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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-03-30
TO MAKE cBERoors ~ RICHMOND.

Richmond. Va. March % (specaD.-The Ameri.
can Tobacco Company in addition 10 making
cigarettes has entered upon the manufacture OF
high grade cheroots here. The large factory at
Sixth and Cary SITS has been fitted up for this
purpose and seventy-hve girls were put TO work
to-day making cheroots II is proposed TO increase
the number OF operatives soon as the plant -
We'll under way. and several hundred girls viii
hoy In near future.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-03-30
No 1872 Nassuu-st March Is, 1899.
THE uNFAIRNEss COMPLAINED OF.

To the Editor OF The Tribune
Sir l am gratfed to see the stand taken hy The
Tribune in relation 10 the action OF the Clearing
House favoring the collecting OF a tax from their
depositors on all or almost all. checks on country
hanks denosifed with them. | have heard many
Complaints from merchants. and especially from
commission merchants doing their business on
ey,nW margins al the unfairness OF the exacton.
hone your commendable efforts will arouse an
earnest protest the part OF the pups iR nv
ested. u. - Shl.N-NrN'
No 2n Greenwich-st.. March Is. 1899.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-03-30
INDUSTRIAL COMBINATIONS
INCORPORATION OF THE AMERICAN WOOL
LEN COMPANY WITH A. CAPITALIzA-
TON OF SOS 00O,cco.

Trenton. y. j.. March 2a-The American WooHen
Company with a capitalization OF ss50o.c0. OF
which $4,000 600 Is be per cent cumulative pre-
fcrred stock. WAS incorporated here this afternoon.
The corporators are s. r. Lawrence John b. sum-
merheld Henry e. Everdeil. Armitage Matthew'S,
Henry VI Hav.land. George r. Spencer. Leayitt J,
Hunt Charles y. Hi and Robert Barry, ", OF
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-03-30
THE TAX CERTAINLY UNJUST.

To the Editor ~ The Tribune.
Sir: The tax country checks does not srect
us 10 any extent at present. We are doing
mostly a city business. But We certainly think II
unjust BAUMOEHL & EMERMAN.
No l5s Spring-s March D. 1899.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-03-30
LIKES THE OLD WAY BEST.

To the Editor ~ The Tribune
Sir The tax on country checks has nor re-
s,ricted the volume Of our business to any apprec-
able extent The only change we notice Is In the
large receipts of postage stamps from people who.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-03-30

unjust and dishonest methods pursued by combi-
nations or capital. II merchants generally adopt
the same policy the business OF the country will he
very materially diminished.
. EDWARD G.. BYRNES.
No i2f Front-s:.. March s 1899.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-03-30
THE MINIMUM CHARGE TOO HIGH.

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: With regard TO the tax on country checks
We think the schedule OF charges is all right ex-
cept the minimum charge OF 10 cents. when. on
very small checks Is excessive. although II may
not more than compensate for the clerk hire post
age and trouble in the collection Of single small
check We believe that country banks usually i'm
nose this minimum charge their New-fork
banks for the trouble OF collection. but our New
York banks can afford II necessary TO lose little
something on small Individual checks because they
will escape this charge in many Instances through
arrangements with correspondent banks and by
sending number Of checks at the same time 10
one correspondent. We think II the minimum
charge made five cents on any one check 1t
would not be onerous on publishers having
many small checks.
II IS only reasonable that banks should receive
some compensation for the expense. trouble and
risk that they are put 10 for the accommodation
OF their deposiiors The latter item Is perhaps.
not generally thought Of by business men, but
banks are not only responsible for correct sigma
lures and indOrse nents. but also for the soVency
of their correspondent banks. 10 which they send
clerk hire and loss OF interest during the time
checks are in process Of collection should ne
thought o. well as the convenience afforded by
banks I'm receiving caring for ana dlsplrslng
money. II every publisher or merchant shoud
himself forward 10 country banks for conecuon
the country checks he receives, he would nave
better idea Of what banks are doing Tor US:
EQUITABLE PUBLISHING COMPANY.
Hylton Swan. Secretary.
49, ~ 10
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-03-30
No. 1ns East twenty -third-st., March q, l"9.
WILL DRIVE MERCHANTS TO TRUST COM
PANIES
70 the Editor Of The Tribune

To the Editor Of The Tribune
Sir: The tax on out-of-town checks, as an extra
expense. will operate against New-York very ma
terially have notified my out-of-town trade that
shall be Obliged to exact New-York exchange or
charge for collecting. have already had several
replies the tenor OF which that the trade
would 20 10 other cities rather than stand this i'm
position
regard this tax injustice. for the reason
that the bank has the use ~ my daily balance Tor
which the only return get Is the collection or my
out of town checks. II will no doubt lehd Iner-
chants 10 transfer their accounts 10 trus' com
panies where they will get nearly enough interest
ON their daily balance 10 cover thls cost ne
tendency Of capital 10 combine and FORM trut's y.
thus driving out the competition OF small dealers II
the curse OF this country and there surely Hust De
a INIT to f. The only danger can see 70 the
sta bllty Of this Government Is the unreasonable
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NO FAVORABLE COMMENTS.

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: The measure is regarded universally as arhi-
trarv and grasping We hear no favorable COM
ments upon the .aw. Whatever Is said is con-
CHINA AND POTTERY REVIEW"
No 10 Union Square. March q. 1893.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-03-30
NEW OIL FIELD IN OHIO.
SPECTATORS TAKING Up MUCH TERRITORY on |
LEASES

Columbus Ohio March % (SpecaD.-The finding
If an oil well near Alexandria. I'm Licking Coun-
~. about twenty-five miles east Of Columbus has
occasioned a rush to that region. The territory
IS entirely new and the fact that the output OF the
well is estimated at twenty-five barrels day
has created great excitement among the Farmers
and nropertv-owners I'm the neighhorhood OF Alex
andria and Chatham. \ number OF OIL specuiators
are securing leases on the farm lands. and opuons
have already been taken over ten thousand
acres The territory that now promises an aolnS
dant WELD OF oil is about thirty miles nortneaSt OF
the natural gas fields from which the supply Is
dra IN for Columbus
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A LARGE HOLE IN PROFITS.

To the Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir: We gel a number Of small checks from our
customers in different parts Of the country as We
havc A large mail traHe, and IT. VIII make large
discount '' " CHRISTIE & co.
M 10 West Twenty sccond-st. March 2s 1899
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-03-30

James II. Spencer. OF No 23s West Forty-nnth-
ST. has filed a petition in bankruptcy With nsbn-
ties 81 $50 m5 and no assets. The liabilities arc
due 70 seventeen creditors. the largest being r. J.
Dean Co. $3.50 FOR money loaned and storage.
Mr. Spencer ~ HERON & Spencer. formerly
importers II fruits end confectioners supplies at
No g Park Place who assigned on June 2. i3k
with liabilities Of &ll 10.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-03-30

Deputy-Sherif Radley received attachment
yesterday against Henry Phillips for $3.50 In favor
OF William II. Clark. II was obtained on tho
ground that Mr.. Phillips had disposed OF his prop
erty II was stated tina, Mr. Phillips horses and
carriages were sold at auction yesterday under a
chattel mortgage. and the attachment was served
on the auctoneers TO attach the proceeds OF the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-03-30
No iB Chambers-st.. March a. 1899
THE NEW WAY An INCONVENIENCE

TO the f ltor Of The Tribune
Sir The present system is A convenience to my
customers and myself. and the proposed change
will be a corresponding Inconvenience. have no
special knowledge upon the subject and so can
say nothing except that hope the consideration
OF the matter by The Tribune will result In an
JOSEPH LAURIER.
No l Great honest. March 8. 1889.
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c. venton Patterson. publisher and printer at
No. i0n Fulton-st.. has filed A petition in bank
ruptcy with liabilities Of 81. 80 and nominal assets
Of s2ss. Mr.. Patterson has been the manager 81 q
printing company for several years and was for
merry treasurer Of the Metropolitan Toilsi COM
panv. II IL said he was formerly minister at
Rochester y. Y. and started magazine there In
1855. selling ont a few years later.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-03-30
AN ANNOYANCE TO COUNTRY PURCHASERS.

To the Editor OF The Tribune
Sir: Concerning the tax on country checks' inc
small country buyers are attracted by the fact
that all expenses Of purchase are covered ny the
advertised price This is distnctlvey an Amer
team trait Travellers abroad annoyed by the
nettv expenses OF the hotels condr ctcd on the
Euronean plan such as attendance. francs boots
/ franc. lights 30 francs and ad nauscam
Their resentment has resulted in many petty
squabbles with the landlords
The same feeling will be manifest when country
n,Irchasors add exchange 10 the amount OF NOR
ppurchases and n the percentage Of loss Of trade
over his one little could no accurately deter
iN'''' " W PATE & co.
~ ne Zoe, Twnnfv-third-st March IS 1870.
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LOcAL BUSINESS COMPLICATIONS.

Deputy-sherf Leavitt received an execution yes
terday against the New-York and Staten Island
Land Company. At No. SO Nassau-st.. for 1904 IN
favor Of Eusice Bros. for carpenter. plumbing and
mason work on buildings Staten Island Tho
Sheriff went TO No. 32 Nassau-st. but none Of the
officers was there to serve the execution upon.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-03-30

meeting Of the creditors OF Lorenz Weiher.
formerly builder Of No Is East Eighty-sixth-st..
was held yesterday ~ the cfice OF F. X Pendleton.
referee in bankruptcy. AZ No. ~ Broadway. The
schedules show the liabilities be 500 753 and that
there available assets. Five claims
proved. aggregating s23sS Mr.. Weher for
merry president OF the Empire State Brewing Conn
panY. In West Eighteenfh-st.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-03-30
PETITIONS ~ BANKRUPTCY.

Jacob Axelrod real estate broker at No. 21s West
Eightythird-st.. has filed petition ir bankruptcy.
with liabilities Of sos 2is and assets or the La.
bilities tis75 Is secured by bond and mortgage on
property in the Twenty-sixth Ward. Brooklyn, and
A0.5i3 unsecured. Is for merchandise. deficiency
judgments and money loaned The largest unss-
cured creditors a.c Henry G. Bauers. of Brooklyn,
$1,000 for money loaned. and Edwin r. Bradley OF
New-York S go for merchandise
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-03-30

Rose scheurer and Henry Kslchheim. who COM
posed the firm ~ Scheurer & Kalchhelm. formerly
dealers in producr No s97 First-ave. (ysrlem
Markoo, have filed a petition in bankruptcy. with
liabilities Of sl9,5F and nominal assets OF sos.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-03-30
VIEWS OF BUSINESS MEN.

Business men generally continued to express
Themselves as opposed TO the new bank tax not
only because it will be a burdensome cost TO
them but because they fear that the effects will
tend o. divert business 10 other places. Com
petition is felt 10 be so sharp nowadays and
profits So close that every addition in the way Of
cos, retards the business Of the city, and throws
much to councillors elsewhere. Instead Of
placing further obstacles in the way Of mer-
chants they feel that the policy Of all interested
in the citys welfare should be to help remove
those already existing number Of talks were
had Yesterday with representative business men.
Those given herewith will show the drift Of SEN
tinent
Charles C. Lloyd. treasurer Of Butler Brothers,
the wholesalers Of department store goods.
The Indianapolis journal., 1899-12-09
NELSON WEEKS FREE.
VIII Not he Tried on Charge of Caus-
ing Aimee Smiths Death.

NEW YORK, Dec. S-The indictment
against Nelson Weeks, of Hackensack, n.
j., charged with having caused the death
of Aimee Smith, twenty-five years of age,
at Victor Hotel in New York city. on
March s, 1897, was dismissed to-day. Weeks
was the Sunday-school superintendent of
the Asbury Methodist Church in Hacken-
sack, and Miss Smith was teacher in the
Sunday school, and was also the organist
in the church. On the date mentioned
Weeks and Miss Smith came to this city
and went to the hotel mentioned, where
Weeks registered under an assumed name.
Soon afterward Weeks rushed out of the
hotel and told a policeman a woman was
dying in the hotel She died shortly after
ward from the effect of carbolic acid poi
soning.
Weeks made a statement to the pastor of
his church in Hackensack in which he
confessed TO an intimacy with Miss Smith,
but denied that he had any part in the
cause of her death. Weeks was indicted for
manslaughter on April 8, 1891, and the case
has been pending until to-day. The court,
in dismissing the indictment, said that
inasmuch as there was no chance of con-
victing Weeks, he did not think II was
right to put the county to the expense OF a
trial
The Indianapolis journal., 1899-12-09
LIEUT.. LEDYARD KILLED
SLAIN BY THE INSURGENT POLICE
OF SOUTH NEGROS.
Son of the President of the Michf-
gan Central Railway-AguinaldO
Supposed To BE i'm BontOc.

MANILA, Dec. S.-There was consider
received to-day that General Young's small
force had arrived safely at Vigan, prov
ince of South Ilocos. Dec. 6. Anxiety has
been felt for the safety of General Young
and the garrison at Vigan since it was
known General Tino had a large, aggres-
sive body of insurgents operating in the
vicinity. General Tino made a stand in the
mountain pass between Narvacan and San
Quinto. The natural strength of the posi-
ton was augmented by trenches and pit
falls. The fight lasted five hours. General
Young had three companies of the Thirty
fourth Infantry. under Lieutenant Colonel
Robert l.. Howsee, and two troops of the
Third Cavalry, Captain Swigart command
ing, and one troop under Captain Chase.
He was reinforced during the fight by Col.
Luther r. Hare, with a battalion of the
Thirty-third, en- route to Vigan. General
Young ended the fight by charging and
routing the enemy, who left twenty-five
dead and several rifles and thousands of
rounds of ammunition in the trenches The
enemy employed artillery. Only one Amer
lean was seriously wounded.
The uprising in the Island of Negros
was led by the police of Lancort, a dis
trict where there is a small American
garrison. The police inspired false reports
of insurgent victories in LuZon and Panay.
There are $50 native police in Negros, uni
formed and armed with Springfield rifles.
Lieutenant Ledyard was killed by the po-
lice
The Indianapolis journal., 1899-12-09
BEST ALL AROUND.
The Daily Ration of the Soldiers of
the United States.

WASHINGTON, Dec. Sin view of the
recent criticisms upon the composition of
the army ration. directed to the presence
of so large a portion of fat meats for use
in tropical climates. Surgeon General
Sternberg has caused to be prepared a re-
port upon this subject by Deputy Surgeon
General Charles Smart. Colonel Smart
shows 1t is the most liberal ration in the
world and to use his own language, "It
is the best ration for the far northwest Of
this continent, and 1t is the best ration for
the tropics, when intelligently utilized. 1t
is the product of the experience of several
generations of army officers and it is the
part of wisdom to be slow in urging altera-
ton at the suggestion of people who know
that an excess Of fatty food is not suitable
for a dietary in the tropics, and who have
just discovered that there are twelve
ounces Of bacon in the soldiers ration"
The Keynote of DR.. Smart's article is the
hexibility and interchangeaDility of the
component parts of the ration; the ability
of the soldier to take almost any kind of
fresh meat within his reach in lieu of
bacon. and his ability to plentifully supply
himself with vegetables and even luxuries
by the Communication into cash of the con-
siderable portion of the ration over and
above that required for his dietary.
The Indianapolis journal., 1899-12-09
G. W. HORTON HANGED.
Ex.Policeman Who Almost Decapita-
ted a Woman in a Park.

WASHINGTON, Dec. S.-George w. Hor-
ton was hanged in the District jail to-day
for the murder of Mrs. Jane Nicholson.
Horizons crime was one of the most cold
blooded murders ever committed in the
District. He was an ex-member of the DO
lice force, and Mrs. Nicholson was a d.
vorced woman. On the evening of June "a.
1885, he met the woman in Armory Park
and in the conversation which ensued she
announced her determination to break off
the relations which had existed between
them AS she arose from the bench to
leave him, he drew a pocket knife and
slashed her across the throat. In frenzy
of rage he stabbed her again and again,
almost severing her head from her body
Nearly one hundred persons witnessed
the murder, but were too paralyzed with
horror TO interfere. He made no attempt
to escape and yielded quietly to arrest. His
defense was insanity, and after his con-
viction repeated attempts were made to
secure executive clemency. The President,
however, declined TO interfere with the
sentence. Horton was a married man.
The Indianapolis journal., 1899-12-09
LAUE'S AWFUL CRIME
Confessed by the Woman with Whom
He Was Infatuated.

OMAHA. Neb.. Dec. S.-The wife OF Fred
Laue has made a confession which clears
up the Odessa CNeb) murder mystery. She
made the confession TO a brother and uncle
OF her husband and later to the county at
torney. 1t is to the effect that Dinsmore
first poisoned his wife in the rooms Of the
couple upstairs. He then came down and
Informed her Of what he had done, and that
he was going to finish the job. He went
into an adjoining room where Laue was
sleeping and shot him. Laue was killed in
stantly and never knew what hit him.
After shooting Laue, Dinsmore brought the
body of his dead wife down into the kitchen
and left it, where IL was found by the
neighbors when they Iere called in. The
motive for the crime Was infatuation for
Mrs. Laue. She says Dinsmore had repeat
edly urged her to elope with him. but she
had refused. Dinsmore had intended to
commit the crime on Thanksgiving night
but Mrs. Laue says she persuaded him not
to do IL. After the murders had been COM
mitted Dins:nore told Mrs Laue what story
to tell. and she had stuck to il until the
time of her confession. She says Dinsmore
possessed hypnotic powers, and that under
its power she did as he directed. The
brothers OF Mrs. Dinsmore also say that he
exercised the same influence over his wife.
The Indianapolis journal., 1899-12-09
The Clark County Discrepancy.

Special to the indianapolis Journal
JEFFERSONVILLE, Ind, Dec S.-Coun-
ty Treasurer NJ. E. Pangburn and Expert
Accountants Kenilworthy and Johnson to-
morrow will submit a report to the County
Commissioners Of the discrepancy in the
accounts of Treasurer Pangburn. The ex-
perts have been busy for several weeks in
an effort to find errors which will show
credits for the treasurer. The actual dis
crepancy will, according to the report, be
S4,653.2o. On this Mr.. Pangburn will ask the
commissioners to credit him with 81, 426. 40
alleged to be due on account of clerical er-
rors alleged to have been made in settling
with Auditor Heaton. He also will ask for
a credit of $6S4o6 due on tax receipts held
out at different times for various property
holders, who did not wish to be published
as delinquents, but who never paid their
taxes This is charged against the treas
urer, but he never received the money. He
also claims that he was overcharged to the
amount of $74074 on different funds. 1t is
not known what action the commissioners
will take, but Mr.. Pangburn has the money
ready to make good any shortage that may
be apparent
The Indianapolis journal., 1899-12-09
LAFAYETTE DOLLARS.
Subscribers, Who Are Numerous, Will
BE Served Before Christmas.

WASHINGTON, Dec. S.-The secretary of
the treasury to-day ordered the purchase
of silver bullion for the special mintage of
the Lafayette souvenir dollar Arrange
ments are making to mint them on Tues
day, the 18th. and it is almost certain that
the coins will be delivered to subscribers
before Christmas. A specimen coin was
submitted by Mr.. Gage to the Lafayette
Memorial Commission some days ago, and
upon the recommendation OF a special ex-
pert committee, composed of Artists Frank
Millet and c. A. Coolidge, who pronounce
the coin the most artistic piece of work
turned out by the United States mint, was
approved. The secretary of the Lafayette
Memorial Commission says subscriptions.
which have been opened to the public are
coming in rapidly at the Headquarters i'm
Chicago, and that the coins are likely to
be all subscribed for before the first of the
year. Secretary Thompson to-day received
official advice from President Mckinley of
his agreement TO present the first coin
struck Of the $1,000 to President Loubet. of
France. Subscriptions for coins at 50 each
are being received at the American Trust
and Savings Bank, OF Chicago, sent, as q
rule, through local banks.
The Indianapolis journal., 1899-12-09
Ledyard Was n Yale Hero.

DETROIT, Mich, Dec. S-The news of
the death of Lieut.. Augustus c. Ledyard
who was killed in Negros. was broken to-
day to his father. Henry B. Ledyard. pres
ident Of the Michigan Central Railroad,
while the father was en- route home from
New York. 1t was decided to send an inti-
mate friend to meet the presidents car and
endeavor to so1oen the blow. He was at
Yale at the outbreak Of the Spanish war
and had outlined for himself a railroad ca
reer. Joining the patriotic rush of stu
dents he enlisted in the First Connecticut
Volunteers and spent part of his time in
camp near Tampa. He was attached to
General Miller's staff during the Porto
Rican campaign. Afterwards, at his own
and his fathers desire. he entered the reg
ular army as second lieutenant. He was a
grandson of the famous Gen. Lewis Cass
and a nephew Of General Ruggles, former
ly adjutant general of the army.
The Indianapolis journal., 1899-12-09

Special TO the Indianapolis Journal.
TERRE HAU rE, Ind, Dec. S.-The third
annual meeting of the Terre Haute Fed
Grafton Of Women's Clubs began this even
ing with an address by Mrs. May wrighr
Sewall, of Indianapolis, on the Relation
of the Family to Community Life" Among
the subjects of papers at to-morrow's ses-
sons are the following: Should the Work
Of Clubs Toward Influencing the Life OF
the Community be Direct or Indirect?'
SHOULD the Federation Attempt Municipal
Reform?" THE Needs of Terre Haute in
the Way of Parks" Superficial Study
Art in Our Homes and schools" Manual
Training in the Problem of Education at
Home and In the School, "The Needs OF
Terre Haute in the Way of Fairgrounds
for Boys and Girls" This afternoon Mrs.
Sewall delivered an address at tho State
Normal School on '"The Relation of the
School to Society,""