Indianapolis Journal, Volume 52, Number 32, Indianapolis, Marion County, 1 February 1902 — Page 2

THE IXDTAXAPOLTS JOURXAL, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY, 1, 1902,

tirul by entering Into trad agreements for Speririol f-ri.!3 of tirr.e. ''TMnl-That we recrdz thr sacrednc?s und tin-Mrs r.ature of contracts or agreements thus entered into an. I are pledged In honor to ktp Inviolate such contracts or agreements rmii! by anl between a voluntary or; ir.iz ition. having no standlns !n court, on the one hand. and a merely collective botiy if !u.-iess men doing: business individually or In corporate capacity n the othtr. ach of the latter clas having visible and tangible assets subject to execution. "Fourth That we deprecate, discourage and condemn any departure whatsoever from tho letter or fjirlt of such trade agreements or contracts, unless such departure is doomed by all partit a In Interest for the wflfare of the coal minim? Industry and for the public good as wll. and that Fuch departure is tir?t definitely, spectflcally and mutually agreed upon by all Turtles in Interest. "Fifth-Such contracts or agreements hiving been entered into, we consider ourIves severally and collectively bound in

honor to carry them out In good laun in letter and spirit, and are to pledged to use our influence and authority to enforce these contracts and agreements, the more fo ince they rett ia the main upon mutual confidence as their basis. ,. "Sixth Confidently believing the system of Joint agreements under a Joint movement of employers and employes to be a wi.e and afe system If honestly and faithfully adhered to, and to perpetuate and perfect that system, if possible, in the territory Included in this Internate convention, we. the coal miners and coal mine operators representing the bituminous coal mining Industry in this interstate convention, declare ourselves ready to provide for the settlement of disputes or. differences arising tinder our interstate agreements by the formation of a board of referees to which u:h differences or disputes may be carried. I:i an extremity, for final adjustment." Mr. .lustl explained that he wL-hed to present the resolution In order that the public? might be informed on the underlying principles of the joint movement. A motion was made to adopt the resolution, when Mr. Bobbins adroitly shelved the measure by amending to refer It to the fcale committee. This meant that the resolution was likely buried forever, as an amendment had been made to the rules governing the scale committee that all Its members must sign Its report. THK MINKRS' SHARK. President John Mitchell, of the United Mine Workers, took the floor after the resolutions had been disposed of, and said all of thf districts had not yet decided the exact policy they would pursue in the conference and that it would be Improper to fuibmit their scale until the matter was determined. He said the miners were In perfect accord with the chairman when he said this country is enjoying a season of "unparalleled prosperity." but that they felt they were not getting their share of 1 as he was prepared to demonstrate. "It is h source of much pleasure to the miners to take part In these meetings." he paid, "which not only tend to establish a pleasant relationship and preserve industrial harmony, but set an example for others. Peace- is what we are all looking for. No one de-fires that more than the miners, hut I believe and all Ftudents of economy think that way that permanent peace cannot be obtained unless accompanied by abBolute Justice." He then went on to fay that the. miners had prepared a scale which they thought was just, and that they thought the time Is here to wipe out certain inequalities. He stated that there had been a rapid increase Jn the production of coal by machine mining, and that a more just basis of. payment ought to be established throughout the competitive tield. so us to mak the scale eoual in all States. He also said the payment on the screen basis for mining coal pave the operator a decided advantage over the miner, and that the only ju?t payment Aas on a run of mine basis. He said the operators did not lose any money on his screening, while the miner received nothing for the coal that goes through the screens. 3!e stated that some operators do not change their screens the year round, and In that time th holes grow larger, so that more coal goes through, and the longer they are used the rnoro the miner loses. The miners, he said, expect as high wages lis the profit will permit. A recess was then taken to allow the miners to "get together." They letlred to the rear of the hall, and, after a short conferences, returned, prepared to meet the issue. President Mitchell said the miners had decided to ask tho operators to submit their scale first. Mr. -Bobbins said the operators had ne scale, and that It would cc-me with better grace from the other side Df the house. President Mitchell then sub- , mltted th scale, which was printed during the miners' convention, which asks for an Increase of 10 per cent., a run of mine system, a flat differential of seven cents on the ton. a uniform wage scale for all day laborers and outside workmen; that the drivers' wages he raised to the uniform scale of $2.'JÖ In addition to the 10 per cent. Increase; that the miners be allowed to purchase powder in the open market, and that the "check-off system" be established In all mines. Mr. Robbins asked Mr. Mitchell to give his reasons for asking the concessions named In the scale. Mr. Mitchell said the miners wanted an increase of 10 per cent, because the coal trade Is better than it ever was before and because the government reports show the selling price of coal advanced during the year 13X. The present differential, he said, was unfair, and that any proposition against a flat differentia! u 7 cents could not be defended. He . t aid the Illinois operators pay a differential of 7 cents between pick, and machine mining, and are successful competitors in the market, and that it is a much better price than Is paid by the operators of Indiana, Ohio and Pennsylvania. Concerning the run-of-mine system, he Faid that was the only honest method of . paying wages, and that the miners are not satisfied to accept any other system. Ho eald two-thirds of the coal produced 'In the United States is now paid for on the run-of-mine basis, and that the States not paying on that basis should be brought to It. He said it is strange that districts not organized pay on the run-of-mine basis, and that Ohio and Pennsylvania refuse; and. while Indiana denies the right to pay on that basis, yet it pajs run of mine anyhow. He asked for the. establishment of the check-off system In order to protect the United Mine Workers. The organization need funds, and for the protection from competition it gives the ope tors he said they should reciprocate by checking off the miners regarding the payment of dues. Then, he said, there would no longer be complnint about organizing West Virginia, and he Incidentally remarked that It was the duty of the operators to bring the operators of that State into the agreement. Instead of the miners. As for the drivers and ilay laborers, ho said, their present scale is not enough for their earning power. THK OPERATORS SIDE. Francis L. Robbins was the first to combat the argument of President Mitchell. He said that if the miners based the demand for an increase in wages on the price of coal one year ago. n reduction of wages ought to be made. He said the prices under contract for VA were 10 to 13 cents less on the ton than In 1 which would necessitate a reduction. As for run of mine and machine differential he said it is "the same eld chestnut that h:is been threshed out time and again." He aid it had been "talked and talked" in previous meetings and it should not take up the time of this Interstate conference. He said the miners would shoot their coal to pieces if allowed to work on the run of mine system and read an extract from a letter written by Herman Justi, commissioner for the Illinois operators, to President Mitchell, which stated that ha "regretted to say the system did not make better miners." Mr. Robbing said it has ben demonstrated that where the run of mine system is in force the miners produce an inferior grade of coal. The Pennsylvania operator were ence compelled to pay on run of mine basis, he said, until the Supreme Court declared the law unconstitutional, and added, "We have all been through the mill and paid the price for our Information and do not propose to pay any more for it." The operators of States not in the agreement, he said, had methods of weighing coal superior to that In the States in the agreement. "You may think you can build up a fence around these four States," he said, "but you can': get n round the consumer." Ha uald West Virginia is shipping coal Into the markers of the operators In the agreement and underselling them because they have cheaper production. The operators were driven to Introducing ma MOVEMENTS OF STEAMERS. MOVILLE. Jan. SI. Sailed: Ionia, from Liverpool for Halifax and St. John, N. B. HAMILTON. Bermuda. Jan. 21. Sailed on ths 3oth: Pretoria, for New York. BOULOaNE-BUR-MER. Jan. 21.-Sailed: Maasdam, for New York. LIVERPOOL. Jan. 31. Arrived: Germanic, from New York. HAMBURG. Jan- 21. Arrived: Talatia. from Nw York. LONDON. Jan. 21.-Sailed: Minneapolis, for New York. NEW YORK. Jan. 3L Arrived: Scotia,

chinery in the mines, he said, because of this competition and in order to be able to market their coal. The miners, he stated, had been paid a better price for thf ir labor in the last two years than ever before. He declared that just before the annual conventions the United Mine Workers rend organizers Into West Virginia for the alleged purpose of organizing that State, but that it Iti a blind attempt to deceive the operators. He said the miners do not expect to organize West Virginia and know they cannot do it when they attempt it. "The scale Is nonsense, nonsense, nonsense of the worst sort," he said in conclusion, "and the miners don't and can'f expect

us to pay it In the face of these facts.' John 1. Reese, of Iowa, representing the ! Illinois miners, took the miners' side against the speech of Mr. Robbins. He began by saying that It would be demonstrated in the end which side is right. "Do I understand that he meaning Robbins can come here and demand, and he and his colleagues refuse and then go. I understand that this joint conference does not mean that." He paid drivers were scarce in many parts of Illinois. Indiana and Pennsylvania, and that the: operators were glad to get them at $2.25 a day. He said the scale of wages for day laborers should be the same, and that Mr.: Robbins was "too smart to allude to that demand in his speech." On the proposition of a flat differential of 7 cents he said it should be the same no matter what price is paid for coal, and that if the Illinois operators can pay that differential successfully the operators of the other States can do the same. The demand for a run of mine system, he said, was old because It Is a fundamental law and fundamental laws never change. He concluded by saying that the miners were only asking their share of the present prosperity. TWO MORE ARGUMENTS. Walter S. Bogle, an Indiana operator, was the next speaker. He complimented the argument on the differential and run-of-mine as being nothing but "rehash." He said: "If the statement of Mr. Mitchell Is true, we will adjust our scale on his proposition. If Mr. Mitchell is fair he will be willing ta reduce his scale if we can show a reduction in the sale price of coal." Mr. Bogle explained that he did not question Mr. Mitchell, but when speaking of him he meant the United Mine Workers. He then stated that the competition of States not in the organized Held had shut the operators In the agreement out of a per cent, of the coal marketed at Chicago, the principal competitor being West Virginia. He said the run-of-mine system would force all operators to Install machines. As for Indiana, he said the miners might buy their powder where they chose. President Mitchell interrupted Mr. Bogle and asked him why the Indiana operators paid on the run-of-mlne basis when they refused to sign an agreement to do so. Bogle replied that certain coal was contracted for on a run-of-mine price. Vice President Lewis then defended the proposition of the miners. He said he was of the opinion that all operators ought to be placed on the same footing. He ridiculed the statement that the miners would shoot their coal to pieces If paid on the run-of-mlne basis. He said no miner wanted to double his work in loading a ton of coal, as would be the case If the coal was shot to pieces. He said every miner tried to shoot his coal carefudy, so that it would tome out in large chunks and be easier and more speedily loaded. I am In accord with the statement Of Mr. Robbins," he said, "that we should consider this as a business proposition, and I am willing to eliminate every vestige of sentiment in settling this scale, änd am willing to base our proposition on facts and figures." He said a double responsibility is placed upon the miners in requiring them to make a scale and then binding themselves to make both live up to It. He concluded by asking the operators how it was that last year, when they told the miners they could not pay the old scale and keep their mines open, that they finally consented to pay it and had been running full time ever since. The convention, at the conclusion of Mr. Lewis's speech, adjourned until 9 o'clock this morning. New Coal Company. ROANOKE, Va., Jan. 31. Charles T. O'Fcrrall, jr., who several weeks ago announced the formation of a large coal company to purchase nearly all the operations on the Norfolk & Western road west of the Thacker fields, to-day stated that the organization Is now complete. The new concern is known as, the Pearl Coal Company and Mr. O'Ferrall is general manager. . The other officers are: John A. Clark, of Fairmount. W. Va., president: J. E. Sands, of tairmount, vice-president; C. S. Sands, of Clarksburg, treasurer, and C. D. Junklns, of Falrmount, secretary. Thero are live operations under the management of the Iearl Coal Mining Company. They are the Pearl, the Camp Branch, the Freeport, the Olympia and the Union. The offices of the company will be at Dingess, W. Va. LIMITED TRAIN WRECKED. Rolled Down an I7nilaiiknient and Fire I'ersouH "Were Injured. PONTIAC. 111., Jan. 31. The Chicago & Alton southbound limited ran Into a "derail" at the Wabash crossing a mile north of this city this afternoon and the locomotive, baggage, mall car and two coaches rolled down an eight-foot embankment. The following five persons were Injured: Mayor Thomas, of Bloomington; Mrs. Bruce, of Rock Island; S. Nash, of Jcliet; Malt Clerk Mitchell and Mail Clerk Cass, of Bloomington. All will recover. MOXItOE I10CTIU.M2 IX ACTION. Illustration of Its Working: in Danish Islands Case. Washington Star. Thero are some eminent men In Europe who declare themselves unable to grasp the Monroe doctrine. There are others who have giasped it, and pronounce it a piece of colossal and intolerable impudence. The subject is interesting and has Just been Illustrated In a striking way in the transfer of the Danish West indies to the United States. Here were thtee little islands, of no great use to Denmark, ami which she was tempted to dispose of. Her title was complete. She could give a clean bill cf sale to any purchaser. Though of small value to her they were so situated as to make it certain that any great power could utilize them in its holdings. As a business proposition, therefore, why d d not Denmark offer the islands to the highest bidder, and run the price up to the top notch? For the simple reason that the United States would not have permitted it. Our position was that if Denmark desired to part with the property It could only be to us. We would not permit any other power to acquire it. We could do without it, but at the tame time we could make good use of it. and we were willing to buy at a reasonable figure. If the Danish flag was to be lowered the stars and stripes must be raised. There was not a word of protest from any quarter. Everybody acceptod the situation, although everybody may not really have been pleased with it. We did not drive a hard bargain, for all we would not allow any competition in the premises. Denmark gets a price which satisfies her, and the United States is strengthened in a quarter where recent acquisitions make American Influence notable. Now this transaction may be open to European criticism. It may strike some people as an exhibition of colossal impudence. They may Insist that Denmark should have been permitted to dispose of her own to whomsoever she pleated, and upon terms agreeable to seller and purchaser. Had such been the case, Germany, Russia, France. Italy, or even Great Britain, mtirht have been given the opportunity. The United States Is friendly with all of those powers. But it would not have permitted a sale by Denmark to any of them, and not one of them objects to the sale to this government. Whatever the outside world may think of the union, the United States is wedded to the Monroe doctrine. We hsve taken it for better for worse, for rich for poorer; and whom thrt fathers of the Republic threequarters of a century ago Joined together, Europe to-day is not able to put asunder. Lack of Hnrmony at rr York. NEW YORK. Jan. 31. Lack of harmony and preparedness mark the arrangements for the reception here of Prince Henry of Prussia and the launching of the yacht of the Gorman Emperor. Certain boxholders at the Metropolitan Opera House have failed to give up their places for the prince and his staff, the Board of Aldermen complain that they have been sllhted. and the arrangements at Shooter island, whero the schooner will be launched, are still Incomplete. Of Interest to Miners. Owing to the enormous demand made by miner who did not receive one of tho souvenir lamp pick given at the banquet at Tomllnson Hall last night, Sweet, Orr & Co. have decided to ina.il one to any miner handing his name and address to Scott, care of L. STRAUSS & CO., the Eagle, & Wut Washington street.

SLEET HAVOC IN SOUTH

PROPERTY LOSSES WILL II UN UP INTO MILLIONS OF DOLLARS. Tcnnfsiee, Arkansas, Mississippi and Kentucky S offered Wires Down in All Directions. MEMPHIS, Tenn., Jan. 31. The weather of the present week has brought disaster to all tho small and many larger towns and villages in the States of Tennessee, Arkansas and Mississippi. It Is difficult to estimate the amount of damage. It Js known that at Little Rock alone the damage amcunts to half a million dollars, and the footings altogether, it is believed, will run up several millions. ' Business has been at a standstill In many towns. In addition to stocks of goods being ruined, the streets and highways are blocked by telegraph and telephone poles, twisted wires and trunks and limbs of trees and other debris. The damage to stocks of goods is due to the tremendous weight of accumulated Ice and sleet and to the insufficiency of roofs to sustain such loads. Inhabitants of the smaller towns have been seriously discommoded by the interruption of wire service by telephone and telegraph. In the country the losses have been heavy. Stock has suffered and in some sections the wheat crop Is reported to be ruined. Such a siege of sleet anJ coli rain is altogether unprecedented. In some places the ground has been covered with ice to a depth of six inches. In central and western Tennessee the elamage to houses and stocks of goods has been enorraous. Reports from Paris, Dresden. McKenzie, Jackson, Huntington and Union City state that the storm of sleet and rain has, been unprecedented in these sections. Mississippi has suffered 'severely, the people being wholly unprepared to protect themselves from the unusual conditions now prevailing. In Arkansas the storm played fearful havoc to houses and other property. Telegraph and telephone wires are down in every direction and It will take several days before the extent of the damage will be known. There was a rise In the temperature to-day and it is believed that conditions will improve rapidly. Paducah Practically Denil. PADUCAII, Ky., Jan. 31. The city is practically dead. It Is in darkness, many of the streets Llocked with broken trees and hundreds of wires on broken poles. All day, as a result of a steady drizzle which froze as it struck, wires and poles have been breaking, shutting down factories and public utilities. The newspapers, whose machines and presses are run by electricity, are suspended, the city's street electric light and' fire alarm systems are useless, and huge poles snap every hour, bringing down their loads of wires and adding to the existing confusion. Several roofs have collapsed from the ice and water, entailing thousands of dollars of damage to stocks in many stores. The oldest inhabitants can remember nothing like it. Tho damage from broken poles and wires alone will be J23.0O0 and to merchandise over $100,000, while that to business cannot be estimated. If no other damage results. It will require two weeks to straighten things out. The damage In all southwest Kentucky is correspondingly largo. Lexington Still In a Bnd Way. LEXINGTON, Ky., Jan. 31. The world Tas a sealed book to Lexington to-day. Until the Western Union secured a line to Louisville the city was isolated'. Street cars were able to resume on several lines late to-night, but the city is without lights, and all who were dependent on electricity for power or light are helpless. Almost half of the Cumberland Telephone Company's poles in the city and county aro down, and less than a fourth of these lines are in operation. Thir loss in equipment is estimated at $,,000. The electric lighting company is the next heaviest loser. Every tree in the city is either largely stripped of limbs or broken off at the base. It may be next week before it will be safe to turn on the current for public lighting. Lexington has no provisions for street lighting by gas. Trains in central Kentucky to-day had to "flag" their way, handcars preceding the ttalns to avoid collisions. All were behind time. Orrensboro Still in Darkness. OWENSBORO, Ky., Jan. 31. Owensboro is still the victim of sleet, and for three nights has been in total darkness. Telephone and telegraph wires are still prostrate. Only one wire Is working into the city, and business of all kinds is at a standstill. The Cumberland Telephone Company alone loses 530,003. ' WEATHER FORECAST. Fair To-I)ny nnd Probably on Snnday Northwesterly Winds. WASHINGTON, Jan. 31. Forecast for Saturday and Sunday: For Illinois and Indiana Fair on Saturday and probably on Sunday; light northwesterly winds. For Ohio Generally fair on Saturday, except sncw In northeast portion. Sunday probably fair and colder; variable winds, becoming northwesterly and fresh. Local Observations on Friday. Bar. Ther. R.II. Wind. Weather. Pre Ta. m 30.04 24 94 N'west. Lt. Snow. .03 7 p. m 30.U 30 78 N'weit. Clear. T Maximum temperatur, 32; minimum temperature. 23. Comparative statement of the mean temperature and total precipitation on Jan. 31: , Temp. Tre. Normal SO .11 Mean .05 Departure 2 M Departure since Jan. 1 0 2.2.! . T. BLYTHE, Section Director. Yesterday's Temperatures.

Stations. Jttrt. Max. 7 p. m. Atlanta. Ga 46 14 49 Bismarck. N. D 1G 0 i UufTalo. X. Y 10 2t 26 Calgary, Alberta 14 Chicago. Ill 18 26 24 Cairo. Ill 2S 34 20 Cheyenne. Wyo 2 26 IS Cincinnati, 0 24 36 3-' Concordia. Kan 8 22 23 Davenport, la li 2 2) Des Molne. Ia 0 22 IS Calreston. Tex 42 44 44 Htlena. ilont 2 16 2 Jacksonville. Fla &S 76 63 Kansas Ottj. Mo 15 24 24 Little Rock, Ark 3tf 40 32 Marquette. Mich 16 2 2$ Memphlsi, Tenn 33 32 3) Nashville. Tenn 32 34 34 New Orleans. La 56 62 New York City 1! 2 26 North Platte, Neb 4 Z) 12 Oklahoma. O. T IS 56 SO Omaha, Nb 0 IS 14 Pittsburg:, fa 24 34 34 Qu Appelle, Atsln 24 4 10 Rapid City. S. D 0 26 4 Salt Lake City 14 26 24 J?.. Louis. Mi 22 32 33 t. Paul. Minn 4 12 Bprinjcrleld. Ill 20 32 23 SprirrtieM. Mo 22 2$ 23 Vlcksburg, Miss 3 4) 40 Washington, D. C 20 Zi 26 OBITUARY.

Col. S. 1). Ilrnce, Founder of Turf, Field and Farm. NEW YORK. Jan. 31. Col. Sanders Dewes Bruce, founder of The Turf, Field and Farm, and one of the greatest authorities cn the pedigree and genealogy of thoroughbred horss. died to-day at his home in this city. He was in his seventy-seventh year. The funeral and burial will be In Lexington, Ky. Colonel Bruce was born In Lexington In 1S25, and was graduated from the University of Kentucky. At the outbreak of the civil war ho became captain of the Lexington Chasseurs, one of a small number of Union commands in Kentucky. Later he organized the Twentieth Kentucky regiment. His slater was the wife of Gen. John Morgan, the Confederate cavalry leader. Colonel Bruce was on the staff of General Buell when the latter marched to relieve General Grant at the bttU of Shlloh. In UG9 Calouei Bruce rounded th Turf, Field and

Farm. He was also the founder of the American Stud Book, and was one of the leading spirits in the organization and conduct of the National Trotting Association, the Western Turf Congress and other organizations cf horsemen. Colonel Bruce was frequently consulted by owners of racing stables, and was In demand as an auctioneer for sales of thoroughbreds.

Hear Admiral Klmberley's Tuneral. NEWTON, Mass., Jan. 31. Funeral services over the remains of Rear Admiral Lewis Klmberley, who died Tuesday, were held to-day at the First Unitarian Church in thi3 city. The honorary pallbearers were Rear Admirals George K. Belknap and N. Mayo Dyer, on the retired list, and Rear Admiral Mortimer L. Johnson, commandant of the Charleston navy yard, and Charles A. Luce; Captain George" H. Wadleigh. under appointment as commandant of League Island navy yard: Caotaln Henry Lyons, of the United States steamship Olympia; i Commander E. K. Moore, chief of the equipment department of the Charleston J navy yard, and James Parker, who was counsel in the Schley court of Inquiry. The body was taken to Mount Auburn for cremation, and the ashes will be interred at the Newton cemetery. William G. AVlllliini, D. T. LL. D. DELAWARE, O., Jan. 31. After a lingering illness, the result of a stroke of apoplexy several weeks ago, Prof. William G. Williams, D. D. LL. D., died last night at 11:30, aged eighty years. Prof. Williams's name has been linked with Ohio Wesleyan University for flfty-seven years, beginning with its foundation in 1S41. Ho was born in Chilllcothe, on Feb. 22, 1S22. James S. Frnlt. CHICAGO, Jan. 31. James S. Fruit, internal revenue collector for the district of Pittsburg, Pa:, died at the Hahnemann Hospital to-day from cancer of the bladder. He came here a week ago in a critical condition to undergo the X-ray treatment, but his condition continued to grow weaker. The remains will be taken to Pittsburg for burial. Was Homelier Than Lincoln. EAST LIVERPOOL, O., Jan. 31. The man to whom Abraham Lincoln presented a Jackknlfe. because his face was homelier than that of the martyr President Is dead. He was Rev. William Hastings, of Toronto. O. Rev. Mr. Hastings was a powerful and distinguished preacher, but he was not a handsome man. CUBA'S PITIFUL PE0SPECTS. Merchants of 3Intanzns Say Tariff Con. cessions Are Accessary. NEW YORK. Jan. 31. The Merchants' Association of New York has received from the board of merchants of Matanzas, Cuba, a circular setting forth the conditions existing on the island. The circular is dated Jan. 24, 1902, and is signed by the president and members of the board. It is In part as follows: "From, the beginning of last December the situation here as a natural outcome of tho extremely low value of sugar has assumed so gloomy an aspect that nothing but the Immediate application of tariff concessions to our products on their being imported into the United States could save the country from a tremendous crisis followed by its total ruin. It Is either the life or death of a deserving people which is at stake. Should we be left pitilessly to flounder under the weight of present developments, scenes of past reconcentration in its worst periods, with its sequel of untold sufferings, will occur again with the complete annihilation of the few remaining forces of the country. This Is the supreme call of a people doomed to a cruel agony and hopeless despair If the salvation It sees almost within its reych is snatched from it. . "With the collapse of our sugar industrj-, from which all the inhabitants derive their living, a future of starvation and misery will lie before them, and this is why so deep a feeling of consternation Is spreading all', over the island, and all thoughts, all expectancies are turned towards your country as the only quarter from which may come the word that will dispel at all that painful suspense." RUN DOWN BY DETECTIVES. Former llritlh Army Paymaster Charged ivlth Forgery. CHICAGO, Jan. 31. After being pursued by detectives through England, France and a large portion of the United States, Jeremiah Foley, thirty-eight years old, a former paymaster in the British army, wanted on forty-seven different charges of forgery, was arrested here to-night. Foley has been living In Chicago for some time with his wife and two-year-old child. Mrs. Foley, who Is wanted by the English authorities on charges of having assisted her husband in passing the worthless checks, was also taken into custody. The couple will be held awaiting the arrival of extradition papers from London. DRAWBACK IX BUSINESS. Cheerfnlnes Not Always the Most Desirable Attribute. Detrclt Free Press. Cheerful people, as a rule, never get any credit for such troubles as may bother them. In fact, the general tendency of humanity is to believe that cheerful people are cheerful because they don't have any trials. "My genial, light-hearted disposition is the greatest drawback I have to encounter," said one of these cheerful men the other day. "It is all right to wear a smiling face, to go through life making sunshine In shady places, and all that; but, say, who In under contract to make sunshine for me. I'd like to know? As a fireside accomplishment a domestic grace, a cheerful manner may be highly desirable; but, as a commercial factor, let me tell you. it is a genuine, all around detriment and drawback. Now, look Into the matter a minute. The cheerful man never gets any sympathy in any business disasters that befall him; his friends all say: "Oh, Jack's all right. His lively temperament will pull him through; tho?e joking fellows never suffer very much their troubles are only skin deep. So the cheerful man has to bind up his own bruises and crawl back Into prosperous times entirely by his own effort.. "Then, again; a man like me, born with a lively sense of humor and a tendency to take everything and everybody funny end foremost, never wins the respect that he is entitled to. Modesty laid aside for the moment. I'm a big success in business; unaided I've built up a big establishment. And I've never had any great losses, nor have I had to ask advice or help from other business men. Yet, every human being that comes in contact with me, and every employ under my big roof treat me as If I were about ten years old. or at least, only about one-third in. my own right. 1 have to say everything at least three times before my clerks and other men believe I mean it. And employes who don't even earn what they are paid volunteer advice to me on every business move I make. It's all because I'm so cheerful that's what it ia. I can't help being boyish and joking any more than I can help having red hair; but I'm bringing up my only son all right. He's soon eomirg into the firm with me; and if I ever see him crack a smile during business hours. I'll kill him." Imminently Fit. Life. The committee on pulpit supply had considered the applicant's tnMe In neckties and his wife's social antecemk-nts and found them satisfactory. Thtre remained only the question of his theology. "In theology," reported the subcommittee appointed to "look Into this matter, "the applicant occupies safe middle ground. While he does not, on the one hand, hold that it U ns hard for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven as it is for a camel to pa-s through the1 eye of a needle, he does not rush to the opposite extreme and teach thit lt Is as easy for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven aa it Is for him to keep out of Jail." The main question belr.g put it was voted to extend a call. Automobiles In Yellowstone Park. ST. PAUL. Minn.. Jan. 31. Automobiles for the use of visitor to Yellowstone Park are a novelty promised by tho Union Pacific Railway Company for next fcasun. To Cure Grip In Two Days Laxative Promo-Quinine removes th cause. E. W, Qrove'ä signature aa every box.

LOSS NEAR ONE MILLION

SEVERAL nUILlJIXOS AT NORFOLK, VA., DESTUOYEl) I1Y FIIIE. Atlantic Hotel, Columbia Office Structure, the Albemarle Flats and a Block of Stores in Ruins. NORFOLK, Va., Jan. 31. A heap of smoking ruins is all that remains to-day of the Atlantic Hotel, the massive Columbia office building, which adjoined the hotel, the Aluernarle flats and a block of stores in the center of the city. The fire, one of tho greatest in the history of Norfolk, broke out shortly before 2 o'clock this morning, and, when finally subdued, nearly one million dollars' worth of property had beert destroyed. The loss is believed to be fully covered by Insurance. The flames started In the Columbia, a structure six stories high. The fire was discovered at 1:55 o'clock, and shortly afterward over 1,000 gallons of whisky stored in the building exploded with terrific force, tearing out the front wall. The firemen were driven back by the explosion, and before they could get a stream of water on the flames the entire building was in flames. Fifteen minutes later the north wall, which was over seventy-five feet high, fell in, destroying the home of the Virginia Club, which adjoins the building on the north. From the outset it was evident that the immense Atlantic Hotel was doomed. J. Hull Davidson, its proprietor, personally made the rounds of the rooms, and, aided by his assistants, aroused every guest in the building. To this is due the fact that, so far as known, no life was lost, although JSO0 guests were In the hotel when the alarm was sounded. The little army of halfdressenl women, and men refugees from the flames elbowed their way through the crowded streets. In their hands they carried such small belongings as they were able to save In their flight. The flames soon spread to the five-story Albemarle apartment house, opposite the Virginia Club, which was quickly destroyed, and then to the entire block facing the Atlantic and running from Plume to Maine streets. Within an hour this block was in ruins. The flames finally were subdued, through the good work of the fire department and the shifting of the wind, which veered Just as the fire had caught the big department store of Watt, Rettew & Clay. The fire coals rained on the Merchants and Miners' Bay Line warehouses, the piers and the wholesale notions store buildings of Talbott. Dodson and Grandy, driving the Western Union operators from their offices In the Dodson building. All these structures were saved. The Are was subdued at 5 o'clock this morning. The loss will approximate $900.000, possibly half covered by Insurance. The buildings burned were: The Atlantic Hotel, foi which, with Its eite, C. M. Randolph, who is associated with H. Lancaster Williams, of Richmond, in the Ocean View Railroad, recently paid $310,000: the Columbia building, which cost $30,000, everything in the oltices In the building being destroyed, loss over $100,000; the Albemarle apartment house, owned by George L. Arps, valued at about $25,000; the Johnston China Company occupied the ground floor and lost $10,0u0; the building owned by C. W. Sams, valued at $12.000 ; Mottu, Dewltt & Co., bankers and brokers, occupied two floors of the building and lost valuable papers; the building owned by Mrs. Sarah Allmond, occupied by Stephenson & Taylor, real estate, and other tenants, loss $10,000; the building occupied by Hatch & Dean, men's furnishings. $15,000; L. B. Carey, merchant tailor, $10,000; L. G. Blyck, florist, and three buildings on Plume street in the rear of the Virginia Club, $20,000. Scores of occupants of offices and small stores lost nearly everything, swelling the aggregate losses considerably. . Ills Wife's Body Cremated. GRAYLING, Mich., Jan. 31. While watching beside the body of his wife last night, Edward Owen, an aged man, dls covered that his home was burning. The flames had almost reached the room in which he was sitting beside his wife's re mains. Mr. Owen rushed from the house. and then started back to rescue the body from the fire. It was too late, however. and he was forced to stand outside in the cold and bee his wife's body and his home burned together. Later neighbors recov ered the charred remains from the ruins. Woman Burned to Death. HAMILTON, O., Jan. 31. Mrs. Bertha Dalzell was burned to t'cath in a fire at her residence last midnight. Mr. Dalzell dls covered the blaze and awakened his wife and children. He carried the children out and supposed his wife was following him. He went back after her but could not rpnrh thr room. Tho bodv was nnt rcnw. ered until the fire burned out. Mr. Dalzell 4.3 uaui uui neu. SALES OF TROTTERS. Consignments from Four Firms Dls posed of at New York. NEW YORK, Jan. 31. Bidding on the consignment from the Philadelphia Brew ing Company was continued to-day at the Fasig-Tipton horse sale. This consign ment, which consisted of 137 horses, brought $S0.270. The more Important sales of the day follow: Consignment of Philadelphia Rrewlng torapany .Minnie jr., a. m., inirteen years old, pacer, by Krnest-Alice West, to John II. Shults, Parkvilie, L. J., $700. Consignment of John Cheney, Parkvilie, a. j. i'iux iui, ui. c, uvu j tars oiu, trot ter, by Dircctum-Cleopatra. to M. V. Sav age, Minneapolis. Minn., $rK). Consignment of Killandale farm. Mama roneck, N. Y. Baronne, b. m., twelve vears old, trotter, by Baron Wilkes-Sally Southworm, to . li. snoiiinger, Galesburg Consignment of W. T. Williams. Racine, Wis. Victoria Phallas, b. m., eight years old. trotter, by Phallas-VIctoria McGregor to J. K. Sutter, New York. $1.510. Consignment of W. C. West, Onancock, Va. Gold Burr. ch. g., six, trotter, by Bursar-Bertie, A. T. Berry. cty. $1,625. Consignment of A. J. Feek. Svracuse Director Feck. blk. h.. trotter, by birectorMambrino Maid, A. McDowell, city, $5u0. The total for seventy-three head sold during the day was $21,2G5, the average being $21.30. Fine Consignment of Stallions. Srecial to tho Indianapolis Journal. REDKEY, Ind., Jan. 31. George Phillips, of the firm of Rizer Bros. & Phillips, importers of fine stallions, arrived here this noon over th? Lake Erie & Western Railway with thirteen fine Percheron and Norman stallions, each of which will reach a ton in weight. This consignment left France on board the Minnehaha on Jan. 14, and London, England, on the 16th, there befug twenty-ylx head, thirteen for the Redkey stable and thirteen for the firm's Kenta stable at Keota, Ia. They arrived at New York on Jan. 2'J and wore immediately sent to their respective stables by express. They are a line a lot of stallions as ever came into the State. Stallion Owners Challenged. LEXINGTON, Ky., Jan. 31.-Brook Curry has. through' the local Trotting Association, issued a challenge to the stallion owners of the country for a stallion representative sweepstake race for three-year-Prelatene.ss, Oxford Boy, Eldred, Hattie Smith. Chtsko and many other fast colts will be eligible, and it Is expected that the pur?e will be worth between $6,000 and $7,000. Nasturtium Is Better. NEW YORK. Jan. 21. W. C. Whitney' English Dt rby candidate Nasturtium, v.-hlch recently developed chills soon after having been landed in England, Is reported to have so far recovered as to be consld

ered out of danger. Trainer John Huggins will sail on Saturday, however, to

take personal charge of tr.e horse. Winners of Running Races. SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. 31. The feature of the racing at Oakland to-day was the San Ramon handicap, in which a good field of sprinters met. Kenilworth. who carried 12" pounds, was favorite, but Mounce waited with him and he failed to get any of the rr.onev. JIagerdon ld most of the way, but the light-weighted Princess Titania came from behind and beat him in a drive. Winners in order: John Peters, 5 to 1; Cougar, 4 to 1; Mission, 8 to 1; Princess Titania, 4b to 1; Josle G., even; Sweet Tooth, 4 to 5. NEW ORLEANS. Jan. 31. Cantadas. Strangest and Prestome were the winning favorites. Winners in order: Small Jack, 6 to 1; Leroy D.. 8 to 1; Cantadas, 1 to 2; Elsie Bramble. 11 to 5; Strangest, U to iu; Prestome, 7 to 2. A Race Meet In July. It Is said a trotting and running meet Is to be held at the state fair grounds during the first and second weeks in July. It is being promoted by Indianapolis men. among mem Deing sterling it. nou, xienry y. Lawrence ana imam jioit. GARDNER FOULED ROOT AXD TIIC CHICAGO TIGILIST WAS AWARDED THE DECISION. Unsatisfactory Ending of a "Hurricane Mill" Sullivan Ilested by Kid Broad. SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 31. In the seventh round of what was to have been a twenty-round contest between George Gardner, of Lowell, Mass., and Jack Root, of Chicago, the latter was awarded a decision here to-night on the claim of foul. In a hurricane fight that developed Gardner as the aggressor, but Root as the superior boxer, the Lowell man was beaten and finally forfeited the fight on a blow conceded by a majority of the spectators to have been a straight foul. Gardner found in Root no such easy opponent as "Kid" Carter had been, nor did Root find in Gardner so eaclly a handled man as was Byers when the two met here. Gardner, however, fought on the outside in a wild and uncertain style, while Root fought on the Inside determinedly and well. Gardner suffered the disadvantage of having his left eye partly closed by a right-hand punch in the second round, and he was never himself after that. In the fourth round, however, he missed his only opportunity during the battle. The Lowell man delivered a vigorous right-hand punch that caught Root, apparently, behind the ear, and the Chicago man went down. Root took the count of four seconds, then held In a clinch, saving himself for nearly half a minute. In the sixth round Gardner was fighting low, and the claim of foul was made upon two occasions, but Ignored by Referee Phil Wand. When the round closed Gardner was plainly In distress and stood Email chance of winning. The seventh round opened with Root boring in methodically and Gardner fighting wild In evident desperation. It was then after one minute and forty-six seconds of this sort of work that Gardner started a left for the stomach and caught Root squarely in the groin. The Chicago man sank to the floor with a groan and Gardner was dragged to his corner by his trainer, Aleck Greggains. Referee Wand at once awarded the decision to Root, and Gardner, approaching him, protested that the blow was purely accidental. The seven thousand people gathered In the Mechanics' Pavilion hissed Gardner as he left for his dressing room and applauded Root with vigor when he had sufficiently recovered to leave the ring. "I did not mean to foul him," was Gardner's statement immediately after the fight. "I did foul him, however, and the decision was a fair one. I started a left-hand swlnj and Root rushed upon lt. I could not stay the blow and it lost me the fight. I think I stood a chance up to this time, and' had much rather been knocked out than to have lost In this manner." Root, when seen in his dressing room, said: "Gardner fouled me more than once. He complained early in the seventh of my fighting low, wh-.ch convinced me he did not mean to play fair. I will leave lt to the spectators whether or not he intended to deliver the blow. I Bimply know he did it, and it was a plain foul." Root expressed a strong desire to meet Joseph Choynski in this city next month, when the Yosemlte Club will bring on the fight. He saye he would also like to meet Robert Fitzaimmons, but the suggestion is scarcely taken as a serious matter here. AWARDED TO IinOAD. Sullivan Saved Himself from a Knockout by Clinching. CHICAGO, Jan. 31. "Kid" Broad, of Cleveland, gained a decision over Tommy Sullivan, of Brooklyn, at the epd of a sixround contest to-night at the Illinois Athletic Club. Constant clinching during the last two rounds was all that saved Sullivan from being knocked out. When the fight ended he was on the verge of collapse and hanging to Broad, who wag unable to shake him off, .In order to land a knockout. The men met at catch weights, and Broad had at least six pounds the better of it. This extra weight began to tell after the first three rounds, and Broad landed with cither hand about whenever he pleased. The first two rounds were slow, neither man showing much disposition to fight, each being content with feinting and mauling the other in clinches. In the next round Broad began to force the fighting, and landed several heavy upper cuts to Sullivan's stomach. In a clinch Broad hit Sullivan rather low and the latter claimed foul. The referee ignored Sullivan's protest and ordered them to continue fighting. This angered Sullivan and he rushed at Broad. In the exchange that followed, Sullivan had decidedly the better of it, and when the round ended Broad went to his corner looking tired. The fourth round was slow, both men falling into clinches at every opportunity and hammering each other on the kidneys. The fifth round was the best of the fight. Both started in with vim and each landed several telling blows. After about a minute's fighting, while they were etandlr.g close together exchanging swings. Broad landed a hard right on Sullivan's ear. Broad had the full force of his body behind the blow and Sullivan fell to the floor. He was barely able to get up at the count, but managed to fall into a clinch. Broad shook him off with considerable difficulty, and for a second time swung his right to Sullivan's ear. The latter went down again and got up with difficulty. Just as the referee raised his hand for the count of ten. Broad, thinking he had won the fight, turned toward his corner. Sullivun rushed at him and landtd a wild swing on Broad's jaw. The blow did little damage, however, as Sullivan was very weak. Broad wheeled around and commenced hammering Sullivan all over the ring. Sullivan was barely able to protect himself, but finally managed to clinch and saved himself from what seemed an inevitable knockout. When the round ended Sullivan was barely able to stagger to his corner. He revived somewhat during the minute's rest, and did some good work during the early part of the last round. Broad paid little heed to Sullivan's blows, however, and he soon had the Brooklyn lad again in trouble. Sullivan resorted to clinching again and barely saved hlmseli from a knockout as the fight ended. The winner has been matched to meet Benny Yangtr at the American Club next Monday night. KnKlIali Wrestler Won. BUFFALO. N. Y., Jan. 31. Jim Parr, the English champion wrestler, defeated Charley Reincke. of Pittsburg, to-night. Parr won two straight falls in twenty and six minutes. Yale For-tball Manager Chosen. NEW HAVEN. Conn.. Jan. 31. The Yale University Football Association to-night elected Allen Fox. of Detroit, Mich., claas of im. a Its president and manager for the ensuing year.

THREE SCORES ABOVE 900

SIARIOX FIRST DIVISION IIOWLKD i:XCi:iTIOALLV WHLL. Each Man Contributed a Score AboTt 20O WashiuKton and Capital Cltys Split Even Scores. The principal games in the Indianapolis Bowling League last night were between the Marions and Ko-We-Bas. The first division of the Marlon did well, rolling three scores above winning all three games, although the Ko-We-Baa rolled 933 in the last game. The Marion second division did poorly and only won one of the gamea. All of the Marions in th first division had 200 scores to their credit. The Washington and Capital City epllt even. The other games were only of the ordinary type. The scores follow: MARIONS VS. KO-WE-BAS. (WafchlEgtcm Ally.) First DlrUlon. Marlon Carter 171 221 13 Knox 211 Ui Cooler IS4 173 ZZ) Brown :2 12 Iti Uryton Ui 11 2ui Ko-VVe-ra. O. Mueller.. .173 127 195 Potter 11 210 2oi Wechsler ...17 Ul 16 Smith 1N-J 17J 2 J Burton It? HI Totals M fcOO Hi Totals Second Division. j Iap ..... Matloclt . yuiil Hogardus Williams Totals . ..172 ..m ,.U1 ..H7 ..1 164 17k Iii. 173 170 ZU 12 171 Bauer 14 liay 1G3 Von Hake. ..1-4 Wanis 17 P. Mueller.. .162 139 170 177 IV) 174 121 147 17 ia .761 S33 S0i Totals 611 ) svf WASHINGTONS VS. CAPITAL C1TYS (German House Alleys.) First Division. Washingtons. B'kmeysr ...15$ 151 Mueller 157 17S Le 17$ 212 G. Klrkhoff..233 173 Old 15 164 Capital Cltys. M. Levey. ...123 y. Gartang.l73 Vinson 134 14 162 17 164 174 les in 2i-0 17 151 15 1 IUI 17 Comtock llavellck . .121 .100 Totals SS7 S7S' 617 Totals iU H)i 1 Second Division. Wiley 14S Bud'baum ...l.v) McElwaine .l'.l C. KiiHioff.-lCti Wiese 142 Conover lf.S lf'2 i P. Ievey !?. 135 161 130 :i 141 15 170 144 119 1U 17S 137 O. Williams.!? 170 131 Itieler 166 Dollinan ....11 Kablo ,.106 140 137 211 172 Totals btf IZi bC7 Totals 7i7 Srt 9"3 NATIONALS VS. CRESCENTS. (Turner Alleys.) First Division. Nationals. Roberts 176 tkmrville ..lv. Pfeffer lt0 Crecents. C. II. Meyer.W Hurrle 132 Stich 1U3 JtufcS UI Jloruft 1SI K.2 137 r.s 174 17 243 dj l.7 130 171 2M IfT 1C7 Ui 163 ItC 136 Hi 146 lvi Heiken .. O Connor ..1 ..lti7 Totals S30 7)2 916 Totals 7b3 K2 &ot Second Division. Mathews Sterhens Givins .. Cullen ... Shelley .. .122 .146 .1S1 .136 .133 ltl 1W 130 143 123 14S 127 130 21 133 i:. I. Meyer.137 Michaelis ...126 Noll m 111 iz Zimmer 137 167 137 177 134 167 130 VA 147 112 13 70 Totals 768 7 jO 7S3 I Totals 763 .82 TURNERS VS. NORTH SIDES. (Pastime Alleys.) First Division. Turner. O. Se'n'ker. Field liumb Fehrecb'h . Yorger North Fides. 172 191 tt Juday 138 1SS iu 14 k:: i:hh3 142 l.u 137 133 Ui Walters 142 133 171 173 179 Pollard 13S 13 131 171 143 Hopkins 116 134 1U 13 172 131 Totals S12 833 S17 1 Totals 6J3 4 774 Second Divihlon. F. Schmidt.. 145 14 l.v Sargent 141 142 136 F. Jungcl's.-UI 137 124 Wlnslow lai 133 12A. Se'n'ker..l30 137 2 & II. N. Smlth.148 Hosier 133 Reagan 174 Peacovk 173 Hunter 16J 135 16 146 ICS 137 lf. 1TJ 17 14T 179 8ii Totals 711 813 772 Totals Tj2 I. B. C. VS. PASTIMES. (Marlon Alleys.) First Division. I. B. C. Fopp 1S4 137 149 Leppert 123 179 147 Armstrong ..143 147 15 Delmar 1CJ 127 2 'S G. Mannfd.,142 li3 1S3 Pastimes. 17. TalUrt.. Taylor Errielm'er .. Williams ... J. Root ,170 .11 ,14 ,H .162 ir) 163 1S7 111 163 13T m vt 111 IIS Totals 7C3 813 863 Totals S42 SU Sil -Second Division. Myers 151 178 177 Gresh 1 1C7 IS) Churchman .Pi IS) 140 Korn 163 177 126 A. Mannfd..i:a ICO 133 Totals S03 612 73S Cooper 14 23 UJ Alhn 144 171 14 O. Se'd'ker..l3 1S1 li'O O. Busch'n..l07 138 IjJ B. L. Fox... 172 130 IS) Totals 723 S5 Ml BRUSH IS FACETIOUS. Writes Spanish Letter to SpaldlBff, Asking Him to Com Dock. Something has happened In the baseball entanglement to please John T. Brush, or else his health is improving so rapidly as to make him homorous, for yesterday he became quite facetious and wrote a brief letter to A. Q. Spalding In Spanish. Spaldlni is hibernating in Mexico, or near that country, and the Cincinnati club president desired to Joke him a little about his flight from the country. While the letter Is merely addressed to Spalding In Mexico, lt is evident that Spalding will receive th missive, for Brush has heard from h!m since Spalding left for the Southwest. The letter is as follows: "Senor Spalding ForQue nos has abandonado? Vutlve a venir y todo lo ea perdonado. (SJßned.) BRUSH." The translation of this bit of Spanish is, "Why, oh! why, have you deserted? Return and all may be forgiven." Mr. Brush said the letter was merely a Joke. He was told that probably the publlo might think it was an invitation for Spalding to come back and he would open negotiations with him for a peace settlement. Mr. Brush said that he did not mt-an for the letter to convey anßuch meaning. New Battery Sinned. If there is anything In numerical strength Manager Watkins has the American Association pennant won. He added another battery to his list yesterday John Miran, pitcher, and Dick Butler, catcher. Mira a halls from the Connecticut League ftni Ttntlpr 1 an r-N'a t lonal Leaeue backstop. Watkins now has close to thirty players under contract to play with Indianapolis. From that number he should be able to secure a pennant-winning team. BIG GAMES TO-NIGHT. 31. T. II. S. and. Shortrldge Will Battl for Second Place. The final games in the Indianapolis Basketball League will be played at ths Y. M. C. A. gymnasium to-night, and thejr " will be the most Interesting games of the season. The principal contest will be between M. T. II. S. and Shortridge. The. two teams met earlier In the season and Shirtridge won, but the Training School boys expect to have a different story to tell at tho conclusion of to-night's battle. Ths teams will line up the same ss they have done In former games in the league series. The other game will be between V. M. C. A. and Butler. Skatfnic Races In n Snowstorm. NEWARK. N. J., Jan. Sl.-In a blinding snowstorm the trial heats in the halt nd one-mile races and the full five-mile race, given under the Joint auspices of the National' Amateur Skating Association ot America and the Skating Association ot Canada, were tkated this afternoon tn Verona lake In the presence of neveral hundred people. What would have proved the feature of the programme was marred ty F. R. Sage, of the N. Y. A. C. wh Ml within twenty yards of the finish of ths five-mile race as he wb righting out wita Sinnirud. who won. Thev were abreast at the time. Despite the fall. Sage finished fourth, close up. Verdict 1 n l'STor of n City. CI S'PIVVITI r Tan 51 T, rttr Cincinnati recently sued the Lane & Bodley Company, of Cincinnati, for J3c2A ths difference between the Lane & Bodley Corc-F pnny's bid for pumping engines for the n'C water works and the amount t which ths contract was subsequently awarded to tns Camden iron works, the next highet blOder. Th Jury to-day awarded the cltf i:as.712 for damages, of which Srw against the American Bonding and Trut Company. It required two xaonthi to tttl ths cass la court.

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