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TilE EYENKG TIMES TFASHDTGTON WEDNESDAY MARCH 6 1901

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Circulation Stutement

The circulation of The Times for the weekcnd l March 2 KOI was as followsSunday February 24 2S203-lU lav February 25 39033-luesdav February 33211-

V inesdav February 27 33470Thursday Fetexarv JS 3SJ12SFriday llarch 1 23621Saturday Mire S3iSI2

Total S363Daily average Ssrwfcy Ss303 c ccpt l 233S7

The Republics Lust StrongholdIn all probability the clotutc rule In

the Senate proposed by Semitor Flatt ofConnecticut will not be pressed to anissue at the present extraurdinary ses-sion of that body although in thispossibly ve may be mistaken Bo thatas it there is no reason to doubtthat Mr llanna and the financial and in-

dustrial trust interests of which h isthe political representative have fullydetermined to reduce the last strongholdof free government left to ua to thecondition of the House of Representa-tives

Should this conspiracy succeed it wouldbe easy for Mr Hanna to pass a Subsidyjob even one twice as bad as that whichfailed in the Fiftysixth Congressthrough both branches of the Legislature in a week or two after the in-troduction of a bill Ala he would findit quite feasible to force tire nation totake the Panama ditch off the hands ofthe Administration clique in New Yorkwhich now controls it and at a profit tothem and their Washington associates ofnfty or sixty million dollars In shortthere is nothing that might be desireliy the Hanna combination inr the way oflegislation that it could not get by themere issuance of an order to Messrs Al-

drlch and Fryer in the Senate andSpeaker Henderson in the House

The experience of the late session hastaught the trust leaders that they cannothope completely to subvert the popularinstitutions of the country and secure allpower to an executive Imperial and autocratic in its constitution without firstcrushing out the last vestige of independence the freedom of debate and the rightof free speech in the CapitoL But clo-

tnre frr the Senate would nearly accom-plish their designs though not fully asthere Is yet tie Supreme Court to becounted with That consideration however need riot and probably does notivuny uie imperialists They know thatwhen they have the legislative branchhelplessly at their mercy it will not bedifficult to doctor the judicial by increas-ing the number of Justices of the Su-

preme Ca rt sufficiently to make a safemajority of new appointees who naturally wo i A ue men recommended by thetrusts and monopolies as reliably sure tooo the bidding of the combination

During the recent Presidential campaign when any Democratic opinion thatwe were drifting toward government bya trust oligarchy was expressed the Republican press and tenders treated theIdea with acorn and vehemently dentedthat party purposes even squintedla such a direction The result of theelection snowed the masses of thepeoplfr believed them It Is doubtful ifthey could be as convincing now Hemust be a dense and unlettered Indi-

vidual who does not see the steady andprogressive destruction of one after another of our institutions The once im-

pertnnt and influential House of Representatives has ceased to be a quantityworth remembering In matters of legis-

lation It has become 4a thing entirelyperfunctory It loss what it is told toIt has no option but to obey the ordershanded down from the Hanna headquar-ters Should the Senate fall to the samelevel as immediately it would upon theadoption of a cloture rule then all leg-

islative power in effect would pass tothe executive branch of the Governmentto which Congress already has surrend-ered its rights and functions in the Philippine archipelago

There seenis to be a chuckling sense oftriumph among AdminsstratiQn men inthe Senate in that they think they havein the new Vice President a person readyand willing to resort to any revolutionaryor violent method which his party mas-

ters may demand of him It is hinted thatthey may ask him to take the bull by thehorns and force the cloture rule to avote by locking the doors of the Chamber calling the roll and counting Sena-tors whether they answer to their namesoc not The alleged project sounds HannaesQtie enough to be true Whether Mrliwosevelt would lend himself to so nefarkms an assault upon the personal rightsand liberties of Senators or not it Isquite impossible to say but it does notseem conceivable that he would Howeverif he were to pursae such a course it ishardly te be doubted that something un-pleasant would happen for which no prec Soat exists in the annals of the UnitedSuites Senate

International DiscourtesyThe mire we hear and read of the de

plorable incident at the Caaltol KI Mon-day ia which the Ambassadors and Min-isters of the great Powers were forced tostetad unprotected la a drenching rain thegreater appears the necessity for a refarm ta our official manners The dis-tinguished diplomats referred to werepresent at the cereroeay r the Inaugura-tion as tlie representatives ef friendlySovereigns and States They were therein their full official capacity and yet itis charged that they were not furnishedwith any American officer or functionaryto conduct them to their places or in anyway to see that they were made comfort-able The Administration contented itselfwith inviting them to be present and thenleft them to their own devices exactly asIt would have done in the case of a visitIns cotorad political club from Alexan-dria r Vkrkstourg

In tie case of the Ambassadors Itshould be remembered that internationalusage accords them everywhere exceptIce Washington exactly the courtesy andhover that would be shown to the Chiefsof the States they are accredited from

these potentates present The ques-tl n of the precedence to which they areentitled apparently has been lost in afog ef BiteundersLEinJing and fictionWlwtever might have been a correct so-

lution yrs ago when it was true inret as as in theory that the executi a legislative and judicial departmentsot r eeVernmeflt were equal and coortHMta and that hence the Senate ani-HotHse of Hepr 5Mitatises were refre-

H tAtKe f Nattonal sovereignty equallynit j the President such a position couldnt be taken now The I gistaiu-rxhl aC or is fast losing last vctrtir-o its coequality with the tsrcitvThe latter has demanded and rerrived thsurrender of the Ifgislauve row cf Con

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gress over our Asiatic Empire Under theInfluence of bad advice the President hasassumed superiority to the Constitutionin other places His station so far asIt concerns other nations and their repre-sentatives and agents is that not of thePresident of a Government in which forall constitutional purposes he only embodies the authority of one of three de-

partments but that of a PresidentEmperor a constitutional monarch withinthe component States of the Union andan autocrat in the American Colonial Em-

pireThis evolution in our institutional sys-

tem notoriously raises thePresident so farabovChis former coequals that it wouldha foolish ta ignore the fact or to attemptto gloss it over by a pretence that the Ex-

ecutive jwhat it was fifty years agoThen the Chief Magistrate was the servant of the people and of their chosenrepresentatives in Congress assembled

practically he is master of botheven though hia overlordship be exercisedIn obedience to a power behind the thronewhich officially need not bo exposed orrecognized

i rom this point of view it is plain to beseen that it is the duty of the PresidentEmperor to give precedence to the per-

sonal representatives of his brother sov-

ereigns ever all persons but himself Anexception might be made in favor of theVice President as heir apparent to thethrone but the justice of that reser-vation is open to doubt Th Vice President is more or loss under the Const itu-

tion and in virtue of his position is without imperial standing in the executivepossessions Considering the flatter atlarge we are compelled to conclude thatthe Ambassadors are right in claimingthe place next to the sovereign on all oc-

casions of ceremony and there is hardlyIt rip

them Why did we invite Great BritainGermany Russia Italy and Mexico tosend Ambassadors here if we didl not intend to treat thtm as diplomats o theirrank are treated everywhere elsethroughout civilization and as our ownAmbassadors are treated in their coun-

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It is no longer open to doubt that theBritish Government is about to reversethe traditions and practice of more titanhalf a century and in principle return tothe protective tariff system the demoli-tion of which two generations ago give

f Great Britain the commercial supremacyLot the world Just at present only therthln end of the wedge is to be driven inj A despatch from London today quotes aprominent member of the House of Com-mons as stating that the Chancellor ofthe Exchequer will probably introduce aduty on sugar in the forthcoming budgetand will perhaps add a countervailingduty Questioned on this purpose one

This serious departure Irma Englands bisturieprinciple of free trade ia under discussion but1 can say no more as the budget provisions arekept secret until announced ia Commons Tbemovement in favor of such a duty is due first tothe almost utter decay of Englands renning in-dustry second to careful study of the soccesrof American sugar under the pnssr system andthird to the necessity of tfcs Government toraise fluids by other means than iaereoiias thealready enormous direct taxation

An influential committee of the House ofCommons has for some tune been dealing withthe subject As a result of the ccnt eentiwerqrbetween Russia and the United States over sithis coninattee decided tor make tie raaiter otdebate in the louse of Coairaona n JI darMr James held member from Greenock thecentre of the sugar industry was appointed spokesman but at last moment MrBaifotir was ohu ud to cancel his eonswK Ixitause-

I time was needed for the debate on supplies

ilr Jamea Reid a leading English au-thority on matters connected with thesugar interest is equally convinced thatthe destruction of the refinIng industry Inthe United Kingdom through sue

i doss of American sugar under the pres-T tInt system and other competition fromI the bounty paying countries of Europe

ought to be arrested and that it canonly be arrested by the imposition of atariff Irt a newspaper Interview MrReid thus expressed himself

Yea a tax on sugar is practically protectionbut I see no way out of It Indeed the refin-ers of my constituency will not be Eatisfted with amere import duty that this will leavethen but little better off than before What wahope to get though I am a refute myself ia acountervailing duty which will nullify the boun-ties afforded by France Germany and BelgiumTreatyfive years ago there were fuortetn pros-perous refiners in Greeaock Sow there see only

I do not think a tax or countervailingduty will seriously affect American sugar It ischiefly aimed at the cheap beet sugars of the Con-tinent which thanks to the subsidy taxi undersell aaytlrtny pro lmed here

Tbe West India topic are seriously uTectedand are in t full weight of their in-

fluence The chief opposition comes from Englishconfectioters and other nstrs oJ cheap sugars butI do not think the Gerercrocat will allow therefining industry to die out itr the take of oneparticular breach of the trade

In case the ITnitcd State Gorcnunent shouldeubrstdize American bottoms I think their sugarcargoes would be dangerously near coming underour proposed countervailing duty We are firfrom desirous of embracing the whole Americanpolicy of protection but you have certainlytaught us a lesson regarding sugar and soas the Continent insists upon subsidizing sugarta ruin our industries vre are bound to retaliate

It will be noticed that the last para-graph of the foregoing quotation conveysa distinct warning that If this countryshould subsidize vessels carrying sugarthe act will be construed as the payingof a bounty to the Sngar Trust arid coun-

tervailing duties would be imposed Itappears that Secretary Gages tariff waragainst Russia has excited interest andanalytical study m the capitals of the OldWorld and has lea the British Govern-ment to study the basis of the wonderfulgrowth of the Havemeyer monopoly Like

other American trusts steel oil andso on the Sugar Trust with its practically unlimited power to make home con-

sumers recoup it for losses sustained inthe war of competition abroad is not regarded with any feeling of affection ore

the other side of the Atlantic The policyof the Democratic party to place trustproducts on the free list perhaps mightas well have been adopted by the Repub-licans since they are likely t se muchthe same thing accomplished by the sub-

jection of such commodities to prohibitiveduties by the commercial States ofEurope

Return to the protective system byOreat Britain even if at first it be confined to u few articles will mark a greatand almost revolutionary change in theeconomic doctrines and policy of thatcountry Nevertheless the Indications arethat the reversal has been finally decidedupon The London Times today editorfcilly discusses the adxisablllty of plac-ing a duty not only on sugar but on ce-

reals and all other agricultural producein view of the fact aa it states thattaxes wilt have to be doubled during thenext three years This utterance Is takento mean that Lord Salisburys Govern-ment Istiying to manufacture a public

In favor of protection in advance There Is yet a considerable com-mercial element In the Kingdom to whichfree trade is an economic religion andthe ministry may have trouble with itwhen the proposal shall be laid beforeParliament It will b interesting to-watclr the outcome

It Is understood that the British ForeignOffice Is preparing a note to title Govern-ment In which Jhe Senate amendments tothe HayPauaeefote Treaty will be discussed and some proposal or suggestionmade relative to the negotiation af a newconvention This movement is most

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ter how obnoxirms to American publicopinion it might be could be jammedthrough the Senate next winter The rea-

sons for such a belief are too well knownto require elucidation Possibly the Administration may be right The power ofCongress or of the Senate to protect theinterests or the domain of the countryfrom surrender to foreign powers whomthe oligarchy may wish to favor is rapidly vanishing anti in another year maybecome negligible

Chinese Court honors and officialto one of the most open and im-

pudent o the Boxer leaders in the per-son of Yu ting Ling has beenrestored to the Governorship of Hupelu-atlmonlshes us that the Empress Dowager

Great IJritairt and Germany may be correct in believing that the withdrawal ofthe allied military forces from the Em-pire at present or in the near futurewould be premature Chinese duplicityand bad faith may not leave been

yet by a good deal

The scene in the British House of Com-mons last night when the police were

leaned in and dragged out a dozen ofstruggling kicking fighting Irish meatbore who were obstructing the

must have been truly edifying OurBritish cousins never have been sparing

Jin their criticisms of American legislativeindecorum and disorder but we do not

i recall anything quite so sensational In thet history of Congress or In that of ourFtate Legislatures quite as gaudy as thespectacle of honorable gentlemen fromanywhere in the act of being draggedout of their seats and from the premises

tby their legs Still wa should not be toojj caustic If there should be an attemptto carry out what is said to be the Hanna

to discipline the minority in the Seajatt and torte it to be present while thefew remaining liberties of the body are

voted away we may have reason to conshier the House of Commons incident a

tame and bloodless affair

PBOTECTIOIT FOR S-

3rarylnna University Faculty Acts onthe Hazing Case

BALTIMORE March G Henry Selectmin the medical student whose seriousobjection to being hazed developed sucha spirit of hostility toward him on thepart of Ms fellowstudents of the Maryland University School of Medicine Lom-bard and Greene Streets that he wascompelled to remain away from the schoolduring the past week can now resumehis studies with the assurance that hewin be given ample protection by the fac-ulty

The hazing of Mr Selectman and thesubsequent developments including thejeering and hanging In effigy of JusticePoe were tally discussed at the monthlymeeting of the faculty of physic whichwas held last night In school build-ing Beside taking a decided staredagainst hazing in general the faculty letstructed Dr Dorsey Coale the dean twrite to Mr Schurman and invite him to

j resume his studies with thej that the faculty win guarantee himi the protection which he may need in thepursuit of his studies

With regard to hazing In general thefaculty adopted the following preambleend resolutions

Whereas ii has come to the notice ofthe faculty of physic that hazing hasbeen practiced on members of the fresh-man class therefore be it resolved by thefaculty

First That the faculty of physic forbids the practice ahsolutely

Second The dean is authorized to sus-pend any students whom he may find gull

j ty cf maltreating molesting or In anyway Interfering with any other student In

i pursuit of his studies and also to reporthim to the faculty for further action

Third That these resolutions shall gointo effect at once and the deanisherebyInstructed to notify the presidents of thevarious classes in writing 6f this rulingof the faculty and to post a copy of timsame on the bulletin board

The meeting was held behind closeddoors but it is understood that the hazingof Mr Scburmart and the developmentswhich were the outgrowth of It absorbedthe attention of thensur and a half

Mr Schurman had requested Dr Randolph Winslow to present his case to thefacultyDean Coale and Dr Winslow after themeeting expressed the hope that the adoptins of the resolutions which will be car-

ried out to the letter will oust the disturbances and that nothing more will be heardj of the incident Mr Schurmanis disposed to forgive the indignities towhich he has been subjected and nowthat the faculty has promised him ampleprotection says he wilt perhaps in a dayor two resume his studies He says heis ready to go ahead and prepare himselfto take the final examinations

POBTO RICAN SCHOOL DESIGNS

Awards Made at the University otPennsylvania

PHIADELPHIA March a Awardswere made yesterday for the designs sub-mitted by students In the ArchitecturalDepartment of the University of Penn-sylvania for the new school houses to beerected In Porto Rico The successful designs made by VV H Spauldlng HF Weld l anti Henry Wright

Dr Martin G Brumbaugh of the Bidxersity faculty who is serving as a Com-missioner of Education in Porto Rico requested suggestions for the designs andthe problem was given to the students Inthe special class in design Eight designswere completed awl six of them will besent to Dr Brumbaugh In addition tothe above three the designs of Walter HSharpley V H and P W Irwinwill also be sent as the jury decided thatthey contained valuable suEjjestlons whichmay be of use to Dr Brumbaugh

The jury of award consisted of FrankMiles Day Walter Cope and Edgar VSeeler It kiss not been announced whatprizes the successful students will

but Dr Brumbaugh will rewardthem according to the use he makes of thedesigns

From the Indianapolis XewsIt has been said by the correspondents of pa

pers friendly to the President that ue is using hispower of apjKmamonts to pemnde members ofCongress to pass meajure in line with his specialpolitics DfcKuifce the fact aa you may tiie baldtruth i that any attempt on the part of thePresident to influence members of Connies againsttheir better conviction by the Hi wation ofitronase fa bribery and the fart thai it fa sanc-tioned ia high iilarts makes it alt the more pernJooos and heinous

Krea the Syracuse TelegramIf Mr McKinley were actually poinff to be

crowned and to carry the globe and scepter of im-perial authority down Pennsylvania Avenue theremight be fitwsw in the military display andthe exaltation of wraith and power But theMcKialej kind ef empire however appropriatelyIt nay be symbolized fey Ilannas circus is neitherdignified nor picturesque anti it is utterly obooxions to Republican sentiment

Hi l IM HeavyFrom the Philadelphia Times

InipcriaUiBt wmie high The British army es-timate toe the coming year are SS000 000 say

4 000WO of which 250000001 corns underthe of aar services In other word thissum U U carry on the which was supposed tabe finished wires Lord Uoberts came home hum

uth Africa

The Star of tlie lluyFreer the Wttsbunr Chronicle

that Theodore was really the bright particularstar in Wagfwngtwn yesterday The populace al-ways slid and probably always will run afterperaom of TKodt rfc3 Puach and Judy showe t rei Ct the same attraction

Prone tie Cleveland Plain DealerIrtsijmt McKinley las row no obligation ta be

Hvliody nan but Ida our lie achieved hisRecord term and has no office iu the future to playpolitics for Tht cbuac 13 at Lest to rise tohis full stature as a suttsonan Will he do it

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THE LIABILITIES OF SEABLES

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NEW YORK March 6 A statement ofthe liabilities and assets oC John ESearles exSecretary and Treasurer ofthe American Suger Refining Companywho has made an assignment for the ben-efit of his creditors may be expected today or tomorrow Edward F Dwight ofthe law firm of Garter Hughes Dwightthe assignee is preparing the statement

rand he will make It public aa soon as itis completed

The iiiilure of itr Searlcs was not asurprise In financial circles particularlyamong the banks although the formersugar magnate was popularly supposedto be a very rich man The rumors ofthe uusumdnesa of his finances firstgained circulation last fall it was In Decomber that Mr Searles resigned fromthe Sugar Company A that time it waspublicly stated that Mr Searles had re-

signed because of Illhealth but In the fi-

nancial district It was said that the realcause was the poor financial standing ofa number of business enterprises toWhich Mr Seartes had lent his name Itwas said too that this had led to aserious quarrel between Mr Searles andSir Henry A Havemcyer

Two years before ho left the SugarCompany Mn Searles resigned from thedirectorate of the Western NationalBank of which he was president and Illhealth was given as the cause MrSearles was elected a director but lie wassucceeded as president by Valentine PSnyder Since then ilr Searles has re-signed as director

At about the same time Mr Searleswas retired as a trustee of the ProduceExchange Trust Company And soonniter that he became prominently connected with the Round Cotton Bare Trustof which he was president until a shorttime before hJs failure When Sir SearlesIdentified himself with this concern itwas said that he had quit sugar to de-vote himself to cotton which subject hehad studied thoroughly

The American Cotton Company whichis the legal name of the soealled RoundKate Trust has a capital stock of J3000000 of cumulative preferred shares and

4 XHoro of common sharesil Tuttle a soninlaw of

Sir S arles Is the treasurer o the com-pany and Senator James K Jones ofArkansas is a director The companyhas been attacked in several of the Southem States end it has had trouble withthe Railroad Commissioners of Texas antILouIsiana This Is not the only busi-ness connection of Mr whichhas ciceted comment from time to Line

It will be remembered that in 191Francis Cato and John S Silvergot S930W from the Chemical NationalHank on queer securities and therebybrought about the resignation of Will amJ Quinlau jr the cashier It was statedat that time in the Grafcle circulate thatMr Searles had promised to build asmelter at Edgemont Pa for Grable

BIG BATTWAir CHANGES

Imi rovem ntxNEW YORK March 6 The plans of the

Pennsylvania Railroad in this city particularly In connection with the Long Island Railroad are farreaching They In-

volve the building of extensive wharvesat Greenville on the west side of NewYork Harbor the establishment of afreight ferry which will carry wholetrains to Bay Rridge the rapid haulingof traffic around Brooklyn to Bushwlclcand thence over a new railroad to HellGate Bridge to a connection with the NewYork New Haven and Hartford Railroad

In cooperation with the New HavenRoad Immense quantities of through traf-fic from the West to New England pointsare to be moved by this new route savinga large part of the expense and delay ofHeating cars up East River to Harlemmver

The new HeH Gate Bridge will be own-ed by the Perinsylvanla Railroad or Itssubsidiary line the Island RailroadThe New York Central will have no Inter-est In It The Pennsylvania win not builda tunnel front any part of New Jersey toLong Island to connect Its two systemsIt Is also said the Baltimore and Ohio isnot Interested Ih any scheme to tunnelthe Narrows oetweea Staten Island andLong Island

rCTCEBIiLENTBENEATH A PT7EPJT

The IlequcKt of a MethodistMinister In Virginia

VTNCHESTER Va March G RevBuns E Anderson for nearly halt a cen-tury a prominent minister of the Baltimore Conference f the Methodist Epis-copal Church died last night at Gainsbore near here after a short illness ofpneumonia Mr Anderson was strickenin the pulpit while preaching two weeksago and lead to be carried home It washis dying wish that he be buried beneaththe pulpit of Shiloh Church Hampshirecounty WesfVirginla where he was con-verted and where he preached his firstsermon after 6rdlnation His request willbe granted

Mr Andersen was bor in Hampshirecounty and was sixtynine years of ageHe leaves a widow and ten children wireare W V Anderson of VHkcsbarre PaMrs Susan Marshall of Midland Md GE Anderson of this city Pleasant Anderson and Mrs Yernie McXamyer of Martinsburg Carson Nellie Warren andElla of Gainsboro this county and LydIe of Martlnsburg W Va

Mr Anderson held charges in variousparts of Maryland Virginia and WestVirginia Although superannuated several years ago he has been an active min-ister until the time of his death He entered the ministry in 1SS-

SI EATH OF ROBERT B OWENS

BALTIMORE March 6 Robert RylandOwens died yesterday at his home 23 WestSaratoga Street He was the only sore ofRev Putnam Owens a Baptist ministerof Virginia anti Sarah Gathrlght Owensof Richmond Va He was born In Southampton county ATa December 2C 1843 re-

ceived his first educational trainingthrough his father after which he attended Richmond College and was there in hisgraduating year when the civil war brokeout closing the college before the end ofthe session of 1S61

He then volunteered In the Confederateservice as a private in a company com-manded by William E Barnes known asthe Isle of Wight Avengers which aftera short service was made a part of theArray of Northern Virginia as CompanyF Sixtyfirst Regiment Mahones Brig-

ade Andersons Division and Hill Corpsserving In the battles of Gettysburg andthe Crater He was one of the few survivors of his company to surrender at Appomattox Court House

After the war he returned to the Vir-ginia home of his father Ho organizedand served for several years as principalof the Windsor Academyduring which time he was commissionedby the Governor of Virginia as colonel ortIre Isle of Wight Militia On January 12IS he was married to Miss Ann RebeccaBaker of Martin county N C and afterthe death of her father moved to NorthCarolina where he was a successful farm-er and In Palmyra and ScotlandNeck He finally sold out and moved toBaltimore enraging as a traveling salesman His sons are P Owensmanager R G Dun COLS mercantileagenoy Norfolk Va Robert P Owensjr traveling salesman and Baker LOwens with Norfolk and Southern Railroad Norfolk His daughters are Ruth Jand Annie O Owens All of his childrenand his wife were with him In Iris lasthours He served for many years as dea-con In the Scotland Neck Baptist ChurchIn politics he was a Democrat

TJ e KeynoteFrom the Indianapolis Iress

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A FATAL FIRE IN NEW YORK

Two Men and Sixteen Horses Burnedto IJcntlu-

NEW YORK Mirch 6 Two men andsixteen horses were burned to death In afire which destroyed the stables of LouisKurth at 225 Marion Street Brooklynearly this morning

Kurth who is a furniture dealer livesat 22ff on the same street He left thestables In charge of John McFarlane andGeorge Hull when he went home lustnight The two men slept In a loft on thesecond floor McFarlane was twentyeight years old and Hull eighteen Thetwo men were burred to a crisp

The origin of the Is a mystery Acrowd of neighbors aroused by cries ofthe firemen gathered about the stablesshivering In the cold wind Kurth calledfrantically to tire firemen to save the twostablemen asleep In the loft It was toolate The tIre had obtained such headwaythat It was Impossible to approach thebuilding The yells of the burning mensounded above the crackling of the flames

The sixteen horses broke loose fromtheir stalls and dashed about In a wildstampede inside tie table In a mad effortto escape from the fiery furnace closin rabout them All their struggles were useless

The stable WPS destroyed The flamesspread to 221 ai d 22S Marion Street andthe frame build mga were cleared of textants

As soon as the fire was under control ahurried search for McFarlane and Hullwas made They were found In the loftso badly burned as to be unrecognIzableThe fire did SSGOO damage

EICHKEONDS NEW TJBBABY

Private CItizens Provide MCUHB forAccepting Carnegies Offer

RICHMOND Va March C It developed late last night that an offer of S10000 ayear tor Carnegie Library has been madeby tire Richmond Power and PassengerCompany provided the city wilt not do soThis o ferwas inspired by Mr George EFisher of New York who Is the controll-ing spirit In this corporation It was mailstonight in a letter addressed by James DPatton president of the company to LZ Morris president of the Chamber ofCommerce

We believe writes Mr Patton thatthe establishment of a public library inRichmond as proposed by Mr AndrewCarnegie who has generously promised tocontribute 100000 upon the condition thatthe city of Richmond or its citizens willcontribute 510000 a year for Its supportis a matter of great moment to this cityanti will conduce greatly to the welfare ofits citizens We however learn that thereis a question as to the ability of the cityat once to meet Mr Carnegies conditionsand that It has been proposed that private citizens should assume that obliga-tion for five years until the financial con-dition of the city is such as to enable itto assume It Itself without embarrass-ment Tie letter then proceeds with theoffer here named

This guarantee of the 510000 a yearleaves no doubt of the acceptance of SirCarnegies offer of 510000ft

Tire majority If not nearly all of thestock of the Power and Passenger Com-pany Is owened by Fisher Mama andothers of New York including the repre-sentatives of Jay Goulds estate Thiscorporation Is the competitor hero of theRichmond Traction Company whose stockis largely held in Baltimore For the pastyear or more these two corporations havebeen making an interesting fight overfranchise rights Fishers companyhas generally gotten the worst of thisfight

rEPERSONATED AN ARTIST

An Alleged Itopr Cheek Man Arrest-ed In New Haven

NEW HAVEN Conn March 6 Presi-dent Hadley of Yale was approached inhis office In the Yale treasury buildingyesterday and asked to cash a check forJ1WX by a man giving the name of AlfredParsons of Dublin Ireland The manpresented a letter of identification fromAmbassador Andrew I 1 White In

and Mr Hadley was a bit

I dont think I can accommodate yousaid President Hadley liut 1 will accom-pany you to the First National Bank inthis city

The man who gave his name as AlfredParsons was well dressed weighed about5 pounds and spoke like a maze of cul

ture He had other letters of identifica-tion that Impressed President Hadleyand the pair went to the bank The bankdeclined to cash the check and telephon-ing to New York learned that Parsonshad no account at the CheailcaL

Meanwhile Parsons had gone buthe was arrested later About the timeParsons was arrested Captain Cowleshead of the local detective force pulledfrom his desk a letter he had received afew days ago from the Secretary of Co-lumbia University In it the secretarysaid a man representing as DrJohn E Sandys of Cambridge UniversityEngland had attempted to have a checkcashed at Columbia Universityand had presented to the Columbia off-icials a letter of identification from Presi-dent GHman of Johns Hopkins Universityin Baltimore

The police are of the opinion thatParsons is Dr Sandys They sayalso that Parsons sometimes travels underthe name of Lord Rosse of EnglandAlfred Parsons Is tlio name of a dlstingulshed landscape artist of Englandand Dr Sandys Is an official of Cambridge TTnlversity

The ease was continued in the city courtthis morning for one week by request ofCity Attorney Tyner who said that hewished to make further investigation

trying it Parsons is held nominallyon a charge of vagrancy It Is believedhere that Columbia University officerswhom he is said to have swindled wincome here today and will request to ballowed to try on serious accusationsrelating to obtaining money under falsepretences If they do President Hadleywill not press his charge

PLED PBOM A CONVENT

A Young Woman JJi ai iienrx FromAylmer Out

OTTAWA Out March CL The town of-Aylmer on Lake Deschenes eight milesfrom Ottawa hiss a romance in real lifeIt is the sensational disappearance froma Roman Catholic convent in that townof a young pretty and accomplished inmate of the institution who is said tabe a Miss Kelly of Holyoke Mass

About 3 oclock Monday morning asleigh containing two young men was ob-

served to drive rapidly up to the conventIn a house opposite the convent was awoman nursing a sick child Hearing aslight noise without and going to thedoor to investigate the woman saw thesleigh in front of the convent with one ofthe men in it while his companion hadposted himself at the foot of the con-vents fireescape

The women at first Imagined that theurea contemplated burglary curd wasabout to raise an alarm when to herastonishment she saw a girl emerge ironsone of the upper windows of the conventand climb slowly down the lireescapeOn reaching the bottom she was receivedin the arms of the man waiting and car-ried by him to the sleigh and driven hur-riedly away

The news of tire girls disappearancewas a great shock to the sIsters Tirepolice are working on the case

TO SAVE THE CATVTPEBDOWN

Go o the AMHiatnuee-ot the British Steamer

RALEIGH N C March 6 Lifesaversare trying to reach the British steamerCumperdown which Is ashore oil CapeLookout shoals She will be a total lossunless the weather moderates or assist-ance reaches her soon Wrecking tugs arehurrying front Norfolk and rutty be intime

A high sea and a strong head currentare running and southwest winds areblowing The weather is so thick that thelifesavers cannot wake out vesseLThree attempts have been made by themto render assistance but the wind and seahave prevented their success

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DEATH OF AMDS K HADLEY

One of the Organizers of the Repnb-licnn Party In New York

NEW YORK March 6 Amos 1C HadIcy who vtas one of the founders of theRepublican party in the State of NewYork and who was Speaker of the Assembly In 1818 and 1S43 died at his housein Mount Vernon yesterday afternoon inhis eightyninth year Mr Hadley was

in Waterford Vt After attendingschool there a short time he enteredHamilton College In a few years at thesuggestion of Profi Knott he took anhonorable dismissal from the college antibegan the study of law in the office ofCushing Seymour In Clinton It wasthrough his employers who were bothwellknown leaders in the Whig partythat he was persuaded to take an Inter-est In politics Mr Hadiey finished hisstudies and began tire practice oC lawin Troy In 1S33 remaining there until1S53 wlin he opened offices in this cityWhile a resident of Troy he enjoyed ashort legislative career In 1SI7 he waselected to the Legislature to representRcnsselaer county and when the State

redistricted the next year he repre-sented Troy He was reelected the nextyear running on the Whig ticket In theterms of ISIS and 1813 Mr Hadley wasSpeaker of the House

Thur w Weed was at that time leaderof the Wing party and Gen Daniel ESickles was a prominent member of theAssembly Mr Hadley was a large manphysically being more than six feet talland weighIng 300 pounds He was aneloquent speaker and frequently stumpedthe State for the Whig candidates Inone of his campaigns in the interest ofWilliam H for Governor he wasaccompanied by Horace Greeley nail theyspoke from the same platform at largemeetings In titles and Trow Besidesknowing Horace Greeley Sir Hadley was

acquainted with such men asHenry day John C Calhoun ThomasBentpn and Lewis Gaza In 1SS5 MrHartley was present at the convention iaSaratoga when the Republican party wasorganized After 1S53 he made his home

this city and practiced law liera untiladvancing age compelled him to retireabout ten years ago Ho first came tothis city In 1S32 on a visit and used torelate how at that time the city wannearly all woods above Fourteenth StreetAbout three years ago he unfortunatelylost his sight Mr Hadley was a mom

of the Masonic order and his familywas allied with the Protestant EpiscopalChurch

ISAAC H GBEGOB5T DEAD

The Editor of Judge Since tlirComic Weekly Va Founded

NEW YORK March G Isaac M Gregory editor of Judge the comic weeklysince its establishment died yesterday ofBrrishts disease He was about sixtyfive years old

Mr Gregory was one of the old schoolof humorists of which Burdette of TheBurlington Hawkeye and Bailey of

The Danbury News were prominenttypes Ho was born at Jdhnstown N Yand began his newspaper career on TheFulton County Democrat later published The Democrat at Fonda N YHe was connected at different times withThe Rochester Democrat and ChronicleThe Troy Whig and later with The

New York Graphic

DSATE OF A SEA CAPTAIN

Henry E Klns s Expires nt HIHouse In Baltimore

BALTIMORE March S Capt HenryE Klages died yesterday at his home111 Avenue from a complica-tion of diseases resulting from the gripCaptain Klages had been officer andmaster of sailing vessels out of this portfrom early manhood

In Perots fleet to Demerara and theWest Indies he commanded the bark StLawrence and in the Brazil trade thebark Amy of Willsons fleet He broughtto the United States front Glasgow thesteam hark Severn for the same ownersand vould have commanded her had hepossessed the British Board of Trade cer-tificate as master He soon after enteredthe employ of C Morton Stewart Cofor whom he commanded the barks WhiteWings Priscilla Doris and Glad TidingsHe brought the latter vessel into portfrom Rio Janeiro December 28 He wastaken ill and Captain Collier of theWhite Wings took the Good News andCaptain Klages was assigned to his placeon the White Wings yet In port

Captain Klages leaves a widow fivesons and three daughters He was amember of Joppa Lodge of Masons andthe United Workmen

EXPEBUHENTS WITH TOBACCO

Under a TentNEW HAVEN Con i March P The

great success of the experiment best sum-mer in grovnngtobajco under cheeseclothhas resulted in a plau by prominent Suf

growers to attempt the same thingthis coming summer hut on a much larg-er scale The first attempt of this kindin this State was made last summer byGovernment experts at the State experi-ment station and consisted in coveringwith cloth about onethird of an acreupon which three varieties of tobaccowere grown The experiment proved tobe most satisfactory and there was muchinterest In tire move all through the

though private experiment will be madeA large tobacco farm in Suflleld will bethe scene of the expertnent and fiveacres will be covered Tb finest kind ofSumatra wrapping only will be plantedPoles foot high have been set andcheesecloth 200 IncItes wide will be fastsunlight can reach the plants and theclothe will not keep out the rain Theadvantage of the cloth tent In this latlkeeps the moisture and the heat la tanfrom wind and curiously enough fromInsects Tobacco sell grow to the heightof tea feet tinder such Tobacco growers throughout the State willsummer with great interest

CTTBBENT HUMOB

From THBit-I truest that aint me said little Ralph

lie earnestly at a ot himselfmaker you hink it isnt asked his

motherGame its standing still too lon to be me

wits the reply

From the Indwnapolu PressSociety is h Itewr I exclaimed passionately

of esoteric knowledge is for the mirtMJsc ofenabling the fit to get insideWas there a covert sneer in her reraorfct

The Reason for the Lightfrom the indianapolis Press

But why asked the Athenian loafrr shouldcarry a lantern ia search for aa bonedjiijin

lleeaiisev snapped Dioeeiics thee Iwrcntput electric lights in th idiot

Not a Natural DeathFrom the Kichmond Dispatch

Dennis I was very sorry to ot the decthof your old employer he was a flue oW gentle-man

I 2ilc an he usa all that sor-Did he die a natural death DennisNot igzackly sot he had two doctors

Front the Chicago TribuneThe architect was sliowi t him the plans for a

dwelling-A building like that he said with a front

of undressed stone will cost you 15600In all niy cxperisuee observed the profes-

sor I never lad to pay any such turn asthat for raisIng a rough house

IunlslimentsProm the Baltimore American

Miss Gabbcigh As a penance Lent I amnot eoiiic to gossip

Mrs Sezrit Oh thats too bad I intended tocoffie and listen to as my penance

rite ReasonFrom the Indianapolis Press

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NOTES OF THEE DAY

There am many big factories in the country engaged in tire inangfacturc rosewater

Among the 27SI students who matriculatedat the Edinburgh University last year there were252 women

The first automobile in the Philippines is anelectric machine imported for the use of theSignal Corps

A curious animal has recently been discovered inthe wild of Cengo It s said to resemble bothhorse and zebra

In Germany only 413 oat of 100 raalthe age of fifty while more than 500outnf 1000females reach that age

Missouri damn to have the best prison libraryof any State in the Union The library consists of5 XX TTcUaelected books

Out of 40 reignIng sovereigns ot Europe 6 areover SO years old 13 over 70 arid 10 O-TTJw average age of tire 40 is abont5f

The climate of New York is abating TheCentral Park meteorological observatory ha rec-ords covering a pitied of thirtytwo years

S700O sony and navy pensioners in Englandtheir pay througlf the agency in Boston

The pretty little town of Danewood Mina L

two nirfes distant from Brahms The people haredecided to move bodily houses and all to Braturn

Macaroni Is taken from a Greek derivationwhich means the blessed dead in allusion tothe ancient custom of eating it at feasts for thedead

A tunnel twentyfire miles long reaching adepth of 1SOO feet below sea level is plannedbetweea Yaqueros Bay Spain and Tangier inAfrica

A copper cent has been drawn out into 5700feet of wise This simply shows that if a personknovs how a little money nary be nude to go alonf way

A zoologist discovers that there are 150 va-

rieties of snake in this country They dbunotcome under the conventional description of snakesin tile graj

Seattle purposes to build a canal eight safeslong from Pugst Sound ta Lake Washingtonwhich is twenty mites long 00 feet deep and willstake an ideal Harbor

A new cotton cumins machine enables two ruinto Kin 4000 pounds daily and under the oldsystem they could turn less than a hundredthpart in the same amount of time

Japan with a revenue of 2 01QO spent5076294 on her

c in tile tonnage was 13321 her sea imports JK-Hr O and her exports T43SOOOL

The worst mosquitoinfested cer hborfaood inthe world is the coast of Borneo The streams olthat are at certain seasons cnnarigible-l cause of the clouds of mosquitoes

Just about 100 years ago perhaps a few jeanmere than that the richest man in America wasRobert Morris the Secretary ot the Treasurywhose wealth was estimated at 500000

The first objector to free rural mail deliverhas turned up New Harmony Mo He thinksthe present mail facilities are good enough andsays he prefers better roads and telephones

A famous ink long used in Germany was znadiof a combination ot chromate of potash with asolution of logwood in the proportions oionepart of fourier for 1000 ports of tire latter

There are now 20000 of the British troops IEIndia whose terms of service have expired sentnearly two years They are very anxious to procure their discharges basing had enough of war

The Salvation Array in Boston is selling coal topoor people at the rate of 3 cents per bucket Itis no wander that this religious military organisatiers is constantly gaining the respect ot the peo-ple in alt big cities

In Guiana it a child is slow in its movementsthe parents apply an ant to tire child instead ofa whip to make it move taster This little antbites more cruelly than a mosquito and its luteis apt to be troublesome afterward

The exports of copper front the United Statesin BOO were more than than 3 OQQOOO pounds

ta against about 1S 00000 pounds ia 1S3SL Ger-many afforded the largest markettaking snore than 61000000 pounds of copper IB1200

The three largest secret organizations in thiscountry are the Odd Fellows the Freemasons and

the Kaislits of Pythias The membership of thefirst lot the United States and Canada is given as163205 for the second 871C62 and far the third470788

Many convicts in Great Britain were sentencedto priwn during Her Majestys pleasures andnow that Victoria is dead tire question Is bdnnaked whether they can be held In doraac anylonger But Ret Majesty was Sovereign Ruler or

thcuc i she was a woman and the Kingnevtr

Machinery in glassblbwlngf factories has takenthe place of human lungs and hands This change

has juit taken place and is a wonderful victoryin the line of inventiOns It is also a great bless

as glass blowing has ruined the lungs ofthousands of people Many hive died as resultof doing tire work

Among theodd changes brought about by thesuccession of King Edward YH is that while Yin

torias face oa British gold reins looked to theleft KIng Edwards looks to tat risht This is inaccordance with Ionsestablished custom thatmake each successive sovereign face the oppositeway on the coins from his or her predecessor

The proprietors of St Paul Church oa Tre-

SUoMOGO for tire church property The originalcost of the tend and building was about 109009but sentimental rather than business reasonsprompted the rejection of the nattering offerIn the tombs beneath this old edifice repose thebones of many of former commuiucsnts

Nearly all the great beauties xrf the worldhavtestified to the value ot sleep Under its Influenceevery muscle is relaxed and all care dispelledThe beats slower paining sew vigor forthe waking hours A midlay nap if for only afew minutes duration is wonderfully refreshingand it is generally conceded that steep during theearlier hours of night is far more beneficialthin that obtained after midnight

The insane ruh for office is illustrated in thecase ef an accident that recently happened inKansas The Eldorado Republican af that

sara a janitor at the StaUhouse fell intothe Faa Runt Monday steel two rain who saw itinstead of helping hint rushed to the Governor toget his job They were told that they were toolate another man having telephoned for the JobAnd after all the man wasnt drowned

The builder of the Chinese waR was a greatwarrior emptrer called Chiiwangti who hired

about two centuries before Christ To put a stopto incursions of the Tartars and other north-ern tribes he caused this great wall 1500 milesin length to be erected It ten yww tobuild it and in hw haste to it completedhe weiked to death tens of thousaadsofhis lab-

orers It has never been effective as a mesas efdefence

The first industrial and manual training seoolin tile Philippines has just hegira in tIre city ofIhmutcgnette ole the Island a Xegros Theschool which is of two stories the first of stftcintel the second of wood tbotgrh net of bamfeoois due to the sererosity of H B SiUinan of JCevrYork who gas 10000 The young Filipinos areto fee taught carpentering work etc andlOG acres of lami leave bought on which to teachtheta agriculture

After an experience of five years Minnesotahas repealed tire law which provided that a re-

bate should be given on road taxes for eachvelvet with wide Urea The lag failed entirely of its object the maintenance of goodroads When tax settlements were due farmers would dtanand rebates for wagons that hadnever used on the roadi and the road fundwas mulcted of money that might otherwisehave used for construction

A Catholic priest at Krore a snub town inPoland was recently awakened at Bight bymasked robbers who ordered him to i wkice the1200 ruble whirls be had to pay for the construc-tion of A church The priest pretended to bhunting in his desk for the money but petting hithands on a revolver he turned suddenly and firedOB the bandits killing two and putting the restto flight OIL tire masks from the d l

it ws found that thor were the prefect andsubprefect of the Kreze police

Tire organization of the Spanish arraywhich has been drawn up by General Lburesthe commander who surrendered at Santiago pro-

vides lot a of SOOOO sara on a peacefooting without counting the carbineers and thecivil guard Although the number of regimentswill be reduced the number of battalions willbe raised from 12i to 156 ia order to have a breernumber of organized ceaters for auguracntatijain case of The cavalry will be reorganizedthe present 23 foursquadron rrpmtnts bvin-reuuced to 24 but with live squadi ons creek

In Central Africa are found districts which im-

press tire beholder with tire belief tied thehand of man has shaped their Feature althoughthere is now no population capable of tireducingsuck effects says the Youths COBWEBMThese districts near Lake Tsagjuijikn are esl il

pork lank and their origin wise recently xpinned before the society in J mioaby Hr Moore as being dae ie the reaa VBK-Ptstion over a surface S fl j adiwlly daposited above the salt steppes left by formerlakes Ia some places these districts are cov-ered with natural plantations that have a qeitehomelike look

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