davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The times., 1899-06-15
PROBING CHICAGO JUSTICES.
Many Cases shown of Illegal md Ex-
fortiOunte Fees,

chicago, June 14.-Nearly score of JUS
tees of the peace, a majority of them from
the country towns, but several from the
city, were examined yesterday before the
Baxter senatorial committee. They made
lame defences of their methods of collect
ing fees. and in nearly every case we're
compelled to admit that they were in the
habit of charging Illegal and extortionate
fees. The only one who put up fight was
Justice Everett. whose Office is In Clark
street. In the course of his examination
Justice Everett embraced the opportunity
TO take a shot at the profession to which
both Chairman Baxter and Attorney Burres
belong. IF there is stronger custom
than that of justices looking for their
fees, said he. lit is that of lawyers in ap-
propriating money which may rightfully
belong to the justices for legal fees
Justice Everett said that if less printers
ink were used in denouncing the wrong
acts of justices and more energy shown in
Furnishing the guilty officials real benefit
would be gained. He favored filing a pc
tition demanding the summary removal OF
Justice sharks by the courts of record.
The witness frankly stated that justices
who sanction the dragging Of litigants into
the country should be ousted from Office,
and gave the committee some practical rec-
concentrations how to improve the justice
court system.
Much evidence was heard relating to the
legal rcbberies perpetrated by rascally con-
stables against slot machine owners and
manufacturers. One manufacturer swore
that he had been robbed of $4,000 worth of
machines by constables. Another said he
had been driven out of business by them.
The seized machines were never destroyed.
but were sent to other cities and sold.
The times., 1899-06-15
HELD AT BAY BY CANNON.
New Jersey Man Barricnded Against
Trolley Road Builders.

Piainfeld. N. j.. June l4-Street rail-
road building has met with decided set :
beck in this city, and ]. X Van Ness. n
former New York city lawyer. with a
small arsenal of weapons at hand. is tenn
porary master of the situation. The rail-
road is being constructed on each side Of
his country home. near the city limits.
and the contractors are waiting for a
chance TO run over his property, but Mr.
Van Ness says No and points to his
store of ammunition and his several hired
men,
When he saw the proposed line was TO
cut through the middle of his place Van
Ness made hasty preparations for war. He
built rustic summer house directly on
the line of the road. and moved there with
guns, swords. pitchforks, and other war
like furniture.
III m peaceful man. content to raise nv
white beans and buckwheat." he said
but don't propose to let any trolley line
get the drop on me. I'm a countryman
but my little brass cannon is ready, and
have Gatling gun. too" For more than
week Van Ness has been sleeping on his
arms on cot covered with mosquito net
ting. Cool breezes from the meadows and
tne ulstant Natchung mountains gave him
peaceful sleep.
Some of the trolley workmen gave him
trouble on Saturday. and. fearing his shan.
ty would be taken by storm on Sunday. he
INDUCED in little feld-gun drill Moving
his brass cannon within range of the road
bed, which was completed up to within
few feet OF his land, Van Ness began
firing.
Boom after boom broke the quiet of the
evening hours, until George W. Rockefel-
Ter, the mayor of Plainfeld, telephoned to
police headquarters to have the noise
stopped. Policeman Florence Mccarthy
found the warlike landowner swabbing
his cannon and training it upon the troll
ley trench. Pleadings and threats on the
part of the policeman were alike in vain.
and he departed. after telling the man be-
hind the gun to appear in court the next
day. Instead. Van Ness called upon the
police for protection from the trolley
workmen.
The times., 1899-06-15
The North A,,nniic squadron.

Rear Admiral Sampson telegraphed the
Navy Department from Newport yesterday
that the North Atlantic Squadron would
leave at once for Boston. where it is due
to arrive at o'clock on Friday afternoon.
to participate in the Bunker Hill celebra-
tion. Admiral Sampson has been author
lied to send one or two Of his vessels to
Sydney. Cape Breton. to participate in a
celebration to be held there on July IL
Some time ago the mayor of Sydney in
formed the Navy Department that the
British and French North American feets.
under their respective admirals, would be
at Sydney on that date, and he requested
the department TO send Admiral SIMPSONS
squadron there The department granted
the mayors request. conditional however.
on the presence OF the two foreign squad
rons. Subsequently it was reported 10 the
Navy Department that the English fleet
would not be at Sydney to participate in
the celebration arranged by the mayor
and an enquiry vas set on foot to learn
the truth Of the report. The mayor OF the
town has. however. convinced the depart
ment that the affair will be all he has
claimed for it and the United States Navy
will. consequently, be represented.
The times., 1899-06-15
GOLD IN THE TRANsvAAL.
Consul Norcurn's Interesting Report
TO the State Depurtrnent.

The continued large output of gold in
the Transvsal is thus described in a re-
port to the State Department from Consul
Morcum, writing from Pretoria and quot
ing an official authority: Yesterday saw
one OF the largest increases over the prev
ious month ever recorded in the Rand's
history. An increase of close upon 10000
ounces is a marvellous achievement. The
Transvaal production of the precious metal
when expressed in ounces is now getting
within measurable distance of 500 900,
yesterdays declaration being within Sc 900
of that aggregate. The March yield is "a
361 ounces better than the declaration of
December. 1S9S-a month which is invar-
iably good. The Rand output itself was
81 240 ounces in advance of the February
figure and 22074 ounces higher than the
record Of December. Yesterdays output.
was well nigh double the figures of two
years ago; it was, indeed. 1l5.500 ounces in
advance of the showing OF March, 1885
We cannot compare these results to those
of any other geld fields, for they have no
analogue. The Rand stands pre-eminent
singular and will continue to stand far
in advance of all rivals"
The times., 1899-06-15
Americn at The Hagne.

In spite of all that is being published
concerning the attitude of our delegates
at the Peace Conference, and their efforts
in behalf of international arbitration,
their exact position appears to be little
understood. Some days ago they were re-
ported as being distinctly opposed to the
article OF the Russian proposition which
proposes compulsory arbitration of ques-
tions growing out of interoceanic canals
and national currency systems. Yester-
day they were represented as generally
favorable to the Russian plan, though
whether with or without the obnoxious
Article X the dispatches did not state.
The position of Germany too, on this
subject has not been made entirely clea~.
The Cologne Gazette" asserts that the
Kaiser's Government is not unfavo- abe 10
speeific cases, and stands by Article VIII
of the Russian programme, providing for
the formation of a tribunal of arbitration
as the occasion requires 1t adds: "Gsr-
many, after an examination of the schemes
for permanent court, decided she could
llDl dENEDl hlltoo AHt db9OAuNt AAiIAt t'tsstNJ
of the tribunal could be guaranteed"
If the position of the Emperor's Cabinet
is correctly given above, we fail to see
wherein it is wrong. Compulsory arbi-
tration may be a good thing in the alb
stract; We will not stop to argue the aca-
demie question. But it is too far in ad-
vance of our time to be presently pracu-
cable 1t is a scheme which should be
handled not only with gloves but with
tongs. We had chance to see what it
might lead to when the British arbitration
treaty was before the United States Senate
and with difficulty defeated. We do not
desire any more of the same sort of thing
now. or while our national and interna-
tional interests and prospects are in any
thing like existing conditions.
There can be no possible objection to a
declaration that arbitration is preferable
to war and that nations ought to resort
to it rather than like lions and tigers 10
growl and fight. but committal should halt
on the safe side of compulsion.
The times., 1899-06-15
ARMoR AT S4oo a TON.
Rear Admiral o'NeiI Gets Favorable
Replies to His Proposal.

Rear Admiral O'Neil, Chief of the Bu
reau of Ordnance, has received replies
from the Carnegie Steel Company and the
Bethlehem Iron Works to his letters ask
ing them if they would agree to furnish
all the armor for the four monitors. Ar
kansas, Connecticut. Florida. and Wyom-
ing. and the diagonal plates of the battle
ships Ohio. Missouri, and Maine at $500 a
ton. Both companies accepted the propcsi-
tion of Admiral o'Neil. and will send rep
resentatives to Washington in few days
to discuss with him the character of the
tests which the Government will impose
as a condition to accepting the armor.
Owing to the failure of the Navy Depart
ment to receive any bids for furnishing
armor for these vessels to be treated by
the improved Krupp process within the
limit of cost prescribed by Congress, it
was decided to endeavor to secure Harvey
lied armor at s4OO ton. The acceptance
of Admiral O'Neil's proposition by the two
armor companies practically insures the
completion of the monitors and the con-
t.nuance of work on the battleships named
without any delay. 1t is understood that
the conditions which the department will
impose in regard to the tests of this armor
will be very rigid, but the specifications
will not be drawn until after the confer
ence between Admiral O'Nei and the
representatives Of the manufactures.
The times., 1899-06-15
RECIPROCITY WITH JAMAICA.
Delegates From the Latter Countr,
Arrive in New York

New York, June IA. W. Farquharson,
D. S. Gideon, and V. C. Pell. delegates f. ON
the government of Jamaica, who have come
to confer with our authorities about reci-
procity of trade. are stopping at the Fifth
Avenue Hotel. They will remain in this
city today and then proceed to Washing
ton. The delegates have been sent here to
gather information as TO a possible closer
commercial relationship between the Unit
ed States and Jamaica, and to report to the
Jamaican legislative assembly.
The immediate cause OF the coming of
the delegates seems to have been a repre-
sentation on the part of our Consul General
IN Jamaica. Mr. Dent that a recent ad-
vance in the tariff rates of the islands on
imports was working a disadvantage to
American trade. Jamaica exports sugar
rum. molasse5. coffee, and oranges, on
which a duty has to be paid in this country
come into the United States free. She i'm
ports cotton goods. fish, -four. rice, and
other articles to an amount about equal
to the value of her exports. making total
in each direction of trade of from 81 900, 600
to S10. .o00. coo year. The negotiations for
taking advantage of the reciprocity act will
be conducted between the British Embassy
and our Department OF State. with the del
egates as interested listeners, and the dele
gates expect to be able to report in ia
maica in time to bring about a new un-
derstanding, in case such an arrangement
seems feasible. before the time limit ex-
DireS in the latter part of July.
The times., 1899-06-15
FORTUNE FOR TWO SOLDIERS.
Red Cross Nurse Remembers Wound
ed Regulars She Attended.

New York. June 14.-Samuel Sculi OF
Mays Landing. N. J.. and H. s. Smith, of
Utah, were lucky in being wounded in
the charge of the American forces up San
Juan Hill Had they not received these
wounds they would not have met Miss An
ME f. Thompson. a wealthy woman OF
Kansas City. who in dying remembered the
soldier boys she as Red Cross volunteer
nursed back to health and strength.
Scull and Smith were devoted to the kind
nurse and she was devoted TO them. They
heard nothing of her after the war until
yesterday, when Scull received word that
the nurse was dead; that she had left
$40, coo hotel in st. Louis to be divided
between himself and Smith
Scull and Smith were members of the
Twelfth Regiment United States Regu-
lars. The wounds they received at San
Juan so weakened them that they fell easy
victims to fever. They were taken to the
Fort Mcpherson hospital in Georgia. There
they met Miss Thompson The nurse was
kind to all the soldiers in her care but she
showed the greatest interest in the regu-
lars, who she said had had the hardest
time in Cuba. Cured of the fever Scrll and
Smith were discharged from the army
The times., 1899-06-15
BIGGEST HEAD IN THE WORLD.
james sIenut's More Than Double the
psurl Sine

New York. June IA man with the
biggest head in the world was sent from
Bellevue Hospital yesterday to the City
Hospital on Blaekwell's Island.
The man with the phenomenal head is
James henut thlrty-three years old. He
was taken to Bellevue on Friday by his
sister. Mrs. Emily b. Gerry. of No. 143
East Forty-ninth Street.
The head of the normal man measures
about twenty-five inches in cireumfer-
enee Menut's head msausres hfty-ons
and one-eighth inches. or nearly two snd
a half times much as the avsrag2 mas
culine head
Recently the Bellevue doctors performed
an operation on a child inflicted with in
sanity. Menut has been an idiot since in
fancy. His sister. Mrs. Gerry. read OF the
operation on the child. and took her broth
er there in the hope that an operation
could be performed that would restore his
reason.
Owing to the mans physical construc-
tion doctors determined TO place him un-
der observation for several DAYS before
attempting the operation.
Menut is dwarf, feet / inch tall Th.
circumference of his head is more than
two inches greater than his extreme
height.
From his waist up he is proportionsd on
gigantic lines. having a breadth OF shoul-
der and depth of chest greater than J,f-
fries, the champion pugilist. But his legs
are grotesquely short and very thin
Menut is placed in Ward 19 which is
tenanted by patients suffering from ordi-
nary maladies.
Menut was very quiet in the daytime
but in the late hours of the night he got
into the habit of stealing out OF his cot
and wandering about the ward
He would go up TO a sleeping patient and
pinch his fingers or tickle his toes and
awaken him and say:
You're it, or You can't lose me-"
and scamper back to his bed.
This practice drove several patients into
Mysteries Waking out of a sound sleep IN
the dead of night. they saw lowering over
them the strange figure in a white night
shirt, with monstrous head. the he-eueln
shoulders. and the liliputian legs.
The first time the patients of Ward 10
saw Menut was in the middle of the night.
and the superstitious almost died Of fright
As it was impossible to restrain him the
doctors concluded to send him to the
Blackwell's Island Hospital.
The times., 1899-06-15
Claims Against Spnin.
lFrnm Id PhiIadeIphia Recordl

Niitlh Allf 1 hiidhcl iliild httOfd.l
There are many claims Of American citizens
against Spain aute-datius the Cuban disturbances;
and the holders thereof will undoubtedly be
heard IRON in appeals to Congress for considerl-
tion Authorities international law are agreed
that state of war abrosates treaties previously
existing between bcliSrreuts. and that a treaty
Of peace puts end To all claims for indemnity
for acts committed under the authority of one
Gayc-nment against the citizens Of another unless
such claims be specifically provided FOR in TIL
treaty II IS already contendcd on behalf Of th1
claimants excluded by the Peace Treaty that the
Governments representatives, at the Paris Confer
ence should have secured proper provision Tor
their interests in the Treaty THIS notion too.
will he urged upon Congress-; and ii it should PIE
vail tho claims against Spain for which the Gov
ernment would he held responsible might be
vastly increased. and 4 lifelong job assured for
the Commission to be created for their adjust
mcnt.
The times., 1899-06-15
FATAL BLOWS GIVEN IN PLAY,
Two Mount Vernon Children Killed
by Their COmrades.

New York, June 1.-THE peculiar deaths
of two children in Mount Vernon are be-
ing investigated by the authorities here
John Kernstock. the ten-year- son OF
Adam Kernstock. contractor. died in the
Mount Vernon Hospital from an abscess
in the stomach, produced by a blow. He
was playing with several other lads, whsn
his "chum hit him in the stomach with
his fist.
An abscess developed. and. although an
operation was performed. the lit e el'ows
life could net be saved.
Mona. the year-old daughter o;
Thomas Towhill, u wealthy New York
merchant, who lives at No. 321 South Fifth
Avenue, Mount Vernon. died as the r SILT
OF kick received from a playmate week
ago. Mona was playing in the yard of
School No. 4. when suddenly she fell TO the
ground screaming.
Her playmates said that one Of the Toys
kicked her in the side while playing tag.
The little girl was taken to her home. TIE
next day peritonitis developed, which caus-
ed her death
The times., 1899-06-15

be its intrinsic merits or demerits, repre-
sents but a single phase of the coneentra-
tion of business which has been going on
steadily for half a century, and which
applies to every branch of human effort in
volving capital and labor. The change
that has come over the weaving industry.
since the introduction of labor-saving
machinery. from the segregated cottage
loom to the monster factory. has been quite
as marked and serious as the transition
from the modest tradesman's shop of two
generations ago to the enormous depart
ment palace of today. The latter, although
conspicuously so, is but one instance of
the operation of a universal economic
movement including every important trade
and industry identified with modern devel-
opment, commerce, and civilization.
The times., 1899-06-15
Costly pIundcrs.
From the Philadelphia Rec,

From the Philadelphia Record)
During the period of the Spanish American war
the New Orleans was attached to Admiral samp.
sons squadron. and performed efficient blockad.
ing service off the Cuban coast Ii there existed
in naval circles here any suspicion OF her stability
and sea-going qualities. it was sedulously con
cealed, and the New Orleans, with her rakish.
sea-dog aspect, was hailed in American ports as
typical modern fighter. The Thousands who
admired the trim lines Of the ship as she lay in
the Delaware during the Peace Jubilee week will
learn with surprise that the experts OF the Naval
Bureau Of Construction are in favor Of discardng
her, as well as the Albany now nearly completed
at the works of the Armstrong Company. in Eng
land. Somebody has blundered heTe to the tune
Of over 100000. and the Government should not
stand the loss without pllcing the responsibility
where it belongs.
The times., 1899-06-15
Ii HUNG FoY WINS A FIGHT.
Chinaman whips Ed Connors, o
Washington, in Five Hounds.

ashfnSfOn, In Five Hounds.
New York, June II Hung Foy, the
Chinaman, added another victory to his
credit last night by defeating Ed Connors.
Of Washington, in private. 1t was the
Celestial's third essay in the roped square
since he came East. The match, which
was arranged about a week ago, was to
a finish, and kid gloves, weighing about
an ounce, were used. The fighters came
together at catch weights, and the bou;
was decided in the dancing pavilion OF the
Fairview picnic grounds Fairview, N J.
At g o'clock party of 150 sports get
the tip. and gathered at the rendezvous
The battle-ground was kept such pro-
found secret that only the number of per-
sons mentioned were at the scene of the
conflict. The ring, which was rather an
impromptu Affair, was about eighteen feet
square, and the floor was covered with
sawdust. Four padded posts supported the
ropes which were not taut and collapsed
every time the combatants bent against
them.
Lii Hung Foy was dressed in white
trunks and wore a yellow shirt, which he
would not take off. saying he was afraid
to expose his breast Connors, who is
about six feet one inch tall, weighed in the
neighborhood of 1S0 pounds. He wore the
regulation ring tights and shoes. Foy's
seconds were Marty Martin. his manager;
Charles Weber, and William Howe. Con-
nors was handled by Harry Jones, Willie
Roth, and Pete Burns, of Harlem. Julius
Goldstein. an east side sport, was referee
Foy weighed 157 pounds.
In the fifth round, after. after being
parted by the referee. Ii Hung swung the
right. 1t was a pretty punch. and caught
Co2nors. flush on the jaw. putting him to
cTa IL =ral i,t,. 4
tweleve seconds. and Il was sometime be-
fore Connors came to-
The times., 1899-06-15
Americas Open Policy.
(From Ia Nem York TrIhune.l }

tFrOm The New York Tribune.)
1t has never been the desire the destiny Of
this free nation to live the selfish and cowardly
life which the Atkinson Garrison set describe as
duty. Near it were Florida and Louisiana, need
ing higher than Spanish civilization, and it ac-
quiTed both. Seminole Indians did not want CIV
ilization and the nation put it out of their power
to ;yrannize other tribes. it will end the
power OF Agunsldo and the Tagals to rule the
Philippines 10y force and terror. The vast North
west Territory taken. and there also the end
OF savage extinction OF other savage tribes was
found duty. Texas wanted freedom. and the
United States lifted its hand, gaining Texas and
rilrts Of MexicO.
The times., 1899-06-15
OLD wARsHIPs FOR SALE.
Bids to BE Opened Soon for Six AuxiI-
Jury Vessels.

iury Vessels.
Bids will be opened at the Navy Depart
ment on July 10 for the purchase from the
Government of six vessels purchased by
the Department for use in the war with
Spain. Very few other auxiliary vessels
have been sold. The six vessels and their
appraised values are: The Vulcan, used as
a repair ship in Cuban waters, $3.50 tons,
now at League Island, Pa, 500, 600; the
Niagara, 5.221 tons. and used as a collier,
now at New York, $50 200; the ferryboat
Governor Russell, used in the defence
of Boston Harbor, 6S1 tons, now at Boston,
$4,000; the ferryboat East Boston, used for
the same purpose as the Governor Russell.
1872 tons, now at Boston, $50 900; the En-
quirer, yacht. used as gunboat of the
mosquito fleet, 1876 tons, now at New
York, $20.00O and the Scipio, used as
collier. 6.S64 tons, now at New York,
s25. 600
The Niagara cost the Government
seer. GOO. She was purchased from the
Ward Line. The Vulcan was formerly the
Chatham of the Merchants and Miners
Line; she cost $3.50, 900 The Governor
Russell cost 1,G00, and the East Boston
$57 800. Both belonged to the city of Bos
ton. The Scipio cost SS5, 76s, and was pur-
chased from George p. Walford. The En-
quirer was bought of w. J. COnnors.
$50 coo
The times., 1899-06-15
4 Toy Government.
fFrom tbe pbiladeInbio linn,

IT TVIII VIIV EIII47I'IF FTII.l ITTIT's'T
The lie of 4 republic turns upon party oppo-
stion Without it a Government derived from
the people drifts h5lplessly into conditions which
provoke unrest and utterly fail Of the purpose and
good results Of popular rule. In the French Cham
her of Deputies, upon some triyillity, tao or more
groups will combine Tor 4 few wte,,. and by
their predominauce select a Cabinet which will
enter upon the troubled OF office only to tind
the groups readiustiRg themselves and their little
lease Of power passing to another selection Of as
pirauts 1t has happened and over again
until it ceases to be important. The shifting OF
one ministry to another does not imply 4 change
OF policy. nor even Of politics The Republic is
really governed on the old imperial lines, and
the idea Of democratic control finds expression
only in its m0hs
The times., 1899-06-15
Orr TronicnI Eirhfcr,.
NFrom Id Boston Globc.l


Not until the war provoked by Aguinaldo has
passed into history, and its story Of hardships
gallantry, and devotion told as il deserves to be
told, will the American public come to q realiz-
ing sense of what our soldiers did and dared in
the Luzon advance. Possibly few select per
sons, who have outgrown patriotism, and who
have no red blood 10 be stirred by the heroic
deeds and patient endurance OF mere uncultured
soldiers and sailors in uniform, may never do
even half justice to our braves battling in
the tropics But the plain people may be trusted
To do them high honor becomes men who rank
second TO none, who have followed our flag on
the field OF battle in days that are gone.