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The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-12-26

lIdIll Dlit0llS All the other articles drawn at the fair have been delivered to the owners, who are Mrs. A. O, Baribault, S20; Louis Pettigole, $1O; E. R. Bishop, s5; George Sanford, $5; Sophie Clarke, Life of Jesus and Mary; George H. Priest, silver tray.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-12-26
llrief NhelAtion,

L. M. TARR. Observer.
The times., 1901-05-19
sknIfnI Advertising.

1t has passed into a proverb in TINS
commercial age that all that is neces-
sary to sell a thing is TO have it prop
erly advertised; and the proverb has
reached the world of books as well as
that of other trade But apparently
publishers differ as to the exact ma
ture of skillful advertising.
Some of them fail TO realize the fact
that the book trade is somewhat diff
ferent from that of clothing store. 1t
appeals peculiarly to persons Of some
intelligence and discrimination in the
matter of language; and hyperbole is
therefore less effective in recommend
ing new book than in proclaiming a
bargain sale. The goods sold are, in
the former case, intangible and impon-
derable in quality; and their value de-
pends precisely on ability to use Ian
guage with the deftness and precision
Of a workman welding the tools of a
matchmaker If, then, a book is ad-
yertised as the success Of the sea-
son" when it is the work of an un-
known author. published by a second J.
rate firm, and not yet on the market,
the effect on the mind of anyone who
happens TO see the advertisement is not
good. Some wholly insignificant and
badly written books have beea her
aided with multiplicity and intensity
of adjectives suitable to the work Of a
second Thackeray or Scott. The reader
of intelligence is likely to ask, in the
words of Horace.
''what good can come from so great an open
mouth?''
Moreover. it is not wise to employ
foT the purpose Of writing advance TO-
tices and advertisements OF new books
persons who do not know nov 20 Use
the English language. When one comes
across a piece of bad grammar Or flip
pant colIoquialism in such a notice. it
is but fair to suppose that the pub
lisher's judgment in selecting bcGks TO
bring out is no better than his Wis
dom in choosing his advertisement
writer's
The times., 1901-05-19

ing Of a huge French army upon her
shores is by no means joke. The
French strategists who claim that 1t
could be done are supported in their
belief academically by military Ieople
and writers in Europe and America.
and it is a danger against which the
commonest prudence should induce the
United Kingdom to prepare with arma-
ment. fortification, and military train
ing. But to do it the knife of reform
must sink deep into the present British
army system and carve out a good deal
of it officers must be trained for war
rather than for polo, tennis, and golf,
and particularly taught that reckless
bravery alone does not win battles in
which the latest arms Of precision are
used. And officers must learn that they
have a sacred duty to perform IN fit
ting the men of their commands for the
serious business Of war. The game has
gotten ahead Of England. she must
catch up with it, or suffer consequences
which some day might prove disastrous
and humiliating.
The times., 1901-05-19
ABOLITION OF THE CANTEEN.
Oh:cinI Reports show Great In
crease in Drunkenness.

Secretary Root yesterday received a re-
port from Col William NJ Van Horne.
commanding the Twenty-nnth United
States Infantry, stationed at Fort Sheri-
dan, H., that in connection with other
events, has caused him to change his
views on the army canteen question 1t
is now claimed that because of the dis
courasing advices coming from army
posts that Mr. Root will recommend a
change in the law made by Congress last
session abolishing the post canteen.
Colonel Van Horne has eight companies
of the Twenty-ninth Infantry at Fort
Sheridan. The report received yesterday
states that at present 70 men of his com
mand are in the guardhouse under arrest
and that nearly 100 others are at large and
are being searched for.
The transformation of the fort into
prison was brought about, according to
Colonel Van Horne, by the abolishment
of the post canteen. The men remained
without drinking for some time, accord
ing to the report, but at last broke loose.
They have been swarming the saloons III
the neighborhood ard many have gone Oh
extended periods of intOxication.
The trouble began last Saturday ana
since then seventy-three arrests have Deen
made, while per cent of the balance OIL
the regiment have disappeared. This rec
ord is said TO be unprecedented IN the
annals of Regular Army posts
During the period when the post can
teen was in existence the arrests were
few, and two cases in one day was con-
sidered a bad state of affairs
The town of Highwood, close to Fort
Sheridan is said to be terrorized by the
soldiers and several arrests for shooting
affrays and razor fights have been made
by the civil authorities. At one time, 1t
is reported, eighteen soldiers were found
lying in one street too drunk to arise
Privates Cullison and Price have been
arrested by the civic authorities for hav-
ing fatally wounded another soldier dur
ing a street fight.
Colonel Van Horne earnestly recon-
mends return to the old post canteen
system. under which no trouble with the
men was experienced. Previously those
who wished to drink did so at the can
teen. where they were under the orders
of the post authorities.
Adverse reports are being received from
all over the United States, and Adjutant
General Corbln is having statistics of
drunkenness and arrests under the new
plan prepared.
The times., 1901-05-19
MR.. PHILLIPS CORN DEAL.
The ChicaGOan Said to Have Cleared
About 100000.

CHICAGO, May lS.-George II. Phillips
May corn deal has gone the way Of that
other famous Phillips campaign. the No
vember deal. 1t is over a fortnight before
delivery day The bulls have pocketed
their profits and Phillips. it is believed,
has quit with profit of nearly $500 900.
May corn dropped Az cents yesterday
and 1t showed 10 cents under the 60-cent
figure of Wednesday. 1t touched so cents.
after starting at "a cents and getting to
Sly Then it closed at 501k.
If Spectators had known Phillips was
through supporting the market the May
prices might not have closed so well The
bull leader got rid of 1000 900 bushels of
May corn. 1t did not excite the market
particularly. The drop in the price was
considered a part of the bull maneuver-
ing, en- effort to get the market of"
MY May corn campaign is over Mr..
Phillips said last night. we are through
supporting the price. The market will
have to take care of itself 1t has been
an operation successful, 1 think, beyond
anybodys anticipation. l expect now on
the rest of my May holdings that the ac-
tual corn viii be delivered. 1t would not
pay, though, to continue TO take the re-
ceipts at high prices for the purpose of
getting such short interests as are left.
As to what the May price will do now. il
is hard to say. | hardly expect to sell
down at once to the July figure.
The times., 1901-05-19
A ROOF GARDEN CHURCH.
The Novel Ediace Erected in Par
kersburg. w. Vn.

PARKERSBURG, w. Va. May 1S.-The
st. Marys Avenue Christian Church, one
of the first churches ever erected with a
roof garden. will be dedicated at Park
ersburg, Sunday, May &C. The church is
as novel in it's design as the pastor is
unconventional in his ideas, and both rep
resent the practical and the utilitarian
rather than the mere formal practices Of
religion.
Il do not believe" said Orilas G. White
the pastor of the roof garden church,
that a steeple is necessary to make a
church orthodox" He believes that the
comfort of the people should be regarded
as much in a church as in any place of
amusement, and for their physical COM
fort he planned and had constructed
roof garden where in the sultry summer
evenings his congregation may sit.
The church building is kite-shaped and
the roof garden is simply an upper story
with TWENTY-FIVE windows in it, so ar
ranged that when open the sides of the
structure practically disappear, leaving
only enough in the way of walls to sup
port the roof, With the sides open to ev-
cry breeze that blows. The church will
be used partially as religious club, viii
contain reading rooms and sitting rooms
and will be kept open at all times.
The times., 1901-05-19
MONTAGUE NOW IN THE LEAD.
Foremost Candidate for the Cover
norship of Nirginia.

RICHMOND Va. May 1S-The Mon
tague supporters may not consent to the
holding of a primary in Shumaker's pre-
cinct. They say that the Swanson dele
gates in their statement made yesterday.
admit that they were frauduIently elected.
The Montague workers say that with this
statement they will go to the Norfolk con-
vention and ask that they be seated.
1t IS claimed that the Montague mem
hers have complied with all the require
ments and that their delegates were fair
iy elected.
James r. Russell. chairman of Shumak-
ers precinct meeting, in which the Mon
tague followers claimed unfair methods
for elected delegates were practiced, is
preparing a statement for publication in
which he denies the charges made by the
friends of Attorney General Montague
and says that everything that he could do
to satisfy both sides was done
By the election of thirty-two delegates
in Fairfax favorable to his nomination
Mr.. Montague IS now leading Nj. Swan
son in the gubernatorial race.
The primary plan was adopted in Dan
vile and the date fixed for May 2S.
The Democrats of Tazewen county will
meet Tuesday next and elect delegates to
the gubernatOrial convention. II is ex-
pected that they viii be instructed for
Montague.
The times., 1901-05-19
ARIZONA MINING EXCITEMENT.
The Territory stu mt Fever Heat
Over Gold and Copper.


PHOENIX, Ariz., May 1S-Great and
growing activity is marking the most re-
markable period of mining excitement
that has ever been known in Arizona. For
three months past. dating from the sale
of the old Vulture Mine. to a New York
syndicate. and the rich gold discoveries
at Wickeuburg. Eastern capital has been
piling into this Territory A despatch re-
ceived here from Flagstaff states that the
Coconino Copper Company. a New Jersey
corporation. has purchased the Donald
Grant claims. in the Buckskin Mountains,
| northeast of Flagstaff. for $500, 900.
W. J. Lester & Co. Of Fredonia, n. Y,
have recently purchased eight placer
claims from George H. Swartz. in Big
Bug district near Prescott. and by loca-
ton and otherwise have secured thirty
more claims The Lester Company will
place big mill in operation and wash the
gravel through a stream Obtained from
a reservoir which will be built on Big Bug
Greek.
Fabulous reports are coming down of
immense finds of copper ore being made
along the Colorado River, bordering on
the State of Utah Recent heavy rain
falls in southern Utah have enabled oper-
ations in a district heretofore absolutely
inaccessible. because of the dearth of
moisture: and while there is room for
| doubt of the reports that have been sent
out, it is a well known fact that the dis
trict has always been known to contain
much valuable mineral. Several reports
of large finds of gold are coming from
the same vicinity.
1t is reported that the Silver Queen
mine. fifty miles south of Tucson. has
been sold to Colorado and Wyoming men.
after an idleneSs of many years. The
mine has produced g, 600 900 in silver. Most
of the ore was taken out in the early
sixties. and the high-grade ore was ex-
hausted The methods of mining then
would not permit further operations. but
under modern methods the old property
may again be made valuable.
The times., 1901-05-19
TO CONFER ON TAXES.
The National Civic Federation's
Coming Meeting in Buffalo.

BUFFALO. May 1S-The national con-
ference on taxation has been called by the
National Civic Federation to meet here on
May 29-25, and is to be attended by dele
gates appointed by the Governors of thir-
ty-five States and by commercial and
other representative bodies.
George F. Seward, Chairman of the
Committee on Taxation of the New York
Chamber of Commerce, is the Chairman of
the Committee of Arrangements, and Ed
win r. A. Seiigman is Chairman of the
Committee on Programme.
Among those who will take part in the
discussions are the following:
George f. Seward, Chairman Commit
tee on Taxation. Chamber of Commerce;
Edwin r. A Seligman, Columbia Uni
versity; James Rudolph Garfield, Chair
man Ohio Senate Committee on Taxa
ton; Julien T Davies, President New
York Tax Reform Association; Charles S.
Fairchild. President New York Security
and Trust Company; M e. ingalls,, Presi-
dent Cleveland Cincinnati. Chicago and
St Louis Railway Company, Cincinnati,
Ohio. Henry c. Adams, University Of
Michigan; Richard T. Ely, University of
Wisconsin: Lawson Purdy. Secretary New
York Tax League. New York; Richard
Oren. Attorney General Michigan, and
William Writ Howe, eX-President Ma
tional Bar Association, New Orleans.
The times., 1901-05-19
MADE his CHILD TAKE POISON.
New Yorker Kills His Son and
Ends His own Life

MOUNT VERNON, N Y, May 1s-
John E. Haigh, twenty eight years old.
an expert bookkeeper for Roberts &,
Cushman, wholesale dealers in hat trim
mings in Washington Place. New York
city, poisoned his six-year-old son last
night and then committed suicide at his
home in Pelham. The boy died in agony
before a physician arrived.
The poison used was cyanide of potas-
sium. "A pound can of it was found in
the room where the tragedy occurred
Father and son were playing hide and
seek upstairs a few moments before the
tragedy Mrs. Haigh was startled by
piercing screams from upstairs She
rushed uD and found the door of the room
locked. Unable to open it. she ran for
help. A neighbor came and broke open
the door. The boy was held tightly in
the arms of his father, who was stretch
ed at full length on the floor. Evidently
he had forced the child to take the pois-
on and had then swallowed dose him
self. Mrs. Haigh says there had never
been any trouble in the family, but that
her husband had been troubled with fits
of melancholy due to overwork
A peculiar story was told in Pelham
last night about strange young man
who was in Pelham yesterday before the
tragedy and wanted to see Haigh. He vis-
tied his cottage at First Street and Sixth
Avenue and, not being able to find him.
came into the drug store of C. Lyman
where he purchased a sheet of paper and
an envelope and wrote note. The stran-
ger, who was about twenty eight years
old. appeared to be nervous.
Here's an important letter for Mr..
Haigh. said he to the druggist, when ne
had finished. Il want him to get it to-
night Are you certain that he will call
for his maiI?'
Haigh got the note and the tragedy oc-
CURED not many hours afterward. The
note cannot be found
The times., 1901-05-19
Foreign Commercial Hostility

(From the Philadelphia Ledger)
The agrarian party is attempting to secure
a higher tariff designed to exclude our grain
and foodstuhs, and while the aSrarian landed in
terest IS very powerful in Germany and has con-
stantly sought to impose extreme protective
duties, it Is certain that the unreasonable fea-
lures OF the Dingiey tariff nave strengthened the
hands OF the agrarians against this country and
provoked commercial hostility. The Cologne
YOlks Zeitung, one of the important German
papers. in urging that Germany should deal
more firmly with the United States. said re-
Gently:
The United States surround themselves with
4 tariff wall ever growing higher. Nevertheless
they continually demand easier conditions for
agricultural exports to Germany
1t would be difficult to deny the force of the
argument. and the agrarians using it in their
strenuous efforts to strike a hlew at our COM
merce. Reactionary legislation such as the
agrarians propose wou!d undoubtedly infict
gTievous blow upon the German people by en-
hancing the cost OF living; but the fact that
Germany would suffer than the United
States will be poor consolation TO our industries
ii the mills begin to work on short time in
this country.
The times., 1901-05-19
And Now He's ON the Bench.
(From Suecess.)

Slr. Justice David ]. Brewer. of the United
States Supreme Court came to this country in
a sailing vessel sixty-three years ago, rom
Smyrna, Asia Minor. where he was born OF
missionary parents. He vas less than Il year old
when he made the trip, but he a large,
strong child. This story OF him is a tradition
of the Brewer family. The sailors on the ship
that brought him over took a fancy to the child
and made a sort of rude cart for him in which
they drew him about the deck. One day David
left alone in the wagon, caught hold of the
tail OF a drake that waddled too near In spit
Of the angry kissing of the fowl. the boy held
on to his handful OF feathers and dragged
here and there about the ship. to the great DE-
light OF the sailors and the horror OF his mothcr
who finally rescued him.
The times., 1901-05-19
DEDICATING THE EXPOSITION.
Tomorrow TO BE Gala Day at
Buffalo.

BUFFALO, n. Y, May 1s.-Al1 Western
New York win have civic holiday Mon
day to attend the Pan-American dedica-
tion ceremonies. It is thought the attend
ance viii reach two hundred thousand
as most of the stores and factories will
close and give free tickets to their en-
ployes.
Senator Mark Hanna will arrive tomor-
row. So will a hundred officials of the
st. Louis Exposition Vice President
Roosevelt. and Senator Henry Cabot
Lodge viii get here tomorrow night A
special train from New York will bring
Cornelius Vanderbilt. jr., Stuyvesant Fish
and other notable New Workers
The times., 1901-05-19
IS. This is rather ungra-

| encroachments. This is rather ungra-
cious counsel to give, and may as "eh
be sparingly followed; but there IS
some little truth in it.
The common argument is that since
| the parent cared for the chil1 during
years Of dependence, the child should
care for the parent in old age. which IS
perfectly right. The question is whether
| the parent has the right of demanding
help all the way between times. Nest
of us have seen women living single
and dependent at home, for the sake of
caring for a father or mother who
would not relinquish the childs COM
panionship. The people who render
these services are commonly very un-
selfish and devoted characters. They
are the kind Of folk who are bound
to bestow themselves upon somebody.
If women of this temperament marry,
they give their care to husband and
children, and, in due time, to the parent
also: but their devotion to the children
results in benefit to the next genera
ton, while that to the parent not in
frequently does nobody any good un-
less it benefits the martyr in some
esoteric way. There are men, too, who
are of the type of Mr.. Irvine in Adam
Bede." But it may be doubted whether
self-devotion of this kind is not often
the result of a morbid conscience which
demands selfsacrifice in a fruitless di-
rection when it might just as well be
made in a way which will help
IL I,A
possesscr of such a conscience refuses
to do what is for the interests of ev
erybody. somebody with common sense
should step in and prevent the Dnmola-
ton, Instead, it generally happens that
half a dozen good but mistaken souls
are ready to commend the sacrifice and
make the victim feel as if any other
course would be wicked and selfish.
Manifes:ly, any change which is
brought about in the relations of child
and parent ought to come from the par
ents voluntary action. 1t would be un-
gracious for the child to demand un-
selfshness, but only gracious and beau
tiful FOR the parent to show it. There
are cases in which 1t is more or less
an unbecoming thing even TO demand
ones rights: but the wise and unselfish
person will not wait for such a de-
mand.
On general principles, parents have
no right to expect that they shall con-
troll the actions or plans of their chill
dren after the latter arrive at an age
of discretion. and that age should be
early Every human being has to
make more than one blunder, and the
earlier these blunders are made the less
distressing they are apt to be. 1t is
not well to keep man or woman in
leading strings beyond the age of
twentv-one. and the child viii be far
mere likely to ask advice and accept
guidance from the parent if the latter
does not assert authority. Above all
should the parent be careful not to de-
mand, for selfish reasons, the sacrifice
of child's happiness in life. The fact
that the son or daughter marTies some
one not the choice of the parent is not
rightly a grievance; people must choose
for themselves when it comes to rela-
ton so intimate and peculiar. and no
body else has any right to interfere,
beyond advising that both parties thor
oughly know their own minds. and that
they stick to the choice when made, if
possible.
The times., 1901-05-19
D1sPENsARIEs TO BE CLOSED.
An Order Issued by the south Caro-
lima Commissioners.

CHARLESTON, S. c., May 1S.-The
State Board of Dispensary Commission
ers has issued orders to have every dis
pensary in Charleston closed until FUR
ther notice. This was done on account OF
the flaw in an act of the Legislature
which will prevent dispensers from re-
ceiving commissions from Governor Nc
Sweeney Commissions are necessary be-
fore man Can serve liquor under th9
law The act cannot be amended until
the Legislature meets year hence.
When the SEQ blind tigers" in the city
learned today that dispensaries would bs
closed they sent out rush orders for sup
plies and every tiger is said to be stocked
to the roof.
The times., 1901-05-19
NO WHOLESALE ARRESTS.
Only Two West Point Cadets Sub
jected to Discipline

WEST POINT, n. Y, May 1s.-The
statement in a morning paper that eighty
cadets are under arrest, growing out of
irdignities directed against Colonel Mills,
Superintendent of the Military Academy,
is absolutely false.
The story of the disrespect TO Colonel
Mills was published nearly a month ago.
An investigation followed, and the find
ings of the court Of enquiry were for
warded to the War Department at WASH
ington a few days ago. and no recon-
mendations whatever have as yet been
made by the latter tribunal.
1t is true, however. that two cadets are
in arrest. the result of a court mar
tial for a breach of discipline. which oc-
CURED a couple of weeks ago. Both
Colonel Mills and his adjutant, Captain
Rivers, are away from the post on leave.
The times., 1901-05-19
The Field of the Mormons.
Trom the Birmingham Age-Hcrald

NIViH lHt DIILhIlBIllW ABt-IICTaIdl
II will be noticed that the Mormon elders
confine their work 10 the South except in Ohio,
and in Ohio they hug the Ohio River. They do
not organize stations and conferences in Iowa or
Massachusetts,. To be plain they seek the
illiterate. They seek the illiterate in Ohio
llliteracy is the basis Of all their work although
they parade the number Of dodgers and tracts
and books they have distributed. As matter
of fact they appeal to those who cannot read
INV of fhnm
The times., 1901-05-19
ENDED HIS LIFE BY HANGING.
The Deliberate Suicide of Tailor
in Buffalo.

BUFFALO, May 1S--"Come in to my
room in the morning and I'll surprise
you," Charles Hartmann, of 20 Eagle
Street, remarked to John Warner, fell
low tenant. at IL o'clock last night.
When Warner went TO .HartmaHn,s room
this morning, he found his friends life
less body suspended by a rope from big
hook in the wall Hartmann had served
a term in Auburn prison, the coroner
says, for counterfeiting. He was despond-
ent and had had little work in the past
two years. He was a tailor and fifty years
old.
The times., 1901-05-19
Fatally Wounded in n saloon

SCRANTON, Pa. May IS-Martin
Crawley was fatally wounded by Joseph
Gescaurcz, a Duryea saloonkeeper, last
night. 1t is claimed the shooting was in
seEs-defence. Crawley and some compaR-
ions got into a fight in the place during
which Crawley began shooting. wounding
the bartender and a woman. Neither was
seriously wounded. GescaurcZ rushed in
upon him, secured the revolver. and turn
ed it upon Crawley, shooting him twice.
Crawley's death is expected any moment.
GescaurecZ is under arrest
The times., 1901-05-19
SPoiIed Parents.

A writer in the Forum" somewhat
whimsically discourses on the subject
of what he calls the spoiled parent He
frankly states his belief that some par
ents expect entirely too much of their
grown-up children. and that it is the
children's right and duty to resist such