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The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1895-03-22
A JOKE on CHAuNcEy.
DIR. Depew Replies 10 Rebel Yell of
Sour hcrn College Boys.

Atlanta, Ga, March 20.-A special
from Rutherfortion, \. c., says that
seyenty-tive college boys went to the
train yesterday to meet = professor who
was returning When he stepped off
the train the boys gave the old rebel yell.
Chauncey NJ. Depew. who was on the
train, thought the boys We're cheering
him. He stepped out on the platform
and made the boys a political speech.
The train moved off and DR.. Depew
never saw the Joke.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1895-03-22
Negroes from the United States.

Washington, March 20.-The secretary
of state Is advised by the diplomatic
representative of the United States in
the City Of Mexico that between seven
hundred and eight hundred negro fami-
lies have recently arrived from the
United States at Ilahualla, Durango.
Mexico, as colonists under federal con
cession granted To w. H. Ellis, an
American citizen.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1895-03-22
TinsIey in Luck.

Sioux Falls. S. D., March 20.-Post-
master Tinsley has been located as one
of the heirs to a fortune of $2e0, 900 left
by a cousin who died in Kentucky some
time ago The discovery was the result
of the publicity given the postmaster by
the bitter fight which has been waged
against his confirmation by Senator
PettiCrew
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1895-03-22
Death of Mrs. Lester l.. Potter

Hartford Conn, March 20.-Mrs Les
ter l.. Potter. wife of the Rev. L. |. Pot
ter of this city. is dead from Bright's
disease. She was the daughter of Eben-
czer Towne of Oneida, y. Y. and her
mother was Fannie Forester" the
writer of children's stories, and a grand
niece of Charles Kingsley, the English
author
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1895-03-22
The Spanish Crisis.

Madrid, March 20.-Gene-al Martinez
de Campos, captain general OF Madrid.
paid another visit to Queen Regent Chris
tiana last evening. Later it was stated
that Premier Sagasta and his colleagues
in the cabinet. who had rendered their
designations, would probably resume
their ministerial functions.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1895-03-22
Vanderbilt Advance Guard.

Newport, X. l., March 20 Fourteen
horses have just arrived for Mrs. W. X.
Vanderbilt. This is looked upon as in.
dicating that Mrs. Vanderbilt will
occupy Marble House Immediately upon
her return from Europe.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1895-03-22
First of thc Incomc Tan.

Washington, March 2o.-Among the
various items in the report OF internal
revenue receipts for February, just given
out, there appears one of Sl1.Sl5 on ac-
count of income tax under the new law.
This is the first time any receipts from
this source has been reported.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1895-03-22
CREW RESCUED IN MID-oCEAN.
The German steamer Donau on Fire
and Abandoned.

Liverpool March 20-The British tank
steamer Delaware, Capt. Thomas, from
New York, March 6, has arrived in the
River Mercy. having on board the crew
of the steamer Donau, which was aban-
doned in mid-oceau. When sighted by
the Delaware the Donau had been on
fire for thirty-six hours and the crew
had taken to the boats. The abandoned
steamer Donau, Capt Siegel, sailed
from Hamburg on March for Phila-
deldhia and Newport News.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1895-03-22
The wahIb re Allowed To Sail

san Diego, Cal March 20.-The Gus.
toms officers gave permission to the
schooner Wahlberg, alleged to have been
engaged in carrying arms TO the royalists
of Hawaii, to leave this port.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1895-03-22
Rich Weddinr Fee

New York, March 2O.-George Gould
is reported to have sent his check for
$1,000 to Archbishop Corrigan as his fee
for performing the marriage ceremony of
Anna Could t. Count Castellane. II was
understood, however, that - 600 of the
amount was to be donated to the Catholic
Orphan asylum
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1895-03-22

Berlin, March 20.-In the Reichstae
the leaders of the centre party informed
Herr Won Loyetzow, president of the
body, that their party would oppose the
motion TO tender the congratulations OF
the house to Prince Bismarck on the oc.
easion Of the eighticth anniversary of his
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1895-03-22
Doesn't Want Alimony.

San Francisco, March 20.-Marie Bur-
roughs, the actress, has filed salt for
divorce from Louis F. Massen, charging
him with neglect and infidelity. She
asks for separation, explaining that she
has enough property for herself
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1895-03-22

Boston, March 20.-Under the law pro-
hibiting the sale or purchase of Holsters
under certain SIZES for each lobster
IA Boston firm has just made itself liable
to fine of $4,000 three thousand of
the shell fish having been seized by the
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1895-03-22
Decorated by the Car.

St Petersburg, March 20.-The car
after the presentation of the letter of re-
call of Gen. Won Werder. the German
ambassador conferred upon the retiring
diplomat the decoration of the order of
St. Andrew.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1895-03-22
New Yale Divinity school RuI.s

New Haven. March 20-The coming
catalogue of the Yale divinity school
will contain new rules for admission in.
tended to make the degree of b. ID. an
indication of scholarship rather than the
sign of profession.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1895-03-22
Two Children burned 10 Dca,b

Bethlehem, Pa, March 20.-The one
year-old son Of Mrs. frank Guhich was
burned to death yesterday afternoon
while his mother was on q shopping tour,
and his brother three yearse old, was
fatally burned.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1895-03-22
A Mere TrIae.

"You seem excited, dear. What has
happencd?"
Poor Jack Murrayl have just re-
jcctcd him"
"oh, don't mind little thing like
that. Why, | reject him every six
MUNICIPALITIES Calendar.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1895-03-22

Barcelona. March %. - A military
court here has ordered that two directors
of local newspapers be arrested for pro-
testing against the excess of the subal-
terms in Madrid. Great excitement pre-
walls and serious disturbances are threat
aDaI
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1895-03-22
Hudson River Navigation Omen

Poughkeepsie, n. Y, March 20-The
steamer, John L. Hasbrook, reached this
city from New York last night, and navi-
CATION with that city is opened for the
season.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1895-03-22
BIind Convict To Re Hanged.

Denver, March e0-Henry Tyson. who
committed murder in 1899 and who has
been in the solitary cell confinement un-
til he has become blind. has been SEN
fenced to be hanged during the second
week in April.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1895-03-22
Plenty of Them.

Miss Strucksome-Do you think there
are any openings for q girl on the
stage?
Mr.. Binthair-You bet there are. As
q rule, It's full of traps.-N. Y. World
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1895-03-22
Fined for Runninr Oyertin.

Fall River. Mass. March 2O-The
Westamee Min company was found
guilty of running overtime on two COM
plants in the district court, and fined
Sl65 in an
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1895-03-22
Esaseffaiiinthe Snnth

Savannah, Ga, March 20.-Brooklyn,
6; Pittsburg, 3.
Jacksonville. Fla, March 20.-New
York Giants, Irregular team 8; Second
team 1
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1895-03-22

London, March 20-Although Lord
Rosebery has recovered from his recent
attack of influenza, he is still suffering
from insomnia, in regard to which
trouble no great improvement can be re-
nnrfpd
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1895-03-22
Japs To Advance on Formosa

London, March 2O.-The Times to-day
publishes dispatch from Shanghai say
ing a rumor is current there that the
Japanese are about to send an expedition
against Formosa.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1895-03-22
Wilde in London Again.

London, March 90 Oscar Wilde and
Lord Alfred Douslas. son of the MARQUIS
of Queensbery, who have been making a
short visit to Monte Carlo, have returned
RI | onIpp
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1895-03-22
Ammen starts for Bath.

Boston, March 20.-This morning the
Ammen started for Bath, Me. Her trial
trip will be made the latter part of this
week
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1895-03-22
NewfcundlAad ROLLER Fund.

Boston. March 20-Kidder, Peabody
q Co.. announce that the Newfoundland
Reliet fund now amounts to @, 57S.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1895-03-22
Blue Fulton Treasurer in T,o,,h,.

Winsted, Conn, March 20.-Charles
Parsons, treasurer of the Blue Button
brigade, is under arrest charged with
embezzling funds Of the society.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1895-03-22
Celebrated His ioOth Birthday

Woodbury., Conn, March 20.-Horace
Manville. a wellknown resident. cele.
brated his Tooth birthday yesterday. He
enjoys good health.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1895-03-22
Gov. MarviI's Condition Unchanged

Laurel, Del. March s0.-The condition
Of Governor Marvil is unchanged He
10 neither better nor worse.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1895-03-22
ID UsT HAvEN's
CONDITION POWDERS

IL exactly what every sstock-keeper and ~
Try Raiser needs. No Poultry or Stock.Kov
can AFFORD 10 be without Il -
II cures disease and keeps Stock and s, SsI
feaitny. Contains no anfimony or any.us.ss
harmful. Is not a feed bus An honest medlss
81 An honest price. Interesting circular" -
on application.
mvS REsA MT a KNOTT
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1895-05-22
SEVEN MEN KILLED.
Explosion of Boiler That Had Beel
Condemned.


Condemned.
The bodies Of eight men, horribly man.
gled, scalded and disngured, were picked
out from the ruins Of the Peck, Haskell 4
Cobb sawmill at West Bingham, Pa, tho vic.
Tins OF boiler explosion. Five were dead,
and two OF the three others have since died.
Those killed were:
Claude English, James Mowers, Eugene
Merrick, Lyman Perry, Chas. Rover, Caleb
Converse, Albert Degroat.
Bell GridIey was injured Internally and
sustained a broken leg, but he will recover.
Two OF the men, English and Converse, hap
pened to be in the mill at the time as spec
tators. The mill was run by steam. gener-
ated In an old S0-horse-power boiler, which,
II Is reported had been condemned by an In
spector few days before because the steam
guage failed to record accurately the amount
OF steam pressure
Thirteen men were employed In the mill.
They were busy at work when q belt broke,
shutting down operations While II was
being repaired nobody paid any attention to
the boiler, which was making steam mean
time at n prodigious rate, for hot fire had
been kinded under 1t. 1t was nobody's
business in particular to tend the boiler, Tor
In sawmills everybody takes hand at It,
Suddenly there came boom us OF can
non, followed by a cloud OF steam. dust and
smoke. which ross high In the air. Four Of
the victims ware torn limb from limb and
their romans scattered about the mill and
most entirely demolished. Parts OF
the boiler were blown hundreds Of feet The
victims were horribly mangled, having their
heads crushed to q Jelly, aud being recogniz-
able only by their clothing. Ihe dead
workmen were oil married and had families.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1895-05-22
IRON AND STEEL OUTLOOK.
Lifting Power in the Market Applied at
the Labor End.

the Labor End.
The Iron Trade Review says: Probably
no week Of the year has done more to estab-
lish new basis for iron and steel prices than
the one just ending The advance Of blast
furnace wages In the Shenango valley nearly
to the 1892 level, with 10 per cent. increase
at several Pittsburg furnaces coming in Its
train, was followed by the sensational stroke
oil the Carnegie steel company In adding 10
per cent to the pay OF all Its men, though It's
contract with them would continue through
the year the scale fixed January /. The
pace thus set will hardly be disregarded
elsewhere, and added labor cost will be made
up by higher prices on product.
Alter the resolution had been adopted
committee from the convention was sent to
see committee Of operators, but each side
stuck to Its original proposition, and the
conference did not amount to anything.
In spite OF repeated assertions that i'd
vances In the price could only be sustained
BY a marked expansion In the demand for
finished product, the market has been DEM
onstrating week by week that the lifting
power Is being applied at the other end.
Coke workers wages and coke prices were
were put up In advance Of any improvement
In the market for furnace and foundry
products. The Bessemer ore prices went up
IN advance OF a better pig iron outlook. Now
blast furnace wages have been increased be-
yond anything Immediately warranted In the
market, and certain steel works and rolling
mill workers at Pittsburg have been given
more pay In advance Of a proportionate mar
ket improvement.
Even this would indicate that those various
advances have been the cause rather than the
result OF increased buying OF finished mater
inl, and thus the market Is gradually coming
into condition which theoretically should
have preceded the various steps 10 higher
ground. With current pig iron production
at the rate OF 5000, 900 tons year and stocks
somewhat reduced In April, there is evidence
that iron Is going into consumption at the
rate of 200 per cent. faster than In 49, In the
past week u special cause has helped the
market for Bessemer pig. Buying In the val
leys and at fittsburg for shipment to Chic
ago In anticipation Of long strike brought
the price to $40 75 at valley furnaces
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1895-05-22
For Those who Sleep Late.

There is good news this morning for
lie-a-beds. The early riser has long
had bad reputation. AS long ago as
the longest word In Liddell and Scott
(as every schoolboy will remember),
early rising was associated with base
Informing, sad-litigious plaguey char
acters. But now physiology has come
to the support of prejudice:
physiology" says the British Medi-
cal Journal. $50 far as It has anything
to say on the subject at all, Is all
against the eariy-rislng theory. Physi-
illogical experiment appears to show
that man does not work best and
fastest In the enrly morning hours,
but, on the contrary, about midday.
The desire to rise early, except In those
trained from youth to outdoor pur-
suits, is iscommonly a sign not of strength
Of character and vigor of body, but of
advancing age"
Other things being equal, lnte hours
In the morning are better than early.
But has physiology nothing TO say
against late hours at night?-West-
minister Gazette.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1895-05-22
CAPITAL And LABOR NOTES
GETTING BACK INTO LINE.
Labor Organizations Reoove ring from
the Disastrous Results of the
Depression.

zone prominent feature OF the Industrial
situation is the rapidity with which labor or
ganizations are getting back into line. The
past two years have been very disastrous to
labor unions. and they have been made to
atone for the sins committed in the time Of
their strength. The measure Of arrogance
and injustice which they meted to the en-
ployers was meted TO them and they were
brought TO realize the fact that one can not
always safely strike man when he II. down.
But II the lesson OF the past two years has
been learned rightly by labor organizations,
they will rebuild on a more moderate and
business-like basis and will become stronger
than ever.
''The rush back into the ranks Of the Anal
gamated Association OF Iron and Steel Work.
ers hos been phenomenal. OF course the flsur-
es showing the increase are not made public
but the number OF branches reorganized and
reinstated during the past few months would.
II mentioned, cause no little surprise. Those
who best understand the iron aud steel trade
know that the total disruption Of this organ
ization would injure great many and bene-
fit none. The best interests OF the trade are
served by uniformity In prices, and guar
antee that existing conditions can not be
changed in day. Since the iron and steel
workers have been compelled to drop every
thing like united action, the employees have
not been clear gamers. Arrangements have
been made which In some cases were posi-
tive injury to the entire trade. Under the
stress Of bad times and In the push OF busi-
ness some employers have shown that they
are little behind the od-time trade union In
rank injustice. It Is better that labor should
be united In a senslbly conducted union and
II Is evident that labor organizations are
again to come to the front. But whether
they have prollted by their recent experience
remains to be seen.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1895-05-22
INDUSTRIAL ITEMS,

At St. Helena, Mo-, an iron plant is soon
to be put In operation which will give en-
ployment to 500 men.
The new plant OF the Beaver Tin Plate
Company, at New Lisbon, o., is now In full
operation, and upward Of 200 hundred men
have been put to work.
Edith Furnace, Allegheny, Pa, owned and
operated by the Hainsworth Steel Company
aud which has been idle for some time, has
resumed operations.
The Ohio Tin-Plate Company, at Reming-
ton, Pa, will employ one hundred OF the
former employees OF the U. s. Iron and Tin
Plate Company. The men are now moving
from McKeesport.
The management Of the Baker Forge Com
pany Of Elwood City announces that the
present force Of workmen will be doubled
shortly. The plant is running full time day
and night and has lots OF orders ahead.
The general raise In wages has caused dis
content among the operatives at points where
wages have not been advanced, and strikes
are said to be imminent at number OF places
in the East.
The Pennsylvania Railroad Company has
just placed additional orders for "a, 1000 tons
Of steel rails. This contract Is divided be-
tween three different companies-tbe Carne-
gle, the Pennsylvania Steel Company and
the Cambria Iron Company.
The wooden department OF the Manchester
Manufacturing Company's plant, which has
been running on forty hours week time
since last August, begins next Monday to op-
crate full time, with an increased force Of
workmen.
The American Screw Company has been
running its plant but eight hours day for
some time past, but has now gone on ten
hours, which Is another indication OF O gene
raj improvement In business. When the de-
mand for screws and similar small ware is
light 1t is a sign Of dullness in building lines.
Now that orders for screws are numerous,
better times evidently prevail.
Many cotton and wooden mills and manu-
featuring enterprises Of all kinds started up
during the month OF April and the first part
OF May, after being idle for long seasons.
while many that ran all winter In certain de-
partnents and on short hours are now under
iull heRdwsy, with q consequent increased
requirement OF supplies and furnishing em-
ployment to hundreds OF persons who have
heen long idle.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1895-05-22
No More slashing.

It Is a noteworthy fact that the rap-
idly increasing number of new books,
not Of poetry only, at the present hour
is accompanied by diminution, not
an increase, of critical severity. One
would have supposed that at such a
period-when, to adapt the proverb
of the wood and the trees, one can
hardly see literature for the books
the critical standard would rise; that
the critic would show himself more,
not less, exacting, and would be more
careful. in the interest of the reader,
to emphasize the distinction between
the excellent and the mediocre.
Yet no one can read much of the
current periodical criticism without
noting that It Is rather the opposite
that is happening. While 1t is an OBJ
vious and undeniable fact that the
manufacture of books, rs distinguish
ed from authorship, exists on an
enormous scale, yet apparently the
average critic becomes more easy to
please, not less, than Of old; as II he
cried In sheer despair to the makers
of books: "Well, IL you can't rise to
my standard l must come down to
yours" and hardly six months pass
without some prose romance appear
ing, by some fresh writer, ana being
received with such a chorus of well
come and such hecatombs of praise as
Ito borrow Macaulay's phrase) would
require some modification If applied
to the masterpieces of Walter Scott
to "Old Mortality" or "The Heart of
Midlothian"
Now, as l have said, no one wishes
for return Of the criticism called
slashing, but what l do think the in
telligent reader often sighs for Is some
criticism that may be called discrim-
mating, and II the value of such IN
literature Of whatever kind is great,
1t is surely greatest where the liter
ature in question is poetry, in which
Horace has told us-and the cultivated
sense Of mankind has ratified his
words-"mediocrity Is not admissible"
--Macmillan's Magazine.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1895-05-22
TREAD LIKE A CAT.
Excessive Care Exercised by Work
men In a Powder Mill.

Excessive Care Exercised by Work
men In Powder Mill.
A devout Mohammedan who re-
moves his shoe before entering a
mosque Is hardly more ceremonious
than the every day workman in a
gun-powder mill. For gun-powder has
all the attributes of jealous and ex-
acting deity, and unless 1t Is treated
with due Difference It has habit of
puncturlpg solid stone walls with the
bodies Of Its devotees and making It,
self highly uncomfortable in other
ways. So when the workman reaches
the mill In the morning he stops In a
little vestlbule and brushes his shoes
and clothing with great care, remov.
ing every particle of sand and grit.
Usually he wears long rubber boots
that he may tread softly while In the
august presence of the gun-powder.
In some of the processes he dons
rubber cap and rubber mittens, and
he is always exceedingly careful to
leave his pipe and matches at home.
He cannot receive any visitors at the
works, for gun-powder has a partlc-
ular aversion to strangers and not in
frequently It dlsintegrates and scat.
ters q new or pretentious workman
over several acres of ground.
Besides these peculiarities gun-pow.
der has distinct aversion to iron or
steel in any form. No nails or bolts
can be used anywhere in the interior
of the building, and the machinery
must all be Of copper or gun-metal,
held together with wooden pegs. Dirt
OF any kind, especially grit, Is tabooed.
About half the time of the workmen
Is taken up every day In brushing
down the walls of the mill and sweep.
Ing off the floors. A visitor would
think to see them stealing around so
softly and quietly with their brooms
that the place was haunted, but 1t is
only their way of showing respect to
the gun-powder deity.
The work is for the most part light
and easy, the men receiving from 81. .25
to 81 day. They are necessarily OF
n high grade of intelligence, sober and
industrious. One needless or blunder.
Ing workman might cause horrifyine
loss of property and life At a great
manufactory near Keokuk, Iowa, the
employees, consisting of about forty
families, have organized q little com.
mune. They have club containing
fine library and billiard and pool tables
and lounging-rooms. There is also O
cooperative store In which each work.
man holds share, and the company
guarantees the bills. 1t has been emf
nently successful. The discounts for
cash on the merchandise bills are say.
ed and used to purchase new shares
of stock, which are presented to the
babies Of the town in the order OF
their birth. thus furnishing n distinct
encouragement to matrimony.
While every precaution is taken
against explosions the company al.
ways expects more or less of them,
and the works are usually built in such
q way that they will do as little harm
ms possible. Yet prominent dealer
says that fewer men are killed every
year by all the powder mills in the
country than meet their death under
the wheels Of railway trains In Chi.
cago alone.