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An accurate account was made one
Bay by F. T. H. Bacon, superintendent
of the Park Row Syndicate building,
one of the most conspicuous of the
New York skyscrapers, of every person
Who entered the elevators In that edi
fice. It was a simple matter to sta
tion guards at every entrance to the
building and give each person enter
ing a ticket, which ticket was taken
VP by the elevator drivers. At tho close
of the day these tickets were counted
ond It was found that something more
than 60,000 persons had ridden on the
elevators that day. This Is said to
exceed the number of fares collected
by the entire street car system of
Jiashvlle, Tenn., In a single day.
i" “An amusing scene was witnessed In
the Fourth magistrate's court yester
day," says the Straits Times of Sin
gapore. “A Javanese was arraigned on
a charge of theft. As the man entered
the dock, he threw on the ground a
ben's egg and then commenced to chew
some 'sereh.' This was supposed to
■work a spell on the magistrate arid
cause him to discharge the accused.
Unfortunately for the schemes of the
Javanese, he was seen by the Malay
constable In charge of him. This Ma
lay seized the Javanese by the throat
and choked him until he spat up the
*Bereh’ and so broke the spell. Tire
case was postponed."
Why Is tho word “tar" a synonym
for "sailor?’’ Some dictionaries say
that the allusion Is to tho seaman’s
tarry hands and clothes—tho "saviour
of tar" of Stephano's song Is "The
Tempest.” Burns uses "tarrybreeks” as
equivalent to “sailor.” But it Is re
garded as much more probable that
“tar" Is short for "tarpaulin," slnca
Clarendon and other writers colloqui
ally use "tarpaulin” to signify a sea
man. Of course, this ultimately gets
back to tar, a tarpaulin being a tarred
“palling," or covering (the same word
as "pall"). __
Gossip has It that the Indebtedness
of a royal bankrupt. Archduchess Clo
tllde of Austria-Hungary, the grand
daughter of Louis Philippe, will cause
heavy losses to groat linns of Jewelers,
milliners, costumers and money lend
ers of Paris, who say that tho arch
duchess must have knoy.n years ago
that her Investments at Buda-Pesth
Would be a dead loss. She owes $2,
000,000. The only hope of the cred
itors Is that Francis Joseph will pay
the foreign creditors rather than let
the scandal grow.
On a recent journey from Alexan
dria to the oasis of Slwa, the Khedive
of Egypt was escorted by eight Egyp
tlon officers, eighty-five soldiers, one
coachman, seven grooms, three cooks,
four servants, two tent pitchers, one
farrier, five eamelmen, ten camel driv
ers, four guides and sixty-five Dedouln
camel drivers. There were forty-four
horses, thirty-two dromedaries and
twenty-five camels for his highness’
personal service and 246 camels sup
plied by Bedouins for transport serv- ,
Ice.
John Sharp Williams, congressman
from Mississippi, is ustoundlngly ab
sent minded. He promised to dine re
cently with Representative Sibley.
When his memory was jogged he began
making toilet articles describe llo
garth’B lines of beauty. After getting
dressed he turned to his secretary and
asked: "How do I look? Now, how's
that?” "Fine, fine!” admiringly re
marked that young person, "but, really
I think you would look a bit better if
you should wear trousers tonight."
There is an Increasing tendency on
the part of large consumers of water
In London to draw on the water reser
voirs In the lower geological strata be
neath the capital rather than be In
debted to companies for their water
■upply. The lateBt Institution to show
Its independence in this fashion Is
Clements' Inn, where, not twenty yards
from the Strand, an artesian well has
Just been tapped, after three months'
boring, at a depth of 350 feet.
The South Wales Daily Mall has had
■everal articles of late that aim to
■urn up the results of the great revival
In the principality. While there Is ac
knowledgment that all the converts
have not endured, yet It is stated as
beyond doubt that the great religious
awakening has touched the whole cir
cle of the life of the people for good.
The total number of converts is conser
vatively estimated at 90,000.
Earlier than any known paintings,
■ome tapestry discovered recently at
Deir-el-Baharl, near Thebes, Is among
the oldest specimens of the prehistoric
drawings on the bones of extinct ani
mals by the river drift men, which, of
course, are incomparatively older. But
these paintings represent the period In
which the art of Egypt was at Its ze
nith, the eighteenth dynasty, and con
sequently date back about 3,500 years.
Cecil Rhodes’ tomb in the Matoppo
hills. South Africa, has been desecrat
ed by curiosity seekers. This advertise
ment appeared recently In the Quebec
Dally Telegraph: "For Sale—A piece
of stone from slab covering grave of
the Hon. Cecil John Rhodes, in the Ma
toppo hills, Southern Rhodesia, South
Africa. An opportunity for curio col
lectors. Apply D., this office."
It was stated recently In the relchs
tag with reference to German New
Guinea that out of a total European
population of 466 there were 174 mis
sionaries, and that for every two farm
ers there was a German officer. This
meant that every farmer there cost
Germany $5,500 a year. The speaker
remarked that it would be cheaper to
bring the farmers home and give them
pensions. _
Unslaked lime Is useful In preventing
rust because of its extraordinary capa
city for absorbing moisture. Some care
ful workman who take pains that their
tools shall always be in the best condi
tion, make a practice of keeping a piece
of lime in their tool boxes to absorb
any moisture which might otherwise
cause rust.
A woman canvasser in a recent Brit
ish election campaign asked a laborer
whether he was in favor of protection,
and he replied by inquiring what it was.
The question embarrassed the woman
somewhat. She replied: ‘‘I can not go
Into precise details at the moment, but
It is a subject of vital importance to
all who care for wild birds.”
In Colusa county, California, recent
ly, Miss Florence Berker ran against
her father. P. F. Berker, the incum
bent, for the office of school trustee,
and heat him after a hot campaign.
She did it because she had heard her
father Intended to oust a female teach
er who was a friend of hers.
The young king of Spain is an expert
In the use of the sword. When a child
he practiced with wooden swords with
the young nobles of his court. His
marvelous ability was even then notic
able, and he is now considered one of
the most expert of the royal fencers
ot Europe.
OMAHA RECTOR TAKES
ISSUE WITH BISHOP
Episcopal Churchman Does Not
Believe in the Desecration
of the Sabbath.
RECTOR IS TOO LIBERAL
Omaha Minister Says It Is all Right
To Play Golf or Go Automo
bile Riding on Sun
day.
Omaha, Neb., May 22.—On the ques
tion of Sunday amusements, Rev. T. J
Mackay, rector of All Saints church
and the oldest Episcopal minister ir
Omaha, takes_ direct issue with Bishop
Worthington,"the head of the diocese.
In a letter from New York, where
he is compelled to reside on account ol
his health, read at the meeting of the
diocesan council, Bishop Worthington
said In reference to this topic:
•'It would appear that the command
ment of God, 'Hallow My Sabbaths,’ is
understood even by so-called Chris
tians to mean, 'Swing the golf sticks,
test the speed of your automobile, in
vite your fashionable acquaintances tc
your elaborately furnished tables, for
getting t licit your man servant and
your maid servant shall rest on this
Lord’s day as well as thou.’ ”
Answering this letter of the bishop
which clearly referred to recent utter
ances of Rector Mackay, the latter hat
this to say:
"This Is the bishop’s private profes
sional opinion, to which he Is just at
much entitled as Is the rector of All
Balnts church to his. The old theor;
of teaching children to observe th<
Lord’s day by tying them to a bee
I post and making them sing, ‘I Want tc
I Be an Angel,’ is obsolete and the old
•Sunday observance will hardly be re
vived in tills country. A certain por
tion of the day should be devoted to the
service of God in His house of wor
ship, but I hold that the rest of the day
can be properly spent at golf or other
rational recreation. What we want is
to make the Lord’s day a day of de
light, a day of wholesome recreation
and one of total abstinence from all
kinds of work. Personally, I should be
in favor of closing all places of busi
ness on the Lord’s day, including the
postofflee. But that does not conflict
with the idea of a rational amusement.
The command Is to abstain from all un
necessary labor—not from recreation.
If conducted in the proper spirit.”
Banker Seeks Dog
Catcher s Job
Omaha, Neb., May 21.—This city is to
have the ‘‘swellest’* dog catcher of any
town In the world. He is a nephew of a
United States senator, a bank cashier, a
leader in high society and worth a million.
Alfred Millard, cashier of the United
States National bank of Omaha and
nephew of United State Senator Millard
of Nebraska, is an applicant for the place
of dog catcher, or city "poundmaster,” as
the place is officially known. As soon as
the newly elected city officials are sworn
In Mr. Millard will make a formal aplica
tion for the "Job.”
Millard does not expect to do the actual
work of catching dogs. Ho expects to em
ploy assistants to do that part. But he
does expect to oversee these assistants
and to see that the work is done right, and
x.i—.. ..
Nr Alfred Milla-rd. ,J8
that tf a dog must be killed the job will bo
ilone with as much kindness toward tilt
dog as is possible.
“It means that the office will he run fot
the good of the dogs, and not for the in
dividual benefit of the officeholder," says
Mayor Zimman, urging Mr. Millard fot
the position.
Mr. Millard Is president of the Nebraska
Humane society and treasurer of the na
tional organisation, and it Is to further
the aims of the humane societies that he
has' asked to be appointed to the compara
tively ignoble position of city dogcateher
i Mr. Millard has already done much fot
the dogs of Omaha. He was at the head
of a movement which gave, the city the
finest dog pound In the country, the struc
ture being built on the lines of a Greek
temple and having a mortuary ehambet
where the animals could be quickly killed
by gas.
SKELETON FOUND IN FIELD.
Grewsome Find by Nebraska Farmer
While Plowing.
Franklin. Neb., May 22.—John Dun
nfon, a farmer living about three miles
southeast of this place, while plowing,
unearthed the bones of a man that had
been burled about live years. By the
teeth It appeared that he was about 61
years old. It is p-enerally thought that
the remains are those of Hans Holver
son, who disappeared about a month
before the brutal murder of A. B.
Krischbaum, for which Tooman Is now
serving a life sentence at Lincoln. The
Dunafon farm is but a short distance
from where Tooman and Cole were
farming, and is in the same neighbor
hood where Krischbaum lived. The body
could not have beta burled over fifteen
Inches deep, and it seems strange' that
it has not been discovered before, as
the land has been farmed every year
At ihe time of the Krischbaum nutrde?
tt was thought that the same party,
who had killed him hud made away
I with Holverson, and finding thi3 skei
i . ton under these circumstances goet
I to prove the supposition well founded
| Mr. Holverson owned tt good farm ant
1 hud a considerable amount of money
l it is hoped some positive evidence will
I be found. The sheriff has the maltei
! In his hands, and tt thorough investi
I Ration will be made. Martha Hanson
! of liUoor.T- glott, if a sist'r of Mr. Hoi
veraon.
NEW ELECTRIC ROAD.
Western Nebraska to Be Given Betta*
Transportation Facilities.
Chadron, Neb., May 18.—The plana
lor an electric railroad between Bel
mont In Dawes county and Hay Spring*
In Sheridan county, Nebraska, are prac
tically consummated and the fertile
tract of country comprising about oa f
'of the county of Dawes will be tribu
tary to it. This section just south of
the Black Hills and west of the Ne
braska sand hills is a good farming
country and is a good producer of grain,
corn, potatoes and cattle, but the farm
ers have to send their products from
ten to thirty miles to railroad shipping
points.
The farmers and stockmen of this
section, headed by W. S. McGannon, J.
M. Cain and C. H. Bisping, are pushing
the project and yesterday these three
men were in Hay Springs to complete
the fund they have raised by subscrip
tion for the purpose of securing repre
sentatives of the Des Moines Central
Railway company to look over the
ground preparatory to making a pre
liminary survey.
Mr. McGannon expresses himself as
well satisfied with the progress made
so far, and asserts that this road will
deflect a large amount of freight from
the Burlington and Omaha to the
Northwestern and Sioux City. He says
that the stockmen of northwestern Ne
braska are favorably disposed toward
Sioux City and all they want Is a
more direct connection and are hoping
for an extension from Newcastle west
to connect with the Black Hills line
of the Northwestern.
ASSESSMENT NOT RAISED
Xttempt to Raise Taxes of Nebraska
Railroads Is Foiled.
Lincoln, Neb., May 17.—Three members
of the state board of assessment, Secre
tary of State Galusha. Auditor Searle and
Land Commissioner Baton, refused today,
to Increase the assessment of the North
western railroad from $11,250 to $3,500 a mile
as urged and supported by Governor
Mickey and Treasurer Mortenson who,
pointed out that the returns of the road
Justified an Increase. The other three ad
vanced no reason for their stand.
They were nominated two years ago by
a combination engineered by the North
western.
This action Is taken to mean that there
vlll be no increase In any of the roads.
NEW K. C. LODGE.
Knights of Columbus to Organize at
Chadron, Neb.
Chadron, Neb., May 18.—A council of
the Knights of Columbus will be In
itiated at Chadron, Neb., Sunday, May
27, by Arthur L. Mullen, of O'Neill,
Neb., district organizer for the Knights
of Columbus for northern Nebraska.
Wm. Chisholm was elected grand
knight. J. B. Hasburgh deputy grand
knight. Bruce Hamilton financial secre
tary, J. W. Finnigan treasurer. Rev.
Father Barry was appointed chaplain.
A large delegation of knights Is ex
pected from Deadwood, Alliance and
O’Neill. A special train will be run
from O’Neill to Chadron for the ac
commodation of vistlng knights. Aft
er the Initiation work colses a banquet
Will be given at the Blaine hotel.
ENTERTAINS BANKERS.
Money Lenders Guests of Honor at
Banquet at Long Pine.
Long Pine, Neb., May 18.—W. A.
Bucklin, cashier of a local bank and
secretary of Group No. 6 of the Ne
braska Bankers’ association, enter
tained the money lenders of this section
of the state at a banquet at the Upstil
hotel In Long Pine. The meeting was
well attended and was voted by all at
tending bankers the most successful
meeting in years. J. L. Davidson, a
prominent local lawyer and politician,
vas the principal speaker.
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CHADRON IS FIRST.
Chadron, Neb., May 16.—The official
of the railroad Y. M. C. A. here are
feeling in a self congratulatory mood
over tlje fact that the Chadron asso
ciation stands first in membership on
the list of railroad Y. M. C. A.’s on the
Northwestern system. They have a
membership of 450. while Milwaukee Is
second, with 389, and Chicago third.
There are seven others besides these on
the Northwestern, Including St. Paul,
Minn., and Boone. Ia. Chadron is
probably the smallest town of all but
the railroad population Is "very large hi
proportion.
HANGED TWICE
WOMAN SURVIVES
Triad by This Means to Compel Her
to. Name Conspirators in Hus
band’s Murder.
Okolona, Miss., May 16 —Mrs. Mattie
McIntosh, a white woman, who was re
cently arrested charged with complicity In
the murder of her husband, and who gave
bond has reported to the officers at Oko
lona, that Sunday night a number of men
visited her house, took her to a tree and
threatened to hang her unless she revealed
her alleged accomplices In the murder.
Mrs. McIntosh declined to talk, where
upon she was strung up for several sec
onds. Upon being lowered to the ground
she still refused to answer questions, and
was, ehu declares, strung up a second
time.
>< hen the rope was taken from her neck
she heard her assailants announce that she
was dead Her body was carried Into tho
woods and left there. She revived and Im
mediately came here to tell her story.
Philadelphia, Pa.—Brought from tho
Pacific coast to this city to be operated
oi>on for throat trouble, Chicantta, a York
shire terrier, has been restored to health.
The mistress of the dog Is Mrs. Isabelle
Adams, Seattle, Wash. She thinks so
much of It that she has an entire gold
service upon which to serve meals to the
dog. It cost Mrs. Adams 5000 to stive the
lite of her dog.
Paris.—Two young girls, named
Oesarlne Tosselll and Lucy Bosso,
! committed suicide this week on the rail
way line outside Ni„' because they
! were both In love wan the same man.
i They were fast friends, and they left
a letter stating that they preferred to
die together rather than one of them
1 should make the other unhappy for
: life. ^ _
1 Des Moines, la.—A baby which lives
In three nationalities every twenty-four
hours is a curiosity in Des Mollies. It
Is Ell Rami, 14-mcnths-old son of Count
Natho who married an American girl
in Qunlcy, 111., three years ago. It Is
the first baby of Hindoo parentage ever
horn in America. When the little fel
; low awakens at sunrise he Is a pretty
pink, fair complexloned boy. At noon
he commences to slowly change color,
' and within an hour is a dark ginger
color of his princely ancestors. At night
the little fellow sinks Into a slumber
and becomes an alabaster white. The
mixture of bloods is n ;•! to be account- I
abit for the strange phenomena.
A DRUNKEN REVELRY '
ENDS IN A TRAGEDY;
Deputy City Marshal Moss, c‘
Crawford, Shot Dead by a
Colored S«ldier.
MURDER WAS THE CLIMAX
Several Members of Troop B, of Fort
Robinson, Had Been in a Fierce
Drunken Orgie and All
Wanted to Fight.
Crawford, Neb., May 17.—A row, be
gun in the red light district by colored
soldiers, ended in a tragedy, when Art
Moss, deputy city marshal, was shot
dead by one of the troopers.
Several members of Troop B, of Fort
Kobinson, had been drunk and quar
reling. Toward evening on Sunday
the disturbance became more pro
nounced and Marshal Moss was sent
to restore quiet.
He entered one place, and had bare
ly crossed the threshold when Ser
geant Reed whipped out a heavy cav
alry gun and fired, shooting the mar
shal through the heart. He dropped
in his tracks and the soldier fled.
A posse of citizens was formed and
surrounded the place where the shoot
ing occurred. The house was thor
oughly searched and Reed finally dis
covered secreted in the garret. He was
safely lodged in Jail, but excitement
is running high and threats of lynch
ing are being made.
Trouble is feared, as Moss was held
in high esteem here. He was 30 years
old and was born and grew to man
hood here.
SOLDIERS IN FIGHT;
FOUR ARE KILLED
White and Negro Regulars In Deadly
Riots—Lynching Was
T ried.
Crawford, Neb., May 17.—Four are
now dead in the riots between white
men and negro soldiers from Fort Rob
inson. William Murphy, white, was
killed at midnight by a squad of sol
diers guarding the jail. Murphy, with
others, tried to form a lynching party
to gain possession of a negro soldier
vho killed Arthur Moss, night watch
nan.
DROWNED IN DITCH.
Temple Rice, Fishing in Combinatio.
Channel, Meets Fatal Accident,
Tekumah, Neb., May 17.—Temple
Rice, the 13-year-old son of A. K.
Rice, of this city, was drowned in the
Combination ditch near here.
Temple, in company with three other
boys, went down to the ditch fishing
and remained late. His brother went
down to see if ho could find him, but
could find nothing but his fishpole and
fish on the bridge and his saddle pony
tied near by.
As soon us his brother reached town
over a hundred people went to drag
the ditch and found the body about fif
teen feet from the bridge, in about
four feet of water.
The place was Investigated, and the
supposition is that he was getting
ready to go home, and after dressing
the fish he went down on the bank to
wash his hands and the bank caved
in with him, and as the bank is straight
ip and down for at least four feet it
vas impossible for him to get out.
SHOCKING TESTIMONY.
Governor Mickey Hearing Complaint
Against Norfolk Officials.
Lincoln, Neb., May 17.—Revolting and
shocking was the testimony and com
plaints which Governor Mickey heard
last night in the hearing of Dr. J. M.
Allen, superintendent of the Norfolk
asylum, and his assistant Dr. Nichol
son. These officials were removed a
short time ago.
The complainants accuse the officials
of gross mismanagement. It Is alleged
that Milton Shockley and John Prosser,
aged patients, were killed by assaults
of guards. Patient Davis, it Is charged,
was assaulted and died soon after
wards. Other patients were injured, it
is alleged. It is charged that the insti
tution was mismanaged and the out
rages concealed from the governor by
misleading reports.
EX-AUDITOR DIES.
John Francis Cornell Expires at Vf.r
don.
Verdon, Nob., Slay 15.—John Francis
Cornell, for four years auditor of pub
lic* accounts of the state of Nebraska
and fifty years a farmer on the same
section of land in Richardson county,
died here at his home. A widow and
four daughters, Helen, Eunice and
Vashti Cornell and Mrs. J. R. Mickel,
survive him. Mr. Cornell was first
elected auditor in 1896 when Governor
Holcomb served his last term. A year,
ago he was stricken with paralysis.
Charges were made against him in
the manner of the conduct of the In
surance department. An investigation
lasting forty days was held which re
sulted in establishing his innocence of
wrong doing.
Mr. Cornell was re-elected auditor in
189.'!.
A NAIL IN HIS THROAT.
Carpenter of Cairo, Near Grand Island.
Suffers Curious Accident.
Grand Island, Neb., May 15.—W. D.
Billis, a carpenter of Cairo, while at.
work had a shingle nail caught in his
throat. He was shingling and in taking
a mouth full of nails one went down
his throat. Physicians could do noth
ing to relieve his condition and he was
taken to Wood River and later to this
city. The doctors were unable to get
the nail out with instruments though
having bold of it several times, as the
nail appears to be Imbedded in tissues.
He was taken to the hospital where
they operated on his throat in order
to get at the position of the nail. They
then found that the young man, who
Is 24 years of age, had swallowed the
nail.
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LINCOLN ELOPERS WED.
Denver, Colo., May 15.—At 12:05
o'clock in the morning Harold Maitland
of Lincoln, Neb., called up the marriage
license clerk and induced her to go to
toe court house and issue him a license
to marry Miss Francis O'Malley, also of
Lincoln. Half an hour later a sleepy,
justice united the couple.
They had eloped from Lincoln. After
Maitland dropped his coin in the tele
phone for the licence clerk call he
found It was a $5 gold piece and fran
tically begyvd "centra*" to recover it
far him.
CZAR SNUBS DOUMA.
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' He Refuses to Receive a Deputation,
a.ic a Rupture Is
imyiinent.
St. Petersburg, May 22.—-A bomb has
been thrown into the parliamentary
camp by a note received by President
MouromtsefT, of the lower house, from
Peterhof, which, instead of making
an appointment for an audience at
which he and the deputation could
present the address in reply to the
speech from the throne, contained the
information that Emperor Nicholas
would not receive the deputation and
that the address must be presented
through the ministry of the court.
Disconcerted utterly at this unex
pected development, the leaders of the
majority in the house hastily sum
moned a caucus of the constitutional
democratic deputies. President Mou
romtseff, instead of sending the ad
dress to Baron Fredericks, minister of
the imperial house, immediately issued
a call for a meeting of parliament at
which he will report the occurrence and
ask for further instructions. A most
heated meeting is In prospect.
An interesting constitutional point is
involved in the refusal of a personal
audience by the emperor. According
to parliamentary law "the president
submits to the consideration of the em
peror the transactions of the lower
house,” but it is not stated whether
he does so personally, and a deputa
tion is nowhere authorized.
The Associated Press is informed by
a member of the ministry that Em
peror Nicholas was willing to receive
President MouromtsefT, but that the
action of the house in appointing a
delegation to accompany him was con
sidered as a dangerous precedent
capable of being stretched to include
a deputation of any size—even the
whole membership of the house.
This minister intimated that if the
leaders of the house desired to avoid
a rupture they could do so either by
accepting the instructions to present
the address through the ministry of
the court as a proper and justifiable
matter of routine, or could, by keep
ing within the limits of the constitu
tional provision, direct the president
of the house to apply alone for an
audience. It wps pointed out that nd
distinction had been made between the
lower house and the council of the
empire and that the last named body
has also been Instructed to present its
address through the same channel.
President MouromtsefT has gone to
Peterhof to be presented to the em
press, who had no opportunity of meet
ing hint during the ceremonies there
Saturday. He did not see the emperor.
London, May 21.—The Tribune's St.
Petersburg correspondent claims that
he has obtained information of a plot
that has been elaborated at a large
meeting of military officers to surround
Ihe Tauride palace, arrest all the mem
bers of parliament and proclaim Gen
eral Trepoff military dictator in the
event of Emperor Nicholas failing to
abolish the parliament.
The Daily Telegraph's St. Petersburg
correspondent declares that the days
.of the Russian parliament are num
bered. He says:
"In the eyes of the court the parlia
ment Is already dead. The only ques
tion not solved is how and when to ar
range for a decent burial. My belief
Is that the crown will dissolve the par
liament, promulgate a narrow electoral
law’ and order new elections, which will
result in the return of its own par
tisans.”
SEASON CATCHES UP.
Backward Conditions on the Farm
Overcome—Trade Stimulated by
Good Weather.
New York, May 22.—R. G. Dun &
Co.'s Weekly Review of Trade says to
day:
Higher temperature accelerates the
movement of seasonable merchandise
and improves agricultural conditions,
except where the precipitation has been
insuiriclent. The season was somewhat
backward on the farms until this week,
but lost ground is being regained, al
though the scarcity of labor delays op
erations. CustoSnary quiet prevails in
certain lines that are between seasons,
and mercantile collections are still ir
regular, yet the future is regarded with ,
increasing confidence. Manufacturing
returns indicate few strikes and little
idle machinery, some sections of the
iron and steel industry having secured
contracts covering the output more
than a year ahead, and shipments of
footwear from Boston are surpassing j
all records, while the textile mills oper- !
ate freely, notwithstanding the high
prices for raw materials. Despite the
coal strike and interruption to freight j
handling at lower lake ports, railway
earnings for the first, week in May were
10.2 per cent, larger than in the corre
sponding week last year. Foreign com- |
merce in April surpassed the same
month in the preceding year both as to i
exports and imports, and it Is especial
ly gratifying to note the gain in ship
ments of manufactured products. At
this port for the last week imports
gained $4,321,929 and exports lost $1,280,
009 in comparison with last year's fig- j
ures.
Strength still prevails in the hide i
market, although large tanners are not
operating freely, but numerous small
orders make a good showing in the ag
gregate, and there is no evidence of
trading below full rates. Leather is
well maintained cn the whole.
Failures this week numbered 211 in
the United States, against 234 last year,
and 16 in Canada, compared with 11 a
year ago.
ADMIRAL MASON
EXPLODES A BOMB
Officer Says That Should War Break
Out Navy Is in Condition That
Would Lead to Disaster.
Washington. May 19.—"Should war
break out within the next few years
the conditions of the navy will be such
to lead to disaster,” is the statement
made by Rear Admiral Mason, chief of
the bureau of ordnance, in a statement
to the secretary of the navy, in calling
attention to the reduction in the es
timates of the bureau of ordnane?
made by the department ahd the house
committee on naval affairs.
Mason shows that more than $12,000
000 has been cut out of the estimates
and he describes the condition of the
bureau as "liitle short of desperate for
the coining year.” He sa>-; there is not
now and will not be any reserve am
munition available for any important
guns. It will be necessary probably to
discontinue target practice and new
ships must b< sent into commission
without ammunition or ordnance stores.
There will be no reserve guns, tor
pedoes, or reserve mines on hand, a*nd
range findeit. and money to buy them
are lacking
davitt is worse.
Famous Irishman Subject for Consul
ted! m cf Physicians.
Dublin Way 19.—Michael Davitt hns
suffered a relapse. A consultation of
physicians lias been called.
FINANCE CZAR
IN AMERICA
This Is Prediction of Senator
Bulkeley Before House
Committee.
WILL BE IN TWENTY YEARS
When Asked Who Will Be This Single
Man, Witness Did Not Reply—
Jealousy of Financiers Causes
Disturbance.
Washington, May 22.—Senator Bulk
eley, of Connecticut, who is president
of the Aetna Fire Insurance company,,
testifying before the house committee
on the judiciary, discussed the recent
Armstrong investigation and the in
surance irregularities brought out in,
that connection.
He said the irregularities did not
arise from the internal mismanagement
of the companies or from the personal
or official dishonesty of the officers,
but wholly from the jealousy of finan
ciers to get control of the vast funds
of these institutions.
The investigation and the legislation
which has grown out of it, instead of
bettering conditions, he said, would
produce a contrary effect. Instead of
having several great institutions, as
before, controlled by a divided respon
sibility, they had put the entire busi
ness into the hands of one man.
Financier’s Name Not Revealed.
“Who is that man?” aisked Repre
sentative De Armond.
Senator Bulkeley did not reply, and
there was not the slightest effort on,
the part of any member of the com
mittee to force him to reply. There
was silence in the room; then a gen
eral suppressed laughter. In the offi
cial record of the hearing no answer
to this question will appear,
i "Twenty years from now,” went on,
Senator Bulkeley, after the tension of
this incident had passed, ‘these great;
Insurance corporations existing today;
will own the major portion of the in-,
vestment securities of the country..
They will control absolutely the|
finances of the United States and of the;
world.”
Senator Bulkeley frankly admitted, lnl
answer to a question by Representa
tive De Armond, that he had con
tributed $5,000 of the funds of the
Aetna company to the McKinley cam
paign of 1896. He added that it might!
as well have been $20,000, that he
would have been justified in giving this!
amount.
"Do you think that action upon your1
part In contributing the trust funds ofl
your company to a campaign commit
tee either justifiable, honest or decent?”
questioned Mr. De Armond.
Justifies Contribution.
"I contend that every custodian of!
funds of this character,” replied the
Connecticut senator, “is justified and.'
within his rights when he takes that'
money and applies it to the protection
of the rights of the people. I contend;
that the election of Mr. Bryan would,
have been a calamity.”
This election of 1896 he placed on the
tame ground of public expedience in
which he justified his contribution of
$5,000 to the relief of the San Francisco
sufferers. He said he gave the money
the performance of his duty, as he
Uiought.
“This is a new philosophy of insur
ance of which I am glad to hear,” com
mented Mr. De Armond. “There are
jome people who get so powerful in the
financial world that they do not fear to
go in boldly where others would not
dare to go.”
The testimony was taken during the
hearings which are progressing on the
Ames bill for the regulation of insur
ance in the District of Columbia.
PRESS FOR MODEL
Bishop Fallows Urges That Pulpit
Should So Use It—Special
Prayer for Editors.
Philadelphia, May 22.—Minister^
were exhorted to take a lesson from
the modern newspaper by Bishop Sam
uel Fallows in a sermon delivered at
the Reformed Episcopal general coun
cil. The bishop said the press in some
respects had superseded the pulpit, and
now exercises many of the functions
which the pulpit has lost, and added:
"The preacher of today can learn many
valuable lessons from the modern
newspaper. He should emulate it and
‘catch its style. The ideal newspaper
articles are sharp, short, pungent and
to the point. The sermon should have
all of these characteristics.
"When the prayer book was first
compiled,” added the bishop, "journal
ism had scarcely begun its existence.
Hence no mention is made of editors
In the enumerated list of persons need
ing the prayers of the church. No re
vision ought to be deemed complete
which does not include them, for no
class requires more intercession of the
saints.”
Several propositions to revise or
amend the book of prayer were de
feated, and a motion to change the
form of the marriage ceremony alsc
was lost.
TRADERS PROTECTED.
'Manufacturers and Jobbers Cannot
Favor Any Special Dealers by
Favored Contracts.
Boston, May IS.—The constitutional
-lty of the state law for the protection
■ of traders was upheld in a decision by
the supreme court of Massachusetts,
rendered against the Continental To
: bacco company. The statute prohibit:!
the making of a contract which would
amount to unfair competition against
weak dealers. Its constitutionality was
questioned by an agent of the tobaccc
company who had been found guilty ol
feelling goods to certain tobacco Job
'bers on more favorable terms than to
other dealers, provided the jobber*
would deal exclusively with the Con
tinental company.
Indianapolis, May 19.—Judge Leath
ers of the superior court granted a
permanent Injunction against the Mer
chant Plumbers’ association, a master
plumbers' organization, and against
Knight & Jllson and the Central Sup
ply company, wholesale dealers in
plumbers' supplies, restraining them
from refusing to sell to Joseph Miller,
in independent plumber. Miller also
was awarded $1 damages. The suit
| was brought under the special statute
directed against any combinations by
dealers in restraint of trade.
| -.
SHUT DOWN ALL SUMMER.
| Indianapolis, May 19.—It was ex
plained today b the window glass
\ manufacturers of Indiana that the
plants will begin dosing down between
1 May 29 and June 10, to remain closed
Ctrl' the summer.