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The times., 1901-06-20

Benjamin i. Arcularius a veteran
Sound pilot. died yesterday in his ninety
seventh year at his hon= in Brook
lyn, N Y He was born in Albany and at
the age of eleven years began an appren-
ticeship on the pilot boat o. X. Eleven
years later he received certificate as
pilot, and for nearly fifty years he was
pilot on Long Island Sound. He retired
seven years ago.
The times., 1901-06-20

Gen. John 3. Turchin. a well-known fig
ure in Grand Army circles, died at the
State Hospital for the Insane in Illinois.
where he had been i'll many months. He
was born IN Russia and fought under the
flags of two nations He served with dis
t!nction during the civil war and retired
with the rank of briGadisr general
The times., 1901-06-20
Charles t. Russell. of Haddam, Conn.

Charles T. Russell. of Haddam. Conn,
aged sixty-hve years. is dead in London.
England He was Consul at Liverpool
from 1885 to 1889 He was formerly a sea
captain and after his political career eI-d-
ed was associated in the Globe Messenger
Service Corporation with Ex-Governor
Waller. Mrs Frederick WhiteI. Of Lon
don. is his daughter; Charles Z. Russell
jr of New Haven, an attorney, is his
son
The times., 1901-06-20

Mrs Josephine Lederer, mother OF
James L. and George w. Lederer, died at
her home in New York yesterday morn
ing at the age of eighty-six years. She
was born in Prague. Bohemia. and came
TO this country in 1916 with her husband,
whom she survived fourteen y1arS.
Washington sentinel., 1901-06-22
Child Labor Doomed.

Industry is worthy of encour-
agement, except when it takes the
form of employing children from
FIVE years oi age upwards as is done
in the mills OF Alabama. The
thrift that follows such industry
will be productive more OF evil
than OF good. In Georgia, it is
cheering to see, they do things
differently.
J. Wright Adamson. secretary of the
Georgia Industrial Association, com
posed Of the cotton mill owners of the
Stste, announces that S8 of the latter
have signed an agreement to abolish
child labor and that the others will soon
follow suit
The agreement recites that the ex.
tended employment Of children growing
out of local conditions is not profitable,
as the leaks more than counterbalance
the difference in wages that would be
demanded bY more mature help that
hereafter under no circumstances will
children Of ten or under be employed
that no child under twelve shall be
employed at night, save in case OF a
widowed mother to whose support the
work may be necessary, and that even
this labor shall not be employed unless
It has four months schooling each year.
AS a companion move the association
calls upon the Legislature to provide
educational facilities for the children OF
the State, the mill owners declaring their
willingness to bear the tax increase
necessary to put into effect a long term
and effective public school system.
The thrift that has not been en-
couraged at the sacrifice Of hu-
manity will be found to WELD the
best results. Workmen graduated
from schools will prove more prot.
table to employers than those
taken from the cradle.
Washington sentinel., 1901-06-22
A New Dairy Prodnct.

Many new industries have been de-
velOped in the British isles ut the close
Of the last century. One Of the most
novel had its birth In the vicinity of
Buckingham-namely, that OF the man
ufacture from the milk OF creameries,
after the butter has been extracted, OF
sical name of plasmOn This substance
takes its name from the Greek, meas,-
ing that which gives form"
The fresh milk as il comes from the
COW is put into a separator, all the
cream being removed by this method.
The separated milk is afterward treat
ed so as TO coagulate oil the prOteids Of
the milk, and this coagulated mass Is
then kneaded and dried at a tempera-
ture Of 10 degrees centigrade under an
atmosphere of CarbOnlc acid gas. When
perfectly free from moisture. the plas-
mon is ground into a granular powder
which is completely soluble In hot wa
ter.
As TO the economic value Of plasmon
there can be no doubt when IL is known
that the German government supplies
it in very large quantities TO the army
and navy, As n portable, concentrated
nutrient, according TO the German gov
ernment department. for the investiga-
ton Of foodstuffs for the troops, II has
been found that one ounce Of this pow
der Is equal In nourishing and sustain
ing properties to three and a quarter
pounds Of the finest beefsteak or TO
about 10 or IL pints Of milk.-Cham-
bers' Journal
Washington sentinel., 1901-06-22
silver TO be Tabooed

Gov. Sayers has called a special
Congressional election in the Sixth
district OF Texas, on July I3, to fill
the vacancy caused by the death
OF Hon. Robert h. Burke. The
nominating convention will be held
on july T. and much interest is be-
ing manifested as to the platform
that will be adopted.
The Sixth district is the Dallas
district, and is normally Demo-
cratic by about IS 900 majority.
It is fairly representative busi-
ness district in the South, and in
the past has largely been only
lukewarm in the espousal OF the
doctrine of free silver. 1t is the
home OF Senator Culberson, Of
Texas, and virtually the home Of
Senator Bailey also.
The platform will indicate to a
certain extent the position which
the Southern Democracy will as
sumo on national issues in the Con-
gressional elections two years
hence. Il is conceded by we'll in
formed Texans in Washingto ton that
the convention will not declare in
favor OF the free coinage OF silver
Letters recently received here
from the district indicate that the
leaders are determined to sound a
national tocsin in their platform,
and effort will be made to lay en-
phasis upon every issue which can
be used to advantage in campaigns
to follow.
Washington sentinel., 1901-06-22
Boer War shames the English.

In all ra nks OF English society there
has latteTly been a marked declension
of the pseudo patriotic enthusiasm for
the Boer war which so strongly marked
the tone Of public opinion and public
feeling during the last Parliamentary
election, when the struggle was with
mendacious authority declared to have
been ended Since that time much blood
has been split in South Africa, and the
end of the wicked war Is not yer in sight.
The recently published report Of farm
burning and the deportation Of women
and children must increase the disgust
and shame of all right minded English
men, even though ihey care nought Tor
the opinion Of Continental Europe as to
the barbarism Ot British generals. The
armiDg Of the Zulus and the license
tacitly given TO them to participate in
the final and accursed work Of murder
Gus extirpatIon IS all that was wanted
to damn forever the name OF England
in the sight of all civilized and cultured
nations. The repudiation OF all the
aNN~PANh laws dlAA lNSLl anus VI AlAOuGLu
aud civilized warfare could not be car
ried further; it is absolutely complete
in shameless and dishonOring barbarity,
Lord Sal sbury. in his recent pub &c
utterances, appears to believe thar he is
impressing all those whom it may con
Germ with the fact that England will
stand at no cost or sacrihce, and recoIl
before no means or methods. no matter
how barbarOus and inhuman, TO crush a
brave enemy fighting to the death for
the freedom and independence to
which he has sacred. traditional and
inalienable right. Lord Salisbury little
knows the kind OF impression be is
maEing upon neighbors who had some
respect tor his principles, honesty and
uprightness before he surrendered him.
self to the debasiug and hagitious
tutelage OF his Colonial Secretary
Washington sentinel., 1901-06-22
TARIFF & BOUNTY
A Very Pertinent Inquiry that will
Not be Answered.

The National Industrial Con-
mission has undertaken, says the
Baltimore Sun, as the last phase
of its inquiry, to ascertain from
American ma 1ufacturers why their
products are sold to foreign pur-
chasers Tor less than the domestic
consumer is required to pay. To
this end the commission has sent
letters to the managers OF leading
industrial enterprises asking Tor a
full, frank and Tree exploration OF
facts which have an important
bearing upon our tariff system. II
is not likely that he commission
will get satisfactory explanation,
Indeed, it is possible that the big
industrial combinations may re-
gard such questions as "imperti-
nent' and decline to give any in
formation upon a subject which
they may think Of exclusive con-
Germ TO themselves. Yet that's far
from the case. Every American
consumer is directly interested in
the solution OF the puzzle, In ad-
dition foreign manufactures are
also waking up to the TACT that
their interests are involved in the
discrimination practiced by Amer.
ican manufacturers against domes-
tic consumers. Foreign markets
have been invaded by our manu-
iactureTs and the industrial estab-
lishments oi Europe are suffering
as a result oI the competition. Ger
man manufacturers in particular,
although the question has also
been raised in England, assert a
tariff system which enables Amer
ican manufactures TO sell their
products in foreign markets for
less than the same products are
sold in the United States virtually
provides bounty on exports. As
the United States imposes counter
vailing duties on bounty-paid
sugar imported into this country,
Germany. It is contend~d, should
levy additional duties on exports
from the United States on wh ch
an indirect premium is paid. The
export premium, according to the
German view, is the difference be-
tween the foreign selling price and
the domestic selling price OF Amer.
can manufacturers. This is an in
teresting point. and # il is ever en-
bodied in the tariff systems Of
European countries it will give
American manufacturers consid-
erable trouble.
Washington sentinel., 1901-06-22
IreIand's Decline.

] J. O'Sullivan, well known Pnila
delphian and prominent Irish American,
who was Tor many years national secre.
tary of the Ancient Order of Hiberuians
who was at the Regent this week says. Il
read that the census ol Great Britain and
Ireland shows that Ireland has fallen
below Scotland IN population. This is
the first time ia the history OF Ireland
that her inhabitants were numerically
smaller than the inhabitants Of Scotland.
Ordinary Americans may not be able to
explain the cause of the falling of in
the population. Any American of Irish
blood or any who knows the conditions
IN Ireland can easily explain the cause.
For over two hundred years England
has deliberately planned the destruction
OF the Industries Of Ireland with a view
to clearing the Celtic race out of the
island and supplanting Il with a pro
English element. Fer years there was
an embark o on goods sent out OF Ireland,
which absolutely annihilated the woolen
and linen trade, which employed so
many. The silk industry was killed oh
IN the same way. Owing to the way the
railroad and steamboat freight rates are
Washington sentinel., 1901-06-22
CONGRESSIONAL MEMENTos
The Desire to Possess the Desks of
Rctirinu Members

The Desire to Possess the Desks of
Retiring Members.
The desks of the senate are all more
or less sacred from use, but no sort of
tradition attaches to the desks OF the
house OK representatives so far as
known to the present employees. A
secret mark is kept on all the senate
desks, so that the holder OF the list
can tell which desk was used by Web
ster or Clay or Conkling or Logan or
any of the men who have made names
for themselves In that body.
But the desks Of the house are liked
by the men who have used them even
for one session, and some Of these ad-
mirers Of furniture sanctifed by their
use are to have a chance to own their
desks. According to the plan arrang-
ed for an enlarged membership In the
Fifty-eighth congress- the desks are to
be smaller and the old ones are to be
sold. It was announced that the sale
would be by auction, but that members
desiring TO buy their desks at cost or
appraised valuation might secure them
by applying in time to the clerk OF the
house.
The desire TO possess the old desks is
almost unanimous, for the clerk has
received some 800 notifications Of
desire on the part Of old members TO
own a desk, 1t does not appear that
the desks used by Reed, Dingley, Hol-
man, Wilson Breckenridge, Bryan, Sui
zer and I.entz were marked by any Sc
cret sign known only to the clerk or
that there has been any request for the
desks once used by such men as Ben
Butler A. II. stephens, Garfield, Cox,
Proctor Knott, Thaddeus Stevens and
Henry Clay, although it is asserted
that they undoubtedly are among the
desks recently in use in the house.
The number of desks In the house
has been. so much greater than that In
the senate and members Of the house
are so apt to change their desks with
successive sessions that 1t is difficult to
keep track Of those made interesting
by the temporary use Of prominent
men. They are all made Of mahogany,
but are not specially commOdious or
elegant.-Cor. New York Times.
Washington sentinel., 1901-06-22
nricIsa From Coke Ashes.

European scientific Journal reports
that the coke ashes Of gas works are
now manufactured into bricks resem-
bling pressed brick, but considerably
harder than the latter. Heretofore
these ashes were looked upon as absO-
lutte waste and were often piled up on
land which might have been prOftably
cultivated, so that the innovation is
doubly profitable.
The manufacture OF coke ash brick iS
a very simple one. The ashes are care
fully reduced 10 fine powder, mixed
with one-teuth part Of slaked lime and,
after the addition Of water, kneaded
until the mass forms a stiff paste.
Then IL IS treated like ordinary clay
and formed into bricks by the use Of
suitable presses. The bricks are then
stacked, protected from rain and dried
IN the air No artificial heat Is requr-
ed. The air dried bricks are very hard
and make excellent building material
Washington sentinel., 1901-06-22
Free Trade for Porto RICO

1t is by no means improbable
that the situation which is devel-
Oping in Porto Rico will lead to an
interesting fight in the next session
Of Congress. Free trade with the
island now seems to be a matter
of the near future. II may prove
to be the entering wedge Of the
breaking down Of the tariff barri-
ers, Tor which certain Republicans
are apparently working with much
earnestness, and for this reason Is
Washington sentinel., 1901-06-22
A wnnherfnI sun Finder.

August Siebner OF Waukesha, Wis,
believes that he has solved the secret
OF the solar system. He has invented
an instrument which, he believes Will
some day make him fabulOusly
wealthy. He has had for some time the
idea that there IS more than one sun,
and by means OF his Instrument he
shows all the way from , to 36 suns.
The numerous suns appear I'm group,
one directly above the other. The in
strumeut when placed in another posi-
tion reveals two suns some distance
apart. He says that he can. by means
Of his apparatus, bring the moon so
close to the earth that every line on Il
is discernlble, and be says that IL Is full
Of holes. He also tells wonderful tales
Of the Inhabitants Of the planets. He
intends 10 take his instrument TO the
state ~ ,ervatory at Madison.
Washington sentinel., 1901-06-22
likely to arouse considerable an

tagonism.
AS the press dispatches have al
ready indicated, an extra sessiol
OF the Porto Rican Legislature !
TO commence on the 4th oi July
1t has been called tor the purposI
OF enacting a memorial to thl
President to prove to him that tn,
revenues under the recent Hol
lander law are sufficient to NEE
the expenditures of the island. /
the facts are convincing, the Presi'
dent stands ready to issue the
proclamation OF free trade. In
fact, he has no discretion undei
the Foraker law, which contains
the following provision:
"And whenever the Legislative
assembly OF Porto Rico shall have
enacted and put into operation a
system OF local taxation to meet
The expenses OF the Government
OF Porto Rico by this act estab-
lished, and shall by resolution duly
passed so notify the President, he
shall make proclamation thereof
and thereupon all tariff duties on
merchandise and articles Igoing
into Porto Rico snail cease and
and from and after such date all
such merchandise and articles
shall be entered at the several ports
of entry free OF duty"
In addition to this, the law pre-
scribed that the abolition OF duties
should, in any event, occur on the
Ist OF March, 1909. It had been
hoped by the advocates OF a tariff
that Congress would. at its next
session. extend this date. The only
hope Of the protectionists, there
fore, is that the facts to be laid be-
fore the President by the Porto
Rico Legislature will not be suffi-
ciently convincing to warrant the
issuance OF the free trade procla-
nation.
The figures relating to the Porto
Rican finances already in the pos
session OF the Government, from
reports made by Governor Allen,
are held to indicate that there will
be difficulty in securing enough
revenue under the operation OF the
Hollander tax law. The excess
Of expenditures over island re
ceipts during the ten months Of
administration was gI88.-
while the same excess dur.
ing the FIRST eleven months Of civil
government was SIaI.s59,7o. The
has already enacted
budget for rhe next fiscal year,
which, with other necessary ex-
penses, will take $4,000. 900, and
to meet this authorized expendi-
ture the receipts are estimated at
exactly the same amount. The
are, however, purely ar
bitrarY, $500, 900 being expected
from the operations OF the Hol-
lander law and the remainder being
added from other sources until the
requisite $4,000, 900 has been
reached. Pressure will be brought
TO bear uDon the President bv the 1
opponents Of free trade with Porto
Rico to have him make a very
careful investigation into the Porto
Rican situation before ne agrees
that the revenues OF the island will
prove sufficient to warrant the
abolition Of all tariff duties.
Washington sentinel., 1901-06-22
Hanna ana Pett1grew

Ex-senator PettiPrew explains
that he made his money in the re-
cent Northern Pacific affair by
legitimate purchases OF actual
stock. He did not dabble in mar.
gins.
This former Senator has evil
IDENTIFY profited from the example
of an Ohio colleague, whose pur-
chases. though they were roundly
denounced by the Dakotan, had
also the merit Of being confined to
the substantial. There seems to
be something in this plan after all.
Pettigrew may now shake hands
with Senator Hanna. Wealth is
the great obliterator. Through its
glasses all roads to the Senate
are legitimate and clean.
Washington sentinel., 1901-06-22
man. appended their signatures to

the document.
A few days later, Capt. Jane
Jack of Charlotte was despatched
wish the account OF the proceed
ings to the Continental Congress,
a, Philadelphia. According 10 the
Charlotte version, the president o
Congress returned a polite answer
to the address which accompanied
the resolutions. in which he hiphly
approved Of the measures adopte
by the delegates OF Necklenburg,
but deemed he subject premature
70 be laid before Congress.
AT this identical time Congress
was preparing a petition to the
King, which was signed by every
member on July 8, 1878, stating in
part; 1--WE have net raised armies
with the ambitious design OF sep
arating from Great Britain and es
tablishing Independent States"
That there were those who did
not sympathize with the work OF
the convention is attested by
curious poem in the Mecklenburg
Censor which was printed about
that time:
When Mecklenburg' fantastic rabble,
Renowned for censure, ,scold and gable,
In Charlotte met in giddy council.
To lay the constitutions ground sill
BY choosing men both learned and wise,
Who clearly could with halt closed eyes
See millstones through a spy or plot
Whether existed such or not;
Who always could at noon define,
Whether the sun or moon did shine,
And by philosophy tell whether
1t was dark or sunny weather;
And sometime when their wits were nice
Could we'll distinguish men from mice,
FIRST to withdraw from British trust,
In Congress they the very first.
Their independence did declare.
When the Roval Governor OF
North Carolina heard Of the reso-
lutions adopted May 20, IT'S, he
addressed the Executive Council
upon the late most reasonable
publication by a committee IN the
County OF Mecklenburg, explicitly
renouncing obedience to his Maj
esly's Government, and all lawful
authority whatsoever" Five days
after this address the Governor
wrote to Earl Dartmouth: "The
resolve OF the committee Of Meek
lenbutg surpass all the
hogrio and treasonable pubiica-
tions that the inhammatory spirit
OF this country has yet produced"
The original Mecklenburg Dec
laration is not now in existence.
THAT, together with all the records
of the general committee which
signed it, was burned in April
1900. in the fire which destroyed
the House OF John McKnitt Alex
ander, the secretary Of the general
committee and the custodian of all
its records. After the fire he pre-
pared a copy Of the Mecklenburg
Declaration for his friend, General
William r. DaVie. This COPY,
which IL now in the archives OF
the University Of North Carolina,
has admittedly errors in the text
and omits the sixth resolution.
Mr.. Alexander added a certificate
vouching for It's substantial accu-
racy, but qualifying his statement
with the proviso: THAT the fore
going statement, though funda-
mentally correct, may not literally
correspond with the original rec
ord oithe transactions OF said dele
cations"
Although the original document
is lost, there is abundance Of proof
of its formulation and adoption in
personal statements and writings
preserved from the early years OF
the nineteenth century.
Washington sentinel., 1901-06-22
New EnAiand Has Its own Fuel Peat

Dr. G.. NJ Randall, a pructicing ply
slCian I'm Lowell, feels sure that he has
solved the fuel problem which has been
bothering manufacturers In the east
for many years.
Peat Is the basis OF his fuel, and, ow-
Ing TO its cheapness and abundance IN
the vicinity OF Lowell, It is possible 10
run the mills OF the Spindle City for
the next so years without going to the
coal producing states for cOal.-Boston
Globe.
Washington sentinel., 1901-06-22

manipulated by English owners ii is
ch sper to ship goods to any point in
Ireland from Liverpool than from
Dublin or Belfast. But the principal
cause of the depopulation OF Ireland is
the hatred of the Irish for a rule which
Is tyrannical and stupid"
Washington sentinel., 1901-06-22

THE latest rapid fire gun will,
is claimed, throw a shell twenty
FIVE miles. This wipes out coasl
defense. The latest shell is such
that no vessel can live in the waters
where Il explodes. This knocks
out invading fleets. Why not call
It quits and declare all wars Off
Washington sentinel., 1901-06-22
snmnwhnt nanpnr.In.

wife--John. here Is a picture I took
OF you with my kodak.
Husband after looking at it)-Great
Scott! What did you take me for, my
dear 2-STart Set.
Washington sentinel., 1901-06-22

How difficult it is to get any sort
Of construction of the law against
such interests" as the Sugar
Trustl How easy il is to get the
strictest and most illiberal nd un-
wise construction Of the law where
a Sugar Trust is clamoring for cts
ownp
Washington sentinel., 1901-06-22

Gen. Bates Sheds Light on Condi-
tIOns in the Philippines.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1901-04-24
ENTERTAINMENT.
Prominent Artists Will Appear In
Program at DIR. Coles Home

On the evening of May 3, at the home
of DR.. and Mrs. II. w. Cole, 40 Arch
ST., another of series of entertain
ments being given for the benefit of
First Baptist church, will be held.
The entertainment will be readings
by Mr.. Edison M. Robinson, who IN
that work has established brilliant
reputation, and solos by Mrs. Richard
Ward, Akron's gifted conrralto.
Mr.. Robinson as a reader combines
with natural ability the strength of
thorough training, dramatic force and
pleasing personality. Lately he has
appeared before number of the best
audiences in this city, and by merltor-
ious work, has won praise and popu-
larity to such extent that few local en-
tertainments are considered complete
without his appearance in the program.
Mrs. Wards reputation as u contral-
to singer of exceptional merit is such
as to insure the popularity of the an
nouncement that she will participate
in the program at DIR. Coles home.