The Saint Paul globe., April 16, 1899, Page 4, Image 4

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ATTEMPTS TO BRIBE
VBBY ARE AI.I,K<;KI) AUAINST THK
STANDARD OIL COMPANY
BY MR. MOXKTT
HE FAILS TO GIVES NAMES
Information Is Filed With tlte Su
preme Court. \\ hit-It 1h Asked to
Isaac mi Order Requiring; the
S(Hii<lfir(i Oil ( o m |> liny to Appear
iiiml Show Why It Sfaoult Not Be
\iljiu!j£'e<l <; it lit > of ( <nt(«-ijipt.
COI.CMBVP. 0.. April IS.— Attorney
Genera] tfonett today filed with the su
preme court Information regarding the
attempt said to have been made to bribe
him, and, while he asks an order of the
court for an Investigation <.>f the entire
niattor. he does not name the man who
made the allegf-d propoattionfl on behalf
of the Standard Oil company.
In th«> beginning of his information he
Bays six attempts are said to have been
made to bribe Former Attorney General
1). K. Watson to drop tlu- same cases,
which wore then pending. The first at
tempt was made in Columbus, by an al
leged agent of the Standard Oil company,
who asked Hon. Daniel J. Ryan to ap
proach th>> attorney general and offers7s,
--000 in cash, which Ryan refused to do.
The. second was made in Xt-w York dl-
rectly to "Watson by a person who offered,
as an inducement the attorneyshlp pf
over 3,000 miles of railroad. The third, by
a New Yorker, involved a cash offer
of $100,000. In the fourth attempt $100,000
was again the amount ■ named. In the
liCtli only Influence in Mr. Watson's be
liulf was offered. The sixth >vas through
De Witt C. Jones, of Columbus, who was
requested to offer the attorney ' general
a federal mission or a federal judgeship.
Mr. Jones refused to make the offer. In
some of these offers Mr. Watson was to
resign, and in others he was only asked
to allow the cases to drop.
Attorney General Monett then reaches'
hla own case. He says that on Jan. 10,
1599, he was called by telephone,- from
Cleveland, and asked to do nothing until,
the Cleveland man saw him,' and after-,
wards received the same message by tel
egraph, while in Washington. On hla
return to Columbus, on Jan. 25, the
Cleveland man asked a private inter
view at his office, during which was re
lated a conversp.tion had with a stock
holder of the Standard Oil company and
another person, in which offers begin
ning at $10<\000 and reaching $500,006 were
made to secure the stopping of the prose
cution of the cases pending in court
against the company.
The attorney general does not give the
name of the Cleveland man, but asks the
court to issue a rule requiring the Stand
ard Oil company and its agents and offl
cer3 to appear and show cause why they
should not be adjudged in contempt, and
also to authorize the attorney general
"to take the testimony of all parties
connected with the attempts, to show the
mode and manner adopted to impede and
embarrass due administration of jus
tice."
ODDITIES OF INFORMATION.
Passenger fisre on the new Congo rail
road i.-"; Hi! '. 4 cents' a mile.
The heart of a vegetarian beats on an
average fitty-eight to the minute; that of'
the meat eater seventy-five. This repre
esnts a din. mce .of~2O,OQU beats in twenty
foUC houlis.
Sonic of \hr machineirMbr making j
mat*iaes*imake im-h. involutions' ' a minute i
each and turn out about 2.500,000 of j
matches, daily, .-a-, about ■< ■«# > )09;000-- an
nu-illy.
Tlie oiaiest tTieaters la London are-"
I'rury Lnne. opened in 1663: Sadler's
• Veils, slatted as an orchestra assemFly
roorrf in 1683;' lfr.ymarkot. 1720; Covenl
Garden, 17:12, and LS'eeum, I7u?-.
U is estimated that if all puddings -made
In Kir.-.l.md in honor of Christmas were
rolled into one. the weight of it .would
be i.iSO tons, For- this pudding 32,000,000 I
eggs were used. . . * |
A number of relies of Sir Walter Scott I
were rr-cnily sold at auction, among!
them 1., tag eighty-three letters which i
brouglK W. 125. iiio walking-stick, a stout
[.'■•r.> „! ash pi;: in the woods of Abbots
ford, was sold for $385, and two locks of
his hair wenf for $10.50 each.
X the Wi: Mr in "lon Crop VniuT.
Nashviile American.
Peaches are killed, the strawberry crop
Is >'.i-n r,r.,l there is but little prospect
ror apples. if anything should happen to
tli€ watermelons we will begin to hear
K-.m.-tliiPS- about the black man's burden.
St. l. .Ms Glebe-Democrat,
Protection Needed.
Bt Louis Globa-Democrat.
Th-ro is a law in most states to prevent
nu-nfron. carrying concealed weapons.
1 ought, in justice, to be amended in
fmm , a m ••""" as win P»wnt women
from carrying a whole armory of hatpins.
fIOIMJ
4 RESIDENTS of St. Anthony £
■4 Hill do not have to g-o down L
town to g-et their Groceries. At P
a our two stores on Selby avenue '
J we have everything: from a bar- r
' re! of sugar to a bar of soap, ►
and at prices which are as low k
or lower than those of the L
A grocers ia the center of the city. T
J We carry f
1 FREStt ►
YEGETftBLES, I
1 FRESH \
4 BERRIES, ►
4 FRESH EGGS \
And all the hig-h grades of f
< GrtNNED fIND \
" BOTTLED GOODS. ►
< w
Place your orders either with T
: DONOHUE & 60. 1
I SELBY ftiii GROCERY I
632 SELBY. r
CAUSED ILL-FEELING
GERMAN FOREIGN MINISTER'S
CLAIM OF TRII'MPH OVER
BRITISH DIPLOMACY
COMMISSION IS UNWIELDY
British Predict That Its
Work Will Be Hampered by tlie
Hule of l;i»uimi(j British Bad
«et Fell Flat Herbert Glad
sto'ne'it Popularity Increased
( -I. i in. Nt on Troubles in Russia.
Copyrighted by the Associated Press.
LONDON, April 15.— Gennimy has
drawn the first blood in the Samoan nego
tiations, ai the expense of Great Britate,
In securing the important point of unan
imity in the decisions of the commission,
against •which the Marquis of Salisbury
held out until Germany's insistence
forced him to knuckle under. Tip to the
last moment inspired notes, emanating
from the British foreign office, declared
Great Britain would not assent to unan
imity. Only the night before the Ger
man minister of foreign affairs. Karon
yon Buelow, made the announcement that
Great Britain had agreed to unanimity,
and after the Associated Press had an
nounced from Berlin that Great Britain
had agreed to unanimity, an inspired
was circulated declaring it to be
.incorrect, that the British premier and
v-i-eign minister had accepted unanimity.
Therefore, the German foreign minister,
at the same time that he announced
Great Britain's acceptance of unanimity,
announced a distinct score for German
diplomacy. Baron yon Buelow and Count
yon Hatzfeldt-Wildenburg, the German
ambassador at London, can claim tho
credit for his victory. It waa due to
their firm attitude and able handling or
tho negotiations;.
Baron yon Buelow waa careful in the
reichstag yesterday to make it clear
that the Halted States had not opposed
Germany's propo-iul for. unanimity, and
that the Marquis of Salisbury alone of
fered-objections, until an assent waa
wrung from him.
.IRRITATED BRITONS.
The note of well-earned self-satisfac
tion, ringing throughout J!i<s Qerman for
eign minister's 'announcement that Great
Britain had yielded, caused irritation
here, which is reflected in the comments
of the newspapers this morning-. Tho
Morning Post speaks caustically of Baron
yon Buelow's "misplaced parade of ttrm
n<ss" in reference to the maintenance of
German rights, and complains that ho
announced the agrgfrment a< to unanimity
"in the tone of a minister who had
achieved great onfl glorious diplomatic
victory."
All the English newspapers were op
posed to unanimity, declaring that tho
commission under ail - phases cuuld not
come to an agreement. The Speaker
says: "The rule of unanimity on any
point Is hardly i -asonable, but the rule
of absolute unanimity is unworkable."
The Spectator expresses lite belief that
"the rule of unanimity appears to be in
tended to reduce the commission to a
mere group of. reporters."
The selection of C. N. K. Kiiot, of the
LTUish embassy at- V> ashing on, to rep
resent Great Britain on the Samoan
commission, has given satisfaction. Ha
is described a3 being both strong and
conciliatory, and as one of the most ver
satile men, as well as a distinguished
sc-hoiar and philologist. The Speaker,
referring to Mr. Kliofs appointment, re
marks:
. "A man, who has learned so much ap
parently without effort, can be trusted to
prasp the-.situation in Samoa rapidly, and
ifieal wit£ the.persons concerned with mln
j imum friction."
The English, newspapers have natural
ly, boomed the "brothers \n. arms,:: the
j .British and American blue jackets at
Samoa, and. portraits of Admiral Kautz
have ligyred prominently in tho papers.
BUDGET FELL FLAT.
The budget presented by the chancellor
of fclte excheejuar. Sir Michael Hicks-
Beach, In the house of commons on
Thursday,. pleased few people. It is usual
ly admitted. Jthat it fell far below the
usual level of budget statements. The
, Statist declares the reduction of the sink
ing fund is unworthy of a great nation.
The proposal, to increase the wine duties
I severely hits the cheaper wines, especial-
I ly the colonial wines, and probably the
Californinn wines. The colonial party in
the house of commons has already de
cided to wait upon the chancellor of the
exchequer, and urge him not to levy a
duly on colonial wines, as it would do
great Injury to a young and growing In
dustry In Australia. The agents generally
are making similar representations, as
the Australian wine trade with Great
Britain has increased greatly of late. Ac
ccrdlng to the plans of the chancellor of
the exchequer the cheapest clarets will
pay as much as the highest-priced wines
and spirits.
One of the events' of parliamentary
week was the re-entry of Sir William Ver
non Harcourt into the house of com
mons. Ringing cheers greeted him from
both sides of the house, as he sat down
b"eslde John Morley. But later in the
evening his successor as leader of the
Liberal party in the house. Sir Henry
Campbell-Bannerman, moved next to him
and they chatted together. Most of the
leaders on both sides of the house con
versed with Sir William Vernon Har
ccurt, but he appeared to be conscious
of his new position, and did not seem
to enjoy the exchange of civilities.
MR. GLADSTONE POPULAR.
The acceptance of the succession to Sir
Thomas Edward Ellis, who died April
5, as chief Liberal whip, by Herbert Glad
stone, has given keen satisfaction on all
sides, and his action Is warmly praised.
By accepting the post after having filled
Important ministerial offices, Mr. Glad
stone takes an almost unprecedented step
in English parliamentary history. He
yielded to the strong representations of
Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman, who
pointed out that the prestige of his name,
combined with his personal popularity,
would enable him to render invaluable
aid in the reconstruction and reorganiza
tion of the Liberal party. The office of
whip is always onerous and laborious,
and in the present crisis in the Liberal
party it becomes a post of exceptional
difficulty and responsibility.
HISTORIC TOMBS.
The tomb of Mary queen of Scots was
set up in the south aisle of Henry Vll.'s
chapel, Westminster abbey, by Jaraos 1.,
who transferred thither the body of his
mother from It 3 first burying place in tho
cathedral at Peterborough. Something
iike a quarter of a century had elapsed
between her death and the completion of
this memorial; for though a royal war
rant ordered the payment of $4,125 to
Cornelius Cure, the master mason in the
year 1607, the full design of the tomb, to
cost $10,000, was not shown to the kins
till 1611.
Near at hand, In that great "tempi* of
reconciliation," la the tomb of Queen
Elizabeth herself, also set up, and In
much the same style by James 1., the
greatly forgiving. In Queen Mary's vault
itself are the ashes of other unfortunates
—of the Lady Arabella Stuart, imprisoned
to madness by James I.— himself In need
of the forgiveness he gave— and brought
by night, after her death, from the towar
to the abbey, her body being placed "with
no solemnity" upon the coffin of Mary
Stuart.
Potatoes Prevent Goat.
Gout Is rarely known among the work-
Ing classes of Ireland. Their Immunity
from thto complaint is thought to be dua
to the fact that their food consists largely
of potatoes'.
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Dead Men's Features.
Experiments to reproduce dead men's
features from their skulls are beta*
made in Germany.
THE ST. PAUL GLOBE, SUNDAY, APRIL 16, 1899.
:j Boys' and j j9 1 Fill Line \
\ Children's Dept ±J^Tt '# 474*0 Tnirts and Valises
i! " %ound FloDr - illßlllßMT— ■■III! IIM MANUFACTURER'S :
NO ElwVatOr. ? Money Always J^k BBHBHHHHHHHHBBB** 111111 "" < DDirCC
i 1 g£S M^^^^CLOTHING HOUSE CO: L™!rLj
rJSI Bise to the Occasion ■ ■ The Unequalled
!| 7th & Robert. H JL L. ■ B^ ■ m ~~
1 JiiL Nothing Bargains Are AH important.
i' t Minneapolis r/ffi^v — "^ ***— *—^ i ajj
iiNiJSve. XJJJ We demonsfcrate with s>ooo5 > 000 Suits and 1,000 Overcoats, each one
L a trum P' eac k ODe a conv i n cing proof, each one self - asserting*.
/^9m§h H e r e Are America's Best Products.
Am \-K-'' xs -tyWm Th^ are made from American w^ls, by American labor, in latest American fashions,
M^^W^M^imMk an i We elami they are as goocl for wear as S arment s of imported materials you are com
#lPl'":' fW'.'^mm P? Bedto P a^ $18 > $20 > & 22 and $ 25 fbr - These 0,000 garments on exhibition and sale
ill VSBpi shows mu ch of the continuous forward strides of American manufacture. We have
IW&' Wi .i-'Si "*°T m * hat we think the best in Woi> steds, Cassimeres and Cheviots, and make them
fwvSilM l lt m Barments8 arments to fit all sizes - The y are tailored to stay in shape and to wear.
W-WH ,'i'S."O| II lhe y will give good satisfaction. This sale offers the greatest' mercantile opportunity
WW-fl ftlp %s£■ M T e v ° ever P resented > the best garments for the money that has ever been known,
M§^^W^^-^m v®Wsk i eSt values ' the best st > rles > the best patterns-investigate these American best
v^ P r °ducts that claim your attention and deservedly will get gt± J^^a
/Ki^i^^^r your trade. Choice of 5,000 Suits and 1,000 Overcoats, lr(| ■_■ t
/ z 7o ??** again we say, representinsr as good values as imported l^^i I^l
/ lili ZSST? materials, worth sls, $18, 520 and s2s. For choice dj&f OIJ
If • l^lf '$!&&& b** o **^* * al
/ Iffl •S&fflf Clothin * The Suits are Lined with best Farmer's Satin or Silk. Overcoats are lined with best Italian Cloth or Silk.
/ Jto l« The $20,000 Purchase of Bart, SchaffnerS Marx I j The Palace Own Make Clothing. |:
// ■ lljllf •'■-•."', r j ; ' : ' ' . Chicag-O, 111., 13 making- satisfactory results. 50 >> represents the best productions of the world. Our workshop. 665-574 \
*/ -' ''^ -ffiffl fiiJitU^ii- ' ' cfirloa rtf tVia finaei + v;, +1 : ", „ , ■ . ( Broadway, N. V.. .-niploys only the best, most skilled tailors— the ;
B I m*R Sf-ffiS *j&8l88 ; Styles Of the finest Clothing 1 thl3 worlds blgg-est ,' styles are excLuslve-^very point that best tailors can have Is em- '
j ' lS2>l i-^iji^a Cw-^-V^^i* I1 '-' " wVirtl^o-1«T- c .--« «-,-,1«. -n **1 ii. i ii. ; r.. ( ! bodied In our productions— wo show more styles of fine artistic/
// '-.&&[ W'-lfßl ■■■' wnolesalers Can make —a 0 Styles that they list \ clothing: , than all other clothiers In the Northwest combined— exclu- i'
n \;J&SI§*l ?&'--i?&Sa f*SSSJ-.-i .utinUsal. .tiio nf, Cm rtfl „« »«- rtrt .•■■ .. i sively ; , do we show the military shoulder— the ' new swagger clothnj ,'
I ii ; i^H $<Wfi ;&iW*!5bK. Wholesale at is>l3.oJ, b20. 00 and $20.00 are OH our ? fit reform clothJUig-avery Bt (tch custom made by hand- -100 styles at *,'
i! fe^^ f* ;^^ ;'ri^i«r'-.'. : 't r' rn ,, Mtpr . ;n C( J M n f (!„„ < - i *< ■ S choice, 1)115-100 styles at, choice, ?24^ahd they are the finest suits /
(I P^^^ > counters- -OO btyles Ot Utie g-Usranteea Clothing- are < and overcoats that can b« ma^e at any price. i
// I^R S'ffi "'.^^^^ ' ]! here in sacks and frocks, in double-breasted suit 8, < 500 Fine Black Clay Coats and Vests out of $15 suits, all aizeaJn ;
l^ffij SMml^?^?^' ■' j i'l fine top coats; 50 styles to introduce to our trade; j FarmerY safin^rati^X.ed'^rwbrth QQ
i^^M '^^M^^W^^^f i t!l ' S * 20 ' 000 deal snows much of the energy of that great i| four times the price we -ask— as a won- W IW »■»«W !
>I^^K?MSftl^K^^ffii^' S llouae ' f cr $20,000 worth were sold to iU 'at a price that j der of the otnln^ a^ e - Jo ur P«ck at " ; ,
jS^^^^L^P^^^^^ > ' \ w6uld k; coaside red ruinous to most j HAIL ORDERS FILLED.
fc§&^ S/- Sm '^^^^^-*" ( concerns; to introduce the H. S. &Mi fine, wa S 500 Cassimere Suits— excellent materials— ueat colors— reliable |
't&gm : 'g&§ofrtts' ) guaranteed clothing-, we offer choice of STB ■ w»^ '! make— splendid business sults-rcannot . |
SlsiipllilM*k ' <50 styles at a saving- of $7.50, SlO 00 and I *^i > be matche<l under $l0.«0-to show the —^
lha rosrent Deo^a U«-a_.-.a s;oxa. jj^— thtou^Ji ih<» ,cf»nUQVet?y-oi one of . lheir- buyers with "a ' certain <! " ' - .» -.: : ■ -,: ' -.■ "•• .... •_ >•'
manufacturer in the East, a big lot of shoes waa jeft on their fiands jßm uraan ' Swr>ll ni^fic c;,rh>V. «iit« E mid richh'ark-i-nobbvflan"ebriins JH , ! '
-those shoes are full standard $3.50 valueg-eyery pair stamped, with fPffewal «fm ( bwell paans, si-htlj nutrna ana cicli d.acK.^ noDoy^un.,. urims MWk Mm /
the Regent name and price— they come in tans, in cluK-olntr-w, ?n Iffiia^ E*B^ 1 -correct shape stift hats-the treuieudous rush tor tnem, ns jet, %fc.. "^g WLJH f^> £B )
blacks— in vicl kids, in Russian calfc-ln all new lasts and styles^the bTTS gj mns& em H ? has not broken the assortmoiit--they are the finest qualttv and JTOTS B w?h» »§ /
most remarkable, best shoe bargain that has .ever' been s-Md in the M B <^^ > ? are worth $3.00 and S3. 50-r-on sule for " H ■ <
XIV ill \j\ 1.16b *•••••■■■■■••■ .• • ...... ••..» Wm • •■• k a »'•*• •"•'•» •• » * a^ ' ••• • »-»-* if^» - ' ' ''ft C
Boys' and Children's Superior Clothing at Surprising Prices ir 1 tttsl, lal (Mil Slore il tWliy IbsJ
Youth's Perfect-fitting High-grade Strictly AH=wool Suits—Sizes 15 to /f P" jffe f A<^ PNT NIIMRFR ONP«
19 years, containing materials of standard, reliable qualities. They are made QsHl fill •• AJjUKUHL^I nu ' u)ulv V7.>L. ( ;
lust liko men 1 ? suits, with double-breasted vest, tig-ht lining trousers If vll 1 1 Ills „,.,, '<
wanted; they have detail, style and everything else attended to with care; Wt/«V V <?AIF F YTJ? AOJ?HiN.A RV - VtlluS3 "iipracedenied-styles exclusive-cloths superior. We I
they are fully worth $8 50 On sale for . .- .. «-/VL,U L.A. 1 IV/\TJI\I/ii^f\l\ I buunh •J.HriO high-erade earments iucluUiuk choicest patterua of !i
tasty experts, variety too great to be described intelligently; they are £f^ m g-K m I,
i, crowd the biggest boys' store we offer unlimited choice of this splendid ,
The Nobbiest Youths' Suits-Sizes 15 to 19 years,; made from Annapolis fgi «^ p> aggregation for ][
serges— guaranteed fast color— in Yale style— double breasted with rich silk ffe, / L|§ . A crnnTM r" VT IV! I T f*l t? C D TW/n i
facings— high cut, single breasted vest— per fe'ptly shaped garments— worth vfl / > 111 AobUK I ' lt^ « i>!Uiil>L'«V IYV %J. I
$12— on sale Monday for . : ;... »«' m «KJ?%F 1,000 dozen all-wool 1
.1,500 suits, running in value up to $3.50, A|a* «B kn ee pants abso- ■■ ' <
Youthr'YachtClothSuits in navy blue, sizes sto 10 years, made from (T £1 F" A I J H S wi°th > pateAt JR^ i
the best wearing materials we know of; fashionable, stylish and elegant in . %l| Xt 1 1 terlals trimmed "in ever so many differ- «% 1 /-■ waistbands, taped /.if 1
every respect: beautiful silk facings; fully worth »2.00. vDIJ.CjU ent waj4; ™S» * ire excellent; dTspikyed &USbV seams, hip pockets. £UU i
On sale Monday for :•••*••• »yV|^V for easy picking. Monaay, choice. ....... suspender buttons .. " ?
S Swell Neckwear Cheap— $»-<>o Glove Run— ls uoo Bicycle Hose Men's Laundered Slo *?yi's.* m»rth r up C to d $i d 75, au r go > > Superb Weight Sanitary |
< 500 dozen purchased from a Including gloves worth i 48c — Men's hiffh- Negligee ShlrtS-Coi- < Men's^M^dral oSS*" Menus' °SHk { j "ealth Underwear « W e \
) small manufacturer, who was ffr*9S&*i i L.,j -d-,, ti «, la-*i nnH ruff* it- ' Stripe Botany Cloth Shirts, all with ? /have planned to scoop all un- S
compelled to realiz^including «Pto*.7s-the cele- grade Bicycle Hose, l £*V ld "S **, ! | '^^^Tf^^flinieTiwrU offers and place on sal J
silks of rich sorts-^olorlngs brated Adler make-in | all W the new .prillff tach ed Inhered I wiST^nSA 1 an^ttei^tol % Men's merino underwear, in the
<.. . _ , X «.«♦—. • i-4. t. t S shades-— tans. greens < yoke, 6 pearl DUt- ( > match— Men's custom made laun-J ', new blue and salmon colors—)
* that are novel-shapes that can- pique stitched, outseam 1., . <L^V,? tons extra Wldecuff I ' dored Colored Dress Shirts with ( < shirts are finished with silk?
> not b« bettered at Jl-not a tie ..„ S bl «Ci and bcotch , U-US, exira WiaecuiT, i ,ro d cornered detached link cuffs/. 5 b d himnnlu- C
J en ,t^ street, cape driver— t m ; xtlir^c worth f»v- ' CUt 36 inches lone", S( to match— Men's fine French Sateen\ ) oouna necK and pearl buttons— J
S worth under 50c-some of them J mixtures — WOrtn cv- | ( «aw < luv - u " lwl fs' > S ghlVts with collars attached, cojhji > drawers have three large pearl J
< look to be worth a great deal sueae and il.ng- S erj Cent of Mf% i \ &•* Clestg-ns tO piCK i| , ttnuous facings, placker sleeves, ) buttons, satoen facings extra <
more than that- ftp Hsh. All go AJfl #* $1.00. On fI.KP from; reg- 1A f^t^ff^ftSKcaST'bi?: i?^^" a twi » ' »^>e
J i '• . ■ i j S all for WWW ', **Ww/
COFFIN TRUST OF $80,000,000.
Ninety Per Cent of the Manufacturers Are Repre
sented in the New Combination.
It Is expected that a coffin trust, which
will represent ninety per cent of the
manufacturers of this country, will be
In operation on May 1. The trust will
have a capital Of $20,000,000, says the New
York Herald.
Efforts to organize the trust were be
lun in August last. John H. Parka Is
the promoter. In order to cat the manu
facturers In the combination, many in
ducement* were made and every wire
was worked. The organizers even have
gone to the stockholders of coffin and
casket companies In order to force a oora
pany Into the project.
There has been the keenest kind of
competition between coffin manufacturer!
for several years. The condition of the
trade Is Bald to be unsatisfactory, owing
to the great competition. The project to
combine all the manufacturers Is meant
to bring about better conditions In the
trade. I was Informed that the trust
will mean advanced prices and a reduc
tion of about one-half la the working
force.
WILL ADVANCES PRICES.
As such a reduction in the operations
will mean a loss of employment to about
six thousand persons and a greater ex
pense to the publlo by reason of the ad
vanced prices for undertakers' supplies,
the trust will appeal to popular interest,
particularly as tts operation will mean a
big fight against a smaller combination of
Independent manufacturers.
There has never been attempted a com
bination of" !this kind before. In this
country the number of manufacturers is
about one hundred and ten, of which
ninety^ jfer ceilt are represented in the
combination* < *
Among those, who are In It are the Na
tional Casket company, of this city; the
New York and Brooklyn Coffin company;
H. E. Taylor & Co., Brie Burial company,
of Erle! ; Hornthal Burial company, of
Chicago^ C. C. Curtis company, of Chi
cago; the Chicago Coffin company; the
Cincinnati Coihn company. Sergeant &
Co., of 'New Haven; the Textile Manu
facturing company, the Crane & Breed
ManufaQfurinff, company, of Cincinnati;
the New Haven Casket company, the
Ohio Valley Coffin company of Lawrence
burg, In<l. ; the. Dubuque Casket company,
F. C. Riddle * Brother, of St Louie; the
Chattanooga Coffin and Casket company,
of Chattanoog'tL Term.; the Mound Coffin
company,, and f rhe Kregel Casket com
pany, of St, Louis.
The only two New York manufacturers
not In the trust axe J. & J W. Stolts and
Hornthal & Co. Altogether only about
on* dozen coffin-making concerns of the
country have not accepted th« chanoo to
Join in the project
MEETING IN WALDORF-ASTORIA.
About ninety concerns were represented
at a meeting in the Waldorf-Astoria. ▲
committee representing twenty-eight of
the leading: manufacturers was appointed
to attend to the formation of the trust.
J. T. Crane, of Cincinnati, presided at
the meeting.
The proposition, it is said, is to ratse
a cash capital for the combination out
of the concerns. At first it was suggest
ed that bankers be enlisted In the for
mation of the trust, but this plan has
been abandoned. I wa« informed that
when the trust shall be in operation many
plants will be closed. Already the books
of the concerns In the combination ar«
being audited, so that the business of
each plant can be determined.
The undertakers at the present lime. It
Is asserted, are making more money than
manufacturers of undertakers' supplies.
There is a good profit in their business,
particularly as most of the very poor per
sons are insured for a sufficient sum to
obtain a good burial.
Among undertakers there will be great
interest in the trust for It may mean a
dlminuion of their profits.
EPISTLES TO ST. PAUL.
In a small town not fifty miles from St.
Paul there lives an old Frenchman who
for many years has carried the mall
bags back and forth from trains to post
office. Not long since it happened the mall
car was pulled some distance beyond the
platform before coming to a standstill.
The agent on the car called repeatedly to
the old gentleman to come and take the
mall. Not an inch did he move, but in
a rather commanding tone, told the crew
to back up the train to the usual stop
ping place. After some words this was
done, Rnd as the Frenchman threw the
bags over his shoulder under a shower
of not very smooth words from the train
men, he turned suddenly and, facing
them, said:
"Oh, you go on! lour tha Great North
ern's kida; I Uncle Sam's."
• * •
A young woman and a man who both
work at tha oapitol were speaking of
I affairs there.
"You should have seen I lie piio of ap
plications," he said.
"I wonder what my frlpml's chances of
appointment ar<»," sho an id. "I have
spoken to one of the senators about him.
He asked me how old he was. Why do
you suppose he wanted to know?"
"He probably wished to ascertain If
your friend was active," suid ilio man.
"Indeed he Is active!" Hhe replied,
"and a great party worker. Why, for tho
last elsfht years he has worked for his
party, and he is the only one of that
political creed In the whole district!"
The man wan chivaVrous", tor he did not
even smile at her eager recommenda
tions for the one whoso political activ
ity had worked Much remarkable results.
* • •
Assistant County Attorney Zoilnvan.who
Is very much addicted to the hunting
habit, has aroused from the lethargy into
which he falls every winter, and is busy
putting his shot guns In order, and brush-
Ing up on his stock of hunting stories.
Yesterday he told one that has for its
heroes Sheriff John Wagener and 'J. M.
Hawke3, both of whom are fond of shoot
ing at things.
It appears that last summer Mr. Zoll
man, with Hawkes and Wagoner, went
out for a hunting trip to Lac qul Parle,
where they lived at the sha<-k of a denizen
jol the district, named Anderson. In cb9
course of time the stock of provisions
; became low, and the trio of hunters, one
day harnessed up Anderson's horse to
; a rickety old wagon, and started for
another farm owned by their host at a
distance of about ten miles. The party
had an excellent time on the way, shoot
ing at and scaring innumerable pralri >
chickens, and both Wagener ir.d HawUes
became tired out with their exertions.
When they reached the farm the wagon
was loaded down with hay, milk, butter,
eggs and a halt dozen chickens, and on j
the way back Zollman assumed the reins,
allowing his companions to sleep in the
bay. It .was a nice day for a drive, and
Mr. Zollman pounded the old horse into
a rapid gait. The scenery flew past the
rapidly moving rig and so, incidentnlly
rfid one of the tires, but nobody cared!
The climax was reached when the tenrri
turned in off the road to the shack. Then
the tireless wheel collapsed, and Mr.
Wagoner and Mr. Hawks were mixed ujj -
In an indistinguishable melange with
chickens, eggs, milk and guns playing
star part*. The incident was not closed
until the farmer had been paid enough
to replace the missing parts of his wagon,
und rhore was a shortage In the food ?ny.
ply during the remainder of the hunt.
The foods we eat furnish
energy for the body just as
burning coal makes steam
1 for an engine.
The experiments of Prof..
j Frankland, Ph. D. f of Lon
don, shows that cod-liver oil
yields two and one-half times
! more energy than starches
or sweets
Scott's Emulsion is pure
cod-liver oil combined with
I hypophosphites of lime and
I soda. It forms fat, gives
I strength, enriches the bloody.
! invigorates the nerves, and
! repairs tissues.
<;oc. and ii.oo, all druggists
i BCQTT & BOWNE, Chemists, New York.