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The times., 1899-06-23
LARGE STEEL CONTRACT.
The Carnegie Company TO supply
Russia With 10000 Tons of Rails.

Ehf company 10 SUPPLY
Russia With 10000 Tons of Rails.
New York, June 23.-The New York
Commercial prominent trade daily. an
nounces that the Carnegie Steel Company
has signed a contract with the Russian
Government for the, largest order OF steel
ever given in the history of the world.
The Carnegie company has agreed to de-
| liver TO the Russian Government within
the next twenty-six months $50, 900 tons OF
steel rails at a price that is said to be the
highest quoted this year. The rails are
for the extensive railroad projects the
Russian Government is promoting in 81
IBERIA and China. Taking an eighty pound
rail as the standard, 1t means that the
Carnegie Company will supply about 1900
miles OF railroad, although it is doubtful if
such heavy rail will be used for this
traffic, as a sixty pound rail is usually
used in building new railroads, when the
mileage represented will be that much
greater.
The Commercial adds that the order
was negotiated in Philadelphia, where the
transaction was completed Thursday
through V. A. Kasheonikoff, who repre-
sented the Russian Government. and who
is also one of the chief engineers of the
Siberian Railroad.
The contract price is s2s per ton /. o. b.
Pittsburg. This means that the total value
of the contract will amount to no less
sum than s5,040,000.
The Commercial" also states that West
inghouse, Church, Kerr & Co., of Pitts
burg. have received large number of or
ders for steam and gas engines during the
past month. Among them are orders for
eighty-five engines. aggregating 5000 horse
power, and valued at about 100000 for ex-
port to the following countries: Russia
England, France. Germany. Austria, Aus
tralia, New Zealand, Chile, Mexico. Ar
gentine Republic South Africa, Sweden,
Finland, Holland, Cuba. Patagonia, Bel
gium. Egypt. and Canada
The times., 1899-06-23
MISSING BANK CLERK FOUND.
Supposed Drowned Man Was Only
Trying to Fool His Family.


New York, June 22.-Samuel Butterfield.
supposed to have been drowned in the surf
at Coaey Island. is alive and we'll. He
played hoax on his family, the public.
and the police. All the while that the
shores of Coney Island were being search
ed for his body he was laughing at the ef-
forts made to find his corpse. Last night
his brother, who lives at No. 4O4 West
124th Street, telephoned Sergeant Irwin. OF
the Coney Island police, to put stop to all
further investigation.
There is no use of your going further
into this matter" said the brother. for
Mr.. Buttarfeld is alive and we'll. We have
heard from him. That's all"
A reporter saw Mrs. Butterfeld at her
home last night. She corroborated the
statement made by her brother in-law to
the police.
Butterfeld and friend named Rogers
went to Coney Island on Sunday last. But
terfeld's clothing was found in bath
house near Balmers pavilion Rogers said
ButterfeId had gone in bathing and that
was the last he saw of him. From the
first the case was regarded as mysterious.
and the police doubted that Butterfeld was
drowned.
The times., 1899-06-23

From the New York Commercial Advertiser.)
The star Of Hope" published by the cOnvcts
in Sing Sing, contains some very pious articles.
One, the way TO walk Straight after leaving
the institution. is full of good sentiments as
theological students first sermon. 1t may. Of
course, be that all these good sentiments that
sprinkle the pages Of the star Of Hope" like
dew-drops the morning grass genuine;
but the skeptc will perhaps wonder if some Of
them are not grandstand plays to soften the
warden's heart, even to interest benevolent old
ladies and gentlemen in the utterers OF them.
The times., 1899-06-23
AUTOMATIC ARMY GUNS.
The Ordnance Bureau Gets n Report
of IA satisfactory Test.

a y
of IA satisfactory Test.
The Bureau of Ordnance of the Army
has just received a report OF a test con-
Quoted at the Springfield Arsenal OF the
new Maxim automatic gun. This gun is
similar in many respects to the Maxim
Nordenfelt gun. which was given test
several years ago by the Navy Depart
ment and recommended as being greatly
superior to all other automatic guns con-
sidered by the Navy board.
The determination OF the War Depart
ment TO adopt an automatic machine gun
has been reached after extended considera-
tion of the subject. The difference be-
tween an automatic gun and the ordinary
machine gun is that the former has "A
continuity Of fire and great directive IA
cility due to the absence Of crank move
ment Recent reports from the Philip
pines indicate that this class of gun. when
In good working order. has been OF great
value. The trial of the Maxim automatic
gun was with the 30.3 cartridge and it
proved very satisfactory. The Ordnance
Department has decided to give the gun a
further test. This time the .30-calibre
rimless eanneleure cartridge will be used.
the inventor CT the gun having arranged
special device for the use OF this cartridge.
The Ordnance Bureau has also completed
arrangements for test of a new 3-inch
field gun. The test will be conducted at
Sandy Hook. under the direction OF Major
Smith, of the Ordnance Bureau. The new
gun is an invention of the Ordnance De-
partment, and is designed for the use OF
smckeless powder and will fire a 15-pound
prcjectile instead of a l3 1-2-pounder.
which is the size of the Drcjectile now
fired in the 3-ineh field gun in use at
present
The times., 1899-06-23
A aALF-YEAR's COAL PRODUCT.
Remarkable Increase Reported From
the Cumberland Region


Cumberland, Nd, June 22.-For the first
half of 1899, now about to end. the coal
shipments from the Georges Creek Cum
berland and the West Virginia Central re-
gions, for the product of both of which
Cumberland is the outlet, shows the re-
markable increase of 165, 1895 tons over
the corresponding period of 1898. the in
crease in the former being 59,151S5 tons
and the latter O6,6Ss.10 tons.
The shipments from the Georges Creek
Cumberland region for the week ended
Saturday June II, by rail aggregate ST.
1913 tons and by Chesapeake and Ohio
Canal 6,520.0S tons, a total of ST,979.1 .16
tons. or 13 .256.15 tons more than during
the corresponding week of 1898. The canal
shipments are improving. the haulage last
week being 1900 tons more than the record
of the previous week. The canal ship
ments for the year to June II aggregate
53,9l9.12 tons. or 15.S75.16 tons less than
for the same period last year. The Balti-
more and Ohio's haulage of Cumberland
coal shows an increase of 16S69.99 TONS
compared with last year.
During the week "a, 451.16 tons of coal
and 5,07l0S tons of coke were shipped from
the Elk Garden and Upper Potomac region
of West Virginia. The total coal output
of this region TO June II is Gil ,005.07 tons
and of the Cumberland region 1866 1894
tons. The Baltimore and Ohios haulage
of West Virginia Central coal shows an
increase of 56,210.11 tons, compared with
last year.
The demand for coal from all Atlantic
seaboard points is still reported good. The
far East is calling for much coal. So ac
tive is the general demand reported now
that come firms are declining transient
orders, having all they can do TO take care
of deliveries in their contract trade. Car
supply is reported only fair.
All is quiet with the miners in the
Georges Creek region. who give no sign Of
a strike. 1t is predicted by number of
persons on the inside that the operators
will give the miners a voluntary advance
of cents and that it will come as sur
prise in the next payroll.
The times., 1899-06-23
QUEER M1x-UP OF WIVES.
a New York Barge Office Comedy of
Errors.


New York, June 22.-Two men with the
same surname came near exchanging wives
at the Barge Office yesterday. and when the
officials compared the two women they
did not wonder at the error. The women
have the same given names, and to further
compIicate matters they resemble each
other as closely as most twins do. Also
each woman had a ehild-a girl of five
and the two children were as like as two
peas.
Mrs Maria Lewandowska No came
here in the steerage of the North German
Lloyd steamship Barbarossa. bound for
Brooklyn to join her husband. Herman L.
Lewandowska, who came over year ago
to provide a home. Mrs. Maria Lewan-
dowska No. arrived on the steamship Fl.
H. Meier. and she was bound. with her
child, for Baltimore TO join ber husband.
John Lewandowska-
The different given names of the two
husbands, who also somewhat resembIed
each other. was the only distinguishing
mark about the two families apparently.
Herman Lewandowska was the first TO
reach the Barge Office yesterday. and when
the name, Maria Lewandowska. was
shouted, the woman bound for Baltimore
responded. leading her daughter by the
hand. Herman greeted her affeetionately
and led her from the detention room and
down stairs.
He was about to emerge from the build
ing when he stopped short and gazed anx-
iously at his supposed wife. Then he be-
gan to ask her questions touching matters
in the Hungarian village where he had left
his wife a year before. She could not an
swer them and it was her turn to look puz-
zled. With common consent they hurried
back to the registry department.
In fan mi. fba ferb-
LewandOwska, responded and was quickly
clasped in her husbands arms. John Le-
Wandowska arrived a little later and greet
ed his wife who was still dazed over her
narrow escape from being claimed by the
wrong husband
The times., 1899-06-23

fFrom the Cleveland Plain Dealer)
The crop of wonder stories that follow up big
turnadoes is now being harvested in the New
Richmond region. II is claimed that rails were
found driven into trees and posts by the awful
wind hammer. Still more marvellous is the story
that straws were inserted in the same way A
hoe blade driven into a tree two inches and
people were filled with spinters as cushion is
filled with pins Chickens were as cleanly pick
ed as il by hand And all these remarkable ef-
fects are vouched for by eye witnesses 1t al
most seems il the wind demon was possessed
of i sort Of ferocous sense OF humor.
The times., 1899-06-23
NEBRASKA FUsIoNIsTs.
Three State Central Committees Meet
and Discuss Plans.

Lincoln. Neb.. July 22.-The three State
central committees; constituting the flu
sion party IN Nebraska, met here today
and called the three conventions at Omaha
on August %. mere handful of free
silver Republicans, principally from Lin
coin. were in attendance.
Coin Harvey made a speech, begging
aid for his national campaign fund, and
Colonel Bryan made congratulatory ad
dress, expressing the belief that the signs
pointed to Democratic triumph in 1900
and to Nebraska continuing anti -Republi
can.
A Supreme Judge and two regents OF
the State University are to be elected this
fall and former Governor Holcomb viii
be the nominee for judge.
The times., 1899-06-23
Tie llNstIc sfnx.

tFIom the Grand Rapids iicrald.)
The word ''.iax' is about mystical TO the
French as the numeral - to the ancients,
and an cnterprisins Dreyfusist is inclined TO at
tribute to it a mystic influence in ratIaire. In
ISg1 Compte y. du Patty de Clam published \
book on the town OF sax. When General Pei
lieux opened the enquiry on Esterhazy. Colonel
Picquart was recalled from Siax. The day after
Zola published his famous letter Il meeting Of
the rcvolutionists was organized in the Rue de
snx. Now Dreyius is returning from the lie dI
Diahlo in the Stax to Renaes. for second
trial for conspiracy against the French Govern
mcnt
The times., 1899-06-23

ItIVHI NJ 7 tIVI NLstINtI.I
1t will not be possible to conduct the opera
tions in the Philippines always in The dark
The truth will come cut some time. and the
longer 1t is concealed the worse it viii he for
those who are suffering from the effects Of such
concealmeut. The people OF this country are
patriotic enough to sustain the american cause
in the Philippines. elsewhere, and are ready
to give aid to the speedy completion OF what
has already been undertaken, if completion is
possible or feasible. But It Is due TO the people
Who must pay for the Philippine expedition. and
from whom the fighting men must come. that
they be informed what Is going on. Turn on tbs
LIGHT,
The times., 1899-06-23
The College Man.

(From the indianapolis Ncws.l
The college man in the business world ins
duty net only in a constant allegiance to high
ideals hut sso in "a humility which will reeog-
nize the necessity i0r hard work a. against 'Sd
gloves and a discrimination TO fight to success
by force OF sheer merit. The general aud deep
seated prejudice OF practical business men to the
college man as an employe has not arisen with
out good causc. 1t should he the duty Of the
present day college man TO remove this prejudice.
The times., 1899-06-23
English Girls Growing Thinner.

u tIVIII tFIN EsE''IN7'E F73F'' ''7'F7FI
II has been noticed again aud again that the
tyne OF English girl seems altering. She is grow
ing taller, sghtcr, lither. more thoroughbred in
looks and gait, and by subtle kind of sympa-
thy she is showing in the Park a preference for
a horse that possesses very much her own charac-
terisiici
The times., 1899-06-23

Great changes are promised in the
methods of controlling the House of Rep
resentatives. For. some years the body
has been the personal property and pud-
ding of the Speaker. Under Mr.. Hender-
son it is to be run just as closely. but
entirely in the interests of the Admins
tration. Instead of the Committee on
Rules, of which MIR. Reed was the whole
altogether" there is to be White House
organization. which shall also be steer
ing committee" and Speaker Hender-
son will not be in it. Anybody who says
that valuable deal was not made when
Mr. Mckinley met Thomas Bracket Reed
at Jelyll and Hyde Island "is chameleon
and doth feed on air.
The times., 1899-06-23

If Generals Miles and Wheeler are to
be sent to the Philippines that would in
dicate a determination on the part of the
Administration to suppress the rebellion.
OF course We mean in case they were
given troops enough to do business. Other
wise it might suggest the idea that the War
Office regarded them as Aguinaldo seems
TO have regarded Luna.
The times., 1899-06-23

NJ. Waldeck- Rousseau has at last been
able to enlist enough recruits of various
sorts to make up a French Cabinet We
wish him and his Ministry well. but We
are inclined to think that he has con-
structed something which will not last
long. The so-called French Republic does
not appear to be the stable government"
that we would like to see established in
Cuba or the Philippines.
The times., 1899-06-23

so poverty-stricken and small as this. there
must be certain stagnation, which
sometimes develops into the mflder forms
Of crime among the lower classes, and
narrowness and old-fashioned conservatism
in the higher 1t is this population which
is TO be regenerated by the summer
boarder. Happily, the picturesqueness of
lakes and mountains remains, whether the
fields are of any use to the farmer or not,
and these are of marketable value so long
as there are rich folk who need the life
giving air of the hills and artists who de-
light in the outlook from the windows of
the farmhouse inn.
The summer boarder, who has, perhaps
seen the richest treasures of the words
art and heard whatever music that is
worth hearing in the world. who lives
when at home busy, useful, and happy
life doubtless might become in many in
stances a wonderful influence for good in
the country town. The books which the
boarder brings, the magazines which come
to him, the pictures which he paints, the
clothes which he wears. are all matters
OF interest to the alert young people
growing up in these hill towns. The girls
copy the gowns of the city woman, and
the boys are stirred to ambition by the
city mans air of cosmopolitan experience
Perhaps the boarder even gives lessons
TO some talented young artist or musician
who has picked up" some knowledge OF
art, working in pathetic loneliness and
ignorance.
But are the summer folk as things
are at present managed, a great b. nefit
to the natives of the country? Let US
consider. Among the people one knows in
town how many are there who are likely
to exert civilizing influence on anybody?
Those who are simply anxious to be well
served at the smallest possible price will
not change their natures when they go to
the country. Again, there is a large c'ass
of persons among the summer population
OF country towns who are no more civ
ilized than their hosts, and differ from
them only in a knowledge of city ''argot"
instead of country slang. Such city peo
pie bring TO the country the eolored sup
plements of the New York newspapers, ci-
gars, two for five cents, the new fash
ions, and the latest vaudeville slang.
There is also the rich man, who has
fine country residence, into which he
moves early enough to dodge his tax in
the city; who brings into the small town
the domestic scandal, the fast horses, the
luxury of Gotham; who moves as prince
among beggars. and demands the same
sort of service from the American farm
er's sons and daughters which he is wont
to receive from the walters and coachmen
of the European Continent. For this he
is sometimes willing to pay sum which
is riches to the farmer. What sort OF an
influence does he have?
The times., 1899-06-23

Senator Bate is reported as denouncing
expansion, and declaring that the whole
South is opposed to it, AS all things are
possible, possibly his estimate of South
ern opinion may be correct. though We
do not believe it. But if General Bate
wanted to make sure of -four more years
of Mckinley" he could not adopt bet
ter method of promoting that object. "Ex-
pansion' is not political, but a nom
partisan, universal, American issue.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-04-16
FLOWER ORGANIZATION.
YOu Can Send Fresh Flowers to
Friend in Any Part of the World.

You Can Send Fresh Flowers to n
Friend I'm Any Part of the World.
New York April 14.-The business Of bios
SONS is by no means a trivial one. New
York city alone spends annually in the
neighborhood of seven million dollars for
cut flowers and Towering plants. A single
rose grower sends in every season above
a half million buds. Many of them are
American beauties, with stems three to
six feet long, and sell wholesale at two TO
three dollars apiece One particular rose
gardener in a New Jersey suburb makes
1T a point never TO sell flower of less than
first quality. OF course he tries first to
produce only such quality. His flowers
average a little more than dollar apiece
the year round.
First and last, New York town requires
over 100000 roses yearly. They are highest
at Christmas and Easter, and lowest In
early June, when country gardens round
about are full of true June roses. The very
cheap flowers with which street vendors
tempt you are leftover stock OF the reSu-
lar shops, or culls from the morning
wholesale market on West Twenty-eigAth
street.
Between one hundred and fifty and 200
hundred million violets come to New
York markets in the eight months between
October and June. The blue Marie Louise,
or Parma violet, named for Napoleon
luckless Austrian bride is the leading va
riety, but is finding its supremacy threat
ened just now by the bold purple-velvet
charm of the California violet NloAet
growers rarely attempt raising other
flowers. For the most part they are found
on Long Island, and in the Hudson river
region as high as Poughkeepsie. Up at
Rhinebeck, in the Aston gardens, a new
and very beautiful violet has been evolved
and named for MRS. John Jacob Aston,
with whom Violets are favorite flowers.
yiolets do not need heat-hence their eX-
elusive culture Still the cold frames
rnusf be guarded against freezes, also
against f'damping Off from too much
moisture.
Nnch of the white lilac marketed is real
ly purple lilac, forced in dark cellars. Lily
of-the-valley is likewise forced in the
datk though the pots get a little sun
| iiqh% toward the last by way of harden
| ing the leaves The many lowered azal-
cas- are all imported from Belgium. They
have. however, two years of American cul-
| tire before coming to market.
curious feature of the flower trade
is the International Florists Organization
| Nv help of 1t you can send fresh flowers
| once or a hundred times, TO friend Ii
Iany part of the world reached by mai
and telegraph. You order and pay, say II
New York or San Francisco. The order
| is at once cabled to London or Paris OF
| Rome or st. Petersburg, where your .hor'
| ISIS correspondent proceeds to fill it, Once
| a year there is a sort of clearing house bal
ancing of books-generally 60 the profit o.
| all concerned.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-04-16
CHANGE OF CLIMATE
WONT CURE CONSUMPTION
The SlOCum System is Needed.
A Curative Medicinal Treatment Founded on Modern
Scientific Truths is More Potent
Than Air Alone.
FREE TREATMENT FOR LUNG WEAKNESS

II those Of our readers who reside in
the most highly favored sections of this
country where the climate is healthy
and invigorating, with a dry and tonic
atmos phere, will look about them, they
will see a greater or less number of their
friends and neighbors dying of con-
sumption, while many others have
already been carried off by that dread
malady.
These deaths have occurred from time
to time amid the refreshing prairie
breezes of summer; in the fair and mel
low days of autumn, and also in the dry
and sunny seasons of a southern winter.
ESuch deaths amid such favorable sur
roundings afford positive and convinc-
ing proof that climate alone will not
cure consumption that neither pine
laden breezes nor bracing mountain air
will restore weak lungs or build up a
constitution that is being undermined
and broken down by the insidious germs
of a fatal disease.
But, on the other hand, many thou
sands of testimonials from grateful peo-
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Treatment, and are today in the enjoy
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evidence that this treatment, aided by
favorable climatic conditions and sur
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of the Throat, Chest and Lungs.
Therefore, those who go to the noun
tains, the seashore or to southern eli
mates, as we'll as those who already
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