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The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1899-06-26
woman Captures nm Engle.

Manchester. N. H. June 25.-News has
reached this city of combat between an
eagle measuring seven feet across the
wings and a woman at Elkins this State
which resulted in the capture of the king
of birds.
Mrs. Louis Brisbin heard an outcry as
though child was in distress, near her
home, and going in the direction of the
noise discovered what she took to be a
large bird fioundering about in a bunch OF
low bushes. Gathering up her skirts she
bounced. upon the bird threw her dress
skirt over ii and then seized 1t firmly with
her hands, The bird fought feroeiously,
tearing Mrs. Brisbin's clothing with its
talons. but by squeezing 1t hard, and
thereby giving It no opportunity to strike,
the woman carried the bird to the house.
She summoned her neighbors to see If they
knew what sort of a bird IL was, and was
more than astonished to learn that she had
captured an eagle.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1899-06-26
MINING STRIKE THREATENED
Ten Thousand Men Seeking Ten
Per Cent Advance.

Chattanooga, Tenn. June 25.-Notices
have been posted in all the mines of the
JeIlico and Brayerville districts that IN
less the demand of the miners for 10
per cent advance IS complied with before
July / the miners will strike. The mines
are operated by the United Mine Workers
ard the knights of Labor.
The strike will involve about ten thou
sand men. Mine operators hope TO com
promise with the miners at per cent
raise. The operators cannot now afford
to close down. owing to urgent contracts
and the great rush OF business, especially
in steam coal The miners are in an ugly
mood. and will not listen to compromise
enquiries have been made in the AdIutant
Generals Office as to whether or not sew
eral companies OF militia could be secured
In case they were needed to protect prop
erty. Not an organized company of mill
tia now exists in the State.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1899-06-26
AGED WOMAN PIcKPocKET.
Chased by Mob of Men. Women,
and Children.


New York. June ga woman sixty
years old was arrested yesterday on the
charge of highway robbery. She is Mary
Burns and says she lives at 6S1 Sixth
Avenue. A policeman caught her while
she was being pursued by great crowd of
men, women. and children, led by her al
legged victim.
Miss Mary Holmes hasn't been in New
York long, but she knows few things,
ard she has pluck. She comes from Cal
ifornia, where young women are always
doing remarkable things. She is twenty
years old and pretty and is staying with
her parents at 1874 West Forty second
Street.
Miss Holmes went forth yesterday af-
ternoon 10 see something of the city. Bry-
ant Park attracted her and she decided
10 sit down and rest
The young woman had her purse, con-
tanning $3.50 in money and some papers,
in the pocket of her Jacket, which she
carried under her arm. Presently Mary
Burns, who is a shabby genteel person
the Burns woman walked away rather rap
idly.
Miss Holmes looked for her pocketbooh
and found that it had disappeared. She
suspected the woman and started in pur-
suit Mary Burns was cutting across the
grass plots and using all haste to get Out
of sight The young woman raised hel
voice, crying stop thief" as she ran
II was taken up by others in the parh
and in about minute there was great
| crowd in pursuit.
The Burns woman showed herself Il
/ be a remarkable Splinter, notwithstand-
/ ing her age, but just after she left The
/ south entrance to the park she ran int
| the arms of Policeman Thompson. He
| took her to the stationhouse, notwith
| standing her eloquenee, for Mary Burn!
! has a remarkable flow OF words at hel
| command
She dropped Miss Holmes purse on thu
stationhouse steps, and declared she wa
respectable.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1899-06-26
ONE WAY TO GET ELECTRICITY
X-Rays Used I'm the soudan With the
Aid of n Tandem Bicycle.

~ 4
Ottawa, June Pa physician Of Belle
VILE. Ontario. has received a letter from
a relative in England who was in the Sou
dan campaign. The sriter gives the fol-
lowing narration of how surgeons in the
soudan developed an electric current:
After the battle OF omdurman we
brought back to Abadieh 121 wounded Of
fcers and men. OF this number there were
twenty-one cases which could not be dag
nosed accurately by ordinary surgical
means BY the help OF Roentgen rays,
which were used about sixty times, we
found the bullet or proved its absence in
twenty out of these twenty-one cases, the
odd case being so i'll with severe bullet
wound in the lung that it was not con-
sidered justifable to examine him at the
time OF course we had no steam engine
to generate our electricity for us, and the
desert heat had dissolved our specially
prepared candles into their oily constitu-
ents.
Necessity, you know, is the mother OF
invention, and We had recourse to a
unique method The pulley of a small
dynamo was connected by means of a
leather strap with the rear wheel OF a
specially constructed tandem bicycle. The
required velocity for the dynamos was
thus obtained. and our procedure was as
follows: Having carefully adjusted the
circuit with the storage battery and also
with the yoltmeter and ammeter. war
rant officer took his position on the seat
OF the bicycle and commenced pedaling
When fifteen volts and fourteen amperes
were registered the switch close TO the
handle of the bicycle was opened and the
charging of the battery begun.
LAS the resistance became greater Z
sensation as II riding uphill was expert
enced. and the services of an additional
orderly we're requisitioned for the front
seat Of the tandem. This bicycle practict
was generally carried out in a shade tenn
pcrature OF 10 degrees Fahrenheit, Sc
that at the end OF half an hour the or
derlies were not sorry when the switch
was turned OFF and the machine brought
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1899-06-26

These British preferred stocks do not
carry cumulative dividends. The dividends
are contingent on the profits of each sep
arate year. The discrepancy extends fur
Their. Six per cent iron and steel stocks
sell in Germany from 120 to -135. If there
is no radical change in the monetary sit
uation in the United States, it is contend
ed by experienced capitalists that the ten
dency of our choice railway and other
shares must be toward the level at which
stocks, in many instances of not so choice
merit, sell in Europe.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1899-06-26
Effort. to secure spaIdins'. Release.

Chicago. June 25.-Although many OF the
men who were most active in the prose-
cution Of Charles W. Spslding, President
Of the wrecked Globe Savings Bank and
Treasurer OF the University OF Illinois. are
signing a petition TO secure his release
from the penitentiary, where he is serving
an undeterminate sentence. IL is doubtful
II his release Just now would assure him
his liberty. His wife, Sarah Louise IRWIN
spaiding, whose romantic attachment was
an Interesting feature Of the case. is be-
stirring herself in his interest, But States
Attorney Deneen has refused to sign any
petition. On the contrary. he announces
that the trial OF Cashier Churchill, OF the
Globe, on charge OF receiving deposits
after the bank had become insoivent, VIII
be called soon and he declares that If the
former president Is a free man at that
time he will be made q co-defendant In the
case.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1899-06-26
ST. PAUL's MAY STATEMENT.
Promises That 1t VIII show Heavy
Net Gain.

The talk of the grangers in the street
is decidedly more hopeful than at any
time since February. The outlook
for the wheat and corn crops is better
every week, general merchandise business
promises to be very large, and more than
this perhaps, present earnings continue TO
be phenomenal.
st. Pauls May statement, which Is ex-
pected on Monday. will show heavy in
crease in net earnings, despite the extra
ordinary expenditures now being made on
the property and charged TO operating ex-
penses Atchison's May report is also ex-
pected to show very large net increase,
some estimates saying that the gain will
be S40O 600.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1899-06-26
CHICAGO GREAT WESTERN.
Vice President Oppenheim on the
Prospects of the Road.

Discussing Chicago Great Western pros
poets, Vice President Ansel oppenheim
says:
IF nothing serious happens to the crop
land we now have as good a crop on the
line as we ever had), we shall earn from
July to January per cent on our deben-
ture stock and the entire per cent on the
preferred A for the year. So, we shall
have the surplus earnings over the deben-
ture stock for the last half of the fiscal
year for dividend on preferred b, which
will be more than is required to pay the
full & ner cent"
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1899-06-26
Money to Loan
On Furniture, Pianos. Etc.

II you are IN need Of money. desire to In
form you Of our method We can secure you
a loan on an easy moathly payment plan at less
cost than ever before and below the rate Of any
other company /, the city. You can pay in full
at any time after the loan is secured. and it will
only cost you for such time as you have had the
money. Our business is strictly private, and all
applications are treated confdentially. II you
have loan with any other concern, you can Sc
cure a loan through to pay 1t and get more
money II desired 1t will pay you to call and see
US before going ELSEWHERE We are ready at any
and all times during Office hours to give informa-
ton concering cur business methods, and you
will receive courteous treatment
CAPITAL LOAN GUARANTEE CO.,
an13.fi fn9 ST n ".
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1899-06-26
CUSTOMS AT CARDENAs.
Shipment of Sugar From That Cuban
Port

According to statistics received from the
collector of customs at Cardenas, Cuba,
by Acting Secretary of War Meiklejohn,
that port is the largest export market for
sugar in the island.
The shipments of sugar from all the
ports of Cuba from January /, 1899. up TO
May 81 last are as follows:
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1899-06-26
New York stock narket.

Corrected daily by W. B. Hibbs C Co.,
members OF the New York Exchange,
1919 f Street.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1899-06-26
New York Cotton Market.
Nothing Unusual,

From the Chicago News)
'When l rejected Dick he didn't It
put out; ! can't understand it."
well can; Dick is used to it. lie used TO
write poetry and get dozen reflections every
week"
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1899-05-20

board Of managers violates the law in that he
fails to see that all matters OF business pertain
Ing 70 the institution arc faithfully and accu-
rately recorded by the secretary. That the
board Of managers OF said institution fails at
each monthly meeting TO make the record dis
close the ltemized statement Of all necessary
supplies OF provisions clothing. furniture and
other things necessary for running the institu-
tion for the next succeeding month as furnished
by the chief Oflccr or manager thereof, and
fails 70 make an order Of record in the minutes,
that such articles or any part thereof are nee
essary, as required by law.
II is the opinion OF the committee that the
board Of managers is absolutely responsible for
the management OF the AFFAIRS OF the asylum
and as such is vested with original and exclu-
siye authority and Jurisdiction TO select, retain
or remove the superintendent and other Officers
connected with the institution without the
counsel, advice or dictation of the state board
Of charities or any Individual.
Your committee recommends that in view OF
the findings herein the board Of managers be
requested TO take prompt action in replacing
the present superintendent with a more suitable
person.
Industrial school for Girls.
The committee also investigated the
industrial school for girls at Chilli
cothe. Its report on that Institution,
while not so sensational as that of
Fulton asylum, shows the need of
great changes in another of Missouris S
state institutions. The report says
there is no truth in the charges of inn
morality. The committee further re-
ports;
That A. c. Vandlver, assistant superintend-
ent, has been guilty OF indscreet and repre-
hensible conduct toward the inmates OF the
home and the committee recommends that he
be Immediately and Internationally discharged
That the law authorizing the apprenticing OF
girls to the home should be repealed, for the
reason that they are contaminated by nssocla-
ti0n with the criminal class.
That in some instances inmates are kept too
long; that because they are so kept after sub
stantial reformation has taken place and dis
position is shown TO lead better life, the use
fulneSs OF the home in such cases ceases to be
beneficial and the spirit Of the law thereby vio-
ated.
That the lndiscriminate co-mingling OF all the
different classes Of girls without regard to
character and disposition. is unquestionably
detrimental TO the usefulness OF the home as a
reformatory; this view is held by the manage
ment OF the institution.
II is the opinion Of the committee that the
| fact that the home is reformatory rather than
penal institution should not be lost sight of
and that the lives Of the girls should be elevated
| by moral suasion and love, directly and con-
stantly administered by the personal influence
and touch OF officers and teachers Of the home;
and that physical punishment should be resort
cd 10 only In cases OF absolute necessity.
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1899-05-20
TROOPS PATROL CIENFUEGOS,
Dock Lsborers Take Umbrage at Capt. Bar
ker's Action and Precipitate Trouble
for Time.

Cienfuegos, May 16.-About five
o'clock yesterday afternoon gang of
Cuban dock laborers called upon Capt.
Barker, captain Of the port, and made
demand for back pay. AS they were
violent, Capt. Barker drew his revolver.
The laborers returned soon after with
80 others and made similar demand,
using obscene and profane language,
insulting Capt. Barker and Offering
threats. The Cuban police were Or
dered to arrest the malcontents and a
general street fight followed, in which
one laborer was killed and several per-
sons were wounded, including three
members of the police force. AS the
Cuban populace became very insulting
and threatened revenge, an outbreak
was expected, and the Second United
States infantry regiment was ordered
into the city. The troops patrolled the
town yesterday evening.
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1899-05-20
RUsE DID NOT WORK.
ber. Who Was Thought Drowned,
Turns Up m Another Crime.

Kansas City, Mo-, May 16.-William
L. Lockridge, who is wanted at Sa-
vannah, Mo-, on charge of bank rob-
berry, has been located by the police at
Fergus Falls, Mimi, where he is un-
der arrest on charge of train rob
berry. A year ago it was stated that
Lockridge had been drowned in the
west. The report was for the purpose
of throwing off suspicion as to the
whereabouts of Locixridge. He had
been convicted of robbing bank in Sa-
vannah, NO., and has been sentenced TO
three years in the penitentiary. ]. j.
Williams, his attorney, signed his bond
when the case was appealed, with Ed
Findley and Verde l. Banta. The su-
preme court upheld the decision of the
lower court, and because Lockridge
could not be found, his bond, which
was for IS 1000, was declared forfeited
Then the story OF his drowning was
perpetrated. 1t appears now that II
was only fake to give Loclsridge Q
chance to get away and save his bonds
man
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1899-05-20
REVENUES WILL BE AMPLE.
Treasury Onlcials Confident That No New
Provisions Are Necessary II Present
Range Of Receipts Continue.

Washington, May l6.-''There will be
no necessity for any new provisions
for revenue during the next congress" :"
said Assistant Secretary Vanderlip yes
terday, ''if the present range of re-
ceipts continues. We have already
reached balance between receipts
and expenditures, and there will be no
deficit during the next fiscal year, or
none large enough to materially reduce
the cash balance Of the treasury" As
matters stand, with a cash balance in
the treasury amounting to $3.50, 727, ,542
on Friday last, deficit of $4,000, 900
per year could be faced for several
years without embarrassing the treas
ury.
There is strong desire among some
of the treasury officials for legislation,
which will increase the supply of re-
deemable paper currency. Secretary
Gage has been urged by many New
York bankers to issue gold certificates,
because Of the greater convenience OF
paper coin, but he doubts his legal au-
thority to do so There is some fear
that an acute pressure for currency
will occur during the crop-moving sea-
son in the autumn, for which there will
be no means of relief, under existing
law
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1899-05-20
GEN. GOMEZ REFUSES.
He Positively Declines to Have Anything
TO do with the Distribution of the
s3,OOO,OOO to Cuban Army.

Washington, May 1o.-The situation
in Cuba is approaching a crisis. Gen.
Gomez's refusal to have anything to do
with the distribution of the $1,000, 900
promised the Cuban army may precipi-
tate physical clash. In addition to
this the severity Of the military gov
ernment as administered by Gen.
Brooke is such that the Cubans are
rendered reckless of consequences. II
was rumored at the war department
yesterday that Gen. Brooke would be
shortly recalled. The report could not
be positively confirmed, as both Secre-
tary Alger and Adjt. Gen. Corbin de-
clined to discuss the subject.
Gen. Brooke's administration of af-
fairs in Cuba, it is said, has not given
satisfaction to the department and
much of the trouble experienced by
the United States authorities with the
island is attributed to his alleged lack
of executive ability. Communications
are daily received at the war depart.
ment protesting against what are said
to be arbitrary orders issued by the
military governor. He is severely criti.
cised by the Cubans, and his determi
nation to enforce Objectionable orders
meets with the most determined opp0
sition,
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1899-05-20
THE DEWEY FUND STARTED
Gen. Feiiz Angus, OF the Baltimore Amsri
can, Makes the First Contribution. ,,t
Giving $3.50,

Washington, May l6.-The commit
tee to take charge of the funds with
which to purchase home for Admiral
Dewey in Washington, had meeting
yesterday in Mr.. Vanderlip's office.
Although the members of the commit
tee are all busy men, they were enthu-
siastic over the idea OF great national
gift of the character proposed for Ad-
miral Dewey and they are willing to
take up the work. Treasurer Roberts
Is now prepared to receive contribu-
tions. A handsomely designed receipt
will be gotten out Immediately by the
engrayers at the bureau Of engraving
and printing, and all contributors will
receive such receipt A formal adj
dress TO the public will be issued soon.
The first subscription to the fund, $3.50
was received yesterday from Gen. Felix
Angus, of the Baltimore American, and
he will receive receipt No. /.
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1899-05-20
DIR. cOoMBs FOUND GUILTY.


jefferson City, Mo-, May 1S.-The
legislative committee, appointed to in
vestigate Fulton asylum, submitted a
unanimous report to the house yes
terday. 1t finds DR.. Coombs guilty
of drunkenness and recommends his re-
moval. The house adopted the report
In full without debate. The report in
part follows;
Upon the question Of drunkenness the COM
mittee finds from the evidence that the superin-
tendent, Dr. j. II. Coombs, Is addicted to the
habit OF using intoxicating liquors to excess,
frequently drinking 10 state OF intoxlcation,
which In the opinion of the committee, renders
him an unfit person for superintendent OF such
IN institution.
Upon the charge OF immoral relations between
DR.. J. \. Coombs and one Of the female attend
ants the committee finds him guilty.
The committee finds that the management Of
the asylum, with reference to the exterior aud
interior physical appearance and the treatment
Of the patients, has been excellent and the COM
mittce commends the course pursued by the en-
tire medical stan In these respects,
Tue 0olnmitlee finds that the president Of hS
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1899-05-20
ROSWELL P. FLOWER DEAD.
ocratio Politician Expires Suddenly Of
Indigestion and Heart Trouble.

New York, Nav 14..-Ex-Gov. Ros-
well P. Flower died Friday night at 1880
at the Eastport Country club at East
port, L. |. Mr.. Flower was taken i'll
early in the day with severe attack
of acute indigestion. In the afternoon
symptoms of heart failure supervened
and he grew steadily worse until the
time of his death.
BRIEF HISTORY OF THE DEAD MAN.
Roswell p Flower was born In Theresa, JEFF
ferson county, N. Y, August 2, 1885. His father
was born ut Oak Hill, Greene county, N V"
where his ancestors went from Connecticut.
Roswell was the sixth OF nine children and when
his father died he was eight years old lie
worked with his brothers on two farms his
mother owned and spent his time between
school sessions in the hardest kind OF labor
He became deputy postmaster OF Watertown, N.
V, in 1853 and kept his place six years. Then
he became u partner in the jewelry firm OF
Hitchcock & Flower, bought out his partner at
the end OF two years and continued In the 0usl-
ness until 1869. He came to New York In that
year to take charge OF the estate of Henry Keep
whose widow was Mr.. Flowers sister Mr.. Keep
owned u great many railroad and other stocks,
and during the months before his death he spent
much time instrueting Mr.. Flower about them
Not long afterward he organized the banking
firm OF Flower & Co., which has since been d
power In Wall street.
Mr. Flower was chosen chairman OF the demo-
cratic state committee In 1877 and In 1881 he de-
fcated William Waldorf AstOr for congress aftei
hot campaign in the Eleventh district. His
majority was 800, while Levi u, Morton, re-
publican, had carried II at the last previous
election by more than 1000 votes. He refused O
denomination. He was elected governor OF The
state In 1891. In the cholera epidemic in tht
late summer Of 1892 thousands OF passengers ar
rlying from Europe were Quarantinod on ship
board down the bay. As an emergency measure
Gov Flower bought with his own money TIT
Fire Island hotel, in the name OF the state, anc
ordered that the passengers be sent there,
Mr.. Flower took up Brooklyn Rapid Transit
less than two years ngo, buying from O'OOJ U
5000 shares ut about 25 when the capital stock
was only 100000. He absorbed many subor
dinate lines among them the Nassau Electric
company, and increased the capital stock u
AS,OOOOO by his extraordinary successful manip
ulation and put the price up TO slS1 His hold
ings in brooklyn Rapid Transit alone whlei
| cost him two years ago u little more than 100
90, are worth, ut to-day's market price, NOR
| than &SOO0,0O0
Mr. Flower was one Of the founders OF tn
steel trust whose stock already issued is wv,
! 7s7sOO, Good. authorities estimate that MI
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1899-05-20
LAFAYETTE SILVER DOLLAR.
Heads of Washington and Lafayette VIII
Be on One Side and the Monument
on the Other,

Washington, May l5.-Mr. Roberts,
the director of the mint, has decided
upon the design for the Lafayette sill
YER dollar. At its last session congress
authorized $4,000 of these dollars to be
coined in aid of the Lafayette Monu-
ment association, which proposes to
erect monument to Lafayette In Paris
in 1900. These dollars will be sold for
whatever premium can be obtained for
them. This is expected to net large
sum, as it is believed the dollars will
sell at minimum of 81 a piece, while
the majority will bring more. II the
dollars should average 81 or S. each
the total sum for the monument would
be secured. On one side of the dollar
will be the heads OF Washington and
Lafayette and on the other a repre-
sentation of the monument to be erect
In Paris.
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