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New-York tribune., 1902-02-23
BANK ROBBERS SENTENCED.
TEN YEARS EACH FOR GoUDIE AND BURGE
THE PUGILIST.

London. Feb. 22.-sentences were to-day pro-
nounced the prisoners found guilty in the
Old Bailey Of completely in the Bank of Liver
pool frauds Thomas P. Goudie. the bookkeeper
of the bank, and Dick Purge, the pugilist
were each sentenced to ten years Imprisonment.
and F. T. Kelly. bookmaker, of Bradford and
Stiles another bookmaker. each received two
year sentences.
Counsel had previously announced that Lawrie
Marks the American bOokmaker. who is sup
posed 10 have committed suicide James Mances.
another American bookmaker who is also miss
ing, and Burge had f91 900 of the banks money.
of which amount $4,000 had been recovered
Burke having returned 100000 while El20OO
and E34 900 stood TO the credit Of Marks and
Mances respectively, in a bank Kelly and
Stiles had divided E15OOO between themselves,
and Kelly had given back t1T.OOO and Stiles
Et 300
New-York tribune., 1902-02-23
4 BIG CAPTURE OF BOERS.

NATIONAL SCOUTS SURPRISE AND TAKE ONE
HUNDRED AND SIXTY FOUR PRISONERS
London. Feb 22-A dispatch from Lord
Kitchener, dated Pretoria. February y. says
Colonel Park, with three hundred mounted Ma
tonal Scouts, recently surprised a Boer force at
Nooitgedacht, TransvaaI Colony and captured
16+ prisoners, together with a quantity OF muni-
tOns of war and a number Of horses and
wagons. There were no British casualties The
prisoners include Field Comets JOubert and
Deiater and Lieutenant NilioOn.
New-York tribune., 1902-02-23
WLNN R4CE AROrND rHE H0RN

Queenstown. Feb. 22-The three masted iron
British ship Manydowu, OF Liverpool. Captain R
Evans. which left San Francisco October 1s for
Queenstown has arrived here. The Manydown
claims to have won a race from San Francisco
with the British bark Brussels Captain Tonkn
the British ship Celtic Chief Captain Jenes ali
three OF which also left San Francisco on October
l6 for Queenstown, ard none Of which have vet ar
New-York tribune., 1902-02-23
RUSSIA IN THE CONTROVERSY.
DECLARATION REGARDING HER ATTITUDE
IN THE SPANISH WAR.

IN THE SPANISH WAR.
ST. Petersburg Feb 22.-The Official Journal
de ST Petersburg" tomorrow will publish a
long. inspired account OF the actions OF the am
bassadors OF the powers at Washington. April :
and April Il. 1895, which will be almost textual-
" a repetition Of the Berlin "Reichsanzeiger's"
statement the subject. The Russian state
ment concludes as follows.
Russia did not agree TO the presentation OF the
note drawn up by Lord Pauncefote April IA
because she did not regard it being in the
nature or amiCable appeal, but considered
that il tended 10 be an expression of dtsapproval
Of the United States policy and that 10 have
participated in such note would have been
contrary the attitude Of most sCTupulous
neutrality maintained by Russia throughout the
war. her conduct In this respect being renewed
proof OF the traditional friendship Of Russia and
the United States
New-York tribune., 1902-02-23

'''t y "" NUt n WILLS.
IoHuon' REQ ---AccoEdinS 10 the Sydney CORE
spOndent OF The Daily Mail New sourb vro1o n
now experiencing its seventh year OF almost con-
tinuouS drouth The churches have appointed yab
M LuaIy 70 as a day or humiliation and PRAYER Ths
soHernnneht mas proclaimed this dav 10 he a varsra
hohoaS- ." al business win then be suspended
New-York tribune., 1902-02-23
TOPICS IN BERLIN.

Berlin. February p
A MINISTERIAL ADMISSION.-In the course
of to-day's discussion in the lower house Of the
Prussian Diet OF the non-conhrmation by the EN-
peror OF the election Of Herr Kaufman Second
Burgomaster Of Berlin. the Minister OF the In
terror Baron Hammerstein, practically ad-
mitted his personal disapproval Of Emperor Will
tam's action. Herr Richter the Radical leader.
had kept the House in roars OF laughter by a
caustic attack the Minister Of the Interior.
whose speech OF yesterday he declared TO be full
OF contradictions and demonstrating that he did
not know his mind. much less that OF the
Emperor. Ministerial responsibility, Herr Richter
said. old Prussian tradition. but Baron Won
HamnerStein seemed deSirous OF escaping there
from II the ministers had nothing TO do but
countersign royal DEGREES, they did not diner from
ordinary clerks. Referring to a remark made by
the minister yesterday. Herr Richter concluded
by thanking God that the Radicals had not vet
against that OF the King. He also thanked God
that the country had vsiant Minister Of the
Interior. But recent incidents between the mu-
nicpality and the crown had made bad blood, and
had only improved the prospects OF social demOC-
racy
In a lame rejoinder the Minister OF the Interior
refused 10 be drawn into the discussion. but he
committed himself 10 the somewhat unexpected
statement that he was prepared, in accordance
with PrUssan tradition. TO take the odium OF a
royal decision which not agreeable to him
self. and he would leave the House 70 draw its
own conclusions OF his conduct
New-York tribune., 1902-02-23
WON By THE OXFORD ELgTgH

London. Feb. 22-The annual game Of f,orhar
played under Association rules between Oxford snt
Cambridge took place to-day at the Queens C-I,,,
here, and was won by Oxford with a score OF . 70 s
New-York tribune., 1902-02-23

MayagUez. P. r.. Feb. 1.-THE municipal loan
OF 100000 has been awarded 70 J. NJ Cebauos
& Co, OF New-York, at par The firm holds
100000 OF the san Juan municipal loan and
$2OO,OO0 OF the Ponce municipal loan. and will
probably get the 100000 ArecibO municipal
loan on Monday II is believed here that J. NJ
CeballOs * Co. are taking up the loans for
syndicate
New-York tribune., 1902-02-23
IL ST WATCH.

When through with this part OF
the paper hand "a TO the Missus. See II she
does not hunt up the Little Ads. OF the
People" the drst thing.
New-York tribune., 1902-02-23

HE TRIED HARD TO GET ALONG,
but without success, until he tried a m adver-
usement In the Little Ads. of the People"
New-York tribune., 1902-02-23

AN AMERICAN sINGER.-Miss Rose Relda Of
San Francisco sang ''Traviata' at the Theatre des
Westens here last night This was Miss Relda' $
first appearance in Germany. and she most
favorably received. After three weeks here she
will go Milan to sing grand opera there.
New-York tribune., 1902-02-23
ANCIENr ANn Ir-rc-n,r.,,

Many annonncements of antique and nm
fo-dnfc articles an found In eb~
row columns OF to-day's paper.
New-York tribune., 1902-02-23

THE FIRM ADDS TO ITS HOLDINGS OF Pozro
RIrAN SECURITIES
New-York tribune., 1902-02-23

MOTOR BOAT EXHIBITIoN,-Count Won Tai
leyrand- Perigord. head of the German branch OF
that family, is president of the motor boat
hibition projected for June, under the patronage
OF Emperor William. He is sending invitations TO
all the principal American launch builders, asking
them 10 participate in the exhibition.
New-York tribune., 1902-02-23
ARNHElM,
Broadway & 9th Street.
ANOTHER LOAN FOR CEB4LLoS co.

responsible for instigating the present disturb
anCes.
New-York tribune., 1902-02-23

PAUPERISM IN LONDON.-Ofical reports Of
the pauperism existing in London show increase
OF 3.726 paupers over the corresponding period OF
1891. and the highest total in twenty-nine years.
with the exception Of corresponding week In 1895.
The increase is partly attributable 10 the unusual
cold
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-06-01

OF that vessel on Feb. Is, 1898. at $40 p. m,
says: Although the war which foiloWed
was not founded on the destruction OF the
Maine as a political cause, that disaster
was the pivotal event OF the conflict which
led TO II. and ended Spanish possessions In
the new world" The explosion OF the tor
pedo, or whatever the destructive agent
was, could scarcely be called first shot,
but probably most Americans consider the
incident the first blow struck in the war.
Stevens in with the Conquering Turk,
describes the first shot at the battle Of
Meluna of the big Turkish gun when Me
hemet All Effendi. the tall, black-browed
officer in command of the battery" sights
and fires the first shell on to the Greek
blOckhOuse two and a half miles away,
while "Edhem Pasha sat squatting cross
legged on the ground watching the prac-
tice." But two days before this there had
been almost continual skirmishing in the
woods Of Karya, even before the official no
tiication Of declaration of war had reached
the Turkish generalissimo.
The last story on my list is or our own
time. Everybody knows that the gallant
Odd Joubert who the commandments
chief Of the Boer forces, was always an OPP
pOnent of Mr.. Kruger and of the war. New
ertheless, he went in with his cOuntrymen
when the hour OF danger came; but he
went with no doubt as TO the disastrous
final result. He and his troops were before
Dundee; and then il was that what was
practically the first shot in this war was
fired The scouts brought the information
that the English troops were in possession
Of the town. and it was resolved that they
should, If possible. be dislodged.
"All right said Joubert, bring UP the
Stats Artillerie" The Stats Artillerie
came up. Fire. said Joubert. The shot
away, amid a thrill Joubert turned 10 his
officers and said: There goes the indie
pendence of the Transvaal" Some months
later the gallant veteran was dead. Prob
ably the calamities which he foresaw, but
could not prevent, had much to do with
fastening his end
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-06-01
Mr.. and Mrs. Sparrow.
Longman's Magazine.

Longman's Magazine.
He is anxious TO help with the nest
making, and holds forth without ceasing
while his lady builds. Occasionally he
lends a hand. He catches sight Of a straw
il may be. a small piece of stick, and it
occurs to him that here is the very thing
his foolish wife has sought for days and
failed to find. What does not occur to him
is that he is garrulous old incompetent
and knows no more about nest building
than he does about the laying of eggs. His
wife knows all about him, however, and the
straw is turned out of the nest again as
soon as his back il turned. He has prob
ably placed 1T I'm some impossible position
and-after explaining what a marvellous
fellow he is. and what treasure he has
brought up in the way of building material
departed, forgetting all about the matter
in a moment or two. Even when he sees
that straw lying upon the garden path, so
conceited is he that he does not recognize
it, because he cannot contemplate the pos
sibility of its rejection by the missus. He
thinks he has found another treasure
There" says he. dumping il down by her
side as she sits resting. perhaps laying a
little egg. in the semi-completed nest;
there's another splendid straw: how is il
you don't come across them? l can find
them whenever L liker'
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-06-01
DEFENSE OF PIE.
Protest Against the Verdict of Indi-
ana University Students.
Philadelphia Inquirer.

fUlldOelpIiIa Inquirer
Out of Indiana. the abiding place of cur
rent popular literature, comes a jeremiad
against pie. The University of indianapolis
(Which, pardon US, we never heard of before)
has discussed pie and found it wanting in all
the virtues of which ii has been so COM
monty thought to be possessed. pie"
says Miss Edith Abbott Ga coed who evil
IDENTIFY does not know as much about cook
ing as she does about Aeschylus), de
stroys the stomach, Saps the vitalities and
leaves the brains supine. 1t is the great
national evil"
We look upon this statement as a dis
tinct attack upon the integrity of the
American people. revolutionary senti-
ment of dynamite quality, a deep-laid plot
to overthrow the basis of American insti-
tutions, and worse than all an effort to
destroy all American literature except that
coming from the HOosier State. Piei You
might better try 10 tear down the Consti-
tuition than the most sacred of dinner table
delights. You might as well try TO restore
slavery as TO remove pie. The American
people will not stand for it. and the Indi-
persons had better understand it 10
begin with.
This unfeeling onslaught, however. gives
some insight into the ways of Hoosier
authors. Is it because they do not eat pie
that they have suddenly achieved such
prominence2 Is General Wallace a total
England invention? Did Mr. Majors never
eat mince pie? Can Booth Harrington say
that the pumpkin variety has no charms
for him? Let US call George AIDE and
Maurice Thompson and the rest of the In
diana authors. not forgetting the grandest
poet Of his day. James Whitcomb Riley.
10 the stand. VIII they desert pie?
Be IL known that American literature has
hourished on pie from the days Of the
elder John Adams. Bancroft and James
Russell Lowell down 10 Henry Cabot
Lodge We resent this effort to relegate
10 the rear the most toothsome invention
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-06-01

comes into New York has been turned out
by a small farmer Of no means at all. Yet IL
tests as well week in and week out as the
milk of the famous Briarcliff, the hobby OF
Walter Law. AT times, indeed, IL has tested
far better.
In a dairy run along modern scientific
lines II is the little, insignificant things
that count. The dust and dirt that have
been accomplishments Of COW stables for
generations and are scarcely thought
about by the traditional. conservative dairy
farmer, are precisely what breed bacteria.
All this has long been known, but that the
little dairy farms could be reformed and
entered the heads Of those interested be-
fore. Ii has proved itself 10 be simple
matter, nevertheless.
This little dairy farm up at Bedford, ".
Y. on the Harlem road, that has held the
record in the tests for milk OF high quality
is a good one TO glance over. II was origi-
naly up at Dover Plains, not far from
Chatham. Though its proprietor was a man
of no means and did all the work himself.
with the help Of his wife in bottling, though
he had but a dozen head OF cattle and I'm his
improvements spent practically no money
at all he raised his product 10 such a high
point that he has recently been able 10 sell
out at a good price, his cattle have been
moved and the farm is 10 be carried out on
very big scale, precisely along his lines
by company. II may be said that the
reason this man retired was that he did
not like the dairy business and wanted 10
get back into the cities. What he
complished in a few short months IS best
seen in the former value OF his plant and
what IL Is worth to-day.
AS yet, in this new plant. the stable has
not been put into its final shape. but II viii
have cement floors for the cattle stalls and
a tight ceiling overhead. Here. according 10
regulations, the cutters must be cleaned
twice a day and the cement washed down
at the same time. IL is an instance OF what
care can accomplish. that even with the
old cobble stone floor now in use the milk
sent down 10 the city Ca sample taken az
random going 10 the Health Board once q
week for testing) the milk from this dairy
has not run up" that is no greater pro-
portion OF bacteria have been found an IL
1t has simply meant more care and watch
fitness for the WOrkmen
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-06-01
TO GET PURE MILK.
Requirements of Cleanliness May Be
Reached by All Dnirymen.
BROOKLYN Ea gle.

Milk that will be the purest ever supplied
to any city is to be delivered in Greater
New York in a short time. The first steps
in a great, far-reaching campaign for pure
milk have been taken. Aided by the Rookie
teller Institute and the Medical Society of
the county OF New York, the Board Of
Health. under the direction of DR.. William
Halock Park, bacteriologist has started in
at the root of the matter. Little by little
the ten thousand dairy farms that supply
New York are TO be reformed. induced to
raise the quality of their product. stand
ard has been set; in fact, two standards,
and better milk will be shown to be TO each
farmers commercial advantage.
All this past year the field has been pre-
pared for this work that has now suddenly
come to be realized OF the greatest mag
nitude. An expert, selected by DR.. Park, has
spent this year travelling over the dairy
regions that supply New York. doing far
more than investigs ting conditions, how
ever The conditions are fairly well known.
What Is needed is reform. at first on
small scale. gradually growing until large
proportion of the farms have been put on
basis of scientific production.
The expert, a woman bacteriologist of
much ability, DR.. Sarah Browne BeIcher
whose gifts lie not alone in the direction of
scientific research, but who is also an ex-
ecutive, has proved possible fact Of much
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-06-01

journey in the evening will be still more
difficult, because, in addition to the work
ers, the cars must carry the multitude or
demoiselles who shop and go TO matinees.
TO many men and women Of business
seat is an undreamed luxury. Yet, they
would be insulted II one were to ask why
they did net live over their shops. as
Frenchmen do. or back of them, like Eng
lishmen. 1t is this uneasy instinct OF Amer
leans. this desire of their families 10 sepa-
rate industrial and social life. that makes
the use of the trolley car imperative, and
the street railway in this manner widens
the life and dominion of the people, ii en-
ables them TO distribute themselves over
wider spaces and unwittingly to Symbolic
the expansiveness Of the Nation.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-06-01

Importance. 1t is not too much to say, in
deed, that this fact is the keynote of the
entire situation. DR.. Belcher has settled
what no ever thought could be so be-
fore. that the smallest dairy farms, run
by the poorest farmers, can be made, by
precaution and care, to yield the finest
quality of milk that can come into New
York. 1t is, with this new light, no longer
only the big. handsomely equipped farm,
backed by private capital that can wait for
its returns on its investments, that is to be
looked to for milk that can pass any bac-
THEOLOGICAL test. To-day the best milk that
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-06-01

that comes to the tables of the rich and
the poor Pie is not an aristocratic dish.
AS Horace remarked. it knocks at the
novels of the poor and the palaces of the
kings" 1t is the sign of democracy tri-
umphant. What if it does hurt the stom-
ach! 1t brings joy TO the heart and makes
glad the heart of man.
We shall stand by pie until the last and
will resent every effort of the Indiana.
school of literature TO displace it. 1t cannot
be done. Pie will survive when the last
Hoosier authors ten thousandth edition is
not salable even in the secondhand book
Sfn
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-06-01

Now lay me down 70 sleep:
(Closer, Death, to thee / creepD
SO / prayed in days gone by.
So 1 pray as Night draws nigh.
Now / lay me down 10 sleep:
God His little child viii keep.
Now lay me-God has kept
Watch above me while I slept.
Earth has been goOdlier place
For the shining Of His face,
Should I die before l wake.
God His little child will take!
Gertrude f. Heath. in Lippincott.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-06-01
The Cause of the Trolley.
Charles Skinner. in the Atlantic MONTH,

Charles Skinner. in the Atlantic Monthly
On one point the American is determined:
He will not live near his work You shall
see him in the morning. one OF sixty people
In a car built for twenty-four reading his
paper clinging 10 a strap, trodden, jostled
smirched. thrown into narrowing relations
with men who drink whisky. chew tobacco,
eat raw onions and incontinently breathe;
and after thirty minutes OF this contact
with the roar of the streets in his ears,
with languid clerks and pinguid market
women leaning against him, he arrives at
The St. Louis Republic., 1902-05-20
FOUR FAvoRITEs AT MORRIS PARK.
Royal, an Added Starter in Third
Race, Won Easily.

Race, Won Easily.
New York, May 1S.-Caithness, Platter,
Somerset and Advance Guard were the
winning favorites at Morris Park to-day.
the two other events going to well-played
second choices. Royal, an added starter in
the City Island race. seven furlongs, was
backed down from 6 to l to II to and
won easily. Somerset won the Meadow
brook Hunters Steepechase after an ex-
citing finish with Self Protection. A heavy
fog set in after the third race, completely
obscuring all except the finish. The wealth
er rvs, was snowsTy Ey;s track good Summary:
i Ms7,,n9 5. sF b,Ts e @.
ns b 5e a ana
Second race. the Bairns selling, for 2-year-olds.
M oi' W ede r.
No time taken: owing to the heavy fog. Back
Third race. the City Island race for maidens.
TI 49, o Of sne
ers. IT, i Saasn shsw third %.
Fourth. race. Meadow brook Hunters steeple-
en to mes Men aPs ss is
Page. e j. second: Borough. iss tMaraj.~ 10 to
The As6s peaEe fare Mefd Al
Smiles and Hark Forward also ran. Champion
eoapisd All smiles and Hark AE5f Forward fe
Fifth race the Withers mile sellins.Handicap-
to ssnbaas Asnsi .she Pei d
!. third Time. Lex. Rough Rider. Roysterer
Sixth race; handicap one and one-eleh,h miles
OF the Wrhers course-Advance Guard. 12S G.
To- second a isike g renmer5 III IL 10 .hiTa
Time. l:ssii. Only three starters.
To-Day's Morris Park Entries.
First race. selling. four and a half furlonss
The St. Louis Republic., 1902-05-20
AS A BETTING PROPOSITION.
Fields Too Big to Encourage Specuia
tion=Kindred Shauld Win 1t.

Fields Too Big to Encourage Specuia.
tion-Kfndred Should Win 1t.
With five races carrying eleven or more
horses, to-day's card at the Fair Grounds
Is not a bit attractive for the bettor. With
fourteen starters and that sharp club
house turn few strides away 1t is difficult
to pick a winner in the first race to-day.
Yet. If the artist on Brown Veil can get
her off she should win on what she has
shown. Ladas will be in fast and Is worthy
consideration.
The much touted Pettijohn ought to be
where business is transacted In the sec
ond race, but Budweiser will give him all
he cares to attend to. A bet on Budweiser
ought to go right.
In the third Royal Athlete. with
Jockey should do for he can break fast and
run some. NADIA Bell Is rounding to and II
three ways Precisely. Light Hunt and
Maggie Clopton will all be in the hight w.
L. George was a fast beginner as q z-yeaf-
old and can probably do the first eighth as
fast as ever
Kindred. with ride, has the fourth
event in his pocket now. He can turn that
distance AZ fast as any horse at the Track.
Semicolon and Father Wentker Will follow
him home.
Lillian NJ ran so good a race behind
Grantor and that lot at six and half tur- .-
longs the other day that she might do this
afternoon. She can begin, and that counts
to beat the band in these big fields. Look
out for Concertina, who was q good 2.
year-old. and who Is in here with pound
Of air on her.
company and in this bonny bunch he
should do business. Miss Golishtly will be
there when they pay off, while Taby Tosa
and Predominate will be heard from.