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New-York tribune., 1901-07-08
THE LORD GIvETH.
THE LORD TAKETH AWAY.
BLESSED BE THE NAME OF THE LORD.
CONSTRUCTA. 1909

years, the Washngtons were comforted and
greatly assisted by the Spencers OF Althorp with
descendant dn the person of the present Earl
Spencer. X, CD still the whole Of the sur
rounding property. From 1910 to 1922 the cottage
was occupied by Robert Washington and his wife
Elizabeth. who, having children OF their own
had adopted Amy. daughter of the elder brother
within nine days of each other. the house was
occupied by their nephew, the Rev. Lawrence
Washington, with his family OF five children, com
posed Of three daughters and two sons the latter
being the two emgrants who settled IN Virginia
About this time close friendship existed be-
tween the Spencers and the Washingtons as to
justify the suppostion that II by the formers
special desire that the simple and comparatively
small Washington vault in ST. Mary's Great
Brington. should actually adjoin the elaborate and
more extensive mausoleum of the Spencers
New-York tribune., 1901-07-08
MR.. SCHWAB AT THE ORIENTAL.

Charles NJ Schwab the president OF the United
States Steel Corporation. spent Saturday night at
the Oriental Hotel, at Manhattan Beach. and re-
mained there until late yesterday afternoon. He
was in the company of Henry Clews of the
time. Mr.. Schwab said he was at the beach for
recreation. and he had little to say about business
matters. He seemed to be that the strike of
steel operatives in Pittsburg nearly over. He
talked with j. P. Morgan and others in Mr.. Nor
gans office Friday. The strike situation was
discussed thoroughly at that time.
There report that Senator Hanna intended
10 meet Mr.. Schwab, but Senator Hanna was not
at Manhattan Beach yesterday, and Mr.. Schwab
had not seen him recently. A friend of Mr.
Schwab said last evening that the fact that the
United States Steel Corporation had declared
dividend on its common stock within few days
sure indication that the managers did not
expect serious trouble on account of the strike.
New-York tribune., 1901-07-08
EGTPTIAN-CHINESE RAILW4Y.

From advance sheets of consular reports.
The press OF Germany states that an English
engineer has worked out a plan connect Alex
andria. In Egypt, directly with Shanghai. The rail-
road. which Will he about & 400 miles long Will have
three divisions. The middle one of :. 125 miles :
already In existence. IL is In the railroad net Of
India. From Alexandria the road will run east
southeast over the IsthmuS of Sinai AL,ba. he
north end of the Bay of Akaba. from ther. almost
due east to kurvet and Bassorah. thence through
Southern Persia to the frontier Of BalOochStan and
across this State. which is under the English pro-
teCtorate, to connect with the India railroad net
From Shanghai to Chung-K King the road will run
along the Hangtze- Kiang. touching all important
trade centres, such Nnnkng. Han koW etc
Then IL will run by way of Shan-Tung. Yun-Nan
and Tal-fu 10 Kun-og. the eastern terminus
of the India roads \ road will connect Mandalay
and Calcutta. Karache. at the mouth of the Indus,
Will become Of the principal stations
II is stated that work the road will soon be
commenced. - -
New-York tribune., 1901-07-08
TIME WASTED.

From The Moutrie (Ga) Observer.
Two of prominent citizens who live within a
thousand miles of where the writer is domiciled
met in the public road the other day, when the
following conversation occurred:
Whats the neWS?"
They've captured Aguinaldo."
Captured who?"
'Aguinado.
What's he been doing?'
killing folks
(Excitedly) who has he killed."
''Oh lots of people
Where is the scoundrel?
He's in jail.
More excited Let's get a crowd and lynch him."
'It would be too expensive"
Expensive, What's going to make Il expensive? 90
He's too far off,
why, amt he in Moultrie jail?"
Not bit Of it,
well, where is he them"
He's in jail at Manila"
You mean Camilla, don't your
mo. l mean what say
How far is it?"
About eight thousand miles,
Get up. Jack AS he moved off he was heard
to calculate: Got no time TO talk with every fool
| meet in the road. Eight thousand miles! Why
that's clean outside Of Georgy Aguinaldo? Don't
believe there is such man in the world Never
heard Of such place as Manhiller before. These
fellows what don't do nothing but read newspapers
mighty smart Get up, Jack lost half an hour
talking with that slophead when l ought to been
home planting taters.
New-York tribune., 1901-07-08
MAY CoMPLICATE STEEL STRIKE.
MEN IN OHIO MILL DISCHARGED-SAID TC
HAVE WORKED TO ''UNIONIZE" IT

MEN IN OHIO MILL DISCHARGED-sAID TO
HAVE WORKED TO "UNIONIZE" IT
Pittsburg. July "A complication has arisen
which may have important effect the action
10 be taken the coming conference between the
Amalsamated Association of Iron. Steel and Tin
Workers and representatives of the sheet steel and
steel hoop companies 10 settle the wage scale
On Saturday twelve men We're discharged from
the Wellsvie. Ohio. steel plant, an underlying
company of the United States Steel Corporation.
No reason given for the discharges, but the
say the action taken because the dis
charged men wepe known TO have taken active part
in 'unionizing" the MILL which has always here
tofore been non-union. The was brought be-
fore the advisory board of the Amalgamated Asso-
citation, which in session here yesterday, the
result being that order has gone forth from
President Shaffer calling upon all union men IN the
mill to strike to-mgr ".
This action may serve to cripple the plant. and
emphasize the iH srtant fact that President
Shaffer is deternTu that the scale must be signed
for all mills alike ma will take no chances on
settlement of the existing troubles by the CONFER
ence 10 be held here this week The president OF
the Amalgamated Association has not yet been
informed officially that renewal OF the conference
the sheet scale has been requested, but he has
been made aware Of the desire of the companies and
will accept the invitation The conference Will
probably begin on Wednesday next.
New-York tribune., 1901-07-08
FINANCIAL NEWS FROM BERLIN

Berlin. July 7.-Although the failure of the Tre-
ber-Trocknung Company vas expected after the
Lepsicrash, the event caused the deepest depres-
sion all German boerses. This and other factors
made last week the blacklist since the reaction be-
gan in April OF last year The weekly financial
reviews all emphasize the complete pessimism
which has seized the public, and many of them
their readers against indiscriminate selling
pointing out that shares of the soundest undertake
ngs are suffering from widespread distrust
and that there is danger OF increasing these condi-
tions arthcialy through a mad rush to sell
Declines were marked in every department. Even
government funds. which, during the previous week
of the advance. chiefly through sales for foreign
account. French holders especially selling. For
eign money is also being withdrawn from the Ger
man dscounting business
The markets weakest spot industrials the
condition OF which panicky. Friday was the
weakest day known in these securities for nine
months The depression in industrals was in
creased by a statement that the coke syndicate
had decided to raise the restriction of output 10
one-third, having only recently raised 1t one
fourth The new rise is due to the declining con-
sumption of blast furnaces
The weeks reports from Industrial centres were
more unfavorabc. and worse than were expected
the declines ranging for iron shares from to 16
points, and for coal shares from to 20 points
Other industrial securities fell off correspondngly
Bank shares declined from to points. and
provincial banks suffered heavily. Accompanying
the weeks depression growing cheapness
and abundance in money, the private of dis
discounting business was extremely difficult. owing
the great caution exercised by lenders. This
The official press begins 10 express fear lest the
official rate OF discount be raised, owing to the
last unfavorable statement.
The transactions In American railway securities
for the week were next to nothing.
New-York tribune., 1901-07-08
TO KEEP COAL PRODUCTION DOWN
MINERS FEAR ACCUMULATION OF STOCK
OK HAND.

WiIkesbarre Penn. July (SpeciaD.-At meetings
of the various locals of the United Mine Workers,
held throughout this region to-day, the delegates
who are TO go the quarterly convention of Dis
trict No. ] at scranton tomorrow were instructed
What they will DO is not announced but 1t is
clearly understood that they will insist upon sus-
pension of work at all the coeries in various
periods of the year in order that the production
shall be kept down the demand.
A strike will be threatened unless the companies
agree. They see a great danger to the prestige of
the union in the present steady production which
is greater than the demand. for ii will allow the
operators TO get such stock on hand that in the
event Of a strike they could defy the union, and.
having large stock. would make them more in
cline6 to refuse the just demands of the men than
II they feared a strike would create coal famine
New-York tribune., 1901-07-08
THE BRINGTONS A MECCA.
ATTRACTIONS FOR AMERICANS AT TIL
HOME OF wAsHINGTON's ANCESTORS.

HOME OF WASHINGTON'S ANCESTORS.
From The London Mail
While It is both fatterlng and satisfactory to
lean money finds it's way annually into Stratford-
on-AvGn and other centres of historic interest In
total absence Of patro2nage shown by Americans
rescue and old fashioned Northamptonshire ham
lets wherein lived died and are buried generations
greatest and most prosperous republic
within the last few years but little authentic in,
formation was obtainable respecting the English
reason principally OF the exhaustive but neverthe-
less unfruitfl search Tor traces of the parents OF
Washington and his Wife Amphs. From 1871
Genealogical inquiry. up to 1892 when Henry F.
Waters able to convert his theory of iden-
similar nature have excited keener controversy
than that of the cradle of the Washingtons. =
solutions have certainly never been advanced than
those embraced in the unravelling of this ancient
But the old order changeth: The present year will
Northamptonshre (wherein repose the ancestors of
the man who helped so much to make America
what she is today, echoing to the football of many
devoted and wealthy pilgrim
number of influential men. who during the ap..
proacning season purpose organizing series OF
other directions 1t Is therefore onIv fair to sur
mise that-at any rate so far Americans are
concerned-the Washington tour viii become
on-Avon. in and around which place the pilgrims
are calculated to spend some 10000 a year.
The attractions almost Identical for while
at Stratford we have shakespeares tomb and Ann
Hathaways cottage at Brington may be seen. in
equal preservation. numerous tombs of the Wash
ingtons and Washington House. wherein lived
eral generations of the family, including the par
thatched building, of ancient date. first occu-
pied by the WaShingtons in 1905 when. after serI-
Gus reverses. Lawrence Washington the then
reigning lord Of Sulgrave Manor. some fifteen miles
distant migrated with his wife and family to
Brington. He then restored the building, which
was In very dilapidated condition. and TO COM
event, placed the which Is sri
to be seen over the doorway of the house and
which bears the following appropriate inscription:
New-York tribune., 1901-07-08
NO TIN WORKERS STRIKE
SETTLEMENT REACHED BY CONFER.
ENCE WITH OFFICIALS OF ANAL
GAMATED ASSOCIATION
[BY TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBUNE.l

Pittsburg, July 1.-Warner Arms, vice-presi-
dent Of the American Tin Plate Company and
the operative head OF the company. STAYED off
a strike Of the tin plate workers by holding
conference with Theodore Schaffer president
OF the Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel
and Tin Plate Workers. Mr. Arms spent last
Friday evening in a conference with the labor
leader and to-day had another conference. He
went TO Youngstown Ohio. to attend funeral
and will be back here on Wednesday 10 hold
final conference, when he hopes settlement OF
the sheet and hoop workers strike will be made
President Schaffer had prepared a call for all
tin plate workers to cease work on July 8, but
a result of Mr.. Arms's visit the call will not
be issued. Mr.. Arms intimates that each side
will make concessions, but would not say what
the United States Steel Corporation would sur
render. In the course of the conferences John
Williams. secretary of the Amalgamated AS
sociation. and Mr. Bray. local representative Of
the American Tin Plate Company, were called in.
New-York tribune., 1901-07-08
READING TROUBLE SETTLED.
ACTING PRESIDENT WELSH MEETS THE
MEN AND EXPLAINS ALLEGED
BAD FAITH"

philadelphia. July THE following statement
was issued by the Philadelphia and Reading Rail-
way Company this evening:
Following the departure of President Baer for
Europe July 4, Mr.. Welsh, acting president Of
the Philadelphia and Reading Railway Company,
took up promptly possible the trouble exist
ing in the shops and finding that. quite unknown
Mr.. Baer. order had been issued which could
easily be interpreted by the men as bad faith. he
telegraphed to Reading for those who had recently
come to agreement of settlement with Mr.. Baer
meet him at the Philadelphia office OF the com
pany this (Sunday) morning so that II possible, he
might demonstrate that there was absolutely good
faith the part of the company. The meeting
took place and result the following notice
TO the shopmen was at once issued:
philadelphia July :.
ITO the Shopmen OF the Philadelphia and Reading
Railway Company.
-'Mr. Baer's contract with you and all contracts
made by this company with men in its service Will
be lived up TO in every particular. An order un-
known TO President Baer when making the contract
with you has caused you to feel. not unnaturaly,
that there bad faith Bad faith with you by
President Baer would be impossible. Men formerly
in the shops applying Monday. July s, for work
VIII receive next payday wages for Friday and
Saturday. July and 6. in addition to what may
then be due them
"LOHN LOwBER WELSH. President pro tenn
New-York tribune., 1901-07-08

YOUNG FoxEs ADOPTED By A HOUND

Moundsville CIV. Va.) correspondence of The Gin
cinnati Enquirer.
Last Monday dogs belonging to Giles Cooke who
lives three miles from town. chased fox into its
den on his place. His boys dig the
fox out. and not only the old fox but four very
young ones. The dogs killed the mother before the
young discovered. The boys brought the
young foxes home and Giles. not liking see them
die tried to feed them on milk. On Wednesday a
finely bred foXhound o. Cooke gave birth to a litter
OF five pups. and before morning four of them We're
dead. The mother had shown interest in the
young foxes before. but after her family was so
badly depleted she seemed more interested ana
barked about the corn crib door where the foxes
were Gagged Giles opened the door. curious to see
the result The fOXhound entered, picked up a fox
by the neck, carried it carefully TO her kennel and
returning repeated the trip till all safely
placed. Since then the four young foxes and one
pup are living in family.
New-York tribune., 1901-07-08
CHEAP NITRIC ACID.
|, in Western Druggist.

:. l. Wilbert, IN Western DRUGGIST.
II is generally realized that the production Of
nitric acid and the various nifrates by the COM
bustion OF atmospheric nitrogen is one OF the i'm
mediate possibilities OF the future. but such la
really the case. The combustion OF atmospheric
afr by means of induced electrical current has
already been accomplished on an experimental
scale In Sir William crookes's address before the
British Association that authority stated that
sodium nitrate could be produced by the aid OF
electricity at the Of s26 ton, basng the cost
of power upon that obtaining at Niagara Falls.
while the native nitrate brings about $57 80 ton
II some other more economical source OF power be
found-euch for instance, that furnished by the
blast furnace gases now wssted-this figure may
be lowered
New-York tribune., 1901-07-08

From Nature

e
We have received from the president OF the In
ternational Aeronautcal Committee a preliminary
account OF the balloon ascents on May H. Eighteen
ascents took place, including manned and un-
manned balloons. OF which six were Berlin. four
at Strassburg and three at Vienna. Two of the
unnamed balloons have not yet been found. The
highest attitudes were reached by the French bal
looms. One OF these ascents. made from Chalais-
Meudon. particularly interesting; at starting
the temperature 15's c. GA Fahrenheit) freez-
Fahrenheo at $50 metres, and the lowest tenn
perature -55'.s -6s Fahrenheit) at II 025 metres
but Inversion of temperature afterward oc-
Cured and reaching the greatest altitude Is 4l4
metres. the thermometer had risen to = 32'2 & 2s
kahrenheiD Two balloons sent up from
Trappes (near Paris. One recorded freezing point
at e 740 metres and - "a & So FahrenheO at II 400
New-York tribune., 1901-07-08
4 DISCOVERER.
From The King.

Bobby burst into the house in state Of high
excitement. His hands and clothing smeared
with a liberal Of sticky substance
and his face e glow OF triumphant satisfac-
ton
Il say. mamma, those people across the way
don't know much,' he exclaimed. They've got a
sign on their front door that says Wet Paint"''
"And YOU covered with iti You ought TO be
ashamed Of vourselfi' said his mother. severely
.sThat sign was put up people keep
away from it
Yes mamma persisted Bobby, with the en-
thusiasm OF a richly rewarded scientific investi-
gator. but il wasn't paint. and knew IL. 1t
New-York tribune., 1901-07-08
COAL MINERs COME FRoM ARRoAp

Wilkesbarre. Penn.. July CspeciaD.-The first in
stalment of number of Poles. Huns and Slavs who
are being induced immigrate this region
rived in this city this morning. There nun
dred men in the party, and four women, and they
have been sent to the small mining towns about
this city. The various coal companies are greatly
in need Of more hands. and shorthanded at
nearly every mine, owing many men having left
this region in the course of the strike last fall. and
there being lack of English speaking miners to
fill their places. The foreigners in this region
being induced 10 send over TO the old country for
their friends and relatives and several thousands
OF them expected this summer and fall.
New-York tribune., 1901-07-08
NOT A LINGTIST.
Detroit Journal

From The Detroit Journal.
We speaking of the sagacty of dogs.
The conventional story of the pointer which
pointed upon the near approach of man by the
name OF Partridge had just been told.
THAT reminds me-" Smithson remarked. ''of a
dog / owned. One day. when | had the dog
with me, met by the name of Voge. but
the dog didn't do thing!
And why this?'' clamored eagerly
Because, replied Smthson, the dog was an
Irish setter and didn't understand Dutch.''
Here the house stood for a round.
New-York tribune., 1901-07-08
NOPPORTUNE.

From The Detroit Journal.
The BABY cried the woman radiant with 10y
'is beginning say things!'
The man. her husband, reeled If he had been
struck a blow.
And just when need friends most!' he whm-
pered, for he about entering politics.
Her suggestion that he did have to tell every
body everything the baby said extremely silly;
just like woman. in fact.
New-York tribune., 1901-07-08
NATIONAL. STEEL SIGNS SCALE.

Pittsburg, July THE National Steel Company,
one Of the subsidiary companies of the United
States Steel Corporation. has signed the special
steel scale for the big steel plant Mingo juno
tion- Jefferson County. Ohio This is of the
largest plants in the country outside of the Car
nesie works This is the first OF the scales of the
National Steel Company he signed. 1t shows
that the National company Is willing to accept the
continuous clause. including the provision to sign
for all its mills At SteubenVille late last night the
scale OF the La Belle Iron Company for the pud-
dlers and bar iron men signed
New-York tribune., 1901-07-08
HOME NEWS.
PROMINENT ARRIVALS AT THE HOTELS

FIFTH AVENUE-Sol Berlner. United States
Consul Tenerffe. GRAND-W. V. H. Rose.
assistant paymaster, U. S. n. HOFFMAN
Captain G. SEWER L. S. A IMPERIAL-J. r.
Morris. paymaster. L. S. N MURRAY HILL-The
Rev. W. ]. Culbert, of Boston NETHERLAND-
Lieutenant r. Bruce. r. n. PARK AVENUE
Captain Joshua A. Fessenden, U. S. A. WAL
DORF-I. Topham Richardson of London.
New-York tribune., 1901-07-08
MORE MEN GO OUT AT EAST ST. LOUIS.

ST. Louis, July 7-On the St Louis side of the
river the Cuppes station truckers. elevator men
and laborers fifty in all, strike yesterday,
adding another chapter the history the
freight handlers troubles in this city and East ST
Louis. They quit work because their demand for
an advance in wages of 212 hour, with
extra pay for every half hour overtime.
New-York tribune., 1901-07-08
THE FIRE RECORD YESTERDAY

st. John McMann 500.
1910 a m-' No 545 West Forty-ninth-st. unknown
MAO a m. No. ABS West Twenty -sixth-st. Andrew
$40 p m, No. 1885 second-ave.. Wing Chung. s25
$3.50 D. rn IS Warren-st.. Philip Bonner. $500
New-York tribune., 1901-07-08
WHAT is GOING ON TODAY.

Commission. Fifth Avenue Hotel morning
Executive Committee. Greater New-York Democracy
Hoffman House. $50 p. IN.
Visiting immigration officials at Ellis Island.
Young Womens Christian Association floral cantata in
No. Ffteenth-st., s m
New-York tribune., 1901-07-08
4 CONCESSION TO SUPERSTITION

From The Chicago Tribune
Thirteen dollars and a half seems a high price
for such comparatively short trip" said the
man with the travelling bag in his hand
We thought people would rather pay that than
SS, replied the agent of the steamer line with
an explanatory and apologetc cough.
New-York tribune., 1901-07-08

THE INTELLIGENT AUTOMOBILE
From The Yonkers Statesman.
Bi-His automobile seems to have almost human
intelligence.
Jill-How so?
Bil-Why. II broke doWa in front Of q saloon.
New-York tribune., 1901-07-08
SHIPPING NEWS.
PORT OF Ew-YoRK-sUNDAy. JULY I. 1901.
ARRIVED.

Tampican (Rrl. PickthalI Liverpool 2d
mdse Frederick Leyland Co Limited. Arrived
at the Bar a S;35 a m.
Menominee tBr). Lucas. London June % with
and 10 passengers q Atlantic Transport Co
Arrived a Bar a $50 IN.
Steamer Primers Point (Br). Gladstone
and Dundee %, with mdse 10 simpson. Spence & Young
Arrived the Bar at a m.
Steamer Potsdam Dutch) Potter. Rotterdam and
New-York tribune., 1901-07-08
FATHER DROWNS BEFORE SON.
HE FALLS FROM A BOAT WHILE FISHING
OFF SHEEPSHEAD BAY

John Scherenbrandt. forty years old. OF No. 229
Starr-st., Williamsburg drowned yesterday
afternoon by falling out of a small boat in which
he fishing in the Rockaway Channel off Sleeps
head Bay.
Scherenbrandts son. Charles twelve years old,
and Charles Scheer, friend, were in the same
boat and made every effort TO save the drowning
man. The strong current, however. quickly carried
him out of reach of all aid and he sank before
the eyes Of his boy and friend. The body had not
been recovered last night.
New-York tribune., 1901-07-08
OUTGOING STEAMERS.

TODAY
Vessel For Line. Mails
jamestown. Norfolk, Old Dominion. 800
TUESDAY. JULY o.
Advance Colon Panama R......... 9So a m 100 o m
Htldur. Curacao Red d. 1900 800 m
FL Monte. New-Orleans. Morgan. 800 D m
Apache, Charleston. clyde, 500 m
Princess Anne, norfolk. Old Dominion 800 m
WEDNESDAY, JULY 10
st Paul Southampton American $50 m 1000 a m
Cymrtc Liverpool. White Star $50 m 1900
iceland. Antwerp. Red Star. 1000 m
I-aureatan Glasgow. Allan State.
Fontabele. Crox. Quebec m 800 m
Seguranca Havana, y Il 1900 m 800 o m
Comal, Galveston Mallory. o m
Hamilton. Norfolk Old Dominion. 800 o m
m 100 n na
Grerada. Trinidad. Trinidad. 1000 m 1900 m
Eastern Prince Brazil Prince 80 D m AGO m
New-York tribune., 1901-07-08
Announcements.
A Summer Shirt.
All Linen E & W. All whira
MARINE INTELLIGENCE.
MINIATURE ALMANAC.

Sunrise 437 Sunset a. pm IL Moons age 20
HIGH WATER.
AM-Sandy Hook 1882 Gov Island 1905 He'll Gate 2:O
PMSandy Hook 11:+O Gov Island 1852 Gate PAS
New-York tribune., 1901-07-08

Moundsvie CIV, va) correspondence of The Cir
cinnati Enquirer.