tiWfEß ID clouds of gold and ■" -. \ 'L ' crimson •'\r : ''!<v''''// s V The Kaster morn lrvg breaks, ►'•'"v/ ••. From dreams of death &y..' and darkncns The slumb e r 1 n g world awakes; In woodland, vale and meadow The birds' glad carols ring, And swelling buds and blossoms Remind us of the spring. The foaming, dashing river Rejoicing to be free, Coes madly leaping onward To join the distant sea; In nature's heart the current Of life-blood's flowing strong. The reign of death is ended, The world Is filled with song. Old winter's chains are broken. The earth awakes from sleep, And joins with us in worship This Easter day to keep. While those with sorrow laden Lift up In praise their voice. The dreary night has vanished. The nations all rejoice. Oh, glorious Kaster morning. The message that you bring Is dearer than the sunlight Or fairest flowers of spring. For all the bells are ringing, And in one sweet accord They tell the joyful story 1 Of Christ, the risen Lord. The Easter lilies blooming, With incense fill the air. The rosy sunlight lingers , Within each chalice fair; And carols sweet ascending Are wafted to the skies, "The Saviour has arisen And we shall surely rise." —W. O. Park, in Good Housekeeping. i/j "^ 7 " ° f ti,e 1 wMf / little Simpsons y/fl / made its appear '■/« > W • mice on Faster day ' //([( C there was an ani- V mated discussion fj as to an appropri ate name. Mrs. Simpson's heart was set upon Lily, the name of a former niistri ss of whom she was very fond. "Lily's all right, inah," said Arabella- Maud, the eldest daugh ter. "Hut 'lain'fc enuff. All stylish folks tack on two or three names." "Kf she was a boy I reckon we'd call her McKinley," putin Henjamin Harri son. Then, as a bright thought struck him: "What's de name ob de presi dent's lady. Arabella .Maud'. 1 " "Idy," prompt ly answert d t hat young person, who was authority ia her own particular circle, evett in matters, per taining to the white house. ' Hut. you see, we've got an Idy ; Idy Klizabeih." (ireen Simpson, the head of the fam ily (whose name couldn't have been more appropriate), sat smoking: his pipe in the warmest corner of the chimneys. No one ever thought of consulting' him about family matters. *'Du as yer mall says, chill ens;" he'd say sometimes with a show of authority, "I'se mo' 'portant mattahs to 'tend to," though what they were no one ever dis covered. Therefore, an explosion of chimney. No one ever thought of caused greater consternation than he did. when, taking- his pipe out of his mouth, he said: "Name the kid Lust ah Lily." For a moment there was silence; then his better half rolled her eyes in his direction till nothing but the whites were visible, and said, with a grin: "Whah'd yer get such an ideah in yer pate, ole man?" " 'Cause to-day's Kastah, to be suah," answered Green, chuckling at his own brightness. Strange to say. all were favorably im pressed. "Sounds like'ristocratic white folks," said Arabella Maud. Gro-ver Cleveland had gone over to the clothes basket where little No. 7 was peacefully sleeping, and stood gaz ing at tier for a few moments. Then lie said, in a deep bass voice, which 1 was going to say came from his boots, only he was barefooted: "Liliesis white." This seemed a poser, but Arabella Maud proved equal to the occasion. "Yer granmali's named Hose," she said, sharply, "and she's the blackest niggah you ever seen. I reckon there's black roses and lilies, too, nowadays. I've seen 'ein in bunnits." Grover was quenched, and the baby's name was settled. Poor little Easter Lily! It wasn't long before they discovered that some thing' was the matter with her sight. "She can't see the leastest thing," com plained Abraham Lincoln, who was try ing to amuse her one day."l done b'lleve she's bliutl as a bat." And so it .proved. A happier, healthier little darky n*.ver lived, and with six brothers and j sisters tvuett for he>r. she didn't miss her eyes for awhile. Hut it.was a great | grief to M>«. Simpson. Jler chief com fort was in the child's name. "Kastah Lily's so soi to' religious like." she'd say. " 'Pears like it's jest the name for a pore blind lamb." Mrs. Simpson was a devout member of the "Xkin Haptist church." and Kas ter Lily Vasvery fondof go-ing with her and listening to the sing-ing. I think in spite of Mrs. Simpson's sorrow over I tlie child's misfortune, she felt that it ! somehow conferred a certain distinc-j tion upon her to be the mother of a | blind child, and she took a particular pr.iUi in leading Easter Lily up the aisle, | | and placing her on the seat beside her, w lie re. with her little fat legs stuck sit.ralght ouU --lie would sit, quiet as a mouse, coutin.ua.ily rolling- liei* eyes, precisely as if she could see, and join ing in the singing with her shrill, child ish treble. And she caught words here and there in "HruddecSmallwood's dis courses" which slue remembered, and often fired unexpected questions at her mother, much to the poor woman's dis comfiture. "Who was it. Dat opened blind folkses' eyes?" she asked suddenly one Mom •> morning. Mrs. Simpson took her steaming-an s out of the tub and wiped them on her apron. "Why, de Laud, to be %uah, honey," she answered. "He said a man done it, HruddeT Small wood did," Easter Lily went on. Mrs. Sit»pson wiped her face; tihe<i logieai discussions brought' the sweat to her brow. "De Laud was de Laud, and a man. too," she said. "I can't take de time to '.-plain it to yer now, and you couldn't understand nohow." "I knows," said the child, evidently satisfied. "De God-man did it." There was a pause and then she added: "I done wish He'd come again. 'Specs He'd make me see." Tilings were getting beyond her mother. She went to the door and called Arabella Maud, who was hanging clothes on the line. "Get a move on yer. gal, and come in and 'muse yer sister." Hut thechild didn't forget. Her mind was active and she had a remarkable memory for a cbrild of six. She was often heard telling- wonderful stories to her brothers and sisters, about the God-man. who made blind foikses see. There was unusual excitement at the big stone church just round tilie corner, "the churehof the Epiphany." The chil dren of thie neighborhood, among whom were the little Simpsons, were intensely interested, and spent most of the morn ing watching the flowers that were carried in., and trying to g-et a peep iiv side. Every item of interest was care fully repeated to Easter Lily. "De bishop's a-eomin' to-night," the colored sexton told them, Abraham Lincoln being appointed a committee of investigation. "What's he comin' fur?" asked the boy. The sexton was a family friend. "Heaps ob folks is gwine to jine 'de church," answered Uncle Jake. "And de bishop he dresses all in white like de angel Gabriel, and he puts his hands on dere heads and dat makes 'em 'Pisco pals." All this made an impression on Eas- : !n " ! I: ■ ■ ?sjpßß|| i i t 1 <p —• ||,-I ifi ■'• "Wf.-'.-tof* 4 I '.$"•••, -:M .*■ *••*' 'i • Jam. ■ 'U :< V\(>s -■ l|f "WHO WAS IT DAT OPENED BEfND FOL.KSES' EYES?" te'r Lily that no ore dreamed of. Sure ly this must he the God-man. lie put His hands on folks and cured them. She was willing to be a " "i'iscopal" if He made her .see, though what that meant she hadn't the faintest idea. Of all her brothers and sisters, Grover Cleveland was her favorite. He was nine years old and a "very long headed kid," bis fond mother sal"? So Easter Lily finally succeeded in drawing him to a more secluded spot, where -lie confided to him a little plan of her own. "I'se fear'd yer liatchin* up some mis chief," said their mother that after noon. "Grover Cleveland, if I cotch yer puttin* any fool nonsense in dat blessed chile's head 'twill be de wuss for yer." "We'se all right, mammy," Easter Lily assured her. And glad to see the child happy the mother let them alone. Service was nearly over at the big church round the corner. The choir of white-robed boys was marching slow lydown theaisle, singingin their sweet, clear voices the hymn so full of inspira tion, especially to the confirmation class: "Onward, Christian Soldiers." Then slowly the large congregation passed out, and at last the church was empty save the bishop and the rector, w ho were still kneeling at the chancel. Suddenly the sacred silence was broken by the patter of four little feet tiptoeing up the aisle. Dressed in his Sunday best, to which he added on his own responsibility a collarof his brot h er's which reached his ears, his walk ing greatly impeded by the same big brother's shoes, which were kept on with difficulty, came (trover Cleveland, while dressed in a bright red calico so stiffly starched that it cracked with every movement, her head covered with little pigtails tied with a variety of colors and sticking straight out, trotted Easter Lily, holding tightly to Grovers hand as he shuffled along. They reached the chancel just a* the bishop and rector arose from their knees, "XoK'.s yer chance," whispered Gro CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY, MARCH 30, 1899. ver Cleveland, inn shrill, excited whis per, and they passed Into the chancel. "Here he is—cotch hold of liis gownd —cotch hold. quick." "What is the meaning of this?" The rector spoke very sternly as he saw the white robe of the bishop firmly clutched bj'a pair of little black hands. "What are you doing here?" But Easter Lily was too much in ear nest to be driven off in that way. She only clutched the harder, and looking up into the bishop's face with her poor sightless eyes said, fearlessly: "Oh, God-man, won't you make me see?" orover Cleveland now thought it time for a*i explanation. "She's stone blind, yer highness." he *ai(i. thinking that t he proper way to address a bishop, and ducking his head as well as he could, surrounded as it was by the col lar. "And we thought yer highness could cure her." "Like de God-man dat Brudder Small wood preached about," chimed in Easter Lily. "Don't wait for me," said the bishop to the recior, who was absolutely speechless. His voice trembled, and there w ere tears in his eyes; those eyes that never failed to look kindly upon all who needed his help. Taking a seat He lifted the little girl in his lap, and in a few simple words told h<*r the story of the God-man as she had never heard it before, and explained that he had 110 power to restore her sight. The children listened with inteDse interest. Then, gently putting tier down, he told her brother to take her home, asking- their names and address. Then a carriage came for him, and in a few minutes he was gone. The children stood there hand in hand in a dazed' sort of way. till the sexton made his appearance to turn out the lights. "C'lar out, clar out, chillens. Does ye 'spose we 'l'iscopals never wants to git to bed?" Then they slowly started for home. The nature *>f the expedition wasia pro found secret, they having got permis sion togo to "Uncle Jake's church." "We won't tell nobody," said Easter Lily, as they reached the house. "Dey'd all poke fun at us." Then, with a sigh that was full of pathos, slw added, soft ly: "I thought mebbe I'd come home seei n'." The Simpson family, or their neigh bors. will never f«rget the excitement caused the next morning by a carriage stopping at the door of the Simpson dwelling, from which a tall, tine-look ing man stepped- briskly and knocked |on the floor. And when, after a call of at least half an hour (which the good man never recalls without a vivid rec ollection of mingled odors of bacon, cabbage J*nd soap suds), lie appeared accompanied by Mrs. Simpson and Eas ter Lily, the excitement reached a pitch which became almost panicky. For days afterward Mrs. Simpson found her popularity as a hostess al most equal to that of " 'ristocratic white folks," and she never tired of telling the wonderful story of the bishop's visit, and how he took her and Easter Lily to a great doctor who had cured heaps of blind people, and' whfl thought he could cure little Easter Lily too. "So she's goin' to a hospitable to stay awhile," said her mother with pride. "He says she kin have lots of good things to eat —chicken an' seeh like.— and a nuss to take keer of her just life white folkses' chillen. And lie says- Kress de good Laud!—that by next Eastah he is suali dot Enstah Lily'llsee as good as any of "ilanehe Ualley King, in Orange Judd fYrmer. Swoot KIIOIIKVI ft»r Vovi. A little dream of white. And a little stream of blue. And that's the Master fconnet That is sweet enough Tor you! A kiss beneath that bonnet Is as swe<*t as honey- Jew , And the ribbon blue upon it Tangles all the heart of yon! A little dream of white And a Jittb* stream <'* Mue— And that's the er bonnet < >ur d>-ar old s\£oethe»rts knew! A kiss beneath that nonne.t Made your glad lips wish for two And that's the Muster bonnet That is sweet enough for you! —P. 1,. Stanton, in Atlanta Constitution. Woultt Ki>vcr Do. "Here is a paper," he said, "that ad vocates a movement to compel women to take otl their hats in church as well as in the theater." "In church!" she exclaimed. "That's what it says." "Might' as well abolish Easter entirely," she said, indignantly.—Chief gf Even ing Post. CHICAGO HEARINGS CLOSED. The llri-l Court l lnlnlira Itx l.uliurilD (he Windy « II) and (,i>r« to >«•»»• York. Chicago, March 23.—The members of the government court of inquiry fin ished their labors in Chicago yesterday and left for New York last evening. The testimony of Gov. Roosevelt will there be received, after which the court will proceed to Governor's island. The evidence brought forth yester day consisted mainly of criticisms of the canned beef and refrigerated beef from soldiers who ate It and watched its effects iu Cuba and Porto Kieo. David l-'leischmann, a bell boy in the Hotel Morrison, told of a visit to the stock yards in the company of an un known man whose purpose he supposed to be an experiment in the matter of preserving beef bv chemical treatment. W. Clark Marshall, the provision specialist whose testimony was expect ed to be sensational, threw no addition al light on the question, his evidence being principally the expression of the opinion that canned beef as now put on the market is totally unfit for food. Dr. John (i. Bnrne, of Chicago, who was assistant surgeon of the Second Illinois volunteers while the regiment was at Jacksonville, stated that lie had condemned the refrigerator beef sev eral times before it left the wagon which brought it. He had also re turned some of it to the cars, taking it back in wagons. He had refused the meat seven times in one month on ac count of the bad odor and bad taste. First Lieut. Hedekin, of the Third cavalry testified that the principal meat ration in Cuba was refrigerator beef. The complaint against it was that it was rotten. Col. Davis asked the witness if he had any reason to believe that chemi cals had been used in preserving the refrigerated beef. "The night after I joined my troop, refrigerator beef appeared on the table in the form of steak. I'pon tasting it . 1 noticed that it had ft peculiar taste which I had never noticed before in beef. r ate heartily of it. That night 1 became sick, and I was unable to as cribe the disease to any other cause." W. A. Robinson, traveling represen tative of the chemical firm of Charles Pfizer & <'o., New York, testified tlTat he formerly had sold chemicals to the packing trade. The witness said it was within his knowledge that his firm sells to [jacking houses large quantities of boric acid and other chemicals, but that so far as he knew such chemicals were never applied to fresh beef; they were used for export pork. Albert 0. Manns, the chemist of Ar mour & Co., testified that a large num ber of chemicals were used in the manufacturing department, but none in the packing house except borax and boric acid, which were used in packing some go ids for the foreign market. The witness stated that the refrigera tor beef sent to the army was shipped in the usual way and that no chemicals were used on it. Clark Marshall said he had* been a specialist in meat provisions since 1848, although lie had not been in any of the establishments in seven or eight years. "Please explain the nature and char acter of your experience with reference to canned meats, more particularly | canned roast beef, so called," said Maj. ' ! Lee. "I have investigated and experiment- j ed iu the matter since 1848. The pro cess of canning meat to-day robs the | m -at of all its nutrition, leaving noth ing but fibre, fat and gelatine in the can. I consider it entirely unfit for j human food." A SPANISH FLAG. First On*- 111 1 Sulfite,l ilii- President Since the War I* Presented to lliin. Thomasville, fla.. March 2.l.—Presi dent MeKinley and Vice President, Ilo bart returned to the home of Senator llanna last evening much pleased with their trip to Jckyl island. The meet ing of Speaker Reed and the president was confined to exchanges of common courtesies in the presence of a number of other persons. At Brunswick all the shipping, in cluding three Spanish vessels, saluted the president's cutter, the Colfax. 1L 11. Raymond, southern manager of the Mallory line from thie sfeamer Rio Grande, ablaze with bunting, came aboard and presented to the president dent a good-sized Spanish flag from the bark Tafallla, which had been waved in salute as the president's boat steamed down the harbor to Jekyl last Monday. ! It was accompanied by the following I note: "This is the first Spanish flag to sa lute President MeKinley after the con clusion of peace between the United States and Spain and is now presented to the president at Brunswick, f!a., March 22. 18!(<), with the compliments of Rosendo Torras, late vice consul of Spain." Porto lili'iuiM. Washington, March 23. - Acting Postmaster General Heath has re ceived a letter from Capt. W. H. El liott, director of posts at Porto Rico, relating experiences on an official tour of the islands which he has just com pleted. Elliott states that tiie people were incredulous when he told them that sealed letters would be sacred in the mails and that any one who meddled with mail in transit or in possession of the government would he severely punished. He says the Porto Ricans entrust to the mails only unimportant letters, never mailing any matter regarded as private or valu able, as the mails have frequently been rifled. OttM I. ICe Intorced. Washington, March 23. Additional reinforcements reached Gen. Otis at Manila yesterday as is indicated by the receipt of ;i dispatch from Gen. Otis saying itha.t ithe "transport Sherman had just arrived with the troops in good condition. The Sherman fol lowed the Grant, through the Suez canal and preceded the transport Sher man over the same route. The Sheri dan is expected to reach Manila in about two weeks. These three ves sels will add about 5.000 fresh regular troops to the military forces in the Philippines. SHERMAN STiLL LIVES. l(«port that tlie lix-Secrctarjr of Stat« Had Hied While on a Sea Voyage Proved False. Washington, March 22. —Seldom has official Washington been more com pletely stirred by conflicting emotions than it was yesterday by the announce ment first of the death of John Sher man and then by the contradiction of the report, which came a few hours later, the one giving a relief which was as marked as the sorrow produced by the other. The first report which was from New York was received at 3 p. m. The announcement seemed to fid low naturally the other cablegrams of the day, stating that the venerable statesman's condition had grown worse, and there was a universal ex pression of regret and in many cases of personal distress over the news. Cabinet ministers, senators and mem bers of the house expressed deep sor row, speaking not only in terms of itd ni i rat ion and respect for the ex-sen ator's career, but dwelling with kind ness upon his personal character. The contradiction of the first report did not arrive until 8:30. It came in the shape of a positive statement from Shntiago, made in the knowledge that the report of the senator's death ltud been circulated. This dispatch was immediately given as wide circulation in the city as was possible for it to re ceive at that hour. Secretary Hay was placed in possession of a copy of the dispatch as were also Mr. Sher man's family. "A most marvelous con dition of affairs," remarked the secre tary. He then proceeded to express his great relief that the first news was not confirmed. The news of the reported death of Mr. Sherman took many persons to his house on K street. Among others who were congregated there when the representative of the press called were the two former private secretaries cf Senator Sherman, Mr. Bibcock and Mr. Yaile, as well as Miss Kate Willock, a niece, and Mrs. Charles Hoyt, whose husband was a cousin of Mr. Sherman. They and others present read the dis patch stating that the senator was still alive, with tremulous joy. The read ing of the glad message had scarcely been concluded by those present than Mrs. McCollum, the adopted daughter of Mr. Sherman, burst into the room, accompanied by the daughter of Gen. Miles. They had received the news through a telephone message while at Gen. Miles' house tyid had hurried over to impart it to the rest of the family. Mrs. Sherman is the one person of the household who suffered neither | from the first announcement nor re-J joiced over the second. She was not I informed of either. Mrs. Sherman < has been quite ill from a paralytic at- j tack for several months, and had not been informed even of Mr. Sherman's j serious illness, for fear of its effect I upon her. It was felt when the news; of his death came yesterday that it J would have to be broken to her, but all ! hesitated to make the announcement.! It was ultimately decided to postpone j the sad duty until to-day. She was thus saved the shock. Kingston, Jamaica, March 20. The I I steamer Paris, with the party of Ameri cans touring in West Indian waters.! | arrived here Sunday. John Sherman ! is steadily improving, though he is stil! | | a very sick man, sind cannot with ! safety lie transferred to-day to the j | cruiser Chicago. IT'S A MERE SPECK IN THE SEA. j Coimiiuiider 'l'liiissiu Tell* How tie Took I'onnckkloii of W illie Island. Washington, March 22.—The condi | tions under which Wake island, midway i between Honolulu and the Philippines, | was taken possission of in the name! of the I'nited States by the command- j er of the Bennington, on her voyagej across the Pacific, are given in a report j to the navy department from Com-I mander Taussig. The officer says he approached the island with the navi-i gator at the masthead, steaming slow- j ly along the southern and eastern sides | to discover signs of habitation and looking in vain for an anchorage. He i did not circumnavigate the island, but j seeing that the outlet on the north was barred not only by a wall of coral also by a sand pit, he returned to the lee of the island. A landing was made at 1 o'clock on Jaffuary 17 and a flag pole was raised. When the flagstaff was in place the sailors were formed in two ranks fac ing seaward and having called all to witness that the island was not in the possession of any other nation, Com mander Tausig ordered the American flag to be raised by Ensign Wettengel. ! Cpon reaching the truck the flag was | saluted by 21 guns from the Benning ton. After tin* salute the flag was nailed to the masthead with battens i and a brass plate with the following i inscription was screwed to the base of < the flagstaff: i "I'nited States of America. William i Mcinley. president. John D. Long, sec- ' retarv of the navy. Commander Edward Taussig. I". S. \.. commanding the I'nited States steamer Bennington, this 17th day of January, 1890, took pos session of the atoll known as Wake 1 island for the United States of Ameri- ] ca ' 1 % <;ni to ICinpl] Buffalo. March 23. —Every employe i of the Buffalo smelting works, the lo- > cal branch of tho Calumet & Heela ' Mining Co.. yesterday received an j 1 envelope containing a bonus of 10 per ! > cent, of the wages earned during the j 1 year. The gift to the employes is in j i lieu of an increase In wages. In <! <* r\v rll erw Indie ted. Cincinnati, March 23. —The grand j ' .jury of Kenton county at Covington, ' K,v.. has returned indictments against v the Home Life Insurance Co.. of New- York, and 42 other life and tire com panies for conspiracy for "Banding to- " gether and fixing and maintaining a higher rate of preyiinm than would otherwise prevail." The indietement I s is found under the anti-trust laws of { the state, and this action of the grand [ r jury may be followed by the execution j , of the threat made by the underwriters, j . at the time of a previous indictment, to s leave Covington without insurance. | 'CHINA'S SORROW. 1 i , Yellow Biver Floods Cause Millions to Starve. ; AX APPEAL FOR HELP. Hundreds of Cities and Towns are Submerged. BEG FOR MONEY AND CORN. Thousands of tlic Natives are Living in Mraiv Hula, Uliilc< «uiilli'M<Hli er« arc Without Any Shelter—Crops ■entirely Itioiro) ed. Washington, March 25.—Citizens of the United States residing in Chefoo. China, have made on earnest appeal through Consul Fowler at Chefoo to the charitable in America and else where on behalf of tlie sufferers from the appalling Yellow river flood of this year. The flood has been described by the natives as "China's sorrow," and the petitioners state that never before was the distress so great and heart-rending as now. The most con servative estimates place the number of starvation at 2,000,000 and time and increasing cold weather will undoubt edly greatly augment the distress. The petitioners say they are daily, almost hourly, in receipt of reports from their countrymen in the interior depicting the condition of the famine refugees; hundreds of villages are sub merged, cities surrounded by water, homes, furniture, clothing, in fact everything is under water or destroyed. The natives themselves are living in straw hut*. Many have absolutely m» shelter from the winter's cold and snow, subsisting on bark, willow twigs, roots, etc. The summer's crops have been a failure, the seed for the next spring'* sowing 1 is gone and there is nothing for these starving millions to hope for in the future. "With our knowledge of the terrible want prevailing," says the American, committee, "we venture to call upon the charitable in our home land to as sist us in trying to alleviate at least a portion of this misery. Therefore we shall be glad to receive contributions of money and corn. We earnestly beg the merchants and others on the Pa cific coast to contribute a steamer load of corn. The natives of Shantung, ! unlike those down south, subsist upon corn, and we believe if the grain men j of the west will ship to the United | States consul at Chefoo, it will be the j means of not only saving thousands of J lives, l)iit of opening a market of from ! 23,000,000 to 30,0000,000 consumers later J on. as under normal conditions Ameri- I can corn can easily compete with nativer I and if this corn can be sent, we guaran tee that it will be distributed under the direct personal supervision of Ameri [ cans now residing in or near the sub merged district. "We ask for money to be sent to the United States consul here, with which food, clothing and stock can be bought for the sufferers and we guarantee a strict accounting for every dollar thus received. Shantung is peculiarly in teresting to American merchants, as the best market for their products in nil China; to the missionaries because there are live denominations represent ed, comprising lis scattered all over this vast province, and to whom we look to assist us in distributing such relief as we may receive. Pro bably in no other place in the world, and probably not in this generation has there been so much suffering as is now being endured in Shantung. The natives are doing all in their power; one firm in Chefoo has contributed the equivalent of $70,000 in cash and 10,000 bags of corn and all classes are con tributing. but let us not forget that there are 2,000,000 starving." Tableware Combine. Pittsburg, March 25.—The long talked of glass tableware combination will be consummated in New York to day. Options jin 95 per cent, of all the concerns in the country have been secured. The principal stumbling block in the way of the com bine have been the two large concerns, the United States Glass Co. and the Koehester Tumbler Co. These com panies having finally come intc» line, the projectors left for .New York last night for the purpose of closing the deal. The combination will be capital ized at between $12,000,000 and $15,000,- 000. tne exact figure to be agreed upon in New York. When the consolidation is completed there will be a slight ad vance in prices. Western l,ea!fite M<'? \dopted. Milwaukee, March 25.—Western base ball league magnates got together Fri day and adopted the season's schedule, which takes in Columbus. Should the National league drop Cleveland it will be an easy matter to transfer the Co lumbus aggregation to the Forest City without materially changing the schedule. The season opens on April 27, closes September 11, and calls for 120 games. St. Paul starts in at Kan sas City, Minneapolis at Milwaukee, HutYalo at Indianapolis and Columbus at Detroit. fleet Sugar toniblne l orme t. Trenton, N. .T., March 25.- Articles of incorporation of the \merican Iteet Sugar Co. with a capital of $20,000,000, were filed "Friday. The company is authorized fo manufacture and sell sugar and the various products of sugar beets, sugar cane ajtd sorghum. t.arnieiil Workers Ilea<l> to strike. Philadelphia, March 25.—Six thou sand garment makers in this city will goon strike to-day at noon. They de mand higher wages, a fair price for government work and the alxilition of sub-contractors. Nearly 2,W0 of the strikers are women. 3
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