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New-York tribune., 1903-05-13
The statistical position Brazilian coffee FOL

COTTON-It q very active and excited dat IN
again yesterday and during the early trading
options advanced & high level for
tie season Following this. however, prices broke
rzp:5v under heavy unloading bull clique, and
= the close barely steady, with
August May q the low point Of the day. while
generally 9G21 points lower Total sa-es
% futures estimated $4,000 bales. At the open
snE which was a decline of ( points advance
q point market under the influence Of dis
Liverpool cables favorable weather and larger
receipts period Of irTegulary further
began covering actively. and. notwitn
standing toe heavy selling hE longs prices marked
uu NAV reached its previous high record OF II 20
and July selling 1913 with August IO.3I
September $40 this leysl offerings
heavv. the market showed signs
Of tophoavness and Il became apparent smaller
shorts The nearby options pretty
covered O. had become less nervous For trading
active selling
under which prices forced almost
rapidly they advanced Monday. list
declining level 1920 points lower with Mav
selling down IS points compared the final figures
q TIE preceding DAY. The weekly report Weather
Bureau considered besrish This ser
1fG or the new crop months, While che
oeeced early estimates footing Up 1929 bales against
z>4a halsS last Exports 500 tsies
The OF prices in the local market 70 dax
q follows. - -
New-York tribune., 1903-05-13
: s ENGINEER OFFICE, ARMY BUILD

= ing New Yo+ May II. 1903. Sealed proposals for
Building a Pile Dock Sandy Hook. New Jersey. will
he received until l2 June TO- 1903. and then
pubfcIv opened Information application w l.
MARSHALL. Major. Engrs
New-York tribune., 1903-05-13
- s. ENGINEER OFFICE. sT. AUGUS-

y tine. Fla. May o. 1908. Sealed proposals for con
structng training walls in St Johns River Fla VIII
he received at L. : Engnse- Of1Ce. Jacksonville Fla
until noon June O. 1908 then publicly opened. In
formation furnished application FRANCIS r
Engrs
New-York tribune., 1903-05-13
Proposals..
PROPOSALS FOR INDIAN SUPPLIES

PROPOSALS FOR INDIAN SUPPLIES
l. Department of the Interior, ONCE cf Indian Affairs
washington d. G. March 4. 19OS--Sealed proposals,
proposals for blankets woolen and cotton
goods clothing the be- and directed to
of Indian Affairs Nos 119121 Wooster
street City, will be received until o'clock m
Tuesday. furnishing the Indian
woolen goods, clothing.
tions hats and caps. Bids be made Govern
ren blanks Schedules giving all information
Tor bidders furnished application the Indian
once Washington. D. G.; the L. s Indian warehouses.
119-12I Wooster street New York city; 265-2GI South
Chicago. Ill SIS Howard street. Omaha.
%ebr Louis. Mo; the Com
Subsistence. T. s A. ct Cheyenne WE.
Paul 0uartermaster L. s A. Seattle,
Wash the postrnasters City Tucson. Portland
Spokane and Tacoma; and the Manufacturers and Pro
Association OF California, san Francisco. Cal
Bids will be opened a hour and days above stated.
bidders present the opening
The DEPARTMENT reserves determine the
delivery reject and all bids, any
part Of W a JONES. Commissioner
New-York tribune., 1903-05-13

~ y--shnrtcn NAV o. IGN3-SEAIED PROPOSALS
.tti - tereiled AT this Office NJ June
Gtb ans Tor furnishing diameter pipe
Soacsts and flexible joints. specifications
nece zery information may be obtained at this oice
HENRY 'B + MCFARLAND HENRY l. WEST. JOHN
RIDDLE. commissioners. u. &.
New-York tribune., 1903-05-13

~ 1903 Sealed proposals In tripncate will be
ceved here until IL May a. 1898 for installing
able for BROOKLYN transformer plant aerial
wiring buildings L. : right TO
reject any all bids Information furnished applt
cation Envelopes containing proposals should be marked
PROPOSALS for Lighting system. addressed T. NORMAN.
New-York tribune., 1903-05-13
COUNTRY PRODUCE MARKETS.

tons a year ago small sale of muscovado 50 test
made 3-l6c.
New-York tribune., 1903-05-13
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Receipts breadstus at interior points in thousands
cphers oo omitted -four bbls grain oush as
The Washington times., 1903-10-04
TAKES SMALL TROUBLE
TO KEEP HANDS WHITE
Careful Washing and Wearing Gloves
in the Night.

Few pursuits are more fascinating
than the study of palmistry and of char
acter as generally expressed in the
hands. There is no movement OF them
no attitude which does not express a
phase OF feeling or some distinct at
tribute. At one glance the trained eye
may discern character. although. of
course. for details of information II is
necessary to closely study the palm.
Most persons. while caring for the
complexion very sedulously. neglect the
hands almost altogether, unaware. ap-
parently. of the charm they forego in so
doing Beautiful hands are as much to
be desired, perhaps more. than a beau
tiful face OF course, occupation is ex-
pressed in the hand. as we'll as thought
and habit She who does homework can
not expect TO have hands as shapely and
perfect as she who knows not what II is
to labor with them, but, nevertheless
much can be done for their improve
ment
Every night these faithful servants
should be carefully and thoroughly
washed in soft water, using some good
soap which has been found TO agree with
the skin. Some people cannot use per
fumed soaps at all. and glycerlne soaps
are very harmful and Irritating to Ger
tain cuticles. Any stains should be re-
moved with the aid of pumice stone. a
piece Of which should be kept on the
toilet table. The hands may then be
thoroughly dried and treated TO a lib
eral application OF almond meal before
being incased In loose kid gloves. for the
night A little pure oil or cocoa butter
massaged in before using the almond
meal viii be found to refine the skin.
This treatment. pursued faithfully
night after night. will be found to ef-
face pretty nearly all the marks Of toll.
II must be remembered. however, that
good circulation is essential to beautiful
hands. Tight lacing, tight sleeves, tight
shoes. and tight gloves must, therefore
be abandoned. They will result in
swollen veins and consequent ugIiness.
There are also exercises for hand cul-
I ture which begin first at the wrist and
then take in the very finger tips Most
OF these tend TO relaxation. One of the
most useful is to shake the hand back
ward and forward from the wrist and
then 10 uplift the arm, allowing II to
fall with all muscles relaxed. When
relaxation is fully attained redness and
swelling disappear.
Another excellent thing inculcated Is
the desirability OF controlling the rest
lessness Of the hands. which results In
lingering jewelry. in drumming with the
finger tips and in many other little man
nerisms which are highly Objectionable
Clumsiness can be corrected, muscles
and joints rendered supple. Isn't it
worth while to take a little trouble for
these things ?-Philadelph Ledger.
The Washington times., 1903-10-04
MONSTER ENGINES FOR
LOUISIANA EXPOSITION
Alton Road Has Two Locomotives the
Largest Ever Built.

The Alton road has just received from
the Baldwin locomotive works two new
express passenger engines. They are
the largest and most powerful ever
built. There is nothing in the world
today to equal them. They have been
built expressly for the expected heavy
business of the Louisiana Purchase En-
position in ST. Louis.
The duty of these engines will be 10
haul trains made I'D Of twelve Dassen-
ger cars and weighing about 500 tons,
exclusive of passengers and baggage.
Such train will accommodate 100 per-
sons. whose aggregate weight would mol
be less than flfty-seven tons. and, csti-
mating their baggage at fifteen tons, the
total weight OF the train behind the en-
CINE will be 675 tons. Such a train will
have TO be hauled 110i5 miles In two
and one-half hours. making two stops,
and three slow-downs for railroad cross
ings. This viii reduce the actual run
ming time to two hours and twenty-four
minutes. and necessitate an average run
ming speed of forty-six miles an hour.
The cylinders are twenty-five inches
in diameter by twenty-eight inches
stroke; the driving wheels are eighty
inches in diameter, and the working
steam pressure is 220 pounds to the
square inch. The engine is carried on
twelve wheels, forward truck. six con-
nected driving wheels and a trailer be-
meath the Grebox. The total weight on
the driving wheels is al 200 pounds. On
the front truck the weight is SO. 800
pounds, and on the trailing wheels Al 500
pounds, the total weight of engine be-
ing 219. 800 pounds, and the total weight
OF the engine and tender is about 374, 900
pounds. The tender. which has ca
pacity of $500 gallons of water and nine
tons Of coal, Is the largest yet built by
the Baldwin company.
The boiler is of the straight type and
seventy inches IN diameter. with 32S az
inch tubes twenty feet in length. The
frebox is nine feet long BY six feet
wide. six feet deep at the front. and FIVE
feet four inches deep at the back.
There are 2o2 square feet Of heating
surface in the firebox, S.s4s square feet
In the tubes. and 28 square feet in the
hrebrick tubes. making a total of 4.O7s
square feet OF heating surface. The
CRATE area is 81 square feet.
remarkable feature, which IL itself
is illustrative OF the great size Of these
engines, Is the smokebox. which is no
less than eight feet FIVE inches in
length. The tractive effort is 81 500
pounds; that is. II the tender drawbar
were attached to a dynamometer IL
would register over fifteen tons.-Chica-
go Post.
The Washington times., 1903-10-04
MURDERER SENT LETTER
TO FATHER OF VICTIM

Captain Boardman was shown this
morning clipping from a newspaper, in
which a prominent New Yorker. inter
ested in the murder of Orlando p Dex-
ter, a millionaire, who was murdered
several days ago. while driving in the
Adirondack Mountains, was quoted as
saying: THE writer of an anonymous
letter which reached the father OF the
murdered man, apparently took a fiend-
ish delight in outraging every feeling of
the aged father at the murder OF his
only son. The letter was postmarked
Washington. d. c., and said among other
things: DO you want to catch me I?
Shall try for the $1,000 reward %
1T appears that the gentleman with
blood on his hands had been in Wash
ington," said Captain Boardman. ''but 1
did not have the pleasure Of meeting
him. during his brief stay"
The Washington times., 1903-10-04
Ramsey's Foresight.

To the person who is unfamiliar with
railroad affairs It seems impossible that
there should be much romance connect
ed With things so prosaic. This view IS
wrong There Is romance behind the
Gould invasion of the East OF course,
II is financial, or rather Industrial. ro-
nance. and President Ramsey is the
central figure in the whole affair.
The romance begins years ago. when
the president of Wabash, one OF the big
gest railroad systems in the country,
was a young civil engineer. He surveyed
the routes of many Of the railroads now
running through the territory the GouIds
have invaded, and he remembered the
best of the rights of way This was
twenty years ago, and he was in the
engineering department Of the Pittsburg
and Steubenville Railroad. which became
the nucleus OF the present Panhandle
or Southwest line of the Pennsylvania
system. The road of that day was poor
ly constructed, and Ramsey saw that 1t
would have to be rebuilt. He personally
went through the country traversed and
surveyed a new route 1t was never
adopted by the Pittsburg and Steuben-
Vile Railroad. That line has since been
rebuilt along it's original route. But the
route which Ramsey surveyed twenty
years ago and of which he made maps
and drawings has today become the
route OF the Wabash into Pittsburg.
The Washington times., 1903-10-04
GOING TO. CELEBRATE
THE DAY OF YORKTOWN
Sons of Revolution Arranging for
Suitable Festivities.

The Sons of the Revolution of the
District of Columbia will celebrate the
surrender of Lord CORVALLIS at York
town, on October 10, the anniversary of
the British generals surrender. The
celebration viii be held in the New
Willard Hotel.
The details of the entertainment will
be left to Charles L. Gurley. the secre-
tary of the society. So far, Mr.. Cur
ley has only decided on the place in
which to hold the celebration.
The officers of the society are: Presi-
dent. Archibald Hopkins; vice presi-
dent, Thomas Blagden; secretary
Charles L. Gurley; treasurer. B B.
Wilson; registrar, Charles Campbell
historian, Barry Buckley; chaplain
Alexander Mackay-Smith.
The Washington times., 1903-10-04
DEPUTY CLERK ENGLAND
COMMITS SUICIDE
Rockville Man Had Long Been
in iii Health.
Cspecial @ nae washington Times.l

ROCKVILLE, Nd, Oct. Edward w.
England, one of the deputies in the
clerks Office here, shot himself this at
ternoon, from the effects of which he
died about an hour afterward.
Mr.. England was about twenty-nine
years old, unmarried. and a son of John
G. England. OF this place. He has been
in III health all summer. This morning
he did not come to the court house. and
was confined to his bed, Mrs. England
and others of the family were sitting on
the front porch of their home about AIS
o'clock this afternoon when they were
startled by the shot in Mr.. England's
room
Upon rushing to the room they found
the young man lying unconscious on
the floor, with .8z-caliber revolver be-
side him. The bullet had entered his
right temple and had emerged about the
center OF the forehead. DR.. Edward
Anderson was summoned. but he was
unable to save the young mans life.
The Washington times., 1903-10-04
Beginning the Invasion.

The beginning of the invasion OF the
East by entering Pittsburg, dates from
the sale Of an apparently insignificant
coal railroad in Ohio. In 1900 IL became
known on inside circles that the Wheel
ing and Lake Erie Railroad, extending
from Toledo 10 Jewett. Ohio. could be
bought. The chief stakeholder was Col
Myron d. Herrick. of Cleveland. who
will be the next governor OF Ohio. The
road was offered to the Pennsylvania
Company, which decided that IL did not
want the property. Since then the Penn
sylvania officials have regretted, it is
said. that they did not buy. Soon after
their refusal Ramsey heard that this
railroad was on the market. He saw
the possibilities. The Wheeling and
The Washington times., 1903-10-04
More Changes.

Samuel Eastburn has been promoted
to the Office of station ticket agent of
the Baltimore and Ohio in Washington
to succeed Edward Dufour. resigned.
Eastburn entered the service of the rail-
road at Rockville. from where he was
promoted to Cumberland. Frank Ridge
ly has been made day baggagemaster,
vice J. f. Sellers. who has been made
night baggagemaster. Richard Lay. COM
mercial freight agent at Baltimore, has
been made contracting freight agent in
Washington. vice ]. L. Hayes, who has
been made travelling freight agent.
The Washington times., 1903-10-04
Carnegie's sid.

Before Ramsey started on this trip he
had looked ahead for tonnage for the
new railroad. Andrew Carnegie had fire.
quently taken the Pennsylvania to task
with regard to the Pittsburg freight sit
uation. 1t was before Mr. Carnegie and
his company went into the United States
Steel Corporation. Mr.. Ramsey went t.
Mr. Carnegie, who, for the Carnegie
Steel Company. executed a contract
agreeing to give the Wabash. providing
it was built into Pittsburg, rs per cen
of the Carnegie westbound tonnage.
The Washington times., 1903-10-04
Goulds Rushing Orders.


A tour over the right of way OF the
Wabash between Belington and Cherry
Run. which ended yesterday. disclosed
a gigantic bee hive of railroad industry.
Scattered over fifty miles of territory.
no less than 5000 men. a dozen steam
shovels. and other machinery, and hun
dreds of teams, are grading for the
track beds in something like record
breaking time. or the fifty miles. about
twenty have already been graded, and
on the completed bed the ties are be-
ing put down. The extraordinary rush
with which the operations are being
carried on leaves no doubt that the
Goulds' promises to have Wabash trains
running into Baltimore by the first OF
the year are going to be fulfilled. So
rapidly have the engineers pushed for
ward their operations that four of the
bridges over the Chesapeake and Ohio
Canal have already been completed.
At the other end OF the line. in Pitts
burg, the announcement is made that the
Wabash has won it's fight for certain
track and bridge rights. the councils
fearing to oppose public sentiment toe
far in the matter. This means that the
skies are beginning to clear in the Eas;
for the Wabash, and that the sugges-
tions OF President Ramsey which led tc
the Eastern invasion are to be carried
to a successful termination
The Washington times., 1903-10-04
AZTEC CLUB TO HOLD
ITS ANNUAL BANQUET I

New York city. Among tho members Of
the Aztec Club who live In Washington
are Gen. Horatio Gibson, T. S. Albert,
Major Charles McCawley. Capt. G.. E.
Pickett. E. W. Anderson. James Long
street, Major Nicholson. Frederick May.
Henry May. Robert F. Shepard, Mark
Hatch. Malcolm Henry. Andrew Wilcox,
Richard weightman.
The officers of the club this year are:
President. DR.. J. w. Brannan; vice pres
ident, Gen. F. E. Pinto; treasurer. Will
liam Turnbull; vice treasurer, E. II.
Floyd-Jones; secretary, Macrae Sykes,
all OF New York
The Washington times., 1903-10-04
The Last Deal.

Next Gould formed a syndicate, the
Pittsburg and Toledo syndicate. Gould
was in control and included were Col
onel Herrick, Gen. Louis E. Fitzgerald
and Washington Conner, of New York.
and few other members OF the Eastern
Gould group. This syndicate put up the
cash and bought the Wheeling and Lake
Erie Railroad. When the announcement
Of the sale leaked out there was ex-
element in more than one railroad
presidents office. Pennsylvania saw
what it had missed in not buying the
road when offered. This is the romance
In the invasion. What has happened
since is a matter OF recent news.
The Washington times., 1903-10-04
Buildings Gone.

The engineers in charge of the work
on the new Union Station report that
forty more houses were removed from
the station site-the squares bounded by
Delaware Avenue. Second Street, Massa-
chusetts Avenue and l. Street-in the
week ending yesterday. More than a
hundred more structures remain on the
site. the owners OF most of them having
suits against the railroads now pending
in the courts.
The Washington times., 1903-10-04
HOW THE VAULT MAN
ROBBED THE MINT
And How q Clever Secret Service Detective Nobbed c
Philadelphia Thief

Clever work on the part of an opera
tive of the Secret Service, the details of
which have just come to light, is re-
sponsible for the conviction of Robert ].
Fitzpatrick. charged with the theft of
silver coin from the Government mint at
Philadelphia.
A dispatch to Chief Wilkie. BiOnt.ay
last. said Fitzpatrick was found guilty
after the Jury had been out twenty min
utes. The mesh of evidence woven round
him was the work of Operative Griffin,
of the Philadelphia district. It was
wrought out in the most careful manner
and. judging by results, it appears to
have been so perfect that the escape of
its victim was impossible.
Kilpatrick's crime was. in itself, a
piece OF clever work. For two months.
In December and January, it appears. he
was robbing the mint 1t was not until
March that Griffin camped on the trail.
and by that time the scent had grown
cold.
Discovered by Chance.
The robbery took place when the mint
changed superintendent, a checking up
being usual at such times. The coin was
put in sacks, and the sacks in boxes.
which were nailed up and stacked in a
large vault. Ten boxes were put in a
row, each row being twenty boxes high.
BY the merest accident. after the re-
count. it was found necessary to 60 back
to check up box. In this process it was
discovered the top of one of the boxes
had been split off. a bag slit into and a
quantity Of coin removed. On this dis
covery. there was a general oyerhauIing,
and 1t was found thirty boxes had been
opened the same way. and from $40 to
$50 taken out of each
One OF the boxes, which had been
nailed up. was found TO have a penknlfe
within. The bag had been slit, but no
money was gone, showing the thief had
been suddenly disturbed.
Operative Griffin, with practically no
! other evidence, was set TO work on the
case. He looked over the vault and con-
cluded the money could have been re-
moved only from the upper rows. as the
stack OF boxes had been piled The
The Washington times., 1903-10-04
Ramsey's Long Walk.

Ramsey's Long Walk.
President Ramsey went quietly TO
Pittsburg. and with J. w. Patterson. an
eminent railroad engineer and con-
structor, started on long walk. Ram
sey and Patterson went over the route
which Ramsey had personally surveyed
twenty years ago. Not soul knew OF
their expedition across country on foot
Ramsey took with him his old maps and
plans, and from them personally locat-
ed the route for the new Wabash line
The railroad president and his eminent
assistant walked day by day until they
reached Jewett with the plans of a
sixty-mlle link of railroad which was
destined TO throw the railroad world OF
continent into excitement.
The Washington times., 1903-10-04

boxes were numbered, and by reference
to the books kept by the committee in
charge of the recount Griffin found he
was able to determine when each box
was piled. Then he gained access TO
the time records of the employees. and
by process Of elimination came to the
conclusion the work must have been
done by one of two men.
Fitzpatrick, the vault man, was one of
these Examination OF the boxes showed
they had been pried open with a chiseI.
and such a tool was in the vault where
Fitzpatrick worked The operative was
able to bring his deductions down to
such a fine point as to show that Kill
patrick was always on duty when the
boxes were opened. Tracing down the
penknife, he found Fitzpatrick had bor-
rowed it from a friend and then report.
ed to the friend he had lost It, He was
shrewd enough to keep his own knife,
and was able 10 show this when he was
examined.
The Finishing Touches.
To help matters out, Fitzpatrick be-
came unduly prosperous not long after
the coin disappeared. He said a wealthy
aunt had given him a gold watch and
money, but Griffin went to the aunt, and
she denied the story completely.
Along with these more important
matters, Griffin was able to dig up
many minor pieces of evidence. and to
show that Fitzpatrick had been anxious
to get fellow-employes out of the vault
at times; that the noise made by nall
ing up boxes in the region of the vault
was such II would have been impossible
to hear any noise the person opening
the boxes might make; that when 1t
was suggested more light should be put
in the vault, Fitzpatrick said II was
| light enough. and to bring out several
other facts of this kind, all pointing in
the direction OF the vault mans guilt
! That the evidence was not lacking in
any essential points is made clear from
| the brief consideration the jury gave
the case. Chief Wilkie is greatly
pleased over the outcome of IL, the more
I so as the Investigation by Griffin was
begun under circumstances which at
the time made the hope of ferreiing out
the guilty party seem extremely faint.
The Washington times., 1903-10-04
NEWS OF RAILROADS
AND OF RAILROAD MEN

Lake Erie Railroad connected with the
Wabash at Toledo. It was only sixty
miles from the roads other terminal,
Jewett. to Pittsburg. Ramsey went to
Gould and laid the matter before him.
In few days an option had been secured
on the Wheeling and Lake Erie Railroad
and secret plans were making for the
entry OF the Wabash into Pittsbarg.