Indianapolis Journal, Volume 49, Number 246, Indianapolis, Marion County, 3 September 1899 — Page 4

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GERMAN ARMY PLANS

AirrrMX maneuvers to dec; hi toBAY AND EXD SEPT. 13. Operations to lie Conducted on the Same Ground and Pntterned After the Napoleonic Campaign of 1805. AGRARIANS NOT APPEASED GOT AX INCH FH03I THE KAISER AXD NOW WANT AN ELU Editors of Farmers' Organs Puffed Up Oyer Their Victory In Securing Defeat of the Canal Dill. Copjrirhted. 1SW. by the Associated Press. BERLIN, Sept. 2. The army maneuvers, which will begin to-morrow and end Sept. 15, will be of more than usual interest and importance. The operations will be conducted on the same ground and will be largely patterned after the Napoleonic campaign of 1S03. Half the troops engaged, the Fifteenth Corps, will approach the opposing forces, the Sixteenth .Corps, by forced marches through the black forest passes, and, after striking the plains, the corps will operate along both sides of the Enz river. The decisive action will probably occur in Wurtemburg. between Stuttgart and Ludwigsburg. Bis reviews at Carlsruhe, Strassburg and elsewhere will precede the maneuvers. Emperor William strongly hopes to see some strategic surprises. A noteworthy feature of the maneuvers will be the presence of a number of distinguished men from other countries. Both the German and Russian governments have shown the greatest readiness this year in allowing each others' officers to view the army movements of their respective countries. A number of German officers will bo at the Russian maneuvers, lasting five weeks, and the number of Russians who will attend the German maneuvers will be larger than ever before. Great courtesy is shown by both sides. The United States military attache at Berlin, MaJ. II. T. Allen, also received an invitation to attend the Russian maneuvers, but he will be unable to do so, as he will attend the Austrian maneuvers this week, being also accredited to the government of Austria-Hungary. Thence he will go direct to the German maneuvers. Another act of unusual courtesy Is the permission given to Col. Samuel Sumner, the military attache of the United States embassy at London, to participate in the German maneuvers. This Is rather contrary to strict etiquette, as he is accredited to another government, but Emperor William, remembering the attentions shown by Colonel Sumner during the Cuban campaign to Count Von Goetzen, the former military attache of the German embassy at Washington, and other German officers who accompanied the United States army during the late war, quickly granted the desired permission. His Majesty also permitted MaJ. John M. Woodbury, sent to study the sanitary system of the German army in the field, to pursue his studies with the Sixth Army Corps during the maneuvers in Silesia, this corps being unusually well equipped In regard to sanitary arrangements. A new feature of the maneuvers this year will be practical tests of automobiles, of which a number have been especially built for army purposes by an Alx La Chapelle firm. The complete surrender of the government to the Agrarians has had the effect of increasing the confidence and rapaciousness of the latter. The Agrarian mouthpiece, the Deutsche Tages Zeltung, commenting Jubilantly on the fact that the government, in closing the Diet. f went so far as to thank the delegates who had just Insolently rejected the Emperor's pet measure, says:" "The long expected, hoped for, begged for sop to the friends of the canal has not been given. In spite of all intriguing, lying and crushing, the word has not been spoken." The frequently Inspired Post says: "There la no doubt the introduction of the bill was a grave political mistake." The paper then' proceeds to formulate a rule that the government hereafter would best find out whether the Conservatives are willing to support a measure before introducing it. In view of the fact that the government declares its intention to reintroduce the canal bill at the next session of the Diet, the Agrarian newspapers say they will continue the opposition to the measure. The Liberal and the larger part of the Center papers continue to bemoan the defeat of the bill and express astonishment at the complete collapse of the government. A leading Center organ, the Cologne Volks Zeltung, says: "It would require the pen of Mark Twain to adequately describe the recent crisis. The disproportion between the big words and the small deeds of the government Is too glaring." The Cologne Gazette exclaims: "If Bismarck had only lived ;o seo this." The Voerwaerts and other Socialist papers attack Prince Ilohenlohe, the German Imperial chancellor, reminding him that he has not kept his solemn pledges made in the Reichstag to see that the Prussian law In regard to affiliation of political clubs be rescinded, and threatening to take action In the Reichstag. How their victory has puffed up the Prussian Agrarians was frequently manifested In the newspapers this week. The Deutsche Agrar Correspondent advocates the extension of the provisions of the anti-strike bIM to agricultural laborers, forbidding the latter to strike under any circumstances, under penalty of imprisonment In Jail and corporal punishment. Another Agrarian paper attributes the trouble with farm hands to too high pay, leading to drunkenness and opposition, and advises the restoration of the whip as a remedy. A Cabinet minister, la an Interview with the correspondent of the Associated Press, said the Prussian government is resolved to break the opposition of the political officials to the canal bill, for which, he added, there Is no rational reason. The forcible retirement of a score of sujh officials was meant to Indicate the course to be pursued henceforth. The bill, he said in conclusion, will surely become a law, probably at the next session. Besides the retirements, the Emperor has struck off the names of the leaders of the opposition from the court list, namely. Counts Von Limburg-Stlrum, Von Zedlltz. Von Mendenefel, Von Mirbach and Ilerr Oertel. The minister of the interior, lierr Von Der Recke, has gone on an Indefinite leave, from which he will probably not return to office. The German press Is nearly unanimous In condemning tliese actions, the Liberal papers- because they held they are unconstitutional and do not go far enough, and the others because the punishment is considered uncalled for. Throughout the week celebrations In honor of the one-hundred-and-flftieth anniversary cf Goethe's birth have taken place throughout Germany. Those at Frankfort and Weimer were foremost. The former was attended y Andrew White, United States ambaxsdor, and Mrs. White, Consul General Guenther. Consul Weber, of Nuremberg, and Senator Mark 11 anna. The government held aloof from these celebrations. The Emperor sent only a coolly worded telegram to Frankfort. In Berlin. Gosthe'i monument was decorated, but the rsverament officials did not participate la ti ceremonies, ine siuuenis ex m um rritr tr'ra rarest ca mr.r v.

They will celebrate the event in November, and several other universities will do the same. The naval maneuvers so far have not de veloped any special interest. Several of the vessels engaged met with severe accidents. The Aeglr and Hela, a torpedo boat, collided on Tuesday. The evolutions thus far have shown nothing startling. . The National Zeltung says Holland would bo glad to release her hold on Curacoa and other islands off the coast of Venezuela, but it Is feared in Holland that the Monroe doctrine would be applied, especially as there is bad blood between Holland and Venezuela. The National Zeltung quotes Dutch papers to show that the experience of Spain has rot been lost on Holland, and adds: "Doubtless this makes Holland desire a treaty with Germany." The Empress will not be able to attend any ceremonies requiring standing exertion for some time to come, as her foot has not completely healed. It gives her much pain and she needs complete rest for a considerable time. The correspondent ot the Associated Press learns that the Empress may be permanently lame In this foot. The first prize ever given by the Emperor for bicycling was contested for at the Charlottenberg last Sunday. The fruit crop this year is almost an entire failure except In small districts of Wurtemberg and Baden. In Alsace, an unusually good fruit country, pears cost twenty pfennigs each and apples are scarce everywhere. A fruit exhibition will be held at Dresden from Oct. 14 to Oct. 19. Emperor William will give a big gold medal for the finest exhibit. The association of Importers of American meat In its annual report says that out of 200 cases of trichinosis last year nearly every case was traced to German meat, hence it deems It to be impossible to turn the sanitary law into a prohibitory law. Prof. McKenzIe, of the Tome Institute, of Port Deposit, Md., Is here Investigating the commercial school system of Germany and Switzerland with a view of adopting some of the features In Ealtlmore. Professor Stiles has Just forwarded his report to the Agricultural Department at Washington strongly recommending the advisability of a regular system of scientific attaches at all the United States embassies and legations. Berlin is full of Americans, among whom are Senator Smith, of New Jersey; Major Sherman, Mr. and Mrs. Wyborg, the Misses Ollphant and the Misses Earl, of Virginia; Judge J. S. Stoll and Capt. B. K. West, of Lexington, Ky.; W. K. Donaldson and Dr. WIthrow. of Cincinnati; Colonel Barrett, of Cleveland, and Colonel Carter, of Titusvllle, Pa. All of these attended the fall review of the guards on the Templehof field Friday. Many of them were in handsome turnouts, and the Emperor Jocosely remarked that the war with Spain evidently spurred the Americans to Interest in military matters. Jacob Schener and Albert Mayer, of Cincinnati, passed through Berlin this week. Mr. and Mrs. Andrew White have left Homburg and will travel in central Germany for a week or ten days before they return to Berlin. Miss Rose Ettinger, of Waterloo, la., who received part of her musical education in Berlin, has been engaged for an American tour, beginning Jan. 1, by Manager Young. Miss Carpenter, daughter of George W. Carpenter, of Philadelphia, is to be married to llerr Von Wille, of Berlin, Sept. 2L Major Woodburg was presented to the Emperor, who conversed with him pleasantly, inviting him to the gala performance of the opera in the evening:. Sedan day is not so generally observed. Herr Rose, late German consul at Samoa, had a long conference with Count Von Buelow. the German minister of foreign affairs, to-day. CLERICALS EXCITED.

Trylnj? to Scare Mexican nnd Keep President Dlas at Home. CITY OF MEXICO, Sept. 2. The Clerical press is greatly excited over the probable visit of President Diaz to Chicago this autumn, and the papers have many caricatures bearing upon the presidential Journey to the land of the Yankees, mostly conceived in great good humor, and depicting the audacity of the Chicago committee, who were received here as semi-royal personages, according to the humorous papers. But El Tlempo, the organ of the Clerical parties, outdoes every other journal, for It has made the alarming discovery that Americans are plotting to remove President Diaz, and now this journal accuses President McKinley with a desire to regulate the succession to the presidency here. El Tiempo says: "McKinley 13 an impromptu arbiter of the destinies of the entire American continent who has far outstripped the ambitious Blaine and does not want our President to continue in guiding the political destinies of Mexico, as he wants to find for him a substitute after his own heart. To attain that object the White House has made arrangements for the journey of the chief executive of our nation to the United States. The whole pretext is most trivial, viz., the laying of the cornerstone of some building or other ir. Chicago. Previously attempts were made to take advantage for the sar?e purpose of the carnival at New Orleans, the exposition at Atlanta or some other trifling festival. The other Invitations did not produce the desired result, but the Yankeees have -been so persistent that at last it seems they will accomplish their object by getting our President to go to Chicago for a ceremony the most inane. But that is of no consequence. What is deSired is that General Diaz may have an opportunity to talk with our guardian, McKinley, so as to arrange the question of the changing of Presidents in Mexico." The articlo has excited derision in the Liberal Journals. A Spanish priest named Berro, who got Into a scandalous scrape in Puebla, has been sent out of the country under Article 32 of the federal constitution, authorizing the executive to banish pernicious foreigners. American parties who have been looking for oil in this State of Guerrero are understood to contemplate erecting an oil refinery here and competing with the Standard Oil branch. TIIC BISHOP AND THE REPORTER. When the Latter Died the Former Felt Snre that lie Went to Heaven. New Orleans Times-Democrat. "The brightest reporter I ever knew," said one of the party, "was Billy Gaylor, who died at Hot Springs in 1S95. The first time I ever met him we were assigned to interview a big embezzler who had Just received his sentence. While we were waiting for him in the Jail corridor a very young lady visitor from a philanthropic society was admitted, and mistaking Gaylor for the prisoner, asked him the nature of his crime. 'They accuse me of killing my wife, he replied. 'Dear me," said the visitor, getting interested immediately, 'that Is very sad. Did you er really do it? I don't know, madame, answered Billy, sighing; "perhaps I did. She was a very trying woman and one day I gave her a little tap with a bit of stove wood. It was a very light lick, but she never seemed well afterward 'At the same time it might not have been the blow that caused her death suggested the philanthropist. I will look into this. When did your wife die? 'I think that it was about five minutes after I hit her said Billy, calmly. The philanthropist rushed off highly indignant, but the episode endeared Gaylor to me for life. He was a persistent fellow after an item, and that reminds me of another little story, about the last incident of his career. He had been assigned by a certain Chicago daily to interview an eminent bishop about a schism In the church. The bishop didn't want to talk and wouldn't see him, but Gaylor bribed a servant to let him into the hall and waylaid the dignitary as he was coming through. He was ordered out for his pains, but the next day he penetrated the house again on some pretext or other and was again fired. He repeated the exploit three or four times with similar results, and at last the bishop coming home late at night, found Billy in his study reading the Bible. Nobody could explain how he got In, but the prelate wilted and told him what he wanted to know, on condition that he would go away and stay away. Shortly after poor Gaylor got galloping consumption and died, and happening to meet the bishop at a church conference I told him that the young man who had once so molested him would never do it again. 'Let us hope that he is in heaven said a clergyman standing by. The biihop's .eyes twinkled; he loved a Joke. No doubt he is he replied gently; 'I don't thin!: that they could keep him out.' he added cstto voice, czj racial btneflL

YELLOW FEVER CASES

PEOPLE AT SANDBORN TARDY ABOUT OBEYING HEALTH OFFICER. Body of the Dead Soldier Not Burled Until Constable Was Sent to the Scene from Vlncennea. THE SITUATION IN THE SOUTH SEW ORLEANS DOCTORS DECLARE THERE IS NO CAUSE FOR ALARM. Report from Key West Gives Three Deaths and Eighteen Canes in AH, and Widely Distributed. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. VINCENNES, Ind., Sept. 2.-Owlng to a failure of the people of Sandborn to comply with the Instructions of Dr. L. M. Beckes, the county health officer, there is the wildest excitement at that place tonight on account of the yellow fever scare. This evening It was learned that the body of Henry Wagoner, the soldier Just returned from Cuba, who died Thursday of yellow Jack, had not been buried as was given out In Indianapolis and other places. On learning that his orders had not been enforced, Dr. Beckes hastened to the scene and compelled the burial of t'rj body by the constable. He says he will enforce the strictest quarantine, even if it has to be done with shotguns. The wiser element of Sandborn saw Dr. Beckes to-day and gave him information of the dereliction of duty of those in charge of tho remains of the dead soldier. Great excitement is felt there, but Dr. Beckes will enforce the quarantine until all danger is over. In This City Several Honrs. There was some concern yesterday among the Union Station employes when It became' known that the Knox county yellow fever victim had been at the station several hours while waiting for an I. & V. train to Vincennes. He was shaved In this city and afterward went to the City Dispansary In a hack to be treated. Upon his return he was taken ill and the station employes assisted in making a couch for him. Dr. Frank Morrison, president of the city Board of Health, said last night that he did not anticipate any danger from yellow fever in this city on account of the presence of the Knox county victim. There has been yellow fever In Indianapolis several times, the latest case about eight years ago, when a man on North Pennsylvania street, who had come up from the South, developed the fever. It was about this time of the year and a number of people were exposed, but the disease did not spread. The physicians at that time took no unusual precautionary measures. Very little 1st known of yellow fever by Northern physicians for It is so rarely that a case comes under their observation. Frequently during past epidemics In the South people have come to Indiana and developed the fever in this State, but there has been no resemblance of an epidemic. XO YELLOW FEVER SCARE. Ncvr Orleans Not Excited, bet Quarantines Deplored by Merchants. NEW ORLEANS, Sept. The report of one fatal case of yellow fever in New Orleans has caused no excitement here and no heglra from the city, but there Is considerable vexation In the business community over the slapping on quarantine by the surrounding towns. For a week at least, it seems likely that Texas and Alabama will be closed against New Orleans freight, involving a heavy loss in current business. The Board of Health announced to-night that there was no case of yellow fever in New Orleans beyond the suspicious case reported on Euterpe street, and which is considered out of danger. To-day a house-to-house canvas within a radius of ten blocks from the two houses in which cases had been reported revealed not a single case of illness that was even remotely suspicious. This house-to-house canvas will be continued for five days, and if at the end of that time no further cases develope in the vicinity of the two reported, it will be taken for granted that there will be no spread. There was a full meeting of the State Board of Health to-day to discuss the situation. The health officers of Mississippi and Dr. Murray, the government representative, were present. In view of the quarantine enforced against New Orleans, it was decided to wire the health officers at Montgomery and Mobile and Dr. Blunt, of Texas, inviting them to an Immediate conference in this city, and to an Investigation of the health conditions in New Orleans. A telegram was received from Dr. Blunt this evening saying that he could not come at once, but giving the impression that he would do so as soon as possible. Telegrams were subsequently sent to the Alabama officers notifying them of Dr. Blunt's reply, and requesting them to hold themselves in readiness to come to New Oi leans when Dr. Blunt can do so. The health authorities here are confident that the two cases reported here will prove sporadic, and that there Is no danger of a spread of the disease. The Mississippi physicians have reSolved to stand by New Orleans and urge the sister States to remove their quarantines until there are developments warranting extreme action. In the meantime, freight and passengers to Alabama and Texas are tied up. Fred Adolph, who was alleged to have died of yellow fever last Thursday, lived at No. 4320 Camp street, corner of Jena. The other case of alleged fever Is at No. 1420 Euterpe street, a patient of Dr. Lober now out of danger. FLORIDA DETENTION CAMP. One to Be Established at Mallet Key Situation at Key West. WASHINGTON, Sept. -The Marine Hospital Service is making preparations to open the detention camp at Mullet key, Florida, in view of the presence of yellow fever at Key West. Assistant Surgeon Corput is In charge of the camp. He will be assisted by Assistant Surgeon Carter, Dr. George A. Sheldon and Hospital Steward Peck. Advices received at the Marine Hospital Bureau up to a late hour this afternoon indicate no new cases and no deaths since the one of Friday night. The first intimation of the disease at Key West was received by Dr. Wyraan on Thursday night. He at once directed Surgeon Carter at Havana to proceed to Key West. The latter secured a tugboat and this morning announced his arrival by telegraph. Surgeon General Wyman has wired to Dr. McAcam to prepare a list of people who have left Key West within the last two weeks. He made the same request of the Plant line of steamers on the west coast and the Flagler line of steamers on the east coast. As soon as these names are received the authorities at the places of destination will be notified in order that persons from Key West may be kept under observation for ten days. As Key West is under strict quarantine, arrangements will be provided for delivering mails and necessary supplies on floats some distance from the shore. Surgeon Carter reports that the troops at Key West have been isolated and quarantined in their barracks since the first report of yellow fever. Surgeon G. M. Magruder has been ordered from Memphis to Port Tampa to supervise the operations of the service from that point. Acting Assistant Surgeon Altree, of Tampa City, in the meantime Is meeting ves3eU arriving at Port Tampa and keeping close watch on all communications from Key West. Passed Assistant Surgeon W. G. Stlmson has been ordered from Old Point to Miami to represent this service on the east coast. Tho Navy Department was advised during the day that the naval tug Potomac tad left Key Wc:t fcr Portsmouth, N. JtL,

and the tug Nezlnscot fcr Port Royal. They carried all the naval garrison at Key West save a few caretakers and Naval Surgeon Dr. McClannahan, whose case looks . suspicious. Relieves the Disease Widespread. JACKSONVILLE, Fla.. Sept. 2. Advices from Key West to-day report the death of W. D. Pate, one of the cases diagnosed yesterday as yellow fever, making the third death since the announcement of the disease. Five new cases were also announced, making eighteen In all, including the three deaths. State Health Officer Dr. Porter passed through Jacksonville to-day on his way to the island city, and will reach there at noon to-morrow. He wired from here to-day, asking Dr. Wyman. of the United States Marine -Hospital Service, to establish a patrol around the Island to prevent emigration and suggesting that the government aid in maintaining a detention camp at Miami. He also wired to Dr. Sweeting, giving specific directions of caution in maintaining the quarantine at Key West. He expressed the opinion that the disease Is widespread In Key West, as the cases announced are in different parts of the city. Artillerymen In Danger. NEW YORK, Sept. 2. Col. F. B. Jones, in command of the United States transport service in this city, received a message from the authorities-at Washington to-day, calling his attention to the published rumors of an outbreak ot yellow fever at Key West. On receipt of the message Col. Jones decided to delay the loading of the transport Burnslde, which was to have been begun to-day. The Burnslde was to have carried supplies to San Juan, Porto Rico. The transport now awaits any possibility of Its being dispatched to Key West to take away the 225 artillerymen there. REPORT FROM GEN. WOOD

CONDITIONS IN SANTIAGO AND PUERTO PRINCIPE PROVINCES. Eastern Portion of Cuba Said to Present Wonderfnl Opportunities for Indnstrions Ynkees WASHINGTON, Sept 2. The War Department has received a report made by Gen. Leonard Wood on the conditions existing In Santiago and Puerto Principe provinces of Cuba, called for by the War Department. General Wood devotes the first part of his report to a description of the geographical and physical features of Santiago province. He enters Into a description of the agricjltural conditions, its harbors, Industries, and, in fact, everything that could be of value to the department. He closes this part of the report by saying: "Taken as a whole, the province of Santiago presents wonderful opportunities for industrious Americans. I know of no portion of our own country from which such great returns can be expected in so short a time, provided a stable government exists. Aside from the seaport towns, many of which have been infected with yellow fever, the country is healthy." Until roads are constructed no real development of the interior of the province Is expected. General Wood says tho construction of the prpposed central railroad from Santiago to Santa Clara Is of vital importance to the prosperity of the island. While some mines have been -worked to advantage, many deposits of minerals have not been developed at all. General Wood says that an Immediate need of the province is a complete survey and a system devised for disposing of lands to actual occupants. Owing to prolonged disturbances in the country, education, public and private, Is very backward. No school property exists, nor is there a single endowment of any nature for educational purposes. The postal system of the island, under the American direction, has improved. A direct mall from New York to Santiago city is recommended. More equitable terms should be granted to telegraphs and telephones, so as to get a satisfactory service. " ' General Wood says many conditions regarding the courts call for immediate remedy, as there is great delay in the administration of Justice. Some changes, he thinks, are necessary In the methods of conveyances, and a settlement of diverse claims of lands should be settled where disputes have long caused contention. Among the opportunities for investment offered is the establishment of agricultural banks, prepared to loan at reasonable terms for four or five years. He estimates the population of the province at from 310,000 to 315,100. General Wood recommends, as to civil government, that institutions in the nature of local self-government should remain under the control of the military authorities until experience demonstrates that they are capable of self-support. General Wood refers' to the fact that there Is no method of trial for American citizens except under the Spanish laws still enforced in Cuba. The military code of the United States does not control and the Spanish laws are unsatisfactory to Americans. General Wood says that. Judging from the experience of the past year, the military control of the island must continue for some time to come. Department commanders should have authority to suspend any official on the presentation of evidence of incompetency or malfeasance in office. The present method of referring evidence to Havana has a tendency to leave the military department commander in contempt and great delay is the result. A reform in taxation Is also recommended. Submitted with this report is a very exhaustive report on the subject of education prepared by Gen. Demetrio Castillo, Cuban army; MaJ. James E. Runcie, U. S. V.; Capt. R. G. Mendoza, U. S. V., and Dr. Rupert Norton, U. S. A. A complete and comprehensive plan for establishing schools is also made. This Includes a census first and recommends the, support of the schools from general funds until a system of taxation is devised. Coeducation of the sexes, which was denied under the Spanish regime, is recommended. General Wood concurs in and approves the report of this board. Editors to Fight a Duel. SANTIAGO, Sept 2. Senors TtuJIHo, editor of El Porvenir, and Eduardo Yero, editor of Cubano Libre, will, it is .expected, fight a duel or two Monday morning in consequence of differences regarding certain questions arising from the selection of the City Council. Senor TruJIllo has chosen Gen. Joaquin Castillo and Dr. Guillermo Mascaro as his seconds, and Dr. Pedro Hechavarrla and Senor Mariano Corona, both of whom were prominent officers in the late war, have been selected by Senor Yero to act for him. STUPIDITY OF HORSES. The Least Intelligent of the Domes tie Animals. New Orleans Times-Democrat "I have done a good deal of animal training in my life," said a veterinary surgeon of this city, "and have learned something about their so-called intelligence. A horse is one of the stupidest creatures that lives, the general impression to the contrary notwithstanding. It is utterly impossible to train a horse to do the simplest trick at spoken command; they seem to be unable to separate sound and attach significance to any particular word. I know, of course, that all the famous 'educated horses go through their performance In apparent obedience to verbal orders, but watch the trainer closely and you will see that he accompanies each by a slight movement of the hand or foot, or probably a flourish of his whip. That Is the only sort of sign they understand. Shetland ponies are the brightest of the whole equine family, but even they are very dull compared to a clever dog. The most intelligent animal I ever had in training was a small black and tan terrier, with a streak of mongrel In his composition. He was not very pretty to look at, but he learned readily and eventually I taught him some tricks that seemed to actually require a certain degree of reasoning. I say 'seemed,' because, as a matter of fact, they were purely mechanical. If there is any dumb brute alive that can put two and two together,' even under the most favorable circumstances, I have never encountered It, but it is eay to devise feats that will have that surface appearance. For Instance, I would send my terrier to my bedroom to get my hat. and if he found the closet locked where It was kept he would come back, take the key off the nail and carry it in his mouth to my wife. That routine seemed to be the result of a mental process, but It was carefully taught to the animal, and hundreds of lessons were necessary to fix the sequence In his head. Next to dogs, I had the best luck with a small goat Such expert professional trainers as Professor Donalson and Professor Kent, both well known In the show business, have told me that rats and mice are extraordinarily apt in learning tricks; unfortunately, they are too small for exhibition.",-

BIG STRIKE POSSIBLE

BRITISH SHIPPING MAY BE PARALYZED THIS WEEK. Sailors nnd Firemen Threaten to Tie Up Every Steamer and Sailing: Vessel To-Morrovr. LEARNING FROM AMERICANS BRITISH MANUFACTURERS GETTING A LESSON ON PROMPTNESS. Purchase of Cars for the Sudan Discussed by Major Gordon Yankees Making; Themselves Apparent. Copyrighted, 1S39. by the Associated Press. LONDON, Sept 2. No one prides himself more on the greatness of the merchant marine than does the British subject yet, strangely enough, no one Is blinder to events that menace its welfare. This country is apparently on tho eve of a sailor's and firemen's strike that will paralyze commerce, yet so far the matter has received only passing notice In the British press and has attracted practically no public interest The trouble arose over a manifesto to the ship owners by the Seamen's and Firemen's Union inviting- them to confer on the question of fixing a rate for firemen and sailors on steamers of 6 and for sailors on sailing ships of 4 monthly, a slight advance In the average wages now paid at the various British ports. The ship owners utterely ignored the union, with the result that the latter have planned a strike at every port of the United Kingdom, to commence next Monday. Mr. Joseph Havelock Wilson, member of Parliament for Middleborough, a Radical, but who was elected most particularly as a labor representative, has been addressing meetings at Liverpool, Bristol, New Castle and Glasgow. The stewards and cooks, it is said, have Joined forces with the seamen, but the wage issue is now rather secondary to the recognition of the union by the ship owners. Any offer to negotiate by letter would probably defer and perhaps prevent the proposed strike. The men claim that, though the shipping traue has improved, the workers' condition has remained stationary. Already the force of the strike movement is beginning to be felt Fearing that it would be unable to get a crew for tho steamer Oceanic on Its regular sailing day, Monday, the White Star Line Steamship Company tried to have the men sign Thursday last, but the latter refused in a body. The owners of tho Dominion line steamer Cambroman .and the Cunard line steamer Sylvanla met with a similar experience at Liverpool. An official of the Firemen's Union is quoted as saying he believed the strike was Inevitable, but thought It would only last for a week, the ship owners then being compelled at least to negotiate. The Shipping Gazette, speaking for the ship owners, says they are Justified in ignoring the communications from the men because the union is an irresponsible and unrepresentative body. The paper referred to belittles the possibility of serious consequences from the strike and concludes by saying: "That things are not so desparately bad with our mercantile marine as to require recognition Of an insignificant trade union at all cost is proved by the increasing desire of aliens to serve cn British ships as sailors. The union is once more going to do foreign seamen a good turn by throwing open new avenues of employment for them." The note of appeal In this conclusion, however, rather robs the previous optimistic statement of their strength. The Liverpool Merchants' Service Guild has passed resolutions disapproving the threatened strike, saying the demands of the men are unreasonable and urging tho officers of the merchant service to resist the men's efforts. Unless the ship owners agree to negotiate it is likely that next week will see the greatest blow dealt British shipping in many years. The tremendous transatlantic travel will probably first feel Its effect. ENGLISHMEN WORRIED. Americans and Their Customs Invading the British Empire. Copyrighted, 1899, by the Associated Tress. LONDON, Sept. 2. With so many material signs of the Increase of American leaven In English life It is small wonder that the press and people are paying special, and, In some instances, hysterical attention to this menace to insular habits and traditions. The height of this feeling is perhaps still best Illustrated by the remark of an English Jockey, who, seeing last Tuesday at Derby the American Jockeys securing all three places in one race, muttered: "Othello's occupation Is g-me." On the same crder is the Globe's comment on the purchasing from Pittsburg of gondola cars for the Sudan railroad. It says: "No Imperative question of time can be urged here, as in the case .of Atbara, and it is hoped that a full Inquiry will be made as to the facts." In reply to an evening paper's query as to why the government has now promised to help the farmers by securing the best American instead of English machinery, an Anglo-Australian writes: "Nobody in A us? tialia would think of using anything but American machinery. It is all American, from the reaper and binder to the lawn mower and garden trowel. Many of the implements are unknown to the English farmer. J. Bull will stick to the old groove." Another sign of the times Is the announcement by one of the largest firms of brewers In the United Kingdom that they are going to make lager beer, which has caused articles to appear bewailing the threatened popularity of the ancient national drink, ale. Drawing attention to the increased use of Ice, the Standard says: "The recent hot weather has enabled Englishmen to sympathize with the irritability usually displayed by American visitors at the difficulty in securing it" AMERICANS ARE PROMPT. Why Pittsburg Blade Cars Are to Be Used in the Sudan. Copyrighted, 1839, by the Associated Press. . LONDON, Sept 2. Major Gordon, chief purchasing agent of the British War Office, has been Interviewed by a representative of the Associated Press respecting the Pittsburg contracts for cars for the Sudan railroad. He said: "The result of the Atbara bridge was marvelous, and I have no hesitation in saying we can go to the Americans for a lesson In efficient and speedy construction. It is all moonshine about time proving British construction and material better than American. We all know the articles we accept There is no lack of patriotism about us. The sirdar wants the Sudan railway thoroughly equipped and working four months from now. There Is no parleying with the Americans. They are quick to recognize all possibilities, accept on the nail and produce on time. These orders would have been kept In England, even at a higher Initial cost but we cannot get the things done, so. perforce, we go elsewhere. At present there are thirty-three Sudan orders placed in England. With the finish of the Khartum railway we can say that the Anglo-American union In the Sudan has produced the quickest and best result In engineering known to the army." Gun -with a. vS'onderful Rnoe. LONDON, Sept 2.An astonishing report 13 csinj ths rounds abcut ths ntr cua cnia

at Woolwich, which Is said to be so powerful that no range is long enough to test It, so a new range Is to be built It is seriously stated that the first shot went out of sight and that it was impossible to get the exact range. But the range was conservatively estimated at fifteen miles. As the extended testing grounds will not be ready for some time, it IS said the gun is being shortened so that It can be tested immediately. Slaughter of Partridges Des;un. LONDON, Sept 2. Except the small incursion of society folk Thursday to see Mrs. Langtry's first night In 'The Degenerates," London remains in the doldrums. Partridge shooting commenced last Friday, luring to the country the few who still remained In the metropolis. The birds are reported to be plentiful. Tho arrival of rain during the week and the consequent banishment of hot weather afforded intense relief. The recent heated spell was apparently responsible for a considerable increase in the United Kingdom death rate, especially among children. Russian Plans In China. ST. PETERSBURG. Sept. 2. According to the provisional scheme, the administration of Kwang-Tung territory will be intrusted to the chief, who also commands the naval and military forces under the minister of war. The seat of government will be ot Port Arthur. The exploitation of Port Dalnlg is assigned to the Eastern Railway Company. The Judicial procedure will follow that introduced by Alexander II.

A Marlenbad Story About H. R. IL LONDON, Sept. 2. Many stories are current about the Prince of Wales's recent visit to Marlenbad. where he was most democratic. It Is said that a Polish Jew, sitting cn a park bench next to the prince, not knowing his identity, began to question him about what he paid for his rooms, doctors, etc.. ending with digging his Royal Highness in the ribs and telling him he looked too healthy to need the water cure. The Maybrlclc Case. LONDON, Sept 2. A leading newspaper again brings up the Maybrick case, saying tho injustice done to Dreyfus is nothing when compered with that done to Mrs. Florence Maybrick, undergoing penal servitude for life after having been convicted for killing her husband, basing its remarks on the old theory that she ought to have been hanged or freed. Trial of French Rioters. PARIS, Sept 2. The persons charged with rioting in the Place de la Republlque and desecrating the Church of St. Joseph on Aug. 20, were to-day confronted with a number of witnesses of their riotious acts. Thirty-seven of those in custody, all of whom carried revolvers when they were arrested, were recognized by the witnesses. Will Have a Flag of Their Ovrn. CHRISTIANA, Sept 2. The Cabinet has decided to forward a copy of the law. for the introduction of a purely Norwegian flag to the Swedish and Norwegian minister of war, Boran Rappe, in order that he may notify foreign powers. FAREWELL SERVICE. Fifteen Missionaries Ready to Start for Japan and China. NEW YORK, Sept 2. A special communion service in the chapel of the Church Mission House has been held for a class of fifteen missionaries, who are soon to start for fields of work in Japan and China. Four of these, however, are merely returning to Japan after a vacation trip to America, they are the Rev. John C. Ambler, Miss Emma Williamson and the Rev. John Lindsay Patton and Mrs. Patton. One of the others, the Rev. B. T. Sakal, is a native Japanese. Of those who go to the Orient for the first time, the following are assigned to Japan: ' The Rev. H. St George Tucker, John A. Welbourn, James J. Chapman and Allen W. Cook, and the Misses A. Theodora Wall and Clara J. Neely. These go to China: The Revs. Benjamin L. Ancell, Cameron F. McRae, Miss Eliza L. McCook and Miss C. Warnock. The services were conducted by Bishop John Scarborough, of New Jersey, assisted kby Bishop George Worthington, of Nebras ka, Bishop Leighton Coleman, of Delaware, and various other clergymen. The mission arles are belhg sent out by the Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society of the Protestant Episcopal Church, and the Rev. Joshua Klmber, associate secretary of the society, was one of the officiating clergymen. Bishops Thomas U. Dudley, of Ken tucky, and James S. Johnson, of western Texas, were in the congregation. The Rev. Beverly D. Tucker, of Norfolk, Va., whose son was one of the missionaries present preached the sermon. He said that every one of those about to start for the Orient might find all the work he or she could do for Christ right here in New York, and such a fact was bound always to cause a certain amount of criticism and opposition to foreign missions. That work, nowever, he said, was part of the mission ot the church. The preacher congratulated the society upon the fact that this year it is sending out a larger number of missionaries than at any time in the seventy ye&rs of Its history. The fifteen missionaries will not leave New York in a body, because most of them are going to stop off at various points on their way to San Francisco to visit relatives and friends. "THE OLD OAKEN BUCKET.' Glimpse of the Author's Home In a Massachusetts Town. Boston Transcript. In a shady corner of as beautiful a New England garden as one could wish to see, "the old oaken bucket" still "hangs in the well." The memory of his country home, stirring a poet's fancy In a far-off city, maue possible the tender, simple verses that appeal so strongly to the heart That was nearly a century ago, but such poems live, and that is the reason the feet of many pilgrims turn toward this pretty place summer after summer. Greenbush is a small section set off from Scituate, and it does not belittle the quiet restful hamlet to say tha its chief attraction is the farm where Samuel Wofdsworth once lived. Young and old come to visit it from far and near, and everyone looks for "the orchard, the meadow, the deep-tangled wildwood." Many changes have been made since the poet found "the source - of an exquisite pleasure" in the clear waters of the well, but "the widespreading pond," the mill, and the dairyhouse are still .to be seen. The original house was destroyed long ago. The thrifty farm is now the property of Henry Northey, whose grandmother married the poet's father. Mr. and Mrs. Northey are exceedingly kind to strangers, although they confess, when questioned, that thero aro disadvantages in having a renowned place for one's dwelling. Through all the long summer they are besieged by visitors, who ask exactly the same questions as those who came before. Sometimes as many as a hundred persons have crossed the smooth green lawn to the well In one day; frequently there Is an array of fashionable equipages before the low stone wall that borders the road, and it is sometimes quite perplexing to satisfy such a number of uninvited guests. The poet was born In Scituate. but not on this farm. He lived there from infancy until he was fourteen, when he entered the family of Rev. Nehemiah Thomas to study. He began to write verses when very young, and always signed them "Sellm," a name that he used tnroughout h'is life. He became a printer in Boston, an editor in New Haven, and later lived In Baltimore and New York, where he was associated with George P. Morris In establishing the New York Mirror. His life was full of Interest and every page of his printed poems speaks of a refined, cultured nature. Mrs. Northey treasures a portrait of Wordsworth, also a book he owned. "The Life of John Howard. Esq." in which his name Is written in remarkably beautiful characters. The family also has the original copy of the verses that have become so celebrated, and which. It Is believed, were written In Isl7. The bucket Is not the original one. The one that now comes "dripping with coolness" to satisfy the thirst of Interested visitors was presented to the farm by the Richmond cedar works of Virginia. It bears a silver plate suitably Inscribed. She Checked the Bicycles. Lewlston (Me.) Journal. A Bangor woman she is not a bicyclist herself lately gave a bicycle party. Over a dozen guests came on their wheels, and as the hostess knew the trouble that might arise if the wheels should get mixed In the dark, she thoughtfully instructed the servant to cover the wheels by the check system, the same as Is uJd to keep track ot hats, coats and umbrellas at a ball. This was done, and the checks were pinned to the rubber tires. When the pins would not penetrate the tires easily, the servant drove them in with a hammer. When "goodnlsht" was reached, there followed s nnin. ful scene, which It may be Just as well not 1 to revert la CztzlL

FORMAL TRIAL RACE

BETWEEN THE NEW YACHT COLCM, BLV AND THE OLD DEFENDER. Declslre Victory for the Former, Which Finished Six Minutes, Forty. Nine Seconds Ahead. NEW STEEL MAST A SUCCESS ENABLED COLUMBIA TO STAND up stuaigiiter ihan defender. American Yachtsman Now Confident They Have a Boat That Will nnn Array from the Shamrock NEWPORT, R. I., Sept 1 The first cf the trial races between the Columbia and Defender to-day for the purpose of selecting a yacht to sail against the Shamrock la defense of America's cup resulted in so decisive a victory for the new boat that were It not for the fact that it is desirable to have her race as much as possible, other contests would seem almost useless. The yachts sailed one of the regulation fifteenmile windward and leeward courses in an eight-knot breeze that increased on ths beat-out and flattened at the finish, and it took the Columbia just six minutes end forty-nine seconds less time to cover ths distance than it did the Defender. Nearly every one seemed satisfied with the result of the race, especially the owners of the new boat, for the steel rnt which was carried through a race for the first time certainly Improved her wonderfully, enabling her to stand straighte? than the Defender, end therefore to outpoint her. In fact, the Columbia sailed all around tha old boat, and but for the softening of tha wind as she neared the line and the subsequent freshening as her rival came up to the finish, the difference between the two boats would have been at least two, if im three, minutes greater. It was a stiff brush while It lasted, and the result was certainly no discredit to thosa on the Defender. At the start Captain Rhodes berthed h!a boat In excellent style and shot her over the line seventeen secon.ls ahead of the Columbia, which was comirv; up rapidly on his windward quarter. There the Defender held her, unable herself to get by, for every time she tacked to port the new boat would force her round, yet, nevertheless, back-winding the new boat so that she could not draw ahead. At lat, however, the Columbia, by good pointing, got out from under the Defender and the latter was forced to swing off under the former's gtern so as not to be blanketed. After that the race was a mere question of how much the Columbia would win by. Those who watched her saw the Columl ia stand up to the breeze as never before, besides footing faster and pointing higher. For a few moments the baby Jib topsail was taken off to see how she would hold to tha boat While it made little difference, it was replaced, only to be removed again when the wind Increased to nearly twelve knots. The yacht3 made good time to the outer mark and would have sailed faster coming In had they not been delayed considerably in setting their spinnakers. Still, a thirtymile race in a little over three and threequarter hours is well up to the average. Undoubtedly there will be a few chanpr in some of the new sails, for, as compared with Defender's, which are now well nigh perfect, they seem drawn and puckered in many places. The mainsail had a fullness near the leach which three long batters failed to flatten out, and, closer to the ma.t. at the hoist, the canvas was far too fiat to drive the boat well to windward. The club topsail certainly set better than the old one, but the stiff breeze soon stretched the canvas so much that the leach loosened up and fluttered all the way out to the mdrk. The pole and the club on the topsail were fine-looking pin sticks, and steel could not have held better than these spars. As for her headsalls, both were far better than the old ones, and a touehinc-up here and there is all that will be required. Nearly all eyes were turned, at least rart of the time, on the steel mast that proved so treacherous when first it was tried. Today it stood up stralghter than any plno mast could have done, with not the slightest siRn of a buckle, leavinsr little doubt that this mast or a similar affair will go through the cup races successfully and aid her materially in defeating the Shamrock. With new sails, a new mast and a few more rares for the crew's beneiit, tho yachtsmen hereabouts are of opinion that the only point to be decided in the great event will be as to how much the Columbia will lead Shamrock at the finish. Following is a summary of the race: Columbia. Defender. Start l:Si:4 l:r:3 Finish 51m? iA S .23 1 Klapse-d time 3:47:Oci 3:i3::.2 Time outer mark 3:r0:0:j 3:5t :T Columbia won by six minutes and fortynine seconds. Llpton Visits the Shamrock. NEW YOBK. Sept. 2. Sir Thomas Llpton, owner of the Shamrock, vl .Ited the Erin after the rainstorm this morning. Aftr luncheon on board he was taken in his steam launch to the Shamrock. Both yarht were lying at anchor off Tompklnsvlile. 3. I. He expressed great satisfaction with the condition of both the Shamrock and Erin. FX'XSTON FAKES. Yarns Ahont the General Without Foundation in Fact. Topeka State Journal. A letter was received in Topeka ye.tr3.iy from an officer of the Twentieth Kanr.j protesting against what he calls "fake" stories that are sent out from Manila concerning the brave deeds of the regiment, which, the writer says, make the regiment appear ridiculous in the eyes of the other regiments when the papers containing tha stories get over to Manila. The name of the writer Is not given ovt by the person who received the letter tor obvious reasons, but he Is said to bo a a officer of high standing no less than a captain in rank whose reputation for reliability and integrity cannot be questioned. He is In a position to know whereof he e peak, and his letter Is not very complimentary to General Funston. He says: "So you are beginning to sec through ths 'fakes' cent out from this country. Absolutely they are the funniest thinK pnlr.s:. The boys get the papers and proceed to re-a 1 the fakes with yells of lauKhter. 1 don't exactly understand why it is done, except to distinguish one personality above the rest The regiment has done plenty to giv9 it fame without these lies, which make ridiculous In the eyes of other regiments. "All along Funston has had Steel, of th Kansas City Star, with him. Steel us al on the Dally American here, and he arl General Funston concoct thei?e fool ytorlop. "The statement that Funston replied. "I can hold this place till my rerlment is mustered out was evidently Invented In Kaasa City. He never iwid it here. "The Malolos river story of Funston swimming with twenty men and capturing eighty prisoners arose from two incidents. Lieutenant Hardy, after firing ceased, swam the river and got a boat. After he was across they fired on him, but he brourht the boat over anyway. The enemy ran and Funston crossed one-half mile away. Some Kanan under Captain Orwlg. Pennsylvar.Iar.s and a cannon forced some insurgents lr. a tr-iu-i across the river to run up a white flag- A Pennsylvania man. Lieutenant Coulter, .j warn over and gathered up their runs; then Colonel Funston came and took the primers away from him. Funstcn has never swam any river or crossed any river under fire In these Islands. "Steel, the correspondent, in excused from guard duty to work up these stories. This a the solemn truth. And further still, it was not a raft, but a bridge, which Cap?. Charles Flanders improvised for General Funston to cross, which at the time mde him so famous. There was no enemy near or firing ou them at the time this I ay after careful investigation." Pensions for Veterans. Certificates have been granted the following-named Indlanlans: Increase IIuRh F. Rurton. Mitchell. to 2; William Young. P;ivln. $12 to H: Henry C. Coats, Borden, ;s to $12: Martin SchmUU. MifT.tn. t!2 to 111; William 1L Love, PiyCSUth. til 10 ZZ-