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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-03-05
TRAIN BLOCK4DES N THE ROCKIES.

Denver March tine snowstorm which began
o. LeaGvillo on Sunday night has spread ont over
the State bui the snowfall II this city has been
light. II IS stl showing and blowing AT Leadyille
but the Denver and Rio Grande Railway has sue
cecded in clearing It's main line west Of that city
ana "a through train which had hecr held a; Salida
several DAYS was ordered 10 go ahead. Passengers
for Utah and The Pacific Coast have been trans
ferrod by tho mountain roads to tho Union Pacific
at Denver on account Of the b}ockodcs wcst OF
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-03-05
TO EXPERIMENT IN RlJN-u4KING

Los Angeles. cal. March 4.-Cnder the direction
OF Professor 7. s C. Lowe series Of experiments
will be made in artificial rain making. commit
tee has been appointed 10y the Chamber Of Com
rnerce here to raise $500 the amount deemed
necessary for apparatus and chemicals for bonn
harding the skies Rain ia much needed here, and
tho conditions have been favorable many times ~
late hut no rain has fallen.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-03-05
poLIcE AVD FIRruEy RFuEuBEprD

Police COmmissioncr Jacob Hess and Fire Com
missioner John j. Scannell have each received "A
letter from a. J. Cammeyer. the well-known shoe
dealer in Sixih-ave. In which he expresses his
appreciation 81 the work performed by the iremcn
and policemen az the burning of his store on the
night Of January ls In each letter h. incosed
check for $3.50 for the relief funds Of the depnrt.
ments The checks we're placed 20 the credit OF
the funds as stipulated. Mr. Cammeyers store will
be reopened tomorrow
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-03-05
THE UEANJNG or BROTHERHOOD

The usual weekly meeting Of Universal Brother
hood Lodge No 10 will be held AT No. ~ West one
hundred and twenty-hfth-st this evening at s15
O'Clock: subject WHAT Brotherhood Means
Opportunity viii be given 10 ask questions on the
subjects treated by The speakers. The Universal
Brotherhood has a literary department FOR the
study Of ancient and modern PHILOSOPHERS religions
and sciences md also a department for the carry
ing OF humanitarian work Of an unsectarian
character.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-03-05
NATIONAL ARMY WANTED ~ CANADA

FRONTIER
Toronto March AT banquet last night
Major General Hutton. commanding the Canadian
mllitia. stated that h. had asked 'hc Government
10 provide the means 70 raise a national army
1.-THE Canadian militia at present is not an army
he said but IT soon could be. ! am asking the
Government 10 let soldiers prepare ourselves FOR
an cyentuality that may arise NJ any moment and
Anticipate a favorable response. We must rot lean
the strong arm Of empire but depend on our
selves as soldiers Of young and vigorous coun-
try" Licutenant-C Colonel Denison also said that
Canada should be prepared 10 furnish two hun
dred thousand men 10 defend the frontier
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-03-05
DEcJSIov or SrpRFuE cOTPT.

Boston. March THE fun bench ~ the supreme
Court held to-day IN the CAGE OF Michael Wnburg
against the United States Steam and ,Railway Ad-
vertising Company Limited. ct al ttt minority
stakeholder In A foreign corporation may maintain
a bill In equity against the executrx OF a former
Officer OF the company. TO make good 10 II his
amount OF alleged fraud and misappropriation Of
corporate properly while In Office The Court over.
ruled demurrer which the defendants filed.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-03-05
EDITOR SIZED EOR LIBEL

Plattsbure y. Y. March 4-George r. Bxby.
Editor and proprietor Of The Pattsburg Repub-
Hcan" to-day sued for libel by George A
Rogers and Robert Rogers OF this city for the sum
Of $4,000 each for publishing an article witch ~
said to charge them with bribing the Commissioner
Of Highways OF Plattsburg IN 1894
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-03-05
OFFICERS or 4 PATRIOTIC SOCIETY

At the annual election Of the Sons Of the Ameri-
can Revolution the following ticket was chosen :
President. Robert b. Roosevelt; vice-presjdents
Walter S. Logan. John G. Calhoun and Edward
Payson Cone; secretary. Edwin Van j. Gazzam:
treasurer. Andrew Ernest FoYe: register Telnis
q. Hunting. historian. Henry Lincoln Morris:
chaplain. the Rev. pr Jesse Lyman Hurlbut and
managers, Orlando II. Harper John r. Van Worm
er j. Loder Raymond Warren Higley. Milton Fl
Northrup Edward Comstock. Theron A d. Wales
and Theodore Gilman
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-03-05

taking testimony in the excessive freigh; charges
damage cases OF the Colorado Fuel and Iron Com
panv against the Southern Pacific. the Denver and
Rio Grande the Rio Grande Western. ana other
roads operating between Colorado common points
and San Francisco filed to-day. uphods the COM
pany's claim for damages In the sum u SnpW;
Exceptions TO the report have been filed and VIII
hp argued.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-03-05
HoRSE AND cIRRIlGE TRADE NOTES.

The special report on the market FOR American
horses IN foreign countries. which has just been
printed by order OF Congress shows that the export
trade I'm American horses has rapidly increasea
within the last five years. With the exception o.
Russia and Hungary the European nations DO rot
produce as many horses as they need and OF late
years have drawn upon America. particularly the
United States and Canada supply the deficiency
According to the report. there Is a large demand
in London for American team. cab and BUS horses,
likewise for high-eass carriage horses WIN s9 }o1
private and business purposes. there j. IN Englahd
and on the Continent demand ,or cavalry horses.
Inc total number OF horses exported IN ls5 was
1851 valued S7ls607. and in ls7. 1852 valued al
A7C92G9 OF the horses exported IN ~ I''y e -
GERMANY i2lS to Belgium l.ssi Mexico and 81 10
France.
The new models OF the Caffrey speed wagons
which can bc seen at the showrooms Of the Slsw-
rock Carriage Company. No. 1893 Broadway this
city are perfect models OF lghtness. strength anu
workmanship. Their weight is from sixty-hVe
pounds upward according TO size. The 'front.' axe
is archod unusually high and affords more tna I
ordinary room for the actio nof the horse, anl,
with the shaft attachment it allows the closes,
wagon. The body Is slated. The, pleasure o.
driving in one OF these vehicles behind a las, mV,
ter is like travelling on creased Ilsh'hlns 40
wel-known horseman described H.
Entries for Durlands Horse Show will close on
March II. Twenty-six handsome silver and CUT
glass ware objects will be distributed as prizes
The sale Of seats for the affair which VIII take
place March y. % and 80 is satisfactory An0,hs
the subscribers for boxes are some 90 NeW-io'A'
most prominent society people
There has been more life around the stables Oh
the Fiss Doerr q Carroll Horse Company the las
week than at any time since last fall The sa'e'
have been highly satisfactory in the retail depart
mcnt. \ rcd-etter day was reached wlcn NV
ters from w W. Byers. Ashland ohio, was 500
George Watson FOR the London mar set Mt WAY WAY
son came town Saturday OF the pieCeuiits
week and lost no time IN accomplishing MS NJ
sion OF buying the best horses he could hnd III ~
city for his London stables. Ills purchases PRIV
ably round up sevcnty-hVe horses
At the American Horse Exchange Hedges seq
man x co. will hold auction sale OF hfty hIsn'
class trotters and PAGERS on next Thursday ana rt
day In the consignment are the following reS ona
horses: Gossip. jr. (2:i3is), Fronc tZ;.19l Lssss
(2:2i%.) Jack Horner G2G'g) ana Little MaII coa
All the horses in the lot are OF exceptohaoH s'~
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-03-05
LOST TILUIBLE BAG " WHITING ROOU.

Chicago. March THE mystery surrounding 500.
90 worth Of deeds. bonds and negotiable papers
found in alley last night was solved to-day
when II discovered that tho papers had been
stolen from the waitng-rOom in tho Dearborn STA
ton. J. r Sigafus OF New-York tho owner. when
cbout take train last night for California left
his valise. containing the papers and about $50 in
currency. on q seat in the waiting room. When he
returned shortly afterward the valise gone.
He left instructions with the railroad people
mart he matter o authorities
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-03-05
HoTEL PROPRIETOR COMMITS SrIcJDE

Cortland. y. Y. March John II. Day pro-
prietor OF the Madison House and Windsor
Ho;el at Homer. committed suicide yesterday by
shooting himself in the head. Financial troubles
are supposed 10 have been the cause OF his act
He was fifty years old. ard left wife and one
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-03-05
THOUSANDS FOR CAR FARES.
WATER SUPPLY DEPARTMENT EMPLOYEES RIDE
OFTEN AT THE CITY's EXPENSE.

Ut IN IT IIII| IT y LIT '@3'7I1'
Methods q Tammany extravaganza In the city
departments brought 10 light now and then IN
"Thc City Record" Yesterday the official news
paper OF the city published brief report from the
Department Of Water Supply, in which II appeared
that the expenditures for the month Of January In
Guided S2s52 @ for fares II also appeared that
liabilities Of tho same department for January IN
cluded g. 4O2 30 for IT will be astonish-
ing news 10 many citizens that the employees Of
the department can spend & 2G- % In car fares in
one month and have the city pay the money back
20 them. A. that rate II the employees pay five
cents ride they would have over 10000 rides at
the CitN's oXrcnse In q year.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-03-05

MANAGEMENT OF THE ROAD TO TAKE UP
THE QUESTION THIS WEEK.

MANAGEMENT OF THE ROAD TO TAKE Up
THE QUESTION THIS WEEK.
President Truesdae. of the Delaware, LaclSa-
wanna and Western Railroad Company, was
quoted yesterday saying that the manage
ment IF the road would this week take up the
question of a Sunday train service on its line.
The Delaware Lackawanna and Western,
apart from It's Importance as a coal-carryinS
line. has always been noted for its suburban
passenger traffic. Along its Morris and Essex
line and branches are the Oranges Bloomfield.
Montclair Summit. Morristown and a host Of
lesser but populous and prosperous towns and
villages: and its main line, also carries con-
siderable suburban business. For many years
ii has been a standing grievance Of the resi-
dents of these places that no Sunday trains
we're run on the road. but they are now hoping.
Apparently on good grounds that the time IS not
far distant when they viii have this conven-
ience-an innovation conceded 10 be impossible
Of realization as long Mr.. Sloan was presi-
dent.
There has been for many years indeed. sys-
tenn of what might. by strainng or terms. be
called Sunday trains" but it has been a mighty
iradequate service. Every Sunday six trains
leave Hoboten on the main line and five come
to the city Each train consists Of a dozen or
50 milk cars with a smoking car trailing on be-
hind. and sometimes other passenger coaches
These trains ar- not advertised TO make stops
and most OF me people along tne line 90 not
know that they carry passengers. The man
who knows the ropes" can get aboard any Of
these trains at his station. but must pay his
fare 10 tn" conductor as none Of the stations
are open Sunday. On the Morris and Essex
also there are one or two similar trains.
4 prominent director of the road said yester-
dav that he had Investigated the subject two
years ago. and had come to the decision that the
people did not want Sunday trains. but that
thcre no reason why a Sunday service
should not he given II it could be Established
that there was demand for ii. He added that
the matter had not come up for discussion in
any form at recent meetings of the Board Of
Managers.
But this gentleman In making his inquiry
apparently did not meet the representative men
Of the various townsville men who could in
form him to public sentiment in their COM
munitics. for Il Is matter Of common knowledge
that the dwcller3 in the suburban towns on the
Delaware. Lack1Wanna and Western lines do
desire Sunday rain Seryice-not as frequent
trains. perhaps. as are run by the Central Rail
road u Ncw-Jersay. but facilities Of some sort
for enabling them 10 get to town on a Sunday
If occasion FOR the Journey should arise.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-03-05
OREGON PAcIFIC BoNpHoLpERs SIZE.

Several suits against the Farmers Loan and
Trust Company have been fled, and others are to
hc brought In the Circuit Court of the United
States and the NewYOrk Supreme Court on be-
haif Of bondhoders OF the oregon Pacific Railroad
Company The road organized about 1850 and
bonds TO the amount of $l5000Oo0 were issued for
its construction. the Farmers Loan and Trust
Company being made trustee under the mortgage
and In that capacity assuming certain obllga lions
These bonds were sold on the market between 1850
and 1890 being quoted in the early sos as high as
90 The road was foreclosed I'm 1891 and was sold
for 100000 The whole OF this sum. II Is said was
used in paying rcceivership expenses nothing being
LETT FOR the bondhoders The Willamette Valley
and Coast Railroad Company. which was In ex-
iNence before the organization Of the Oregon
Pacific united with that corporation I'm making the
$l5"o0o) mortgage Under this instrument there
was land grant for large tract IN Oregon. on
which property the oregon Pacific had option
and II * alleged that this option 10 have been
taken up for the purpose OF securing the bonds
But his land. II Is alleged. allowed TO be sold
under foreclosure. The suits which represent much
less than The whole 100000 OF the bonds are
brought FOR the purpose OF determining whether
IA" Farmers Loan ana Trust Company fulfilled all
lts obligations under the mortgage. or. by failing TO
90 its fu duty as trustee rendered Itself liable In
damages To the hondholders
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-03-05

REPORT FAVoRs FUEL AND IRON COMPANY
Denver. March l-The report OF the Special
Master In Chancery. Mr.. Hinsdale, who has been
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-03-05

SHIPPING Guns TO WASHiNGfo'.
aa,h,ehem Penn. March 1.-The Bethlehem , nrvH
comnnnv shipped thee io-inch guns 10 FoF' W."
son. In Washington, o-nign'
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-05-04

ened power. For twenty years ex-
perlments with electricity have
Knocked the hopes of educated people
of narrow minds. Mr.. Charles Trip
ler's experiments on liquid air, how
ever. seem to promise something like
revolution in the production of
power, the cheapening of transport,
the abolition of coal as a source of
energy, and the amelioration Of life
generally. American families through
out the length and breadth of the
states are acquainted with the servant
difficulty, and can smile at the
troubles that are beginning to cast a
shadow upon the family life of Eng
land. The conservatism, the insul-
arity, and elaboration of the British
housewife make her rebel against the
operation of natural law in checking
the production of servants.-Arnold
White in Harper's Weekly.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-05-04

moving local judicial officer from
the court room.
The internal revenue bureau has so
far been notified of the discovery of
over half million cigars manufac
tured by Jacobs at Lancaster, Pa, and
bearing counterfeit stamps. What re-
lief, if any, will be extended to inno-
cent purchasers of the Jacobs Cigars
has not yet been determined.
An Italian boarding house mistress
at Kanapolis, Kan, was serio ;s'g
wounded and her husband was killed
by enc of her boarders, who in az
tempting to escape plunged down
shaft of the salt works and was killed.
The boarder was recognized as an es-
capen triple murderer, who had been
tracked from Italy to South America.
At Dover, DEL, Attorney General
White presented to the Kent county
grand jury information in regard to
the attempted bribery Of legislators
and the tampering with bills before
the late legislature. Subsequently the
grand jury returned true bill against
Representative Mark T. Davis and two
true bills against E. D. G. Hegeman,
assistant clerk of the senate.
The Washington Gas company has
been absorbed by the street railway
and lighting syndicate healed by Fred
erick c. Stevens, which recently
bought up all save one street railway
of the city. and also the electric light
companies. A deposit of S250,O0O has
| been maze with the Fourth Street Ma
tional Bank of Philadelphia to secure
| deal involves an expenditure of about
$7,2OO,O00 all of which the syndicate
places on a substantial cash basis.
Captain Coghlan has sent a letter
to the secretary of the navy stating
that in his recent utterances in New
York he did not intend to insult the
Emperor of Germany or Admiral
Diederichs The incident is closed by
Secretary Long sending the captain a
letter of reprimand. Admiral Kaut2
wrote to a cousin that he is ''boss OF
the ranch" in Samoa, and that the
German Consul, once boss, is his every
silent partner" German naval com
mander at Samoa officially denies
rumors of strained relations with the
American or British naval officers.
In Chicago the verdict for $4,000
was set aside and the motion for new
trial granted in the case of John NJ
Maxwell against Nat G.. Goodwin in {
decision by Judge Seaman in thu
United States circuit court. The judge
holds that the evidence is insufficient
to establish a charge of literary pirac!
against Carleton who wrote the pla!
Ambition for Goodwin. Maxwell, wht
is a Chicago newspaper man, charged
that he had sumbitted the play tt
Goodwin, that it had been refused am
later was produced as Cartoons with
out material change in plot or lines.
At Santiago de Cuba Ell Cobra, on
of the richest copper mines in tn
world, will probably resume MINING
operations at an early date.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-05-04

being competent to do official adver-
Using, and providing for the payment
OF travelling expenses of all officials
and employees Of the state when absent
from Madison On state business, the
amount to each not TO exceed $500 per
year. Senator Roehr's bill. seeking to
insure the solvency Of life insurance
companies, was antagonized by Mr..
Williams ana Mr.. Mcdonald, the lat
ter saying that, if the bill passed, it
would require, for example, the North
western Mutual Relief association of
Madison to keep a legal reserve of
S1,000,000, thus wiping it out of ex-
istence. The house non-concurred.
Bills went TO a third reading as fol-
lows: Prohibiting towns and villages
to hold joint. caucuses; forbidding
proxies in political conventions; au-
thorizing cities to acquire waterworks,
ana permitting the smaller cities of
the state to increase their school
boards by 4 members, thus making
the number Z.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-05-04
QUEER CHRISTENING RITES.
Some of the Customs Followed in For
eign Lands.

In some countries curious customs
prevail in regard to selecting name
for the baby. A Hindoo baby is named
when it is twelve days old, and usually
by the mother. Sometimes the father
wishes for another name than that Sc
lected by the mother. In that case two
lamps are placed over the two names,
and the name over which the lamp
burns the brighter is the one given
to the child.
In an Egyptian family the parents
choose name for their baby by light
they give a name, one of the three
belonging always to some dignified
parsonage. The candle thai burns the
longest determines the name for the
baby.
The Mohammedans sometimes write
desirable names on five slips of paper
and these they place in the Koran
The name upon the slip first drawn
out is given to the child.
The children of the Amos, a people
living in northern Japan, do not re-
ceive their names until they are five
years old. 1t is the father VINO then
chooses the name by which the child
is afterwards called.
The Chinese give their boy babies g
name in addition to their surnames
and they must call themselves by these
names until they are twenty years old
At that age the father gives his son 6
new name.
The Chinese care so little for theil
girl babies that they DO not give then
baby name, but just call them Mum
Der One, Number Two, Number Three
according to their birth.
Boys are thought so much more O.
in China than girls that if you ask
Chinese faLher who has both boy ant
girl how many children he has hi
will always reply, only one child"
German parents sometimes chang.
the name of their baby if it is i'll; ant
the Japanese are sure to change tn,
name of a child four times.-Woman
Life,
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-05-04

the 9o--ca of commons that the pro-
posed increase II the British army in
Cape Co,o.: was due TO the ''tremen-
dous military preparations" of the
l.a.a,dal government
Inc London Times announces that
the British government has decided to
contribute an annual subsidy, to the
full amount recommended in the re-
port OF the Pacific cable committee of
1895. for the construction of a Pacific
cable from British Columbia to Aus
tralia.
The advocates and opponents of
Dreyfus revision held rival meetings
in Paris and a fight occurred after
wards in the streets. Several persons
were injured. The Figaro's publica-
ton Of the evidence Of Capt. Cuignet
before the court Of cessation has
thrown the revision party into conster-
nation.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-05-04
WEDDING GIFTS.
Some of the Presents Bestowed Upon
Miss Fair.

This afternoon, says the New York
World, just before the marriage of w.
K. Vanderbilt, jr., and Miss Virginia
Fair, the intimate friends of the young
couple-and by the way, the bride
groom has not attained his twenty
first birthday and the bride is in her
twenty-seventh year-are invited to
examine the many beautiful and cost
ly presents which they have received
from friends and relatives. A fair idea
OF the regal splendor of these gifts
may be had from the following list:
necklace of large pearls and ru-
bies, from which is suspended a pear
shaped pearl, from William K. Wander
bilt, jr.
A complete dessert service, Candida
bra and table ornaments, all of silver,
from Mrs. Hermann Oelrichs
A superb clock and side pieces
Uouis XVI from Mr.. Hermann Gel
richs.
-Four silver candlesticks from Mas
ter Hermann Oelrichs, jr.
A superb necklace Of diamonds, Of
thirty or forty sones, from Mrs. Oliver
H. P. Belmont.
A superb rope of pearls from Mr..
William K. Vanderbilt, sr.
complete service of small silver
knives, forks, ETC., from Mr.. Harold
Vanderbilt
Twentyfour gold plates from Mr..
and Mrs. H. NICK. Twombley.
Twenty-four silver meat dishes from
Mr.. and Mrs. w. D. Sloane.
Two superb silver salvers and
tureen, all most beautifully wrought,
from Mrs Elliott F. Shepard
Two silver vegetable dishes from
Mrs. Sloane.
A pearl and diamond necklace, from
which hangs a pea-shaped pearl, from
Mr.. and Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt.
tea service Of silver from Mr.. Oil |
yer H. P. Belmont.
A stomacher of diamonds from Mrs |
Mackay.
A toilet service of gold from Mrs.
Clarence Mackay.
Four large silver vegetable dishes
from Mrs. Kemp.
A loving-cup, eXquisitely wrought,
rom Mr.. Stanford White.
In addition to the above there were
many costly gifts in gold, silver, china
ana glass. Indeed, an idea Of the
7alue Of these presents may be under
stood when it is remembered that an
friend Of the bride said: eff
he house burned down and the pres
nts were lost one million of insurance
would not cover the loss"