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The evening times., 1899-08-14
GRANITE STEPS BLOWN UP.
Exploding Gas Damages the Connec
ticut Stufe Capital.


ticut State Capital.
Hartford Conn, Aug 1.-THE granite
steps on the north front of the State
capitol were blown of last evening at
O'Clock by an explosion Of Illuminating
gas, which had collected in a vault under
them. Night Watchman James Keefe,
while making his rounds, smelled the gas.
and calling Assistant Watchman George
Cooper began an investigation. They
found il coming from the basement and
traced 1t to the vault Keefe was in the
lead and was carrying a lighted lantern
They opened the door to-the vault, and
instantly there was a terrific explosion
The men were thrown over, their clothes
taking fire. They crawied from the vault,
Cooper forgetting his own burns and
fighting to extinguish the flames that en-
veioped Keefe. II is feared that keefe
will die.
The steps that were blown of are OF
granite and are about seyenty-hye feet
long. They are four in number and are
fifteen feet wide. They weigh several
tons. but the force OF the explosion lifted
them a foot into the air and rent them
asundar, so that when they settled again
they were two feet out OF place. The
damage is estimated at 81, coo. Two heavy
standards that supported gas lamps at
either end of the steps were blown from
their bases
The evening times., 1899-08-14
THREATEN A REVOLT.
Natives of Newport Resent the Idea
of No Sunday Excursions.

of No Sunday Excursions.
Newport, r. l., Aug. IL feeling of
animosity that exists betwee-. the people
who live here all the year around and the
villa contingent from New York is
smoldering near to the surface, and there
is likelihood of a break out at any time.
1t is the complaint Of the natives that
the wealthy New Workers are running
Newport to suit themselves. and that in
stead of being the benefit that their money
would indicate, they are positive hurt to
the city.
The latest outbreak against the cottag-
ers was caused by the announcement in the
local papers yesterday that there viii be
no more Sunday excursions to Newport
form New York and New London.
The Boston excursions, which were
feature last year have not been run at all
this season, and the natives say that if the
cottagers are allowed to swing their in
fiuence to the full nobody will be allowed
to visit the city unless he has pass eoun-
tersigned by the Yanderbilts and R. 7.
Wilson.
The Sunday excursions to Newport
brought. the natives say, an average OF
81, 900 to $4,000 in cash to the town every
time they landed. But they did not suit
the wealthy dwellers along the cliffs.
The excursionists are too inquisitive, and
although they had only couple Of hours
in the town, they managed to get look
at everybody reputed to be the owner Oh
a million dollars or more. Their comments
were more or less frank and their actions
impertinent, according to the standards OF
those who believe that their wealth en-
titles them TO seclusion.
The action of an excursionist from
Providence in holding up Willie X Wander
biIt, jr, at the point of a camera last
month precipitated the crisis. 1t was said
then that the millionaire colony would ind
way to stop all excursions.
The natives say that the cottage aggre-
cation controls every line of transporta-
tion leading to this resort, and that their
influence in that direction will eventually
shut Newport of from the rest OF the
United States.
The evening times., 1899-08-14
SURGEON KENYoN's REPORT.
Details of Cases of Plague on the
Maru.


Passed Assistant Surgeon ]. J. Kenyon,
of the Marine Hospital Service. has sent
to Surgeon General Wyman a report con-
corning the arrival at Angel Island OF the
steamship Maru and the cases of bubonic
plague supposed to have existed aboard
of her. Surgeon Kenyon says:
THE vessel sailed from Hongkong on
June 13. On June 81. one Of the Chinese
of the stewards department was found 10
be i'll, and on the day following was iso-
lated and the room which he occupied was
closed. This case was passed by the
quarantine officials at Kobe for want Of
any definite symptoms. On the vessels s
arrival at Yokohama, on the morning Of
the e3d, the case was Immediately remov-
ed to the quarantine, and preparations in
stituted to dsnfect the vessel.
''On June "a another member OF the
crew the Japanese watchman, was found
to be suffering from fever. The man was
sent to the hospital. Both cases were pro-
nounced by the quarantine authorities to
be genuine cases of bubonic plague.
There was another death among the
crew One of the Chinese mess boys had
been ailing for several days before arrival
at Yokohama; no particular Or marked
symptoms. On June "a he suddenly de-
veloped a temperature of Al degrees c.,
and was Immediately sent to the hospital.
Death occurred within thirty hours. Di-
agnosis was that of pernicious malaria,
the malaria parasite being found in the
blood. There was no postmortem exami-
nation. The body was cremated. I be-
lieve this to have been a case of plague
because the boy had been on the ship for
over three months and had not been expos
ed to malarial infection more than other
members of the crew. This was the only
case of malaria reported.
THE passengers and crew were removed
from the vessel to the quarantine station,
where they were given a bath and their
personal effects disinfected. The vessel
was detained for six days, after which it
was allowed to proceed"
The evening times., 1899-08-14
CONDITIONS ON ArTou ISLAND
The People Said to He I'm a PitiabIe
Plight.

The People Said to He in a P1tf0ble
Plight.
Seattle, Wash, Aug. IA private letter
from Captain Slamm, of the revenue cut
ter Grant, now with the sealing patrol In
the Behring Sea, relates that the inhabi-
tants of Attou Island were found by him in
straitened circumstances but in no danger
of starvation. The inhabitants, numbering
seventy y-three-twenty-three men and fifty
women and children-were in a pitiable
condition. Many of the children were par
TALLY naked, and the women were little
better off. All were depending for bodily
warmth upon the common practice of hud-
ding five or six together in their "bara-
basiers,' or native huts.
The only fuel on the island Is a scant
supply of dry wood. The crew of the Grant
gave the people all their spare clothing
The people are suffering from a lack OF
salt. This resulted in much sickness, and
the physician Of the Grant was kept busy
dispensing medicines.
The Grant furnished the inhabitants ra-
tiOns. They have good supply of fish,
roots, and berries.
Attou Island has in time past been IA
nous as source of blue fox skins, and for
tunes have been made in the traffic, but
the traders and not the natives have made
the money. The foxes have all been killed
and the population Is diminishing. The re-
mainder are, strange to say, contented with
their lot, never having known anything
better, and they cling to the bleak, frozen
island. which. hardly affords them means
of sustenance, and which is often the scene
Of furious earthquakes and landslides.
While cruising in the Behring Sea the
Grant had two objects in view-a search for
any possible survivors Of the lost steamer
Pelican and the study Of ocean currents In
the sea and vicinity, for which purpose bot
ties were thrown overheard containing in
structions to the finders to forward them to
Washington.
Ten sealing vessels were on the ground
when Captain Slamm wrote, and the arri-
val of about ten more was expected.
The evening times., 1899-08-14
WANTS HARRISON NOMINATED
ChicaEo's Mayor Named as n Vice
Presidential Candidate.

Detroit, Mich, Aug. 14.-Fred A. Baker,
Chairman of the Democratic State Com
mittee, says all the dictates of good po
litical judgment point at the present time
to the need for nominating Mayor Harri-
son, for Vice President. Garter Harri-
son." he says controls the city OF Chi
cago, and for the most part the Demo-
cratic organization Of Chicago, and is in
control OF the State Democratic organiza-
tion Of Illinois. His nomination is, SO
far as appears now. the strongest that can
be made from the Middle West, and it is
the Middle West in which again the battle
win be fought as it was in 1885,
Other Democrats, however, say that
Harrison does not control Chicago Dem
ocrats. They insist that Republicans
elected lin mayor with the vigorous aid
of all the Republican newspapers includ-
ing the Mckinley organ, the Times Her
ald.'' HaTrison's Democracy, too is
questioned and as fctional fight is on in
Illinois, they say Harrison cannot be Sc.
riously considered. Baker, they say, does
not know what he is talking about.
The evening times., 1899-08-14
CHINESE AT PHILADEL. HIA.
CeIestiaIs VIII Visit the Exposition
for show Purposes.

Philadelphia, Aug. IA cable message
was received yesterday by Yam Phou Lee
from Hongkong stating that 250 Chinese
men and women intended for the Chinese
village feature of the National Export Ex-
position had sailed from that port on one
of the steamers of the Nippon Marou line
for San Francisco. where it Is expected
they will arrive September L They will
come on TO Philadelphia as soon as the
United States officials give them permission
The rest of the 450 originally intended
for the Chinese village feature will sail in a
few days on one of the steamers of the sans
line from Hongkong-
Arriving in San Francisco, each member
of the party will be photographed by Gov
ernment officials, thorough description
taken, and guarantee exacted from the
exposition agents there that each one of the
Chinese will be returned in due time 10
that port.
The evening times., 1899-08-14
CUT TO PIECES BY A CAR.
A Body Seen and Left Lying ON 4
Railway Track.


New York, Aug. 14-Neglect OF an act OF
humanity entailing only slight physical ex-
ertion, for which motorman of the Brook
lyn Rapid Transit Company is blamed,
threw mystery around the fate of John
Goffkin, twenty-five years old. Of Hunting
ton, L. l., and perhaps caused his death.
Goffkin's body was cut to pieces early
yesterday by car No. PIG of the Fort Hamil-
ton line. 1t Is not known whether the man
was dead or alive when the car struck him
His body lay across the tracks, near Coney
Island Creek, and the clothes were soaking
wet, as if he had dragged himself from the
creek or been pulled ont by some one and
laid on the tracks
When city-bound car passed the body
the motorman did not stop. He counted Oh
signaling TO a car approaching the body by
the tracks which il lay. 1t was then
nearly two O'Clock in the morning, and very
dark
John Banta, motormaa OF No. 213 Six
teenth Street. on car No. 216, wha thus sig
nailed. but did not understand, and the
cars rushed by each other, one going at
full speed toward the city and the other
bearing down on the body of Gonkin.
Banta saw If too late. and the car passed
over it cutting il to pieces. call for an
ambulance was sent to Coney Island, but
there was trace OF life In the body which
was sent to the morgue.
Christian H. Schulter. of No. y Fifth
Avenue. Brooklyn. identified the body later.
Goffkin had been staying at his house foI
several days.
Ambulance Surgeon Cochrane discovered
that the clothes OF the dead man were sat-
urated with salt water. The police cannot
understand this. Their only theory is that
Goffkin may have fallen into the creek.
and have become so exhausted by his ef-
forts TO get out that he fell across the
tracks unconscious.
Banta and Thomas Lester, OF No 31S
Ninth Avenue, the conductor Of the car,
were both arrested and held in $1,000 bail
each. The name of the motorman who sig
nailed Ranta Is not known.
The evening times., 1899-08-14

few days ago The Times took occasion
to express its skepticism concerning re-
port that the Pope was again dangerously
i'll. and to remark that His Holiness, while
subject to monthly report that he is 'fn
articulo mortis," invariably turns UP the
next day as lively as a cricket, and at
work on something calculated to indicate
confidence that he intends to see the CEN
tury out, and to exert some. influence On
the first decade of the next. We are in
terested, therefore, to observe that, far
from taking extreme JUNCTION, he is busy
with plan to hold an international ex-
hibition of articles of piety in the Vatican
during the holy year" of 1900. European
correspondents are often quite as yellow
as some of their American prototypes, and
their apparent determination to kill the
Pope every time news is dull is reprehen-
sible and unholy. We are always glad to
see their evil design frustrated.
The evening times., 1899-08-14
investigating a Death.

Allentown, Pa, Aug. 14.-Nicholas Bel
10, the proprietor Of boarding house for
Italian laborers, was struck by the Black
Diamond Express at Coplay Saturday
night and Instantly killed. Coroner Yost
was notified and yesterday went to Coplay
enough to warrant the belief that Bello's
death was either, case of suicide or of
murder The coroner will hold an inquest
and the matter will be thoroughly investi-
gated
The evening times., 1899-08-14
SAFETY OF THE NEW ORLEANS.
Commander LonSnecker Reports
Her Arrival at SantO Domingo.


Her Arrival at santO Domingo.
All fears for the safety of the New Or
leans were dispelled last night when a des-
patch was received from Commander Long
necker, OF the New Orleans announcing her
arrival at Santo Domingo on the 10th of Au-
gust. later telegram from Commander
Longnecker says that the situation is un-
changed. He says:
"Santo Domingo, via Haiti, Aug 13.-
Situation reported by the commander of the
Machias continues the same. Everything is
quiet at Santo Domingo. w. l. Request per-
mission for New Orleans and Machias to
proceed TO st. Thomas for coal or SantO
Domingo at my discretion.
The receipt OF telegram of August II is
acknowledged, stating that mail will ar
rive by Atlas line at Jacmel, Haiti"
A reply was sent today to Commander
Longnecker irsfructing him to go to San
Juan for coal and for the Machias 10 do the
same. f,
The evening times., 1899-08-14
A Friendly Idea.

Proh the ot. Louis Star.)
All unpleasantness between Germany and Amer
ica might be dissipated by inviting the Kaiser
to enter his yacht, the Meteor, in the interna-
tional yacht race, provided he would command
her himself Of course, with the understanding
between ourselves that he should carry off the
cup. II we can get that chip off der Kaiser's
shoulder through diplomacy it would be cheaper
than to knock il off
The evening times., 1899-08-14
IN MEMORY OF WASHINGTON.
The Anniversary of His Death to BE
Celebrated.

The Anniversary OF MS Death TO be
Celebrated.
New York, Aug 14.-New York Sons OF
the Revolution, will make the one hun
dredth anniversary of the death of George
Washington, December IA next, a great
national affair.
st. PauPs Church, in which there is still
a pew known as Washington's pew, has
been selected by the Sons of the Revolu-
tion as the most fitting place for them to
observe the day. Many other patriotic So
cieties will participate in the exercises at
the church, among them being the Society
of Colonial Danes, the Society of the War
of 1912. the Daughters OF the >RevoTut' on,
the Aztec Society, and the Society of Colo
NAL Wars.
1t is expected that President Mckinley
will issue suitable proclamation for the
day. Il
The evening times., 1899-08-14
He Slept ON the Tracks.

] Scranton, Pa. Aug. 14.-Joseph Consini,
a middle-aged miner. took of his shoes
and stockings and went to sleep on the
Lackawanna tracks just above the Scran
ton station some time Saturday night. His
badly mangled body was found by a
switchman at the foot of an embankment
at o'clock yesterday morning. He died
in the afternoon at the Lackawanna Hos
pitai.
The evening times., 1899-08-14
Begrudge Him Not Enjoyment.
From the Boston Globe.

The President still hugs his vacation. and it
will probably be late in the month before he
returns TO Washington. Meanwhile the nation
apparently jogs along just as well without his
presence at the Capital
The evening times., 1899-08-14
Idens of Pronriety.

(From the Indianapolis Journal)
s'Of course, 1 bought it, said the new Sem
ator; ''bought 1t like a gentleman. Do you
take me for a who would forfeit his self
respect going about backslapping and hand-shak-
ing with a lot Of farmers like green goods
steerer?'
The evening times., 1899-08-14
Making 1t Easy.

From the Chicago Reeord.)
ssDoctor, want my bill before I'm perfectly
WE'LL"
"Any special reasonF'
''Yes; you know how it hurts to pay for a
pair of shoes after you've worn them out"
The evening times., 1899-08-14

absorption failed? Can it be possible that
the sickening thud with which Hogg came
down on the cut and dried. boomers for
Augustus Van Wyck in New York the
don?
The evening times., 1899-08-14

There is a tendency TO make a great deal
of the alleged fact, that Candidate Goebel,
when he tainted the other day while max
ing a speech, and his coat was pulled of.
was seen to have knife sticking out
out of an inside pocket. The same thing
is said to have been noticed while he was
at the Louisville convention Considering
that the aspiring man from Covingtoa
lives, moves, and has his bourbon in the
State of Kentucky, where nearly all puff
fick gentlemen use knives as well as
forks, We consider the story unworthy OF
notice Where do his critics wish him to
carry his knife? In his boot? If he did
so it would cloud his citizenship. That is
a privilege reserved for the gentlemen Of
Texas
The evening times., 1899-08-14
Showing OF.


From the Chicago Record.)
Gracious, Eleanor, why do you give lunch
con in such hot weatherF
81 simply have to, Harvey; you forget that
we have new dining table and new chairs
The evening times., 1899-08-14
CURRENT HUMOR.
Heredity.
fFrom the Philadelphia

(From the Philadelphia Record.)
Cholly-Do you suppose that your fathah
would seriously object to me-aw-marrying
you?
Miss Pert-wer, if he's anything like me he
would.
The evening times., 1899-08-14
A In Otis.
From the Chicago Record j

tFrom the Chicago Kecord-)
II am afraid that nephew OF mine who went
out West and got married few months ago
doesn't get along well with his new wife"
''Why SOP"
''The letters he writes me now read as If
they were censored
The evening times., 1899-08-14
Queen of the Home,

(From Town Topics)
II thought you were going TO break up house.
keeping?"
eve did intend to, but the cook refused to
leave"
The evening times., 1899-08-14
Injury PIN. In.ult.
From the Yonkers Statesman.

From the Yonkers Statesman.)
Penelope hear your engagement with Paul
is broken; is that right?
Patience-Yep.
"Have you returned his ring yetp'
''No; told him he'd have to come around and
pick II out; really don't know which Is his"
The evening times., 1899-08-14

There is the possibility of a joke in the
London report, that the Administration is
making enquiries at the British colonial
office regarding the government of British
colonies in the East, with supposed view
of the adoption of British methods in the
Philippines. Those methods, which have
brought success to imperial colonial gov
ernment, would be impossible in the case
of a country whose civil service Is organ
lied under the spoils system Of the Re-
publican party. Americans are naturally
quite as capable as administrators, COM
missioners, or governors as are their
British cousins, given the same training
and experience; but the basic principles Of
non partisan appointment. competitive ex-
animation for the lowest grade OF the serv-
ice, and promotion and tenure during good
behavior, will have to be adopted and
maintained by our government, before it
can ever hope successfully to control and
govern its island possessions East or West
The evening times., 1899-08-14

The Hon. Erving. Winslow, OF the Boston
Filipino Junta is out in an address to the
sovereign people, in which, among other
things, he fiercely denounces the costly
and unending war of planetary policy"
By such remarks, Mr.. Winslow and his
co-conspirators stultify themselves.
Theirs is the planetary policy, and its psy
Geological source is the moon.
The evening times., 1899-08-14

yielding to artillery. They will not be
given much more time to decide which
they will do
The evening times., 1899-08-14

Communications intended for publication In
THE TINES mist be tersely and plainly written,
and must in all cases be accompanied by the
name and address OF the writer. Peleeteo com
munications will not be preserved. and only man.
usoripts OF obvious importance will be returned
10 their authors
The evening times., 1899-08-14

THE TIMES. In all its editions Morning, Even
ing. and Sunday, win be mailed 10 one address
for FIFTY CENTS per month Addresses changed
as often as desired
The evening times., 1899-08-14

Readers of THE TIMES who may ar any time
be unable TO procure copies OF il at any news
stand or railroad station. on railroad TRAINS
will confer a favcr upon the management by
Seeding 10 this Office information OF the TACT
The evening times., 1899-08-14


break the lamp of without having collision or
doing other damage.
At the recent meeting OF the members OF the
medical profession, says the New York letter Of
the philadelphia Press" important papers
were read that seemed to speak with disfavor ef
the extensive of the knife in the case OF ap-
pendieitis 1t 50 happens that DIR. o. VI. Ter
~, surgeon general Of this State. az the very
time of the meeting OF the association, pre-
pairing paper in which ne expected 10 show by
record OF actual eases how. rarely necessary
it is to use the knife for appendicitis. Dr. x.
T. Morris, 4 high authority of this city, had
taken issue with DIR. Terry upon the subject,
and had challenged him 10 give the record OF ten
patients whom DIR. Terry had treated by the oil
method. DIR. Terry has replied, giving the
ord not only of ten but of twenty patients
Gently treated By him without the knife. DR..
Morris had said in the Medical Times" ''It
is to be presumed that some CT the ten patients
Created by DR.. Terry have died or have sub
iected themselves to operations, and II will be
important contribution TO science il We leara
how the ten patients have Jared 10 date DIR.
Terry in reply gives the record ei these ten
cases, showing that every OF them has re-
covered, and he adds ten with equally
favorable records. DR.. Terry then adds that as
he glances backward and recalls the prominent
persons, as for instance, the Mexican Minister.
Norman l. Munroe, Senator Taber, Warren Le-
land, and others who had appendicitis, were op-
Grated upon and died, he wonders whether ii the
Oil treatment, consisting Of cathartie Of cas-
tor and sweet oil, had been adopted, these men
would not have been saved. DIR. Terry's high
standing and the remarkable record he has made
in treating appendicitis cases with OIL have at
tracted the attention cf the ablest medical nnea
of this city, and the Medical Times devotes
many columns to discussion of the subject
DR.. Terry refers to experience reported by
Colonel Sem, chief surgeon OF the United States
Volunteers and chief Of the operating STAFF In
| the field. Dr.. Sem declares that il Is amazing
that, in these days of appendicitis rage CT the
many thousand soldiers who landed IT Camp
Wickof, at Montauk. not case of appendicitis
came under his notice that would Justify an op-
| Grafton. OF the three cases OF supposed appen-
| dici;is sent to the surgical ward, only enc re-
quired surgical treatment
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-05-12
DO YOUR BEST.

The signs are bad when folks commence
A-findin' fault with Providence,
And balkin' cause the earth don't shake
at every prancing step they take.
No man is great till he can see
How less than little he would be
Eff. stripped to self, and, stark and bare.
He hung his sign out everywhere.
Ny doctor is to lay aside
Contentious, and be satisfied;
Jest do yer best and praise er blame
That follows that eounts jest the same.
I've allus noticed that success
Is mixed with troubles more or less,
And it's the man who does the best
That gets more kicks than all the rest.
james Whitcomb Riley