Ol'll FOREIGN LETTER
Dealing with Commercial and In
dustrial Conditions Abroad.
I'lip Aifrariian Pnrly 111 C* c r 111 an y
'Woulil liutcbac tl»«» Duty <u» Im
ported \\ henl—Fn'in'li W 00l lu
ll u h try ami Other Item*.
Proponed (■ermiiii Duty 011 \\ liont.
The agrarian party, after having
succeeded during the last session of
the reichstag in enacting a law pro
hibiting. in effect, the importation of
American corned beef and canned
meats and sausages, is now using its
powerful political influence to bring
about the enactment of a law that will
vastly increase the import duties on
all grains entering the German em
pire. notablj on wheat.
In this connection, it may be of in
terest to note t he following table, show
ing the duties imposed by various na
tions on the two leading grains for
breadstuffs:
Duty per bushel.
Wheat. Rye.
Country. Cents. Cents.
Portugal 58.3 4fi.6
Sweden 27 27
Argentine Republic 25.1
Italy 89.1 23 0
Spain 55 23
Germany 22.1! 22.H
Hungary 19.2 19.1
Prance 'M.7 15.7
■Greece lti.S 12.3
United States 25 10
Canada 21.4 10
Turkey 7.5 5
At present, the chief countries de
pendent on others for a large part of
their wheat supplies are Germany.
France, England, Austria, Italy.
Spain, Switzerland and Belgium. The
leading wheat-exporting countries are
Russia, Hungary. East Indies, Balkan
States. United States, Canada, Argen
tine Republic and Australia.
The aim of the agrarians is to make
Germany entirely independent of al!
countries for its breadstuffs and food
supplies. However, it is impossible to
understand how a duty of. say, 44 cents
on every bushel of imported wheat, as
is now proposed to the reielistag, can
increase the crops of wheat and other
cereals in this country or decrease the
appetite of its people. Farming, di
versified and intensified, is done in
Germany upon more improved and
scientific methods than probably any
where else in the world. Though the
Germans use less machinery in gar
nering and removing their crops than
we do. they apply more chemistry in
the treatment of their soil, and use al
most every inch of ground available
for agricultural purposes. More com
mercial fertilizers are imported into
Germany and manufactured there, and
more attention is paid to "soil in
oculation'' in order to increase fertil
ity, than in any other country. And
yet, with all that science and money
and toil can do in raising grain, Ger
many is obliged to import from other
countries about one-eighth of her
breadstuffs. One-eighth is a rather
Email fraction and does not look at all
formidable, but when it is borne in
mind that in 1599 Germany had to im
port 50.371.430 bushels of wheat, for
which she paid $42,935,200, and 22.097.-
tl~s bushels of rye. which cost her $15,-
440.200, the question at once assumes
gigantic proportions. For the two
items of w heat and rye, the nation paid
to other nations the handsome sum of
»55,381,400. and this vast sum of money
the agrarians claim will be retained in
Germany if a higher duty be imposed on
wheat and other grains.
It is proposed to add to the acreage
of Germany by putting under cultiva
tion all the barren, waste places now
occupied by moors and heaths and
swamps. It is claimed that ample pro
tection will bring better prices for
home-grown wheat, which will en
■courage the German farmer to grow
less sugar beet and more grain. Hut
even should Germany be as .success
ful in increasing Iter production of
wheat and rye as the most sanguine
agrarians expect, it would be impos
sible for any length of time to supply
the home consumption. With the nat
ural increase of the population of Ger
many. the demand for and the con
sumption of breadstuffs are contin
ually growing. Each year brings to
the country, on the average. 6CC.000
fresh mouths clamoring for food. So.
after all, it is difficult to see how the
proposed national legislation can have
any other effect, in the long run. than
to enhance the price of the daily bread
so needful to every man, woman and
child.
There seems to be little doubt that
the proposed law will be passed by
the German reielistag. This will se
riously affect the interests of the
American farmer, for a large part of
the importation of wheat is American
grown. A duty of 40 to 50 cents on
every bushel of wheat cannot fail to
be well-nigh prohibitive, and theconse
■quence will be more limited markets,
fiercer competition, and lower prices
to the producers.
French Wool IniluMtry.
The supply of washed wool for the
French industry was. 194,004.800
pounds in 1890. This figure has
varied somewhat in the last ten years,
"being 231,483,000 pounds in 189.'!, 240,-
301,400 pounds in 1890, and only 227,-
705.021 pounds: in 1898.
France makes a specialty of comb
ing anil possesses a number of large
establishments, particularly in the
department of the north. She ex
ports a large quantity of combed
wool, and the export, is constantly in
creasing. rising from 17.118,719 pounds
in 1890 to 42,024,085 pounds in IS9B.
Her best customers are Russia, Ger
many, Belgium and Spain. The home
consumption has decreased somewhat,
on account of the removal to oilier
countries of several spinning estab
lishments, which, however, still buy
their combed wool in the French mar
k<rt.
French mills produced 150,333,87S
pounds of wool in IC9S,1 C 9S, valufd at
about $90,500,000. Eleven million five
hundred and eiyht thousand nine
hundred and twelve pounds of this
production viz., one-sixth of the
amount was exported.
There were imported 4.202.594
pounds oif woo'.en yarns and 1.(i5ti.519
pounds of hair yarns; also 44.092,000
pounds of shoddy and mixed yarns
making about 188,934,220 pounds of
yarns for the use of French weaving
establishments. These est ablish
inents make many and varied goods.
The principal centers of clolli man
ufacture are Uonbaix-Toureoing. Se
dan, Elbeuf. Rlheims. Yienne. Mazamet.
and ( hatearoux. Comoed wool cloth
ami cheviots are principally made in
the department of the north. Accord
ing to the customs statistics, the
cloth productions in France amounted
in 1897 to ~39,758,000.
Uoubaix and Toureoing manufac
ture armure goods, jacquards, satin
de chine, and a great quantity of nov
e'jt ies.
The following is a table taken from
the census of 1896, stati.iig the num
ber of workmen employed in the dif
ferent branches of the woolen indus
try. with the percentage furnished by
the department, of the north:
H
I ? Fi"
Per
Description. cent.
Wool combing 11,500 S7
Combed and carded wool spin
ning 38,500 51
Wool opening and tearing 700 34
Wool cloth and novelties 37,000 99
Mousseline delaine, cotton or
silk 3,700 14
Wool weaving, merinos, flan
nels 49.000 47
Cashmeres, shawls, etc 1,100 Hi
W 001, n velvets 2,600 12
Wool blankets and cotton flan
nel 5,500 24
These figures will give an idea of
the rank which the department of the
north holds in the French woolen In
dus tries.
At the exposition of 1900 there were
inscribed in the catalogue 132 wool ex
hibitors of French origin, 32 from Al
geria, 4 from Indo China,l from the
Sudan, 33 from Tunis, "J from tier
many, 26 from Austria, 7 from Bel
gjum, 12 from Bulgaria, 1 from Corea,
10 from Ecuador. 52 from Spain, 17
from the United States, 32 from Great
Britain, 9 from Greece, 13 from Hun
gary, 1 from Croatia. 13 from Italy, 3
from Japan, 25 from Mexico, 1 from
Nicaragua, 4 from Peru, 44 front Por
tugal, 21 from Roumania. 50 from
Russia, 5 from Servia, and 1 from
Switzerland.
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Mcdlenl Degree* in (tServiifiny.
Hut. «t short time aj»*o a new set
of rules went into effect regulating
the issuing of medical degrees in
Germany. The following is a trail.si ac
tion of the new rules:
The degree of doctor of medicine
can be conferred only after a thesis
has been published and a verbal ex
amination undergone. A "proniotio
in absentia" will not be allowed un
der any circumstances. By his thesis,
the candidate must prove that he is
able to work independently on sci
entific lines. The thesis must usual
ly be written in German, though the
use of another language may be al
lowed by the faculty. A biography
of the candidate must be appended.
The verbal examination consists eith
er of a simple questioning or of an
"examen rigorosutn." German sub
jects cannot receive the degree be
fore having obtained permission from
the government to practice as a phy
sician within the empire.
By a unanimous vote of the faculty
and with the permission of the su
pervising board, deviations from this
rule may be granted in particular
cases, in which the candidate cannot,
for weighty reasons, be expected to
comply with them. Foreigners who
have received the government permis
sion to practice medicine within the
German empire are subject 1o the
same regulations regarding their pro
motion to tin? degree of doctor of
medicine as those laid down for Ger
man subjects. Foreigners who do not
possess the permit for the German
empire and who wish to be promoted
should lay before the faculty proofs
of the following facts;
(1) That they have had the school
ing required in their own country
for passing the examination and re
ceiving the degree; if in their own
country fixed rules with regard to
this matter do not exist, they will
have to show certificates from home
in which proof is given that their
schooling is equal to that required for
obtaining the matriculation certifi
cate at a German "realgymnasittm."
(2) That they have passed through
(a) Studies before a regularly or
ganized medical faculty for as many
semesters as are required in Ger
many for admittance to the regular
medical examinations.
(b) That at least one of those sem
esters has been spent at the Ger
man university at which they wish
to receive their degree.
This latter rule may be suspended
if the candidate be well known to
the faculty. The printed thesis,
which must be produced before ob
taining permission to appear for the
degree examination, may, at the fac
ulty's discretion, be' replaced by a sci
entific work of the candidate which
has already been printed and pub
lished.
tiiifst* I nlfy n Family.
Among influences that mold and re
fine the young persons of the house
hold is the entertaining of welcome
guests. Those accustomed to the
presence of visitors usually have more
pleasing manners, are more at their
ease and are consequently more grace
ful and tactful than those who have
not this advantage. Entertaining vis
itors unifies a family, all being pledged
to the same end the gratification ot
the guest.—Ladies' Llouie Journal.
CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY, JANUARY 3, 1901.
A MUCH-WANTED MAN.
Police ol' tinny < Mlcm Are Senrelitns;
lor l*al <rowe, (lie Alleged Kidnap
per ol' \ ouiis < udali).
Chicago, Dec. 2s. —Disguised as a
woman, Pat Crowe, who is being
sought by the police all over the
I nited States on the charge of kid
napping r.ddie Cudahy at Omaha, has
been seen in Chicago within the lasj
few days and may still be hiding
here, according to statements made
last night by Detective James Storen,
a Chicago police officer who has ar
rested Crowe a number of times in
the past. With a view to discovering
the fugitive's hiding place a search of
several houses in Sixty-third street
has been made by Storen, acting on
information that Crowe had been rec
ognized on that street Christmas day.
In pursuing his quest the sergeant
stumbled upon evidence which he
Kays convinced him that Crowe has
been in Chicago recently and that, in
the guise of a woman, clothed in a
black robe and heavily veiled, the
suspect went abroad in the streets of
Englewood, the suburb where he
once was a resident and is well
known to many people.
Storen claims to have traced Crowe
to a room where he was masquer
ailing as a young widow in mourning,
but that Crowe received warning
from his friends that the police were
on his trail and got away before a
capture could be effected.
"I found ample evidence in the
room that its occupant was none
other than Crowe," said Sergeant
Storen last night. "Whether he is now
in Chicago I cannot say. In Engle
wood. however, he has influential
friends who in all probability have
found him a hiding place."
Boston, Dee. 28. —The Boston police
have evidence to indicate that "I'at
Crowe" and the other man who is
wanted on a charge of kidnapping
young Cudahy, are on the Warren
liner Michigan, bound tor Liverpool,
and a cable containing that informa
tion has been sent to the Scotland
Yard detectives, who will be on the
Liverpool docks when the steamer ar
rives.
Just before the Michigan sailed last,
Saturday two men who acted so sus
piciously as to attract attention and
who answered to the descriptions of
Crowe and the other supposed kid
napper. boarded the steamer with a
large amount of baggage.
A Xantasket beach watchman has
reported to the police that he saw at
the beach a big stranger, dressed like
a western cattleman and carrying a
big old carpet bag. He asked for a
boatman to row him out to an out
going vessel and said he would pay
almost any price for the service, for
he was anxious to board some vessel
going to a foreign port. He ans
wered the description iu every detail
of I'at Crowe as it has been sent out
by the Omaha police. The watchman
went to notify the police and when
he returned the man was gone.
Omaha, Dec. 28. —A dispatch to the
World-Herald from St. Joseph says
that Patrolman Carson saw Pat
Crowe enter a South St. Joseph sa
loon yesterday. lie says he is sure
of the man. as he knows him well.
HE REFUSES TO STEP OUT.
'File ttiiglihli War Olllce Demand* (lie
ICcHiu;iiulioii of lien. Colville,
London, Dec, 28,—The war office has
begun the promised reform of the
army in a sensational manner. It
has demanded the resignation of
Maj. Gen. Sir Henry Colville, com
manding an infantry brigade at Gib
raltar and recently commanding the
Ninth division of the South Africa
j field force. Gen. Colville refuses t•>
i resign, and is now on his way to Eng-
I land. The news is all the more start
| ling as the question of Gen. Colville's
| responsibility for the yeomanry dis-
I aster at Lindlay last May was inves-
I tigated by the authorities when Gen.
j Colville returned from South Africa
' last summer. After the inquiry Gen.
| Colville was reinstated in his eotn
| mand at Gibraltar in September last.
The attitude of the war office in
dicates that a new regime in Pall
| Mall will reverse the decisions of
| Lord Lansdowne and Lord WolselPy
i in regard to some of the recent com
manders in South Africa. Gen. Col
ville. like (Sen. Methuen, has always
been a great social personage in Lon
don.
DOZENS DROWNED.
A It eport thai Between IO mid oil
Children I,o*( Their Lave* \\ liilc
Skating.
Des Moines. Ta„ Dec. 28.—A tele
phone message from Washington, la.,
| says that -"il school children were
skating on the river near Foster, la.,
when the ice gave way and 49 were
drowned.
A telephone message from the
\\ hat Cheer telephone operator, at
midnight, to the operator in Des
Moines, said that 40 school children
had been drowned. Immediately
thereafter it became impossible to
reach What Cheer by telephone, the
operator evidently having gone home.
Telephone messages by way of Os
kaloosa and Ottumwa say the report
of the drowning of 49 school children
at What Cheer is true. The children
were skating on a pond near the fair
ground, and the accident occurred
about 9 o'clock last evening.
Burlington, la., Dec. 28.—A tele
phone message to the Havvkeye from
Washington, la., says 49 school chil
dren, while skating on the river at
Foster, la., near What Cheer, on the
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul rail
way, were drowned.
Oruanizliiu lor a Struggle.
Washington, Dee. 28.—The vast in
dustrial forces of Germany are or
ganizing for a tremendous struggle
with the agrarian and commercial in
terests. according to a report to the
state department from Consul Sehu
: mann at Main/, lie says that the
I manufacturing interests of Germany
j will demand the passage of a protec
tive tariff during the present session
of the reielistag. The imperial gov
ernment apparently is in sympathy
with the movement and while the ef
forts so far have failed they are not
j to be abandoned.
AMERICA'S CROPS.
Oflielul l'"imi re* a* lo (lie Production
of I'Oodstnil', iii tiilh ( ouiitry lliirin;
(lie Ven r lUOU.
Washington, Dee. 2*. The statis
tician of the department of agricul
ture estimates the I'nited States
wheat crop of 1900 at 522,229,505
bushels, the area actually harvested
being 42,4!1,">,385 acres and the aver
age yield per acre 12.29 Ini-shels. The
production of winter wheat is esti
mated at 350,025,409 bushels and that
of spring wheat at 172,204,096 bush
els. the area actually harvested being
26,235,897 acres in the former case
and 10.259,488 acres in the latter. The
winter wheat acreage totally aban
doned in Ohio, Michigan, Indiana and
Illinois is placed at 3,522,787 acres
and the spring wheat acreage totally
abandoned in North Dakota and
South Dakota at 1,793,467 acres.
The rapid rate at which the winter
wheat acreage of Nebraska is gain
ing upon the spring wheat acreage
of that state has necessitated a spe
cial investigation of the relative ex
tent to which the two varieties were
grown during the past year. The re
sult of the investigation is that while
no change is called for in the total
wheat figures of the state, 590,575
acres have been added to the winter
wheat column at the expense of the
spring variety.
The newly seeded area of winter
wheat is estimated at 30,282,564 acres.
While this acreage is lightly greater
than that sown in the fall of 1899, as
estimated at the time, it is 600,654
acres less than the area that was
actually sown, the discrepancy being
due to the remarkably rapid develop
ment of winter wheat growing in .Ne
braska, with which, as above stated,
the department's reports failed to
keep pace.
The production of corn in 1900 is
estimated at 2,105,102,516 bushels;
oats 809,125,989 lnishels, barley 58,-
925,833, rye 2.3,995,987, buckwheat 9,-
566,966, potatoes 210,926,897 and hay
50,110,906 tons.
The corn crop of 1900 was one of
the four largest ever gathered, while
the oats crop has only once been ex
ceded. On the other hand the barley
and rye crops are the smallest, with
one exception in each case, since
1887. The buckwheat crop is the
smallest since 1883 and the hay crop
the smallest with one exception sine*?
1888. .
A REVOLT IN JAIL.
Female I'rinoiierH Attack tile Matron
and the Warden.
New York, Dec. 28. —Twenty female
prisoners in the Raymond street jail,
Brooklyn, rioted yesterday and
fiercely assaulted Matron Frances
Hanley and Warden Met i rath. There
was no attempt to escape. The riot
was the consequence of nothing but
ill-feeling. Miss Hanley was trans
ferring the prisoners from one cor
ridor to another in the women's sec
tion when she was attacked by Nellie
Joseph, a powerfully built woman,
who had been sentenced to 15 days
for intoxication. Miss Hanley was
felled. Nineteen other prisoners then
assaulted her. While the blows
rained thick upon her head and body
she managed to reach a push but
ton that rang a bell in the warden's
office.
Warden McGrath rushed to the wo
men's department without waiting to
call for assistance. As he entered
the corridor he diverted the atten
tion of the women and they jumped
on him. The blows were fast and
furious and McGrath went to the
floor. Hatpins were brought into
play and his face, head and neck
were gouged.
Miss Hanley made her way through
the crowd and again rang the alarm.
The sheriff, under sheriff and five
deputies replied. They had much
trouble in subduing the women, but
finally succeeded, and two of them
were placed in straight jackets.
IS SAID TO BE A MORAL TOWN.
t'lllcajgo'M Mayor and Police Officials
don't Know (hut Vice Kxlhlnlii llial
lit)'.
Chicago, Dec. 28.—Mayor Harrison,
Chief of Police Kipley, and other of
ficials were put on the rack by the
grand jury yesterday. From first to
last they pleaded innocence of any
knowledge of vice or crime in Chi
cago. They did not know, of "their
own personal knowledge, .that base
ment dives and saloons have been
open after midnight and frequently
ail night. "I'm always in bed at mid
night," was the answer of Police In
spector Knlas, "and I don't know of
any place open after that hour."
Others entered similar pleas. They
did not know of any gambling, nor
did they know of no tribute money
being paid by dive keepers to secure
immunity from police interference.
Mayor Harrison declared that there
had been no prize lights in Chicago.
Every fistic battle had been a "spar
ring exhibit ion."
To Aid (he Coal TruM.
New York, Dec. 28. —The Times
prints the following: The North
American Co., which has been one of
the conspicuous financiering compan
ies of Wall street, has passed into the
control of J. I'. Morgan, and is to be
used by him to further the great coal
deal known to the street as the "coal
trust." The plan is to make the
North American Co. the joint selling
agent, which will take over, or to
which will be consigned, the entire
output of all fhe coal properties con
trolled by the trust.
!Wnerw Strike.
Pittsburg, Dec. 28. —Six hundred
miners of the Bak;yton Coal (Jo.,
near Barnesborough, on the Pennsyl
vania road, are on strike. The strike
arises from the introduction of min
ing machines, and five mines of the
company have been forced to suspend
operations.
(ioriiiany'M "Naval Progrem.
Berlin, Dec. 28. —The Berliner Post,
summarizing Germany's naval pro
gress this year, says that seven ves
sels have been launched, including
I two battleships, one large cruiser
i and four small cruisers.
A BANK IN TROUBLE.
A llaltiinorc Institution IN I'larcd in
(hi; IlandM ol' Kect-ivrr».
Ma It imore. Dec. 27. -Koger T. (Jill,
of the law firm of Itufus <iill iV- Sons,
was 011 Wednesday appointed re
ceiver for the Old Town batik by
.Incite Htoekbridge. The appointment
was made with the consent of the
president and officers of the bank.
-Mr. (Jill bonded in the sum of $1,500,-
"00, the assets of the institution
being valued at half that amount.
(ieorge Schilling. a stockholder and
depositor, and Ilobert L. (Jill, a de
positor, were the complainants. In
their statement to the court, they
say:
"While the bank, until a recent per
iod, has done a profitable business, it
has recently incurred heavy losses by
the bad faith of its cashier, Theodore
F. Wilcox, in that, without authority,
he wrongfully, without the knowl
edge of its president or board of di
rectors, permitted Isaac liobinson
and the United Milk Producers' as
sociation to draw from the bank
large sums of money and incurred
losses thereby which the bank is un
able to bear.
"Humors affecting the financial
condition of the bank are in circula
tion. in consequence of which large
sums of money have been withdrawn
by depositors and it is a question of
but a short time when the bank will
be compelled to close its doors. The
bank is unable to pay its liabilities
in the usual course of business and
unless a receiver is appointed it will
result in a struggle to keep the doors
of the bank open, and depositors will
suffer loss."
The answer, filed by President E.
(J. Shipley, is as follows:
"The bank admits that, by reason
of the facts stated in the bilj of com
plaint. it, is 110 longer able to meet
its current obligations, and believing
that it ought not to further under
take to continue to do business, but
that its assets should be held for the
mutual benefit of all persons inter
ested, it consents to the appointment
of a receiver or receivers, as prayed."
Moth firms mentioned in the bill of
complaint are in receivers' hands.
ABDUCTED HER CHILD.
Ciraiidxoii of ox-Attorney (irnrral tlllr
lor IK Kidnapped by Ills .11 other.
Indianapolis, Dec. 27. —A sensa
tional kidnapping, involving the fam
ily of ex-United States Attorney Gen
eral William 11. 11. Miller, occurred
Wednesday and led to a hot chase
across the state to overtake the wife
of Samuel D. Miller, son of W. 11. 11.
Miller, who was supposed to he fly
ing to New York with her stolen son.
Samuel I). Miller and wife have
lived in New York for years and last
summer he came west togo into his
father's office. His wife stayed in
New York. Last Friday she came
here to demand possession of her 7-
year-old son, whom the father had
brought west with him and who was
living with him at the grandfather's
house. The husband and wife had a
consultation at the wife's apartments
in the Denison and she agreed that
if the boy was allowed to be sent to
her daily with, the nurse she would
not attempt to kidnap him.
\\i( nesclay afternoon the boy and
nurst called on Mrs. Miller at the
Denison. She sent the nurse out to
get a check cashed and while the
governess was gone ordered a car
riage and made arrangements to
leave. When the governess returned
Mrs. Miller announced they were
going for a drive. ■ They started in a
closed carriage toward the depot.
The governess, suspecting foul play,
jumped out of the carriage while it
was on a run, ran to a telephone and
notified the father and grandfather.
Mrs. Miller immediately ordered
the carriage driven to Hrightwood
and when the two Millers arrived
the Union station there was no trace
of the woman and boy.
Indianapolis, Dec. 28. —Sidney Mil
ler, the son oi Samuel D. Miller and
grandson of ex-Attorney General W.
11. 11. Miller, who was kidnapped by
his mother Wednesday evening, was
recovered yesterdyy by his father.
Mrs. Miller and the child were found
at Lawrence, six miles eest of this
city, asleep in the home of a man
named Marshall, where they had ob
tained lodging for the night.
HAS A FIRM GRIP.
J<epro»y*N Victim* in the Philippines
Number :>o,uoo.
Washington, Dec. 27. —An appended
report to Gen. MacArthnr's review of
the civil affairs of the Philippines for
the past fiscal year gives some start
ling facts regarding the introduction
and prevalence ot' leprosy in the is
lands.
According to the estimates of the
Franciscan fat Tiers, says Major Guy
L. Etlie, the writer of the report,
there are 30,000 lepers in the archi
pelago, the major portion of these
being in the Viscayas. Leprosy was
introduced in 1633, when the emperor
of Japan sent a ship with 150 lepers
on board to the Philippines as a pres
ent to be cared for by the Catholic
priests. Thus the seed was planted,
and as no practical methods ever
were adopted to eradicate the dis
ease, or prevent its spread, it has
taken firm root.
A house to house inspection begun
last .January found more than 100
lepers concealed in dwellings. These
were sent to San Lazaro hospital in
Manila, but many others escaped into
the surrounding country. A commit
tee will select a suitable island or
islands for the purpose of isolating
all the lepers in tlie archipelago.
Decided Against Kipling,
New York, Dec. 27. —Judge La
combe in the circuit court yesterday
denied the motion made by Iliulyard
Kipling's atorneys to restrain K. F.
Freno from publishing and selling
editions of his works on which an
elephant's head was used. Judge La
coinbe said that Mr. Kipling had not
established a common law trademark.
Price* to be Advanced.
Huntington, W. Va., Dec. 27.—The
independent glass combine, recently
ergani/.ed, will on January 1 advance
the. price on all window glass 15 per
cent.
AN EFFECTIVE TIE-UP.
tilrlhf of Street lliilliiar (employe* at
Scran ton, I»a., I'araijzen the lloail't
IS'.ihiiifxs Superintendent !•> \»»»iilt
cd.
Scran ton, Pa., Dec. 24. —Every one
of the :!()() car and barn employes of
tlie Scranton Railway Co. obeyed the
.strike order whieh went into effect .it
5 o'clock Sunday morning' and a~ a
consequence only two ears were run
in all of the Lackawanna valley yes
terday. These two cars were manned
by Superintendent Patterson and dis
patchers, foremen and clerks. No at
tempt was made to molest them, and
although rain fell a greater part of
the day the two cars seldom had a
passenger.
The tied-up region extends from
Pittston to Forest City, a distance of
30 miles, and includes G5 miles of
tracks, on which are run ordinarily
HO ears. The men of the Wyoming*
Valley fraction Co., operating all tlu?
lines south of Pittston as far as Nan
tieoke, threaten togo on strike
Thursday. With both companies tied
up there would be a total cessation of
street ear traffic in a busy stretch of
country. SO miles north, including the
cities of Scranton, Wilkesbarre, Pitts
ton and Carbondale.
The men demand 20 cents an hfii<*
for old employes and from 13 to lT'/s
cents for new men. At present the
new men receive an average of
15 8-10 cents an hour and after four
years' service this is raised tc 17 :! / t
cents. They also demand a ten-hour
day instead of 12 as at present.
The company in its answer to the
grievance committee's demands says
it is not in a position to givj r.n ad
vance at present.
Scranton, Pa., Dee. 2S. —The first
blow struck in the street car men's
strike was received last evening by
William Patterson, the new superin
tendent of the Scranton Railway Co.
Teamsters blocked the car he was
running and breaker boys and street
urchins assaulted it with potatoes,
stolen from an adjacent freight ear.
When the trolley car reached strike
headquarters the strikers boarded it
and attempted to take off the crew.
Some one pulled Patterson from the
car and he was dealt a blow on the
head, with a fist or club, that
knocked off his hat and caused him
to reel.
Two strikers, Edward and Joseph
Pentley, brothers, rushed the super
intendent into a saloon, protecting
him from the crowd with great diffi
culty and then barring the entrance
to give the superintendent time to
escape by the rear door.
The other strikers helped throe
police officers disperse the crowd and
also helped the company's officials
take the stalled ear to the barn.
Eleven cars were moved Thursday,
but not more than six at one time.
As far as is known not a single pas
senger was carried. Some strangers
who boarded a car at' Lackawanna
avenue were induced to get off and
accepted a free ride in one of the
busses which the strikers maintain
for just such a purpose.
Provisions for the imported men
have arrived from Philadelphia. The
local business men refuse to sell the
company any supplies. The letter
carriers have hired busses at their
own expense and will not ride on the
cars hereafter.
SHOT TO DEATH.
Frank 11. .llorrl*, Auditor of the Uar
Department, 1» .11 ordered.
Washington, Dec. 24.—Frank If.
Morris, of Cleveland, auditor of tin
war department, was shot and in
stantly killed Saturday afternoon by
Samuel Mac Donald, also of Ohio, re
cently a disbursing clerk of the treas
ur, in the former's office at the Win
der building.
Auditor Morris was closeted with
Mac Donald when the shooting oc
curred and in trying to make his es
cape, he also assaulted the watchman,
Thomas Cusiek, with the butt of his
revolver. He was arrested while
leaving the building. Before being
taken into custody, however, he shot
himself in the stomach and also made
an ugly gash in his throat with a
small knife.
Frank 11. Morris was 40 years of
age and leaves a widow and two sons.
He entered the government service at
the beginning of the present adminis
tration as auditor for the navy de
partment. During the first two years
he made an exceptionally good rec
ord for efficiency, bringing the de
layed work up to date and putting
the office in a better shape than ever
before. A year and more ago Morris
was made auditor for the war de
partment.
Mac Donald is unmarried, 38 years
of age, and has been in the govern
ment service since soon after the
civil war.
Mac Donald was in a precarious con
dition at the Emergency hospital last
night and his death is expected mo
mentarily. Mac Donald has been en
tirely conscious since his removal to
the hospital. He has constantly reit
erated the hope that he would die.
Dan A. Grosvenor, deputy auditor
for the war department and the next
in line of rank to the late Mr. Morris,
was discharged on Saturday. Mr.
Grosvenor received his discharge
papers half an hour after the killing
of Mr. Morris. They were conveyed
to him from the office of Secretary
Gage, the discharge taking effect at
once. W. W. Brown, auditor for the
navy department and the predecessor
of Sir. Morris, lias been reinstated in
his old position as auditor for the
war department.
A Stubborn lire Checked.
Tainaqua, Pa., Dee. 24. —The offi
cials of the Lehigh Coal and .Naviga
tion Co. are jubilant over the fact
that the tire in the burning mine at
Summit Hill, which started 42 years
ago, is now under control, and it is
said that the next two years will se
lls extinguishment. The tire con
sumed about ■ acres of the finest
coal land in the anthracite coal re
gion. Two immense drilling ma
chines have honeycombed the earth
west of the burning portion. Culm
Is being poured into these holes and
a solid mass will confront the lire.
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