Indianapolis Journal, Volume 49, Number 125, Indianapolis, Marion County, 5 May 1899 — Page 2

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THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, FRIDAY, MAY 5, 1899

vin th consolidation, do not include the ll. C. Prick properties. CLEVELAND. May t-An executive Officer of one of the big steel consolidations makes this statement to the Iron Trade Review: "There Is no truth In the story of a consolidation cf the Carnegie Steel Company. National Steel Company. American Jloop Company and American Tin-plate Company. No deal has been made for a consolidation of any of the companies named, and. while it is true that there has been talk of a consolidation of several of the sttel companies, nothing has come of It. Ko aaiuncement of plans, either official or tinoflivil. can be made. It Is unlikely,, in any event, that the Carnegie Steel Company will be actually consolidated with any other steel company. However, close trade relations between the Carnegie Steel Company and the National Steel Company, American Tin-plate Company and American Sier! Hocp Company may result from nepotiations under way within the past week." It would not be surprising, fays the Review, if some definite announcement concerning the Carnegie Steel Company, in the above connection, is made within the week.

ASOTIICn. COMBINATION. Empire Iron and Steel Company Incorporated In tt Jersey. PHILADELPHIA. May 4 The Empire Iron and Steel Company, which was incorporated under the laws of New Jersey with an authorized capital stok of I2.3CO.CO0 of 6 per cent, preferred and $2."). 009 common, has been organized by the election of officers aa follows: President, L. Peckit, Caiasaqua, Ta., vice president, Walter Kenredy. Pittsburg: general manager, V. I Sim?, New York; secretary, Glen Wright. New York; executive committee, Archer Frown. C R. Chapman and W. L. Sims. The board of directors consists of . the above ami W. K. Scarrlt. K. K. Summerwell and F M. Jeffery. The company- has acquired by purchase the property of the Greensboro Furnace Comrany, Greensboro. N. C-: the property known as the Henry Clay furnaces, of Reading, Fa.; the Upton furnace In the Schuylkill valley; the Victoria furnf.ee.- on the Chesapeake & Ohio Ilallroari In Virginia, and the HuddJe?ton ere propeity In the Potte va!Icy, Virginia. It has acquired hy lease the Valentine furrace property at Bellefonte. Pa., and has acquired four-fifths ownership of the stock a;:d second mortgage bonds of the Crane lion works, of Catasaqua. THE COPPER Til I ST, Total Cash Subscriptions' 'o?r Salt! to Be -4 12,000,000. BOSTON. Mass., May 4. The Financial News to-night annouccd the result of the applications for stock in the Amalgamated Copper Mining Company, Just incorporated1 under New Jersey laws, with a capital ct $T3.C0O.(X. It says: "After throwing out bids that were on examination proved to be the efforts of speculators to take advantage of the great interest to make money with no risk, and after throwing out bids unaccompanied by the checks, or checks that were not satisfactory, the first class amounting" to $170,000,000 and the latter over $2,0O0.CO the total cash subscription was found to have reached the steantlc sum of $4U.COO.Ou). which gave to each and every subscriber IS pt;r cent, of his subscription. "It is not known how much money was represented in the three hundred subscribers who were too late, but it is estimated at 000,000 five of the three hundred had tingle subscriptions cf $).0G0. It is estimated that tne sum total of the subscriptions that were thrown out or that arrived Yy meti-enger or mailfor the mail is still pouring into the bank was between and SKO.CCO.C0O. which, added to what Insiders had intended to secure for themstJves. would have carried the rotal to over yxx.ooo.oca "It Is estimated also that there are a great FORECAST FOR TO-DAY. Fair and Warmer Weather Predicted for Indiana. WASHINGTON. May 4. Forecast for twenty-four hours: For Ohio Fair on Friday and probably Saturday; variable winds. For Indiana Fair and warmer on Friday and Saturday; variable winds. For Illinois Fair on Friday, with wanner in northeast portion; Saturday fair; winds shifting to fresh, southerly. Weather Conditions and General Forecast The Manitoba storm has merged Into an area of low barometer, which has advanced from the north Pacific coast. The barometer continues high over the middle and north Atlantic coast States, A decided fall in temperature has been attended by showers and thunderstorms from Michigan over the Ohio valley and Tennessee. Elsewhere fair weather has prevailed. For Friday showers and cool ?r weather are Indicated in the east gulf and south Atlantic States. Elsewhere the weather is likely to be fair. Present reports indicate that fair weather will continue In the middle Atlantic and New Kr.gland States, the Ohio valley and the middle Western States during Saturday. Along the Atlantic coast the winds will be variable north of Virginia and frosh to brisk easterly winds win prevail from Virginia southward. Local Obnerratloni on Thursday. Bar. Ther. R.H. Wind. Weather. Pre. 7 a. m. .30.0) to 74 N'west. Cloudy. 0.00 7 p. m. .30.07 57 $5 North. Pt. cldy. 0.33 Maximum temperature, 73; minimum temperature. 56. Comparative statement of temperature and precipitation May 4: Temp, Pre. Normal 60 0.1.1 Mean 61 0.05 Departure from normal M 0.23 Departure since May 1 0.15 Departure since Jan. 1 2."5 2.00 Plus. C. F. R. WAPPENIIANS. Local Forecast Official. Yesterday Temperature. Stations. Min. Max. m. Atlanta. Ga Bismarck. N. D Buffalo. N. V Calgary. N. W. T Cairo. Ill Cheyenne. Wyo Chicago

6 SI SO 32 H 42 4 70 :.ti 22 61 CO 63 6$ 64 si Pt rt Om 52 HO h2 61 7$ 6-5 4-5 7 tf 42 73 6 72 7S 74 40 :a li f? ro 7t 50 72 70 W) 74 68 30 ."2 2 63 72 70 61 Z 64 70 M 7S 4 H4 54 C2 6$ Mi 4 74 70 41 70 fS 5 4 2 70 : si 3i 34 54 51 8 54 ft 64 42 64 5S 52 70 66 .7) 62 70 M SO Ai 66 ' 60

Cincinnati ... Concordia. Kan Davenport. la Des Moines, la Galveston. Tex Helena. Mont Jacksonville. Fla Kansas City, Mo IJttle Rock, Ark Marquette. Mich Memphis, Tenn Nashville. Tenn New Orleans New York North Platte. Neb Oklahoma. O. T Omaha. Neb Pittsburg Qu Appelle. N. W. T.. Rapid City. S. D Salt Lake City, Utah.. St. Louis 8t. Paul, Minn Springfield, 111 Springfield. Mo Vicksburg. Miss Washington April Weather. Following is a summary of the meteorological conditions prevailing during the month of April as observed at the Indianapolis Weather Bureau: . Mean atmospheric pressure, 5X04: highest, SO. 41. on the ith: lowest, 2i.73, on the 13th. Mean temperature, r5; highest, 80, on the 23th: lowest. 22. on the 2d; greatest dally range. 27. on the 17th: least daily range. . on the 21th. Mean temperature for this anonth in 1371. 47; 172. :.: 173, 51: 174. 4; rvrs. isTo, is77. 54; ivts, k; is:, zz; isa, 5i; 11. 4S; lvcj. -j; .VJ; 1SSI. 50; IK., 52; 16, 55; iv,7, ii lWH. 52; 1S!. 53: 1SW, 54: im. 5T; IS'2. 51: 52: 16H, 54: 1S35. 5i; lZi, 60: 17. 31: lS. 50; 1SS9. 65; mean tern-I't-rature for this month for twenty-nine years. 53; average excess of dally mean temperature during this month, 11: accumulated delltiency Mnce Jan. 1, 313; average dally deficiency since Jan. 1. SO. lrevalling direction of wind. outh: total movement. 7,521 miles; maximum velocity Cf wind, direction and date. 26 miles, south, on the 11th. Total precipitation. 1.26 Inches; number of days with M inch or more of precipitation, 7: total precipitation (in inches) for this month in 171. 1.S7; 1S72, 2.2t; 1S70, 5.H; ls74. 4.12; 1S75. 176. 2.27; 1S77. 3.11: 1S7S. S.51; IST'J. 2.15; 1SK 6; lVil. 2.0); ISsi, 2.M; l&i, 2.73; 1VX4. 2.S3; H. 5.2H; 1S, 3.W; 1W7. 3.92: lSv-. 4.05; IW, 2.W; 1V0. 4.5S; 1SH1, lVf.? 23; 13. Km; 1Vj4. 2.72: la. 1.S6; U06. 1.27; 17. 4.82; l-j&j, 1.73: lt"9. LS6: average precipitation for this month for twenty-nine years, 3.52 lnche; total deficiency during the month. 2.16 inches; accumulated deficiency fcince Jan. 1. 2- inches Number of clear days, 7: partly cloudy, 1; cloudy, 7. Date of frost Heavy, April li: killing, cone. C. F. R. WAPPENIIANS. luX f orecast OCiciaX

many who. anticipating an enormous oversubscription, have refrained from sub5criblng and will purchase In the open market." The Financial News further says. In referring to the sources of subscriptions: "England sent its subscription for $50,000,000. Germany and PVance fcW.COO.OOO each. Boston and New Enjrnd showed steadfast faith In copper by subscribing for over wro." The subscription books for the stock closed at noon to-day.

DIG TRANSPORTATION DEAL. Consolidation of Street nnllwtiya and Introduction of Automobiles. CHICAGO, May 4. The Kecord says: "In this city to-day the Whltney-Elkins-Wlden-er syndicate, of New York and Philadelphia, closed a gigantic transportation deal. More than $50,000,000 1 directly Involved, and indirectly the capital concerned amounts to nearly $73,000,000. The combination was effected after a series of meetlng3 at the Auditorium Annex. Following are the results: Consolidation of the Yerkes streetrailway linos and the retirement of Charles T. Yerke3 from his holding in this property. Consideration about $20,000,000 and a general share of stock for his son, Charles E. Yerkes, In the Illinois Electric Vehicle Company. Details arranged and a deal practically closed by which the Eastern syndicate will absorb the other street-railway interests of Chicago. Permanent organization of the Illinois Electric Vehicle Company, with a capital stock of $23,000,000. Equipment of all street-railway rolling stock with electric power to be furnished by the new system of the automobile storage according to patented Inventions owned and controlled by the American Automobile Company, cf New Jersey, of which the 1111-nol-3 Electric Vehicle Company is an arm. The establishment in Chicago of a great factory for the manufacture of automobile vehicles of all description and for all purposes; also 'the establishment of a line of these vehicles for business on the streets Of this city. "Tiie men who engineered this scheme to a Bucoessful tesue were Isaac I Rice, of New York, president of the Electric Storage Battery Company and the Electric Traction Company, of this city; Martin Malorvey, of Philadelphia, silent partner in the traction firms of Elklns and Widener; Charles E. Yerkes. of New York, son of the Chicago street-railway magnate; William I Elklns, Jr., of Philadelphia, son of the traction magnate company, of that city; Egbert Jameson, counsel for Charles T. Yerkes. and Levy Mayer, attorney for the Whitney-Elkins-Wldener syndicate. . "Mr. Maloney announced that it was the Intention of the company to establish in Chicago immediately a plant to cost about a million dollars for the manufacture of automobile vehicles. As soon as practicable the company intends to operate in the streets of Chicago a certain cla5 of these vehicles to do the work that ordinary cabs or carriages are doing row. This line of automobile vehicles, Mr. Maloney explained, would number about one thousand to begin with and cheap fares are promised. The company will not confine its field of operations to Chicago or Illinois. It will extend Its system of highway transportation throughout the West. Other companies, all arms of the American Automobile Company, are in contemplation for other Western territory." The New Rubber Goods TruM. NEW YORK. May 4. The final organization of the Rubber Goods Manufacturing Company has been completed and the following officers elected: Charles R. Flint, chairman executive committee: Charles Stewart Smith, prefident; Ulysses D. Eddy, vice president; Wallace H. Flint, treasurer, and W. A. Towner, secretary and assiFtant treasurer. The following statement was authorized by Charles Rj Flint: "Tne authorized capital of the company is $25,000,000 of 7 per cent, cumulative preferred stock and $2).000,000 of common stock. Or this there have been issued, fully paid and now outstanding. Fhares of preferred stock and 118,400 shares of common stock." The Serer-PIpe Company. NEW YORK. May 4. The Times to-morrow will say: Dos Passos and Mitchell today gave out the details regarding the proposed Federal Sewer Pipe Company. It will have a capitalization of $23,000,0(0, half of which Is to be preferred stock. Ten million, eeven hundred and fifty thousand dollars of each class will be issued. The remainder will be treasury stock. The transaction will not be completed for several days. Byron Robinson, of Akron.O.. is likely to be president of the corporation. The merger will consolidate about fifty concerns in New York, Ohio, Michigan, Pennsylvania and Indiana. To Make Pulp Barrels. NEW YORK, May 4. Articles of incorporation of the Cincinnati Pulp Barrel Company were recorded in the county clerk's office In Newark to-day. The company has a capital stock of $500,000. of which $400,000 has been paid In. The company's factory will be in Cincinnati, and Its offices in New Jersey will bo at East Orange. Pulp barrels and other vessels will be manufactured by the new concern. Samuel C. Shattler, Victor Herold, Philip II. Kumler and Geo. II. Ricke, all of Cincinnati, are the incorporators. 3Iatch Industries Jtny De Combined. AKRON, O., May 4. It is announced here cn reliable authority to-day that a combination of all the match industries in the country Is in contemplation. The incorporation of the Union Match Company in Delaware last week, although it was given out as not being connected with any proposed combine, is said to have been lor the sole purpose of gathering in all of the smaller concerns in the country. When this is done a gigantic combination will be organized of lUe .Union, Diamond and the Continental companies. A GentIemen AKreement.' CLEVELAND, May 4. Since early In the year there has been a "gentlemen's agreement" among the manufacturers of crucible steel regarding the selling prices of their products. The agreement was entered Into as a preliminary step to a consolidation under one ownership of all the properties, and it is now announced that the negotiations to this end have well advanced, and It is probable that the transfer to the new company can be effected shortly. The utmost pecrecy has surrounded the operations so far. w nim-nlt Company. TRENTON N. J.. May 4.-The Taciflc Coast Biscuit Company, with an authorized capital of $1,000,000, was incorporated to-day at the office of the secretary of state. The company is empowered to manufacture ana deal In cakes, biscuits, pies. etc. Of the stock. 11,500.000 is 7 per cent, cumulative preferred. The incorporators are Turner Beale, New York; George B. Vic.irs and Ralph B. Coibett. Jersey City. American Alkali Company. TRENTON. N. J.. May 4. Articles were fil?d with the secretary of state to-day of the American Alkali Company, with an authorized capital of 30.0W.OOO. of which $6,000.OiO is to be preferred stock with 8 per cent, cumulative dividend. The company Is formed to produce an deal In alkali of all kinds.. The incorporators are Fred Minscr. William Jackson, Josiah Dubois and Clayton E. Clapp. Gnu SelfLIshtlnfc Company. TRENTON. N. J May 4. Articles were filed here to-day of the Gas Slf-lightlng Company, with an authorized capital of $1,500. 0u. The company is authorized to manufacture and deal in gas and other lighting material. The incorporators are John Dev lln. Whitney Kirk. Elmer Smalling. all of Philadelphia; Thomas A. Jones, of Doylestown. Pa., and F. MacMorris, of Mount Airy, Pa. Standard OH Dividend. NEW YORK. May 4.-The Standard Oil trustees to-day declared the regular quar terly dividend of $ per share and an extra dividend of $0 per share, payable June 15, lKtf. The stock went up 12 points, to 49$. on the announcement. This is the highest price ever reacnea. siteel and Iron Higher. PITTSBURG, May 4. Steel billets had another advance here to-day and sold at $2&73'i27 per ton. Pig iron also advanced to $14 50 in the Mahomn; valley and $15.1iin Pittsburg. Gen. EaRnn fntla lor Honolulu. SAN FRANCISCO. May 4,-Oen. Charles P. Eagan. ex-commissary general of the united fatates army, sailed to-day for Hono lulu on the stenmer Australia. General Ejgan and his ami'y will spend several months cn tne lsiana;. Deantlfnl Complexions by latnjr Champlln's Liquid Pearl. 50c, pink or white. .ueufcauui, marvelous results; unequal.

MANUEL WON WITH EASE

CAPTi nED THE KENTl CKY DERBY WITHOUT I1EING riSIIED. HI Lordship Second, a Length Ilelilnd the Illne Gran Stake WinnerCrowd in the Retting Ring. LOUISVILLE. Ky., May 4. The East triumphed to-day, for the scarlet color? of H. & D. Morris were first under the wire in the twenty-fifth Kentucky Derby, and 23.000 people cheered the son of Bob Miles when Taral rode Into the c.rcle. It could rot be called a great race, for It was won without an application of whip or spur. It was an Ideal day for the big event, and all Kentucky seemed to have turned out to honor the day and incidentally back their own Judgment, for It was a packed mas of humanity, not only during the Derby, but from the call of the first race. Long before the noon hour people started for Churchill Downs In rmart traps and traps of the an tiquated kind, and when the fourth race, the .Kentucky Derby, to which so many thousands had been looking forward with an Interest thoroughly characteristic of the Kentucklan, was called every place of van tage In stand and paddock had a human oc cupant. The betting ring was a surging mass and a touchdown on a football field was mild compared to the elbowing tho.e cf a speculative turn had to encounter In their efforts' to place a bet. The Derby was the fourth on the card, and when the bugle sounded Mazo, Manuel, J lis Lordship, Corsine and Fontainebleu came In turn in the order named, and each was applauded, even Fontainebleu, which was not friendless. Starter Chinn had little trouble In getting them away, for on the first break the flag went down and the struggle for the horors of the twenty-fifth Kentucky Derby was on. They were in motion and bunched when away, with Manuel half a length to the good and Fontainebleu second. After a few strides Turner took His Lordship to the front and cut the running past the stand and down to the turn. He was leading. by half a length when they straightened out for their run down the back stretch. Manuel meanwhile had occupied a comfortable position In third place, but after they had completed the first half mile of the journey Taral took him to the front and soon had an advantage by half a length, with His Lordphip second. Corsine third. Maro fourth and Fontainebleu last. As they rounded the turn in the stretch Corsine moved up to second and Tommy Burns began work on the winner of the California Derby. The Son of Riley was behind Manuel when they began the final run down the stretch, with Mazo third. His Lordfhlp fourth and Fontainebleu bringing up the rear. These positions were maintained down the stretch and to the wire, Manuel winning as1 he pleased by a length without being touched. It was but little more than a work-out for Manuel. Summaries: Fourth RaceThe Kentucky Derby: one mile and a quarter: stakes. $6,000: Manuel. 117 (Taral). 1 to 2. won: Corsine. 122 (Burns). 3 to 1, second: Mazo. 117 (Conley). 4 to 1, third: His Lordship (Turner). 10 to 1. fourth, and Fontainebleu. 117 (Overton), fifth. Frac tlonal time Quarter, :25H; half threequarters, 1:174: mile, l:45Vs: mile and a quar ter. 2:12. W. Gallagher and horse Patron were ruled off by the Louisville judges this afternoon. Gallagher is a part owner and trainer of the horse and refused to bring him to the post when ordered. It was a selling race and Gallagher was evidently afraid some one would run the horse up If he w on. MADE A CLEAN SCORE. World Record Broken In a Squad Shoot at Twenty Targets. LINCOLN, Neb., May 4. A world's record was broken to-day In the state tournament when, in a squad shoot at twenty targets. squad No. 1 closed with a clean score. The victorious team was composed of George Rogers, Lincoln; A. B. Daniels, Denver; W. S. Duer, Hastings, Neb.; C. A. Young Springfield, O., and F. S. Parmalee, Omaha. The score made to-day was the best of th meeting. To-morrow, the closing day, will be devoted largely to live-bird shooting. Summaries: Fifteen Targets Open to amateurs: Rog ers, i-armaiee, uiibert. Hallowell. Fanning. 15; Andrews, Townsend, Peterson, Frlnk, Budd. Lindermaa Heer. Younsr. 14: Miller. Painter, Beard. Olmstead, Hairgrove, Danlets, 16. Twenty Tareets Ooen to amateurs: Roe enf. Gilbert. 3: Den. Frink. Hallowell. Moore, Bray, Heer, Young, Hilbery, Budd, x-cuuujig, uuer, tarmajee, j. Fifteen Tarzets Onen to amateurs: Dan lels. Duer, Heer, Budd, Fanning, F. Miller, jL.ong, uen, io; lownsend. Peterson. An drews. M. F. Miller. Parmilee. 11: Moore. Hilbery. Bray. Hallowell, Frink. Olmstead. Organ. Hairgrove, 13. Twenty Targets-Open to all: twenty-five entries: iarmaiee, w; Kogers, Duer, lAnderman, Heer. Gilbert. Budd, 19; Young, -uoore. uray, tieiKes. painter. 18. Twenty Targets Heikes. Townsend. 20; Young. Parmalee. Linderman. Moore. 19: Rogers. Gilbert, Budd, Fanning. Hair grove, 15. Fifteen Targets Onen to amateurs Young. Parmalee. Heer. Gilbert. Helk.t. Hallowell. Painter, Frink. 15; Rogers. Bray. Budd. Fanning. Miller. Beard. Andrews. Dn. 14: Duer. Moore. Ixjng, Davidson, 13. Twenty Targets Open to all: Rogers, Daniels. Duer, Young, Parmalee, Budd. Gilbert. Andrews. 20; Linderman, Moore, Heikes. Fanning. 13; Den, IS. ONcar Gardner ftenta Tommy Hogan. LOUISVILLE, May 4. Before a house packed to the doors Oscar Gardner, the renowned "Omaha Kid," received the decision over Tommy Hogan. the crack New York featherweight, to-night In a twenty-round bout given under the auspices of the.Nonparlel Athletic Association. The fighting was terrific from start to finish. Gardner paid attention chiefly to Hogan's stomach and landed .blows-that would have settled matters quickly with a man less finely trained than the New York lad. Hogan opened up an old wound over Gardner's rfs;ht ye and the kid went to his corner time and again with the blood pouring from his damaged optic. In the eighteenth round Hogan drove his risrht to Gardner's chin; the bell sa.vlng Gardner from a knockout. The decision of the referee was not sanctioned by the majority of the audience, they thinking that the contest should have been declared a draw. Hall Adnll Defeated. MILWAUKEE. Wis., May 4.-Hali Adali. the Turkish wrestler, met defeat to-night at the hands of Jack Carkeek, of Wisconsin, ex-champion of the world. According to agreement, the Turk was to throw his man three times, wrestling a bout each of catch-as-catch-can, Graeco-Roman and Cornish styles, in ninety minutes. The Turk won the catch-as-catch-can bout In thirtytwo and one-half minutes on a half-Nelson hold and the Graceo-Roman In thirty-four minutes with a similar hold. He took considerable time to rest after the first bout, and when time was called for the Cornish contest the Sultans lion did not make his aipcarar.ee, the referee awarding the match to Carkeek. FaM Stepper Sold. CHICAGO. May 5. The third day of the Splann & Newgass sale developed a marked Improvement In the quality of the consignments and excellent prices prevailed as a rule. Several fast steppers were taken on foreign account. The following were among the best prices realized: Captain Caffrev, record SrKS1;. sold to H. M. Tlennor. Chicago, for J2.600: Marshall Director, by Director-Mary Marshall, to M. Rice, New Castle, Pa.. $1.5X: B. B. M.. by Prince MediumGipsy, record 2:1GV. sold to B. Vervaocke, London, Lngland, $1,250. AVrestllnar 3Iatehea. BALTIMORE, Md., May 4.-George Burllngame, the state heavyweight champion wrestler, to-night defeated John Frone. who claims to be the champion wrestler of Bohemia, in two falls out of three. BurllnKame won first two falls in 4:57 and 3:40. Fred Packham. of Cincinnati, won the first and third falls from Jack Knight, of Washington, in 4:o0 and 45 seconds. Knight's time for the Fecond fall was 1:40. Will Fight In Denver. DENVER. Col., May 4. Manager Otto C. Floto. of the Colorado Athletic Association, to-night received a telegram from Brady and Julian, repref-entlnf; Jeffries and .Fitislmmons, accepting his offer and agreeing to right in Denver. Mr. Floto was In teleiaphlc communication with the manage ri

of the two flghterg all day. and finally se-

curea tneir acceptance of his oner, wnicn includes a purse of $25,000. The other details of the agreement were not made public, but It was announced that articles of agreement were mailed to Denver to-night. Manager Floto stated to-night that work would be begun at once on an amphitheater capable of seating 15,000 people. The date of the meeting has not been given out. ATKINSON NOT A PATRIOT. Views of London Time Editor on the Arch Imperialist' Work. LONDON, May 5. The Times in an editorial this morning express'.ng the opinion that the United States government is making very satisfactory progress In the Philippines and can have no reason to grow impatient, says that the action of the United States postmaster general in directing that certain pamphlets prepared by Edward Atkinson, of Boston, vice president of the Anti-imperialistic League, to be taken from the mails, is entirely Justified by the circumstances of the case. Mr. Atkinson's conduct, the Times asserts, is "quite inexplicable, because calculated to prolong, rather than shorten the war." . Few Complnints from Soldiers. CHICAGO, May 4. Theodore Welse, who conducts a press-clipping bureau, received an order from the Anti-Imperialist League of Boston to examine the letters from soldiers In the Philippines, puolished In papers throughout the countrv, for the purpose of seeing what complaints the volunteers made. Up to date Mr, Welse has clipped S.'X) letetrs from volunteers in the Philippines, and in only three instances was fault tound with anything or anybody and a wish expressed by the writer to return home. The Inhibited Documents. WASHINGTON, May 4. Many telegraphic requests were received at the capital today as to whether the speeches and documents printed by Congress on which some of the Inhibited Atkinson literature Is based may be sent in the mails. No restriction is placed on these documents except the three specifically described which were Issued by Atkinson and that restriction only applies to their dispatch in the malls forwarded from San Francisco to the Philippines, Illinois Anti-Imperialists. CHICAGO, May 4. A number of Chicago men opposed to the administration's foreign rollcy met this afternoon In the office of Edwin Burritt Smith and laid-foundatlons for a permanent organization to be known as the Illinois Anti-Imperialistic League. Among those most active in forming the league were Edwin Burritt Smith, Sigmund Zeisler, Rev. Jenkin Lloyd Jones and Prof. L. Laurence Laughlln, of the University of Chicago, i Denounced as Treasonable. DENVER, Col., May 5. The Colorado Encampment. G. A. R to-day adopted resolutions denouncing as treasonable the attempt of certain persons "to hamper the administration in its conduct of the Philippine war." TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES. John Little was hanged yesterday at Greenville, Tex., for the murder of George Stone. The Connecticut House of Representatives has defeated the bill providing for woman suffrage by a vote of 103 to 63. William A. Boise, a farmer living at Marengo. 111., filed a petition In bankruptcy at Chicago yesterday. Liabilities. 5213,000; no assets. The Merritt & Chapman wrecking tug Rescue sailed from New York yesterday for Santiago to tow the Spanish cruiser Reina Mercedes to Norfolk. Twenty thousand barrels of oil have been destroyed by fire from lightning striking an oil tank near Morgantown, W. Va, Loss to tanks and contents. $30,000. George K. Van Horn, the murderer of Mrs. Josephine Wescott, a boarding-house keeper, was hanged In the Lackawanna county (Pennsylvania) jail yesterday. At Mechanicsville. N. V- yesterday James Williams, aged sixty-five years, murdered his wife, with whom he had not lived for years, and then mortally wounded himself. Severe seismic disturbances have visited the southern and eastern dis-tricts of Pelopennesus. Greece. The town of Llguditza was seriously damaged, many houses being thrown down. Leon Maynard. of Cairo, 111., was arrested at Harrlsburg. Pa yesterday on a charge of passing forged checks. A large number of blank checks on Harrlsburg banks was found on him when arrested. Vice President Hobart has leased Normanhurst. Mrs. Norman L Munro's residence at Norwood Park. Long Branch, for the season. The Vice President will take immediate possession and will entertain extensively at his summer home. Attorney William S. Young, formerly public guardian in the Probate Court at Chicago, for whom the police have been searching nearly, a. year, nas been arrested In Brooklyn. Young Is charged with emberzlement of $25,000 belonging to several estates. James Neale Plumb, who killed Alexander Mastersion. the aged millionaire, at New York, on Wednesday, refused to say anything about the case yesterday, keeping silent by the advice of his counsel. The coroner's Inquest will probably take place within a day or two. Governor Stephens, of Missouri, has signed the Farris beer Inspection bill. It provides for the inspection cf all beer sold in the State. An Inspection fee of 1 cent on each gallon and 2 cents for labeling each package will be charged. No fee is charged for inspecting beer shipped out of the State. The bill Is expected to produce $300,000 revenue for the State annually. Mrs. T. W. Heinmann, of Chicago, wife of a well-known drug sundries manufacturer, was accidentally killed by a street car in Los Angeles. She had greeted a friend at a crossing and had her back toward an approaching car. As she turned to go the car struck her in the back, throwing her several feet and causing a fracture of the skull, which resulted in her death an hour later. Wants a Pnrer Jndlclnry. NEW YORK. May 4. The one-hundred-and-thirty-first annual meeting of the New York Chamber of Commerce was held today. Morris K. Jesup was chosen president to succeed Alexander E. Orr, who declined rennminatlon. J. Edward 'Simmons, W. E. Dodge and ex-Governor Levi P. Morton were elected vice presidents for four years. Secretary George Wilson and Treasurer Solon Humphrey were re-elected. .The following resolution wns adopted: "That in the opinion of the Chamber of Commerce a law should be enacted by the State prohibiting, under heavy penalties, payment of any sum of money, directly or indirectly, to a political party on the part of candidates for judicial offices and prohibiting the bestowal of court patronage for personal or political reasons; also, that the soliciting of contributions from candidates for judicial offices for th purposes herein specified shall be in a like manner punished." Halifax Citadel Condemned. HALIFAX, N. S.. May 4. The Evening Mall says: "The Citadel, the largest fort In Halifax, has been condemned by the military authorities. The Citadel, constructed at a height of 23 feet above the level of the sea, is practically useless as a fort and will be utilized hereafter principally for barrack purposes. The old cannon have been dumped and replaced by a few Maxims. The Citadel was looked on as the Dunkirk of Ameiica. It was constructed at an enormous cost. A large number of maroons were imported from Jamaica to assist in the construction of the works, but the mortality among them was so great that the British government considered it advisable to send them to the River Niger." The Mollnenx Case. NEW YORK. May 4. Tm grand jury appeared this morning before Judge McMahon, who was sitting in General Sessions, and asked him a number of questions about the Mollneux case. The questions were in relation to the power of the grand jury to examine witnesses. It was reported that the jury was not natistted with the district attorney's presentation of the case to it. The procedure taken by the Jury is very unusual. Lawyer A. S. Colyar. of Tennessee, who was indicted for conspiracy to abduct Nicholas A. Heckman, the witness against Roland B. Mollneux, was arraigned in General Sessions to-day. He plead not guilty and was sent tack to the Tombs. Evldenc of a Triple Murder. KIRKSVILLE. Mo.. May 1. Movers xamped two miles from town to-day found In Bear creek a gunny sack which contained a woman's scalp and black hair, half of the right ear. and torn bloody clothing. A full outfit of woman's clothing, with complete garments for children of three and one years were packed in the sack. Each garment was torn from the collar to the hem down the back ana bloodstained. It is believed that a triple murder was committed by a mover, who burled the bodies Borneo here along the load.

PURE FOOD INQUIRY.

Dr. Wiley Tells How What We Eat and Drink Is Adulterated. CHICAGO, May 4. The senatorial pure food Investigating committee held its second session here to-day. Giles Lewis, a druggist, of this cltj. testified that, while other countries had laws which prevented the selling of adulterated goods In their own countries, no provisions were made against exporting them to foreign countries. He declared the United States received articles of food made in Germany and France that could not be sold in the country where they were made because of the preservatives used. Mr. Lewis said adulteration could be divided into two classes, one of which was the adding of coloring matter for the sake" of appearance and the other was to give fictitious. values to articles of food. His advice to the committee was that a national pure food law be drawn up and a permanent commission installed in oflice, the duty of which would be to prevent the marketing of any article of food or drink, domestic or Imported, that was misrepresented. The limit of adulteration, he declared, should be governed by the commission and the committee, he suggested, should analyze articles and certify to their purity by a government stamp. Dr. Wiley next took the stand and gave further information to the committee regarding the articles sold in this country which were adulterated. Among practices that are fraudulent, yet not injurious to the health, he mentioned the sale of fish of a cheap variety and grade for the more expensive kinds, especially fish packed in oil. It also Is a common custom, Dr. Wiley said, for dealers to stamp packages with foreign stamps and thus deceive the public Into believing it was buying imported goods. Horse flesh, according to the expert, was commonly used for food purposes In European countries and labeled as beef, but he did not know of it being used to any great extent in this country. The sale of turtles, in restaurants, for terrapin, was also a common means of defrauding the public. Famous wines and other drinks of foreign countries are on sale in American markets that never even saw the color of the ocean. Adulterated food and drink which are injurious to the public health, the witness said, could be classed in two groups coloring and preserving. The coloring matter was used principally because it was pleasing to the eye and made the food more palatable." The matter which is used mainly In restoring the natural color of green peas, the witness declared, sometimes was salts of xinc. sometimes salts of copper, either of which is poisonous, and the use of which shoi-ld not be permitted. Probably the most common chemical used as preservative, according to Dr. Wiley, is salyclllc acid, which is maTTe, to a great extent, from carbolic acid. It should not be permitted, he stated, because it is very injurious, especiallj to those who have weak . stomachs. He ended his testimony by saying that no food offered for sale which contained preservatives was fit to eat. WAR SHIP WRECKED. Chilean Vessel Reported Lost In the Straits of Magellan. VALPARAISO DE CHILE. May 4.-Th government has received an announcement of the wreck of a Chilean naval vessel In the Straits of Magellan. No details of the catastrophe are at hand. Venturesome Sailor Lost. PROVIDENCE, R. I.. May 4.-Capt. Thomas Crapo, of New Bedford, who recently sailed from this port for Cuba in a nine-foot skiff, probably was lost In yesterday's gale. His boat was found bottom up to-day. In 1S77 Captain and Mrs. Crapo sailed from New Bedford to England in a twenty-foot dory. Movements of Steamers. NEW YORK, May 4.-Sailed: Fuerst Bismarck, for Hamburg: Menominee, for London: Bremen, for Bremen; State of Nebraska, for Glasgow. COPENHAGEN. May 4. Arrived: Norge. from New York, via Christiansand, tor Stettin. ROTTERDAM. May 4. Arrived: Maasdam. from New York, via Boulogne. MOVILLE. May 4. Arrived: Ethiopia, from New York, via Glasgow. BREMEN. May 4. Arrived: Kaiser Freiderich, from New York. LIVERPOOL, May 4. Arrived: Rhynland, from Philadelphia. ' PHILADELPHIA. May 4. Arrived: Nederland, from Antwerp. HAMBURG, May 4,-Arrived: Grafwalderse. from New York. NAPLES. May 4. Arrivedj AJler, from New York, for Genoa. NEW YORK. May 4. Arrived: H. H. Meier, from Bremenc FIRST IN FOUR MONTHS. South Park Train Reaches Dillon Through Solid Walls of Snow. DENVER. Col.. May 4. The first train over the South Park into Dillon for four months ran through solid walls of snow f to-day and steamed Into the town amid the blowing of whistles an! the ringing of bells. The snow blockade had been broken. Work is now progressing toward Leadville and the entire South Park line from Denver to tne big camp will be opened, it Is said at the general superintendent's office, early next week. The Children of Porto Rleo. Harper's Weekly. Children are an ever present and abundant factor in the domoptlc economy of the peasant's life. It is called domestic economy. slr.ee it costs nothing to supply the air of day for the lungs of these little waifs; It costs nothing for their clothes, for they run about in the sunshine and the rain just as God made them and sleep in odd corners without cover for the first half dozen years of their baby lives, and when older a single discarded tattered garment adds to their natural grace the shield of decency. So tney live, without expense and with little tenderness bestowed on them In the shape of material comforts, though the mother's kiss 13 often given and the father pats the little head. They soon toddle at the command of the mother to do small errands, to help weed the garden, to bring in the handful of wood for the fire, to dig the tubers for a meager meal, and lastly, to hold up their tiny hands and with pleading eyes gain a copper from the passerby on the roadside. They are a good investment to the family; the majority of them die at an early age and it costs but a few strained hours to the mother's heart, a bit of cloth for a shroud and the energy needed to carry the tiny form to the potter's field. Offsetting this is the usefulness of those who, by the laws of survival of the fittest, pull through with sturdy forms to pick berries, work in the cane and tobacco fields and add to the common fund until, at a varying age. they rebel against the paternal banker and live for themselves in poverty and In bondage to the landed kings. Just as the generations who came before them. Death of Chief Keoknk. GUTHRIE. O. T., May 4. Keokuk, chief of the Sac and Fox Indians, died of smallpox. The tribe now numbers but 313 full bloods. 108 having died of smallpox. Keokuk, "the watchful fox," was- a son of the greater Keokuk, first chief of the Sac and Fox Indians, after whom Keokuk, la., is named. The elder Keokuk died in Kansas in 184S, aged sixty-eight , years. Keokuk's loyalty to the whites and opposition to Black Hawk resulted In his being poisoned by a member of Black Hawk's band. Black Hawk was for a time Keokuk's prisoner, having been turned over to him by the United States government as the principal chief of the Sacs and Foxes. Forarer'a Drain to Be Examined. CLEVELAND. O., May 4. A post-mortem examination of the brain of C. N. Cunningham, who died in the Ohio Penitentiary the other day while serving a" sentence for forgery, was he4d here to-day. The brain was removed in the presence of several physicians and public officials and after it has been subjected to a hardening process it will be examined with a view to discovering whether it shows marks of pressure. Cunningham's lawyer, at his trial, claimed that he was Insane as the result of an injury to the head and the object of the present examination is to determine whether such was the case. BaiBaaaBamBSnasss Bricklayers Alliance. SPRINGFIELD. III.. May 4.-The executive council of the National Bricklayers' Alliance to-day adopted a new constitution I Tides for referendum vote on officers. The fcail3TvliL2 oncer were elected Cfcrrisa

Hauck. president. Blue Island. 111.: Walter Spttle-, rir?t vice president, Colllnsville. 111.: J. W. Richtner. second vice president. Cayuga. Ind.: Frank Shlnnebarger. secretary and treasurer, Bernlce. 111.: William Deck, general organizer, Glencarbon, 111. OBITUARY.

Mia. Emma Marshall, Writer of Historical and Other Novels. LONDON, May 4. Mrs. Emma Marshall, the novelist, is dead. Mrs. Marshall was the youngest daughter of Simon Martin, a banker, of Norwich. She wrote a long series of historical novels, the central figures in which were Sir Philip Sidney and George Herbert. The more popular of her works were "Under Salisbury's Pierce." "Penhurst Castle," "Winchester Meads," "In the Choir of Westminster Abbey," "Under the Dome of St. Paul's" and "Better Late Than Never." Mrs. Amelia Corbett Edgrrly. NEW YORK, May 4. Mrs. Amelia Corbett Edgerlj'. widow of Samuel A. Edgeriy, well known throughout the South as a cotton trader, is dead at her home in this city. In 1K she went with her husband to Corpus Chrlstl. Tex., where Mr. Edgeriy was engaged In the cotton trade. When the war broke out her husband enlisted in the Thirty-second Confederate Cavalry as captain, and Mrs. Edgeriy, with other women, made for the regiment their first stand cf colors from dress cloth. With her husband she was taken prisoner by the Northern troops and brought North, but she was exchanged afterward and returned to Galveston. There Mr. Edgeriy became editor of the Texas Christian Advocate, a paper of the Methodist Church, but he gave this up about fifteen years ago and moved with his family to Brooklyn. Llent. W. II. James. SAN FRANCISCO. Cal.. May 4.-Lleut. W. H. James, U. S. A., while waiting an assignment toduty, died of pneumonia at the Presidio. His remains have been forwarded to his former home in Kentucky. IN LAST DITCH. (Concluded from First Pace.) Abbey was seized and taken by the McCullcch to Manila in accordance with Admiral Dewey's desire to maintain the status quo in the Philippines pending the conclusion of the work of the peace commission In Paris. HE ASSISTED DEWEY. Capt. A. W. Rohhlns Presented irith a Flue Chronometer. NEW YORK, May 4.-A special to the rierald from Washington says: In accordance with the request of Admiral Dewey, Secretary Long has presented to A. W. Robbins, of the British ship Buccleuch, a fine chronometer, in recognition of his services to the Asiatic squadron immediately after the battle of May 1, In communicating with the Spanish governor general at Manila from Admiral Dewey. Captain Robbins placed himself at the disposition of Admiral Dewey to convey messages to the Spaniards In Manila. The admiral sent a request to the Spanish governor general to be allowed to use the cable connecting Manila and Hong-Kong, threatening, if the request was not complied with, to cut the line. The Spaniards refuted, and the cable was cut. There were several matters which the admiral desired to present to the attention of the Spanish authorities, and Captain Robbins was generally the medium of communication. Dewey and the Frenchmen. VANCOUVER. B. C. May 4.-Recent Hong-Kong advices say Admiral Dewey gave a French cruiser a lesson in naval courtesy recently. When the cruiser Jean Bart arrived at Manila she gave a rear admiral's salute. Admiral Dewey ordered the salute to be returned exactly as given. He then sent an officer to the Jean Bart to call attention to his admiral's pnnant, which they had apparently not noticed. The dowager Empress of China is to hold a grand review in Peking in June. Nearly 2.0O0.GO0 well-armed men will be under arms on the occasion. It is more .than likely an opportunity will be taken to proclaim a new Emperor. SAD WORTH $400 A TON. It Was Owned by a Yankee, hut the Brazilian Government Robbed Hlnx. Washington Letter. It is said that a shrewd New Englander named John Gordon, living In Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, happened to learn of some strange metallic sands which existed on the shore of the province of Bahia, near the little town of Prado. He had samples of this sand analyzed and discovered that it was made up almost entirely of the metals named. Then he fert that wild Joy which must possess a man when he discovers a gold mine, a coal mine or an oil well, and set about getting possession of his valuable find. The Brazilian government reserves to itself a strip along the coast of the country extending inland for 108 feet from a point midway between high and low water mark for government defensive purposes, and calls the strip the "marinhas." So Mr. Gordon, not liking to be too specific as to what he wanted or too modest in his askings, obtained from the government a concession allowing him to dig up and ship away "any and all sand contained in the marinhas.'! The little town of Prado Is difficult of access and can only be reached after four or five days travel by slow coasting vessels from Bahia. When it is reached there are sometimes ten days at a time when a steamer cannot enter the harbor on account of the shallow water over the bar. But Mr. Gordon went up to Prado and bought a lot of property adjoining the beaches where the precious sands were. Then he had vessels go to Prado and load sand, ostensibly for ballast. The languid Brazilians could not imagine what the Yankees were up to; but as they have long ago given up trying to comprehend the madness of the English and the Americans, they shrugged their shoulders and lit a fresh cigarette. For a considerable time things went on smoothly and prosperously for Gordon. Then the Brazilian government accidentally discovered that an article called "monazlte sand" was being received In Europe and America from Brazil and that it was worth about iOQ a. ton. Here was an explanation of the doings of the crazy Yankee up at Prado. who had been sending away those foolish shiploads of sand. And here. also, was what most appeals to any South American government an opportunity of levying a tax. To make up for lost time they put the tax on heavy. Mr. Gordon objected and declared that his concession protected him from any such tax. There was considerable discussion, but finally he was forced to pay an export tax of 22 per cent., a tax of 2 per cent, for "statistical purposes" and a tax of 24 per cent, for "federal purposes" on the value of every ton shipped. In addition, if any of the sand was landed at the city of Bahia he was directed to pay a tax of 1 per cent, more. The Brazilians may not know enough to make use of the natural richness of their beaches, but all the world cannot beat them In knowing how to squeeze a well-paying business. Not content with this, the governor of the state of Bahia declared that the federal government did not have Jurisdiction over as much of the beach as it claimed, and that part of the deposit belonged to his state. He seized a part of the beach and refused to allow any sand to be removed from there unless under a concession from the state, which, cf course, meant practically a concession to the governor, as his Influence was supreme in his own government. The state of Bahia then gave out three concessions for the removal of 13.00) tons of the precious sand. Finally Gordon was brought to terms and made a compact with the governor. He took over the concessions for the removal of the l.'.OW tons and agreed to pay the people to whom the concessions had been granted S10 for every ton removed until the 15,000 tons were gone, and to pay to the government of the state of Bahia $3 a ton for every ton removed, in addition to all other state and federal taxes. He was "held up" and he "jrave up." Thus does Brazil encourage enterprise and attract business people with capital. The Gordon matter has been made once or twice the subject of consular reports, but the United States government does not seem to have been able to help the sand digger. SMBMBBWiMMiHOLY ISLES OF SOLOVETSKOI. Russia's Chief 9brlne Visited by Thou, sands Every Year. Harper's Bazar. All countries have their holy places the "popular resorts" - of the religious: but "Holy Russia" excels most nations In the hlrh sanctity of her shrines and their universal popularity. And of all Russian shrines I give the palm to the Holy Isles of 8olovetskoi, in the far White sea. standing as they do on the threshold of the arctln regions, frequented as thej are by tens of thousand cf pious pilgrims. Inaccessible as they become when the sea is frozen and they ere shut off from the whole world for nino months at tae year. Tlia SolovetsUoi

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PENNSYLVANIA ST. islands for there are fix. of which the largest ig by far the most Important belong: entirely to the monks. These islands ri-a Into pine-clad roiling hill?. fub?lde into open valleys (spangled uith clear, quiet pine-girt lakes), and are threaded by long white roads ankle-deep in sand. In this northern summer, with its unletting sun, the profusion of blossom is great: though you drive all day along the sandy tracks, silver lake, somber fore?t and flower-starred field stay with you. The lakes are m3ny nd beautiful, and abound, I know, with pike and bream. The forests are of red and white pines, birches and poplars, and in the undergrowth flourish Juniper, mare'srtaila, ferni and club mosses. In the open are harebells and daisies in the millions, and above them hang the dark fruit of the cranberry and the golden globes of the" multiberry. Th fields are unlnclosei save by forest and stream; they are true fields open sunny lawns of green, where the trees have not long been felled.. Every hill is crowned by a church, with IU adjoining "cell." At on of the cells tha good monk in charge asked us to take tea. and very good tchal it was; but he added distinction to the meal by providing, here at the edge of the arctic world, strawberries, raspberries and cucumbers fresh from his small garden on the sunny slope of the hill. I should add that the only inhabitants, of the islands are monks and their laborers. Farmhouses, hayftelfls and crofts of rye are numerous on the Islands, and in the monastery of Solovet?koi all industries converge. Here I found a leather factory, a well-equipped smithery and engineer's shop, a kvas ' brewery, and Solovetskol kvas is famous: the great art school, where there are twenty or thirty monks painting lkor.s for the churches, chapels, houses, shops ant steamboats of northern Russia; a great school for the children left on the Island (It is the custom of the pilgrims to leave a chlid with the monks for a year): a meteorological station, with the most modorn Instruments: carving shops, where crosses, crucifixes and religious s3-mbo!s are made in tens of thousands as "relics" for the pilgrims, and so on. Yet the wealth of the monastery is great. I should think that in the sacrlstry and treasury alone there are articles of the value of 200.000. Crosses and cups of solid gMA are numerous, and they are incrusted with diamonds, sapphires and rubles. There are literally tons of silver ornaments, also richly gemmed. The precious stones are almost fabulous. On one vestment I calculated there were 5.000 pearls, not to mention emeralds, rubles and amethysts. The miters of the abbots are also very rich. Then there are the ikons the many chapels are whola galleries of sacred art and the paintings are overlaid with gold ajid gems. Kven in a small chapel remote from the monastery I noticed an ikon where much of the painting" was overlaid with a solid Rpld plate blazlnjr with diamonds and rubies, fhere the head of the Savior had a halo composed entirely of diamonds, and over the head of the virgin mother a great star of diamonds gleamed blue and white. . NOT VLEAD" PENCILS. Graphite Is the Substance. Mixed vrith German ripe Clay. School and Home. The first thing to be said about lead pencils is that they are not lead pencils at all. Once upon a time sticks of lead were used for malting marks on paper and wood, and the name has i-urvlved, though nowadays all the pencils are filled with graphite or plumbago. This mineral ia found in only a few places in the world in Cumberland. England, along the Laurentian ranges in the province ot Quebec and at Ticonderoga, Vt. The largest mines on this continent are at the latter place. . , . The graphite is taken In the lump from the mines and carried to the reducing mill, where it is ground or pulverized in stamp mills under water. The fine particles of graphite rioat away with the water through a number of tanks, collecting at the bottom of these reservoirs. It Is packed in barrels in the form of dust and sent to the factory, where tens of thous-ands of lead pencils are turned out every day. The pulverized graphite Is so fine that it really is a dust, dingy in color and smooth and oily to the toucn. It is divided into various grades of fineness by Moating it on water from one tank to another. The coarse dust rinks to the bottom of the first tank, the next finer to the bottom of the second tank, and so on down the line, the finest powder tor the finest pencils settling in the last tank. In another series of tanks the German rP clay, which is mixed with graphite to secure the different grades ot pencils trcrn very soft to extra hard, is graded in the same wav by floating:. The fln?t clay Is mixed with the finest graphite, being ground together between stones, and the hardnes-s of the pencil is secured by increasing tho proportion of clay in the mixture. For the medium grades everi parts by weight of clay are mixed with ten part? or graphite. After the graphite aid ctay nre ground together the mixture is put In canvas bags and the water is squeezed out under an hydraulic pros, leaving a mass the consistency of putts'. The plaster is placed in a forming press, . which is a mail irca cylinder, in which a solid plunger or piftoia works up and down. A steel plate having a, hole the size and shape of the flead'" is put under the open end of the cylinder, an.i the plunger pressing down forces the graphite through the hole, making a continuous thread or wire of graphite. As long as thta thread is moist it is pliable, but it becomf a brittle when dry. so it Is handled rapidly. It is cut into three lead lengths, straightened out, and then hardened in a crucible over a coal fire. The leads when taken from the crucibles are ready for the wood, which Is pine for cheap pencils and odar for mora expensive ones. When the strips of wood are received at the factory they are rtm through a machinn which tuts in each or.e six grooves, round or square, and at the same time smooths the face of the wood. The filling of the strips is done by girls. The first one takes a grooved strip of wool in her left hand and a bunch of leads in th right. She spread the leads out In fan nhape and with one motion she rills the six grooves with leads. Next to her sits another glil. who takes the filled strips and quickly and neatly lays on another grooved strip which has just been coated with hot glue by a third girl. The filled and glued strips are piled upon each other and put in a pres. where they are left to dry. The ends of th strip are evened off under a sandpaper wheel and then the strips are fed into a machine, which cuts out the Individual pencils, shapes them and delivers them smooth and resdv for the color and polish lr six streams. The coloring is done with liquid dyes, after which the pencils are fcent through the varnishing machine. Indicted Cx-Offlclal Falls Dead. NEW YORK. May 1 Dx-Alderman William J. Leaycratt, of Brooklyn, who was under indictment, with other Brooklyn exofilclals. for conspiracy to defraud the city, fell dead to-night at his home. General Mannlns;' Seriously III. SANDUSKY. O.. May l.-General Manning, of the Force, commandant of tha Ohio Soldiers Heme at this place. 1 critically ill ard his physicians report that to cannot rc co vir ,