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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-05-05
SHIPPING INTERESTS AND THE WAR.
CRITICISM OF THE NAVY DEPARTMENT FOR BUY
mo FOREIGN VESSELS


Washington. May (speciaD.-In certain quarters
the Navy Department is being severely criticised
for what is asserted 20 he 4 tendency TO mako pur-
chases Ct foreign vessels FOR subsidiary naval pur-
po.e, OF course in the present emergency. the
Cover nent in meeting the necessities OF the stua
ton must seek abroad what it carnoi procure at
home. Before the war broke out 1t bought
cruiser or a torpedo-bo wherever II could ind
such vessels But when the domestic market Offers
ships that are admirably adapted for lis purpose
as for example freigh,ers used FOR carrying coal
II would seem TO be a completes reversal OF 4 time
honorod policy insist buying by preference IN
the EnEiish market.
II has been suggested in defence OF mi. policy
,hat English ships are cheaper. or course English
sbfrs are cheaper buy because they are cheaper
~ build l, f. we-settlcd part Of American
policy especially represented by tho R"puhAcah
party that American papers shall only be given Il"
American built chips. and coasiwise commerce Is
restricted to ships OF American nationality. In"
Government requires that American ship-own"rS
.nrsr,np in coastwise traffic shall American
ships and Of course shall pay American prices FOR
their construction. Under these circumstance II
appears to people almost illogical hs II II
certainly a grievous hardship. that the Government
Itself should refuse pay for thes" ships the Prices
which It's own policy has compelled SIS shp-owners
~ INV for their construction. and should assume
~ rscf the privilege which Il denies 20 rs 'i@ens
~ bu,inc ships a. lower prices abroad ~ mo
very time when foreign war throws ~" mol'ni,-
tie marine Of tho United states ont ~ cnpI"> ."ul
"a -ho enormous advantage of English coini' or
tho Government rejects American SHIPS tht' u
might Use because EnSAsh sii. ,t,oi &C. .,,
cell American ghip-own're-a result Which us Own
policy has brought about II cannot u" Sao IN
iue.,6ca,ion that the Government is Euld'l IN ia
yna,fnr bv tho various boards % ofi'"fs "h,h
have advised II IN Us purchases IN pom a.
80 4. &c vcc known that naval officers ar" inclined
20 be doctrinaircs. and the frec-sh'n ihcoiy nnn5
cc,c-ol support among them. consequently W.. ~
- roSc,,.d tho spectacle II the rejection OF Amer
can frcghtcrs and the purchase N large NUM- =
a. Enrli-h ships. no better adapted 'N"" "'i'''' "
,,cserls Tor auxiliary naval purposes . ,, .
~ this policy IS allowed 10 continue sn'l o, q,
<,ns - .,rnrlcan shining to-day. the prosI"''1
-, no American merchant marine are Ind''r h'i ~ .
rss No, only viii our ships j." lald up "uini't, 49,.
- ~. vhon ,h.. Government comes 70 SOL II, j,
o,c,,,eon MI the 'hird-rai" English frnWp' v -
q has rurchs sed the American snip8 nm hb yil,
..,ii a,.o 70 undergo new competitions "hlNH VI ),
result in nothing more nor less thah 'he '"'" W
American ship-owners
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-05-05
TIE STATE OF TRADE.

Boston May .aFour firm: receipts, siso SsIs :pnn2
patents 81 i09Si 05 spring clears and straight - go
81 25 winter patents s. soas6 20: wnte- clears and
sraigh s. 1896 05. Cornmeal firm s2Gstc per bush.
81 soasi 81 per bol Corn firm; receipts ilIi4I bush!
steamer yellow 3i.r+5isc: No yellow. 43i l43%o.
Receipts % 400 bush; fancy clipped 39Q391-c, No
and No 3. 81 l7q3sc. Milfeei quiet; bran spring,
SIG 5oQSG 49, winter. s7 50asl7 rs middhngs. $40 SOD
Si9. Red Dog Jour- 500 steady: Northern, lsc:
Western 1TTiT'ec; Imitation i5c; ladies. lac Cheese
steady, Northern. Be- Western s11 g3c
Baltimore May Flour hrm unchanged: recsip.A
+533 bels sales LOO; Wheat unsettled; spot AID
month 81 lsasl isi.: July 81 o2a asked steamer No
red 81 Ii.aSi ii. receipts $500 BUSH exports 900;
stock 26 49, sales 1900 Southern wheat. BY sample.
81 l3asl 49, DO on grade s. l5Sqsi u.s.. Corn STEADY;
July; $50 bid: steamer mixed. 37A Ga.sc receipts
600. white 40I40i-c; do yellow 4043c.
hrm. ~ 2 white 3SG3si2c, No mixed. 34iad35c;
receipts o. 93i bush stock. 40 800 Rye frIner. No
r6y g. GS4s: No Western 66c: receipts, 30943
hush stock. o54. Hay firm: choice timothy si3 bid.
freshts inclined 10 be demand not 50 active:
Liverpool per bush sd. June; Cork for orders
per quarter. 4s 81 May. Is 1une
Buffalo May 4-Sprng wheat No Northern. about
81 3Oi, winter wheat No red. 81 49, No white 81 IA
Corn-No yellow. 3ei.c; No 3 yellow ss*c; No corn.
3sa.c No corn 3si.c. track. Oats-No white
$3.50 No 3 white 35i.c; No mixed S3isc, track
common 10 fair. 45g+sc. E1our-ouist
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-05-05

After some further debate on the pending resolu-
The evening times., 1898-10-08
MINISTER DIES FROM FRIGHT
Before Dying Says He Saw n Head
less FOotIess Bicyclist.

New York, Oct. S-"Murder! Murder"
shouted bicycle rider, as he was ped
aling at his utmost speed over the stone
road from Moorsetown to Mount Laurel,
\. J.
The fleeing wheelman was David Thorn
as, a colored preacher. The wife and
children. who were sitting on the lawn.
were thrown into the widest excitement
when they saw the father coming flying
down the road.
The minister wheeled rapidly up to the
door of his house and fell unconscious
to the ground. Mrs. Thomas summoned
a physician. who stated that the patient
was very sick man. He was removed
to the county hospital and expired. but
not before telling his story The follow
ing statement is from his own lips:
Il was going quietly along when l
heard a startling noise back of me- l
looked around. and saw plainly that 1t
was a man without a head riding
bicycle His hands were on the handle
bars. but no feet were on the pedals, al
though the machine was going at high
rate of speed This ghastly object rode
up behind me, and then went ahead. 1t
appeared several times in the path, and
then went out of sight. In passing me
the apparition made a noise as if half
a dozen wagons were going by at full
speed. 1 was almost overcome by fright.
but managed to get home safely"
The minister died from fright.
The evening times., 1898-10-08
Live yoIcono In AI.ska

San Francisco, Oct. S.-Further explora-
tions in the Lake Atlin region of Alaska
have resulted in the discovery of live
volcano. the existence of which was not
heretofore even suspected. IL shows
more reserve force than vigOr. 1t is
scarcely noticeable in the day. as a rule.
but in the night. flames can be seen at
the summit and puffs of smoke ascend at
irregular intervals. An Indian said the
eruption was recent. 1t is only about
ten miles from Surprise Lake. in an cas-
terly direction, and is on the summit of
a chain of mountains extending between
Lakes Atlin and Teslin.
The evening times., 1898-10-08

eight to twenty feet In thickness. 1t Is
divided into two varieties, the hard and
soft clay. The hard clay is of a gray
color, shading almost to black 1t is not
plastic, and disintegrates very little from
exposure to weather. The soft clay is
much lighter, is plastic, and crumbles
very readily under atmospheric influ-
ences. The two most valuable charac-
teristics of this clay are it's freedom from
potash. and the large proportion of silica
to alurnina. The clay industry has
grown rapidly in Importance in recent
years, and the value of the output in 1896
was 81, ,753 003
Maryland is also we'll provided with
the finer clays, the porcelain materials.
The three principal requisites to the
manufacture of porcelain are flint (vein
quartz. feldspar and china clay or kao-
lin. The flint Is widely distributed
through the rocks of the whole crystal
line portion of the Piedmont Plateau,
and is especially abundant in Cecil. Har-
ford Baltimore, Carroll and Montgomery
Counties. The best 4feidspar and kaolin
produced in America are obtained with
in radius of fifteen miles from the COM
mon corner of Maryland. Delaware and
Pennsylvania. 1t has been worked ex-
tensively in all three of these States and
shipped to potteries all over the country.
Kaolin is really decomposed feldspar,
and is most valuable product. 1t occurs
in masses or pockets resulting from the
decay of feldspathic. granite, and is oft
en- found mixed with impurities. The
residual kaolin is much purer, although
it, too, has to be washed to free ii from
mica and quartz.
"The flint which Is used In connection
with the kaolin In the manufacture of
porcelain wares. is employed largely in
Baltimore, but has also been shipped ex-
tensively out of the State. 1t has many
uses besides that of porcelain, being used
in the making of crockeryware, wall pa
per, sand paper tiles, soap and paints.
The total value of these materials pro-
duced in Maryland during 1856 was s25.
657."
The evening times., 1898-10-08
SISTERS OF CHARITY.
Two Members of the Order Return
From Camp Thomas.

Shthp
Baltimore Oct. Sisters Aloysius and
Aimee, who were among the members of
the order OF Sisters of Charity assigned
to nurse the sick soldiers at Camp Thorn
as. Chickamauga, have returned to St.
Martins Female Academy. Sc North Full
ton Avenue, and resumed their duties as
teachers. They were given a warm re-
ception by the pupils. all of whom seemed
delighted that the sisters had not fallen
victims to the dread typhoid fever.
Sister Aloysius left Baltimore for Chick
amauga on August "a. while Sister Aimee
started some days later from Rochester,
n. Y. They made the journey in company
with other members of the order When
they arrived at Camp Thomas they found
sixty-four members of their order and
eleven members Of the order of Sisters of
Mercy ministering to the sick. Sisters
Aloysius and Aimee remained there only
two weeks, but during that time there
were $50 patients in the hospital tents.
OF this number only twelve died.
Both sisters speak in the highest terms
of the treatment which they received,
not only from the sick soldiers but also
from the surgeons and army officers.
They said that all the men showed them
the greatest courtesy, and that the sick
soldiers gave them many evidences OF
gratitude for their untiring attention.
Typhoid and malarial fevers were the
principal diseases from which the SOL
diers suffered, though a number had minor
complaints.
The evening times., 1898-10-08
TAKcMA NOTES.

Mrs. ]. S. Swormstedt is visiting at
Baltimore.
Mrs. A. Israel and family have return
ed to Washington
Mr.. w. e. Sullivan. of Blair Avenue
who has been seriously i'll for the past
few weeks. is convalescing-
Corp. Calvin s. Swormstedt. of Compa-
nv X. First Maryland Volunteers. re-
ceived his discharge Monday. and re
turned home yesterday
DR.. F. C. Dram. of Philadelphia, for
mer resident of Takoma. made a flying
visit to his friends in the Park last Mon
day and Tuesday.
Rev. John Van Ness will preach to-
morrow in the rooms of the Loyal Le-
gion, on Ninth Street The church choir
will furnish music.
The Grand Lodge of the District of
Columbia will make its annual grand vis-
,tation to Takoma Lodge. No. 29 F. n
A. NJ. on Thursday evening. October 20.
The graphophone social given by the
Good Templars in Takoma Hall las:
evening was a most enjoyable affair. and
was largely attended by the friends Of
the lodge The program was informal
and besides the graphophone there were
interesting selections from some of the
members.
Rev. w. A. Guerry, who IS attending
the Episcopal convention. will occupy
the pulpit at Trinity Chapel tomorrow.
The evening times., 1898-10-08
His latest Wishe..
TRIED TO KILL HIS WIFE.
Husband Adynitted His Guilt and Is
in Custody

In Custody.
Harrisburg, Pa. Oct. 8.-William Him
melrich went to the Central Hotel on
Market Street. near Third, yesterday,
and, calling his wife, who left him last
March, into the dining-room, engaged her
in conversation. They were alone in the
room. A few minutes later the women in
the kitchen and all within hearing were
startled by two shots in quick success
sion.
Several policemen were soon in the
neighborhood, and Mayor Patterson led
them to the dining-room- They entered
with drawn reyolyers. but Himmelrich
had put his gun away. and simply re-
marked:
Il am the man you are looking for
His wife was sitting on a chair. sur
rounded by the women from the kitchen.
Two shots We're fired, but HImmelrieh
explained at police headquarters that the
first shot was accidental, the second was
aimed at his wife. He then turned To-
ward his heart, but his wife pleaded so
hard for him not to kill himself prom
Using TO return 10 him and live as true
wife should, that he changed his mind
He wept as he told Mayor Paterson the
story of the alienation of his wife's affec-
tions by Harrisburg man, and said that
was the motive of the attempted murder.
His wife may recover.
The evening times., 1898-10-08
BULLET KILLS A WIFE.
Mrs. NOrson's Husband Held on Sus-
piciOn of Murder.

New York Oct. s.-Mrs. Clara Morson,
twenty-five years old, was found dead in
the parior of her home. in Harway Ave-
nue.. near Bay Forty-third Street, Ben
sonhurst, yesterday. with bullet wound
in her head. Mark Morson, her husband.
who was arrested in the belief that he
knew more about her death than he car
ed TO make known, declares she commit
ted suicide He was held ii the Bath
Beach police station on the charge of
vagrancy.
Morson, his wife. and his daughter
Louisa. by a former wife, left the house
in Harway Avenue soon after o'clock
TO go into the city. Louisa is eighteen
years old.
Mr.. and Mrs. Morson, Louisa says,
quarreled before reaching the cars, and
they all returned to their home Louisa
went to her bedroom, on the second floor,
to change her clothing. leaving her father
and Mrs. Morson down stairs
She says she heard some loud words
and then a pistol shot. She rushed down
stairs. In the center of the parlor lay
Mrs. Morson, her head in pool Of
blood
The evening times., 1898-10-08
A FRUIT TRUST.
bananas and COc0anuts VIII he
Controlled by u Combine.

bananas and COcOanuts VIII he
Controlled by Combine.
Baltimore. Oct. S-The completion of a
big fruit combine, affecting the cities of
Boston. New York Philadelphia, and Bal
timore, has just been announced, and will
affect the local fruit trade considerably.
The Buckman Fruit Company on Bow
lys wharf. represents the Baltimore end
of the combine. Mr.. c. C. Buckman.
president of the company, said yesterday
that the combine was the Boston Fruit
Company of Boston and Jamaica, and
was composed of the Boston Company,
the Quaker Fruit Company of Philadel-
phia, the American Fruit Company of
New York, and the Buckman Fruit Com
pany of Baltimore
THE object of the combine" said Mr..
Buckman, 'is to prevent, as far as pos
sible. the over-stocking of the market
with bad fruit, as was the case before the
war We practically control the output
from San Domingo, Jamaica, and all OF
Eastern Cuba In Jamaica we own S2,O0O,-
900 worth OF plantations, besides having
control of others.
The idea OF the combine grew out Of
the results of the shipments of poor ba-
nanas to this country from one or two
Cuban ports. The Boston Company went
quietly TO work and got together all the
planters contiguous to these ports ana Is
now in a position to control the entire
output east OF Matanzas. The combine
is making preparations for handling enor-
nous quantities of bananas, oranges and
cocoanuts. and twenty-five new SHIPS are
being built. among them the Admiral
Sampson, Admiral Dewey and AdmiIa
Watson. tbs estimated that from the
ports controlled by the combine there Will
be an enormous output of bananas during
the next season. which begins about the
first of April Our company Will receive
three cargoes a week, 5000 punches in
each cargo The result of bringing such
n quantity of bananas to Baltimore VIII
be that prices will be very low.
This week we received cargo OF pa
panas on the Alfred Dumois, which
would have been sufficient TO supply the
market here Another cargo brought up
nv other parties arrived and the result
was the bananas sold today and yester-
day at ridiculous prices, anywhere from
/ to so cents a bunch, according TO quail
" and condition. A number OF wagon
loads. containing thirty-five punches, sold
at 10 cents a load There were some, sold
that sold for from 81 to 81 AS the COM
bine will control all the best plantations
in East Cuba and Jamaica, its compeut-
ors will be forced to buy an inferior kind
of fruit from the peasants and smaller
growers.
THE output of bananas Is increasing
every year, and, in spite of the combine
the market is bound to become over
stocked to a certain extent. Only Few
of the punches of bananas that came up
this week were sold for 80 cents each
The evening times., 1898-10-08
A Swim for Life.

Atlantic City, n, J.. Oct. S.-Five hun
dred people saw, two fishermen have a
terrible battle for their lives in the ocean
yesterday afternoon. William Blackburne
and Thomas Reynolds were returning
from fishing expedition when a sudden
squall capsized their boat Both managed
to catch hold of the upturned craft They
clung on for an hour or 50. expecting aid
from the shore, but the sea was too ro-gh
to launch a boat: They started to swim
ashore. The heavy seas completely sub
merged them every few seconds, but they
finally succeeded in reaching shore in an
exhausted condition.
The evening times., 1898-10-08
HIS MIND BLANK.
Greeting of an Acquaintance Brings
a Nam to His Senses.

Cory Pa, Oct. S.-Several weeks ago
a man was found at Howard's tannery.
His mind was total blank. The man
was given job at the tannery, and his
photographs were placed around the city
in barber shops and cafes. Yesterday
travelling man named Mcdonald saw one
of the pictures in local barber shop.
He said he knew the man, and asked to
see him. Upon arriving at the tannery
he greeted the unknown with the words:
Hello, Stretch" This seemed to arouse
the man from his dormant state. and he
instantly responded to the salutation. He
became greatly excited, and laughed and
cried by turns. He talked nationally and
seemed to be in his right mind. He gave
his name as John Boyle, and claimed
HaZehon, Pa, as his native town.
The evening times., 1898-10-08
One Killed. Two Injured

Montclair, n. j., Oct S.-Antonio Man
coma, Joseph Soudar and William Ca
babres, were struck by train on the
New York and Greenwood Lake Railroad
at the Singac crossing. They were re-
moved to a hospital and there Mancoma
died shortly before / o'clock yesterday.
Cababres right leg was broken, and Sou
far, who is fourteen years old, was in
lured about the body and head.
The evening times., 1898-10-08
OVER A PRECIPICE.
Man, Boy. Horses and Wagon Fall
Five Hundred Feet

Everett, Pa. Oct. S.-William MoTery
met with probably fatal accident yes
terday. He was hauling lumber from his
saw mill to the railroad and while pass
ing over the road on the mountain sue
In the narrows east OF Bedford the ROAD
bed gave way and the horses. wagon
driver and a boy went over the stes ?
nracIcipice to the railroad below. about
$50 feet
Mowery's left leg is broken. his scalp
badly lacerated and he IS injured inter
nally. The boy sustained serious internal
Injuries. One horse was killed, the other
crippled and the wagon reduced to kind
ling wood.
The evening times., 1898-10-08
Two Prisoners Break Jail.

williamsport, Pa, Oct. S.-Henry Nc
Way and Fred Hawkins escaped from the
Potter cqanty Jail Wednesday night by
tunneling under the Jail yard gate. They
left a note on the outside of the prison
gate, in which they bade good-by to Sher-
III. Gillon. stating that they were headed
for Klondike.
The evening times., 1898-10-08
QUINN CONVICTED.
He Drugged, Reat and Robbed an
Old Mnn.

Norristown, Pa. Oct. S--Peter Quinn
was yesterday convicted of the charges of
aggravated assault and battery and rob
berry. He will be sentenced today.
Last April Quinn and Harry McD>r-
mott went to the home of John Sunden-
meyer. aged seventy years. in this bor-
ough. After drugging two bottles of be r
they invited the aged man 10 drink Ii
After he did so they attacked him and
brutaIly beat him. after which they ROD
bed him of SIS and a watch. McDermot'
was sentenced to five years in the East
ern penitentiary last June.
The evening times., 1898-10-08
The Heart Must Not be Triaed with

Where there are symptoms of heart
weakness. there should be DR.. Agnew's
Cure for the Heart, it's a magical rene
dy, gives relief in thirty minutes, and
there are thousands who testify that it
cures permanently Mrs. W. T. Rumble,
Of Dundalk, Ont, says: 81 was for
years unable to attend to my household
duties I used DIR. Agnew's Cure for the
Heart the result was wonderful, the pain
left me Immediately after the first dose.
and a few bottles cured" Sold by F. s.
Williams, 9th and F Sts.: Edmonds &
Williams, Sd and Penn. Ave.-16.
The evening times., 1898-10-08
T.D.HaddaWay
No. sig l4th St. N. W.
p. o. Box SOB.
Jer.eym.n,s Gift tn Dewey
p. o. Box SOB.

Newark. n. Oct. S.-Dr. Ackerman
Coles. of this city. has received a letter
from Admiral Dewey thanking him for a
beautiful large bronze symbolizing Spain
and America. The bronze was sent to
Manila last summer. America is en-
blemized as an eagle with wings extend
ed, and Spain as dead heron at it's feet.
The gift is in the name of the estate of
Dr. Coles father. Abraham Coles, an emil
nent poet and scholar.
The evening times., 1898-10-08

not even believe in his ciaims-and they
were modestIy expressed and without act
of proselytism-can doubt that he, like
St John at Palmas. was allowed to visit
and obtain revelations from the other
world.
Il have long believed in those revela-
tions They rob death of any sting, and
grave of any victory. They are summed
up in LongfeIlow's lines about transition.
Death, in the words OF st. Paul simply
changes us in the twinkling of an eye.
Stage direction would say: Exit from
mortality Enter Immortality. Exit the
physical "pyself-" Enter ct remanet the
spiritual me. What-and no more and
no less-'me' was in mortality it exists
in immortality.
II do not expect to be, after death. an
inmate of heaven. / was not pious in
life; and church and it's associations, al
though not unpleasant. and charming in
sentiment and effects, were not attract
i've to my mortal life. Thus heaven
would not be attractive under the Swe-
denborg revelations.
His Latest Wishes.
Up TO this very week Mr.. Hall was
engaged in literary work. in which he de-
lighted. Only month ago he finished
City; Their History and Functions Told
a book. Courts and Judges of New York
Briefly and Simply for the Lawyer. Stu
dent at Law and Citizen" Il is now in
the publishers hands.
Mr.. Hall left a letter, in which ne ex-
pressed the wish that Father Ducey. of
st. Leo's. would conduct his funeral serv-
ices. No arrangements for the funeral
have yet been made. but doubtless it will
be held at that church
The evening times., 1898-10-08
Frederick. Md. Fair via u. & o.

All trains October 10 to II good TO return
until 15yh including admission. S2-20. For
special trains leaving Washington at $50
a. m. October Il and Is, returning, leave
Frederick p. m. same day, including adj
mission, s1.65- oc6,S.lo,2
The evening times., 1898-10-08

To Cure Malaria, ChiIIs and Fever
quickly. take Milburn's Malaria Capsules
At druggists, 1Oc and 25c. oc2-lm