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The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-03-12
TO BUILD A NEW RAILWAY.
An Outlet Provided for the Inhnbi-
tants OF Shemngue. Y. 3.

The following report has been received
AT the State Department from Gustave
EenteIspacher. OF Moncton, New Bruins
wick:
a railway to connect Shemogue. New
Brunswick with the Inter-Col0niaI Rail-
way at Shediac IS being promoted \
survey has been made and the line Iocat-
ed from Shediac to Shemogue a distance
of twenty miles, and it is intended 10
continue il some eighteen miles farther
toward Cape Tormentine, on the North
cumberland Straits. if 4 subsidy for the
last eighteen miles can be secured from
the New Brunswick Government.
The Dominion Government has grant
ed a subsidy Of $8.2a3 per mile for dis
tance not exceeding thirty-eieht miles.
which embraces the whole length of the
line. while the New Brunswick Govern
menJ has granted q subsidy of s. so per
miles, which covers the distance as Tar
as ShemDSue only.
The proposed railway VIII run through
an agricultural district practically the
whole export Of which is potatoes. The
farmers nave been at DISADVANTAGE in
shipping these products. owing to me
long haul necessary 10 land them al Il
railway and the danger Of their being
d2 ma ged by frost during Th.. winter sen
son These difficulties viii be removed
way In addition 20 the TRANSPORTATION Of
farm products. il is thought that a con
siderable trade can De- done in III. car
rldge Of frozen SmelTS large QUANTITIES;
OF y hLch are shipped to the American
market
The road VIII be- commenced I'm the
spring and II Is thought VIII he Wei ad-
AdActd p'ioir the following winter
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HONEY DUE NEW YORK CITY.
street Railway Companies owe More
Thnn z Million Dollars

NEW YORK. March I2--The municipal
authorities are again after the street rail
way companies. trying to collect overdue
taxes and license fees. Some Of the com
panics have been behind with the city
for more than ten years and spasmodfc
efforts To make them pay up have NOT
been succe ssfu}.
The Commissioner Of Accom- today
sent to the mayor printed report OF
81 pages on the result Of an examlna-
ton Of the bureau for the collection OF
city revenue and markets
The report is devoted to the subject
Of ear Incense fees and taxes on gross
receipts due from street railway compa-
MES in Greater New York for a period
OF ten years past ending October l. 1904.
1t shows that the arrears for ten years
to October 1. 1890. for Manhattan. and for
two years past for Brooklyn. amounted
to So, 2J1.92.
The report quotes from another report
made to the mayor by the commission
ers. dated January = 1885, in which it was
shown that there was due the city from
street railways in the Borough of Man
haitian alone the sum OF 500. 5000 FOR
paving between the tracks. which WORK
should have been performed by the rail
road companies. but which was done BY
the city. at the expense OF the taxpayers.
and charged TO the accounts of the rail-
way companies The total amount due
the city is 81. CSg. 1873
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Of Theron Ware. which is perhaps as
fine an example of realism rs we have in
American literature. and certainly the
best thing which its author ever wrote.
The chief character in this is a countr.
minister of the Methodist sect. in au OBJ
scure little town in northern Ne,1 York
Hardly could the author have chosen Il
more insignificant hero. There is nothing
heroic in the man or his circumstances,
he is a cad. a snob, and IS many different
kinds of fool as he has a chance . be.
The book is not d pleasant one. "a from
chapter to chapter the hero is shown de
VeIopiug from one kind of fooliShneSS -
another until he reaches a state OF utter
decentralization: and then. because he can
so no lower. he begins to climb to corn
parative responsibility How does a hero
Ike this compare with that of d historical
novel based. say. on the adventures a
Prince Charlie
The Importance of the book is SIM L.
due TO this: Theron Ware * type. and
the situation in which he is placed =
typical He Is an extreme type. of course.
hut in all probability two-thirds of nose
who read the book viii recognize C rtain
processes Of decentralization from which
they have themselves suffered II is a
great suide-post to set up To teach re aders
the Nay not To go Il deals with forces
which so To make or mar American so
ciety- The hero's soul is simply the battle
ground Of those forces. and a microcosm
of certain phase Of human development
The processes of life are 70 be seen in a
drop of stagnant water, or in a huge sec
Ion Of the earth,s surface. The observa-
ton Of either is a part of the scientists
work II Is the noyelist's business TO re-
cord psychological processes. and he may do
this by tracing the lives of those men who
control the political destiny of a people
"r by picturing the character Of one man,
who IS a type of class which Influences
the course Of the national development.
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On THE WAY TO DAWSON CITY.
TopoErapber Peters Reaches Four
teen-EIIEe Roadhouse.

Director Waleott, of she United States
Geological Survey. yesterday received a
letter from William J Peters. t0pogra pher
Of Jhe Geological Sur Fey, dated at Four
teeH-AIile Road Ho::se, Dawson Trail,
February d 1891
Mr. Peters is on his way TO the Arctic
ocean being at the head OF "a Government
exploration party. He said in his letter
that. after delays caused by non-deIivery
OF express. an accident TO the steamer,
storms at sea. and on White Pass Rail
way. he reached White Horse. February
70. where the temperature was - degrees
below zero He continued as follows:
Started on trail this morning. tempeFa-
tUre % degrees. making fourteen miles
in four and one-haif hours As men and
dogs are soft concluded TO make short
march We have 800 pounds on two sledS,
six husky dogs 70 one and four large out
side dogs to the other. We found oar
wooden clothes TOO warm even in this low
Temperatures, we threw our coats. which
soon froZe hard. upon the SleighS and
Travelled in jog-tr0U very comfortably
We VIII have good. warm road houses up
TO Dawson. at least at intervals Of four
teen to twenty-five miles.
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The CIaxton-BuI,,cr rrentx.

Doubtless with view to precIuding
newspaper discussion of a highly deli
cate matter, the Administration is sup
pressing the terms Of Lord Iansdowne-s
memorandum. declining TO ratify the
Hay-Pauncefote Treaty From what can
be learned Indirectly the document ex-
plains at length the reasons which actu-
ate the British Government in refusing
to accede To the Senate amendments. and
in plain language presents the contention
that the failure OF the Hay-Pauncefote
Treaty leaves the Clayton-Bulwer Con-
vention in full force and effect
We have So often demonstrated the
GroundIessness OF the British position III
regard To the old agreement Of 1850. that
il is unnecessary 10 go over the subject
again at this time. IT IS sufficient TO say
that # Lord Salisbury and Lord Lans-
dowre rely upon the CIaytoa-Bulver Con
veutioG as it was ratified by our Senate
1t ceased to bind Us and was aa-ogated
when its vital provision was violated by
Great Britain in the erection Of the
crown colony Of British Honduras IL IsG--
II they elect to stand by the convention.
including the secret article wnich was
withheld from The Senate. because It's
Submission VIGOROUSLY would have meant
rejection OF the whole business. then the
Clay ton-Bulwer Convention in the form
they hitherto have claimed il exists. -ev-
or WAS constitutionaIly ratified. and hence
never has had legal being Which yer
horn oI the dilemma TIE British g. err
nsent may seize, il viii be confronted with
conclusive evidence that the ancient infa-
my has been dead and buried for more
than generation at thu. very least II Fl
was not stiuborn
This IS an. American and the only ten
able position II does not follow. how
ever. that it viii be the one taken bv
the Administration IN reopenInS neeo-
tlaJi2ns for another treaty It's cheerful
willingness 10 breathe the breath Of lffa
into The CscomposeG CIayton-BrIyvar
corpse. By means Of the Hay-Pallaclrata
Treaty. aGm0nishes Us that a similar At
tempt may be made again. Nevertheless
1t IS well for the country to know that
there IS no possible ground for British.
Interference with or even objection To
whatever this Government may choose. tn
do IN connection with canal construction
in Central America.
No other view Of the matter can ra
taken By anyone except perhaps here
and there an interested indfyidueI y,b,
for social or financial reasons NAV find
II proftah!s 70 sroyel at the feet of Great
Britain.
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LITIGATION OVER a mILLIoN.
lis CuInsinatIon Means 4 Fine Lii
Brnry FOR Winchester, Va.


WINCHESTER "a. March I2-Iu an
opinion handed down in the Circuit Court
today ,IaUdSe Han gison virtually enI-
ed the last Of the litigation regarding
the disposition of the requests Of Judge
John HaudIay To the city Of Winchester
amounting TO over Sl.nUueaG- Under the
opinion the last barrier 70 the speedy en-
55-'sneEt Of q specific bequest Of S259. 900
Tor q puaIic library has been torn away.
The opinion was rendered IN the suit Of
the board of HandIey trustees against The
city Of Winchester, which was brought 10
define the administrative powers Of the
board with regard to the bequest and T.
coUs-TIs certain portions of the Will
Under the terms OF the viii Judge
Itdndle5-- who died in 1881 S25HeD was
left for the library, the money to b
lI-eStcrt until the accumulated interest
eGuaied the principal. the total SEcfnGJ L
riSou EsIC that the circumstances sur
rounding Judge Ffandley when he made
ms VIII Should ne taken into cGnSiiera-
ton At that time Judge Ha n5Iey- was
At the head o. an improvement eonpa-y
here and he believed Winchester would
ne large city Consequently he made a.
Hzquast Tor the library COMMENSURATE
with the town supposed future size.
7 he court held that the testztor's in
te1ti0n should Je taken into consider
alton. and that as he never intended D
suaU town to nave d 500. coo library. and
for other reasons mentioned therefore
that portion OF the Will relating 70 th-
library should be construed as meaniu.
S25h .oH1 FOR the purpose
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FLoRIDA's FINE CoAsTLINE.
Its sierIts Pointed out To Secretary
Long

from the Florida TImes-U niJl-)
! The head OF our navy A. now in the
state, and We would respectfully ask Mr.
/ Long to pay special attention to some
matters kEoridiau that pertain peculiarly
/ 10 those responsibilities Jhs1 have de
Nolyed upon him for four years and my
resi- on his shoulders for another term.
IL. l. man Of broad SyEp&thiaS. i his
preferences be StTOnS-LhTre Is no reason
10 fear that ne is too narrow 10 See where
Southern interests become Of Importance
10 the narion-Ne have no doubt that he
would gladly serve The South when he
can do So without injury 60 that which
lies nearer his heart Moreover he Will
meet many lovers of Florida and Pen
SdCoia hospitality Is well known for its
/ effect upon all that i best In the make
up Of mortal man-v- hope much from
the treatment Nh Secretary viii receive
CA his visit.
Therefore. We would join our friends
! Of the west in presenting the claims of a
fIorldian port scarcely second in beauty
to that OF NapIeS-SecOud to none on
earth in the possibilities of the future
/ IL Is the duty OF every patriotic American
to do his utmost that Pensacola may lee
prepared To handle her part of that world
wide trade which VIII How through the
Nicaragua Canal when Asia offers all she
has Il; exchange for our steel products.
our coal. and iron
You have found the need Of Key West
do not forget her interests.
Coming around. Mr. Secretary. To the
Atlantic shore. We beg YOU TO StoD At
Miami The Government has done moth
ing Tor l+-I- ana private Llt5- nave
done muCh-eveTy argument that has ap-
pc@Lrd To you and TO Congress in the.
ease Of Tampa speaks to you for Miami
with the additional one that port here
would he welcome 10 the ships on a
crowded highway most dangerous Of all
in America Deep water At Miami would
tighten insurance immediateIy-w the
canal is opened its need will be rt-ti0Ib-
led Run down the east coast and see
what q magnificent trunk lire might be
utilized TO SuccOT or defend 4 fleet living
near in close proximity To our most as
Sailable waters
Come on. Mr. Secretary. and see how
Jacksonville has been helped-ste how
water on our bar Is building another
city on the seaside Feruaudin4 ana
St MaryS complete journey of loo
miles Of SeaCOaSraU EIoridfau all
waiting To join YOU in building 40 a
merchant marine ami a worldwide
trade u Slorify our future. Do not for
get Us, Mr. Secretary Pensacola IL a
fair representative of Fforida-iudge us
BY her
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THE WEST VIRGINIA SURVEY.
Field Work to Begin ut Once and
ContiHue Two Years

NORGAETOWN, " Va. March r.
Dr. l. G White. State Geo.ogist. has re-
turned from Charleston and Washington.
where for ten days he has been making
preparations to begin the survey of the
State authorized and appropriated for ut
the recent session of the Legislature
This work is regarded as OF very great
Importance 10 the State. and Dr. White
win endeayor to make It thorough He
states that field work viii begin about
the first Of April and viii continue pro-
badly two years or longer In this work
he VIII ne SISTED by The United States
Geological Survey, which has agreed TO
spend $4,000 OF its funds in West Virgin
IA in the preparation and publication Of
a Typographical map. Dr. White yester-
day executed the contract with Direc-
tor NalcOtt for this work
! he State Survey Commission has au-
thorized Dr. " h!te 70 prepare for publ
cation the report on the coal Of the State
which he has spent several years in pre-
pairing He IS also directed to print new
edition of the State geological map In
the work d large number Of persons Will
be employed and II VIII be carried on
from this point John IL Gregg has been
chosen chief clerk and Prof b II. Hite.
or Iht university. chemist
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PLIGHT OF AN ENaTN FER.
Pinned to His Cab ana Badly Hurt
by Falling Tree

ELIZABETH, y !. March L2.-George
Tice. who formerly was an engineer on
tn Long Branch division of the Jersey
Central but who now runs express train
No. 10 on the main line, had thrilling
experience sunday night at bloomsbury.
y. j., while on the eastbound trip 70
jersey City
\ large tree standing near the rs-iIroad
WIS blown down and fell crashing
through the roof Il The locomotive cab Is
the train was passing that point Tice
was pinned 10 the floor of the cab oy
the tree botn of his jaws were broken,
his nose Was fractured ard he was So
vereIy cut on the head The fireman
grasped the throttle and quickly brought
the train TO 4 halt The engineer Ues
released and MS wounds were JynfPora-
rily bandaged- he refused 10 leave tie
train when Elizabeth was reached 2 NJ
continued at ms post until the train ar
rived IL jersey City
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RESCUED BY THE FIREHEN.
TsveRty-nine Persons Taken From
the Roof of Burning Building.


BALTIMORE. March 12--The thrilling
rescue Of twenty-nine terror-stTicBen en-
ployes OF the rag-pjcking firm of Nathan
Frank x Sons 1872 TO 1906 MUuikin Sire I.
from the Roof of an annex of the firm S
factory MS the feature yesterday after
non of the TIRE there which almost com
Dletely Quilted the main building and
caused damage of about 5000 When
Willard r. PanCoaSt bookkeeper fer the
firm, discovered the fire in q pile of r. gs
on The HTst floor he with Lewis Frank. n
member of the firm. and several en-
ploy@s. tried to put II out with buckets
of water. but the smoke drove them back
The bell in the buildius sounded its warn
ing To the employees ON the other floors.
while AIr. Pancoast called the fire de
partment
In the meantime the girls. boys and
men employed in the building We're run
ring this way and that in their efforts
To escape. almost choked and blinded by
the dense volume Of smoke which was
pouring up the stairways efectuaIIy cut
ting of escape in that direction The
dre-escape in the front of the building
was accessible, and tweuty-six of the en-
piOyes CROPPED their way To 1t, bat the re-
mainder, becoming pauic-stTtcken. forgot
al about it, ana rushed through an L To
the annex building. to the roof Of which
they were forced by the smoke.
No 9 engine company was the first 70
arrive on the scene, and its first duty was
20 assist 10 the ground the persons wao
were trying to leave the building by
means Of the hre-escape- Then ladders
were run up TO the roof Of the annex.
and the employees there. half Frustrated
hT fright and smoke. were taken down in
safety. Twenty-Five girls and seven men
were rescued in this way.
They were compelled to leave the build
ing without their coats or wraps and
were given shelter in nearby houses
The stock carried by the firm consisted
Of WOODEN and cotton rags. and as soon
as water WAS poured upon the blaze the
smoke. bad enough before, became 50
dense and nOEiOuS as 70 almost over
power the fremen.
Joseph Eeuhau a clerk in the employ
o. the firm was struck on the head by
a falling ladder of no. truck company
and received a bad scalp wound and in
july 10 his back. He was taken 10 JoIlas
Hopkins Hospital
The establishment consists Of three
connected buildings, extending through to
Orleans Street Il distance of probably 80
feet. The fire was confined to the main
building. and no damage was done TO the
others except by water They were used
tor storage purposes. \ mem
Der of the tTn- stated that he estimated
his loss At about s9.0VJ-beJWeen $500 and
Srta- nn stock and about S3.te0 on the
purchasing and packing clean wooden and
cotton rags. scraps from various cloth
ing CSta hliSHments- The firm has been in
existence more than forty years.
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Forty Shilling Day


ttitiN INT Afifffi NtN~-l
curious custom, known as '.Fortv Shilling,
Day prevails in Notton. Surrey. and was OH
served a day two ago former resident
William Granville left under his viii 80 shilI-
ings. the condition being that on the anniversary
Of his funeral the village BOYS should attend in
the churchyard. and. with hand on his tomb
recite by heart the Lords Prayer. the Ten Com
mandmentz and the Apostles Greed. read the
hfty-eight verses in Corinthians i:I5 and at
terEard write two ver-es from the chapter by
dictatiou Seven lads were successful in winning
the 70 shilIings. and they performed their task
creditably though nervousness was responsible
for one or two mistakes After the ordeal the
lads were entertained ~ dinner by the village
squire.
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a CHILD KILLS HERSELF.
Believed TO Have 5IfstaiSen IA RevoI-
Yer for II PIaythinG.

BETHLEHEM, Pa. March l2--MyrtIs
Biting. the thre-year-Old child Of Pro
prietor and Mrs Edward Biting. of the
Halfway House. at Brodshead-s Station.
three miles from here met almost in
slant death by shooting herself with Il
revolver, The mother has not Yet re
covered from the shock she sustained b.
the tragic death of her child In speak
ing of 1t Mrs Biting said
No one can imagine the unspeazabIe
grief 1 felt when l saw my darling Myrtle
hanging over the baEister with u bullet n
her breast and her blood fast ebbing
away II was all 50 sudden ana mystify-
ing TO know how she really killed herself.
since 40 one WAS present when the shoot
ing took place.
Jessie. who is fourteen years old. &C
cOmpanied little Myrtle upstairs. In one
Of the rooms Jessie found q revolver be
longing 10 one of the boarders She was
afraid to handle il. and sent for the no
tel porter to have 1t removed Upon see
ing II he warned Jessie not 10 touch Il
Tor il was loaded
! suppose little Myrtle when left
alone, grew very curious. and examined
the weapon, with the fatal result"
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The English Royal Band.

The ROYAL Band Is one o. those bodies at
tached 10 she CouEt that VIII not be fntcrfereI
With bv the A5ne- This royal orchestra is Al.
-nelent Institution dating back four centuries.
and doubtless oTcs it origin 10 The musical uer-
i9rIAance given by David before saul NoEIG4vs
however, these IHstrUmeutaii=ts are not engaged
20 cure a monarch OF meiancholia but their
work consists Of playing lehJ pieces after the
royal family nave dined and giving occasional
concerts ihe master Of the music Is Sir Waiter
PaTf4tt and ia the Kings band there are thirty
-our 3lstrufneE-alI-ts. the first YioIinist being
Alfred Gibson. Whenever they play before roy
alJy the m>mbers ot tke band are attired in bIae
seiFef coats and hnee bfeeches. with white ties
and white WaistCoats, bus the conductors dress
is different in. tie respect that hc las black
collar. whereas each under him wears
blue one There Is one woman Ia the orchestra
The iiarpist.
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MINERS SCALE ADOPTED.
Employees and Operators in Illinois
Reach an Agreement

SPRINGFIELD, III. March I2-The
session of miners and operators of Hi
nois adopted yesterday the report of the
joint subcommittee. settling all disputed
points The scale, by this decision re-
mains for the year ending March 3. 1892
the same as last year, except IN the First
district. where it IS raised from 3 TO 81
cents. The day Iaborer-s scale remains
the same in the State. the efforts of the
miners to increase il being defeated. and
the hosting engineers are not to belong
TO the Miners Uaiou.
Matters ara thus ad busted. except in
Rock Island county. where u commission
of three miners and three operators Will
be appointed 10 adjust Il scale on minor
'EI.SJioDS
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TIL buDouic plague conditions existing
Ia Iai-e Town. South Africa, are a stern
|arHing TO The United States to take no
half measures with the advancing pestf-
.ence- The latest news from the Cape
IS that 9n Monday fifteen new cases were
reported. and three plague victims died
isa the streets The disease has reached
the prosperous classes. the whole family
Of gentleman Of position being sent
20 the hospital at once This sort OF in
tcliigenee ought TO remind our authorities
that 10 temporizinE measures should be
permitted in san Francisco. II it should
appear necessary TO quarantine the city.
OF even the whole State. there should be
not the slightest hesitation about taking
action The risk Of allowing the dreaded
scour2e TO Plant itself firmly in North
America Is too great not to override all
ordinary considerations
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LETTER AND PACKAGE BOXES.
Bids for the Former Rejected by the
Postmaster General.

This morning Postmaster General Smith
rejected al bids for supplying the Gov
ernment with street letter boxes. None
of The boxes on which bids We're sub
mitted were entirely satisfactory. New
proposals asking for steel letter boxes
viii he advertised for at once
The Columbia Supply Company. Of Neyv
York, was awarded the contract for, street
package boxes, and the Bond Steel Posi-
Company, Of --driau, Mich, was awarded
the contract for posts.