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The evening times., 1899-11-25
LABOR IN WEST VIRGINIA.
Conditions Pronounced Very Sntis-
factory by Commissioner barton.

factory by Commissioner barton.
MORGANTOWN. W. Va, Nov. 20
Isaac V. Barton, State labor commissioner
for West Virginia. is making trip
through the State for the purpose OF
gathering data for his annual report,
which will shortly be published. MIR Bar
ton in speaking of his investigation of the
labor conditions, said: Labor matters
have never been so satisfactory in this
State as they now are. Since | went into
Office. in 1897, there has been an increase
of over 500 manufacturing and mercantile
establishments in the State. There are
no Idle people in West Firginia-that is,
among those who want to work-2nd every
manufacturer in the State is away beh nj
in his orders. There has been an average
increase of % per cent in wages this year
over those which prevailed in 1898; and for
the last year the average increase was 10
per cent above that in 1897"
When asked about the miners strikes IN
different parts Of the State, he said: we
had some mining troubles in the New
River district, but these have entirely sub
sided. ard there is not a strike noS in the
whole State OF West Virginia. The coal
output in 1899 will be no less than 10000
900 tons. 1000 600 greater than in ls9. and
1 goo 0d0 over that OF 1898. The company
store exists in West Virginia, but it is not
the evil here that it is said to be in other
places. In fact. it is necessity. as the
miners who come TO our State are generally
so poor that they have to depend on creeit
from the companies until they have Work
ed for a time. But the operators treat
them with uniform fairness and there is
no complaint, inasmuch as they are always
paid in cash now and find they can make
purchases at the company store with as
reasonable cost as at other places we
would mine "a great deal more coal II the
onerators could get cars to carry out the
The evening times., 1899-11-25
Arctic Morauiios.

(From the New Orleans Times Democrat.)
Nothing that has ever been written about the
Arctic mosquito begins to come up to the real
thing" said a guest in the st. Charles corridor
the other evening. Il went up the Yukon river
in the summer VI '96, representing the Alaska
and Dominion Trading Company, and struck
mosquitoes as soon as got into the hills. They
are twice as large familiar bayou species,
and their sting is like the prod of a hot needle.
They sweep along the valleys in dense clouds,
and il they catch man unprepared they
liable to blind him before he can escape.
heard stories Of children being stung to DEATH
and can readily believe them. Whenever we went
ashore we heavy hat nets. and took the
utmost precaution, but were certain to suffer
more less. One of our party cut the tongues
out OF his shoes and narrow line of sock
exposed under the lacing. Next day he was
bitten there at least a hundred times, and his
feet terribly infamed that the shoes had
to be cut Of. Another man, a fireman in the
boat crew, got drunk en- Alaska whisky one after
noon and lay down to take nap in corner of
TIE engine room. ! noticed him a little later
and was Mortified at the solid brown mass OF
mosquitoes that had settled on a small exposed
section cf his cheek and throat. In an hour his
face was swollen out of all resemblance to any
thing human. he unable to swallow. and
was burning with fever. 1t was a week before
he was able to be about. ! saw a number Of
cattle near Fort Hamilton that had been made
stone blind by stings near the eye. The Arctic
foothill mosquito is without doubt the most ter.
ribe insect pest in the world"
The evening times., 1899-11-25
IN MEMORY OF AN ENSIGN.
A Church Gift as . Tribate to Jos.
eph G.. BPecklurfdwe


ANNAPOLIS. Nd, Nov 25.-Memoria'
services will be held tomorrow at ths
Presbyterian Church here for Ensign Jo-
seph Cabell Breckinridge. United States
Navy, who was washed overheard on Feb
ruary II. 1899. from the torpedo boat Cush-
ing. near Havana. -.
While a cadet at the Naval Academy
Breckinridge attended the Presbyterian
church. being in charge of a squad OF ca
dets who came to service every Sunday
Before his death he expressed wish TO
his father to make some bequest to the
Presbyterian Church of Annapolis. an
after his death the father corresponded
with the pastor, and pulpit furniture was
decided upon.
The furniture has arrived. and consists
of five pieces-an adjustable pulpit desa
three pulpit chairs and commupion ta-
BILE, all of quartered oak. to correspond
with other church furniture. On the pui-
pit Is brass tablet with the fOllown ;
inscription:
ITO the Glory of God: The Bequest OF
Ensign Joseph Cabell Breckenridge, Proto-
Martyr of the War with Spain; A Faith
fui Member of this Congregation. Los.
Sea from Torpedo Boat Cushing. Near Ea-
vana. February IL. 1899. Aged twenty-siA
years"
Ensign Breckenridge was born at Fort
Monroe. Va. He was the grandson OF DR..
Robert J. Breckenridge. years ago prorni-
nent Presbyterian minister in Baltimore.
and powerful churchman- TIE father O.
Ensign Breckinridge is Gen. J. c. Breck-
inridge. Inspector General OF the United
States Army. a Virginian, who emigrated
to Kentucky.
Tomorrow morning the memorial furni-
ture will be used for the first time. An
invitation has been extended General and
Mrs. Breckinridge to be present
The evening times., 1899-11-25
VIRGINIA IRON ENTERPRISES.
Prospects Of n Remarkable Develop
ment of the Industry.

ment of the Industry.
LEXINGTON, Va, Nov. 25.-E. A..
Pocket, of New York, president of the En-
pire Steel and Iron Company; Walter Ken
nedy. Of Pittsburg. the vice president. and
general manager. recently inspected the
Victoria furnace at Goshen, which belongs
to the company. and is now in full blast
They were very much pleased with the
future prospects and the furnace. Ore has
been opened up by the company on what
is known as the "Old Guy Run" property.
under lease, with the option Of making
purchase at the expiration of one year.
Mr.. Pecket Is the present owner OF that
property. Thirty men are at work there
getting out the ore. and ten wagons arc
used to haul the ore three miles to the
furnace. A survey for a railroad to the
furnace from this point has been made by
Engineer J. viii Anderson. of Lexington.
for the company, and the construction OF
the same is expected to begin during the
coming month
On the L. T. Leech property, where val
liable iron ore beds have been found, and
on which the company also has lease.
valuable beds of limestone have been 10
Gated close to the furnace which have en-
hanced the value of that property. as all
limestone now used as fux is brought
from Craigsville, some distance away.
On the property of John C. Bell known
as the Joe X. Bell property. Mr.. Bell
has ten men engaged in getting out ore
and Is making shipments of the ore TO the
Longdale furnace. This property is being
rapidly developed and il to the east of
Goshent' u
The Victoria mines, which about sixteen
years ago caused the building Of the Vic
tOria furnace. and later the failure to find
ore in working deposits at those mines. are
the main cause of the furnaces past mis-
fortune. The present company. when it
purchased the furnace. had expected to use
the ore from over the mountains in Alle-
gany county. Potts Valley and Rich
Patch mines are the main sources of sup
ply al present.
Should the present ore workings contig
uous to the furnace pan out as anticipated
from present workings. the iron in
dus;ry In that section of Rockbridge coun-
ty which is known as the Pastures will
be established permanently. Already the
idea is advanced. since the visit OF the
company's officers, that another furnace
will be built at this point owing to the ore
in sight on the above mentioned proper
ties
The evening times., 1899-11-25

We sincerely trust that there may be no
doubt about the complete collapse of the
Aguinaldo insurrection. of which the Ad-
ministration press is talking with serene
confidence. Otis is, We fear, a little too
sanguine OF the happy result of MacAr-
thurs. Lawton's, Wheaton's. and Young 8
operations, to altogether satisfy the coun-
try. He has been so regularly and noto-
riously wrong about everything for the
past ten months, that it is difficult to be-
lieve he is right now. Aside from that
consideration Pho del Pillar is reported in
the mountains with four thousand rebels;
attacks are being made on our posts in
Cavite province. and Aguinaldo is any
where, according to the taste of the re-
lator. The mutiny may have been crush
ed. but the fact will not be thoroughly
accepted until it has been corroborated.
The evening times., 1899-11-25
HUMAN ASHES BY MAIL.
a Box Containing Cremated Rcmains
Comes From Germany.

MILWAUKEE. Wis. Nov. 25.-In a
metal-lined box. weighing eight pounds,
the ashes of the body OF Mrs. Marie Melms
has arrived through the mail from Heidel-
berg. Germany. 1t is addressed TO Fribei-
tresau. her son-in-iaw, and is marked
Mothers ashes"
Mrs. Melms died at Wiesbaden, Novem-
Der 5. and her dying request to her daught-
er, Bertha, was that she be buried here
The funeral services and cremation took
place at Heidelberg Cemetery. The box
started on its journey November 8. coming
by parcel post II is marked No value,
but will have to go through the CUSTOM
house before released by the authorities.
They must determine value of human
ashes
The evening times., 1899-11-25
Human FiensIs.

\ few days ago two very old people
near Cumberland, Maryland, were tortured
and robbed by masked men. The man was
eighty-tive years old and miller by trade,
and was known to have few hundred dol
lars saved up. The robbers dragged him
and his wife out of bed, beat them, and
applied lighted candles to the soles of
their feet in order to make them tell
where their money was hidden.
This sort of thing is not at all unprece-
dented. Every few months-sometimes
oftener--something of the kind takes place
in one part of the country or another.
The Middle States seem to have rather
more than their share of this particular
type of ruffianly assaults, perhaps because
these States are thickly cobwebbed with
railroads. which make it easy for the bur-
glars to escape and because in certain
parts of Pennsylvania and Maryland there
are many conservative old farmers who
do not wish to put their money in banks.
and who live in somewhat isolated
places. However that may be, such out
RACES do. happen, and they ought to be
punished with considerable more severity
than they are. The fiend who deliberately
tortures another person, for any purpose
ought to be treated much for firmly
than the mere thief or brawler. He ought
to be put in prison and kept there as long
as the law allows, for the chances are
that he cannot be reformed. Deliberate
cruelty is something which men do not
usually manifest unless ii is ingrained, and
if it is, the only possible treatment is iso-
lation.
There are some crimes which may in
certain cases be the result of sudden temp
tetion When human being, weak and
tempted, but having good impulses, has
been convicted of an offence which may
have been committed on the spur of the
moment or under the influence of bad as
sociations. 1t is often unfair to follow up
that conviction by lifelong distrust and
suspicion. II is much better economy as
well as ethics TO give that person chance
to become worthy and useful citizen. A
man may become murderer through
wrong education; he may become a thief
through sudden and great temptation, and
still have in him the makings of a very
The evening times., 1899-11-25
TAKING ON COAL AT SEA.
Successful Work of the Cruiser Mas
snchusetts.

NEW YORK. Nov. 25.-The battleship
Massachusetts returned yesterday from a
cruise seaward. during which she took
aboard from the collier Marcellus fifteen
tons of coal.
The collier was towed astern of the bat
tleship with 500 feet of hawser. Overhead
wires stretching from the mainmast of the
Massachusetts, to the foremast of the COL
lier were set up in one hour and twenty
minutes and two bags of coal were hauled
at time from the collier to the battle
ship Spencer Miller, representing the COM
pany controlling the device, says the work
was successful.
Thirty-eig trips were made in thirty
eight minutes and forty seconds. while
the Massachusetts, was steaming at the rate
of six knots in a moderate sea. There will
be another experiment on Monday.
The evening times., 1899-11-25
Rebukine Him.
(From the New York Commercial

(From the New York Commercial Advertiser.)
The recent death of an old Scotch officer who
sailed for many years one of the Atlantic lin
crs. has recalled good story that is told of him.
On one Of his rougher voyages he had under his
care very reverend gentleman and a company OF
youths who were not at all reverned. During the
worst of the bad weather the former showed signs
OF what is politely called extreme nervousness
The Others played games of chance with horrid
disregard of the threatened watery grave. The
old Scotchman happening to pass through the
cabin when the storm at its height, the cler-
gyman called upon him for an assurance that the
ship was still safe -Presairve U.s. mon," he said
disgustedy, .'but do believe you're mair afeard
to go strecht to heaven than these young cubs
be to go strecht to hell"
The evening times., 1899-11-25
The Plague Sbin,s c,rr

New Iork's press and public seem 10 be
slightly, if at all, disconnected over the
possible dangers lurking in the plague
ship ]. W. Taylor, which has for several
days been detained at Quarantine Lie
everything else in the hurly-burly Empire
City, the infected British steamer, which
came into the bay carrying two men an
parently afflicted with the insidious bu
bonic plague, and having buried sup
posed victim of the disease at sea. has
ceased to be a novelty. Questions of sapi-
tation, it is true, have few of the ele-
ments calculated to sustain a keen popular
interest, and in New York especially they
have absolutely no appealing features
when rivaled by the sensational trial of an
alleged poisoner, or the Investigation of a
marvellous investment syndicate that Of
fers TO pay ten per cent weak.
However. the plague craft held up at
the Quarantine station is an embryonic
menace TO the whole country. and must be
until expert judgment has pronounced her
absolutely free from the dread baciIli i'm
steamer secured her cargo, or again turns
uSi oul 10 sea Win orders 10 seek some
other than an American port. To be sure,
the health authorities at New York and
the inspecting official despatched by the
Marine Hospital Service from this city
are somewhat uncertain as to the identity
of the bacillus that has preyed upon mem
bers of the British steamers crew. but this
is not the first instance in which medical
experts have been undetermined on such
matters.
The most astonishing delinquency. from
common sense standpoint. in connection
with the detention and surveillance of the
freight steamer. is the action of the health
guardians in permitting the cargo Of coffee
obtained at Santos to be taken from her
hold and transferred to lighters. Notwith-
standing the announcement that this ar
Gle of consumption is to be thoroughly dis
infected before it is permitted to go to its
metropclitan consignees. the public. after
q moments thought, must recoi from the
The evening times., 1899-11-25

If the Commissioner OF immigration has
discontinuancs of the Italian Government s
Bureau at Ellis Island. established for the
purpose of caring for the citizens of that
country who prefer TO come TO America. he
Institution in the statement supposed TO
be explanatory. and given TO the public yes
terday. His only plea is that other nations
have requested a privilege similar TO that
heretofore granted to King Humbert's rep
resentatives and that the multiplication OF
bureaus would interfere with the work of
our immigration officials. The Commis-
sioner OF immigration is plainly displeased
with the operations CT the Italian Bureau
and alleges that il does not seem to have
charges from the impositions of the
padroni. IT. as the Commissioner infsrs
the attaches of the Italian Bureau have
been delinquent in their duties, that is an
excellent basis for the withdrawal of the
privilege: but ii is not a satisfying excuse
for refusing other governments, which may
be eoEScientiousiy anxious. the opportunity
of looking after the welfare of their people
who land in a strange country and may be
in dire need OF advice from intelligent off,
cials who. familiar with their language, are
in a position to understand their needs and
explain the special dangers that may con-
front them.
The evening times., 1899-11-25
FRANCE AFTER THE HOLLAND.
Her Military Atfachc Inspects the
Submarine Boat.

NEW YORK. Nov. 25.-Lieut- Gontran
de Faramond dc Lafajole. naval attache at
the French Embassy. at Washington. and
NJ Louis Revier. naval engineer, repre-
senting the French Government. have been
in the city inspecting the Holland boat,
and it is announced that negotiations have
been entered into between the represent
tatives of the French Government and
the company controlling the submarine
torpedo boats for the construction of sew
eral vessels OF the Holland type. and also
for the exclusive use of the patents for
the submarine boats for the French Gov
ernment.
A list of the requirements OF the French
Government was given to the representa-
tives of the Holland Company.
The evening times., 1899-11-25
One on Roosevelt.
VII HSVOScNVs
(From the Youths COMPANION.

(From the Youths Companion)
Governor Roosevelt is always glad of laugh
short time ago he employed an opportunity and
paid for it. The incident happened while he wa.
visiting Cornell University during convention
The students. glad of chance TO display their
enthusiasm. entertained the governor al one
of the fraternity houses. just as he was about to
leave one OF his staff said to him:
capital library. and ! think they would appre.
ciatc copy of your Rough Riders'" "
All right. boys said the governor, heartily
''Ill be glad to send you a copy with my com.
pliments. The book would be but small return
for your hospitality"
,whereupon one of-the students broke in excit.
edly:
THAT'S so. governor, I've read it,
The evening times., 1899-11-25
. Detected.
Frouf Ansver)

A country doctor was showing party Of his
parishioners over the rectory, when they came
10 small ROOM full Of curios. Pointing to an
armlet of dull gold. The clergyman remarked:
co, Central America, NJ The tomb probably a
thousand years DID,
An old fellow standing by fidgeted, scratched
his head, and then remarked:
'"Scuse me. sir, they must ave 'ad yer.
America wasn't discovered six hundred year ago,
let alone a thousand"
The evening times., 1899-11-25
H1a Dfatinetinn.

From tine Chicago Times -HeTald)
Mclean will go down in history as the brother
in-Iaw of of the greatest men this country
has ever produced. $3.50 a=-
The evening times., 1899-11-25

Were any further proof needed that the
willy Aguinalio is still roaming at will
through the rural districts OF Luzon, the
shipment of a portable searehlight 10 o,is
might be accepted as conclusive and con-
vincing evidence of that fact.
The evening times., 1899-11-25
The Crank.

(From the Detroit Free Press.l
.'She refused me point blank
Ibid she give any reasonl
'.Yes: she said | didn't look hall eager and
interested when proposed l did whep making
a rush at football"
The evening times., 1899-11-25

The Anglo-Sexon dreibund is what ap-
pearances indicate the outcome of the
Kaiser's English visit will be. 1t is great
thought. The United States. Great Britain,
and Germany have much in common. Es-
pecially have they common descent and q.
common civilization In alliance they
could decree and enforce the peace of th>
world
The evening times., 1899-11-25
An Imnnrxibilitx.


(From the indianapolis Journal.)
These sky-scrapng fats have knocked the stuff
fng out OF romance said the Young man.
Yes" said the other young man, .'they have.
Fancy serenading girl who lived in the fifth
story with a brass band and . mcgaphone"
The evening times., 1899-11-25
CURRENT HUMOR.
Blue-Penci1ed.

Newspaper Mani should like to telegraph
home that the commanding general is an idiot.
Censor-I regret TO inform you that can
permit the transmission of no military secrets.
The evening times., 1899-11-25
IN Matter of Tasfe.
From tl,e Detroit Free Press,

From the Detroit Free Press.)
''Clementne. canh understand why ycu don't
like Wagner music
'.wcil, some people like to shoot the chute. and
some DON'T
The evening times., 1899-11-25
E0ectuaIIy Prostrnted.

(From the New York Journal)
Mrs. Ciancy--Me husband do he suffern wild
prosthration.
Mrs. Casey-Nervous prosthration?
Ms. Clancy-Not exactly. Oi prosthrated him
wild a fatiron
The evening times., 1899-11-25

good character. But the man who deliber-
ately tortures weaker creature. either
through desire of gain or from pure wicked
| ness. is generally dangerous TO the end Of
his days. He can 60 little good to society
in comparison with the harm which he does
He is an atavistic remnant Of the wild
beast-harking back to the days. when the
Indian tortured human beings at the stake
in this land where we now live. We can
not afford to have any such murderous in
stincts developed In a civilized community.
There is wild animal enough In human nat
ure at the best, without encouraging its
cultivation. a-sf-.--s-ss-ss
Under sudden temptation. the average
man may act like brute; under certain
circumstances he may behave brutally all
the time; but such vicionsness as comes
from irritated temper or ill-health is not
to be confounded with innate fiendishness
such as leads to the torture of aged peo-
PIE for the sake of their money. or the
abuse Of little children or the deliberate
tcrmenting of any weaker creature for
the amusement of seeing ii suffer. One
very strong argument against vivisection
is that il destroys the natural sentiments
OF compassion in the human character.
leaving only a cold -blooded scientific inter-
est and that the man who can watch, un-
moved. the agonies of some small creature
which he has put to the torture for the
sake of adding to his own knowledge. will
not be able to resist the temptation of
experimenting on human victims waen Op-
portunity presents itself. We can have all
the civilization We need without building
1t en- a substratum of artificially produced
misery: and some day the clear conviction
of this truth will take possession Of the
American mind. and we shall get rid OF
some uncivilized features of our present So
ciety. This world will never be para
disc, and there is no need Of being afraid
OF any enervation from that cause; and all
necessary steps should be taken to restrain
human beings who seem desirous of max
ing ii resemble the old fashioned Gehenna.
woman's club in New York city has
had moral bombsheil cast into its ses-
sion cha,rber in the guiSe OF resolution
unreservedly condemning small talk about
the affairs of other persoas. sometimes
charac.s rized as gossip snl boldly rcccm-
mrI ding that members hereafter Offending
b. re >rimarded or sammarily expelled.
The resolution in question brought on a
brief but acrimonious debate. and vote
upcn il was postponed until the next meet
iue. 1t would not be- surprising If the
adoption OF the proposition rraees eqniva-
lent 10 a mo; ;on tc adionrn sine die, for
some cynics are sufficiently unkind 10 hint
that it is likely TO overturn the very pillars
upon which the fabric o: sucii an organiza-
ton rests.