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New-York tribune., 1899-07-24
CAR WRECKED BY EXPLOSIVE.
FOUR PASSENGERS INJURED-No CGEW TO PER
PETRATOR OF OUTRAGE


CLEVELAND Onto. July "a Eucd-ave car, loaded
with passengers, was wrecked by an explosion OF
nitro glvcerne or gun cotton shortly before IL
o'clock tonight. Four persons were badly hurt'
the names Of the injured being Albert f. Fassett.
F. A. Smith Mrs. Harris and Mrs. f. c. Martin
The explosion tore out the front end OF the car
smashed all the windows and destroyed the brake.
After considerable difficulty the car was stopped
and a call for ambulances was sent out. The motor
man, William Draggers, who came from Cincinnati,
was dazed by he shock but the conductor, Frank
Schroeder. OF ST. Louis. escaped injury.
The force Of the explosion was great that 1t
shook all the houses in the neghborhood. and was
heard for distance of two or three miles. There
Is no clew TO the identity OF the person who placed
the explosive the track Persons living in the
noighborhood say they saw n man I'm n buggy
stop at the corner Of Kensington-st.. where the
explosion occurred. and get out by the railroad
track He remained there a short time and then
drove rapidly away
Within few minutes after the explosion n crowd
Of a thousand people assembled. and the injured,
who were suffering from shock. were cared for
until the ambulances arrived. None OF them were
dangerously injured, their hurts being confined 20
bruises about the feet and legs Mrs. Martin faint
ed before she taken from the car All wero
taken to their homes IN ambulances The motor
man on the car managed 20 get out Of the vestibue
of the car. and then fell to the street. but he
quickly recovered asd helped to extricate the pas
Passengers who were on the car say the explo-
sion seemed 10 lift the whole front Of the car. and
II ripped up the floor for more than half the length
from the front end. The car was, In fact, a COM
plete wreck. but strange TO say, 1t did not leave
the rails, and taken TO the barns by the next
outward bound motor.
The police quickly summoned 10 the scene
OF the explosion. and force Of men was detailed
to investigate, with e view to running down the
person who placed the explosive on the track. a
boy living near the corner saw the mysterious man
in the buggy He said he noticed the buggy drive
up there and stop. and saw the man get out lie
NH blp1 al a
then jumped into the buggy and drove away at a
gallOp.
There seems to he no doubt that Mayor Far
lev will call out the three four available military
companies in this city, IN addition to those already
under arms The call will include the battery Of
artillery and the Governor may be requested to
. send other troops to the city.
New-York tribune., 1899-07-24
DIR. DE COSTA ON INGERSOLL.
WITHOUT MENTIONING HIS NAME HE REFERS TO
HIM IN HIS SERMON

The Rev Dr. Benjamin De Costa in the Church
Of ST. John the Evangelist Waverley Place and
Eleventh-st last night. preached sermon on
the lesson OF the death Of Ingersoll. although he
did not mention the Of the great aSnostlc In
his sermon. lie said in part:
When some public character passes away 1t Is
naturally inevitable that public attention Is di-
rected to his pecuarities. When great states
man dies there great changes In the affairs
of state and similarly In the deaths OF SCIENTISTS
astronomers warriors and other distinguished per-
sons. When a leading ecclesiastic passes away
when an inide passes away II Is the same as 10
the believers I'm his teachings.
TO whom you know | refer. and the news Of his
death is on the tongues OF millions lie mas
passed gone-and the least said about him the
better. He has, however left his influence Pc
doctrines are warming themselves tonight over
the dying embers Of Tom Paine and still harp
ing about the mistakes Of Moses .-.,o,,oa T..
an ESSAY on fools There three kinds Of fools.
The first fool is the fool that says there Is no
God The second fool says II Is impossible to know
whether there IL a God or not the third fool says
he has no need OF God. and doesn't care whether
there is a God not. . 49, ,
What kind OF a fool Is the first foolY lie IS me
omniscient fool He has studied the universe. and
ne has gone beyond the confines OF man. re
claims that he has found out to certainty that
there is no God. , ,,o H. l.,
e,mnv i'm contradisinctiOn TO the omnlscient fool.
If he is fool OF the Christian Science order he
will claim that there Is no sIfh 1nmg as pan
men such as these two have just described are
only called agnostics. Is 1t not nearly time TO
stop fOoling with such fools? -
for himself he had need OF the light OF the
sun but did not undertake to prove whether me
sun existed not. Such are many men VINO
shield themselves from the Sun OF Righteousness
New-York tribune., 1899-07-24
TRAINING FRENCH CITIZENS.
Correspondence of The London Spectator

Correspondence Of The London Spectator.
The recent political dramas in Frar ce have led
a band OF patriotic Frenchmen to seek novel
way 10 prevent recurrence OF such "afaires."
They propose no less than the establishment Of
a school to train citizens. and are even now
looking for a building ir which TO begin OPP
eratiOns They hold that the riotinG in Paris
during the Dreyfus agitation. the scenes in the
Chamber. and the tone Of the press are all due
to the defective education Of individuals. In
England we are taught in youth 10 respect law,
to tolerate the opinions Of others, and TO realize
that our actions may adversely affect the school
TO which we belong. In after life these ideas
remain in In French schools on the other
hand little or no attention is paid to these mat
ters and consequently the French citizen acts
when excited an individual rather than as
one having at heart the interests OF the common
veal.
The new school, which is to be called lie Col
lege Normand" will be probably under the dl-
rection OF NJ Duhamel. now master at Har-
row, who holds that the present system OF
French education Is detrimental TO the physical
and moral side of the nation. and that even the
pupils mental qualities suffer from the terrific
strain Of constant study. He proposes, there
fore, 10 start with but thrtyfve boys. among
whom a good moral tone and n strong esprit de
corps may be established but afterward grad
ually to increase the number. only six hours
per day Will be devoted To mental work. and dur
ing those hours such subjects OF practical utility
as natural science modern languages history
and geography VIII predOmlnate-the dead Ian
guages only being taught TO boys over fourteen
The remainder OF the day will be passed In the
playing fields and workshops. In this way NJ.
Duhamel expects to educate his pupils more
thoroughly than the State schools able to
do. He believes that the shortening OF the hours
OF mental work VIII leal TO more Tetentive
memory, and thus neutrallze the loss in time
while the outdoor life VIII develop the boy phys-
caly. and possibly in the end do something TO
check the downward course Of French physique.
The whole system, In short. has been designed to
secure the moral. physical and mental training
OF individuals so as eventually TO strengthen the
New-York tribune., 1899-07-24
NEW-TORK PAYING DAMAGES.
WATER COMMISSIONERS SETTLING $4,000 OF
CLAIMS BROUGHT BY PROPERTY OWNERS
ALONG THE BYRAM RIVER.

WATER COMMISSIONERS SETTLING $4,000 Op
CLAIMS BROUGHT BY PROPERTY OWNERS
ALONG THE BYRAM RIVER.
Greenwich. Conn, July % (SpeciaD.-At the Town
Clerks office here yesterday the Water Commits
sioners from New-York city met property owners
along the Byram River and paid $1,000 OF the 5000
damages which has been assessed against the city
for diverting the water from Byram Pond and
Byram River for city purposes
This water was taken in 1885, and 10000 was paid
owners along the stream for their privileges.
Among the mills alleged 10 have been damaged oy
the diversion Of the stream were the Hawthorne
Woollen Companys mill at Glenve; ReynoldSs
shoddy MILL at Glenville Wilcox's hardware fac
tory at Riverville; Russell Burdse e. Wards bolt
works at Pemberwick; Ryans grist mill, at Port
Chester. and several other smaller concerns
The money for these damages was paid over at
the time but those owning small pieces Of property
along the stream are being paid upon an order
from the courts. The stream taken Is eight miles
long, and the damage assessed Is 50 cents foot.
which will make about $4,000. Judge Dykman OF
White Plains was present yesterday, examining the
titles of the benehciaries Those paid were Henri
eta Vanhoff Henry Loeher, James Field. John ".
Reynolds. John Green and Philip Bender These
property owners on the Connecticut side OF the
stream The work Of settling with property owners
will be carried on this week until all claims are
satisfied
New-York tribune., 1899-07-24
RAILWAY FIGHT AT STORM LAKE, IOWA

Omaha. Neb.. July PA dispatch to The Bee
from Storm Lake. Iowa says: Startling develop
ments are highly probable in the big railway fight
between the Minneapolis and ST. Louis and the
Chicago. Milwaukee and ST. Paul here The Mil
waukec is now in forcible possession of the right
Of way Of the Minneapolis and st. Louis. across
which It has relaid its tracks In the face Of an
injunction. To-day the Sheriff of Buena Vista
County with a posse. remained in possession Of
the tracks not permitting Interference from either
force. The Milwaukee men have been reinforced.
and each side is watching the other. An attempt
is to be made Monday to arrest the Milwaukee
workmen for contempt of court. They say they
will resist, and serious trouble is feared The peo-
pie OF Storm Lake are intensely excited over the
matter. and n long and bitter struggle Is SEEM
ingy inevitable"
New-York tribune., 1899-07-24
CURES FOR STRIKES.
THE REV. DIR. FRANK MORSE breaches on THE
RECENT LABOR TROUBLES


The Rev. Or. Frank Morse assistant pastor of
the Calvary Baptist Church. in West Fifty-seventh-
ST.. preached a sermon on "The Strike and Its
Cures" last night In the course of his sermon he
said that he did not believe in arbitration or in
labor organizations. and urged that the only way
10 settle the difficulties between capital and labor
IS to have Cody feeling among men. He told of
three evils that are detriment TO this Nation. and
ne said that If they were not checked they would
cause its ruin. These things he declared to be
greed. love Of power and lawlessness
DR.. Morse began his sermon by saying that in
Chicago the priests had ordered all the side doors
OF the saloons closed lie said he wished a like
movement would come here. Said he:
one of the curses of the working man to-day is
II the saloons were taken out there would be no
temptation l cannot say 10 my neighbor that
be together in social conditions
In the OF labor and caDta there should be
evtabie The strike has come 10 stay II the capt
talists are the giants OF the land. Why should not
air and the rays from the sun and moon? Why
should one man have money and thousands be with
out II. and why should one man have comforts and
thousands have nothing but discomforts? Did God
intend such as this? Why should live in man
sion and my neighbor be without shelter?
Things not as they should ought to be. This
Nation cannot and will not rest while monaires
fare sumptuOusly and the widow goes 10 tae gar
ret and plies her needle 20, supply bread Tor her
have fair play, That Is all that Is demanded In any
ethical law n there fair play there would be
no millionaires and in England there would be
fewer titles Victoria's house would cost less, her
standing army would be dispensed with, and the
jails and prisons and penitentiaries OF our land
would soon be closed. Good cheer and fraternity
would prevail and all would have enough 10 eat
and wear. One purpose Of the strike is to ask for
fair play Strike means that pledges must be re-
deemed.
DR.. Morse gave illustration of a friend who
treats his II they were his brothers. and
said that they would never strike. as the relations
New-York tribune., 1899-07-24
THE SIBERIAN RAILWAY.
WHAT 1T INVOLVES INDIRECTLY AS WELL AS
DIRECTLY
From Engineering.

DIRECTLY.
From Engineering.
The Siberian Railway has justly been called a
genuine Russian undertaking. inasmuch as every
thing IN Ttd dimensions This does not only
on1ly TO the mere figures although they telling
more comprehensive and widespread than one is at
first inclined 10 imagine. Beginning win rev
davs have been required for the earth work alone.
The length OF the railway apart ITnrn European
TschieliabInsk (Which is 276O Kilometres distant
from ST. Petersburg) amounts to 6W3So kilometres;
metres; snow screens required over a distance
OF 500 kilometres The rolling stock necessary for
SG5 Kilometres and the telegraph wires have an
aggregate length OF HOO kilometres.
The cost Of the railway was originally calculated
at a comparatively low figure but there was not
taken into consideration the nnumera6le undertak-
inVs which are more or less inseparable from the
building OF and the future satisfactory and ade-
quae working OF ths Immense me ana Wncn n en
subsequent expenses are OF course not by any
limited TO the mere OF wb tbs
ThSre are consderatons Of Industrial commercial
cIyilizIne and scientific nature. A pure and simple
connection by means OF railway between the Pa
cfc ocean and European Russia would mainly
Serve military purposes But Russia has other and
far wider plans with her new raIway-pans which
growing There ls In the first instance. the col
onization of siberia the LAYING dry OF bogsi the
cutting down OF forests utilization OF peat sanitary
measures for the protection OF the settlers and
their cattle. the building or schools the supply OF
the re1ulslte agricultural machinery and lmple-
ments location OF settlers the supply OF building
material the making OF roads and bridges, the
establishment OF mutual insurance the survey OF
the country and the establishment OF the postal
service.
The building OF the Siberian Railway naturally
led TO the task OF making numerous rivers nayiga-
bic so as facilitate the transport OF building
material: to the formation OF an extensive mining
industry sor the production OF iron and coal: 10 the
erection OF rolling mills for rails: TO the building OF
workmens colonies and OF technical railway schools
and To the erection of cement and numerous other
factories II became necessary 10 fully Investigate
the possibilities of NAVIGATING the Arctic Ocean and
the large rivers. The Baikal Lake had 10 be sur
Veyed and provided with marks for navigation, and
II became necessary to increase the volunteer fleet
with three large ocean going steamers for the
transport OF persons ana goods The desrabillty OF
connecting the Siberian Railway with Archange
also became evident. The Russian colonial
tion In Siberia has been going very gradually
for hundreds OF years hut the new era commenced
with the year 1850. when the Amur and the Ussuri
districts ceded 10 Russia by China. On May
a. 1891, the present Gar cut the first sod OF the
Siberian Railway In Vladivostok as the representa-
tive OF his father.
New-York tribune., 1899-07-24
FREIGHT HANDLERS HOPE TO WIN.
THEY HOLD A MEETING AND EXPRESS THEM
SELVES CERTAIN OF THE OUTCOME

OF THEIR STRIKE.
The striking freight handlers held another meet
ing yesterday afternoon in Hudson Hail. No. 276
Sprlng-st. There were more than thousand
men present. and the men who were present by
vote expressed their confidence In the outcome Of
the strike President Holland OF the Railway
Helpers Union presided and speeches made
by representatives, from the Pennsylvania ani
Lehigh Valley railroads
The men say that they almost certain
is win for although the roads get Italians
to fll their places these men cannot do the work
In the first place, they do not understand how TO
read the marks on the freight. and have to be
directed where TO place each hand truck load on
the piers. Again the do not know how TO
get the freight from the cars properly. one OF the
strikers told the that he had investigated. ana
found that It took the "scabs" forty-six hours TO
unload nineteen cars This is more than three times
the time consumed by the regular men TO remove
the same load.
Another Of the strikers told the meeting that he
had been the Pennsylvania piers and counted
the men at work. and he assured them that II was
not nearly the number the company gave out.
Another meeting Will be held to-day at the same
place.
New-York tribune., 1899-07-24
EAST SIDE TAILORs STRIKE.
ABOUT TWO THOUSAND MEN GO OUT AND D

ABOUT TWO THOUSAND MEN GO OUT AND De
MAND AN I,rnCAsD OF WAGES.
The long threatened strike Of the East Side tai
lors became fact yesterday to the extent that
about two thousand Of them went out. The strik-
employed in about sixty shops, and in
Guided about one thousand taiors known fine
coat tai,ors' and one thousand basters and finish
The strikers belong TO the Progressive Tai
lors' Union. Ii said at the headquarters OF the
strikers last night that seven hundred more Of
them would strike to-day.
The rest OF the East Side tailors not organ
ized and efforts are being made to organize them
When this is done they. too. will demand in
of from % 10 S5 per cent in their wages such
the strikers demand now.
The cloakmakers are also formulating de-
mands. which they intend presenting TO their en-
poyers about August l.
New-York tribune., 1899-07-24
QUEENS COUNTY LINES ALL RIGHT.
THE ONLY GRIEVANCE PRESENTED REM
EDIED BY GENERAL. MANAGER BEETEM.

A committee representing the motormen OF the
New-York and Queens County Electric Railroad
had a long conference with Vice-Presdent ana
General Manager Beetem of the road on Saturday
night. The men had several grievances which
they wished redressed. The conference took place
in Mr. Beetem's office at No Borden-ave. In
instances Mr.. Beeten compelled the men 10
admit that their grievances were far fetched
One grievance caused by the schedule was ac-
cepted by Mr. Beetem This was on the Calvary
Cemetery line, where Il found that "a man
must lose an entire trip or else work ten hours
and thirty-hve minutes. There could be no shl1t
at the terminus OF the line out in the country, and
the trip back took the extra time. Mr.. Beetem
offered TO pay g Is day this run, and the men
accepted f. The committee expressed Itself as
satisfied, and said IL would report TO the motor,
men that with the concession nothing better could
la devised.
New-York tribune., 1899-07-24
GERMAN Ex-SoLDIERS TO CELEBRATE.

Chicago. July 23-Arrangements for the four
teenth National convention Of former soldiers Of
the German Army, now living in the United States,
have been nearly completed. The convention will
be held from August IL to II. More than Ave thou
sand ex-soldlers. with their families and friends.
will come TO Chicago from all parts Of the country.
The Deutscher Krieg Verein OF Chicago will at the
same time celebrate its silver jubilee. Fifty socie-
ties of the National Federation and almost every
German military organization Of this country VIII
be represented
An elaborate programme for the entertainment of
the delegates and visitors who VIII number at least
ten thousand, has been arranged. The feature Will
be a grand parade on Sunday, August 13
New-York tribune., 1899-07-24
GOT OUT or PRISON N BOY or TOBACCO

Columbus. Ohio, July 23-Timothy Hogan. the
mailbox robber. who escaped from the penltentiary
on May x. was returned to the pententiary last
night from New-York. In speaking OF his escape
from the penitentlary in box OF tobacco he said
he WAS about TO give up more than once and call
for help. Of the Stats had become loosened
from the box in which he confined and the
tobacco was falling upon him. which almost smoth-
cred him. He had knife with him 10 cut a hole
in the box In case he needed more air but re-
Trained from doing II, for fear OF detection. As
soon the boxes were unloaded he kicked off one
OF the Stats with his foot and escaped from his
hiding place.
New-York tribune., 1899-07-24

party launched yesterday and further that ne
would rather be plank In its PLATFORM imam
whole woodshed in Tammany Hall.
AS to the 100000. Mr.. T-rsons SAID tnat ne
did not know any one who would subscribe IL
in a lump, but he was sure that such d sum sum
could easily be raised to start the new parry
on its campaign.
New-York tribune., 1899-07-24
CATHOLIC SUMNER SCHOOL-

Plattsburg. N. Y, July 23.The third week OF
the Catholic Summer School OF America was
opened to-day with grand high mass In ST. Johns
Church. in which the Rev. Thomas Mcmillan. OF
York. acted celebrant; the Rev. Father
Roman, OF San Antonio, Fla deacon. and the Rev.
Father Turney, Of Brooklyn. subdeacon. The
sermon, on the Beauty OF the Church." was
preached by Monsgnor James +. Loughlin, ID. D..
chancellor OF the Diocese OF Philadelphia
This is to be known Army Week at the
school, among the lecturers being the Rev Will
lam j. B. Daily. chaplain Of the 6sth New-York
Volunteers
New-York tribune., 1899-07-24
CLASS WORKS SHIT DOWN.

Kokomo. Ind. July 23.-The Greentown glass
factory has closed down for indefinite period
being the first stop for ten years The plant. which
made tableware and employed three hundred men
passed into the hands OF a trust few days ago
and II Ia feared the shutdown will be q long one.
New-York tribune., 1899-07-24
FRANKS AT WEST POINT.
BLANK CARTRIDGES FIRED AT NIGHT TO scAns
GREEN cADETs-AN ARTILLERY GUN ALSO
BROUGHT INTO PLAY. q.

GREEN cADETs-AN ARTILLERY GUN ALSO
BROUGHT INTO PLAY. :
West Point ~ Y. July q SpeciaD.-The cadets
were turned out for dril and Inspection late last
night For several nights pranks have been played.
and the old ghost OF Fort Clinton has reappearsd
and made life miserable for the pebes. Yesterday
the battalion was furnished with a full supply Of
blank cartridges 10 fire over Colonel Fowers grave
II was discovered late last night that the surplus
cartridges had not been returned. Inc officers
Immediately after drill ordered the men TO turn In
the blank cartridges that were not used.
From the noise in camp last night 1t was evident
that the order had not been fully obeyed. On
Thursday night big gun In the artillery park
went off OF its own accord. and scared the timd
ones on the post. On Friday morning lust before
dawn another gun went OFT, ana TWO pebe sentl-
nols fell into Fort Clinton moat nearly dead from
fright. "
Another scarlatina scare, which had put two
cadets I'm quarantine. was pronounced 10 be rose
rash to-day There are no real sick men In the
hospital at present. L. ; Grant IT, was ons Of
the men quarantined.