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cARBUIIDERs NAME OFFICERS.
National Association of Master s.e-
chanics to Convene Monday.

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chanics to Convene Monday.
Newport News. Va, June 16.-The Ma
tional Association of Master Carbuilders.
which has been In session at Old Point for
the past three days. adjourned today sine
die. The matter of selecting the next
meeting place was left with the executive
committee, which will confer with the
committee of the Master Mechanics Asso-
citation. The carbuilders elected the fol-
lowing officers:
President, C. A. shroyer: First Vice
President. J. R. Chamberlin; Second Vice
President, ]. ]. Hennessy; Third Vice
President W. ]. Robertson; Treasurer. c.
W. Demorest. The secretary will be
elected jointly with the master mechanic.
the same man serving both associations.
The following members were added to the
executive committee: A. E. Mitchell.
William Garstand, and S. p. Bush
The National Association OF Master Me-
chanics, which is the larger body. will
convene at the Chamberlln Hotel on Mon
day. Many Of the carbuilders will remain
over to attend the convention.
BY order OF court to satisfy a mortgage
held against the Atlantic Transportation
Company to satisfy debt of $50. 600. the
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad will tomor-
row sell the coal barges Mystic Belle,
Chalmette. and Ocean Belle.
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a STANDARD OIL MOVE.
The Company's Capital stock In
creased to SIIO.0OO,OOO.

Trenton, n. j., June 16-The Standard
OH Company filed a certificate today in the
office of the Secretary of State amending
its original articles of incorporation 50
as to increase the amount of the company s
capital stock from s1O.OO0,0OO to size. .OOO,-
UUo. The certificate is signed by Henry
f. Fiagler, President, and L. d. Clarke,
Secretary of the company. There are ap-
pended also the signatures of the owners
OF 1851 shares of stock, which is some
what in excess of the two-thirds of the
whole number of shares required by the
New Jersey law to increase the stock is
sue.
The new articles of incorporation pro-
vide that s10O coo of the stock is to be
preferred and entitled to a dividend not
to exceed 1-2 per cent quarterly. It Is
provided that the stock already existing
shall be preferred stock and that common
stock may be issued in exchange for it,
The directors are empowered to use any
surplus earnings for the purchase of prop
erty or the eompany's stock and the prop
erty or stock so purchased shall not
be made available for paying divi
dends unless the directors first sane
tion such action. The directors are
further authorized to appoint an ex-
ecutive committee of three with full
power to manage the companys business.
The States fee for filing this certificate is
100000, and a check for the amount ac
companied the document.
In 1892 the liquidation of the Standard
Oil Trust started, and although the trus-
tees said that the trust was terminated in
the same year, this was disputed by the
Attorney General of Ohio.
The constituent companies and their as
sets, as furnished in 1898 by John Rookie
feler to Attorney General Monett, of Ohio,
are as follows:
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Elk L.fc.,s striking Miners

Cumberland. Md, June 16.-The striking
miners of Elk Lick region have held pre-
liminary meeting at which the terms of
the operators. 45 cents ton for pick min
decided almost unanimously that they
would not so 10 work for less than the dis
trict price of so cents a ton and those who
attended the meeting and who We're in the
minority on the first vote. decided to stick
to the ruling of the majority. The strikers
have posted notices in the Georges Creek
region to mine laborers of the pending
Str
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An Obstacle to Progress.
tFrom The phlIaaelphia 1nguirer.l }

IFrom the FhlIlueIphlh Inqulfer.J
There will hardly be any war, because way
will probably be found to accomplish the neces
sary reforms without it, but war or no war, the
Boer is doomed. He stands in the way of the
worlds progress and if he will not move he will
have 10 be pushed aside. This may seem harsh
may be thought unjust, but it represents the
working OF the law Of the survival Of the Attest
to which we owe our nineteenth century civiliz1.
ton. through which our own United States has
reached its present altitude. The claims of the
Beers are no better than were those of the KAT
frs whom they dispossessed or of the Indians who
originally occupied and owned this continent
They are not valid against the exigencies of hu-
mapity's onward march
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Our Consul General at Stockholm has
issued timely warning to American
meat exporters. Trichinosis. he says, has
been found in piece Of our snort clear %
and producers should be very careful how
they send such merchandise 10 encounter
the critical eyes of European inspectors.
1t will now be proper for Secretary of
Agriculture Wilson to denounce the Con-
sui General as slanderer of a great ma
tive industry. The latter is almost as
dangerous to commerce as the Allegheny
jury which found Chicago dressed beef to
have been embalmed.
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A true copy:
r. II. ALLEN, Aide de Camp.
CLERK FORGOT THE STAMPS.
Licenses of Liquor Dealers Declared
ia He Void

West Chester. Pa. June 16.-The retail
liquor dealers of Chester county are ex-
cited over the discovery Just made by Dep
uty Revenue Collector Friday that when
the clerk Of courts issued the licenses some
time ago he neglected to place on each the
81 cents in revenue stamps required by the
Government Clerk Patrick explained that
the oversight was due to ignorance OF the
law, but Collector Friday declares that Ii
censes which have been issued without the
stamps are null and void.
1t is also alleged that since the new
revenue law went into effect Clerk Patrick
has failed to attach the 10-cent stamp to
the transcripts returned by the various
justices of the peace. The transcripts, it
is said. number several hundred. 1t Is
charged that the law has been evaded
through a slight change in the wording.
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From the st. Louis Clobe-Democrat)
No doubt Cuba has due share of ambitious
men. Some mean we'll, but others betray the
marks of INSCRIPTIONS schemers and revolution
lists. The island must not be allowed to fall into
their hands to be inarrcd at the beginning OF the
new General Wood sees that the people want
schools, public works upright courts, and many
forms OF improvement. He says there is a great
opening in Cuba for energy and enterprise. Gu
ba's hope is the future. 1t needs amendment and
development generally The American guardian
ship must continue for an indefinite time.
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Ginnt Fire Crackers.

(from lhe MiHhehppHs iTiDlne)
Noise and stencil enough can be made with the
smaller Chinese invention and the fireworks If
anybody wants to fire off cannon crackers let him
20 out into the suburbs and hire a vacant ten.
The many painful and sometimes frightful in
iuries inflicted by these fre-orackers ought
TO be enough TO condemn them and secure the
prohibition OF their manufacture and sale. But
if this cannot be done, municipal authorities
can prohibit thier explosion in the city,
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The Engine Drivers.


From The Atlanta JournaI,)
The history Of the Brotherhood Of Locomotiv,
Engineers shows what labor organization proper
ly directed can accomplish. This order has, doubt
less, been the means Of saving millions of dollar
TO the railroads as well as to- its own members
1t has been powerful agency for the prevention
of strikes, and for their speedy and equitabl,
adjustment when they did occur It has demon
strated the practical value Of arbitration and ha.
helped to bring about a better general under
standing between employers and employees.
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BALTIMORE AND OHIO CHANGES
A Sweeping Reorganization I'm the
Transportation Department

hrahsportnttOn department.
Baltimore, June ia number of inn
portant changes will be made in the trans
portation department of the Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad on July l. The position of
general superintendent Of the Trans-Ohio
lines, now held by ]. NJ. Graham, will be
abolished, and the jurisdiction of General
Superintendent Thomas Fitzgerald will be
extended over the main line from Phila-
delphia to Chicago, including its branches
Mr. Graham will become chief engineer
with headquarters at Baltimore. succeed
ing Mr.. w. T. Manning who resigned on
march 10. p. H. Irwin will continue as
assistant. The jurisdiction of John E.
Spurrier, Superintendent Il OF the first di-
vision and branches, with headquarters at
Baltimore, will be extended over the sec
ond division. F. A Hustled, Superinten-
dent of the middle division, will have the
third, fourth, and fifth divisions with
headquarters at Grafton W. Va Superin-
tendent Sheats. of the fourth and fifth
divisions, will be superintendent of the
Chicago terminals. T.J.r English, Super
intendent of the Chicago division, will
have the Ohio and Midland divisions, with
headquarters at Newark, Ohio, vice j. H.
Glover, assigned to other duties F. c.
-Batchelder, of the 500 line will be SUI
,perintendent of the Chicago dfvision, with
headquarters at Garrett Ind. Charles Gal
loway, Trainmaster of the first division.
will be assistant superintendent of the
first and second division, with headquar-
ters at Cumberland
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thieving which characterized the acqui-
sition of great many things necessary
for the Government to buy. to equip it.
self for the struggle with Spain, have
not been fully exposed as yet, They will
not be while the relatives, friends, and
coparceners of the criminals control the
party in power.
The times., 1899-06-17

From the Chicago Chronicle)
President Procters sole offence lies in the fact
that he declared the Presidents recent order to
be a step backward. As chief of the Civil Ser
vice Commission and honest man he could
have said nothing else. OF course he might have
held his tongue, but if we have come TO a
pass where man must sacrifice his right OF
free speech in order 10 retain a Federal position
it is quite evident that not only the civil service
rules but republican institutions, may expect
slight consideration from the Administration We
may as wen have lese-majeste laws at once
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What is the matter with Otis? For the
first time, yesterday. he failed to assure
his friend the Adiutant General, that the
rebels will not probably make any serious
future stand in the southern provinces" :"
Corbin, or somebody, will have to invent a
new finale for the Philippine messages.
Something like this is reasonably certain
to be the caper: 1T is now understood
that Aguinaldo is thoroughly demoralized
and in a few days, will send commits
sioners to sue for peace and beg DENLY
to teach them how to embalm beef"
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Probably # is reasonable to lump these
six vessels together as representing a fair
average of the hundred bought from va
rious private persons or corporations and
sold to the Government at a handsome
profit. IN the way of Commission" If so
1t will be seen that the average purchase
price was $144,744 The loss of value,
as shown in the above statement of ap-
praisements. is sixty-eight per cent TAX
ing these facts as basis, the hundred
vessels should have cost sI4474. 400, and the
loss on them now at the ascertained ratio.
would be stated at s9,S42.520.
This is nice sum for the Treasury to
lose, but there is perhaps comfort in the
thought that the public loss covers and
conceals great deal of private gain. In
other words. the corruntion. rascalitY. and
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The IrrerressibIe Eastern Question.


Two things. which may be not without
connection. stand out prominently from
yesterdays European dispatches. 1t Is
reported from Odessa that the Gar is
much chagrined over the apparent failure
OF the Peace Conference 10 achieve any
thing practical in the line Of his expecta-
tions. 1t is said that while he dfd not hope
for decision on the disarmament question
at present, he did think the Conference
would accomplish enough in the direction
OF arbitration, and OF restricting the use
Of new and cruel destructive agencies in
war. TO Justify a reassembling of the body
IN six months for the purpose of definitely
embodying conclusions OF that kind in dec
larations binding upon all the powers.
But Nicholas is understood TO be satisfied
that neither Germany nor Austria viii
participate in second meeting. and that
without their cooperation 1t would be use
less TO call one. If this story be reliable
1t then appears that the Conference and
its work have been abandoned, to all in
tents and purposes, by the power respon-
sible for the whole business.
We have often before reverted to the
unfathomable character of Russian di.lo-
macy, the only thing about which, that
the public can always rely upon, being.
that away at the bottom. it always means
a relentless Museovite determination one
day TO possess Constantlnople and the key
of the East. But what its proxImate de-
signs may be or involve in the meantime
is always good deal OF mystery.
With such considerations in mind the
chsneellerles Of the leading nations have
taken the Cars rather surprising apostoi-
ate OF peace and disarmament cum grano
sails: because nobody thinks that either
he or his empire has surrendered the hope
and struggle OF ages, or that he believes
the Russian dream ever can be realized
save through war. Indeed. many Europe
an statesmen have been skeptieal enough
10 hint that the whole movement at The
Hague has been engineered 10 raise fog
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Dates Fixed for Lnunchings

Newport News June ia definite date
has been fixed for the launching OF two
more OF the Morgan Line vessels at the
shipyard. The liner El Rio and the mag
nificent tug FL AMIGO will go overheard
Saturday, June 1. FL Rio will be chr'stened
BY Miss Miriam l. Post. of Albany, n. Y.
lister Of Walter 4. Post. the general su-
perintendent of the company Ell AMIGO
will be christened by Miss Emma Rowb bot.
tom of this city.
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London. June 16.-Sir Thomas Upton IS
still on his yachting cruise in the Baltic
but viii return to England within a week.
1t is believed that the launching of the
Shamrock will be conducted with the ut
most secrecy and will probably take place
about O'Clock on some morning known
only to her owner and builders II is as
serted that the alleged dimensions OF the
Shamrock recently given by the London
Times" are all wong.
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The keystone Democratic work

u.
The stubbornness Of the contest for the Demo
cratic nomination for Justice OF the Supreme
Court and the absence of bargaining or bossisI
which characterized the convention proceedings
are most encouraging features; but We imngine
nomination might have been sooner effected had
not so many OF the delegates been selected as
the personal choice oi the candidates. This is
custom Of long standing but more honored
in the breach than the observance.
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If We Can Have Men Enough.

(from the Hartford COurant.)
Those little Malays in southern Luzon have put
up some really stiff fighting In the last few days
They are plucky enough, a. far that goes. II
we can only whale and school the treachery out
of them we ought TO be able to make something
of them vet
The times., 1899-06-17

Chattanooga, Tenn, June 16.-The price
of Southern foundry iron has been ad-
vanced another 80 cents a ton. The price
is now sl45O. and in the Birmingham dis
trict S1S.73 and S14 psr ton.
The latest advance will probably be fol-
lowed by an advance of 1-2 cents per ton
in the price of coal mining in the furnace
district of Alabama, which Will affect 5000
miners.
The demand for Southern iron is so un-
preeedented that another advance in an
ticipated soon.
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Was on safe Ground.


1t is well for Jefries that he was not within
the jurisdiction Of the German Emperor when he
expressed his opinion that he is the best man in
the world.
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CAPTURED ORDNANCE STORES.
List of the Munitions of War Lost
by the Filipino Rebels.

by the Filipino Rebels.
The following report OF ordnance stores
captured from the Filipino rebels was pub
lished by the War Department yesterday:
Headquarters, First Division. Eighth Army
Corps,
Manila. Philippine Islands.
March T. 1893.
Adiutant General, Department Of the Pacific
and Eighth Army Corps.
Sir: have the honor 10 forward herewith
true copy OF communication received yesterday
from the Chief Ordnance Officer, Department OF
the Pacific and Eighth Army Corps, containing
list Of ordnance stores captured from the in
suIgents and turned in by the First Division, l
would respectfully request that it be treated as
part of my report OF active operations dated the
18th uitimO Very respectfully,
THOMAS ~ ANDERSON,
Major General, L. s v,
Commanding Division.
Headquarters, Department of The Pacific and
Officer Chief Ordnance officer,
Manila, P. l., March l. 1SgQ.
The Adiutant General, First Division Of Eighth
Army Corps
Sir: have the honor to report the following
list of ordnance stores captured from the insuT-
gents turned in by the First Division to date:
Cannon.-2 Krupp B. l. rifles, ealibre cen
timetre condition fair; HontoTia b. l. rifles,
calibrs inch, dismounted condition unseTvice
able; l Mountain B. l. rife, calibre inch. dis
mounted, condition, unservieeable; l Field b. L.
rifle, ealibre 2is inch, dismounted, condition un-
seryiceable; l Nordenfelt rife, rapid fire, dis
mounted. condition unserviceable
Carriages.-S carriages, rife, small, incomplete;
l Tripod rifle. small. incomplete
Rifes-56 rifles. Mauser, serviceahle; 5 rifles.
Mauser, unservicsable; Il rifles, Remington,
serviceabls; > rifles, Remington. uriserviceable.
Cartridges (rife balD.-23,5J0 Mauser, 1l,Oo0
Remington
Cartridges (miseellaneous).- .-537 Maxim -Norden-
felt, cllibre 81 miiinetEe; 547 shells. bras,
calbre 81 milimetre for reoading; $50 pfoiectiles
eaibre, 81 milimetre, for reloading; 2,50i Hotch-
kiss. calibre, I-5O; 200 Gating, ealibre LOO.
(steel bullet, foreign make); 600 proieeIles for
reloading, same.
Proiectiles Gniscellaneou5)-2 900 different sizes,
unelaszifed, unerated; 256 different sizes, IN
classified, Grated.
Powder.-l.7O0 pounds prsnatic; so pounds
fine grain, black; boxes, unopened, co pounds
to box; l box fine grain, black, unserviceable;
cans fine grain black, unservceable; &c charges
for 3-inch rifle.
Miscellaneous sleks charcoal, 6 large rolls
sheet lead. l6s bayoneis, Incomplete; 80 pounds
sulphur pigs lead. 60 knives, p infantry equip
menis. incomplete.
Very respectfully, W. 7. WOOD.
Captain, 18th Infantry,
Chief Ordnance Officer.
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Gradually Coming to Ttme.

The local evening organ of the Admins
tration announced yesterday that while
the President is still trying. by adopting
other eXpediencies, TO staye of the sending
OF further large army to the Philippines,
he has come to recognize the probability
that large body OF volunteers will have
TO be called for
1t is about time that he did SO, If he
reads the newspapers, or is allowed 10 talk
with persons in touch with the American
people. As we have frequently remarked,
Mr. Mckinley thoroughly understands the
situation and the urgent need for imme
diate action. But for the fear of a uni
versal outcry against Alger and Algerism,
he would have called out the volunteers
two weeks ago. For some reason, so far,
he has appeared 10 be more afraid of Alger
than of the public indignation that is
rising against him because of his failure
to perform plain and urgent duty.
So. postponing the day when cnoice
must be made between the removal of
Alger and disaster to our arms and his own
credit and reputation. Mr.. Mckinley hesi-
tates, starts on an excursion TO New Eng
land, and dodders! He first proposes TO
skeletonize all the regular forces on home
service leave the seacoast defence guns
to rust on the ways, and send their de-
TENDERS. to Luzon. Then he abandons that
scheme. Now his advisers urge him not
to call out PROFESSIONALS, but to attempt
establishments among the men in Otis
command, whose terms have expired. In
order to encourage this evasion of his
whole duty the President has been induced
TO promise veteran recruits their travel
pay home. which will amount to about four
hundred and fifty dollars man. as
bounty. Thus he hopes to raise three
Skeleton" regiments at Manila, and the
travel pay bonus viii amount to some
thing like two million dollars.
Again, We are told that, II he should
find himself forced to call out the provi-
sional army, he viii not ask for State
troops. but viii attempt to avoid the Ager
issue which might be raised by Governors
by putting the patronage of volunteer
commissions in the hands of Senators,
Representatives, and Republican national
committeeman. looking TO them to secure
companies, battalions, and regiments in
their various spheres of influence.
He will do anything TO save Alger, at
whatever cost to our interests. the lives
OF our soldiers ia the field, or national
honor! That. at least, is the way the situ-
alton looks. Possibly, when the President
acquires better idea of popular feeling,
BE- may switch around and, like the wicked
man who forsaketh his wickedness.
he may do that which is lawful and
right" and SO save his political soul alive.
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.lember OF a JeweIry Firm Mi.sing.

Boston, June 16.-Lewis Miller OF the
firm of Roseman & Miller. of this city. dis
appeared a week ago. The police are
searching for him, as his partner says he
has taken with him 81. 100 worth of iewelry
belonging to the firm.
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