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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-11-14
Refuse to Pay Taxes.

MADRID, Nov. 13-The manufacturers of
Palma, Island of Majorca, at a meeting
just held, have resolved not to pay any
taxes until financial autonomy is granted
to the Balearic islands.
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HALIFAX, n. S., Nov. 13-The transport
Carthagenian. with drafts of sailors and
marines for the British Pacific fleet, ar
rived tonight The men will leave in the
morning by special train for Esquimalt,
British Columbia.
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LONDON. Nov. 13.-The White Star line
steamer Teutonic, which sails from Liver
pool Nov. 15 fer New York, will have
among her passengers John Hays Ham,
monr, the American engineer who was con-
demned TO death by the Transvaal Repub-
lie for participation in the outlander con-
spiracy which eliminated in the Jameson
raid
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PEklN, Nov. l3.-Yo-Chou-Fu. at the en-
trance of Tonting Lake. was formally open
ed to foreign trade to-day. This is the first
port opened in the anti-foreign province of
Huanam.
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LONDON, Nov. 13.-A special dispatch
from Shanghai says the differences between
Russia and Japan have been accentuated by
Japan's refusal TO grant Russia a foothod
on the sea-front of Massanpo harbor,
Korea.
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Trying to Preserve the "open poor.,

WASHINGTON. Nov. 13.-The replies of
the European nations interested in China
to the request of the State Department for
a formal undertaking to preserve the 'open
door, In the East are not expected for sew
eral weeks, inasmuch as the exchanges are
not taking place in Washington, but at the
various European capitals
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Cruiser Charleston Wrecked

MANILA, Nov. Ii, 1920 p. NJ
The United States cruiser Charles
ton, which has been patrolling the
northern coast of Luzon, was
wrecked on a reef on the north
west coast, Tuesday, Nov. Z. All
on board were saved.
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Continued ON Second Page.)
New-York tribune., 1899-07-23

the operations OF the Carnegie concern are con-
Quoted
The company would have gone into the steel car
manufacturing business but for the fact that the
Pressed Steel Car Company agreed TO take a Ger
tain amount OF its steel from the Carnegie Com
pany Il has been the policy OF the latter concern
10 keep out Of all lines except those which make
for large tonnage The only departure from this
rule was made some years ago, when the company
operated a wire and nail plant at Beaver Falls. II
was a losing venture and probably the only one in
which Andrew Carnegie ever engaged. When the
plant was destroyed by fire effort was made 10
rebuild II.
To Increase output and tonnage is the fervent de-
sire OF every mill manager and foreman IN the en-
pOy OF the concern, which Is constantly strainng
every nerve 10 increase and better It's records.
What this policy means is clear at time like the
present when the demand for iron and steel Is far
ahead Of the capacity OF the mills 20 supply. and
when every additional ton means an increased mar
gin OF certain profit But the keynote OF this policy
is the fact that increased tonnage means lower
average expenses and In this lies the success OF
Carnegie Every additional ton turned out means
a lower average cost and a lower possible selling
price This policy inauRurated 10y Mr. Carnegie
In his early years when he had personal charge.
and the great corporation which he has built Up
has never departed from the rule.
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history OF American advancement his ha,'o W.,
Henry Clay Frck He grew up with only o'oi-
nary advantages and went into the ONCE "a .
tive at Mount Pleasant VINO was then experiment
ing with the infant coke industry. IhlS DoS ~
the relation Of iron ard coke, and with MS loie
sight and genius he laid the founoauols - 80
kindred interest the coke industry. "hile "a
nege was piling up millions of dollars IN ron
Frick began 10 develop the business win "h'cn
HIS name Will always be indissoluby cohhec'eu ="
this country ,,,
Who will say that It was only chance "hicn
brought about the circumstances by which oiIe % -
these Industrial captains was WORKING IN oNe -
while another was engaged in another ooth "U,A
ing for the same general ends and both inpeiieu
by the laws OF development 10 come tosether soon-
er or later? At any rate these two men u'u -"
together. and they founo their interests 80 VOss
linked that the great businesses whlch each hau
built Up from the ground became virtually one
And when Carnegie grew in years anu "e"'lr
was natural that he turned 10 II. {. FrleA' "no
was younger in years but old in experience, u
1nd In him an associate with whose ald '"e "a
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wooden cars. This fact alone gives numerous and
important economies. among which may be men
TONED; Reduced rail friction and atmospheric re-
sIstance; reduced empty car movement; reduced
switching service. reduced payment for mileage
ana cost OF inspection; reduced number Of all car
parts; and Increase in the traffic capacity of sid
lnks, terminals and. in fact, the entire road
The various railroads slow to recognize
the advantages OF the steel car. and demand has
say:
The first road to adopt pressed steel cars OF
large capacity was the Pittsburg. Bessemer and
ourg to points on Lake Erie This road all OF
iron ore from the lake 10 Pittsburg was In posi-
ton easily 10 demonstrate the great value OF the
pressed steel car; and II did this 10 the satisfac
uoh or pretty nearly every railroad man in the
country the nrst year the cars used by prac-
tcaHy doubling train mile earnings over those OF
tne previous maximum before earned In this coun-
try ana this. too. at lowe- rate ton per mile
man was ever before charged for the same class
Here was n most practical and complete demon
sTatlon OF the value OF the pressed steel car and
II logically resulted in n demand for such cars
which has created one OF the most important in
sesses From a business thirty months ago that
n capacity OF a few cars each day there has grown
business employing ten thousand men. having
product Of something above one hundred
day. In fact judging from the record that such
cars are making for themselves and the conse-
quent demand from railroads everywhere. Il would
seem as though the business were In its nerest
infancy, enormous though IL certainly Is to-day"
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TEN the company holds upward Of 10000 in trust
for its employees.
That the Carnegie Steel Company Will ever be
come nucleus for great iron and steel trust
embracing this country Is extremely improbable
as TO be almost visionary. This Will not come 10
pass as long as Andrew Carnegie lives. at any rate.
II Is known 10 be Nj Carnegie's desire that the
company shall sIand a monument 20 him. The
position occupied by the company. its independence
in the matter OF all kinds OF steel manufacturing
supplies and the capital which II has. make u en-
urey unnecessary 70 form a combination for the
purpose OF securing added strength The company
is to-day the strongest Of its kind. II would have
little 10 gain In a general merger Of the sort mat
has been suggested within the last few months.
while II would the risk of losing its individual
ity and might lose much more.
As has been shown. the company owns It's ore
furnaces and railroad and transportation lines.
The Pittsburg Bessemcr and Lake Erie Railroad.
the Carnegie line Is styled was finished
about two years ago az a cost which has never
been made public but which cannot be much less
than 81 90 The Carnegie people first bought the
Pittsburg. Shenango and Lake Erie Railroad. "nch
runs from the lakes 10 Butler. Penn. FROM fut-
Ter 10 Pittsburg a new line constructed. with
expensive terminals. The railroad was built prin-
cipally an line. bur il carries some passen-
ger traffic This gives idea OF the scale on when
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ity to the eye OF a visitor. Among the depart
ments or the Homestead works there Is scarcely
one which Is not plant OF size. were II 20 stand
ty itself For instance. there are two Bessemer
conVerters, each OF ten tons capacity. OF basic
open hearth furnaces. where steel is made, there
twenty
There IL one % inch blooming mill. where steel
blooms are turned out. The annual capacity OF the
armor plant Is 1000 tons. Ten new open hearth
furnaces are being e'ected. and they alone viii
have capacity Of S500o tons OF steel annually
In addition TO them, one 80 inch slabbing mill ana
one l2S inch plate mill being built. one new
~ inch universal plate mill has just been placed In
operation. These new mills will increase the plate
output Of the Homestead works 10000 tons per
annum. At Howard Station. near the lower end or
the Homestead works. the company is building
axle works which will have an annual capacity or
10000 tons OF axes At the Upper Union mills
which are located In Lawrenceville. the company
turns out 10000 tons OF product annually A. the
Lower Union mills. adjoining. the output Is l3JWp
tons every year The Keystone Bridge Works, at
Morningside turns out 5000 tons every year. For
the benefit OF It's employees the company operates
system to encourage the men 10 save money on
cash left with the company by its men II pays
them per cent interest. which Is better rate than
they can secure In savings banks. Under this sys-
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year This insures to II very nearly nohopo'S
~ the manganese business In the United states
Betveen Pittsburg and Duquesne the company
ou,,s seven and one-third miles OF frontage along
the Monongahea River. The seventeen bas' lui =
,aces OF the concern have an annual output ol
. 90 go gross tons OF Bessemer pig iron The ore
fr,, ,vbich the Bessemer is made IS mined all the
,ear round on the ranges. During the summer u
stocked on the docks and brought 10 the furnaces
a. needed AT each blast furnace plant there Is q
stock ward containing several acres OF srouhd'
above which railway trestles are built The orc
1,rnastone and coke used IN the furnaces are
no1ed into the yards from the trestles. and then
bo5Sfsd into the furnaces as required
fIra are some figures showing the immensity OF
- NIaoerafions involved: At the Edgar thomson
ane ar Rraddock 00o0 tons OF steel ingots are
t,Jned out every year $4,000 tons OF steel rails and
, 81 and 70 600 tons OF castings. At the Duquesne
t the annual output OF rails bars and biiiets Is
10 OO0 gross tons. - -. -. 49, o,,.a-,
- a 70 acres upon acres covered by WORKSHOPS,
Stcb are connected by miles Of railway TRACKS on
bich the material Is transported from one par, oI
VIZ ,.o,ks TO another Great machine shops huse
.aoaEing" pits wherein steel ingots receive paths
sonna,,,i5 ere fame spouting converters and roar
ing furnaces follow each other In confusing fap'u-
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annexes in agriculture. forestres liberal arts
and also in navigation. where branch Of our
United States Weather Service Bureau VIII De III
full operation; most OF the plans Of the annex
buildings are approved. and the contracts are
being let.
our Government is constantly seconding our
efforts. In lts latest action the large transport
vessel Dixie was placed by the Secretary OF
the Navy at the disposal OF the United states
Commission for the shipment TO France OF Gov
arnueut and collective exhibits our various
States have come to the front in making appro-
priations additional 70 the Federal appropria-
ton; in California for continuous exhibit OF
fresh fruit throughout the exposition periou' IN
Iowa and Illinois 20 demonstrate the value OF
corn as a food product in New-York to Illus
trate more adequately our educational system
in Colorado TO maintain on exhibition pyraiiiu
~ solid gold worth Sl.Oo0,000 as the record out
r,,+ within a given time OF mines within tnat
state. particularly those OF Cripple Creek Lafse
ccrporations are doing their share. we nave
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GENERAL VIEW OF THE cARNEGE STEEL WORKS AT HOMESTEAD

throughout the duration Of the Exposition, the
land on which the United States National Build
ing is being erected. The plans Of our National
Building have been approved. Ground was
broken and work begun in earnest over fort
night ago. A few short months hence our Ma
tiona eagle with Outstretched wings will crown
the topmost part Of the structure. Indoors the
American will be at home with his friends, his
newspapers his guides, his facilities for stenog-
raphy and typewritng his postoftice and his
telegraph station. his money exchange, his bu-
reau Of public comfort and even his ice water.
He may consult his ticker where from 10 u
each afternoon he can receive direct from the
New-York and Chicago stock markets the latest
quotations Of the busy forenoon hours at home.
And he will also find there the headquarters to
be established by your Chamber Of Commerce
for the intelligent dissemination Of reliable and
impartial commercial information.
Congress voted, Furthermore, moneys 10 Duiid
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negie interests were to be carried forward and
greatly Increased
Ten years ago the two men finally pooled their
issues and Andrew Carnegie retired from the
routine OF his affairs which were placed entirely
IN the hands OF Mr.. Frick. II was then that the
Carnegie Steel Company organized. embracing
the Individual interests OF Carnegie in the iron
business
Another great change came about this time
Ihe discovery of the cheapness and general value
or Bessemer steel forced itself to the front Iron
masters who had plants adapted by reason OF
their installed machinery 10 the handling OF iron
at first set themselves against the Idea that iron
could ever be displaced IN the commercial forms
OF those days Later they discovered their mis-
take. Again It was Carnegie and Frick who were
the pioneers in new feld they had been in
their earlier days. They took up Bessemer steel
That they were right has been shown amply in the
last ten years. during which time Bessemer has
almost entirely displaced the old forms OF iron
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SUICIDE on A SOUND STEAMER.
An UNKNOWN MAN KILLS HIMSELF WITH A RE
VOLVER

AN UNKNOWN MAN KILLS HIMSELF WITH A RE-
VOLvER
man. apparently Englishman. committed
suicide on the Fall River Line steamer Priscilla
some time on her trip 10 this city on Friday night
He left no papers 10 reveal his identity and all the
steamship people know Of him Is that he boarded
the boat az Fall River and In registering for
berth gave the name Of r. ". Browneil Al '.5O
o'clock Yesterday morning. when the stewards
went around 70 the various staterooms 70 AWAKEN
the passengers no answer was received 10 a Knock
on the door Of stateroom No. 266. The door was
forced and the passenger was found lying on MS
hack on the floor dead. A revolver near me eN-
tended right arm and "a wound at the Dack OF the
right ear showed the manner OF MS death
Tho room was lOcked again. ana Wneh the oVal
was docked the police Of the Church-st HtatIoh
Uyere informed Detective Mooney was sent 10 Ihe
boat and the Coroner's ONCE was informed ,EA7
con, Moonev no one allowed 10 see the u"au
y,an This ls how Mooney described MIN later:
Abolit feet inches height $50 POUNDS IN WeiBht
and thirty-fve years old. lie was Wei dressed ~
n ia rk cutawav suit and he wore a -oit bs,ck htt,
,rbtfe shirt and laced shoes on the ltlcl OF MS
COAT was an English yacht club badge re Wyit a
fuil heard black inclined 10 be sandy, ana pidck
hair IN MS pockets were bunch or Keys, a nicheI
watch with a plated chain. pocket kniie, 20 ~ ~
hula three & gold pieces, one va Bold piece 81 %
in silver and two pipes There was no poeketpooK'
aud no letters or papeTs
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GOOD WORK OF STEEL CARS.

GOOD WORK or STEEL CARS.
so APPROVED BY RAILROAD MEN THAT THEIR
MANUFACTURE Is RAPIDLY GROWING.
The pressed steel car is OF comparatively recent
origin and was crst constructed under the direc-
ton OF Charles T Schoen TO meet the demands ot
railroads for a car which would be lighter than
the wooden car and Of increased capacity for pay
Ing freight Railroad men who have studied the
problem say that the steel car e. responsible TO
great extent for the present economical movement
OF freight. which Is. according 10 The Engineer
ing News" one OF the greatest wonders Of the
nineteenth century II was no easy problem %
reduce the dead weight and at the same time In
crease the load bearing capacity, bat the pressed
steel solved the problem. The old wooden freight
car with d capacity Of 70 900 pounds weighed about
30 600 pounds the present pressed steel car OF 5000
pounds capacity. weighs only 2s 200 pounds. Ac
cording 10 the figures on file. the old wooden
that carries 1000 pounds OF coal weighs 5000
pounds and the pressed steel that carry
1lOO pounds Of coal weighs only 800 pounds more
The coal carried by the old car Is equal to twice
the weight OF the car. while the pressed steel car
carries three times its own weight.
member OF the company said:
ASIDE from the fact that a pressed steel car
will practically double the net income from the
carrying OF such classes OF freight which It IS
adapted. the great increased life which ii unde-
nably adds 10 a furnishes cogent reason for
rs use This country furnishes no precedents from
which the probable life Of the pressed steel car
could be determined but IN the history OF European
practice precedents are numerous and sufficiently
clear 10 warrant safe deductions. II f. true that
no pressed steel cars have ever been used abroad.
Of style or weight or capacity Of the American
type OF car but these particulars are hardly i'm
portant In weighing precedents
AS to the old steel cars In use In Europe, l. NJ
Herr said before the Railroad Club:
There are In use IN France to-day and in
good working order which were first put into ser
vice In 1869 and a careful examination revealed
the fact that the cars. now twenty-nine years od'
mad lost less than per cent by cOrrOsiOn, were
thoroughly efficient. and the appropriations 20 keep
them In repair all OF that time were so rdlcuousy
small COMPARED with the cost OF keeping wooden
cars in repair that they were practically OF no
consequence whatever ~.
..1rbe descrntion OF the cars furnished by the
company shows that tho cars are put together out
os peces OF steel pressed into theoretically correct
shanes-strength and utility considered. In a Tram
~ saw thirty cars. OF 10000 pounds capacity
each there IL a saving In train length or aDoVe
go feet over that required for the same Load II
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completed Of the American National Building,
which, with its domeke effect, will attain
height Of 200 feet above the River Seine
B. .. Woodward. Assistant Commissioner
General OF the United States to the Paris Ex
hibition OF 1900 in a paper which he read yes
terday 20 the American Chamber Of Commerce.
and which he has c0urteously placed at the
disposal Of The Tribune, summed up the feat
ures OF the American section OF the Exhibition
in such a way as 20 give clear and comprehen-
sive picture Of what the American section at
the Exhibition Will be. The following extracts
from the paper drawn up by Mr.. Woodward
Of timely interest as furnishing an authoritative
statement Of what has already been accom-
plished and OF what Is TO be undertaken:
Americans visiting the United States section
OF the Paris Exhibition next year will be in
their own home. for the French authorities have
turned over to the United States, 70 hold
New-York tribune., 1899-07-23

ing. Whereas the Rev James Macglll. Clark.
hath been sent and recommended by the Right
Reverend Father In God Edmund, Lord Bishop
Of London and Diocesan OF this Province, 70
oficiate as minister OF the Church Of England. |
do hereby appoint the said James Macgil minister
him as such: and do strictly command you 20 be
aiding and assisting unto him 10 the intent that ne
have the full benefit OF the forty pounds Of to-
bacco per poll raised for the support Of the min,
lister OF your parish. and other rights, dues and
perquisitos his said Office belonging. Given at
Annapolis this 18th day of May. in the third year
Of the reign Of our Sovereign Lord George the
Second and the sixteenth OF his LOrdships do
miniOn Ammo DOmini 100 -
"BENEDICT LEONARD CALNERT'
The Roy William Painter the present rector OF
Christ Church has received leave OF absence, ana
will spend the summer abroad. II Is probable that
the improvements will be completed when he re
fall.
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manded by captains and lieutenants ard their sub
oriinates. They all go 10 make up a perfect
mechanism which works with the eXaCtitude OF
clock and the untiring energy Of perpetual mo-
ton Men die or become disabled. but the ma
chine goes on and doubtless will 90 on. for many
years From the head of this army 10 its lowest
member it is disciplined. drilled for the tremendous
work which II performs
This is one reason Why the Carnegie Steel Com
pany is able TO accept such contracts it did
recently when II agreed 10 furnish another con-
cern with a thousand tons OF steel every day. The
significance Of the contract does not lie in the size
Of the daily delivery, but in the fact that the
company agrees 10 furnish the steel at this rate
for ten years. II shows the stability OF American
manufactures In itself. considering its duration.
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the contract IS not a large one compared 10 the
total business Of the Carnegie company. The fig
ures on the annual capacity OF its plants show
that. But the contract has served 70 call atten-
ton 10 the remarkable industries Of Pttsburg
which form an index Of the country's business
condition more nearly infallibe than any yet
found
The Carnegie Steel Company is to-day a living
history of American industrial development and
as such IL is OF peculiar interest Andrew Carnegie
began early the sixties to build up the business
which bears his name. He had been lucky IN the
early days Of oil speculation, and put every cent
Of the proceeds into iron. whose future he fore
saw as 10 man has since. He built mill AFTER
mill. and added interest after interest until MS
name became synonymous with iron. AT the same
time there was a poor boy working on Fayette
Countv farm in Western Pennsylvania. This boy
was destined 10 play important part IN the
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TO INSPECT THE BARGE OFFICE.

A CONGRESS INDUSTRIAL SUBCOMMITTEE WILL
BEGIN THE WORK TOMORROW.
A subcommittee OF the Congress Industrial
Committee will pay a Visit or Inspection 10 mo
Rarge Office at Il O'clock tomorrow morning
Tho subcommittee IS composed follows. Sem
ators James H Kyle. South Dakota. Boies Pen
rose. Pennsylvania Lee Mantle Montana; stephen
p Mallory Florida and John ". Daniel. Vir-
ginia: Congressmen John ]. Gardner New-Jersey'
William Lorimer Illinois; l.. +. Livingston
Georgia; John c. Bell, Colorado, and Theodore Of
,or WISCONSIN and these private citizens: An
drew l. Harris Elton. Ohio; :. y. Dexter North
Boston Ellison a. Smythe, Pelzer, D g. Johh n