6 QUESTION AND PROPHECY. Matilen with the soft brown eyes. Do life's songs outweigh its sighs? Hast thou shrined life's better part In the chancels of thy heart? Have life's sweetest, noblest psalms Ce'med thee with their boons and balms? In the rosary of years Have the beads been pearly tears, Or have sadder things than these Caused the plaints when life should please? l.et thy eyes their veils unroll That my glance may scap thy soul. In their mystic depths I see Things that were and are to be; Sorrow with its gruesome touch Hath not marred thy spirit much. Yet thy path in coming days May not pass through flowery waya. Gird thyself for ills of earth- Life hath moans as well as mirth— For each joy a grief is born. Dark night comes as oft as morn; Be thou ready, for some years Sow In toil to harvest tears. Tet for thee the sun shall shine. Ills touch lightly thee and thine; Skies which arch in blue above Kor thy eyes show stars of love; Therefore be thou not afraid. Lissome little brown-eyed maid. There await such sprites as thee Ills no mortal maid may flee. But heaven's gold can gild the guile Helpless to resist thy smile. Maiden with the soft brown eyes, Many a Joy before thee lies It thou be but truly wise. I. EDGAR JONES. [Copyright. 1897. by F Tennysoa Neely.] CHAPTER XIV.—CONTINUED. "Were you looking for anyone, Mrs. Fletcher? I thought you were in your room." "For Mr. Folsom. please, when he is •t leisure," was the answer, in un ruffled tones. "I believe it easier to take active part in the preparations than to lie there thinking." At one the girls were to lunch at the fort, as has been Said, and it was time for them to dress. There were ■other matters on which Elinor much •wished to talk with her father and, with more reluctance than she had yet experienced, she left him to hear what Mrs. Fletcher might have to say. The conference was brief enough, whatever its nature, for presently his ■voice was heard at the foot of the stairs. "I'm going over to the depot a few minutes, Daught. 1 wish to see Bur leigh. Don't wait for me. Start when ever you are ready. Where do the boys meet you?" "Here, daddy, at half-past twelve." It was high noon now, and the ruddy faced old fellow grew redder as the summer sun beat down on his gray head, but he strode sturdily down the broad avenue that led to the heart of the bustling new town, turned to the right at the first cross street beyond his own big block, and ten minutes' brisk tramp brought him to the gate way of Burleigh's stockaded inclosure. Two or three employes lounging about the gate were gazing curiously within. Silently they let him pass them by, but a sound of angry voices rose upon the heated air. Just within the gate 6tood the orderly trumpeter holding' two horses by the reins, one of them Marshall Dean's, and a sudden idea occurred to Folsom as he glanced at the open windows of the office build ing. There was 110 mistaking the speaker within. It was Burleigh. "Leave my office instantly, sir, or I'll prefer charges that will stick—" "Not till I've said what I came to say, Maj. Burleigh. I've abundant evi dence of what you've been saying at my expense. You asserted that I lost my nerve the day we met Bed Cloud's band—you who never dared get out of the ambulance until the danger was over. It's common talk in the troop. At Frayne, at Reno, and here at Emory you have maligned me just as you did in the cars to my friend here, Mr, Loomis, and in hearing of my sister. 1 will not accept your denial nor will I leave your office till you swallow your words." "Then, by God, I'll have you thrown out, jou young whipsnapper!" And then Folsom, with fear at his heart, ran around to the doorway to interpose. He came too late. There was a sound of a furious scuffle within, a rattling of chairs, a crunching of feet on sanded floor, and as he sprang up the steps he saw Dean easily squirm ing out from the grasp of some mem ber of the clerical force, who, at his master's bidding, had thrown himself upon the young officer, who then deft ly tripped his heels from under him and dropped him on the floor, while Loomis confronted the others who would have made some show of obeying orders. And then there was the whirr of a whip lash, a crack and snap and swish, and a red welt shot across Bur leigh's livid face aS he himself stag gered back to his desk. With raging tongue and frantic oath lie leaped out again, a leveled pistol in his hand, but even betore he could pull trigger, or Folsom interpose, Loomis' stick came down like a flash 011 the outstretched wrist, and the pistol clattered to the floor. "Good Cod, boys! what are you do ing?" cried the trader, as he hurled himself between them. "Stop this in stantly. Sit down, Burleigh. Come out. Dean—come out at once! And you. too, Loomis." "I'm entirely ready—now," said the cavalry lieutenant, though his eyes were flaming and his lips were rigid. "But whenever Maj. Burleigh wants to finish this he cm find me," and with these words lie backed slowly to the door. fa*>« to the panting and dis ordered foe "Finish this! you young hound; I'll finish you!" screamed Burleigh, as he shook hhi clenched list at the retiring pair. "Go, boys, go!" implored Folsom. "I'll see you by and by. No —no—sit still, Burleigh. Don't you speak. This must stop right here." And so the old man's counsels pre vailed, and the two friends, with grave, pallid, but determined faces, came out into the sunshine, and with much deliberation and somewhat os tentatious calm proceeded to where the orderly waited with the horses. "You will see—the ladies out to camp, Loomis?" asked Dean. "I must gallop on ahead." "Ay, ay, go 011, I reckon —" But on this scene there suddenly appeared a third party, in the par tial guise of an officer and the grip of Bacchus. Lurching down the office steps, with flushed face and bloodshot eyes, came Capt. New- It jill. "Gen'l'm'n," said he, thickly, "le'ru 'ntroduee m'self. Haven't th' honor y'r 'quaint's. Im Ca'm New(!iic)'ll. Cap'n N-n(hie)oohaul (this cost pro digious effort and much balancing), an'—an' you sherv'd that f'ler per-per flieky ri". He's damn scoun'rl— gen'leinen —an' ole frien' mine." For an instant he stood swaying un steadily, with half extended hand. For an instant the two young officers gazed at him in contempt, then turned abruptly away. "Good Lord, Marshall," said Loom is, as they cleared the pate, "if that's the only approbation this day's work will bring us what will the results be? You served him right, 110 doubt, but —" and an ominous shake of the head wound tip the sentence. "But or no but," said Dean, "it's done now, and I'd do it again." There was no dinner party at Fol som's that evening. At two a messen ger t cot ted out to the post with a note for Miss Folsom to apprise her of the fact, and without a word or change of color she put it into her pocket. The garrison girls were bent on having them spend the afternoon, but presently Miss Folsom found a moment in which to signal to Jess, and at three they were driving home. "You will surely come out this evening arid hear the music and have a dance," were the parting saluta tions, as. with skillful hands, the young girl took up the reins. "We hope to,"was her smiling an swer. Jess was clinging to her broth er's hand as he stood by the wheel, and Loomis had already clambered in beside her. "Please come, Marshall," pleaded Jessie; but he shook his head. "I must be at camp this evening, sister mine. We goto stables in an hour. Y'ou will come back, Loomis?" "As soon as I've seen—" and a sig nificant nod supplied the ellipsis. Something ominous was in the wind and both girls knew it. Loomis, usual ly gay and chatty, was oddly silent, as The pistol clattered to the floor. the light, covered wagon sped swiftly homeward. Beside the fair charioteer sat a young officer of the infantry who, vastly rejoicing that Dean could not go, had laughingly possessed himself of the vacant place, and to him Miss Fol som had to talk. But they parted from their escorts at the gate and hastened within doors. Just as Elinor expected, papa had not come home. It was near ly six when she saw him striding slow ly and thoughtfully up the road and she met him at the gate. "Tell me what has happened, daddy," was her quiet greeting, as she linked her hands over his burly arm, and look ing into her uplifted, thoughtful eyes, so full of intelligence and deep affec tion, he bent and kissed her cheek. "By Jove, daughter, 1 believe it's the best thing 1 can do. Come into the library-." That night the moon beamed bright ly down on the wide-spreading valley, glinting 011 the peaks, still snow-tipped, far in the southern sky, and softening the rugged faces of the nearer range, black with their clustering beard of spruce and pine. The band played sweetly on the broad parade until after the tattoo drums had echoed over the plains and the garrison belles strolled aimlessly in the elfin light—all nature so lavishly inviting, yet so little val ued now that nearly every man was gone. Out in the camp of C troop men were flitting swiftly to and fro, horses were starting and stamping at the picket ropes, eager eyes and tilted ears inquiring the cause of all this stir and bustle among the tents. In front of the canvas home of the young com mander a grave-faced group had gath ered, two gentle girls among them, one with tear-dimmed eyes. Old Folsom stood apart in murmured conference with Griggs, the sutler. The regi mental quartermaster was deep in con sultation with Dean, the two officers pacing siowly up and down. One or two young people from the garrison had spent a few minutes earlier in the evening striving to be interesting to the girls; but Jessie's tearful eyes and Miss Folsom's grave manner proved hint sufficient to induce them to with- CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY j 4 , 1901. draw, each bidding Dean good night, safe journey and speedy return, and the hand-clasps were kind and cordial. The colonel himself had pa id a brief visit to camp, his adjutant in attend ance, and had given Mr. Dean ten min utes of talk concerning a country Dean knew all about, but that "Pecksniff" had never seen. "It is a responsibility I own I should have expected to see placed on older shoulders," said he, "but prudencs and—and, let me sug gest, cool-headedness—will probably carry you through. You will be ready to start —" "Ready now, sir, so far as that's con cerned; but we start at three." "Oh, ah —yes, of course—well—ah— it leaves me practically with no com mand, but I'll hope to have you back, Mr. Dean. Good-by." Then as he passed Folsom the colonel whispered: "That's SIO,OOO as good as thrown away." "Ten thousand dollars!" answered the trader in reply. "What do you mean?" "That's what those'boys are to run the gantlet wifh. My—ah—protests are entirely unavailing." For a moment Folsom stood there dumb. "Do you mean," he finally cried, "that —that it's beyond Frayne that they're going—that it's money they're to take?" "Hush! Certainly, but it mustn't be known. Every road agent in Wyoming would be out. and every Indian from the Platte to Hudson bay would be on the watch. He's to take ten men and slip through. The money comes out from Burleigh to-night." Tfte colonel turned away, and. beckoning to his staff officer to join him, stumped onward to the garrison. The prolonged wail of the bugle, aid ed by the rising night wind, sent the solemn strains of taps sailing down the dimly-liglited valley, and with staring eyes old Folsom stood gazing after the departing officers, then whirled about toward the tents. There in front of Dean stood Pappoose, lier hands clasped tightly over the hilt of the saber the "striker" had leaned against the lid of the mess chest but a moment before, her lovely face smil ing up into the owner's. "You'll come back by way of Hal's, won't you?" she was blithely saying. "Perhaps I can coax father to take us there to meet you." "By heaven, Burleigh," muttered the old trader to himself, "are you the deepest man I ever met, or only the most infernal scoundrel?" CHAPTER XV. A sleepless night had old John Fol som. and with the sun he was up again and hurriedly dressing. Noise less as he strove to be he was dis covered, for as he issued from his room into the dim light of the upper hall there stood Pappoose. "Poor Jess has been awake an hour," said she. "We've been trying to see the troops through the glass. They must have started before daybreak, for there's nothing on the road to Frayne." "It disappeared over the divide three miles out," he answered vaguely, and conscious that her clear eyes were studying liis face. "I didn't sleep well, either. We shall be having news from Hal to-day, and the mail rider comes down from Frayne." She had thrown about her a long, loose wrapper, and her lustrous hair tumbled like a brown-black torrent dewn over l\er shoulders and back. Steadfastly the brown eyes followed his every move. "It is an hour to breakfast time, daddy dear; let me make you some coffee before you go out." "What? Who said I was going out?" he asked, forcing a smile; then, more gravely: "I'll be back in thirty min utes, dear, but wait a moment I cannot. I want to catch a man be fore he can possibly ride away." He bent and kissed her hurriedly, and went briskly down the stairs. In the lower hall he suddenly struck a parlor match that flared up and il lumined the winding staircase to the third story. Some thought as sudden prompted her to glance aloft, just in time to catch a glimpse, of a woman's face withdrawing swiftly over the balcony rail. In her hatred of any thing that savored of spying the girl could have called aloud a demand to know what Mrs. Fletcher wanted, but strange things were in the wind, as she was learning, and something whispered silence. Slowly she re turned to Jessie's side, and together once more they searched with the glasses the distant trail that, dis tinctly visible now in the slant of the morning sun, twisted up the north ward slopes on the winding way to Frayne. Not a whiff of dust could they see. Meantime John Folsom strode swift ly down the well-known path to the quartermaster's depot, a tumult of suspicion and conjecture whirling in his brain. As he walked he recalled the many hints and stories that had come to his ears of Burleigh's ante cedents elsewhere and his associa tions here. With all his reputation for enterprise and wealth, there were "shady" tales of gambling transac tions and salted mines and watered stocks that attached perhaps more directly to the men with whom he foregathered than to him. "A man is known by the company he keeps," said Folsom, and Burleigh's cronies, until Folsom came to settle in Gate City, bad been almost exclusively among the "sharps," gamblers and their kindred, the projectors and pros pectors ever preying on the unwary on the outer wave of progress. With in the past six months he had seen much of him, for Burleigh was full of business enterprises, had investments everywhere, was lavish in invitation and suggestion, was profuse in offers of aid of any kind if aid were want ed. He had gone so far as to say that he knew from experience how with his wealth tied up in real estate and mines a man often found himself in need of a few thousand in spot cash. and as Folsom was buying and build ing, if at any time he found himself a little short and needed ten or twen ty thousand, say, why, Burleigh's bank account was at his nervice, etc. It all sounded large and liberal, and Folsom, whose lot for years had been cast with a somewhat threadbare ar ray of people, content with little, impecunious but honest, wondered what manner of martial man this was. Burleigh did not loudly boast of his wealth and influence, but im pressed in some ponderous way his hearers with a sense of both. Yet, ever since that run to Warrior's Gap, a change had come over Burleigh. lie talked more of mines and money and showed less, and now, only yesterday, when the old man's heart had mel lowed to him because he had first held him wholly to blame for Dean's ar rest and later found him pleading for the young fellow's release, a strange tiling had happened. Burleigh con fided to him that he had a simply fab ulous opportunity—a chance to buy out a mine that experts secretly told him was what years later he would have called a "bonanza," but that in the late sixties was locally known as a "Shanghai." Twenty-five thou sand dollars would do the trick, but his money was tied up. Would Fol som go in with him. put up twelve thousand five hundred, and Burleigh would do the rest? Folsom had been bitten by two mines that yielded only rattlesnakes, and he couldn't be lured. Then, said Burleigh, wouldn't Folsom goon his note, so that he could borrow at the bank? Folsom seldom went on anybody's note. It was as bad as mining. He begged off, and left Burleigh disappointed, but not disconcerted. "I can raise it without trouble," said he, "but it may take forty-eight hours to get the cash here, and I thought you would be glad to be let in on the ground floor." "I've been let into too many floors, major," said he. "You'll have to excuse me." And so Burleigh, with his Louisiana captain, had driven off to the fort, where Newhall asked for (iriggs and was importunate, nor did Griggs' whisky, freely tendered to all comers of the commissioned class, tend to assuage his desire. Back had they gone to town, and then came the cataclysm of noon. [To Be Continued.] LAUGHED DURING SERVICE. Dublin Conn relation Hail a Merry Time at the Mtnlnter'a Humor, Religious services in Ireland are not always solemn, according to the state ment of an English clergyman. "The only time I ever heard a congregation laugh unrestrainedly during the reg ular services in a cathedral," said he, "was back in the 'Bo's, when I was a resident of dear, dirty Dublin. On one Sunday morning the archbishop of Cork preached. He was a splendid man, an Irishman to the backbone, and possessed of as fine a brogue as ever distinguished a son of Erin. His congregation was made lip of the very essence of fashion in Dublin, which in those days was one of the greater' so cial centers in the world. Notorious ly, people were living beyond their means, for the income from the land ed estates of Ireland had taken a big tumble. But that made no difference, and good dressing went as a matter of course, and was one of the smallest of the extravagances. The archbishop preached on the subject of extrava gance, and spoke particularly of over dressing as a prerequisite to attend ance at church. His sermon was a bit ter arraignment of the sin of debt and the wickedness of setting the heart on fashion and dress. He attacked the overdressed women, and wound up this particular reference this way: " 'Now, supposin' every one of ye— every one, man and woman, should stand up in this church, take off the clothes ye have not paid for, just walkin' out with only the things on 3'our backs ye have paid for —a pret ty lookln' lot of scarecrows ye'd be.' "There was a pause until the real significance of the suggestion had percolated through the members of his congregation, then some one snick ered. Everyone was picturing,to him and herself the real scene that would occur should the archbishop's idea be carried into effect, while wife looked at husband and members of each fam ily nudged one another. The ludi crous side was irresistible, and the laugh was general." An OltllKlnig Servant. Employer—Well, Pat, they tell me 1 made a fool of myself last night. Pat —It's not for the loikes o' me to be say in' yis or no to that, sor. "But isn't it true that 1 was so loaded that you had to carry me home from the club?" "It is, sor." "Arid I suppose you had a good deal of trouble doing it." "Will, Oi can't say about the trouble, but Oi had me regrits." "You regretted to see me in that con dition, of course." "Not igzactly that, sor, but Oi re gretted that ye didn't t'ink of it in toime an' ax me to carry half yer load." —Richmond Dispatch. Of Course. "She talked to him just to let him know she wasn't afraid of old bache lors." "Yes?" "And he talked to her just to let her know that, he wasn't afraid of widows." "Well?" "Oh, they're marrlea now,"—Chicago Record. love! Mabel —I would never marry a man I did not love. Maudie But suppose & really wealth}' man should propose? "I should love him, of cootm,'*—N. Y, World, A SCARE IN HAWAII. People of t'lilneae Dmeeut are Liable to be I>e|>orted Heeaii»* of Ilia (lnuijc In litm SI me Annexation. Honolulu, .lan. 24, via San Franeis co.Feb. 5. —The registration of the Chinese in the Hawaiian islands, for the purpose of issuing to them cer tificates of residence on American soil, will begin on February 4. Dis trict Attorney Baird has expressed the opinion that certificates should be secured, as a matter of safety, by all persons who have any Chinese blood in them. The expression of this opinion has startled many peo ple here, as Honolulu has many citi zens of high social and financial standing who are thus by inference stated to have only doubtful rights to enter the United States. Under Hawaiian law, nationality was de rived from the mother, and sons of Chinese fathers were regarded as of the nationality of their other parent. The rule of American law is just the opposite. The law provides that all Chinese in Hawaii who have not certificates by .June 14 will be liable to deporta tion. As a result of Mr. Baird's opinion, a number of people who have never been regarded as Chinese may take the precaution of register ing. The report of the first grand jury on the island of Hawaii, at Hilo, has just been presented. It deals very largely with the conditions of immo rality said to be increasing in the town, and calls for vigorous reform. The town is referred to in the report as "a modern Sodom," and the police and courts are urged to take stern measures to improve the conditions. Excavators who are at work on a sewer system for residences at Wai kili have stumbled upon what is thought to have been the burial ground of a battlefield of the latter part of the eighteenth century. Many skeletons have been unearthed, one of them evidently being that of a native chief. FEW WILL BE PUNISHED. Number of Clllneae OlllrlaN to be eruted Hcrauwe of Hoirr Outrages In Quite Small. I'eldn, Feb. s.—To-day the first joint meeting between the foreign envoys and the Chinese plenipoten tiaries will be held. Only Li Hung Chang and I'rince Ching have pleni potentiary rights. The other Chi nese have merely the status of ad visers. All the envoys have agreed to maintain absolute secrecy and will endeavor to impress the Chinese with the importance of a similar reserve. All reports that large numbers have been listed for punishment are without foundation, as only 12 provincial authorities have been named. These the Chinese will be requested to punish eommensurate ly with their misdeeds. Pekin, Feb. 7.—The ministers have definitely decided to demand the im position of the death penalty upon all 12 of the Chinese officials named in the list submitted, including those who are dead, on account of the moral effect upon the Chinese. The sentence upon the living must be in flicted except in the cases of Princ9 Tuan and Duke Lan, which the em peror may commute to banishment to Turkestan. THE SUNDRY CIVIL BILL. Au Reported to Coiisreem It full* fore Tutu I A impropriation of 85tl,10;i,0U(l. Washington, Feb. 5. —The sundry civil appropriation bill, one of the most important supply bills of the government, was completed Monday by the house committee an appropri ations. The bill appropriates $59,- 70:i,084, which is $10,889,197 less than the estimates and $5,74.'!,221 less than the bill for the current fiscal year. The items for river and harbor work now in progress under contract ag gregate $6,840,623, or about half the sifin appropriated last year. The debt of Hawaii assumed on the an nexation of the islands is provided for, amounting to $3,447,535. For public buildings now in course of construction in various cities $6,746,- 625 is appropriated. Following are the most important provisions which ar# not permanent annual appropriations: Twelfth census $3,516,210, enlargement of military posts $1,000,000, transporta tion of remains of civil employes of the army who die abroad and of sol diers who die on transports $50,000. Kaifccd (lie Crlee of >'all*. Pittsburg, Feb. 5. —The cut nail pool yesterday announced an in crease in prices of five cents a keg, togo into effect at once. Cut, or old style iron nails have been selling at $1.95 a keg in carload lots to job bers. The new price advances the quotation to $2 a keg. In less than carload lots the price is $2.05 and to retailers $2.15 a keg. The increased cost of cut nails is due to the ad vance in wire products made last week by the American Steel and Wire Co. The Laat Ititea. Windsor, Feb. s.—The last honors have been paid to Queen Victoria. Her body now rests near t<hat of her husband in the mausoleum at Frog more. The final ceremonies yester day were of a more pathetic charac ter than any of the obsequies which preceded them. All 111-l'ated l-'nmily. New York, Feb. s.—The coroner's office was notified Monday of the death of Mrs. Florence Nason at a private hospital. Death was caused by pneumonia following the inhala tion of smoke at the Hotel Jefferson fire last Wednesday. Her husband, Waldo Nason, died Saturday from the same cause. Mr. and Mrs. Na son's child died at the Jefferson sev eral days before the fire. The nurse who was in attendance, Elizabeth Downing, was thrown to the pave ment by the breaking of a tire escape and was killed. NEW GpßPHtilWi Its Bonds Will lie Given to Mr. Carnegie. FOR GILT-EDGED STOCK. Plans of the Morgan Syndicate Gradually Develop. END OF A BATTLE ROYAL ■everything Gopd to Show- that In Kin Struggle tilth Oilier I' lnum iul t.iuiHM the lronmaster lronmaster 11 an Won a f|<>»t Notable Victory^ New York, Feb. 9. —The new de velopments Friay in connection with tlie negotiations touching the trans fer of the control of the Carnegie Steel Co. to .112. I'ierpont Morgan and his associates were: First, that Mr. Carnegie is to receive $1,500 for each SI,OOO share of his stock; sec ond, that minority holders who desire to sell will receive the same terms as those given to .Mr. Carnegie; third, that the present stage of the negotia tions contemplates the formation of a new corporation whose bonds will play a large part in the price to he pa id Mr. Carnegie; fourth, the first public announcement in connection with the pending negotiations of an official character, consisting of a statement by E. If. Gary, president of the Federal Steel Co., confirming the news that I'ierpont Morgan is planning the acquisition of the prop erties of some of the largest iron and steel companies of this country. If Mr. Carnegie is to receive $1,500 for each SI,OOO share of his stock, the transfers in his case alone will be the equivalent of nearly $130,000,000, inasmuch as the great steel mag nate's holdings at present amount to $8(5,000.000. If, as seems probable, the minority holders are to be looked after by Mr. Morgan's syndicate, the financiering will involve the equiva lent of $240,000,000. This is certainly beyond Mr. Mor gan's ability to provide in cash on short notice for a single transaction without seriously affecting the money markets, and no surprise was therefore felt when Judge Gary made the statement that the actual transfers of cash would be small. Mr. Carnegie is not likely to give up such gilt-edged security as the shares of his own company for anything less attractive, and no surprise was expressed in financial circles when it became known that the financial plan contemplated either the reorganiza tion on a greatly enlarged capita! basis of one of the existing steel companies, or the formation of an entirely new corporation to hold the controlling stock of the various com ponent companies, si id especially the stock acquired by the Carnegie Co., all of such stock to constitute the collateral of the new bonds which shall be issued to Mr. Carnegie and to such other of the present Carne gie Co. stockholders as inav wish to sell out with him. Whatever the exact shape that the financial transactions may take, there is little doubt that it represents the termination of a battle royal be tween modern financial giants. The contest may be said to have grown out of the "community of interests" idea which is now controlling the railroads. It started as a result of the Pennsylvania railroad's policy, in stituted in a radical form,by Presi dent, C'assatt. of refusing cut rates in all directions, regardless of whether the shippers were large small. Mr. Carnegie had "been used to re ceiving favorable rates because of the immensity of his shipments, and he objected to the policy instituted by President Cassatt. The latter, however, refused to renew the old contract. Mr. Carnegie then ap pealed to Mr. Morgan without success and thus found himself "bottled up" in Pittsburg with transportation facilities no more advantageous than his smallest competitors. This was a situation to which a man of his capital, nerve and energy could not submit and the next thing heard was that he had purchased thousands of acres on the Lake Erie front and that he had made plans to compete with Mr. Morgan's steel in terests at the most vulnerable point, namely, by building an enormous tube plant. Not only did Mr. Car negie do this, but he went about it in a practical way, acquiring control of railroad property with the apparent determination of securing his own road to tidewater. It then became apparent that a war of rates in rail roads, as well as in steel, would mean the loss of millions. President Cassatt about this time decided to make concessions in the rates for large shippers such as might have been satisfactory to Mr. Carnegie at the outset, but the latter continued on his competitive policy and appears to have convinced Mr. Morgan's associates in the steel busi ness that the only way he could be "harmonized" was to be bought out. Mr. Carnegie was perfectly willing to sell at his own valuation of his prop erty and he has apparently convinced Mr. Morgan and his friends that his valuation of his interests in the Car nejrie Co. was riot excessive. The acquisition of the control of the Carnegie Co. in the interest of other large consolations is of vast importance, inasmuch as there will now be no reason for the carrying out of some of the new competitive projects of that company which have caused so much concern. ■truth of a HlllloiiHlrc. Xew > ork. Feb. !).- —David Hunter McAlpine, the millionaire tobacco manufacturer and philanthropist, died Friday at his home in this city, aged So yeura.
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