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New-York tribune., 1902-03-24
To CONTROL CANAL TRAFFIC.
SYNDICATE FORMED TO BUY ALL BOATS
ON STATE CANALS
[BY TELEGRAPH 70 THE TRIBUNE J

Utica. n. Y, March 23-A trust has been
formed which will control about all through for
warding traffic on the Erie Canal Options on
boats being obtained from boat owners
at New-York, Buffalo, Rochester. Syracuse.
Troy, Utica and other canal points. and 1t is be
Heved the syndicate will control all the tonnage
when canals are opened next month.
A law has protected projectors OF small for
warding companies by limiting the capitalza-
tion Of such companies to $4,000. This law
repealed this winter. and the organization
of syndicate followed. It is called the New
York and Western Transportation Company,
and # is capitalized at $3OO00
1t is the intention Of the company TO obtain
every desirable canalboat on the State canals.
Canal tonnage last year was unusually heavy
because of the Pan-American traffic rail-
roads. The company will be able to save the
commission fees. and towing expenses will be
reduced.
Among those interested in the company are
George ". Stillwel. Henry Gallagher George
F. Morris. Paul A. Rochester. John a. Sullivan
George w. Myers. George A. Clark George S
Gallagher, OF New-York, and Joseph G. Tone Of
Rochester.
New-York tribune., 1902-03-24
REACHED PRETORIA BY SPECIAL TRAIN.
NEWS ABOUT THE DELEGATION OF BoEH
LEADERS MEAGRE.

CSy The Associated Press)
Pretoria, March 23.-Acting President Schalk-
burger. F. W. Reitz ex-secretary of State Of
the Transvaal. and Commandants Lucas Meyer
and Krogh arrived here to-day on a special
train from BalmoraI about fifty miles east Of
here They reached BalmoraI under a flag Of
truce. After a short stay here they proceeded
for the Orange River Colony.
London. March 23.-It is believed here that
Acting President Schalkburger, F. W. Reitz
and Commandants Lucas Meyer and Krogh
who reached Pretoria to-day and proceeded for
the Orange River Colony, intend to see Lord
Kitchener. who is directing the operations
against Deiarey.
The news that the wandering Boer govern
ment" had entered the British lines is regarded
as having but meaning, namely that an
other attempt is being made to negotiate peace
The fact that the censor passed the news OF
the movement is accepted as confirmation Of
this opinion
Nothing is actually known here OF the inten-
tions Of Messrs. Schalkburger, Reitz. Meyer
and Krogh. 1t is possible they have only sought
permission to traverse the British lines in order
70 consult with Mr. Steyn and the Boer generals
De Wet and Delarey. but, whatever their
object, the news has been welcomed in London
as pointing to the possibility Of peace.
Some correspondence, which was seized short
capture proved that he and Mr.. Schalkburger
were anxious to conclude peace. No extrava-
CANT hopes, however are being built on the out
come Of the movements Of Mr.. Schalkburger and
his companions, chiefly because it is feared that
Delarey, in the flush Of his recent success, will
refuse 10 be a party TO any negotiations.
The War Office has informed a representa- tive
OF The Associated Press that it has received no
oihcial information. either 10 confirm con-
tradict the news
0oihmandant Krogh is one Of the secretaries
u 'he Boer Government. He was formerly the
administrator of Swaziland. and has not been
prominent during the war
re" OF The papers here comment on the news
LIoh Pretoria. These take It for granted that
M Schalk-Burger and his companions are on
mission Of peace, and again engage in a dis
cUhslon OF possible peace terms, expressing the
nope that the overtures will have a successful
OuIccrne' The presence of Lucas Meyer is re-
garded as significant as he is an intimate friend
Of Louis Botha
Inc DdHy chronicle" commenting on the
absence OF Botha from the deputation. suggests
ne Is standing aside, owing to the failure
"a His oVertures year ago, and considers that
the conditions Lord Kitchener then
oHeied 10 Botha had been annulIed. 1t is highly
pi0napie mat peace may still be arranged on
"i lhes' but that the Beers cannot expect
more lenient terms
- "0'iS Ne"s remarks that a settlement
o pe possible II the Beers were treated like
Nea cohiDatants' but men do not surrender
Soiioiuona4ly just after taking one Of the
'"eiDS 3 generals and four of his guns"
New-York tribune., 1902-03-24
MAKES FOR PEACE IN THE EAST
OPINION IN PEKING OF THE FRANCO-RUs
SIAN DECLARATION.

Peking March 23.-There is little discussion
either among the diplomats or the Chinese, Of
the Franco-Russian declaration. and this dec
laration is generally regarded making for
peace.
The Chinese newspapers are emphasizing the
humiliation of China, saying she Is treated by
the powers though she We're incompetent to
defend her own interests. and that she is placed
upon q level with Corea.
The Chinese Foreign Office is preparing to
send independent ministers to establish lega-
tions in Italy, Austria and Spain. The Chinese
ministers to Great Britain, Russia and the
United States have been heretofore respectively
accredited 10 these nations.
The Empress Dowager has appointed Wua Mu
Lun to be president OF the Imperial University
to succeed the Rev. W. A. P. Martin. who was
recently relieved of the presidency Of that in
stitution. Wua Mu Lun is a progre ssive and
learned official.
New-York tribune., 1902-03-24
THIRTY RIOTERS KILLED.
FATAL CONFLICT BETWEEN STRIKERS AND
TROOPS AT BATOUM.

Tfdis, Transcaucasia, March 23.-The "OficiaI
Caucasus Gazette" reports strike among the
employed at the ROthschilds' petroleum
works at Batoum on the Black Sea.
According to this newspaper, three hundred
strikers went last Friday to the police station
and demanded the release of the ringleaders in
the strike movement. who had been arrested the
previous day This demand refused. The
strikers reassembled the following day, attacked
the Jail and attempted to release the prisoners.
They fired at the soldiers who guarding
the prison. The latter. in turn. fired on the
mob and thirty Of the rioters We're killed. One
soldier wounded.
New-York tribune., 1902-03-24
THE EXECUTION OF GABRIEL.
HAYTI MAY HAVE TO RECKON WITH
FRANCE FOR HIS DEATH

Port-au-Prince, Hayti. March % Leon
Gabriel, who claimed to be a citizen of France
and who was executed yesterday after having
fired a shot from revolver General Cameau
the Chief Of Police was formerly an aide-de-
camp Of ex-President Legtime Upon this fact
the Haytian Government bases the claim that
Gabriel a Haytan and not a citizen Of
France The French Minister here maintains
that Gabriel was a citizen of France He was
regularly registered here at the French Iega-
ton. He left seven children.
AS a result OF the execution Of Gabriel the
French Minister has requested that a French
man-of-war be sent here, and is awaiting a
reply from Paris. Quiet prevails here
New-York tribune., 1902-03-24
CALIFORNIA IN FOUR DAYS

From New-York Best Of everything en- route The
Overland Limited" via Chicago & North Western
Union Pacific and Southern Pacific Railways or
fees 461, 2S7 and $40 Broadway.-Advt-
New-York tribune., 1902-03-24

OPERATION OF BLACK DIAMOND EXPRESS
RESUMED ON THE LEHIGH VALLEY r. r.
All trains including the Black Diamond Express
are runnin1 between New-York and BufraIo and
the West ON schedule =tme--Advt
New-York tribune., 1902-03-24
. ZFLAYA MAY VISIT IGLESIAS.
CENTRAL. AMERICAN PRESIDENTS WOULD CON
FER ON CANAL MATTERS,

FER ON CANAL MATTERS.
Maragua. Nicaragua. March 23-President
ZeIaya has accepted an invitation from the
President of Costa Rica, Senior Iglesias. to visit
Ttrnon Costa Rica, IN order to confer on mat
tors nar+aining TO the proposed Nicaragua Ca
nal The acceptance of this invitation is con-
tIngent upon the passage by the United States
senate of the Nicaragua Canal bill The date OF
the proposed visit has not yet been decided upon
New-York tribune., 1902-03-24

Yesterday being Palm Sunday. the blessing
and distribution of palms formed the central
ceremony Of the day in the metropolitan Roman
Catholic and Ritualistic churches
New-York tribune., 1902-03-24

Kingston, n. Y, March % (SpeciaD.-Judge
G.. D. B. Hasbrouck. counsel for Sheriff Dixie In
the Guden mandamus proceedings. said to-day
that Colonel Dixie would Immediately appeal
from the decision OF Judge Gaynor 10 the Ap-
pelate Court. This would act as a stay. Mean
while Guden could take no action toward re-
gaining possession OF the office under the de-
ciSiOn.
New-York tribune., 1902-03-24

In order to invest Mr.. Cable with the neces.
sary authority the scheme of organization con-
templates the formation Of an executive com
mittee within the Congress campaign commit
tee and his election 10 the Craftsmanship of this
executive committee. ItzRoes without saying
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1902-01-10
4 FARMER STEALS ELECTRICITY

The agricultural marvels produced
by Michaelis Quentesky, . meek little
Bohemian truck farmer, sorely puz.
zled his neighbors about New Egypt,
NJ. At the Same time the officers
OF the Bordentown Trolley Company
we're deeply worried by the stupen-
dous amount of electricity consumed
by its cars and lighting business. The
dynamos we're worked overtime and
enough voltage engendered to operate
three times as many cars as were in
use.
But the cars Jagged painfully and
could hardly crawl up the gentle hills.
By . strange coincidence, the greater
the troubles of the trolley company,
the greater the prosperity of Mich
aelis. His truck farm performed
wonders. Radishes that took his
neighbors six weeks tn grow reached a
splendid maturity on Michaelis' land
in nineteen days. The meek farmer
took cabbages to market three weeks
before his rivals's cabbage was any
where near the garnering stage.
Potatoes and tomatoes reached a
prodigious size on Michaelis' farm, and
| in q wonderfully short time. His
rivals almost bankrupted themselves
by buying fancy brands OF fertilizers,
but they could never approach the
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1902-01-10
WHOLE NUMBER 2,170.

quantity or quality OF the crops raised
by their soft-voiced neighbor.
The trolley company's troubles
reached such a stage that men of
science were invoked to solve the
problem. One of them accidentally
heard of the marvellous crops raised by
Michaelis on the land beside the
tracks of the company. The man of
science made an investigation. He
found, it is alleged, that the trolley
feed wire had been tapped ingenious ly,
and that vast network of wires ran
through the soil of Quentesky's truck
farm. The mystery of the extraor-
binary radishes, cabbages, tomatoes
and potatoes had been solved. The
trolley company's electricity had been
deftly employed to stimulate the SOL
and force the growth of the crops.
Now the company has brought suit
against the farmer for damages for the
alleged larceny of its electricity.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1902-01-10

Is her fortune if she chances 70 be a Patti
or Albani, and that fortune is guarded day
and night with the greatest care. Nothing
fnghtens singer SO much as a cough.
Every woman ought to be afraid of
cough. 1t is natures danger signal. Who
does not know of some sweet woman-voice
silenced forever by disease which began
with a slight cough.
The use Of DR.. Pierce's Golden Medical
Discovery will ensure a permanent cure of
the most obstinate and lingering coughs.
Even when the lungs are involved and
there are hemorrhages and emaciation,
rColden Medical Discovery" is generally
effective in restoring the diseased organs
to sound health and strength. There is
no alcohol in the sDiscovery" and it is
entirely free from opium, cocaine and all
other narcotics.
uI am feeling quite well,r writes Miss Dorcas
D. c., rand owe it all to DR. Pierces Golden
Medical Diecovery I had been quite a sufferer
for a long time. and after reading DR.. Pierce's
Common Sense Medical Adviser thought would
try his Golden Medical Discovery had not
been sleeping well for long time Took one tea
cry and slept nearly all night without coughing,
80 continued taking II. I had been great
sufferer for more than ten years. ! tried lots OF
different medicines and different doctors. but
did not feel much better. coughed until I
commenced splitting blood, but now feel much
stronger and am entirely we'll"
DR.. Pierce's Common Sense Medical
Adviser, in paper covers, is sent free on
receipt of 2I one-cent stamps to pay ex-
pense of mailing only. Address DR.. R. v.
Pierce, Buffalo, N. Y.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1902-01-10
A Chinese Banquet.
Leisure Hour,

For the first course were handed
sugared cakes, cAviare, fried grass
hoppers, dried fruits, and Ning.Pu
oysters. Then followed, successfully
st short intervals. ducks, pigeons
and peewits' eggs poached, swallows
nests with mashed eggs, fricassees ol
ginseng. stewed surgeons gills, whales
sinews with sweet sauce, freshwater
tadpoles, fried crabs spawn. sparrows'
gizzards, sleeps eyes stuffed with
garlic, radishes in milk favored with
apricot kernels, matelotes OF holi-
thurias, bamboo sprouts in syrup, and
sweet salads.
The last course consisted OF pine.
apples from Singapore. earth nuts.
salted almonds, savory mangoes, the
white, feshy fruits OF the long.yen,
the pulpy fruits of the litchee, chest
nuts, and preserved oranges from
Canton. After the dessert rice was
served, which the guests raised to
their mouths with little chopsticks,
according to the custom of their
country. Three hours were spent
over the banquet. When it was ended
and at the time when, according to
European usage, salvers of rose water
are frequently handed round, the
waiting maids brought napkins
stepped in warm water. which all the
company rubbed over their faces sp-
parently with great satisfaction.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1902-01-10
The World Does Move.
Spokane Chronicle,
TIE world moves-gradually.

TIE world moves-gradually.
Representative c. L. Bartlett Of
Georgia has introduced bill in the
national house to regulate that relic
of antiquity. contempt of court"
The bill divides contempts OF court
into two general classes, direct and in
direct contempt. For contempt Of
the indirect class. that is, contempt
not in the court room, all persons thus
charged are to have the right Of trial
by jury, which is denied them under
the existing laws. For direct con-
tempt, that is, contempt committed in
the court room, the judge may punish
summarily.
This appears to be q step in the
right direction. It would 60 some lit.
tie distance toward making govern.
ment by injunction impossible, and
would tend to do away with fsrcical
proceedings such as have been wit
messed in Spokane as we'll as othe,
cities all too frequently in the past
The mission of the courts is to deal
out law and justice. To grant arbi
trary power and risk its falling into
the hands OF small Drained, egotistical
and tyrannical judges is to outrage
both law and justice and help to de
stroy the very purpose of the courts.
But the world moves.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1902-01-10
NEW EMsALMiNc FLUIDS.
infusion is Said to Preserve the Body Without
the ShriveIins Up Noticeable in
Egyptian Mummies.

the ShrivelnS Up Noticeable In
Egyptian Mummies.
The Memphis, Tenn, medical col
lege has for several weeks been ex.
perimenting with an embalming fluid
for which great possibilities are pre-
dicted. 1t is asserted that this dis
covery is superior to the embalming
preparations used by the Egyptians,
for while the infusion will preserve
the subject for all time, humanely
speaking as did that of the ancients,
it prevents the shriveling up that was
inseparable from Egyptian embalming
aud does not call for the swaths aud
bandsges in which all Egyptian num-
mics were encased.
The principal experiment up to this
time has been upon the body of dog,
which was treated 30 days ago. To.
day it looks 40 natural as in life. 1t
is rigid but in perfectly natural pose.
There is no trace of odor about it nor
is there any visible sign of decay.
This fluid has been made by the
demonstrator at the Memphis College
and he is so we'll convinced OF its
practical utility that he will use it for
the preservation of all the cadavera
used in the college.
The fluid petrifies the body. Nei.
ther arsenic nor strychnine is used
In the manufacture.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1902-01-10
OLYMPIA WASHINGTON FRIDAY EVENING. JAM TO- 1902

The recent meeting of the Panama
Canal Company, at which it was de.
termined to sell the canal to the Unit
ed States at almost any price, will
change the aspect Of the Nicaraguan
canal bills in Congress and may delay
the passage of the Morgan and Hep
burn bills. 1t is, however, believed by
many that those bills have done their
work in creating the panic which
seized the members of the French
company, resulting in the resignation
OF NJ. Maurice Hutin and the determi-
nation to "sell out at all COST"
Those members of Congress who are
interested in the movement to curtail
Southern Congressional representation
are sadly discouraged. They had
counted on the support of the Presi.
dent but he has declined to be a party
to the affair. He has not condemned
the movement nor would he, it is be-
lieved, refuse to sign a bill carrying
the purpose into effect if he received
it from Congress, but he declines to
take any leadership or to lend his in
fluence in Congress. There is a great
hope OF Mr.. Psyne's influence on the
President expressed by the friends of
the measure, but Mr.. Roosevelt is not
an easy man to influence and it is
more probable that the promoters OF
Southern reduction will lose a friend
than gain one when the new Postmas.
master General enters the cabinet. A
caucus of the Republican leaders will
be held as soon as Congress reassem.
bles, at which it will be determined
whether the movement shall be made
party measure or not.
Either just before or Immediately
after Postmaster General Smiths re.
linquishment of the duties OF his pres
ent Office there will be formulated
violent protest against the efforts of
the Postmaster General and the Third
Assistant Postmaster GeneQl to cur.
tail the second class mail privileges.
The President is entirely in sympathy
with General Smith in this movement
and the protest will, therefore, be
made in the form Of pe,itien to
Congress. The American Civil and
Religious Liberty Association is lead
ing the attack. There seems, however
to be strong conviction among the
members of Congress. that second
class mail privileges should be limited
to legitimate newspapers and maga-
zines, and IS the new Postmaster
General favors one cent postage, which
can only be secured by reducing the
present second class expenses, it is
not likely that the petitions will pro-
duce much effect. Dem.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1902-01-10

THE most daring robbery that has
occurred in Spokane for years hap
pened the other night when thieves
stole furs worth over $500 from the
windows OF the Spokane Cloak and
Suit house. The burglars gained en-.
trance to the main body OF the store
by boring their way through three
doors, commencing at the back door
in the alley. The robbery was found
out when the members Of the firm ap-
peared at the store next morning.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1902-01-10
GEN. MILES ENDORSED BY GEN.
SlcKlES.

Veteran Ssys Schley's Fdsads Must Suffer Be-
cause Government b Against Hin.
Major.Gen. Daniel e. Sickles said
yesterday:
AZ read Secretary Roots rebuke to
Gen. Miles with great sorrow. 1t was
an unprecedently bitter reprimand-s
very severe one. The great public
will understand il. Admiral Schley is
not popular with the Government.
and those who uphold him and show
their belief in him are made 70 suffer
for it.
at is an unfortunate fact that
Gen. Miles is not in favor with the
Government, either, and this is but
another public testimonial of that
fact. That Miles 10 not in favor is
probably because he has committed
the crime Of being placed in command
Of the army without having been at
West Point.
els it your belief that the rebuke Of
Secretary Root will make Gen. Miles
position untenable-oblige him. - q
high-spirited man, to resignr was
asked.
"No, mop said Gen. Sickles. "a
rebuke OF that nature. administered
to an officer, IL not to drive him from
the service. It's to warn him not to
err again. Technically, Gen. Miles
made mistake in publicly expressing
his opinion of the Schley-Sampsou
case.
Gen. Horatio G. King said: "Sec
retary Root and Gen. Miles I know
personally and esteem highly. You
must excuse me from expressing an,
opinion as between them in this mat
ter. It 10 true that / recall no in
stance where the Secretary Of War ha'
sent similar reprimand to the com
manding general OF the army. 1 be
lieve Gen. Miles took the correct viev
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1902-01-10
THE SPEED OF BIRDS.
No Not Fly Nearly IS Fast as They arc
Credited.

No Not Fly Nearly as Fast as They are
Credited.
If you consult the usually accepted
authorities on the speed OF birds in
their flight you are likely to be misled
by an exaggeration Of from 100 to
800 per cent. This is because figures
have been given on hearsay, appear
ance and very superficial observation.
But recently American, English and
French observers have been compar-
ing notes. and are practically agreed,
after most careful calculation, on the
speed of the best known birds.
They started with the carrier pig
con and have made him a base of
comparison. He has heretofore been
credited with ITO miles an hour, but
it is now agreed that he is entitled to
fifty. A quite recent long distance,
carefully conducted test of 592 miles,
from the Shetland island to London,
showed that the most rapid pigeons
made thirty-seven miles an hour. On
short distances none made more than
fifty miles.
Because frigate birds have been
seen far from land, and have been
supposed not to fly by night or to rest
on the water, they have been credited
with speed of from $50 to 200 miles
an hour. If they did fly at that
speed they would have to overcome an
atmospheric pressure of from 1l2 to
13O pounds to the square foot of fly
ing surface. There is no certainty
that they fly more rapidly than pas.
senger pigeon or that they do not fly
at night or do not sleep on the water.
The swallow, that is indeed rapid
flyer, has been credited with $50 miles
an hour, but he must be cut down to
sixty-five miles, and the marten to
five miles behind him, though au.
thorities have placed him ten ahead.
The teal duck is brought down from
a hundred and forty to fifty miles an
hour. The mallard is five miles
slower, and flies the same as the can.
vasback, while both OF these are FIVE
miles an hour ahead OF the wild
geese and elder duck.
The pheasant makes thirty-six
miles an hour, which is three miles
ahead OF the prairie chicken and quail,
though the latter appears to fly much
faster on account of his temporary
burst Of speed, that seldom exceeds
200 feet. The crow flies twenty-five
miles an hour.
Small birds appear to fly more
rapidly than the larger ones, and have
deceived many observers. The hum
ming-bird does not fly as fast as many
awkward appearing, very muc b
larger, slow-fapping birds.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1902-01-10

IN his expression on the merits OF the
verdict of the Schley court OF inquiry.
l have no doubt that the majority Of
the people in this country accept the
opinion of Admiral Dewey, who has
commanded fleet in action, as against
that OF Admiral Benham and Admiral
Ramsay, neither of whom has COM
manded fleet in action. 1t was ab-
surd to charge Admiral Schley with
cowardice. He had shown during
many years of service superb bravery
under all circumstances"