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The times., 1899-03-26
Laurep, New High SCHOOL.

Laurel, Md, March 25.-The public high
school building erected in Laurel by Mayor
Edward Phelps, will be turned over to the
county March 81. 1t is handsome addi-
tion to the architecture of the town. I'VE
want high school, waterworks. and good
roads" has been the slogan of the mayor
during his four years in Office. and he has
labored increasingly and against determin-
ed opposition in the lower part of the
county to secure the high school The act
authorizing the bonding of the county for
$4,000 with which TO erect the building
was passed at the last session of the gen
eral assembly. but the county commission
ers refused to issue bonds for more than
$4,000. The other $4,000 was raised by
subscription in Laurel.
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WAR GOVERNOR DEAD.
Francis II. Pierpont. of West Iir-
ginin. Dies in Pittsburg. Pa.

ginin. Dies in Pittsburg. Pa.
Pittsburg, Pa. March 25.-Last night
Francis Harrison Pierpont, said 10 be the
last but one of the war governors of the
North, died at the residence of his son-in-
law, w. II. Siviter, in Ditheridge Street.
this city, from old age He was ever
eighty-fve years, but had been in good
health until two weeks ago.
Mr.. Pierpont was born in Morgantown
Va, where his father was the owner of n
tannery. He attended country school and
later went to Allegheny College, at Mead
vile, from which place he graduated.
While teaching school he studied law and
practiced at Fairmount. He was a strong
abolitionist and was prominent in swing
ing into line for the Union the western
counties of his State. which afterwards be-
came West Virginia. He served as Gov
ernor of Virginia from 1868 until 1865 He
was a member of the West Virginia Legis-
lature and in 1886 was a candidate for
United States Senator. He was collector of
internal revenue under President Garfield.
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give the men diarrhoea. 1 attributed this
to the fact that it was fresh meat, to which
the men were unaccustomed, especially in
large quantities. l had seen similar ef-
fects from meat killed and eaten on hunt
ing trips in the West. l did hear that
some officers and men thought that there
was something the matter with the beef.
What was the condition of your COM
mand?"
Like all the others-sick. Toward the
end of cur stay in Cuba / did not regard
90 per cent of my men as fit for active
duty. The percentage Of sickness was about
the same as in other regiments"
What was the meat component Of the
travel ration on the return voyage?"
Canned roast beef.
WAS it acceptable?''
'It was utterly and hopelessly unfit.
do not believe that one-fifth of the issue
was consumed. When l found that the
men could not eat the canned beef l pur-
chased from the ships stores anything TO
be sold, and we also gave 10 the sick men
all We could from the officers mess. Our
chief difficulty was lack of water"
Governor Roosevelt then reverted to the
start from Tampa, and said that the meat
specially treated was put aboard the trans
port in the shade. but that it lasted for
about one day and was thrown overheard.
Il have heard since that this meat was
only an experiment" said the Governor.
In answer 10 questions, Governor Roose-
welt said that he had not a copy of his
July report and did not know where it was.
But / think he said to Major Lee, that
my report of September 10, containing re-
ports OF my quartermaster commissary,
surgeon, and others, is better for your
purposes
Major Lee then requested the Court to
have Governor Roocevelt's July and Sep
tember reports submitted to the Court,
with all papers relating thereto.
VIII you please give your opinion, from
your experience. of canned roast beef as an
army ration?" asked Major Lee.
Il regard the canned roast beef as an
unfit and unwholesome ration for troops.
Ny experience in the Santiago campaign
showed me that the canned roast beef we
had was at the best unpalatable, at the
worst u1eatable and unwholesome, and so
unwholesome as often to cause sickness. It
was not my experience alone, nor is that
only my opinion
Major Lee then thanked Governor Roose-
yelt and the taking of his testimony con-
cluded at IL so O'Clock.
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HUNG BY HIS FEET.
Telephone Lineman Falls and Mar
rowIy Escapes Death.

Frederick, Md, March 25.-William E.
Brengle, lineman for. the Interstate Tele-
phone Company, had narrow escape from
death yesterday afternoon. He was sitting
on the top crossarm Of 5O-foot pole on
North Market Street. in Frederick city,
pulling a wire, when the crossarm broke,
precipitating him head foremost down
through the wires.
A crowd watching him stood by with
bated breath as they saw him plunging
through the lower wires. His knee struck
the lower crossarm of the pole and his legs
spread apart and his toes caught on two
wires where he hung suspended in the
air forty-five feet above the ground. swayed
to and fro by the high winds. While in
this perilous position his brother climbed
the pole. and. lashing a rope around his
body, fastened the other end to the pole.
when he cut the wire and released him
from all danger.
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GARMENT WORKERS STRIKE.
General Move Among Hebrew Work
ers in Philadelphia.

Philadelphia. March 25.-At noon today
5000 garment workers went on a strike
for better wages. There was no disorder
attending upon the stopping OF work The
men and women employed in the shops
simply gave notice that they would not
return 10 work unless their scale of wages
was raised.
been issued by the executive committee OF
the Garment Workers Union. This will
be the strikers one opportunity TO estimate
their strength. Enquiry at all the large
clothing firms today shows that the strike
was general among the Hebrew workers,
but several shops containing girls are still
in operation. The strikers want an in
crease in the rate of pay for trousers of
about 10 cents pair and demand the abo-
litiOn of middlemen, or subcontractors,
who are said TO deprive the workmen of all
profits.
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BIG UNION STATION PROJECT.
Reforms to He Made in the New
York Central Depot.

Reforms to He Made in the New
York Central Depot.
New York, March 2s.-Agreenents have
been entered into by theA Harlem, New
York Central. and New York. New Haven
and Hartford railroad companies which
provide for the remodeli9S, Of the Grand
Central Station, in Forty,second Street.
into one of the most~'comr,odious Union
stations in the country,
While the three companies interested
have worked in harmony in most matters
in the past. something has always arisen
in the form of a minor misunderstanding
which made a union waiting-room impos-
sible. From time to time it would be an
nounced that plans for remodeled build
ing were being prepared. but the companies
continued using their separate quarters to
the considerable discomfort of the travelling
public, particularly that portion of 1t iiy-
ing in the Hudson River suburbs.
About February l President Galloway,
for the New York Central, and Vice Presi-
dent Hall, for the New Haven, reopened
negotiations with the intention of making
a union station possible. For several weeks
they consulted with their directors, revis-
ing and amending contracts and leases,
adapting them to the proposed new termi-
nal arrangement They finally succeeded
in making draft which has met the ap-
proval Of the several boards of directors
and of all the companies interested.
Under the plans as adopted the waiting
room in the union station will be the iarg-
est, and in many ways the finest in the
United States. 1t will contain 1000 square
feet more than that of the great South
Terminal in Boston, which is now one of
the largest waiting-rooms in existence.
The work of reconstructing the Grand Gen.
trail Station will begin about June l and
will be rushed to its completion. The COM
plete changes will require about one year.
but of course the station will be occupied
long before that. When this station is
completed the New Haven road will be
able to boast of the finest passenger termi-
nails in the world
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DINERS THROWN INTO PANIC.
A Lively Stampede From n New york
Restaurant


| New York. March 25.-There WAS n manic
at Moreiios restaurant. in West Twenty
ninth Street. during the dinner hour last
night, when nearly every seat in the big
double parlors was taken.
citizen passing in the street saw smoke
and flame issuing from the chimney and
promptly turned in an alarm from the Fifth
avenue corner. crowd gathered In front
OIL the steps, but 1t seemed to occur to no
one to inform the inmates. The guests we're
eating and drinking complacently, the or
( chestra playing the latest airs. when tho
nre engines came charging into the street
me hremen had connected a hose and were
dashing up the front stairs before the din
ers realized that anything was amiss.
Inc orchestra stopped suddenly. and the
players came tumbling down from the mu-
sic gallery in a manner which set an ex-
ample TO all about them. There was a rush
ior the doors that was participated in by
nearly every one present Women screamed
ana threatened to faint. and refused to
listen to the assurances of their escorts
many lett their wraps behind them in their
ihgnt ana not few forgot TO drop their
napkins or their knives and forks
MI Morello stood in the main doorway.
waving his arms frantically and pleading
Win his guests TO be calm and to stop up
setting the tables. He might as well have
talked to drove of frightened sheep Half
OF MS guests had escaped without paying
their checks before the stampede was head
ed OIL and order restored
Meantime the spectators without were
thrliied to see an elderly woman. who
proved to be Mrs. Daniels, on the ton
hoor OF the building cast forth a rope fire.
escape and start to crawl out of the win
dow. She was bareheaded. and her gray
hair was flying loose in the wind. She
was the picture of terror. The crowd
yelled to her to keep back: that there was
no danger, but she had Whit of the smoke
from above and seemed bent upon swing
ing herself clear. At the critical moment
she was seized from behind by a fireman.
who had hurried to the rescue, and dragged
back into her room to safety. sigh OF
relief went up from the crowd and then
there were three cheers to vent their feel
ings.
The firemen threw chemicals down the
chimney and turned a stream of water on
the roof. The fire was out in three min
uteS' time.
The dining-roo was a wreck when the
guests returned to their seats. Dishes and
food were strewn about the floors, and
chairs and tables were topsyturvy. Some
of the diners looked decidedly sheepsh at
their uncalled-for fright.
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NEW UNIVERSITY IN ROME.
To BE Modelled After the Institution
in This City.

To BE Modelled After the Institution
in This City.
New York, March 25.-A Rome dispatch
to the journal says:
The Pope has announced his intention
to found in Rome a great Catholic univer-
sity modelled after the institution at Wash
ington.
His Holiness has been much pleased at
the success of the American university,
and considers it model for religious edu-
cation in Italy.
If the Pope's health continues to improve
as at present. the first cOnsistory will be
held in Rome the first week in May. The
Pope will take advantage of the occasion
to pronounce an allocution on the Cars
disarmament proposal the conference
meeting in The Hague soon after the con-
sistory. He viii strongly urge interna-
tional arbitration as a means OF preventing
future wars and strifes.
The times., 1899-03-26
OYSTER Law CONTROVERSY.
Governor of Maryland Writes to rh
Governor of EirEiniu.

Governor of Maryland Writes to the
Governor of Virginia.
Annapolis, Nd. March Ex-Governor
Lowndes has written to Gov j. Hoge Ty-
Ter. of Virginia. in reference to the oyster
law controversy between Maryland and
Virginia. Governor Lowndes says:
| regret that you have not personally seen my
letter to which your favor OF the 10th instant is
a reply In my first communication your atten-
tion called to the fact that on the night Of
February % last, for alleged violation o. the
Virginia oyster law Capt William Parks in
command OF the Virginia police schooner oper-
ating in Tangier Sound pursued and captured in
Maryland waters the oyster vessels Water Lily
and Minnie Estelle, and conveyed said vessels.
with their crews, to Virginia; that the crew of
the Water Lily escaped, but that the crew OF the
Minnie Esteile is confined in the Esstrille Jail.
and requested that il. upon investigation, you
found the facts stated 10 be correct, YOU
would direct the release of the prisoners and the
restoration of the vessels and cargoes From state
ments of Messrs. Fletcher and Gunther. as quoted
IN your letter, it appears that the fact of the
captures having taken place in Maryland wa
tiers is established. In view OF this unwananted
violation OF the sovereignty of the State OF Ma
ryland, hereby renew my request that the mem
bers of the crew of the vessel Minnie EstelIe
be released from custody and returned to Mary
land and that the vessels Water Lily and Minnie
Estele. with their cargoes, be restored to their
owners.
Let me assure your exeellency that I have
desire TO condone or defend the violation Of
the laws Of Virginia by citizens of Maryland.
The probable guilt innocence of the accused
is not under consideration.
So long there is orderly method for the
interstate rendition of alleged fugtives from JUS
tice provided by the Constitution and laws OF
the United States, and uniformly recognized by
the several States, | cannot consent TO the in
vasion OF Maryland territory by the police a,i-
tbnrit ofN to-
of persons charged with violating the laws Of
the commonwealth.
Your excellency will doubtless agree with me
that citizens but encouraged to do lawess
acts when they State officers themselves per-
mitted to transcend the bounds of lawful author-
ity.
The times., 1899-03-26
VETERAN RA1LRoApER DEAD,
Major oliver VI. Irvine. Civil En-i.
neer. PASSES Away

Hollidaysburg, Pa, March 25.-Major Oil
yer NJ. Irvine, civil engineer and major of
the Seventy-sixth Pennsylvania Volunteers
during the civil war, died here Thursday
night, aged sixty-six years.
Deceased was a pioneer railroad man and
served with Andrew Carnegie and Thomas
A. Scott on the old Portage Railroad a half
century ago. and was fellow employe of
Robert Pitcairn when the Pennsylvania
Railroad was in its infancy. He held the
office of county surveyor in Blair county
and was known as one of the veteran rail-
road men of the State.
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ANOTHER COMBINE APPEARS.
A General Construction Company
Joins the Long Roll.

Trenton. N. j., March 25.-The General
Construction Company, Of New Jersey, was
Incorporated here today. John H. Cackes,
of this city, is the agent. The company's
certificate sets forth that it is incorporated
to build and construct railroads, street
railways, buildings pertaining thereto
electric appliances. stations. excavations
filings. gradings, masonry. contracting for
works of all such mechanical construction
and equipments belonging to the same.
1t has the right to hold property in New
Jersey. Pennsylvania, and Delaware.
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Probing u Collision.

Baltimore. March 25.-An investigation
was held yesterday by Messrs. Cooper and
White. local inspectors OF steam vessels,
to determine the responsibility for the col
lision between the State oyster steamer
Gov. Robert NJ. McLane and the schooner
NJ NJ Davis, of Baltimore, on the 24th of
last January. The collision occurred near
the entrance TO the harbor of Cambridge.
The schooner was sunk and is said TO have
been damaged about 800. Five witnesses
were examined on behalf of the steamer
and twelve for the schooner. The in
spectors will send their decision TO Wash
iugton before making it public.
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DISSATISFIED RAILRoADERs.
Trainmen Quit Work because o.
Great Reductions in Time.

Hagerstown, Nd. March 25.-Since the
opening of the Altenwald cutoff of the
Western Maryland Railroad the freight
crews of the Western Maryland are run
ming on greatly reduced time, some OF
them making only,half time.
1t Is stated the Philadelphia and Reading
crews, who now run through to Hagers-
town from Shippensburg, are given the
preference in the matter of service and
handle nearly all the trains, consequently
are making good time. Because their en-
ployment has thus been made less profita-
BILE to them, number of Western Mary
land trainmen have thrown UP their places
Superintendent Charles Miller in charge
here, in response to the requests of Wes-
tern Maryland employees, will go to head
quarters and intercede-in behalf of them.
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A WINDSOR FIRE VICTIM.
Mrs. SimOmns Continues In n Very
Serious Condition.

Mrs. Simomns Continues In II Very
Serious Condition.
Frederick, Md, March 25-The condition
of Mrs Charles E. Simmons, of Frederick,
who was injured in the Windsor Hotel fire
in New York, is very unfavorable She has
not made as a rapid a recovery as was ex-
pected. She is at the Bellevue Hotel and
has had two OF her sisters with her since
the accident Her condition has become
such that her other two sisters left Fred
erick for New York yesterday. A member
of the family says very few people have
been allowed to see her. and her physicians
will not permit her to talk even with her
sisters.
Her face was so badly burned that she
could not see for several days. Her right
arm is burned TO the elbow and the left
one was badly scorched. One of her ankles
is so badly swollen that the physicians as
yet are unable to say whether any bones
are broken or not, but they are rather in
cl,ned to the belief that there is some frac-
ture,
The times., 1899-03-26
Sale of Rock Enon sprip-s

Winchester, Va, March 25.-Judge T.
W. Harrison. in the circuit court. has
confirmed the sale of the Rock Enon
Springs property to the Shenandoah VAL
ley National Bank, OF this city. for So 800.
The bank purchased the property to pro-
tect a deed OF trust 1t held on it. The
property acquired consists of the hotel.
swimming pools, springs. and go acres OF
land A. S. Pratt & Sons, OF Washing
ton, d. C.. have conducted the springs
for a number of years. The springs are
situated in the Great North Mountain.
this county. Mr.. Pratt valued the prop
erty at 500 900
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The Denton Grange.

Baltimore. March 25.-A mammoth
steamer arrived at Sparrow's Point yes
terday The Denton Grange, which halls
from London, is 42O feet long. 81 feet l
inch breadth of beam, and 90 feet 4 inches
nodded depth. She is 5,S07 tons gross reg
lister and 1904 net, and has dead light
capacity for 5000 tons. She came. here
from Newport, England. and will load $500
tons of steel rails for Melbourne. Australia.
and will finish with general cargo at
New York. The Denton Grange is consign-
ed to the Joseph r. Foard Company.
The times., 1899-03-26
TRIED SUICIDE BY FIRE.
Insane Maryland Woman VIII ProI
ably Die From Her Injuries.

Cumberland. Nd, March 25.-Mrs Jen-
ME Donahoe, wife OF Claude Donahoe. re-
siding in Beans Cove. miles north of
Cumberland. while suffering from mental
alteration. attempted to burn herself to
death yesterday.
She went to an outbuilding and was
seen running toward the house with her
clothes ablaze. Every part of her body
was burned except a small place on the
right side, and her hair was burned off.
Her condition is most critical
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wreck of the Enirfnx.

Baltimore, Md. March 25.-The latest
advices from the wrecked Merchants and
Miners steamer Fairfax. on Sow and Pigs.
Massachusetts, coast, are that on Wednes-
day the seas were making a clean breach
over her. The deckhouses were entirely
gone and only the bow, stern and funnel
were visible,
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Found Dying in N Ditch.

Shamokin. Pa. March 25.-Workmea
found Charles Sakula, aged twenty-five
years. dying in ditch near Greenback. He
was brought to this town on Reading To-
comotive and died before he could be taken
from the station. Coroner Shindle exam
ined the body and was unable to find
marks of violence. He declared an inquest
unnecessary. believing that death had re-
suited from natural causes.
The times., 1899-03-26
Pound Dead In a Hotel.

Wilkesbarre. Pa. March 25.-Abram
Thomas. OF Nanticoke, aged thirty-two,
engaged room at the Bristol House
Thursday night. This morning a strong
odor of gas was found coming from his
rooms. The door was opened and Thomas
was found dead in bed. 1t is not known
whether he blew out the gas or debliber-
ately committed suicide
The times., 1899-03-26
4 Beet sugnr Trust.

Trenton, N. j., March 25.-The Ameri-
can Beet Sugar Company has been incor-
porated here with 500. 900 900 capital stock.
divided into 10000 shares of which $50, 900
shares are preferred, bearing nom -cumu-
latiYe dividend of per cent
The times., 1899-03-26
Sentenced to Life IMPRISONMENT

Clay Centre, Kan, March 25.-John Gill
bert, who pleaded guilty to numbering his
wife and four children. has been sentenced
to be hanged This means that he will be
imprisoned for life. as capital punishment
is a dead letter in Kansas
The times., 1899-03-26
Murderer CIemmer CoIInp.cs

Norristown, Pa. March 25.-The death
warrant from Governor Stone fixing May
49, as the day OF death was read to MUIR
derer James A. Clemmer yesterday. Glenn
mer collapsed when he heard the document
read.
The times., 1899-03-26

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The times., 1899-03-26
DIED..

DIED.
CARR0iL-Departed this life on Saturday.
March 25. Is99. at o'clock p. m, at her late
residence, lao C Street southwest, EMMA CAR
ROLL. better known DoRTY oRDEN, aged
thirty-one years.
Funeral from Metropolitan A. NJ. v Zion
Church at = o'clock p. M Tuesday. Friends and
relatives invited to attend. 1t
FLETCHER-on Saturday, March 25. 1870. at 4
p. m, at his late residence. 1iOf VI Street north
west. THOMAS G. FLETCHER. of st. Louis. No..
in the seventy third year of his age
Remains will be taken to St. Louis for inter-
ment Sunday. $3.50 p. m. II
Daily inter mountain., 1899-07-12
To Stamp Out Fever.

Santiago de Cuba. July 12.-General
Leonard Wood, in command Of the de-
partment of Santiago, issued an order to-
day establishing absolute quarantine. All
the officers of the government and en-
ployes of the government are forbidden
to enter the city with the exception of
those belonging to the department. The
mayor is directed to close all American
hotels and saloons, to forbid other liquor
dealers to sell intoxicants to Americans,
and to arrest all intoxicated Americans
or loiterers in saloons. Pack teams have
been ordered to establish camps outside
the city, and all troops will be moved to
Songo except one company at MORO cas-
tie. The headquarters of all departments
We're moved today to Cristo, and railroad
and steamship lines are forbidden to
bring Americans into the city. No ships
are permitted to touch at wharves. The
strictest regulations have been estab-
lished for the protection of soldiers at
Camp MORO from fever. No travellers
will he permitted to leave here without
having undergone five days detention in
camp. Wood proposes to adopt heroic
measures to stamp out the fever.