; NTCOLONL JAM KS i mi mil A Summary of Happenings at Home and Abroad. THE NEWS~~CONDENSED A Review of What Has Transpired of Public Interest, Washington, Nov. 4. —The commit tee appointed by the National Educa tional Association to consider plans for founding a National University in Washington, called on President Mc- Kinley Thursday to pay their respects. President William It. Harper, Presi dent of Chicago University, is the chairman of the committee. Chicago, Nov. 4. —The political ac tion committee of the Tippecanoe Club, a strong Republican organiza tion, has decided to expel United States Senator Mason from its mem bership. The action was taken on ac count of Senator Mason's opposition to the policy ot the national adminis tration in the Philippines. Baston, Nov. 4.—ln respect to the report that the recent purchase of the old Proctor sole leather tannery at Peabody, Mass., by A. C. Lawrence & Co. and Swift & Co. was for the pur pose of opposing the upper leather combination, Mr. Lawrence says: "The report is without foundation. In fact, we have not decided as to what use the tannery will be put. We are not opposing any trust." Seattle, Wash., Nov. 4. —The river steamship W. Stratton, owned by Alex McDonald, got caught in an ice jam and sank in thirty feet of water on the Yukon River Oct. 20. No lives were lost, but twenty-seven bags of mail went down with the vessel. The steamship Danube, which has arrived here, brings news of the wreck of the river steamship Olme May on Tagish Lake. The Olme May struck a rock and sank. Pittsburg, Nov. 4. —The local plants of the American Tin Plate Company are preparing to shut down indefinite ly. They are to be idle, probably, after Nov. 15, and when iliey are to be put In operation again is a ques tion in which 700 workingmen are in terested. The officials of the trust are contemplating the complete dis mantling of the Monongahela and Star works, and a concentration of their business at the plants in Indiana and Newcastle, Pa. New York, Nov. 6. —At the Coney Island Athletic Club on Friday even ing, James .7. Jeffries, of California, defeated Thomas Sharkey in twenty five rounds for the heavyweight cham pionship of"he world. Jeffries was given the decision on points. Botli of .TiM .u:t r.s, the big pugilists were badly punished, Sharkey having one of his ribs broken. The decision of the referee was criti cised by many, the majority of the 10,- 000 spectators thinking he should have declared it a draw. Sharkey has now posted a forfeit of $5,000 for a finish tight with the champion, the contest to take place within three months. Lyons, N. Y., Nov. 6.—While playing coif on the Black Brook links Herman Milter broke ins figiit iegl He drove the ball across a stream and then at tempted to clear it himself. He land ed on the opposite side but strnck a stone. San Francisco, Nov. 6. —The whal ing bark Charles W. Morgan liar, ar rived here from Okhokzt Sen. Dining her year's cruise she obtained 1,400 barrels of sperm oil, 2,600 poundu of bone and sixty pounds of ambergris. The ambergris is worth $250 to SIOO a pound. Rochester, N. V., Nov. 6.—This city has a female butcher. For over two years Miss Daisy Stevenson hat; handl ed the clever and carved out steaks and chops in her market on Plymouth avenue. She took up the work when her father became sick aiul unable to carry on the business. Under her management ir has prospered. She opens the market herself every morn ing. Altoona. Pa., Nov. G—"Left hand shot off: relieve me soon as possible." was the message that came over the wire Friday afternoon to the superindend ent of the Cambria and Clearfield Rail road from Howard Lowman. operator at Garway. Asked by the superin tendent whether he could take care of the trains until help could reach him Lowman replied that he would stir! to his post until relieved. With < hand torn to shreds he kept the oth on the key of the instrument. Wi assistance reached him he fell i. faint. He had bound his arm at wrist and stopped the flow of hi The accident lesu'.ted from the sion of an old gun. Manila, Oct. 6. —Four thousand American troops are occupying iloilo and the adjoining towns of Jaro and 11010. This force is made up of the Eighteenth and Twenty-sixth regi ments, two battalions of the Nine« teenth Regiment, a detachment of the Sixth Regiment and a battery of the Sixth Artillery. The Filipino force is now supposed to be between 3,500 and 5,000 armed men and many more un armed. Their lines are about 800 yeards from Jaro, which is occupied by the Twenty-sixth Regiment. Manila. Nov. o.—Chase's troop of the Third cavalry and Rivers's troop of the Fourth cavalry swam the river and surrounded the garrison at Bong bong, entering the town. The enemy escaped. Six Ritles and a quantity of ammunition were captured. Castner's scouts had a skirmish with Filipinos near Aliaga, killing Ave. Sail Francisco, Nov. 6. —William H. Moreland, bishop of Sacramento, has left for a tour of the eastern and west ern states in behalf of his diocese. He will also give lectures in all the larger cities in behalf of the great general convention of the Episcopal Church, which is to be held in October of 1901 in this city. New York, Nov. 6. —It has been de cided by the director of the Mint to postpone coining the Paris Exposition Lafayette souvenir dollars until the beginning of the new year. The de sign has been decided upon. On the reverse of the coin are the faces of Lafayette and Washington in double profile. Albany, Nov. 6. —The Brokers' Dis trict Telegraph Company, of New York, has been incorporated with a capital of SIO,OOO, to supply messeng ers for the purpose of delivering mes sages and other property and to de liver messages by telegraph or tele phone. The directors are Samuel M. Richardson and George H. Vandewalk er, of New York City, and Henry D. Kuck, of Tompkinsville, S. I. Syracuse, N. Y., Nov. 6. —W. \V. Teall, a prominent financier and the father of Oliver Sumner Teall. of New York, is dying from an attack of hic coughs. The doctors say that there is no hope of his recovery. Mr. Teall, who is more than 80 years old, was taken with an attack of hiccoughs a week ago, and in spite of the efforts of the physiscians it has been found impossible to stop it. New York, Nov. 6. —Fire late Friday afternoon destroyed the seven-story building at Nos. 94, 96 and 98 Mott street, which was occupied by the Manhattan Iron Beadstead and Spring Company, causing a loss of about $200,000. Three persons employed in the factory are missing and several were Injured in escaping, while en gaged in attempts to rescue the in mates and in managing the Fire De partment's apparatus. ' HON. J. HAY BEOWN. ■is iran Board of Inquiry Makes Severe Charges Against Them. DEATHS ON TRANSPORTS Many of the Sick Men Said to Have Been in a Deplorable Condition. Major Rafter, of The Twentieth Kan sas, Comes in For Heavy Censure — The Transport Service Severely Arraigned by Investigating Board at San Francisco. San Francisco, Cal., Nov. 7. —A local newspaper says that the most sen sational report of a military board of inquiry ever kent to the War Depart ment from this city has been forward ed to Washington from the head quarters of Major General Shatter. The document consists of nearly one hundred typewritten pages and con tains the severest kind of criticism of the methods employed by officers in charge of the sick soldiers who return ed from the Philippines on the trans ports Tartar and Newark, on Oct. 10. Upon Major Rafter, the surgeon of the Twentieth Kansas volunteers, who came liaeU on the Tartar, the heaviest censure Is laid. Colonel Metcalfe, of the same regiment, who commanded the ship. General Kunston being only a passenger, is indirectly referred to. Many other officers are given a hard measure of criticism, but their names are being withheld until the War De partment sees fit to make known the details of the report, The board of inquiry which has so severely arraigned the transport ser vice was appointed by General Shatter two weeks ago at the suggestion of Colonel Alfred C. Girard. chief sur geon in the General Hospital at the Presidio. Colonel Girard's desire fur an invistigation was occasioned by the deplorable condition in which lie found the sick men ironi the transports Tar tar and Newport. There were about forty of them,.and nearly all wen suf fering from dysentery. Three men who came in these transports died a few days after arrival. They were J. T. Fabisak, and John A. Logan, of the Fourth cavalry, and George \V. Mills, of the Twentieth Kansas. Are After Aguinaldo. Manila, Nov. 7. —A tleet of trans ports and gunboats has left Manila for the most important expedition of the autumn campaign, its destination is supposed to be Dagupan or some other northern port. General Wheaton commands, with a brigade consisting of the Thirteenth infantry, the Thirty-third infantry, two guns of the Sixth artillery ~ad two Gatlings. The transports Sheri dan, Francisco de Reyes and Aztec carry the troops, with the gunboat Helena as escort. A dispatch boat was sent ahead to arrange a rendezvous with the United States cruiser Charleston and the other warships that are patrolling the north coast of Luzon. The landing will be made under cover of the guns of the ileet. It is assumed here that the purpose of the expedition is to move down the Dagu pan-Manila Railroad toward Tarlac. or to prevent Aguinaldo's forces mak ing another base further north. Would Not be a Candidate. Washington, Nov. (!.- Replying to a question put to him by a n ;wspaper reporter Saturday evening. Admiral Dewey said: "I would not under any circum stances consent to ho a candidate for the Presidency, and I should consider it an act of friendship if the press would treat this decision as sincere and final. I wish they would now drop the matter. I feel that any fur ther boomnig of my name for V,\c, Presidency tends to make me lons." Says it is Not a Trust. Albany, N. Y., Nov. G. —Presn. E. Dowe, of the National League of Commercial Travellers, announces that Attorney General Dnvies has de cided that the evidence submitted to prove that the American Spool Cotton Company is a trust or monopolistic combination Is insufficient for the pur poses of prosecution, but. that District Attorney Gardiner, of New York coun ty. has maintained otherwise and will commence, on the application of Mr. Dowe. proceedings I' lder the Donnelly Anti-Trust law of the State. Can Ereci The "inument. Boston. Nov. The Ba.ii-d of Trus tees of the C r.'.eterv Department, has voted to allov (•'<> Victori: u Club to erect its proposed mo " ?u< nt to the British soldiers who fell at Hunker Hill. Mayor Quiney was first petition ed by the club and he turned the pe tition over to the Cemetery Commit tee, with the endorsement that he saw no reason why it should not be grant ed. The monument will be erected in th£> centra! burying ground on Boston Common. May Save the P.irncil Estate. Boston, No.'. (>.- Lord Mayor Tallin of Dublin has received i cable that the ancestral home of Cli i£les St< wort Parnell at .Avoi.dul-? would not be sold until Nov. 21. The sale was original ly scheduled for Nov. •!. The Lord Mayor believe:-, tiiat befor • the date now fixed these.m nee: :y to save the estate will haver n obtained. Nine Hurt ir. Trolley Car. Louisville, Ky.. Nov. (1. An inbound Louisville and .\° : hviile uuln struck a Fourth Avenue electric car at Fourth avenue and G street completely de molishing the car and injuring nine persons, including the niotorman. All will recover. Gen. Ccbin Visiting in Cleveland. Cleveland, Nov. 6.- 11. C. Corbin. Adjutant-General (if the raited States Army is the (.nest of Oul. Myron T. Merrick, Gen Corbin said that the war In the Philippines; would be over by Jan. I.and t!i.:t Gen. Otis would probably not 1 :■< c 'lot!. New Orleans. Nov. 6.—The weather bureau predicted a cold wave Thurs day and at night the themometer was down to 10 cleg-rees. With the com ing of the cold wave telegrams were received from neighboring states no tifying the Louisiana Board of Health of the lifting of quarantines. By night all quarantines had been raised on every class of freight except house hold goods. The wholesale merchants of this city have been waiting for the lifting of the embargoes nguinst com merce, and all out-going trains are now carrying traveling salesmen. Houston, Tex., Nov. 7.—The San An tonio Gas Company has lost its charter because it joined a trust. The com pany became a member of a local combination to control the private and public lighting of San Antonio. Judge W. S. Ely, of the Fourth State Court of Civil Appeals said; "it does not matter that the immediate result of the combination may be a reduction in the price in commodities. A danger ous arbitrary power has been placed in its hands by which the business of the country may be absolutely domin ated and prices arbitrarily controlled regardless of the laws of trade or the rules of supply and demand." Orange, N. J., Nov. 7.—-"No seat. n< fare." insisted S. H. Howe and J. E. Rosenbusch. and on that ground they have won a case against the Delaware, Lackawana & Western railroad. The men sued for damages because of a dispute they had with conductor Price sit the Newark station last winter. They would not give up their tickets because they bad no seats, and the conductor had them arrested for dis orderly conduct. The ; cused were brought before Judge Lambert and he reprimanded them. The two men in sisted, however, that they were in the right and they brought suit against the railway company to recover dam ages. It has now been agreed to set tle the case. It is said that the plain tiffs each received $175. Bret Ilarte and " Little Breeches." Bret Ilarte is so frequently compli mented as the author of "Little Breeches" that he is almost as sorry it was ever written as is Colonel John Hay, who would prefer his fame to rest on more ambitious work. A gusli ins lady, who prided herself upon her literary tastes, said to him once: "My dear Mr. ilarte. I am so delighted to meet you. I have read everything you ever wrote; but of all your dialect verse there is none that compares to your "Little Breeches.'" "I quite agree with you, madam," said Mr. Harte. "but you have put the little breeches on the wrong man." v HOW Bears are Taught to Dame. A Question of Skill \ The Golfer—You must acknowledge that ii rcquiies a ;.ieit deal of siVill i ; ivc a hall a hundred yards X The Farmer—Don't require half ea« much skill ez it does t' drive a pig 50 feet.—Harper's Bazar. Greatest! ■ Dairying Authorities onl 1 Cream Separators. I B The Wisconsin Agricultural Experiment Station. MADISON, WIS., July i 3 ,1397. Bfil and we find that they sk'iin the milk very clean indeed from fat, and that they are generally very satisfactory. W. A. HENRY, Dean College of Agriculture. «■ Cornell University Experiment Station. ITHACA, N. V., November 15, 1897. We have used the U. S. Separators for the past four or five years, and have found them at all times efficient and reliable. They are easily cleaned and kept in order, aud can be depended upon for satisfactory work. H. H. WING, Prof. Dairy Husbandry. Massachusetts Agricultural College. B9 AMHERST, MASS., JuIy 7, iSqj. We regard the Improved United States Separator as one of the ver'v best all round machines. In cleanness of skimming it surpassed all the others. It compares favorably with the rest in capacity. Our man calls it the smoothest running machine we have, although it has been in use nearlv three years—a good comment on its wearing qualities. F. S. COOLI2Y, Prof. of Ag't. Michigan Experiment Station. AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE, MICH., Jan. 2?, 1897. Your No. 5 Separator was received, set up, and has been operated daily since the 41ii of January. Kach of our dairy boys has now had a turn at it, setting it up. running it, washing it, and testing the skim-milk. They all like the machine, on account of its easy running and simplicity. We are running through milk *2 to 24 hours old, wanned to over 80 and usually about 90 degrees. The per cent, of fat in the skim-milk, so tar as reported, will not reach on the average are pleased with the machine in every possible way, as far as we have been able to observe it in a month's use. CLINTON 11. SMITH, Director Michigan Experiment Station, * C. D. SMITH, Director. Vermont Experiment Station. UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT ANII STATE AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE, 112 BURLINGTON, VT., June 25, 1897. 112 and do refer parties inquiring regarding the merits of the Improved United States Separators to the records of the running of the same as published in our report for 1894. ('She tests referred to are as follows): Aug, 14 0.05 Aug. ia.,t...0.06 Bl 16 0.05 0.05 The results obtained by the use of these machines at our Dairy Schools of the past two years are full better, so far as thf character of the skimming is con- c ®rned, than those given in the report. JOSEPH L. HILLS (Director Vt. Experiment Station). c AMES, IOWA, Jan. 25, IBq*. Your two machines have been hero in use for some time and are doing excellent work. We have succeeded in skimming over 2,600 pounds per hour, and as close as consider excellent work for the winter. The small machine also does good work, (J. L. McKAY, State Dairy Instructor, lowa Ag'l College. fl^B Again in June; lowa Experiment Station. AMES, IOWA, June 2397. |B Vour large size factory machine has been doing excellent w«>rk. We used it six days per week for the past two months, and it skims to a trace right G. L. McKAY, State Dairy Instructor. Ohio Stato University. COLUMBUS, OHIO, June 25,1807. B Enclosed you will find statement of the several runs made with your various Separators. (Tests from the runs referred to show the following): January 15 0.02 February 2 0.00 February 15 0.02 Jgßti Of course, you will understand that these runs were made by students who at BSk beginning had no knowledge of separator work. The liaine efficiency can BE* hardly be expected under such circumstances as where operated by an expert, awr THOMAS F. 11TNT (Professor of Agriculture). HBr Moscow, IDAHO, March a»", B; r ~ Our Dairy School has just closed, having had a very successful career. Wo jS&Bt : have used daily one «»f your N«». Improved 1". S. Separators. It has given B perfect satisfaction, and is the favorite with all the b< vs. fiBB Hi I'HAS. P. FOX. Professes* ot Agriculture. B' H Connecticut Experiment Station, wKv NEW HAVEN, CONN., Aug. , i>>7- V-jff* The Improved U. S. Steam Turbine i • 112 inning every day, and has be«Ti smco ; April. It is an easy-running and thorough skimming inacliine. tigg; in two recent tests, made on different days, running irilie over ;,%>«> ct milk per hour, the skim-Tuilk : This is as clo; -• :;s nnv >nld ask for. • A. W, O-.JDKK. Chemist. Conn. Ag'l Kxparimenr Station. BB Missouri Exporsmant Station. i \ COLUMBIA, M«»„ March • . 1 V . V The Improve ! **. ». Hi: ;Mf.itor AM ; us. iin our Dairy School during '.tie BEy winter term t.. th^-ontii'vi J..i.i:-:';.w , ti-»a of instructors aiul students, and -lid most excellent wor!;. /. 11. WATKKS, liear. and Direct »r. Th) Improve:! Unii;'. Separators :uo now not almost l-ut M&-, altogether univers::!. »'i % .•.-.uinLvr itu ei . 120,000, more or The:r ABEL ments carry them still iu:t ; ..; t-> t! 1<*1: - :it. Send k»i new Dairy catalogue No. 201 or new (>eamerv c■ualor.-ii'; >io. 190. BB B VERMONT FARM MACHINE CO., 'Bellows Fails, Vt. ® CATHARTIC ! CURE CONST!! ? 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