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The evening times., 1899-03-23
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TRAFFIC IN INFANTS.
Efforts to Lose Babe Lead the Po-
lice to n Discovery.

Efforts to Lose Babe Lead the PO-
lice to Discovery.
New York. March 23.-Four percons are
detained by the police for suspicious con-
duct regarding babe, a week o,d. which is
now in Bellevue Hospital. The persons un-
sons under detention are Angelina Carena,
of II Mulberry Street Rosa Dennanti. Of
l21 Mulberry Street; her father, Antonio
Demanti. and Marie Vahasta, OF 2i3 Mott
Street.
The child was taken to Bellevue last
Monday by the Vabasta woman. She could
not explain satisfactorily how she g5t pos
session of the child and as It WAS not hers
the physicians refused to receive il. The
next day the child was taken to the Mu:-
berry Street station by Rosa Demanti. She
said the child was left on her doorstep.
The Outdoor Poor Department was notified
and an investigation made.
Marie Eabasta said she had received the
babe from Rosa Demanti. The Demanti
woman said her father had given the in
fant to her to take to the station. Demanti
said he got the child from Mrs. Carena on
Saturday morning. He declared she had
given him s. 10 take it from the place
The Carena woman when questioned shrug-
ged her shoulders and said she knew moth
ing about the infant. The police believe
there is a regular traffic in the disposition
of infants. IL was stated TO the magistrate
that it was the custom when an infant was
to be gotten rid of to hand il over TO
peJson known 10 be relis BILE who would
take it to a police station and say the little
one had been left on the doorstep of the
person in charge of it.
The evening times., 1899-03-23
PRODUCTION OF COAL.
Increase i'm the Output of Georges
Creek District

Increase i'm the Output OF Georges
Creek District.
Cumberland. Md, March 23-The coal
shipments from the Georges Creek-Cum-
berland region last week aggregated s6.-
96s.06 tons, or Is, 1913 tons more than
during the same week of 1898, The ship
ments for the year to March IS reached
821 ,94S.1S tons, an increase of f7,27o.e5 tons
as compared with the corresponding period
of 1898.
OF the output TO March IS 595. .731. 90 tons
were delivered to the Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad and local points an increase OF
15,065.S3 tons. and 232 .212.11 tons to the
Pennsylvania, an increase of 4,205G2 tons
compared with last year
During the week q, ,S59 tons of coal and
5.O19.11 tons OF coke were shipped from
the Elk Garden and Upper Potomac region
of West Virginia. The total output of the
region to March IS is 26l, ,861 02 tons of coal
and 1856 tons of coke. all increase OF 20.-
S62.09 tons of coal and decrease of BIB
07 tons Of coke as compared with the rec
ord for the same period OF 1898.
The producers are unable to meet the de-
mand, so active is the Atlantic seaboard
trade reported. Transportation by land
and by sea is much better than it has been.
bringing much relief TO consumers Con-
tracts, it is stated. are being taken slowly
on account OF the main line roads not yet
having named rates for the season. The
season contracts already taken have been
generally at prices for coal somewhat be-
low last years Trade in the Far East is
active, and the export trade to the West
Indies and South America continues to in
crease in comparison with former years
Transportation from mines TO tide is good
The evening times., 1899-03-23
Orders of the Commissioners.
orders were issued by the District Com
missioners this afternoon as follows.

missioners this afternoon as follows:
That Capt. William +. Craighil assistant to
the Engineer Commissioner, and Mr. C. B. Hunt
computing engineer. are directed to proceed to
Dickersons, Md, and return, duty connected
with the Engineer Department: expenses of trim
to be chargeable to, appropriation for improve
ment and repairs, northeast section 1852
That flushing basins be constructed as follows
chargeable to appropriation for automatic flush
ing tanks, 1885, estimated cost ST, 900:
Northwest corner New Jersey Avenue and \
Street northwest southeast corner Eighth and
n Streets northwest = northwest corner Columbia
and . Streets northwest; northwest corner Eley-
enth and Streets northwest; southeast corner
Thirteenth Street and Florida Avenue northwest
northwest corner Pennsylvania Avenue and Wash.
ington Circle; northwest corner Sixth and A
Streets northeast, and southeast corner TweIftl
and b Streets northeast.
That 35 feet OF 24-inch sewer and one manhoIe
be constructed in the west side of First Street
northwest. crossing o Street, at an estimated
cost of S140
That 10 feet of 2I-incl, sewer and two manholes
be constructed in the south side of l. Street
southwest, crossing South Capitol Street at an
estimated cost of S245.
That 20 feet of l2-inch sewer and three man
holes be constructed crossing Twenty ninth Street
just north of @ Street, at an estimated cost OF
$40; all chargeable to the current APPROXIMATION
for main and pipe sewers.
That 40 feet of 12-inch sewer and one manhole
be constructed at the intersection OF Nineteenth
Street and California Avenue, at an estimated
cost of 500; chargeable to the current appropra-
tion for suburban sewers.
That the trees on Fifth Street northwest. be.
tween G Street and New York Avenue, be re-
moved and another variety be planted when the
roadway of said street is widened at an rst
mated cost of $500: one-haif cost to be charged
to appropriation for repairs TO streets ISog. md
the other half to be charged against the deposit
OF the City and Suburban Railway Coiupasy.
The evening times., 1899-03-23
GARRISONS IN CUBA.
American Soldiers Do Net Like the
Queen of the Antilles


There is something distasteful TO the
American soldier about life in Cuba Short
ly after the island was evacuated by the
Spanish much interest was manifested in
garrison duty near Havana but there has
been a tremendous revulsicn of feeling in
the ranks and the soldiers are now anxious
10 get away. The novelty OF foreign SER
vice has worn off and the soldiers have
found the discomforts of army existence in
q hot tropical climate. with no opportuni-
fy for indulging in the usual attractions of
cities, make their stay far from pleasant.
and besides, many of them have suffered
from fever and other local ailments.
The War Department is becoming en-
barrassed at the protests against retaining
several regiments in the island and. al
though the volunteers are TO be brought
home shortly, the regulars will be COM
PEELED 10 remain throughout the summer
The young men In this country anxious to
enlist are not willing, as a rule, TO serve
In Cuba. and hundreds who were accent a bic
have declined TO enter the army unless as
sured they viii serve at home stations
Recruiting officers have reported this con-
dition OF affairs and have been instructed
that men must not be enlisted with any
proviso attached TO enrolment. but must
expect when in the army TO be ordered
wherever the Government requires them
Surprise is expressed that such opDosi-
lion TO foreign service should be displayed.
The evening times., 1899-03-23
PROGRESS IN MARYLAND.
Wsrl- of Renovating the Cumberland
Rolling Mills

Cumberland. Nd, March 23.-The les
sees OF the Cumberland Rolling Mills are
a corporation to be known as the Potomac
Steel Company. S. ]. McFarran, of Pitts
burg, a stockholder, took the lease in his
name TO save time in the matter T. S.
b. Wood. of Sharon, Pa, who viii manage
the plant, has arrived, with ". S Craig.
OF Danville, Pa, his roll designer. The
railroad company has already commenced
10 clean up the plant, having moved in
cars TO haul away material stored there.
Mr.. Wood said the first thing to be done
viii be the erection of an Office. He states
tat unless unforeseen contingencies oc-
cur they will have the rail mill in op-
GRAFTON in sixty days. This department
will take at least 100 men. Other depart
ments VIII be devoted 10 the manufacture
of plate, bars, round iron, and other ma
terial.
The lease covers the entire plant but
under the arrangements the Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad will use such parts OF the
mills and yard as the lessees do not need
for their present work. When all the space
is desired, however, the railroad company
will move out entirely.
MI Wood says the mill is in a surpris-
ingly satisfactory condition, more money
having been expended in its construction
than any he has ever seen. The machinery
is old-fashioned. but the power is good the
roll trans and foundations excellent and
things well arranged. The mill was built
well and of the best that afforded in its
day. New boilers, heating furnaces and
rolls adapted TO present demands will be
7lled at once. Drawings will be put
shape, and after the machinery ar
riyes, about April 1. men will be taken on.
The tin-plate trust make large additions
To the Cumberland branch mill, having or
dered 300, ,0G0 brick for the work. This
puts aquietus on the rumor that the Cum
berland plant, after absorption by the trust,
would be shut down.
The evening times., 1899-03-23
THE EARIH DOES NOT. MOVE.
Andrew Pappadakis Wants to Bet o
the COrrecincna of His Theory.

Andrew Pappaaiakis Wants to Bet on
the Correcincas of His Theory.
New Haven, Conn. March 23.-Andrew
Pappadakis is only three years away from
his quiet home in Callamata. Greece, yet
he has imbibedl some ideas in that time
calculated to rudely disturb the PASTORAL
like simplicity of his native heath when
he returns next year. His latest attempt
to salt the feeting form of genius is in
the shape Of an assertion that the earth
does not move and that he can prove 1t.
He offers to wager $500 as a proof of his
sincerity. and asks that the universities
of this country give him a chance.
According to rumor the young Greek is
the inventor of a chainiess bicycle capa-
BILE Of such speed that no can ride it, and
compressed air cannon, compared to
which modern artillery is archaic These
inventions, as well as his new theory about
the immoyability OF the earth, are guard
ed with secrecy.
He has recently explained his theory to
Prof. Andrew Phillips, of the mathematical
department Of Yale, and is anxious to put
them before the scientific world.
Pappadakis has said: My father sent
me to this country to study and to travel.
l have been here three and a half years,
anu expect 10 remain another year. 1nen
| am going to Greece for the Olympic
games, and then to the Paris Exposition
with my bicycle. l believe | can prove
that the earth does not move. / would
like to get an opportunity to explain my
theory before some educated audience at
university. If | could get such a chance
would bear the expense myself. / do
not want TO make a show. but l will wager
SoG0 that l can prove my theory.
Il became interested in this study by
noticing that the different peoples are of
different coiors, and also by studying the
effect of storms in different parts of the
world. | believe the earth hangs in the
atmosphere like a balloon, but | contend
that IL does not revolve. The sun re-
wolves. and by its heat it pushes the earth
and the planets apart
The evening times., 1899-03-23
CRANK FOOLED BUSINESS MEN
Gave Orders for Mantels, Tomb
stones and Paintings.

Gave Orders for ManteIs, Tomb
stones and Paintings.
Newburg, n. Y. March 23.-A short.
stockily built middle-aged, we'll dressed
German, with a red beard, who is evidently
a crank called at the store OF W H.
Shannon &; Co.. in this city last Saturday
and said he was janitor general of St.
Joseph's Protectory in Peekskill. whose
mother superior was his sister The Wis
itor told Nj, Shannon that the mother su-
perior had sent him and wanted to get
Ave hardwood mantels at s35 each, like
some which the proprietor of the store
showed him. He also told Shannon to
come to the protectory on Monday OF this
week, when the mother superior would
make arrangements for shipping and pay
ment for the mantels.
Mr.. Shanncns son. William. started for
Peekskili on the day appointed, and on the
Hudson River Railroad train met Messrs
Bayne, Carpenter, and Beggs, of this city.
contracting painters. who said they were
going TO see about painting papering and
decorating twenty-eight rooms in st. Jo-
seph's Protectory, at Peekskiil. On the
same train was Mr.. Dooley. of the irn of
Dooley & Ayres. of Flshkill. who said he
was on his way to Peekskill to sell the
mother superior OF the procteetory some
tonbstones red whskered German had
asked him to come down. as he had also
the others.
Upon their arrival in Peekskil the FIVE
business men went at once 10 the protec-
tory Office. The mother superior received
each caller in turn and threw up her hands
in surprise each time when she heard his
story. She said she had not sent for them,
had no brother. and did not know any red
whiskered German. She did not want any
mantels CT tomhstones or any papering
painting or decorating done
The German, who fooled" these business
men received no money and did not ask
them 10 cash any checks He is believed
to have been insane
The evening times., 1899-03-23
MEETING OF mETHoD1sTs.
The Wilmington Annual Conference
Conyenes at Cambridge, Md.

IL
Cambridge Nd, March pa sharp at
tack was made on the Delaware Legisla-
ture in the report of Rev. DR.. C.. S. Baker,
presiding elder of Dover district. presented
to the thirty-frst session of the Whining
ton Annual Conference. which began in
Cambridge this morning. in Zion Church.
Of which Rev. DIR. Z. G.. MaeNichol is pas
tor. The report said:
Under the new constitution of Della
ware Rev. DIR. Baker declared, the tenn
perance people had taken courage and
thought they would at least be accorded
the privilege of expressing their senti
ments in non-pertisan way at the ballot
box. Hence there was more than the usu-
al activity and interest, but for ways that
are dark and tricks that are vain the Della
ware Legislature takes pre-eminenee.
Carefully prepared local option bills were
placed by that body at it's last session in
the hands of saloon men and brewers TO
be killed in committee. Legislators were
intimidated by public threats Of party man
ayers. The saloon men were defiant. The
result is that the rum king still rules in
Delaware in spite of Christian churches
and citizens
lively incident OF the conference was
the objection raised by Rev. William NJ
Green to the statement made by Presiding
Elder Baker that he had failed to serve
Hooper's Island charge to which he had
beeen transferred from Woodside.
Rev. MIR. Green contended that great in
justice had been done him, but declared
that he was willing to leave the disposi-
ton of the case to his brethren.
Bishop Foss, who is presiding over the
conference, asked him whether ne wished
his case referred to the committee on min
isterial relations or considered in open
conference.
Rev. Mr.. Green preferred that it be sub
mitted to committee.
When the case had been so referred be
again rose and asked II there had been
anything charged against his moral char
acter and upon being assured that there
had not, resumed his seat.
Rev. A. S. Nowbray, who has been sec
retary of the conference for many years,
was reelected TO that position. He chose
as his assistants Revs. W. A. Wise. f. III.
Nelson, z. ii. Webster, and J. d. Riggs.
Rev. ". r. Mowbray. who was made
statistical secretary. chose as his assist
ants Reys. II. A. G.. Westerfield. ". w.
Sharp, Y. p. Northrup. G. p Jones, G. p
Smith, J. II. Geoghan. L. E. Poole, and j.
L. Johnson
Rev. C. A. Grise was elected conference
treasurer. He named as his assistants
Revs B. X. Stephenson, H. M. Budd, Ed
win Gardner, W. B. Copper. F. c. McSor-
ley. ]. NJ. Lindal. Julius Dodd, Theodore
f. Beauchamp, AIoysius Green, and E. G.
Atkinson.
The evening times., 1899-03-23
DRESS REFORM IN NEWARK.
schoolgirls Cast Away Their Tight
Laced Stays.

Newark, n. j., March 23.-Tight lacing
and everything else in the way of personal
attire that might be detrimental to health
are to be discarded by the girl pupils in the
Newark High School. Abandoning stays
and tight-fitting waists, the girls will wear
pretty, loose shirtwaists.
Dress reform is now apparently the
motto of the High School. The girls are
enthusiastic over it, and the teachers are
delighted, for they have argued long and
peIsistently for il and have made ii the
subject OF lessons and talks in the class
rooms, and of private talks to pupils
whose health they feared was being in
jured By tight lacing. The reform has been
fastened by the preparations for the physi-
cal culture classes soon 10 be started.
The methods of dressing most popular
among the school girls have long given the
teachers cause for worry. Recently a
young woman pupil vas asked to return
home and arrange her clothing so that her
waist measure would be added to by sew
eral inches. This was deemed necessary
her health and comfort at study.
With most of the girls the trim, neat
belt fashionable and pretty, appears to be
an irresistible temptation and 10 pull in
lust another notch was the easiest thing
in the world for them to do. Arguments Ia
favor of ample breathing space were made.
and everything is now satisfactorily SIT
tied. The girls are to wear to school a
pretty, loose shirt waist, part OF the gym
nasium costume which has just been
adopted, and in which the basketball class
will appear at practice. The entire suit is
OF black material. and includes boomers,
which are to be worn only in the Symna-
SUM and black stockings and slippers.
The shirt waist is to have rad braid trim
miugs.
The suit is pretty and practical, and thu
girls are much pleased with il. The bloom
ers are very full and graceful and not un-
duly conspicuous. The waist NOS being q
blouse, is proper TO be worn in the class
rooms An adjustable collar makes it pos
sible to give the waist dressed up ap-
The evening times., 1899-03-23
SLASHED TO DEATH.
school Teacher KILLS Man Who
Came TO do Him Ip.r

Evansville Ind, March 2S.-Thomas
Wigs. aged twenty-five years, son of
State Senator Joseph W. Wigs, OF Pike
county. literally cut Wesley Hurt to pisces
last evening. Wigs had been employed
temporarily to teach school at Carbon. a
small station four miles east OF Oak and
City, in Gibson county. Hurt called at
the school house. and. fourishing a pistol
told Wigs that he had a grudgs against
him and one of them had to die.
Wiggs rushed at Hurt with a pockes-
knife and sashed him across the chest
and abdomen, while his brother, who wss
a pupil in the school, stabbed him in the
back
The scholars rushed from the room pan
ic-stricken. Wigs and his brother LETT
Hurt for dead on the floor and surren-
dered themselves to The officers. Hurt
was twenty years old Thomas
Wigs recently returned from Porto Rico,
where he served as a volunteer under Gen
eral Miles.
The evening times., 1899-03-23
PORTO RICAN MAILS.
Natives Amazed at Their Safety In
der American Control.

Acting Postmaster General Heath has
received letted from Capt. w. H. Elliott,
Director of Posts of Porto REQ, relating
his experiences on an official tour of the
island, which he had just completed
Director Elliott states that the people
were incredulCus when he told them that
sealed letters would be sacred in the mails
and that anyone who meddled with mails
in transit or in possession OF The Govern
ment would be severely punished. He says
the Porto Ricans entrust 10 the mails on Y
unimportant letters, never mailing any
matter regarded es private or valuable, as
the malls have frequently been rified
The people, says Captain Elliott, have
returned to their regular avocations, and
in the farming communities the crops are
in fine prospect and the people expect to
be prosperous.
The evening times., 1899-03-23
FOR MEUlLlNNL US
NO EUSEL Oil

You know how unsatisfactory are
the results OF most "cOuEh mix
tures.o They merely quiet the
nerves for a while and leave a sick
ish sensation behind. Never ex-
pertinent with a cold. DuRy's Pure
Malt Whlsi<ey will cure it. You can
get 1T of your DrugEist or Grocer.
Send for pamphlet to
DUFFY MALT WHISkEY CO.,
Rochester, n. Y.
The evening times., 1899-03-23
ARRIVED TOO LATE.
EXPectant Bride n Week Behind
Tie.


Tie.
Gettysburg. Pa, March 23.-''Col-" Mar
tin Stonestreet aged sixty years, of near
Gettysburg. was to have been married to
Mrs. Katherine Brashear, aged forty years,
of Keyser. W. Va, in Gettysburg. on
March 13. Mrs. Brashear failed to arrive
on that day, and the colonel has since be-
ccme engaged TO another woman.
Mrs. Brashear arrived yesterday with
FIVE trunks and several store boxes full of
household goods. and was Immediately Ia
ken to the Stonestreet farm near Round
Top where Stonestreet rejected her. He
returned her TO the railroad station, where
she threw her arms around his neck and
asked him to procure marriage license.
You have broken my heart, she
screamed, and before leaving she threat
ened to commit suicide
The evening times., 1899-03-23
SUIT OVER A SEA FIND.
SaIuables Found en- Body of Sup
posed D0ursogne Victim Divided.

yaIuabIes Found On Body of Sup
posed Doureogne Victim Divided.
Boston. Mass, March 2S.-In the United
States district court yesterday, the unique
case of w H. Lowell and others, of Glou
cester, owners, master, and crew of the
schooner W. H. Cross, VS.. ninety nine gold
coins and other valuables, derelict on the
high seas, was decided. The valuables
were found by the sailors on the body Of a
man, which was picked up August Il some
distance from the scene of the Bourgogne
disaster, and were estimated to be worth
1,050. The body could not be identified
and had TO be buried at sea.
The court divides the property in halves,
holding one-half as salvage. of which one
third goes to the vessels owners. one
third to the master. and one-third 10 her
crew The other half is held by the Gov
erument.
The evening times., 1899-03-23
MEDIUM PROBABLY INSANE.
LottIe Fowler in "a Stupor ia Belle.
yue HospitaI.

New York, March 2S.-In the insane pa
vilion at Bellevue Hospital awaiting ex-
animation as to her sanity is LGttie Fow-
Ter. forty-fve years o.d, a spiritualis ic
medium.
Miss Fowler's health has been falling her
from Waterbury, Conn, and has since be IN
living in reduced circumstances with an
invalid brother at 800 West Forty second
Street.
Poor health impaired her mental facul-
ties, and for the last six months she has
been unable to pursue her vocation, but
too proud to ask aid.
Mrs. Margaret Brayton, of 15S West Fiji
The evening times., 1899-03-23
TAXES IN JAMAICA.
Trouble Predicted IL England Per-
sists in Her Present Policy.

sists in Her Present Policy.
Kingston, Jamaica, March ga po-iii-
cal crisis of gravity. said to be the most
important since 1863, is now occupying
the attention of Jamaica. The governor.
Sir Augustus Hemming prorogusd the leg
islature yesterday and reconvened il by
order of the British Secretary of State for
the Colonies. Joseph Chamberlain for the
purpose of reintIoducing the obnoxious
tariff bill, taxing industrial implements
and literature, which the council rejected
on March 10. The governor brought in
four new official members to outyote the
representatives.
The Jamaica Association has convened
public meetings throughout tae country
and it has cabled to Mr. Chamberlain eN-
planning the gravity ofpthe situation.
Considerable excitement prevails, and
it is said that there will be trouble if tie
government persists in its present policy.
The evening times., 1899-03-23
SPECIAL NOTICES.

TO THE STOCKHOLDERS OF THE
UNITED STATES ELECTRIC LIGHT
ING COMPANY-Notice is hereby given
that there will be a specially called gen
eral meeting of the stockholders OF the
United States Electric Lighting Company
at Hotel Connor, Harper's Ferry, West
Virginia, on MONDAY, THE Sd DAY OF
APRIL, 1899. between the hours of ! and
p. M. for the purpose of considering the
advisabilty of amending Article l. Sec
tion L. of the Bylaws, by reducing the
membership of the Board of Directors from
thirteen to nine and making changes in
said board, and to amend the Bylaws in
such other respects as may be deemed ad
visabie and to act upon such other busi-
ness as may properly come before the
meeting
Notice heretofore given for a meeting
to be held at Washington, d. c., March 80.
1899, is hereby revoked.
By order of the President.
RALPH w. LEE, Secretary
Washington, d. c., March %, 1899.
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