Indianapolis Journal, Indianapolis, Marion County, 23 March 1894 — Page 6

THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, FRIDAY, MARCII 'S3, 189 1.

RATES TO BE .RESTORED

Presidents of All the Trunk Lines PliMljreil to That Efiect. Freight Tariffs Will Also Ue3Iaintained iu tho Future, ami a New Tool l'tit Into Operation. II. C. Parkrr, traffic manager of the Lake Erie & Western. r turned yesterday from Chicago, where he had Leen in attendance on imetins for a couple of days. Mr. Parkers states that In his railroad career ho has never known a more determined effort to restore east-bound rates and then maintain them than the one now proposed. The president of every trunk line and of the roads In the Central Tratlic Association has pledged his road to a restoration and absolute maintenance of rates on and after April L As far as pledges go nothing more could bo desired, and as the trunk lines agree not to participate iu rates with any Western road which does not live up to the agreement and a determination i3 expressed to prevent the roads in hands of leceivers disturbing ratC3 by refusing to participate with them In reduced rates, the trunk lines certainly have the key to the (situation. It is thought the formation of something in the nature of a pool will greatly strengthen the roads in maintaining rates after they are restored. The agreement is not on the principle of old-time pools, being rather a restriction of traHic agreements. The w hole thing will be in the hands of a committee whoso main duty will be to decide when a road is running ahead of its rightful proportion of tonnage. This committer will then order such road to restrict its tralllc, as provided by the eastbound freight pooling agreement, sind it is believed that, so unxlous are railway oiTiClals Vj get more revenue from business carried, that all will fall in line and for once Kive such a plan a fair test. This 13 the only plan which the roads could adopt that would evade the anti-pool section of the interstate commerce act eulliclently to receive the co-operation of roads in the hands of receivers, which is a very important item. No evenlng-up Is to be done by payment of money or tonnage to another line. Tho road which runs ahead will simply refuso to accept certain business until it falls back in tonnage to its proper josition. The order to restrict tonnage, under the agreement, may le a verbal one from the committee to the president of the road, the president la turn to Instruct his superintendent to temporarily loan or lease certain cars, and not a scrap of paper will be in evidence to prove the existence of the semblance of a pool. It is proposed to have the east-bound pooling agreement in operation as early as April 15, that it may uld in the maintenance of rates at tariff when they are restored. In freight circles the fact that the roads in the hands of receivers are favorable to this arrangement Is looked upon as a strong point. At the meeting in Chicago it developed that ono Of the lines had been carrying grain from Chicago to the feaboard at 12 1 cents per I'jo pounds, and there was not a road which had ten strictly adhering to raten for the last sixty days. Freight men take the position that the present is a good time to put the pool in operation, when the tonnage is light and the weather favorable to handling freights of all classes. A dispatch from Chicago says that tho Kasteru lines, with tho exception of the Wabash an'l the Ixrhlgh Valley, have benuno parties to an agreement providing for the restoration of all passenger rates and the cessation of all commissions on March 31. Any road violating the agreement will be fined $10,000, and this will be collected by process of law, if necesHury. Commissioners of the associations are laboring with the Wabash and Lehigh Valley, and they are expected to join the agreement within a short tlm. The Western passenger lines, at their meeting in Chicago yesterday, made no progress towards restoring the rates between the Missouri river and Chicago, but will try' "gain to-day. A representative of the Atchison road was present during the earll-r irtion of the meeting, and for a time it sevmed as though the Atchison and Northwestern would agree, but when the meeting reconvened after lunch th. Atchison man was not in evidence, and, after waiting for him two hours, the meeting adjourned. A telegram was received late Wednesday by several of the lines which sent a Joint telegram to the Cu'.on l'urilic. asking Its co-operation in raising rates west of thf Missouri river, which occasioned great amustment. It was signal by L:. Lomax, tt-nt-ntl i.Hssnsvr a nt of the Union laciiic, and stated that the Union PacUlc waa much pleased over the friendly feelings enterta!nl for it ly the Chicago lines; that it was anxious to have the rates restored and concluded; "We have given indlvlduai notice of the restoration of rates from the Missouri river to California." Jlefore this message was cold another came from li. It. Payne, assistant general freight aKent of the Lnion l'acillc, declaring the tirst message had been sent through error. It had been given to a stenographer to hold, and the stenographer had let it slip. The lines were requested to consider the first message canceled. The general opinion is that between, the sending of the two telegrams the Northwestern had requested the l nlon Pacific not to restore rates west of the river unless they were advanced east Of it. The Alleged Vimrierlillt Scheme. Prexel, Morgan & Co. are not trying to gvt the Lnulsvlllo Southern for the Richmond Terminal system so much as for the Chesapeake & Ohio road, says the Louisville Commercial. Tho Cincinnati Southern ' is so far removed from the main system that it cannot be considered a part of the Richmond Terminal. The leading Southern bondholders know this, but they do not all know, or even suspect the extent of the scheme now on foot. The Vanderbllts arc backing tho syndicate that Is backing the reorganization of the Richmond Terminal, so far as this reorganization has any backing under the modified plan. The Vanderbllta own the IJaltlmore & Ohio and the Chesapeake & Ohio. The Paltlmoro & Ohio runs into St. Lr.uls. Thence the M.. K. & T.. which is controlled by the Vanderbllts, runs to Texas, connecting about one hundred miles west of Houston with the Southern Pacitie, the private property of C. 1. Huntington. Drexel. Morgan & Co. are now reorganizing the Air Line of the Mackey system, with a view to putting it in the Vanderbllt system. As soon as this is accomplished the Chesajeake & Ohio will only lack the Louisville Southern. Tho Chesupeake & Ohio now runs into Louisville, from Lexington, on the Ixulsville c Nashville tracks. The acquisition of the Southern would bring it into Louisville bv a route twelve miles shorter than by the Louisville & Nashville. It Is ierfectly plain that Drexel, Morgan fi Co., who aire merely agents of the Vanderbllts, want the Southern, but they want it as cheap as pos- . lble. Should they force the road to a foreclosure sale the Louisville Nashville might gather it in and this would force the Chesapeake & Ohio to use its tracks or build a third line from Lexington to !ouisVllle that Would cost $o..''.ihx) to $I..(K"0 and never could be made to pay. The Louisville Southern Is. therefore, a necessary part of the great Vanderbllt Chesapeake & Ohio transcontinental system. Such is the Btorv told by the Louisville paper. A dispatch from New York, however, pays that neither John P. Rockefeller nor William Rockefeller have been in the Southxvest, as reiortedj In the Interest of an extension of the anderbilt railway system WE CAKPJOT SPARE healthy flesh nature never burdens the body with too much sound flesh. Loss of flesh usually indicates poor assimilation, which causes the loss of the best that's in food, the fat-forming element. of pure cod liver oil with hypophosphites contains the very essence of all foods. In no other form can so much nutrition be taken and assimilated. Its raxge of usefulness has no limita tion wherc-weakness exists. Ittw i ore Dutu vj mu ruggiiP.

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over the lines of the Missouri. Kansas & Texas nnd Texas Pacific railroads. Roth gentlcmf-n were at their ollkes In New York yesterday and fth disavowed any knowledge of the alleged project. They IIcImhimmI Puuehetl Ticket. A clever scheme to swindle the Southern Pacific by the reissue of punched railroad tickets has been unearthed, and L A. Whiteside and J. A. Andrews, clerks In th? ollice in San Francisco, and R. (Jreenwald and M. (Jreenwald, ticket brokers, have ben arrested for forgery. The swindle ha3 been going on for some time, and the profits ot the conspirators were quite large. remount. Local and General Xoten. W. II. McDoel, gnral manager of the Monon lines, has returned from New York. George T. Gunnip. general Eastern traveling passenger agent of the Santa Fe lines, was in the city yesterday. William Green, general manager of the Cincinnati. Hamilton & Dayton lines, was in the city yesterday, en route to Chicago. George Staats, secretary of Superintendent Mansfield, of the lnd!anaiolis & Vincennes. Is so 111 a3 to contlne him to his room. The belief is general that eventually the New York & New England will pass under control of the New York, New Haven & Hartford. MaJ. William West, representing the carpervice department of the Baltimore & Ohio, 15 in the city for a couple of days on ofilcial work. The Illinois steel rail mill at South Chicago has orders to keep it running ninety days, and the mills at Joltet to keep them busy for six months. Next Monday the executive committee of tha Chicago & Rock Island will have a meeting, when a 1 p-r cent, quarterly dividend will be declared. Hereafter engineers and firemen on the Panhandle lines will be credited on the pay roll with the amount of coal saved from the regular allowance. Udrnund Seacher has been appointed temporary receiver of the Newport News & Missisfppl Valley, at the Instance of C. 1. Huntington, it is stated. M. I). Woodford, president of the Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton, who came West to attend the annual meeting, returned to JSew York Wednesday nlsmt. The only railway tunnel in Illinois Is on the Rig Four's Cairo division. Itis several hundred feet in length, passing through what is known as Tunnel hill. The new management of the TJvansville &. Indianapolis are placing the road In much better physical condition, and with that Its business is increasing. The plan of the reorganization of theChlcgo, Peoria & St. Louis has been declared operative, and the securities of the .Jacksonville, Louisville & St. Louis are frozen out. The Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton has the contract to haul live hundred carloads of Pittsburg coal from the Ohio river to Indianaioll3 for the Indianapolis Gas Company. The directors' of the Columbus & Hocking Valley unanimously re-elected C. C. Walte president of the road and general manager. All other olllcers elected reside in New York. The directors of the Missouri Pacific and of the St. Louis & Iron Mountain in each case re-elected the old corps of olllcers, George j. Gould being elected president of both companies. C. 11 Fuller, superintendent of bridges on the VandaJla lines, who has been 111 for three months, the last few days has been much worse, and no hopes are entertained of his recovery. Tha committee appointed to nominate thirteen directors for the Pennsylvania Railroad Company for the annual election on Tuesday next, have named the present thirteen members of the board. On April 1 W. J. Lewis will become secretary for th receUers of the Peoria, Decatur & IJvansvlile. A. G. Palmer general frleght and passenger agent and S. J. Cassetty assistant general freight and passenger agent. The Seaboard Air line, which has never before had a representative at New Orleans, has apjointed R. II. Tate, who formerly traveled In this territory for the L'ast Tennessee, Virginia &. Georgia, to that position. he Late Url A. Western eained in the second week of March a decrease as compared with the corresponding week of ISitf of but, going back to the corre sponding week in 12, this year'u exhibit Is much more fivoruclt. Mort Pierscn, who has been with N. K. Klllott, superintendent of the Vandalia main line, has resigned and returns to Indianapolis to engage in business, after an absence of four years. John Davis will succeed Mr. Pierson in the Vandalia ofiice. There is excellent authority for salng that whenever any change is made on the Indianapolis division of the Pennsylvania lines Harry Miller will be anointed superintendent of this division, despite any rumors sent out from Richmond or Cincinnati. The presidents of the Trunk-line Association and the managers of the Central Traffic Association have agreed to regulations providing for a ten-thousand-dollar forfeit for the violation of the agreement not to pay commissions on passenger business after March 31. The locomotive recently burned at Turdue University will probably be brought to the Panhandle shops, this city, to be rebuilt. William Swanston, master mechanic of the Panhandle shops, was at Lafayette yesterday inspecting the partially burned engine, and gave an estimate of the cost of rebuilding it. P. A. Hewitt, auditor of the Rig Four, Is In the city on oillclal business. It is probable that the heudquarters of the four traveling auditors will be moved back to Indianapolis again, so much more convenient is it for them to reach the different divisions, Indianapolis beln practically in the center of the ten divisions. F. L. Martin, commercial agent of the Missouri, Kansas & Texas for this terrltory was in the city yesterday. He states that the company is securing a good deal of business from this section, and, now that It has a line of Its own Into St. Ixuils, blJs fair to get a still larger share of the traffic for Missouri and Texas points. Robert Wright, who has been treasurer of tho Grand Trunk road since 1878, has resigned on account of ill health, and Charles Percy, who has been assistant to the general manager for a number of years, takes the iosltlon of treasurer; J. J. Lanning. private secretary" to the general manager, becomes assistant to the general manager. F. L. Corwln, superintendent of the Chicago & Kastern Illinois, has irsued tho new schedule to take effect April 20, and to the surprise of the trainmen th schedule of wages is but little lower. It is probable no further opiositlon on the part of the trainmen will le manifested. Agitators had made the Issuing of the schedule a much more formidable affair. It is stated, than there was any grounds for. The Pennsylvania Company, several weeks ago, tested on one of its coaches a ventilator wldch was designed by on of the employes on the Pittsburg. Fort Wayne te Chicago. Since then six more coaches have been titted up with the device, which 1erforms very satisfactorily. A coach can e cleared of the most Impure air anil smoke In one-third the time required by the present system of ventilation. While the Garstang typo of engine on the Rig Four Is very fast with six or seven cars, they do not handle the f-st trains on the Chicago division, which usually consist of ten or twelve cars, satisfactorily, and the ten-wheel passenger engines which the Rrooks locomotive works built for the Rig Four have been put in service hauling these heavy train. They are doing good service, making up lime with these trains, if ncctssary. Samuel Felton, Jr., president of the Queen and Crescent, and also receiver, has published In pamphlet form his atiowtr to General Manager Smith, of the Louisville A: Nashville. .Mr. Felton" s defense Is fully as strong In its joints as were the allegation of General Manager Smith. Mr. Felton going into statistics showing that the Increase in business of the VJueen and Crescent was mad without resorting to the trickery aliened. I. H. Rurgoon, formerly with the Vandalia (Peoria division), now general sui rlntendent of the Findlay, Fort Wayno & Western, is developing a good deal of business for the road. In the way of building i:p broker, down roads he ir. a decided success, say thos who know him best. Superintendent Rurgoon has. undrr date of March LV. isMied the following notice: S. J. Love has been appointed freight and ticket agent at Raldwin. Ind.: M. V. Mtircmi, ticket anent at McGill. O.; A. W. Ratson. Ticket igvnt at Uatson, O. ; S. R. Davis, ticket agent at Tipton, O. The receivers of the Philadelphia & Reading road filed a petition in the I'nited States Court at Philadelphia, asking permission to build a six-niiilion-dollar subway. It is pnq)sed that the subway shall be constructed beginning at a pnlnt east of Rroad street, Philadelphia, on the Reading road, and passing by tunnel under Rroad street, and then by oj :i subway to Twenty-llrst street and Hamilton street, thence by tunn 1 to a point nar Taney street, thence ly open subway to a point at or near Thirtieth street. The plans and estimates have roeeivt-t the. approval of the Mayor. The city pays a sdiare of the expenses. A horseman claims that feeding nn idle horse much corn in winter Is as hard on them as overworking them In summer.

Where there are children there Dr. Hull's Couuh Svruu should be always handy.

BAD K0SE FOR BUTTER

X. B. GrofTs Employe Makes an Error that Led to GrolPs Arrest. The Employer Held for Violating tho Oleomargarine Law Criminal Court Lets Another Violator Off Easy. Nathaniel 15. Groff, who deals In oleomargarine at 80 East' Market, is in trouble and all through misplaced energy of a boy in his employ named Albert Cloddard, he says. Groff retails oleomargarine to boarding houses and restaurants and Albert was employed to solicit orders from these sources and afterwards to deliver the goods. The oleomargarine laws are "written in blood" and prohibit the selling of the imitation butter in other shape than the original tenIound packages, which must be plainly marked and must bear the stamp of the internal revenue collector. The fine for violation of this law is as high as $1,000 and coupled with it is a provision for imprisonment; for not more than three years. Th complaint in this case comes from a rival dealer who received the "tip" from Pyatt & Royd, grocers at Alabama and Seventh streets. Goddard recently, upon three separate occasions, visited their store and each time sold them a ten-pound firkin of what was marked Columbus creamery butter, it is claimed. While In the store on the last visit the boy was shown some genuine creamery butter, which, with the air and assurance of an expert, he pronounced oleomargarine. Ills nerve was so steady that, unfortunately for him, the "blurt" went and the grocers called up the house from which they bouRht the butter and registered a good, hard protest. The result was that this time a sure-enough expert came out and tasting the articles at once pronounced the bov's "creamery" to be oleo and the other good butter. This was the beginning of the end, for the information was carried to the government authorities soon after in the manner mentioned, and (Jroft was yesterday arrested and taken before United States Marshal Van Ruren for a hearing. According to the boy's testimony he would take the oleo around for delivery nnd when a customer refused It he was in the habit of hunting another market for his j.;oods, his motto being to dispone of the goods before returning to headquarters. He h id not been long in Groff s employ, but thought he had grasped the details of the business In prettv fair shape. Gro'.T, on the other hand, testified that Albert had strict orders to solicit only for the best oleo customers, and the ten-pound firkins he had were simply samples of the goods and not for sale. Albert Insisted In his evidence that the oleo was given to him with Instructions to sell It wherever he could. Groff declared the boy was not telling the truth and the matter resolved Itself to a question of veracity. Meanwhile Commissioner Van Ruren concluded to hold Groff In $rM bond, which was at once furnished, Frank: P. Cross being the surety. Albert no longer works for Groff. KII1IVS CASH IV Jl'KY'S HANDS. The Prisoner Take the Stand anil To 11m a DtMKiitttlng; Story. The case of George Kldd, alias Rooth Rell, on trial In the Criminal Court for criminal assault. Is yet with the jury. The body was sent out at noon yesterday and had not returned at 9 o'clock last night. At that hour acting Judge Spaan gave instructions for a sealed verdict, should a decision be reached before morning. The prisoner himself was on 4he stand yesterday morning, and although he admitted having taken liberties with the girl, Lavonla Sherman, he asserted that he met with no resistance. He told a disgusting story that brought forth a scathing denouncement from the prosecution. When arrested Rell had In his possession a large packr.ge of letters of an obscene character, but the correspondence was not produced during the trial. It was learned yesterday that had the State been aware of the fact, an Important witness could have leen secure 1 In testifying to the previous character of the prisoner. This person Is Jessie Lee, a woman of unsavory reputation, who was a former Inmate of the resort of Fannie Dean on South Now Jersey street. When the Iean womun left here some few weeks ago with several hundred dollars' worth of diamonds she tok the Lee girl with her. The latter came here last summer from the West and made the statement that shs had Wen traveling with a theatrical company. She mentioned the name of "LMwIn Arden," which was one of the names assumed by Rell, and it Is now known that she was with the latter. The girl related a sensational story cf her life while with the "Fdwln Arden" company, but on investigation It could not be verified. The little Wt-ig-man girl, one of the first of Hell's victims to expose his practices, could not be found by the prosecution, and it Is supposed that her parents sent her away to avoid tho notoriety of an appearance in the case. WnXT TO TIIH ULHYIXG GROUND. Lienor Iaivr Violators Appeal to the Criminal Court. In the Police Court, yesterday morning, Clark' Carpenter, proprietor of the saloon at the corner of Washington and Liberty streels, was fined and costs for selling liquor to a minor. James Reynolds and John Padden, the bartender and porter in the Fame saloon, were also arraigned for selling liquor on Sunday. Carpenter was fined $Z0 and costs and the other two w?re fined a like amount, to which was added imprisonment in the workhouse for thirty days. All the cases were appealed to the Criminal Court burying ground for liquor cases. Seventeen fruit peddlers who were arrested for selling by station were arraigned. Three were fined $5 nnd costs each, and the others were released. Itusluesi College Litigation. Judje Winters yesterday heard the petition of Allen A. Rowser for the apiointment of a receiver of the affairs of the Spencerian Business College. The petitioner also asked the court to order an accounting. He claims that his former partner, Kphralm Admire, is indebted to him in a considerable sum, and alleges that the business of tne Institution Is In a precarious condition. Judge Winters refused to name a receiver, stating that he did not believe the college to be In urgent need of one. As to the demand for an accounting, the court will decide this morning. Tho CnNOM Ilefore n MntlKriitc. The trial of ex-patrolman Kerins, cnarged with trespass by proprietor Ackelow, of the Circle House, will be concluded this morning In Justice Hablch's court. Yester day afternoon arguments were made for the defendant by deputy City Attorney It abb. The case of William Hanekley, charged with obtaining money under false pretenses, which was continued until yesterday afternoon at 2 o'clock, was further continued till Saturday afternoon, at 2 o'clock. They Merely Iluve In Appuul. Charles Conroy, a bartender employed nt the Denlaon Hotel, was fined $10 and costs yesterday for selling liquor on Sunday. Conrcy's case was tried In Police Court, and on an appeal was snt to the Criminal Court. He pleaded guilty to the charge before special Judge Spaan. There are a number of other appeal liquor cases to be tried In the Criminal Court, which, Pros -cutor Holtzman states, will come up next week. Sentenced for Highway Robbery. In the Criminal Court, yesterday. John Redman and Nlmrod Jones were tried on a grand Jury indictment charging them with highway robbery. The prosecuting witness was William Porter a colored pensioner, who claimed that the men assaulted and robbed him on the morning of Aug. 2N 1M2, In his home, on Twenty-sixth street. Jones was acquitted of the charge anil Redman was sent to the State prison for two years. Juror lluiuly Wim Stnbborn. Juror John Rundy, one of the regular ! panel in Room 3 of the Superior Court, was score 1 yesterday by Judge Rartholomew, the court having heard that the juror was given to stubbornness of an unreasonable quality. It was stated that recently Juror Rundy informed hH foreman that his mind was made up In a certain case., and rather than change it he would go to Jail. Sarnh T. Croprr AVun Fined. Sarah T. Croper, who was arrested Wednesday on a warrant sworn out by linos Hej;e, charging her with trespass.

was fined $." nnd costs yesterday afternoon In Justice of the Peace Johnston's court. Till: COIUT HRCOIID.

Superior Court. Room 1 James M. Winters, Judge. Cleaveland Fence Company vs. George Smith et al.; mechanic's lien. Jury returned verdict for plaintiff for Robert H. Jerusalem vs. W. S. Wiekard; damages. Judgment for plaintiff for $". John C. Ertel vs. Charles Rauer et aL Johnston. J. P. Appeal dismissed. Allen A. Rowser vs. E. E. Admire.; receivership. On trial by court. John South vs. Emma NIesler; special lien. Dismissed. Daniel Foley vs. James Gill; sewer assessment. Dismissed. Room 2 J. W. Harper, Judge, John Yorger vs. Albert Springer; damages. Cause dismissed by agreement, each party paying half the costs. Charles A. Howes vs. Edward M. Pumphrey; suit on note and to foreclose mortgage. On trial by jury. Circuit Court. J. E. McCullough, Special Judge. Reuben Cline vs. Isaac Meyers; slander. Demand, JIO.ixjO. On trial by Jury. Gaar. Scott & Co. vs. John P. Heaton; on note. Trial bv court. Finding for plaintiff for J1.13C.23. Wm. F. Lames vs. Elijah S. Elder; sewer assessment lien. Dismissed and costs paid. New Suits Filed. Lake Village Savings Rank vs. the Indiana Millers Mutual Fire Insurance Company. Superior Court, Room 1. , Kate M. Howies vs. John C. Itlley; suit to foreclose. Superior Court. Room 3. Charles E. Jones vs. Indianapolis Journal; complaint for damages. Demand, $10,000. Philander 13. Phillips vs. Frank Schofleld et al.; complaint to foreclose. Superior Court, Room .1. Crescent Rrewing Compan vs. Charles J. Wagner; on note. Superior Court, Room 2. Philip Watson vs. Frank L. Rumford; on note. Superior Court, Room 1. Another I In gee Electrical En terpriMe. To the Editor of the Indianapolis Journal: The generation and successful transmission of electricity by means of water power has opened a new field, not only for scientists, but for practical uses as well. There is no doubt in the minds of such men as Prof. E. Mascart, of France, Prof. George Forbes, Dr. Coleman, of Philadelphia, and other scientists, but that electricity will soon be shipped from here and Niagara Falls to all parts of the world, the same as other commodities. That it can be transmitted many miles for manufacturing and other purposes is a certainty. A few years ago it was hardly thought feasiblo to light our large cities with electricity, to say nothing of its use as the motive power for street railroads and manufacturing purposes, all of which are beyond question to-day. What, then, may be asked, will be the advantageous uses to which it will be extended as its mighty power becomes mastered and made subservient to the will of man? May not all our great railroads, steamships, manufacturing plants and every conceivable thing bo operated and propelled by means of electricity, as they now are by steam? As coal has supplied tho place of wood and natural gas that of ccal, so will electricity supply the places of them all and at the same time supersede steam. Wood is giving out for fuel; coal ami gas may and probably will in time; 'electricity never. As for steam, it is dependent on all the others, which necessarily entails great expense, while electricity is dependent on none of them when properly generated. It mij' be asked, how is that to be accomplished? Nature, in supplying the wants of all mankind, did not overlook the means for this; but the dullness of man's comprehension of nature's handiwork has caused him to look and admire instead of trying to make use thereof. The great natural waterfalls all over the world have always been admired for their beauty and grandeur, and the combination of water and electricity has, until recently, been little thought of. Niagara still maintains all Its beauty and grandeur, and at the same time supplies the primitive power for generating and transmitting electricity sufficient to operate all the wheels in the State of Indiana, a.id more, too. This Is the tirst great electrical achievement tending to' revolutionise the entire manufacturing industries of the world. The second gigantic enterprise of this kbv! Is now going on at this place, where tho rapids of the St. awrence river are being harnessed, so to speak, by means of a system of solid masonry, dams and surface canals, which canals will, when completed, be several miles in length, giving .a uniform head of over twenty feet, along which wheels and dynamos will be placed, and. according- to the engineers nnd electricians in charge of the work, will be capable of generating electricity upwards of two hundred thousand horse power. Unlike Niagara, there are no expensive tunnels to build, and the simply xf watr Is inexhaustible. The St. Lawrence River Power Company, with a full pall capital ttock of two and a half millions of donars, is the owner, and is pushing the work constantly. The head ollicers of this company are Charles C. Conroy, of Ruffalo, N. V., a Standard oil millionaire, president; Charles F. Whitchor, a wealthy RuJTalonlan, secretary, treasurer and general manager, who has been on the ground for Kcveral months directing the work, and MaJ. George R. P.urbank, of Niagara Falls, chief engineer. Two Indianapolis gentlemen are stockholders In this enterprise, it is said, but what their names are your corresiondent has been unaole to ascertain. The fact that these gentlemen are from Ruffalo and Niagara Falls, where they have watched the rogivs. of tne Niagara enterprise, together with Mr. Conroy's connection with the Standard Oil Company, has given rise to many stories ns to who is connected with the company. MaJ. Rurbank, as chief engineer, constructed the Niagara Falls tunnel, and, in fact, had entire control of that wonderful piece of engineering. His engineering skill is known the world over. He built the Wisconsin Central railroad, the New York aqueduct, the Niagara Falls tunnel, and is now in charge of the work here. Waddington, N. Y., March 21. Good Hruion, Roston Home Journal. Edith Why did you dismiss Mr. Goodheart? Rlanche Ch, he got so he'd rather fit at home and hold my hand than take me to the theater. Hood'M nnd Only Hood's. Are you weak and weary, overworked and tired? Hood's Sarsaparllla is just the medicine you need to purify and quicken your blood and to give you appetite and strength. If you decide to take Hood's Sarsaparllla do not be Induced to buy any other. Any effort to substitute another remedy is proof of the merit of Hood's Hood's Pills are the best after-dinner Pills; assist digestion, cure headache. Try a box. Bearing-Down Feeling. The portrait presented here is that of Mrs. J. M. Bender, who lives on the old York Road at Nicetown, Pa. She has been for many years in very poor health. She had falling- of the womb, causing that bearing down feeling and other forms of female weakness, with headache, severe backache, pains all over her body, and serious kidney trouble. Her blood was insuch a bad state that physicians said she had dropsy. Nearly discouraged she tried Lydia E. Pinkham s Vegetable Compound, and to her great surprise it made her a well woman. She now wishes to tell women all over the world to take the Vegetable Compound and be well.

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