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The hatchet. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1883-19??, 1900-05-27
Sunday Bicycling Racing.

A bill has been passed by the New
Jersey Assembly forbidding bicycle
and automobile races on Sunday. 1t
is said it will probably pass the Sen
ate also. If the bill becomes a law
it will mean the loss of thousands Of
dollars to the management of the
vailsburg track, which has been leased
by Jay Eaton, the well.known racing
man.
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Carver is twenty-four years old, six
feet one-quarter inch in height and
weighs 175la pounds. He has worked
faithfully in the university gymnasium
throughout his course at Yale, but has
not been prominent in sports or ath-
letics.
The hatchet. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1883-19??, 1900-05-27

John Montgomery Ward, who for
many years figured prominently in
baseball cirles, having been captain
and manager Of the New York Base.
ball Club, with which he played Sec
ond base and at shortstop when that
club won the national championship,
is now uevu ipg his attention to golf.
The hatchet. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1883-19??, 1900-05-27
YaIe,s Champion Strong Man.

Charles Andrews Carver, Of Chicago,
Yale 1900, is Yales strong man and the
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HUMPHREYS

ItCures PILES or IIENoRRHoIDs, External
or Internal, Blind or Bleeding Itching and
Burning; Cracks or Fssurcs and Fistulas.
Ii Cures BURNS, Scalds and Liberation and
Contraction from Burns Relief instant.
IL Cures Torn, Cut and Lacerated
Wounds and Bruises.
1t Cures BoIS, Hot Tumors Ulcers, Old
Sores, Itching Erupdons, Security or Scald
Head. 1t is lnallible.
Ii Cures INFLAMED or CAHED BREASTS
and Sore Nipples. 1t is invaluable.
Ii Cures SALT RHEUM, letters, SCurty
Erupdons, Chapped Hands, Fever BIisters,
Sore Lips or Nostrils, Coms and Bunions,
Sore and Chafed Feet, Sungs OF Insects.
Three Sizes, 2Sc., soc. and SI.oo'
Sold by Druggists or sent postpaid receiptof price,
INSTRUMENTATION nm ~ III 4 Ii Wilma n. AaM larL.
The hatchet. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1883-19??, 1900-05-27

and does not interfere with the move
ments of the rider Its walls are made
of sheet metal, scanned together. The
finish is enamel. There is ample space
on the sides for the name and business
address of the owner, or for other adj
yertising matter.
The "trundle' is opened at the top
by a door which ia hung with strap
hinges and fastened by a lock and key,
The box is attached to the rear fork
ends by specially formed step nuts,
aud above the rear wheel to the rear
stay tubes by a rubber clamp.
An attachment is placed under the
carrier in the form of a swinging
frame, controlled by a spring. This
frame will support itself folded up
against the under side Of of the box,
or 1t may be swung down to rest on
the ground and thus support the cycle
and "trundle" when it is desired TO
leave the outfit standing by itself,
The hatchet. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1883-19??, 1900-05-27

Skates made Of gold are popular in
st, Petersburg, ono lady had the
blades Of her skates enriched with dla-
monds.
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Ice! Ice! Ice!

Tho American Ice Company proposes to furnish
the citizens OF Washington with the best quality
OF natural or manufactured ice, as they may elect
az most reasonable rates. discount Of . per cent
allowed on tickets for g. aud upward. Main Of.
nee lii1 Pnnsy lvania avenue tOrCOran Building
Stations, Ninth street wharf Tenth street wharf.
Fifteenth and streets northeast Grace and pp.
tomac streets, Georgetown; BIOS Water street.
1886 X street northwest and Third street wharf
southeast
Iron County register., 1900-03-15
NEWS IN BRIEF.
Complied from Various Sources.
FIETY-SfxTH CONGRESS.

In the senate. on the 5th, Mr.. Fairbanks:
Qndl and Mr.: Butler IN. CO delivered
Carter CMont.) made vigorous address
on the Quay case, explaining why he
he had voted against the seating of Mr.
Corbett.-.--.In the house considerable
miscellaneous business. much of it &c of
minor Importance, was transacted. The
earlier part of the session was devoted to
District of Columbia business. The bill
to incorporate the Frederick Douglass
taken up, but action was defeated by hn-
clustering. led by MIR. Bailey (Tex).
report on the financial bill was agreed to
by vote of A to ga majority of IS.
Early in the session discussion Of the
who replied to the speech made, on the
5th, by Mr.. Carter CMont)....;- In the
sideration of the Aldrich- Robbins contest
ed-election case from the Fourth Ala
hama district. Mr.. Robbins, the sitting
member. made a speech of an hour in his
own behalf. and other speeches were made
for and against the contestant.
In the senate. on the 7th, Mr.. Sulliyan
(h1iss.) offered a resolution that the Phil
honorably acquired, of the United states.
continue the present war, brought on by
them, against the rightful authority of
the United States, so long as single gun
no expression of intention to the fu-
ture course of the United States with re-
ate. Mr.. Lodge (Ndass.) then addressed
the senate on the Philippines question:.
In the house the session lasted but %
minutes. adjournment being taken out of
respect to the memory of Representative
Harmer, of Pennsylvania, the Father of
the House." who died on the 9Th
In the senate, on the Sth, formal discus
sion of the Puerto Rican tariff and gov
ernment bill was begun, the principa.
speakers being Mr.. toraker Cep-, o. and
ing in charge of the bill. vigorously de-
Tending it's provisions, and the latter OPP
posing the meaure in a carefully-prepared
address. S.....1n the house, CASTOR A. Rob-
bins, a democrat form the Fourth Ala
bama district, was unseated, and his
publican, who thus scored his third sue
cessfui contest on the ground of fraud
in the election. A new rule was reported
setting apart the second and fourth Fri
days in each month for pension legisla-
ton, but was withdrawn upon promise
of Mr.. Richardson. leader of the minori-
ty, that filibustering would not be in
dulged in.
In the senate, on the 9Th, the feature of
the open session was a speech by Mr..
Lindsay (Ky) on the Puerto Rican gov
ernment and tariff measure. He claimed
vided for the civil governments and po-
ntical status of the native inhabitants of
the islands, acquired by the United States
from Spain, congress had authority to
as it saw fit-giving free trade to the one,
and levylng tariff on the products of the
other. Discussion of the Mason Boer sym
pathy resolution was discussed behind
first day pension session under the new
rule, 81 bills were favorably acted upon
in committee of the whole and subSe-
Quently passed.
Iron County register., 1900-03-15
PERSONAL AND GENERAL,

1he LONDON Times puDnSheS dis
patch from Lourenzo Marquee cred
iting President Kruger with the an
nouncement that he was going to
Bloemfontein to arrange a compro-
mise and settle everything to the sat
isfaction of everybody.
Lord Roberts turning movement, on
the 9TH, dislodged the Beers from their
position. but they succeeded in MAX
ing good their escape. They were not
surrounded. They took alarm too
soon for the British cavalry, which.
exhausted by the wide sweep neces-
sary to turn the Roer works, could not
cut them off or bring them to action.
The new northwestern normal
school building, erected by the terri
tory OF Oklahoma, at Alva, at a cost
of $95 900, and equipped at a cost of
$4,000 more, was dedicated on the
sth. Gov. Barnes and all of the terri
torial officials were present.
Twenty large freight engines have
been ordered by the Union Pacific rail-
road from the Baldwin locomotive
works, for delivery at the shops in May
and June. The weight of each is, en-
gine in working order, 1000 pounds;
tender, los, 900 pounds; total weight
in working order, 2s5.OO0 pounds.
Alexander Carter, 80 years old, in a
temporary fit of insanity, on the 9th,
shot and killed his brother Charles,
university student, aged % years, at
the home of their parents in North
Berkeley, Cal. He then placed he
muzzle of the pistol in his mouth and
killed himself.
As reported by R. G. Dun & Co. the
failures for the week ended on the
9th, were 2O5 in the United States,
against 1872 last year, and 33 in Canada,
against 35 last year.
The first national ticket to be put
in the field for the coming presiden-
tial election is that of the social dem
ocratic party, which held its conven-
ton at Indianapolis. The candidates
are: For president, EugeneN. Debs, of
Indiana; for vice-president, Job Harri-
man, of California.
At Frankfort, KY, on the 9th, upon
information filed by Thomas B. Crom-
well, of Lexington, correspondent or
the Cincinnati Enquirer, warrants for
completely in the Goepel murder We're
| issued against Secretary of State Caleb
Powers, John L. Powers, OF Barbour
vile, his brother; Charles Finley, of
| Williamsburg, former secretary of
state; w. H. Culton, of Jackson coun-
ty, and Capt. John Davis, the capitpl
square policeman.
Owing to the demolition preceding
| the complete reconstruction of the
Lincoln monument, at Springfield, ILL.,,
now under way, the casket containing
the remains of the martyr president
was removed from the crypt, on the
10th, and placed in temporary re-
| ceiying vault on the monument knoll.
The German reichstag, on the 9th,
passed paragraphs 1, and IA of the
meat bill. Paragraph IA contains the
clause prohibiting the importation of
| foreign meats. It was passed by vote
| of 169 to 90.
Decentralization appears to have
seized the burgher forces, and with
the news of this growing Boer weak
ness comes the assertion that peace
overtures have been made by President
Kruger, but of such nature that
Lord Salisbury felt impelled to decline
to entertain them for q moment.
Iron County register., 1900-03-15
Satisfactorx Settlement

Philadelphia, March 13.-A confer
ence between the type founders of the
United States and their employees re-
garding wages and hours, has been
settled in a manner satisfactory to
both sides. The new wage scale and
the nine-hour work day will go into
effect April /. The advance in wages
amounts to from Is to 20 per cent.
over the present scale. The unions
demanded an increase of from 20 to
so per cent, but accepted a compro-
mise. The conference was in progress
nearly q week. during
Iron County register., 1900-03-15

All The archives of the Comedie-
Franchise, Paris, recently burned, were
saved, as was also Houdon's statue of
Voltaire. The building itself was only
insured for 25O,O00 francs. The furni-
ture was insured for the same amount
and the scenery and archives for 248,-
900 francs.
Hon. z. J. Phelps, ex-minister to En-
gland, died at New Haven, Conn, ON
the 9th. He had been i'll since early in
January with an attack of pneumonia.
Edward John Phelps was born at Mid
dlebury. VT, July II, 1922. He was a
son of Samuel Shelter Phelps, we'll
known jurist and United States sena-
tor.
Lieutenant Commander Gilmore and
four of the men who, with him, suf-
fered eight months captivity among
the Filipinos, arrived at San Francisco,
on the 9th, on the steamer Solace. The
men are William Walton, chief quar-
termaster; Paul Vaudoit, boatswain's q
mate; w. 81. Rynders and o. W. Wood
bury, sailors.
The Mississippi senate, on the 9th,
by a vote of "A to 4. passed the house
antitrust bill, which is similar to
the Texas law. The bill makes all
trusts and combines illegal, all con-
tracts with such null and void, any
agent punishable by heavy fine and
imprisonment.
Miss Earle Hittle, of Richmond, Ind,
who has just graduated from Heidel-
berg university, Germany, with a doc
tors degree. is the first woman TO
achieve such distinction in that IA
nous institution, and the first Ameri-
can woman 20 attain the doctors de-
gree in a German college.
Iron County register., 1900-03-15
A LETTER FROM DIR. LEXDs,
Thanks for Irish sympathy md a.
Bid for More.

London, March 13.-The letter of DIR.
Leyds. the diplomatic agent of the
Transvaal, to Mr.. John; Clancy, Irish
national member of parliament for
teh north division of county Dublin
thanking the public corporation for
the resolution of sympathy for the
South African Republics, Says
"The resolution is greatly appre-
ciated by me. 1 know how keenly il
will be priced by our much suffering
country, still struggling for independ-
ence and liberty. 1t is satisfaction
to know that a considerable part of
the Irish population in the United
Kingdom, mindful of the blood being
shed in South Africa, continues to ex-
tend sympathy to, our people. May
this sympathy be re-echoed by num-.
bers of your conntrymen."
Iron County register., 1900-03-15
CONFEDERATION AT OMAHA.
The Omaha Tent & Rubber Co.., Ne-
braska Seed Co., and Schneider
.& Mueller, Pianos, LOVERS,

Omaha, Neb., March 13.-At an early
of the Omaha Tent and Rubber Co..,
valued at $4,000, and gutted the
building in which it was located. The
loss on the building will be in the
neighborhood of S75,OOO. The loss on
building is the property of w. A.. Pax
ton, and is fairly well covered by in
surance. The insurance On the Tent
& Rubber Co.'S stock is $40, O,O0O.- The
stock of SCHNEIDER & Mueller, dealers
in pianos. is badly damaged by smoke
and water, as is also the stock of the
Nebraska Seed Co., which were located
in adjoining buildings
Iron County register., 1900-03-15
HORSE THIEF AND. SHERIFF.
Desperate and Fatal Battle Between
Sheriff Grace and Roger
Bruno, HorsGthiaf.

Wichita, Kas., March ia special
to the Beacon from Tecumseh, Okla,
states that Roger Bruno, alias ''Jim
The Tough" arrested for horse steal
ing and murder, attempted to escape
from Sheriff Grace. The men had a
fierce struggle, bat Grace succeeded
in killing Bruno, but rs himself Sc
riouslY if not fatally injured.
Iron County register., 1900-03-15
TAKEN AWAY SECRETLY.

Secretary OF State Powers and Capt.
Davis Removed From Lexington.
Lexington, Ky., March 13.-Secre-
tary of State Powers and Capt. Davis
were secertly taken from Jail between
midnight and dayoreak, and in charge
of Sheriff Suter of Frankfort, were
driven overland to Versailles, where
it is reported they were placed on a
train and taken to Louisville. Officers
here will say nothing, and the guards
at the Jail profess ignorance of the
movement of Suter and the prison
ers. Their removal has caused much
excitement.
Iron County register., 1900-03-15

John Snider, of Milo, Vernon county,
has offered $500 reward for the appre-
hension and conviction of the mur-
derer of his son, John G. Snider. whose
dead body was found on the Missouri
Pacific railway on December % last.
This, with the $50 each offered by Ner-
non county and the state, makes the
full reward ST 900.
Iron County register., 1900-03-15
Forty Dead Bodies.

Charleston, w. Va, March 12.-It is
believed that all the bodies in Red Ash
mine have been recovered. The full list
shows 40 dead and six injured. The
cause of the explosion is still a matter
of theory, and will probably never be
determined
Iron County register., 1900-03-15
Compliment to Irish VaIor.

London, March 13.-The lord mayor,
a. J. Newton, has directed the Irish
flag bc hoisted over the Mansion
house on ST. Patrick's day, in recogni-
tion of the bravery of the Irish troops
in South Africa.
Iron County register., 1900-03-15

Rev. S. j. Niccolls, d. D., pastor of
the Second Presbyterian church, ST.
Louis, for 35 years, has been laying up
treasures. His congregation. the other
night, gave his 3,5O0-$100 for each
year of his pastorate.
Iron County register., 1900-03-15
Work Resumed.

New York, March 13.-Work was re-
sumed at the sugar house of the Amer
lean Sugar Refining Co., in Jersey
City. The plant was shut down a week
ago for the third time since the first
of the year, on the plea of over
production.
Iron County register., 1900-03-15
sapbo Must Not Show.

Flint, Mich, March 13.-At special
meeting of the city council resolu-
ton was adopted. in support of Mayor
Crawford's determination to prevent a
proposed presentation of ''Sapho." !"
The resolution instructs the city mar
shal to prevent the performance.
Iron County register., 1900-03-15
A Bride of Three Months.

Mrs. Marshall Flood, a ST. Louis
bride of three months, committed sui
eide by swallowing carbolic acid at
the home of Mr.. Floods mother, after
ouarreling with her husband.
Iron County register., 1900-03-15
For Life.

Thomas Goldman, a negro, convicted
of robbery iii the first degree by a
jury at st. Louis, was given a life sem
tence under habitual criminals act.
Iron County register., 1900-03-15

The frequent rumors cabled from
the United States regarding possible
uprisings in Cuba in the early future
are causing the press of the island to
ask who is responsible for these won
derful stories. The newspapers, with
out exception, declare that the people
of Cuba never felt less like rising than
they do at present.
Iron County register., 1900-03-15
Boys Charged with Murder.

Warrants charging murder have
been issued, at ST. Louis. against Cos
telIo Dore and Charles Reynolds, both
mere boys, for killing Harry Koehler,
another boy, in street fight.
Iron County register., 1900-03-15
STRENGTHENING Her Fortifications.

Victoria, B. c., March 13.-That
Great Britain anticipates possible
trouble with Russia or France, or pos
sibly with both, is shown by the un-
usual activity in completing the Pa
cific coast fortifcations at Esauimalt.
Iron County register., 1900-03-15

Harry Bowers, aged SO, of No 11s
South Sixth street, ST. Louis, while
demonstrating to children his ability
as slight-of-hand performer, swa!-
lowed 50-cent piece.
Iron County register., 1900-03-15
Germans No. Way Concerned.

Durham, Monday, March 12.-Tha,
Transvaal, having appealed to Ger
many for mediation or intervention in
the war with Great Britain. Germany
has replied that she declines to inter-
fere, as she is in no way concerned in.
the conflict
Iron County register., 1900-03-15
Eight Americans wounded.

Manila, March IL, 5:55 p. m.-Ar,
vices received from Aparri, province
of Cagayan, say that while Maj. Ward
and company of the Sixteenth regi-
ment was leaving that place, they were
attacked at the landing at the river
bank opposite the town. A persistent
fight followed, resulting in eight
Americans, including Maj. Word, being
wounded. The natives in the Cayagan
valley presumably instigated the at
tack.
The dispatches add that the Tagalos
are harnassing the Americans.
Iron County register., 1900-03-15

1t has been decided that Queen Vic
toria will visit Ireland next month,
staying at the vice-regal lodge in
Dublin, which has been placed at her
disposal by the viceroy, Earl Cadogan.
Iron County register., 1900-03-15

The board of directors of the Kan
sas penitentiary, after conference
with Gov. Stanley, on the 9th, decided
that the price of the product of the
binding twine plant of the state prison
at Lansing, direct to the consumer,
will be ten cents pound, or as near
that figure as the cost of production
will permit.
Iron County register., 1900-03-15
Was a Bachelor.

Lawrence Whiz committed suicide
at his home near, Harriston, Copper
county, by shooting in the forehead
with a pistol. He was bachelor.
Iron County register., 1900-03-15
Courthouse Burned.

Clarksville, Tenn, March 13.-The
Montgomery county courthouse was
destroyed by fire. Most OF the records
were saved. Loss, 1925, 900: insurance,
$4,000.
Iron County register., 1900-03-15

The house committee on public
lands, on the 9th, favorably reported
the series of bills relative to land laws
in Alaska, previously introduced By
Mr. Lacey, of Iowa.
Iron County register., 1900-03-15

The bubonic plague increases in Cal
cutta, there having been All deaths
from the disease in that city within
week. This is causing a great exodus
of merchants
Iron County register., 1900-03-15

The congressional committees on
Cuban and Puerto Rican affairs will
60 to Cuba soon. The United States
steamship Dolphin will take the sena-
tors and representatives on board at
some convenient southern port, and af-
ter going to Havana will make cir
cult of Cuba, touching at the principal
DOrts
Iron County register., 1900-03-15
No Longer Poor and n Beggar.

Catherine Costello, a beggar, who
for years was familiar figure at the
steps of the ST. Louis merchants eX-
change, is no longer a mendicant. The
old woInan's daughter said she had
come into her inheritance. "Yes, moth
err said she, has been summoned
from poverty, to riches, and now stands
at the great throne of God"
Iron County register., 1900-03-15

The Kentucky house of representa-
tiyes, on the 9th, by a party vote,
killed the bill introduced by Repre-
sentative Haswell (rep.). which pro-
posed to repeal the Goebel election law.
Iron County register., 1900-03-15

After considerable discussion the
conference of amalgamated woodwork
ers decided, on the Sth, not to admit
upholsterers, varnishers and gilders to
membership in the woodworkers'
union.
Iron County register., 1900-03-15

The 1000 employees of the Jersey
City sugar house of the American
Sugar Refining Co. who ere now laid
off, were told, on the 7th, that they
would not be needed for an indefinite
period.
Iron County register., 1900-03-15
CAUGHT IN A FIRE TRAP.
Shocking Results of an Incendiary
Fire In Newark, N. J.,
Tenement House.
FOURTEEN PERSONS LOST THEIR LIVES.
The Victims All Italians, Sixty of
Whom Occupied the Building
Vito Credav, One of the Tenants,
Arrested and Locked Up ON Sus-
piciOn.

New York, March 13.-Fourteen per-
sons lost their lives, two persons were
seriously injured and many others
| slightly burned in fire in Newark, y.
j., Monday morning. The firemen, af-
| ter the flames had been subdued, took
| 13 bodies from the ruins, and while
| they were thus engaged another vic
tim of the fire died in the city hos
pital. One family was wiped out COM
| pletely and of another only the father
| lives, and he is in the city hospital
| where it is believed he will die
A Veritable Fire Trap.
The building in which the fire broke
out was a veritable fire trap. 1t was
old, of frame construction and eX-
tended two stories above the ground
floor. Until three or four years ago,
the structure had been used as J.
| church, but it was converted into
tenement. The lower floor, fronting
on so, SO and 54 Fourteenth avenue,
was occupied by three stores and the
upper portion of the building was di-
vided into 20 living rooms.
Occupied by Ten Families.
AS nearly as can be learned, the
structure was occupied by ten fami-
lies, all Italians. Two of the occu-
pants, Vito Credanza and another fan-
lily, kept boarders, and though the to-
tai population of the building could
not be definitely ascertained during
the excitement attending the fire,
there are said to have been forty or
fifty persons of both sexes and all
ages in the building when the fire
started.
Arrested ON Suspicion.
The police are confident that the
fire was of incendiary origin, and they
have arrested Vito Credanza on sus-
picion. There was a disorderly card
game in one of the rooms that lasted
we'll into the morning. Credanza was
participant. and is said to have made
violent threats against his fellow
players.
Awakened to- Confront Destruction.
A few minutes before five o'clock
every one in the building was awak-
ened by the flames They found them
burning at the foot of the stairs lead
ing from the first to the second
stories. The hallway and the stairs
were burning, entirely cutting off the
only egress from the upper floor on
which six families lived. 1t also cut
off the escape by the door for those
who lived in the rear part of the first
floor. Those who could made for the
windows. From these they leaped or
dropped.
AgonizInE Screams for Help.
The whole neighborhood was awake
in an instant, and from tlse burning
building came agonizing screams and
calls for help. From the basement
and ground floor the inmates of the
building poured naked, or almost so-
From the upper story men and women
leaped to the sidewalk.
Were Dead or Doomed.
BY the time the firemen reached the
scene the building was wrapped i'm
flames, and those who had not escaped
were dead or doomed. They must
have died within a few minutes, for
the fire rushed through every room in
the frail building within ten minutes,