Indianapolis Journal, Volume 49, Number 75, Indianapolis, Marion County, 16 March 1899 — Page 2

THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, THURSDAY, MARCH 16, 1899.

perhaps the ovens; the natives took the same Hour and made it into fair brtad." MANY COMPLAINTS. The next witness was Col. Fred Bennett, colonei of the Third Illinois Volunteers. He rpckft of the voyage from Newport News to Pcrto Rico. "There were a great many complaint about the canned roast beef he said. "The complaints about the canned roast bef waa that it was nauseating. Specimens were brought to mo for examination and I found them very repulsive. The meat had a disagreeable smell. I made frequent representations to General Grant about the fanned roast beef, but he insisted that the trouble was lack of knowledge on the part of the cooks." Witness remembered that the Massachusetts came to Arroway with a lot of refrigerator beef on board and that tome of It was thrown overboard. The eomf!aint about the refrigerator beef was that t showed signs of decomposition. Perhaps U) per cent, of it was thrown away. The witness desired to have stricken out the testimony in regard to the condition of the wagons in which the meat was hauled, or to be given an opportunity to refute it. The court permitted him to explain. Colonel Uennett said the wagons of the Third Illinois were spcially used for hauling meat? and for no other purpose. They were kept clean, nay being placed in the bottom and the meat covered. In answer to General Gillespie, tho witness stated that he did not eat any of the canned roast beef, nor the refrigerator beef. He was not sick at all. He lought some canned Tacon and fresh ti?h. He noticed that the canned roast beef bore the label, of Libby, McNeill A Llbby. Major Joseph A. Sanborn, of Chicago, major of the First Illinois Volunteers, testified that the roast canned beef was unpalatable. He inspected the refrigerator beef. Two Issues out of three were in fine condition, but the third was condemned because decomposition had set in. The witness attributed the spoiling of the meat to the neglect f those charged with the duty of issuing It to the men. George Lees, the next vitness, gave his cccupation as that of a packing house expert, putting up machinery and apparatus for large packing houses. He said he was familiar with the classes of cattle delivered In Chicago. What are 'canners'?" asked Major Lee. "What is generally termed "canners ara e. very inferior class of cattle; I think onethird of them would be condemned In any Knglish market. Chucks and sometimes meat scraped off the plates are used for canning." "About what per cent, of nutriment would l left in the meat that goes in the can?" "little or none." I IK AIU NO COM FLA I NTS. Walter C. Jones, sergeant of Company K. Thirty-third Michigan Volunteers, testified rext. He stated that during the twenty-five days In Cuba, between the landing and the surrender, there were scarcely any complaints made about the canned roast beef; mo far as he knew none was made in reeard to its making the men sick. Captain Anson L. Bolte. of the First Illinois Volunteers, testified that he heard no complaints about canned roast beef, except when eaten cold, when It was unpalatable. Lewis J. Wells, first lieutenant of the First Illinois Volunteers, corroborated the previous witness, as did W. II. Hallbeck. of the same regiment. William H. Ileploge testified that he eerved in the hospital corps at Porto Rico and that canned roast beef was frequently served to the corps. He had seen three or Xour cans open with maggots running out of them. Witness stated that at Guayamo lie saw a piece of cooked fresh beef which bad maggots in It. In reply to Major Lee. the witness told of the sickness of one Thompson, who had nothing whatever to eat the first day after landing. The second day he was given corned beef and hardtack, but had no way f making coffee. The man became very

cu fv. biiu uitu w nun tx ween. Harry N. Culver, second lieutenant of the First Illinois Volunteers, said that most of the complaints he heard about the canned roast beef were because it lacked seasoning end became tiresome by reason of a. continuous Issuance. After considering In executive session the matter of calling more witnesses the court Jook a recess until 2 o'clock. At the afternoon session First Sergeant 'Albert Salavin, of the Seventh United States Infantry, testified that some of the men complained that the canned roast beef was r.ot palatable. As to refrigerator beef, some f it spoiled about, half of It, and it was burled. CAUSED VOMITING. Corporal Frank P. Rogan, of the Seventh Infamry, said he did not hear any complaint about the canned roast beef on the ybyage to Cuba. In Cuba he saw beef which Had no taste, smeneci oau and naa a green lime over it. Very little of it was eaten. FORECAST FOR TO-DAY. Fair Weather, rrlth West to. North, treat Winds to Prevail In Indiana. WASHINGTON, March 15, 3 p. m. Forecast for twenty-four hours: For Ohio Fair; brisk to high northwestferly winds. For Indiana and Illinois Fair: we?. to north winds. Weather Conditions and General Forecast -Since Tuesday night the storm center has fnoved from the lower Mississippi to Ontario with increased Intensity and snows and rains have been general from the MisEourl and Mississippi valleys eastward, followed by clearing weather in the Ohio valley and gulf States. Westward to the Rocky mountains the weather has been fair. The temperatures have fallen 2 to 25 decrees in the Ohio, middle and southern Mississippi and lower Mississippi valleys and have risen In tho Atlantic States. There was B. cold wave Tuesday morning In the middle and northern alope, notices of the coming vere issued during Tuesday. There wero Very heavy rains in northern Alabama, Mississippi and Georgia, eastern Tennessee and 'western North Carolina, the amounts ranging from an Inch to 6.60 inches in twentyfour hour3. As a result the rivers of those tils'ricts are rapidly nearing the Hood, stage ind will continue to rise. The necessary f.ooi warnings have been issued during Tuesday and Wednesday. In the Paciic coast and plateau regions snows and rains ptill continue in the north and central portions with higher temperatures, except on the north Pacific coast. The storm on the coast is central to-night in northern California and substantial rains are falling as far south as central California. Fair weather will prevail generally during Thursday, except in New Kngland. where rain and snow will continue during Thursday. Snow Curries are also probable on the eastern lower lakes. It will be colder Thursday night. West of the Mississippi the temperature will rise. High winds will prevail to the North Atlantic coast, shifting to fouthwesterly and westerly during Thursday a;d fresh to brisk southwest to west winds on the southern coast. Storm signals nre displayed on the Atlantic coast 'from (Wilmington, N. C, to Kastport. Local Observation on Wednesday. Bar. Thr. R.1L Wind. Weather. Pre. Ta.nx 23.65 IS 63 S'west. Clear. T I p.m. 30.U 34 74 West. Cloudy. 0.00 Maximum temperature, 7; minimum temperature, ox Following is a comparative statement of the temptraturt and precipitation March 15: Temp. Pre. Xormal . :rn o il ftlean 4" T Peparture from normal 7 0.1 1 peparture rtuce March 1 21 0.49 Departure luce Jan. 1 S-jS L4u PIu. C. F. R. WAPPKXHANS. Ixcai Forecast OtSclal. Yeatrrdny'a Temperature. ' Station?. 'Atlanta. Ga Bismarck. N. D JtufTalo, N. T CaJrarr. Alberta

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In nnvrr r to Major Le the witness stated thnt lots of the men vcmited after eating canned roast beef. Thomas A. I'earce. first lieutenant of the Seventh Infantry, said that after landing in Cuba canned beef and bacon were served to his command. "I heard no complaints about the canned roast beef. Complaints were heard that the refrigerated beef was not trood. that It had a. inoldy appearance and an offensive odor." Captain D. H. Boughton, Third Cavalry, testiiied that in his command the officers drew the rame ration as the men while in Cuba. "The complaint about the canned beef." he said, "was that the men could not eat the mpat and would not eat it unless absolutely compelled to do so to appease hunger. When the cans wero opened the first thing that struck the observer was the repulsive, uninviting appearance of the con't;:ts. Diarrhoea broke out in my camp Fome time about th surrender and in general conversation amon the clflc-r8, we attributed it in part to the meat." "What complaints were there as to the refrigerated beef?" "Well, that was bad. Sometimes one-half of the quarter of refrigerated beef furnished would be unfit for use. Subsequent to the surrender cur command did net receive a sufficient allowance of food." In reply to Major Lee. the witness said that canned roast beef was absolutely unfit for a ration. "Do you consider canned rcast beef wholesome for the American soldier?" "It is exceedingly unwholesome. It tastes like chips. There i3 no substance and the fat and grease are absolutely repulsive." Col. Henry L. Turner, who went to Cuba, in command of the First Illinois Infantry and kcamo brigadier general of the Second Brigade of the Third Div-Iskm of the Filth Army Corps, was the next witness. He said that on the way to Cuba there was a good deal of unofficial complaint about the canned roast beef, and the result of an olficlal complaint was tho surgeon condemned a lot of it and it was thrown overboard. The cans ha i swollen and the meat was very bad. In Cuba there was a shortage of ration.. There the principal mat was canned roast beef. A good deal of the refrigerator beef spoiled, possibly from the intense heat. The greater part of it came done up In cheee cloth, and pome of it looked well, but scmo of It was dark. NOT GOOD IN A W A KM C L.I M ATE. In reply to Major Lee the witness stated that he had tried to eat some of the canned beef, but It nauseatcM him and he could not do it. It certainly was unfit for a ration in tho warm climate. 'He regarded it as a very unwholesome ration for himself, and from the effect on the men very unwholesome for them also. He regarded It as a contributing cause of the sickness of the men. lie had also tried to cat tho refrigerated beef, but could not, as it gave him the diarrhoea. First Lieut. M. l Davis, of the First Cavalry, was called upon request of Major Lee. He said that in Cuba tho men opened all the cans of roast beef issued to them, but only consumed one-half of the contents on an average; the rest was thrown away because It was unfit to eat. The contents of the can, ho said, would be about three-quarters suet, not what you would "call meat, l'erhapa one-quarter or one-fifth of the can would be good fiber meat; the rest appeared to be tailings or clippings. Sometimes a can would be entirely spoiled. Witness said he once opened a can which smelled bad. He examined it and found maggot3 in It. Major Lee How did the maggoU get In there? "They were canned In there." Colonel Davis Are you aware that In the process of canning this meat undergoes such an intense heat that no animal life could survive in It? "I don't mean to say they were alive. They were dead." Major LeeYou are positive about the identity of the animal? "Yes, elr, quite positive." "In consequence of the canned roast beef not being sulliciently sustaining and not having nutriment In it did your men lack for food?" "They did." Colonel Gillespie What was the name of this brand that you found with maggots in it? "It wasSwift & Co's brand." "Are you certain of that?" "1 am certain." The court adjourned to meet In Omaha tomorrow.

BLAMES TUB PACKERS. W, J. Wilson Saym Cheap Process lu Now lcd tn Canning Ueef. CHICAGO. March 13. William J. Wilson, former West Park commissioner and founder of the Wilson Packing Company, which supplied the British army with canned beef during the first Zulu war, where the temperature was hotter than it was in Cuba or Torto Itlco, may go before the war inquiry board before it leaves Chicago. The Wilson Company went out of existence In 1SS5 and it has no successor, according to its founder. It is said the firm was the first of the Chicago packing companies to go into the business of canning compressed beef. "There never was such an article as canned roast beef for commercial purposes," said Mr. Wilson to-day. "It is possible to can it, but too expensive to make It practicable. Every bit of beef that is cold under the label of canned roast beef is nothing but boiled meat. Canned roast beef is a trade He, and that Is all you can say for it. I don't hesitate to speak plainly about it, for tho reason I believe it will do the packing trad good to have the matter stirred up. "I have some canned beef and tongue at my house which my company put up eighteen years ago, and It is as good and sweet as it was the day it was canned," continued Mr. Wilson. "I will not say whether tho beef that is being put up now will keep as long as that. It does net look, from the testimony before the war inquiry board, as though it would. Competition has driven the packing companies to can their beef In a different way from that In which it was canned ten years ago. To save money ana time they have to use less effective processes. When the first Zulu war broke out I was supplying the English government with canned compressed beef not corned beef, but beef in square cans that had been piicked by vacuum pressure. When the English troops were defeated the Zulus caitured over $1)0,000 worth of this canned beef and ate It. I never heard of their being made sick by It either. "Seriously, though, during the whole of tho Zulu var the Wilson Packing Company shipped thousands of dollars worth of canned beef to the Engll?h army, in tho hottest countrs in tho world. Out of all that quantity we never received a protest from the English government about the beef spoiling. Some of it was kept in the tropics for months and eaten and there was no cause for complaint from the English troops. It xvvji not the same kind of beef that was furnished to the American troops last year. This beef the American troops complained of, as I understand It, was in round cans. It was not what is known as compressed beef. It was highly boiled before. "Euslness Is business, but the lives of the American troops are worth more than a few dollars, and I believe the war inquiry board ought to get at the fact It ought to give some of thee people a chance to tell their stories. I have been asked time and again since the talk about bad beef to tell what I think was the cause of the canned beef spoiling, if it spoiled. I have my own opinion, but 1 am not going to express it." PAYING FOR THE STOCK. Chlcnco & Alton Kalliray Syndicate DUbanlns About 92-1,000,000. NEW YORK, March 13. At the office of tho United States Trust Company to-day payment was rapidly made to those who sold Chicago & Alton stock on the terms bid by the Harrlman syndicate, 173 for common and 3J for preferred. The Trust Company has received abcut $21.0a,XX from the syndicate and the payments were made as quickly as possible to avert disturbance to the money market. The terms for call loans during the day were from 3 to 5 per cent., closing at 3ri. John A. Stewart, president of tho Trust Company, said that he expected r.o such disturbances as had been predicted. Half of the $:4,V.0X. 40 per cent, of the subscriptions, was due to out-of-town sellers of Alton stock, but Mr. Stewart was convinced that the transfers of money would cause no money flurry, because the amount paid would gravitate to its source of origin in a few days. Several bankers were of the opinion that much of the money due outside of New York would bo left on credit with the New York tanks. Itnllnnn to lie IllMolinrKed. LAKE CITY, Col., March 13. The Italian strike leaders at the Hidden Treasure and ITte and Ulay mines have agreed to surrender, to-morrow, the men for whom warrants have been issued on account of the disturbance yesterday. If this Is not done. Sheriff iXck will ask the Governor for aid to enable him. to afford nroncUcn to miners who v.iih to take tho place of tho Italian strikers. The mluo superintendents have agreed to discharge all of the two hundred Italians who have been, emploj'ed In the mines. They will be paM off this 4UVCTBQ0a,

GREAT BICYCLE TRUST

COStniXATIOX THAT AVILI, NECESSITATE CAPITAL OF $50,000,000. Ten Leadlnpr Manafartnrer Already in the Deal and Others Invited Knit Goods 3Inker to Combine. NEW YORK, March 13. The Herald, tomorrow, will say: "Makers of bicycles have arranged the details for the formation of a trade combination that will involve capital to the amount of &O.000.000. It Is understood that ten of tho leading makers of wheels have entered the combination, and that several others will probably be persuaded to add their signatures to the agreement. A. G. Spalding is credited with being the moving spirit in the proposed combine. With him ere associated A. A. Pope and R. Philip Gormully, of tho Gormully & Jeffery Manufacturing Company, of Chicago. Attempts to form a bicycle combination have been made in the past, but all have been futile, primarily because the small manufacturers could not bo eliminated. With the coming of the chainles3 bicycle, however, tho situation was altered. While the transmission of power by means of shaft and gearing is not a novelty, tho adaptation of it to bicycles, involving the construction of tho complicated machinery necessary to turn out the gears, is said to have cot", one company five years of labor and expenditure of more than $300,000. "A company was formed in New Jersey and licenses to manufacture bevel-geared bikes under its patents were granted to some of the largest concerns in the trade. It is upen the foundation afforded by these licensed concerns that the new organization Is to bo founded. All the companies licensed have agrted not to cut prices under penalty of forfeiture of license and the payment of a cash penalty, Laid to bo $3,030. When this had been arranged, A. G. Spalding set sail for Europe. At the time it was said ho went for his health. In the course of Mr. Spalding's search for health abroad, It is said, he obtained in France the control of the Acetylene patents, which are considered to be tho foundation of the beveled-geared wheel, the French having used this form of power transmission several years before it was tried elsewhere. In England the crossroller geared patents were obtained. "Xo change in the bicycle business for the present year is contemplated, but next year each manufacturer's product will be marketed, tho middlemen's profits being eliminated. That all this had been carefully planned is shown by the recent organization of a $3,000,000 bicycle saddle company by A. L. Gcrford, former president of the National Cycle lioard of Trade. To this is to be added tho steel tube combination and the wood rim organization. Aside from the bev-cled-geared wheel there are two chalnless bicycles manufactured, each of which is declared by Its maker to be the equal of those which will be controlled by the organizaticn. Terms have already been offered to the independent concerns, which will probably be accepted." ANOTHER IIIG CONCERN. Knit-Goods Manufacturers to Combine Their Interests. NEW YORK, March 15. More than one hundred knit goods manufacturers met in this city to-day to consider the advisability of forming a combination of Interests. Mr. Baker, a Philadelphia lawyer, is said to Le the chief promoter. He explained the plans of the suggested combination, to the manufacturers. It was said that the plan is to form a combination on a basis of $25,OO0,Ou) preferred ctock to pay 7 per cent, and $30,000,000 common stock. A committee was appointed to estimate the output of each plant In tho country, the cost of production, and the allotment of stock under tho consolidation. This committee will, after It makes an inspection, meet and drato up its :' ;ort and call a meeting of the manufacture! : before whom the report will be laid with rc commendation for action. The committee was also charged with tho duty of considering whether the manufacturers of ribbed knit goods as well as "flat" goods should be included in the consolidation. The representation was very large from NewYork, Vermont and Connecticut. These manufacturers were alsp represented: Norfolk and New Brunswick Hosiery Company, New Erunswlck, N. J.; Powhattan Manufacturing Company, Norfolk, Va.; E. S. Godschaik & Co., Philadelphia; J. E. Hanipen Ac Co., Philadelphia; Itoxford Knitting Company, Philadelphia; Armsliong Knitting Company, Charlottesville, Va, To Compete with Stnndard OH. KANSAS CITY, Mo., March 13.-The Journal says: S. C. Rutan, of Chicago, is in this city representing an English syndicate, and claiming to have obtained an option on 1&0.000 acres of land in tho Cherokee nation, in the northern part of the Indian Territory, in the recently discovered oil fields. According to Mr. Itutan tho condition is that the leases shall be closed within ten days. Major Graham, an ex-oflicer of the .British army and an English capitalist. Is at the head of the syndicate. Tne capitalIMS back of it include many of tho wealthiest men in England who have had experience in tho European oil fields. Mr. Itutan says tho present company, of which he is a member, has men bacc of it whose wealth would easily aggregate Jl'OO.wO.cwo. It id independent of the Standard Oil Company and expects to compete with that company not only in the markets of America but of Europe. Tank lino steamers of 7,0u0 tons burden have been built and are in the hands of the company. They will run from Port Arthur and other gulf ports to European countries. It is cliiined that the plan is practically certain to go through and that the steamers will bo running within a few months. Nnt and Dolt Combination. CLEVELAND, O., March 13. Rapid progress Is being mado in forming tho nut and bolt combination. In this city Inventories have been taken at the plants of the Upson Nut Company, the Klrk-Latty Manufacturing Company, the Atlas Dolt and ScrewCompany, tho National Screw and Tack Company, Chapin Bolt and Nut Company and tho Cleveland Lock, Nut and Bolt Company. Options havo already been given the trust by tho Kirk-Latty Manufacturing Company, the Upson Nut Company and the Chapiu t?crtw and Tack Company. The promoters of the combine claim to have met with similar success throughout the country. There are many details to arrange before the tru.t can become operative, and it will probably take several months to effect tho combination. Capital StocU Increased. TRENTON, N. J., March 15. Papers were filed with the secretary of state to-day increasing the capital stock of the Havana Electric Railway Company from $3,000,000 to $10,000,000. Articles were also filed increasing the capital stock of tho International Traction Company from $S3.O0O to $15,000,000. The papers were signed by BenJ. W. Franklin, president, and Charles W. McVeagh, secretary. The stock of the company is divided into $r.ucO,OJ0 preferred and $lo,000,00) common. The company is formed to construct railroads and bridges, to build machinery and equipments for railroads and to acquire stocks, bonds and other Indebtedness of other companies. Incrensed to 98,000,000. TRENTON. N. J.. March 13. The International Air-power Company, of New York, to-day changed its name to the International Power Company and increased its capital from $7,0Jo) to $j,w0,u'j0. To Fltcltt ttie Bell Company. CLEVELAND, March 13.-Representatlves of tho independent telephone companies of Ohio are in session here. It is the purpose to form & closo association of all the Independent companies in order to be in better chApo to fight tho Bell Company, it la

stated that there are 321 Independent exchanges in the State la actual operation and about 2 toll stations that have been connected ut by the various independent companies, it Is said to be tho purpose of tho association to construct long-distance lines connecting Cleveland. Chicago. Cincinnati. Columbus, Toledo and a number of other cities.

A Trust to Take In Shoe Tops. CHICAGO. March 15. Shoe tops will soon be turned out by a trust. Under the corporate title of American Hldo and Leather Company, with gross capitalization of $S0.0.MX twenty-five out of thirty of the leading tanneries of tho United States have, it is said, decided to pool issues. Attorney Azcl F. Hatch, of Chicago, chief promoter, and J. B. and W. Sellgman. of New York, as underwriters, are the architects of the 'upper" combine. The company's stock will be divided into $C),OJO,000 of noncumulatlve 7 per cent, preferred shares and P).000,000 of common stock. May Raise Trices. CHICAGO, March 15. Fifty dealers In photographic supplies In tho Western and central States, together with a number of manufacturers, held a secret conference hero to-day. It was hinted that a rise in prices might be expected. M. L. Jones, of Fort Wayne. Ind., the chairman of the meeting, said there would be nothing In the nature of a trust formed, but that tho organization of tho dealers and manufacturers of the East and West would probably be accomplished. TRAP-SHOOTING CONTESTS. J. A. R. Elliott Defeated hy Rolla O. Ilelkes at IVevr York. NEW YORK. March 15. The trap shooting, rifle and revolver firing contests held in conjunction with tho sportsmen's exhibition for the last two weeks at the Madisonsquaro Garden, were concluded to-night. In tho trap shooting contests, which wero finished early in the day, R. O. Heikcs, of Dayton, O., carried off the honors by capturing first prize in tho one hundred-bird championship and continuous shoot at inanimate targets. He was closely pressed by J. A. R. Eliiott, of Kansas City, who tied him with top Fcore in both events. Each of them killed eighty-five consecutive targets in the continuous match and had ninety-eight kills each to their credit in tho one hundred-bird championship. When the final round of the one. hundred-bird race was begun this morning Elliott and Heikes agreed to decide tho continuous match by their relativo scores in the one-hundred-bird contest and Heikes won out with a score of ninety-ono to Elliott's eighty-nine kills. The America's Cup Defender. IiONDON, March lG.-The Yachtsman, commenting upon details published in Forest and Stream as to the new America's cup defender, says: "It is quite evident that the defender will bo a very flimsy craft. If it succeeds in holding together during tho races, it is quit certain that in any future attempt to build a fast boat the Herrefhoffs will use still lighter scantling, and the point may easily be reached where it will become an absolute impossibility for any European yacht to win the America's cup. We hardly think any builders on this side of tho Atlantic will care to put an eight-inch plating on a. vessel of the shape of Shamrock, weighing some 1G0 tons. Yet tho conditions of tho race require this, if fairness is to be a feature in them." 'Will Practice In Virginia. WASHINGTON, March 15. The Washington Baseball Club left the city on the Norfolk boat to-night for Hampton, Va., to engage In a month's preliminary practlca for tho season of 1SW. Included in tho party were Manager Arthur Irwin, fourteen members of the club, and Arlle Latham, who probably will be signed with the team. 'Ci. A. W. Press Committee. NEW YORK, March 151 President Keenan, of the League of American Wheelmen, to-day announced tho national press committer, as follows: George I McCarthy, New York, chairman; Paul I. Aldrich, Boston; Joseph E. Stock. Philadelphia; Morris Isaacs. Cincinnati; Miss Edna Beat. Chicago; Hal W. Reed, Indianapolis. SpnldlnK Quits .ew York Clnb. NEW YORK, March 15. J. W. Spalding, a director of the New York Baseball Club for many years, has resigned because he believes the clLb is not being operated in a sportsmanlike way. TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES. The Third Mississippi Regiment was mustered out at Albany, Ga., yesterday. Cleveland has boon selected as the meeting place of the American Bankers Association. Tho third annual show of the St. Louis Kennel Club opened yesterday, with nearly all of the $33 entries benched. Rev. J. B. Tuttle, pastor of the First Baptist Church of Portsmouth, O.. has accepted a call to the North Baptist Church of Philadelphia. Ho will assume charge on Easter Sunday. Judgo Walter C. Ong, of Cleveland, yesterday filed a petition in involuntary bankruptcy in tho United States Circuit Court. Ills liabilities are placed at $33,000; assets given as $22,000. Thomas P. Conncff, formerly the middle distance champion runner of the world, is en route to the Philippines. He is a corporal in the Eighteenth Infantry. Conneff served with distinction in the Santiago campaign. Miss Susan B. Anthony will attend the convention of the International Council of Women to be held in Westminster Hall, London, about the middle of June. She will be accompanied by Mrs. May Wright Sewall and others. Joseph Ilenrichs, a deputy United States marshal, w?s murdered at his home in Tahlequah, I. T., yesterday, while asleep, by Matthew Craig, who had been arrested by the victim for selling liquor to Indians. Craig escaped. The drought, which was threatening the lofs of millions of dollars to crops in California, has been broken by a rainstorm which promises to continue for several days. Nearly an Inch of moisture has already been distributed over Sacramento valley. Iver Paulson has been arrested at Viborg. S. D., charged with murdering Christopher Nelson, his hired man, seven years ago. The murdered man was known to have had $1)00 in cash on his person the last time he was seen alive. Paulson is a prominent farmer. The Sixth Immunes were mustered out at Atlanta, Ga., yesterday. The men were paid off in the morning and nearly all of them left the city before night. The Sixth was recruited largely from Tennessee, Kentucky and Ohio and was In command of Colonel Tyson. A woman who died suddenly on a doorstep on West Twenty-eighth street. New York. Sunday night, has been identified as Miss Lena Thompson, of Memphis, Tenn., daughter of a wealthy planter. She had previously been sick in Bellevue Hospital and at the City Hospital, on Blackwell's island. The funeral of Mrs. Eliza Keifer, wife of Major General J. Warren Keifer. took place at the family residence In Springfield, O., yesterday, the services being conducted by Rev. E. P. Thompson. The remains were interred beside Mrs. Kelfer's daughter In Fern Cliffe. The funeral was the largest ever held in the city. Dr. Patton, of the Louisiana State Board of Health, said yesterday that no quarantine obstacle stood in the way cf bringing tho Second Ioul!ana Regiment directly home from Cuba by way of New Orleans. He said that after disinfection of clothing and baggage the soldiers would be permitted to come in. The constitutionality of the Ohio local option liquor law Is being tested in a case brought to trial before Judge Rfcks. in the United States Circuit Court, at Cleveland. The question is raised by the attorneys of Emll Stevens, who was fined and given a workhouse sentence for violating the local option law in Jefferson county. Reformed Church Missions. ILNT-RISnURO. Fa.. March 15. The commissioners for the board of foreign mission. of the Reformed Church In the United States met to-day In this city. The board has ten missionaries at work in Japan, where the foreign missionary work of the church is concentrated. Officers were elected, headed by Rev. Dr. James I. Good, of Reading, for president. The executive committer consists of Rev. Dr. Bartholojnw. of Pottsvil'.e; Rev. Dr. Peter Greding, Indiana; Rev. Dr. Jacob Dolman, Akron; Rev. Dr. J. S. Kieffer, Haeerstown, Md.; Itev. C. R. Diffenbacher. Greensburg. Reports were read frc-m all of the mlss'onaries in the licld and tho report to the general synod was made. The work in all parts of Japan is lu prosperous condition. During the year $2.Uxx as contributed to Japan missions by the church, but the scope of the work requires a greater outlay. Th conference will meet In UarrUburff next IX&rcX

HON. JOHN SHERMAN ILL

ATTACItED BY PXEOIOXIA "WHILE IX , i THE AVE ST INDIES. Ills Condition Sot Serious and It Is Thought He "Will Recover Iludyard Klpllncr Sitting Up. FORT DE FRANCE, Martinique, March 13. John Sherman, who is a passenger cn boaid the American line steamer I'aris, Capt. Frederick Watklns, which arrived here to-day from Trinidad with the party of excursionists who are making a tour of tho West Indian islands, is suffering from pneumonia. While at San Juan de Porto Rico last Wednesday Mr. Sherman was entertained by Brigadier General Fred Grant, commander of the military department of San Juan, and caught cold. The malady was not considered serious until last night, after leaving Port of Spain, when pneumonia in the most serious form developed. Dr. Graf, of the Paris, and Dr. Magee, of Duluth. are attending him, and Mr. and Mrs. Colgate Hoyt, of New York, and F. B. Wiborg, of Cincinnati, close relations of Mr. Sherman, are constantly near him. ST. PIERRE, Martinique. March 13. On the arrival Of the Paris from Fort Do France, this evening, Mr. Sherman's physicians reported that his condition was much improved and gave ground for encouragement. WASHINGTON, March 15. Several cablegrams wero receivtd to-day and tonight from Fort De France regarding former Secretary Sherman's condition. The last, which came to General Miles to-night, said tho sufferer was much better and serious results were not feared. From the fact that Mr. Sherman was in first-class health when he left on the West Indian trip, the family here has every reason to hope that he will recover from the attack, as the dispatches concerning him say he Is being given the best of care and attention. The excursion party of which he is a member left New York on the Paris on March 4 and was to be gone for a month. Mrs. Sherman is at her home, in thl3 city. The knowledge of her husband's condition is kept from her because of the effect it might have, as she hag not entirely recovered from an attack of paralysis last fall. Kipling1 Euts a Coarse Dinner. NEW YORK, March 13. Mr. Kipling was ablo to sit up in bed to-night and partake of a course dinner. He ate heartily of several dishes of a more substantial nature than any yet given to him. The improvement continues from hour to hour, and Dr. Dunham thinks his patient will be able to leave hia bed before Sunday. Ex-Jndge Hilton Not Seriously III. NEW YORK, March 13. The published statement that Judge Henry Hilton was seriously 111 was denied to-day by his son, Albert B. Hilton, who said: "My father is slightly Indisposed, but It is nothing serious. PINGREE'S APPOINTMENTS. Assessors of Railway and Telesrrapli Property Under the Kevr Imvt, LANSING, Mich., March 15. Governor Fingreo signed the Atkinson railway taxation bill this afternoon and at once sent to the Senate the names of tha following assessors of railway ond telegraph property under the new act: Robert Oakm.in, Detroit; Col. E. M. IrBh, Kalamazoo, cud George B, Horton, master of the State Grange. Colonel Irish commands the Twenty-fifth Michigan Volunteers, iuw at Augusta. Ga. Governor Pingrea also sent to the Senate this afternoon the following nominations: State railrcad commissioner, Charles E. Osborne, Sault Ste. Marie; dairy and food commissioner, E. O. Grosvenor, Monroe; insurance commissioner, Mllo D. Campbell, Cold Water; labor commissioner, Joseph I Cox, Rattle Creek; state salt inspector, Jabez Caswell. Saginaw. Mr. Osborne is tho present fish and game warden. Flttsbiirsr Reform Rill Killed. IIARRISBURG, Pa., March 15.-What is known as the Bruce charter bill, which was designed to materially change the method of government of tho city of Pittsburg, was reported to the House to-day from committee with an adverse recommendation. This action kills the attempt to pass reform legislation for Pittsburg at this session. At the time the bill was introduced the statement was made that the followers of Senator Quay were pushing It with the design of embarrassing Senator Flynn, the leader of the anti-Quay forces, who is also the head of the Republican machine in Pittsburg. The proposed law was also found to embarrass Senator Magee, who is supporting Senator Quay, it Is said that an order was received from Senator Quay, now in Florida, directing his followers to "let Flynn and Magee alone," and the measure was accordingly killed in committee. To Suppress Smallpox. AWSTIN, Tex., March .13. Tho Texas Legislature to-day passed a bill making an appropriation of $2,000 to be used by the state health officials in suppressing the prevalence of smallpox at Laredo. It Is reported here that there aro now live hundred people sick In bed in Laredo as victims oT the smallpox. The state health officer will take charge at once and institute drastic measures to relieve Laredo of the disease. Quay Still Far Behind. HARRISBURG. Pa., March 15. The forty-ninth ballot for United States Senator to-day resulted as follows: Quay. 91; Jenks, 78; Dalzell, 17: Huff, 5; Irvin, 4; Stewart, 7; Stone, 4; Widener, 3; Rice 2; Ritter, 1; Grow, 1; Smith. 3; Tubbs, 2. Total, 221. Necessary to a choice 111. Paired or not voting, 22. No election. ElKhtieth Dnllot. SACRAMENTO, Cal., March lo.-Grant and Eurns each polled his vote at the eightieth ballot taken for senator to-day. The ballot showed no change in the deadlock. It was as follows: Republicans. Rarnes, 22: Estee, 1; Burns. 27; Grant, Scott, 5. Democrats, Rosenfeldt, 1; White, 1; Gould, 22; Phclan, 2; LJraunhart, 1; Maguire, 1. Two-Cent Fare Rill Killed. JEFFERSON CITY. Mo., March 13.'-The Missouri House, to-day, killed the 2-cent passenger rate bill. It was amended by striking out nil after the enacting clause. Tho vote was 71 to 47. Railroad men In all parts of the Statt3 had petitioned against the bill, because it would result in the reduction of their salaries. THEY HAVE CONFIDENCE. Rhode Island Republicans Trust the People and the President. PROVIDENCE, R. I., March 15. The annual convention of the Republican party of Rhode Island was held here to-day. Governor EUsha Dyer, of Providence, and the other state officers were unanimously renominated. The platform referred to the currency question and other national issues as follows: "Tho unexampled abundance of money In all parts of the country is a complete refutation of the contention that an easy financial condition can be secured only by debasing the monetary standard, a triumphant Issue. Never In history was more pplendld achievements won and grander opportunities opened at so little cost of life and treasure as In tho war with Spain. America has suddenly become one of the dominant powers of the earth. Her voice must b heard in the council of the nations. The new situation imposes upon us new and greater responsibilities. Aithough these have come unsought they will be met squarely by the Republican party, which has never evaded responsibility. We have connaenco In tho loyalty of tho peo

ple, confidence In the great party that has to long shaped the destinie-s of the Republic, confidence that this same party will solve uccessfully the new problems presented, confidence that the principles of American liberty and humanity will ever follow the Mag. This confidence is made firm and enduring by the fact that the administration of the government is in the hands of the Republican party an l at Its head stands the great statesman, William McKinley."

Jones to Xew York Democrats. NEW YORK, March 13. The Journal and Advertiser this morning publishes the following letter, datc-d. Washington. March 11. which Chairman James K. Jones, of tho Democratic national committee, has sent to each delegate to the last Democratic state convention in this State: "My Dear Sir In view of the fact that the Democratic party in ISL'tJ in your State did not give the Chicago platform unanimous support. I am anxious to know what you think is likely to be the attitude of the party In New York State on this question at the coming national convention. My own impression is that the feeling is overwhelming In the party in the South and West in favor of a practical reaffirmation of tho Chicago platform. I would be glad to know what. In your opinion. Is the feeling of the party in your State on this question, and whether the State is likely to send a delegation to the next national convention ready to co-operate with what seems to be the wish of the majority, or whether a course similar to that pursued In New York In 1ST is likely to be foMowed in case the Chicago platform should be practically reaffirmed. I write yon on account of your prominent connection with the party, and hope you will let me hear from you promptly on this question Harrison to De Renominated. CHICAGO, March 13. The result of the Democratic primaries, which were held todaj. Insures the renominatlon of Carter H. Harrison for mayor. No opposition to the Harrison ticket was made at the polls by the adherents of ex-Governor Altpeld, who will run as an independent candidate and In consequence a light vote was polled. No trouble was reported, except in the stock-yards district, where there were the usual number of broken heads. The rest of the city ticket has been practically agreed upon. It will, in all probability, be as follows: City treasurer, Adam Ortelfson; city clerk, William Loetller; city attorney, Andrew J. Ryan. To Start the ringree Boom. DETROIT. Mich., March 13. E. Pomeroy, of Newark, N. J., has issued a call for a social and political conference at Buffalo June 23 to July 3. Governor Pingree's name heads the list of slgpers. which includ-rs nearly a hundred orominent reformers. Some here construe it as the beginninc of a Pingrea move for a presidential nomination. Miners Return to Work. FORT SMITH, Ark., March 15.-The striking miners at Hobart have returned to work. Those In tho Bannitt mines at Howe have made terms with the operators and aro returning to work. The operators agreed to reinstate all the strikers. Elsewhere the conditions are unchanged. ALLEGED SWINDLERS. 3Ian and AVoman Charged With Fleeeinir Merchants Out of Nearly f 50,0O0. NEW YORK, March 15. Mrs. Ruth Howard, twenty-eight years old, and Herman Cohen, thirty years old, a broker, both of Brooklyn, were arrested to-day on the charge of grand larceny. It is alleged by the police that these two prisoners belong to a notorious gang of swindlers which operated last month under the name of Yvr. B. Deming & Co., at No. 32 Broadway. During their short stay In that place It is said that they swindled merchants in this city and elsewhere out of nearly $30,000. They obtained credit on the supposition that they were in reality tho firm of William B. Doming, dealers in railroad supplies, at No. 12 Exchange place, whoso rating in the commercial agencies is about 5300,000. Mrs. Howard made a clean breast of the swindle to Captain McCIoskey. She said that she was engaged by the firm to act as agent for them in buying goods. Cohen, she said, was tho head. He had cards printed giving her name as May Chambers, and at the same time gave to her a list of dealers in various kinds of merchandise from which she was expected to get goods. She visited various stores and bought 6kirts. clothing and furs. All of the goods she succeeding In getting were sent to the offices of the firm of W. B. Deming & Co., and were Immediately sold by them to other buyers or were shipped out of town or placed in storage. In her confession Mrs. Howard said she came from Julesburg, Col., and had lived in St. Paul and afterwards was buyer for Marshall Field & Co., of Chicago. From there she went to Butte, Mont., where Fhe and Charles Howard.her husband, swindled a man out of $6,000. After that transaction they fled to Chicago. In Chicago she deserted Howard and started a shoe company under the name of the Ruth-Frost Shoe Company, with George S. Martin, who came to this city last - October and was finally arrested and convicted of grand larceny and sent to the penltenlary. Mrs. Howard then came to this city and was engaged by Cohen as buyer for the firm. Howard, the deserted husband, made hl3 way East and went Into business in Boston as the C. J. Mosley Ranking Company, with Ernest Talsley as his partner. They afterwards came to this city, where they engaged in operations which landed Talsley in Sing Sing for three and a half years, and Howard in the penitentiary for eleven months. .Captain McCluskey expects to arrest other persons implicated in the Deming swindle. SAID TO BE BANKRUPT. Petition Filed Against Kntnoir Brothers by New York Newspapers, NEW YORK, March 13. A petition in Involuntary bankruptcy was filed to-day against Herman and Gusto ve Kutnow, as Kutnow Bros., limited, at 13 Astor place, whose Kutnow powders played such a prominent part in the recent Adams poisoning case. The claims are filed by New York newspapers, on advertising accounts. They allege that the Messrs. Kutnow are Insolvent, and that they committed an act of bankruptcy about Feb. 1 by transferring the books, stock and goodwill of their corporation to S. Kutnow, of London, for whom they stated they were working on salaries. The creditors of the firm were offered 25 cents on the dollar by Julius Lehman, its attorney. In a letter to the creditors Lehman wrote: "You doubtless realize that the outlook for the business Is extremeiy dubious, unless in years to come, through booming and advertising, a widespread demand is created for tho powder. This looks anything but promising, in view of the Adams poisoning case." It is alleged that II. C. Rarnet, of the Knickerbocker Athletic Club died last fall from the effect of cynide of potassium administered in Kutnow powder. BECKER'S CONFESSION TRUE. Charred Remains of the SnnsnRe Maker's AVlfe Found .Where Ind tented. CHICAGO, March 13. August Becker, the sausage maker, who confessed last night to having killed his wife and boiled and burned her body, to-day took police officers to the spot in his yard where he had burled the charred remains. Two baskets of burned bones were found and Dr. Dorsev to-night identified a portion of them as a human shoulder blade. A small piece of the woman's dress was also found. Obltus ry. NEW YORK, March 13. Richard II Leech, chief engineer United States navy, retired, died yesterday at his home in Brooklyn. GAIA'ESTON. Tex.. March 13. Hon. A. H. Willit, late justice of the Supreme Court, and an ex-congressman, died suddenly at 12:30 o'clock p. m. of heart failure. Twenty Yearn for Train Robbery. MERIDIAN. Miss.. March Meade, the notorious negro pafe-blower and bandit, was the federal penitentiary in the 13. Thraher train robber, Fentenced to United States Court here to-day for twent y years. In passing sentence Judge Nlles gret that ho could not under tence Meade to death. expressed rethe law senHad Tried It. New York Evening Sun. A little boy wan to be baptized at one of the missions not long ago. "I bet ye he'll yell," confided the boy's elder sister to the Sunday school teacher just befcre the ceremony. "1 tried it on him at home the other day Just to se how- it would work ana be howled, like everythlnff."

"The night my housa burned, Ftveral yean ago, l was tak.cn with bonnes of breath and paW pitatioa of the heart. " write Mrs. Suvan C f Tulloh.ot Su'phur Mines. Louisa Co.. a. "Thrc grew worse aU the time, until a few months afro, wuen I commenced the use of Dr. Tierce"! tnedicinea. Before that I could scarcely rat anything. X could not ilcep st sight, was not able to do any ' work, and could scarcely Ret around the house. I had given up all hope of ever setting well again; but I am re!l asjain. and X give Doctor Ilercc's medicines all the credit. "I took the Favorite Prescription. th Golden Medical Discovery and leUct. Dr. Tierce's Favorite Prescription is a medicine for women only. It cures all forms of female complaint stops back and side-ache allays the inflamination which causes those dis- jfffi agreeable weakening drains onrI"'s tbr -tfm nm. T-' TJ. . inotes regularity of t r: . rrr l I it r i . 'ri x . is a tn.ecl.cine ;M for the blood. liver, lungs,, (i ana nerves, ix cures all bron chial and throat troubles, strengthens: weak , lungs, stops bleeding from the lungs, and builds tip the entire system. It purifies the blood, stirs up a lazy liver, and soothes abused, crying nerves. Neither of these medicines contain! any alcohol, whisky, sugar or syrup to preserve its properties, but both will keep perfectly in any climate. Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets cure constipation. They Tieep the bowels open and regular. They do not gripe. When you ask a dealer fo these medicines -get what you ask for. Substitutes are not as good. They are, at best, only imitations, and cannot imitate the cures 5Tought by the genuine. Tube Works WroaghMron Pipe for Gas, Steam and Water, Holler Tubes. Cat and Malleable Iron Fittings (black and galvanized). Valvea. Stop Cocka. La Fine Trimming. Steam GaujT'-s, 11 ne ToC. 11p Cutters. VIms. Screw Plates and Die Wrenchea. Stm Traps. Pumps. Kitchen Slnki. Hose. Belting, liabbit Metal. Holder. White and Colored Wiping Wate. and all other sapplies ued In connection Mth Gas. Steam and Water. Natural Gas SupI lien a specialty, bteara Ieatlnr Apparatus tor Publlo nulldiPKa. Store rooms, Mllla. Shops, Factories. Laundrlei; lumber Dry Houses, etc Cut and Thread to order anj sixs Wroupht-lron Pipe, from inch to 12 Inches diameter. KNIGHT & JILLSON, m to ir B. PENNSYLVANIA. ST. A niley InterTletr, Washington Post. "Do you ever write prose?" somebody asked. "I can't write prose." Mr. Riley answered; T never could. I have always had a lovo of poetry. In the readlrpr books I used In school, if I had them now, you would find tho papes of poetry turned down at the corners, the verses underlined, the margins decorated with school-boy sketches, crag-s, cliffs, landscapes, faces. I loved to read tho poems. I liked to memorize them, thouph I didn't understand them. I have always liked, to write verses, and I have acquired a style, a decorated, adorned style, that doesn't suit prose. lrose ouht to be simple, direct. A. story ought to tell itself, and In the plainest "A poet, after all. is only the pen and ink with which a poem writes Itself. Poems come of themselves. The poet may wonder how he wrote this or that; but he didn't write it. It wrote itself. One can always write verse, of course; but it is not true. Let us think of a beautiful appler-one of those flame-streaked, exquisite apples you sometimes buy when you are taking a lonjr Journey they always have such beautiful fruit on the cars. It is so exquisite you hold it in your lap a Ions while. You hate to cut it, it is so wonderful. And then when you doa cut it It has not the fiber of on apple, it has not the taste of an apple, it has nothinc of the apple about it but the red and gold of its outward form. Sometimes with poetry vou don't quite know what the trouble Is. The form is all right, the words are beautiful, the rhythm is perfect, but it l!n't poetry because it isn't true: It Isn't so." As to his favorite author, Mr. Itlley said he preferred Dickens. "I can't read Scott ho said, with his school-loy smile. I know lots of people who would think a preat deal more of ma if I could, but I can't, and I don't mean to try. I can't Imagine anybody enjoying 'Middlemarch.' I confess that I don't car for the heavier things. I want to be entertained. I want to lo interested, and I do not want to be saddened." Here somebody asked him If he did not make himself unhappy sometimes by writing Fad verses. "No." he said, "never unhappy. I lika pathos, true pathos, the pathos of Lonpfellow, for example. It is full of hope and of utter faith in the final perfecting of all things, faith in the beneficent God. It is as good to cry over pathos like that as it Is to laugh. Dickons is like that I like Bret Harte. He Is the subtlest manipulator of KngliFh on the face of the earth. 1 did not like Stevenson. I loved him." "Going Out lo See a. Man." Louisville Courler-Jourral. "Going out to see a man" was the invention of Artemus Ward. One night in the winter of lsiio. when the humorist was about half through his lecture, he paralyzed his audience with the announcement that they would have to take a recess of fifteen minutes so as to enable him to ko across the street to "s-ce a man." II. 11. Tracey. the editor of the W'asMnpton Itepubllcan. was in the audience, and, sec-inff an opportunity to improve upon the Joke, penciled these lines and sent them to the platform: -Dear Artemus If you will place yourself under my guidance I'll take you to 'see) a man without crossirg the street." Artemus accepted the invitation and whlla the great audience imjatiently. but with much amusement, awaited the reappearance of tho humorist, the latter was making the acquaintance of Aman. a well-known restaurant keeper at that time and luxuriating at a well-laden refreshment toard. Of course, everybody "caught on to" tha phrase, and men became fond of getting up between the acts and "going out to see a Aman." The restaurateur' business from the timrt forward lomed. Men who would ordinarily sit quietly throuuh an entertainment and behave themselves allowed themselves to be inlluc-nccd by the contagion. .

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l'nrtn Schools. New York Commercial Advertiser. Farm schools have never been unjuaHA'd suc-cesscs. The bst fchool for farming fetms to be th farm; and too much schooling of other kinds generally turns out men that would rather be lawyers or physicians or business men than farmers, unless they have capital enough to farm on horseback. The Cleveland farm school was started with some eclat not long ago. but is now given up. Air. Vroom. the organizer, complains ttat Mr. Cleveland wanted the boys to work ittlier than to b arn. It is hard for an outsider to Judge of technical affairs like farm school-: but re.is-onln on gentral principles, and with the results of ?ome of the learning acquired at the tate agricultural col-lc-Kes in mind, Mr. CI. ve land "a plan would set-em no bad one for the making cf farmers. She (lot Tlironfih a Crowd. Washington Post. A determined. square-Jawed woman stood next to rn in a crowd one day of the week. "O dear." gasped a smill woman besldo her. "I di hate crowds. Ion't you?" The squnre Jaw Intensified Its angle. "No." said the determined woman. "I Ilka a Jam. It doesn't bother me. With perseverance nr.d a hM-pin I can iret through any crowd in the woild." to ci ni; a coi.n in oxe day Talis Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All druj. rtta refund ths money It It falls to curs. 2Jc Tbt ftfiulct feu L. U. Q. ca tica uuxt.