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The evening times., 1899-07-11
A RAILROAD CLEARINGHOUSE:
Millions to Build an Immense Freight
Yard at Chicago.

Yard at Chicago.
Chicago, July 1.-THE money required
for the promotion of the plan for the
great railroad clearing house at the Stick
ney tract, in the southwestern part of the
city, has been provided. The Chicago
Transfer and Charter Company, the corpo-
ration which will manage the property, has
capital Of $4,000, 900, and this has been
subscribed by Individual men who are
interested in the project. Mr.. Benson, Of
London, a capitalist who has been identi-
fed with various features of the matter,
mas agreed, 1t is said, to put 81 600, 900 into
the project. The estate of Roswell p.
Flower, 1t is reported, will invest $500, 600,
and Fl. II. Porter and D. o. Mills are re-
ported to have each agreed to subscribe
$1,0OO,000 of the stock. This leaves $780,
600 unaccounted for, and this portion will
be taken by property owners who after
executing deeds of their property in the
vicinity agreed to take payment in stock.
Nearly every road centreing in Chicago
has consented to go into the project, and
this is taken as an indication that they
look fayorably on the plan for the i'm
provement of the railroad freight service
at this point. II is understood also that
each one of the thirty roads has agreed
to subscribe 100000, making total of s6,-
$1,000, toward the expenses of carrying
the project forward to success. , his
amount is IN addition to the s400n :
coo stock of the transfer company.
The project is, one of great magnitude.
1t is announced that the railroad clearing
house will employ $4,000 men. The COM
pany which will manage and control the
property will own total of nearly 2,V00
acres, and this will be improved with a
complex system Of tracks and warehouses.
The plan is to make a sort of union rail-
way yard.
The evening times., 1899-07-11
AFTER ARMY APPOINTMENTS.
Several Delegations Call Upon Pres
ident Mckinley

A delegation from st. Louis, consisting
of Representative Charles r. JOY Col T.
j. Atkins. Chairman of the Missouri State
Republican Committee; DR.. Edward B.
Clements, member of the State Commit
tee; Capt. j. H. Goldman and John A.
Porter. called on the President today and
submitted list of names for appointment
to positions in the ten regiments to be or
ganized for service in the Philippines.
The list of officers recommended for ap-
pointment includes the names of Captain
Goldman, who was appointed to cap
taincy yesterday, but who wishes
Porter, formerly lieutenant in the
taincy; Downey Milbourn, recommended
for first lieutenant; Arthur w. Brent,
lieutenant in the Sixth Missouri, recon-
mended for a second lieutenant; Lieut..
David M. Dodge, of the Second Missouri,
recommended for a lieutenant; Lieut..
Archie Miller, of the Sixth Missouri, and
Walter Mackay now in the regular army,
recommended for service in the Philip
pines.
Senators Thurston of Nebraska and Mar
tin of Virginia saw the President together
in reference to appointments, Senator
Thurston said he expected to- get cap
tafncy for Captain Milford, Of the First
Nebraska Volunteers, in addition to the
appointments he secured yesterday.
Senator Bacon and Representative Bart
lett of Georgia were looking after that
States quota of appointments again today
They have recommended a large number
of officers, but say that Georgias quota
will be only eleven.
The evening times., 1899-07-11
TRADE WITH ARGENTINA.
Immense Increase I'm the Importa.
tion of American Goods.

Immense Increase i'm the Importa-
tiOn of American Goods.
William /. Buchanan, United States Min
lister to the Argentine Republic, has trans
mitted to the State Department paper
'on the trade of that country with America.
He says in the Introductory paragraphs
that the statistical bulletin covering the
first three months of the present year show
highly encouraging development in the
volume of American expectations TO Ar
gentina and also a marked decrease in the
extent of United States purchases of Ar
gentine products. The increase OF imports
from the United States for the first quar-
ter of the calendar year 1899 as compared
with the same period in 1898, was Sl,615,-
759. while the decrease in exports TO the
United States was Sl5S,211.
Mr.. Buchanan adds: This increase in
the trade of the United States with this
country has been generally commented
upon by the. press of this city. The ar
gentine press has used the figures show
ing our decreased purchases here, given
out by the bulletin, as an argument in
support of the well-known Argentine con-
tention that our wool tariff operates TN
justly against the woods OF this republic. "
The evening times., 1899-07-11
PANIC IN THE RARYrwARD.
A Brave Nurse Saves Bellevue Hos
pitaI From burning.


New York, July 1l.-But for the courage
bulance driver Bellevue Hospital, crowded
in every ward with helpless patients
might have been destroyed by fire last
night. The heroine was Miss Able, the
hero Albert Stone. AT midnight the wom-
an was in charge of ward 31-the baby
ward-which extends along the Twenty
sixth Street side of the hospital. She was
engaged in applying an icebag to the head
of a delirious child.
The little sufferer resisted desperately
and finally struck a lighted candle from
the hands Of an assistant nurse who stood
at Miss Abbe's elbow. In an instant the
blazing wick set fire to the mosquito net
ting, draped over the bed.
There were sixty-one sick babies in the
ward, besides forty women, many of them
critically i'll. The burst of fame spread
wild panic throughout the long room
Keep quiet, everybody" cried Miss Able
In a steady voice. There is no danger if
you will only keep quiet
Then, while holding the delrious child
in bed with one hand, she tore down the
blazing drapery with the other..r
Her hand and arm were terribly blis-
tered, but she did not falter. The blaze
by this time had sprung TO the netting
above the beds on either side, and these
the plucky nurse tore down, reckless of
her danger and pain.
Fortunately at the stone gateway of the
hospital sat Albert Stone. formerly mem
Der of the fire patrol. AT the first alarm
he dashed to the rescue, opening large
knife and moving down the nettings in the
pathway of the blaze
He worked fast and fearlessly, but so
rapid was the spread Of the fire that the
drapery OF twenty beds had been burned
before the danger was over.
While Nurse Able and Driver Stone
were battling for the lives of the patients
whose shrieks could be heard block away
the alarm reached the main hospital. Doc
tors keepers. nurses. streteher- bearers, all
ran pell NELL to the endangered ward AS
slstant Superintendent Reckard, his niece
Miss Anna Redington, and Dr. Waugh, of
the children's ward, did heroic service
carrying the panic-strieken patients out
Of danger.
The evening times., 1899-07-11
A CIVIL SERVICE TEST CASE.
New York PostOfiice Reductions
Arouse OpnOsitiOn


New York. July 1.-THE first ruling on
provisions Of the civil service order pro-
mulgated on, May 20, 1899, by President
Mckinley, according to which reductions
in rank and grade" may not be made in DO
sitions under civil service rules unless the
reasons for such reductions are placed ON
file just as reasons for removal must be-
placed on file, is being sought now by the
National Civil Service Reform League liz
the case of Robert j. Lusk who was re-
duced from superintendency of Postoffice
Station No. 8, at $4,000, to clerkship, at
$1,000, by Postmaster Van Cott The DO.
sition was placed in the classification list
by President Cleveland in 1894. 1t was
supposed that the order of President Me-
Kinley, on July q, 1897, providing against
removal with filed charges, really COW
cred removal from one position to another
The question, according to civil service
reformers was placed beyond controversy
when President Mckinley issued his order
on May 90, 1889. The only answer how
ever, which George McAneny. Secretary of
the Reform Association, received to his
letter to Postmaster Van Cott, calling at
tention to the plain wording of the latest
Presidential order, was notification that the
letter had been referred to the department
at Washington.
The case Of Mr.. Lusk is a test case
There have been several similar reductions
within the postoffice administration of Mr..
Van Cott. Those reductions are: E. F.
Brennan, from superintendent of Station
c, at $4,000. to a clerkship, at 81 900; George
Errity. from omssuperintendence Of Station B.
at $4,000, to clerkship, at $1,000; L. Ran
now, reduced and transferred losing $1,000;
Clande e, Stewart, from the superinten-
dence Of Madison Square branch, at 81, 500,
to clerkship at 1000. No complaints In
any case except Mr.. Lusk's have been made
to the league or to the association.
The evening times., 1899-07-11
ALMOST A MURDEREss.
Mrs. Storke's Desperate Attempt to
Kill LawXer jackson.

Kill Lawyer Jackson.
San Francisco Cal, July 11.-Mrs. Yda
Adds Storke, who up to recent years. as
Yda Adds, won considerable note by her
writing for the leading American maya
zines. but who recently attained notoriety
through a libel suit brought against her
by the county for having written anony-
nous letters attacking DR.. Winchester and
certain women, now appears before the
public in the role of would-be murderess
Attorney Grant Jackson, at one time her
by testifying against her in the libel suit,
was the intended victim. AT 3 a. m. yes
terday Mrs. Storke went to Jackson S
house with the intention of finishing him
up" as she expressed it. She gained en-
trance to a bedroom through a window by
cutting a screen. Once in the house she
sat down on a bed to arrange her plans.
She opened the hand satchel she had with
her and took out a four-ounce bottle of
chloroform, a bottle of prussic acid, and a
bottle of cyanide acid, and carefully ar
ranged them on the bed. Then she Sc
lected the chloroform bottle. and, carry
ing with it some bunting which she had in
the valise. she walked cautiously into
Jacksons room. She stopped over the
sleeping form and arranged the chloroform.
The piece of bunting touched Jackson s
nose and aroused him. He saw the wo-
man standing over him and asked:
who are yOu?
IFS me, Grant" Mrs. Storke replied.
Have you a gun.
Jackson said that he had. Mrs. Storke
drew a revolver and Jackson was COM
manded to hand over his weapon, Mrs.
Storke saying she had the drop on him. u
He obeyed
Jackson then engaged the woman in con-
versation and attempted to divert her at
tention. He watched for an opportunity to
seize her. Finally his chance came. She
reached for her handkerchief, which lay on
the floor, and he instantly sprang upon
her They grappled for ten minutes be-
fore Jackson overpowered her. He tied
both hands behind her back. Then he
called E. Tallant, a neighbor, who sum-
moned policeman and Mrs. Storke was
placed under arrest.
Yesterday Mrs. Storke was sentenced TO
the penitentiary for one year on the Win
chester libel charge.
The evening times., 1899-07-11
READY TO SELL THEIR SKIN.
FOrty-two Men Offer CuticIe for q
Grating Operation.

Chicago, July 11.-Forty-two men an
swered an advertisement yesterday asking
for skin for grating eleven inches of cuti-
Gle over the back of Richard Gray, seven
teen years old. The wound in Gray's back,
which is now nearly well, was caused by a.
swiftly moving belt In the suspender fac
tory where he worked. The flesh was torn
from the back and the bones were exposed.
If a new skin could not have been grated
on Gray would have died.
The issue of the newspaper containing
the advertisement was hardly on the street
before men and boys began flocking toward
DR.. E. E. Prescotts private hospital Some
were hard up and wanted the money; some
were moved by curiosity; some We're in
fiuenced by desire to help the sufferer.
After an examination DR.. Prescott Sc
lected four whom he thought would do
The rest were told they were not needed.
Il cannot even sell my flesh for food .
muttered one old man, the Oldest Of the
throng, when he was told the doctor would
not need him. The operation was entirely
successful and the wounded boy will live.
The evening times., 1899-07-11
MINISTER LOOMS ON LEAVE.
He Talks of the Postal Treaty Con
cluded With Venezuela.

He Talks of the Postal Treaty Con-
cluded With Venezuela.
New York, July 11.-Among the passen-
gers who arrived this morning on the S. S.
Philadelphia from La Guayra was Hon. F.
B. Loomis, American Minister to Vene-
zuela.. Mr.. Loomis said that he was on
leave of absence from his post.
There is very little of interest in Vene-
zuelan affairs he said. "A small revo-
luton was attemptediin the mountains
some weeks ago, put the government has
1t under control The only important pub
lie business of interest to Americans is
the treaty establishing a postal service.
The money order and parcel post systems
are to be put into immediate operation.
have succeeded In getting this matter
into such shape that this treaty has been
signed and everything is in readiness to
begin. 1 expect twill be Of considerable
service, as it has been impossible to send
drafts for small amounts because of the
exchange. It will be possible in the future
to send amounts of less than IS, and par
cells can be sent unden similar methods as
those In operation With other countries
Mr. Loomis is atties Grand Hotel.
The evening times., 1899-07-11
Political Parties.
0From the Galveston News. }

Whether parties should exist is a question.
Whether they should have unlimited power is
not question. George Washington himself
deemed the supreme danger TO the Republic to
be in the tyranny and destructive spirit OF
parties For every power enjoyed by a political
organization there should be corresponding re.
sponsibiity. The danger lies in a greedy spoils
politics which promises everything as a means OF
winning the offices and then refuses to perform
plain pledges and public duties as means OF
keeping in. The people, regardless of the color
and temperature of their politics, should unite
in fixing responsibility upon the party in power
This, in fact, is their only means OF securing
good government. The effort of politicians and
demagogues to enjoy the spoils and TO avoid all
responsibility should be met by determined
purpose OF the voter to make public service some.
thing better than means of getting something
for nothing.
The evening times., 1899-07-11
CARRANZA'S LETTER.
Ralph Redfern Admits Thnt He Il
the Man Who Stole 1t.

Boston, July 1.-Responsibility for the
fate Of the famous Carranza letter has
been switched about until today. when
the story was reduced to this plain state
ment by Ralph ID. Redfern, the United
States Secret Service agent at Boston:
81 stole that letter; certainly l did. That
letter was not garbled in translation" 4"
declared Mr. Redfern.
While in Montreal, Mr.. Redfern said, he
watched the movements of the members of
the Spanish Legation, Carranza and Du-
Bose. He impersonated business men Of
various kinds to cover his identity and
throw off suspicion. He played his part
so well that he secured personal permis-
sion from his victims to enter their rooms
while they were taking breakfast in a
room below, and just after the letter had
been taken. to meet them face to face and
acknowledge their courtesies. Having
learned OF Carranza's intention to move
into house in Tupper Street, Mr.. Red
fern secured quarters just opposite, from
which he could study the formers move
ments and habits.
The evening times., 1899-07-11
ACCUSED BY HIS WIFE.
Mrs. Sverak Says Her Husband Cut
Her Throat.


New York, July 11.-In the Flower Hos
pital last night woman whose throat was
cut from ear to ear by her own hand. it
was believed, suddenly arose in bed when
confronted by her husband for the first
time since her alleged attempt TO kill her
self, and, pointing her finger at him,
cried:
Yes, l know him. That's the scoun-
drel who cut my throat,'
He was John Sverak. butcher, living
at s53 First Avenue. According to his
story he was awakened yesterday morn
ing by warm blood trickiing dagainst his
body. His wife, Minnie, thirty-one years
old lay by his side motionless. gasping for
breath. He struck light hastily, and was
Mortified to see her throat cut from ear TO
ear. A bloody razor lay by her side.
After he aroused the neighbors some
one ran for Policeman Weinberg. of East
Filthy fifth Street, who called an ambu
lance, and the dying woman was taken
to Flower Hospital a prisoner. The hus-
band said they had expected the arrival of
a seventh child. and that his wife's critical
condition had unbalanced her mind.
When he called at the hospital con-
sciousness had come back TO her. nurse
asker her if she knew the visitor. She
looked al him for a moment and then
made the startling declaration. When calm
she repeated her story.
He is butcher" she said. .'and when
he came home from work last night We
had some words. He cursed me and told
me to shut up or he would kill me. Then
he got his razor and holding me by the
arm drew the blade across my throat
she is mad gasped the husband.
IN show you whether I'm mad or not
and you will go TO Sing Sing for this,
she exclaimed feebly.
Sverak was led out of her presence, AMI
afterward locked up in the East Fifty
first Street police station. He insists that
his wife is crazy, and says he will have no
difficulty in proving that he is innocent.
The evening times., 1899-07-11
WILL HAVE FREE SPEECH.
Rights Accorded to the Buffalo Re-
formers, College Faculty.

1
fOrmers' College Faculty.
Manhattan. Kan, July 11-Thomas e.
viii. of this city, to whom has been Of
fered the presidency of the new College OF
Social Science, which the Buffalo Reform
Conference decided to establish in Bos-
ton, said yesterday:
The institution is to be founded pri-
marily on the principle of most absolute
liberty of belief, teaching, speaking, fnd
publication
Too many institutions have curtailed
the right of their professors to speak their
minds, because of the effect 1t might have
on the income.
The new college will have in it's fac
uity several who have suffered from just
| this sort of thing. Prof. Edward w.
Bemis, who was dismissed from Chicago
| University because OF his advanced views
on political science, which he insisted on
expressing publicly will be member OF
the faculty, as will Prof. John R. Connors,
who was dismissed from the Syracuse Uni
versity because of his opposition to trusts
and monopolies.
"As members of the Faculty of the new
college these men will have absolute free
dom of expression2 but the other side OF
| the questions will mot be without hearing.
lTuSIS,t anu w ali
Street corporations of all kinds will be in
vited to send representatives to present
their views to thessstudents, SO that both
sides Of all questions ftmay be presented
fairly.
"Profs. Bemis and gonnors will prob
ably conduct the department of investiga-
tion.. Prof. Ward, of Manhattan, and Prof.
Frank Parsons, of Boston, will assist in
the teaching and extension departments.
1t is hoped to secure Willis j. Abbot to
conduct the department of publicity, and
1t is expected that Prof. George ID. Her.
ron, the Rev. w. ID. p. Bliss, and other
socialists Of national reputation will lee
ture under the auspices OF the institution.
1T is not to be inferred because most
of the instructors are to be socialists that
the institution is to teach nothing but
socialism. All branches OF social science
are to be taught.
1.-The governing board includes Messrs.
Edwin ID. Mead and George F. Washburn.
of Boston; George H. Shibley, of New
York; DR.. c. #. Taylor. of Philadelphia.
and C. B. Hoffman and John W. Breiden-
thai, of Kansas.
The evening times., 1899-07-11
The End of the chesapeake.
From Notes and Queries.l


The timbers of the Chesapeake form part Of
a -four mill at Wickham, near Fareham Hants
Wickham is four miles north of Fareham, its
nearest station on the London and Southwestern
Railway, and is the place which gave birth
to William of Wykeham, the founder of Win
chester and New College.
The Chesapeake was brought to Portsmouth,
but used in the British navy She was
sold by the government to Mr.. Holmes for
$500. He broke up the vessel, took several tons
of copper from her, and disposed of the timbers
which were quite and sound, of beautiful
pitchpne-for building purposes. Much of the
wood was used in building houses in Portsmouth; /;
but large portion was sold in 1920 to John
Prior a miller of Wickham, for nearly R2O0
Mr.. Prior pulled down his old mill at Wick
ham and constructed new one with this tim
Der, which he found admirably adapted for the
purpose. The deck timbers were SO feet long
and is inches square, and were placed, unaltered,
horizontally in the mill. The parlins of the
deck were about II feet long, and served without
altering for joists Many Of these tmbers still
bear the marks of Shannons grapeshot, and in
some places the, shot to be seen deeply EN-.
bedded in the pitchpine.
The evening times., 1899-07-11
TiIinU Made of Glnxs.
n.einsIc letter in the Chicaao Reoo

ELelpsic Ietter IN the Chicago Record.
Under the name of "Keramo'' new building
material, composed mainly of glass; has been
placed on the German market 1t is manufac-
tured in Penzig, Silesia. As far as known the
material is made of powdered glass waste, which
by special devitrifying process is turned into
stone and made into bricks under strong pressure
The transparency and brittleness OF the glass are
thus done away with, the bricks retaining how
ever, extraordinary hardness. The material is a
bad conductor of heat is slow to deteriorate un-
der exposure to weather, is reproof and oers per-
feet resistance to oil. grease, and all acids com.
monty met with. 1t may be tinged with any
pigment. Tiling of this material can be sold for
about Sl.7o square yard.
The evening times., 1899-07-11
INCENDIARY TALK CONDEMNED
General Anderson Criticises Former
Soldiers Lectures.

Chicago, July 11.-General Anderson
commanding Department of the Lakes Sc
verely criticised the lectures delivered by
Fritz Andrea, former sergeant and Will
liam H. Reeves, a former private of the
army at Manila, at All Souls Church, Sun
day evening. He declared that the refer
ence made by the speakers to the army are
incendiary and untrue in nearly every
particular and likely to create a false i'm
preston in the public mind of the situation
in the Philippines.
Il don't know who these men are but
they deserve to be punished for their talk, y
said General Anderson They should be
put in Jail until they are able to tell the
truth. They are simply lying when they
say that our soldiers fight the Filipinos re-
luctantly. Such talk is outrageous and
should not be permitted l suppose these
men are seeking notoriety, and will con-
tinue to make their silly statments as long
as they can find anybody to listen to them.
The sooner this sort of thing is stopped
the better it will be for the army and the
country
The evening times., 1899-07-11
A SERMON ON POLITICS.
The Views of a Louisville Pastor OF
the Recent Convention.


Louisville KY. July 1.-THE sermon of
the Rev. DR.. Alvah F. Gordon, pastor Of
the Parkland Baptist Church, Sunday night
dwelt entirely with Kentucky's political
condition. He took as his subject the re-
cent Democratic State Convention, which
nominated Senator William Goebel for
governor, and he denounced Goebel, his
methods, and the work of the convention.
Said he: In all the knowledge that l have
CLEANED from reading and observation,
have been able to find nothing more dis
graceful than the political convention that
has recently been held in Music Hall, in
this city. Think Of body sf men as
sembled to direct the politics of a great
State becoming so uncivilized and sacri-
legious as to sing at the same time Praise
God From Whom all Blessings Flow and
There1l be Hot Time in the Old Town
Tonight Moreover, l shall not support
the man whom these people declared their
nominee. l am democrat in its highest
sense and republican in its nobler prin-
ciples. Mr.. Gordon's congregation ap-
plauded his utterances in the church