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r. II. THURBER on TRUSTS.
Instead OF Ending Competition They Have
Elevated That Force to n Higher Plane.

Elevated Thai Force to n Higher Plane.
WASHINGTON. April 1.-The Congressional
lndustrial. Commission to-day resumed its
hearings of views upon the various topics COM
mitted to 1t for investigation and report.
These were suspended about q month ago to
permit the members OF the commission to go
home after the session Of Congress. Mr.. 7.
b. Thurber Of New York. President Of: the
United States Export Association .:was before
the commission to-day. talking about trusts
and monopoly. He proved an interesting wit
ness. He informed: the commission that for
many years he had studied the effect OF trusts
upon the commercial. industrial and political
systems OF the country. approaching the sub
Ject, he said. with IA prejudice against them.
After reciting the history OF the best-known
trusts. and depicting their effects. he said:
Il used to think that com inations OF capital
would abrogate competition. but experience
has shown that. instead Of abrogating compe-
tition. 1t has elevated that force to a higher
plane. II n combination of capital in any line
temporarily eXacts a liberal profit. immediate
capital flows into that channel. another COM
bination is formed and com petition aasues on
a scale and operates with an intensity far be-
FOND anything that Is possible on a small scale.
ton and the decline OF profits to q minimum.
We mus, have this organization OF industry II
We would keep up with the procession in the
thhiN w. n va llo u
900 900 people in the void. OF which we have
I5.OOO.0OO. possessing a larger, purchasing
power than any similar mum Der else and
a larger producing power, because we COM
Inand the great forces of nature and OF brain
power embodied In machinery to n greater ex-
tent than any other nation.
With a consuming power Of I .OOO.O OO. we
have. a producing power OF 10000 900. Our
problem Is TO keen our labor and capital con-
tinuously.and remuneratively EMPLOYED by pre-
serving our home market and reaching out
for a place to dump our surplus among tho
other 1861 10000. each Of whom has some
wants, Theirs are natural wants and educn-
tional:wants. The former are PRINCIPALLY those
to, compete with, the fertile lands and cheap
labor Of tho whole world"
. In direct reply to a question regarding the
effect Of trusts for good or evil. Dir. Thurber
said.
There Is much that ia bad in them.
which we should try to eliminate. There is |
good In all and none is all good
The only trusts which have succeeded for
any length Of time he said, have been those
which have been conducted on n far-slghted
basis OF moderate margins OF profit. rely Ing
uron a large turn over and the economies re.
sulting from the command OF large capital in
telligently administered"
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Trustees Deny That They Are Going to Re-
Sign-Two of Them Talk About the Trouble.
Those OF tho trustees Of the West Freshly
terrain Church who would talk yesterday said
they had no intention of getting out because
tho congregation had refused to back them up
by accepting the Rev. DR.. Evans's resignation.
One OF the'trustecs. who is understood to have
been most active against DR.. Evans. had this
to say:
The vote OF last night was by no means a
surprise TO US. We had predicted That wa
should.be'outvoted by.3 to l. but we have done
our duty by the church. We have as vet do
termined upon no definite plan Of action. As
for the rect Of the trustees / cannot speak. [
deem 1t extremely likely that some OF them
may leave. ! think a certain injustice has
been done the trustees in the public print.
Inc financial matter has been represented as
the main difficulty. Now. this is not entirely
60 The %lnancial difficulty could bc adjusted
within half an hour II We had a satisfactory
pastor. We're the pulpit occupied by a man
whose NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. to any con-
would hsars nothing OF tho deficit. > But the
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men was Ill several hours from eating stow
}fppt; J,ITK. yaring-SSot At to be issued. ,o,
nauseatlng sensation.
FOURTH INFANTRY.
Major J. S. Baker-Inferior quality; produced
nauseating sensation; anything but palatable.
THIRD CAVALRY.
Major Henry Jackson Stringy and unpalat-
able; In hash or stew answered we'll.
SEVENTH INFANTRY.
.MajorA. W. Forrest-Not fit to eat. and ofen-
siye. Men become sick. after eating 1t.
Lieut.. A. b. DOlworth-poOr; had offensive
odOr. Always sick after eating it.
Capt. J ~. Osdale-M en went hungry rather
GTnpt. j, B.. Jackson Ate i without bad
capt ,G.S. Y~oung--Tqsteless and nauseating;
Capt. i. l.. Howell-Not suitable for ration.
SECOND CAVALRY.
I.icut-Col. w. A. MISUNDERSTANDING and I'M
p1Gi@ nnt IL gutr nimwen iGEsn out of ely i rerul.ivs,
Eaten only. when nothing else could be got.
CAPT. +. X. ,foeltze.As hash, stew or SOUP.
excellent and palatablc. Eaten from can an
diet. ''''''''" 0"V0'''""'"' ''''
FIRST ARTILLERY.
Capt. A. I. Best-Insipid men soon tired oft.
SECOND CAVALRY.
Lieut.. Ernest Hines-Men ate It only whom
Capt. q. $. Graimes- Soft. watcry and insipid.
SIXTH INFANTRY.
Lieut.. Col. c. W. Muir-Utterly unfit as an
article Of diet.
The reports Of the officers OF tho Sixth
Cavalry relate not only to. canned roast
beef. but also to the proccsscd beef placed on
the transport ut Tampa, and to which they re-
fer rs stcrili2cl beef. Licut.-C o Henry
Carol says. Of the canned roast beef that il
was dry and stringy. some Of the men said it
was. horse meat. 1t was replaced by fresh
beef in quarters. Surgeon McCerary re-
ported this beef spoiled and unfit for use.
Referring to the stcrilizcd beef, Lieut.. W. C..
Short says: ON the steamship the sterili2cd
beef was horrible"
Lieut.. !. L. Cole transmitted in his report the
statement of two privatcs about the sterilizcd
bee. They ate some Of il and did not like 1t.
Lieut.. Cole reported that it was, tried in
Troop +. hut that on the third day
it was reported to BE- spoiled. II" exam
ined II and found it exuding n very dark red
dish liquid. 1t was then thrown overheard.
The officers specialized as to the process by
which it was treated. and 1t was suggested
that it had been simply thoroughly frozen.
The piece issued to Troop + did not. however.
appear to be frozen.
;Hefcrring. to the canned roast beef Lieut..
Paddock said: 1T was utterly unfit for steady
use"
Can't. +. West, Sixth Cavalry-After eating 1t
n short time II became nauseating. | was I'M
able to- eat it longer than a day or two because
of its disagreeable taste.
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TIE HAT1S4 POLICE.
John McCuliagh Says They Are . Splendid
Body of Men.

WASHINGTON, April Former Chief OF Police
1ohr N,r,uorh el,d III, roro,, I'D, ,,,,h
oo"n hcCu'lasn ne ~ iepor' 'o.uuy WIN
the secretary OF Naron the organization OF the
psostaart nrd ohnt.od Viii hirn rorar1tna tho
e'iue uIu W VIZ" NM i'saluins .no
situation In Havana from a police standpoint.
tIon in u,yap, and s,vsi ~ vn, ch~,lIonga com
.non u ,ni.h % go I, ~, 80 n,o,,. =, nnonon,
conducted.
"I onlv wish =" bo soii TODAY "tbat had
ou'S WELL y su'u 'o-uuy' that 1 iiau d
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THE TWELFTH CENSUS.
Division OF the Country Into Supervisors
Distriots-Two Districts In This CITY.

wv "" @hs- SSS
WASHINGTON, April THE following scheme
for the division OF the country into supervisors
districts for the purposes OF the twelfth CEN
sus was submitted by Mr.. Henry Gannett,
RsoRrapher OF the census. and adopted to-day
by Director Merriam:
The Census act provides that the whole num-
Der Of SUPERVISORY districts shall not exceed
300 and that wherever practicable the bound
aries OF these districts shall conform 10 those
Of the Congress districts. The number OF
Congress districts is 357. to which must be
added eight Territorial districts. including
,ne for Hawaii and two for Alaska. The num-
Der OF districts 10 be saved by consolidation is
therefore sixty-hve. In the interest Of the
enumeration IL has been deemed advisable to
effect such consolidation where the population
is denser than the average. rather than In
sparsely settled regions. The places In which
most OF IL will be effected are. accordingly. the
densely settled States and the larger cities.
namely. New York. Chicago. Philadelphia.
Baltimore. Cincinnati. Cleveland. ct. Louis.
New Orleans. San Francisco and Buffalo. This
arrangement. IL is believed. will insure greater
individual responsibility for the enumeration.
and the increased compensation to the super
visor will enable the Census ONCE 70 secure
a ans ]seryisHs . q q ma thS Of w larger esp S5ss
amnong several SUPERVISORS at "a lower rate.
The .census act further provides that the
supervisors shall be appointed by the Presi-
dent. by and with the advice and consent of the
senate. The supervisors are to be appoint
ed as RAPIDLY as selected by the people inter-
ested. They will. maj out the districts for tho
enuinorators and appuint them. There will
he from 10000 to 10000 enumerators. This
census will have q long start over the last. AS
In that census the districts for supervisors
were not outlined until November and there
were only 115 supervisors. whils this time
there will be 300.
II has been decided to divide Greater New
FORK into two districts. The first will be COM
posed OF ihe bor9gehs, Of Manhattan and the
Bronx;- with 1;52S.S34 population. and the
sseSe S1 7si brooklyn and Long Island. Will,
New York viii, be divided as follows: Third
lumbia and RENSSELAER,. l70.GS3; Fifth. Gin
19l,155: sixth. Jefferson. Lewis and st. Law.
renee, 1S3,46O; Seventh. Saratoga. Fulton.
HAMILTON, Herkimer and Montgomery, 191.-
3S2 Eighth. Albany and Schenectady, 184,352;
Ninth. Schoharie. Greene. Delaware and u
ster. 1880; Tenth. Sullivan. Orange and
Rockland. ia. 1872. Eleventh. Broome. Che
mango. Cortland and Otsego. 1sO.267: Twelfth.
Madison and Onondaga. 1Sp. 1880; Thirteenth.
,0swego and Oneida. 194.G05: Fourteenth.
Wayne. Ontario. Yates. Seneca and Cayuga;
Fifteenth. ChemunR. Schuyler, Steuben. III
oga and, Tompkins. 2O9.3OT: Sixteenth. ALE
gheny. Cattaraugus and Chautauuua. 170.3OS;
seventeenth. Erie. 322.3S1: Eighteenth. Cen
esee. Livingston. Niagara. Orleans and Wyo-
minz. 10000: Nineteenth. Monroe. $780,
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Washington Notes,

WASHINGTON. April Gen. B%uffaington. tho
new Chief OF tho Bureau OF Ordnance. took
charge Of the affairs Of tho bureau this morn
Ing. Gsn. Buffa!ngton was appointed by the
PRESIDENT last Wednesday to succeed Gen.
Flaglcr, lately deccnsed. '
A delegation Of citizens from New Orleana
called on tho Secretary OF the Navy to-day and
asked that the cruiser New Orleans, now at the
brooklyn. Navy Yard, be sent to their oil v 40
that a, silver service. tho gift Of the citizens,
could be presented 10 tho cruiser. Tho New
orleans VIII not ho ready to sail for about 1--WE
leans.
Lieut.. Col, William II. Menyaurd of the Corps
q Engineers has been relieved from further
DUTY at ~. Augustine, Fla, and ordered To New
lork city 70 relieve Major Henry N. Adams Of
his duties IN charge Of river and harbor work.
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SPAIN'.S 200 900.
Treasurer Recommends That 1t He Paid in
Gold In New York.

Gold In New York.
WAsHINGToN. April THE question OF the
best method Of paying Spain the S20.00 900
due on account OF the Philippines came before
the Cabinet to-day. but was not determined.
Treasurer Roberts said the method recon-
mcnded by him is to nay the amount In gold in
New York to whoever Spain shall designate.
THE Government" he said. has plenty OF
gold. and can easily make the payment in New
York. There is no reason why we should pay
the exchange on the money to send it abroad.
We pay over our own counters. and Spain
and other countries should recognize that
fact. II the conditions were reversed
and Spain was paying the money. It
would make the payment in Europe.
TIL payment OF this money in New York will
also lie an evidence that this Government re-
CARDS New York IA one OF the great money
centres Of the world. Spain will not have any
trouble in buying exchange on London or Paris.
II can purchase in small amounts and spread
the transaction over several months without
yny hor to send a war vessel after the money.
for il she wished TO ship tho actual cnsh
she could do so by the regular vessels
cheaper, than she could send a war vessel
states should he called upon to nav the
exchange. and do not think we should take tho
purchase the exchange when It was low and Of
buying 1t when it was high"
MIR, Roberts said he did not think the pros
ent stringcncy of money in New York could
at present" he said. lis a false price. and nv
no, means reflect, the true situation. It affects
and the railroad stocks will not he affected
much. There Is, plenty OF money, hut the
1]Tmd t g sfor nSs axe az h fG IHkG fn fs eG'S 8alnss I'M
think the furry is about over"
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A Contractor Asserts That the Road He Con.
structed Was Seized by That Government


structed Was Seized by That Government
WAsHISGToN. April TEN years ago r.. H.
May Of Meridian. Miss, entered into n contract
with the Guatemalan Government to build a
railroad In that country. About 100 miles Of
the railroad were constructed. and. AZ agreed
upon. were operated by Mr.. May until the
President of Guatemala. with the alleged adj
vice and consent OF the American Minister.
DR.. Godfrey Hunter. who is now on leave of
absence in Kentucky. seized the road and
operated 1t. The statement to the State De-
partment alleges that only partial payment
by the Guatemalan Government have been
made from time to time to Mr.. May. who wns
at last compelled to abandon the road by force
OF military Interference directed by the Prcsi-
dent OF Guatemala. under the alleged advice Of
Minister Hunter.
Mr.. MAY. with Samuel A. Wetherspoon and
Senator Sullivan. is now in this city seeking
through the President and Stata Department
Interference by this Government. Senator
Sullivan has been. In consultation with the
Secretary Of State throughout the week. Yes
to-day and to-day he talked with the Presi-
dent on the subject, with the result. he says,
that an order has been issued by the State
Department that. q thorough investigation be
made. Agents OF the State Department will
be sent TO Guatemala. and IN tho meantime
Minister Hunter will be summoned to WASH
ingtOn 10 give his version.
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No Onicial Confirmation of Reports of suf.
ferinR in Porto Rico,

WASHINGTON, April mo official informa-
ton has heen received In Washington 10 con-
firm the report in New York that the people in
the interior Of Porto Rico are In a starving con-
dition. Gen. Roy stone is expected TO arrive
here tomorrow, when he will pr 1bably report
to the, Wal Department the results Of his re-
cent observations in tho island. Postmaster
day n letter from one Of the agents Of the Post
once Department stationed in Porto Rico,
been gathered, and that the people are very
poor ana without much means OF support. Tho
letter does not, however. represent any such
York yesterday.
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PEACE DELEGA TES' INSTRUCTIONS.
They Will Hold That Arbitration Is the Best
Method of Settling Dispmtes.


WAsHINGToN. April Tho forma invitation
to the Government of The United States to par
~ticipatc in the international disarmament con-
ference was received Mt the Department Of
state to-day. Although the disarmament idea
originated with the Car and is commonly I'M
dcrstood to be a Russian affair. the invitation
came from tho Government of the Netherlands.
in whose capital. The Hague. the conference
will be held.
The instructions to the American delegates
-Messrs. White. Low and Newell. Capt. Crozier
Of tho army. and Capt. Mahan Of the navy-are
being prepared at the State Department and
will be ready shortly. One OF tho things that
will be impressed on tho American representa-
tives. and which they will be charged with
bearing in mind during the consideration Of
tho important questions coming before the
conference. is that the United States Govern
ment has comparatively little material in
terest in tho decisions Of the body on ac-
count OF the isolated position Of this coun-
try. This. it IS understood. will be the
nucleus OF tho position of the American
delegates. although it is not the intention Of
the Administrations to restrict them in partici-
natinE in the decisions. The United States.
arbitration is the more practical method OF
settling disputes between nations. and It is cN-
pected that Ambassador White and his col
ithEi ~ u Ks wv. 'iipl,tiph VI tIldJ pTllUl-
pie In opposition to tho primary suggestion OF
the, Car. that the nations Of the world agree to
disband their armies and discontinue the con-
strliction Of warships.
IL was explained to-day that there was a
special reason for tho selection of each OF the
American delegates. Mr.. White Is the Dean Of
the United States Diplomatic Corps in Europe.
Mr.. NewelI !, the representative of this coun-
held. Mr.. Low was chosen. as q distinguished
educator and an advocate OF arbitration for the
settlement Of disputes between nations. Cont.
Mahan's knowledge OF the navies OF tho wo.ld
and the OBJECT OF an international agreement to
acquaintance with ordnance matters explain
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Children deprived of fats

Children deprived of fats
and mineral foods have
weak bones, habby flesh and
thin watery blood.
The milk of nursing
mothers, enfeebled by chron-
ic diseases, or long contin-
ued nursing, produces the
same results.
SCOTS Emulsion is cod
liver oil partly digestcd and
with the hypophosphites,
forms a fat food which acts
on the infant through the
mothers milk, giving rich
blood, strong nerves and
sound flesh and bones to both.
SOC, and SI.oo, all druggists.
SCOTT & BOVINE, Chemists, New YoL
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GEN. HASTINGS DECLINES.
Health Too Poor to Accept the Directorship
of the Bureau of American Republics.

WAsHINGToN. April Cen. Russell Has
tinCs. who has been n guest at the White
House. has declined the appointment of Direc-
tor Of the Bureau of American Republics re-
Gently offered him by the President. Gen. Has
tlngs said that his health I. so poor that he
would be unable to attend to the duties OF the
cflce. No confirmation can DO had here OF tho
rumor that Gen. Hastings is to succeed Score
tHry AlRer IN charge OF the war portfolio. The
fact that lie Is u citizen OF Massachusetts Is be-
llcNed to bar hun from consideration as a mem
Der ui the Cabinet, and especially as Secretary
OF " ar, the Secretary OF the Navy, Mr.. Long,
being II citizen ui the same State. Gen. Has
tlngs and his two daughters left yesterday for
their home in Northampton.
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CHICAGO. April delegations from the city
Council and tho Cook County Board Of Com
missionersa and from civic and social clubs and
the large business houses will be asked to go
to Springfield on Monday night to work for the
passage Of the Greater Chicago resolution by
tho Legislature. On Tuesday the Greater Chi
cago resolution, reported favorably out OF the
House Judiciary Committee yesterday, will
come up.in the House to be voted upon. and on
Wednesday morning the Senate will ballot
upon the resolution.
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Deaths OF Soldiers in Cuba.

WASHINGTON, April I. Gen.. Brooke cables
the War Department the following death re.
port:
IiayanR-On hospital shin Missouri. April 3,
Private Martin Green. Company b. Second Ar
tilirry typhoid.
Santiago Private William Norman. COMPANY
Il Iwouty-third Kansas, April 3: consumption,
,,ClrniurEos Landsman Lester Valentino
High, nitCd States Navy. ship Machias, April
1; exhaustion following entcrIu fever.
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TO COMMAND THE ALAB4MA.
ommnnder Brownson's Important Assign.
mant.

WASHINGTON. April IA very high compli-
ment has been paid to Commander Willard II.
Brownson by his assignment to duty as in
spector Of work on the battleship Alabama.
with the intention Of placing him in command
OF that vessel when she is completed. Com
mander Brownson will be a Captain by tho
time the Alabama is ready to 60 into commits
sion. but 1t is an unusual honor to assign a
Junior officer OF that grade TO the command Of
mander ,BrOwnson commanded the auxiliary
cruiser Yankee. manned by New York naval
mllltiamen., He was in command Of the De-
troit when she ran past two armed vessels of
the brazilian revolutionary navy in the harbor
Of Rio dc J~aneiro, hrlnR a shot into one Of
had proved so lnlurious 70 american com mnrcn
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william II. Robcrtson's Estnte.

WHITE PLAINS. n. Y. April Frank J..
Young, as appraiser of the estate of the late
William II. Robertson Of Katonah. filed his re-
port in the SurroGate's Court to-day. He finds
that the personal estate IL $40, $40. 80 and the
real estate So. OS7 80. The total estate which
is subject to tax is SSi. 257.2S, on which an
Inheritance tax OF 81. | must hA mid =
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No Intention to send SIMPSONS Squadron
to Europe.

WASHINGTON. April I-Secretary Long de-
MED to-day that SIMPSONS squadron or any
par, Of IL had been ordered to Europe or that
there was any present intention OF sending IL
there. Tn Secretary said that the matter Was
not even under consideration.
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As to nicyc!c. and Attachment.

and A." sportsmen's Goods" tho latest and best pro.
ducti9n Of everything in III, SC lines is more fully set
any other medium. The advertiser knows where he
gels the best results. -Adv.
The silver star., 1899-12-08

The proposition to lease the pub.
lie grazing lands is being largely
discussed. and the universal verdict
is against leasing to on-residents.
The majority seem to think leasing
would be a very feasible plan. but
N.sH
arc strongly Of the opinion that
people living on land adjacent to
the public domain should be given
preference, AND any other mode Of
leasing is bound to cause trouble
probably more serious trouble than
the present policy Of granting free
use Of the lands.
The silver star., 1899-12-08
WHAT ~ osss.

The San Miguel Examiner says.
Thorndyke of the Loveland Report
er, who publishes 1.-THE only truth.
full paper in Colorado" gets Close
to the facts in the following descrip-
tion Of the life Of the newspaper
man:
The country newspaper man oc-
cupies a queer position in the COM
munity. He is highly praised for
one item-and roundly berated for
another: both, perhaps, being in the
same issne.
He is supposed to be able to an.
swer any question put to him-be-
cause he has. or should have, plenty
Of reliable works Of reference--yet
he is called several kinds Of = fool
more times than any other man In
town.
He has more money due him than
any merchant in the place-yet he
IL always close pushed for enough
with which to pay for the ink he
uses.
He 10 called upon WITHOUT inter-
mission 10 do all kinds Of work for
nothing aud If he at last has the
tep,efity to kick, for hisself.protec'
tioo, he 10 instantly dubbed pentr.
ious and close.
He must always be reday to throw
bouquets at the dead-evenn Y they.
when living, were despised by the
masses and ppsseased 20 more pub
lie spirit ihan barkIess dog.
He must forgive and forgot with
all the agility Of Filipino sprinter;
and be ready At all. times with an
assortment Of forsted cake to swap
kicks, blows, insults and curses.
d..
And. after this life. II be goes
where he has g oiten tsen told to
90. he'd be 70 hot that his gold
crown would melt faster thsn = daub
The silver star., 1899-12-08

II all the cattle Of Colorado we're
standing in single file. the lead COW
could brush off flies with her tail
and kick over the milk pail on the
shore at the Strait of Magellan while
the steer at the other end of the line
could below and make a frantic ef.
fort to hook the girl with red bloom
ers in Alaska,