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VOL. IX.
|! BILL ARP'S LETTER.
Tfta Sage Discourses On John
Marshall.
SAY# BE WAS A FEDERALIST
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Dut That Fact Does Not Detract From
the Lustre of His Name or Dim tlii
Judicial Reputation.
Much ado has of late boon made over
John Mat*-hall. That he wan A federalist
has long since h-.en Well established,
hut that takes f,o lustre from hi*
name or fame. Nearly all cf the great
patriots of tb.at day were f ^h'talist- ?
^ so was Washington, Hamilton, Madison,
ar.d Charl-s Cote -worth P nekm ; .
of oouili Carolina. Our most prudent
statesmen feared to risk the people o(
the States with the reins of government,
but wanted a strong central
power. Not until *efferson's day were
their apprehensions modified and the
people declared to he masters of the s iuation.
John Marshall coul 1 hardly
help bring a federalist, for history sa
his father and all the Marshall f'm'iy
were federalists, lie grew up with the
Idea that no government was safe thn'
did not have power and money and
troops and a navy to defend nad prot?<:
It. and it would not do to rely on the
states separately when war or conflict
came. No, there never was a great r
jurist or u purer patriot than John
Marshall, ami Lam proud that he we.- a
Virginian.
1 was considering the list of the e
who have already been chosen for j
placets in the hall of fame. 1 think |
those gentlenn n who got up this how I
did pretty well considering the point of j
viow. i p 10 date l believe thirty have
been chosen ami our Robert R. !.< .
stands eighteenth oil the list. Ho received
sixty-nine votes and outrank ?1
eleven who received less. The list heKins
with "Washington at ninety-sevi n
votes. Then comes Lincoln, Webster,
Franklin, Grant. Marshall. Jefferson,
Rrnerson, Longfellow. Fulton, Irving,
Jonathan Edwards, Morse, Farragut,
Clay, Pealtody, Hawthorne, Robert R. j
< I^eo. Peter Cooper. Horace Mann, Eli I
Whitney, Henry Ward Beechor. James
Kent, Henry Story, John Adams, Channing,
Andtibon, Gilbert S;uart. and Asa
Gray. The last named was a botanst of
__ good repute and received 51 vote*.
No solders of the civ il war are-In favo
Lee and Grnnt and Farragut. Only five
presidents are in. Malison, Monroe and
Jackson are strangely left out. Henry
Ward Boucher as strangely put In. I
don't know what he ever did that was
great or good. He is the man who said
that "Sharp's rifle* were better than
Bibles to send to Kansas and it was a
sin against high heaven to shoot at a
slave-holder and miss him." He is the
man whose conjugal creed was what j
McCauley said of I.ord Byron, "H it
your neighbor and love your neighbor'-;
wife." It will be observed that twelve
of these men chosen are from Ma.-smchu-etts.
five from New York, four
from Virginia, two front Connecticut,
two front Rhode Island, and the others
scattered around.
Well, if I had a vote T think I would
strike out ten from that list and in
their places 1 would insert Andrew
Jackson, John C. Calhoun, Hewitt Clinton,
Alex Hamilton. Patrick Henry
Stonewall Jackson, Sain Houston
Agasstz, Edison and Crawford I,ons. 1
don't know whether 1 would strike
rjrant's name or not. He was a goodhearted
sort of a man with a bulldog
tenacity of purpose, but he was no general.
Any man who took four years
with nearly three millions of men ami
billion, of money to subdue 26G.OOO
ragged confederates is no general. Mat
he behaved well after the surrendei
and said: "l,et us have peace." 1 w:i!
conversing not long since with a northern
lady, a mature lady of culture and
reflneinent, and when T remarked thai
(Irnnt did not fight to free the slaves
for lie was a slave-owner and lived ofl
their hire, she was amazed and said
"Well, what upon earth was he flgh'irp
for? 1 thought the war was about
slavery and nothing else." And so I
had to explain, and 1 told her how Lincoln
issued a proclamation setting the
slaves free in January, 1862, but lie ex
<ecp e<i M'ssouri and Kentucky, and sc
fJrant. held his slaves until January
1SCJ. and kept on hiring them out an.'
kept on fighting us to make 11-; let our?
go. Tie didn't tote fair. "Can it b?
1 nthlaf" all A oa III "aitvnln ......
mb taken." The truth Is the history ol
this war is just 'beginnng to leak out.
Those yanks have abused us m> Ion;.'
ih.'t some of our people have got. discourage
1 and bogn to confess judgment
So mo of them are. even ?pot igri zi ?< To
thai. malig: ant hook called "TJneb
Tom's Cabin." 1 was delighted to rear1
John Temple Graves' reply to Ilei..,
"'all'Toa, It was the truth, ever'
word of it. and our good people thank
him for It. Those Impudent rascals in
north have had it drramatlzel an
stuck under our no-^s for nearly twenty-five
years and lets of our fool foikco
to see it aud swallow it. down i
w? ruminating about these slande'?
and wondering what made tbe-e people
hate us so; when 1 came across ar. exrdantation
in an old book of mythology
which said that when Jupiter fir*t
rrontrd'man lie hung two bags on his
neck, one hung before and eontain d
all his faults and little sins; the other
hung behind and contained all his
neighbor's fiu'ts and shortro-nioes
The man got very sick In a few davr
and Jupiter couldn't tell what was :' <
matter. He was afraid the man was'
going to die. so he sent for Pluto, who
FO
was x head-devil and doctor to boot
PlUto diagnosed the rase and said that
the poor fellow was heart sick from
havlnpr to look Into that base ^o much!
that his sins wore ever before blm. and
JK> he advised Jupiter to swap the l)-'^
around and r>n? the man's sins behind I
and out of eight and his neighbors in
*ront. This was done and the man go!
Well and has been well over since.
Thit we will not fuss about the hall oi
fame as 'io?r as they leave out old .lo"*r
Drown. When be is put in we want
T.ee taken out. Speaking of John Marshall
being a federalist reminds me :r
say that 1-ee was not, for bo declared
when lie resigned from the United
Rta os army that his highest allegianc?
was due to his state Many great men
have differed over that question. Daniel
Webster differed with himself and
in b's last great speech at Capon
Fprinsrs admitted that a state had a
right to secede when there was sulll
c'mnt cause and that the state must b,
the judge of the cans'*. That was what
Wh'Mi l lamrooned liiin about in tho;r
malignant veses.
1 am reveli ng now in old things and
holding i or.vcr e wDli some good old
pontile. I veci-1 ved a letter to-'av fav"
r.*i old gentleman of Atlanta who had
wrlcett ion fourteen pay: s In a lir r
lou.l handwriting, fur he knew 1 was
deaf, lie say., he is in his ninetieth
vcar alii! in.-- wanted tn wri.u about.
the good old schoolboy days and about
the. groat nn n we u->d ;o have. He
\vt ni to school to (It rgc White, who
p-.:1>l.she:l tin ? t ;t . .1 s and "Historical
Collections of G org:::" ovc r fifty years
ago. and Cliarh s Walla e Howell was
Is s school mate. My friend is blind,
biu writes his own letters?the lines
are about an Inch apart and about four
word.-, to the line - and y,t he writes in
a 10 : cheerful vein and tells how
good God has been to him all his long
life. Ills name 13 A It. Wright, and he
was born and reared in Savannah. His
favorite at school was?
"Lochoil. I.ocln il. beware of the day
When the lowlands shall meet tliee in
battle array."
I expect there are a thousand living
men who spoke thai speech, and the
other one, "On Hiuden when the sun
was low." My neighbor. Rev. George
Yarborough, a men of memories, too
He Is our Methodist Episcopal preacher
now and it is a luxury to talk to him.
Ho helps me abuse the yaukees and
5ays lie lovts his enemies, but cannot
suppress a feeling of holy indignation
at their conduct. He has a curious old
biH>k printed in 1S25 called "The Wonders
of Nature and Providence." That
part devoted to Indians and their
mounds and the Lost Tribes of Israel
Js full of interesting data. It
seems Vo me that tho older a mail
grows the more he learns and atyout the
time he gets full of knowledge and begins
to run over he has to lie down and
flio .. l./v ,WM,1,I ?wxt 1I.IA AM
ui' . mill ii ii?* mj:iiu luit in i mi
and on for the .siko of tin- children and
grandchildren. But as Pope says,
"Whatever is is right."?Bill Arp in
Atlanta Constitution.
I'. S.?I have received one answer to
my Ohio man'.- letter, l?ut as no money
came for the orphans I have not sent
it. .Maybe lie will send the dollar, for
it is worth it.
"Atlanta, (Ja.?Sir: In answer to
your letter lie* toil you what I ihink
aio.it the moon, li ir.t your inters and
unyuns in the dark of the moon tho
they do very well planted in the
groun*. I am a widow, under 4."i and
hav got sum land tho I don't claim any
credit for that cos I got hit from my
Paw and he got hit from his Paw. The
earth must move tourd the sun for wo
got the news of the queen's death over
here 2 hours before sue died. But if
1 ever marry agin I must have vittels
and close a plenty or no land.. If you
want your hog nun: to get more hig
r in the frv'ng pin you must kill it
before the new moon but if you want
lots of gravy kill lilt afterwards..I have
got 110 brother- or sisters and am powerful
lonnsom. I don't thing the moon
ir inhabited. It is tlat like a plate and
on o a month turns up on its edge an 1
makes the new moon. I don't think
:ii" moon effee s married life. Funks
can make it happy or miserbp! just as
tha plcc.-e. Hit is either as happy as
heaven or as mis'rbpl nr. Dante's Inferno
as thry call hit. I think the moon
have got a lit of its own. Foaks toil
rue hat northern men make the le st
hc-1 ands, and I am sure that Southern
women, especially willows, make
tho I < s; w.vns. Address,
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.vo. o. o,
Anollifr illcli Cilomliltr Strike.
James I.awrie, who arrived at Ker.tll?*.
\\ .'-ti . tin a steamer from Kamport,
r. ports a rich strike* on Ktiskokwin
rivi'k. Tin* Alaska towns are
greatly ? xcitcd and many are h aving
l'or tin* scene of the strike.
Prince (tommits Murder.
rrinoe .Tohnnu lVdocky has been
arrested for the. murder of an actress
named I'auiinc Mitoroski at liudapest,
llan.irv. 1 tie prince, who was pent..i
mi lled ..is victim of jewels and
valuables worth Sino.onn
Cubu. KcpuUiatea Debt, of Spain.
The Constitutional Convention at
Havana. Cuba, adopted by a large majority
the first article of section 2U.
which provides that all debts con.racted
prior to the promulgation of
the constitution shall be repudiated
except those contracted on behalf ol
the revolution from and after February
-4.
Yiiiiul. Deleut Mesicau Troop..
Mcxicau itoons were ambushed by
Yaqui luuiaus't'i Ute uiountaiu pass
i..-, of v to atvl fulij a hundred were
killed and wumidcd befoie they could
extricate theutseh. .
It's only natural for a bright man to
reflect
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MIL
?T MILL, S. WED1
THE REPORT ON B
Congress Committee Submits Its
Findings in the Booz Case.
BILL TO IMPROVE CONDITIONS
The Report S?y? That FIeIiI* Arranged
it fff?t Point Are Mncli More VicIon*
Than Tltoup Conducted Under
Marquis of Qucrnitlirrrjr Rules?Drastic
Mrnxurm to Stop Practice Creed.
Washington. P. C.?The report of (lie
special Congressional Committee
which Investigated the hazing of Cadet
Booz and the general subject of hazing
at West Point was submitted to the
House of Representatives l?y the
Chairman of the Committee, Representative
Dick, together with a bill providing
stringent regulations against
hazing. fighting and all brutal practices
at the Mil'tarv Acatlemy.
The report Is . n exhaustive review
of the practice of basins in all its
forms, and while moderate in tone, is
nevertheless a stringent arraignment
of tlie practices enumerated. It spoeities
more than one hundred distinct
methods of harnsslntr fourth-class men.
and describes them in detail.
One of the "funny formations" described
is that practised on Philip
Sheridan. Jr.. who was compelled to
rWe a broomstick "in mockery of his
illustrious father's achievement at
Winchester."
The report describes the system or
fluid insr at West Point as shocking in
Its character. Tim Committee declares i
that the West Point code is more i
vicious than the Qneensherry code. It I
is held that tight in? is the worst form
of hazing. that such fight in? as that
at West Point Is a felony according to
the statutes in many of the states, and
that the time has come when Congress j
must decide whether fights which arc i
high crimes elsewhere shall continue '
at the academy.
The Committee finds Hint Cadets
MaeArthur. Broth and Burton were
hazed into convulsions, that otlmrs ,
were hazed until they fainted, while
others Were hazed until they were
sick.
The hazing of Cadets Booz syid
Bretli are elaborately treated, but the j
Committee does not attribute their
deaths directly to hazing. The report j
adds: ^ ?J
"Rut wlillo we ennnot fix upon haz- 1
fng the responsibility for these two '
deaths, the possibility that it hastened |
theni and the blot it throws on the |
otherwise fair and glorious fame of the
academy, its eon diets with proper .
training and discipline and unfitness ,
In this century, urges the adoption of
reasonable, yet. we believe, effective,
measures for its eradication, and the
promotion of discipline at the aead i
cnty."
The bill submitted contains eleven
sections against hazing, and provides
means for its detection and punish
incnt. Dismissal is provided as the'
penalty for taking part in a fight or
challenge, directly or Indirectly, or for
any form of annoying, harassing, m
bracing cadets. Cadets dismissed are
made ineligible to appointment to the
army, navy or marine corps. Provision
is made for courts of hupiiry. courtsmartial.
closer association between officers
anil cadets and other means for
effectually stopping the practice.
SHOOTS AM ALABAMA JUDGE.
.Tense Urate Wounds Mnn Wlm Was I'r.iteetlng
Ills Intended Victim.
Montgomery, Ala. Thomas X. Me- l
Clollan, Cnief .1 ust ice of tin* Supreme
Court of Alabama, was shot linv l>\
Jesse llealo, a prominent citizen. |
| Judge McCU'llau was struck hi (he
right shaulder, the bullet shattering
the shoulder Made.
The shooting was the sequel to a!
rather sensational affair. Judge lieClellan
was trying to prevent Itcalo
from shooting John McQueen. a solleltor
of Jefferson County, who was in the]
house. It had been reported to Iteale
that his daughter, Caroline, had hoe;;
out all night in a oab with McQueen. ,
I'pon hearing this iue enraged father,
aeeotnpaiiit d l<y his son, I'heluu, armed
I with pistols and shotguns, went in
Mef'leilan's house after McQueen.
it Inter developed that Miss Itoalo '
and Mi Qlteen had taken tea at a n s- '
taurant, and while on the way home
'decided to get married. About mid i
niglit they drove to the residence of
Judge of l'rohate Hasten and requested
a marriage license. Judge J
Huston refused, tinder the circumstances.
and the couple spent the balance
of the night searching for a Justice
of the I'enctj to marry tin ai.
failing in this. Miss Itenle staid at a
girl friend's house and McQueen \\> it
to McClellan's residence.
Miss Heale and McQueen were married
and left on a bridal trio to New '
'Orleans.
Tt?f Heals, father and son. an- hold
to nwp.Jt ill" result of Judge Met "lei
Inn's injuries.
LANCASTCR'5 TARS IN A FICHT.
( liisli Itftwern Stailor* mid the Populace
at La tiuarre. Venezuela.
Washington. D. G.?Information lias
been received of a elatb between sail
ors of the United States naval vessel
Lancaster, now at La Gtnyra, V. u*.zucla.
and the people of ? !r city. it
was the outcome of a i .vl between
| sailors who had been njo; icg them
selves on shore leave
[ The Lancaster's men w> re forced to
take their small boats and return to
the ship. No fatalities are reported on
'either side.
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SESDAY, FEBRUARY
THE NEWS EPITOMIZED
WASniXOTON ITEMS.
Robert W. Wilcox, DcU'Siite from
Hn\vai\ answered charges filed against
him. declaring lie was loyal to the
Covernmont and fairly elected to Concress.
Senators arc drafting a resolution to
define the attitude Congress wishes
the President to take toward Culm.
Nominations of (lenernls Wood.
Cram and P.oll to tie brigadier-generals.
were held up in the Senate committee.
The War Department ordered the
discotflinnanee of the sale of beer,
wine, and intoxicating liquors on nil
military reservations and army transports.
Spe.ial Committee of the House on
the Si. T.ottis Exposition voted to re
nort favorably the l>i 11 appropriating
r"?.0i?!>.?? i0 for the T.oiiislaua Purchase
Kxnosit ion.
Tin* Armv Appropriation bill provides
S1 ts.POO.noi for the next fiscal
y enr.
Secretary Hay was advised l?y Minister
Hunter, stationed at Cuatonnila
'itv, Huntomnla. of the suicide of
Sidney K. l'verett. of Massachusetts.
Secretary of the American Legation.
A colonization project is under way
i'i Southern California. This is for
ilie purpose of colonizing a portion of
the Texas riee fields with Dunkards.
of whom there are a considerable
number in Southern California.
The animal transport Unpack sailed
frotn San Francisco for Manila with
TC,r? lues s and mules on hoard t'm*
<nny use. These are said to l?e the
Unest attltuals ever shipped to the
t tfieut.
ot'i: tnorrrn ist.txns.
A luinher yard, sawmill and fourteen
houses in Havana. Cuha. near HI
Cerro. were Imrned. Willi a total loss
uf STtMt.Ptn). Highly persons were injured.
most of them firemen.
Srv. ml arrests were made in Manila.
P. 1.. in connection with the alleged
aiding of insurgents.
Vive dist|ihuting clerks in the posti?il:?*c
at ll-iC'Inlu. Hawaii, were disiT.
urged f?.- refusing to work overtime.
Tliey claim that they have
ivorked ovcrMinc without compensation
Surrenders :uk1 minor skiruiishos
ontiwie in Southern Inr/on. I*. I. A
row insurgents have been killed.
There were no American casualties.
Sfiiors Roriln :nnl P.nlha. representing
Porto Iticnn planters, will present
to Congress tlie protest ngai; st the
riollander revenue hill.
DOM liSTIC.
Tin ml reds of teachers in the United
States are applying for positions in the
Philippines.
In the Supreme Court nt Rallston
Spa, X. V.. it was decided that a signalman
should precede an automobile
a furlong.
Yale issued a circular warning Iter
alumni and friends that the prnjeet to
erect a statue to Nathan Hale was not
authorised.
C. P.. Murtin. of Ann Arbor. Mlcli. a
student it P.raden's National Preparatory
Seliooi for West Point. N. A'.,
dropjt 1 dead while he and other students
w re engaged in snowballing.
1 tenth was due to heart disease.
The l.ouisiana sugar planters have
finished their planting nearly eighty
lays ah ad of lime, taking for granted
that there would he 110 more cold
weather this year.
Otto Selntman. an eccentric hermit,
who made his home in an old cottage
I. M |Jl'. Ill I til It t 71 ill -2 IHHII' I I .* *.."I'?l?
1 . for 111:11*v years, was frozen l >
iealli.
Two hundred ami fifty Chicago
saloon keepers were arrested for keeping
>>]x 11 (.11 Sunday.
A Spot) shortage eaused the arrest
of Joseph Fitzgerald. employed in the
Seaboard National 11ank. of New York
t'Mty.
I Standard Oil shareholders ou Marelt
1.~? will get a twenty per rent, quarterly
dividend, the eompany distributing
SJ0.OOO.O0O.
l-'ire destroyed the Masonic Temple
at Toledo, Ohio. Loss. SiriO.OOO, ftilly
in4 tired.
I The Virginia Military Academy at
Richmond. Va.. refused to reinstate
Bradley T. .bditison, Jr.. and four
others dismissed for hazing.
Starving and unusually tieree wolves
have appeared on the'streets of New
I i'.uffalo, Mich., and the town is lerI
rorized.
J The Countess Boni lie Castellano
sold to her brother. Kdwiu Could,
her interest in six pieces of real estate
in New York City for >00.
Miss Sarah Small, of Nashville, (la.,
was so seriously hurned l?y her dress
catching tire that she died.
!
KOKKIGN.
Governor Gullet t was recalled to
France. Ilis .successor is Ednuard
| Petit.
I The incident caused by the- withInnviil
of tin* exequatur of tbe Imtcli
Consul at Lorenzo Marques, 11 err
Potts. is closed, and the Dutch Minister
will shortly return to Lisbon.
Sartor Snracco, the l'ritne Minister,
resigned on account of the defeat of
lie Italian Ministry.
An "Italian, out of work, committed
suicide iu St. Paul's Cathedral. Loudon.
General Julian Acosra chief of the
Venezuelan insurgents in the Carupano
d!?tii?y. is a prisoner iu the
nands 01 the Government forces.
The Count of t a sort a met with a
hostile public reception on arriving in
| Madrid. Spain, to attend the wedding
of iiis son, I'rinee Charles of llourbou,
to the Princess of the A*tui'iufc.
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IMES
' 13, 1001
St steel cokbinb]
President Gary, of the Federal Company,
Issues a Statement.
WILL NOT ANTAGONIZE THE LAW
Til- I'mmitUT. of tii? Itlllioii-nolhtr
1 ru<t Do Not Frnr it 1*o,iulnr Outory
?Tin* l'iiuinriiil l'roblcin I* ?li<? nn?
01>At;iclt? Encountorml?Object l? Only
t?? Secure Verinnnfut Harmony.
NVw York <'it?It i? now beyond
|/Iisputo that the nit'n engaged in formI
'ng tIn* ureal Steel Trust. for whieh the
holdings of Andrew t'arncgie in the
i stock of the Carnegie Company are to
form the basis, are not only seriously
considering the idea of a single giant
I torpor at ion. under the presidency of
Charles M. Schwab, but are proceeding
I without letting the thought of popular
hostility to trusts weigh in their plans
at all.
I lToininent banking tirms of the city
I have been tentatively sounded as to
their willingness to share in the under
j writing necessary to form sueli a big
i corporation, it is thoroughly possible
j Mint the giant corporation project may
i be al unbuil d for that of a working
agreement which would be in effect
a giant trust of several corporations.
I tint if tin- former project is abandoned
!t will lie not because of the fear of
popular opinion, but because of the
j practical dillienlties in financing a
j company of such large size. Enough
has been learned to justify the statement
that tli" bogie of outcry against
Irusts is being disregarded. The pttbI
lie is thought to have taken the whole
j luattor calmly.
| A member of a banking house ou
I hiendly relations with J. I*. Morgan
' K: Co.. when aske ' about this matter,
j laid:
I "What can the public do nhout it.
my way ? Hostile legislation, do you
; fa.vV Nonsense. The Government
] cannot tax one industry at the expense
of auotlu-r. The men who have
it- ?- - ' -
it:rs [ini.in-i oil ii:lm 1 IU1VC HO II'IIM OIJ
| (lint score. in inv opinion."
j "Wi ll, what about the financial difBuiltvV"
was asked.
| "The wliole scheme would not ro!
quire an enormous amouut of actual
| rash," said he. "There are no insuperable
obstacles. There are the usual
'abstaclcs of {jetting each concern to
Calue its. stock at no more than its
ftroper proportionate worth. You meet
Hint difficulty in every consolidation."
The first statement in regard to the
purchase of control of the Carnegie
Steel Company to have an ofiicinl
j stamp was made by Judge E. H. (Jnry,
President of ihe Federal Steel Company.
President Mary said that the
announcement was made on bis own
csponsibility, but it is taken for granted
that lti? speaks with authority.
The text of the statement is as follows
:
j "Messrs. J. P. Morgan & Co. are tinI
Jotibtcdiy considering plans f<?r the ac
quisition of tlie properties of some of
tlie largest iron and steel companies of
,his country. Presumably they will
.ltd make ?>r authorize any official
statement until after the plans are per
footed. It is probable there will ln?
>icli ownership or control :is t?> secure
/lorfeet nnil permanent litirmony In tin*
larger linos ??I' litis indqstrv. It is not
Intended.however. to obtain rontrol of
my lino of business or 1<> oroato any
monopoly or trust, or in any antnconIze
any principle or policy of the law.
I "Tito method to !>< adopted In tiequiring
properties will not permit any
minority stock interest to interfere, if
tut eh stockholder were so disposed,
which is not probable, as Ids pecuniary
I Interest will influence him otherwise,
lie will be fully protected in any
event. The success of the enterprise
will result in cront hem tit to the investor
lit securities, the consumers and
' the workincnuMi or employes, tattle.
If any. new cash will lie required and
therefore the present financial condl
lion will mo la- disturbed.
| "This statement is made solely on
my own responsibility."
i The paragraph in regard to minority
i Mockhnldcrs is regarded as significant.
| 'I'lie statement tout they will uot be
allowed to interfere is supposed to lie
for the heiieiit of Mr. Friek and his
friends, who are minority holders in
j the Carnegie Company.
IiON DON PA I'M Its' tOMMKNTS.
rhr 11.illy Cli roti icte Sii.i ? PropaMOl Trn?t
Ik n Mrnnrn to Commerce.
London.- All the morning papers
comment upon the Steel Trust in the
Fnited States.
"It is a little less than a menace to
the commerce of the civilized world."
says the loiily Chronicle, "and before
it all previous trusts fade into insignificanee.
it sets the seal to the triumph
of the millionaire."
The Times, in Its tiiiancial article,
which refers to the combination as the
"biggest of even American financial
deals." says:
"The magnitude of the Stork Exchange
operations in Americans and
(the gigantic deals upon which they are
'in part based are making experienced
I people ratlur more cautious in entering
into commitments, for. although
j they still believe business to be sound
in the United States, the magnitude
of the operations recently effected, eej
penally in the Steel Trust, is greater
than any we heretofore have experienced
"
Fatal Piptostoii to rpwitsr Will*.
Part of the Oriental Powder Mills at
Newhall. Me., was demolished by an
explosion. Two employes were blown
to atoms. The cause of the explosion
Is unknown. The financial loss to the
company Is estimated at $8000.
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NO. 48.
ROB'BERS MAKE RICH HAUL
Steal Express Safe With $40,000
From a Railway Platform.
Authorities or lutru Town Where dim*
Occurred Sny They Ilnvo Two
Men IVlio Committed It.
Sioux City. Iowa.?Prompt and active
Work 1?y the authorities at ManfJn.
Iowa, result til In the arrest ol' three
men who are supposed to have been
Implicated in the tlu.ri ,.r .,
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States Express Company safe which
contained about S-t0.000.
The Chicago. Milwaukee and St. Pan!
train in wliieh the safe was taken
front Sionx City arrived at Manila at
8.0."? o'flncl; p. ni. The Omaha train
was late, and -Tames Stnrfevant, of
Sionx City, the express messenger. dM
not hurry in uiiloadhti; tlie goods and
packages from his car. The exmvvs
safe, with other articles, was unloaded
and placed on a truck on the station
platform, and then Sturtevaut and
the ltnjrgnjreman went to the other end
of the platform to get another truck
load. When Slurt-vant returned lie
noticed that the articles on the truck
were disarranged, and a glance showed
that the Iron Pox was gone.
There was great excitement, and no
time was lost in spreading the alarm.
City Marshal I-Vrrill hastily assent
Pled a posse and vigorous work was
begun. Snow lay thick upon the
ground, and it did not take long to dis
cover the tracks of two persons, who
evidently had been carrying some
heavy object, directly from tlie* truck
as il stood upon the depot plat form
They carried the safe a distance of
a Pout two Plocks. and then loaded ft
Into a wagon, which had been left
there in waiting.
The wagon was driven a mile and a
half into the country and there Unsafe
was forced open and the contents
were abstracted. The men th^-reahnii
tinned the safe ami went their way on
a new track. It was not ditliciilt to
trace them, however, ami three ar
rests were made. Tln-ir names are
John .Tncksoii. John Stovnlt and Chax
Hayes. All are men who live at Mm
nila and arc well known. Their reputations
heretofore have not been bad.
They stonily protest their innocence,
hut the authorities believe the evidence
against at least two of them will prove
conclusive. The three prisoners are in
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bonds of S 12.0(10 e::cli.
The authorities sny tho shoes of two
of the men exactly Ii( tho tracks in fho
snow at tho station where tho safe was
carried off.
Tho stolon safe contained In tho
neighborhood of S-IO.Ooo. Twelve thousand
dollars was in cash and the remainder
in drafts, checks, and various
valuables.
None of tho money or valuables
has been recovered.
DEATH OF CCNCRF.SSMAN SHAW.
Former fnnimniKlrr-iit-Chli-f of the (1. A.
It. t'oiinit Head Li T?e?l.
Washington. I>. ('. Representative
Albert It. Shaw, of the Twenty fourth
District, and past Commander in
Chief of tho (1 rath I Army of the Re
public, was found dead in his room at
l the ltiggs (louse. lie attended ji
' bati<|Uel the previous evening at the
lihhitt House in honor of Cotuinanderiu
Chief Rossleur, of the <7. A. R., and
complained to friends nearby of suffering
from indigestion. liis death
was due to apoplexy, and he probably
died Sooll alter net r-li in.? l.i_
The hotly was taken to Watortown,
N. V., Air. Shaw's liouit', where the
funeral was held.
Mrs. Shaw died t>n February !>.
IS'.!'.'. Mr. Shaw leaves a soil. Dr.
Henry L. K. Shaw, of Alhauy, and
two married daughters.
Albert Dtiatie Shaw was horn in
Lyme, N. V., Deeemher 1!7, 1X11. lie
enlisted as a private in Company A.
Thirty fifth New York Volunteers, in
.lime, 18151. and served two years. lie
served one term in the State Assembly
of Now York and then entered the
tonsillar service. lie was Command
er-in-Chief of the Cratid Army of the
ItepuMic of New \ ork in 1N!>'? aml of
the National Hneampuienl in IMl'J.
He was elected to t'oiijfi'ess last N'oveinher
to 1:11 the Unexpired term of
Kepresentative C. A. Chiekerin?r, who
t-omuiilied sulfide while temporarily
insane, and was also elected to the
Fifty seventh t oipjTt ss.
r-rniiic I'a'iiHldii Kill.
The ('elision Appropriation liill, oar
rying $lir>,2 wjis? passed by the
United Slates Senate. (Maims allowed
on aeeount of the Spanish war repre
sent only S'27<Uii)0 of this year's total.
IIIIiioIk Mwy ,\?!????t Klcrlrir Ctalr.
A hill was introdueed in the Illinois
Legislature providing f>>r capital pun
Ishment hereafter in the oloeirie chair
instead of hy haiitMiig.
riO.OOO Troop* For South Africn.
The British War Oiliec la> d? ided
to senu IHMhhi more moitmed nu n to
the aid of (Jenernl Kit lienor in South
Africa.
OaiTKnl a AVomari l'o>4nci*tcr.
Burglars hound and gag. d the u >11
an posamtser of i;os?.fcrd. <?iiL . and
Stole $1.10 in stamps and $1 in ea.h
The claim is made for South Dn;ota
that it has for tlm third consecutive
year produce l more wealth pov capita
than any other state in the I uion, the
total for the year just ended having
been .$10f,,."?00,(HiO. Of this sun :>27.(KKi.dfio
eomes from live stock. SIS.- j
opu.oiKi from corn. $ir>.<iuo,(?io from
wheat and $1*,<XK),OUO from minerals.
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