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The times., 1901-04-04
A COAL AND IRON POOL.
Negotiations Pending for a Consoh-
dafion of Alabama Properties.

BALTIMORE, April 3.-There is no lon
ger any doubt that negotiations are pend
ing for a consolidation Of the coal ana
iron properties in Alabama, in which Bal
timore people are largely interested The
proposition, if carried out, will mean a
corporation with capitalization OF about
00,000, 600
1t is understood that Messrs. Kuhn,
Loeb q Co. of New York. have been
asked to finance the deal. Gen. Samuel
Thomas, of New York, is a leading in
fuence in the negotiations. The compa-
nies concerned are as follows:
Alabama Consolidated Coal and Iron
Company; Tennessee Coal. Iron and
Railroad Company; Sloss-Sheffield Steel
and Iron Company; three furnaces of the
Republic Iron and Steel Company, and
the Woodward Iron Company. These cor
poratiOns dominate the Alabama district.
The Alabama Consolidated stock is pooled
with a committee of Baltimoreans and
not on the market.
1t is said the Sloss- Sheffield Company
has fixed as the basis upon which it
would enter the proposed consolidation
the prices OF 100 for the preferred and 10
for the common stock officials of the
the statement that move is being made
to effect the proposed consolidation, say
that no formal offer has been received.
1t is the belief in weli-informed circles
that the present move TO consolidate Ala
bama coal and iron properties will be fol-
lowed by q still larger combination.
The times., 1901-04-04
PROFITS FOR THE GOVERNMENT
Postmaster Gordon Makes "a Report
on the Chicago Office.

Postmaster Charles l. Gordon, of Chi
cago. has transmitted to the Postmaster
General a report covering the operations
of the Chicago postoffice for the four
years ended March 81 last. His statement
indicates a net profit to the Government
Of about s15,000600 for the four years, an
increase of about S4,5O0,000 over the re-
ceipts of the previous four years. The
report contains many recommendations as
to the operation of postoffices with re-
ceipts of over FIVE million a year
OF the total receipts of the period COW
cred by the report-$23, ,573, ,3S7-the sum of
s5,25S,I04 was received in the year 1897 and
SIC in 1900. which is an advance of
"a per cent. The total receipts for the
four years ending in 1896 was S19, ,016, ,SS5,
making the advance of the Office in four
years about "A per cent. The total re-
ceipts at the Chicago Office are given as
0ne-hfteenth of the aggregate receipts
from the entire postal service, or equal to
the combined receipts from Detroit. Cleve-
land. Minneapolis. St. Paul. Jersey City
Buffalo, New Orleans. Louisville Milwau-
kee, Atlanta, and Cincinnati The ex-
penSes of this business average about SO
per cent of the receipts.
The times., 1901-04-04
MR.. DALZELL ON CUBA.
Opposition to Annexation Emnnat-
ing From the Politicians.

REPRESENTATIVE John Dalzell of Penn
sylvania called on the President yester-
day to give the results Of his recent visit
to Cuba.
II was surprised to note the great i'm
provernent in Cuban conditions" MIR.
DalzeIl said Two years ago when--I
was in Havana the streets were crowded
with beggars. On this visit we did not
meet single beggar. Two years ago the
streets of Havana were filthy, and there
was almost no kind of sanitation, to say
the least, but today Havana is one of the
cleanest cities In the world. The streets
are as clean as the streets of Washing
ten. II is surprising to see what those
army officers have accomplished. IT ap-
peared to me that the great majority of
the Cuban people-all. in fact, except the
politicians-aTe In favor of annexation.
There is a general willingness, however
to adopt the Platt amendment. OF course
this Willingness is not shared by the pro-
fessional politicians in Cuba, but nothing
can satisfy them Taking il all in ALL 1
think Cuban affairs are in most salts
factory and promising condition"
The times., 1901-04-04
RODE ON FIRST LOCOMOTIVE
A Des Moines Nan Who Worked In
Stephenson's Engine shop.
CFrom the Omaha Bee J

In a modest little cottage in Des M0ines
there has lived for nearly forty-seven
years an engineer with a history worth
| telling. This is Edward Entwiste who
was an apprentice in the engineering
shop ofXfeOTge Stephenson, when the first
ed. and who afterward ran the pioneer
locomotive regularly over the Liverpool
and Manchester Railroad for two years
His father was a soldier at Waterloo,
and the boy was apprenticed at the age
of fourteen to learn the trade OF ma
chinist. He was working at his trade
when the competition for the best loco
motive to run over the new road was an
nOunced. and he. as well as all the 9TH
ers in the machine shop. was greatly in
terested inethe building Of the Rocket"
When the prize of $500 was won by
Stephenson and ii was directed that the
Rocket should begin making regular
trips over the thirty-One miles of road
helper was desired. and young Ent-
wistle was given permission by his master
TO accompany the engine on it's first trip.
He did make the trip on the engine and
on the return had the honor of holding
the throttle half way. He had so at
tracted the attention of Stephenson and
the head of the Manchester and LIVER
pool Railroad. that he was regularly EN-
Ployed on the engine and ran IL for two
years while it was used largely in hauling
material for the company and for the
general business of the company. He
was still an apprentice and not ma ster
of his own time. He finally became nerv-
GUS from the rocking and jOlting he re-
ceived while on the locomotive and re-
tion. Mr.. Entwistle has lived in Des
MOiupS since fS54
The times., 1901-04-04
CHARGED WITH PLAGIARISM.
4 Missouri University student Dis
missed on SERIOUS Charges

COLI MBIA, Mo. April S.-The DiscI-
pline Committee Of the Missouri Uni-
versity faculty has. after due deiibera-
ton. dismissed Emmett Bishop. of Raven-
wood. Mo, charged with plagiarising the
Grafton delivered by him at the recen,
intercollegiate oratorical contest at JEFF
ferson City before the last General As
sembly
The Grafton was of extraordinary merit
for college production and won easily.
Mr. Bishop. representing Missouri Uni
versity, received first prize. and Mr.
Brown, of Tarkio. second. on his return
from Jefferson City Mir Bishop was lion
lied here until letter from Tari<io Coi-
lege, one of those represented at Jeffer-
son City, put an end to all rejoicing in
Columbia
The letter was addressed to President
X. j. Jesse 1t accused Mr. Bishop OF
plagiariziug his Grafton from one deliv-
cred here in 1886 by representative oe
Westminster College. at Fulton.
The letter contained clippings OF the
orations in parallel columns. President
Jesse at once sent the letter and cliD-
pings 10 the Discipline Committee
The committee investigated the case.
and after questioning Mr. Bishop. de-
cided that the evidence was conclusive,
and dismissed the young man from the
university
The times., 1901-04-04
Fragmentarr Existence.

With the advance Of the science Of
surgery, it has proved possible for per
sons 70 live after being deprived Of one
and another parts Of the human or
ganism which We're formerly considered
Indispensable. There is a patient in a
hospital near New York who has sur
vived the removal Of his stomach, and
IS said to be doing we'll
Such incidents have suggested TO
speculative minds the question whether
Il VIII not In time be possible for the
human race TO dispense altogether with
some organs now looked upon as neces-
Eary. H. 6. Wells, in his fancifuI tale
''The War Of the Worlds" described his
Martans as being fed by the direct
TRANSMISSION Of blood from the veins of
their victims into their own arteries
Scientists have invented all kinds Of
compressed and liquefied foods which
can be absorbed without the use OF the
complicated arrangements provided by
nature for the mastication Of meat
fruits. and grains. All these things
suggest the possibility OF stage of ev
oiution in which only fragments and
rudiments Of the present human frame
VIII be left to sustain the immensely de-
veloped brain
Such thing may happen. though
probably not tIl many generations
The times., 1901-04-04
THE STATE FLOWER OF TEXAS.
The Glover That Paints All the HILL
sides Its Own Color.
(From the New York Tribune.l }


The State flower of Texas is to be the
blue bonnet. or buffalo clover. a wild
flower which grows in the greatest pro-
fusion over the whole State, at times
covering many acres with a carpet of
blue. 1t is, seen in masses, a most effec-
tive blossom. BotaniSts call it 'Lupinus
subcanosus," and say that il belongs to
the great family of the leguminosae. In
common parlance, it is one of the COM
paratiyely humble pulse family and is
about the same as the wild lupine, which
grows freely in sandy places throughout
the North during the summer beginning
in late June and lasting until September
The blue bonnet grows about a foot
high. The flowers cluster on a two-inch
raceme. They are a deep blue in color,
resembling pea blossoms, with a white
or yellowish centre. Scientists call them
truly papilionaceous; children translate
this by saying that they are just like
butterflies Thoreau, writing of the Iu-
pine in Massachusetts, said:
ut paints q whole hillside with its
blue, making such a field (if not a mea-
dow as Proserp.ne might have wandered
In. Its leaf was made to be covered with
dewdrops. ] am quite excited by this
prospect of blue flowers in cumps with
narrow intervals-such a profusion of the
heavenly, the Elysian color. as If these
We're the Eysian fields. That is the
value of the lupine"
The times., 1901-04-04
THURSTON TO BE CHAIRMAN.
The Organization of the ST. Louis
Fair Comm ion.

! he President yesterday designated eX-
! Senator John NJ. Thurston as Chairman
/ of the st. Louis Worlds Fair Commits
/ sion. MIR. Thurston's name was first on
| the list of Commissioners. and it was then
| Intended by the President that he should
! act as chairman, but this was not made
quite clear, and the matter was definitely
fixed yesterday. Mr.. Thurston. accompa-
MED by four of his colleagues, eX-Sena-
tors Lindsay and Mcbride, ex-Represent-
ative Allen and Col. John +, Miller, call
ed upon the President yesterday and al
terward went to the office of the Secre-
! tary of State, where they took the oath
of office.
The first meeting of the Commission
will be held in St Louis at a time to be
designated by the Secretary of State,
which, under the law, must be within
thirty days after the appointment OF the
Commission The four other members OF
the board, ex-senator Carter, ex-Repre-
sentative GIynn, p. d. Scott, and F. A
Belts, are expected here within short
time to receive the oath of office.
The first work Of the Commission after
organizing viii he the selection of sec
retary and executive officers. 1t Is
thought that Joseph Flory. of Missouri.
viii be made secretary. he was can
didate for commissionership, but 1t IS
said that an understanding was reached
whereby he Is to be secretary.
The board will then undertake the work
of examining the plan and scope OF the
exposition and decide what its general
outline and policy will be. 1t will next
be in order to select q suitable site to
conform 10 the plan adopted. The sug-
gestion that the fair be postponed Tor
one year has not yet been considered by
the members of the Commission, although
there is considerable talk of delay in
order to enable some of the States. whose
Legislatures do not meet again until 1905,
to make exhibits, and to guarantee the
completion of all the buildings and the
installation of the exhibits.
The times., 1901-04-04
John Bright and the Queen.

(From the Ladies Home JournaL)
For several years after her husbands death the
Queen caused much discomfort among her people
by her persistency in absenting herself from
all public functions. Finally it occurred to Mr..
Ayrton. a member OF Parliament. that he would
make stir and win friends for himself by
speaking fearlessly OF the Queens prolonged re
tirement from the wCrld. He carried out his
purpose 1T & great meeting of all the
trades unions OF the country, held in st. James
Hall. When he had finished his definite and
severe criticism OF the soyereigns conduct the
great Liberal leader, John Bright. arose to ad-
dress the meeting. Il not he said ''ac-
custoned to stand up in defence of those who
are the possessors of crowns. But | could not
sit and hear that denunciation without a sensa-
ton Of wonder and of pain. / think there has
been, by many persons. great injustice done to
the Queen in reference to her desolate and wild
owed position. And | venture 10 say this: that
woman-be she Queen of a mighty realm or wife
Of one OF your laboring men-who can keep
alive in her heart great sorrow for the lost
object of her life and affection Is not at all
likely to be wanting in a great and generous
sympathy The effect of these manly words on
the meeting was prodigiOus. immediately every
man rose to his feet the hail shook with cheers
upon cheers, and the meeting was closed by sing
mo God Save the Queen
The times., 1901-04-04
COMPUTING CADET SERVICE.
Secretary Roots Decision With he-
spcct TO Army Commissions.

The following decision of the Secretary
of War regarding enlisted men counting
cadet service for competition for commis-
sion was made by Secretary Root yester-
day:
THAT service as cadet at the United
States Military Academy may be counted
in computing the length of service OF an
enlisted man desiring to compete Tor
commission will not be construed as CIV
ing any soldier who has been at the
United States Military Academy and who
was reported as deficient either in con-
duct or studies and recommended to he
discharged from the Academy a claim
to an appointment as a second lieutenant
in advance of the date of graduation OF
the class to which he belonged.
mo person who has been a cadet at
the Military Academy is to he deemed
under any circumstances entitled to re-
ceive a commission in advance of the
graduation of his class. and no soldier
who has been expelled from the Military
Academy for hazing VIII be commissioned
until two years after the graduation of
the class of which he was a member
The times., 1901-04-04
The Triple Alliance.

! In one Of our dispatches from tbs
! French capital yesterday it was stated
upon an unusually well informed diplo.
matte authority that the Italian Pre-
mier, Count Zanardell. is only doing a
little business in the line Of skrewd
statecraft in causing the Impression to
go abroad that Italy contemplates re-
nouncing the triple alliance with Ger
many and Austria, and ailying herself
with Russia and France.
According to the view Of the authority
referred TO. Count Zanardelli's idea is
not to abandon the Triple Alliance. but,
by holding out the prospect of con
trary action to get in when the time to
renew treaties shall arrive, on i'm
proved terms. It is said that he hopes
10 force Austria into removing the tariff
recently imposed upon Italian wines,
and 10 induce Germany 10 grant impor-
tant commercial concessions, as the
price Of Italy's adhesion to the compact
All this is reasonable enough; but
perhaps there are cOnsidera tons which
might operate to make Victor Eman-
Uers Government think that Russia
and France would be safer and cheaper
friends. all things considered, than the
cid ones have been For one thing. the
decadenee Of Engiand's power and in
fluence on the Continent, especially in
connection with the Eastern question.
has disturbed the European balance of
power. Amity with England has long
been a keynote Of Italian international
policy. Between a strong entente with
that Power, and the protection afforded
by the Triple Alliance, the Government
at Rome has felt secure against France
on one side and Austria and Russia on
the other. Under the old order Of
things, and while the British power and
prestige were at their zenith, neither
Austria nor Russia could indulge in ag-
gressions upon the Balkan or the Euro
pean Turkish territory without calling
England tc arms. Italy, it may be OBJ
served, is. commercially interested in
large way in preserving the status quo
in the Balkans, and the absorption of
the Sultan's remaining possessions in
the peninsula would cut Italy off from
the trade she now enjoys with those re-
gions But England would be no longer
able TO block an Austrian or Russian
advance into the Balkans or into Tur-
key, were such a movement understood
and agreed upon between the aggres-
sors and Germany, especially as there is
little doubt that France would cheer
fully regard the occupation Of Constan-
tinople by the Gar and the acquisition
Of part or all Of Macedonia by Franz
Josef. Thus. although it may be true
that the Italian Ministry may be willing
TO renew the Triple Alliance on its own
terms, 1t is equally probable that ii
might think the time had come to make
terms with England's successor to the
primacy on the Eastern question in the
hope Of compensation whenever the in
evltabIe partition Of the Sick Mans es-
tate in Europe shall become fact.
The times., 1901-04-04
INCREASE IN CIRCULATION.
Gain Ascribcd by Treasury officials
to Activity in Trade

The average wealth of individuals in
the United States as measured by the
amount of money in circulation has in
creased to S2S.25 for each man, woman.
and child in the country. The total cirz
culation in March. reported by the
monthly statement of the Treasury De-
partment yesterday, was s.. .1S7. .2i3, $50, an
increase of about $16s 100000 in the last
twelve months. The increase is ascribed
to the phenomenal activity in trade
throughout the country. The general
stock of money and bullion in the Treas
ury has also increased rapidly, the gain
in the last thirty days. being about s10.-
001,000. bringing the grand aggregate up
to s.. Al, ,227. .1S5.
The Treasury now holds more gold than
a any time in the history of the Govern
ment and the inflow is going on rapidly.
The total value of gold and bullion in the
Treasury vaults now stands at $l,lz4.-
15f. f.697 of which more than S,O0O,ooo was
added I'm the month of March. During
the same short period the gold in circu-
lation decreased by the amount OF sl,oV~'-
DQD
The times., 1901-04-04
The Kansas City Object Lesson,

The business men Of Kansas City,
Missouri gave their expiring Republican
city council a neat and, we trust effec-
tive object lesson Tuesday night, when
five hundred men armed and carrying
suggestive lengths of rope with hang
mans knots in them, marched upon the
city hall under command Of the Pres
ident of the Chamber Of Commerce.
The issue IN this years election was the
question Of giving the local street car
monopoly a thirty years extension OF
its franchises. This the leading tax
payers opposed, demanding that the
municipal government should exact a
reasonable quid pro quo for a grant
worth millions to the grantee on this
issue the Republicans were swept out
Of power and a Democratic council
elected. As soon as the voting was over
and il became apparent that the fran
chise steal had been condemned at the
polls. the old Republican council met
and attempted to jam through the pro-
posed franchise ordinance
It was at this stage Of the proceedings
the Boston tea party arrived, and acted
in q manner so ominous that the alder
men concluded not to pass the measure
that night and hang for 1t; but to post
pone action for twenty -four hours with
out prejudice. We shall watch for the
denouement with interest. 1t probably
Will be made apparent in our telegraph
ic news this morning. AS happens
The times., 1901-04-04
SOUTHERN PACIFIC CHANGES.
4 Complete Reorganization of the
Directorate Effected.

NEW YORK, April 3.-E. H Hartman
effected a complete reorganization of the
Southern Pacific Railroad board of di-
rectors at The annual meeting Of share
holders today There were La .729 shares
voted on out of total of 1878, ,3s9 and Mr.
Hartman voted on stock and proxies ag-
gregating S9l. .429 shares. The membership
of the board was increased from twelve
to fifteen. and the directors were elected
without opposition.
Charles II. Tweed was reelected Chair
man OF the board, and an entirely new
Executive Committee was appointed, as
follows: L. H. Hartman, Chairman;
George j. Gould, Jacob II. Schiff. Otto
Kahn. James Speyer, Edwin Hawley.
James Stillman, and Charles T. Tweed,
eX-officiO
The times., 1901-04-04
THE LAND OF SUNSHINE.
English Tourists Find Pleasure In
Sahara Gases.
(From the London Daily Mal.J

| Nowhere within such easy reach Of
England can the Oriental world with all
its dreamineSs and vivid color. be seen
so free from Western influence as In
southern Algeria. which has the desert
for its bounds. Then here's TO the desert
and to FL Kantara and Bfskra in particu-
lar which lord it over all the other oases
and form the keys TO the Sahara For
such a weekend as one can spend there
it is nothing that it involves over three
days of travel. Leaving London on Mon
day you can get to Marseilles in twenty
four hours, and another twenty-fOuP
hours viii land you at Algiers or Philip
peviile. while Thursday will see you bath
ed in sunshine and blue sky. and If you
wish in hot sulphur springs with a tenn
perature of L degrees Fahrenheit. At
whichever port you land you at once
plunge into the Arab world, or. rather,
it dashes al you-a splendid wave of color
consumed with the desire to carry yOus
baggage
There is plenty to do ar Biskra A
month might easily be spent in the mar
ket place watching the Arabs as they ply
their trade. Caravans are constantly
passing in and out of the oasis. and these
are fun of interest. Outside the town is
negro village. Other Oases are near at
hand and can be reached on foot. Those
who want TO do a real bit OF desert travel
can go south TO Tuggurt, a three days
Journey (223 kilometres) by diligence, and
as they go they will be certain TO see
that wonderful optical delusiOn, the mi
rage.
The times., 1901-04-04

elsewhere and everywhere, the Kansas
City Republicans appear to have been
completely and profitably in league with
monopolies against ~the community. II
is delightful to see the Independent and
courageous spirit exhibited by the bust
ness element of the municipality. The
rope to be sure, is rather a harsh meas
ure to which to resort but it would also
seem to be the only remedy available in
such cases, where organized ignorance
and crime are frequently able to turn
over the property. revenue. and utilities
of cities to gangs of public pIundererS.
The times., 1901-04-04
The Sick Man of Arric.,
CFrom the Boston Herald1

ETIVIH INE HtluIH
The Sultan of Morocco is generally looked
upon as a hopeless young man who will see
his territory torn from him without much effort
to protect himself. 1t remains therefore for
Europe, rather for Great Britain. the English
naval authorities say, to check any further ad-
which threaten the integrity of the
Moorish Empire France has done her work
quietly, and while the trouble has been going
on in South Africa she has pushed her cam
paign vigorously. The future of British mari
time supremacy may some day rest in the con-
troll of the gates of the Mediterranean Now
would seem to be the time TO check France
and not allow her to gain d further foothold in
northwest Africa by OF what has been
called 1.-THE ever-shifting, eyer-advancing from
tier OF Algeria"