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The evening times., 1899-10-07
A Silver Dollar Contract.

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Two men were recently looking at the new Mint
building at Seventeenth and Spring Garden streets
and of them spoke Of the fact that in the
vaults stored 65, ,00O, 900 silver dollars
His companion made the statement that he
would be willing 10 undertake the job of carrying
the coin home in his pockets and hands il allow
ed to keep it. He claimed that he could readily
do 1t in one year. His house is about one mile
distant from the Mint.
The other man doubted his ability to carry out
the contract, and they computed the matter, al
lowing ten trips per day as fair average As
abont twenty coins would weigh pound it was
agreed that 1000 coins per ttip would be the
limit. thus giving load OF fifty pounds This
would make 65,oOO trips, or at the rate specified
ii would take 6500 days. 3,
The would-be-coin carrier now has better idea
of the number represented by the figures, and has
a poorer opinion of his guessing abilities
The evening times., 1899-10-07
TO BREAK THE PLANT WILL.
Widow and Son of the Late Million
aire DfHsatfsfied With Its Terms

Widow and Son of the Late Million
aire Dfssatisfied With Its Terms.
NEW YORK, Oct. Although the
apiece, it is said they will attempt to break
the will of the late Florida magnate and
| multi-millionaire, Henry B. Plant.
Henry Bradley Plant died at his resi-
denee, No. $50 Fifth Avenue, very suddenly
on June 20 last. He was nearly eighty
years old, but attended TO business up to
the day before his death. When he died
all the railway and steamship interests and
much Of the express business of Florida and
the Southern Atlantic Coast were in his
control
The multi millionaire left an estate of
$7,000,000 tied up In the queerest will that
the courts of Connecticut, where IL was
probated, were ever called upon to settle.
In word it left the entire $1,000, 600 to the
putatiye son of the six-year-old son OF
Mortimer Plant. son of Henry B. Plant.
That is. the estate would be undivided un-
til his unborn great-grandson became of
age. Even then his six-year-old grandson
would have to live to mans estate, marry
and have a son TO fulfill the conditions Of
the will. Figuring that no son would be
born to the grandson for twenty-five yearse
yet, the estate would not fall to the unborn
heir for forty-six years.
The widow and her son. Mortimer Plant.
were thunderstruck at the provisions of the
will. They had always been on the best
of terms with Mr.. Plant and had been led
to believe that the estate would be theirs
as a matter of coures MY mother" de-
ciared Mortimer Plant, expected s1.000,-
600 as her share, while / understood / was
to inherit the bulk of the property" But
instead of this widow and son each inher-
tied an allowance of $50 900 year, for
which a. special trust fund was created un-
der the will. This limited sum SO crampsd
both of them, accustomed to money with
out stint, that on it they have based
grounds for their contention that the late
Henry B. Plant was incapable of making
will.
Mrs Plant and her son are at the family
mansion. 586 Fifth Avenue Judge Lynde
Harrison, of New Haven, Mr.. Plants life
long friend and adviser who drew the will
was summoned to this city yesterday from
New Haven, where he lives, and last night
was with Mrs. Plant and her son. The
will was probated in New Haven after Mr.
Plants death. AS yet the probate court of
Connecticut has received no formal no.
tiee that the probating of the will is to
be contested. but this is the present deter
mination of the principal heirs, the wife
and son.
The property involved includes thirteen
railway and nine steamship lines, as well
as the great Plant system of hotels in Flor
ida and the tropics. Mr.. Plant was the
pioneer capitalist there and did more 10
develop the Peninsula State than any man
living.
The evening times., 1899-10-07
A COLLEGE CLASH EXPECTED.
Columbia's S0phOmores and Fresh
man Reodv IN m Rattle

COlumbia's S0phOmOres and Fresh l.
men Ready to Do Battle.
NEW YORK, Oct. Trouble is brewing
at Columbia University. and it is believed
that by tonight there will be an exceeding
> interesting encounter between the sopho-
mores and the freshmen. The erudite mem
bers Of the class of "naughty-two" and the
supposedly verdant and lamblike youths
who compose naughty three are on the
verge OF war because of the indignities
heaped upon the latter.
1t was only a few days ago when the
men Of ''naughty-two'' began to be sopho-
mores and they are impressed with the great
dignity. The freshmen are not, although
the sophomores are leaving nothing undone
to lead them to that conviction. Viewing
the situation in any light either the space
in front of the steps of the library or the
quadrangle by the gym" is apt to be
strewn with bruised and broken classmen.
1t all began by the freshmen stealing the
sophomores' bulletin board in verdant and
lamblike gamboL That is serious offence,
and the weight OF their dignity bore SC
heavily on the sophomores that it almost
broke their backs. Then they started in to
of 1903 what 1t is to be yearling. Before
they began the teaching. however, word
reached the sophomores that the impudent
freshmen had been guilty OF another Of
fence, more heinous in its nature than the
other.
The crime was none other than that OF
entering the College Tavern and eating
luncheon therein. By college custom at Co
lumbia it has been decided that no yearling
shall enter the College Tavern. The un-
fortunate freshmen were caught In the acl.
They were seized by large body of sopho-
mores and for half an hour were made to
deliver extempore speeches, sing songs and
execute infantile antics.
Then they each and everyone was led in
to the bar of the tavern and made to drink
to the health of their deadly rival, "Naugh-
ty-two' in milk.
While the freshmen dismally gulped down
the milk the "sophs'' danced around them
singing derisively.
One freshman, bolder than the rest re-
fused to drink TO a hated toast, whereupop
the sophomores fell upon him and poured
milk down his throat until he yelled for
mercy. Some of the yearlings were led into
the cafe and compelled to dine off mush and
milk. 'Naughty-three'' swears dire ven
geance for this and the upper classmen
await the outcome in gleeful anticipation.
The evening times., 1899-10-07

Alarming stories abound in regard to
the action of illustrious women in view of
the Transvaal crisis. One is to the eff
feet that Queen Victoria will abdicate Il
her country goes to war Another has it
that Queen Wilhelmina is about to beg
Emperor Wilhelm 10 interfere. 1t is time
for Lavinia o'Worstedfeit Dempsey TO be
doing something. Her soft Limericksdorp
High Dutch might have a very soothing
effect on Dom Paul, for instance
The evening times., 1899-10-07
A WHOLE BLOCK BURNED.
Fire Mt Port Allegheny Pa. Does
Over 100000 Damage.

PORT ALLEGHENY, Pa, Oct. -Four
buildings, forming one of the principal
business blocks in town, were burned to-
night. The loss will aggregate $40, 200.
part of which is covered by insurance.
The structures consumed are Hooker
Racket store, Dentrell's millinery store,
Gerwick's grocery store, and Thomas fur
niture store.
The buildings were all three stories high,
the second and third stories having been
occupied by families. The fire was started
from gas jet. The flames spread rapidly
and despite the efforts of the fremen,
who were quickly upon the scene. were
soon beyond control All of the tenants
in the building escaped without injury.
For time number of other structures
were threatened
The evening times., 1899-10-07
Cured by the Telephone.

(From the Pendleton East 0regonian.)
There is popular character in PeRdeten who
has a Slight impeachment in his speech He talks
elequelTtly, bat he stamners some He recently
located in Pendleton because ne admires Mis-
sourians, and he has found the right kind here.
The other day he went 10 the telephone to talk TO
a friend in Portland When the talk was finished
the Portland man said:
''Well, old man. YOU to talk better since
you went 10 Pendleton- You do not stutter any
thing like as much as you did,
NO" said the Pendeton man. clear and straight
as bell. "A cannot afford 10 stutter
through a telephone when to talk costs 75 cents a
mir,
The evening times., 1899-10-07

According TO London gossip, Sir Thomas
Upton is booked for a baronetcy next win
ter when the Christmas plums are given
out at Windsor Castle. We presume that
the honor will be to some extent dependent
upon Sir Thomas ability 10 treat his SOW
ereign to sample of his celebrated bev-
erage brewed in the Americas Cup.
The evening times., 1899-10-07
Roth.ehild Among Kfnr..

tf1Ou JUuH DfgefUW, III tfft Nentury.1
During the famous Congress of Vienna, already
referred to, each of the several monarchs present
was the guest of some nobleman. On one festive
occasion Baron Rothschild was invited par excep-
ton He modestly went to take his place. not
among the more exalted guests. When they dis
covered Rothschild. however. they all rose one
after the other, and saluted him, except the King
of Prussia Some one asked the King why he
did not salute the great European banker Ibid
not p he replied well, 1 suppose it was be-
cause was the only one who did not owe him
anythingg' This reminds one OF line in one of
Popes sstires:
Il never answered; was not in debt"
The evening times., 1899-10-07
STEEL MILLS TO START.
baltimore and Ohio Works Bougl
by n New Company.

Dy NEW COmpHhy.
CUMBERLAND, Nd, Oct. To-day
fires were kindled in the furnaces of the
rejuvenated rolling mills leased from the
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad by the Poto-
mac Steel Company, and there is general
rejoicing among the business men over
what promises to be the revival of gil
gantic industry.
The mill. a mammoth affair, has been
idle for some years 1t is expected that
500 men will be at work inside of a month
Walter McFarren, of Pittsburg, son of the
president of the company, has succeeded
W. S. Craig as superintendent. The bar,
rail and puddle mills will be operated.
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad will
reopen the Piedmont shops. and is hiring
all first-class boilermakers and machinists
that apply.
The evening times., 1899-10-07

These are parlous times; so much so that
even Long derives from them lessons in
sense and modesty. In his few brief re-
marks at Quincy, Illinois, yesterday, he
said: Il notice your chairman is very dis
eliminating. He introduces me, but COM
pliments not me, but the navy" Then
Long also complimented the navy, and
never said Sampson once. 1t would have
been different before the popular ovations
to Schley during the Dewey celebrations
in New York and Washington. Feathers,
of which Long is a draggled one. show
which way the wind blows!
The evening times., 1899-10-07
CURRENT HUMOR.
Wisdom by Experience

(From the Philadelphia North American)
Now tell me-" said the visitor to the peniten-
tiary, If you had your life TO live over, don't
you think you would choose a different road?''
''You bet would. /" answered the prisoner. I'D
take the road through the woods, and they'd never
catch me-
The evening times., 1899-10-07
A HeartIe.s, Commenf.
(From the Richmond Dispateh.l

Sapper-I appear to be door,eds to fail at every
thing undertake; made I'D effort this morning
to commit suicide with ,that pistol / borrowed
from you yesterday and I'll be hanged if I didn't
miss myself
Snapper-Well, il yol HADN'T missed yourself
I'm sure that nobody else would.
The evening times., 1899-10-07
The Young Idea.

Benny" said the pretty schoolma' am, '.you
may give me n synonym for the oppression He
had an end in view - -ts
''He sees his finish, replied Benny promptly
The evening times., 1899-10-07
A Possible Hone.
(From the Chicago Tribune.)

fFrom the Chicago Tribune)
II look for an improvement in the character
Of the French plays adapted for the American
stage next season."
.'Whyf''
''Well, they can't be any worse than they are
this season. tT 5z1J
The evening times., 1899-10-07
A BIoated BondhoIder.
From the Cbicaso Sews,

lfrom the chicago NewS)
81 don't like to see people making an ostenta-
tious display of great wealth.
''Who's doing it?''
''Bleekerstreet. He has rented a whole door
step for himself and family to use on the day of
the Dewey parade
The evening times., 1899-10-07

as it is now presented offers an fnexorable
reason why Great Britain can no longer
permit the existence of inimical states
within the sphere of British South African
influence. This is not the first time that the
Beers have stirred up the natives against
England. but probably it will be their last
chance to do 1t as political community.
They cannot be trusted, and not much
more dependence can be placed on their
neighbors Of the Orange Free State. The
influence OF both would certainly be op-
posed to the peace of the region and their
power fer mischief will have to be curtail-
ed. With these hostile Dutch republics"
always ready to incite Kaffir, Matabele,
and Bechuana outbreaks, life and property
in South Africa would be unsafe, and a
condition of anarchy always within sight.
The situation would be exactly as if
as they were fifty years ago, armed with
modern weapons, and being incessantly in
cited by the Canadians TO raid American
white settlements and massacre their in
habtants. How long does anyone sup
pose it would be before an army would be
over the border after such uncomfortable
neighbors, The evils and abuses arising
from the retrogressiye character and in
5titutions of these little Dutch oligarchies
in South Africa have grown beyond the
limits of civilized patience. Opposition
party purposes in England and an unrea-
soning. ignorant, and hysterical sentiment
of sympathy in the United States to the
contrary notwithstanding, these obstruc-
tions in the path Of smodern progress
should be and will be removed.
The evening times., 1899-10-07
Incredibly.
Heraldl

(From the Boston Herald)
Mcswat-Me son, Tim, has Eve: hundred men
workin' under hin"
McTush-Phat's he doin'2 Putin roof on
tinement house?
The evening times., 1899-10-07
Too Intelligent.

From the Cleveland Plain Dealer.)
s'Wingfeld says that new trotter OF his is the
most intelligent horse he ever owned.''
Eyes; the horse can do everything but trot."
The evening times., 1899-10-07

Ii is reported that terms of peace have
been arranged between President Andrade
of Venezuela and the revolutionary gen.
eral Cipriano Castro. bloody assault
on Caracas, the capital Of the country,
may therefore be prevented. We hope it
is a fact Our little sister republics" in
the tropics have gone pretty well to the
length OF their tether in the matter of
upsetting the civilization of the Western
Hemisphere, with their continual riots and
instructions. One of these fine days they
will have to stop that sort of thing. or be
whipped into decency by the paramount
power of the two Americas.
The evening times., 1899-10-07

With their usual diplomacy. the Cana
dians are selecting time when Great
Britain is in serious trouble TO make more
for the mother country, by starting anew
the Alaskan boundary agitation. The Ca
madam Minister of Justice, Mr.. Mills, has
made a most ill-advised speech at Victoria,
B. c.. in which he argued that Pyramid
Harbor obviously belongs to Canada, and
that what We have we'll hold,' Mr..
Mills will be tercentenarian and more
before the United States ever gives up a
foot of the soil it bought from Russia.
The evening times., 1899-10-07

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uscripts OF OSgicus importance will be returned
TO their Guth.rs
The evening times., 1899-10-07

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be unable to procure copies of ii at any news
stand railroad station. OF on railroad trains,
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SATURDAY. OCTOBER I, 1899.
The evening times., 1899-10-07

THE Tees. in ali its editions, Morning, Even
ing and Sunday will be mailed 10 one address
Tor FIFTY CENTS per month. Addresses changed
as often as desired
The evening times., 1899-10-07

tentlOn OF the Paris author1tleS 10 also nave
electric wagons 10 remove the dust after it has
been gathered into the heaps
The newest fashionable fad in London is the
Kitchener mrstache. Hairdressers are pushing il.
You cannot go into one of the frst-class hair
dressers' establishments now, SAYS correspondent
but what upon the wall, right in front OF your
chair where you sit to be clipped and combed,
hangs portrait Of the Srdar. showing To the best
advantage his handsome. weIl-groomed. expansive
mustache. BARRIERS proclaim il model Of what
mustacbe should be- They are devOtIng them
selves to training il on their customers with more
or less success Certainly there not many
really very good limitations of the Kitchener mus
tache TO be seen about the fashionable thorough
fares yet,- though those young gentlemen OF
cupation. known as dandies and dudes for lack of
better designation, who formerly clean
shaven visages. starting to let the hair grow
on their upper lips. 1t looks if the Kitchener
mustache going to be good thing for Lon
don BARRIERS
The scientific difficulties encountered in all at
tempts to create life are foreibly presented in
contribution in the North American Review
by Prince Krapotkin. His opinion is that the
main interest in this line now lies, not SO much
in adding a new product to the already long list
of chemically prepared organic substances. as in
catching the secrets of the tiny living labora-
tories in the vegetable and animal cells Inves-
tigatieR reveals the fact that the present time.
about hundred and eighty different acids. aro-
matte oils, fats, coloring matters. and so on
which are only found in nature as products OF
vital activity-have already been prepared in
various laboratories out OF inorganic matter.
that in fact. some OF them are already fabricated
in this way for trade, and every year brings some
new achievement in the same direction X acct
hardly be said that this Is no new iheld OF
search. Indeed, far back as Is2s the news
that Wohler had obtained out OF inorganic stufs.
n certain substance. urea. which occurs in nature
a distinct product Of vital activity in sninlal
life, upset current ideas. After this BerihelOt
proved that the synthesis of organic bodies must
be pursued and may be achieved in quite syste-
matte way, going step by stsp over the whole
series Of organic compoundA
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-10-28
DECLINE OF HAsEnAJ.L,

When Harry Furniss. the English car
baseball the object Of his satire he por-
trayed features OF the diamond fully
as Objectionable TO the average Ameri-
can as to himself. Baseball So on the
decline. and the reason for IT Is the
encouragement given 90 rowdyism
among players and spectators. The Chi
cage Tribune has compiled The Base
ball Rows OF 1899 and has thereby
furnished the reading public valuable
statistics on the moribund condition of
the sport" Omitting the multifarious
minor acts Of blsckguardlsm and row
dyism committed by the hired men OF
the club owners. the Tribune prints the
following condensed list Of isgracefui
scenes NJ the games:
May 2itow AZ che Pittsturg St Louis
game powerrGsn WIS put cut of th,. game
c'T0nncr wss taken ~ the aeld by tia
police, and tee crowd chased JInapires
parns ana Smith.
May is-Cmpira Barns pat GLEASON OUT
~ the game 81 r.. Louis O,eason's protest
was 81 strong Burns forfeited The game
- 81 I.cui.
Juue Row or IRE grounds ~ Washing
ton
Juue T. After long wranels ant cor
'i0uei rowing On the ae1 :; Nv York
Umpire Bu-as forfeited the game - prook-
lvn
June s--Nowiy action - players causei
m 80. 3 NJ rgeese
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-10-28
YULE's COMMAND GETS THROUGH.

No wonder the British war Office in
London feels great relief at the news
from the front. Gen. Yu,e's escape
from destruction at the hands Of the
Beers appears little short Of marvellous,
yet his command is safe al Ladysmith.
united with the forces under Gen.
White. Their condition must be almost
complete exhaustion, for IN escaping
from the trap they required twenty
four hours TO march the last sixteen
miles.
Yule's withdrawal from Dundee. his
ability to lead his men by night marches
through a hostile country and his sue
forces OF the enemy. ali stamp him with
the qualities Of an able general. The
odds against his little army apparently
were so great that only a modern
Xenophon could have saved 1t by a
mastery retreat. Bad weather was
undoubtedly one factor favorable to the
British commander. and faulty organ
ization OF J0uberts Intelligence depart
Inent was another. In any event he has
pulled his MEN through.
Joubert has made a costly error in not
following up his advantage. He could
have annihlated a portion of the Brit
ish army. the very object seemingly of
his maneuyers to cut the opposing lines
in TWO, bit he has been too slow. The
combined forces will now be better able
TO withstand any aggressive movement,
and 10 hold out until reinforcements can
reach them.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-10-28
The political situation in MARYLAND h

The political situation in Maryland has
been completely changed the past week
by the independent gold Democrats TAX
ing the field against the regular Demo
cratic state ticket. Until this step was
taken there seemed but little hope Of
Republican victory owing to fractional
disturbances within the party and the
apparent solidity OF front presented by
the Democrats. The Democratic state
platform Is silent on the money question.
while the Republicans declared positively
for the gold standard. Col. John Walker
Smith, the Democratic candidate for gov
crnoT. is a sound money Democrat and
president OF bank. 1t Is asserted. how
ever. by tho sound money Democracy
that If the regular Democratic ticket Is
elected Il will give the Democrats an OPP
portunity 10 carry the state for Bryan
next year. A committee OF forty. com
Democrats In the state. has been ap-
pointed To conduct the campaign on the
part Of the sound money Democracy IN
Maryland ia favor OF the election OF Gov
I.owndes and the entire Republican state
ticket. Mass meetings are being held
throughout the state this week and the
success OF the Republican state ticket
seems assured