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The Advocate and news., 1898-05-04
Kansas City Comp ami les Organize

A company was recruited by Colonel
Funston at Kansas City last Thursday
1t was organized by the election of Fred
e. Buchan as captain, Chas. B. Walker
first lieutenant, and e. B. Showalter
second lieutenant. Captain Buchan i'm
mediately reported to Governor Leedy at
Topeka and was directed to bring his
company to the rendezvous Saturday.
The Advocate and news., 1898-05-04
NewpOrt Takes a Prize.

The United States gunboat Newport
captured the Spanish sloop Engracia of
Cardenas last Thursday. 1t was placed
In charge of prize crew and as usual
sent to Key West. Our gunboats seem
to be very active and nothing seems to
escape them.
The Advocate and news., 1898-05-04

Miss Cochran was the silver nominee
for City Clerk of Beloit in the recent
election. She is bright, intelligent,
popular young lady and her failure to
win the election can only be explained
by the statement that politically her
adherents were in the minority.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-08-18
pennsylvania's Forest Policy.

Another important step forward in
the established forest policy of the
state of Pennsylvania was taken by
the Governor when he recently ap-
pointed the Forest Reservation Com-
mission under the Act of 1897. He
named rs members of this commits
sion Prof. j. T. Rothrock. the State
Forestry Commissioner: Major l. B.
Brown. Deputy Secretary of Internal
Affairs; DR.. George G.. Croft. Presi-
dent Of the State Board of Health.
and Albert Lewis, of, Bear Creek, Lr-
2ernc county. Another member is yet
to he chosen under the act He must
be a lawyer and conyeyancer. and it is
understood the Governor has selected
q man for the place.
The commission will fix and report
on three state forest reservations OF
10000 acres. each at the headwaters
of the three chief waters, the Della
ware. Susquehanna and Ohio. The act
providcs that the land selected shall
have no agricultural or mineral value,
ana the E,lemnation proceedings will
be sln}ar hose p,lrsued in securing
valley Tor !'ari
The + ioU lausf have some
woodland q la 1T least 800 feet
above se;s el.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-08-18
A Horse Tint Snorea.

Snoring men are as plentiful as whis-
key in Kentucky; they are nearly as
numerous as women with cold feet.
However, while these two evils are pre-
dominant with the human race, yet it
is indeed seldom that member of the
animal kingdom becomes afflicted with
the snCring habit. There is just one
case c. the kind known to exist, in
Kansas City, Kan, and while there is
no question about the existence of this
one case the afflicted animal contracted
the habit from man.
Prince, the oldest horse on the Kan
sas City,. Kan, Fire Department, has
the snoring habit, and he's got it bad.
All of the 'laddies" at Fire Headquar-
ters have good records as snorers, but
Prince can allow them all bad cold
and then beat them out, pulled up.
Snoring Prince, or the prince snorer, is
the horse driven by Assistant Chief
William Mcconnell. He generally
minces away at his food until after IL
o'clock each night, providing there are
no alarms.
At about this hour he lies down in
his stall and in few minutes his eyes
close and soon thereafter the snoring
begins. The noise produced by the
sleeping horse is similar to that of a
snoring man. Before it became known
that Prince actually snored several of
the firemen, who take turn about
watching at night, were accused of 60
ing to sleep on duty. The only founda-
ton for the accusation was the snor-
ing. In order to prove their innocence
it became necessary for them to peach
on Prince.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-08-18
THE MILLIONAIRE TERROR.
Extraordinary Caprices Of Jo-
siah j. White, Imprisoned
on Civil Action.
IN A BROOKLYN, N. Y. JAIL.
Devotes His Life to Making Things
Unpleasant for Fellow-PriSonerS
and the Guards.

First He Failed to Tell the Truth and
Then lie Wouldn't Turn Over Certain
Money to the Public administrator
sent to Jail ON Contempt Proceedings
Iie Escapes and Is RecaptuIed-Now lie
Acts Like Maniec.
"lIetty Green in trousers This IS
one of the epithets flung ut the Sinll-
uonare and former broker, Josiah j.
White He is the terror of Raymond
street jail, Brooklyn.
F'ifty-nine years ego he was born III
Connecticut, at Portland, they say.
Although Il Yanfee by birth, he has
lived in brown stone palace on
Brooklyn Heights for twenty-five
years. The wealthiest and most dis
tnsuished have been his neighbors-
Henry Ward Beecher, Or. Lyman
Abbot. Congressman Simeon i. Chit
tenlen and others.
\ man well housed in Il well con-
structed. well cemented Jail is sup.
posed TO be Gagged ana harmless
This ease breaks all rules and prece-
dents 1t is because White is there
nj all that the warden and keepers
want to get out of the business and
flee the country.
Lawyers are likewise at their wits
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-08-18
FEEDING THE WORLD.
Americas Remarkable Food Expectation
as shown by Recent Official Reports.

The record of the most remarkable
year III Our export trade has been COM
pleted hy the bureau of statistics so
far rs relates to the eXportation of
wheat. corn and other breadstuffs,
pork, beef and other provisions. cot
ton. ana mineral oils. These articles
form large percentage of the total
exports aside from the manufactures
The figures show i'll most cases Il
large increase in Quantity and value
of the articles exported, though in
some cases. notably mineral oils and
cotton, the export price per unit has
! averaged less during the year than in
the preceding year.
The cotton exported during the year
increased from 3,103, 754,949 pounds to
3.341,332.S00 pounds, while the total
value last year was $3.50. .S9O,971 and for
the year just ended 239, ,907, ,472.
The expectation Of mineral oil in
creased from 973,514,946 gallon, TO l.
022 210379 gallons yet the total value
in the year just ended was only $55,-
1710O0 against $50, ,G35, ,037 in the pre-
ceding year.
In provisions. including beet, pork
and dairy products the value Of the
expectations was greater than last
year, being $154,454,074 against S137,-
13S,0S4 last wear.
In wheat, corn, oats and rye the in
crease in both quantities and values
was strongly marked. The expectation
of wheat for the year flour included,
amounted to 215.171.96 bushels, which
exceeded the expectation of any pre-
ceding year except that of 1892 which
announced TO 225,665,S12 bushels. The
value Of the wheat and flour exported
during the year amounted to S212, 2,S91,-
629. Il sum only surpassed in 1880 and
1892. the total in 1880 being $225.S79,-
502. ana that of 1892 being $2S6, 761,-
416.
In corn the exports for the year eX-
ceedcd both in quantity and value
those of any preceding year. the num-
Der of bushels including corn meaD
being 209.S59, ,102 bushels. valued at
S75,260,067. The largest expectation
of corn in any preceding year was 17S
S17.417 bushels in 1897. valued ut $54,-
9S9, 213. While in no year prior to 1897
did the quantity of corn exported
ever reach half of the year Just end
ed
IN oats. oat meal and rye, the expor-
tation also greatly increased, the to-
tai in each case fer the year just end
ed being about double that of the pre-
cedng year. The value of the exports
of oats and oat meal in the fiscal year
1898 was $22.339,152 against $9,S27, SAT
in the previous year. The value of rye
exported was $S,f95,820. against $3,-
G67. sos in the previous year
Total value of breadstuffs exported
1924, 706,0G0, against S197,S57219 in the
previous fiscal year.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-08-18
THE PILL THAT WILL.

To Tree the SURFACE Trom snel.ac, ana
then ie cold water to remove the alkali
Blocking succeeds stiffening. The
fabric is dipped in boiling water and
placed on block patterned for the
final shape of the hat. After the dyeing
process comes that of finishing, which
consists of steaming, blocking to shape
the crown, drying. coating with a stiff
fening solution, drying again, iroaing
out wrinkles, after which it is pounced
with emery paper and singed to re-
move the long nap, and oil applied to
smooth the surface. The curling de-
partment cuts the brim to the desired
width, rolls up the sides and pitches
the front and rear as the style de-
mands.. With the process of TRIM
ming. consisting of sewing on the bind
ing and band and cementing the lining,
the derby is finished. If soft hat is
desired the stiffening process is omit
ted"
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-08-18
as they came along the passageway.

as they came along the paSsageway.
At any moment during the night he is
liable to yell Murder. Help. Help!
They are killing me- at the top of his
voice. The whole prison and neighbors
for a block around are awake before
he can be made to shut up. He spends
hours inventing new schemes for an,
noying us and disturbing the prison
ers. until they want him thrown out
or killed"
When he lowered himself from d
gable window down sixty feet to the
pavement recently and escaped to
Connecticut, he put his new ad-
dress on his WILL which was lcf,
behind. No secret was made of his
destination, because he would be out
of the jurisdiction of the Brooklyn au'
thorities. And if an attempt were
made to eXtradite him he would be
able to defend himself successfully in
the Connecticut courts. But the
Brooklyn sheriff and posse found him,
snapped on the irons and carried him
off bodily. and before he could say,
Help me. Grover Cleveland ha
found himself in the night express,
booked for Brooklyn.
When again i'll Raymond street Jail
he was the maddest man in forty
states. For once all his plans had
failed. His palace home. overlooking
proud New York and the bay from the
Heights. did him no good The very
thought of his wealth, his friends and
his Connecticut resources but aggra-
waited his fury. He shouted, scream
ed and howled until the prison was
like Roman menagerie on fast day.
Between his paroxysms he wrote let
terS and summoned lawyers. Sooner
or later they We're denounced and dis
missed
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-08-18
HOW FELT HATS ARE MADE.
Thousands of Men. women and Boys
Employed in the Industry.

Employed In the InuUStry.
One of the leading industries of this
/ country is the manufacture of hats. At
! the present time fur-felt hats are made
in eleven states-namely, Connecticut
Indiana, Illinois, Maryland, Maine,
Massachusetts, Missouri, New Jer-
| sey, New York, Pennsylvania and
Rhode Island says the New York Com
mercial. There are in all more than
200 manufacturing plants producing
hats for mems, boys, women's and
children's wear composed of the fur OF
the rabbit, beaver, nutria and other
animals. The industry employs up
ward of $4,000 men, women and boys,
and the approximate value of the out
put is said to be $20,000,000 annually.
Speaking of mems hats and their man.
ufacture, representative of one of the
largest firms in this city said:
Felt hats include the popular derby
and the various other styles of soft
hats, all of which are made from ami
NAL furs, the natural coats of the
coney, hare, nutria, muskrat and
beaver. To manipulate the skins of
these animals so as TO properly pre-
pare the fur for felting purposes is an
expert chemical operation; in fact
trade in itself, entirely distinct from
that of hat-making, and is carried on
by 'hatters' fur-cutters in London, the
worlds great center for that work.
The art of the hat maker includes
knowledge of the particular fur or
ombination of furs for making a given
quality OF hats. The proportioning of
the different furs requires the utmost
eXactness. The quality of product
having been decided upon, the fur is
then cleaned and separated from stray
hairs and all unreliable substances.
This initial process is accomplished by
u windy machine called the devil
The next process, forming, con
sists of distributing by means OF all
currents a light coating of fur upon the
outer surface of a revolving perpan-
dicular cone, perforated with small
holes. When fur covers me cone suf-
ficent for one hat, it is wrapped in wet
cloths and given brief hot bath, then
stripped from the cone, and, after the
stopping process OF adding little fuJ
to weak spots, is wrapped with other
cloths inside a wooden cloth to harden
it for handling. by process called
sizing, which consists Of repeated i'm
mersons in hot water, together with
rolling and unrolling, folding and un-
folding, the coneshaped mass is re-
duced to one-third it's original size. 1t
is wonderful how each fiber will twist
and intertwine, basket-fashion, with
the other, until the product is a closely
w1Yen mass.
The body is then shaved to re-
move stray hairs in the fur, and then it
is stiffened with coating of shellac,
thoroughly dried and then subjected to
steam, which softens the shellac and
draws it into the fabric. When dried it
is immersed in hct alkaline solution
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-08-18

end-the most eminent devising means
to make the rich law evader disgorge,
while the more quiet practitioners
hope AND pray they may escape him
altogether.
What has the man done? Initiated
another wealthy nan OF history-one
Ananias. lie kept hacE-so it is al
lpged-the amount of wealth at his
command and thus deceived the tax
gatherers.
1t was told in the papers how ;hat,
as guardian for his son Frederick and
administrator of his wife's estate. he
evaded the law AID the payment of
ine full tax by dec@ ring the amount of
the personal prOpe Y To be only $780,
600. the amount it j. claimed the stocks
and securities alonn are worth.
Ii is Il curious story from the be-
ginning. Years 20. when White
wanted to marrg .iss Trowbridge, II
rich girl in the s. te of Connecticut
she fancied he hal nj least one eye
fixed on her moner. TO convince her.
he signed a paper, renouncing forever
all claims TO her wealth. Later they
moved into the brown stone house at
No. 1876 Columbia Heights, Brooklyn.
His friends claim that he was Il gifted.
brilliant man. ana made Il fortune.
Others say it was his wife's money
alone that figured in business and so
cicty.
Three children We're born to them.
Frederick. the SUR wing son. is about
fourteen years Old, loyal lad of
genial disposition. who is said to be
fond Of his father and household
pet. He is a very fat boy, weighing
nearly two hundred pounds. When
the mother died Il few years ago, her
property went to tits son. His father
was both guardian and administrator
by law. Legal Investigation showed
That the 100000 personal property. as
scheduled by the father, was worth
s150.000. Then the Long Island Loan
and Trust Company was made guar
dian of the boy. 9nd mt once began
proceedings to corpei the father to
render n full acconnting to the court.
After series of lorg and repeated de.
lays. trivial ana extraordinary. the
Court removed him as administrator
of the estate ana Public Administra-
tor w. +. Davenport became his sue
cessor
Thus the wealth father was de-
prived of all legal control of his son
and his estate. Sta. neither lawyers
nor detectives coHld discover the
Whereabouts of .ho missing s120,000
worth of securities He refused to
turn over Il book or dollar to the
administrator Then the rich man
was committed to Jail and then his
deviltry began Since that hour life
behind the bars has not been worth
living. Not only prisoners, but iailers
and detectives. JUDGES and lawyers
have regretted the day they tackled
former Broker White
Said the head keeper at the Jail yes
terday: In all my twenty-five years
experience / have neyer seen his like.
He is terror. The prisoners can't
sleep because of his wild antics. The
moment the men begin falling off to
rest he sets up a howl that would de.
moralize Bedlam. It's pure fiendish.
ness. lie is as sane as | am. He is
the meanest white man in America.
The other day he made a slung shot
of a towel with big wet scrubbing
brush twisted up in one end of it.
VITA ii he tried to brain the prisoners
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-08-18
How Ihsen Lonks.

Ibsen, the Norwegian dramatist, is
an extraordinary looking man. Almost
a dwarf in height, the upper part of the
body is immense, compared with his
lower limbs. He has huge head,
covered with bushy white hair, and his
keen blue eyes glare at his interlocu-
tor with a piercing glance.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-08-18

We always promises
the public sell high
constantly increasing
that have always been kept
than shall keep
being the greatest popular priced in section
We special bargains in
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-08-18

1t is impossible to run at an altitude
Of 1900 feet above the sea.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1898-08-05
WORK ON COUNTY ROADS
Progress on the -Four Sections Now Under
way-The County system.

Progress on the Four Sections Now Under
Way-The County System.
The new State aid road from Morris
town to Basking Ridge, Mt Kemble
avenue, is being rapidly pushed by Con-
tractor Munson. The grading for the
entire five miles is about completed, a
force of twenty men being employed in
the work. Another gang of twenty is
working on the road-bed, and about 500
yards is already completed. The road
will be completed this fall, but the date,
Mr.. Munson says, will be determined by
the weather and the supply of stone.
The portion thus far completed is good
and hard and indicates a good hard road
to Basking Ridge and Bernardsville.
The road from Madison to Alton, by
Ridgedale avenue, awarded to P & M.
Cook, is now fairly started and will also
be completed before fall, and Drink
water & Drake are now finishing the
Chester road.
The Mendham road was last TO be
commenced, but large force of men
under Osborne & Marcellis are now
rapidly pushing the new county road
from the village to the township line,
where it will join the Chester road
mentioned above. Freebooter Bowman
is giving the work his personal attention;
ii is graded for several hundred yards
and just now the men are cutting away
at the Ralston hill, and stone hauling is
about to commence. Therefore the
erstwhile kicking" Mendhamite is
happy, and there is promise of another
county thoroughfare hard to beat.
When these last sections are completed
Morris county, spite of inexperience,
criticisms, jobbing and sundry other mis-
fortunes, will have system of county
roads second to none in the State, or the
country, including about hundred
miles and at the comparatively small
cost of about $4,000
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1898-08-05

GSS dSlOrS Will please S0nu III In olr
religious notices not later than Tuesday
of each week.
SOUTH STREET PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.
Sunday at 1890 a. M, Communion of the
Lords Supper. At 7.30 o. M. evening service:
the pastor will preach. Sunday school at 8
p. m. Y. P. s. G. E. at 6.45 D. m.
Thursday. at 8 p. m. mid-week prayer
meeting. Saturday, 9Th, $3.50 D. M, Prepare
tory lecture.
FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.
Sunday services will be held at 1880 a. m.
and 4 y. m. Rev. John w. Conklin, professor
of sociology and missions in the Bible Normal
College at Springfield, on Thursday evening
next will give an address at the church chapel
on .sThe Child and the Church, Sunday
school at 2.45 n NJ. Y. P. s. G. E. meeting
at 6.45 p, m. The pastor will preach Sunday
CHURCH OF THE REDEEMER.
The ninth Sunday after Trinity. Aug. 18th,
morning nraver. sermon and Holy Communion
at 1910. Evening prayer at 5. Sunday school
at 4.30 p. m. The Rev. E. H. Ward, d. D.. of
Pittsburg. Pa. will officiate
ST. PETERS CHURCH.
Rev. Charles H. Hubbard, D D., rector; Rev
William P. Taylor. CITRATE.
Ninth Sunday after Trinity, early celebra-
ton at 730 q m. Morning PRAYER. 9 As a m.
Litany. sermon and choral celebration, 1890
a. m Evening prayer ats. Catechise, p. M.
FIRST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH.
The pastor will occupy the pulpit on Sunday.
Morning subject. ENCOURAGEMENT to Faith
fu1ness;" evening. "A Startling Demand =
Sunday school at 2.45 D. m; Y. P. S. G. E.
at 80 D, m. Thursday evening prayer and
praise service at 7.45 o'clock.
The annual picnic of the Sunday school will
be held at Speedwell Park Wednesday next.
curRrTT on rEyr AcsrrNsprYoN
Masses at $50. 80 and 1890 .. M; sermon
at last mass. Benediction at p. m. Sunday
school at D. m.
ST. MARGARETs CHAPEL.
Masses on Sunday at 7.30 and $50 a. m.
SWEDISH SERVICE.
Swedish service will be held every. Wednes-
day evening at S.15 in the First Presbyterian
Chapel. Next Wednesday evening Rev. @.
G. Larson of Waburn, Mass. will preach.
Good music and singing. All Scandinavians
are welcome.
MARKET STREET MISSION.
Gospel wagon meetings will be held on Sun
day afternoon as follows: At AIS p. M. on
Green street, and at s p. M, on the Park.
SALVATION ARMY.
Meetings will be held Sunday as follows:
l0.45 a. M, and 7 As p. m. All are cordially
welcome.
SCANDIEAYIANS.
Scandinavians services will be conducted In
the Sunday school room of the Church of the
Redeemer at {. Is every Wednesday night. All
Seandinavians are welcomed. Pastor Daniel
son Of Newark will preach.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1898-08-05
Other Jersey Troops

The Third Battalion, New Jersey Vol
unteer- Infantry, left Fort Hancock,
Sandy Hook, for Pompton Lake, N. j :,
on Wednesday. The battalion, under
command of Lieut.. Col Holmes, is made
up of Companies E, G, H and M. The
battalion had been doing garrison duty
at Fort Hancock since May %. The
headquarters of the regiment, under
Col. Lee. is at Pompton Lake.
The First Rhode Island, Fourth Mis-
souri,, Third Virginia, First Connecticut
and First New Jersey regiments have
been ordered to proceed Immediately to
Newport News, from Camp Alger, where
they will form part Of General Wades
expedition to Porto Rico.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1898-08-05
Co. NJ, I'd Regt. N. G. N. J

Letters from George Berry, with Co.
M, of the Second New Jersey at Jackson
vile, say that the boys are well and give
interesting notes of their doing. ''Just
now the boys are having but one drill a
day on account of the heat. Last week
we had our first sham battle, a North
Carolina and Virginia regiment against
the Second of New Jersey, the former to
drive the latter from their ground.
Though there were two regiments against
them, the Jersey boys did not give an
inch. Each man was given five blank
shells and while they lasted things were
warm. They say it seemed like old
times back in 1s61-only there was no
one hurt. That was the first sham bat
tie we had, and l would put the Jersey
boys up against any regiment in the army
for fighting. We signed the pay roll
this morning and expect to be paid this
week, so the boys are happy. All are
glad to hear that the Naval Aid Society
and the Lincoln Guards are going to
send us something from home. I know
the boys would enjoy some good reading,
for that is thing we have very little Of
.'There is talk of moving our camp
about mile, but we received word this
morning to wait awhile, for there are
great hopes of being sent to Porto Rico.
One of our boys has some syrup from
Jersey which he received this morning.
1t was great treat to dry bread three
times a day.