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The record-union., 1899-09-27


Liebig held that alcohol is food. In
that he was supported by the earlier
scientific savants Since that day,
however, scientific belief has under
gone modification in that matter There
is now broad division of opinion and
the school of science is divided into
two classes, the greatly larger holding
that alcohol has no food value, is
stimulant and nothing more. However,
there are some who occupy middle
ground, maintaining that it has food
qualities to some extent. that it yields
energy but does not form tissue. Pro-
fessor Atwater of this country
is the chief proponent of
that doctrine. He holds that
alcohol is as much a food as is starch,
sugar or fat. It is quite important that
the scientists should come to some
common ground of agreement on the
question, because that would form the
basis for ALL after use of alcohol by the
medical schools. Professor Atwaters
experiments as described in the "Scien-
tific American" We're conducted with
the aid Of his respirator calorimeter.
He was aided in the work by the SUPER
vision of a committee of fifty engaged
in studying the drink problem. The
purpose was to discover the nutritive
value Of alcohol. Pure alcohol was adj
ministered with water or coffee, some
times in the form of brandy, whisky.
wine or beer. The amount consumed
through one or more of these vehicles
was about 2112 ounces Of pure alcohol.
1t was found that the alcohol was oxi-
dized as completely as bread, meat or
any other form Of food; that the 20
tential agency of the spirits was trans
formed into animal heat and muscular
work, which is to say that the same
use was made of alcohol as of ordinary
food material, and it protected the ma
terial of the body from undue CON
sumption, just as effectively as a cor
responding amount of sugar and
starch. Thus, 1t is claimed. the tests
prove that alcohol is fuel for the sys
tenn, yielding energy but not making
tissue. Professor Atwater wishes II to
be understood that he does not claim
as the logic of his researches that alco-
hol is to be advised for use as food. nor
does he hold that his discovery 3ustifies
lts use save as medicine in certain
situations. But he declares that his
experiments do establish that it is not
poison but is food with some, but not
great value as such
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Trust Those who Have Tried.

SUFFERED from catarrh of the
worst kind and never hoped for cure, but
Oscar Ostrum, As Warren ave. Chicago,
Ill.
/ SUFFERED from catarrh; it got so
bad | could not work; l used Ely's Cream
S41 Shawmut avenue. Boston, Mass.
A 10c trial size or the SOC size of Ely S
Cream Balm will be mailed Kept by
druggists. ely Brothers, 56 Warren
street, New York
The record-union., 1899-09-27

Mr.. Atkinson is out with another is
sue Of his 'anti-imperialist" magazine
and documents. This time he defes the
Postmaster General. He notifies him
that he will send his documents and
magazine to all soldiers, sailors and
officers Of the Government. and that
if the Postal Department interferes he
will present the Postmaster General for
Indictment. Perhaps the better plan
is to permit Atkinson and his con,
freres to have their way. Their ex>
travagance will work its own destruc-
ton
The record-union., 1899-09-27
APPROVING LAWLEsSNESS.

No better evidence is needed of the
obstructive character of the Demo-
cratic organization than the declara-
ton of the Massachusetts Democratic
State Convention. That body placed in
its recent platform a plank denouncing
the military authorities Of the Uniteo
States for interfering in the Occur
d 'Alene matter. Thereby they declare
against law, order and the supremacy
of organized society.
The military responded to a lawful de-
mand Of the Governor of the State, on
his official declaration that the State
could not maintain order, enforce the
laws and protect life and property. The
troops were used strictly for those pur-
poses and no other. To have refused
the aid demanded would have been to
deny to a State a right constitution
ally guaranteed to it. 1t would have
left at the mercy of q, mob of gigantic
proportions life, property and all hu-
man rights in the disordered section.
Even as it is order does not yet reign
except under the threat of arms. The
courts were powerless under the condi-
tons prevailing prior to the call for
troops. Since then some of the guilty
offenders against order, law and the
rights of life and property have been
brought to trial, convicted by juries of
the country and sent to punishment,
thus confirming the justice of the cali
for interference that the law might
have it's way free from the interference
by mob force. BY denouncing the mil
itary assertion the Democrats of Mas
sachusetts have distinctly arrayed
themselves against law, order and the
pea ceful conduct af a State
The record-union., 1899-09-27

The Emporia Gazette" (Kanso saws.
II man has a good wife he does nat
try to account for her goodness" Ger
tainly not, he is satisfied to know n
SO in Kansas she has good times and
Is content with the fact. The Gazette,
says ''if one goes into group of either
party or both parties" in that State
and attempts to start a discussion on
politics on any side the crowd scatters
No one cares for silver, no one gives a
tinkers damn for gold. No one talks
ed valorem. No one knows what 41o
fine means. No one is interested in The
endless chain of the treasury. From
the bright lexicon of Kansas the words
per capita have been expunged. WHY
is this? Simply because the people
have no grudge against the times and
are not trying to explain them.' If
this is true, and it corresponds with
what all the leading Kansas papers re-
port, Mr.. Bryan is very wise in making
no dates to speak in Kansas. Where
once he based his broadest and bright
est hopes he cannot now find ground
Ing for even g. stern anchor.
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Chief Dwver,s Funeral.

The funeral of the late Chief Of Po-
lice Thomas Dwyers will take place
at 2, p. m. to-day from Elks' Hall at
Ninth and j streets 1t will be under
the auspices of that order.
The record-union., 1899-09-27
Weather Forecast.

Northern California: Fair Wednesday
light northerly winds in the interior;
westerly winds on the coast, with fog.
The Saint Paul globe., 1899-05-27
PAUNCEFoTE PRAISED.
London Newspapers Give Him Cred
1T for Peace Conference Work.

London Newspapers Give Him Cred
1t for Peace Conference Work.
LONDON, May 27.-Ihe correspondent
of the Daily Telegraph at The Hague
says:
Peace prospects touched high water
mark today. when the conference found
itself face to face with, arbitration in a
practicable and acceptable form and as a
permanent International achievement.
This honor is principally due to Sir Julian
Pauncefote. When the members of the
arbitration section. had finished reading
the Russian proposals on this subject
Sir Julian expressed his complete approv-
al of them, but said it would be a great
pity if the conference failed to embody
the principal of arbitration in some per-
manent shape
L now beg to propose, he said, tho
formal establishments of a permanent
arbitration tribunal, empowered to deal
with all matters of dispute capable Of
reference to the Judgment of the arbi-
traitors l do not intend to trouble you
with details of It's mechanism today, nor
until you accept the principal of my pro-
posals. Therefore T ask you to accept the
principle proposals now!
THE subcommittee are celebrating a
statement for permanent tribunal,
which will probably be- urged and sup
ported by the British delegates when the
principle embodied In Sir Julian's reso-
luton is accepted
The Saint Paul globe., 1899-05-27
Y. M. C. A. WORKERS.
Rather Quiet Day Follows Thur.
days Demonstratiou

EGttther Il Qu1er Day FOLLOWS Thurs
days Demonstration.
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich, May 26.-There
was much less applause and enthusiasm
in the Y. M. c. A, International conven-
ton today than yesterday. At the morn
ing session the subject of discussion was
Forces Which are Destroying Young
Men," and it was subdivided Anthony
Comstocks topic was .Tmpurity," and his
address was devoted mainly to a descrip-
ton of the work of the New York society
for the suppression of vice KIe was
followed by DR.. j. M. Buckley editor of
the Christian Advocate, who spoke Of
RationaIism,' which he considered a
dangerous force
The afternoon session opened with an
address by Rev. Charles Erdman, CT
Germantown, Pa, on Does the All
Around Work of the Association Increase
It's Religious Efficiency and Inf1uence?p
The speaker took the affirmative view of
the question, asserting that the parts of
the associations work which are usually
called secular-the athletic and educa-
tional features, for instance-are of un-
told benefit to the religious interests. He
coptended that gymnasium work was an
important factor in drawing young men
to the churches.
The Saint Paul globe., 1899-05-27
REST AND QUIET.
Admiral Dewey Is Enjoying Both at
the Peak, Hong Kong.


the Peak, Hong Kong.
NEW YORK, May 26.-A dispatch from
Hong Kong says: Admiral Dewey
shows great improvement already. In
stalled spaciously at the Peak hotel, with
lofty windows that catch every mouthful
OF wind from the sea, he is losing the
air Of languor that he had when he
landed from his blistered cruiser. 1t
was rest that he needed-rest and cooler
air. He is getting both.
Society at the Peak is we'll bred There
are no disturbing factors there. 1t is
here that the English officers and their
wives, the government officials. the rich
merchants and distinguished travellers
take refuge from the heat and noise of
the town. They all feel a deep interest
In the hero of Manila bay, but they re-
spect his desire for quiet. He has be-
come one of themselves already. With
the ease of a polished man of the world,
be has dropped into his place in the
little community that really resembles a
house party at an English country resi-
dence. Strangers to that . community
cannot intrude upon him, however The
government detectives see to that. SO
do the detectives hired by Consul General
Wildman. So do the swarms of Chinese
servants. .1. ec..
s''If the Filipino junta ever meant more
@Shah piuSter oy ltS, hlntS OF ASSASSINATION,
1t has been thoroughly cowed by the
British police. Howard Bray, the Eng
lish confederate of the insurgents, has
been suddenly stricken dumb So have
his American acknowledgements These
people received brusque warning from the
authorities that if they did not behave
themselves they would be treated to a
dizzy surprise. The Filipinos them
selves were similarly cautioned and are
under close S11rvail1anpp
eat dusk today when the sea breeze
set in Admiral Dewey took a walk along
the bluff with Consul Wildman and they
remained out for half an hour. The
victors bearing was alert and his voice
vigorous
The Saint Paul globe., 1899-05-27
ARMY OFFICERS BARRED.
French War Ministers Order Their
Absence From Palace of Justice.

French War Ministers Order Their
PARIS, May 26-The minister for war.
Camille Krantz, has issued stringent or
ders that no officer, either in civilian cos
tune or In uniform, shall enter the pal
ace of justice or its precicts next week,
during the public hearing of a demand
Tor the revision of the Dreyfus trial. and
during the trial before the court of as
sizes of Paul de Roulede and NJ. Marcel
Habeft on charge of provoking Of
fenses against the security of the state
and melting the army to mutiny.
On the day Of the funeral of the late
President Felix Faure, ex-president of
France, on Feb. 26 last, as the troops.
led by Gen. Roget, were returning from
the cemetery of Pere la Chaise to bar
racks at Neuilly sur Seine. Paul de Rou-
lede, chief of the League of Patriots and
a violent opponent of DHeyfus revision,
called upon Gen. Roget to march his
troops on the Elysee palace. The request
was ignored NJ. de Roulede, who was
then joined by NJ. Marcel Habert, men,
Der of the chamber of deputies another
anti-reyisionist, headed band of men
and entered the courtyard of the bar
racks with the brigade De Roulede and
Marcel Habert loudly proclaimed that
they wished to lead the army into a rev
olutionary movement and to replace the
parliamentary representation by a pie
beseitary republic. They refused to quit
the barracks and were placed under ar
rest. On the following day the facts
were reported to the chamber of deputies,
which promptly authorized;s the gpiiblic
prosecutor to take proceedings against
them, on the charge of attempting to
turn the troops from their duty
he hoo
BTeyfus revision is expected to open on
Monday next. The speeches will proba-
bly, occupy four days, and the decision
begiyen1 1on June 2 or s. ''=f
The Saint Paul globe., 1899-05-27
SPANS LOSS SLIGHT.
Native Industries Suffered Little b
the War.

Native Industries Suffered Little by
the War.
WASHINGTON, May 26-Native indus
tries In Spain did not suffer during the
war of 1898 as greatly as was feared.
This is the statement of the British COM
mercial attache at Madrid, H. Harrison,
whose report to the British government
On trade of Spain for the year 1898 has
just reached the treasury bureau of
statistics Mr.. Harrisons statement be-
gins by saying:
I'm spite of the war and consequent
general excitement and heavy taxation
native industries in Spain have not suf-
fered as greatly as It was feared they
would do. The loss of the colonial mar
kets, on which the export trade of Spain
greatly depended, has made 1t necessary
for the government to take serious steps
for finding new markets for Spanish
products and for stimulating and en-
larging those already known. With
this intention several important measures
have been instituted.
Commercial attaches have been ap-
pointed for Mexico, Brazil, Uruguay, the
Argentine Republic and Chill and all
possible steps are being taken to In
. crease Spanish interests in these ceun-
tries
The Saint Paul globe., 1899-05-27
FILIPINOS ARE AS FULL OF FIGHT
AS AT THE BEGINNING OF
THE TROUBLE
MORE TRGOPS ARE NEEDED
THAT is THE LATEST CRY FROM
THE SCENE OF THE PHILIP
PINE OUTBREAK
REBELS ATTACK SPANIARDs


Evacuation of ZambOanga Attended
by the Loss of Several Spanish
Officers and Men-Natives Express
Their Determination to Resist
Americans-United States Forces
Harassed by Rebel Guerrillas.
NEW YORK, May Especial "A spe-
ciaI from Manila says: "The withdrawal
of the volunteers from the front seems to
have temporarily checked active opera
tions against the Filipino rebels. That
the enemy is pronting by the luli in hos
tilities is evidenced by the fact that they
arc returning to every vantage point that
has been temporarily held by the Amerl-
can forces and abandoned owing to the
lack of sufficient force to station gar
risons in all the territory taken from the
Filipinos. From the jungles and from
every conceivable shelter the rebels pour
in a deadly fire upon American soldiers,
an dthis sort of guerilla warfare is hav-
ing a decidedly demoralizing effect upon
the troops. 1t is now regarded as a fore
gone conclusion that more men will be
needed in the Philippines hefore Ameri-
can supremacy is recognized by the reb-
els
The Saint Paul globe., 1899-05-27
CAUSED AN UPROAR
FORMER PREMIER CRIsPpS AT
TEMPT TO EXPLAIN ITALIAN
DEFEAT IN ERYTHREA
THOUSANDS WERE SACRIFICED

Losses of the Italian Forces In
That Disastrous Engagement
Were Far Greater Than Had Been
supposed-One Estimate Is That
ed or Captured by Menelfk's Men.
ROME, May 26-Former Premier Crispi
in the chamber of deputies today, asked
permission to explain the circumstances
leading to the Italian rout in Erythrea.
His remarks led to an immense uproar,
during which anathemas were hurled In
discriminatory, and the din became so
great that the session was suspended. Az
ter: its resumption there was q repetition
Of the scenes before witnessed.
Signor Ferry, Socialist, accused Gen.
Barraterie, who commanded the italian
forces In Erythrea of fleeing and leaving
his troops in the lurcf. Ferry refused
to withdraw his accusation, and in the
midst of Undesirable uproar the house
adjourned E
The rout in Erythrea refers to the de-
feat of the italian army commanded by
Gen. Barraterie. at .Adowa, the Italian
i
exact number of men killed and made
prisoners on that occasion has not been
made public, but the italian war Office
officials, during the exciting scenes which
followedo Italy's reverse in the chamber
OF deputies, admitted that about $4,000
native Italian troops were engaged, in
addition to some 1000 auxilIaries, and
that about $50 officers and 5000 men were
killed by the forces Of Menelek, of Aby-
ssinia. In addition 1t is known that large
number Of Italians were made prisoners.
Some reports at that time had 1t that
the Italians lost about 10000 men In killed
and wounded, in addition to losing five
pieces of artillery, and their ammunition
and wagon trains.
Gen. Barraterte who commanded the
Italian troops at Adowa, former governor
OF Erytnrea, was tried by courtmartial
ana acquitted of having attacked the
Abyssinians from inexcusable motives.
under circumstances rendering defeat in
evitable, and of having abandoned the
ch1ef command Of the troops from half
past IL on March 1 until o'clock on
March 3, thereby failing to give the orders
required for lessening the conseouencee
Of the defeat
The advocate general, in his address for
the prosecution, at the time of the court
martial, demanded that the general be
sentenced to ten years confinement In a
fortress
Signor Crispi was premier at the timo
or TINS disaster to the Italian arms. and
a great deal of the odium fell upon him.
Hls resignation was accepted on March
"A, 1888, after a committee of the chamber
OF deputies had reported, recommending
with the Bank of Naples scandals during
poll 49,, - rs rs
his premiership.
The Saint Paul globe., 1899-05-27
FORCE IS INADEQUATE.
why Americans Have Not Terminat-
ed War in the Philippines.

MANILA, May 26.-The events of the
past week have emphasized the need of a
much larger army here without which
according to the best authorities in Man
fla 1t would be attempting the impossi-
ble to expect to establish American su-
premacy in the Philippine islands The
inadeQuacy of the American force is said
TO be responsible for the large total loss
In the number of small encounters with
out material results as a compensation
Most of the fighting has been In the
interior in territory which the Americans
had swept, but had been compelled to
abandon because they could not spare
troops to hold it.
The forces commanded by Gems. Mac
Arthur and Lawton held two important
lines of communication and commerce,
the railroad to San Fernando and the
Rio Grande river. But much of the
country they have swept, including scores
OF the smaller towns and some of the
larger ones have been left uncovered SIM
ply for want of men to hold them, and
the insurgents have returned and are oc-
cupying the towns the Americans aban-
doned, and are camping in the jungles
and woods outside of others on the
watch for chances to harass the garri-
sons and attack scouting parties or de-
tached companies with greater forces
This is the kind of warfare they prefer
to regular battles.
1t appears that the Filipinos who at
tackled the Third regiment between San
Miguel and Baliuag were part of Pic
Del Pillars army. They came from the
south across the mountains, presumably
to meet wagon train which Gen. Law
ton expected along the road. They also
planned to capture several large detach-
ments and were placed in ambush at diff
ferent points. They fired from the jun
gle at distance of 200 yards and gave
the Americans one of the hardest fights
experienced in the campaign The Fill
pinos lost more heavily than the Ameri-
cans in all the recent encounters. The
insurgent generals take the loss of arms
more to heart than they do the loss of
men.
Foreigners who have arrived here from
the insurgent country under the recent
order of expulsion, say the cemeteries in
all the towns are filled with fresh graves
A majority of the Filipinos wounded died
because the insurgent hospitals are in
adequate, medicines are scare, and thew
have few surgeons except Spanish can
tives who have been impressed
The Saint Paul globe., 1899-05-27

killed and wounded in this regiment has
been prepared by Adjt. Gen. English
from the official reports made to him
by Col. H. c. Kessler. 1t shows twenty
Line dead and eighty-seven wounded to
date, out of a total enlistment of 1,026
men and officers
Two volunteers, whose names are with
held, have been incapcitated from fur
ther services through temporary insanity,
caused by excessive heat and the ex-
element of battle. They arrived in San
Francisco last week under guard, and
are en- rounte to Washington, where they
will be placed in a government institu-
ton. Under the treatment in vogue their
ultimate recovery is promised
The Saint Paul globe., 1899-05-27


NEW YORK. May 2e.-Ccney Island
property to the value of nearly 81 GOO, 900
Ing, twenty acres III the heart Of the
summer resort section, the district knewn
as ''The Bowery,'' being reduced to ashes.
The zoo buildings burned were located
between the Bawery and the ocean, Tiis
yours walk on the west and the cid iron
pier on the east. These buildings ranged
Ia size and Importance from wabbly
bathing pavilion to the handsome five
story Hygeia hotel, including theaters,
concert halls, dancing pavilions, stores of
various kinds, restaurants and hotels of
every grade. The fire made shelterless
for time a native and transient popula-
tion of about $500, including 500 men and
women classed as comedians and SOU
brettes, employed in the district, and si-
lenced no less than 100 pianos, which for
years have assisted in the merry making
at Coney Island.
1t was nearly 8 a. m. when policeman
discovered blaze in cottage near the
iron pier. A prompt response of the fire
department, in answer to an alarm, had
and the engines were about going away
when the same policeman discovered an
other fire in Schef1eys pavilion, at the
Tilyous walk end of this district.
This was the start Of the big fire, and it
spread in a northeasterly zig-zag line
toward the Fatima theater, on the Bow
ery at frightful rate. Additional alarms
followed in quick succession until twen-
ty engines, some from as far as South
Brooklyn, were called.
In ten minutes after the second fire
started the whole Bowery district was
in wild alarm. The thousands immedi
ately threatened rushed out attired as
they slept. They were quickly Joined by
the entire native and overnight popula-
tion of the island, some 10,0GO, whose ea-
ger interest hampered the tiremen.
1t was seen that the firemen had deter
mined to make the Bowery the fighting
line, and then the last hope of those south
of the Bowery that any of their houses
might be saved being gone, rush for
salvage or plunder took place. Scores
Of thieves broke through the fire lines
and entered the district from the ocean
side, and their work of looting was whole
sale. A crowd carrying off a piano taught
the police what kind of crooks they had
to deal with.
SO far as known only four persons
were injured or burned, and all will re-
cover. Deputy Battalion Chief kilpat-
rick says he is convinced that the fire
vas of -incendiary origin. He arrives at
this conclusion owing to the fact that the
flames broke out in the different parts
Of the island at about the same time, both
places being difficult of access so far as
fire engines are concerned, and from the
fact that upon his arrival he found traces
of kerosene oil along the board walks
and around the bath houses where the
fires originated.