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The times., 1899-11-20
EXPLAINED BY CARNEGIE.
tie Teus How the Great Deal In steel
Failed

PITTSBURG. Pa, Nov I9.-.The next
person who wants an option on nv in
terests in the steel and other business
connected with it viii have to pay an en-
haneed price said Andrew Carnegie to-
dsy. Mr.. Carnegie left for New York ON the
Fennsyiyania Railroad limited express to-
dsy' and, following his usual custom. gave
out an interview prior 10 his depsrtura
from Pittsburg. Instead OF million for
the option, he continued. Il shall want
five millions"
1t was very natural for ny thirtv-tro
young partners to be tempted bv the
seemingly high offer made for the bust
ness by others. When I was spoken 20
on the subject my only question was
whether the partners desired to accept it.
told them [ could have nothing to do
with any stock speculation but 7 gave them
the option of taking over my interests so
they could do what they liked believe
the transaction was closed but circum-
stances arose which prevented its being
carried out. / also think that many OF
the partners had become less anxious for
the sale than they were.
Some thought the price was too high
and others thought il was not felt
It was not high enough. / was then asked
to allow an extensions of the option. but
"SSiiueu 10 give lt on any terms. Tie
whole matter then fell through"
Regarding the outlook for trade, Mr.
Carnegie said
The iron and steel business is like the
sea, succession OF waves and tides As
lar as next year is concerned / cannot
see any cause short OF a phenomenal one
which can prevent the coming year being
one Of much more profitable results than
this has been Il will be the banner
twelve months. but I do not think prices
will be much higher"
The times., 1899-11-20
A BID REJECTED.
shipbuiiders VIII Protest Against "a
Nasal Boarsi's Actian.

Shipbuiiders VIII Protest Against "A
Naval Board's Actian.
There Will be a protest made by Town
send & Downey, of New York. against
the failure OF the Naval Beard OF Constr~c-
ton to include this firm in the list OF ship
builders recommended for the aaa-d OF
contracts for constructing the six prOJ-e ed
cruisers of $500 tons displacement autlOr-
lied by Congress at its last session.
An agent OF the firm called at tne Navy
Department Saturday making enquiries
about the boards report. Although tie
lowest bidders for the constIult tion o. E
Of the ships and certified By a naYal 81 ari
as qualified to do the work, TownsenI K
DoBney's bid was rejected.
On account OF the iujunetiOn Of secrecy
placed on the members of the Bo-rd Of
Construction concerning their re-ol.men-
datiors. the reasons for this action have not
been disclosed. The bid Of Tovnseld q
Downey was s95i.5C0 and the next lOa est
that o. Trigg & Co. of Richmond, Va, one
of the fortunate bidders. was SlO27 co.
The other bidders included in the boards
recommendations are Neals & Leay, or
Philadelphia; Lewis Nixon. of FL zab=th-
port, \. J., the Fore River Engine Con-
pany. OF Massachusetts. the ULiOa I On
Works of San Francisco, and tae Bath
Iron Works, CT Bath Me II the boa d's
advice is followed each OF the firms VII
get Cue cruiser.
There will be a minority report advocat-
ing the granting OF contracts TO FIR S
which proposed 10 furnish vessels OF great
er speed on their own plans. Al the bis
which the majority of the Board of Con-
struction urged the department TO accept
are based on the department 5 plans.
The times., 1899-11-20
The Love ren., NJ Windsor.

The Duke Of COnnaught will welcome the
Kaiser at Portsmouth and conduct him TO
Windsor Castle. The visit wiz be a family
affair and references to political questions
viii be only incidental But as high poll
tics enter very much into the family affairs
Of people like Queen Victoria and her i'm
perial grandson, we do not believe that
matters OF International interest will be
as much ignored as they might be under
analogous circumstance IN less august cir
cles.
At least Count Won Buelow. German
Minister OF Foreign Affairs. Is Of The party.
and a privy councillor who is an official
authority on Asiatic affairs; so the man Of
Asia NAV be brought out from the cuD-
board. where the royal blue china Is kept.
and the illustrious kinsfoIk viii De very
apt TO ask and answer questions relating
more or less to The pleasant scenery around
Kiau-chou. and 10 discuss absent Prince
Henry's views on the clans and cuttIefsh
Df Pc Chi Ii. Quite accidentally Lord
Salisbury, who VIII be one Of the honorary
members Of this agreeable swarry." may
ask his respected Buelow what the latter
intends to do in relation to America's
quiet but firm Representations On the sub
ject of the Chinese open door? And. after
the imperial visitors return 10 Berlin, per
haps. we shall learn the nature Of the
reply
Those representations. by the way. are
very much in evidence on the tapls Of
European diplomacy just now. Il is quite
wen understood that the United States is
dead in earnest in giving notice that terri
torial aggrandizemcnt by European States
or the Chinese mainland viii be vigorous
~ antagcnized and resented. unless il be
accomplished under distinct agreement
that nothing OF the kind shall in any wax
isjpriously affect American commercial or
other treaty rights on the coast or ia the
interior OF the Celestial Kingdom Great
Britain has agreed to make this stipuIa-
tion, and 1t is said that France has taken
our request under favorable consideration.
II has not yet been publicly announced
that Russia. Germany, Austria, or Italy
have answered our notes on the subject.
Probably their course in the matter may
be determined by what the Kaiser shall de-
eide 10 do, and that decision wlll doubtless
be reached before he re-enters his capital
There is no apparent reason for thinking
that 1t VII be otherwise than in accordance
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why They Vent Their spleen

lFTUm lhc Chicago IHbuncJ
This much is apparent. that Sampson is idolized
by number OF the naval people, as was Nc
Clellan by certain military officers after his de
feat end retirement. They warmly support him
upon the ground that as a technical and scientific
naval officer he is ideal. To that extent they are
right, but when OF where has he displayed his
ability as a fighter? Certainly not in the battle
which Schley won at Santiago. He was not there.
They have permitted their sympathy TO cloud
their judgment and have thought they were iuSti-
fed in making these vIiainous assaults upon
schIey because he and not Sampson fought the
battle and won the great victory. They have
sought and sought in vain to promote Sampson
over schley and they angry bccau9e they
hayl failed
The times., 1899-11-20
HER SECRET DIED WITH HER.
DR.. Isabel Mitchell Possessed n For
muIa Worth Fortune.

PHILADELPHIA, Nov 19.-Dr. Isabel
Mitchell died friendIess and alone Friday
in the almshOuse and with a secret for
mula for which she had refused a fortune.
Dr. Mitchell was practicing physician
for many years and invented a process for
preserving meats and vegetables without
the aid Of ice. The process was the forcing
Of ozone into the articles to be preserved,
and it received the endorsement Of such
men as Drs. De Wolf and Gleason. of the
Chicago board OF health. and Dr. Billings
OF New York
f. K Thurber and other prominent New
Workers and William P. clyde. cf this city
were about to become interested in Dr.
MItehelIs patent, but she refused oilers
ranging from S25.e to $50 600 for the per-
pstual use and possession OF the formula.
in the hope that she would be able TO infiU-
ence capitalists 10 incorporate q stock COM
pany.
SO Interested did sEe become in her work
that her professional practice dWindled IN
I'll q few months ago she had but enc pa
tent and finally that one died From hos
pital TO hospital with an incuTable kidney
trouble. Dr. Mitchell went. and at last ia
a little attic at 133 North Eleventh Street
she became deliriOus last Saturday night.
An eff0rt was made TO influence her To i'm
part the secret formula to one Who knew
her en- that evening but she was in no
condition 10 give IT, She died srll deliEl-
Gus. and the secret died with her.
The times., 1899-11-20
Army Movements In Luzon.

There is not much fresh information from
the Island Of Luzon, but what little we get
conduces to the opinion that Aguinaldo has
succeeded in escaping to BayombOng. Major
Swigert, with two troops of the Third Cav
airy, at latest accounts, had taken up a
position at Pozorrubio, and it is believed
that he has advanced thence to Banbang,
which is only few miles south of Bayom-
bong. That Aguinaldo is in the neighbor-
hood is strongly suggested by the fierce re-
sistance which Swigert encountered as he
approached Pozorrubio
Assuming that Aguinaldo is in or near
Bayombong, the danger, then, is that
he might manage to make his way
down the river Cagayan to its mouth at
Aparri, on the northern coast of the ISL
and. 1t was to head off his possible escape
by this route that the Charleston was pa
trolling the neighborhood when it ran on
the coral reef near Camiguin Island, some
distance east of Aparri. Another vessel is
being despatched to the locality.
1t is greatly to be regretted that the
flooding by rains of the Agno River should
have prevented the junction of Wheaton
and Young several days ago. If this could
have been promptly effected the rebel lead
er and whatever force he may have had
with him would have been completely sur
rounded, and certainly could have been
captured. As it is. there is reason to fear
that it is seeking needle in hay rick to
hunt him. Still, the object is worth the
effort, and we can only hone that some
lucky trooper may see him, mistake him
for little brown bear, and pot him ac-
cordngly.
The times., 1899-11-20
Teasing n Little state.

lfTOm tlc MtAlclU HtTaIuJ
The Providence OR. H. Journal thinks that
the time may come when the borders OF the
United states must be moved farther South. But
we can excuse a newspaper printed in the little
State OF Rhode Island, where when man wants
to stretch himself lie has 10 invade Connecticut
or Massachusetts, Rhode Island once had big
opinion Of itself; il had to be pulled into the
American Union 10y main force after much argl-
meutation, and ever since its eramped condition
has been evident and has mortified its inhabitants.
Dropped in the State Of Chihuahua, exploring
PARTIES would have 10 be sent out 10 find it. As
for the Providence Journal when it is not
discussing modes in mems cravats. it is induIg-
ing IN ideas Of the annexation OF South America
and the absorption of China. 1t has cl delirio
de Ia .raudeza
The times., 1899-11-20
CLOTHES TO COST MORE.
Shortage in Cotton and Wool Cnuse,
n Rise in Prices.

Rise in Prices.
NEW YORK. Nov. 19-Within a few
months everyone who wears clothes made
Of cotton or wool will have to pay Iaore
for them. The cause of this is an advance
in the price of the raw material entering
into the manufacture Of wooden cloths and
a shortage in manufactured cotton.
The wooden situation is primarily due to
the drought which prevailed in Australia
in 1897 and 1898. IL has been made worse
by the brisk demand for Australian NUT
ton to feed the British troops in South
Africa. The two years drought in Austria
liza killed off nearly 80 per cent of the
wool bearing sheep, and the sudden de-
mand for mutton has made it more profit
able for the Australian farmers 10 slaugh-
ter what remained than to keep them for
wool growing purposes. The food dsmand
il is feared, may also induce the Austria
lians TO cross the breed of their sheep, as
those which grow the best wool do Lot
make the best mutton.
Australian wool has risen 80 per cent
in pr;ce in the last six months. What
could be bought at 90 cents q pound six
months ago now brings 30 cents, and in
England where the stock on hand IS small
il is quoted at 81 a pound
There is every prospect of a further
advance. and the strong market for nnC
wool has stIffened the price of the cheaper
and medium grades,
The prices of manufactured cottons are
also soaring. Cotton men expect that
every mill in the country has sold its
entire production of piece goods up until
next July. and there is hardly a piece of
cotton goods to be bought in the market
today for immediate delivery. 1t was re-
ported few days ago that the II. B.
Clafin Company had cornered the cotton
piece goods market. but while this was
denied. it was generally admitted that
anyone who wanted cottons in quantities
md at once would have to go to the
Claflins to buy them. Prices now are
nearly % per cent higher than a month
ago
The times., 1899-11-20
Hanna's Defiance.

IFIUW IlIt bls,uu IIeIaIu.J
Senator Hanna has already taken his attitude
precisely as the Herald" two DAYS since
prorhesied that he wolld toward those Repub-
iicans who are seeking to push him from his
stool in the Republican party. i am mo- going
10 retire from anything Is his reported defiant
attitude toward these people There has never
been any anticipation in inteliEln quariers that
he is 10 retire from his influence with President
Mckinley. hut lac j. la the aboye-quot,d language
going considerably further than this lie serves
notice that he is M to be driven out OF tae
official place that hc holds, and that direct as
sault upon him will br met with characteristic
resist apces where We incline To thiaS that the
turning OF his position viii not prove 10 be a
much easier operation.
The times., 1899-11-20
RECIPROCITY WITH CUBA.
The Printers Association Seeking n
Reduction OF Customs Duties.

Reduction OF Customs Duties
Evaristo MontaIvo, of Havana. a repre-
sentative OF the Cuban Planters A5so ia
lion, arrived in Washington yesterday. and
is at the Arlington. He is here for the pur-
pose OF assisting Gonzaia de Quesada. the
special commissioner for Cuba. in the ef-
fort to obtain from the Government a re-
ductiOn of customs duties He will p.Ob-
ably call on the President and it is hoped
that reciprocity treaty that VII give
Cuban planters the same advantages in the
American market that planters IN Elr0-
pean colonies viii enjoy may soon be Sc
cured
The United States has entered into
commercial treaties with the European
colonies IN the West Indies" said SsaOr
Quesada, in explaining the efforts now
making The products OF Porto Ri o.
Hawaii. and the Philippines are ready TO
come in free into this great country; while
Cuba, without having a political persOn-I-
ity, not colony, not a nation, but a free
and independent people. still unorgani4e 4eI
into sovereignty. finds herse in a mosc
peculiar and prejudicial position for her
commercial and agricultural interests. 1t
IS Rot fair that the sugar planters in Java
IN GeTmany, in Jamaica, in Sauta Cruz. IN
Martinique, should receive more money for
their sugar than the sugar planter in G ba
where capital to great extent is Ameri-
can capital and many OF tbs Plantations
belong TO American citizens. II is not fair
that the Island of Cuba, by reason OF being
at present a ward Of the United States.
should not be able to make at lest a pro-
visional treaty. The question is, will the
Congress OF the United States al-Oa this
gross injustice to occur with a frienIly
people and not authorize the Executive o
grant Cuba the most favored nation ella -se
10 enter into d reciprocity arrangement
with the island. so that our merchant ma
rine snail not be Disseminated agaiu-t
and our staple products. our Vegetables.
and cur fruits receive less consideration
from the hands of the American people
than those coming from CtceF Eezrby
Islands ."
The times., 1899-11-20
4 nuestinnnhIe Decision.
lFrom the Chicago Tribune-)

IFTonI ITU INICd-I ITI0ITI--I
A Missouri Judge has recently decided that any
physician Vim believes the case of his patient
i a hopeless uur and fails 20 inform hitd i- guitiy
Of q breach Of tr,.st This is a decision which
cuts two WAYS Il NAV be ia saIne casts al I'm
necessary and uniGstifable act eu lie part d a
physician 10 keep up patient hope when
there il 10 hone But on the other ttnd thrts
have oftcn been cases where restoration ta health
has occurred la spite or the pEyS-ti8Us utilgt
they we're fatal IN -uch cases as these. 81 tie
physician had told the patient % Wa useless f't
INN 10 attempt TO pro.oug IKE he might have
alickly succigubcd 10 Is not apparent m tHe
present uncertain conditions ~ Wealcal science
,ltat there could DE a breach eft trust II pIy>l
clans iuisllibie the gies wou4d ue aiIeIehl.
and the decision might be warranted But as
fJ.y are not iuiaIlibie. aud meu live and die in
spite nf thc doctors sometimes the decision seems
lLrorruII,
The times., 1899-11-20
The Beers.
cFrsm ths Braal.lrn Essls.l

~ t'itL t+ie A't~''---tt t-@-Al-(
The Beers are a queer lot. They are strongly
religious. yet they have no seruple against run
ming of cattle from the ranches of innocent farm-
orS They have shown themselves capable. ar-
coTiinS % British reports. of treachery In arinE
1S 90 allow English funeral party % pass
through their lines without the slight So hiudrsHce
moie>tatIon They believe IN divine inEeTygu-
tinn. and for that reason d. uet yake uajs
water with them when they 90 war. believing
that The Llrd VIII provide them- never boxing
the 81 her side gf The ma TOR that their 4uiulI1
may -9ifief and die thar thr Lord does GoI dis
eliminate iu their favor when the horses and clr-
Jr of tine enemy sUfer equally wifb theirs. They
believe iu % high military etfcirUcy yet fhtr
go ou uarude with piPs TEeir mouths anal
every man for himself So far as gpDearsnc, AMI
tttliprrtut 4rr concerned
The times., 1899-11-20
TrensmrN Chieflnins.

From the New Orleans Times Denocrat)
Il II renarkabie but it is an historic fact
that eus great Secretaries of the Treasury have
inyglit',. come from the ranks Of the nou-com-
nerci4I a. rs. Hamilton and Walker, Gallatiu
ard Chase. n.ore trained in a school very different
IRON tha, OF Ia hauto finance" but in addition
to their wide knowledge Of the science OF money,
they possessed the large Imagination which the
present incumbent evidently lacks. In England,
one finds ia the career Of Mr. Gladstone the most
striking evidence that success in practical bank
ing is no part Of the equipment Of a great Chan
ccIlor OF tile Eychequer. Mr.. Goschcn. on the
other hand. is banker by training, but he was
a very mediocre Chancellor Of the Exchcguer \
man may be a very efficient surveyor without
the most rudimtntary knowledge OF the higher
calculus
The times., 1899-11-20

with the views of the United States. Ger
many, on the basis Of common under
standing with the United States and Great
Britain in the East, could easily reap what
ever benefits she desires in that direction,
within reason, and it is not at all impossl-
bic that an important outcome Of the pill
grimage to Windsor might be what would
amount to pan-TeutonlG dreibund for the
purposes of the three great civilizing pow
ers in the Pacific, and particularly in
China.
The times., 1899-11-20
-, shinhniIdinr.

tFrom the New York Com,uerciIl Advertiser
II Is natural 90 be disappointed with the de
Cision uf the Navy department f." insist upon
isis-knot cruisers, bat H.igbt reflect that a
dsgartneut with such nigh record for practical
rerfernauce may know what IL j. about. Speed
appeals 90 the popular imaginltion and this fact
Is improved by private builders abroad that build
Wurships for inferior and less enlightened powers
Perhaps ne haze let these set the standard for
u.s. rather than the great nayies that build seitu-
tiHcally in their own yards Speed CaUnOt he
had without sacrifice Of other qualities especially
important for long cruising IN the tropics serious
faults have appeared in the brazilian ships We
bought OF Armstrong and in some oi uU ouu
oYcrpaWered cruisfr~. Our navy is for service uf
the nation. not for show on trial trips.
The times., 1899-11-20
IL Is a Poor Rule.

ilTbm the 'HlCaso 1hfpnitlel
Nothing 10 arbitrate' comes with bad = aaa
from a labor union. Ii there has been one
grievances which labor has specially emphasized
against capital II has b en the refusal to submit
differences 10 arbitration. Yet we now see the
Sheet Metal Workers Union assuming this very
position The effect cannot bat be uufayordbla
10 the union. rule which workg but one way
the bad example oj some employers in refusing
arbitration there il an end 10 all prctence Of
equitaiAc adjustment. Differences between en-.
ploycFs and employees Will become mere contests
OF endurance. and in such contests the employees
aLe Liael. 10 got Tie wort OF il.
The times., 1899-11-20
THE ARKANSAS KEEL LAID.
\ New Monitor Under Way ut Sev-
port News Shipyard.

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. Nov. 19.-The
keel for the United States coast defence
monitor Arkansas has just been laid al
the shipyard and in a few days the work
of construction will be under way.
The Arkansas is being built on the ways
which were vacated By the Cromwell Line
steamship Comus on November l. he
shipyard has recently built two immense
steel electric cranes. Under the first one
the two Pacific Mail Ieyiathans will be
built. Under the second, ii was under
stood. the battleship Missouri and the Ar
kansas would be built But the starting
az the keel for the monitor on other ways
leaves one side of the big crane trestle
open. Whether or not there IS any sig
nifcauce attached 10 this change remains
to be seen.
The times., 1899-11-20
What He Can Do.

Governor Roosevelt says he has a supreme
contempt for such mendaCioUs writers as kao,g
ought to know that he absolutely has no
power in the matter OF pusilistic encounters but
who persist i'll holding that he has lie adds
Il have control OF the police OF New York
City, nor OF the construction OF the laws whore
the boxing takes pi8ce' There are those who
think that he does have a control over shprifs
aud that he hold them tU responsibility for
his construction q Lhe laws in question.
The times., 1899-11-20
sMoKELEss POWDER ADOPTED.
The Nev BattIeships 90 Use the Mod,
ern Explosive

NEWPORT NEWS. Va. Nov 19--Wneo
the battlezhips Kearsarge. Kentucky. aHz
Illinois. building at the shipyaTd here, a{e
placed in commission, they viii have UF-
to-date magazine outfits. and viii UsS
smokeless powder instead CT the old style
powder for which they were designed.
The Navy Department has decided 20
change the plans OF these three ships in
this respect and the Kearsarge viii be
fitted with a sm0keless powder outfit AZ
cnce The Kentucky viii also be SINH
larIy supplied on her return from her OIL
cial trial, and the Illinois viii receive her
outfit without any change on the ship
as she is bat 70 per cent completed
While some changes on the Kearsarge
and Kentucky viii be necessary. owing 10
their advanced stage OF completion. it is
stated that the work viii not detain them
az the shipyard much longer. and that
they viii go in commission in about six
weeks and three months respectively.
The times., 1899-11-20
A Hnznrdnn. Jnh.
Erom the Utica Observer

Senator Platt's scheme 10 establish the police
ot the first and second class cities under state
control may bc attended with difficulty after al.
Many of the ssc0Bd-class cities are represented H.
the Senate by Republican Senator's who may hes
of home rule. IL may be worth the political
lives Of sone OF the Republican Senators to vot.
to give the control of The police Of New York,
Albany. Troy, SyTaCuse. Rochester, and Buffalo
into the hands OF Boss Platt.
The times., 1899-11-20
Dewey.
Crrom the Toledo Bce3

tFfoW INC IoIeuO BCt.l
Should he elect 10 enter political life there
would be little limit 10 his possibilities Any
thing, therefore, that would in any way discount
his popularity might be very grateful to a Ger.
tsiu class Of politicians il VIII bc remembered
that no less political authority than Marx Han
IA Indignantly protested that This talk OF
Dewey for President is positively indecent" Pos
sibly Mark did not mean indecent, but that is
Nilat he lid.
The times., 1899-11-20
The Financial ReIief Purennse
From The chicago cbronfcle.l

lFrom Inc tInc1g0 JhT0nICIe.)
The short of il is TINT none but speculator
have been relieved by the offer to buy bonds ane
they have been relieved more by the effect oi
the offer upon tie minds ef men than in any Other
way. ii hr. Gage Is entirely satisfied with him,
self IA rushing to the relief Of those specl.
latve fellows" and helping them out Of a hole
after what he said Tuesday he mast be siugulsriy
constituted