THE SALT TRUST. It Haa Control of Tbree Dozen Plants. Six of These Have Been Closed, but the Wage* of Ita Employee Hate Been Advanced Combine Organised to Kill Ruin* one Competition. Washington, April 12. —The salt In dustry of the country received the attention of the industrial commis sion yesterday, Archibald S. White, president of the National Salt Co. be ing the witness. He said that the annual consumption of salt in the United States amounts to about 13,- 000,000 barrels, of which the National Co. supplied last year between 8,000,- 000 and 9,000,000 barrels. He said that his organization had taken in 36 plants, of which six had been closed. He also stated tat the object of ef fecting the consolidation had been economic. Previous to the combination the competition was so sharp that there was no profit in the business and much inferior salt was made. In Michigan, for instance, salt was sold for 28 cents a barrel, the barrels alone costing 20 cents. One great saving had, he said, been effected in supplying salt to the districts in w-liich it is made. As a rule, he said, the men pre viously employed had been retained in the plants, but occasionally it be came necessary to let out some em ployes. Probably 30 per cent of the salesmen had been dispensed with. There also was a savins' of commis sions to dealers. "We try to get as near the consumer as possible," he said. "We would hand out the bags to individuals if we could arrange to do so. We should like to cut out all middlemen." The effect of the consolidation, he said, ad been to advance wages to the extent of 20 to 30 per cent. Mr. White did not consider any anti-trust legislation necessary, but a tax on excessive earnings might be placed. He thought the time would come when the trusts would be re garded as benefactors because of their conservation of energy and la bor, and because of their prevention of overproduction and the elimina tion of middlemen. As a rule, he continued, the stock in trusts is held by people of moderate means. Last year the net earnings of the National Salt Co. were $1,207,569, and the company paid a 7 per cent divi dend upon preferred and 6 |>er cent, upon common stock. "How. then, do you account for the fact that your stock is quoted so low?" Mr. Litcliman asked. "I don't know; that is a Wall street problem," the witness replied. In reply to questions, Mr. White said that the tariff of sl.fio per ton on salt was sufficient to prevent for eign competition except at seaports, but that the freight rate on Amer ican salt is so much greater than on English salt that the railroad com panies generally get the l>eiiefit of the tariff protection. American salt is now, for the first time in the his tory of the country, beginning to find a foreign market. Mr. White said that there is salt enough in the state of New York to supply the world for a million years. A RETALIATORY MEASURE. England Will Mot Allow the Import ation ol Foreign neat for I'se by Her Army. Washington, April 12.—The depart ment of agriculture has received a dispatch from Swift & Co., of Chica go, announcing that it has just been advised that the English government has excluded all beef except home bred from the British army con tracts. This is to be effective June 1 next. The Chicago concern has asked the agricultural department for any as sistance it can render. It points out that the action of the British gov ernment is a severe blow to American beef and cattle exporters and produc ers, and means not alone the loss in government trade, but it is feared it will serve very materially toward in citing a prejudice on the part of the people of England against the beef and cattle of this country. No offi cial information of this reported con templated move has reached the de partment. To demonstrate the importance of the move now said to be contemplat ed, it is pointed out that the value of our exports of live animals to Eng land amounts to $40,000,000, while the total of animal products exported from the United States to England is stated to be in round numbers $200,- 000,000. It is pointed out here that this pro posed embargo may be a sequel, in greater or less degree, to the pro ceedings Instituted at New Orleans against shipments of horses and mules from that port for use in the South African campaign. While this is of course merely conjectural, it is very strongly hinted that the New Orleans incident probably is the di rect inspiration of the step. It is pointed out that if the English real ly decided to take the action report ed in the advices just received, the British might turn to Australia for their meat. It is claimed, however, that meat cannot he gotten there in as good quality or as cheaply as in the United States. llcld In *5,000 Hall. New York, April 12.—Emanuel Mo bert, who was arrested Wednesday night in a raid on a counterfeiting den in Brooklyn, waived examination before United States Commissioner Shields yesterday and was held for trial in $5,000 bail. Mobert is al leged to be the partner of John Al bert Skoog, the expert counterfeiter unci noted crook who twice shot him self in the head on Tuesday evening to escape arrest after atts npting to pass counterfeit notes on a Broadway banking house, and who is now in a dying eondition. GILMAN'S MILLIONS. 1 ((•<* York Mont h n ('laliu* Thenn Safins 1* the Adopted Uaniihlrr of the Tea merchant. Hartford, Conn., April 11. —Action was begun in the United States cir cuit court here Wednesday by Mrs. Helen Potts Hall, of New York, for the recovery of her alleged share in the millions of the late George F. Oilman, of Bridgeport. Mrs. Hall declare* that she is the adopted daughter of Mr. Oilman and brings her action through her next friend, her brother, Frank Potts, against the Bridgeport Trust Co. as administra tor of the Gilman estate and against George W. Smith, of Bridgeport, as receiver. The bill of complaint, which con tains 17 counts, declares that Mr. Oilman was engaged in the tea busi ness in co-partnership with George H. Hartford, and that they had about 200 stores in the United States. This part of the complaint is interesting because it has been understood that the Bridgeport Trust Co. as an ad ministrator takes the position that. Mr. Hartford was manager only, and not a part owner in the tea business. After estimating the value of the estate at more than $1,500,000, the complainant says the property came into Mrs. Hall's possession at the time of Oilman's death and there re mained until she was forcibly ousted by the defendants. Several years orior to Mr. Oilman's death, contin ues the complainant, he, having con ceived a strong personal regard for Mrs. Hall, adopted her as his daugh ter and she became a member of the household and resided there until his death, managing the household and rendering to him the obedience of a natural daughter. On or before May 1, 1900, it is al leged, Mr. Gilman entered into an agreement with Mrs. Hall that if she would continue to live with him as a daughter until his death, she would then be entitled to all his property, both real and personal, as fully and to the same extent as if she were his natural daughter. The complainant claims that she has fulfilled her part of the agreement. She states also that none of the relatives lived on intimate terms with Mr. Gilman, but on the contrary they had been for many years estranged from him, and some were hostile to him. and that Oilman failed to make a will and died intestate. The complainant asks for a writ of injunction perpetually enjoining the Bridgeport Trust Co. as administra tor of the estate from interfering with the business conducted by the Great American Tea Co. and that the Bridgeport Trust Co. deliver to the complainant such assets as remain in its hands, in like manner as if she were the sole heir and next of kin of the deceased. A preliminary injunc tion is also asked for restraining the company from further interference with the tea company during the pen dency of this action. A writ direct ed to the trust company commanding it to appear in court and answer »o the complaint is likewise asked for. SECULAR SCHOOLS. Jljr. Conaty Claim* The)' are a Men ace to Catholic Institution*. Chicago, April 11. —"Entering upon the new century, the Catholic edu cational system in America must be prepared to meet witfi difficulties that will test its strength to the ut most. The unification of education under state control has established a mighty machine of secularized in struction, which threatens to destroy all private effort, either on the part of individuals or the church. It is important to meet unification by uni fication, to so strengthen the Catholic educational system that it may de fend itself against all attacks and save the religious instruction of its people from the dangers of non-relig ious education." Intense enthusiasm greeted this significant declaration yesterday at the opening of a conference of rep resentatives of Catholic colleges throughout the United States. The speaker was the highest official in the Catholic educational system in this country, l)r. Thomas J. Conaty, rec tor of the Catholic university at Washington, and president of the Na tional Association of Catholic col leges. Dr. Conaty is an ideal orator, both in presence and voice, "Entering into a general view of the situation which presents itself," said Monsignor Conaty, "it is import ant to realize the meaning of the facts which face us. Among these facts must be reckoned the state school system with its rapidly in creasing' high school and even college development; the tendency to do away with colleges by uniting the high school to the university; the establishment of educational institu tions of all sorts endowed by private munificence of non-Caatholics and at tracting Catholic students because these schools have not the character of state institutions; the tendency ol the universities to control the state schools, to dictate the examination ol teachers and to demand the univer sity degree or approval as a condi tion of appointment." To offset these conditions, said Dr. Conaty, the Catholic church spent last year in the United States the sum of $25,000,000 on education, chiefly in parochial schools, and ex clusive of what was spent in academ ic, collegiate and university educa tion. A Lotiii Journey for Children. Boston, ApriT 11. —Among the pas sengers who sailed on the steamship Commonwealth from this city yester day were two who attracted great at tention. Shortly before the ship sailed the agent of the company placed in charge of the stewardess Earl and C'laris.se Cook, aged 5 and 9 years respectively, bound from the Sandwich Islands for England. Their mother having died, the father decid ed that the children should receive a European education, and he made ar rangements with his sister in Liver pool to care for the little ones. CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY, APRIL 18, 1901. FUTURE WORLD CENTER. This Authority Maya That Pngrt Sound la the Huh of the I'actflc toaat Trade. Great as is the local development in all parts of the state of Washington, it sinks into insignificance compared with the prospective transcontinental and oceanic business already heading for Pugent Sound, says W. 1). Lyman, in Atlantic. Consult again the map, and note the position that this body of water occupies with respect to the world. It sounds extravagant now, but sober and cool-headed business men, familiar with the facts, believe that Washington holds the key to the future commerce of the world. She stands at the crossroads of the na tions, at the confluence of the commod ities of the four quarters of the globe. She is the successor of Phoe- BRIG. GEN. FREDERICK FUNSTON, U. 3. A. This doughty Kansas warrior will go down In history as the man who cap tured Aguinaldo, the Filipino chieftain, after snores of other American command ers had sought in vain to trap the wary Malay chief. Gen. Funston was born In Ohio in 1563, but went to Kansas when he was 16 years old. Before the war with Spain broke out he served as captain of artillery in the Cuban Insurgent army. After the campaign in Cuba he went to the Philippines with the Twen tieth Kansas regiment as colonel, and distinguished himself by swimming the Mariabao river and capturing the native stronghold of Malolos. nicia, Carthage, Italy and Eng land, as the natural exchange point of all lands. Europe and the United States are at her back, Alaska and British Columbia at her right hand, the tropics at her left, and the orient, with half the population of the world, in front. Formerly California was sup posed to be the natural center of our western frontage. We cannot dis credit the magnificent location and re sources of that state, but it is true that Washington is gaining on Cali fornia by leaps and bounds. This is due to three causes: First. Washing ton has five transcontinental railways in reach, California is under the des potism of one; second, the vast de velopments of Alaska and British Co lumbia have made Puget Sound the hub of Pacific coast trade; third, and most important, the route to the THE ROYAL CROWN OF PORTUGAL. The crown of Portugal, which King Carlos has just taken out of pawn. Is a most highly prized ornament. A few years ago, when his majesty needed cash, he gave it as security for a loan which, while considerable, was in no wise com mensurate with its real value. It has been stated that the king took his crown out of pawn not so much as a matter of pride as for future use in the way of a pledge with which to raise money. He was given pecuniary assistance by King Edward of Great Britain. The gems in this royal bauble are said to represent a cash value of at least $6,000,000. orient is materially shorter by Puget Sound than by the Golden Gate. Unrrr Orlntu of n I'ont Dlllrc \amr. The name of the post office Half Eock, in Missouri, is not to be account ed for by any peculiarity of the phys ical features of the place, as might be supposed. It seems that one of the first buildings erected there was a general store, the proprietor of which sold such bad sugar that his custom ers declared it to be "half rock." The term was in course of time applied to the store itself, and subsequently to the post office established at the place. VirlucN of Snow. The value of snow as a manurial agent, and also as a purifier of the air, has beeu demonstrated by some ex periments m;ide in London. t! n|ironri'»»iVf >ution». The illiterate nations are chiefly Russia, Spain, Turkey and the unpro gressive nations of the orient and of Suuth America. CROWS LIKE TERRAPIN EGGS. That l» Our Iteaaon Why the Mary laud Crop of Diamond Hack* Huu Short. The crow is the evil genius of the turtle just as of the diamond-back and other terrapins. When the warm days of spring come and the female terrapins and turtles leave their beds in the marsh the crow goes on guard, knowing that a season of feasting is at hand. Both terrapins and turtlesseek the warm, sandy uplands near the shore to deposit their eggs. A hole is dug several inches deep and from 20 to 30 inches oblong, white eggs are deposited and then the nest is tilled or covered with sand. Having neatly piled the sand over the eggs, the turtle raises herself just as high as is possible, then comes down with a heavy thud on the sand. This isi continued until the sand is quite hard, when the eggs are left for the sun to hatch. In the meantime the crow has been on guard, and by means of his sharp bill and strong claws the work of breaking into the treasure house of the unsuspecting turtle is quickly accom plished and the feast is soon over. The crow is considered by many to be the greatest enemy the diamond-back has. I It is an easily established fact that the crow destroys thousands of the eggs of all kinds of terrapin, not mak ing an exception of the diamond backs. Cliin INitpkiii 11 a l»l 112. "A good deal of fun has been poked at Americans who either tuck their napkins under their chins or drape them across their shirt bosoms at din ner," said a Vermont man who has just returned from London. "I have come tot lie conclusion that this is nof American, but English. I have seldom seen napkins so used in the good hotels and clubs in this country, but in the Hotel Cecil in London around the din ing table seemed to be one vast ex panse of napkins. Without exaggera tion, three-fourths of the men whom I saw in the dining-room had their nap kins tucked smoothly across their shirt fronts. It pleased me more than anything that 1 saw in London, not be cause 1 approve of the practice, but be cause it is one of the things that Eng lish writers a few years ago used to describe as Americanisms. The men behind the napkins at the Cecil were Englishmen, however, if accent and appearance count for anything. \V il helm inn's Son Would ll<* King;. Jf a son is born to Queen Wilhelmina of Holland, and be lives to the of 18, by the constitution of the little kingdom he will at once become king, and she will be forced to step aside. ONE CENT PER MILE. Rallroada In Central Paaaenger rlatlon'a Territory Fix Hatea lor tt. A. ft. Kncanipment Bualuran. Chicago, April 12.—Rules and regu lations governing transportation of passengers in the Central Passenger association's territory during the U. A. It. encampment at Cleveland, Sep tember 10 to 14, have been adopted. In several respects they are different from the regulations which have gov erned encampments in the past. Tha lines were unanimously in favor of a straight one-Cent fare from all asso ciation territory. The rules adopt ed are: Bands shall be required to pay one half the rate charged the posts with which they travel, and shall be re quired to travel in both directions on a solid ticket and in band uniform. Committees to locate quarters shall consist of not more than three per sons from each post and shall travel to Cleveland and return on solid tickets; shall be required to pay one half the rate charged their respective posts, and shall be allowed but one trip for the purpose of locating quar ters. No line shall evade these provisions by cash contributions, or by any other kind of concession not provided for herein, nor by assurances to com mittees, posts or individuals. No sleeping cars shall be stored for occupancy during the encampment. A TELEPHONE COMBINE. Six Companlea are Abaorbed by a Bal timore Corporation. Baltimore, April 12. —Final steps were taken Thursday in the big tele phone consolidation scheme en gineered by the syndicate headed by Lien. J. K. Webb, of this city. At the meeting of the directors of the Uni ted Telegraph and Telephone Co. the following properties were acquired: Maryland Telephone and Telegraph Co.; capital stock $1,000,000. Pittsburg and Allegheny Telephone Co.; capital stock $1,500,000. West Penn Long Distance Tele phone Co.; capital stock $1,000,000. Home Telephone and Electric Co.; capital stock $200,000. Allegheny County Telephone Co.; capital stock $200,000. Ilasford County Telephone Co.; capital stock SIO,OOO. In all about 50,000 telephones, eith er in actual operation or under con tract awaiting installation will go into the combination. The West Penn Co. owns the line from Pittsburg to Beaver, Pa., where connection is made with the United States Long Distance Telephone Co. that will give service into Cleveland and other Ohio and Indiana points. Over 165,000 telephones will be con nected tip by tliis line with the Pitts burg and Allegheny plant. RAISED THE CABLE. An Intereatlns Feature In Connection wltli the Construction of a threat Bridge. New York, April 12. —Accompanied by the screeching of whistles and the cheering of thousands of spectators on both sides of the East river.the first cable of the new Kast river bridge was yesterday raised from the bed of the river and drawn taut by a power ful engine until 120 feet above the surface of the water. Thousands viewed the raising of the cable from the shores, while many tug boats, yachts and crafts of all kinds ran up near enough so that those on board could witness the work. An interesting feature of the affair was the giving of a long chain of signals reaching from a man on the New York side of the river to the engineer who controlled the sixty five horse power engine which stretched the cable. The actual rais ing of the cable lasted just, seven min utes While it was going on all traffic in the river at that point was stopped by order of the harbor mas ter. After being drawn back 620 feet over the top of the tower on the Wil liamsburg side, the cable was putin clamps and firmly fastened to the massive anchorage of masonry. BURNED BY A MOB. Bradford, Fa., Feople Ilea troy a School llntixe thut nan I « ed aa a Penthouse. Bradford, Pa., April 12. —This town is greatly excited over the burning by a mob of a public building. Three weeks ago a smallpox case developed here, the patient being a railroad man named William Meyers. The victim was isolated in his rooms in the Armstrong block, the board of health lacking a pesthouse, and soon recovered. Later five new cases developed and the board of health decided to secure a temporary pesthouse. A vacant school house in the Second ward was selected and carpenters and plumb ers were put to work fitting it up. When it became known the people residing nearby became greatly wrought up and resolved to make trouble. Last nigh.t a mob of over 300 men and women •surrounded the school house. Their leaders clutched the night watchman, Charles Story, and held him firmly while the mob bat tered the door and set fire to the place. All who attempted to prevent the fire were kept back, and in a few minutes the entire structure, a large two and a half story wooden building, was in flames. An Act of Vandalism. Indianapolis, April 12. —Serious damage was done to the Thomas A. Hendricks' monument in the state house grounds Wednesday night, pre sumably by metal thieves. One of the granite ornaments weighing 100 pounds and surmounted by a heavy piece of bronze was broken from its base and thrown to the ground; a bronze shield crossed with a piece of bronze representing a laurel leaf, was forced from its place high up on the monument and carried away, and the scales which the figure of Justice held iu her hand were stolen. CHICAGO CROOKS. Committed Two Murders in and Near Pittsburg. FIRST VICTIM A GROCER. He was Defending His Wife Against Burglars. TRACKED TO THEIR LAIR. Detectives Found tUf Hans In a HOUM on I'liltou Street and lit the Fight that Followed an Officer wi»» Killed and a Kobbcr nan Wounded. Pittsburg - , April 13.—There lias scarcely been a more eventful day in the history of the Pittsburg police than yesterday. Thomas D. Kahne, a Mount Washington grocer, was shot and killed in his home by three burglars while defending his wife, who was being chloroformed. A few hours later the rendezvous of the felons was discovered at 32 Ful ton street and a force of detectives went to work on the case. In a des perate fight which followed City De tective Patrick E. Fitzgerald was killed and one of the robbers, who gave his name as Edward Wright, who fired the shots that killed Fitz gerald, was badly wounded. Two male and two female members of the robber gang were arrested and dia monds and other booty worth from $3,000 to $4,000 were recovered. The whole of the gang is believed to be in custody and the detectives have evidence that the men are responsible for the numerous burglaries of the past month or two in and around this city. The wounded prisoner was re moved to Mercy hospital, where it is said he may recover, although he was shot three times. The others arrest ed gave their names as Robert Wilcox and his wife. Jennie: .1. 15. Wright, a brother of the murderer, and a wo man said to be his wife. They were taken to the Central station, where it was learned that all were from Chicago. Wilcox is said to be known in that city as Kid Nichols. Mrs. Wilcox admitted that they had all come from Chicago some months ago and had been working here since then. THE HILLS ARE SLIDING. A Portion ol' the City of Unite, llont., ■ • Slowly .Tlovliii; Southward. Butte, Mont., April 13. —A portion of Butte, believed to embrace the larger part of the big hill upon which ome of the Anaconda mines are lo cated, has made a very perceptible movement southward during the past few days. At the foot of the Ana conda hill, the slide pushed the tracks of the street railway line about six inches for a distance of about 300 feet along the road. As there are no large buildings in that part of the city, no damage is done except to the street railroad tracks. Geologists claim that the entire range of moun tains about Butte is constantly moving, and that the sliding process which has been going on for ages and has crushed and mixed the copper veins and ore body in the district and displaced many of them is still going on. About, a year ago a similar slide occurred in the western portion of the city, in the heart of the residence portion. The courthouse, the resi dence of Senator W. A. Clark, several churches and other buildings were seriously cracked, the residence of Senator Clark having a fissure about two inches in width throughout the entire building from east to west. The statement is made by a well known mining man that the shaft of the (ireen Mountain mine, one of the Anaconda properties, has moved about seven feet in ten years. Big Inrrrane In Coal Production. Columbus, April 13.—Statistics col lected by the state inspector of mines show the enormous increase of- $3,- 5.17,715 tons in the coal output of Ohio during 1900, the largest increase for a single year in the history of the state. The output for the year was 19,426.429 tons, of which 14,234,- 260 tons were lump coal. All but five of the 30 coal producing counties of the state show a gain in produc tion. Athens county leads with an increase of 883,084 tons. A Hattle In Kentucky. Whitesburg, Ivy., April 13. —Two men were killed and t\fo wounded in a fight Thursday bettveen Sheriff Wright and his deputies on one side and the desperadoes who robbed and murdered Mrs. Jemima Hall and her son on the other. The fight oc curred on the mountain top between Jones fork and Millstone creek. A Johmou Hoomlet. Indianapolis. April 13. —The Indian apolis Single Tax club has called a meeting for next Thursday night, to launch a presidential boom for Tom L. Johnson in Indiana. Resolutions will be adopted setting forth Mr. Johnson's eligibility for the presiden tial nomination. Nine New Oil Companies. Austin, Tex., April 13. —Charters were yesterday filed by nine new oil companies incorporated to develop the Beaumont field. They have an aggregate capital of $1,875.000. This makes a total of 89 companies organ ized for ilie Beaumont field. A Plot to Kill Kruser. London, Aprl 13. —"The police of this city" says the Amsterdam corre spondent of the Daily Express, "re cently got wind of a contemplated at tempt upon (he life of Mr. Kruger. One of the persons arrested is said to have made a confession." 3
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