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The times., 1899-06-05
AN APPEAL TO CROKER.
Tammany Leaders Urge. Him to
Hurry Home for N Conference

New York. June 4.-Saratoga is to be
made Tammany headquarters in July.
There in all probability will be formulated
plans for the fall campaign. State as well
as county.
Richard Croker has been urged to cut
his stay in England short. so as to get
back here in time to meet his lieutenants
at the rendezvous. In any event. many OF
his deputies will pass the greater part OF
July and August at the Springs.
/ John F. Carroll. acting leader of Tam
self and Mayor Van Wyck at the Grand
Union Hotel. and rooms will be reserved
there also for Mr.. Croker
AT the same resort are to be CORPORATION
Counsel john Whalen, Sheriff Thomas J.
Dunn, Fire Commissioner John j. ScanneIl
Police Commissioner John b. Sexton, SEN
ators Thomas F. Grady. Timothy D. Sui
livan, Maurice Featherston. and George W.
Plunkitt, City Chamberlain Patrick Keen
an, District Attorney Asa Bird Gardiner.
President Of the Dock Board j. Sergeant
Cram, Park Board President George c.
Clausen, Corrections Commissioner Fran
els ]. Lantry Maurice F. Holahan. Presi-
dent Of the Board of Public improvements;
County Clerk William Sohmer, and Thomas
F. Smith.
Former Senator Edward Murphy. Presi-
uSht iNdhuo4pu busSeHHelineT. OF lQe mu-
nicipal council, and John C. Sheehan. will
take part of their outing at Long Branch
All three have leased cottages there for
the summer. Senator Murphy and Presi-
dent Guggenheimer will doubtless be found
at Saratoga soon after Mr.. Croker gets
there.
Mr.. Sheehan was again mute yesterday
about his war on Croker. though he as
sured friends that his campaign was pro-
crossing very satisfactorily to himself
So far as could be ascertained the Shee-
hanites have not yet made any apparent
headway outside their own district, the
Ninth. Many of those who agreed to join
the revolt against Mr.. Croker weakened
when the real test came and today the
only storm centre seems to be in the Ninth
itself, where Councilman Frank j. Good
! win is seeking to supplant Sheehan as the
district leader.
Mr.. Sheehan's friends assert that the
fight has increased the enrolment Of
Democrats in every district in the coun-
ty. But loyal Croker men aver with great
positiveness that they will hold every one
of the thirty-four assembly districts ONT
side OF the Ninth; and If Sheehan persists
| in fighting. they will beat him out in his
home district. Sheehan dares them to try
! Il.
The times., 1899-06-05
A NEW AIRSHIP.
Indinninn Clnims to Have solved the
Aerial Navigation Problem

Evansville, Ind, June 4.-Arcidas Farmer
claims to have solved the problem of aerial
navigation. He has been known for sew
eral years as an experimenter in airship
invention. His airship is a navigable bal
loon. The balloon is cigar shaped and
about thirty feet long The basket, which
contains the propeller and steering power
enty-five pounds. 1t is hexagonal in shape.
five feet across, and the basket is of stout
rope netting. The propelling apparatus
consists of two aluminium propellers, work
ing at the ends of hollow shafts at the side
of the machine. The propellers are ten
feet apart, and in front of the seat where
the man who produces the power is seated
in double wheel. The man can change
the position of the propellers.
When both are in front of the shaft
and power is applied the airship is driven
forward When reversed and thrown back
of the shaft, it goes back. When the pro-
pellers are placed on top and revolved
the machine rises. and when placed under
meath it sinks Each propeller is indie
pendent of the other in its positions. By
placing one in front and one behind, the
machine can be turned around.
The airship has had several tests. The
inventor makes no eXtravagant claims for
the ship. He does not know how fast he
can drive it in a calm or how much head
way he can make in a strong wind. All
he says is that the machine will move in
the direction he expects.
When he gave the first test the airship
made several circuits of the baseball park,
where the test was made.
The times., 1899-06-05
Sir wiIfrid Lnurier,s Version.
(From the Boston Journal.)


The trouble with Sir Wilfrid Laurier's state
ment of the attitude of Canada with reference
to the negotiations concerning the Alaskan
boundary is that it is not in accordance with the
facts cmanating from British official sources. 1t
would be going too far 10 accuse the Canadian
Premier of willful inaecuracy OF statement. His
version Of the matter has the appearance OF being
carefully guarded, but it is always possible for
an sdroit diplomatist, by suppressing certain
points and emphasizing certain Others, to create
an impression which is essentially as misleading
as a direct untruth. II would seem that some
thing OF this kind is what Sir Wilfrid Laurier
has done. Perhaps there is quibble of some kind
In the phrase which relates to the Venezuelan
precedent However that may be. there is too
much evidence going to show that it is Canada
who has prevented agreement to arbitrate
the boundary question to be overthrow by 50
haltins and partial an expaation as that of Sir
Wifrid I-auricr.
The times., 1899-06-05
SHIPS To- BE SOLD AT AUCTION
A Court Decision Relating TO Vessels
Mt NcMpO News.

Newport News. Va. June 4.-Judge J.
W. C. Blackstone. Of the Circuit Court, in
vacation, entered decree authorizing the
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad to sell the
large coal barges Ocean Belle, Mystic Belle
and Chalmette. which were formerly in
the service of the Atlantic Transportation
Company. of New York. and which were
attached when that concern was sued by
the Chesapeake and Ohio and Knicker-
booker Towing Company. of Maine.
The Atlantic Transportation Company,
it is alleged. gave notes aggregating $50
600, and at the expiration of the time al
lowed had only paid $500 at the Western
National Bank. in New York.
The receivers for the Atlantic Transpor-
tation Company-M. E. ingalls,, ir., and
Edwin P Meany-have been instructed to
turn the barges over to the Chesapeake
and Ohio on demand.
Judge Blackstone also entered a decree
requiring the receivers to transfer to the
possession of the city marshal, Sergeant
Milstead. the steam collier Santuit and
the barges West Virginia and Woodside,
which were also attached with the other
vessels. The six vessels will be sold at
public auction in a few days.
The times., 1899-06-05
ANOTHER STEWART CLAIMANT.
Alleged Nephew of the Great Mer-
chant in Court.

New York. June 4.-AppIication was
made yesterday before Justice Garretson,
in Long Island City. to strike from the
June calendar the case Of Alexander Stew
art against the Garden City Improvement
Company The plaintiff claims to be a
nephew of the late A. T. Stewart. The
application was made with a view of hav-
ing Justice GarretsOn grant an order to
appoint a commission to go TO Belfast,
Ireland. to take testimony tending to prove
that the plaintiff was a rightful heir OF
Alexander Turney Stewart.
Mr.. Holmes. of Russell G. Holmes, eoun-
sci for the Stewart estate, opposed the ap-
plication.
Justice Garretson heard argument on
both sides. Counsel for the plaintiff claim
ed that A. T. Stewart did not leave any
will and no citations were ever issued.
Mr.. Russell said that it was not an un-
common thing for persons to appear now
and then and claim 10 be heirs to the
Stewart estate. He cited one case which
came up before Judge Lacombe, in New
York, where the petitioner claimed that
there was no Stewart will. Mr. Russell
said that he proved this claim to be ridi-
culous by producing in court the will OF
Mr.. Stewart, which was made in 1876
Justice Garretson took the papers and
adjourned the matter until June II.
The times., 1899-06-05
FROM RICHES TO POVERTY.
Henry ProbascO, Once millionaire
Gives His Fortune Away.

Henry Probasco. Once millionaire.
Gives His Fortune Away.
Cincinnati, o., June ITO die rich is
to die disgraced," lately said Andrew Car
negie who has given away s17.OO0.OO0 in
twenty-five years, and who is worth $780,
900 900.
Such disgrace will not be the fate OF
Henry Probasco, OF this city. Once a
millionaire Mr. Probasco has given
away his fortune in public and private
benevolence Seventy-nine years of age,
he finds himself impoverished in the
twilight Of his generous life. Those
closest to him estimate that this open
hearted open-handed man has expend-
ed 100000 in charity and philanthropic
works.
Once the owner of the splendid residence,
Oakwood. in aristocratic Clifton, Mr.. Pro-
basco now lives in little house he rents.
Once the largest depositor in the Cincin-
natl banks, he now supports himself on
a small salary paid to him as president of
the board OF trustees of Spring Grove Gem
etery. the beautiful city of the dead which
he and Adolph Straush. the famous land
scape gardener, created. And he bears his
changed fortunes serenely, with dig
nifty.
"Probasco has given far more to others
than we supposed" said one of his old
friends today. There is no other explain
alton of his financial decay
Mr.. Probasco made his fortune in the
hardware business from which he retired
soon after the Civil War. He gave to this
city the superb fountain that is its greatest
ornament. He estimated the fountain
would cost 100000; it cost four times as
| much. The fountain is to the memory of
/ Tyler Davidson, Probasco's benefactor and
| former partner.
| Mr.. Probasco is a devout Episcopalian.
| Calvary Church, Clifton, where he wor-
ships, needed money. Mr.. Probasco gave
100000 to the church. He gave $4,000 for
a fountain that stands before the Clifton
town hall, where horses quench their thi st.
Just as "a horde of mendicants'' has driven
| Andrew Carnegie from London to his
palace in Scotland, SO countless appeals
for aid poured in on Henry Probasco. The
word No was not in his vocabulary.
! His servants enjoyed his most generous
| bounty. He paid them well. made them
save of their wages and invested and jeal-
ously guarded their savings. Some of his
servants were in his household for twenty
| five years.
In 1858 Mr.. Probasco bought the prop
| erty in Clifton and began the erection
| of a mansion in the Elizabethan style.
William Tinsley, an Englishman, was the
architect Oakwood was three years build
| ing The house and the splendid grounds
cost half million dollars. They were
sold at assignees sale for 900 a few
| days ago.
The times., 1899-06-05
WAGES ADVANCED.
Miners in the South Enjoying Great
Prosperity.

Birmingham, Ala, June 4.-The Tennes-
see Coal Iron and Railroad Company and
the Sloss Iron and Steel Company yes
terday announced an advance of 21-2
cents a ton in coal miners wages, the
fourth advance of a similar kind made
since March 1. These advances have been
declared in March. April, May, and June,
consecutively. Coal miners will now re-
ceive 80 cents ton. as against 40 cents
a ton four months ago. a total advance
of 10 cents a ton, or 20 per cent.
The advance is due to the rapid rise in
pig iron. the miners having contract by
which they get 40 cents a ton when all
grades of iron net the operators $40 at
the furnace, and 1-2 cents additional for
each 30 cents advance in iron.
The advance affects all miners in Jeffer-
son county, about ten thousand all told.
and is the most remarkable one that has
ever occurred in the Birmingham district
in the same space of time. Yesterday No.
foundry iron. which has been recently SELL
ing at $3.50 per ton, jumped up to 1880,
and it is hard to get supplied even at that
figure. The indications are that the miners
will receive another advance July l.
The times., 1899-06-05
England, Prize Beauty.
(Ernm Cnssen's Magazine.l

(From CasseITs Magazine.)
The most beautiful woman in England IS with
out doubt Lady Helen Vincent There has never
been anyone to compare with her since she frst
appeared in society, and she was the most beauu-
full bride ever seen-in a white dress brocaded in
lilies with goldeu-yel stamens and palest green
leaves She is cxquistely fair almost fragile, and
some of her freshness doubtless is due to the fact
that she never wears herself out with late hours,
as so many other London women do. Even when
staying in other peoples houses she manages TO
live her own life in her way, walking out
and resting during portion Of the day, whle
every night. no matter what the attraction in
the way OF dancing or playing cards, she in
yariably SAYS goodnight soon after II o'clock.
The times., 1899-06-05
TROUBLE FOR TEXAS LYNcHERs.
Governor snyers' Attitude on the
Humphreys Murderers-

Dallas Texas, June 4.-Goyernor Sayers
is showing determined purpose to bring
to justice the members of the mob that
lynched the Humphreys, in Henderson
Attorney General Smith he says:
1T is my desire that you should at
once take charge of the matter, aiding the
county authorities to the full extent of
the powers conferred upon you by law,
and that no effort shall be spared to bring
the perpetrators of the crime to justice.
You may confidently rely upon my most
earnest and active assistance. No greater
crime can, in my judgment. be committed
than that which deprives a citizen of his
inaIienable right to be tried in accordance
with the form prescribed by the constitu-
tion and law of the State and no man,
or set of men. should be permitted 10 as
sumo the power of. taking the law into
their own hands and of discharging func-
tions which belong exclusively to those
designated by law. l regard the occur
renee in Henderson county not only willful,
premeditated anil deliberate murder, but
also a direct insult upon the dignity and
sovereignty of the State. In its presence,
life. liberty, and property cannot be con-
sdered secure TO anyone. Such character
of crime means anarchy in its worst form. y
The Governor also wrote Judge Crook.
Of Crockett, requesting him to assist in
the investigation.
The times., 1899-06-05
ards in such way that they will act as

yards in such way that they will act as
life-preservers?
The objection may be made that this is
too tangled and subtle question for the
human mind to solve. or that the moral
law does not affect clothes lines. But this
affair is no more mixed than other affairs
of human life, and clothes line is as much
affected by moral qualities as a boundary
line. telegraph wire, or any other thing
which may be made an instrument of re-
ward or punishment. AT any rate, if peo-
pie cannot settle a simple little problem
like this they should not seek to account
for the ruling of the entire universe.
The times., 1899-06-05
co,,on Win, I'm sou,h cnroIina,

The manufacturing of cotton in South
Carolina seems TO be a very profitable busi-
ness. The Augusta (Ga.) Chronicle" says
that at recent meeting of the American
Spinning Company of GreenvIlle, S. C., lit
was shown that net profit Of $4,000 had
been made on capital OF $i25,OOo. The
Piedmont mills. which are larger, made a
net profit Of sl25.OOO; the Huguenot mills
So. 900. and the others in like proportion. {"
and that the Poe mills, which made net
profit of $4,000 last year, are now making
$1,000 a month.
A special despatch from Greenville, S. C.,
speaking Of the profits of the cotton mills
there. says: THE mill people keep the
facts very close. and are ayerse 20 giving
out any facts. good OF bad. The following
The times., 1899-06-05
Made The Truth Visible.
0From tbe Kansas CITY star.l

tFroIn the hailsis l lty StdI-l
Let. it be noted that the Figaro" the greatest
and ablest paper OF France, is entitled to the
chief credit for the change in French public
opinion in regard to Dreyfus. 1t has done its
great work not by argument or appeal or dis
cussion. but simply by publishing, in defiance of
law. as it seemed the full dcpositions reports OF
evidence, secret documents and all that developed
in the case. People could not read these docu-
ments without seeing upon what fimsy evidence
poor Drcyfus was condemned. Nothing so con-
tributes to purity and honesty in public business
as complete freedom OF the press Let the light
in and abuses are pretty apt TO slink away
The times., 1899-06-05
HousemaId ousting the Butler.
(From Tl1rner's Ba1ar.)

The naughty butler is sad to be totterins on
his throne The rival is English houSennaid'
who has imported herself and a new tad TO our
hospitable shores The maidservant in livery Is
recent figure in English households She made
her courtesy a year ago. and has proved 20 popu-
lar that oEe OF the guild, above explained. de-
cided 10 Introduce herself TO New YORK. She he
came the butler in a fine house here. and made
So pleasant an impression that livefied maid
servants have become. or At least promise 10 be-
come a fad
The costume worn by the maid butler consists
of a black Eton coat, with siik-iaced revers tuF'-
ing back from a white linen shirttront and low
waistcoat and a black hroadcloth skirt. with
a strap OF black silk running the length OF the
skirt on either side. NeltneSs, honesty. loyalty,
and economy are the reasons given for the iRnoya'
tinn-
The times., 1899-06-05
Grand Army Discourtesy.

IFrom Ihe JWCABO JUHTNlI.J
The refusal of the general floral committee
of the Grand Army OF the Republic posts of
Columbus, Ohio 10 decorate the graves OF the
Union dead with flowers rendered by Confederate
veterans seems a peculiarly mgraceful act The
tender OF the flowers was in sense an appeal for
reconciliation. and it is almost incredible that
such an appeal could be ignored. The act cannot
represent the spirit of the Union veterans. At
Alton, H.. members OF the Grand Army decorated
the graves OF the Confederate dead with flowers
sent from the South. This seems more truly rep
rescntative Of the Grand Army Of the Republic
spirit than the act OF single. committee at CO.
Iumbls
The times., 1899-06-05
Hcurt Failure,

(From the Boston Transcript)
Hyson-How did the Blank murder case come
out?
Foochow-oh, the woman cleared OF the
charge.
Hyson-But how could that bef She shot the
man deliberately and he died instantly, as at
least hall dozen persons testified
Foochox-I know; but the defepr>e had med
ical expert He made post-mortem examination
Of the man whom the woman shot. and he de-
cared that it was 4 case OF heart failure.
The times., 1899-06-05
Every Reader n Detective.

tFrom the Utica Obscrver.)
It is not necessary to dwell upon the odious
crime of kidnapping which leaves in its trail such
horrible, torturing suspense and anxiety. No one
can too iorcibly express detestation Of child
stealing But let it be n matter of congratulation
and thanksgiving that the public press is thor
oughly read in this country that it makes it next
to impossible for crime to escape detection. Pub
licity keeps the maleiactor continually in the
light of day. Every reader is a detective in case
Of crime. In this case, sympathy for the parents
made everybody alert, with the happy result that
little Marion Clarke is once more restored TO
the loving embrace of a father and mother.
The times., 1899-06-05
reurs n senrchIIght.
nrom the Portland Argns.)


Secretary Alger has given an order that the
testimony, documents, papers. etc, brought out
by that civil commission to investigate the con
duct of the war shall not be Published "because
of the cost" II there is thing in this world
of which Alger stands in holy horror it is pub.
licity He naturally shrinks from putting in COM
pact and accessible form the mass OF facts which
give the lie TO his whitewashed 'vindication." "
But it is not needed. The Unspeakable will learn
in time that the people have long memories.
The times., 1899-06-05

The American delegates at The Hague
have declined to accede to Article X of
the Russian arbitration proposals. 1t pro-
vides that monetary questions, and ques-
tions pertaining to interoceanic canals
shall be compulsorily submitted to an
arbitration tribunal. We should rather
think sol When this country gets to the
point of accepting anything like that it
will be time to haul down the flag and
go out of business. It is worth remember
ing that the real thing that defeated the
British arbitration treaty in our Senate,
was a carefully covered provision which
would have compelled us to arbitrate any
proposition to abandon the single gold
standard or make any change in our
financial policy or methods, that England
might regard as injurious to our British
creditors. 1t was this African in the
woodpile that made the Administration
and its Wall Street control so savagely de-
termined to drive the treaty through.
There would have been no need for legis-
iation favorable to gold monometallism
after that No, the American people will
always be found ready to fight rather than
arbitrate either their currency or their
proposed transisthmian canal.
The times., 1899-06-05
Trude md ENpnnxiOn.

tFrom Inc 81 FluI UIsIIIIVU'I
The purpose OF founding colonies and holding
dependencies abroad is twofoId. Not only are new
markets opened for finished goods, but investments
are offered to waiting capital. The surplus capt
tai, which would cause overproduction II
invested in manufacturing plants at home,
may be proftabIy employed in developing new
country In time the inhabitants will acquire
the civilized mans wants, which the home mer-
chant may supply. The case Of Japan, which
is rapidly advancing in civilization. shows how
much example and freedom will do to lift 1 rsee
from sloth to actiyity
The times., 1899-06-05
The Revival of FaIconry.

tFfom inc TOhuuH = n II
Falconrv, which has now been taken up by
the Young Duchess of Marlborough and by several
other ladies of much wealth and distinction, both
in England and on the Continent, is never likely
to become 4 common sport. Indeed. it is very
costly hobby even the most ordinary hawks used
for faIconry costing as much as sl00 apiece.
They require most careful attention. and It i,
fifBrult Ia get men qualified TO take charge OF
them for a lower salnry than t200 wear. 1t Is
the most scientific and difficult Of all sports, and
differs from all Others in that it can be followed
in one form or another all the year round
The times., 1899-06-05
The Civil Service Order.
(From the Toledo Bee.)

u T0IT tIIV IUIN'I0 I'VV'T
We're it not for the humiliation Of the deal
from a national point OF view. Democrats could
afford to look at it with amused contempt. As
matter of fact, it was possibly the most impolitic
step that the President could have taken. Who
knows but that the fine Italian hand of some
Quay. Platt Foraker is in the deal and penned
the words Of the order with the view of ultimately
defeating the whiIom Napoleon OF Protection?
The times., 1899-06-05
mieetiousncss of Colds,
,Fkom tba Sncct,torN

Evidence that colds are infectious is furnished
by our domestic animals. Cats seem TO be spe-
cialIy susceptible. Probably they often bring
home from their nocturnal rambles those mystic
rious catarrhal attacks which so rapidly. run
is sneczing wei sllha all have colds" Sheep,
too, are liable; b wtsle flock may show that Gu
rious eruption af6und The lips which we all know
only too we'll as one, Of the most unpleasant ac-
compaui-ients otla bad cola - the head.
The times., 1899-06-05
Tuberculosis and bicycling.
Trom the Medical Record. }


Ny attention has lately been called TO cyclists.
particularly those who sprint, riding rapidly,
pecially on an upgrade or a road that is sandy.
They almost all of them open their mouths, not
because they have nasal distractions but because
the nasal passages themselves are not sufficiently
roomy to admit of a sufficient supply OF air for
the work they are doing. | have seen number
OF cases of pulmonary tuberculosis which have oc-
CURED in what are called ''sprinters,' in very
powerful young men, which. without the slightest
doubt have been the result OF mouth-breathing
ocelsioned by rapid riding through dusty roads
and highways as | have described.