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The times., 1901-05-09
The XnIne of snrnr.

In the British Medical Journal APP
pears an article on the dietetic value of
sugar, in which it is stated that the
worlds consumption Of sugar during
the last fifteen years has doubled, while
that Of Great Britain has trebled per
head in the last forty years. England
and America head the list as sugar-eat-
ing countries. The author of the ar
ticle, DR.. WiIloughby Gardner, believes
sugar 10 be potent creator Of energy
and maintainer Of stamina.
There was q time when sugar was re-
garded as a luxury not to be attained
by any except the well-to-do and when
the purchase Of a loaf of the precious
commodity WAS a serious business even
TO them. But with the improved meth
DDS Of sugar-naking which have been
evolved. white sugar is attainable by
everybody in this country and by most
people in Europe, though the brown ar
ticle still continues to be used by some
Of the poorer classes on the Continent.
it has even come to the point where
some farmers Of this country who make
maple sugar for sale, and who derive
from that source d large part Of their
scanty income, eat white sugar because
they cannot afford 70 keep much Of
their own product for themselves. Fifty
years ago the white sugar was the lux
ury and the maple sugar the despised
commodity.
The fact that this article was for so
long thing not TO be had by the poor
may have something to do with the
popular notion Of its being injurious to
health, but it is undeniable that DR..
Gardner's article viii be something Of a
surprise to many readers. There has
been inveighing against candies, cakes
and jams in this country which almost
equals the anti-alcohol crusades. It has
been claimed the teeth and health Of
children and grown people were sure to
be ruined by over-indulgence in these
articles; but, all the same, they con-
tlnue to be sold, which is a pretty sure
sign that there is a place for them or
something like them in the domestic
economy Of the country.
The fact is that sweets. in some form
or other. are just as necessary to the
normal human being as salt or fresh
vegetables, and as, in Arctic regions.
sailors often contract scurvy through
being confined too long to a diet without
variety. 50 other diseases may be devel-
oped through a lack Of some essential
food element in the daily living. Sugar
is essential in some form. The form in
which 1t is furnished may be good or
bad for the health. but not so bad in
the long run, as the lack Of it, one rea-
son for the increased consumption Of
white sugar may be found in the fact
that the average mans diet today con
tainB less saccharine matter than his |
grandfathers did exclusive Of the |
white sugar The old-fashioned corn
bread and brown bread contained a |
sweet element which was in the -four of |
which they were made; the white bread |
which comes from the baker is not |
sweet: IL has practically no taste Mo |
lasses Is not SO much used as formerly; !
The times., 1901-05-09
FIXING THE INDEMNITY.
SIR. Rockhill Trying to Reduce the
Demands on China.

Advices have been received at the State
Department from Special Commissioner
Rockhi!i that give a discouraging view
of the prospects of a harmonious agree
ment on the indemnity question. He says
that the claims of the Powers aggregate
$337 600, and that there is apparently
no prospect of securing a reduction below
that amount. Mr.. RociIhill' is making an
earnest endeavor to have the foreign rep
resentatives reduce the aggregate to S200,
000,000 but his despatch shows that he has
not much hope that he will be successful
The figures given in his message are
$l4,0H,00e higher than the aggregate men
toned in press dispatches as having been
agreed on by the foreign negotiators.
The proposition In regard to opening
China to foreign trade, now under consid-
Grafton, is understood to apply not only to
Manchuria. but to all the provinces of
the Empire. China has apparently brought
this suggestion to the attention of the
Powers in the hope that they will agree 20
a reduction of the pecuniary indemnity
in return fer trade advantages. Great
Britain has announced that she will de
mand only so, 100000 indemnity if better
trade advantages are afforded.
Mr.. Rockhill has been given instruc-
hons TO insist that the plenipotentiaries
at Pekin agree on the aggregate amount
of indemnity to be paid by China before
deciding what means are necessary to
raise the money to liquidate Chinas in
debtedness The United States Govern
ment is opposed to an increase in the Gus
toms tariff until the amount Of indemnity
has been fixed, for the reason that if any
considerable income is provided for the
more radical of the Powers will insist on
increasing the amount of the indemnity.
1t is apparent here that majority OF
the foreign representatives at Pekin are
determined TO fix the indemnity at the
highest possible figure that China can
pay. Thus if the customs tariff were
made high enough to secure China s
ability to pay 5000. 600 900, the Ministers at
Pekin would probably decide that China
should pay that amount, whereas, under
the method suggested by the United
States. fair sum would be first fixed,
and then the Ministers would determine
what steps were necessary to enable
China to pay that amount, in addition
to governmental expenses. In other words.
the Government wants the amount of the
indemnity to determine the increases to
be made in China revenues, and not
have the revenues provided for first and
the indemnity then fixed by the sum that
can be raised by the additional provis-
ions.
The times., 1901-05-09
A CHANGE OF FRONT IN CUBA.
The PIatt Amendment Now Regarded
More FayorabIy.

Reports from Havana that the dele
gates of the Cuban Constitutional Conven-
tion appear to be satisfied with the provi-
sions of the Platt amendment cause no
surprise among the Government officials
who have been Interested in the discus
sion of the amendment by the commission
sent to Washington from Havana. 1t is
said that at no time has General Wood
considered that the amendment would not
be adopted by the convention and his re-
ports to Secretary Root have always tax
en- the view that when the amendment
was fully explained to the delegates they
would be willing to accept it's terms as
a basis for proposed relations between the
island and the United States
Before the commission was sent to
Washington General Wood told the mem
bers of the convention that the amend
ment formed no obstacle to Cuba hav-
ing representatives and diplomatic agents
in foreign countries. A renewed assur-
ance on this point was given the COM
mission when they had their conferences
here. II was pointed out that the amend
ment would not interfere with Cuba in
the matter Of ordinary diplomatic nego-
tiations, but merely withheld the power
to make any treaty which might impair
the independence Of the island and conse-
quently threaten the United States with
the possible appearance of some foreign
power in the West Indies.
The question of Cuba's Indebtedness, as
caused by the issuance of Cuban bonds in
1885 by the so-called Cuban Republic. was
also discussed The delegates were afraid
that should the PIatt amendment be
adopted before the formation of a Cuban
republic, the validity of those bonds would
be affected. They were therefore anxious
that a republic should first be recognized
before accepting the Platt amendment. so
that the bonds could be validated for pay
ment.
1t appears from recent information from
Havana that the question of paying these
bonds was really the cause Of the opposi-
ton to the Platt amendment Several of
the members of the Constitutional Conven-
ton, IL is stated. are now possessed of 2
large number of the bonds and the fear
that they might not receive payment for
the bonds IS said to have caused the or
position. The visit of the Cuban commits
sion to Estrada y Palma is reported to
have been for the purpose of ascertaining
Just who possessed these bonds and how
large an Indebtedness they represent
The times., 1901-05-09
DURKEE CLAIMS RENEWED.
Alleged Heirs Fail to Convince
Treasury Officials.

a demand has been made upon Secre-
tary Gage by a man named KrackendaII.
claiming to be an attorney, in behalf of
the alleged heirs of Charles Durkee and
inheritors of the Durkee claim which was
thrown out of the Court of Claims last
year after having been pushed for quar-
ter Of a century by claim agents. Krack-
endall brought to the Office Of the Secre-
tary of the Treasury three witnesses to
his demand and was accorded every cour-
tesy. Secretary Cages private secretary,
Mr.. Rich, and the First Assistant Secre-
tary, Mr.. Allies, were present as witnesses
to Mr.. Cages statement on the part of
the Government. Mr. Gage said: IF 1
were to pay the claim you make I would
make myself liable to Impeachment and
imprisonment and I refuse TO pay you
$4,000, 0OO.' Krackendall and his wit
nesses thereupon departed.
1t is believed that there will now be a
fresh batch of complaints made soon to
the various departments of the Govern
ment. These complaints will probably
come from more innocent duDes of the
"Durkee claim" sharDs, who will proceed
to make stock and issue more bonds
for prosecuting this claim based upon
KrackendaITs demand upon Secretary
Gage This was the case last year when
the claim" was thrown out of court.
Speaking of this case, Mr.. Allies said
yesterday: Newspaper accounts of this
preposterous claim cannot be too widely
published nor can they be too strong in
denunciation of the swiudIers who are
taking the money Of innocent people and
putting it in their pockets under pretence
of prosecuting this claim and of return
ing the money a thousand fold. Mild ac
counts of the practices of these men are
made a stock in trade by them. They clip
from the newspapers such portions as
serve their purposes and show them
among ignorant people for the purpose of
obtaining their money"
The Treasury Department, it is said,
will ask the Postoffice Department to is
sue fraud order against all persons hav-
ing anything to do with the 'Durkee'
claim. So far as such persons can be 10
Gated.
Charles Durkee in the pioneer days in
the West was a Governor Of Utah. Long
after he died it was claimed by an organ
ization of discredted claim agents that
he owned many millions of dollars worth
of old Union Pacific Railroad bonds,
which they said he had deposited at one
time with the Secretary of the Treasury
and for which he had never been paid.
Although he left an estate. he did not
mention any such claim in his viii. There
are no records of the Treasury TO show
anv dealings that the Government ever
had with Durkee in regard TO bonds of
any sort.
The times., 1901-05-09
A WRIT OF MANDAMUs ASKED,
Secretary Hitchcock and Commits
siOner Evans Cited to Answer.

Henry ID. Phillips, local attorney. yes
terday filed a petition in the Supreme
Court of the District asking that a writ
of mandamus be issued against Ethan A
Hitchcock, Secretary Of the Interior. and
II. Clay Evans. Commissioner of PEN
sions, to compel them to pay to the pc
tftioner a fee of $25 i'll a certain pension
claim case.
The petitioner sets forth substantially
that on September 10, 1898, he filed in the
office of the Commissioner of Pensions. as
attorney for John Gale, father Of RaIDh
Gale, soldier of the Spanish-American
war, a declaration for pension to procure
the benefits Of the grant of pension un-
der section 4707 of the Revised Statutes Of
the United States. the only act granting
pensions to dependent relatives, with du-
plicate articles of agreement as provided
for by the act Of July 4, 1854. That subse-
quently, on October 20, 1860, a pension GER
tihcate was issued to the said John Gale
purporting to have been issued by II. Clav
Evans under an act Of Congress approved
June q. 1890, and that after the granting
Of the pension to John Gale, H. Clay Ev-
ans assuming to act in the premises I'M
der section 4 of the act of June 27. 1890,
certified and ordered paid a fee of $40 to
the petitioner for his services as attorney.
1t is alleged that the Commissioner of
Pensions has refused to reverse his action
in the matter upon the ground that the
action of the bureau in merit claim can
not be reviewed upon appeal from its ac-
tiOn in the matter of fees.
The petitioner further alleges that he
has been advised, and believes, and there
fore charges, that there is no authority in
law for granting dependent parents
pension under the act of June 27 1890 but
that the right to pension of dependents is
derived from the provision of said section
4707 Of the Revised Statutes OF the United
States, and that the last mentioned sec
tion alone fixes the rate of pension and is
the granting act and that the only regu-
lation by act of Congress relative to at
torneys fees for prosecuting pension
claims under section 4701 Of the Revised
Statutes aforesaid is the act Of Congress
approved July 4, 1854 and therefore the
provisions relating to attorneys fees in
pension cases In section OF said act of
June q. 1890, has no application whatever
to the cases of any applicant for depend
ent parents pension, prosecuted and
granted either prior or subsequent to
June Il. 1890
A rule to show cause against the Com
missioner was granted by the court and
made returnable on Friday. May II, when
the matter will come up for hearing.
The times., 1901-05-09
MR.. CARNEGIE'S ADVICE.
English Steel Men Told First to Con-
aucr the Home Markets.


LONDON. May S-At the annual meet
ing OF the iron and Steel Institute
today. President Austen announced that
Andrew Carnegie. not content with his
magnificent gift TO the institute Of
$500, had decided 70 double Il. The
council of the institute. he said, had de-
cided TO divide this years Carnegie award
into three parts, and to present the
money equally 10 the distinguished Amer
lean. Or. Mathews; the Austrian. Dr. Ju-
liUs Goldberg. and Dr. Stansfeld
Mr. Carnegie proposed a vote Of thanks
TO the president for his addre ss. OF which
he said the whole lesson was that you
must look at home and develop the ma
teriai you have there. He believed thor
Oughly that the English Cleveland iron
would make good steel He felt certain
that the basic process would succeed in
England. as well as It had done in the
United States. What was said In America
to the contrary did not prevent them from
buying up all the mines nobody else
wanted and they could do the same in
England Mr.. Carnegie said the Bible
taught, Seek ye first the kingdom OF
heaven and all things will be added unto
you. He Mr.. Carnegie. would say to
them; Seek We first the United Kingdom
and the markets of the world will be
added unto you"
The way to get hold Of foreign mar
kets he said. was to conquer the home
markets. Mr.. Carnegie told the members
of the institute that they need not thank
him for his gift On the contrary, he had
to thank them because he felt 1t was a
Held in which deal more money might
be spent profitably. Mr. Carnegie's speech
was received with considerable sympa-
thetic amusement.
The times., 1901-05-09

the dish on which many pioneer chill
dren We're practically brought up-mush
and molasses-is never seen il most
modern households. There are a dozen
ways in which saccharine matter has
been eliminated from one article of
common diet or another; and the place
of this distracted sweet has to be sup
piled by candy, cake, jam, or syrup, es-
pecially IN the case of children, who
need more of this element, while grow
ing, than adults. II is therefore a great
mistake to forbid children sweets. Such
course results in an abnormal craving
for cake and candy. which, if satisfied,
works much as alcohol does on a CON
hrmed drunkard after a months en-
forced abstinence The child eats too
much and is i'll; and yet the craving is
not appeased.. 1t is much better both
in the case of children and grown peo-
pie, to allow a certain proportion of
sweets. in an unconcentrated form. in
the ordinary diet, so that the natural
craving for such things will remain nor
NAL
The times., 1901-05-09
To COMPLETE THE TINGEY.
The Order CanceIing the Columbian
Contract Revoked

Frank w. Hackett Acting Secretary Of
the Navy, has revoked the order cancel
ing the contract of the Columbian Iron
Works of Baltimore to construct the tor
pedo boat Tingey, and has directed that
Henry A. Parr, the receiver of the com
pany, be permitted to finish the vessel.
The order canceling the contract was
issued by the Navy Department on ac-
count of the failure of the Columbian
Iron Works TO construct the Tingey with
in the contract period. 1t was then the
intention of Secretary Long to have the
vessel completed by the Government and
to pay the Columbian Iron Works fair
price for the work done by it. The COM
pany has just been reorganized and Re
ceiver Parr has assured the Navy De-
partment that he win be able to success
fully complete the contract. The reason
given at the Navy Department yesterday
for canceling the previous order was that
the Columbian iron Works now had the
advantage of improved conditions. No
penalties viii be paid by the company.
The times., 1901-05-09
stranger Than FICTION.

Now and then one comes across an
instance Of the verify Of the old pro-
verb that truth is stranger than fiction,
il the columns OF the daily papers,
where incidents are sometimes record
ed which would seem exTavagant in
the pages Of a novel One happened In
France not long ago. and IL illustrates
not only the romantic element which
may exist in real life, but the exuaor-
Ginary power Of the Catholic Church
over its votaries.
II Is well known that priests refuse
even under the strongest pressure. TO
reveal the secrets Of the confessional:
and the fact is so well understood that
IL has come 10 be und0ubted The Incl
dent in question came about through
such a refusal Some seven years ago
Abbe Bruneau Of Mayenne, was ac-
cUsed and convicted Of numbering his
vicar Able Entrammes, and was in due
t-.sc executed for the crime A short
time ago jeanette one Of the former
servants cf the able. died at Nantes.
and before her death she confessed 10
the civil authorities that she and an
other servant had committed the crime
and then confessed TO Able Bruneau in
order 20 seal his mouth This left the
only person who could have endangered
the lives Of the real criminals in a posi-
tien where he would be unable TO wit
ness against them even to save himself.
and he went 10 the scafold rather than
Violate the vows Of his order. The case
Is the more remarkable from the fact
that TIE priest died in absolute uncer-
tainty whether his innocence would
ever be revealed or not. There was
perhaps one chance in a hundred that
something would happen to prove that
h. did not commit the crime, and so
save his reputation. after his life had
been sacrificed; but he could not know
The times., 1901-05-09
Movements of Naval Vessels.

The gunbOat Scorpion has arrived at
Baton Rouge. and the naval transport
General Alava, with the Smithsonian solar
eclipse observation party on board, at Ba-
tavia. The supply ship Culgoa has sailed
from Brisbane for Manila. and the collier
Leonidas from Mayari, Cuba, for Norfolk
The cruiser Bancroft viii be placed out OF
commission on May %, and the gunboat
Machias will go into commission about
the same time and be attached to the
North Atlantic station The repairs to
the machinery of the battleship Alabama
at New York viii consume thirty-fve
days Rear Admiral Kempff at Manila.
reports by telegraph that gunboats in the
Philippines are distributed as follows:
The Leyte at Iloio. the Wompatuck at
Luburg Island cooperating with the
army. the Urdaneta in Subig Bay, and the
Basco in Bataan province.
The times., 1901-05-09
THE ENGINEER BOARD.
a Reorganization Effected Mt the
War Department Yesterday.

The Board Of Engineers Of the War De-
partment and the Board of Engineers on
the New York Harbor Lines were reor-
ganized yesterday.
The War Department board now consists
Of Col. Charles r. Suter stationed at Bos-
ton; Col. S. NJ. Mansfield, stationed at
New York, and Lieut.. Col. G. w. Ray
mond, stationed at Philadelphia, with
bursting officer The new board on har-
Dor lines is composed Of Colonels Suter
and Mansfield and Major William l..
Marshall. stationed at New York. The
headquarters of both boards are at New
York
The times., 1901-05-09
THE REPORT NOT DOUBTED.
No Word of the Shipyard Trust Re-
eeived by Mr. scott

SAN FRANCISCO. May s.-Irving NJ.
Scott, Vice President and General Man
ager Of the Union Iron Works. said to-
day that the report of the settlement OF
the shipbuiIding combine had not reached
him authOritatively. He said: II have no
doubt the report is correct. The price Of
the Union Iron Works was given some
time ago. l will not know anything posi-
lively till next Monday, when IL was stip-
uiated purchase price must be depos-
tied here in the Anglo-CaIifornia Bank.
If this money is not deposited on Monday
the option will lapse"
The times., 1901-05-09
Postal Inemcicncies.
(From the Kansas City STAR }

There is loud complaint from Beaumont that
the United States mail facilities inadequate
TO the great annoyance OF the multitude in the
oil fields After the Galveston disaster the Post
cason. Private parties voluntarily carried the
mail in and out OF the city. The telegraph
companies always send men and instruments in
emergency from the nearest points and the
railways concentrate their equipment and put on
all available trains The Postofice Department
ought TO be able 10 do the same. But each
10 get the best it can. What a howl there
would be ii the telegraph companies and the
railways refused to do anything in such emer-
geneies, to cope with the congestion OF business.
The times., 1901-05-09
Nobody Better rhnn Addiel.s.

The Mark Hanna end OF the Administration is
so desperately anxious for two additional mem
influence was openly used 90 secure the election
Of Addicks. The effort failed, and the seven
Republicans with conscience were Ionized
in the state and appdudod throughout the C0un-
trv Now according TO the philadelphia
Ledger" Delaware is TO De punished for this
honorable example OF ncoTuptible independence.
The State has been deprived Of the United
states Engineer office, seed distribution has
been cut of and the plans for rural free delivery
OF the mdls have been stopped
The ledger prints interviews with prom-
nent business men of Wilmington ON this at
tempt To huldozc the state into disgrace and
a large majority say: Vacancies 20 the crack
OF doom rather than Aidicks' This is the right
spirit and is highly credtabe TO the little state
Whose big neighbor has re-elected Quay.
The times., 1901-05-09
The Bosses ana the Tarin.
Trom the PTovilenee JournaI.l

It is interesting to watch the contest, quiet
as yet but not entirely underground ior the
control Of the tariff policy Of the Republican
party. While the Home Market Club is exhibit
ing Vice President Roosevelt and Senator Hoar
as worshippers at the joss shrine Of Chinese
protection President Mckinley is circulating
through the country singing the perennial re-
frain Of "foreign markets" and Representative
Babcock is keeping the clipping bureaus work
ing overtime in supplying him with Republican
press compliments on his plan to abolish the
duties on trust products.
The times., 1901-05-09
TO BE BURIED AT ARLINGTON.
The Remains of Private Hugh Mas
terson to Be Brought Here.

The War Department has made arrange
ments TO have the remains of Private
Hugh MastersOn, Of the Regular Army.
who was killed in a quarrel while in Den
yer on Friday, brought to this city for
interment at Arlington.
Masterson lived in this city all his life
and served in the District regiment dur
ing the Spanish war. He enlisted in the
army in December last and was trans
feTred to Denver
Masterson's father is at present In this
city and is employed in the Treasury De
partment.