The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 21, 1904, Page 2

2 THE .SAN -FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, JANUARY 21, 1904. STEEL MILL FIRE COSTS 53,000,000 Stockrooms of the Trust flt:TV\'() Are Com-; Shelby, Ohio, STEEL FIRM ARE FIGHTING Meeting of German'Companies Calied to Form a Trust Results in. & Disruption : PR ST FACTIONS g i FORMED pletely Destroyed and Their | Larger Concerns Will - Adopt Contents Rendered Valueless i SIX MONTHS' OUTPUT ALMOST TOTAL LOSS R Eight Hondred Thousand Tons of Finished Product Redueced by ‘Flames to a Mass of Bat- tered ‘and Twisted Wreckage | cludes the manufacturers of haif rolled | —— Ohio, Jan. 20.—The United Corporasipn sustained a SHELBY, St Steel 32,000,000 loss by fire ty-pight at the plant of ihe Shelby Tube Company. Bhe fire started in one of the smaller rooms from a defective electric wire and spread to the larger stock rooms, compiéctely destroying them. The product of the entire plant for the “:st six months was destroyed within an hour, consisting of 800,000 tons, making in all 25,000,000 feet of fin- ished product, valued zt $3,000,000. The fire broke out at § o'clock and at 10 o'clock immense building fell in h a crash that could be heard for away Battered and twisted, the finished product lies in a heap, almost a total loss. Tube works officials say that a portion can be worked over, but it will require the entire capacity of the plant and will delay the mills on other or- ders. The stock consisted mostly of omotive boiler flues and Government supplies of various kinds. The fire was to the stock buildings, which an expense of $100,000. manufactured by the s used extensively by boiler flues in ates war vessels. The Gov- t has been the best customer of local plant. The plant was erected TRUST T0 SUE TS DIRECTORS Americs wi Joc for n Litigation Malting Company Assumes a Pe- culinrid Complicated Phase RS M r oy SW YORK, Jan 20.—Desiring, it is prosecute directors to 000 dividends alleged to have been aid out of its stock, instead n pr , and $650,000 damages by the alleged fraudulent man- t of the property, the American pany to-day esked leave amended answer to an action t is named as defendant, to- vith Charles M. Warner, one of directors, by Archibald M. and Victor K. McElhany alf of -themselves and- other rs similarly situated. The s are seeking to recover by this milar suits from Warner and ors the $1,855,000 in divi- 00 alleged damages. The American Malting Company was organized as a New Jersey corporation with a capital of $30,000,000. After pay- ing for the various plants acquired, a £um of $2,000,000 was left in the treas- ury to conduct the business. Five di jdends of 1% per cent each were paid, the stock of the company going to a high figure The plaintiffs allege that the pay- board ¢ ment of these dividends 1endered the ccmpany practically insolvent, so that the directors had to borrow $4,000,000 on & bond ue, for which they had to pay 10 per cent: $250,000 is alleged to have | been wasted out of the $4,000,000, while the $4,000,000 paid for und-r riting the bond issue is also characterized as GREENBER! GREENBERG & GREENBERG SPECIALS FOR THURSDAY, FRIDAY and SATURDAY Underwear. Fieece-lined Vests or Draw- ers until closing Saturday..19€ Egyptian Cotton Vests or Dtfawers until closing Saturday 33e¢ > & GR 35¢ uftil closing ‘Saturday. 7Se Eiderdown Sacques. Ejderdown Sacques— Until closing Saturday 38c¢ $1.00 Eiderdown Sacques— Until closing Saturday 48e 8125 Eiderdown Sacques— Uil closing Saturday 58e Eiderdown Robes. $3.00 Eiderdown Robes— * Until closing Saturday $2.75 $6.00 Eiderdown Robes— Until closing Saturday $4.40 $7.00 Eiderdown Robes— Until closing Saturday $4.65 Hosiery. Embroidered Ankies— Until closing Saturday 18e¢ soc Fancy Hose— Until closing Saturday 28e 35c¢ 2oc Children’s Hose, fast black— Until closing Saturday 12¢ FPROMPT ATTENTION. Time allowed on specials for coun- 1iry orders. Samples of laces, trim- mings. embroideries, veilings, rib- bons, cte., sent to any address. a‘n&une&s&sn&mm claims against its | recover | Coercive Measures and Fail- | ing May Start. Priee War | BERLIN, Jan. 20.—The conferences {held at Cologge this week in an 'at- tempt to negotiate all the greater 'steel | companies’ into a eyndicaté have re- | sulted in failure. . The conference’suc- ceeded in splitting the steel industry | linto two groups, the first ofywhich in- goods, girders and other simple structu- | ral steel, while the second is composed j of the manufacturers of steel rails and | other rajlway material. The -second | group embraces the sixteen great com- panies which took the lead in trying to effect the general organization. These companies have now decided [ to hold together and to begin a price war upon the companies who refused to accept the terms offered for the gen- | eral steel syndicate. The outside com- panies include such important estab- lishments as the Krupp Gun Works, the Bochum Cast Steel Company, the | Westphalian Steel Works, the Hasper Company and all the Silesian manufac- turers. Another meeting will be called for | February 5. when the first group of | manufactures will invite all the out- side makers of half rolled goods and girders to join in a movement to com- pel the second group to come to terms. It is expected that this war of prices will be carried into foreign markets and that it will result in lower prices for German steel products than ever before. URGE SUBSIDY IR CARRIERS Committee Presents = Signifi- cant Figures Favoring Fed- eral Aid for American Ships g o WASHINGTON, Jan. 20.—In his re- port to the House filed to-day in favor of the bill authorizing a commission to consider the question of ship sub- sldy, Representative Grosvenor, chair- man of the Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries, say: There is no'legitimate expenditure possible within the wide scope of national jurisd that the American people do not rush into, to the extent of promotimg experiments in aerial navigation. We flatter ourselves, justly, that we are a leading nation in all that makes a nation great, and yet we are a subservient nation and a helpless nation in one of the great factors of national wealth and national independence. Other nations carry our products to the markets of the world General Grosvenor says that of al- most a billion dollars’ worth of exports to Europe during the fiscpl year 1902 only 1% per cent was carried in Ameri- can vessels. Of nearly five hundred million dollars of imports during the year American ships carried only -$30,- 000,000 worth. He says that had it not been for'the Ameyican line subsidized by postal subsidy the total of our trade ! with Europe carried under the Ameri- can flag would not have exceeded a | sixth of 1 per cent. | For the carrying of that trade Gen- | eral Grosvenor says we paid $200,000,000, which amount he maintains should | have gone into the pockets of Ameri- | cans. | The minority members of the com- | mittee have designated Representative Lucking of Michigan to present their views. - { —_————————— COURT RELIEVES CHARLES F. HANLON OF ALL BLAME Completely Vindicates Attorney, Who Explains to Court Connection With ‘Whittell-Boyere Case. Attorney Charles F. Hanlon, who but a few days ago arrived in this city from the East, appeared before Judge Troutt yesterday and explained his | connection with the Whittell-Boyere case in such a manner that the court declared that the attorney could not be accused of the merest suspicion of wrongdoing in his manner of handling {the action. “The court,” said Judge | Troutt, “very cheerfully exonerates {you from even the suspicion of any wrongful act or intention from the | beginning ‘of the case in question to its end.” » Hanlon’s explanation and the re- ! marks of the Judge were ordered spread upon the minutes of the court, thus closing the case and, establishing Afr. Hanlfon's honesty of purpose. —_———— Lies in Wait for Burglar. While Policeman Thempson was on a car early yesterday morning on Mar- ket street 2 man jumped on and in- | formed him that there was a burglar in James Hanson's restaurant, 119 Market street. - Thompson went to the restaurant and found Hanson holding James O'Brien by the coat collar. Han- son told the officer that he had been lying in wait for three nights for a burglar who had been stealing articles from his place and had caught O'Brien in the act. O'Brien was booked at the | City Prison on a charge of burglary. | —_—— | Ladies’ Aid Society. | At a meeting to be held this even- "ing in the headquarters of Linéoln Camp of the Sons of Veterans, U. S. | A., the: will be orzanized and ingti- tuted a new society to be known ias the Ladies'’ Ald Society, auxiliary\to the camp named. It i8 to be com- posed of the mothers, wives, daugh- ' ters and lineal female descendants |.over the age of 16 of honorably dis- . charged soldiers or marines of the | Civil War, Soldiers’ sons will also be | eligible. i | i i | | | n ‘. o M PR AT . To Prevent the Grip. To get the genuine call for the full name. 20, + tion | = . Continued from Page 1, Column 7. certain ports in times of emergency. The Tokio correspondent of the Dally Telegraph declares that the Privy Council disoussed a proposal to issue an order, in the event of war, enacting a state of siege in certain places out- side’ of Japan and a blockade. To- morrow’s issue of the Jiji Shimpo, the Telegraph’s correspondent continues, will contain a stary of the negotiations, {according to which the . first Russo- Japanese divergence was hinted at in a meeting of the Council held on June 23, 1903. 'This story relates to the suc- ceeding negotiations until October 30, when Japan wired her proposals to St. Petersburg. For forty days thencefor- ward Russia hurried on war prepara- ticns, Japan ~meanwhile remaining quiescent and waiting an answer. Japan's note proposed that either power be éntitled to send police or troops for the protection of the rail- ways in either Korea or Manchuria in case of emergency, but that they must be withdrawn directly order was re- stored. The Russian reply, dated De- | comber 11," was overbearing and un- | compromising; it exciuded Manchuria and proposed that all territory north of the thirty-ninth degrée of ' latitude should be neutral. Japan, thereupon, , commenced her preparations and on | December 22 she presented a note to Russia which made the following de- mands: “Both powers shall endeavor to main- tain the territorial integrity of Korea and Manchuria; both shall recognize the special concessions of either Korea or China, provided the open-door policy be respected.” Japan also refused the neutral pro- posal and counter-proposed a neutral | zone of twenty-five kilometers on both sides of the Korean border. . Russia, in her note of January 6, in- sisted on her neutral zone, but vaguely hinted her intention to respect Japan's rights in Manchuria. To this note Japan replied on January 13 reaffirm- }ing her demands. The Telegraph’'s correspondent con- | cludes his dispatch with these words: “Therefore, unless Russia “vields, a diplomatic rupture is certain. Russia’s answer is expected to-morrow.” —— . — FURTHER DELAY PROBABLE. | | | 1 Exchange of Views Between St. Pet- ersburg and Tokio Without Result. ST. PETERSBURG, Jan. 20.—The first exchange of views between the Foreign Office, Viceroy Alexieff and Baron de Rosen, the Russian Minister to Japan, on the Japanese reply has not resulted in a definite decision. Conse- quently Russia’s answer probably will be delayed a little longer than was ex- pected. | The attacks on Japan in the Russian | press are ceasing. The newspapers ! print prominently reports to the effect | that the acute phase is passing and they eontinde td flerflfi'fi mediation | is unnecessary. |" 7 A confusion of Olongapo, in Subig | Bay, near Manila, with Yongampho, | on the Yalu River, has led the Russian | press inte a .curious attack on the United States. The statement that Rear Admiral Evans’ squadron was to proceed to Olongapo was either garbled in transmission or misunderstood, for | 1t was reported here that the destina- tion of the American ships was “Yong- OUTBREAK AGAINST FOREIGNERS task in answering the Japanese note is one of the most difficult he ever ob- served, owing to Russia’s dilemma, due to her determination to firmly maintain her position and at the same time com- ply with the Czar’'s desire for peace. Delcasse’s talks with members of the diplomatic; corps during the, last few days revealed his extreme desire for the malntenance of peace, and his ad- vice to 'Russia undoubtedly followed the same lines. It is the general impression here that if war breaks out the best diplomacy may not succeed in keeping France out of the imbroglio. * Therefore Delcasse, considering the self-interests of France, as well as the Franco-Russian note of 1902, is counseling peaceful adjustment. The Temps published a:leading arti- cle on the increasing importance of the role of the-United, States in the Jap- anese-Russian' situation. It reflects the growing French sentiment, which to some -extent in shared in gov- mental ‘quarters, and says:. “It cannot:be disguised that the ap- pearance of the United States upon the scene is calculated to encourage Ja- pan.” " g Continuing, the Temps reviews the early friendship between Russia and the United States and the alleged re- cent gradual estrangement, which is attributed to the ratification of the commercial treaty between China and the United States and declares that this may be, “according to the view taken at Washington and at St. Peters- burg, either the final point of depar- ture for new complications or the happy econclusion of misunderstand- ings.” The paper adds: “It depends much upon the wisdom and pacific spirit of President Roose- velt in exerting upon the crisis his in- fluence at Toklo, as it is hoped Great" Britain has done already, and as it is believed France is not neglecting to do at St. Petersburg.” LR St RUSSIA’S BACKDOWN COMPLETE. Japan Carries the Day in the Diplo- matic Controversy. LONDON, Jan. 20.—A Pall Mall Ga- zette dispatch from Berlin declares that the correspondent is in a position to an- nounce positively that it has been de- cided at St. Petersburg that Japan's wishes shall ‘be met in such a way as to insure the maintenance of peace. The dispatch adds that the only question is whether Russla “shall declare her de- ¢ision to Japan alone or to all the pow- ers interested in the solution of the Far Eastern question.” Lord Lansdowne’s reception at the Foreign Office to-day was attended by almost all the Embassadors and Minis- ters ih London. At‘the end of the re- ception the press was informed that the situation looked slightly more hopeful, but as the Russian reply apparently was not yet drafted no definite state-4 ment could safely be made. The Foreign Office has reason to be- lieve, however, that Russia is willinggto concede practically all demands of-Ja- pan, but that she cannot see her:way to make a treaty with Japan recogniz- ing in black and white.China’s sover- eignty over Manchuria. Russia has ap- proached Great Britain to. urge Japan to forego this stipulation and to accept in lieu thereof the assurance to the same end already given to the other powers. 1t is pointed out at the Foreign Office that Great Britain, being such an in- terested party, is in a difficult position and can scarcely recommend such a |ampho.” This error was made the basis of an attack on the motives of the | United States by the Novoe Vremya {and the Listok, both papers preténding | to see in this move the entrance of the | United States in the quarrel. The Novoe Vremya remarks: “At least America will be an open enemy, which is preferable to a secret one.” At the Foreign' Office it was ex- plained in a general and unofficial way with reference to foreign settlements at the open Manchurian ports that no reservation was made in the recogni- tion of acquired treaty rights, but in- asmuch as the Russian military and civil authorities were now exercising joint control with China, Russia natur- ally must be consulted on questions arising out of consular .representation, including settlements. : A high official said that the anti- American irritation in certain govern- ment quarters here was due to the con- viction that Japan's aggressiveness was largely the result of the American atti~ | tude, which, he added, presumably was based on the fear that the Manchurian treaties would not be redpected, al- though the official ‘insisted that the | United States was informed - sote { months ‘ago that Russia would recog- nize them. PR AR RUSSIA APPEALS TO FRANCE. Latter Nation Counsels Its Ally to Maintain Peace in Orient. PARIS, Jan. 20.—There i§ strong rea- son to believe that exchanges of com- munications are now going.on between France and Russia concerning tha po- sition Russia will finally adopt in re- sponse to the last Japanese note. Long conferences between Foreign Minister Delcasse and Russian Embassador Nelidof are being held almost -daily. Prior to these Russia had not consulted France and Nelidof went to, Cannes, for an extended stay, telling his diplomatic, colleagues that he happily had no part in the Russo-Japanese negotiations. Following the presentation of Japan's last demands, Nelidof gave up his va- cation and began frequent conferences with Delcasse. It is expected that the exchange of views will exert a strong influence in shaping the course Russia will adopt. Among the officials and diplomats it is understood here that the exchanges will have the following results: % First, Russia, appreciating the decis- ive nature of the issues presented in Japan's last note, desires to obtain the advice of her neargst political friend; and second, France wishes to exercise her influence to prevent a war in which she might become embroiled. More particularly France has begun to realize that she ought to be consults concerning Russia’s course in . China, as Russia and France jointly promul- gated the note of March 19, 1902, setting forth that they would act together concerning the integrity and free de- velopment of China. - = % Concerning Russia’s wish to consult France, it is said that ™ the 'Russian Foreign Minister, Count Lamsdorff, has a high regard for Delcasse's pru- dence in the difficult situation. ¢ One of the most prominent diplomats said to-day that Count Lamsdorff's, course to her ally. ‘Whether or not Japan will insist to the bitter end on a treaty recognizing Chinese sovereignty over Manchuria the Foreign Office does not yet know. It believes the Japanese themselves will not decide until after the delivery of the Russian reply, which is'scarcely ex- pected before next week. BELIEVES WAR UNLIKELY. Professor Hengstler Gives His Views of the Eastern Situation. Louis T. Hengstler, professor of in- ternational law at the University of California, and a man well versed in the politics' of the world, believes the chances for war between Japan and Russia are remote, indeed. His view of it is that the controversy now go- ing on will wind up in a big cloud of smoke. Where there is so much talk there is little chance left for fighting, so that from all appearances the jawing the two nations are giving each other will soon cease. Professor Hengstler said these things in his class-room to-day, where he gives lec- tures on international law. Here is what he said: The chances for war between Japan and Rus- #la are very slight. Whenever nations do so much talking they usually do little fighting. Certain treaties exiet between those two coun- tries which make war between them practically impossible. Among these are many commercial treaties, but I especially refer in' this connec- tion to those treaties which give the diplomat- i8ts of the two countries a chance to talk. The cool statesmén of neither country desire war. Among their number may be counted #ome of the brightest minds in the world. These men do not wish war; they are playing a waiting game. It is their object t6 talk treaty obligations” and ‘‘concessions” until the people cool off. And right here may be cited the main ob- Ject of arbitration treaties. Their apparent object is to facilitate the arbitration of -dis puted questions, but their real purpose is to Bive the cool headed diplomats of the world a chance to play 'a ‘‘waiting”” or ‘‘talking” game until the rabble come to their senses. In this way the statesmen gain an opportunity to adjust matters according to international law "and justice. This is the game being played by our Eastern friends, and is the factor that makes an Eastern war improbable. . — SENDING TROOPS TO CHILL. . China Will Protect the Frontier in the Event of War. ¥ SHANGHAI Jan. 20.—The Vice- roys of Nanking and Wuchang are sending their best troops to reinforce the army commanded by Yuan Shi Kai, the Viceroy of Chili province. TIENTSIN, Jan. 20.—It is authori- tatively announced that Viceroy Yuan Shi Kai has definitely decided to guard the Chili-Manchurfan border in the event of war between Russia and Japan and that he has arranged to transfer 2000 troops to the frontier. R SR FRANCE DECLINES TO AID. Alliance With Russia Not Binding in Far Eastern Dispute. BERLIN, Jan. 20.—The German Gov- ernment has become privy to the.fact that France declines to give Russia any assurances of armed help should war be the outcome of the Far Eastern dif- P - v e A Guaranteed Cure for Piles. Itching, Blind, Bleeding or Protruding Piles. Sitmen taile o cure'Sou in 640 14 alvs. e IMMINENT IN CAPITAL OF KOREA ferences, even if Great Britain aid Ja- pan. asked France to define her position in the contingency of Great Britain ac- tively participating in a Japanese at- tack on Russia, and that the Fremch Government replied that France must remain neutral, as the Russo-French alliance was quite ‘separate on ‘the question now pending. This resolution of Fgance, it is believed here, deeply affects not only the situation between Russia and Japan, but the Franco- Russian alliance. PE - A MOVEMENTS OF WARSHIPS. Russian and Japanese Craft Pass ¥ Through Suez Canal. SUEZ, Jan. 20—Nine Russian torpe- do-boat destroyers have arrived here from Port Sald bound for the Far East. " 'The Russian transport Orel has sailed for ‘the Far East. ADEN, Arabia, Jan. 20.—The Jap-_ anese”cruiser Kasaga sailed from here to-night for the Far East. : SNOW DRIFTS ~ BLOCK TRAINS Traffic on Many New York Railroads Is Suspended and All Lines Are Running*‘Late” SYRACUSE, N. Y., Jan.-20.—The eastbound train on the Delaware, Lack- awanna and Western, which left here | at 10 o'clock last night, became stalled in the snow at Summit and was un- able to move until nearly noon to-day. The trolley line to Auburn was forced to suspend business. Heavy drifting snow has paralyzed all rallroads ex- cept the main line of the New York Central, where trains are late. The worst blockade in recent years prevails on the Rome, Watertown and Ogdensburg road. Trains are ten to fifteen hoyrs late and many have been abandoned. The road between Water- town and Syracuse is completely closed, no train having passed over the line since yesterday afternoon. Sev- eral trains are stalled in snow banks near Richland and every snew plow is in use trying to release them. LOGANSPORT, Ind., Jan. 21.—The ice in the Eel River above Legansport went out at 10 o’clock last night be- low the Tenth-street dam and a huge gorge more than twelve feet high has been formed at Fifth street. ‘Against this the water is rising so rapidly that it threatens to flood one side of -the city. Several blocks are already-flood- ed. Shortly after.the ice went out the water backed into-the wheels of the electric. light and water plants and farced them to stop.; MILWAUKEE, Jan. 20.—A: blizzard from the east reached here to-night. Much-snow has fallen, impeding street car traffic. COLD WEATHER 1N THE SoUTH Unusually Low Temperature Prevails and Snow Falls to! the North of Los Angeles i LOS ANGELES, Jan. 20.—Unusually low temperature prevails in Southern California to-night. A cold wind blew from the north all day, and to-night a killing frost is expected. The moun- | tains tc the north of this city are cov- ered with snow to a depth it is said of five inches. Lack of rain in this part of the State is causing the loss of a large number of cattle, which for want of food and water are near the point of starvation. In the canyons near Santa Monica there are huddled ,about- 1000 head. No feed or water is in sight, and unless rain falls the loss will be heavy. Similar conditions are reported from various parts of the State. PASADENA, Jan. 20.—-There is an inch of snow on Mount Wilson, a few miles north of fhis city. The rain of Monday terminated in wind and in- tense cold. 2 STOCKTON, Jan. 20.—The cold wave has struck Stockton. This morning the thermometer touched 28 degrees above | zero. There was a heavy frost and all the small puddles were covered with ice. It was the coldest thus far this season. SAN JOSE, Jan. 20.—This was. the coldest morning of the. season . in this valley. Just before sunrise the ther- mometer registered 25 degrees above Zero. MILTON, Jan. 20.—The rainfall for the storm here amounted to .80 of an inch. Feed is in better condition than at the corresponding time last year and stock of all kinds is doing well. The season has been very - favorable for seeding, and so far as this seétion is concerned the crop and feed outlook is very good. —_———— A New Practice cunrldgg. A new cartridge for target practice by marines, especially for ranges of about twenty-five yards, has been devised. The bullet will weigh sev- enty-eight grains and will be .31 of' an inch 'in diameter, or a diameter .002 of an inchj greater than the bore of the rifle. Three grains of smokeless powder will be used, and with the experi- ments that have been made excellent results have been attained at twenty- five yards.—N. Y. Commercial. —_—————————— Insanity Among Indians. The National Hospital for Insane Indians at Canton, S. D., has finished USBAND FINDS i l TAVE EPISTLES It is understood here that Russia | {M. C. Harrison's Answer to Wife's Divorce Suit Embraces Letters From *“Boy Paul” it MISSIVES BREATHE LOVE Writer Says He Is Waiting for Time When Reecipient Will M. C. Harrison yesterday filed a voluminous document in reply to the charges of his wife, Inez E. Ray Harrison, who is suing him for di- worce. Harrison is welt known here, | where for many years he has occupied Give Him Cue to Be }{appyl SHAFT INSTEAD "~ 0F A THEATER Monument May on Site quois Be Ereeted of the Reecent Iro- Disaster in Chicago o e TO BE A L Heirs of Estate Which Owns the Lot Are Oppesed to Reopening of the Playhouse Sl i CHICAGO, Jan. 20.—Arthur E. Hull, leader of the Iroquols Memorial Asso- ciation, announces that he will offer the site of the Iroquois Theater for the erection of a memorial to the victims. Mr. Hull refused to say who authorizes GROUND DONATED a prominent position in marine insur- ance circles. Or., where Harrison was identifled with | the big shipping firm of Sutton Beebe. In his statement yesterday Harrison includes copies of a lot of letters addressed to his wife, signed by | one “Paul” or “Boy Paul.”” While the | full name of “Boy Paul” is not glven‘ it-is rumored that he is a prominent electrician who has offices in the| Crocker building and has also an office in Los Angeles. Some of these letters are very warm and show that not only is ‘Boy Paul” | | an ardent wooer, but that he also pos- | | sesses a large amount of poetic ability | that might win out the hedrt even of a sphynx, let alone that of a beautiful up-to-date woman of the day. Here/ are samples of some of the effusions: Thursday. Ah, how I love | My Dearest Weatawater: my work this week. I can sometimes forget | your cruel fate when I am hard at work. At | | all other times my ears seem to hear your | sweet voice complain or I seem to ses your beautiful, sad eyes, and they say to me, | “Walt, wait,”” and I do wait with joy and happiness just ahead. Love, true love, whis- | pers to me, “Your time will come, even if you wait vears.” The prize s worth it all. 'So my fair cne be of good cheer. You and_the | boy will yet be happy. Very sincerely. P. Friday. My Dear Queen: I was sure of a letter from you to-day. Spendthrift that I was. Some | days ago I tore up whole blueish letters at once, but now I am growing to know what economy means. * * * 1 hope she Wil re- member the contract. ¢ * On, lady, how 1 would like to see you. -Good-by to-day. ‘PAUL. ‘Wednesday. My Dearest Queen: I cannot erase these beautiful days to see you cheerful and happy and playing those sweetly solemn lhnulhu‘ i sung by one Goddard and seée you plunge your | face into those violets—by the way, you never | thanked me for them—made such an impres- sion on me that I shall never forget my duty 10 you. The favor every man owes to the gl who favors to him, to make her happy. God bless you, sweet soul, and bring about your | happiness soon and forever. May 1 be part or | all of the cause of it and may your joy be per- | fect. Good-by for to-night. PAUL. Tuesday, 11 p. m Dearest Indian: 1 am the happiest man in all the world. I have had two days of al most perfect happiness. I have seen the grea { est_queen of all of earth. I have Hved longer and happier in one moment during these days | than in all my life before. Even now as I kiss the beautiful sea .shell with the sweet, ! quaint name In its corner I seem to see the | “Lovelight” in the eves of Weatawatsr. Never { could man have been so hapfly before, and | how often 1 wonder what can make me %o | fortunate. 1 dreamed all night of a cottage | with little shells full of kisses on every hand and ‘that it had been built by the queen and | that the kisses never grew cald. and that I/ was always to be loved, amd- that was | best. to me of any one on. earth, Very lov- | ingly your boy,. PAUL. | My Dear Queen: To-day your darling letter came and gave me back all my hopes and my love. & ¢ * My sweet, sweet lady, I will ‘write ‘more to-morrow. Your plan seems a one and I am acting accordingly. - ¢ * * rfl:d. Very PAUL. { | &ood T hope this letter daes not get forwa: truly yours forever and ever. * * —_———————— Flegtricity in Steel Making. In any. summary of the causes of our success in steel manufacture great stress must be laid upon the early and multiplied adaptation of electricity as | a motive power in the thousand and one uses to which it has lent itself so admirably. Among other applications that come to mind there are the over- head traveling electric crane; the elec- tric charging machine that picks up a box containing a ton of mixture, thrusts it into the furnace, empties and withdraws it; the electric conveyer; the electric elevator for loading the blast furnaces; the electric buggies that receive the heated ingot after it has been lifted from the soaking pits and runs it down to the mill; electric machines for pushing the blooms in at one end of the furnace, and electric tongs for gripping them and pulling them out at the other end. These are a few of the uses of electricity, to say nothing of pneumatic and hydraulic power that, conjointly with similar ex- hibitions of ingenuity, forethought and | administrative skill in mine, ship and | railroad, have enabled our manufac- turers to sell “three pounds of steel for 2 cents,” whife paying the highest wages in the world to labor and re- turning the princeliest of fortunes to capital.—Scientific American, ——p e .Origin of “Orrery.” The Earl of Cork and Orrery, who has been unveiling the beautiful memorial windows in Wells Cathe- ' ‘dral to the 20 Somerset men who fell in the late war, was the right man in the right place for the ceremony, | .for he has been lord leutenant of Somersetshire for'a great many vears, and is warmly interested in all coun- ty matters. Though five times an Irish peer, Lord Cork has no seat in Ireland and he resides most of the year at Marston Biggott, near Frome, which gives him his English title of Boyle of Marston. At Marston s pre- served the original “orrery,” the as- tronomical instrument designed by George Graham and called by him af- ter his patron, the fourth Earl of Or- rery.—London_ Chronicle. ADVERTISEMENTS. WOMEN PRAISE IT There are thousands of women | to-day “praising the" Ttelebrated | Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters. | When they were run down and in need of a health restorer and regulator they were persuaded to ' try the Bitters with the result; {that they .now -enj ect ! | health. All sickly. wnjg;n ‘;eh:uld\ its first year. At the beginning it had | try it at once. Besides curing all | thirty-four patients, half of its ca- pacity. In a few months it was filled. According to Superintendent Gifford, the number of insane Indians is con-. stantly increasing, the chief cause bé- ing despondency. Lack of active oe- cupation, hunting and’the like is the chief cause of this.—New York Com- mereial- Advertiser, -1 e Fem?:cdfComphinu it is also un- equal ;orlnfim,nyw - HOSTETTER'S STOMACH BITTERS The Harrisons were mar- | him to make the offer, but he declares ried some fifteen years ago in Portland, | it is one of the foremeost surgeons in the city. The héirs to the estate of which the lsite is a part have agreed to comvey it, with all leaseholds, to the associa- tion, Hall says. He declares fur that a committee will soon call upon the Mayor to lay before him the asso- ciation's protest against turning over the theater building to its owners. Eight more churches and several ad- ditional halls were closed to-day by or- der of the city building department. The Chicago Underwriters’ Associa- tion has approved the scheme inaug- urated by -the City Club that a series of practical tests of fire curtains, ven- tilators and sprinklers be held in the Iroquois Theater. It is probable that the City Council next Monday night will again consider and revise the new theater ordinance. A meeting between the theater man- agers and a special committee of the Aldermen will be held later in the week, at which the managers will an- nounce what is physically possible for them to accomplish in making their theaters safe and at the same time re- open for the balance of the season. There is a general feeling among Al- dermen that the essentials demanded of the theaters before they are al- lowed to open are somewhat too strin- | gent and modifications may be made. —_—————— Accidental Shot. Nicholas Galli was taken to the Central Emergency Hospital last night suffering from a gunshot wound in the cheek. He claims that he and a friend were shooting cats from the window of a house at 530 Merchant street and he was accidentally shot. The injury is not serious. —e—— Earthquakes in Panama. PANAMA, Jan. 20.—A slight earth- quake shock was feit throughout the republic of Panama at about 9:30 o'clock this morning. No damage has been reported. e 8. C. T. Todd, general solicitor of the Standard Oil Company, understood to receive, salary and commissions, $250,000 a year. label.. It means the same as telling you that we back up its purity with a $5,000 guarantee. Made by the largest pro- ducers of Evaporated Cream in the world. P sy Pleasant Memories Of comfort and correct appearance lingef with the patrons of this Jaundry. Comfort—because shirts are starched and ironed to fit the wearer, and collars and cuffs bear no “saw-edges”; correct appearance because U. 8. Laundry work is the much in little of superb finish and perfect cleanliness. Phone South 420 will put you on our st RS UNITED STATES LAUNDRY, OFFICE 1004 MARKET STREET, Near Poweil. Dr. Gibbon’s Dispensary, 629 ‘h‘r‘". ST, lll'w i 1834 the treatment of Private Dineases, Mant:ood. 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