MII mm. Carnegie Offers $.">.200,090 to New York City. rOIi P»li AXt II LI Hit A HIES TIH> City Must Furnish Sites and Maintenance. MAGNIFICENT TROPOSITION. I'lic Steel Kiiiif 1" \1 mini: to Doliatn SMO,OOI> to Faeli One of 05 Libraries An Interi-Nting Lettrr to tlic Direc tor of tin- t'ity'n Libraries New York. March 16.—Andrew Car negie, who, since retiring as an active figure from the steel world, has been able to devote his time exclusively to his other passion, the founding of libraries, has made his departure for 15 u rope memorable by the largest of fer of that kind ever advanced. If Tv'ew York will provide the sites and the maintenance he has promised to g'ive $.>,200,000 to establish 65 branch libraries in this city. The offer was made in a letter to Dr. John S. Billings, director of the New York public library, last Tues day. The correspondence in connec 't ion with the offer was made public last night, as follows: "New York, March 12.—1)r. John S. Hillings: Our conference upon the needs of Greater New York for branch libraries to reach the masses of the people in every district has convinced me of the wisdom of your pin ns. "Sixty-five branches strike one at first as a very large order, but as other cities have found one necessary •for over 60,000 or 70,000 of population, the number is not excessive. "You estimate the average cost of these libraries at SBO,OOO each, being $5,200,000 for ail. If New York will furnish sites for these branches for the special benefit of the masses of the people, as it has done for the Cen tral library, and also agrees in satis factory form to provide for their maintenance when built. I should esteem it a rare privilege to be |ier mitted to furnish t! ymey as need ed for the building . say $5,200,000. Sixty-five libraries at one stroke probably breaks the record, but this •is the day of biy operations and New York is soon to be the biggest of cities. ANDREW CAIBNKOI 15." Dr. Billings said yesterday: "Mr. Carnegie's offer to provide library buildings for (Jreater New ork at a cost of over $5,000,000 is made with ihis usual conditions. "If accepted it will result in the greatest free public library system in the world. We may fairly infer that Mr. Carnegie's idea is that the whole should be under one management, that of the trustees of the New York public library, but this is not made one of the conditions. "As to the question of sites, it is not improbable that a considerable number could be obtained without cost to the municipality, through, gifts of public spirited citizens. "It is of the greatest importance that the system of public schools in the city should be supplemented by a system of libraries as is proposed, and the sooner that work can be commenced the better it will be for the people and for the municipality. "My estimate that it will take five years to prepare and equip all the buildings necessary is probably a reasonable one, but if the matter is taken up promptly by the municipal authorities it would seem that this time could be shortened. No doubt there are a number of difficult de tails to be settled, but there are a number of competent men to s_*ttle them." nuny lloi rllonn, London, March 16. The Daily Mail reports an enormous increase in the number of desertions at Aldersliot, especially from the cavalry. It at tributes this condition of things to the inadequate pay and to resent ment in view of the fact that the yeomanry get five shillings per day and the cavalry only one shilling. by tlie ISritlye Trust. Toledo, March 16. —The Toledo bridge works has passed into the hands of the American Bridge Co. The deal was consummated in New York and the price paid was $750,000. With the acquisition of the local plant tli" American Bridge Co. con trols 00 per cent, of the plants of the country. (iov. Oilell'* tlesxajje. Albany, N. Y.. March 16. —Tn a mes sage to the legislature Gov. Odell recommends a continuation of the work begun several -years ago of deepening the state canals to nine feet, and lengthening the locks. The cost of continuing this work to its completion is estimated at $25,000,000. Oiler* a llillion to St, Louis. St. I.ouis, March 16. —Andrew Car negie has offered to donate $1,000,000 for the building of a new public li brary in St. Louis. Mr. Carneg'<» tasks that the city furnish an uni-j ■ cumbered site for the library ui>»- that a maintenance fund of $150,000 per year be assured. Hue 11 ItfNijfiia. Washington, March 16.—The com missioner of patents, Charles 11. Duel], has tendered to the president his resignation, to take effect upon the appointment and qualification of his successor. There are several candidates for the office. Alls* Morrison fiilvi-s a 5*5,000 lloml. hldorado, Kan., March 16.—Jessie Morrison, who killed Clara Wiley Castle, has furnished a $5,000 bond, signed by reputable business men, for the continuance of her case. The bond was accepted and .Miss Morrison will be released. EXTENSIVE FORGERIES. Tbey Are Said |<> Have Siren Fount! ill (lie A<•<•<>lilll* of Bauli Oiliciul* at Mlro, Ulrli., and I'ri'i'port, Pa. Xilc.s. Mich., March li. C. A. .John son, cashier of the First national bunk, is still missing. Business is at a standstill here. Director Stevens has returned from Chicago, hut could not find .Johnson. President J.acev admits the directors do not know Johnson's whereabouts. The statement that .Johnson is short SIOO,OOO was repeated to President I.acey last night and he would not deny it. When asked if there was a shortage he hesitated. He finally said he would not talk about it. Johnson's physician says when the latter's nephew disappeared 'mm Plankinton, S. I)., a year ago, that Johnson was bordering on insanity for several days, as he feared Kim inel had embezzled a large sum for which he (Johnson) would be held responsible. Freeport, Pa.. March I'i. The mud dle in the affairs of the Freeport bank, which has kept the town in a state of excitement for a week, will probably be cleared to-day when the directors say the.v will make a pub lic statement of affairs. A reliable authority said last night that the shortage had been definitely placed at $25,052. When young C. 1). T.nd wig, the bookkeeper, disappeared last week it was thought he was re sponsible for the defalcation, but v hen the father. Cyrus, who was cashier, disappeared on Monday and was found late at night at a desert ed fishing camp, the first belief was changed and the allegation now is that the father is to blame, if .any one is, for the shortage. The elder Ludwig has made o\er to the bank directors all of his property. Niles, Mich., March 14.—The direc tors of the suspended First national bank yesterday filed a declaration against Charles A. Johnson, the miss ing cashier of the bank, alleging that forgeries amounting to SIOO,OOO against leading citizens of this coun ty have been committed by him. It was found that there was a great quantity of forged paper held by the institution. Bank Examiner Selden filed papers with the county clerk at St. Joseph attaching all of Johnson's property, but it will not cover the shortage toy many thousands. No trace of Johnson was discovered. Of the forged paper found $20,000 was against 1,. W. Wilkinson, of St. Joseph, a member of the abstract firm of Dixon & Wilkinson, which did a large business with the bank. A petition will be sent to the comptrol ler of the treasury asking him to ap point some local business man receiv er of the bank. So many local man ufactories and business firms are em barrassed by thi' suspension that it is vital to the town that the bank'-; af fairs be settled with all possible speed. The funds of both the city and county are tied up in the bank and all muriTcipal business is prac tically at a standstill. A CHECKERED CAREER. Si ItntlM Willi tli<* Death of Caesar Mo reno, in Washington. Washington, March 13.—Caesar Mo reno, for years a familiar character on the streets and at the Capitol, died here Tuesday from a stroke of paralysis. Jle had a picturesque and adventurous career, lie had vis ited nearly every civilized portion of the globe and claimed several rulers as his friends. For the past few years he had led rather a precarious existence in this city. He was a native of Italy, saw service in the Crimean war and while in Sumatra was instrumental in a movement for inciting the natives to revolt against Holland. Later he was sent to Ton quin by the French government in some ollicial capacity and thence drifted to China, where he organized the first steamship company under the Chinese flag. Shortly after the civil war he land ed at San Francisco and was success ful in securing the enactment of laws for the protection of coast fisheries. In 1572 he organized a trans-Pacilic cable company in which Hon. I.eland Stanford was interested and finally a charter was obtained from congress for constructing a cable estimated to cost $10,000,000. He again went to the Orient and subsequently came to the Sandwich Islands, where he gained the confidence of King Kala kana. The king, angered at the refusal of the cabinet to approve a loan of sl.- 000,000 by the Hawaiian government for the building of the proposed cable, dismissed the members and selected! lour new counsellors, More no being designated as prime min ister. Moreno carried things with a high hand and after five days of pow er was forced to give up the position, lie was still a favorite with the king, however, and the latter secretly commissioned him as minister to the United States and every court in Eu rope, but his commission was soon revoked. He had lived in Washing ton since 1 ss:J and was about. 70 years old. Trial Trip of the Illinois. Washington .March 11. .Judge Ad vocate (ieneral f.enily has received the following telegram from Capt. Converse, the future commander of the battleship Illinois, touching the builders' trial of that ship: "New port News. March 12r—The Illinois has returned from its fmilders* trial. Weather conditions favorable. Be havior of ship and performance of engines and boilers under natural and forced draught most satisfac tory. Condition of vessel's bottom prevented a record for speed." A Doubly Fatal Accident. Bluffton, Ind., March IX—A 4-vear old girl caused a gas explosion here Tuesday that wrecked a house and cost the life of the child and that of her 2-year-old sister, and the fatal in jury of her mother, Mrs. William Huffman, the wife of an employe of the Standard Oil Co. Mrs. Huffman was at work in the kitchen while her two young daughters were playing in an adjoining room. The elder pulled the gas connection from the stove and the gas tilled the room, igniting from the heat of the stove, which caused an explosion., CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY, MARCH 21, 1901 DIED AMIDST FIDE. Three Lives Lost in a Mev.s impcr Building. A DISASTER AT UOSTOX. The Daily Advertiser Ollice Is l»a<Uy Scorched. 15 EG AX IN THE PRESS ROOM. Haini'* Shot I |i Through flu- Eleva tor Shall to tlie Top Sturien and the Three Victim*, All ot Whom ui re Proof Headers, Were Sulfurult'il. Boston, March iO. — Three lives sac rificed, nearly a dozen men more or less injured and many thousands of dollars' damage were the results of a fierce fire in the Daily Advertiser and llecord seven-story granite front building' in Newspaper Bow last night. The dead are: James Richardson, proof reader, of Boston. Judson Craft, proof reader, of Gambrfdge. • Walter Luscomb, proof reader, of Sa lent. I low the fire started is not known, but it was first seen' in the press room and it spread to the elevator well and darted to the top so rapidly that before the occupants of the two upper floors were aware that the building was on fire, their rooms were filled with flames and smoke. In the editorial room on the sixth floor there were but five men. All had to run for their lives. On the upper floor, occupied by the compos ing room, were IS compositors and proof readers, whose situation was most critical. l'anie-stricken, they rushed for the windows leading to the fire escapes and all but three of them succeeded in gaining the roof of an adjoining building'. I.ong ladders were raised as quick ly as-the network of electric wires over the street would permit, but before a ladder could be placed in position the men had dropped through a skylight in the building roof and reached places of safety. Except in the press room in the base ment there was practically no fire in the building below the fifth story. Xo one was in the press room at the time the tire started except "t he fire man. who has not been seen tip to a late hour. It took three hours of work to drown out the fire. The three vic tims, all proof readers, were suffo cated before they had time to reach the fire escapes. Those who found the bodies were oblig'ed to jump sev eral feet, to the roof of the adjoining building, and in this way quite a number of them sustained injuries. .loltil Sinaalirrs are Fined, Kansas City, March 10.- Mrs. Pru dence Smith and Mrs. Jane MeXutt, who Monday night last raided Eaton's joint in Armourdale, were yesterday fined by Police Judge Mc- Camish $23 each. The judge offered to'grant a stay of execution if the women would promise to desist from joint smashing, but their answers did not suit him and he let the fines stand. Xora MeXutt, daughter of Mrs. MeXutt, was discharged, the court holding that she was irrespon sible, having been guided by her eld ers. Judge McCamish declared there was no law in Kansas that sancilmed the destruction of private property by a citizen. An appeal was taken. I.ee I'raiwen American Soldiers, London, March 10- During the de bate on the army estimates in the house of commons Friday Lieut. Col. Arthur Hamilton Lee, who was Brit ish military attache with the United States army during the Spanish- American war and subsequently was military attache with the I'ritish em bassy in Washington, said the Amer ican recruits in physique and intelli genee were superior to any other troops in the world. He also empha sized the high pay of the American soldier and the fact that the rate was increased 20 per cent, in time af war, or when 011 service abroad. A Crisis Approaching. Cedar Rapids, la., March 10. — Everything points to a crisis in the situation in tlie Burling'ton, Cedar Ilapids it. Northern shops, where 400 men have been out for nearly two weeks. 011 Monday Vice President Williams asked for a statement of the men's grievances, which was made through a committee of the commercial club. Mr. Williams an nounced yesterday that he would make 110 concessions, so it must be piece work or nothing at the shops, and the men state that the line will be tied up within 48 hours. A Corpjto lit a Cake of Ire, New York, March 10. The Journal and Advertiser «iys that the body of a ruan discovered in a cake of ice in the llackeripack river at Jersey City, on Friday, in many particulars resembles the description of John Armstrong Clmnler, a descendant of John Ja 1 Astor. John Arm strong Chanter mysteriously disap peared from Dloomingdale asylum last Thanksgiving' and has not been seen since. The Veto Stand*. Salt Lake, I'tah, March 10.—Tn the state senate Friday the governor's veto of the Evans bill was called up and 011 motion as to whether the bill should pass notwithstanding the veto, the bill was nine to nine. The bill originally passed by a vote of It to 5 and 12 votes were required to pass the bill over the governor's ▼eto. A Congressman IN Stricken. Lancaster, Pa., .March 10.—Con gressman Marriott llrosius le.st even ing had a stroke of apoplexy which in expected to result in his death. PROPAGATING ROSES. A Synteiii of 1111 ilili 11 Khy Which Karlj and I,ale Varieties Are Grown oa the Same llusli. One of the easiest and best ways to propagate roses is by budding. The process is the same as with the peach, pear, apple, et *.. but I will give a short description with an illustration to make it a little plainer. Select a bud from the rose you wish to propagate, and cut about one-fourth above and be low the bud, taking out an elliptical piece with a little wood beneath it, as shown in Fig. 1. For the stalk take any hardy or wild if y iL/ « 1 FIRST THING TO BE DONE. rose, cut a T-shaped incision through the bark near the roots (Fig. 2), care fully raise the ends or bark of the in cision ami insert the bud; wrap firmly above and b«low the bud with a strip of cloth about one-fourth of an inch wide, commencing at the bottom and passing above the bud, returning again and tying just below, covering all above the bud. In about ten days after bud ding, if in spring or early summer, un wrap it, and if the operation has been successful, which it is most sure to be if properly done, cut the old stalk off HOW TO MAKE THE INSERTION. about two inches ibove the bud; and when it has made a new shoot tie it to this old stump to make it grow straight. Buds of different roses, crimson, white, red, etc., may be insert ed in a single stalk, threby producing a rose tree of many colors, it is not nec essary to bud on the wild rose only, but if you have some other single rose you wish to improve, insert a bud or buds of some nice variety, and I think you will be pleased with the result. I hope every lady reader of this pa per will try this method of propagat ing, for it is very simple and easily done, and you can have a rose ready for bloom in the same length of time it would take a cutting to form roots. And by using early and late varieties on the same bush'one can have a suc cession of bloom on the same plant, which is quite an item when one is crowded for room.—Geneva March, in Agricultural Epitomist. HIGH-PRICED BUTTER. Before It Reached the Consumer on the Continent of Europe It \V*n Worth $3 a I'ound. Not many people would be willing to pay three or four dollars a pound for butter if they lived where fairly good butter was plenty at a much lower price. The editor of the Elgin Dairy Keport tells of a gentleman visiting the Darlington creamery, which has or had a reputation of sell ing its product at one dollar a pound. While there he saw a 20-pound pack age put into a large refrigerator case and packed around with ice and shipped to New York city. There it would be re-iced and sent by the steamer to an agent in London, who would again repack it in ice and send it to another party on the continent, who would see that it was sent to the consumer who had ordered it. The expense of freight and packing would scarcely be less than two or three dollars per pound, besides the cost of one dollar a pound at the creamery. Such butter is only produced by good cows, given good food and care, and with also good care in regard to ab solute cleanliness in stables, dairy room and utensils and purity of the air and water which comes in can tact with it. Not every one can make butter that will sell for 50 cents or one dollar a ponud, but many could improve greatly on their product and on the price they obtain for it if they would take a little more pains in these respects. And when they do so we may see dairy butter regular ly quoted as-high or higher than that from the'creamery. The total value of the butter product of Wisconsin as estimated £>3 Dairy and Food Commissioner IL C. iVdanis to I 1800 ii about $16,000,000. Hospitals in our great cities are sad places to visit. Three-fourths of the patients lying on those snow-white beds are women and girls. Why should this be the case ? Because they have neglected themselves. Every one of these patients in the hospital beds had plenty of warning in that bearing-down feeling, pain at the left or right of the womb, nervous exhaustion, pain in the small of the back. All of these things are indications of an unhealthy condition of the ovaries or womb. What a terrifying thought! these poor souls are lying there on those hospital beds awaiting a fearful operation. Do not drag along at home or in your place of employ ment until you are obliged togo to the hospital and submit to an examination and possible operation. Build up the female system, cure the derangements which have signified them selves by danger signals, and remember that jLydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound has saved thousands of women from the hospital. Read the letter here published with the full consent of the writer, and see how she escaped the knife by a faithful reliance on Mrs. Pinkham's advice and the consistent treatment of her medicines. Mrs. Knapp tells of her Great Gratitude. •' DEAR MRS. PINKFIAM : —I have received much benefit from using your Vegetable Compound and Sanative Wash. After my child was born, blood poison set in, which left me with granulated in "" ,-r "1 Summation of the womb and congested ovaries. _ I had suffered from suppressed and painful , - menstruation from a girl. The doctors told me the ovaries would have to be removed. I took IFTSr treatment two years to escape an operation, jarr but still remained in miserable health in both MwjijlßlTOy Q body and mind, expecting 1 to part with my reason with each coming month. After using W \\ one bottle of the Compound. I became entirely kj)r J rid of the trouble in my head. I continued to use . vour remedies until cured. J " The last nine months have been passed in perfect good health. This, I know, T owe en tirely to Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege . '"My gratitude is great indeed to the one to MRS- F.M.KNAPP whom so many women owe their health and happiness."— MßS. F. M. KNAPP, 1528 Kinnic kinnic Avenue, Milwaukee, Wis. )$ idfcv PS P|>| An n Owing to the fact that some skeptical H gH KM ■ m n jta JsfS f|U|l people have from time to time questioned B ffi la 883 IKb ft nllftl the genuineness of the testimonial letters I deposited with the National City Bank, of Lynn, Mass., $5,000, IE ts! 31 *sl fi§B which will be paid to any person who will show that the above ukdx/ y£# testimonial is not genuine, or v/as published before obtaining the VSMP writer's special permission.— LYDlA E. PINKHAM MEDICINE CO" Dr. Bull's Cough Syrup JSI Cures Hacking Coughs, Sore Lungs, Grippe, Pneumonia iWCjgfflßr jffll and Bronchitis in a few days. Why then risk Consumption? r - Bull's Cough Syrup. Don't be imposed upon. Re fuse the dealer's substitute. .It is not as good as Dr. Bull's. Salvation Oil cures Rheumatism and all Pain. Price, 15 and 25 cent*. It Cures Coughs Colds, Croup, Bore Throat. Influ enza, Whooping Cough, Bronchitis and Asthma. A certain cure for Consumption in first stages, and a sure relief in advanced stages. Use at once. You will see the ezeelient effect after taking the first dose. Sold by dealers everywhere. Price, 85 and 50 cents per bottle. fTCT For 14 GenSs We mail the following rare seed noTeltiea. 1 ytg ' D,uc li,ood Tomml ° Be#d * * • 1 & ■ I M 1 44 Ilaina'a Fnvurlti* Onion Seed, .11) M I{• § 1 44 Emerald (ireen 1 ucumliprbwvd, .lO ■ I *• Jt 1 * 4 City fltrdn lieet Herd, .10 1 44 13-Day llailUli Seed, .10 W i 1 44 LaX. Markrt Lettuce Seed, .16 M 8 44 Brllliaut lloirer Seed, .16 14 | Worth SI.OO r„r i4t*nu? I 10 fl Illustrated Boed Catulog, telling all'ubuut H M 1 Bnlzcr'» Billion DollurCraM ■ H I AI»o Choli'i! Onion 8» cd, ttOe. olb. ToßPthrr with thoii<andn of earliest Tcge* P//Vm LmA; j hj\ JOHN ASAUERS^CD Do Yon Know Burnham's Hasty Jcllycon will satisfac torily answer the question: "what shall we have for dessert to-day?" You have the choice of six delicious flavors: orange, lemon, strawberry, raspberry, peach, wild cherry, and the plain "calfsfoot" for making wine and coffee jellies. Every where Jellycon is having a large sale. Your grocer sells it. {5% 1 fl IP a 9MATKU Vnn Duron's Kbon -1011 B A D "I'M I l«m iDutjo Compound la Bf H■ I I the only positive cure. fast ex- Fa ■ ■ | I I i>erience speaks for luelf. Depot III! * Caliloriiia At*., C&ico«u. In 3 or 4 Years an Independence is Assured JHWP^n It you takeup your homos H&HBwPrin Western Canada. the N N |land of plenty. lllus jrtfi I i+M |trited pamphlets, giving II experiences of farmers I who have become wealthy R*' ingrowing wheat, reports llf Wjpj of delegates, etc.. and full ~ * fI Information as to reduced — ■*" 1 ~n application to the Superintendent of Immigration Department of Interior. Ottawa. Canada, or address the I'nder nigncd. who will mail vju atlases, pamphlets, etc., tree of cost. F. I'KDLEY. tsupt. or Immigration, Ottawa. Canada; or to M. V. McINNKS. No. 1 Merrill Blk.. Detroit. Mich : E. T. iIoi.MES, Roomti, Big Four Bldg., Indianapolis. lnd. WET WEATHER. WISDOM! THE ORIGINAL ' Iffr -^22, jC f/SH BRK$> n!%" SLICKER \i \ 6LACK OR YELLOW P : I WILL KEEP YOU D&Y ■ NOTHING ELSE WILL TAKE NO SUBSTITUTES | A3 CATALOGUES FREE SHOWIN6 FULL LINE OF GARMENTS AND HAT 3 I AJ.TOWEg CO.. BO3TON. MASS. | AT ONCE With rig to sell our Poultry Mixture; straight salary 4515.00 per week and expen-es; year's contract; weekly pav. Address with stamp" ISUUKIU MFU. CO,, Dept. a. Kast St. Louis, 111. jߣh» GREGORY s,vv.: Tarirtt ' wfl - NewcdUlogue FREE. W J. j. H. IIKKOOKY M SON, MkrblnhcMid, IM, A. N. K.-C 1850 3
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