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The times., 1899-05-20
THE CRAMPS, BUSY DAYS.
The Battleship Alabama to Be Ready
in Septe mker.

Philadelphia, Pa. May 19.-one more
formidable warship will soon be added to
, the navy when the battleship Alabama is
completed. The Cramps have pushed the
work of construction SO rapidly that had
the Government secured the armor as
promptly as 1t was required the new fight
er would have been completed ahead OF the
| time specified in the contract, September
| 10. Three plates have already been re-
| ceiyed, and IL there is no further delay the
Alabama will be ready for launching by
| the time specified in the contract. The
hull is sinking well into the water on her
water line as the structural work is being
| completed. Both the monster turrets are
, ready TO be placed in position.
| To one familiar with the construction
of warships visit to the Alabama will
reveal the improved methods employed in
the construction, from the bridge TO the
boiler pit in the hold. Much OF the ma
chinery is already in excellent working
condition. and but little remains to be
| DONE aside from placing the armor and
the minor details of painting, etc. Capt.
I Willard II. Brownson, who commanded
! the Yankee during the war with Spain,
has been assigned to command the Ala
bama, and is expected in this city shortly.
Inc nun oil the Russian cruiser NdfiaB
| is rapidly nearing completion, and it is ex-
| pected that the launch will take place
/ during the latter part OF July or early in
August, The batteship Retvzan, which
the Cramps are also building for the Car $
navy, Will not be ready until some months
later.
The new Ward liner Mexico is receiving
her last coat OF paint, and will be ready
TO take her trial trip within two weeks.
The Mexico is a sister ship 10 the Havana,
and as she is in every way a counterpart,
there will not likely be a trial trip down
the bay, except preliminary builders
J trial, after which she will proceed from
here to New York and test her speed en-
route.
| The big Plant Line steamer La Grande
Duchesse which has been at Cramps
| since April undergoing complete renova-
| tion. is about ready for sea, and is sched-
uled to leave the yard the first week in
June.
The great rush Of work about Cramps is
! evident everywhere, and the purchase OF
new steam hosting and conveying trucks,
augumenting the worlds greatest electri-
cal crane, and many other new appliances
and machinery are being continually added.
The times., 1899-05-20
OVER A CENTURY OF LIFE.
Mrs. Coats Celebrates Her One Hun
dred and Second Birthday.

dred and Second Birthday.
Philadelphia, May 19.-But little touched
with the infirmities of age, Mrs. Mary p.
Coats yesterday celebrated the l02d ami
versay of her birth. Father Time had
evidently occasionally forgotten TO turn
his hour glass, for, as she sat in her chair
at the cozy home of her daughter. Mrs.
Mary A. Funston, 1921 Westmont Street,
last night, receiving the congratulations
of her friends, she discounted the more
than century of her existence by at least
twenty years Her eyes are still bright,
and the soft coil of hair. just the color of
ripened corn silk, that was fastened with
a comb on the crown OF her head, would
be the pride of many woman of half
her age. Her vision is so unimp3ired that
she reads and writes without the aid OF
glasses, and the handshake with which
she greeted her visitors was full Of vigor.
Until year ago Mrs Coats was able TO
sew, and less than four years ago attended
entirely to her own room. and would
permit no one else to assume this work.
A twelvemonth ago. however. she expert
enoed a sudden loss OF power in the lower
limbs. and she is confined to her own
room. and obliged to move about in roll
ing chair. which she propels herself. The
upper portion OF her frame is apparently
as robust as il was twenty years ago
Forty-three direct descendants yester-
day rendered their congratulations TO Mrs.
Coats
The times., 1899-05-20
HENRY B. HYpE,s WILL.
disposal of the Estate of the Late
Insurance President.

Riverhead, L. l.. May 1e.-The will of
Henry B. Hyde late President OF the
Equitable Life Insurance Society. was
probated before the surrogate here yester-
day. The value OF the estate is given as
$780, 900 personal and $40, 900 real property
The will is long and has three codicils. 1t
is dated September, 1895. To William H.
Mcintyre. Mr.. Hyde's private secretary, 1t
gives $4,000. and to Camille Everaud, ser
want, is left $400 a year so long as she
shall serve Mrs. Hyde Henry B. Hyde
Ripley, a grandson is to have $4,000. To
Annie F. Hyde, the widow, all the house,
hold furniture, silver works of art, horses
carriages, and farming utensils are be-
queathed. All the rest of the property is
left TO the executors in trust for Mrs. Hyde
but II she remarries. James Hazen Hyde
the son, is to have s25 000 year out OF the
net income. After Mrs. Hyde's death the
property Is to be divided equally between
the testator's son and daughter, James Ha-
zen Hyde and Mary Baldwin Ripley.
Mr.. Hyde also provided for his son and
his wife by trust deeds. The will men,
tions a trust agreement by which certain
stocks are conveyed to his son and codi-
Gil provides that certain transfers made to
the wife and son shall not be affected by
the will. A codicil dated September IS,
1895, gives to the daughter $4,000 a year
out of the estate during the widows life
time. A codicil revokes the appointment
of Louis Fitzgerald as executor. The ex-
ecutors of the will are Annie Hyde, James
HaZen Hyde and James w. Alexander
The times., 1899-05-20
ACCEPTS THE INEVITABLE.
Letter of Charles Francis Adams to
an Anti-ENpansion Gathering.

Boston, May 19.-Charles Francis Ad-
ans was expected to speak at last nights s
meeting of anti-expansionists in Cam
bridge. but he sent letter instead, which
was read at the meeting. In this letter
Mr.. Adams, who has heretofore been con-
sidered a pronounced anti expansionist
urges the antis to make the best of the
situation. He expressed regrets that the
Administration should have taken its pres
ent attitude toward the Philippine ques-
tion. chaI ging that it is in imitation OF
the British colonial policy, but goes on to
say:
Under these circumstances the true
course for the anti-imperialists would
seem TO be devoted 10 the utmost extent
possible, though not under the English
system. the policy and principle OF auton-
omy, the fact Of the native home rule.
We should endeavor to limit the interfer-
ence of the United States to an absolute
minimum, and as l understand 1t this is
also now the wish of the Administration
so far as it has a wish or a policy OF its
own. Here is a wide field for the exercise
of useful influence is open to us.
II do not, therefore, feel disposed at
this time further to protest or TO indulge
in harsh or unnecessary criticisms.
Rather | would heartily cooperate. In
this life we can rarely have our own way
but when the course of events has made
it clear, as now, that our way is no longer
open. it is the course of wisdom 10 do
what is in our power to eliminate as far
as may be the evil we fancy we see in
the policy imposed upon us. originally mis-
taken"
The times., 1899-05-20
DUBIOUS ABOUT WEDDING.
Expected Bride of Murderer Re-
serving Her Decisiou.

New York. May 19.-Matilda Wilkinson.
colored, OF Jersey City, will announce
this evening whether she will become the
wife of Tobias Williams the eolored mur-
derer Of Saloonkeeper Patrick Connolly or
remain single. The pair were to have
been married last week, but at the last
moment the bride to-be refused. although
the Rev Mr. Kimball. pastor Of the Trini-
ty Methodist Episcopal Church and the
fail officers we're on hand and Williams
was looking forward TO the moment when
he should have a wife Williams recently
pleaded guilty TO murder IN the second
degree He was awaiting sentence when
the marriage was arranged. lie WAS anN-
ious 70 marry. so that his money and prop
eriy could be cared for during his term
In prison.
The Wilkinson woman IN insisting on a
postponement OF the ceremony said: Il
want 20 find out first how long will have
to live by myself and | also want 10 find
out II a property transfer under the exist
ing conditions will be legal. / will de-
eide whether / will marry Toby or not af-
ter he Is sentenced"
Williams will be sentenced this after
noon and the Wilkinson woman is expect
ed at the Jail this evening to announce hei
decision. II is said that she will wed the
murderer II his sentence is for ten years
or less
The times., 1899-05-20
Fra Dinvolo Must Retire.

fFIOm the hans2s aNtt star
1t might be well Tor the United States author.
tiles in Cuba and Porto Eeco to give a series Of
expogitory ''roundups'' Of the bandits, by way Of
enlightening the native mind. The bandit is
regular institution in most Latin countries. Italy
and Spain have always abounded in road agents.
In the Spanish American countries the highway
men OF the Fra Diayolo type have always been
popular. In California for some years after the
American occupation the old fashioned bandit Of
the Joaquin Marietta pattern continued
legacy Of the former rule. The Cuban patriots,
as soon as relieved o. the Spanish yoke. began TO
threaten to turn bandits, and there are some signs
that they are about TO carry out their threats.
II would seem that "a stitch in time nine.
and that this Latin illusion about being able TO
carry on the bandit industry under American rule
should be dispeed. In the good old times it fire.
quently happened that officer sent out TO cap
ture the bandits joined the robbers with his COM
pany. This sort of thing may be expected again,
but 1t will not happen where the officer is an
American. The American doctrine is that man
had better be even a laborer than a murderer and
thief This may seem hard doctrine in Cuba and
Porto Rico but IL should be enforced.
The times., 1899-05-20

count. and not on his own, that he claims
TO have left this country.
But listen to the moral. 1t is that II
the evolution of plutocrats be departure
from the ideals of the early fathers, SO also
is the existence of tramps. We quote:
And yet the organic and economic system which
the men Of l7s9 devised and set in operation has
not only failed TO prevent the gathering together
Of great fortunes, but by an cStraordlDary sar
il has half ruined and largely exterTninated
the grandchildren and great grandchildren Of the
people for whom they legislated. Where today
are the direct descendants Of those colonists who
filed the ranks of the Continental army and made
American Even before the end of the first half
century OF independence it began 10 be asked
how far the equality of with could
be depended on TO elevate the level of desire and
accomplishments; and as early as the days of Ben
Iaunln Franklin there not wanting thinkers
who questioned the wisdom Of submitting complex
and delicate problems Of society and statecratt
TO the decision Of the multitude.
The descendants of the early colonists,
for the most part, are doing quite well.
They are not tramps, nor have they begot
tramps. Their condition has been i'm
proved rather than injured by the gradual
process of immigration, for the menial
labor which they were at one time COM
PEELED TO perform is now done by former
residents of other countries. The Daugh-
tiers OF the Revolution are not the kitchen
maids of today, whatever they were one
hundred years back, nor are the Sons of
the Revolution the men who are keeping
peanut stands.
OF course, We have our faults. We
have our boss system in politics, and
are yet decidedly crude in many direc-
tions as compared with European stand
ards. But no one in America believes that
the country is going to the eternal bow
vows whatever Mr.. Astors personal
impressions may be. If he chose to retire
abroad it is his own business. Perhaps
it is for his country's good that he has
left it. But he should not forget that
the foundations Of his fortune were laid
in America and that 1t i'll becomes him to
speak disparagingly of his native land.
The times., 1899-05-20
survival of the Ftt.e.t.

AiIbL Tue illiidutlphld htNh4uJ
American manufactures, especially Of iron and
steel, undoubtedly secured an entrance into many
foreign markets through the powerful lever OF
low prices; but they have sustained their posi-
tion through superior merit. In spite OF rising
prices, they have increased in favor wherever
they have obtained 4 footing. There was a time
in the evolution of our industries when American
goods were generally called Yankee notions"
These articles were CHEAP John goods and were
often frauds OF the wooden nutmeg order.
These days have happily passed away; and al
though We still have plenty of cheap Johns and
some frauds with US, they have been relegated To
the rear, while the honest merchants and manu-
facturers have forged TO the front in an amazing
manner. The American character is at bottom
honest. The truth Of tins assertion is reflected
in the high class Of the great majority of Ameri-
can manufactures, and is recognized wherever
American goods are sold Thus the croakers who
proclaimed that our exports Of manufactures were
ephemeral and undesirable have all been silenced,
and the future Of American industries is admitted
10 he full Of promise Of prosperity.
The times., 1899-05-20
THE WHISKY COMBINATIONS.
Martin II. Cook and Henry G. Luyties
Give Testimony.

The last two witnesses which will be
heard by the Industrial Commission until
June appeared yesterday before that
body and gave testimony regarding the
whisky combinations of the country They
were Martin R. Cook and Henry C.
Luyties. both OF New York. Both had been
members OF the first whisky trust and from
their experience in that organization had
come to the conclusion that trusts were a
good thing to keep out Of from a busi-
ness standpoint.
Mr.. Cook took the stand in the morn
ing session. He said that as a direct re-
suit Of the whisky combination prices In
that article had been raised. The COM
bine controlled the price at which the Job
Der must sell. and as long as the COM
bine was satisfied 10 give the iobheT "A
small profit the scheme worked we'll. but
the combine soon wanted all the proat and
raised the price again without consulting
the jobbeTs. This iessened consumption
somewhat and brought about a general dis
ruption. 4 system % rebates was Install
ed and wholesalers who purchased solely
Of the trust and gave oath 20 that effect.
we're allowed : cents per gallon rebate.
In the closing days of the trust there was
considerable difficulty In collecting this re-
bate, and many suits were inaugurated on
this account.
The witness touched on the license tax
on whisky. ami said that high license tend
ed 20 make dealers purchase a cheaper
grade OF whisky. He did not believe. how
ever. that to reduce the revenue tax from
st.i0 10 - cents a gallon would make the
total receipts of the Government as large.
II would increase the amount OF spirits
used in the arts and sciences.
The witness was only against the coer-
Give feature OF trusts, and said II they
could be properly controlled by law their
influence on the business world would not
be so bad Over-capitalization was one OF
the great evils OF the system, and sug
gested limiting the capitalization OF dis
tlling companies 10 $1,000 900.
Mr. Luyties explained In detail the re-
bate system employed by the trust, and
also touched on the revenue feature. A
tax OF Sl.l0 per gallon was equal TO 2.200
per cent of the value OF the raw material.
He said there was no place in the world
where the wholesale liquor dealer made so
little profit as in the United States.
The times., 1899-05-20
GENERAL BUTLER EXPLAINS.
He Denies Having Referred to Gomez
In unfavorable Language.

Gen. Matthew C. Butler expressed
great surprise yesterday over the state
ment in Havana dispatch that Gen.
Maxine Gomez was greatly angered at
some remarks attributed to General But
Ter in New York newspaper rejecting
upon Gomez. and that the Cuban general
had sent word to the SUMS Havana cor
respondent that he desired to protest
against the language OF General Butler.
General Butler said yesterday that the
New York Herald" had published en- May
l6 an alleged interview with him. In which
he was made to reflect upon General Go
mez. General Butler stated that he had
sent note to the New York Herald
soon after reading the alleged interview
in which he denied having had an inter-
view with correspondent OF the Herald"
and corrected the misstatements contained
in the publication. The Herald" how
ever, after publishing the misstatements.
General Butler said, did not have the fair
ness TO print the correction. General But
Ter emphatieally denied that he had at any
time or TO anybody uttered one word
of disrespect or unkindness toward GEN
eral Gomez. whom he had never met.
In regard to the statement sent by Cen
eral Gomez to the sun" correspondent
alleging that General Butler was interested
IN the proposed S2O,UoV,UOo loan 10 the
Cubans, General Butler said that he was
approached by number of men and had
several conferences with them concerning
the loan. but he invariably took the groand
that he could have nothing TO do with the
project professionally or otherwise. unless
it met with the approval of the President
of the United States. To that extent he
was interested. and further He ex-
pressed indignation at the course Of the
New York Herald in placing him in
what he termed a false position without
making amends He said he had spoken
of General Gomez in private conversation,
but never disrespeetfully or unkindly. and
that he had always recognized that Gomez
was entitled to the homage and respect OF
everybody for the heroic struggle he ad
made in righteous cause.
The times., 1899-05-20

causes more crime than almost anything
else in the world. 1t is not the dyspeptic
who commits the crime, but, by a sort Of
hypnotic influence he causes other people
TO do 1t. II the stomach could be removed
and the dyspepsia thus cured, ii would be
happy day for the family of the dyspep-
tic.
Then there are vocations which result in
the crippliDg or disease OF other organs of
the body. If these could be removed be-
fore the trouble began 1t would save a
great deal of suffering. Take the callings
which bring on nervous prostration, for
example. If these could be carried on by
persons animated by galvanic electricity or
something of that sort, which could serve
them for nervous energy, there might be
fewer wrecks strewn along the path of
progress.
1t seems hardly probable, however, that
even the almost omnipotent physician will
be able to counteract the evil influence of
some of our trades and professions upon
the worker. No physician has yet made a
new pair of eyes for a man, or new
pair of lungs, or a heart in proper work
ing order, with all the natural emotions.
If man crushes out all the feelings OF
humanity which might lead him TO have
some mercy on his neighbors, and deal
gently with his dependents he cannot al
ways have them made to order when he
wants them back again. Not even join
ing the church will do it, in some cases.
Under these circumstances, would 1t not
be well to devote little thought TO that
proverbial ounce of prevention which is
worth a pound of cure? Would it not
be well, since a man has but one body in
one life, to give him some chance to pre-
serve that body for his own use when he
becomes too old to work? Why should he
be required to wear himself out, when he
has only one self to wear out, and no way
to beg buy, borrow, or steal another?
Who gave man the right to use up his fell
low-man for his own pleasure?
These are the questions which working
men are asking, all over the world, and
that is one cause of the general discomfort.
1t is not that they do not wish 10 work
there is probably not one man who is in
a really healthy state of body and mind
who would care to be idle-but they do
not wish TO be used up, useless old men
before their time. They do not want to
spend half their lives in hard work and the
other half in disease and dependence. They
do not want TO be poisoned in lead factor
les or smashed up in railroad accidents
because of the unscrupulous rapacity of a
corporation, or fever-stricken in their own
homes through bad water and lack of ven
tilation. They think that the worlds
work would be done just as well if it were
done in safe and healthful conditions. And
ii probably would.
The times., 1899-05-20
A LUCKY KLoNDIKER.
PennsyIvanian Returns with n Rich
stake.

Greenville. Pa. May Ie-s. 4 Morford.
Of West Salem township. has Just returned
from the Alaskan gold felds. bringing with
him fortune OF 500. 900 picked up there
in the last few years. In addition to the
money he owns several claims which are
worth twice that amount.
Mr.. Morford was one OF the pioneers OF
the Klondike. and was there before DaW- -
son City sprang into existence. He Is To-
Gated near Mr.. Lippey. also a Mercer
county man. VINO cleared out $50. 900 last
year Despite the hArdships OF the coun-
try Mr. Morford stood his long sojourn
there well, although nearly sixty years OF
age.
He tells OF a remarkable find made In one
Of the Yukon glaciers just before he left.
Some dogs were noticed eating something.
Upon examination 1t proved to be the car
cass of a mastodon, ages extinct, and pre-
served for ages in the great ice river.
Mr. Morford will return TO the gold fields
after spending a short time with his rela-
tives here
The times., 1899-05-20
PANIC IN AN ARMoRY.
4 Burning Curtain Frightens Atten-
dants mt a Battle Scene.

New York May 1s.-Two companies of
the Seventy-frst Regiment were giving
reproduction OF their experiences in Cuba
in their armory at Thirty fourth Street and
Fourth Avenue last night when cry of
fire was raised in the building. a photog
rapher had endeavored to take flashlight
picture OF the scene from window in the
room OF Company II. in the second gallery
on the north side OF the armory. The
burning magnetism set fire to curtain and
although the flames were extinguished at
once 1t took fifteen minutes TO reassure
those who had taken flight at the first cry
and the halls and stairways we're full. OF
struggling men and women
There was a rush Of people for the stairs
and that started hundreds of others who
had not seen anything of the fire at all
and had no idea where it was. Down on
the floor the people at the south end could
see the burning curtain and understood
how trifling was the danger. Many people
were cut and bruised before the panic was
over.
The times., 1899-05-20
APPEAL FOR MRS. MAVERICK.
Conference of Lawyers to Petition
for Her ReIense.

London, May ia conference was held
today by the lawyers of Mrs. Florence
Maybrick TO arrange the petition TO be
presented to the Home Secretary for her
release from prison. The Baroness De
Roques, mother of Mrs. Maybrick, was
present. The sympathy of Queen Victoria
has been enlisted in behalf of the prisoner
1t is understood that the Prince of Wales,
who wishes to promote good understand
ing between England and the United
States, is also lending his influence TO aid
Mrs MAVERICK
The times., 1899-05-20
RUNNING EMPTY STREET CARS
Wheeling Citizens Refuse to Patron
iHe Regular Lines.

Wheeling w. Va, May 19.-All the cars
on the Wheeling Street Railway lines are
running regularly despite strike that was
started FIVE weeks ago by the employees.
The cars are running. but nobody rides
on them. The men struck for 20 cents an
hour and niue hours work a day. Their
demands being refused, they organized an
omnibus service to cover the car routes.
and il is said that not more than Ave per-
sons a day board the street cars.
Without in any way interfering with the
operation OF the street cars the strikers
have secured the support OF the entire com
muuity.
The times., 1899-05-20
Good Points From Consuis.


ltrom tine hArsicfu NouIAhf.l
There are a feN points which cur Consuls
are absolutely unanimous. With one voice they
urge American manufacturers and exporters 10
study with care the peculiar conditions prevailing
in the markets which they seek to enter; care
fully TO adapt their lines q goods and business
methods 10 the needs, tastes, and esprices OF the
people whom they want Is customers; 10 ship
only honest goods; to take pains-much greater
pains than most Of them have yet taken-with
their packing: and, lastly, 10 send abroad to rep
resent them and get trade for them no young
man or old man forgetiul of his hotel bills and
incapable OF keeping sober after o'clock in the
evening