Indianapolis Journal, Volume 49, Number 169, Indianapolis, Marion County, 18 June 1899 — Page 2

THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, SUNDAY, JUNE 18, 1899.

strikes out thft entire statement Cor7re?sman I tell aro:e and made a vigorous protect iKini the demand to eliminate any ol the testimony. It was not. he saM, within ths province of the commission to tell a witness what he must fay. He said ho had noticed that seme members of the comm!.Mon were very sensitive . when something was said which did not entirely fall in with their predilections. It was perfectly competent for any man coming hero to entertain opinions upon any of these subjects and to advance them or to critlciw public officials. In this connection he said that Governor Larratee. of Wyoming, had said that there were two judges on the Supreme Court "bench who were put there for the purpose of curing the nullification of the granr law. He alo Instanced other cases in which the railroads bad secured the appointment cf judges whose sympathies were with them. If th'j was m. paid Mr. B1I. why should a. man b barred from saying'so? And If the commission was not going to permit such testimony be would be compelled to say, when It came to making the report of the commission. It bad not been nonpartisan. As another Illustration of the manipulations on tho part of the railroads he quoted a Republican member of the congressional postal commission as saying that its proceedings would come to naught because the second assistant postmaster general, who has charge of these matters. is in sympathy with the railroads. A man was not sacred, he declared, because of the place he occupied, and if a Judge on the bench Is elevated to Ms position by devious means It was not the duty of the commission to screen h!m. Former CongTesraan Phillip, presiding, held that the testimony was competent. In his statement before the commission President C. H Dow, of the Commercial Travelers' Association, submitted figures to how that the organization of the trusts had resulted la throwing salesmen out of employment and in reducing1 the salaries sf 25.000 more. He estimated that the annual loss to the salesmen on account of the loss of emnloyment and reductions aggregated IQ0.ono.000: to the hotels. $28,000,000. and to the railroads, $27,900,000, because of the Iom of patronage. Judge Advocate Lemly has, at the request cf the chief of the Navigation Bureau, rendered an opinion construing the meaning of the naval personnel act relative to voluntary retirements. The section in question Section B authorized the President to retire officers of each grade providing a certain specified number of vacancies do not occur annually In these grades through natural causes. The Judge advocate general holds that the act requires that a sufficient number of officers and no more are to be placed on the retired list to cause the prescribed number of vacancies and applying this rule to the existing naval list he finds there will be no captains retired because there are already fourteen vacancies above the grade of commander, while only thirteen are contemplated by law; that two commanders will be retired, there being eighteen vacancies now. two less than' required:- that seven lieutenant commanders will be retired, there feeing twenty-two vacancies and the law prescribing twenty-nine, and no .lieutenants retired, the total number of vacancies forty In the higher grades meeting all the requirements of the law. The names of officers who are under this decision eligible for retirement and wMl be retired are: Commanders H. S. Itoss and J. It. Ilannum (late of the engineer corps), IJeutenant Commanders W. If. Drisgs. T. Porter. J. IT. Moore R. C. Peck. J. C. Hanm. D. A. Fisk and F. II. Holmes. All other applications for voluntary retirement fail. A board of officers to consist of Major Ceneral Wesley Merrltt, Colonel Royal T. Frank. First United States Artillery. Lieut. Col. Ernest Garlington, Inspector general, and llajor Win. A. Simpson, assistant adjutant general, has ben appointed to meet at Governor's Island, New York. June 22. to report on the best method of cacrylng into effect the provisions of an act for increasing the efficiency of the army requiring that all captains of the line of the army "who have evinced marked aptitude In the command of troops shall be reported by their regimental commanders to the War Department and fhall be entitled to compete" for any vacancy which may occur In the grade of major in the adjutant general's and inspects general's departments under such system of examination as the President hall prescribe. The Navy Department has no intention of relieving Admiral Sampson of the command cf the North Atlantic station until he has completed the usual tour of service. The admiral has planned an important set of maneuvers and course of Instruction for the Atlantic fleet, part of It In conjunction with the Naval War College, at Newport. The execution of this programme will consume the whole of the summer and early fall and Secretary Long said to-day there would be no change la commands, at least, until the admiral has carried out his project. Dispatches to the -British embassy state the reciprocity commission has sailed from Bermuda and will arrive here about the, middle of next week. The members of the convention are the colonial secretary, Hon. A. Allison; the speaker of the Assembly, T. J. Wadson. and a third not named. They will co-operate with Mr. Tower, the British charge, who represents the home government In these negotiations. The Bureau of Statistics has issued a corrected edition of the May statement of the Imports and exports of the United States which shows that during the last eleven months the exports of merchandise exceeded the Imports ;7t, 452,121. A naval officer vouchee for the truth of the following: -'Fighting Bob Evans did not get his title for anything he has done since he entered the navy. It was given to him while he was a student at Annapolis. When he reached the naval school he had with him a framed copy of the Lord's prayer, which his mother had given hlm. He hung It on the wall over his head. The rules at Annapolis forbid ornaments of any kind being hung on the walls. The inspecting officer ordered Evans to take it down. He refused and drew himself up in a warlike attitude. Finally an appeal was made to the secretary of war. Meanwhile Evans had written home about it. His parents got up a petition to the secretary and his prayer was allowed to remain. It is hanging yet on the walls of Evans's old room and he .was nicknamed 'Fighting Bob in consequence of the Incident. And yet they say Kvans can 'cuss a greased streak." . Sergeant Albert F. Hoop. Battery A, First Artillery, now on furlough at Farmland, Ind.. will be discharged from the service of the United States. " A. L Sharp, of Bluffton, Ind., was to-day recommended for appointment as supervisor of the census in the Eighth Indiana district. VIinister Bryan has cabled the secretary of state from Rio that the government of Brazil advertises bids for thirty miles of steel rails on Aug. 12. Mr. Bryan suggests that American manufacturers be advised of this extensive contract. Treasurer Roberts, of the Dewey fund, has received notification from a number oil

WEATHER FORECAST. Threatening and Warmer on Sunday, vlth Showers la .Northern Indiana. WASHINGTON. June 17. S p. m. Forecast: For Ohio Fair and warmer on Sunday; Increasing cloudiness, with showers on the lakes Monday; light to freeh southeasterly T ind. For Indiana and Illinois Threatening and warmer on Sunday, with showers In northen portions; threatening on Monday; southerly winds. Local Observation on Saturday. Ear. Ther. IML. Wind. Weather. Pr. 7 a.m. 30.33. Ct 63 Nat. Clear. .00 7 p.m. 30.17 7S 4 N'west. Clear. - .00 Maximum temperature. 78; minimum temrerature. IZ. The following is a comparative statement of the temperature and precipitation June 17: Ttmp. Pre. Normal , 74 .1 Mean ( .00 Iparture from normal 9 .1 IVparture .nine June 1 Ui 1.56 Iparture since Jan. 1 243 i.Ki Plus. C. F. R. WAPPENHANS. Local Forecast Omctai. Yeterday Temperatarea. Stations. MJn. Max. 7 pm. Cairo, 111 i : :s t'hejenne, tt'jro 4 ) ; O.icago. Ill M 74 11 Cincinnati, O U 7 74 Conccrdla.,Kan M Z Davenport. la 14 7S 72 Iefl Mclns. I ' 7$ Kani-aa City. Mo M K 78 Ijttl Rock. Ark W 7H 7 fmphi. Term 44 7S 74 -Naahville. Term W 76 74 North Platte, Neb iS M 92 Oklahoma, O. T 4 7 Omaha, Neb 14 Si Pittur. Pa 41 74 72 rupid city, & D n ts fUU Ike City, Utah.. t so Ft. Loula. Mo.. 7 7 PprtB2ia, 111 4 7 .72 ?'-rlnf2l&. Mo ....... &4 74 73 yt----;- ;y.-i um ci U 7t

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are preparing to actively pollcit subscriptions to the fund and believe they will meet with success. Others throughout the country have decided that the raising of the fund shall not lag and will do all in their power. United States Consul Sorsby has arrived In Washington and Is about to submit a report to tho State Department respecting the conditions existing In Bluefields. his post, involving a recital of the events of the past few months, beginning with the Reyes rebellion and describing the complications that followed between the American residents there and the 'lcaraguan officials. A new phase of the tariff controversy on the use of free raw material Is presented In a report from Consul Skinner at Marseilles, describing the plans submitted to the French government for the establishment of "free zones." This plan was originated with the Society for the Defense of Commerce and the essential Idea Is to establish certain free zones into which Imports may be brought, there manufactured and re-exported without payment cf any duty. The advantage claimed is that the locality would have a two-fold benefit, first in receiving the raw material free of duty and, second. In having Its manufactures built up by the use of this free raw material. At the same time the re-export of the manufactured article would prevent International competition with the domestic products. The enterprise has taken definite form under the pariimentary leadership of certain deputies from Marseilles. Havre and Bordeaux. The consul lncleees the text of the proposition in Ave articles. The authors of the plan cite the commercial Importance of Hamburg, Copenhagen and certain other ports where the principle of free zones is said to be in operation. t The record of political parties with regard to legislation la now being compiled at the Capitol from the official documents for use in the next campaign. The work is being done for the Democratic national committee and already a great deal of Information has been secured. In the compilation Of the matter special attention is being given to the records of prominent men In both the Democratic and the Republican parti?s on trusts. I The funeral of the late Rear Admiral Pierce Crosby was held at St. John's Episcopal Church In this city this afternoon, and the remains were Interred at the National Cemetery at Arlington. The escort consisted of bluejackets from the navy yard. The promotion of the following-named officers was announced to-day: To be commanders. N. E. Niles and T. R. Stevens; lieutenant commander, J. II. Sears; lieutenants, P. Magruder, P. H. Brown, R. II. Schofleld. W. G. Miller, W. H. Buck and R. D Stelguer; lieutenants, junior grade, M. M. Taylor, C T. Vogelsang, H. S. Ritter, C. S. McVey, L. H. Kverhart, J. II. Dayton, L. A. Bostwick, W. A. Moffatt, J. R. Edie, R. R. Belknap. D. W. Kleiner, A. U Willard, li T. Pollock. P. H. Hough. H. H. Chrlstl, N. EL Irwin, W. Evans; gunner, J. Donald. FUNERAL OF R. P. BLAND. W. J. Bryan Had a Seat on the Stace, lnt Did Xot Speak. LEBANON, Mo., June 17. Congressman Richard Parke Bland was laid to rest here to-day with honors befitting his illustrious career. The town was crowded with thousands of his friends, who came to honor his memory. Special trains were run by the Fri9co Railroad and all were packed. Only a small part of the crowd gained admittance to the hall, the capacity of which was about l.OOu. The rest contented themselves with standing in the street below. The funeral services were participated In by the ministers of all denominations which are represented in Lebanon. Alter the Knights Templars had been seated In the body of the hall and the distinguished guests oh the atage, Mrs. Bland and family entered. Mrs. Bland leaning on the arm of Scrgeant-at-arm3 B. R. ltussell, of the national House of Representatives, with her son Theodorlc at her side. The discourse was delivered by Key. Mr. W. K. Collins, of the 2L E. Church, and was followed by the ritual of the Knights Templars and Masonic fraternities. Hon. William J. Bryan had a seat on the stage, but delivered no eulogy owing to Mrs. Bland's request that only ministers take part In the services. The funeral procession to the Cathollo cemetery was formed as follows: Lebanon Band, Knights Templars escort, mounted congressional escort, carriages, the undertaker, hearse, with remalna the family. Masonic fraternity, Hobarfa Military Sand, St. John's Commandery, Knights Templars, on foot, visitors, in carriages, general procession. The cortege was the longest and -most impressive ever seen in southeastern Missouri. To-night President McKinley wired CapL. Farris as follows: "It Is with the deepest regret I hear of Mr. Bland's death. He was a man of honest convictions and a monument to the growing Nation. i2spres3 my sympathy to Mrs. .Bland and the family." James B. Tascott. CHICAGO, June 17. James B. Tascott, whose Inventions In the manufacture of paint during the past fifty years gained for him a reputation throughout the United States and Europe, died to-night. He was the father of William Tascott. who was accused of the murder of A. J. Snell, the aged millionaire, ten years ago and who has been hunted through the world by the police. For years Mr. Tascott followed up every clew to his son's whereabouts and lately became convinced that his son had been lured away and murdered. Grief over this materially shortened his life. Other Deaths. ST. PETERSBURG, June 17. The Duchess of Luchtenberg died to-night. She was a sister of Skobeleff. FIRE AND EXPLOSION, Several People Bndly Hart at Omaha This 3Iornlnc OMAHA, Neb., June 17. Just before midnight a fire broke out in Allen & Co.'a wholesale drug store at Ninth and Jonea streets, and the entire fire department was called out. The building Is a five-story brick situated in the heart of the wholesale district. An explosion occurred at 13:30. Several people were badly hurt. The Are "will be confined to the Allen building. Later Seven firemen were hurt, one fatally. The loss was $100,000. The Benbovr House Darned. GREENSBORO, X. a, June 17. The Benbow House was burned to-day. A telegram was pent to Winston-Salem for assistance and they responded with two companies, who came the twenty-nine mlle3 in the record-breaking time of twenty-nine minutes. The loss to B. G. Fisher, proprietor of the hotel, la SlW.OuO. with no insurance. Will Join the Association. OMAHA, Neb., June 17. It was announced authoritatively this morning by General Passenger Agent Lomax, of the L'nion Pacilic, that his road had definitely decided to become a member of the Western Passenger Association. This road has been outsido the fold for a number of years and all previous efforts to induce it to come in have failed. Just what concessions have been made to the Union Pacilic to Induce it to Join are not given out, officials being unwilling to talk beyond a mere confirmation of tho fact. G. A. R. Pension Committee to 3Ieet. CINCINNATI. June 17. W. C. Johnson, acting commander-in-chief of the Grand Army of th-5 Republic, has called a meeting of the pension committee of that body to Join him in Washington. D. C, on Tuesday, July 11. The- committee consists of Gen. R. 11. Brown, Zanesville, O., chairman: II. B. Case. Chattanooga. Tenn.; John Palmer, Albany. N. Y. : J. W. Burst, Sycamore, 111., and Charles Clark Adams, Boston. An Aa-ency In the Philippines. DALLAS. Tex., June 17. The Texas & Pacific Railroad has decided to take the initiative in a step of much enterprise and magnitude. It has perfected arrangements for the establishment of a passenger and freight agency in the Philippines, with headquarters at Manila. J. I. Logan has been appointed to the position and will leave for San Francisco in a few days, from which place he will embark for Hong-Kong and Manila. Ansnstln Daly's Body In Nfw York. NEW YORK. Juno 17. The body of Augustin Duly, who recently died at Parts, was brought home to-day on the American line steamer New York from Southampton. Mr. Ialy was a passenger. Bud Complexions Xeed Champlln's IJquld Pearl, 60c barmlcs beautl&er. Sio equal. lovely.

MOBS IN THE STREETS

CLEVCLAD CAK8 AUAI STOWED BY CROWDS OF RIOTERJj. Police flntnamhfrfd and Driven Away -Little Probability the Strike Will Do Auilcablr Settled. CLEVELAND, O., June 17. When car3 began running to-day over the lines opened by the street-railway company since the strike began, the tracks In every direction were found piled high with obstacles of all kinds. These were removed with some difficulty and cars continued running cn all the lines but one, without eerlous interruption. A few stones were thrown at points on all lines and on Perkins avenue two cars were stopped by a crowd, which was easily dispersed. On the South Side two cars at Clark and Pennlngs avenues found the switches broken. These were repaired In the midst of a howling mob and the cars rushed on to Clark avenue and Pearl street. As the cars arrived a bugler in the crowd gave warning and the crowds congregated in vast numbers. Four thousand people were soon on the cene. Wagons, trucks and other con veyances were purposely driven across the tracks and the blockade was complete. The police then charged the mob with a vengeance. The crowd was especially disorderly. The usual volleys of missiles were hurled and the windows of the cars shattered. As the mob was beaten back at one point it advanced at another. The cars were taken back to the city. Half a dozen people were Injured In the riot. Edward Miller, Dr. George and Conrad Mclntyre were seriously hurt. Miller was struck on the head by an officer. An unknown baby in its carriage was hit by a stone and terribly hurt. The police, who were fairly outmatched, gave up the fight and went back to town. There were enormous mobs on the South Side all day and at times they were very demonstrative. After the riot a meeting of citizens was held at which resolutions were adopted denouncing the police, and a committeee was appointed to call upon Mayor Farley and make complaint against the officers. The mayor told the committee to prefer charges in writing if it had any to make and he would give the accused officers a public hearing, but it was his purpo-so, he said, to enforce the law and prevent rioting if possible. In an interview regarding the possibility of reaching a settlement of the strike, lresldent Henry A. Everett, of the Big Consolidated, said this evening: "Our position is plain. We will not yield an inch. Tho point at id?ue Is whether we shall retain the new men we have hired. We propose to keep every one of them. The strikers will be taken back, but some of them will have to be placed on the extra list like new men. All our former employes are now 'new men' as far tia the company Is concerned and will have to be treated as such. We placed seventy-five. new men in service this morning and we are getting more all the time. We make no contract or agreement with these new men as to the term of their employment, except to give them our word of honor that they will be retained in our employ. We shall keep our promise in every instance." Business Agent Pratt, the leader of the strikers, said he did not believe a settlement was now possible. "Unless the company recognizes the executive committee of the union." he declared, "all negotiations must end. lie said the strikers would not consent to any settlement which did not reinstate the old men in their former places. In hid opinion the breach was as wide as when the strike was declared a week ago last night and he saw no chance for an agreement. AVntrea of 23,000 to Be Advanced. PITTSBURO, Pa., June 17. As a result of the four days' conference between the representatives of the manufacturers and the Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers the wages of 2C.00O Iron and steel sheet workers throughout the country will be advanced after July 1 for one year. In the main the workers get what they contended for, which 13 a virtual resto ration of tho wages of 1893. The advance to rollers will be 11 per cent.; to shear men about 11 per cent, and to day hanas 15 per cent. Will Continue the Flffht. SPRINGFIELD, 111., June 17. The executive committee of the United Mine Workers of IlllnoLs met in the office of Secretary Ryan to-day and reviewed the mining situation at Pana and in the Chicago & Alton subdlstrlct. Mr. Ryan was seen, but would give out but little information as to the proceedings of the committee, but stated: "We will fight the Pana matter to the end. As to the Chicago & Alton subdistrlct, we will stand firm and demand that the operators stick by their agreement." Strike of Qnarrynien Ended. GLOUCESTER, Mass., June 17. The strike at the Rockport Granite Company's quarries at Rockport has ended in favor of the strikers and the men will return to work next Monday under an agreement of nine hours a day for five days in the week with eight hour3 on Saturday and time and one-half to be paid for all overtime. The company agrees not to discriminate against any man who took part in the strike. More than 2,000 hands have been affected. Indians Want lO Cents a. Fish. VANCOUVER. B. C, June 17. Twentyfive hundred Indian fishermen of Rivers Inlet and Skeena, two hundred miles up the coast, are on strike and the dozen canneries on tho northern coast are running about an eighth of the usual capacity. The Indians demand 10 cents a fish for the season. The canners say they cannot give more than six. FRENCH VIEWS. (Concluded from First rasre. tain Sage, Twenty-third Infantry, Captain Matlle, Fourteenth Infantry, and Assistant Surgeon Kemp, of the hospital corps of the Fourteenth Infantry, covering their operations on Feb. 4 and 5. Captain Matlle commanded the first battalion of the Fourteenth Infantry, and says notwithstanding the difficult country covered and the strong resistance of the enemy the behavior of his men was all that could be desired. Captain Sage's report deals only with the details of moving troops to the front in the operations around blockhouses Nos. 12, 13 and 14. Surgeon Kemp's report deals with the care of the wounded around blockhouse No. 14, where the hospital men were stationed for hours under a heavy fire. He says the Filipinos made no attempt to respect the Red Cross, taking particular delight In picking off the wounded and the Uttermen. He says: "I wish to call particular attention to the heroic and unflinching loyalty of Acting Stewards Laymon and Felgo, of the hospital corps. These men were conspicuous for their gallantry, and, in my opinion, deserve some substantial recognition." O fllcer Ordered to Manila. WASHINGTON. June 17. Under orders issued from the Navy Department, the following-named officers will take passage on the Solace from San Francisco for Manila to relieve officers whose time has expired on tho Asiatic station: Commanders Knox and Moore. Lieutenant Commanders Walling and Smith. Lieutenants Bell, Snow, Cooper, Daugherty. Sears, Mayer, Purcell. Knapp. On the Glacier are the following officers also bound for Manila: Commander Arnold and Lieutenant Commanders Moritz, Gearing and Sherman. The Glacier at Port Said. PORT SAID, Egypt, June 17. The United States refrigerating ship Glacier, from New York for Manila, has arrived here. The Glacier has been assigned as storeshlp to the United States squadron on Asiatic waters. She Is the first 6hlp of the kind in the United States navy, and has on board a full cargo of general supplies for the American war ships at Manila, Including L500X pounds of refrigerated beef. Detvcy Cannot Visit Ilaltlmore. BALTIMORE. June 17. Mayor Malster to-day received a letter from Admiral Dewey, dated "Flagship Olympia. Manila, May 13." declining to accept the Invitation to visit Baltimore, as he "does not feel that he can make any positive engagements Just now." Mr, r.iuinuni Blaine's Property. CHICAGO. June 17. Mrs. Emmons Blaine, a daughter-in-law of the late James G. Blaine and a daughter of late Cyrus H. M.jCormick, who bequeathed her a large part pf his Jhuncnst fortune, to-day filed the

largest Individual personal property, schedule that the Cook county Board of Assors has recorded. The total figure was Jl,5;,ou9. This action was taken In complying with the new Illinois revenue ,law. Mr?. Blaine expressed the opinion that the law was equitable and that the obvious duty of rich and poor alike was to comply vrith its provisions. SHOT FROM AMBUSH. Tom Bafcer'a nrotb.er-ln-La.vr "Wounded, bat Mot Seriously.

LONDON, Try.. June 17.-At Begtown. Clay county, oout seven miles from here, Chris Jackson, Tom Baker's brother-in-law, was shot from ambush last night. He arrived here at a late hour and had his wound dressed. He declined to give a full account of the trouble, but said two men, one armed with a shotgun and the other with a revolver, attacked him and that he knew the man who had the revolver, but would not tell his name. The revolver bullet took effect in his right thigh, making a painful flesh wound. The shot from the shotgun intered his back, but did no serious Injury. They were extracted and be Is resting easily. He was anxious to go after his assailants when his wounds were dressed last night, but was prevented. He emptied his revolver at the men but does not think he hit there. He was riding Bowling's horse and was probably mistaken for him, as threats to Kill Bowling had been made. BLUE JACKETS PARADE. Participate in Celebration of Bunker Hill Battle Anniversary BOSTON, June 17. The ene-hundred-and-twenty-thlrd anniversary of the battle of Bunker Hill was celebrated to-day. The center of the demonstration was at Charlestown. Marines and sailors from the North Atlantic squadron, which arrived in port yesterday, participated. Thousands of elghtseers witnessed the parades and the marines received an ovation. Headed by a band, two full battalions of four companies of marines from the New York, Texas, Indiana, Massachusetts, Wabash and Lancaster, under command of Col. II. C. Cochrane, participated. Then followed four companies of "the men behind the guns," from the squadron, under command of Capt. C. J. Train, of the Massachusetts. The men were greeted with cheers, mingled with the blasts of horns and the sounds of firearms on all sides. IN TROUBLE AGAIN. Daniel Conshlln, of Cronin Notoriety. Charged with Attempting Bribery. CHICAGO, June 17. Daniel Coughlin, who was tried twice, but finally acquitted of the murder of Dr. P. H. Cronin, was arrested to-night on a charge of attempted bribery. William Armstrong, a bartender In a saloon owned by Coughlin, was also arrested. It is claimed he tried to bribe a juror in a land damage case against the Illinois Central Railroad to render a verdict against the road. Coughlin was released under bonds of Jlo.OuO and Armstrong $3,000. Coughlin said: "It. Is a case of mistaken identity and developments will show it." The case in which the alleged bribery was attempted did not go to the jury, but was decided in favor of the railroad by Judge TuthilL A BRUTAL CONTRACTOR. Draffa His "Wife Three Squares and Then Fatally Shoots Her. NEW ORLEANS, June 17. William IT. Fischer, a builder and contractor, to-day shot and fatally wounded his wife on a public thoroughfare after brutally beating: her. They were married only six weeks ago and owing to his 111 treatment she bad been compelled to leave him. Since then he has objected to her receiving the attentions of a former sweetheart, and this morning he waylaid her, dragged her three squares and then shot her three times. He was finally captured after running a mile from the scene. WA-HS A3IO.NG BEES. "Survival of the Fittest" Among Them as Autong Mankind. Kansas City Star. "Did you ever know that bees have wars among themselves Just as men do?" said G. W. Reynolds, of Los Angeles, CaL "Well, they do. I own a big honey farm near San Diego, and I have made a study of the habits and methods of the little workers, and In doing so 1 have come to believe that each hive of bees has its guards or policemen, whose sole duty It is to keep watch and warn the hive if another and stronger hive comes to rob them. This often happens, you know. A strong hive raids a weaker one, and. aside from killing hundreds of bees, steals all the honey. But if the weaker hive is warned in time by its policemen it will prepare to fight, and often the stronger hive is driven back. "I have six hundred 'stands on my farm,, said he, "and the annual production of honey is about sixty tons. There are about 20,000 bees to each stand, so you see that the population of my bee city is greater than that of any city of men and women in the world. And, unlike any other city, its population is changed entirely every forty-five days; or almost entirely so, for a working bee only lives that long and the queen bees are the only ones that reach a greater age. They live a year or more. "California honey Is about the finest that is produced anywhere. The wild sage is the flower most hunted by the little workers, and during April, May, June and July they make most of the honey. On the market this honey brings from four to seven cents a pound wholesale, so you see there is a pretty good profit in It." Movements of Steamers. NEW YORK. June 17. Arrived: Hekla, from Copenhagen; Patria, from Marseilles; New York, from Southampton and Cherbourg: Statendam, from Rotterdam; Mesaba, from London; Umbria, from Liverpool. Sailed: La Touralne, for Havre; Amsterdam, for Rotterdam via Boulogne; Campania, for Liverpool; Palatla, for Hamburg; Furnessla, for Glasgow; Marquette, for London. LIVERPOOL, Jun 17. Arrived: Etruria, from New York. BOSTON. June 17. Arrived: Catalonia, from Liverpool. Sudden Death of a Preacher. NEWCOMERSTOWN. O.. June 17. While sitting in the office of the Chaney Hotel Rev. James Singleton, aged sixty, residence unknown, died suddenly of heart failure. Deceased was en route from Philadelphia and not feeling well stopped off here for treatment. On his person was found his appointment as a minister of the Baptist Church and a letter of recommendation signed by Governor Taylor, of Knoxville, Tenn. Every effort is being made to locate bis friends. Kan Into an Open Switch. PITTSBURG. Pa., June 17. Mall train No. 6, on the Baltimore & Ohio road, ran into an open switch near Guffey's Station, twenty-five miles east of Pittsburg, at 9 o'clock this morning, derailing the engine, baggage and postal cars. William Wilson, an employe of the Belt Coal Company, was seriously hurt. James Doris, a tlppleman, Kngineer Thomas Newman and Fireman R. W. Hill were slightly injured. The passengers escaped with a shaking up. Series of Earthquakes. KINGSTON, Jamaica, June 17. A continuous eeriee of earthquakes extending from Colon through the Carlbbees to Curacoa and Maracaibo, have been reported since the middle of May. The most severe action was felt at Montserrat and Guadeloupe, causing much damage. A curious shock was felt throughout Jamaica on Wednesday, comprising five movements during fifteen minutes. No damage, however, was done. Largent Dartre? on the Ijtk.es. CHICAGO, June 17. The steel tow barge Manila, said to be the largest vessel on the lakes, was launched at the yards of the Chicago Shipbuilding Company at South Chicago to-day. The vessel Is owned by the Minnesota Steamship Company and was built for the iron ore carrying trnde. The vessel is of schooner ritrged form. The gross tonnage is 5.033 net, Children's Home Society. MILWAUKEE. Wis . June 17. The national convention of the Children's Home Society opened at Plymouth Church to-day. Delegates are present from various parts of the Union. The meeting will continue until Tuesday. The first session was devoted to the receiving of reports from the different Butts represented.

CIVIL WAR GENERALS

GOODLY BUCII OF OLD FIGHTERS SOW LIVIAG IS SEW YORK How Dodge, Sickles, MeCoolc, Butterfield, Porter, Eckcrt, McMahon, Srvayne and Others Spend the Time. New York Press. Friday of last week was the thirty-fourth anniversary of the surrenJcr of the last force of Confederates engaged in tho civil war. General 11 KIrby Smith, the ofiictr commanding, had been dead ix years, and General Canby, the Union officer to whom General Smith submitted, joined the majority long ago, having been killed by Captain Jack, the Modoc chief, in one of the Indian wars. Nevertheless, there is hardly a city in the United States to-day that does not include among its active citizens several men who were general officers In the Nation's greatest struggle. Because of Its political supremacy as the capital of the Nation, Washington, perhaps, can boast a longer llt of retired officers than any other city, but New York, as the commercial heart of the country, leads every other town in the number of residents not of the military calling before the civil war, who went Into the contest at the start, rose to the rank of general before the close and then returned to peaceful pursuits. The SpanishAmerican war and its Filipino addendum have been too brief for the evolution of so long a list of great volunteer soldiers as the civil war brought into being, but there Is a list all the same, in which the names of Wood. Funston and H. G. Otis shine resplendent, and there is no reason to doubt that some of the volunteer general officers of 1SSS-99 will b In active life as late as 10 30. There is no more picturesque figure among our surviving civil ar generals than Grenville M. Dodge, who is still as regular in his devotion to business at his office, in the Washington building, as any of his employes. General Dodge was one of the most efficient military men on the Union side, resourceful, resolute and intrepid. Some of his victories were among the most noteworthy of the entire struggle. In the siege of Atlanta he was so badly wounded that his life was despaired of, and he carries the scar on his forehead to this day. It Is for his achievements in peace, however, that he will be remembered best and longest, for it was his genius and energy that planned and built the first steel highway across the continent. It Is doubtful whether the work of any other living American has been of greater Importance to the United States than the linking together of the East and West by rail. It unirted the country as nothing else could have; it was the beginning of the end of the vexatious Indian problem, and it caused nothing less than a revolution in the commercial affairs of the United States. EXPLORER DODGE. General Dodge first crossed the Missouri river at the point where Omaha now stands early in the fifties. He had a large "party of exploration" with him, but not a member thereof knew a word of the Indian tongue, or was acquainted with the Indian character, while the Ins and outs of "plainscraft" were etlll to be learned. No sooner had the advance guard of the locomotive stepped foot on the further side of the Missouri than It was surrounded by a big crowd of Pawnees, who gazed curiously at the wagons, insisted in taking away whatever struck the savage fancy, ana, as Dodge learned afterward, dubbed the explorers a lot of squaws. However, they were not daunted and Dodge himself started out alone ahead of the party. "1 struck the Elkhorn river about noon," says the general when he tells the story to his friends. "Being tired I hid my rifle, saddle and blanket, sauntered out into a secluded place with my pony and lay down to sleep. When I awoke my pony was gone. I looked out upon the valley and saw an Indian running off with the animal. I was twelve miles from my party and must admit that I was terrified. I was young and this was my first experience. I don't know what possessed me, but I grasped my rifle and started for that Indian, yelling at the top of my voice. The pony held back, and the Indian, seeing me gain upon him, let the horse go, jumped into the Elkhorn and swam across. In 1805 that same Indian served under me. He then told mo I made so much noise when he was running off with my pony that he was 'heap scared.' " The Union Pacific was finished in 1869. Since then General Dodge has built other lines; all told he has laid out and constructed more miles of railroad than any other man in the world, and. at sixty-nine. Is still in the railroad business. It has yielded him money enougn to make retirement quite feasible if he could only content himself to be inactive. Gen. Daniel B. Sickles is one of the richest retired fightlnr men living in New York and at seventy-six his active life Is about over. General Dodge's wealth is acquired, but General Slckles's came by Inheritance, his father leaving him a fortune estimated at J3.OW.000. Yet it is probable that Sickles owes his riches to the civil war, for in 1861 the father cast the son off because of the circumstances following the killing of Philip Barton Key. That was the second estrangement between the father and son. The first came when the latter was a boy. He chafed at the paternal restrictions, ran away from home, hired out to a printer as devil, learned the case and for some time worked as a Journeyman compositor, exactly as If he had been born poor. But the life didn't suit him, and he returned to his father, accepted the offer of college training and went into law and politics. HOW SICKLES STARTED. In 1SC1 he was almost penniless because of the second estrangement with Sickles senior, but managing somehow to get together enough money to raise a regiment, fairly forced himself on the War Department as a colonel. His military record wpn his father's heart again, and since then General Sickles has got along without financial jolts. Had his advice been followed early to the seventies, while he was United States minister to Spain, the Spanish republic idea would probably have prevailed and there would have been no SpanishAmerican war. Later, when the virginlus trouble arose. Sickles favored no compromise with the Spaniards, and, had there been none, the Spanish-American war would have been fought more than a quarter of a century earlier than it was. General Sickles lost a leg in the civil war, and, therefore, ntalr-climbing is a task to him. The Sickles house in lower Fifth avenue has three or four floors, but contains not an inch too much room to suit its owner. Some years ago, however, he decided not to climb stairs any more, and, accordingly, bought the two adjoining houses, cut doors between their ground floors, fitted up the upper floors for apartments, which he leases, and appropriated the ground floors to his own use, thus doing away with stair-climbing, but retaining as much room as he needs. Anson G. McCook is another New Yorker who served in the civil war as a general officer. He was an Ohio boy to begin with, and went to the front as a minor officer, coming out a brevet brigadier. New York seemed to offer the best opportunities at the close of the struggle and he came here to practice law and help In publishing the Law Journal. At sixty-four years he Is as active as some men at thirty-five. In the early days of his residence here he took much interest in athletics and outdoor sports and at one time was noted among his friends as an amateur boxer of no mean ability. He Is now a little too stout to box with comfort to himself. Ever since the civil war he has been a prominent figure in public life both here and in Washington, where for years he was secretary of tho Daniel Butterfield, who fought in thirtyeight battles and won the brevet of major general of volunteers in the civil war, afterward being made a colonel In the regular army, was a merchant here when the contest began, though a native of Utica. He re-entered civil life through the post of assistant United States treasurer in this city, resigning from the army to take the piace Horace Porter, present ambassador to France, Is an ex-general officer of the civil war. who located in New York some years ago as the resident representative of the Pullman Car Company, and has since identified himself as closely with the town as a native could. ECKERT A TELEGRAPHER. Thomas T. Eckert, whose namels familiar to all who ever wrote dlpatches on telegraph blanks, has been a resident of New York since shortly after the civil war, In which he won the rank of brevet brigadier of veluatetrs. He was one of the first roues

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