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THE NEWS VI BRIEF.
Mrs. Kate Chase Sprague, wife of a
former governor of Rhode Island and
the daughter of the late Salmon P.
Chase, governor of Ohio, died In Wash
ington.
Expert decorators from every state
In the union met in Chicago to attend
the session of the national window
trimmers' union.
Railroads have a scheme of bringing
Kansas soldiers home from San Fran
cisco and then look to the state legis
lature for their pay.
The international phase of the Ital
ian lynehings in Louisiana has as
sumed a rather more serious aspect as
a result of several official reports re
ceived at Washington. These show
that the Italian officials on the Beene
believe that four out of the five men
lynched were Italian cltirens.
D. H. McGowan & Co., West India
merchants, London, have been de
clared bankrupt. Thier liabilities are
£75,000
The striking machinists at the Grand
Trunk locomotive shops, Port Huron,
Mich., have returned to work.
The Irish agricultural and technical
instruction bill passed its second read
ing in the house of lords.
Eliza Sanford, one of the sixteen
daughters of Revolutionary soldiers on
the pension list, died at Montclair, N. J.
Kansas City ice dealers have ad
vanced the price.
The national deficit for July is $8,
518,000.
Four thousand Cubans who fled to
Florida during the war want to go
back to their native heath.
A civil service examination will be
held at Nebraska City, Neb., Septem
ber 6.
The Illinois state veterinarian has
ordered the slaughter of more cattle
because of tuberculosis.
The committee appointed to select a
place for holding the reunion of Roose
velt's Rough Riders next year have
chosen Oklahoma City.
Mrs. Annie Bigelow and Mary E.
Garr, both of Kansas City, have been
appointed laundresses at Lower Brule
Indian school, S. D.
The president has denied the appli
cation for pardon for Henry Gardes,
former president of the National bank
of New Orleans, who is now serving
an eight-year sentence in the Ohio
penitentiary for misapplying the funds
of the bank.
President Mellen and other Northern
Pacific officials are considering the
building of a branch line from Wal
lace, Idaho, to the mines on Sunset
Peak.
J. E. Sampson suicided at Omaha,
because his sweetheart Jilted him.
Ralph Carlson, 16 years old, of Boone,
la.. Jumped from a moving train and
was killed.
Wholesale price on carpets will ad
vance on and after the 15th inst.
The Pennsylvanian Steel company
made a shipment of forty-three car
loads of steel to India.
The British ambassador to the
United States assumes the title of Lord
Pauncefote as a result of his elevation
to the peerage.
Orders have been received at the
navy yard from Washington to rush
repairs and alterations on the cruiser
Buffalo.
The American steamer Alameda,
Captain Von Ottendorf, which sailed
from Sydney for San Francisco, had
on board $1,250,000 in gold.
Lieut Bryde, Ninth regiment na
tional guard, New York, has been dis
missed from the service.
The late storm left only four homes
standing in Cairbelle, Fla.
Authorities at New port News ex
press ability to hold the yellow fever
In check.
Director of the Mint G. E. Roberts
estimated the gold output of Australia
for the present year at $7,000,000 in
excess of that for 1898.
The Minnesota and Dakota line ot
fifty elevators has been sold to F. H.
Peavey & Co. for $300,000.
The recent intense heat is said to
have been damaging to cotton pros
pects in Arkansas.
A corporation to complete with the
National Lead and Oil company, com
monly called the white lead trust, has
been organized by Pittsburg capitalists.
Secretary Hitchcock will Join the
president at Lake Champlain about
August 18 for a week's stay.
Yellow fever is said to be abating at
Vera Cruz.
vice t-resiueni Mouart lert Long
Branch for Lake Champlain for a ten
days’ visit to President McKinley.
Albert Uhlers, aged twenty-five, died
at St Paul from locajaw, resulting
from a blow given him by hts father.
W. W. Parker, a prominent physi
cian at Richmond, Va., died, aged
seventy-seven. During the civil war
he commanded the celebrated Parker
battery of the confederate service.
Philip C. Hanna, former United
States consul at Porto Rico, arrived
in New York from oan Juan.
Senor Quesada, the Cuban agent in
Washington, is in dally consultation
with- the state department officials re
specting the Cubans held prisoners in
Spanish penal settlements.
In the house of commons the appro
priation bill passed the first reading.
Edmund Cunro, a well known miner
in the Homestake, S. D., was horribly
crushed by falling rock and died at
the Homestake hospital.
The conference at Christiana closed
Its session, after delegates had unani
mously agreed to accept an invitation
to hold next year's conference in Paris.
Lewis Henderson, a negro, was
lynched at Port Blakeley, Ga., for at
tempting to assault the six-year-old
daughter of J. W. Bowman, a planter
for whom he worked.
A Paris dispatch state that Miss
Electra Gifford of Chicago has been
engaged as prlma donna at the Am
sterdam opera fcouse.
German Presa Generally Do Not Believe
He Spoke as Reported.
TOO SENSIBLE A MAN FOR THAT
No Serloua Important Attached to
Htorlea that Have Been Set Afloat Bc
gardlng the Admiral—A Be*'re to
Know Just How Mncli and How lAttle
Truth There la that Ilna Been Alleged.
BERLIN, Aug. 7.—Midsummer dull- |
ness is brooding over Berlin. Nearly
everybody of consequence is absent
and politics is at a standstill. The
exodus to the watering places, sea
shore and mountains has been more
general than usual.
The papers editorialize on recondite
subjects, live themes of discussion be
ing almost totally lacking. Although
the diet reassembles August 16, the
fate of the canal bill is as uncertain as
ever. Its chances have not improved
during the vacation. The center,
whose help is vital, insists on the pas
sage of the communial reform bill, to
which arrangement the Prussian gov
ernment seriously objects. The agrar
ian opposition remains determined.
Even the fact that the emperor has
come out publicly and strongly in favor
of the canal bill makes no difference.
Admiral Dewey’s alleged anti-Ger
man utterances at Trieste are more ex
tensively commented on in American
than in German papers, with a few ex
ceptions, the tone of the latter Is mod
erate and conciliatory. Most of the
papers disbelieved the truth of the al
leged utterances from the first, citing
tho admiral’s past conduct and well
thentlcated friendly attitude toward
the German representatives in the east.
The influential Boursen Courier says:
"On the German side no serious politi
cian for a moment has attributed any
importance to this latest canard. Ad
miral Dewey is known from his inter
course with German naval officers as
a quiet, thoughful gentleman, incap
able of giving vent to such incautious
utterances.”
Tho Agrarian Deutsche Tags Zei
tung likewise expresses disbelief, ad
ding:
"After all we need not trouble our
selves about Admiral Dewey’s views of
Germany, Prince Henry and German
naval officers.”
The Taggeblatt repeatedly expressed
the conviction that the whole story Is
Inaccurate and other important papers,
like the Cologne Gazette, Hambifrger
Correspondent and the bulk of the Ber
lin papers, said it would be interesting
to know Just how much and how little
the truth was to the whole story.
GRADED CATTLE WILL~BE FREE.
Acting Secretary Melkeljolin Regulate*
A rim Union of Cuttle la Culm.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 7.—Acting Sec
retary of War Meiklejohn has issued
an order prescribing regulations for
tho admlsion into Cuba free of duty
graded cattle for breeding purposes,
In compliance with the department’s
recent circular. The order restricts
the period of admission until July 1,
next. Cattle shall be entered only at
Havana, Cienfuegos, Nuevitas and
Manzanillo, where proper inspection
will be established.
None but pure bred or graded cattle
Immune from the effects of fever and
of not ess than one-half blood of a
recognized breed, shall be admitted.
This latter provision is qualified so
that cattle of a recognized breed of
less than one-half blood, or graded cat
tle, whether of a recognized breed or
not, may be admitted duty free if proof
is presented that they are suitable for
breeding purposes.
DEWEY ACCEPTS INVITATION.
Thank* New York for the Reception
that la ltolng Plunned
New York, Aug. 7.—The following
letter from Admiral Dewey, dated at
Trieste, Austria, July 24, was received
by Mayor Van Wyck:
"I have the honor to acknowledge
the receipt of your letter of June 30.
tendering mo on behalf of the city of
New York a public reception upon my
arrival and extending to me the hos
pitalities and courtesies of the city.
"In accepting this invitation I desire
to express my deep sense of gratitude
to the citizens of New York and their
representatives for so signally honor
ing me.
"It is impossible at this time to fix
the exact date of the Olympia's ar
rival at New York, but 1 shall en
deavor to inform you definitely by ca
ble from Gibraltar.
"GEORGE DEWEY."
GEN. OTIS ASKS TOR ARTILLERY.
Gam Being Gnlhertil l'p tliat Ihey May
He Scut H'ui.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 7— General
Otis has asked for a number of Sims
Dudley guns, Gatlings and Hotchkiss
twelve-pounders for use in the Philip
pines. All are rapid-fire guns and are j
especially adapted for the warfare that
must be prosecuted there. The ord
nance bureau has been very busy gath
ering up the guns asked for by General
Otis, as they have been scattered about
the country in different forts and arse- J
nals, but a sufficient number to meet
the present demand has been procured
and ordered shipped to Manila.
Population of Kansas.
TOPEKA, Kas., Aug. 7.—Official fig
ures show that Kansas is making a
steady, healthy advance in population.
The enumeration made by assessors
for March, 1899, compiled by the state
board of agriculture, gives a total of j
1,425,112 inhabitants, which is a net
increase over 1898 of 31,143, or 2.5 per
cent. Of the net increase 77 per cent
has been made in twenty counties.
The enumeration in 1898 showed an
increase of 22,988, and in 1897 the gain
was 30,130, making a total net gain of
87,261 in the last three years.
HE SPEAKS FOR IOWA SOLDIERS.
Gov. Shaw Makes Spirited Reply to the
Secretary of a Labor Connell.
DES MOI.VES, la., Aug. 7.—Governor
Shaw received a letter from Edward
Rosenberg, secretary of the San Fran
cisco labor council, requesting that the
governor's assistance to prevent the
mustering out of the Fifty-first Iowa
volunteers in San Francisco. In the
letter the labor leader refers to the fact
that boys will be boys and that San
Francisco has many evil attractions,
the result of which would cause them
to remain in ’Frisco and to flood the
labor market.
Governor Shaw mailed a spirited re
ply and among other things he stated
in the letter, "soldiers will not be sol
dier tramps,” "nor will they attempt
to beat the trains,” “nor will they be
put off on mountains and in deserts
and there miserably perish.”
"On the contrary they will return
self-respectful and respected citizen
soldiers with a record of which they
will be so justly proud as to furnish a
good measure of protection against
what might perhaps overcome weaker
men with no reputation to maintain.
"There will be no check placed upon
the utterances of these men concerning
the cause in which they have been en
gaged. If they see fit to discre lit it, it
will be their privilege to do so. One of
my predecessors once said in a public
speech: ‘If you hear any one utter any
syllable against the government of the
United States, or against the president
thereof, or against the cause for which
our boys are fighting, or do aught in
disrespect to the flag that waves over
them, shoot him where he stands.’
"They may arrest you, they may try
you, they may convict you, but they
shall not hang you. I'm governor of
Iowa. That spirit of patriotism is not
dead on Iowa soil, and while heroic
measures will not be necessary now, I
am free to say that no returning Iowa
soldier need fear to resent in any dig
nified or manly way, any disrespectful
utterances concerning him, or the
cause for which he has voluntarily and
heroically risked his life. I am, sir,
yours very sincerely.
"LESLIE. M. SHAW.”
SAVED HER BROTHER’S LIFE
Cut the Itope by Which Hr Wag About
to Hang Himself.
YANKTON, S. D., Aug. 7.—While
temporarily Insane, Robert Law, a
young farmer near here, took a clothes
line and walked into a wooded ravine
near the house. His sister Ellen, who
saw his movements and considered
them suspicious, followed shortly after
and was horrified to see her brother
hanging from a limb and apparently
dead. Terror lent bravery and power
to the young girl, and judging the limb
from which he hung would not hold
the weight of two, she climbed the
tree and swung off onto the limb. She
was mistaken as to its strength and
was obliged to climb back to the trunk,
from which she reached out and se
cured a knife from her brother's pocket
and cut the rope. He was nearly
strangled to death, but the prompt ac
tion saved him and he will recover,
UNTRUTHFUL AND NONSENSICAL
rbo Report that Demand Had noun
Made Upon Dewey for Explanation.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 7.—Regarding
the published statement accredited to
a French paper to the effect that tho
Austrian government made a demand
upon Admiral Dewey to confirm or
deny his alleged statements to the
effect that our next war would be with
Germany, the state department officials
point out that it would be a glaring
breach of diplomatic proprieties to
communicate on a diplomatic subject
with a United States naval officer di
rectly and outside of the lawful chan
nels.
It would, moreover, be a matter of
complaint should Austria have ad
dressed Admiral Dewey on the matter
relating entirely to Germany and the
United States.
TUBERCULOSIS IN CATTLE.
A Well Known Veterinary Surgeon Makes
Such Din gnosis.
BEATRICE, Neb., Aug. 7.—Dr. G. J.
Robinson, a well known veterinary
surgeon of this place, who was called
to examine a sick bovine in a herd of
dairy cows near here, gives it as his
opinion that the animal v.as afflicted
with tuberculosis. The doctor says
that he belives there is a lnrge amount
of milk now being brought to town
that is unfit for use. Cattle near Wy
more and Blue Springs have been
afflicted with the disease for several
months and it is believed that the dis
ease is gradually spreading through
this section. The matter will be inves
tigated at once by the proper authori
ties here.
WELCOME fOft WYOMING TROOPS
Gov. Klctinrda Will Go to Nan Francisco
to Receive Tlicin,
CHEYENNE, Wyo., August 7—In
reference to the return of the Wyom
ing volunteers from the Philippines
Governor Richards states that he in
tends going to San Francisco to aid in
welcoming the troops. Arrangements
have been commenced in the several
towns from which the companies were
mustered to give the hoys a reception
and entertainment on their return. If
possible something will be done to
provide them with subsistence and
comforts on their trip from San Fran
cisco to Wyoming, although this has,
as yet, not taken definite shape.
The President Attends Church,
PLATTSBURGH, N. Y., Aug. 7 —
President McKinley, accompanied by
Secretary Cortelyou, attended church
yesterday, driving up from the Hotel
Champlain. Although the man who
drove had lived in Plattsburgh all his
life he drove the party to the Presby- !
terian church, making the president
about fifteen minutes late. The pastor
of the church, however, delayed ser
vices until the arrival of the president.
When he entered the church the entire
congregation arose and remained
standing until he had been seated.
Loaded Car Leaves a Trestle and Many
Passengers Are Crushed.
THIRTY-SIX KNOWN TO BE DEAD.
Only Two Persons Reported to Have Es
caped—All Others Killed or Wounded
—Towu Hall of Stratford Transformed
Into Impromptu Morgue,
Bridgeport, Conn., Aug. 7.—Prob
ably forty persons were killed by an
accident on the Stratford extension of
the Shelton Street Railway company
at 4 o’clock yesterday afternoon, when
a loaded trolley car went off the tres
tle over Peck’s mill nond at Orno
nonue, about six miles north of Bridge
port, and sank in the flats fifty feet
below. Thus far thirty-six people are
known to be dead and several more
injured.
The identified dead are:
Joseph Hotchkiss, Bridgeport, engi
neer fire department.
Henry C. Coggswell, Bridgeport,
aged 50, employe of New York, New
Haven & Hartford railroad member
of Board of Education.
Orlando B. Wells, aged 63, shoe
maker.
Ellas E. Bradley ana wire, select
man, Milford.
William Osborn, Stratford.
Arthur Holmes, Stratford.
Daniel Galvin, Ansonia.
Conductor John Carroll, Bridgeport.
S. Banks, Shelton.
Mrs. McDonald, Bridgeport.
Winthon Lanthear, motorman,
Bridgeport Traction company.
Bessie Tooiney, 22, Bridgeport
William H. Harvey, 37. Bridgeport.
Mrs. J. H. Rugg, Stratford.
Mrs. Frank Blew and two children,
boy aged 3 and girl aged 5, Stratford.
William McCu lough, Stratford.
Mrs. Arthur Holmes, Bridgeport.
Margaret Brennan, Bridgeport,
(identification not positive.)
Thomas McNally, 30, Bridgeport,
(identification not positive.)
Feter Ring, 28, Bridgeport.
Patrick McDermott, 50, Bridgeport.
Mrs. Patrick Brennan, 50, Bridge
port,
Alfred Pitt, 22, Bridgeport.
William Cotter, 25, Bridgeport (iden
tification not positive.)
Irving Daruse, 23, Bridgeport.
Mrs. William H. Harvey, Bridgeport.
John Galvin, 22, Ansonia.
Margaret Farrell, New York.
Only two persons are known to have
escaped unharmed. It is believed that
there were forty-three passengers on
the car, but the indicator was removed
by a conductor of another car and
spirited away, so that at present it is
impossible to state accurately the
number aboard.
The scene of the accident is midway
between Shelton and Bridgeport. The
car was north bound, running toward
Shelton. It was in charge of Conduc
tor John Carroll of Bridgeport, who
was among the killed, and Motorrnan
Hamilton of Bridgeport, who es;aped
by jumping.
The trestle is 410 feet long, made of
iron, with stone foundations and was
not protected by guard rails. South of
the trestle is an incline down which
the car ran at a high rate of speed.
After it ran onto the trestle for about
ten feet the trucks left the rails and
then the car continued on the ties for
about seventy-five feet, when it went
off the trestle and dropped into the
pond below, overturning completely
and up-ending. When the car struck,
the four-ton motor and the heavy
trucks crushed into it and instantly
Wiled many of the passengers.
ACCIDENT AT BAR HARBOR.
BAR HARBOR, Me.. Aug. 7.—A score
of persons were killed yesterday by
the collapse of the gang plank of the
Mount Desert ferry. Two hundred
people dropped fifteen feet Into the
water. Eighteen bodies have so far
been recovered, and more are in the
water. The exact number of dead will
not be known for some time, as a
strong tide sweeps under the pier, and
some bodies may have been carried
away with it. A diver, who was set
to work without delay, was engaged
in his search until 5 o'clock last night,
but only eighteen bodies were found.
Eye witnesses differ in their estimates
of the number of peope who were car
ried down when the plank broke, but
it was the vanguard of the crowd which
was rushing from the train to the
steamer. Those who fell into the water
last were mostly pulled out by main
force, but not a few were gotten out
by boats, which were immediately
manned.
THE BOUNDARY MATTER.
Whatever the Outcome There Will He
No War.
CHICAGO. Aug. 7.—Sereno E. Payne
of New York, chairman of the ways
ami means committee of the house of
representatives and a member of the
joint commission on Alaskan boundary,
arrived in Chicago yesterday on his
way home from a tour of two months
in Alaska and the Pacific coast. Mr.
Payne said:
‘'Being a member of the commission,
my lips are sealed as to the probable
report and the course the boundary
matter will take. This would be a
matter for an arbitration commission,
if one were appointed. I do not think
Sir Wilfred Laurier had any idea war
would result from the boundary ques
tion when he made his recent speech
in Ottawa: I do not consider such a
thing worthy of serious consideration.”
Bryan Will Speak for Goebel.
CHICAGO, 111., Aug. 7.—William
Jennings Bryan passed through Chi
cago yesterday from Wisconsin to
Iowa. He was asked:
“Are you going to Kentucky during
the campaign in that state?”
"I am,” he replied.
“Are you going to speak for Goe
bel?” > t
“I am.”
“And why?”
“I do not care to discuss that point."
Further than that Colonel Bryan re
fused to talk about the Kentucky sit
uation. - • > .
SHIPMENT OF ARMS TO STOP.
U. 8. Consol at Shanghai Cuts OS the
Supply.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 7—Hon. John
Goodnow, consul general of the United
States at Shanghai, has rendered a
decision as referee In the consular
court which will be of far-reaching
Importance during the continuance of
the war in the Philippines. The case
was in relation to the steamer Abbey,
charged with taking arms from Canton
to Luzon. It has been in contention
for some time. The owners of the
vessel gave a bond that the ship would
land the arms purchased at Singapore,
but it did not do so. But the bond
was demanded by the Chinese customs
authoity. Mr. Goodnow holds that it
must be paid. The Importance of the
decision is pointed out by the Shanghai
Mercury, which says:
“The effect of the decision of Mr.
Goodnow reaches much beyond the
mere fact of being judgment for the
plaintiff, with the penalty of the bond
and the costs of the suit. Hitherto the
American forces at Manila have had to
fight against Filipinos well armed with
modern rifles and guns and it is no
secret that the majority of these arms
have been landed in the Philippines
from Chinese ports. When United
States consular officials have received
information that cargoes of weapons
were about to be shipped from China
their urgent protests to the Chinese
authorities have been the means of
stopping shipments. But when the
United States officials, through want
of knowledge, have been ignorant of
such contraband runs, the Chinese offi
cials have likewise been blind to these
shipments, though no doubt well aware
of such. It is in this respect that Mr.
Goodnow has scored such an important
point. On the strength of that judg
ment the officers of the imperial mari
time customs of China must do all in
their power to stop shipments of arms
to suspicious destinations."
THE YELLOW FEVER SITUATION,
Conditions Generally Sal.l to Be Very
Satisfactory.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 7—All reports
received by Surgeon General Wyman
of the marine hospital service yester
day indicate that the yellow fever sit
uation at the Soldiers’ home and the
conditions in the localities thereabout
continue satisfactory. The measures
adopted by the government to prevent
the spread of the disease are working
admirably. There were no new cases
and no deaths at the home today, ac
cording to a dispatch from Governor
Woodfin.
Surgeon White, who is in charge of
the marine hospital at Hampton City,
reports that he interviewed all the doc
tors there and no suspicions cases were
reported; also that a house to house
inspection at Phoebus, which immedi
ately adjoins the Soldiers’ home, shows
no new suspects. A steam launch with
ten men, sent by Admiral Farquhar, is
an addition to the patrol fleet. Two
disinfectors, Messrs. Hope and Massie,
have left New Orleans for Hampton to
engage in similar work there. There
are eighteen persons at the detention
camp at Craney Island, five of whom
were received yesterday.
No Yellow Fever at Norfolk.
NORFOLK, Va„ Aug. 7—The follow
ing statement was given the Associated
Press correspondent:
To the Associated Press: The re
ports of yellow fever and suspicious
cases existing in this city and recently
published are without foundation,
i nere has been no yellow fever in
Norfolk, Portsmouth or Berkely and a
strict quarantine is in force against
infected points.
G. F. NEWBILL,
President Board of Health.
J. F. WELCH. M. D., Quarantine
Officer.
Troops to He Withdriwn.
CLEVELAND, O., Aug. 7.—It is an
nounced that all the military will be
withdrawn from Cleveland perhaps be
fore tonight. Yesterday was one of
the quietest days since the beginning
of the strike. Violence has ceased en
tirely and there is no apprehension of
a fresh outbreak. The action of the
merchants in declaring their purpose
to resist the boycott has already had
its effect.
Cubans Crowd into Santiago.
SANTIAGO DE CUBA, Aug. 7.—
There are nearly 5,000 Cuban soldiers
in town expecting to be paid here to
day. The remainder of the Cuban
troops in the province of Santiago will
be paid at the towns of San Luis,
Cristo, Songo and El Caney. Colnel
Moale, on the United States transport
Ingalls, arrived yestterday wih the
money.
Defers Jcwlfh Colonization.
LONDON, Aug. 7.—According to a
dispatch to the Daily Mail from Berlin
at a meeting of prominent Hebrews
held there yesterday to discuss the
plan proposed by American Hebrews
to buy the island of Cyprus in the
Mediterranean for Jewish colonization,
it was decided to collect further infor
mation before proceeding in the mat
ter.
Pennsylvnnla Troops to Visit Chicago.
CHICAGO, Aug. 7—Colonel J. B.
Sanborn of the First regiment of the
Illinois National guard has invited the
Tenth Pennsylvania regiment on be
half of the Chicago regiments of the
Illinois National guard to stop at Chi
cago on August 30. It is understood
the Pennsylvania regiment is willing to
parade in Chicago after being mus
tered out at San Francisco.
Bicyclist Arrives.
CHICAGO, Aug. 7.—Albert V. Roe,
the one-armed Postal Telegraph mes
senger, who is riding a bicycle from
New York to San Francisco, arrived in
Chicago yesterday considerable ahead
of his schedule. He will resume his
journey west in the morning.
Port of San Tuac Opened.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 7.—United
States Minister Conger reports to the
state department from Peking that he
has received official notice of the for
mal opening to foreign trade of the
port of San Tuac, In the province of
Fukien.
IT COSTS 35 MILLIONS.
An Enormoni 8am Spent In Keballdlng
and Ke-eqolpping the B. A O. K. R,
The receivership of the Baltimore
and Ohio railroad, which has Just come
to a close, was remarkable in many
ways. Messrs. Cowen and Murray did
not follow precedent, but went ahead
and placed the property in first-class
shape, instead of attempting to main
tain it in the condition that they found
it. Of course the receivers were up
held by a majority of the security hold
ers and the court, but the Baltimore
and Ohio receivership marked an epoch
in such affairs that will be historical.
The vast sums expended were put out
in ’96 and ’97, when trade was at a low
ebb and money scarce. During their
administration the receivers purchased
15,350 box cars, 6,751 wooden gondola
cars, 6,000 pressed steel cars, 310 mis
cellaneous freight cars, postal, express
and dining car equipment, at a total
cost of $17,000,000. The 216 locomotives
cost nearly two and one-half millions.
The steel rail purchased amounted to
123,010 tons, costing $2,142,152, and
there were bought over 3,000,000 cross
ties, costing $1,200,000, and 750,000
cubic yards of ballast amounting to
$525,000. The new steel bridges aggre
gate in value $750,000, and fully as
much more was spent in improving the
several terminals, erecting new build
ings, reducing grades and changing the
alignment. The maintenance of way
payrolls, or the amount paid directly
to men employed in making improve
ments on the tracks, etc., in three
years was nearly twelve millions of
dollars. The total amounts to about
$35,000,000, of which about $15,000,000
were secured by the issuance of receiv
ers’ certificates and the balance
through car trusts, earnings from the
property and from the reorganization
managers. Most of the purchases of
equipment and rail were made when
material was low in price and manu
facturing concerns were in great need
of orders to keep their plants in op
eration. Steel rails are worth now from
$6 to $9 a ton more than when the re
ceivers made their purchases, and lo
comotives have advanced from $2,000
to $30,000 in price. The equipment
alone, if purchased today, would cost
$5,000,000 more and the other improve
ments $1,000,000 more. President Cow
en is authority for the statement that
the new company intends spending
$10,000,000 more in improvements in
the next year or two.
When a girl refuses a common place
man he often goes away and gets to be
somebody just for spite.
The lSattleUeld Route.
The veterans of ’61 and ’66 ana
their friends who are going to attend
the thirty-third G. A. R. annual en
campment at Philadelphia in Septem
ber could not select a better nor more
historic route than the Big Four and
Chesapeake & Ohio, with splendid
service from Chicago, Peoria and St.
Louis on the Big Four, all connecting
at Indianapolis or Cincinnati, and
thence over the picturesque Chesa
peake & Ohio, along the Ohio river to
Huntington, W. Va.; thence through
the foothills of the Alleghanies over
the mountains, through the famous
springs region of Virginia to Staunton,
Va., between which point and Wash
ington are many of the most promi
nent battlefields—Waynesboro, Gor
donsville, Cedar Mountain, Rappa
hannock, Kettle Run, Manassas, Bull
Run, Fairfax and a score of others
nearly as prominent. Washington is
next, and thence via the Pennsylvania
Line direct to Philadelphia. There
will be three rates in effect for this
business—first, continuous passage,
with no stop-over privilege; second,
going and coming same route, with
one stop-over in each direction;
third, circuitous route, going one way
and back another, with one stop-over
in each direction. For full informa
tion as to routes, rates, etc., address
J. C. Tucker, G. N. A., 234 Clark
street, Chicago.
A genius is a person who can make
lemonade just sweet enough and just
sour enough for everybody in the
family.
A few years ago hard times mad®
the Western farmer deny himself
everything save the barest necessities
of life. Then came the great crop
year of 1897 and with it a story. A
Nebraska farmer carried a mortgage
of $4,200 on his property and it was
a burden hard to contend with. The
wheat crop in ’97 was enormous and
prices were high. He appeared at the
bank shortly after harvest, pulled out
$4,000 and asked for a loan of $200 to
enable him to cancel the mortgage
note. The banker, who held the note,
urged him not to bother about it, but
go and buy cattle with his $4,000, feed
his corn crop and in that way get the
maximum for his product. ‘‘No, sir;”
replied the farmer, ‘‘I want to pay
that note now. Then when I harvest
the corn crop I’m goin’ to pay you back
that $200 I just borrowed, and then
do you know what I’m going to do?”
and his honest face beamed all over
with pleasure. “I’m going to buy a
buggy!” This little incident tells the
story of thousands of others out in
Nebraska, and the fact that during the
past six months one concern (The
Stover Carriage Company of Chicago)
have shipped to one firm in Omaha
alone one hundred and thirty carloads
of buggies and carriages, averaging
about 22 to the car, makes It very evi
dent that prosperity is with Nebraska.
It is a wonderful state with great re
sources, and the crops of the past few
years have put Nebraska farmers in
an enviable position.
Any girl who refuses a sparkling
diamond engagement ring must be
stone blind.
The reckless balloonist is apt to take
one drop too much.
The Illinois Central is constructing
a freight car yard at New Orleans
which will have twenty-eight miles of
tracks and will hold 3,000 cars. The
yard is being so arranged that cars can
be distributed from the receiving point
to any other point by gravity. This
will save an immense expert for
switching cars in.
"Yes,” said the excited man, "he
tried to act the hog and treat me like
a dog. but I soon showed him he was
playing horse with the wrong man
when he monkeyed with me!"—Indi
anapolis Journal.