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The times., 1897-12-10
Is The PACE THAT KILLS
Stephane Carried From the Track
a Physical Wreck.
Miller Has Slept But Three Hours
since the B.g Bicycle Lace
Bpgan-Thinks He VIII Win.

New York, Fec. 9.-The siX-day bicycle
! race at the Madison Square Garden VIII
end at 1915 o'clock Saturday night, and
the eaiy competitors will be the happiest
men in the world.
Steplane, the Frenchrnan, was carried
ditIoE. He was physically unable to sit
UPON his wheel, much less push the pedals,
although he wanted to continue. The
seventeen other riders showed no signs
of witlldia wing.
Miller, the flying Dutchnan" from
Chicago, never faltered in what has now
come tp be regarded aphenomenal per
forp,al.ce. His trainers redoubled their
efforts to keep him in shape to stand the
awful ordeal through which he will have
TO pass tomorrow and next day.
Although up to 8 O'Clock this morning
Miller had enjoyed but three hours OF
sleep since SUM day night, he was in
splendid trim, and rather increased his
speed ut times when the crowd burst
into cheers over mis- work.
II feel the want of Sleep he remarked
repeatedly, but that is all. My legs
pain o; an ache If can get along with
as little Sleep as 1 have had since Mon
day, III win this race to dead GER
taiuty.''
There was another large crowd on hand
tonight The excitement was something
long to be remembered. All Of the riders
were lionized and they brsced up per
| ceptiblJ.
Miller was the real hero Of the evening
He came out about $50 O'Clock, after
res Of fifteen minutes and began he same
Oil pace. Rice was off at the time. so
| that the Flying Dutchman increased his
lead trille.
The score at 1 O'Clock this morning stood
Miller, $50 miles; Rice, / sos; Riyiere.
,5G4; SctinneeT, 4s2; Moore, .425;
| Waller, / 1898; Hale, / 3 81; Pierce. ,36s;
Fixes, 1,270; Golden, PAP; Enterman,
1.23s; Cannon, 1,210; KING, L i IS; JUL IS,
| LIST.
The times., 1897-12-10
DIhGLEY'S DARING DENIAL
Reduction of Wages Due Solely to
0yerproduction.
Startling Stat stit al Information OF
an Exc iu>ive Nature-11 100000
Bales of Cotton in Sight.

Mfr. Nelson Dinley, jr., seems to possess
information about the proposition to re
duce wages ut Fall River. Mass. lie
denies that the tariff enters Intu the
subject. and raises the old cry OF over
production, ~ hich was somewhat oTerwork-
ed in the ast campaign, when the people
were told that one reason why they were
ragged and on short commons was be-
cause there were too many clothes and
TOO uuch Breaustuff in the country
Mr. Dingley was found iii j cheerful
humor yesterday, and responding 10
question. san.
4 have a desk full cr clippings from
newspa pers all over the country saying
that wages have been reduced in differ
ent lines Of trade" said Mr. Diugiey. bat
THESE reductions are not tTaoeaOie 20 the
present tariff law.
1T is clear to my mind why the Fall
River manufacturers were compelled 20
cut wage. An oyerproCluctio ion of cotton
this season tells the tale iii nutshell
There was something like IL ,00O. 900
bales OF cotton produced this year, as
against 5000 900 bales last year. Mah-
ufacturers OF cotton goods in the East
bought their cotton fast year al { cents
per pound and stored il fer the manufacture
of cotton goods this year. They evidently
Thought they were huying cotton at bed
rock prices, but events proved they We're
not
Cotton today ID quoted at 3 SO cents
per pound. The manufacturers lost
money On their purchase, and this,
doubtless, is the reason for the cut Ia
| wages. Goods manufactured out OF
Scent cotton cannot be sold on the
market for penny more than goods
made cut OF Scent cotton. You can
| see, therefore, that a net loss of 3 cents
per pound on each pound OF cotton bought
last year is entafled- l repeat that the
| present cut in prices Is doubtless trace
able to a temporary production OF
| cotton.
AS time passes, manufacturers of
| coarse cotton goods move their factories
southward, so that they may be in closer
| proximity to the cotton fields, and with
cheap abor in the South, nanufac-
! turers OF cuaISe goods can put their pro
! duction or the market cheaper than
| manufacturers In the New England States.
| The New England manufacturers, rs 4 con
| sequence, have been forced TO the extreI1-
/ ity Of temporarily reducing wages, in or
der To compete with the manufacturers Of
cotton goods in the South.
Had there been 5000, 900 bales of cot
ton produced this season Instead OF H.
| 600 900, cotton would be surely worth as
much today a. it was last year. Supply and
demand, as Bryan tells us, regulate the
| price "r commodities, and as the supply
exceeds the demand there is naturally a
| reduction in the price nf cotton, and the
| manufacturers who have cent cotton on
| their hands are the sufferers
Mr.. pingley's information that tL5 cot
| ton crop tlis year is something IKE H.
00O. 600 bales seems to be exclusive. The
highest estimate in any Government report
| is 10000 0cO, while the cotton statistics
outside put it at only 1000 900.
The times., 1897-12-10
BOLD,BAD BOY HIGHW WAYMAN
Boards a Street Car and Robs One
Of the Passengers.
Many Gave CEase-Captured and
the Money Recovered

Clarence Brown is told nighw ayman.
He Is sixteen years old and black. Last
night ;.bont e clock he boarded a Metro
poiltan electric car at Ninth street and
Rhode Island avenue AID 70 obbeu Miss
Floreree Resiey of he. purse, containing
S2o.e4, in the presence OF a score of pas
SengeIs. HI was finally run down an,iVap-
tured and taken TO No. S station house,
where lac was locked up on the charge of
larC eny from the person.
The 10y has employed his limited educa-
ton in Reading the cheapest Of dime novel
detective and bandit stories OF how cow
boys and desperadoes hold up and ob
passenger coaches and express trains on
the Weston plains. He planned TO hold
up street ear, and solght u carry his plot
into execution last night, acting alone aud
without fiji earns.
For scme time after dark he lay in wait
for a favorable opportunity. at the corner
OF Rhode Island avenue and Ninth street
northwest. Shortly after 6 O'Clock a
train passed a good rate of speed and
Well filled with passengers. Miss Flor
ence Besley was one OF them and she
OIIuiiitA SStAA Ou ltlt RItu Cdi
She is employed as a nurse at the Wash
ington Asylum Hospital, and was on her
way uptown To visit friends at the time
OF the robbery.
While the train was running at a high
rate OF speed, the boy jumped upon the
footDcard toward the frcnt OF the car,
ostersibly for ride. Miss Besley " rs
in the seat eaTest the young bandit with
her purse lying upon her lap, and her
hand loosely upon it. Instantly the 5oy
seized it, and wringing it from her gr Tsp,
jumped from the car and ran rapidly
up Rhode Isiaud avenue.
The young woman screamed and several
passengers who had witnessed the told rob
berry leaped from the car and pursued the
young highwayn,an. In the meantime the
nmtornlan had applied the brakes and stop
ped the car, and there was great excite
Inent.
Brown, seeing that he was ahcut to be
captured, threw the purse away, and 1t
was found by two boys some time after
wards and returned TO it's owner.
After chasing the thief for a square
or more, a Mr.. Pratt, an employe Of the
Cepitol, and several other pass eng.rs
finally caught him and turned him over
To Policeman Mcdonald, W no locked him up
in No. sta ton
The times., 1897-12-10
Woman Charged with Rigan,x

New Brunswick, N. J., Dec. 9:-An at
tractive little woman, Known as Ellen
Simpson, was lodged in jail here today on
charge Of b;gamy, preferred by NJ. B.
Wilson. of Old Bridge She is twenty-
nine Years OLD. MIS- Simpson, ia the last
few years, has had three husbands. She
was downcast when Il reporter saw her
in Jail. She said She had been married
three times. She was born in Keyport
where her parents now live. Her first
husband was Edward Bennett from whom
she secured q divorce. She next married
NJ. Is. Wilson, whcal she left three months
later. asst summer she beca me ac-
quaiLted with Thonas Simpson, whom she
married en- September 23 last Justice
Devoe issuedi the complaint against Mrs.
Simpson at the inshgation of her second
husband Ea
The times., 1897-12-10
DIED BY HIS own HAND.
Charles F. Garner Succumhs TO the
Effects of Poison


Effects of Poison.
Charles L. Garner died at the Emer-
gency Hospital about D O'Clock yesterday
afternoon from the effects OF dose Of
laudannn self administered.
Garner was twenty-one years OF age,
and nad been employed as third cook in
the restauraBt at the Baltimore and Po-
tomac depot. lie lived with his mother
and sisters at No. Ali l street north
east. Wednesday evening he came home
from work. but rema ined only a short
time, telling his friends that he was com
ing down town. They never saw him
again until he lay unconscious yesterda Y
afternooh OF cot al the Emergency Hos
pitaI,
Just where he spent the night is not
known, but it is supposed that he drank
more than usual. Early Yesterday morn
ing he went to the house OF friend at No.
212 Thirteen and-a-half street southwest
AMI accompanied him on a milk wagon
ahou5 town for several hours. His friend
thought that he acted queerIy but at
tri'uted his peculiar conduct to drink, and
permitted Garner to ride, thinking that ne
would sober up before il should be tire
for him TO so to work at the depot.
Upon reaching the Emergency Hospital
the physicians found that the young man
was suffering from laudanum poisoning
ami was unconscious. Their efforts failed
to arouse him, and he died bout oclo K
yesterday afternoon. No one saw Garner
take the poison, or knows whyhe committed
suicide. 1t is supposed that despondency y
was the motive.
Coroner Carr was notified, and after
Investigating the circumstances, gave a
certificate of suicide.
The times., 1897-12-10
OPEN FOR COMPETITION.
Exnni'1ations to BE Held for Posi-
tions IN the Civil Service.


tions IN the Civil Service.
The United States Civil Service Com
nIisstOf. announces that on February 10,
1S:S an examination VIII be held N this
aud other cities throughout the UnisesI
states fUF The positions OF local Inspectors
ant assistant inspectors Of huIIs and boilers
Of steam vessels in the steamboat inspec-
tioa service, Treasury Department.
Among the vacaEcies which viii DC
filled as the result of this examination Is
ole 1t Hiflaio, " T., az a salary OF
S2.25O per annum, and one az Memphis
Tenn, at a salary of 81 ,2UU per ann I'M.
Attention is invited t. the fact, Tow
eyes, that It the practice OF the depart
ment 10 appoint only residents OF the dis
tTict In which the vacancy exists. THIS
examin alton is open. however 10 persons
residing in any Steamboat inspection dts
Jrict in the United states.
AnexaiuinstiOn v III be held her. and other
places throughout the Cnited States f0r the
position OF map printer in The United Stasss
Geological survey al a salary of So 40
pes dietn- 1t Is desired 70 appoint 20 this
position practical photographic steam
pTeSsnsn for maps.
The times., 1897-12-10
BERNARD cAMpBELL's CLAIM
1t Is Against Haiti and Has Been
Pending for Years

Pending for Years.
Mr.. Bernard Campbell, an aged citizen
of Washington, has had a case for The
past s. ven years against the government
of Haiti for alleged criel and inhunaa
treatment. Mr.. Campbell lives at No. 132
First street northwest. His claim is for
$100. 600,
In 1889 Campbell was working as a ma :
! rine engineer at Cape naitien, Island OF
Haiti. The Haitian government tried to inn
press him into its service, and it is alleged
that force was used to get him on board a
Haitian u.ah-of-war then at Cape Haitien.
He went a. Haiti Under a contract to 10
a specific work. but he alleges that he
was asked TO perform quite a different
service on arrival there.
He protested TO the Haitian government
that nc had been inveigled into entering
one contract to be required to peri ,rm
anothel. The protest was unayailing &
and the Haitian officers used undue force
TO make him perform the contract &C
coldne to their construction.
This case has been before the State
Department for number OF years.
Or; the sth instant Senator Pettigrew
submitted a resolution that ''the Senate
Committee on Foreign Relations is directed
10 communicate with the State Department
and report to the Senate at an early day
what progress has been made toward The
settlement OF said Camphells claim gainst
the Haitian government
An early reply will be made by the State
Department. 1t wiilbeinterestingt to follow
this casein tue event that the Senate Com
m!ttee finds that there is already suf-
ficient evidence to Justify the payment
of some amount even though it be not as
much as S10o,0 900. Germany collected
an amount from Haiti by means0f a WAY
ship only few days ago
The times., 1897-12-10
CANADIAN CROPS FAILING OFF
Farm Property Depreciating and
ChatteI Mortgages Increasing

Ottawa, ont, Dec. 9.-An important
report has iust been issued by the Ontario
Bureau Of Industries. There are now
"a Ontario 23.173, ,4Os acres OF assessed
land, 54.7 per cent OF which is cleared.
The yield OF winter wheat was 1T.2
bushels TO tho acre, which shows a failing
Of from Iht two previous years. The
spring wheat crop also fell off to 1873
per acre. The average yield OF barley
was PA. which equals that Of Wisconsin
The cat crop averages 34.2 per acre,
Which II also Il falling off. The most
productive lrheat-growing county in the
province is Msnitouln, which produces
26.S bushels 10 the acre.
The nuInier uf horses has gone DOWN
by $4,000 since ls92. Cattle during
the same period made an increase OF
-, SIS. The decreased value OF rarm
prul-crty in five years is $4,000 900.
Another feat3Ie IS the increase in cha.tei
mortgages. They ran up last year from
Sll l.oi2, $50 to SI3,56I ZIG. The aver
age wage OF Iaborers is SI44 per year
The times., 1897-12-10
PINGREE AGAINST BURROWS.
Makes an Appointments Which In
dioates HIS Support of Patton.

Lansing, Mich, Dec. 9.-Gov. Pingree
exploded 9 bomb in the ranks of the sup
pGrters of Julius c. Burrows for re-aIec-
ton as Senator tonight, by appointing eX-
Senator John Patton, jr., OF Grand Rapids,
to the piece on the Blair monument COM
mission occasonet by the recent de Ith
of dwight $. Smith, OF Jackson
The politicians are discussing nothing
else tonight, and the general opinion is that
it is to be interpreted to mean thit It e
Pingree support Will go to Patton and
against Burrows for Senator.
The times., 1897-12-10
oMAHA,s MAYoRALTY CONTEST.
Supreme Court Decides 1t in Favor
of Moores.

Omeha. Dec. The mayoralty con-
test bet ween Mayors Moores and retiring
Mayor Broatch, OF Omaha, was settled
by the supreme court today in favor of
Moores. Moores was elected mayor Of
omeha at the spring election and should
have tax en- his seat on May %.
Broatch barricaded his office in the
city hall, garrisUned the corridors with
policemen and declared his intention to
retain the office by force. Mayor Moores
Immediately applied to the district court
for writ of nandamus to compel Broatch
to turr yer theoffice to ns successor.
The alleged object of the ceadilgs
was to show that Moores was in default
of public funds and was therefore in
eligible to hold the office OF mayor. This
was settled in Moores' favor.
The times., 1897-12-10
TROOPS STARVED on BOARD
Arrive in Cape Town and Complain
of Cruel Treatment.

London, Dec "a dispatch to the Daily
Mail from Cape Town says that the crew
OF the Avoca tell a strange story Of the
semi starvation OF the 900 troops on
hoard- during the voyage. The daily
rations Of the s,Idiers Consisted OF ttSCIiUs
aud coffee for breakfa =, wCa soup sa!tsd
meat and preserved pOJa toes for dinner
and light tea without any IJod for supper.
1t was necessary TO pUSt Sentries 20 pro-
tect the galley, which the soldiers 5e-
sieged night and day, ella morous for food
and offering > shillings for a loaf of
bread. The men aIIege that tons OF guud
food We're thrown overheard.
The times., 1897-12-10
Murderess P1ends Guilty

Waverly, Iowa, Dec. 9.-DeInah Fales
the seIf-confessed murderess of Jerome
Kern, entered plea of guilty in the second
degree late this afternoon. The nerve
which has hitherto characterized The
woman n, failed her today, and she swooned
away four times. An indictment was re
turned. charging her lover and accomplice,
WIZ Kern, son of the murdered man, with
murder III the first degree. lie will enter
the same plea.
The times., 1897-12-10
New York business Man Arrested

New York, lee. 9.-Luis ). Marks was
arrested last night as lie was leaving
his home, on d charge Of grand larceny.
H belongs to the firm Of Marks Bros, com
posed OF himself and brother, Morris B.
Marks They are woolen jobbers on Frank
lin street. They have been indicted by
the grand jury on charge of swindliDg
Franklin 6 Co., of Harrisville, R. l., out
ol $50, ,00G by ordering goods for Fictitious
firms and selling them at auction.
The times., 1897-12-10
TRoUB BILE Is FEARED.
Great Unrest Among Moslems in the
Caucasus and Turkestan

Great Unrest Among Noslems in the
Caucasus and TurkeStan.
London, Dec "a mailed dispatch from
st. Petersburg says thatt the unrest that has
been excited among Asiatic Moslems by
the Turkish victory over Greece and by the
muliahs, or priests. is causing anxiety in
Russia. There is extreme feTment among
the Muss uInIns OF the Caucasus and
TurkestaE, Which threatens to result in
a revolt against the government.
conference of the governors OF the
Caucasian provinces has been convokel 10
concert common actlon- aud 10 remedy Ger
tain administrative abuses, with a view
10 pacifying the Mosleps A significant
fact is a q "a" Sunuites and Shiites have
abandoned their traditional antagonism,
ayowinG that they are Muss suImans before
anything, anG that they are prepared to
render allegiance % the Supreme CaIiph
in holy war.
The times., 1897-12-10

at the fine and that the supply OF water
was also sufficient There vas, how
ever an insufficient supply Df coal for
the engines. He Lad hal no experiences
with water towers.
The chief admitted that the fire had
taught him a great deal. ansI that he was
nov considering the introduction OF re-
forms such as teieph0nie ihe alarms, etc
The times., 1897-12-10

class, which heard the manuscripts read,
was in favor of Herbert Kaufman. Of
washington, for historian, and he also won
in the art competition. He is young
newspaper man, who has done considerable
writinG In prose and verse" Mr. Kaufman
was for several months "A reporter for The
Times and mis- friends are pleased 10 know
of his success.
The times., 1897-12-10
~ n. need,s Kesidence Rnht.ed

The residence of Mr.. W. H. Weed, No
1852 Corcoran street, was robbed Wednes-
day night, and nearly $500 worth of
iewelry and silyerware carried away. Mr..
Weed is employed at the Geological Sur
vey, and Wednesday, night, accomp l1ied
by his wife, he attended meeting Ct
the Geological Society, leaving no one at
the house. An entrance was effected Ly
forcing u window in the kitchen. Mr..
Weed reported his loss to the police yes
te, day.
The times., 1897-12-10
SACRIFICES HER HUSBAND.
Connecticut Wife May Send Her Hus
band to the Gallows.


band to the Gallows
Bridgeport, Conn, Dec. 9.-The young
wife Of Charles Bonai, the accused mur-
derer OF Charles NJ. Nichols, was today
the principal witness against her husband,
who is on trial for his life.
She described how, on the morning of
july %, her husband and brother lad
come home at 4:30 o'clock and Bonai had
tola her If the shooting and robbery.
After Ronai went into hiding he made
visits to the house at intervals at night.
She told Of his burning his clothes, which
were bloody.
without any seeming hesitation, Mrs
BoEai described the trap by means of
Which she led Bonai to his arrest, rap
that would lot have worked but for Bonars
love of her. The house was watched, and
an electric bell was put in so that, ly
press ing button, Mrs. Bonai could INFORM
Officer arnold that her husband had come.
1t is believed that Mrs. Bonai is trying
to save her brother by sacrificing Ler
husband.
The times., 1897-12-10
Honors ion a washtngton Ror.

The Baltimore American states that the
class OF 'naughty-naught' (Johns Hopkins
University has completed an interesting
competition for two class officers. at the
beginning of the Year it was decided to
elect the class historian and the class
artist according to merit. The former of
these Officers writes the class history for
the '9S Hullabaloo. The decision of the
The times., 1897-12-10
Fropcsition Accented

Baltimore, lee. g 1t Is snnounced that
the proposition nace 10 the bondholderS
OF tie Cape Fear and Yadkin Valley road
10y the seaboard Air Line aas been ac-
ceI.ied with some notifications. The
road win now be operated in conjunction
with the Seaboard system, The Seahoari
guarantees the bonds To operate the road
for rs per cent OF the gross receipts.
The times., 1897-12-10
SHE HAS CRAzED THREE MEN
Fatality Follows the Affections oi
an Indiana Woman

Hartford City, Ind, Dec. "a bS 1lon
Townsend, q bachelor forty years old. has
been taken TO tie insane asylum at Rich
mond. He has never shown any signs of
insanity until four weeks ago, when e
renewed the acquaintance of a woman who
was his sweetheart when they were both
young. He imagined that the woman vas
seeking to Kill him and finally he beca ne
violent.
1t is d peculiar feature of the affair that
the woman in the case has had three hus-
bands, two of whom went crazy, the third
dying in a manner which aroused much Sus-
picion at the time.
The times., 1897-12-10
ALL HIS TENSION MONEY GONE
Veteran Swartout's Guardian Com.
mitted Suicide and Was PenniIess.

ftttfdH S"dELOui'S OudEuldu 1OtE-
mitted Suicide and Was PenuiIess
New York, Dec. 9.-Samuel Swartout, a
war veteran and pensioner, was adiudged
insane four years a go andsent to the asylum
at Washington. As he owned some prom
erty, Augustus B. Clark, lawyer of New
York, was appointed con mittee to care
for it. The veteran recovered his health
and is now an inmate of the National
Soldiers Home, at Hampton, Va. He ap-
piled for a release from the care OF his
committee, and at the same time averred
that $500 OF his pension money had dis
appeared
United States District Attorney Benn .tt,
OF Brook lyn. was notified to serve the
papers on Clark, who. it was learned had
separated from his family, anu had gone
to Maine. Mr.. Bennett learned today that
on October % last, Clark committed sui
eide by throwing himself In { ront OF a n lin
at Mott Haven. AS he died penniless
Mr.. Bennett said that Swartout would hot
be able to recover the missing pension
money.
The times., 1897-12-10
CHARGED WITH MURDER.
After Two Years in Jail John Nc
Hone Is Rel ased without Trial.

-AAtCI W. tAE> III D@t4A JBHu Nc
Hone Is Rel ased without Trial.
Richmond, KY, Dec 9.-After being ar
raigned three times for murder, held twice
without bail, and kept IN confinement IN
the county Jail TWO years, John Mcuone,
charged with the murder of Champ Mullins,
near Big Hill, this county, ii August.
1895, was today released from eussldy
without ever being tried by a Jury.
The case is one of the most relnarkl able
on record. Every effort was made 70
get the CommUnweaIth's witnesse5 together,
but each time some OF them were spirited
away OF reported dead. and yesterday,
when the case was called Tor the fourth
time, no accusers appeared against the
prisoner, ana. on motion Of T. J COyIe,
McIIone's attorney, the indictment was
filed away and the prisoner, who Two
years ago was thought t.. be ia the sha low
OF the gaIIows, went home d free man.
The times., 1897-12-10
SITUATION AT DAWSON CITY.
Five Thousand Men Trying TO Leave
the ICe-Bound Country.

San Francisco, Dec. 9.-The latest news
from Dawson City, brought out by an
Indian, Is that there are 8, 900 men now
trying to get out OF the country.
The Indian stated that food was abso-
lutely lacking in Dawson: that 5000
men had determined to make their wa Y
over the trails, and that no steamer had
arrived at Dawson City since the Weare
and Pelia landed, the middle of October.