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The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-03-28
THE NEW CARNEGIE COMBINE.
Mr.. Frick Not a Director OF the Re-
organized Steel Trust.

W.T. Frtck Not q Director of the Re-
organized Steel Trust.
PlTTSBURG. March 27.-The Carnegie
Company issued the following statement
tonight:
The stockholders today elected the fol-
lowing board of directors: Charles NJ
Schwab. George Lauder, Andrew NJ. More
land. James GayIey. Lawrence c. phipps,
Henry Phipps. William II. Singer, Thomas
Morrison. Thomas Lynch. Daniel ~ Glenn
son. and James B. Dill.
THE board organized and elected he
following officers: President, Charles NJ
Schwab; First Vice President, Lawrence
C. Phipps; Secretary. Andrew N. More
land. Treasurer. William Blackburn: Gen
eral Counsel, Knox Reed and James B.
DILL
The company designated as the Carnegie
Steel Company is Pennsylvania corpora
ton. The officers are those who were the
officers OF the Carnegie Steel Company,
Limited. without exception The officers
Of the III. G.. Frick Coke Company and
other constituent corporations of the Car
negie Company remain as heretofore also.
The election OF James B. Dill, the New
York attorney who effected the reorgani-
zation, came as a surprise. 1t is not known
whether he has just enough shares to
qualify for director or whether part Of
his fee was taken out in stock. Mr.. Dill
is considered the representative OF Andrew
Carnegie and II. C. Prick. 1t is unoffi-
cially stated that the reconciliation be-
tween Carnegie and Prick is complete. and
that the proxies of both were voted by
Mr.. Dill. The company's statement does
not say where the stockholders meeting
was held, but it is understood represent
tation of the company crossed over to
Jersey City from New York today and held
a legal stockholders meeting. The Car
nvsie Company will begin business on
April l.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-03-28
oPALS FOUND IN THE MAIL.
An Attempt to SmuGGle Valuable
Gems Into Scotland.

CINCINNATI, March pa mysterious
package mailed to a former Cineinnatian,
vas opened by the postoffice officials here
today and sent on to the dead letter office.
This package is likely to form a basis for
c prosecution by the United States Gov
eminent. II was addressed to Rufus
Fleming, in care of the American Consul
al Edinburgh, Scotland, and was mailed at
the postoffice last Thursday evening. The
package attracted the attention of the
officials and upon being opened was found
to contain book on tariff rules to foreign
countries.
The leaves had been cut out from the
center of the book, leaving about an incn
margin. In this opening little box was
inserted Upon opening the oox it was
found to contain opals of large value. 1t is
minated that the box and book has done
similar home service. But the local de-
partment refused to disclose the name OF
the sender. Fleming is we'll known in Gin
cinnati, having at one time done newspa-
per work here.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-03-28
THE AUGUsTIN DAILY LIBRARY.
The Books Bring the Largest Price
Ever Paid in This Country.

NEW YORK. March 27.-When Brayton
Ives collection of books was sold in this
city in March. 1891. it was described as
the greatest book sale the country had
known. 1t was marked also by the highest
price for a single volume that had ever
been paid in this country. That was S1,4O0
for each of the two volumes of the Guten-
berg Bible. The sale of Augustin Days
collection of books. which was concluded
today at the American Art Galleries, was
marked by the receipt OF the highest price
yet paid in this country for a single vol
ume-SS, Zoe which was paid by J. o.
Wright for each of two volumes compris-
ing an photographic Collection" of liter
airy and pictorial remains and memontoes
of Thackeray, the main part OF which was
the Brookfield corresa ondence.
For the aggregation Of 5.1ST catalogued
lot ii books in the collection the receipts
Appropriated $l66. CS5.65.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-03-28
POLITICAL NOTES AND GOSSIP.

Taxes Must Incrcase.-In the Demo-
cratic clcakroom OF the House yesterday
morning group of prominent members or
that side of the hall discussed with IN
usual freedom the subject OF the increasing
expenses of the Government and what
measures will soon have TO be taken 10
meet them. 1t was pointed out that
though the Army bill reported by Chair
man Hull of the Military Affairs Commit
tee carries only slIi 900, 600. it cannot be
doubted that the total cost of the mill
tary establishment will exceed 50,0OO,000
before the fiscal year expires. The Army
as at present constituted consists of lit
tie less than hundred thousand men.
regulars and volunteers. of all grades of
the service but their support costs more
than does Germany's enormous military
establishment OF more than a half million
men The pension cost continues TO IN
crease at a rapid rate. despite the fact that
nearly twenty years ago James A. Garfield.
when member OF the House, apologized
to the country fer the pension account OF
that year, which was only S3S.0)0,oOo. de-
claring at the time that the high water
mark of pension expenditures had been
reached and that the cost would gradually
decrease from that date. ii is tnouSnt
that the Government this year will pay out
in pensions more than Sl50.000 600. The
naval establishments cost of maintenance
and Improvement will approximate $780,
900 600 for the year. These three items,
then, which may be grouped under the
general head of military expenditures,
amount to the stupendous total OF $500 .000-
eco. which, it is submitted. is doing pretty
well for a country whose boast is that ii
is rot a military power. All OF these
amounts. to say nothing of the many mill
ions that are required for other ordinary
expenses of the Government must he pro-
vided for by this Congress. So Speaker
Henderson can be never careful about
appropriations on the eve Of a Presidential
campaign. and for the life CT him he can
not keep expenditures much below the
billion-doll mark. The deficits which
the next session will have to make up will
be large in nearly all of the regular &C
counts. Besides, the River and Harbor
bill. which is being withheld at this ses-
sion for political purposes. will come be-
fore the next session, and will carry at
least $3.50, 600 900. With the costs OF the
Government thus piling up it is evident
that the Fifty seventh Congress either will
have to cut. in half the military expendi-
lures or increase the rate of taxation. In
either event serious political trouble will
ensue.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-03-28
THE YALE-PRINCEToN DEBATE
College Students VIII Discuss the
Hay-Pauncefote Treaty.

PRINCETON, y. j., March 27.-The in
ter-coIlegiate debating committee of
Princeton University announced today that
it has chosen the following question for
the annual debate with Yale which will
be held here on May s: Resolved, That
the ay-Pauncefote Treaty should be rat
flied as originally submitted to the Senate.
it being understood that any change in the
Treaty or action of the Senate affecting the
Treaty will not be germane to the ques-
ton at issue
Princeton will submit the question and
Yale will have the choice Of sides. 4 list
of twenty names has also been sent to
New Haven from which the authorities
there will select the judges for the con-
test
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-03-28
THE LAFAYETTE DOLLARS.
They Are Selling at n Premium in
New York.

NEW YORK, March 27.-Lafayette dol
lars have been selling In New York ut $3.50
and So This is from 80 cents to 81 above
the price set by the Lafayette Memorial
Commission for the coins.
Less than 10000 Of the coins, out of the
so. 600 issued. are now available for pur-
chasers on this side Of the water, as 10000
are to be sent to Paris for sale during the
exposition over 1000 have seen sold. Of
which very small portion has been OBJ
tanned by collectors in New York.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-03-28
The ilIustrious and amiable young Due

The illustrious and amiabie young Due
d'orleans. pretender to the throne Of
France. is very much indisposed, and in
visible to his friends. 1t is given out that
while hunting his royal highness was
wounded by wild boar. A despatch from
Europe today states that the truth is a
trife different. The Duke was not hunt
ing, but being hunted when the accident
occurred, and not by a wild boar, but by
wilder Briton, who simply thrashed Mon
seigneur and mopped the street with him.
until his own maternal ancestor would not
have known him from horse. The reason
for this assault and battery is stated to be
the congratulatory letter which Orleans
wrote to the author of the filthy carica-
lures OF Queen Victoria. published in the
scurrilous Partisan paper, lie Rire.' We
are almost afraid to believe that the re-
port of this occurrence is true. 1t is too
good.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-03-28

Among the many institutions CT piety
and learning belonging to or in the service
OF the Standard Oil Company, perhaps not
the least important is the Euclid Avenue
Baptist Society and tabernacle. of Cleve-
land, Ohio. 1t is Mr.. John d. Rockefeller's
religious home when he is on the ground,
and he finds time 10 run it, though proba-
bly, not as Sheldon would, notwithstanding
his many and onerous prescriptions. Re-
Gently be discharged the preacher, and, on
the whole we do not blame him, although
other brethren have criticised him severe
ly foI tac act. But We think he was justi-
fed. II is related that, in a recent sermon,
the gospel light in question declared in eff
feet that while some people charged John
d. Rockefeller with stealing the money he
gives to the church. even If he did steal
it, he had laid it on the altar and thus
sanctifed it. On the Sunday following
there was a vacant pulpit on Euclid Ave-
nue.. The compliment was too neat and
appropriate to please the man of many
millions. He despises hsttery.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-03-28
THE ROCKEFELLER REQUEST.
Chicago University Receives St:7,-
900 of the Required 100000.

CHICAGO. March 27.-During the last
few days the authorities Of the University
of Chicago have received gifts amounting
to Sl27 900. which leaves only about SO coo
Of the 100000 to be raised by Aoril ! TO
meet the conditions of John d. Roekefel-
ier's offer OF 100000.
At the request CT the donors tse.r names
have been withheld. and will not even lie
announced at the spring eonSocation-
President Harper says that the necessary
sum will be forthcoming before April /.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-03-28

in moral perspective. Their mental pic
lures of the world are very much like
those curious Chinese landscapes, in
which the men are bigger than the houses
and the fish are swallowing the trees. 1t
is not too much to say that half the men
who fill our prisons today could have be-
come good citizens. with httle help at
the right time. But the average man
would rather be unjust than run the risk
OF being deceived, and there is a certain
so-caled worldly wisdom which leads peo-
pie to overlook all the obvious and useful
good qualities in their neigibors. In
Jealous hunt after what they think is
latent evil. People possessing a goodly
share of this peculiar quality have often
brought wholly unnecessary grief and
shame on the families of men who were
guilty of some offence against society in
their early youth, but have since led
worthy lives. When the history of dis
creditable past is thus raked up. some
men acknowledge it, and try to live it
down. others leave the plare-rwhere the
exposure has taken place and begin again
somewhere else; others become desperate
and give up the struggle 1t seems as if
this sort of private detective work were
bad economy. If a man can, under certain
circumstances. behave himself and lead
useful life. why, in the name of common
sense should he not be allowed TO do it
and get what comfort he can out Of the
fact that he has done his best to wipe out
the stain upon his name?
People who delight in ferreting out
everything in the past lives of their fellow
::.en which can possibly seem discreditable
will probably contend that II a man has
been arrested, especially IL guilty even in
the smallest degree, the public ought to
know it. Others will say that while the
rogues gallery is of inestimable value in
tracking known and habitual criminals. it
is not conducted for the purpose of afford
ing material for curiosity seekers. and
that, therefore. the man who is arrested
and proved innocent. or who has been
guilty of only small offence, should Eot
be pilloried there.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-03-28
THE CHASE COLLECTION.
over $4,000 Realized From the
Sale of historic Souvenirs.

NEW YORK, March 27.-The sale Of fur
niture and fittings of Edgewood, the his
toric homestead at Washington OF the lats
Chief Justice Salmon p. Chase and his
daughter. Mrs. Kate Chase Sprague, which
has been going on for the past five days
at the KnickerbOcker Auction Rooms, in
West Twenty eighth Street. came to an
end tonight. when the library and the
collection of paintings were disposed Of.
The sale realized a total Of S44, 4iS.i'I.
Most OF the interest since the sale began
centred in the furniture and household
effects of the Chase family. marble bust
of Justice Chase. dedicated to his daughter
by the sculptor, brought $40.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-03-28
MONEY FOR THE PHILIPPINES
The Transport sumner VIII Tnke
SI2HE 400 10 MnnII.

Si-gS'sspbo TO nnnfls
NEW YORK, March 27.-The transport
Sumner, which has Just come from the
shipyard, after being altered into what Is
believed to be the finest ship OF her class
aiioat, is to start Thursday afternoon on
her long voyage TO Manila. by way OF tho
Suez Canal Resides the troops and sup
plies. the Sumner has on board s., 800, 900
in gold. with which the Government is
going to meet some of its expenses in the
Philippines. The money was taken from
the Sub-Treasury. in Wall Street. today.
under the guard OF a squad of soldiers,
and carried to the transport at Brooklyn.
About eleven hundred soldiers will go on
board the transport Thursday morning
from the recruiting station, on David's
Island.
Another practically new United States
transport, the Crook. has just been over
hauled and altered at the Erie Basin. at
cost of 5000, 900. The vessel has been
transferred into one OF the NEST COM
modious in the service there being ac-
commodations for about twelve hundred
soldiers. besides quarters for the officers.
The Crook is for Service between this port
and Porto Rico, for which island she start
ed this afternoon.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-03-28
Growing IounE in Harness.

President Eiiot's silty-stxth birthday reminds
me OF a story he told a good mary years ago at
a Harvard alumni dinner in n form So ethins
like this:
Il cannot acknowledge tina. the years go
by | am growing old. | have evidence TO the
contrary. When | was proctor AT Cambridge
few years after my graduation | learned that
the students spoke of habitullly As ODD
Eliot few nights ago. on the other hand. !
met a group OF students in the street, and when
| had passed them 1 heard sny to the others:
4 wonder where Charlie has been late.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-03-28
Looking backward.


u TOW INc bV5TVH 'IVUt.I
The people Of this country do not need Con-
gress to teach them the principle OF free trade
between our possessions, Territories and States
We had our first object lesson in the days Of
the american revolution. Great Britain tiren
sought to do for her possessions in America
just what Congress is laying 70 do for Porto
Rico now. The question OF whether not the
island needs the revenue derived from the pro-
posed tariff cuts no figure at all. 1t IS a princi-
pie that is at stake. As well might Congress
lcgisate Boston out OF the pale Of equal burdens
nriIileges. and immunities in the Union.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-03-28
THE SHEET STEEL COMBINE.
A s52.OOO.OOO Trust Vow in Course
of Organization

NEW YORK March 27.-Further p.o-
gress was made today in completing tie
details of the formation CT the American
Steel Sheet Company. another meeting be-
ing held al the Office of ". H. Moore, IL
Broadway. The new company will take
ever 1855 mills with an average output OF
500. eco tons a year. The capitalization will
be So. OG0. eco. divided equally iato common
and per cent cumulative preferred -arss.
No stl.is will be offered to the public.
The payment of the underwriters sub
scriptions was stated to have been made at
the First National Bank today. The NOV
ing spirits in forming the new cembinati IN
are the Moore Bros. Of Chicago. who also
organized the National Steel Company, the
American Tin Plate Company. and thu
American Steel Hoop Company.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-03-28
SEEN AND HEARD ATTHE CAPITOL

The regular meeting OF the Senate
Committee on Pensions was held Yesterday
forenoon. and when the session opened and
reports of committees We're in order a per-
feet deiuge of pension bills was reported.
Mr.. Gaiiinger. who is chairman OF the
committee. in addition to the large num-
Der of bills reported by himself. performed
that duty for two or three absent Senators.
Every member OF the committee was
authorized to report back a number of
bills, and it is worthy of note that nearly
oil of them went to the calendar, very few
being adversely reported.
The Capitol guides had very busy day
yesterday, there being an unusual number
OF visitors to whom the echoes in Statuary
Hall were explained and the various
paintings about the corridors exhibited.
Mr.. Lentz announced yesterday that he
intends to call to the witness stand to tes
tify in the Occur d'Alene enquiry, the
Lieutenant Governor of Idaho.
Senator-elec Blackburn was on the floor
Of the Senate yesterday, as he has been
for several days past, and seemed to be
one of the busiest men in the chamber
He was made especially conspicuous by the
fact that he was dressed in light colored
spring suit, while every other person on
the floor was dressed partly or entirely in
black. Mr.. Blackburn spent as much time
on the Republican as on the Democratic
side, and seemed to be as cordially well
coined in the former place as in the latter.
The galleries of the House were nearly
empty when Mr.. Sulzer began his speech on
the Army Appropriation bill yesterday. but
news at the Capitol travels rapidly and
the information having gone abroad that
Mr.. Sulzer was speaking and that Mr.
Lentz would probably follow him. caused
hundreds of persons TO take up positions
in the galleries.
The discussion of the Alaskan bill in the
Senate is being prolonged in way that
was not expected by Mr.. Carter. who has
1t in charge. The principal subject of d's-
cussion relates TO the laws regulating min
ing in the Territory, and considerable diff
ference of opinion seems to exist regard
ing it. The Senators from the Western
mining States say that they are constantly
receiving letters from numbers of their
constituents who are interested In the
gold fields Of Alaska, and they feel that
they must be very cautious about support
ing legislation governing the Territory.
The debate on the Army Appropriation
bill yesterday was. given scant attention
by members of the House. only small
percentage of them being in their seats.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-03-28
THE ATLANTA JOURNAL" SOLD.
Hoke Smith Gives Up Newspaper
and Politics.

ATLANTA, Ca. March 21.-Groyer
Clevelands former Secretary of the In
terror Holse Smith, has decided to cult
public life and devote himself to law. He
has sold his newspaper property the
Journal" to 4 syndicate. headed ny 7.
jefferson Coolidge. of Boston,
Sixteen years ago Mr.. Smith bought
control of the Journal" The price paid
for the journal Is said 20 allow him a
handsome profit on his investment.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-03-28
Sound Business Methods.

tFrom the Atlanta CONSTITUTIONAL
The great Republican leaders q other days
confidently appealed to the conscience Of the na-
ton and the Democratic party has always stood
for those great principles that based moral
sentiment, such as liberty and equal rights and
the political equality of all men. Blu; the modern
Republican leader doesn't know the people. He
has a supreme contempt for sentiment, has 4
theory that money is invncible in elections.
Give me the money" he seems to be saying all
the time, land III show you how long 'senti-
inent' viii last"
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-03-28

The Taylorite Secretary of state Caleb
Powers, has been held to the grand jury
without bail, as an accessory before the
fact to the murder OF Governor Goebel;
and yet it is announced on behalf OF the
Administration that it will not interfere
to stop this movement against prominent
Kentucky Republicans. II troops are rot
sent into the State very soon the chances
are that the actual assassin and every
member of the conspiracy viii be behind
the bars and started on his way TO the
gallows inside of a month.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-03-28
solid on One Point.

CFrcm the Cincinnati Enquirer)
An exchange wants TO know II there Is
single topic on which President Mckinley is not
subject to sudden change OF mind. Oh. yes.
That is easy. lie is uniformly and az all hours
waking or sleeping, OF the opinion that he ought
to be renominsted ior the Presidency and re-
elected.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-03-28

Three troops of the Fifth Cavalry are ex-
pected to arrive at Newport News on their
return from Cuba tomorrow. They will
start at once for jefferson Barracks, Mo-,
via the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway. 1t
is to be hoped that these soldiers will not
be so enervated by their stay in the trop-
les that it will be necessary for them to
stop in Kentucky to recuperate.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-03-28

Russian squadron is reported off
Chemulpo. and Japan is greatly excited.
Probably the incident is nothing more than
a little practice cruise-that is, practice in
cruising after fresh Chinese ports.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-03-28

Peace Committees FaiIure.-It has
remained for Senator Chandler to ac
count for the failure of the Senate peace
committee. The able New Hampshire
statesman was away from the city in
search Of health during the troublous days
of the peace committee, which was dis
charged Immediately upon his return.
There was too much green material on
the peace committee Senator Chandler
is quoted as saying THE work cut out
for the committee called for the most
! seasoned judgment in the Senate. Instead
OF putting upon it all of the Tom Carriers
on our side of the chamber Senator ALI
son selected among others such youngsters
as Kean of New Jersey, and Warren OF
Wyoming Now, they are both very prom
Using statesmen, but Warren has been III
the Senate less than six years and kean
less than six months OF course they
could not be expected to know how tc
approach old stagers like Davis, Cuilom,
! Mason. Nelson, Proctor and Hoar- They
haven't yet learned the blind side oil any
of these old stage horses. The next time
1t becomes the duty of Allison to appoint
a peace committee | shall insist that he
| make his selections with the sole view of
bringing ABOUT pe"ce anu lot Aoi 'N' pun
pose of complinenting some excellent young
statesmen who have had no chance to do
much in the Senate. Tom Carter is the
great peace maker. and he ought TO be
the whole thing when next a peace COM
mittee is appointed. l believe in peace
at any price, when il comes to settling
family quarre5s In other quarrels | am
not SO particular about peace being re-
stored
Senator Chandler is expected soon TO go
to New Hampshire to see what is neces-
sary to be done In that State TO restore
peace It is believed that when he returns
to Washington he will bear in his hands
large wiSps OF hair that formerly belonged
to his esteemed co league Senator Gal
linger. and to the Hon Cyrus A. Sullo-
way But he will leave peace behind him
in New Hampshire.