoly.
Washington, May 12. The industrial
commission yesterday heard the first
witness to be called in connection with
its isquiry into thenperations of trusts.
The witness was Hon. James W. Lee,
of Pittsburg, attorney for several pipe
line and oil companies, and formerly a
state senator of Pennsylvania.
Speaking of the effect of trusts upon
the consumer Mr. Lee said the tendency
wns to increase prices until they be
come extortionate. Trusts were or
ganized ito secure a monopoly, and
when this was secured by closing up
rival establishments they were in po
sition to fix prices, which were, accord
ing to his observation, generally in
creased in order to permit dividends
on watered stock. This had been emi
nently true of the Standard Oil Co.
Mr. Lee expressed the opinion that
the Standard was still getting re
bates from 'the railroad companies de
spite 'the law, and he thought this waa
accomplished by paying exorbitant
prices for lubricating oil. He esti
mated that the Standard company had
within the past 20 years absorbed about
100 independent companies.
He expressed the opinion that the
counties in Pennsylvania which had
produced all the oil turned out in thnt
state, amounting to about 800,000,000
barrels, were worse off for this output.
Still there were some wells which were
largely remunerative, due to theii
high degree of productiveness. As
mntter of fact, however, many of the
wells produced very little. Of the 60,
000 wells in operation 25,000 produced
less than half a barrel a day each. He
thought if there had been 50 reflnerf
instead of the Standard company the
market would have been just as exten
sive, the consumer would have gotten
his oil as cheaply and the prodncei
would have been mnoh better off.
Mr. Lee was quite confident thnt the
general effect of trusts was injurioui
to labor. The effect waa to deprive
laborers of competition, of chance foi
employment when thrown out of work
and to make them subservient and
poorer citizens. Speaking of the Stnnd.
ard company's treatment of its mem
plnyes he said they were well paid and
a certain class of them received very
high salaries. Still the ultimate effect
of any monopoly must be injurious to
labor.
As a means of preven'tion of trusts
Mr. Lee, suggested a law making de
structive competition a criminal of
fense. It Was afFake Yarn.
Washington, May 12. A denial wns
given yesterday at the treasury and
interior departments to a sensational
story published yesterday of a deep
laid counterfeiting pcheme that had
been unearthed in the photograph room
of the patent office. According to the
Ftory referred to, there had been dis.
covered in a vault of the pntent office
photographic negatives of small bills
from $1 to $10. From these there had
been printed Jarge amounts of high
grade counterfeits, which were being
circulated broadcast in Cuba. The
whole story is a sensational canard.
Will Escort Dreylns to France.
' Paris, May 12. The Petit Bleu soys
ten members of the republican guards
and four gendarmes left St. Nnzare,
France, on board the steamer Lafayette
Inst Tuesdiiy to form an escort to bring
Dreyfus to France and thnt his return
may be exected by the end of June.
Assassinated by Filipinos.
New York, May 12. A dispatch from
Manila says the insurgents have assas
sinated M. Dumarais, a Frenchman,
who had crossed their lines tinder n flag
of truce. He was negotiating with the
Filipinos for the release of Spanish
prisoners . ;. ' '
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EAR1Y IN JULI.
Admiral Dewey la Expeoted Home
la a Few Weeks.
A New It ork Newspaper Proposes thai
a Fund or 150,000 be Haloed by
Popular kubwrlptlon and
that ths Kntlre hum be
Presented to the . ' .'
Faniens sailor. ' . ' '
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Washlmgton, May 13. "Send Olymi
pia's mail to B. F. Stevens, No. 4 Tra
falgar Square, London, England," was
tfcj notice given out at the nnvy de
partment Friday. This is the first
formal indication that the famous flag
Uiip is coming home immediately. Sec
retary Long has cabled Admiral Dewey
permission to return nit once to the Uni
ted States. He has been relieved of
the obligation of remaining wt Ma-nila
until the Philippine commission com
pletes its work. He is not even re
quired to await the cessation of hostili
ties, but may start homeward at once,
ife is expected to be here about July 4.
Hear Admiral Watson will sail from
San Francisco next Tuesday as a pas
senger on one of the regular Pacific
mail steamships, but cannot reach Ma
nila before the middle of June.
In order to provide for the direction
of naval affairs in Asiatic waters be
tween the date of Admiral Dewey's de
parture and the arrival ot Rear Ad
miral Watson, orders have 'been issued
placing Ca.pt. A. S. Barker in command
of the Asiatic squadron after Admiral
Dewey's departure until relieved by
Hear Admiral Watson. Capt. Barker is
now in command of the battleship Ore
gon nnd next to Admiral Dewey is the
senior officer on the station.
New York, May 13. The New York
Times in an editorkil entitled "What
Shail We Do for Dewey?" says: "What
?hall we do for the man who has done
so much for us? Thnt is the question
which has for a long time been agitat
ing the American people. It Is true
that according to our precedents we
hnve not been niggardly in recognition
of ,the great services of "Commodore"
Dewey, as he was a year ago. But
there is a prevailing feeing that we
ought to do more; that the American
nation in some unofficial and spontane
ous wny should reco-nize the services
of Dewey ns the British nation officially
recognized the services of Wellington
when it presented him with nn estate.
"Why not appeal directly to the pub
lic through its immediate organs nnd
agents, the newspapers, which get
their living by representing its senti
ments. There are some 20,000 peri
odicals in the I'nited States which are.
entitled to transmission ns such
through the mail. 'Among them arc
2.119 ittiily papers which accurately rep
resent the sentiment of the I'nited
States. Let us assume thnt only one
fourth of these are in a position to act
is collecting and distributing agents
for a national Dewey testimonial, nnd
that neh one of these 500 is willing tn
pledge itself to the collection from its
Tenders and the transmission to the
appointed trustees, of the sum of $500
for that fund. The aggregate of these
enbseriptions woulfl be $250,000.
"Half of this should go to the erec
tion of . Tesiijenes for the admiral
in whajwr place in the United States
he migbt prefer t put it, and the othos
Mt for his personal use. As a mat
ter of fact we believe that more than
the nnmlier of periodicals we have
named would be eager to be included
in the project. There Is t.o reason
why the aggregate should not be cor
respondingly increased with the rigor
ous limitation of each individual sub
scription Ho $.'M. so that there should
be no taint of self-seeking or of adver
tising in the affair. This would lie
truly a national and popular subscrip
tion. The ndmiral would not lie at
liberty to refuse it, since it would not
be 'the creation of nn obligafnn on his
part, hut only the recognition of un
obligation on the part of the nation."
Chicago. May 13. Judging from the
wording of n cablegram received Fri
day from Admiral Dewey by the Illi
nois Manufacturers' association, the
health of the admiral, despite medical
assurance to the contrary, is none of
the best. The message is ns follows:
"Many thanks, impossible to accept
invitation now. Coudition of health
necessitates rest nnd quiet."
The cablegram was in reply to one
pent by the association asking the. ad
miral to become its guest upon his re
turn to this country nnd strongly urg
ing upon him the advisability of com
ing by wny of San Francisco and across
the continent.
THE BICYCLE COMBINE.
It Files Incorporation Papers In New
Jrrr -Capitalized at '80,000,000.
Trenton, N. J., flay 13. .Articles of
incoriorntion were filed with the sec
retary of state Inst night of the Ameri
can Bicycle Co. with an authorized
capital of $,so,000,00. The company is
authorized to manufacture and sell bi
cycles, auto-mobile vehicles and electric
and other motors.
It. is understood thnt the company
will take over the bike manufacturing
plants on which A. (1. Spalding holds
options, which include most of the
great concerns of this country.
Sailors Itluat Be Vaccinated.
Chicago, May 13. Dr. Sawtclle, sur
geon in charge of the marine hospital
at Chicago, has issued n notice that the
crews of all incoming vessels at this
port must be vaccinated. This precau
tion is to lie taken at all the luke ports,
by order of the surgeon general of the
marine hospital serv ice.
Nominated lor 1'oiiKress.
Lewiston, Me., May 13. The demo,
cm tic convention of theSecnad congres
rlonnl district yesterday nominated by
accnlamntion John Scott, of Bath, ns a
candidate for the vacancy caused by
the death of Nelson Dingley. Mr. Scott
delivered an address endorsing Bryan
and the Chicago platform.
Ilartranlt Silatue I'nvclled.
Harrisburg, Ph., May 13. Tile eques
trian statue of MaJ. Gen. John F, llnit.
ranft in Capitol park was unveiled with
impressive ceremonies yesterday in the
presence of a lnrge concourse of people,
Chicago's Sah and Door Trust.
Chicago, May 13. The interests em.
braced in the sash, door and blind
manufacture of Chicago hnve combined
and on or about August 1 the pkints of
the various concerns will be taken over
bv a corporal Ion probably to be named
the American Sash and Door Co. There
are 44 mills engaged in this Industry.
Harvard Vauqulnhes Vale.
Cambridge, Mass., May 13. After
series of three defeats Horvnrd re.
tricved its position in debate by a vic
tory over Yale In the contest held in
Sanders' theater last night. The de
bate was closely contested.
A CHALLENGE TO QUAY.
Beslness Ben's Republican IkeafiM pf.
Pennsylvania Asks the Senator M
Han for Stale Treasurer. . yd , ,
Philadelphia, May 12. The Business
Men's Republican League of Pennsyl
vania, which organization last fall put
forth special efforts throughout the
tate to .secure the erection of anti
Quay candidates- for the legislature,
last night issued an address to the peo
ple of the state "congratulating them
upon the progress made by the forces
cf good government during 4he past
year." The address says the majority
of the members elected to the general
assembly for the first time in nearly a
tcore of years waa anti-Quny and re
pudiated 'Mr. Quay, "the head and front
f that corrupt and vicious political sys
tem that 80 long has been a reproach
to the state." This anti-Quay body,
the address says, exposed and defeated
all forms of machine-conceived corrup
tion and legislative jobbery.
The principal state officer to be
chosen at the November election is
state treasurer, nominations for which
office will be made at the approaching
party conventions, and the league's ad
dress, in concluding, takes up this
topic as follows:
'The control of the state treasury,
which has been the fountain head of
corrrption in the past, is not less im
portant now, though the passage of the
anti-Quay interest bill compels the
payment of interest on state deposits.
The Business Men's league has never
placed In the field a candidate for any
office and desires , only that proper
men be nominated. It is an organiza
tion of republicans who wish to pre
vent party disruption and disaster, with
the conviction that nothing but heroic
action will save the party from ulti
mate state and national disgrace and
defeat. For the purpose cf settling
this controversy before the presiden
tial contest of 1900, we would make the
following suggestion as amens of ter
minating the. strife within the republi
can ranks:
"Let Mr. Quay himself become the
machine's candidate for state tseasurer
at the ensuing election. Mr. Quay hue
boasted of his readiness to go to the
people for vindication. He as state
treasurer inaugurated nnd fostered the
system of 'personaS profit by the use of
public money which has been an im
portant issue in this contest. He rep
resents In evtry sense the evils ngainst
which self-respecting republicans have
revolted; he is the incarnation of the
evils of the system Which bears his
name. Let hire, thus make the issue
distinct nnd direct leaving the final
decision of the people. If Mr. Quay feurs
to submit his candidacy to the people
and in the face of his repudiation by
their direct representatives, insists
upon claiming a seat in the United
States senate through the unlawful
set of n suliserviciit governor, he will
prolong the contest until he is repudi
ated by a future legislature."
RECKLESS BRAVERY.
in officer Just Returned from nanlla
Describes the Daring Feats of Our
Soldiers While Under Fire.
Chicago.May 12. Capt.Frank F.East
man, of the Fourteenth United States
infantry, arrived here Thursday. He
left Manila April 3 on sick leave. He
is on his wny to rejoin his family In
Massachusetts.
i "People in this country who talk
about the war on the part of 1'ilipinos
being for independence do not know
what they are talking about," he Fnid.'
"It is a war of a few scheming, selfish,
lenders who have resorted to desperate
methods to secure a following. Not
only have they lied and misrepresented
things in every possible manner, but
they also have resorted to intimidation
to keep their forces together.
"The Filipinos are brave, but they
lack the qualities the American soldier
possesses. Their markmanship is
wretchedly poor and they are poorly
officered, if they had been good mnrks
iren the mortality in our ranks would,
have been something frightful, for our
troops have been exceedingly reckless
in fhe manner in which they exposed
themselves in battle. This accounts
largely for the fatalities which have
come to them. Time and time again,
when a good cover was ofTcred, our men
would stand up in the open and
calmly pick out their men."
WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY.
Chief of the Army Signal Corps Gives
the Hult ol Recent Experiments.
Washington, -May 12. Gen. Oreely
yesterday made 'tilie first authoritative
statement as to the progress making
In the development of wireless tcle
grap under the auspices of the United
States signal corps. 'Die important
conclusion is reached by Gen. Gredy
that the wireless system is not likely
to supplant the ordinary method of
telegraph communication. The re-,
suits so far obtained have been un
certain. Gen. Greely says:
"That there is a Held of usefulness
for space telegraphy is undoubted, but
thnt tt will supplant to a material ex
tent the use of wire for ordinary com
mercial telegraphy is not believed. Its
value for connection between light
houses and lightships and the shore, nt
noints where cables cannot now be
permanently maintained, will be great.
For signalling between ships at sea
and to replace ordinary flag methods
in use between naval vessel it should
prove valuable, since no kind of weath
er, neither darkness nor storm affect its
use.
"The use of metal reflectors to aug
ment nnd direct the radiation to par
ticular point has already met with par
tial success."
Seek to Recover a 1200,000,000 Estate
Chicago, May 12. An association of
heirs has been formed in Chicago to
recover an estate consisting of 00 acres
Of property in the henrt of the cities of
New York and Brooklyn, valued at
$200,000,000. This estate belonged to
Alexander Montgomery, a Tory who
fled from New York when Gen. Howe
evacuated with the British forces. To
preserve his Interests, Montgomery
leased his entire holdings for 08 years,
and since then, beyond a few spasmodic
efforts, no attempts have been made to
dislodge the . present owners of the
property. The heirs numlier 250.
A Record Breaking Voyage.
Washington, May 12. The trip of the
transport Hancock across the Puciflc
to tyinlln was a record-breaker. Up
to yesterday the record between Snn
Francisco and Manila was .28 days. The
time of the Hancock was 22 days, and
the vessel covered the entire distance
cross the Pacific without a stop,
A Big Bakery In Ashes,
Bochester, N. Y May 12. The Na.
tional Baking Co.'s three-story build
ing caught lire at 1 o'clock this morn
ing and at 1:45 mi in ruins. . Loss
about $100,000. ... .. - ,
(. Vha."Kalaoinlne''rAre. .. .. .
Ttalismiief" are chesp temporary prfp
trations mtnufactured from chalks, clays,
whiting, etc., sod are stuck on the walls
with decaying animal glue. They bear no
wnpanrfea with Alabtstine, which it a ce
ment that goes through a process of set
ting, and hardens with age. Consumers, in,
buying Alabastine, should tee that the goods
are in packages and proptrly labeled. Noth
ing else i "just as food as Alabastine. The
claims of new mutations are absurd en
their face. They cannot offer the test of
time for durability.
The GlvlnsT o' It.
Lension The bride was given away by
ner father.
Piatt And it was the newspapers, I be
lieve, that gave the count sway. Philadel
phia North American.
"Keep to Your Pl&ce and
Your Place wilt Keep You.'r
Without good health we
cannot keep situations or en
joy life. Most troubles origi
nate in impure blood. Hood's
Sarsaparilla makes the blood
rich and healthy, and will
help you 4 4 keep your place. "
Built Up -"Was tired out, had no
appetite until I took Hood's Sarsaparilla.
It bnilt me right up and I can eat heartily."'
Xtta M. Hagsi, Atbol, Mass.
Bood's WlijmreJIrwUU ithe non-lrrlutlns audi
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' tieaerai tumagtr and Ticket Afnt,
CHICAGO. ILUNOTS.
Excursions
to
California
Every week an organized
party leaves from Chicago 'via '
Denver and Salt Lake, in
charge of a special conductor.
Pullman Tourist cars are used.
They lack only the expensive
finish of Palace cars, while the
cost per berth is about one
third. Similar parties leave
each week from St Louis also.
For particulars address T. A.
Grady, Excursion Manager,
2ii Clark Street, Chicago.
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