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CAN'T PROVE WHICH PRAYER.
Countless Appeals to the Throne 20
Destroy a Brewery.


STROUDSBURG. Pa, May 22-The Rev
E. f Dixon yesterday gave out the follow
ing statement concerning the published re-
port that capitalists who own the large
brewery which is being built here intend
ed TO cause his arrest and that he would
be called upon 10 defend in court an an
swer TO a prayer offered calling for divine
vengeance on a brewery:
If any such action is brought it viii
have 70 be brought by others than the
capitalists building thu brewery, for. while
they propose 10 engage in business that
will beggar children and curse the homes
Of the community. they are not insane
except as the best servants Of the devil
are all insane Besides. there are scores
Of people praying against the brewery
The W c T. L. OF this town have been
asking God to bring the whole enterprise
10 naught before so much as the first
brick was laid, They are praying for the
sake Of their brothers and sens. and the
brewers VIII have some trouble In finding
out whose prayer laid hold Of the horns Of
the altar"
4 prominent officials OF the brewery
company said; The proposed arrest Of
Rev. Mr.. Dixon is news 70 me, and you can
say that no action Will be taken"
Recently lightning struck the brewery
knocking from ladder TWO sons OF an
other Methodist minister who were a.
work on the building.
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No Help for the beers.

Whatever may be said or thought Of the
determination OF the Administration TO
keep its hands out of the South African
situation. the manner In which the Poer
ENJOYS were notified at the State Depart-
ment OF the hOpelessness Of their mission
Is to be commended for its definiteness.
Messrs. Fischer. Vessels. and Wolmarans
viii now b. without any reason for doubt
ing the complete failure of their attempt
to engage the good Offices Of President Nc
Kinley in behalf Of their people.
The ENJOYS were we'll advised u omit
ting to present their credentials. II they
had done so. they would have been
estopped from pursuing the only line of
policy in this country which is likely to
help their cause In any way. Sojourning
in the United States as private persons. it
VIII not be improper for them to carry on
a vigorous Boer propaganda and raise
funds for the sick and wounded OF their
army II they purpose such movement
they should lose no time in starting it.
The chances are that the American people
will shortly be so agitated by the exasrer-
ating carpetbag and other scandals which
hive come to head in Cuba. and are
nearly ripe for explosion in the Philip
pines. that they will forget pretty much
everything else. On that account. II our
Boer visitors expect to make any deep i'm
preston or achieve results, they need 20
be up and at il without delay.
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that the people who finally concluded to
reward Captain Clark for his heroic deeds
and valuable services took time enough to
become perfectly sure that he was worthy
o, 1t. They apparently wanted to guard
against the possibility OF making any mis-
take That is only proper conservatism.
So they waited twenty or thirty years
until he had saved enough people to make
it really worth while to reward him Per-
haps some of the children whose lives he
preserved when a young man grew up
with the idea that when they became men
and women they would hunt up that heroic
and daring swimmer and do something
for him. Perhaps the adults who owed
their continued existence TO MS bravery. as
they grew old and grey-headed. had time
to reflect on the gallant conduct of this
human life-preserver, and when they were
dying. left as a sacred charge TO their
children the duty of looking for Captain
Clark and rewarding him II any rate
after he had saved SIX hundred and fifty
lives. and gotten himself into the hos
pital in the course of his last rescue, the
grateful people OF Philadelphia and. At
lantic City seem TO have decided that they
considered his merits sufficient TO war
rant their buying him a present. OF
course they might have waited till he had
reached the seven hundred mark, but they
probably reflected that IL his powers were
falling so that he injured himself in the
pursuance Of his self imposed task, there
was chance that he might die without
having any reward at ALL and then they
would all feel sad. So they assembled
themselves together and gave him a med
al They could not afford a gold medal.
but they gave him a silver one and it is
reported that he was so grateful that the
tears came into his eyes. II is really
rather pathetic that a man should pass
his entire life saving the lives of people
who have so little gratitude for such
favors that they let him go to the city
hospital when he gets injured. and cannot
afford TO scrape together money enough to
give him an annuity in his old age II
Captain Clark had served in the British
army, and displayed half the courage and
devotion to duty that this man has shown.
he would have got the Victoria Cross. and
nobody knows how many Gtheg decora-
tions from a grateful country. But Cap
tain Clark lives in Philadelphia.
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AN ARK IN THE MOUNTAINS.
Andrew Judson Has Been Engaged in
Building 1t for Fifteen Years.

ELKToN. Nd. May Fifteen years
ago Capt Andrew JudsOn began the
erection Of an ark in which be ssys he
intends 70 cross the ocean. and has
worked steadily on il alone until he
has set July Is the day for the
launching The boat is now over two miles
from the Chester River. into which she
will be launched. Il is 70 feet long. II
feet beam. and feet hold She will b.
propelled by steam. and is filed up with
everything that goes TO make a yacht cCm-
Portable and snug.
About twenty years ago the captain gave
up following the SEA and engaged in the
mercantile business IN Kent county. He re-
tired. however. in a few years, and fought
a farm which had a large amount Of tim
her upon H. he erected a saWmil. anI
sawed out the lumber for his ark.
Every one along the Chester River fas
spoken CT this boat for years as Noah s
Ark. During the fifteen years that the
captain has had her under construction
meUy parts OF the original structure have
TO-ted away and been replaced
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The First Canal Test Vote.

In the Senate yesterday, Senator Mo-g \
moved that the body proceed to the consi1-
Grafton Of the Hepburn Nicaragua Canal
bill. a yea and nay vote on this motion be-
ing demanded by Senator Ledge. it was de-
feated, yeas tweIty-one. nays twenty
eight; rot voting thirty-seyen. OF the
Senators who did not so upon the record
ten were paired. Two Of these announced
that. if at liberty to do they would
vote in the affirmative. Thus it appear
that twenty-seyen Senators lodged and re-
fused TO place themselves on record We
desire to remark that this subterfuge Will
not save them from public condemnation.
The people Of the United States upon whom
il is sought to infict the Hay Pauneefote
and Panama outrages will have rather less
respect for Senators who display coTardice
in this connection than for persons like
Hanna. who are openly and dedantIy work.
ing for the Mckinley Salisbury alliance
and the Panama syndicate deal
The vote yesterday marks the beginning
Of a fight which. If Waged vigorously and
with unalterable determination by the
Democrats in the Senate. ought TO result
in an American canal victory before the
end Of the session. and in plenty OF time
10 allow Mr.. Mckinley his full ten days
exclusive of Sundays-in which TO have his
mind made up for him whether he Will
sign the Hepburn bill. or dare. the conse-
Quences OF q veto
We observe with interest that Admins
tration organs are declaring today, with
SNUG satisfaction that the American canal
proposition has received its quietus and
viii be no more heard from, at least be-
fore next winter. That, however, is not so
certain, and the contrary is within the
power Of the friends of the measure. II
they choose. they can say today that there
shall be no more legislation until the Mic
aragua Canal bill has been put upon its
passage They can force a surrender O.
the part Of its enemies, or keep them il
session all summer. if they choose to be
obdurate. The first round must not end
the contest. 1t was inconelusive. Some
OF the twenty-seven shirkers will hear
from home by telegraph today. and By
mail within a few days. and they will be-
gin to realize that if they are not ashamed
of themselves, the people of their States
are Of them. They viii learn that, as far
as 1t is matter Of personal reputation
they might as well vote in the British anJ
Panama interest as to hide out OF sneak
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II 1t be true that Taylor has escaped to
Indiana. the fact must be regarded as
severe commentary on the ability and
shrewdness Of the Kentucky detective
service For some reason or other the
Hoosier GOvernCg. Mount appears 10 have
made up his mind TO protect the fugitiyes
from justice who are charged with being
principals or accessories to the murder Of
the late Governor GOebel. whenever they
take refuge in his State. Should Taylor
have succeeded in crossing the river from
Louisville, as OF course he would naturally
try to in his present circumstances. he Will
be out OF harms way for a long time to
come On the whole there is no particu-
lar reason why anybody should object. es-
pecially from political point of view. The
spectacle OF Hanna's Republican leader in
Kentucky hiding to escape arrest and trial
on capital criminal charge would consti-
tute campaign object lesson that might
be even more salutary than would the IN
interrupted course of justice in the Taylor
case.
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Gratitude in Atlantic CITY.

Atlantic City. as most people understand.
is sea suburb of Philadelphia. and il is
Just such summer resort as PHILADELPHIA
might naturally be expected to have. An
incident has just occurred there which is
highly characteristic Of the place. the peo-
pie. and Philadelphia's influence over it.
Capt Charles E Clark has during his
career as life-saver rescued six hundred
and fifty-four persons from drowning. In
recognition Of these services of his. he
was called before the public of Atlantic
City. assembled in its Academy of Music.
the other day. and presented with a solid
silver medal Munifcent gift Generous
Atlantic City,
Captain Clark won his title in the civil
war. when serving with the Fifth Pennsyl-
vania Cavalry. When the war with Spain
began he determined to go to the front.
and although too old to enlist. became a
teamster and was with the Rough Riders
at Santiago. For twenty or thirty wears
he has been coming to Atlantic City. and
has been we'll known TO all visitors during
that time. His work in the iife-saying
business has been purely voluntary and he
has never received any salary for his ser
vices. This medal is the first recognition
which ne has had from anyone. apparently.
In leaping from pier last summer. to save
the life of a Philadelphia man. he injured
his leg so badly that he was obliged TO
spend several weeks in the city hospital.
and even now has to use cane in walking.
The thing which impresses the observer
m all this is that it is just about the
sort OF incident which might have beeu
expected 10 happen in Philadelphia and
ITS seaside resorts II viii be observed
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PHILIPPINES WORTH HAVING.
A Maryland Fhysiciaa's Views %
Conditions in the Islands

Conditions in the Islands
BALTIMORE. Nd. May 22-Heury
BraGns, architect. has received letter
from DR.. S. Chase De Kraft. Assistant
Surgeon of the Twenty-eighth Regiment.
United States Volunteers. with the rank
of captain. on duty in the Philippine Isl
ands- DR.. De Krafft's home is in Cam
bridge. Nd. He was formerly president of
the Maryland State Board of Health, and
was assistant surgeon TO the First Mary
land Regiment In the Spanish war
Dr. De Crafts letter is dated Nasugbu,
Batangers Province. Luzon. April 4, and is
in part as follows:
I'VE had a pretty sim fight with the
natives below lines about the eth CT
January. in which we lost three killed and
nineteen wounded but we gave them q
good thrashing killed seyenty-fve and
wounded 100. They have not made any
resistance since then. and l believe the
backbone of the Instruction is nearly
broken
Il find them quiet. sober people. who,
With good government under proper man.
agement. VIII not give us any trouble. hut
il seems to me that an army will be
needed here for number Of years. which
should be able at all times TO uphold the
civil authorities. The Spaniards have bad
the worst form of government. and we
shall have TO 80 along slowly and be care
full not TO make any mistakes
The people are not capable of self-gov-
eminent. but / think that under firm but
just laws. backed by power wherever il
seems necessary, the islands viii prosper.
These islands are a magnificent inherit
ance for the American people. and l don;
think they viii ever regret any necessary
amount of expenditure OF money to bring
about healthy condition OF affairs"
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STRIKE OF GERRY's YACHT.
sailors Fight With the Mate, John
Howard. and break His ARM.

sailors Fight With the Mate. John
Howard. and Break His ARM.
NEW YORK May 22.-There was a mu-
tiny or strike among the sailors Of Com
mOdore- Elbrsdge 7 GeTry's steam yacht
Electra yesterday afternoon at the foot of
Fifty-ffth Street, South Brooklyn. during
which John Howard. the mate, was struck
with Delaying pin and his arm broken.
Nine sailors quit work. saying they were
on a strike. One OF than said:
Since First Mate Rein took charge of
the yacht two weeks ago life aboard the
vessel has been worse than prison All
OF the sailors have quit but two. and they
viii follow suit II they are not treated any
better than We were We were required 10
work as hard on Sunday as We were
through the week. and after working hours
were not allowed to sing or play cards.
Finally We were not given permission TO
90 ashore. anG were given 10 understand
that We must not ask for that favor II
was at this stage OF the game that We de-
cided to quit the job
steam launch was lowered from the
Electra and took The men ashore.
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YOUNG THAW'S MONEY
His 5000 Paris Dinner Adds One to
Long List of Esca3ade--

PITTSBURG. May Club men ard
society people were not surprised yesterday
to hear that Henry X Thaw, of this clty
had given a dinner costing S. goo TO tVel-
ty-hve people in Paris
Mr.. Thaw is the eldest son Of Mrs. vii
liam Thaw. When in Pittsburg, with is
about TWO weeks il each year. he lives at
Lyndhurst, the TEaw family homestead
The other fifty weeks he spends travelling
around the world
Mir. Thaw is thirty Yeas old and had
from SSG0. Geo 20 S1,0C0,00C- Until he was
twenty-five CT twenty-six years Cd he vas
''On allowance"
One Of his escGpades in New York was
walking through plate-glass window al
the HO-el Imperial. a few years ego Dur
ing his last visit to Pittsburg. he sat in
a game OF poker and, according to report
quit s. 700 loser.
One CT his sisters is Mrs George LaudS I
Carnegie. whose husband was cCnnecte
with the Esther Rartlett Clarke divorce
case EDWARD Bartlett. Of 1 West Seventy
second Street New York. is brother.
William Thaw. the father. died ri cen
years ego. leaving more that So. 0C0 Oe1.
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A New Artificial stone.
Prom the Chicago Record1

new Belgian artificial stone is said to have
iour tunes the resistlbe power of French free
stone. IL IS insenslble to the action Of cold alb
sorbinS only 10 per cent Of water even after
a long Dry spell, and cannot be crushed under a
pressure Of forty kilos to the square centimetre
Inc method OF manufacturing this stone is az
dry coarse SAND are mixed with twenty parts Of
hydraunc lime reduced 10 a fine dust This mix
ture Is put into an iron box, which is plunged
INTO boiler Of water. and this is hermeticalIy
closed. The cooking goes on under a pressure 81
SIX atmospheres tor seventy two hours a tempera-
ture OF los degrees being maintained At the end
Of this time the iron box contains a perfectly
homogeneous mass OF stone. which rapidly hsrdens
upcn exposure to air
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TRADE WITH GERMANY.
Large Amount of Business Done
With the United States.

Vice Consul Murphy sends from Maggie
burg, April II. Al extract translated from
the Berlin Boersen Zeitung' of April IL.
as follows:
The United States Consul General in
Berlin, Mr.. Mason. has just published
statement Of exports to the United States
from the various consular districts within
the Berlin Jurisdiction, which deserves
careful attention. The promptness with
which this table was prepared is praise
worthy. The quarter ended on March 81,
and eight days later the results from four
teen consulates in different parts of north
ern Germany were published. This shows
close attention to business and deserves
full recognition. for officials often work
for months over such statistics before the
interested public obtains the figures We
give the export values roundly:
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Our view. expressed the other day. that
Mafeking would be made the base for an
early thanking movement against Jchan-
nesburg and Pretoria is corrOborated by
the dispatches from the field. Hunter
Barton. and Methuen are all moving north
as rapidly as possible, and within a week
should be in position to swing effectively
against the former place. in conjunction
with the spare troops from Mafeking. II
may even be possible to strike Johannes
burg before its defences are completed.
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now said to be worth over two m,Iu,n

now said to be worth over two m-Ilisn
dollars.
We are Informed that the bond and con-
tract under Nhich the North American
Trust Company is doing business. is re-
garded as secret document by the author
tiles. 1t should be so treated no Icnger.
The more the Administration tries to cover
It's tracks in connection with the oarpe bag
scandals. the worse it viii suffer in the es-
timation of the country, and at the polls
next November. 1t is not in a position TO
add single mistake to its already top
heavy list.
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A Storm in Mexico.

tFIOM IIe MeNlc2n HcraId-)
On Tuesday last (May s. a terrible storm burst
upon the village of Tochataco. This WAS ACCOM-
panied by thunder and lightning During the
storm number Of the common people OF the
village took shelter in the big patio Of the IA
oenda buildings. Suddenly there was a terrible
fash OF lightning followed by a heavy peal of
thunder, which threw all the people in the patio
to the ground A number OF them were more Or
less injured and three were killed outright These
were Florentino Rosa, MalaquiaS. Basurto and the
little son OF the latter. The bodies Of the three
were badly burned and disfgured. superstiti-
Gus terror kept the other people who rushed ont
OF the place, from going back to recover the
bodies; and thai work had TO be done by the
proprietor OF the place, who at once gave notice
OF what had happened to the authorities. The
lightning destroyed part of the roof and one of
the great pillars of the building which support
the roof
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DEATH STILL A MYSTERY.
COrOner's Jury Can Throw No Light
On ROScnbaugh's Demise.

NORRISTOWN, Pa, May 22.-COroner
McGlathery's inquest. held yesterday after
noon on the death OF Joseph Rodenbaugh.
has only intensified the mystery Of his
death. ROdenbaUgh was found dead along
the tracks of the Trenton cutoff railroad
Friday night. The facts brought out at
the inquest were to the effect that RCden-
baugh had a quarrel with several employees
OF quarry near his home. The autopsy
showed that death had been caused by a
broken back. The jury left an open YER
dict. stating that Rodenbaugh had met
death by some unknown means. Coroner
McGlathery has placed officers upon the
case
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FIRE III ST. PETERS CHURCH.
Was Speedily ExtinEuished and Did
Only $1,000 Damage.

NEW YORK. May 22.-Fire was discov-
cred a few minutes after midnight in St
Peters Roman Catholic Church. Barclay
and Church Streets. 1t was speedily ex-
tinguis he'd, doing $500 damage.
No che was in the church at the time
Policeman Berlrich saw smoke coming out
Of the basement windows and turned in the
alarm.
The rattle Of the engines aroused the
Sisters in an adjoining house. and Father
BriOdy and a number OF Brothers in the
priests house.
The fire started In a fiue under the floor
ing Of the church II is believed some one
droppd match into on OF the registers at
the Sunday night service and that it be-
came ignited in some way. possibly BY a
rat chewing upon IT,
ST. Peters is the Oldest Roman Catholic
church in the city.
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preparing to banquet him on his return
from Manila. the islands recently under
his command are showing many and strik-
ing evidences Of his acknowledgment. The
insurgents are still in force in the centre
of LuzOns and are making trouble in Min
danao. The wretched Otis policy Of keep
ing troops without transport, and hence
confined TO within sight Of their bases,
has borne rich fruit in a continuation OF
the rebellion and in discomfort in the
American Army. We are Just beginning
to hear the particulars
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TROUBLE AHEAD FOR KL7AN.
Ohio Bryan Men Suspicious of His
Dewey Tendencies.

Dewey Tendencies.
CLEVELAND, Ohio, May 22.-John r.
Mclean is in danger Of losing control CT
the Buckeye State in the coming State
Convention, because Of his Dewey tenden-
eies- Half a dozen counties that have
been supporters of Mclean have already
instructed for Bryan ard the reafirmation
Of the silver policy. All opponents Of Nc
Lean. and even Mclean men. admit that
the latter is walking on quickssnd. and
the only way to extricate himself is 10
convince the Ohio Democrats that he is
not party to the plan TO all the Kansas
City Convention with disguised Bryan men
who viii throw of the mask when they
reach the Convention Hall. IL they end it
possible 10 keep the Bryan vote below the
necessary two-thirds-
While il is the known intention CT the
Mclean men to omit all reference to Is TO
in the Ohio State platform. and il posi-
bic to gloss over the silver question with
a line CT two OF glittering generalities on
bimetallism. the Bryan men are for Is TO
platform, and viii fight for it to the last
ditch.
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OF the twenty-eight Senators voting yes
terday 20 refuse consideration 10 the Mic
aragua Canal bill, three. Messrs. Gallery.
Lindsay. and Vest are Democrats. Mr..
Bate Of Tennessee at first voted in the
Messrs. Daniel. Jones of Arkansas. .MaIlo-
ry Rawlins. and Turley were paired in the
Affirmative. and Messrs. Chiffon. CockreI.
Kenney, McEnery. McLaurin, Martin, and
Taliaferro were absent. impaired
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Ii Hit the Mark

From the Cleveland Plain Dealer)
Sometimes slang hits the marx like a we'll
aimed hammer
Three young women were walking along a West
side street early one evening last week when
two young came up behind them The
young men evidently desired to attract the yoIn.
girls attention, but they failed. Presently they
passed by, and as they did so one of them aid.
"Helio. giriiesr'
Instantly the tSiiest looked around and re-
marked in severe tones:
Ring of. young fellow; you've got the wrong
numhCSf''