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The times., 1897-07-29
MAKING GOLD OF SILVER
The AIchemists Of Old Outdone
by DR.. s. H. Emmens.
HIS MARVELLOUS DISCOVERY
Six Ineots of His Product Worth
Nearly ST 900 Have Been Accepted
by the United States Assay Of
flee His Eminence as IA Scientist
The Inventor OF Emmensite.

New YoIf July 2s. s.-Gold is being manu-
featured on Staten Island. The precious
metal is being artifically produced, not by
tho old fashioned process of extraction
from auriferous ores, but by trasrautation
from the less precious metal, silver.
DR.. Stephen II. Emmens, when he first
made tais announcement about year ago.
was scientifically laughed at for his pains.
He was called joyful dreamer and
crank Now Dir. Emmens believes that the
laugh IS turned. He Is able to point to
the fact that his artificial gold has stood
the tests of the United States Assay Of
flee in Wall street, and that the office
has purchased six ingots of his product,
aggregat ting 7o.S6 ounces in weight and
and nearly 81 900 in value.
DR.. EmrneHs does not insist that his
product Is gold He is satisfied if 1t
meets ali the tests for determining the
precious metal He calls his first product
''Argentaurun'' fsilver goldl, name con-
noting ct once it's properties and origin.
The books of the United States assay
office contain tie following records of
purchases OF bullion delivered during S9T.
by Newton W. Emmens, a son of the in
yentor:
The times., 1897-07-29
ICE SUPPLY GROWS SHORT.
Timely Arrival of Maine Schooners
Ayerts q Famine.


The timely arrival of the schooner Yale
with cargo of ice consigned to the Great
Fails Company and OF the Lewis Fl. Coward
with cargo for the Independent Com
pany yesterday morning helped to avert
the ice famine which has been imminent
during the past week. The various COM
panies dealing in natural ice had but little
on hand on Tuesday, while the dealers in
artificial Ice We're unable to meet the de-
Inand for the cooling substance.
The scarcity Of the article was due
to che non-arrival of the ice-laden schoon
ers which are bound, to the port OF Wash
ipgton from Maine, headquarters The
vessels encountered terrific storm near
Cape Henty and Were blown out TO sea.
The vanguard of the ice fleet has not
yet been sighted. although tug boats
have peen sent down TO look for them.
The trip from Maine usually requires
about niEe days, but some of the schoon-
ers are nearly week overdue
Inc managers OF the various ice COM
panies In the city We're very much exer-
eised about. the impending famine, and
until the arrival of the two vessels and
The receipt OF ice from Philadelphia last
night for other companies things looked
foretnding Inquiry at the companies La st
night showed that each expected a yes
sci to arrive some time today. IF the
next two days can be uded over, and
the managers state that they have enough
lee on hand to supply their customers for
THAT time, no trouble can arise.
The times., 1897-07-29
PROPOSALS.


UNITED STATES SENATE, WASHING
TON, D C.-Sealed pr0pos ais Tor tile foi
lowing Iuel for the United states sen
ate, Tor the fiscal year ending June so.
1898, VIII be received at the Office OF the
SeTgeaHt-at-Arms OF the United States
Senate until z O'Clock, noon, on the bth
DAY OF AUGUST, 1897, ana at that
hour opened In the presence OF those bid
ders VINO elect to be present, VIZ: 5000
tons, more or less, OF best extra hard white
Sn anthracite coal, furnace sfZe, screened
and free from all impurities, also fifteen
TONS more or less OF said coal chestnut
size, also twenty tons, more OF less, OF
white ash coal, free from all impurities.
stove size; also 1000 bushels, more OF
less, OF best crushed Coke; all coal 90 be-
weighed and all coke to be mea sureCi, and
all coal and coke TO be stored in the
(which are open 10 the Inspection OF bid
ders ,, at the expense or the contractor,
all TO be delivered and stored at such times
anu IN sucn quantities as may be Orftered
py the Undersigned all coal To be loaded
IN the carts with FORKS and not siOyeIs,
the right 20 re-weigh the coal, or re-
inca sure the coke, at the Capitol building
at the expense or the Contractor, also 20
reject any or all proposals, or TO accept
or REJECT any proposal Tor any OF the above
ltetlSt Is reserved Dy the undersigned
Eacn bid must be accompanied by the
Certified check OF the bidder for 800,
payable 10 the order OF the Financial Clerk
OF the Senate, To be forfeited To the United
States upon the failure or refusal OF The
bidder 10 enter into any contract aWargied
TO MIN, checks to be returned 10 bidders
whose bids are not accepted immetl IA teIy,
and to bidders whose bids are accepted
upon execution by each of them DI con-
tract in accordance with law. Fuel fur
niShed the Senate during the fiscal year
ending June 80, 1898, viii be inspected
and weighed or me eS uTed by an emplOys
or the Senate. to be designated by ths
SeIgeant-at-A OF the Senate, aud for
this inspection no charge viii be made
10 the contractor. Bids should be in
dorsed . Proposals for Fuel, anu addressed
to The Sergeant alarms, United states
Senate r. J. BRIGHT,
Sergean Mt alarms OF the United tates
Senate Iy15, ,29, aus
The times., 1897-07-29
THE UNIFORM AGREEMENT
1t Is Prepared, But the sigma
lures Need TO Be Obtained.
WHAT THE ARTICLES PROVIDE
1t Provides That Wages Shall Be
Paid in Cash, That No Company
Stores Shall BE Kept, aud Insti.
tutes Other Would Not
Settle the Strike.

Pittsburs. July 2S.-The uniform agree
ment for the coal mine owners has been
prepared; but the chief difficulty remains
70 secure the signatures of so per cent
OF the PlttSbuTg district operators. If the
necessary percentage is secured, nobody
VIII be more surprised than the operators
themselves Thomas Young, Senator
Hanna's representative, says.
There has been a remarkable change
in the feeling of operators whom thought
opposed to the uniformity agreement. The
only men, l believe, who now stand in
the way are the river operators and
those on the main line or the Pennsyl-
gania Railroad. II they VIII only sign
uniformity is assured
But the men who attended the meeting as
serJ that the miners are badly fooled If
they think the fact that the operators are
willing TO discuss uniformity means that
they are weakening In their determination
not 10 grant the Increase in wages asked.
The articles OF agreement provide that pay
ment OF wages shall be naGe in cash, that
a ton OF coal shah weigh :, 900 pounds, that
the miners shall be credited with the full!
weight Of coal on the wagons, that No
operator shah be interested in a store,
that no deduction for store accounts
shall be made from wages, and also
that uniform prices shall be paid. the price
TO he determined by a joint convention OF
miners aud operators, that the wage differ
antiaI between thick and thin vein mining
shall be ascertained by the members OF
Il Commission to be created, and if the
Commission cannot agree, those engaged
in thick and thin vein mining shall each
select referee, the two chosen to select
a third; that the standard screen shall be
Of 1 12 inch mesh, the screen not 10
exceed in area sixty square feet; thai
those violating the agreement shall pay 70
the Commission a penalty Of ten cents a
ton of coal mined.
After the agreement has been adopted
Operator Zerbe said that it Will, it was
not low wages that made the miner poor,
but rather the fact that miners and opera
tors were so plentiful that the entire
coal market could be supplied by so per
cent of the mines in opera ton.
w II. Dearmitt wanted the newspapers
TO make il plain TO the miners and the
public that uniformity would not SETTLE
the strike
-N''i'- 4.iie'i -StpSt ''ecs eaSi il>faf
and Sanford were appointed committee
TO secure signatures to the agreement and
the arbitration commissioners, Little,
Bishop and owen, ali of Ohio, were added
10 the committee.
There may be a clash between the dep
uty sheriffs themselves, according to vii
liam Turner.
''Three-foUrths OF Dearmitt's deputies
are striking miners,' he said. That
was a scheme OF the miners. The strik-
ers' deputies will see that the laws are
anfOrqed with iucfipa ta all
The times., 1897-07-29

place was obtained by Policeman Her
bert, OF the Sixth precinct, yesterday
Afternoon. Herbert lives next door TO the
Carr house, on L street. In conversation
with Eddie Carr, the eleven Year old
brother of the fugitive, the boy told the
policeman hc thought he knew where his
brother was. He did not want TO tell the
place at first, but after Questioning, he
said he was at Dave Phelps house, in
yirginie, half a mile above the Aqueduct
Bridge. Philips son was crony OF Carr
and ;t Was thought that there might be
something in the boys story.
Accordingly Lieut.. Kelley, of the Sixth,
with Detective Eartigan and Detective
Boardmau, of headquarters, Went up TO
Phelps place late yesterday afternoon.
The younger Phelps was not at home but
Dave Phelps told the officers that Carr
had not been up to his place for some time
past.
Charles Baldwin, another companion OF
Carr's, is under arrest at the Second pre-
cinct station and last night he was closely
questioned as to his knowledge of the
raScal's whereabouts. The police believe
that Baldwin knows a good deal about
Carr's movements since the outrage. His
relatives, however, claim that the boy
know nothing OF Cars whereabouts.
Late last night 1t was rumored in the
city that Carr, with three friends was
at Cabin John Bridge, and that Carr lad
gone into the wineroon and refreshed him
self
This story was followed by a Times
man, bGt it was found 10 be without
foundation, and at police headquarters
Lieut. McCathran, who was on duty and
wide awake until O'Clock this morning,
said
Il do not think that Carr has been
to Cabin John Bridge tonight be is d
citizen entirely too previous 10 be caught
In a toy ike that''
The times., 1897-07-29
DIED

DIED.
NORTH On Tuesday, July 27. 1897,
ANNA, widow OF Henry c. North.
Funeral services at her late residence,
1929 Fourteenth street northwest, Thurs
day, July 20, at 8 O'Clock. Relatives and
friends invited.
(New York and Portsmouth papers please
copy.J 1t
HALL-On Wednesday, July %, 1897,
at9:O5 q -m., LEONARY ca RRIER HALL,
wife of l. N. Hall, at her late residence,
NO. 420 II street northwest
Funeral services at her late residence
Friday July 80, at $40 p. IN. jy29-2t
HAMMOND JENNIE HAMMOND, at her
late residence, No. ) Chewes' court, Tues
day, July II, at $40 p. m.
The funeral services viii be neld Thurs
day, July -, at the Mount Airy PaEtist
Church on K street, between Fourth and
Fifth streets northwest, at 8 p m
SHELTON On Wednesday morning.
July 2S, 1897, JOHN v. SHELTON, aged
seventy-one years.
Notice of funeral hereafter.
iy2s. .2ee-2sm
The times., 1897-07-29
Nothing sensational about

Nothing sensational about
our way Of doing business
We don't shout ''bar-
gains where there's no
reason for it-we're salts
fed to stick to our same old
legitimate style.
Just now this store is
brlmful of bargains-a third
off Mems Suits and Trous-
ers-a third off Straw Hats
"a half off Children Wash
Suits-and choice of all
Manhattan Negligees at
SI.25.
The times., 1897-07-29
STRIKERS ON THE MARCH
Trouble Feared Today at the Dear
mitt's Mines Meeting.

Pittsburg, July 2s.-An the country about
lear mitt's mines is alive with excitement
tonight. Strikers are marching across
the country 10 gather at the McCrea school
house, where the big meeting will be held
tomorrow.
Sheriff Lowrey sent out four coach loads
OF deputy sheriffs tonight armed with
rifles, to be ready for any trouble that
may OCCUR Dearmitt's mines are iso-
lated from the district, but from all
directions as far as fifteen miles away
strikers ON the several roads are marching
to the Dearnltt mines, preceded by brass
bands.
The times., 1897-07-29
STRIKING IN IOWA.
a General Walkout Is Expected
Throughout the State.

Ottumwa, Iowa, July 2S.-Two hundred
men of tie Rathbone Fuel Company at
Rathhone 5oined the Forbush men who
struck Monday. The Mystic men, 500 in
number, viii not go to work tomorrow
morning.
Two agitators from Streator, Ill, came
to ottumwa last night, having been sent
here to get the iowa men out and induce
them to Join the general movmeent-
They went to CentsrviIle today and be gan
work on the men there A delegate meet
ing of the Centeryille district men was held
at that place today, but action was de-
ferred until Friday.
The men In Mahaska, WapeHo and Munro
counties are still working, but those who
belong to the union say they viii join a
general strife.
The operators expect general waIkout
among the union men tomorrow through
aut Ohio.
The times., 1897-07-29
Gage CaIIs ON CIevelapd

Buzzard Bay. Mass. July 2s.-Ex-Pres-
ident Cleveland received call of a few
hours duration this afternoon from Press.
dent McKinley's Secretary of the Treas
ury, Lyman j. Gage. He came over to
GRAY Gables from Marion with Charles 8
Hanlliu, Formerly Assistant Secretary OF
the Treasury
The call is thought TO have been purely
social
The times., 1897-07-29
An Early Morning Burglar

At 2:30 o'clock this morning small
boy ran into the Enrich Hotel, opposite
the Baltimore and Ohio depot, and re-
ported that a colored burglar was ram
sacking the Brown lodging house. across
the street The. police Were hastily sum-
nloned and began a search for the in
truder who. however, had not been cap
tured up to 8 O'Clock.
The times., 1897-07-29

Minister Merry Persona Non Grata.
Managua, Nicaragua, July 28.-The Great
er Republic Of Central America has de-
cIared the new United States Minister Merry
to be persona non grata. This is supposed
to be berause OF his ardent advocacy Of the
Nicaragua Canal
The times., 1897-07-29

corpse, and after short time he returned
TO his home.
The funeral services viii be held to-
morrow afternoon at 8 O'Clock, at the
Eleventh Street NJ E. Church
The times., 1897-07-29
Rival of Ii Hung Chang Dead.

HuVaf OF 1t HuuS CHING Dead.
Pekin. July 28.-Grand Councillor Ii
Hung Sac. the chief opponent of Ii Hung
Chang. is dead. A redistribution OF several
important posts win ensue.
The times., 1897-07-29

---- --....-S
Vitality, and Con-
stitution All Mean
the Same Thing.

It is not generally known that pysiolo-
gists nave recently discovered that every
organ In the body is under the control or
es,nparatlyeiy small portion OF nerve
substance, each OF these small portions be-
ing known as a nerve center. The most
important or these are located III The
Draln or upper por ton of the spinal cord.
twenty years of careful observation and
extended research with many thousands
or recorded cases have taught
The times., 1897-07-29
Bitten by a Dog.

w e. Brook, an ice dealer. was bitten
on the leg by dog yesterday. He had
the wound cauterized at Emergency Hos
pttai.
The times., 1897-07-29
5000 "a MONTH
Is the highest fee charged, including
medicines.

Daily office hours, 10 to 5; Monday,
Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday, till
3 p. NJ; Sunday, 10 TO II
asr CONSULTATION FREE. "a
The times., 1897-07-29
UNDERWRITERS.

Je WILLIAM LEE.
UNDERTAKEN,
$50 Pa. Ave. n. w
F1Ist-eIass service. Phone, 1884
The times., 1897-07-29
RAVIsHER STILL 1T LARGE
No Tangible CIew TO the Where
abeats of James Carr.
HIS VICTIM SLIGHTLY BETTER

TranDs Arrested at Washington
Junction ON Suspicion Released
lsaDort That Carr Was Seen at
Cabin JohH's-D Description Sent
broadcast and "a Reward Offered.
The times., 1897-07-29
sItcIAL NUrtCEs.

DENTISTRY done on weekly an I monthly
payments, crown and bridge WORK
Speciality. DR. 7. w. STCBBL LEFIEID.
llun and sts.. ove< Mertz's Drug storA
nyI b Smo
The times., 1897-07-29
DR.. Walker
l4m Penna. Ave. Adj. WIZARDS Hotel,

14n Penna. Ave. adj. wiliard'S Hotel,
That arrangements OF these governing
nefYe-centers are the cause OF. large
portion OF the diseases of the mead, ne4rs'
lungs, stomach. kidneys, liver, biadGSr'
bowels, etc, and, in fact, that the OF
Bdns themselves are only secUHdaf'iy
afIected Such being the case, III rs tnant-
testify absurd TO attempt To cure disease
by treating only the affected organ, ledv-
Ing the cause of disease untouched ana
ignoring It's location in some other part
or the body, as, for instance, III the
brain, or some one OF the nerve centers-
Dr. Walker makes speciality of nervous,
mental and chronic diseases
The times., 1897-07-29

Totals 7u.Sl
The record-union., 1897-03-30
WEATHER NOTES.
Director Barwick Discourses on Dew
Points, Frost, Etc.

The Weather Bureau reports show
the highest and lowest temperatures
yesterday to have been 81 and 36 de-
grees, with fresh to brisk northerly
winds and clear weather prevailing.
The highest and lowest temperatures
one year ago yesterday were Ga and Al
degrees, and one year ago to-day 81
and Al degrees.
There was a heavy frost yesterday
morning in this vicinity, and heavier
outside the city. Red Bluff and vicn-
ity was treated to killing frost, where
the lowest temperature reached was 80
degrees. Oregon also had low temper
atures, showing a cool or frost wave on
its way southward.
Heavy frosts are predicted for this
morning.
The average temperature yesterday
was but At degrees, while the normal
is 5S degrees. Yesterday was there
fore II degrees colder than the aver
age for March Doth.
The dew point at ) p. m, yesterday
was 26 degrees, which is 6 degrees be-
low the freezing point.
What is intended to be understood by
the dew point is this: The air temper
ature at > p. m, yesterday was 30 de-
grees. Now, before any moisture
could be taken from the air at that
time its temperature would have to be
reduced to 26 degrees, which would be
a fall of n degrees. The air was ex-
tremely dry last evening, and it would
appear as though it was too dry to al
low a fall of temperature low enough
to reach the dew point But as the
temperature of the air falls that of the
dew point no doubt rises, which from
> to > O'Clock in the morning would
bring the dew point and temperature
of the air SO near together that dew
would be formed if the temperature of
the dew point was above 81 degrees.
Frost would be deposited if the temper
ature was 81 degrees or lower. The
lower the dew point below 32 degrees,
the greater intensity of the frost.
The record-union., 1897-03-30
NOtaries Public.

Governor Budd has appointed the fol-
lowing Notaries Public:
j. II. Lanhtree, Oakland: T.. O. Lar
kins and John +. Jordan, Visalia: Chas.
II. Brown, San Diego; VIM. Adams.
Hornitos; l.. A. Desmond, Highland:
A. l.. Perciyal, Lodi; Fl. w. Chenowith.
Anaheim; F. NJ. Porter, w. F. Jacobs
w. b. Mayes, r. w. Poindexter. Edwin
a. Meserve, c. w. Chase, Edwin Baxter.
O. w. krause, L. r. Thredkeld. J. G.
Oliver, A f. Halstead, Ralph J. Domin-
quiz, Chas- LantZ, j. L. Murphy. W. Il.
Scarborough. r. W. Lewis. Cal. +.
Hunter VIM. Pollard, W. NJ. Caswell.
Alice j. Stevens, w. FL. Allen. George w.
Parsons and j. II. Preston, Los Angeles;
h. {. DEMO, Long Beach: Samuel w
Burke, Rivera; r. e. Nickel, Acton; w.
F. Siegel, Clements; ~ c. Burch. Tro-
pico; John S. Cox and Benjamin W.
Hahn, Pasadena; H. d. Glasener. Sol
diers Home, Los Angeles County: Ed
win +. Wright. Auburn
The record-union., 1897-03-30
IT RA1NED OYSTER soup.
Yarn Of an Engineer-tiow he Saved
His Train

He was more than an ordinary ac-
complished liar for an amateur, and
they all knew it when they asked him
for story.
Il can tell you how / once ran an en-
gine and saved trainload of people
with an oyster stew if you want to
more exciting than that" he said
apologetieally.
That's good enough" they declared
Give us that"
"All right, then; here goes,'' he said,
as he sttled back in his chair. II was
once engineer on a road that ran for a
long distance through the forests of
NoIthern Wisconsin, and we were fire.
quently bothered by forest fires They
were particularly bad at the time
speak of. One day I had run through
one big blaze, only to find that there
was "a bigger one ahead. The worst of
it was we We're lew on water and there
was NO chance to fill the tank without
dashing through the fire ahead of u.s.
sent the fireman out to see if we had
enough to make the run. but he came
back and told me the tank was almost
cry.
Il was puzzled for awhile. It was
death to all Of us I knew to stay there,
but how to get out was the question
Suddenly happy thought struck me.
There was milk car just behind the
first baggage and l made for it, How
much milk have you gct?' l says to the
fellow in charge About forty cans /
guess he answered. Why do you ask?
Never mind says l. WHAT'S that in
those cans in the corner?' Oysters he
answered. But why do you want TO
know" Never you mind I told him.
and then I ordered the other train
hands who had come up to see why We
had stopped to tote that milk and those
oysters up to the engine They did 1t
in spite of the kicking of the milkn1an,
and when they had brought them up
l ordered them all chueked into the
tank. The conductor came up, too,
and declared it was a funny notion to
be making oyster stew in an engine
boiler when We were in danger of being
burned alive, but / soon convinced him
that it was necessary If we did not
want to stay there and rcast.
We'll, we finally dumped in all the
milk and all the oysters and started
ahead. You ought to have smelled the
steam that came back into that engine
cab. 1t would have made you think Of
an old-time church festival Whew!
how that soup did smell. 1t made the
engine jump, though, and that was all
we wanted We got up great head of
steam in no time, and the way we
plunged through that next fire belt was
a caution. AS we pulled UP ait the sta
ton just beyond / opened up and be-
gan to whistle. A great cloud of oyster
soup or vapor shot into the sky, of
course, and didn't come down till We
We're out of sight. Then it settled like a
thick fog, oysters, soup, and all. Ev-
erybody noticed it, of course and there
was a country scientist in the town
who was sure it was the greatest phe-
nomenon of the age. 1t was raining
oyster soup up there, he was sure, and
the next issue of the weekly papers
We're full of it-not the soup, but the
news of it. After the residents up that
way had all swallowed it-not the
soup, but the story-We told them about
it, and that was the silliest looking
scientist I ever saw."-Chicago Times
Herald.
The record-union., 1897-03-30
THE SNOBBERY OF EDUCATION.
The College Girl Who Affects an Air
of Superiority.

Editorially. in the Ladies' Home
Journal" Edward w. Box expresses
himself vigorously in depreciation of
the tendency to introduce dangerous
element of snobbery into education. He
notes the pervading Il know so much
air that is encountered on all sides,
and the feeling that a line is being
drawn on a so-called educational basis.
Mr. Box contends that an educational
process which sharpens and polishes
only girls intellect, and either dead
ems or negiects her heart or soul, is
sorry imitation of what an education
really stands for and is The
practice followed by some girls who
have been at college of holding their
heads above those who have not is a
foolish proceeding, and smacks of the
most repulsive kind of snobbery 1t is
never safe for us to assume that we
know more than the people around US,
whether we are college-trained or not.
The longer we live in this world the
more we become convinced how little
we know The people most humble
in their opinions are generally the best
educated. 1t is an art which only a
few of US learn: to be reticent of our
own OplillOH WHeu everyone dTOuIu us
is expressing his. Yet this is one of the
attributes of the well educated. Silence
often speaks louder than speech. But
the girl fresh from her books and coll
lege does not always perceive this. She
is apt to assume, for example, that
people are uneducated if now and
again they speak ungrammatically
But she does not know that the most
vital truths ever spoken or written, the
truths which have done mankind the
greatest good, have not always been
those which would have borne gram
natical dissection. Their good lay in
what was said, rather than in the way
in which the sentences were construc-
ted. 1t is when we are young that we
believe that all that is worth knowing
is printed in books. When we are old
er we find that the deepest truths are
never written. 1t is well enough for a
girl to hold up for herself standard
in grammar or anything else. But she
is unwise when she believes that her
standard is the one by which she must
judge and measure others. She has
no right to do so in the first place And
in the second, she is far more apt to
be wrong in her deductions than she is
to be correct.