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The evening times., 1900-04-28
THREATS OF STRIKERS.
The Labor situatioa at Trenton Be
comes Serious.


comes Serious
TRENTON, n. j.. April 2S.-The I4bcr
situation in this city is assuming a &c
rious aspect The potters have rcfused 10
accept the new schedule Of wages and Ger
tain branches have withdrawn from tie
National Brotherhood OF Operative Potter-.
The Carpenters UniOn held meeting last
night and demanded an increase Of wages.
from s2-25 to S2.sS per day. eight hours
instead Of nine 10 constitute a days work.
The Masons' Unions are backing the car
penters' demands. and the carpenters
new schedule OF wages Will go into effect
on Tuesday next May l. The weayers de-
manded more pay, and succeeded IN get
ting IL
The BTickmakers' Unions are discussing
an increase Of wages. The brick yards be-
gin operations here about May 10. For
weeks labor agitators have been address,
ing mechanics here almost nightly
The carpenters demand will probably
have a more immediate effect upon the
public. The contractors have already en-
tered into contracts on the basis of old
schedule of wages Among the larger
buildings contracted for is a new 5000 600
high school and a new wing OF the state
House. to cost about $3.50. 000 Each OF
NleSe DullulDSS VAS estimated al the lower
schedule of wages and the contractors haze
notified the carpenters that they cannot
pay the new schedule on these jobs The
carpenters answered that they must have
the new schedule or that they viii strike.
The dishmakers. kiln men. and jigger
men of the potteries last night formed an
independent union 10 fight the Liverpool
schedule OF wages agreed 10 recently be-
tween the Manufacturing POtters Associa-
ton and the National Operative Potters'
Union
The Trenton peters declare that the
East Liverpool PctteTs lowered The wages
of the local pOtters and increased the
wages of the East Liverpool potters work
ing in the same branches. They therefore
withdraw from the National Union and
declare they will strike May 1 unless they
receive the old schedule of wages This
prospet tive strike promises to present uni
que features. The National Potters Union
threatens to back the Trenton pottery
manufacturers against the Trenton opera
tives because they say the mems com
mittee agreeing to the recent schedule
represented all the operative potters in
the United States The strikers paraded
through the streets last night and speeches
were made at the Masonic Temple.
The evening times., 1900-04-28
AN ARMY OFFICER IN TROUBLE.
Lieutenant Hazard Said to Have
fied From Key West.

fted From Key west
NEW ORLEANS. La, April 2S.-Social
adulation is responsible for the downfall
OF Lieut.. 5. c. Hazard, CT the First Artil-
lery- He has disappeared from Key West.
Fla, and an order for his arrest has been
issued by the military authorities. He is
charged with being absent from post with
out leave. From Key West come reports
that Hazard has fed with a woman, leay-
ing his wife behind He also left a large
lumber of debts. il is said and inability 10
meet KS obligations is thought TO be main
ly responsible for his action. II is said
that before he disappeared he borrowed
5000.
Hazard IS only twenty-eight years old.
He was mos efficient officer anc his ca
reer was very promising lie is over six
feet tail and vas regarded as one Of the
best looking officers in the service. He en-
tered West Point from Pottsville. Pa, in
1889, gained honors rapidly and became ad-
ju,2at of the Cadet Corps, the highest hon.
or at West Point This required many so
cial duties and the adjutant gave brilli9nt
entertainments To pay he went in debt.
He graduated in 1898.
Later he married the daughter of a
clearinghouse keeper, and she. IL Is said.
led him to further extravaganza. He was
sent to Key West last year. He soon won
social triumphs there. but stories about
hnancial difficulties were whispered about
the post He disappeard February %. Tn
less he returns within three months Of his
disappearance his name viii be struck from
the Army lists as deserter
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INSPECTING HIS ACCOUNTS.
Serious Chnrges Against n New Jer-
sey POsfmRsger

BRIDGEToN, y. J.. April "a sensa-
tion was caused last night BY a report. ;hat
spread like wildhre that Postmase- Charles
II. Pierson vas short In his aceouu uts. Pc
Gently rumOrs that something was wrong
at the postofice we're circulated. out roth
ing definite could be learned until yes
teTdSy when Postal Inspector Schrcp
arrived heEe from Washington. He
,naCe an Investigation, and is re-
ported TO have notified the pest
a3ster's bOndsmen tonight that there
was apparently a discrepancy Il a5out
$4,000 in his accounts and u wouid have
z be made good Immediately. II is also said
that the salaries Of the clerks i the uost-
cfice are two months Overile
Postmaster Piersou went oue Of toxin
Thursday, and has BOT returned He
has held the position OF postmaster fer
three years last February. and was aa-
pointed to succeed ). A Lauinc- HIS
many friends here are IOath 10 believe that
there is any irregulariCy in his accounts
that cannot be satisfactorily explained.
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Mr.. EPEs SUCCESSOR.
Mr.. Lnssiter. OF Virginia. Takes the
Oath OF Office

Francis r Lassiter was sworn in as a
Representative in Congress from the
Fourth Congressional district OF Virginia
at 12:10 today. He succeeds the late sid
ney p. Epss.
Mr. Hay Of Virginia asked that the clerk
be instructed to read the credentials Of the
membeT-elect. This order Was made. The
clerk also read a protest by James Seldom
COwdon. alleging that Mr.. Lassiter was Sc
lected by paper vote that was not actual
ly cast. and setting forth that should the
member elect be given his seat on the
face Of his credentials he iCowdoH) gave
notice OF a contest.
Speaker Henderson said he could see no
reason why the newly elected member
should not be sworn in unless the House
should determine otherwise. Mr. Lassiter
was then escorted TO position in front Of
the Speakers desk by Mess-s. Hay Of Viz
ginia and Underwood Of Alabama and the
oath was administered
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HE WANTED TO BE SURE.
Wealthy Natives OF south America
Careful of Their PnrchaNes

Prom the New Orleans TiInes-D Deinocrat)
We get a good deal OF business from
wealthy natives Of South and Central
America. said clerk in a large clothing
and furnishing store. and Jhsre is one
rather amusing feature in that class OF
trade. The average Latin American gen
tleman viii never make a purchase until
he is absolutely certain that he is getting
what he wants There may be a moral GER
tainty. but that isn't enough
"A few days ago 10 illustrate what 1
mean. a planter frcm San Juan. Costa Rica.
came in and selected six dozen white linen
shirts a gross OF collars and another gross
of cuffs TO match the outfit. The shirts
were CT a standard make and ali Of one
pattern-ss like as TWO Deas-and the
same was true of the collars and cuffs
When the planter finally made his selection
he told me in broken English that he was
ready 10 try the things on and showing
him TO private room | sent him q shirt
and a set OF collars and cuffs. Presently
he stuck his head out of the DOR and said:
These eZz al right Pleass sen me ze
remaindaire-' l told the porter 10 carry in
the lot. and he proceeded to try on seyenly-
Two shirts and 144 collars and cuffs As
you may wen imagine il took time for he
dressed himself fully when he put on each
garment. TO judge how it set with his
clothes He began at > O'Clock in the
AFTERNOON, and when We closed at clock.
had worked his way through fourteen
shirts Next day he began at Q sharp, took
an hour of for lunch. and satisfied himself
that he wasn't being buncOed on thirty
more That left twenty eight. which he
finished on the following evening With
each shirt he tried on two collars and two
pairs of cuffs. or course, he found all the
different articles exact duplicates, just as
I tried to explain 10 him in advance. but
he wasn't taking any chances. and handed
over the price with an easy mind.
Nearly all our Other customers from
that part of the world do substantially the
same thing. l once sold a Guatemala Of
fetal whole case of socks and he insisted
on trying on every pair and lacing up his
shoes over them. 1t was tedious opera
tiou and caused him to miss ship, but he
stuck it TO the bitter end Queer people
these Central Americans"
The evening times., 1900-04-28
Missing From HONG.

NoRRISTowN. Pa, April 2S.-Joseph
X. Cassel of Upper Merton, is missing
from his home. and foul play is suspected.
The missing man left his home on the
morning of March p. ostensibly to assume
= position which he said he had obtained
al the Norristown Hospital for the Insane.
That was the last his family have seen Of
him. nor have they after careful searching
succeeded in locating him. The missing
man is about forty-five years Of age six
feet in height, weighing 199 pounds
The evening times., 1900-04-28
VERDICT OF NOT GUILTY.
Walter Wade Acquitted of His Ri
walls Killing

CUMBERLAND. Nd April 2S.-The
jury in the case Of Walter Wade. charged
with the murder. Of Owen Edwards al Bor-
den shaft. brought in a verdict Of not
guilty after being out nearly seven hours
The finding is received with general dis
favor. il being the opinion that some pun
ishment should have been meJed out. The
first ballot Of the jury stcOd hye Tor ac-
ouittal. four for mansiaughter. and three
for second-degree murder The jury con
graduated Wade in the courtroom
Wade met his betrothed. Miss Rosa
Grove. in the Office al the Jail The meet
ing was affectionaJe. The girl sobbed-
Miss Grove who had been held al the
jail as a witness. was released She was
The only witness 10 the tragedy. Edwards,
who was shot was a rival Of Wade FOR
Miss Groves hand
The evening times., 1900-04-28
THE JURY DISAGREED.
An Even Division in the Clarke Di-
yOrce suit.


VOrce Suit.
PITTSBURC. April 2S.-The Jury in the
Clarke divorce suit failed to agree and
were discharged at noon. Sixty-nine bal
lots were taken and the jury stood six TO
six. Although il Vas known that the Jury
was still out the crowd in the court room
and corridor Of the county building this
morning was as largs as At any time since
the sensational divorce suit began. Meth
er Mrs Clarke. Colonel Bartlett. nor Colo
mel Worthington was present. having left
for Washington on the PENNSYLVANIA Linn
tied last night, but that seemed 10 make
no difference.
OF those interested in the case. only At
torney E. B. GOehring and Attorney w. VI.
Hall, jr-. put in an appearance. Both were
surprised that the jury had held out so
long. At $3.50 o'clock a note was sent TO
Judge Kennedy. and later Officer Richards.
who had charge Of the jury. had whis-
pered conversation with the judge. When
he had finished he went directly to the Jury
room and il was whispered the jury had
asked 10 be discharged
The evening times., 1900-04-28
MINING IN BRITISH COLUMBIA.
Dredging for Gold in the saskatche-
River


The Dlscoverers' Financial Corporation
and the Universal Corporation. of London,
England, wiIl. during The present year.
dredge the Saskatchewan River for gold
II is stated that an English mining engi-
neer has arrived in Montreal from London
en- route for Edmonton When he first
made representations 10 London as regards
the feasibility OF placer mining On the
Saskatchewan, he was asked what the bad
points were. and replied shat in the cpin-
ion OF some people the fineness OF the gold
found in the sands might preclude the
saving OF paying quantities. but they had
discovered a process by which at least a5
per cent can be saved
The ROld-holding gravel in the river bed
averages depth Of feet, although Il has
been known TO go as deep IS twenty-five
feet.
The plant used is called a New Zealand
dredge. the cost OF " hich is in the neigh
borhOod OF so 600. II requires three
hands and master 20 man each one. These
credges work something like those seen
every summer in the 81. Lawrence chan
nei between Quebec and Montreal. Water
Is being used TO separate the gold .fOm
the earth.
It is stated that. from tests made in
will produce an average CT > cents per
cubic yard and that this earth. consisting
OF two tons can be handled for cents per
cubic yard The handling OF 3,O00 yards
is estimated 10 be days work.
According 10 a report issued BY the Ge-
illogical Survey. the mineral output Of
Canada for the year 1895 is placed al Sft,-
0oe.0oQ. OF this sum gold is the largest
factor. the total being S21 o49. .0Oe and Of
which the Yukon contributed S16. .0e0 600.
Coal is the next item Of Importance the
production for the year 1893 being 81 040,-
600. Since 1896 the mineral production OF
Canada has well-nigh doubled in value
The production Of other minerals was;
Iron. S24SS72; lead. S977.250; nickel. So
0S7 $40; platinum. $S35; silver. 81. .S34 81
OF the chief contributors TO the total
mineral production of the country lead and
silver are the only two showing a consid-
cradle falling on. and that notwithstand-
ing more favorable prices This is due &c
local causes in British Columbia not de-
pendent on the value Of the deposits.
The evening times., 1900-04-28
KILLED BY A TRAIN.
Fatal Accident to Tive Hungarian
Miners Aear BIOOmSburS

FLEMINGToN. y. J., April 2s.-Enoch
Juresky. aged twenty-five years. and Au-
gustus Martinlevieh, aged twenty-five
years, Hungarian miners. of Pittston. Pa.
were struck by the westbound express
train on the Lehigh Valley Railroad near
Bloomsbury last night and instantly killed.
The men were standing beside an engine
on the siding TO warm themselves a few
minutes before the accident and lad gone
but a short distance when they were
struck and hurled fully one hundred feet.
Their bodies were horribly mangled.
The evening times., 1900-04-28
HIS FATHER FOUND AT LAST.
Thomas Thorn, Jr., Rewarded After
Twenty Years search.


NEW YORK. April 2S.-Thomas Thorn.
jr., Of % vrhyte Street. Jersey City. has
just succeeded in finding his father. Thorn
as Thorn, ST.. after a separation of twenty
years.
The elder Thorn, who was a veteran OF
the civil war enlisted in the Regular
Army. When his last term expired in 1850
he failed to return to his home il Jersey
City. and his family lost all trace of him.
They wrote to the officers of ais regiment.
who replied that they knew nothing of his
moeements after his discharge, beyond
HIS Owe statement that he was going back
to Jersey City
II occurred 20 Young Thorn several
months ago that mis- father might have
made application for a pension. He wrote
10 the Pension Bureau in Washington and
learned that his surmise was correct.
HIS father had applied for and received
pension. and IL Is still being paid to him
al Vancouver. r. c. Thorn wrote to his
father and received an answer
The elder Thorn wrote that after his dis
charge he heard that his wife and son
we're dead. He wrote 10 them both and
receiving no reply he concluded that the
report was true. He then wen TO Van
couver. where he received a grant OF land.
on account OF his services as a British
solder during the Crimean war
He said he was too old to come East.
but asked his son to visit him al Yancou-
Yer. Young Thorn says he viii do so this
summer and may remain with his father.
ThOrn's wife is dead. but she was not
when he was discharged from the Army.
She died seven wears after that, or thir-
teen years ago. Young Thorn says that
when his father last wrote they were liv-
ing in Brooklyn which accounts for the
failure Of the letters 10 reach them. as
they had neglected TO notify Thorn of their
removal, supposing that he intended to
remain in the Army When they did write
I. he had gone to Vancouver. and did not re-
gefVe the inflammation
The evening times., 1900-04-28
declined by Governor Roosevelt.

Gov Theodore Roosevelt Of New York. DE-
cIared- he would rather be- I'M private lite than be
Vice President % the IniIed >tztes- lie sid thst
ms positiou IN regard 10 the Republican n0minS-
rion for this Office vas absolutely unslteFable- tie
further stated he would be glad Il the RepUb
licsns OF New York should ren0minste him Gov
errer and expressed the belief that he could BE-
of more service 90 bis party IN that position than
As Vice President Mr. Roo-eveits position -
nov known a. 90 the Wee Presidential nomiul-
ton and our position = also known the leaders
IN quality and parity Of beers Tine ANALYSIS
made iv The Agricultural Department = the be-J.
4vidence a. 10 the high standard % HeUriel's s.
beers Try a case OF AaerzeH. >eHsIc. or Lager ~
'phOuing six-Ihirty-iogr. Arliu=ton Boythas Go.
The evening times., 1900-04-28
TO REMARRY BEFORE DEATH.
james Stevenson and His Divorced
Wife 10 be Reunited

CHICAGO. April 2S.-James Garrard
Stevenson, a grandson of Kentucky's old
Governor. is TO be remarked 10 his former
wife this afternoon at his fathers home in
WOodlawn. Stevenson has only a day or
two to live. Three days ago he was on a
ranch in Arizona, and was told by a doCjcr
he had only seven days 10 live.
He telegraphed his divorced vie. a
clerk in the Treasury Department 1t
Washington TO meet him in Chicago. and
started at once east. He arrived in Chi
cagO yesterday. and met his wife at the
depot. They went 10 the Court House
and secured a license. Stevenson is dying
OF consumption, and il is doubtful il he
Will last through the ceremony The es-
arrangement with his wife came first
through his following the teachings Of
Swami TIvikanauda during the WORLDS
Fair here. The telegram was the first
word she had from him in three veaes
They have two children, who live with the
mother
The evening times., 1900-04-28
A NOVEL OBJECT LESSON.
Prosecuting Attorney shows "a Jury
How Arson IL Committed

How Arson IL Committed
CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE. y. J., April
2S-In his efforts to convict the Emerson
family. father mother and son. OF setting
fire TO their store at Ocean City. Prosecu-
tor Cole shrewdly set up a novel object
lesson for the jurymen. The fire did not
break out until nearly twenty-four hours
after the family left the house. The theory
OF the State is that before closing the
house and leaving for Philadelphia. the
Emersons arranged a chain of candles so
timed that nearly twenty-four hours would
elapse before the fire would break out In
order to demonstrate the ease with which
this could be done Prosecutor Cole at the
opening of the days session ligh,ed a Sc
ries of spliced candles, which were still
burning al the hour OF adjournment last
night The prosecution promises some
startling developments.
One insurance agent testified that 1rior
to the fire Mrs Emerson applied to him
for policy OF s.. 500 on her store goods.
but that upon examination of the stock he
did not consider il worth $500.
The evening times., 1900-04-28
a SUMMER RESORT BURNED.
DiSastrouS Forest Fires Cause
Great Amount OF Damage

CARLISLE. Pa. April 2s--Mountain
fires that have been raging in the SCUM
Mountains for several weeks past. tanned
bv high winds. suddenly broke out al Lau-
rel a sumner resort about fifteen miles
from here a. noon yesterday and burned
an but three houses in the village. IN
Guiding the large ice houses Of the John >
Low Ice Company Of this city, where SIX
feeu thousand tons OF ice were stored and
the iron forges Of the South Mountain Iron
Company.
Fire engines and a IRE brigade Of IN
dians from the Carlisle Indian school nave
been sent from here but so Tar have not
succeeded in checking The flames. ~aieh
are spreading and threatening the large
iron works at Pine Grove Furnace.
The loss so far viii reach $40. 600.
The evening times., 1900-04-28
DEATH BY sTRAHeULAr1oN.
The COrOner's Verdict ia the Der
chester TraEedy

CAMBRIDGE. Nd, April 2S--The coro-
ner's jury in Dorchester county rendered
the verdict that Carl Kernig. Jose Kernig
and Carl Kernig. jr-- came TO their deaths
BY strsnguiatiOn by means OF rope in then
owR hands or in the hands Of others uu-
known 10 the jury.
The search for the money which il was
known that Carl Kernig. 81. obtained this
week from bank was continued without
success. beyond the finding OF a pocket
book containing s. After the Inquest the
three dead bodies were brought 10 Cam
bridge and buried
The evening times., 1900-04-28

II consider Chaniberlains Cough Remedy the
best in the world for bronchitis saws Mr. vii
ian SaTory. Of Warrington. England 1T has
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ChambeTlain's Cough Remedy to be ate 70 nub-
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that great good is being done. pain ard suffer
ing relieved and valuable lives restored 10 health
and happiness By this remedy. Il is for sale by
Henry Evans, Wholesale and retail. and all drug
gists.
The evening times., 1900-04-28
JUDGES MERCY ABUSED.
For second offence "a Thief Ys Given
Five Years at Hard Labor.

TRENTON, April 2S--James Cavanagh
was permitted to 80 free a few weeks
ago after ne had entered a plea Of guilty
TO a charge of thievery. Judge ReIlstab
admonished him at the time that if he
was again arrested he would be given a
hard sentence.
Cavanagh was before the judge today.
charged with robbing a grocery stare. aad
was given five years at hard labor in State
prison.
The evening times., 1900-04-28
4 Negro Fatally stabs HIS Wife.

NEW YORK, April 2S.-James Nc
Cauley, colored Iaborer. yesterday after
noon stabbed his wife. Julia MeCauIey, in
the neck, killing her instantly, in her room
on the top floor Of the three-story tene-
ment house at "A Poplar Street. Brooklyn
The eocple had been married about three
years, MeCauley being the woman's sec
ond husband
The evening times., 1900-04-28
TeIephones at AtInntic ,i,y.

ATLANTIC CITY, April 2S.-The Allan
tic Coast Telephone Company. of this city.
has entered into an agreement with the
Eastern Telegraph and Telephone Compa-
ny controlled IL Camden, which Will en-
able the local system. which goes into op-
Grafton May 1. to operate long distance
service.
The evening times., 1900-04-28
Appointed state Bank Examiner

CHARLESTON. W. Va, April 2S--Col
Charles B. Kefauver has been appointed by
the Governor State Bank Examiner He
is at present at the head of the Depart
ment of Insurance in the State Auditors
Office and succeeds o. B. Wetzel of Jack
son county He is a native of Baltimore,
Nd, but has been quite prominent in Re-
publican politics in Taylor county and is
brigade adjutant general Of the West Vir-
ginia National Guard
The evening times., 1900-04-28
proposal FOR LIBRARY BUH.pINc-osaee {

Superintendent Of Construction, Library Of
Congress, Washington, d. C., April 25, 1900.
Sealed proposals for the construction Of the build
ing for the Washington Public Library on Mount
Vernon Square, in this city. VIII be received At
this office at , O'CLOCK p. m. on SATURDAY.,
THE 10TH or MAY. 1000. and then publicly
opened Specifications, general Instructions ano
conditions and blank forms Of proposal may DC
had and the drawings seen on application 70 this
oface or 20 the architects. Ackerman RoSs,
l5G Fifth Avenue. New York City BERNARD IL.
GREEN. Superintendent Of Construction.
ans s6 p. &c. .rusl2--i4
The evening times., 1900-04-28

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The evening times., 1900-04-28
Accepted the ChanceIIorshin.

ELIZABETH, n. J., April 2s-Chief
Justice William J. Magic. of The New Jer-
sey Supreme Court. said today that he had
accepted the appointment of Chancellor o.
New Jersey offered him by Governor Vvor-
heeS
The evening times., 1900-04-28
UNDERTAKERs.
PROPOSALS.

DEPOT ARTERNASTER'S OFFICE. WASH
INGnON d. c. April. =. lsel-Seaied pro
nosais in tripiicaIe. viii be received here until
p NJ MONDAY. NAY =. 1000. for furnish
ing during the fiscal year ending June 80, 1871,
fuel and mineral lamp OIL Information furnished
on application. ni3ed States reSerVes right 20
accept or reject any all proposals or any parr
thereof Envelopes containing proposals should
be marked Proposals fer Fuel Cor oflj, address
ed T. z TRUE Depot q N.
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