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New-York tribune., 1897-08-29

out-of- town engagements. The theatre-goers OF
this city had their minds pretty well maoe ~ -.
about Secret Service" some time ago. ou' -
Is possible that its temperance al the Eiiip
Theatre will derive some little additionai il''e
est from the recent success OF the play III A1o
don Tho cast will be in most respects the S"'e
as at the Garrick last season MISS " Aiai "-'
of course take the place OF MISS Amy Du''''
and the place Of Miss Odette Tyler VIII oe w.
pied by another. The rest OF the i''p0' ''"'
parts will be in the old hands
"u,hat Hannened to Jones' Is the title OF 'he
farcjcaI play by George Broadhurst "h'ch !. ~
omen the season Of the Manhattan 1hea'ie' "
1nerlv the Standard. The synopsis "i''cii 10 N
nished in advance presents situations "iii0"
,ainlv have comic possibilities In theI"' ""u ~
will he interesting 10 see with "hat SN''' ~
affect they have been worked out 'o"o" "
travelling salesman for hymnDooh pu"'
and he also does a little pusiheSS ="
cards He attends a priZensht "hi'i 10
rupted by the police, ana 10 eso'P' .,
he follows two other persons WIN a. u.,o.-
-. cha 0cht Ebenezer Goodly. college p'oie"-
~ and a Young man who Is ehsdseu !" '"O
,., dauehter policeman mas so' Ho"'
,,, 90 Ioncs TO get hold Of his coattal anu
-, - r and he is still in pursuit wheh INC
threa fucitives arrive at the professor "'N
met at that minute suit OF cio'heS 10 ''.'
homo having been ordered FOR the p
,uo,her the Bishop of Ballarat' VINO Is SUI" -
rriva ON a visit. Jones quickly se'H INV
,i.ho,,s clothes to escape Detection "hci '"e po
,;ao,na, arrives The plan Is for 'he "o'''e"'
.,,ao,sef,l but the thence-ariSinS necessity io'
1oras to play the bishop before 'he p'
.a,,,i,v loads to trouble. Luckily lor Hi' "'
,,o,ohor of the household except the
10. o,..r socn the bishop, and Jones $ iai'Nii IVY
NTH tho hvmnbook also helps him. pu' h' i"''
;r, in love with the professors daughter anu '"'
nrcvious engagement Of the bishop 10 'he po
rossor.s sister DO not help him at ALL nor 10 "s
situation improved by the arrival Oh 'ne 'e"'
,debop. II is easy to see that the thefhe Is pfo-
u0c In complications. Among the actofS e
,agcd are George c. Boniface, 1r., George oper'
u f. Cotton. Mrs. Kitty Blanchard hahh'n'
Mrs. T. A. Ebcrlc, Miss Anna Belmont Hii''
Kathryn Ostcrman, Miss Rose Stuart and MISS
Pearl Andrews.
The opening Of the Fifth Avenue Theatre is
set down for next Saturday night and the play
New-York tribune., 1897-08-29

by Sir Isaac before a select committee OF the
House OF Commons
Il began as inventor on a very small scale
For what know. / was the first inventor OF lu-
cifer matches; but 1t was the result OF happy
thought In the morning used to get up at
o'clock in order to pursue my studies. and used
at that time the flint and steel, In the use or
which found very great inconvenience. l gave
lectures in chemistry at the time at n very large
academy. OF course / knew, as other chemists
did the explosive material that was necessary
in order to produce instantaneous light; but II
was very difficult to obtain a light on wood by
that explosive material, and the idea occurred
TO me to put under the explosive mixture sulphur.
I did that and published it In my next lecture,
and showed It, There was a young man in the
room whose father chemist In London,
and he Immediately wrote to his father about it.
and shortly afterward lucifer matches were is
sued to the world | believe that the first
occasion that we had the present lucfer match,
and II was one of those inventions that some peo-
pie think ought not t. be protected by patent
New-York tribune., 1897-08-29
MORE OF SECRET SERVICE"
ANOTHER BATCH OF THEATRICAL OPEN
INGS


NEW START AT THE MANHATTAN-A PROBLEM
MEI-ODRAMA-AND AGAIN NEVER AGAIN"
continuance Of frequent theatrical open
ings may be looked for about this time. Several
will occur this week and more yet are coming.
They are also growing shade more important.
But the air is still charged with revivals. and
the most interesting incidents of the early sea-
son still in the future. William Gillette will
this week afford NEWCOMERS another view of
"Secret Service before beginning his series Of
New-York tribune., 1897-08-29
LOyDOVS WATER SUPPLY.

From The Chicago Record
The water supply of London is enormous; IL
reaches Sil 4G1 houses, and the average daiiy
consumption is 1S1,JSO,233 gallons or daily
average of about thirty-three gallons per capita
In a population OF 5,61j,210. The area supplied
&c Stj square miles and there are J,l4i miles or
wafer pipe and 33, go fire hydrants. OF thiS
water lO1 600 900 gallons come from the RIVER
Thames II 600 900 from the RIVER Lea ana
tha rest from springs and artesian Wells. III
former years there was "A great deal ol criticism
directed against the London water supply pe-
cause of its insufficient quantity ana us impure
quality but since 1893 when Il Parliamentary
commission was appointed To investigate the
question. there has been no cause oi co!hPiaiiii'
The greater part Of the supply taken from the
Thames comes from above Richmond. where the
,,ater is comparatively pure, and is conducted
nv n series OF adueducts into fifty -FOUR dillerehl
reservoirs covering JSj acres, with an aggregate
canacity of 1850 100000 gallons From these
the water Is passed through ~ hltering peds'
some Of which absorb 1.UU,OOO gallons a MIN
ute The water passes through six or seven
incbes Of sand before ii reaches the pipes. and
this sand is cleaned carefully every month
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think that If all inventions were like that or X
could distinguish one from the other. the
principle might hold good. II all inventions were
ascertained and carried out into practice with
much facility as in this case, no one wouid
perhaps think of taking out a patent. L was
urged to go and take out a patent Immediately:
but l thought it was so small matter. and II
cost me so little labor, that | did not think II
proper to go and get a patent otherwise nave
no doubt It would have been very profitable"
New-York tribune., 1897-08-29

beauty. the proportion between the upper and
lower half Of the human body, exists in nearly
all males. but is to be found In the female.
Through n dim consciousness Of this truth wom
en- in all ages and climates have adopted some
form OF dress which conceals the defect, while
painters and sculptOrs have aided and abetted
them by representing the female form in an ideal
aspect Alfred de Musset hit upon the same con-
clusion when he cried: "Woman's beauty Is but
mans love for her" In other words beauty lies
in the eye Of the observer.
New-York tribune., 1897-08-29
THE BEAUTY or WOMEN.

From The Boston Evening Gazette.
Very few illusions will be left to those who
have the good or bad fortune to enter on the
twentieth century. Herr Won Larisch. In re-
Gently published study OF aesthetic Anthropom-
etry" points out that the symmetry which Is
the sole Ineligible ground for our idea Of
New-York tribune., 1897-08-29
INVENTOR OF TIE LUCIFER MATCH.

From The st. James's Gazette.
1t Is not generally known that we are indebted
to Sir Isaac Holden for the invention of one Of
the most useful conveniences OF daily life-the
lucifer match Such. however, according to Sir
I. Holdens own statement, appears to be the
fact. The story of the discovery was thus told
New-York tribune., 1897-08-29

Is to be "a Southern Romance" 1t Is by B. B.
Valentine and Leo Dietrichstein, and Is based on
the novel. I'm Gods Country" In the company
which Is to play 1t are Mr.. Deitrichsten, Miss
Katherine Gray. Miss Maud Haslam and several
other welk known actors.
A play entitled Shall We Forgive Herr" is
to be the opening attraction Of the Fourteenth
Street Theatre. 1t is by Frank Harvey. 1t was
played at the Adelphi Theatre. London. two
years ago and had long run 1t appears to be
a play with an obvious and simple problem and
a melodramatic style The heroine OF 1t Is In
duced to go to Australia by faithless lover and
when she finds out her mistake she comes
back to England and marries another man.
without telling him Of her past He finds out
about 1t and there Is trouble. and then 1t all
New-York tribune., 1897-08-29

Never Again" y III move more and will
be seen tomorrow night and for the rest Of the
week at Hoyt's Theatre. thus making the record
Of occupying three theatres in three weeks The
present engagement 1t is declared. will end its
New-York run.
New-York tribune., 1897-08-29
POLITENESS NOT APPRECIATED.

IN THE CASE OF THE ELEVATOR MAN 1T
SHOULD BE DISCOURAGED
In view Of the fact that the various petty
employees Of large corporations are usually not
overburdened with poiteness or consideration
for the public, the complaint recently made
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opyright, 1897. by J. Schloss. n. Y.

ends happily. Among the actors in It will be
W. II. Elwood. J. ]. Farrell. Edwin Arden. E.
T. Stetson, Miss Hannah May Ingham. Miss
Gertrude Witty. Miss Madeline Lack and Miss
Kate Ryan
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the matter under advlsement and in the
meantime her husband kept insisting.
FINALLY she consented to try it. But how
she was to get a start was the question.
She had never made a speech, and no poll
tctan had ever heard of her. How, when
and where to get the first speech OF
was the puzzle. Finally a neighbor Dixon,
so that Mrs. Lease could appear before the
next Farmers Alliance county convention
ana make talk That vas in the summer
of 1890. She was there on the ap-
pointed day, and when all the other business
OF the convention had been fixed Dixon
1t dldn take any committee to escort her
TO the platform. iAs soon as her name was
mentioned she and made a Decline
Tor the stage, so as to get the of the
delegates before they started out Her
maiden speech, they say, was a stemwinder.
She captured the entire long-whiskered
outfit by her eloquence. She was the sensa-
wick county came demands for her to
speak. and she was kept busy for several
weeks filling those engagements. Her light
could not be hidden under a buShel. ADJ
joining counties heard of her, and before
that campaign was over MRS. Lease was
the best-advertised politician in Kansas.
Her fame spread like Wildfire throughout
the country. and she was in great demand.
She has at last about talked herself to
death politically, and must soon be con-
tent with household duties again; but she
won't have TO do the family washing unless
she wants to. She has made enough so
she can afford to let that job out.
Mrs. Lease, when she had broken into
politics, did not forget Dixon, who first
helped her. When a member of the State
Board of Charities she had him appointed
steward of the Olathe Asylum.
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MURDER ON A WAR SHIP
THOMAS J. KENNY, MASTER-AT-ARMS
OF THE INDIANA, KILLED.
BayOnet Run Through His Body by a
Marine Who Had Been Refused
His Beer Allowance.

NEW YORK, June 3O.-Thomas ]. Ken
ney, master-at-arms of the battle ship In
diana. was murdered tonight on board the
ship as it lay at its mOorings at the Brook
lyn navy yard. The murderer, Philip F.
Carter, walked up to him, and without a
word of warning. plunged bayonet blade
up to it's hilt in his back. Kenny was a
popular man, although a strict disciplin-
aran. He entered the service nearly six
years ago, served for five years in the ma
rine corps, from which he was discharged
with the rank Of sergeant. He re-entered
the service as seaman and was then de-
tailed to the battle ship Indiana in October
of last year. Carter enlisted from Boston
in the fall of 1898. He, like the mar he
killed, is young being but twenty-seven
years of age He has had no service except
on board the Indiana.
The murder occurred about 0 clock and
it had been preceded by an alteration.
At 610 p. m. beer quarters were sounded
and the men took their positions in line on
the forward deck to receive their rations
of beer. Carter was among the number.
He had been absent during the afternoon
and had been drinking and was in quar-
relsome mood. He insisted on pushing the
others aside, and Kenny. noticing his con-
diton, took him out of the ranks and re-
fused to allow beer to be served to him.
Carter then seized bottle of beer and the
master-at-arms took it from him and re-
ported him to the officer of the deck. For
this Cartc was severely reprimanded. This
led to the murder.
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MIR. LEASE TO BLAME
Is Alone Responsible for His Wife's
Entrance Into Politics.
Kansas City Journal.

Those WHO have been lavishing their
sympathy upon poor" Mr. Lease, the hus-
band of the ''uncrowned Kansas queen,
should recall ii at once. Mr.. Lease does
all the trouble on itself. There was a time
when he was master of his own house but
he voluntarily stepped aside and permitted
the mantel to fall on his talkatiVe wife.
At one time he actually had the temerity
TO stand up ard boldly defy his better half.
Not only this, but he screwed up enough
courage to promulgate an order compelling
his wife to forSake the waShtub and kitch-
en- and enter politics, and what's more, he
enforced the order. Whether or not he is
sorry he issued the imperial ukase only he
car tell, and he won't
Mrs. Lease entered politics in 1890. And
she did so at the solicitation of her hus-
band. Prior to that time she was an or
binary housekeeper. She could do as big
q days washing any woman, could cook
fairly we'll and keep her little home neat.
While doing this she founE spare time to
post up on reform movements, in which she
had always taken natural interest. In
1850 the Farmers Alliance sprang into eX-
istence, and there she saw an opportunity.
She pleaded with her husband to join the
movement and develop himself into a poll
itician. She told him that it was his chance
TO make a ten strike. But Mr.. Lease was
not of a political turn of mind.
Mary. you know that | am no politician;
never could make one; could not make a
speech TO save my life. It's simply no use
for me to try it.
Mrs Lease insisted, but he stood firm.
Then, mindful Of the perfect ease with
which she could rattle 1t off to the kids
around the house and occasionally to him
you branch out as politician yourself?''
he said. You are glib talker, have
studied the thing some and take an interest
in politics.
politics before. Her mind was on the
welfare OF her family and home. She took
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ROCK ISLAND, ILL.,, June 30.-The West
ern Door Company, which promised to en-
brace the prominent sash. door and blind
factories, of the Mississippi valley, and for
which articles Of Incorporation were filed at
Springfield last week, has collapsed. The
company, which represented the consolida-
ton of seven lumber manufacturing indus
tries had been incorporated under the laws
of illinois, with a capital stock of 81 000, COO
all of which had been subscribed The plan
was severely criticised by the public as an
other gigantic trust. The manufacturers
say they were accused of conspiring to re-
duce the wages of their workmen and ad-
vance prices. The result was that one by
one the leading members OF the combine
withdrew. and hence the collapse.
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Have Americans Any Social Standards
Miss FRANCES NJ hhntt in Inlv Enr,11nn


Foreigners are always puzzled by our lack
of social standards. Our country is so vast
and complex that they never see it whole.
They are always trying to find out who sets
the pace for American life; and they can
discover order of precedence, no rank
In occupation, no dominant city. We have
been gradually working into this state of
affairs. We were not democratic when the
Declaration of independence was signed nor
dent.
Many people have the idea that the size
of a city determines it's social Importance,
and that New York sets the standard of
living for the rest of the country.
The fact that New York has become the
publishing center of the country has helped
its ACKNOWLEDGEMENT more than anything
else. The great publishing firms, whether
of books or magazines, and the great news
paper establishments are located there. So
ciety stories, both the fictitious ones of
literature and the real ones of the report
ers, have their scenes laid along a narrow
area extending from Washington square to
the northern limit of Central Park.
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NEW STRAWBOABD TRUST.
Alleged Explanation of the Recent
Rise in Prices

TOLEDO, O., June 3O.-The recent rise
IN the price of strawboard has been ex-
planned by the statement to-day of an in
terested person that the American Straw
board Company is being reorganized under
the name of the Standard Strawboard Com
pany. The concern has been Incorporated
under the laws of New Jersey with a
capital stock of $4,000 held entirely
by the owners of mills in the new trust
which already controls three-fourths of the
American production. Under the operation
of the new pool, if the owner of mill all
lows his plant to lie idle, he will receive 81
ever, he desires to SELL he must dispose of
his stock through the Standard Strawboard
Company, which will add 81 per ton to the
price, to create a fund for the payment
of rentals and dividends. The new trust
will control the output of all grades of
board from the cheapest strawboard to the
finest MANILA and pulp boards. This will
include book backs and box material.
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NEW YORK, June 30.-Arrived: Servia,
from Liverpool; Have, from Bremen; Me
gantic from Rotterdam Sailed Paris, for
Southampton Majestic, for Liverpool
QUEENSTOWN, June 3O-Arrived: Rhyn-
land, from Philadelphia for Liverpool.
BOULOGNE June 3o-Arrived: Spaarn-
dam, from New York for Rotterdam.
CHERBOURG. June 30.-Sailed: Saale,
from Bremen for New York.
SOUTHAMPTON. June 30.-Arrived: St.
Louis from New York.
ROTTERDAM June 90.-Sailed: Veen-
dam, for New York.
LIVERPOOL. June SO.-Arrived: Scythia,
from Boston.
BREMEN. June 30.-Arrived: Munchen,
from Baltimore.
NAPLES, June 3O.-Saied: Sarnia, for
New York.
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Probable Strike of Printers.

CHICAGO. June Some of the most Sc
rious strikes in the printing trades in re-
cent years is predicted as the result of a
general strike of union bookbinders in four
of the largest printing houses in he city.
which was inaugurated to-day. Over 25O
men are out, and it is said the strike will
extend to the. pressmen, press feeders and
houses involved are W. b. Con<ey. George
W. Hill & Co.. Brock & Rankin and
Thomas Knapp. The bookbinders struck
firms. involved TO sign a new agreement
promising the employment of union men
only. There is no dispute over wages. The
present scale is apparently satisfactory to
both the men and the employers
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Pittsburg District Miners.

PITTSBURG, June 3O.-A delegate con-
vention of coal miners of the Pittsburg
district has been called for next Saturday
by District President Dolan, at which the
miners will decide whether or not strike
shall be inaugurated for higher rate. The
call says all miners organized and unor-
In speaking TO a correspondent to-day
President Dolan said: There will be no
strike of miners at this time unless the
convention decides in favor of such action.
Ii a strike is inaugurated in the Pittsburg
district there is no doubt that the diggers
in all other mining States will join in the
movement" 1t seems that d general strike
order was to have been issued, contingent
on certain circumstances. These circum-
of the leaders were spoiled by the prema-
ture report that the order had been issued
There is a growing sentiment on the part
of the miners to strike and it is probable
that but little coal will be dug in the Pitts
burg district after Monday.
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MINERS MAY QUIT WORK
TWENTY THOUSAND MAY BE Or
DERED OUT IN ILLINOIS.
Meeting of PittSburE District Coal
Dig%ers-ImpendfnE Strike of
Chicago Printers.

JOLIET, Ill, June 30.--W. D. Ryan, of
Brandwood secretary of the Miners Asso
citation, to-day issued the following notice,
signed by himself:
Miners. Attentlon-The miners of the Will
mington field are requested to attend
mass meeting at Chickens Grove Thurs
day morning July l. at 10 o'clock. Every
mine IN the field should be represented at
this meeting The national suspension is
now certainty"
This notice taken in connection with the
action of the miners at the convention in
S:reator last week, means, in all probable
ity a strike of the twenty thousand miners
in the Illinois coal field The convention
adopted a resolution which demanded the
enforcement of the gross-weight law passed
by the General Assembly. The resOlu-
ton called upon every mine in the district
to enforce this law on and after July l,
1897 and urged every miner to refrain from
work on that day and stay away from the
mines until the operators agreed to OBJ
serve the law. The Streator convention
agreed to a 9-per-cent reduction for the
Wilmington field, based on the gross-weight
law. The operators have sgnitied no inten-
tor of signing such agreement, but in
stead have made a proposition to the men
which the latter claim it is absolutely i'm
possible to accept. They say that at the
scale offered by the operators it is impos-
Sble to make more than 80 cents a day.
Many of the mines are already shut down.
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FOUR At ONE STROKE.
Members of an Iowa Family Killed
by Electric Bolt.

SIOUX CITY, Ia, June 3O.--Telephone re-
ports this afternoon from Westfeld
eighteen miles north of here, announce the
deaths Sunday night by bolt of lightning
OF Mrs Charles McCausand. her son,
Charles McCausland her step-son. Frank
Mills, and a hired girl. The bodies were
not found until to-day
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Inceniinry burglars.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
MUNCIE. Ind, July This morning at
? O'Clock burglars ransacked the residence
of Charles Wilcoxon. in the absence of the
family. who are at Lafayette, and then set
fire to the house. The house was saved
but the furniture was ruined Paper was
scattered all over the three floors and
lighted. Mr. WilcoxOn recently sold the
Nelson glass works.
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DRESSED IN THEIR BEST.
Suicide of Mother and Daughter by
Drinking Carbolic Acid.

OWENSBORRO, KY, June 3O.-Mrs
Pauline Wetmeier and her daughter, Miss
Pauline Weitmeier, committed suicide by
taking carbolic acid last night. Both were
dressed in handsome clothes when found
by neighbors this morning. On the table
by the bedside were the glasses which had
contained carbOlic acid and a note saying
they desired TO be buried just as found.
They conducted a dyeing establishment nd
were in comfortable circumstance. The
mother has a brother. DIR. Hengler, who
is prominent physician in Paterson,
~ J.
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RAN ASHORE DURING A FOG.
Steamer ManitOu Aground for Part
of a DnY Near HnrbOr Springs.

HARBOR SPRINGS, Mich, June 30-The
steamer Manitou, bound from Chicago to
Mackinaw with one hundred passengers
aboard went ashore during a fog at 4
o'clock this morning at Three Mile Point,
Little Travers bay. The steamer Hazel
took off the passengers and brought them
to this place Wrecking tugs released the
Manitou without damage at o'clock this
afternoon. The sandbar on which she
grounded is a mile from shore and two
miles west of Harbor Springs.
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Lover Sweetheart Dro,vn..

NEW YORK, June 30-The annual ex-
cursion of the County Cork men was held
to-day, two barges being taken out by the
tug Laura NJ. Starin. There was a bic
crowd aboard, and while off Liberty island
Miss Nora Murphy fell overheard Bar
tholomew Clancy. to whom the young
woman was affianced. jumped after aer
and both We're drowned