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pARENTSF|CHT
IN OPEN COURT
Building in an Uproar
Over a Scramble for
Two Children.
LATTER FEAR TIE RATHE".
Judge Truax May Have to
Give a Solomon.Like
Decision.

9ht1li cries Of mingled grief and anger
echoed through the gloomy Old County
Court.House at noon to-day and sen,
clerks and court officers on the run ,t
Justice Truax's courtroom In Part H.
Soon the corridor was iammed with a
big crowd Of lawyers and clients at.
tractcd by the uproar.
The excitement was occas!oned by a
fierce struggle between Joseph and Bella
Leo. husband and wife. for the posses
zion OF their two children. Nellie. AGED
four. and Louis. two years old. The
little ones had been broush, into cour,
In answer TO wri, OF habcas corpus
obtained BY the father.
"a Justice Truax iEtlmaied that he would
i've the children TO the father. and Leo
stsoncc grabbed W the little boy. \,
that the girl screamed and sprang like a
wildcat at her father. trying to drag her
little brother away. Then Mrs. Leo took
a hand. assisted by her mother and sis
ter. AMI for few moments the fur few.
the whole family weeping and shouting
at once.
Mrs. Leo got the children and started
for the door.
Bring those children back" said Jus
i ticc Truax. and the cour, officer had a
lively scramble. and the huobub In
creased. Justice T.uax was struck with
the fear manifested by the children OF
their father.
II will adjourn tn:s case ill Saturday.
he said. land propose TO look into IL.
Tacrc must be some good reason for the
fear Of these children.
The l.eos were married In 1895. Mrs.
Leo alleges shat her husband was
brutal 10 her and she left him on Dec.
Grafton Day. 1860. and went to live
with her parents at No. S. New Cham
bers street.
The children were pretty and bright
looking. and seemed well cared for and
Very fond OF their mother.
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Ignores Provisions Of Will and
Will Marry Man OF Her
Choice in Chicago.

CHICAGO Feb IS. Despite the 70.
aues, in IN" viii OF her husband, sam
I. Jack. ,.iat she marry his brother.
Mrs Emma Ward lack Will next sun
day night. we'd The mrn OF her choice.
Roh-r, " Winter.
Til. marriage ceremony sill ,lkcspIacc
q, ~" homo OF Mrs. JACK, No. SO War.
ron avenue.
sam 7. Jack. WHO VIZ ono Of III. hest;
known burlcsHue managers, died IN New
Work In Hrril. 1879. ~ l",t an estate
valued At $4,000, nnr-thiri OF which
Vas LEI, - his wife. onc.lhird 10 his
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IL selt here for the safety o! the United
States collier Ajax bound unm the IA.
tatic station and which LETT Gibraltar
Fob. ?.
The Alan was due in Hampton Roads
six day. ago and has not yc, been
heard from.
The most anxious person here Is Miss
Martha Waltlcr. oi No. - Staubcn
street. Hrookl!n. who has been In
Norfolk since Friday Of last week.
Shc Is awaiting the arrival of her
tnncs. Or. Oiicn NJ, Eakius. Til. ships
Surgeon.
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H0Bs0N PROGRESSES.

WASHINGTON. Feb. :s.-Ry his pro-
mct!ono,o a cap,aincy Naval Constructor
Richard Pearson liobson becomes the
highest ranking officer %. his age and
length OF service in tho navy. He will
shortly ~ senior of1cer OF the Corps
ten vacancies In the grade OF junior
licutclguts,
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lEFT HER; SHE ASKS $4,000
Jsssfe says Isaac Wanted Mer 10
Support Him.

isapc Cutka " locked M In Ludlow
Street jail In suit for $4,000 for breach
of promise. brought by Jennie Lock-
'epeiscr.
She accuses Cutka OF ill-trcatins her
sitter druse!ns her with wine at lun-
cheon on June 10 last.
THEN. she alleges. he dcma nded that
she support him In id'encss. When she
Seeuscd. she says. nc deserted her.
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Fanny Nichols and Mamie Reed. COL
orcl. pleaded guilty to robbins a boy
>: s., before Judge Foster In tho Court
nf General Sessions. and were each
Prison at Auburn. They took their
long sentence stoically.
The evening world., 1901-02-28

A World Want diary need only 20
kept three days: First day--Ad. put
In. Second day-Ad. appears. Third
day-You get what you want.
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Employees Each Got Ri,NND.
WATERFOWL. y. y. Feb. es.-Tho
viii or tue ate Melinda +. Emerson.
wiiua OF Fred Emerson. prominent
lawyer. has been offered for probate.
Old c.np,,vc.s OF Mrs. Emerson each re-
{ Give 5000.
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miles an hour. The former question is
one over which wide differences of
opinion prevail. Further experiment
ana discussion are needed, therefore.
TO bring out the truth
The electricians long ago found that
IL is much more convenient to transmit
electricity for long distances when il
Is IN the form of an alternating cur
rent, because the voltage can be read
lily raised, and because il takes less
copper to conduct at high voltage
than at low one. Consequently this
style of current is universally empIoved
on transmission lines. Then, if at the
terminus trolley road is to be oper-
ated, not only is the voltage brought
down to the desired level, but another
process is gone through with. The a.
ternating current is converted" into n
direct one It has been argued that #
this last step could be avoided less an
paratus would be needed and, that a
certain small waste of energy would
be prevented. Such reasoning is met
with the assertion that there are losses
in other ways which more than COM
pensate for the gain. And so the
economy of the new scheme, as well as
the efficiency of the mechanism is vet
in doubt. Finally. when these ques-
tons have been cleared up, it will still
be necessary to inquire into the ex-
pediency of using a system which will
not allow cars to be run over connect
ing roads where the direct current is
employed.
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sWIFTER THAN EAGLES.
speed of Two and Half Miles Per
Minute to be Made.
New York Tribune.)

/ N-NtW IrlDune.l
An experiment in electric fraction
which will command Worldwide atten-
ton Is soon to be made on a short mill
tary railway extending southwark fr1n
beflin. The feature OF the project
which has thus far received the most
notice, and which, from a popular point
OF view, is probably the most inter
estlnS, is the speed which it is pro-
posed TO develop. This is at the rate
of between 125 and 1856 miles an hour.
or between two and two and a quarter
miles a minute. The road is only
eighteen and one-half miles in length.
and hence the trip should be made in
eight or nine minutes. If, however.
such a speed can be maintained for
that interval, it can be kept UP for an
hour. All new questions of air resist
ance and road and car equipment ought
to be disposed of in a tenth of that
time.
1t has been repeatedly pointed out
that much higher speeds than are now
attained on steam railways would he
practicable if curves and grade cross
ingS were done away with 1t may
also prove necessary to modify the
form of the car more or less, the bet
ter to Withstand a blast greatly sur
passing the average hurricane in vio-
lence. The Berlin-Zossen track meets
the first of these requirements already.
And partial provision has been made
for the second by rounding the fronts
and sloping the roofs of the cars near
the ends. Whether a more elaborate
taper will eventually prove desirable
is yet to be determined.
The coming trial will involve com
paratively new and important prob
lens in electrical engineering In the
first place, the alternating current will
be used instead of the direct current
which is in practically universal SER
vice in traction work. This innovation
has been introduced on a few roads in
Switzerland and a line in Italy which
skirts Lake Como, with apparent sue
cess. although a speed of more than
forty-five miles an hour has not been
recorded In the next place, the FEAST
bility of taking off the current when
running at the rate of 120 miles an hour
has been doubted Again, the "tri-
phase" system of alternating currents
calls for more complicated arrange
ment of conductors than the direct
current The Lake Como line uses two
overhead wires and employs the rails
as substitute for the third The
BerlinAZossen road Will have three
overhead wires. with three poles at
each end of the car to make the con-
facts. In several other particulars also
the apparatus will be original in de-
sign. and until its practical efficiency
is demonstrated absolute confidence
cannot be felt in regard to the result.
A larger degree of uncertainty exists
in the minds of experts as to the sat-.
isfactory working of the alternating
current for traction purposes than the
possibility of making 12e or even 40
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The SAME OLE ALeER.

T HE EXTRACTS from General
Ayers forthcoming book
which have been given to the
public have the true ring. The ia
miliar hypocritical whine pervades
them all Alger, the secretary of
war, is everywhere revealed in Alger,
the author.
His attack on General Miles be-
cause that officer dared to bring the
canned beef scandal te the attention
OF the investigating commissions. is
typical Of the ex-secretary's methods
in attempting to screen himself be
hind the real or imagined faults of
others. He accrses General Miles of
malicious motives and Of dishonesty,
and with this a. an excuse works up
a righteous indignation over his hav-
ing brought up the question of the
inferior quality of the rations served
the soldiers in Cuba.
All this is, of course, immaterial
to the main question. General Miles
motives, whatever they may have
been, have nothing to do with the
culpability Of the war department, of
which General Alger was the head.
IN sending inferior food to tt. sol
diers. The fact remains that the
canned beef, or good share of it,
az least, was unfit for food Hundreds
of soldiers attested to this. The
stencil from some of the cans when
opened was so repulsive as to make
eating impossible. The ration was
conceded by all authorities to be
without the stimulating property in
beef, a most essential part, one would
think 10 men enduring the fatigue
OF a rigorous campaign in debili-
Eating climate.
These are facts. They are beyond
controversion. Until General AIger
can give a satisfactory explanation
for their existence and for the count
less other evidences of mismanage-
ment in his department, he will gain
nothing by his attacks on General
Miles.
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A GREAT SEASON FOR THEM.
There VIII Not Only be a Big Crop
of Oysters, But They'll be Fine.

IN Y. Letter in Chicago Inter ocean,
An announcement that will De received
oysters viii be exceptionally fine and
plentiful this season" While the west
mas been suffering from drouth. the
Atlantic SeabOard has been deluged with
rain This generous dOwnpOur is respon-
slble for the large and luscious oyster
crop, for, according to an old oyster man,
oysters neec rain Just as much as vege-
tables do. 1t is necessary for the oysters
TO be fed by the vegetation and grovt h;
carried down to the salt water bays by
the Iresn water streams, and in seasons
OF drouth this supply of food is cut off
because OF the large amount OF vegeta-
ton available for the oysters this wear
they are fat, luscious and OF fine flavor"
rms same authority on the cultivation
of oysters says:
The planters who raise the finest oys-
ters take them to drink just a farmer
waters his cattle. One big firm of whole
salers in New York recently constructed
mill pond on Jamaica bay expressly for
this purpose. The firm brings its oysters
from its various beds. some of them as
far away as New Jersey, and drops them
outlet to the pond.
The oysters are dropped in when the
toe Is half flood. and they are taken up
at low tide. The water at the mouth of
the creek is almost fresh at low tide The
oysters are left in this comparatively
fresh water from two to two and a half
hours. If they are left too long they
drink back the salt water, and this de-
tracts from their flavor. Immediately
AFTER their fresh water draught the oys-
tiers are shipped to market.
If you crack the bill of an oyster it
will die This is why dredging them with
tOngs is preferable to raising them with
ton.
There are from 200 to 500 oysters in
bushel and the usual cargo of the oyster
boats of this port is from 600 to 1000
bushels. The average number of oysters
brought to this port for distribution
throughout the country is 35,O00,0O0 a day
during the sea SON
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ANrp-DuvoRcE SENTIMENT.
THE MOVEMENT on fool

THE MOVEMENT on foot
among the Episcopalian clergy
and laity converting in San
Francisco to establish a church rule
fcrbidding ministers to solemnize
marriage where either of the parties
has ever been divorced, is an ex-
tremely rigorous departure.
At present the laws of the church
on the question Of divorce seem to
be all that the most strict orthodoxy
could require. Only the innocent
party to a divorce granted because of
the crime for which the Savior said
man might lawfully put away his
wife IS permitted to be married ac-
cording to the rites of the Episcopal
church. To all other Divorces tie
ritual Is forbidden
1t Is scarcely probable that am
large proportion Of those advocating
a still more rigorous church law seri-
ously question that the present rule
Is not ct enough. The movement
looks ore like a protest against the
laxitS of the divorce laws in nearly
all parts of the country. 1t Is an
expression Of the reaetionary senti-
ment that has set in against easv
divorces. It's advocates feel that the
church should take some step that
viii set the seal of its disapploval OF
the divorce mills of the country.
and this is the action By which thy
think they can best accomplish theii
purpose
There is a similar sentiment
among the thinking people of all de.
nominations. Well-meant divorce
laws have been abused and laxly con
strned until it has become as cay
to secure a divorce as to get mar
ried. The consequence is that poo
ple rush into matrimony with little
heeo. knowing how easy it will be tn
be separated, and homes are broken
up in a moment Of pique, withouc
any thought Of the rights of the chill
dren.
The evils of the present divorce
system are impressing themselves
on all thinking people, and the reac.
tionaries of the Episcopal church are
but carrying to extremes the con
sentative sentiment that is gradually
gaining ground IN all parts OF t,le
cour t-y.
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THE TRAVELLING MAN.


r. l. S. in New York SUM-
consider now the Travelling Man,
Ihat gay and festive blade
VINO goeth up and down the land
In sporty garb arrayed.
Who playeth havoc with the hearts
Ot many country bellies,
ana stoppeth like the prince he is
AT all the best hotels.
Now mark him as he sits him down
outside the tavern door,
And nghteth up his good cigar
Wmch cost ten cents or more.
Ana with his comrades gathered round
he swappeth sundry lies,
or at the village maidens fair
Doth make the goo-goo eyes
And presently he to the bar
With others doth repair
And many highballs VIII he take
To drive away dull care.
Now would not such a life of ease
Appeal to any one2
And would we all were travelling men
Nay, wait bit. my SON
For in the morn ere dawn hath come
From bed ariseth he.
And dresSeth in a chilly room
To catch the five-Ought-three.
As breakfast is not ready yet
He getteth on the train
And rideth down TO Green's Cross Roads,
Perhaps an hour or twain.
And there before the tavern stove
He warmeth up his legs.
And presently he sits him down
To nash or ham and eggs.
And when to work he gOeth forth
He finds to his amaze.
His customer hath gone to town,
To be there several days
He rusheth back unto the inn
To make his getaway,
And there with sinking heart he hears
The landlord calmly say:
Was you a-goin' East. my friend?
Well. you are left all right.
There amt no other train that way
TIL 9:1S tonight"
So when at last. the weary day,
Hath dragged its leaden round,
Again the happy travelling man
Is at the station found
And to him comes the ticket man
And cheerfully doth state;
Jest make yourself at home, old man,
Your trains three hours late
When on the morrow he awakes
Again at work to start
He gets a letter from his house
Which cheereth up his heart;
I'VE note that your expense account
Is running far too high
We must have this curtailed at once
Or know the reason why
Now if his overcoats at home
The mercury doth drop.
But if he's clad in winter clothes
1t hovers near the top.
And all the incest days come when
He's travelling on trains, z-i,-a
But II he has ten miles to drive
1t either SHOWS or rains
At length the weary trip is done
And he is home once more,
He sees his wife an hour or so
Then drops down to the store
And pleasant words like these ne hears'
what Jimmie. home so soon
We'll get YOUR samples up in shape
To start tomorrow noon
All envy not the Travelling Man.
For though his job seems gay.
Desnfte his efforts. now and then,
Some work viii come ms way
And when to you it seems MS lot
Is one of 10y alone.
Remember that the Drummer mas
some troubles of his own
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An Historic Punch Bowl.

(Woman's Home Companion)
Quite possibly the most revered piece
of silver plate IN the United States navy
is the massive eighteen-pound silver
punch bowl of the battIeshiD Indiana
which bears the honorable scars of an
historic battle During that famous
blockade and naval battle before Santi-
ago de Cuba this rich piece of table,
ware was struck by a fragm ant of a
mortar shell fired from the Soc. "a bat
terry. and which burst in the ward room
passage of the battleship., a tfve.-pouud
bit OF the shell struck the bowl or one
OF the stoutest parts of the BODY just
where the seal of the state OF Indiana
decoration. The seal is still there; not
as the artist designed it. for it now forms
a part of a large. irregular indentation,
which. in the estimation OF the officers
and men of the battleship. enhances the
value of the bowl a thousand times over.
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that he is Of a rudy complexion,
and shat this sanguine garment viii
give him the appearance of a boiled
lobster viii not be accepted as an
excuse for his appearing in some
less trying color The number of
rows of ermine he shall deck himself
with, the number and sort of knobs
and strawberry leaves he may wear
on his coronet are as vigorously pre-
scribed as Is the uniform of a Pull
man porter. Impecunious or saving
peers must not substitute imitation
pearls for the regulation knobs.
Those who are luxuriantly inclined
are restrained from setting jewels in
their top pieces
Even the peeresses are not to be
permitted to indulge, unhampered,
their love Of fnery. The section of
their gowns that sweeps the floor or
is borne by pages must be cut ac-
cording TO the rule. A baroness is
limited to one yard, and so on up
the line until the extreme limit of
six-foot train for a duchess is speci.
fed.
To the free-born American this
may at first glance seem like the ex-
ercise of the tyranny of the middle
ages. But have Americans advanccd
so far from the red-robe age to be
able to point a finger of scorn at
the Englishmenl There is no king
to issue mandates here, but your So
eiety man is bound as rigidly by rules
as the British peers.
There are no censors with yard
rules to measure the trains OF the
women or to confscate the jewelry
of the men before they attend 4 state
function. But just the same no man
dare attend one with pair of tan
shoes peeping out beneath a full
dress suit. 1t would be q bold man
who would don a tuxedo where a
trock coat is called for. 1t is not SO
very long ago since a Chicago mil
lionaire was threatened with social
ostracism in the east because he ate
his peas from a spoon instead of
picking them up gingerly on fork.
No, there is still too much glass
in our own social house to warrant us
tossing any stones at the British edi-
fee.
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FEArHER-sED SOLDIERS.
THE SURPRISES that Britisl

THE SURPRISES that British
troops in South Africa have
4 suffered and their utter failure
to keep pace with the rapid-moving
squadrons. of Boer cavalry need no
longer cause any wonder. The reve
lations made by Lord Kitchener's lat
st order are sufficient explanation.
That his lordship should find it
necessary to issue an order prohibit
ing moving columns from carrying
furniture, kitchen ranges, pianos and
harmonious, indicates pretty clearly
that the officers of King Edwards
army are not allowing their fighting
to interfere with their indulgence in
any of the delicacies OF life that they
car, get. Troops sent out to capture
an enemy as elusive as the Beers, that
will include pianos and kitchen
ranges in their baggage, can be re-
lied upon to accomplish nothing,
save to get themselves into trouble
The ranks of the British army are.
undoubtedly filled with as brave and
aggressive fighters as any in the
world. History has shown repeat
edly that, when properly Differed,
British troops are second TO none
But with officers who prefer pianos
and kitchen ranges to speedy
marches, the best soldiers that ever
skouldered rife can be no more eff
fective than the poorest.
1t is evident that before the Eng
fish army can be male thoroughly
efficient there must be an overhaul
ing of the officers. The practice of
buying and selling commissions and
of doing them out to needy younger
sons of ancient houses, regardless of
their fitness, has evidently resulted IN
filling the army with a lot of thor.
oughly incompetent officers. SO long
as these are permitted to remain
there is little hope that even so rigid
a disciplinarian as Lord Kitchener
can get any results. Feather-bed
officers win never be a match fo1
such sturdy and tireless men as lead
the Beers.
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A WASHINGTON FAvoR1rE.
Mrs. Ridgely, Wife of the New Comp
troller, Will be Society Leader.

Mrs William Barrett Ridgely, wife of
the new comptroller of the currency.
VIII have a prominent place this winter
IN the social life of Washington. Mrs
fashionable life. She was educated in
Washington and for eighteen years her
parents, Senator and Mrs Shelby M
there.
The RidgelyS have two young daugh-
ters- The elder. who is IL is in school
at Washington, and will be introduced to
society this winter
Mr.. Ridgely arrived in Washington yes
will devote a few days to STUDYING the
affairs OF the Office under the guidance OF
Comptroller Dawes before assuming.
charge on Oct. /.
Mrs. Ridgely is stil in Chicago. where
the family has been living at the Hotel
Virginia since their return from their
summer home at Highland Park She
viii arrive in Washington within a few
DAYS.
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Quick Work on a Bridge.

IiitFaIU dIIu ITtSDNter.j
The bridge builder with Stone wall
Jackson's army was a rare character il
the following story be true:
The Union soldiers. retreating from
the valley OF Virginia. burned a bridge
over the Shenandoah
jackson, who wanted to pursue. sent
for his old bridge builder. Sir" he
said, you must keep men at work ali
day and all night and finish that bridge
by tomorrow morning. My engineer
shall give you a plan"
Old Miles saluted and Withdrew.
Early the next morning the general
sent for Miles again. We'll sir said
Jackson. did the engineer give YOU the
plan for the bridge2'
N.General said the old man slowly
the bridge is done; ] don't know whether
the Apicture is or not