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DEATHS lN THE PHILIPPINES.
Otis List eff Fatalities Thnt Have Oc'
Cured Since March IL.

Otis List eff Fatalities Tint Have Oc-
Cured Since March 10.
cablegram. has been received at the
War Department from General Otis giving
list of fatalities from all causes among
the soldiers in the Philippines since March
10. According to the report malarial fe-
yer and dysenteryo are responsible for
large proportion of the deaths Follow
ing is the list:
Malarial fever-March Is, Clinton G..
Pressen, Company II, Fortieth L. S. Vol
unteer Infantry; April Z. Christ Monson,
sergeant, Troop l, Fourth U. S. Cavalry;
April 10, First Lieut.. Grant A White,
Thirty-third U. S. Volunteer Infantry;
April IL, James ]. Huffman, Company G,
Twenty U. S. Volunteer Infantry
Diarrhoea-April II, William II. Snowman
artificer, Company E, Twenty-fourth U. ).
Volunteer Infantry; April 13, George A.
Faui, Company NJ Thirteenth U. S. In
fantry. Tubercular peritonitis-April 2,
Frank Southwood Company b, Thirty first
Volunteer Infantry. Alcoholsm-April Z.
William NJ. South Company b, Twentieth
Infantry. Suicide-April 8, Frank w. Fos
ter, Company f, Thirtieth Volunteer In
fantry. Measles-April s, Abner Earth
ing, Company B, Thirty-ninth L. S. Vol
unteer Infantry. Shot by sergeant guard,
self -defence-April 4, William Smith,
Company /, Twenty-ffth u. S. Volunteer
Infantry. Tubercuoss-April 3. Frank ].
Stone, Company L, Twenty sixth L. 5.
Volunteer Infantry. Nephro lithiasis-
April Z, William NJ. McCray, Troop G,
Eleventh L. S. Volunteer Cavalry. Dys
entery-Narch 19, Ralph B. Patterson,
AZ .
Infantry; April 10, Philip Gallagher. ser
geant, Company B, Twenty first L. S. Vol
unteer Infantry; April 13, William Bow
man, Company ID. Thirty ninth L. 5. Vol
unteer Infantry; Edward Hale, Company
A. Twenty first L. S. Infantry. Aortic in
competency-March 81, Wiley NJ. Tudor,
Company a, Twenty second L. S. Volun-
teer Infantry. Variola-Wilford B. Milan,
Company A, Forty fourth Volunteer In
fantry. Typhoid fever-March q, Daniel
Gillespie, Company X, Twenty-third L. ).
Infantry
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for him to do 1t, and it is only through
pie have been led to substitute an apart
ment for a house. Moreover, the business
of the livery stable should not be de-
creased under these changed conditions.
The liveryman of the future can have his
establishment near the end of the street
car line, where land is cheap and there is
plenty of pasture; and he can let his
horses at so much an hour, just as he does
at present, except that the cost need not
be so great
That the breed of horses will be i'm
proved when the demand is for beauty
and speed. rather than mere endurance,
cannot be doubted The supply in all such
articles invariably follows the demand. If
Shanghai fowls happen to be the fashion,
the long-legged, ungainly creatures will be
seen in every farmers poultry yard; if
everybody demands bantams, the price of
those birds will rise for a few years but
at the end of that time there will be
bantams for everybody. So. If the average
man wants an intelligent handsome horse
which he can ride or drive, rather than a
draft animal, that is the sort of horse
which will become common. When they
are common they will be cheap. while still
finer breeds may be evolved to suit the
taste OF the wealthy. Far from being the
enemy of the horse. the automobile bids
fair 10 be one of his best friends.
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Our Difference with Turkey.

Some evidence appears 10 exist that
crisis is approaching in our relations-with
Turkey. We presume that the missionary
conference over in New York has reminded
MIR. Mckinley that the Sultan owes some
OF its affiliated societies an hundred thou
sand dollars. which he has been making
regular monthly promises to pay for the
past half a dozen years. SO We are as
sured that something is to be done about
ii. There are people who advise the Presi-
dent to send a squadron TO Smyrna and
take possession of the Custom House
the amount due can be realized. Probably
that would constitute the shortest cut to
the end of the matter. Certainly it would
provide an opulent and joyful job for some
Administration man as collector of Gus
toms. On that account it is possible that
the plan may be tried.
Alternatively. il is said, the Government
may content itself by frowning fercely on
Abdul Hamid. closing the American Lega-
tion in C0nstantinople. and sending the
Turkish Minister home. This would be
course at once dignifed and peaceful. 1t
would not bring the cash. and would amuse
the Sultan; but, on the whole. it would be
more Christian than TO lombard Smyrna,
for instance. unless Sampson were placed
in charge of the bombardment. In that
case the one plan would be quite as harm
less as the other
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THE INDIAN POLICE.
Faithful and Devoted Servants of
the Government.


Uncle Sam has no more devoted SER
wants" said on official in the Indian Office
who has for some years resided in the
Sioux reservation than those braves who
| have cast off their war paint and feathers
and donned the uniform Of the United
States. | mean the Indian police. Every
man of them. so far as my experience
goes, on the Sioux reservation, is devoted
entirely to duty and obeys unthinkingly
and unhesitatingly the word Of his sure-
rior. If a member OF the tribe is unruly
the agent. OF any Government official, has
only 10 point his finger al the Culprit and
the policeman standing near knows his
duty. He Immediately quicts that Indian
and marches him of TO the guardhouse in
! wonderfully short order.
The most remarkable bravery is fire.
quently shown by the Indian police force.
When called TO make an arrest in dis
trict which is known TO be infested With
hcstiles il is no unusual thing to hear The
man sent out for the duty say: II | do net
return by nightfall you know something
has happened And sometimes his soLbre
predictions are fulfilled.
The celebrated chiefs who have in for
mer years fought against the Government.
or participated in tribal wars frequently
become the objects of admiTing curiosity
to the tourists who visit that part OF the
country, and the usual effect of such adu-
laiion is to spoil the Indian. making him
surly and giving him generally an eXag-
Grated idea Of hi own Importance
"A chief who has been subjected to this
treatment with the result described is
Rain in the Face He is looked Upon
generally by the Sioux as an oracle Of
wisdom, but upon one occasion at least
his pretensiCns were slighted by one Of
his own tribe.
1T was during the issuing Of rations
which takes place in large storehouse
that Rain, as he is usually called. differed
with me in a somewhat emphatic matter
and continued to give me so much trouble
that | threatened 10 have him put out Of
the place. This threat greatly incensed
the chief. who believed his person sacred
and inviolablc, so that be continued his
surly behavior with somewhat increased
yigor
Il signed at length 10 an Indian police
man standing near to turn the chief cut,
and. without a word Of question the man
obeyed with such promptitude that Rain
in the Face found himself standing in the
open air before he well knew what had
happened. | can certainly say that l have
never seen men more devoted TO duty than
the Indian police.
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A BIG DEAL IN BONDS.
A Baltimore Traction Company Sells
S3.OOO.OOO Worth of Securities.

BALTIMORE. April 1S.-Messrs. Alex
ander Brown & Sons, have entered into
an agreement with the United Railways
and Electric Company to purchase from
the latter 81 0G0. 600 Of it's first cOnsoli-
dated mortgage per cent bonds. These
bonds are part Of an issue Of s4.63i.000.
which have been held in the company 5
treasury for the purpose Of providing for
improvements. The Executive Committee
OF the United Railways and Electric Com
pany will formally ratify the deal at their
meeting tomorrow.
The proceeds Of the sale will be sun
cient TO pay of the company's floating
debt and to take care of all outstanding
contracts including the completion Of the
extensive shops on Columbia Avenue pow
erhouse on Pratt Street and purchase Of
new equipment Alexander Brown &
Sons have placed the bonds with savings
banks ard other financial institutions and
individual investors. who signed an agree
ment not 10 sell the bonds for a period OF
six months under par and interest. The
sale OF these bonds will increase the
amount outstanding TO $4,000 0OG. The
deal was consummated several DAYS ago.
but the details only leaked out today.
The evening times., 1900-04-18
LITHoGRAPHIC STONE TRADE.
The Worlds Chief supply Comes
From Bavaria.

The territory in and around the village
of Solnhofen, in the Kingdom of Bavaria
forms the worlds chief supply of litho-
graphic stones. The litho stones found
in France near Mon:oelier cannot compare
with the Solnhofen stones.
Lithographic stone is nothing but COM
pact and Homogeneous limestone. and the
villages of Solnhofen, Moernsheim, and
Langenaltheim, with a population of about
5000 inhabitants, lie right in the centre
of such Limestone strata. These cover an
area of about ten acres. of which the
greater part has not yet been worked.
The statement which is given out from
time to time, mostly from interested par
ties, that the supply of Solnhofen stones
is rapidly diminishing is therefore abso-
lutely without foundation. These stones
will not be exhausted for the next 200
years at least.
Rumors of newly discovered liIho- stone
beds in other countries have so far proved
to be untrue, or the stones found have
turned out to be of little use. Nowadays
litho stones must be of excellent quality
in order to satisfy the requirements of the
art Many stones found at Solnhofen are
laid aside as not coming UP 10 the stand
ard. These are sold to builders and are
used for paving floors. etc. A scarcity,
therefore. of superior photographic stones,
if it should ever arise. would have the
effect of bringing into the market inferior
stones.
1t is interesting to note that the stones
in Bavaria do not lie deep n the ground !;
in fact, only the earth and some rock nave
to be removed as a rule. The stones lie
in layers and have simply to be taken
carefully from the earth.
The bulk of the ground beneath which
the litho stones lie belongs to the COM
munities of Solnhofen and Moernsheim,
and therefore each Gemeindeburger
Homestead owner) of these communities
has a share in the ground. From time to
time, the aforesaid communities measure
out new stretch of land and divide it into
lots, and each Gemeindebugcr gets his
part. He can either explore the ground
himself or sell his claim to one of the
larger owners. The ground itself, after
it has been deprived of it's costly treasure,
becomes again the property of the COM
munity.
The evening times., 1900-04-18
History Of a Famous Book

ttTom the New 1Ork Evening POSt.)
In 1859 Edward FitzGerald went to the shop
of Mr.. Bernard Quaritch in Castle Street. Lei
cester Square. and dropped a heavy parcel there.
saying, "Quaritch, make you present of these
books" The parcel consisted of nearly two
hundred copies of the first edition of .he ''Ruba
yat of Omar Khayyam." Mr.. Quaritch tried to
sell the books first at half crown then at A
shilling. and again descending, he offered them
az sixpence, but the buyers were not attracted
Then, in DESPAIR, he reduced the book TO one
penny, and put copies into a box outside the
door, with ticket, "All these at one penny
each" At that figure he disposed of the lot
and in that way a masterpiece in English litera-
ture, worth infinitely more than all the diamonds
at Kimberley, given to the world Fortu-
nately a copy fell into the hands OF Mr.. Swim
burne, who read the poem to Mr.. Meredith, and
its supreme merit was gradually spread abroad
IL not until 1868 that a second edition ap-
peared, but from that time to this the familiar
quatrains have grown into a part Of every edu-
Gated Englishmans mental treasures.
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The Automobile and the Horse

Mr.. George W. Bishop, Of New York, has
been buying and selling horses for more
than half a century. 1t is his opinion that
the advent OF the automobile, far from re-
sulting in the retirement of the horse,
will effect an Improvement in the breed.
lie says:
The tide has turned already against the auto
mobile. A few ycara ago my rich patrons were
all getting up in the morning and out 10 ride
bicycles IN tine park. ID did them good, for it
got them up early. There was a regular craze
Then he goes on to prophesy that the
automobile viii DO all the hard work, all
the trucking, and give the horse chance
TO become the companion Of man. He be-
lieves that under these circumstances the
horse will advance rapidly in beauty,
strength, and intelligence, and return to
his old place as the friend and companion
rather than the tool of his owner
This seems entirely probable. With the
increasing use of electricity it is likely
that the truck and the horse car will dis
appear TO be replaced by the horseless
wagon and the trolley car. City govern
ments will advocate this change, because
it viii make an immense difference in the
money paid for street cleaning. and by fa-
cilltating transportation both of freight
and passengers, it will make the develop
ment of the city more rapid. city with
out horses will be a sort of magnified
business block, clean, quiet. and busy. The
horse will be reserved for pleasure drives
in the country, where the street railway
does not penetrate.
But il may be argued that nobody ex-
cept the rich viii own these animals I'm
der such conditions. because the expense
of keeping them viii be too great, COM
pared with travel by electric cars. 1t should
not be forgotten, however. that with the
extension of street car lines people of
moderate means will be more and more in
clined 10 owp houses in the suburbs, where
they can have their Own carriages, as well
as gardens. Suburban settlements are as
yet in their infancy. The American always
insists on owning his home il it is possible
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DUE TO BAD VENTILATION.
The Red Ash Mine Disaster Caused
by Impure Air,

CHARLESTON. W. Va. April Estate
Mine Inspector Pinckney. who has been in
vestigating the causes Of the Red Ash mine
explosion, which occurred last month. las
completed his report. which is quite elabo-
rate. and submitted it to Governor Atkin-
son. 1t reaches a conclusion practically
the same as that arrived at by the coro-
ners jury. but goes farther into the cir
cumstances.
II holds that the explosion was due to an
accumulation of gas caused by the opening
of an air door, which caused a fresh air
current to make a short instead OF a long
circuit. leaving the air interior of the mine
without proper ventilation. 1t agrees with
the coroner's jury that there might have
been dry dust in the mine but he does not
think that this alone could have caused
the terrible explosion which killed forty
six people. With the report he furnished
a map of the mine. which shows graphical
ly how the explosion might have happened
in the way he has described that il took
place
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MILLIONS CLAIMED BY MANY.
Numerous Heirs Seeking Rousier
WnndeIps Fortune

wnndeIps Fortune
NEW YORK, April 18.-An estate worth
between slO.GOoO 900 and $40. .0e0 600. it has
dell, a reeluse who died in obscurity fifteen
years ago. Over 200 persons have come
forward with claims as heirs. and a great
legal battle for the property will soon be-
gin.
When Wander. bachelor, was buried
wants. five persons altogether. attended the
obsequies.
During his life the man was a mystery
and at his death it was only made deeper.
For some reason that has not been dis
covered he lived under the name Of McIn-
confdants. He was always busy and
seemed engaged in affairs of importance,
but no one knew what his business was and
no one apparently cared.
Rousler Wandell. it is now said. was the
son of John G. WandeII who came to
Pennsylvania in 1906 and died in 1850. He
had thirteen children, five OF whom died
early. At the demise of the father Rousler
Wandell came into an estate of over 81 .000,-
Geo. which it is said he increased from ten
to twenty fold.
Rousler drifted away from his family
and they did not hear from him in many
years. Meanwhile many OF his brothers
and sisters died, leaving children and even
grandchildren. There was a tradition in the
family that Rousler had become rich. and
a search was made for him. After years Of
enquiry it was discovered that he had
moved to Albany and had assumed the
rame Of Mcintyre.
Ii was also learned that he had died in
testate and a search was made for his for
tune Part of it was found in large estates
in the Canary Islands. Application was
then made In the Surrogate's Court Of Al
bany for the appointment OF executors and
a further search was made for the nearest
living kin.
This was about ten years ago. Since
then more of the estate has been discOv-
cred every year and more relatives 20 claim
it. There are now over twenty-five law
firms representing the various heirs. and
there will be a big fight for the fortune,
The firm Of Fellows, Wandell & Stiebe-
ling, Of No. II Pine Street, Manhattan.
represents about twenty of the heirs. Mr.
NandeIl. a member of the firm is also one
Of ths claimants and will in few days
go to Albany to ask for a division Of the
estate. This viii bring on the legal battle.
Mr. Waudell like many Of the other
heirs. traces his relationship 10 the de
ceased back 10 Thomas Wandell. who lived
on the Island of Manhattan about the year
1890. He owned tract OF land in what is
cow the heart of the downtown portion Of
the city This was the foundation OF the
WandelI fortune.
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GROWING IN WEIGHT.
Tons of Meteors Added Annually to
This Earth.
(From the Chicago Cbropicle.)

From the Chicago Chropicle.)
Scientific men assert that the globe we
now inhabit is growing heavier at the
average rate of 500 tons a year. The
meteors or shooting stars (of which now
and again such brilliant displays rejoice
the careful watchers) in passing through
the earth's atmosphere are burned up and
fall on the earthS surface. occasionally
in a heavy mass, but most usually in small
meteoric dust. Prof Nordenskjold, from
his great experience, estimated that, from
the cause named, SEQ tons fall uniformly
and steadily over the whole globe in each
year, and the observations of Russian
scientists yield similar result.
These meteoric streams. says another as
tronomer, are really small planetary
bodies. revolving around the sun in fixed
orbits by the force of gravity. The earth
revolves on its axis at the rate Of 1000
miles an hour. and speeds through space
in it's orbit around the sun at the rate OF
1000 miles every minute. and in August
and November plunges into the very oppo-
site direction. The rapidity with which
they enter our atmosphere and the frlc-
tion thus generated are so enormous that
they are set fire to. the smaller ones being
consumed and falling in dust. while the
larger ones occasionally reach the earth in
the shape of meteoric stone or iron.
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A SToCK-JoBBING TRICK.
The shut-Down of steel Plants Deem
ed n Noney-Makiug scheme

CHICAGO, April 1S.-Answering tte
claim of J. Gates. that the metal situation
is demoralized. General Manager Robinson,
of the Illinois Steel Company, says:
There is absolutely nothing to warrant
rumor of overproduction. We are not TAX
ing any more orders for delivery in the
immediate future because We have sold our
full productive capacity
The action of Gates plants in shutting
down is regarded as a stock jobbing en-
terprise, Mr.. Gates having recently made
81 000, 600 in the rise of certain stocks he
being ION the inside" and able to judge
the effect certain deals would have On the
market
The evening times., 1900-04-18
Settling the Matter.

(From the Boston Transcript)
Just ahead OF me in the train the other MORN
ing sat two men who telling the stories
that are never old. about the bright sayings of
their children. One OF them, however, had a
brand-new one about his four -year-old George
This youngster had been safely tucked in bed
after day OF the most fatguing play lie
vawned while being mdressed, snA was all but
asleep by the time that he found himself be-
tween the sheets. His mother none the less in
sisted upon his repeating the prayer OF child
hood He started sleeply, requiring prompting
at the beginning OF every line. Drowsness had
nearly won the mastery by the time that he had
obedenty got as far as ''take my SOUL"
God bless prompted his mother.
George has long list of relatives. There was
a futter of his sleep-laden lids as he Jumped
them all together:
.sGod bless the whole shooting match!''
And he was asleep at last.
The evening times., 1900-04-18
SUICIDE OF A PHYSICIAN.
DIR. Charles r.. Turner. of Cecil Conn
~. Md. Hangs Himself.

ELKTON. Nd. April 1S-Dr. Charles E.
Turner, a physician, committed suicide at
his hcme, near Rising Sun. Cecil county.
His lifeless body was found hanging from
a rope tied to a hook in the meat house.
He had evidently been dead several hours
II is thought ne got up from bed about
midnight and hanged himself. He had been
in poor health for the past six or eight
months and his mind was affected. Up to
the time his health began to fail he rad a
large and successful practice.
He was a son of the late J. Armstrong
Turner OF Chester county. Pa, where he
was born. He studied medicine under his
uncle DR.. James Turner. at Calvert. Cecil
county. and afterwsrd graduated from JEFF
ferson College, Philadelphia He was about
fcrty-two years of age and married Miss
Clara J. Evans. who with one daughter,
aged about ten years. survives him.
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KILLED BY DYNAMITE.
4 Little Boy Plays With sticks of
the Explosive.


FREDERICK, Md, April 1S.-The eley-
en-year old son of Edward Fogle. who
was engaged in blasting on the farm Of
former Sheriff Daniel p. Zimmermon, near
-Woodsboro, was killed by an explosion OF
dynamite. The father and some hands
were setting blast and left several
sticks Of dynamite out on the banks Of
the quarry. The lad took to playing with
them. when suddenly there was a loud
report and the boy was hurled some dis
tance from the spot. When he was picked
up il. was found one side Of his face. an
arm, and a leg were blown completely of.
A young son of Sir. Zimmerman, who
was standing some fifty yards from the
spot. had several fingers torn from his
hands By an old trunk OF a tree that was
hurled over his head by the explosion.
The evening times., 1900-04-18
KILLED AT A CROSSING.
Special Train strikes Tenmster
mt Princess Anne.

PRINCESS ANNE. Md. April 1S.-A
special train over the New York, Philadel-
phia and Norfolk Railroad conveying Su-
perintendent Rodgers and party of Pena-
sylvania Railroad officials to Cape Charles,
struck and instantly killed Rudolph Meal
len at the railroad crossing at Cobn &
Books Mill. in Princess Anne. MeAllen
was carting timber 10 the mill of CohI &
Book and reached the crossing just as the
special came along running at high rate
of speed. McAllen discovered the ap-
preaching train just as the head mule of
his team got on the track, and in attempt
ing to pull the mule from the track was
struck by the engine and instantly killed.
The mule was also killed.
The evening times., 1900-04-18
A Pension Court of Appeals.

tFrom the LOlnsFIiie Ionrler-JouTnaI.)
The political influence of the pension grabbers
has become so great that they take subst antially
the position thar pension is improperly
grabbed and that application can properly be
refused. Every suggestion to purge the pension
rolls OF deserters, perjuTers, bounty jumpers and
lives, and of the disreputable women who pose as
widows of soldiers, though they were never mar
ried to anybody, raises a storm OF indignation
from every person who is getting a pension i'm
properly and great many Others who are in
auenced BY their utterances. In spite of this the
Interior Department does reject some applica-
tions and this is a subject of profound sorrow
to the applicants and their attorneys. So they
desire to create Pension Court of Appeals, war
ranted to allow svsv pension claim that is Of
tered.