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The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-04-13
A BEER FIGHT ON IN MAINE.
A Three Per Cent Volume of Alcohol
the Dividing Line.

PORTLAND. Me-, April 12.-Portland's
''parson sheriff won a victory today in
the preliminary of what seems likely
to be long drawn out battle
against light beers which are be-
ing extensively sold here as non-intoxi-
eating beverages. and which the sheriff
believes should come under the ban OF the
Maine prohibitor:, law.
There is no statutory maximum limit to
the amount of alcohol a salable beer may
contain but the chemists who have testi-
fed in the case now pending agree that
a per cent volume of alcohol is a reason
able dividing line between intoxicating
and Notwithstanding beverages.
Four brands of beer were seized in great
quantities by order of the sheriff Three
of them were found to contain less than
3 per cent of alcohol. and at the sugges-
ton of the county attorney the warrants
relating to those beers were not pressed
The trial just finished in the municipal
court was a putting to the test of the
question of whether a special brand of
beer brewed by New Hampshire COM
pany for the Maine trade and labeled
Notwithstanding hop" Is Intoxicating
Three chemists found In samples sent to
them more than per cent volume of al
cohol. A Boston chemist employed by the
defendants found In a sample sent to him
1913 per cent of alcohol but he SAYS a
secondary fermentation had set In and he
was convinced that when put on the mar
ket the beer was under 3 per cent Six
saloon keepers testified that they had
never known an instance OF intoxication
resulting from drinking the beer
Judge Hill found the respondents guilty
and condemned the beer In question. Tho
case will now be fought In the Superior
Court, to which tribunal the respondents
have appealed.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-04-13
MAY ASK AN EXPLANATION.
Venezuela Likely to Enquire Re
garding Mr. Loomfs' Alleged
Statements

Although the attention of the State De-
partment has not been called formally to
the newspaper dispatches from San Juan,
Porto Rico. containing alleged utterances
of F. b. LoOmis, United States Minister
ut Caracas, in criticism OF President Cas-
tro, of Venezuela. the officials are con-
cerned over the matter. and when Mr..
Loomis arrives In Washington, he will be
asked IL he was correctly quoted.
Should he make a general denial of the
statements attributed to him the matter
will be dropped. but IT Is generally ac-
knowledged here that he will not return
to Venezuela. No doubt Is felt in official
circles. and. probably with reason. that
Mr.. Loomis Is persona non grata TO Presi-
dent Castro Il Is regarded as certain that
the Venezuelan Government will make en-
quiries OF the State Department concern
ing the newspaper interviews cabled from
San Juan, and this will compel the depart
ment TO make an explanation based on
what Mr.. Loomis has to say.
Mr.. LOOMS Is expected TO reach Wash
ington in about a week.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-04-13
TO REHABILITATE TOMBSTONE.
The old Mines to BE Pumped Out and
Worked Again.

TUCSON. Ariz.. April 12-Tae silver
mines at Tombstone will be pumped out
and opened again as producers, after ly-
ing idle for many years. E. 3. Gage,
chief promoter of the project. was in Tue
son today, having returned from a visit
to Tombstone to complete the final ar
rangements for the great undertaking.
He has succeeded in interesting COM
panies owning mines in the old camp, and
a large corporation has been formed A
railroad will be built from Tombstone to
connect with the Southern Pacific at Fair
bank. New works Will be built ana the
old silver camp will again take on its
former life and activity The mines pro-
duced millions Of dollars and are yet prac-
ticslly in the first stages Of their develop
ment as producers. Tombstone has al
ready begun to show signs OF activity and
many of the old buildings are being pre-
pared for occupancy.
The work of pumping the mines will
be started in a short time
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-04-13
BRADSTREETS ON THE WEEK
rroP and Trade Reports Continue of
Favorable Nature.


NEW YORK, April I2-Bradstreet's re-
view tomorrow will say:
Crop and trade advices alike continue
favorable The seat of greatest strength
is In the iron and steel trade. while tex
tiles evince the most irreguiarity Money
is frmer as natural In view of the en-
larged volume of spring trade and the
putting through OF large financial ar
engagements. but no particular stringency
is looked for.
Bank clearings swelIed by heavy
stock speculation. are of large volume
for shortened weak, due to religious OBJ
servances. Building is active. the great
est. in fact. for years. and lumber. hard
ware. paints. and kindred lines share in
the good feeling
Railroad earnings are very favorable,
gains over progressive increases in for
mer years being recorded. Foreign trade
reports are still quite favorable. decreases
In cotton exports being Offset by gains in
breadstuffs and provision exports.
Despite the unquestionably duieter
tone of export trade in manufactures,
it is to be noted that Americans are
still reaping some advantages from
their superiority in certain lines of
iron and steel. Retail trade has been
helped by better weather in most sections,
and while spring jobbing is smaller at
several markets. improved retail condi-
lions are expected to help recorder bust
ness.
The low price of cotton is still de-
terrent to trade at the South and talk of
restriction of the anticipated increase in
acreage is heard. Planting is, however.
being actively pushed, and retail trade is
for this reason still quieter. Whisky Is
active at Louisville and Cincinnati and
the hotels of the latter city are filled with
country buyers.
Cotton goods note some slight i'm
provement in tone and 1t is hoped that
the bottom has been reached at the pre-
vailing concession in prices. Cotton Is
&c lower again on large movements.
which is expected to heavily exceed last
year Raw sugar has again strengthened
and the advance of 10 cents per hundred
pounds in refined, announced this week.
was anticipated by buyers who have
bought heavily. The outlook favors a
further strengthening in both raw and re-
fined grades.
Bank clearings for the week aggregate
8. 512. 0S2 $50. a decrease Of Ia per cent
from last week. but a gain OF 1873 per
cent over last year and a gain of Is per
cent over 1899. Outside New York the
gain is II per cent.
Failures for the week number 225 |
against 1SS last week and 152 in this week |
a year ago..
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-04-13
The Responsibility of writers.

NJ. Paul Bourget has recently written
q book which deals with q somewhat
interesting problem, a problem, in fact,
which underlies some social revolutions
He takes as his central character some
what nervous, sensitive, and ill-bal-
anced French youth, who has taken as
his master and soul director a famous
writer on psychology, and whose great
ambition is to be an analytical psychol-
ogist. He has somehow inferred from
the teachings of his master that the
only way in which he can attain this
ambition is by making experiments on
himself and others. and he proceeds TO
vivisect the soul of young woman
from purely scientific motives. The re-
suits are tragic. The question suggest
ed by the author is. how far was the
original psychologist responsible for all
this. supposing that his book really
taught what the young man thought it
did?
There would not be much doubt about
his responsibility, from the point of
view Of the Russian censor: the plan
they adopt there is to cut out of all
books passages which, according to
their idea. may affect anybody so as to
produce wrong actions. The man of
science, on the other hand, would un-
doubtedly regard the psychologists re-
sponsibility as nil, holding that no man
can be held responsible for the use
which unbalanced minds happen 10
make OF his sayings. There are a great
many good and worthy people in this
country who would agree with the Rus
sian censor. and believe that the works
OF any psychologist who might lead
people into bad scrapes ought not to be
printed at all. 1t is, in fact. the great
principle OF freedom OF thought and
speech which is on trial.
The question is a complex one. and.
there is a great deal to be said on both
sides. No one can deny, on the one
hand, that when a country succeeds In
effectually hampering the freedom of
the press. no matter Low good the mo-
tive may be. 1t has placed check
upon progress On the other hand. IL is
to be doubted whether absolute free
dom ought TO be given to those whose
writings and speeches are liable to pro-
duce deeds of violence
IL one must err on either side, how |
ever, 1t is certainly better to err on the |
side Of too great liberty What is one |
mans meat is another mans poison. IL |
Is true that the work on philosophy |
which is ennobling and strengthening |
10 the moral nature OF one man may be
dangerous TO the soul of another. The
strong man, when traditional restraints
are removed. makes his own standards
and forms new ideals of right which
may be better than the old; the weak
man. when deprived Of the support OF
tradition, lie at the mercy of his own
impulses. which are often bad, and the
traditions which he helps to create are
not good at all. But. 1t is not necessary
10 argue from this that bad conven-
zion ought TO be perpetuated or a good
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-04-13
nizing and starving for the benefit Of

niZing and starving for the benefit Of a
few great American corporations.
The petitioners declare that they are
denied the rights of free speech. free
assembly, and a free press. and that the
men employed on Government work are
paid only twenty-five cents day.
They want the President to grant them
American institutions. That is not an
unreasonable demand. AS matter of
fact. they are entitled to all the rights.
privileges, and immunities guaranteed
by the Constitution to all Americans,
and that they are Americans as much
as the inhabitants of Arizona or the
District of Columbia is not to be doubt
ed on the basis of Supreme Court de-
cisions covering almost a century.
1t Is to the Supreme Court and not to
the executive branch of the Govern
ment that the Porto Ricans must look
for relief. BY this time they should
know that the arrival of their petition
in Washington will be- the signal for
the trusts to assemble here also. and
the chances are that although, as of
yore. the President may know what his
plain duty in the premises is, he will
not be permitted TO perform it. But if.
as intelligent Americans expect, the
Supreme Court shall sustain the Consti-
tuition. and its own undertaking attitude
since 1870. then new and prosperous
era will dawn for the outraged and
buncoed inhabitants of our nearest in
sular possession.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-04-13

Count Chimay, a Viennese nobleman,
who is in this country on visit, predicts
that the day is at hand when the Empire
of Austria-Hungary. comprising eighteen
Kingdoms and principalities, will split in
pieces. the German-speaking provinces
going to Germany. Hungary becoming in
dependent. and the remainder going else
where Although Count Chimay seems
to think otherwise 1t is hardly prob
able that the break will antedate the
death of the present Emperor Franz
Josef. But then it is fairly certain to &C.
cur, and when 1t shall there will be a
strain upon European international rela-
lions which might easily lead to a Con-
tinental war.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-04-13
THE THORNTON BREAKS DOWN
Another Accident Delays the Trial of
the VOrpedo ROaf

The torpedo boat Thornton made a third
attempt yesterday to run for two hours
over the Barren Island trial course in
Chesapeake Bay. but was again unsuc-
oessful. ewing to an accident. On her last
attempt she had two slight accidents to
her machinery which compelled a post
ponement until yesterday.
The only information on the subject of
yesterdays run that the Navy Depart
ment has received was contained in the
following despatch from Captain Hemp
hill. President of the trial board:
Run Thornton forty-five minutes at
about zela knots when forward boiler gave
way. but no one hurt. Board leaves for
Washington"
should make an average speed of IS knots
for two consecutive hours. She will have
another trial when repairs are made.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-04-13
Circulation Statement.
The Kentucky Murderers.

The chain of evidence is steadily en-
circling the murderers of the late Gov
ernor Goebel. and the indications are
that il will become so complete within
a few days that even a Hanna Cover
nor OF Indiana will be compelled to rec
ognize the fact. or stand pilloried be-
fore the American people as a pro-
tector of criminals and a lawless defer
of the National Constitution.
Al the trial of the mountain bandit
Ripley. in Frankfort Thursday, Judge
Yost, who formerly was of counsel for
the fugitive Taylor, testified in corrob-
Grafton of the story previously told by
Ex-Governor Bradley; only he made the
testimony more damning, as far as that
peerless leader is concerned. Speak
ing of the statement made to himself
and Mr.. Bradley by the prisoner, Rip
ley. before the assassination, Judge
Yost said to the jury:
Ripley came to the State
House evening lie complained of unjust
treatment by Taylor. lie said that a week be-
fore day before Goebel shot Taylor d-
rected him to go to his home and get his mill
tary company to come TO Frankfort.
Ripley said: I can only do that at the order
trouble if do it without any orders from him.
Taylor replied: Go and do il as quickly as
you can. II you get into trouble l will pardon
you.'
.'Ripley responded: That's all right IL YOU
Governor, but suppose the Legislature seats
Goebell lie won't pardon me. What will be-
come of me thcnf'
Taylor replied: 60 and get your company.
Goebel won't be alive in twenty-four hours "
And this Taylor is the creature who
r.. Il,
eminent services to his party when. as
a delegate from Kentucky, he attended
the Philadelphia Convention which
nominated Mr. Mckinley for second
term. The evidence speaks for itself,
but there is much more to come. 1t
has now been made clear that there
WAS Republican conspiracy to murder
not only Mr. Goebel, but all the Demo-
cratic members of the Legislature
Colson. one Of the conspirators, has tes-
tilted that he issued badges to the Re |
publican State Senators and Represen-
tatives, which were intended to be worn |
Oh the day when the Taylor banditti in |
the galleries of the two houses should
pick off the Democrats, and kill every
man on the floors not protected by a
5adge- This interesting scheme of !
good politics was not carried out. |
owing to belief on the part Of the con-
spirators that the Legislature would
not depose the usurping Governor"
Taylor.
There is an excellent prospect that
Ripley Will take the stand and testify
for the State: in which case it is con-
fidently believed that he viii make
clean breast Of the assassination plot
and fix the criminality of its originator
and instigator beyond any reasonable
doubt. Then IT will be seen whether
the Governor of Indiana is altogether
dense 10 his constitutional duty, or not.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-04-13
DEPUTY AUDITOR FOR CUBA.
Ernest Fonts Sterling Appointed
by Secretary Root.

The Secretary of War yesterday ap-
pointed Ernest Fonts Sterling to be
deputy auditor for Cuba, under the newly
organized accounting system. which pro-
vides for the appointment of an auditor
and deputy auditor for the island
MIR. Fonts is a native Cuban, and has
been an assistant auditor of internal
revenue during the American occupancy
of the island. He was strongly endorsed
for the post by prominent Cubans and
also by General Wood
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-04-13

The petition signed by six thousand
workingmeE of the island of Porto
Rico is shortly to be presented to Mr.
Mckinley. We do not see how he can
avoid paying some attention to 1t, not
withstanding the influence of the oil,
sugar. tobacco. and rum trusts. 1t
discloses conditions which should cause
Americans to shudder at the cruelty
they permit their Government 10 show
to helpless people whom we are tyran-
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-04-13

We are glad to hear that, In arranging
the preliIninaries of new treaty with
England to revive the Clayton-Bulwer
Convention, Mr.. Hay has the grace to
consult Senators who will vote to ratify
or reject 1t. We are more glad TO hear
that. as a rule, they do not give him
much encouragement to think that the
Senate will swallow any pro-English dose
next winter. II is said that he is pessi-
mistic about the matter, and We hope
that, too, is true. The Clayton-Bulwer
Convention, or rather its memory. for it
has not been operative since 1862, IL ever
it was, can be kicked out OF thought by
a resolution of Congress. without the adj
vice and consent OF the British Foreign
Office
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-04-13

The reports of British embargo on
American beef. though not officially con-
firmed are believed to be true. There Is
wild story to the effect that this action
is in retaliation for the legal proceedings
begun in New Orleans by agents of the
Boers to stop the shipment of army mules
to South Africa. Such an idea may be
dismissed without comment England is
too businesslike to indulge in any such
foolishness. The more reasonable theory
is that American producers have soaked
so much 'preservatine" into the carcasses
sent abroad that the meat has become de-
letcrious to health. This is not at ali an
impossibility. The Western beef sold in
Washington last summer was so thor
oughiy embalmed that it would have been
repugnant to the palate Of the most ig-
norant alligator
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-04-13
senator McLnurin,s Enterprise.

South Carolina is about the least bopefuI
Southern State in which TO begin Republic Al
work. 1t might possibly succeed in North Caro-
lima. ms 1t has gained foothold in Maryland
and achieved something in Kentucky, but
nothing possibly await Senator McIaurin
in South Carolina but political extinction. We
expect TO hnd him falling back upon Presiden,
Mckinley for an office before the iattcr's term
OF service b ended.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-04-13
A New Start I'm Order.

tFrom the New Haven RegisterJ
The rejection Of the Plat amendments does not
mean that the negotiations are over. 1t mean.
that an Opportunity is nov given for new and
seif-respeeting negotiations TO be begun Our
Government should abandon the Platt amend
ments altogether and not attempt to force them
down Cnha's Ihrnaf
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-04-13

The question whether the word ''Unee-
da" could be registered as trademark
for biscuits In England was recently
passed upon by Justice Cozens- Hardy.
who held that the word was not entitled
to registration. as II was not an invented
one under the patent acts. but consisted
only of the misspelling of the words you
need a
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-04-13

A passenger on a street car who acts in
such a manner as to Justify the inference
that he is intoxicated, and falls into a
sleep from which the conductor fails to
arouse him by shaking him. may be eject
ed, holds the Supreme Judicial Court of
Massachusetts. In tie case of Hudson vs..
Lynn and B. r. r. go n. E. Rep, SD,
but the court holds further that 1t is not
due care to put him. on dark and stormy
night, in an unlighted road some distance
from buildings, though street cars are
passing at the time and teams are likely
to pass.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-04-13

Where a witness testifies to a conversa-
ton over a telephone. and that he recog-
nized defendants voice, the Supreme Ju-
dicial Court of Massachusetts, in the case
of Lord Electric Company VS.. Morrill, go
n. E. Rep, 500. holds that there is suf-
ficient evidence OF identity to justify the
admission of the conversation.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-04-13

A written permission given by mother
to liquor dealer authorizing him to sell
liquor to her minor son was held by the
Court Of Criminal Appeals OF Texas. in
the case of Patten VS.. State (6l s. w.
Rep, 900, not to be admissible in pros
ecution against the liquor dealer for such
sale. unless 1t was shown to have been
in his possession at the time OF the sale.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-04-13

The statutes in regard to insanity in so
far as they permit the perpetual confine-
ment of one as insane without service of
notice on him of the application for an
adjudication as to his sanity. or hearing
at which he is present in person. or by
representative, are held to be unconsti
tutional by the Supreme Court of New
York. special term, in the case of People
VS.. Wendell t6s N. Y. Supp. ssS, as au-
thorizing the deprivation of liberty with
out due process OF law.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-04-13

Where passenger on a street car is
given q wrong transfer slip by the con-
ductor and boards a car on the connecting
line, tenders the transfer, which Is refused
by the conductor, declines to pay her fare,
and is forcibly elected. after being request
ed to leave the car. the Supreme Court
OF Illinois, in the case of Kiley VS.. Chicago
City Railway Company (59 N. Z Rep. 79D,
holds that the passenger cannot recover
for any injuries sustained, as it was her
duty peaceably to leave the car and seek
proper redress in the courts.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-04-13

Mrs. Elizabeth Grafton. widow of Cap
tain Joseph Grafton, died on Thursday of
old age at her home. 800 Fifth Avenue,
New York. Before her marriage Mrs
Grafton was a Miss Remsen. and was
prominent in New York society.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-04-13

A person who constructs building
upon his own property with windows in
1t, upon the side facing his next neigh
boris property, so that the privacy of
the latter's residence is interfered with,
cannot be made by his neighbor. by in
junction, to close the windows, holds the
Supreme Court of Louisiana, in the case
of Bryant VS.. Sholars go So. Rep, 350),
the latters remedy being to establish
screens upon his own property.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-04-13

A Judgment of $3.50 in favor of father
of a child and against the Western Union
Telegraph Company for failure of the
company to deliver a telegram to the
father announcing the death OF his child,
whereby he was prevented from attend
ing the funeral. was affirmed by the Court
of Civil Appeals of Texas. in the case of
Western Union Telegraph Company vs.
Rice (6l 8. w. Rep, 32O.
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heartburn.

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too large or the quality too rich, heart
burn is likely to follow, and especially
so if the digestion has been weakened
by constipation. Eat slowly and not too
freely of easily digested food. Masti-
cate the food thoroughly. Let six
hours elapse between meals and when
you feel fullness and weight in the
region of the stomach after eating, in
dicating that you have eaten too much,
take one of Chambarlain's Stomach and
Liver Tablets and the heartburn may
be avoided. For sale by all druggists.