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The evening times., 1899-08-16
BLIND ADDRESS READER DEAD.
He Deciphered Illegible Handvyrif-
ing I'm New York's POst0mce

New York, Aug. 1;.-W. W. Stone,
known throughout the United States as the
blind address reader of the city post
office, died at his home, No SOP Jeffer-
son Avenue, Brooklyn, yesterday from
heart failure. His success in supplying de-
ficiencies In addresses was remarkable.
Given the name of a small county post
office in the United States, he could name
the State in which it was located or how
many of similar name there were in the
United States.
During his long service in the city post
Office he became an expert in deciphering
been illegibIe Owing to this proficiency
he was promoted to be chief clerk in the
office OF directory searches" He was
originally appointed to a clerkship in the
postoffice on June 13, 1885, and served con-
tinuously up to the time of his death.
Mr.. Stone first began the study of de-
ciphering bad addresses while a general
clerk. He carefully compiled a manuscript
book OF the names of all the streets in
the United States. He was several years
In completing this volume. The numbers
OF the houses on the streets were indicat-
ed The book was recognized by the Gen.
eral Postofice Department in 1880 and cop
les sent to all postmasters This is an
instance of how his system worked: A let
ter was received from Roumania addressed
Miss Maria Bellew, 10 Alphonso Street,
America" By referring to his handbook
Mr. Stone found that in the United States
there were two Alphonso Streets, one in
Charlottesville, Va, and the other in
Providence, r. /. He found. however. that
the streets in Charlottesville, Va, were
not numbered, but there was a No. 10 in
Providence. The letter was sent there,
and it proved to be the right address
Some of the addresses submitted TO him
were worse than the Navy Department.
cipher code. 1t is asserted by his fellow
employees that out of 100 letters supposed
to bear illegible addresses Mr.. Stone could
col rectly readdress 95.
There is only one other clerk in the
Office who can carry on the work. o. G.
Manger, who will doubtless succeed Mr..
Stone as chief clerk. He has been in the
department for fifteen years and has been
close student OF Mr.. Stones system. Mr..
Stone was sixty-six years of age.
The evening times., 1899-08-16
PYTHIANs IN SESSION.
The Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania
Holds Its Annual Meeting.

Holds Its Annual Meeting.
Lancaster, Pa, Aug 16.-The grand
lodge. Knights of Phythias, is meeting in
annual session in Maennerchor Hall, this
city. This mornings session was called TO
mon Shissler delivered the address OF well
come. to which Mr.. Charles F. Linde, of
Philadelphia. made a happy response. The
body then went into executive session, and
Immediately elevated eighty past chaneel-
lors to the grand lodge rank.
Yesterday afternoons session was de-
voted to the consideration of officers re-
ports The grand chanceIlor's report states
that during the year three new lodges were
instituted in Allegheny, Tioga, and Hunt
ingdon counties. The total membership
of the endowment rank is 7,401. During
the year the amount Of the endowment in
creased 1922, 500 and s36, 500 was paid TO the
beneficiaries of deceased members.
George Hawkes., keeper of records and
seal. reported the receipts for the year to
be s20,6I6.S0. and the expenditures sl1,-
1903, leaving a balance of 9,505.S1. The
present membership of the order is IL 03l
The limitations during the year were 3,137
and the loss by suspensions, deaths, and
Withdrawals 3.S9S. The invested funds
amount to s1.047, ,025; amount of widows
and orphans fund. s55902; paid for the re-
lief of members. s1S,5T4.E-; paid for the
burial of the dead, S54. 4.920.57. and for the
relief of widowed families. s1,0s1.37.
The remainder of the afternoon session
was consumed in the reading of the report
Of the committee on election returns, pre-
sented by Cyrus T. Fox. of Reading. All
of the officers were reelected.
The evening times., 1899-08-16
Industry of Brain Workers.

People who work with their hands. esp.ciali,
farm - apt TO think that professional men
have an easy time of it, said lawyer Of this
city. Its amusing mistake. The farmer
stops at ssIndown and the laborer works ten hours
at the outside. The average professional man
works from twelve to fourteen hours day in and
day out, all the year around Often, at pinch
he will work from sixteen TO twenty hours for
several days in succession, and he will work when
he is sick or suffering severe physical PAIN
something the manual toiler wouldn't dream oi
of course, he takes short intervals of rest, like
everybody else. The human engine isn't capable
of absolutely sustained endeavor for over an
hour at stretch Watch day laborer, who
seems to be pioddng along like a machine and
you'll find that he really rests more than half
til etme. He looks at some well dressed doctor
lawyer, broker, or of affairs and SAYS to him
self: ''oh. you doggoned lazy rascal if you
only had to work like me! The truth is that the
chap he envies is putting an amount of con-
centration and continued energy into his daily
toll that would kill the man who works with his
hands alone in less than week. don't mean
this a reflection the laborer. who is also
doubt, doing his level best. simply mean
that the demands on brain production are third
again severe the demands on muscle produc.
iion. For sheer staying qualities there is nothing
in the world that equals the nervous high-strune
:rail-looking modern professional man,
The evening times., 1899-08-16
CONSOLIDATION OF ROADS.
Rumors of Changes In Importan
Southern Railway Lines.

RumOrs of Changes In Important
Southern Railway Lines.
Baltimore, Aug. 16.--It is stated that the
interest in the lease of the Georgia Rail-
road, held by the Louisville and Nashville.
The Southern Railway and Atlantic Coast
Line, it is said, work together, and the
Southern could reach Atlanta easier over
the Georgia road than any ether way. AS
there is constitutional provision in the
way of the Southern acquiring this lease
direct, an objection which does not hold
in the case of the Atlantic Coast Line, the
latter will acquire one-half interest in it
from the present lessee, the Louisville and
Nashville, on an understanding which has
been reached between the Southern and
Louisville and Nashville.
A meeting OF the stockholders of the
Raleigh and CASTOR Railway Company will
be held at Raleigh, n. c., on September
6 to consider the terms and conditions
upon which that property may consolidate
with the Seaboard and Roanoke, the Ra-
leigh and Augusta Air Line, the Carolina
Central, the. Georgia, Carolina and North
ern, the Durham and Northern, the Roam
oke and Tar River, and the Louisburg. The
consolidation of these roads is preliminary
to the formal consolidation of the Sea-
board Railway Company, which will in
clude the Seaboard Air Line system, the
Georgia and Alabama Railway Company,
the Florida Central and PeninsuIar Rail-
way Company.
The financial details are being arranged
by Mr. John Shelton Williams. of Rich
mond, Va, and j. William Middendorf, of
Baltimore.
The evening times., 1899-08-16
MARKET FOR AMERICAN IRON.
France n Good Field Owing to the
Scarcity of the supply.


Consul Britain writes from Nantes to
the State Department:
There have recently been many enquiries for
the names of the leading firms of the United
States that manufacture various kinds of ma
chinery. 4 number of sales of American ma
chinery have been made during the past year.
Heretofore considerable machinery used by the
shipbuilders of Nantes has been purchased in
England English manufacturers have two ad-
vantages those of the United States-irst
their nearness TO this market; second the ad-
yantagcs accyuing from the minimum tariff rate
For machine tools weighing over 1000 Kilograms
t2,2Oi pounds) the maximum duty Is Is francs
(s2 so; the minimum 10 francs (Sl.a3) per 100
Kilograms (22G.46 pounds: weighing from 259 to
1000 Kilograms $3.50 10 2,20i pounds, maximum
20 francs $3.50. minimum 1f francs (s3.0S) !;
small tools. weighing less than $50 Kilograms
maximum 20 francs (sI3.50). and the minimum 81
francs $3.50 per 100 Kilograms.
The difference on structural iron or that used
for shpbuilding. is not so great. the maximum
being francs Isl .15) and the minimum francs
COG cents. Tie recent augmentation in prices
and the scarcity of visible supply of structural
iron in this part OF France make this an op-
perfume time for the American manufacturer 10
invade the market. The nearness of the English
manufacturer has given him easy victory in
the past. but the shipbui,ders of the Loire have
come to the conclusion that il the American ircr
manufacturers sell iron in England and in
English colonies. ii is at least worth while 70
get prices.
/ believe il the American manufacturer were
on the ground with prices and terms he could
capture some ordels. There are three sllipyards
al Nantes, where there We're constructed last year
fortv-two iron vessels, VARYING in tonnage from
1000 downward. AT ST. Nazaire thirty miles
west of Nantes. there extensive shpyards
where some of the largest vessels in the service
of the Compagne Generate Transatlantiaue were
built About two weeks since a large war YES
sci for the government of Japan was launched
at st. NaZaIrc. American manufacturers of
structural iron would do well to correspond with
Iulun Lanoe, of Nantes, extensive dealer
who is anxious to obtain American prices on
bar, structural, and plate steel and iron
The evening times., 1899-08-16
TESTING OCEAN CURRENTS.
Experiments Conducted by the Ma
val photographic Office.

val photographic Office.
Some valuable information respecting
ocean currents has been obtained by the
Naval photographic Office through floating
bottles thrown overheard by steamers and
recovered by passing ships. which report
the exact points at which they were found.
Frequently the bottles are picked up and
again tossed overheard after the latitude
and longitude and the number of the bottle
have been noted, so that the Office in
Washington may know the direction ta-
ken by the bottle since put into the sea
or last sighted by some vessel. In this
way the direction it has drifted and the
strength Of the current can be accurately
estimated.
There are some recent returns which
show that bottles, have foated thousands
Of miles, and one has a record of covering
:, 400 miles in ninety-two days. This bot
tie was tossed overheard from the steam
ship Fuerst Bismarck on May l, 1898, about
$50 miles southeast of Cape Race, and re-
covered on August !, in the vicinity Of
Gluckstadt, on the Eibe. The distance be-
tween the two points following the route
through the English channel, is about
z 400 miles, giving twenty-six miles as the
lowest possible estimate of the daily av-
erage velocity with which the bottle trav-
eied eastward ~
The longest distance made by any bot
tie was one thrown from the steamship
Electrician. which covered $500 miles in a
little over three years, or an average of
nearly six miles 2 day. Another bottle
travelled 5000 miles in GA days, or an ay-
erage Of eight knots, while still another
made 5000 miles in 327 days, or an av-
erage of 1873 knots day. Another good
record for bottle is 800 miles in sixteen
days, or an average Of 1873 knots, day
In conducting its experiments the Navy
Department has had the cooperation of
the Russian Government, which on the
cruises of two of it's vessels had thrown
in the sea 703 bottles, of which thirty have
been recovered and reported. Taken COL
lectively the paths followed by these float
ing bottles give good idea of the drift
currents of the North Atlantic. The mo-
tion OF the waters seems to be westerly,
as is evidenced by the destination of the
numerous bottles cast adrift between Ma
deira and Cape San Rogue, all of which
ultimately found their way to the Wind
ward Islands, the Bahamas, or to the wes-
tern shores of the Gulf of Mexico
The evening times., 1899-08-16
MINERS WANT MORE MONEY
An Increase of Ten Cents u Ton Is
Asked.

Baltimore, Aug. 16.-Mr H. Crawford
Black, president of the Black Sheridan
Wilson Company, received letter yester-
day from the superintendent of their mines,
in Ailegany county. relative to the miners
request for an advance in their pay of 10
cents ton In his letter the superintend-
ent said:
The miners held meeting and appoint
ed a committee to wait on the superintend-
ents of the different mines for the purpose
of seeking an advance of 10 cents per ton.
II the same cannot be granted they ask for
conference with the companies owning the
mines on or before August 49,
Mr.. Black said that no action had been
taken yet and that he could not say what
would be done. The presidents of some OF
the companies live in New York, and they
may not get their notices until today. 1t is
thought that it will be impossible to ar
range joint meeting this week of presi-
dents or their reprc sentatiyes of the COM
panies interested. 1t is probable that a con-
ference will be held and that a later date
will be satisfactory to the miners.
The evening times., 1899-08-16
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 16. 1899.
Justice Leagued With Murder.

The action of the Dreyfus court martial,
in refusing the accuseds plea for an ad-
journment, in order TO allow the recovery
OF Maitre Labori, without whose presence
the case Of the defence is in danger, will
go a long way toward creating an opinion
that the court is gratifed to keep him
out of the case, at least long enough 10
save the regulations of Mercier and the
other conspirators of high position.
Indeed, there is some excuse for the sus-
picion that the authorities at Rennes, if
not Colonel Jouast, were prepared for the
assassination of Labori, Picquart, and
Dreyfus and, if not directly implicated in
the plot which is known to have been
formed for that purpose, were careful not
to do anything that might interfere with
its accomplishment. II will be remem
bered that on the day preceding the at
tempt on the advocates life, General Mer-
cier, who had been cornered by Labori
and had made himself and the anti-Drey-
fusard cause supremely ridiculous, claimed
TO have received two threatening let
ters. He turned them over 10 the police,
who Immediately devoted all their re-
sources to his protection. The next morn
ing Labori was shot on his way to the
trial, with arrows in his culver which, if
they could have been used, would have
confounded and convicted Mercier and his
companions in crime, and left the gov
ernment no alternative but to send them
10 the galleys
Labori being hors de combat, the presi-
dent of the court refused to suspend the
sitting and forced the case forward, there
by deliberately acting to save the crimi-
nal generals. 1t is in the same interest
that the petition for the two adjourn
ments OF forty-eight hours each, permitted
by French military law, is refused. There
Fan be no further illusions. In this cold
blooded decision the judges deliberately
range themselves with the miscreants who
compassed the attempted murder of coun-
sci before them, do so consciously, and
know that the civilized world will so re-
gard their action.
With that sort OF justice on the military
bench at Rennes, what next are We to
expect? If Loubet and Gallifet can COM
mand enough honest men to protect the
puittal is unavoidable. But we are seri-
ously afraid that he may not survive to
secure it. In effect, Jouast has winked at
assassination in the Labori case. The
motive being stronger in the direction of
Dreyfus, why should not he more than
wink, and perhaps assist in removing the
defendant altogether?
In the event of verdict in favor of
Dreyfus, it need surprise no one to see
an immediate and organized attempt to
kill him and everyone prominently con-
nected with his exoneration. And the
movement may take the form of open rev.
olution; if not it must lead to that No
one can critically contemplate the condi-
tions in France today without a conviction
that the republic totters TO a fall that can
not be long postponed.
The evening times., 1899-08-16
The Icebreaker Yermak.
From the London Times.)

The news of serious damage having been done
to Admiral Makarof's icebreaker. the Yer
mark, during her recent voyage TO Spitzbergen
causes it to be regretted here that the work oi
this novel vessel not restricted to the useful
experiments on the ice Of the Finnish Gulf where
it successful at the beginning of the
present year. Admiral Makarof received a mos,
popular and enthusiastic reception at st. Peters.
burg the first arrival of the cebreaker after IL
had liberated a number of merchant vessels fpom
the ice. and proved the possibility of shortening
the winter period during which water communi.
cation with this port is at present impossible:
but there has never been any strong belief in
the practcability of the gallant admiral's propo-
sal TO do battle with the ice packs of the Polar
ocean and keep open the Kara Straits The YER
max is already undergoing repairs at Newcastle
on-Tyne. On arriving there from the NORTH ac-
cording to information received here on the sub
lect, she WAS shipping ten feet of water forward.
One Of the blades of the forward propeller had
been knocked of, and the shaft very much
bent. This screw is now TO be taken off alto
gether and replaced by a pointed cap. Three new
shell plates have TO be put on, and twelve 9TH
ers newly riyeted An idea of the damage done
to the fore port of the vessel is given by the
fact that fifteen of the web frames. or ribs. have
TO be renewed on either side. 1t is thought she
must have received some other damage by
striking on rock. Fortunately no injury was
done to the machinery.
The evening times., 1899-08-16
THE LARGEST AMERICAN FLAG.
1t Will He Exhibited and Presented
to the Nation.

New York. Aug. 1.-THE first public ex-
hibition of what is declared to be the larg-
est American flag in the world, the one
made by Miss Josephine Mulford, of Madi-
son, n. j., will take place in this city for
the benefit of some worthy object in the
week of Admiral Dewey's arrival. The flag
will be exhibited in some armory, probably
that of the Ninth Regiment.
The flag is TO be sold by subscription and
presented to the nation by- the subscribers
in honor of our victorious army and navy
Subscriptions may be sent to Miss Mulford.
in care of the First National Bank of Madi-
son. 1t is Miss Mulford's plan to present,
as souvenir to each subscriber, an en-
graved receipt, on which will be reproduc.
tion of the original flag design.
The flag is leo by 90 feet in size. Three
hundred and twenty-five thousand stitches
were taken in making it. Letters COM
mending her patriotic work have been re-
ceived by Miss Mulford from President Nc
Kinley. Secretary Long. and General Miles.
The evening times., 1899-08-16
A MESSAGE FROM THE FRONT.
The FilipinOs Flee From the Rifles
of Americana.

Major A. w. Wills, postmaster at Nash
vile. Tenn, passed through Washington
yesterday, on his way South from Allan
tic City. While in this city Major Wills
called at the War Department to make ar
rangepents in reference to the muster out
of the First Tennessee Volunteers, which
regiment, it is expected, will return from
the Philippines about the last of Septem-
ber.
At Nashville the regiment will be re-
viewed by Governor McMillin. The citi-
zens of the capital of Tennessee will give
the First an enthusiastic welcome.
IN speaking of the Philippine rebellion
Major Wills said he had just received a
letter from his son. Lieut.. Van Leer Wills,
OF the Twelfth Infantry, U. S. A, saying
that the troops are in good condition.
Lieutenant Wills wrote that whenever the
Americans came within rife range of the
enemy he runs away After marching
twenty miles and capturing town, the
Americans have TO return, because they
have not sufficient force to garrison the
place. Major Wills says that his son
writes in high praise of the islands.
The evening times., 1899-08-16
IN THE HANDS OF A SHERIFF
An Execution Against n Road Tha,
Was Never Built.


Was Never Built.
Chambersburg. Pa. Aug 16.-The Path
Valley Railroad Company is in the hands
of the sheriff. an execution having been
issued Monday night against the corpora
tion by attorneys for S. H. Gring, of New
port, Perry county.
The road was chartered in October, 1893,
and residents of Path Valley subscribed
about $4,000 toward its building. None
of the subscriptions were to be paid until
the Franklin county portion of the road
had been graded. The road was to be fif-
teen miles long and was to extend from
New Germantown, Perry county, to y
Run. in this county. Right of way was
secured and some grading done, then the
work was abandoned.
a number of subscribers refused to pay
the amounts of their subscriptions. and
judgment was obtained against them for
want of sufficient affidavit of defence
Sheriff Pensinger has sent the papers in
the case to New Bloomfield to the sheriff
of Perry county, who will serve them on
David Gring, the president.
The evening times., 1899-08-16
AN UNUSUAL PROCEEDING.
A Retired officer Voluntarily Resigns
From the Army

The very small list of officers OF the
Regular Army who resign and relinquish
their pay after they have been placed on
the retired list has been increased by the
acceptance of the resignation of Major
Robert H. White, retired. Major White
who thus voluntarily relinquishes nearly
81. 600 year, entered the Army IS en- as
sistant surgeon in 1867. He was made a
major ten years later, and was stationed
for some time at Fort Myer.
About a year ago he received orders to
go to the Philippines, when he asked to be
retired. a short time after this action he
sent his resignation to the department
The officials thinking there must be some
mistake, returned the papers to Major
White, but the retired officer again filed
them. together with a letter urging that
his resignation be accepted.
The evening times., 1899-08-16
wnsgoner's Library Cremation.

Toledo, Ohio, Aug. 16.-Waggoner's Ii
brary was not burned last night, as ex-
tensively advertised, though there was a
great crowd at the United Brethren
Church in anticipation of the event Mr..
Waggoner has decided not to burn his
books in public, buts to have the conf1agra-
lion at some time when only members of
the church are presents and then without
publicity. Mr.. Waggoner said this morn
ing: THE books will be burned in a few
lays. l will be pleased to talk about it
Ifter it is over uT
The evening times., 1899-08-16
The British Royal Archers.
fFrou Inc Iondor ChronioIo1

NE0l1' INT l7V'IuOII OIIlVIIINIt.J
The Royal Company of Archers is one of the
Oldest bodies OF the kind in Great Britain, its
records going back more than two centuries
Almost every notable Scottish family has been
al one time or anothe. represented in this corps
Of archers, who constitute the sovereign's BODY
guard for Scotland. Their captain general who
Is always nobleman of high rank is Gold
Stick for Scotland, the corresponding office in
England beng held by the colonel of the Lie
Guards. In terms OF charter granted the Roval
Company in 1903 by Queen Anne. they perform
a service Of presenting three baTbed arrows TO
the sovereign wlsn residing AT Holyrood and
Queen Victoria has received this Offering three
times.