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.THESE : ARE
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Whole truth by a visit of inspection. ',
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ciil Vat
ics Are
GERMANY MILL FRIENDLY
No Desire to Take Tart In the
Reformation of tbe Turk.
DEFINITE POLICY IS OBSCURE
The kaiser and the Sultaa Exchange)
Friendly Greetings-Work of Butchery
Goes Merrily On-Narrow Escape
of Christian Missionaries.
Berlin, Nov. 17. Prince Von Hohen
lohe, since his conference with the em
peror on Thursday, has Intimated to
Count Goluchowski, Austrian minister
of foreign affairs, that Oermany will
consent to discuss the question of unit
ed octlon on the part of the European
powers toward Turkey, bo far as pro
viding protection to Christians and
maintaining order are concerned.
Although this assent does not com
mit Germany to any definite policy be
yond participating In negotiations, it
still marks a considerable change In the
attitude of the government, which has
hitherto been reluctant to admit that
anything like coercion of the Sultan
Is likely to be necessary. The expecta
tion which Is entertained in official
quarters, that this decision of the gov
ernment will intluence the Sultan is
based upon the belief that the kaiser
retains the friendship and confidence of
the Turkish emperor. Since he and the
empress visited Constantinople In 1X89
the German emperor is the only Euro
pean monarch the Sultan has person
ally met and the two sovereigns have
every year since .the visit exchanged
friendly greetings.
Bpt the most potent factor in con.
vlnclng the Sultan of the desire of Ger
many -for a policy of moderate Inter
vention in Turkey is the Information
which has been conveyed through
Prince Itadolln, the German ambassa
dor at St. Petershurg. that the over
tures made by Italy and Great Britain
looking to the adoption of extreme
measures have been rejected as being
inopportune.
Armenians Massacred.
The United Press reporter at Con
stantinople reports that at 6 p. m. on
last Thursday M. A. Jewctt, United
States consul at Slvas, sent a telegram
to Minister Terrell, Informing him thnt
800 Armenians and ten Turks had been
killed at Sivas, and that a large body
of Kurds was SRld to be then approach
ing the town. This seems to show that
the Turkish allegations that that Ar
menians were the aggressors are abso
lutely untrue, and that the Armenians
were deliberately massacred.
Minister Terrell has also received n
despatch from Harput, in the rashallk
of Diarbeklr, dated Nov. 13. which says
that in the fighting there 500 people
were killed. Eight of the twelve mis
sionary buildings within the mission
ary compound wore burned. The mis
sionaries themselves were spared, but
many of the occupants of the burned
buildings were killed. In the mission
ary quarters were twelve Armenians
with their families and 300 theological
students, and there was also conduct
ed within the compound a ladleB' sem
inary. The houses remaining in the
place were stripped of everything of
value, and the country in the vicinity
laid waste. Stores of provisions and
clothing were destroyed or carried
away, and the utmost destitution pre
vails. Thousands of men, women
and children who were already
dependent for food upon the stores
in the missionary buildings, are
homeless, naked, and starving,
nothing been saved either from the
burned buildings or those that were nut
burned. The Mussulmans destroyed
everything they could not carry away.
A despatch from Mardln, In the Pas
hall k of Diarbeklr, dated Nov. 13, says
the inhabitants of the villages burned
In that neighborhood are in the direst
need of food and clothing, and many
are dying from starvation and expo
sure. '
It Is said In despatches from per
fectly reliable authority that In the
Syrian district of Guronden 4,000 men,
women, and children have been killed,
and many others are suffering from
wounds and lack of medicines, food,
and clothing.
Missionaries In Peril.
New York, Nqv. 17. Dr. Charles C.
Creegan, the New Tork secretary of the
American board of foreign missions,
said yesterday that no news of the re
ported attack on the mission at Harput
other than that conveyed in the press
dispatches had been received either
here or at the general headquarters in
Boston. He was not disposed to dis
credit the report, however, as the most
recent private advices from that point,
dated three or four days before the
massacre, stated that the missionaries
were in imminent peril.
"I cannot disguise the fact," he said,
"that we feel the gravest anxiety for
the safety of our missionaries, not only
at Harput. but at Bltlls and Van as
well. They are east of Harput four and
ten days respectively. Communica
tion with Bltlls was cut off about a
fortnight ago. The missionaries were
then In great danger, and the expecta
tion was that If trouble was to come it
would probably break out at Bltlls be
fore it did at Harput. We are conse
quently very apprehensive as to the sit
uation in which the Bltlls missionaries
may find themselves now that an out
break has occurred at Harput.
' "Harput Is in the Eastern Turkey
mission, which embraces Armenia and
Koordlstan, and Is 300 miles east of
Constantinople In a direct line. It is
about ISO miles south of Trebizond. It
takes our missionaries one day longer
to get from Constantinople. They
Journey by the Black Bea to Samsoon.
which is about 250 miles northwest of
Harput. The remaining distance Is
through a mountainous region, travers
ed by no roads worthy of the name.
"The city Is In a fine valley at the
foot of the KoordlBh mountains and a
short distance east of the Euphrates
river. Its population is between 30,000
and 40,000. There are 800 villages and
small cities within a radius of 100 miles.
The Harput mission Is one of our
strongest and most successful ones. In
the station, which Includes the sur
rounding villages, there are 2,200 church
members, and at the Euphrates college
In Harput are 600 students. The mis
sionaries there are Orsen P. Allen, Car
oline R. Allen, Herman N. Barnum,
Caroline E. Bush, Mary L. Daniels.
Egbert 8. Ellis. C. Frank Gates, Mary
E. Gates, Hattle Seymour, Crosby H.
Wheeler, D. D., Susan A. Wheeler and
Emily C. Wheeler. Including children
the number of. Americans there is
twenty-four. There Is a like number at
Van and about twenty at Bltlls.
"I do not knowwhere the missionaries
at Harput could take refuge from an
attack on the mission, as they are six
teen days from the sea. On the whole
I should think the least dangerous
cnirse open to them would be to re
main In Harput, where they are
known.". , .
''.'v." , Shaken fey Earthquake.
i Ramopo, N. Y Nov. 17. On Thurs
day evening, the 7th Inst., a violent
shock of earthquake was felt for a dis
tance of five miles In this region. The
sudden Jar or vibration was felt south
west of this village. In the vicinity of
Blngwood Mountains, In the upper or
northern part of the Paisalo county.
Parties fishing In one of the moun
tain lakes two miles west of this vil
lage felt the Jar worse, to all accounts,
than those residing In the village. One
of the party, who is an old-time guide,
fisherman and hunter, says that the
boat he was in he thought was being
twisted by some unseen hand, and for
about fifteen seconds he thought the
bottom was going out of the lake. The
vibration seemed to go from southeast
to north weBt. It was distinctly felt in
the villages of Sloatsburg, ltamapo,
and Suffern, and occurred at 8.45 in the
evening.
Last evening at about 10.30 o'clock the
Inhabitants of the mountain districts
southwest of this village were startled
by a shock similar to the one referred
to above, but of not so long duration.
It was noticed by a few only of the
residents outside of the mountains. The
shock seemed to be more distinct In the
mountain districts in the neighborhood
of the iron mines, and, as the mines
are not In active operation at pres
ent, the shocks were without doubt
caused by earthquake.
LI'ESAYIXfiSERVICK.
Interesting Figures Coreornlng the Work
of a Heroic Body of Men -Their Small
Compensation. .
Washington, Nov. 17. The annual re
port of the general superintendent of
the life saving services shows that dur
ing the last llscal year the number of
disasters within the scope of the ser
vice exceeds that of any previous year
by 79. This large excess Is In a meas
ure found to be due to the extension of
the serviee, but principally to the con
ditions of weather which prevailed dur
ing the year. While the work of the
service Is thus shown to have been in
creased it Is satisfactory to know that
the record of the year shows a smaller
proportion of loss Uj both life and prop
erty than any previous year since the
general extension of the service, except,
as regards life, the year 1888, and re
gards property, the year 1884.
At the close of the last fiscal year the
establishment embraced 251 stations
184 being oh the Atlantic, fifty-three
on the lakes, thirteen on the Pacific and
one at the fulls of the Ohio at Louis
ville, Ky.
The number of disasters to docurncni
ed vessels within the field of the opera
tions of the service during the year was
483. Thre were on board these vsscl.i
5.402 prsons, of which 6.3S2 were saved
and twenty lost. The estimated value
of the vessels Involved whs $S.001,275.
nnd thnt of their cargoes S2.64"..9fiO. Of
this total $9,14r,0S5 was saved and
$1,502,150 lost. The number of vessels
totally lost was seventy-three.
In addition to the foregoing there was
during the year 1892 casualties to smnH
craft, such as small yachts, sail boats,
row boats, etc., on board of which there
were 421 persons, 415 of whom were
saved and six lost. Besides the number
of persons saved from vessels of nil
kinds, there were 110 others rescued
who had fallen from wharves, piers,
etc., the most of whom would have
perished without the aid of the life sav
ing crews.
The superintendent pays a high trib
ute to the heroism of the men In the
service, and says that no life was lost
through the lack of prompt and faith
ful effort. The average annual loss of
life from 1877 to 1895 Inclusive, which
embraces the period since the general
extension of the service, has been one
out of every 107 persons aboard the
vessels Involved In disaster, and the
average loss of property 22 per cent, of
the amount Involved. He considers that
simple Justice demands that the com
pensation should be made uniform
among the surfmen of the lakes and
ocean, and believes that the rate of $r
per month established by the act of
July 22, 1895, was none too large.
HUNTING ROBBERS.
Adams Express Officials Aro Very Much
In F.arncst.
Philadelphia, Nov. 17. Adams' Ex
press company and Pennsylvania rail
road officers are still actively hunting
today for the robbers who pilfered the
Baltimore express car last Friday
night near Morrlsvllle, Pa. While th
robbers have not been caught It is
intimated tonight that the officers were
working up a clew, which It Is hoped
will lead to the capture of the men,
It Is pretty generally believed thnt tht
robbers were not tramps, but men ac
quainted with railroad and express
work.
While the actual value of the goods
taken will be much less than $100, the
Express company will follow up the
robbers with as much determination as
though the amount taken were thous
ands. MURDER OF A PRIEST.
Tho BoJy of Rev. A. P. Van Antwerp
Found in a Pool of Wood.
Desoto, Mo., Nov. 17. The body of a
German Roman Catholic priest named
A. P. Van Antwerp was found yester
day lying in a pool of blood beside the
railroad tracks at Uushberg, Mo, A
wound over one eye showed how the
man met his death and the fact that hit
pockets had been rilled Indicated that it
was a case of murder.
From papers found on the body It Is
thought the priest came from Detroit.
He was at one time an Instructor In the
St. Louis University. It Is thought the
murder was committed by tramps.
WINS A WIFEIN PRISON.
Kentucky Female 1.1 fo Convict Pardoned
nnd Married.
Frankfort, Ky., Nov. 17. Governor
Brown today pardoned a female life
convict, on condition that she go direct
from the prison doors to the altar of
Hymen. The woman, Rente Beck (col
ored), had, while In prison, promised to
marry Sanford Toung, an old colored
prisoner, on condition that he secure
her release.
When Young gained his freedom he
set patiently to work to win pardon fqr
his dusky sweetheart, and today Gov
ernor Brown, touched by the old man's
devotion, granted the long-sought boon.
HOME FROM ATLANTA.
Governor Hastings and Party Arrive at
MarrisDurg.
Harrlsburg, Pa Nov. 17. Governor
Hastings and party returned from the
Atlanta exposition at 6 o'clock this
evening. He was delighted with tho
splendid hospitality of the southern
people, and spoke In highest terms of
the exposition. The party separated at
Baltimore, the 1'hlladt Ij.hlaiis leaving
the governor and his immediate party
at that place.
Mrs. Hastings was presented a hand
some diamond pendant by the tourists.
Salelde of Actors,
London, Nov. 17, The Oraphlo will to
morrow publish a dlxpatch from Sydney,
N. S. W., saying that the well-known
English actors, Arthur Dacre and his
wife, have committed suicide. The former
cut his throat, and the latter shot herself
with a revolver. The acts were caused by
despondency arising from their unsuccess
ful tour of Australia
An Abattoir Unrned. ' r
Philadelphia, Nov. 17. The export build
Ins of the Philadelphia Abattoir, at Thir
tieth and Market streets, was damaged by
Ore today to the extent of $15,000; fully
covered by Insurance. The loss falls
about equally upon Martin Fuller, les
sees of tbe Abattoir, and Charles Hat
Una CP.. bf toutohar-
PLUNGE OF A TROLLEY MR
The Loaded Vehicle Leaps Into the
Cuyahoga River.
LIST OP DEAD AND MISSING
Through Receiving tbe Wrong Signals
Given the Motoraan Speeds Ills
Car Into Draw Fifteen
Persons Killed.
Cleveland, O.. Nov.- 17. Up to
o'clock this evening the bodies of fifteen
victims of last night's catastrophe had
been recovered. This accounts for all
but four of the passengers known to
have been on the trolley car at the time
It made Its dreadful plunge from the
open Central viaduct draw into the
Cuyahoga river.
The verified list of the dead and miss
ing Is as follows: James McLaughlin,
base ball player; Henry K. Meckleburg,
tailor; Edward Hoffman, conductor;
Mrs. John A. Saurenhelmer, Miss Bessie
Davis, school teacher; Harry W. Fos
ter, a clerk; Miss Minnie C. Brown;
Curl Lepthene, or Clemens, pianist;
Mrs. A. Hoffman, Gertie Hoffman, 3
years old; Harvey - Hoffman, Martha
Palmer, Marie Mettgen, domestic; Au
gusta Sarlnskl, Louis F. Hulets, mall
carrier.
The missing are: Lottie Voth, Miss
Martha Saurenhelmer, B. G. Page,
Matthew Gallagher. At an early hour
this morning Augustus Rodgers, the
motorman In charge of the car, was ar
rested at bis home and brought to the
central station, where he was ques
tioned by the coroner and police offi
cials. He stated that Conductor Hoff
man gave him the signal to go ahead.
Asked t" how the conductor could
have given the "all right" Blgnal in the
face of the fact that the red light sig
nals, showing that the draw was open,
was hung on the closed bridge gates.
Rodgers replied that Hoffman probably
thonght the draw was Just closing in
tead of opening. Rodgers was released
after giving bond for $5,000.
Search for Bodies.
A crowd of fully 60,000 spectators
gathered at the scene of the accident
this morning, when the search for the
missing bodies was resumed and when
one would be brought up the- relatives
of the recovered one would go nearly
mad with grief. Some of the bodies
were horribly mnngled.
The bodies of the four missing are
under the enr nnd It may take a day or
two to raise the trucks and recover
them.
Patrick Looney, the only passenger
of the lll-fnted car, who was taken from
the water alive, Is still at the hospital.
In n critical condlton. He has not re
gained consciousness since being taken
there. .
The most plausible theory regarding
the cause of the disaster Is the removal
of the circuit breaker, which was re
placed by a derailing switch about two
weeks ago. Formerly the circuit was
broken several hundred feet from the
swinging portion of. the viaduct, when
ever the draw was open. According to
the new contrivance, which was con
stantly set to derail a car, it was neces
sary for the car to stop. The conductor
would set the '''deraller' and signal the
motorman to go ahead. This procedure
was enacted last night and as the misty
rain had so covered , the glass In the
vestibule, tho motorman claims to have
been unable to see the danger lights,
depending solely upon the conductor's
signal. The conductor went down to
death with his car and it will never be
known what caused him to fall to see
the lights or know that the bridge was
swung.
The Motorman's Story.
Motorman Rodgers In an Interview
said: "I stopped at the derailing
switch as I always do. I saw the con
ductor go ahead. I watched him, and
h" gave me the signal to come on. I
did ns directed, gave the motor on-?
notch as I saw no red lights, and nat
urally thought that everything was all
right. As I struck the gates, I heard
some one yell "Jump." I turned off the
power as much as possible and Jumped.
Afler the car plunged Into the river I
ran down the bridge to the Hay Mar
ket in order to notify the police and
then went to the docks and helped. I
was arrested at my home late last night
and did not know the police were after
me."
C. R. Brenner, the captain of the
bridge, was standing at the guard gates
at the time the car approached. He
says he saw the conductor run ahead to
the switch and signal the motorman
to proceed, and that the car was going
at the speed of six miles per hour
when It struck the gates. He made a
futile attempt to hold the gates and
would have been carried down had it
not been for a chum who was with
him and dragged him aside. Just as
the lights went out he Baw the people
rush to the front of the car and heard
a girl scream; ".Oh, my God." He says
the car did not turn much In fall
ing. SHADOWED BY A CHINK.
Disagreeable Experience of a Bloomfleld
Girl Who Has Been Haunted by a Mys
terious Stranger Carrying Knife.
Bloomfleld, Nov. 17. Residents In the
vicinity of Broad street and Maple
place were startled about half-past
seven o'clock last evening by the screams
of a womnn crying for help. When
they looked from windows and doors
they saw a woman running up the
street and a man on the opposite side
keeping pace with her. The young wo
man ran into Almlra street, but the
man stopped at the corner.
The woman la Miss Anna Troeber.
who lives with her parents In Almlra
street, and Is employed In one of th
departments of a big Newark store.
When Miss Troeber arrived in her home
she fell fainting Into a chair, and when
neighbors came to inquire the cause of
the trouble she was hysterical.
It appears that Miss Troeber was
walking up Broad street, and when
near the Greenwood Lake railroad
bridge she saw a man standing under
the street lamp on the opposite side of
the street. She says he had his back to
ward her. He had on a long black
ulster, but when she got a little past
the lamp she noticed that he wore a
llght-colnred suit, and also that he had
a long knife In his hand. It was ther,
thnt she cried for aid and that the man
followed her on the opposite side of the
street. This is not the first time that
the same man has annoyed her in a
similar way.
For more than a year and on an aver
age of three times a week, this un
known man has lain In wait for Miss
Troeber as she was on her way home
from the train in the evening, and kept
pace with her on the opposite side of the
street. In order to throw tho shadower
off the track, Miss Troeber about a year
ago took up her residence with her sis
ter,! Mrs. J. P. Scherff, In Freornont
street.' -
It was only a brief respite, for within
it week she was being annoyed In the
same way. One night Miss Troebr be
came so nervous that she was unable
to walk to her sister's house, and she
took refuge on the plMM of ft Mrs.
Dufneld. The shadower halted on the
opposite side of the street and called
out to her that she need not be afraid,
but that he could catch her If he want
ed to. This, It is alleged, was the only
time that the unknown man ever spoke
to her.
The man has been watched by both
Miss Troeber and Mrs. Scherff as he has
loitered in the shadow of trees in Free
mont street, and one night Mr. Scherff
chased him . a long distance. Many
nights Miss Troeber, afraid to go home,
has waited In the center of this town
for an acquaintance to accompany her.
Upon such occasions the shadower has
not appeared.
In consequence of the long-continued
annoyance Miss Troeber has become
extremely nervous and excitable. It
was only to avoid publicity that the
police were not Informed long ago of
the state of affairs. An effort is now
to be made to capture the man.
MARYLAND VENGEANCE.
James Goings, a Young Negro. Lynched
by a Mob of Formcrs-A Bravo Salva
tion Lass.
Frederick. Md.. Nov. ".-James Go
ings, a young negro, begged food at tne
residence of Hamilton Geisbert. near
this cy. yesterday afternoon. After
eating voraciously, he assaulted Miss
LIUle Jones, whom, he discovered, was
alone in the house. In overcoming the
girl's resistance the negro broke her
nose and cut her with a razor. He was
arrested and held for a hearing on Mon
day. A few hours later he was taken
from the Jail by a mob and hanged to a
tree on which, a few years ago, tho
negro Bigus was lynched for the same
dastardly crime. .
It was early in the afternoon when
Goings knocked at the back door of the
farmhouse of Hamilton Geisbert, about
a mllo from town. Miss Llllie Jones, a
domestic, answered the summons, anO
responded to his appeal for something
to eat by giving him a good meal. Ho
ate ravenously and repaid the girl's
kindness by assaulting her. She finally
escaped from the house screaming for
help. Mr. Uclsbprt was close at hand
and as he appeared the negro fled.
When Mr. Geisbert reached MIS3 Jones
she was unconscious, lying in the yard,
her face badly bruised and cut.
Half a doxen neighbors were quickly
on the trail of the negro fiend. They
caught him In this city and Sheriff Zim
merman took him to Jail, a strong stone
structure, which would. It was thought,
withstand the attacks of a mob. Mut
terings and threats of lynching were
heard during the evening as the assault
on Miss Jones began to be generally
known. Crowds began to congregate on
street corners, many of the men comlnj
In from the farm lands In the country
The report reached the city at 11 o'clock
that tho woman had died from the cuts
and beating inflicted by the negro and
this infuriated the men. There was nc
noise or shouting, but a quiet deter
mination to avenge the pooor domestic
was seen in the faces of the sturdy
farmers as they looked up at the Jail
windows'.
The Jnil Attacked.
Shortly before midnight a committee
of half a dozen went to the Jail door
and demanded the keys. Sheriff Zim
merman refused to give them up. There
was another consultation, the word was
passed among the 300 persons, and the
whole body moved toward the prison.
As the leaders reached the stout ouken
side door. Sheriff Zimmerman raised a
window and tired his revolver, but no
one was hurt. He also rang the Jail
bell for assistance, but none came. In
on Instant the Jail door gave way before
the infuriated citizens. A moment later
a dozen stalwart men were hammering
at the door of Goings' cell. While the
negro crouched In a corner plteously
begging for mercy, the bars of his cell
were wrenched from their fastenings.
Then he was dragged out of the Jail,
whilo cries of "lynch him," and "rope,
rope" filled the air. Home one climbed
an elctric light pole and tore off a rope
which supported a lamp. A noose was
thrown over Goings' head and he wns
hustled out of town Into an open field.
As the rope was thrown over the limb
of a tree, which had once heretofore
been used by lynchers, a Salvation
Army lassie, who had kept by the side
of the doomed man regardless of the
fact he wus about to be hung for an
assault on one of her own sex, asked
permission to pray for him.
It was a solemn moment. Stern-faced
men paused while the negro with the
rope about his neck crouched down by
the tree. Beside him knelt the brave
little woman and tears dimmed the eyes
of many as she offered up a last peti
tion for the condemned man.
After a short prayer the woman arose
and disappeared in the darkness. A
moment more and Goings was suspend
ed In midair. A single shot was fired.
Some one, mercifully Inclined, sent a
bullet Into Ooings' body. It pierced his
heart and ended his agony.
A member of the mob made a brief
speech. In which he said that they were
there with the unfortunate wretch not
In a spirit of malice, but to make an
example of him, and to teach his race
that they must rot the women of Fred
erick county alone.
STARTLING CUBAN TALE.
It Is Alleged Thnt tho Insurrection Lead
ers Have Sold Out.
Jacksonville, Fla., Nov. 17. A special
to the Times Union from Tampn, Flor
ida, says: Plant's steamer Olivett ar
rived from Havana this afternoon.
Among the possengers were some prom
inent personages aircei trom iuto,
where they learned that Campos had
Instructed his men not to fire upon the
insurgents If It could be avoided, on ac
count of a purchase price now pending
between Spain and the Cuban leaders.
It Is told by a close friend of Campos,
and is understood by the powers that
be, In Havana, that the Insurrection
will come to an immediate end, for the
reason that both Gomez and Maceo, the
leaders, have been bought by the Span
ish government, and while the price has
not been delivered to the sellers, the
money for them Is now In Havana.
It Is a matter of history that in pre
vious revolutions the leaders of the In
surrectionists were bought, which gives
credence to this startling report, which
seems to be authentic
ENGINEER FELL A SLEEP. '
When He Awoko Ho Pnlfed Out and
Caused n Collision.
Wllllamsport, Fa., Nov. 17. A wreck
occurred on the Fall Brook railroad, one
mile above Jersey Shore Junction, at 4
o clock yesterday morning, A south
bound freight train had orders to wait
for three sections of a north-bound
freight to pass, but the engineer of the
south-bound train fell asleep, and upon
awakening pulled out before tho third
section had passed.
A head-on collision resulted. William
MoQuade, aged 21, unmarried, of Corn
ing, N. Y fireman of the north-bound
train, was crushed Into the fire box and
Instantly killed; - Brakeman Daniel
Klrkendall of the same train had a leg
broken, Engineer Validly and Conduc
tor Mnynard Allen, the crew that made
the mistake. Jumped and rolled down
an embankment - and escaped with
scratches.
The coroner's Jury found Engineer
Validly and Conductor Allen responsi
ble for the wreck and the death of Fire
man MoQuade, i 1
MORION'S JOB REPORT
Statistics Concerning the Bureau tf
Agriculture. . ,
DECLINE IX YANKEE BUTTER
America Supplies Less Than On Per Cent,
of the British Demand for Foreign Butter-Interesting
Faeta Concerning
Advertised Food Analysla.
Washington, Nov.17. Secretary Mor
ton'a third annual report Is a briefer
document than the two which preceded
it. It discusses the work of the several
bureaus of the department, asserting
that expenditures have been reduced in
some of them for the sake of economy
and increased in others for the sake of
efficiency. Much of the matter of the
report has been anticipated In publica
tions from time to time during the fiscal
year and since its close.
Speaking of the export in dairy pro
ducts of the United States the report
points out the fact that in cheese the
United States, while a large shipper to
British markets, hold the conspicuously
unflattering place in tho extreme rear
as to quality and price, and as the only
one of the competition for this trade
whose business shows a serious falling
off.
This he attributes to t,he deterioration
In the quality of American cheeses by
adulteration with olco and otUor in
gredients. In butter the United States
Is out of the race, supplying less than
one per cent, of the British demand for
foreign butters, notwithstanding the
fact that Oreat Britain imported in
eight months $40,000,000 worth of butter.
Tho work of tho weather bureau for
the year cost $878.4:19, and owing to re
duced expenditures, wnlch were accom
panied by Increased efficiency, $55,000
will ultimately be covered into the
treasury from the amount appropriated
It is claimed that the warnings of cold
waves secured from freezing more than
$2,275,000 worth of perishable agricul
tural products which otherwise would
have been lost.
The secretary calls attention to the
report of the chief of the division of
statistics, which reiterates an argument
in favor of taking an annual agricul
tural census.
A Glimpse at Advortlsers.
Speaking of the work of the division
of chemistry. Secretary Morton makes
the following vigorous protest: "The
people nro trennentlv misled hv ner
verted references to the analysis of
this division by advertisers of baking
powders, food products, etc., whose
products have been .analyzed In the
course of Investigation of food adulter
ations or other official work. In tho
hundreds of advertised that have been
noticed In which the work of this divi
sion has been referred to there Is
scarcely a single case In which the facts
were accurately set forth as officially
published. There is, therefore. Just rea
son for complaint. It soems to the sec
retary of agriculture that there should
be some method adopted by means of
which the advertising misrepresenta
tions of official analysis, intended orig
inally to protect the people, could be
prevented."
It Is proposed during the coming year
to secure the co-operation of agricul
tural colleges and experiment stations
In the object lesson method of dissemi
nating Information regarding Improved
roads. 1 1
They will be taught to construct mo
del roads on the farms of their experi
ment stations or on their college
grounds, where they can be regularly
used, and thus become a lesson to all
farmers who visit them.
The. secretary condemns the gratui
tous distribution of the publications of
the department. In the year 1894,-B
they aggregated In bulk 800 tons, the
distribution of which added toHhe de
ficiency of tho postofflce department.
WATCH OVER HIS REMAINS.
A Rich Brlokmnker Had a Notion That Ha
Might Bo Bnrled Alive.
Newburgh, Nov. 17.John B. Kose.tho
wealthy brick manufacturer, before he
died gave specific orders to have a
watch put over his remains, for he al
ways had a presentiment that he would
be burled alive. To this end the family
of Mr. Rote ordered that the death
watch be placed over his body at the
Cedar Hill cemetery. Mr. Hose ex-
pressed as his wish that this watch con
tinue for thirty days and thirty nights,
but the other day the remains began to
show signs of decomposition, and tho
two watchmen were discharged. The
remains were placed In a receiving vault
and the door left unlocked. The screws
of the casket were, according to Mr.
Rose's directions, to be left loose, so
that. In the event of his being in a
trance and awakening, he could get up
and make his way out with little or no
trouble. The other day, when the death
watch was discontinued, Joseph Rose,
a son, ordered that the body be con
signed to the family plot In the ceme
tery. The grave haJ, In his absence,
beeen lined with brick from' the Jove
yard, an opposition concern In the same
village, where Mr. Rose did business,
Young Rose promptly ordered that the
grave be torn up, and all the Jove brick
thrown out, to make way for brick from
the Rose yord. This was done, and tho
flnol interment took place..
In Mr. Hose's will his ecccentrlclty
crops out. He leaves his favorite son,
John B who Is now a. Tale, student,
$8,000 per annum, and the remaining
three children are poorly . cared for
financially. There is already talk of a
contest of the will, which was drawn bv
Lawyer E. A. Brewster.. The village or
Roseton was founded by Mr. Rose. He
was a strict Prohibitionist, and once
became Involved In a lawsuit through
his efforts for the cause. Some brew
ery concern had shlppeu a quantity of
beeer to Roseton. He found It before
the consignee arrived, and It was all
thrown overboard. A $5,000 monument
has been ordered over his grave.
SCRAMBLE FOR LAND.
Scenes at Oklahoma liable to Bo Re
peated in WoHhington. ,'
Spokane, Wash., Nov. 17. The rush
to the Nem Perce reservation Is prov
ing even greater than was expected.
From and through this city by every
road leading to the garden spot are long
trains of "prairie schooners'' and every
Imaginable description of vehicle car
Tying loads of homeseek'irs. It Is es
timated that when the opening gun Is
fired at Monday noon next at least 6,000
people will begin the wild scramble for
choice locations. .j. ...
The demand for lumber has cleaned
out the local dea'.ers, and It Is now be
ing shipped Into the points nearest the
reservation frcni this and other points.
By Monday. night it la estimated that
l,ow nomei will have been erected on
xn prowiisea lana
.V : WEATHER REPORT.
' For Eastern Pennsylvania and New utr
say, asneraur xair; westerly winoa,
1
rs
SPECIAL
SALE OF
Muslin
Underwear
For One Week, Coin
rmerocing Thursday,
November, 14th.
10 'doz Gowns with Tucked and
Embroidered Yokes, at 69c. each.
6 dozen Gowns, with Tucked Yoke
and Embroidered Ruffle 8S&
10 doxen Ruffled Cambric Gowns ...9Sa
Tbe gritest bargain of the season.
6 dozen Empire Gowns $1.11
G doxen Gowns, Tucked Toke,
Sailor Collar Jl.Jl
Also a large assortment of Gowns
handsomely trimmed with Tucking,
Embroidery and Laoe, at
$1.35, $1.45, $1.65, $1.88. $2.60,
$3.00, $3.50, $4.00, $5.00, $6.00,
and $7.00 each.
All these goods are Included In our -regular
line, the quality ana finish ot
which are so well known that comment
are not necessary.
Goods and prices speak for them
selves. Outing Flannel Gowns tor Ladles and
Children.
510 and 512
LACKAWANNA AVENUE
Always Busy.
Every Foot
In the Family
; Properly Fitted.
18 Salespeople Busy Every
Day and Evening.
114 AND 111 WYOMING AVE.
Open Evenings Until Jan, L
LAMP)
A beautiful line of
Banquet Lamps, and
Brlc-a-Brac, very
suitable for a
HOLIDAY GIFT
Call and see them.'
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WAR ON PULLMAN KATES.
Railroads Desire a Reduction in PrU.s
of I'ppcr Borths.
Chicago, Nov. 17. A morning paper
says: All the railroads in the United
States using the Pullman sleeping cars
are about to present a unanimous petl
tion to the company to have the price
of upper berths in Its sleplng cara low
ered at least 25 per cent.
The Pennsylvania Railroad company
has started the war against the Pull
man rates.
The matter has been kept extremely
secret, only the general passenger
agents knowing anything about It A
meeting of the general passenger
agents of all the mads In the country
using these cars will probably soon be
called to take final action on the ques
tion. Tho Lltttnste Issue. (
Sti Petersburg, Nov. 17. The Russian
newspapersdeciarethat the situation in
Turkey Is rapidly drifting to an acuta
phase that will Inevitably culminate
In the disruption and abolition of tha
Ottoman power In Europe. The Novo
Vremya says: "We are glad to ob
serve that Englishmen are becoming
accustomed to the not distant prospect
of Russia occupying Constantinople,
for that must be tha ultimata IsatM ot
tha eastern question.
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