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NEW YORK ,LE'I‘TER.‘
_ Sol Smith Russell-is one of theactors
who had been looking for many
years for a good play. He has had
many which partly suited him and in
which the unique charm of his person-
ality atoned for lack of interest in the
drama. This year Martha. Morton
wrote him “A Bachelor’s Romance,"
and Mr. Russell played it for many
weeks at the GardenTheater, Manhat
tan. It was generally agreed to be
has had, and Mr. Russell has drOpped
his list of dramas and is devoting his
entire season to “A Bachelor’s R0
malice.” The play is thoroughly Ameri
can, of course. . Mr. Russell has tried
several un-American parts, among1
them Bob Acres, but he has never
proved successful iii-\making them
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SOL SMITH RUSSELL.
seem real, and he is likely to continm
in parts in which his own strongly
marked characteristics are appropri-
ate. David Holmes, the bachelor or
this story, is a middle aged editor 01
a magazine, much in love with his
young ward, Sylvia. The girl loves
David, of course—no girl could help it
when David is Mr. Russell—but not at
all as she loves young Harold Rey
nolds. 'David learns this and abom
the same time learns that Harold is a
competitor for a $10,000 prize which
his mag aziue has offered. He is the
judge and Harold’ s manuscript is
good. If he gets the prize he will be
able to marry Sylvia; if he doesn’t
there is a possible chance for the back
elor. The young man gets the prize
and the girl—{111d the bachelor gets the
audience. No one can doubt Mr. Rus
sell’s complete fitness to express every
thing which the anther may have giver
him in the plot.
Disinfecting Library Books.
’ When the New York Public Library
moves into the building of the future
on the present site Of the reservoir in
Bryant Park it will be a circulating li
brary. All citizens of New York wiL
have the privilege of taking books to
their homes. Each book, upon its re
turn from the people to the library, is
to be put through a process of fumiv
gation sterilization, warranted to de
stroy all microbes and bacilli, however
latent.
This system has been approved by
Dr. John S. Billings, director of the li
brary. who (onducted a series of ex
peiimcnts in the Horton laboratory in
Philadelphia.
A number of old Patent Oflice re
ports were
and in a short time the books were
full of germs of measles, scarlet fever
smallpox and other diseases.
'were then made of various germ-do
stroying substances, and as a result or
the experiments Dr. Billings says than
he has a perfect disinfectant in thq
gas formaldehyde. The volume it
placed in a glass or metal box. .with a
solution of formalin in'water, and lef.
for an hour or two. At the end 02
that time the vapor has penetrated intt
evc1y particle of the book and not a
”live germ can be found.
inoculated with bacteria:
sways ready for an emergency.
Trial: 'ness told of various conflicts between-
Bibliophile will be glad to know tho:
the formalin will destroy the Crotox
burr, responsible for the ruin of, S1
many fine bindings in this country
The traditional book worm is now a
rarity in America, but the Croton bug
has taken its place, and the collecto.
of'rarc volumes has in Dr. Billings
discovery a preventive of the ravage:
that the insects passion for moroccr
and calfskin causes.
It is difficult to' get the people 11
New York to use the name “Manhat
tan” when speaking of that pait oi
the city w hi1 11 is on Manhattan Island
Brookly miles are now residents of Nov.
York, but when they are about to
cross the b1idge they always Speak o-
it as going, not to “Manhattan,” but t1
“New York.” The: Brooklyn stree
cars that cross the bridge carry sign
“direct to New York.” Is, then, Man
hattan still to be New York, as of 011
in all except official language?
INcw York has expended $5,000,001
for a speedway for fast horses ant
now it is prepared to spend $800, 000 fax
a speedway for bicycles. Plans haw
been drawn for such a speedway along
the road connecting the Bronx ant
Pelham Parks. Wheel'men - numbel
600,000 in New York, or one-fifth of"‘th.
entire population. The
should have their speedway:
New York may. well be proud of a
police force that has 400 men morethar
six feet tall.
ment of giants, will divide the 11011011;
with the “sky-Scrapers" in. the eye;
pp Broadw w '
Immediately after the blow ring
wheelmei .
The Broadway squad ‘
ninety ‘giants, picked" from this regi’.
THE 111111 TRIAL
Sheriff Martin Gives Further T33-
. timony About the Shooting.
HIS CHIEF DBPUTY’S srour
, He Tells How the Rioters Kept the, Posse
Busy , for I Several Days Before the
Shooting at Lattim'er Quelled the
Disorder.
VVilkesbarre, Pa., March 3.~—-When the
trial of Sheriff Martin and his depu‘
tise for the shooting of the strikers at
Lattimer was resumed yesterday mOrn-
lug Sheriff Martin again took the
stand, and'his cross- -examina.tion was
continued by counsel for the prosecu-
tion.
The main puint established was that
the witness denied making the remark
after the shooting that he had merely
taken a. hand “in the matter as plain
James Martin, and not as the Sheriff
of Luzerne County.”
The defense then’endeavored to have
the Sheriff testify tltczt he was unable
to suppress the riot and disorder that
existed in the Hazleton region, and that
the civil authorities were unable .to
cope with it and had telegraphed to
the Governor of Pennsylvania. for aid
to suppress the riot, and that‘conse—
quently the Governor ordered out the
State militia /on1 the night of September
I0. The Commonwealth objected to
this line of testimony, and Judge Wood-
vard sustained the objection.
The cross- -questio..ing took up several
hours, and was very searching; The
Sheriff said that he and his deputies
were on duty all day on September 10.
At noon they did not disperse for
luncheon, but had sandwiches and cof-
fee. In response to questions, the
She1iff said positively that he had not
01 (lei ed any stimulants for the men of
an alcoholic nature, and that he did not
take any such himself. , *
Samuel Price, a. contractor and com-'
mission merchant of Hazleton, testified
that he was Sheiiff Martin’s chief dep—
uty during the week, and had been se-
lected by Mr. Hall, of Hazleton, and
was sworn in on the night of Septem-
ber 6, four days before the Lattimer
shooting. He told about the Sheriff
giving all the deputi:s explicit orders
to keep cool and not‘get excited, to
protect property, maintain the peace.
He also told them they were not to
shoot unless for self—protection.
The witness also discovered, by going
among the strikers and feeling about
their clothing, that they were armed
with revolvers and stones. The Sheriff
declined to have any deputies accom-
pany him when he walked down the
road at Lat-timer to meet the mob, and
endeavored to halt the strikers. The
witness then gave a. straightforward
account of the scene of the shooting.
He said he was standing in an alley
to the left of the line of deputies, and
saw the Sheriff halt the strikers. Then
a. moment later the strikers surged
around the Sheriff and began to jostle
and shove him to the side of the road,
when the witness lost sight of the Sher-
iff by the balance of the strikers surg-.
ing past him, and rushing’ madly upon
the deputies. Just at that point a
pistol shot rang out back of the witness
and he heard the bullet whistle past.
'He turned to see where it came from,
when he saw a. striker, back "of the
deputies, There was no shooting after
the volley.
Deputy A. P. Platt, whose name has
been a. familiar one throughout the
trial, told his story at the afternoon
session, and it was more startling than
any of the others. He and Deputy Cook
had followed the strikers for some dis-
tance before the posse was organized,
for they feared that there would be de-
struction of property and life.
.Witness saw numerous instances of
cruelty and intimidation on the part of
the mobs. . .They had entered his
(Platt’s) home and had forced his son 3
f Assistant Secreta1y Day,
§Long and Secretary of the Interior
iBliss, the Cuban situation was dis-
to join them. The young man hit a.
striker on the head and got away. The
strikers threatened men with death if
they continued work. Guns for the
posse were furnished by the Coal and
Iron 'Police Association, which is al-
Wit-
the deputies and the mob_1eading up
to the Lattimer shooting.
The witness did net shoot and ‘does .
not know who gave the order to fi‘pe.
He aided the injured after the shooting.
Other deputies corroborated this tes—
timony before court adourjned.
On cross-examination the Commen-
wealth wanted to show that the wit-
ness was a manager of a company store
and it was objected to by the defense
as having no bearing on the case.
The Commonwealth contended that
being an employee of a coal company,
he was unfit to act as a deputy. The
Court sustained the objection, and said
in ruling on it that a man’s occupa-
tion had no bearin’g on his honesty in
testifying.
\Vork for the Reindeer.
Portland, Ore, March 3.-——The United
States Government is about to, send an
expedition from Vancouver Barracks to
find a.‘ practicable route
River, Alaska, to the Yukon Basin. It
is understood that this expedition will
consist of fiftv men and three officers
of the Fourteenth Infantry, and that
it will leave Vancouver Barracks for
the north about March 15. The rein-
deer that were sec nod for aiding the
relief ex peditlon to the Klondike, now
abandoned. will przbably be” used in
this exploring trip.
Lieut. Sobral Quits the Country:
'New York, March 3.——Lieut. Sabra],
_ formerly attache, of the Spanish Lega-
‘tion at VVashing'ton,
sated away on
the steamship L... Bret ague yesterday.
up of
the Iziaine Lieut. Sobral 1m€ze a public
criticism of the -A1nericau Navy. 'I-Iis
recall would'doubtless have been de-
lTli'Ll‘lfl-Ed by this Gmr‘ernment, but the
Spa.- sh Legatlcn avoided trouble by
dot. suing that he had already been de—
tachc d.
To Prevent the Sale of Bob Veal.
Albanv. Marc-W -The Assembly yes-
"11:. 21y afternoon passed the- Miles bill
« 1",; tént the Sale of bob veal, by pro~
we not the caicass of every calf in
’ is 1' shall be tagged with the name
person who raised the animal ,7 »
up Copper '
1 tanza and
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NO VERDICT IS EXPECTED. .
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Excitement Abates, but Preparations for
Strife Continue to Be Made. .
Washington, March 3. -——There is a be-
lief in some quarters that the Maine
Scotch verdict, “Not proven.” Although
circumstantial evidence points to
treachery and design, direct ev1dence, J
it is contended in well informed cir-
cles, does not implicate Spain so that
a case can be made out against her.
However, such a. finding by the board
will not settle the Cuban question,
which ante-dates the Maine disaster.
This, it is said, will cause intervention,
and may cause war.
The Cuban correspondence asked for
by Congress will probably be sent in by
the President immediately after the
finding of _the Court of Inquiry has been
made. It‘ is said that. the President
will make no recommendation or sug-
ges‘tions when the correspondence is
sent in, as he wishes L0 leave the legis-
lative branch of the Government un-
hampered in deciding upon what course
to pursue. Speaker Reed may inter—
pose. if he believes that the decision
to be adopted would provoke Spain to
war, but whe her he can hold the House
is a mooted question. The eXercise in
this case of the Speaker’s power, it is
thought, would leafl to somethinglike
a revolt, as the great majority ‘of Con-
gressmen are emphatically in favor of
action.
Congressmen who are afraid to ask
for re-election with a. record of total'
inaction are forcing the political side
of the questiOn upon the President. and
are adding to the perplexities of his
position.
Time has told one story which no one
can deny—that intervention or no in-
_gtprvention, war with Spain or peace
with Spain—the United States Govern-
ment continues to place the country on
a. footing ready to fight. both on land
and sea. Since the first news of the
blowing up of 'the Maine active prepa-_
rations have been going on, and not a
day has-passed without the same bustle
and energy. The steady rush has been
kept up uninfluenced by conflicting re-
ports from various sources.
Consideration has been given to the
advisability of attaching the monitor
Amphitrite to Admiral Sicard’s com—
mand. She is now unattached to the
fleet, and has not been with it during
the practice work around the Dry Tor-
tugas. With the Terror, Amphitrite,
Miantonomoh and the Puritan in com-
mission, the navy will have the most
formidable number of fighters on the
station yet‘ assembled. . At no time
heretofore have there been more than
two monitors with the Squadron. Such
officers as Admiral Jouett and a num—
ber of others prominent in the last war
still adhere strongly to the opinion that I
the monitor type will prove more effect-
ive in battle than high freeboard ships
offering greater targets, like the Iowa.
and Indiana.
Within a few months three ships at
Mare Island will be in readiness for
service, of which the Philadelphia and
Charleston are both available for flag-
ships. The Pacific station is already
as strong as the occasion demands,
and realizing that if there is to be ac-
tion for the navy, it‘ will occur .on the
Atlantic seaboard, the authorities have
deemed it advisable to proceed to the
extent of reducing the strength of other
stations in order to bring together at
home its most effective fighting ships.
Mounts are being made for the bat-
teries of the auxiliary cruisers at the
Brooklyn Navy Yard machine shops.
When the guns arrive they will be as-
signed places in the Ooh Book store-
houses. The guns 110w on the way and
the mounts being prepared are for the
American line’s fleet, the St. Louis, St.
Paul, Paris and New York.
WHITE HOUSE COUNCII; ACTS.
Two Weeks Agreed 0n as A111ple Time for
Court. of Inquiry to Reach Verdict.
Washington, March 3.—At a confer-
ence yesterday afternoon in the White
House between President McKinley,
Secretary
cussed. A conclusion was reached
that the time had arrived for prompt
and decided action looking to the res-
toration of peace in Cuba. ,
The criticisms which have been so
prevalent recently on the administra-
tion’s'alleged dilatoriness were com-
mented upon, and a. calculation made
as to the earliest moment when the re-
port of the Board of Inquiry- now sit-
ting at Key West could be expected.
_It was agreed that two w eeks should
suffice f01 all the investigation needed
in Florida and at Havana. concerning
the cause of the Maine disaster.
The President’s first step after the
report of the Board of Inquiry has been
received and after the consular reports
have been laid before Congress, will be
oh of an urgent note to Spain,
-1 it is expected the Sagasta
Ministry will hold out indefinite en-
coura gement.
_ The disposition of the P1051dent is to
p1ess.f01 mediation and peace at once.
He recognizes the overwhelming senti-
ment of the country in favor of such
a course. The President has informa-
tion which constrains _him to believe
that interference by the United States
to end thewar will be hailed with sat-
, isfaction throughout the island gener-
ally in all places under Spanish con:
trol except Havana. This information
comes to the President from Spanish
sources entirely, and, as an indication
of the President”s¢‘iuterest in the out-
lying co= intry of Cuba, the visit of the
wa rs‘c ips conveying provisions to Ma-
Sagua La Grande is ex-
tremely significant. The distress at
these points is great.
“’OInan Poisoner Blust Hang.
Montpelier, Vt., Maich 3,—The Su-
preme Court handed down adecisiOn
refusing a. new trial of the case of the
State against Mrs. Isabella. A. Marsh
and William C. Buzzel, who were joint-
ly convicted, in the county court, of
the murder of George Marsh, husband
of Mrs. Marsh, by poisoning.‘ Judge
Ross sentenced both Mrs. Marsh and
Buzzel to behanged at. the State prison
at Windsor, Feb. 3, 1899. '
V' ‘:§ii‘,0(l0 Reward for a ‘Voinan’s Slaydr.
star '11, Pa” March? .—The com-.
. :'s of Bucks‘County have of-'
a rehard' of Si 000 for the arrest
31' 1 1'-1u1t.cre-"'~ 4 of * 'Mis‘s Annie Ed-
,vhuse body
Settling of the Wreck Balk. the: *
Board of Inquiry will return the,
INVESTIGATION A PAILURL -‘f_'-
slime, the appearance of a number of
.This will be one of the court’s findings.
' board will deal
' question of raising the ship, as well as
' witnesses.
“canvas and raised frbm its muddy bed
.mands it, and that if it were found im-
111g herself.
'1nsane11‘dr some time, and on Saturda ,,
'retuined to her home frdm. a r. 1'ea-t' at
“I . .. , ‘.
Work of Court of Inqun,
Evidence That the Bottom Forward of ,.
the Maine Was Rent Apart—Why the x
Investigators Will Not Recommend.
That the Ship Be Raised. . ‘ .31; ' '
>Havana, March 3.—-The Board of In,»
quiry appointed to decide whether or _- ‘»
not a. court- martial should be held to- \
decide who or what was responsible fbr 1 ‘
the loss of the Maine has practically?
finished its labors, and its decision wlill' \
be made. public in a few days; It: is .,
stated on the highest authority that
the inquiry has been an absolute fail-
ure so far as fixing the responsibility
is concerned, but this is due moretto ._
the condition and position of thership "
than through any miscarriage (if ous-
tice.
First of all, the bottom of the “Maine
forward is known to be rent almost
completely asunder, for although no
divers have 'managed. or will be able
to reach the ilower section of the ship,
because if it’s being buried in mud and
bottom plates On the crest of the im- ‘
mense collection‘ of debris appearing
above the water’s surface establishes
the firm conviction that the hull below ‘
the muddy bed is too'horribly distorted
and destroyed to decide whether the
explosion was from within or without.
Impossible to Raise He1.\_
- The wreck of the Maine has sunk
just twenty-one inches in the mud and
slime, and practical coast survey men
of both the Spanish and American Gov-
ernments agree that with the soft bed
that it has created it will sink at least .
a foot lower within the next ten days. »
For this reason it is a. foregone con-
clusion that the court will vote against
spending any money toward raising the
ship and taking her to Key West or
New Orleans, where there is cleaner
water, and where an exhaustive exam-'
ination of the bottom could be had. It
would be impossible for divers todo‘ -
justice to the investigation in the slimy
water of Havana. The report of the
extensively with the
the testimony of the survivors and eye- '
The finding of the court
as regards the work of wreckage will
insist that even if the misshapen hull
could be temporarily patched up with
here it would be sure to sink outside
the harbor in towing, if not before-
reaching that point. '
The popular feeling among the Amer-
ican oflicers other than the members.
of the court is that the ship should be
raised, no matter what the cost might
be, that the honor of the country de—
possible to tow the hulk to some other
port for final examination, the. latter
could be made here with the assistance
of an electric searchlight plant‘ that
would cost between $35,000 and $50,000.
One of the most important witnesses
heard last Tuesday. and Wednesday
says that while the responsibility for
the disaster will never be determined -
to the satisfaction of the board, the
latter is practically satisfied that the
Maine was moored over a submarine
mine, probably placed ' there during
Gen. Weyler’s time; that thismine was
prematurely or accidentally discharged 1‘.
by somebody in charge Of the electric
switchboard, but that there was no in—
tention' of blobving up or harming the ,
ship on the part of the Spaniards, at
least not at that time. A torpedo
could never have done all the mischief, “
the court is absolutely certain, this ’
witness says.
Maine’s Position Caused Remark.
One of the most important pieces of
information furnished to the court was
supplied by a civilian, a. Spaniard, who
holds a. minor position in the Custom
‘House here. In reply to questions by ' .
-Captains Sampsonand Chadwick, of
the board, this official said under oath:
“‘So far as I can'refnember during the
last two years no vessel, prior 'to the
arrival of the Maine, was ever moored ~
to the buoy to which the Maine was
assigned. In my oflicial capacity,-and , .
otherwise, I had, from time to time,
necessity to locate the anchorage of
visiting ships. When the Maine ar- .
rived and had her berth shifted to.
where she was destroyed, I considered
her position peculiar for several rea-
‘sons. Chief of these was that her po—
sition insured her an absolute vantage
by means of her guné of nearly every
material and important municipal‘
and military headquarters of the city. .
[ was among many who remarked that .,
fact, and it awakened great surprise,
inasmuch as the feeling had become
general that Spain and America must
eventually resort to arms.”
Whatever conclusions or inferences
the board created from this testimony
the final report will alone tell. The
na'me of the witness is withheld for ob— ‘
vious reasons. His position in the
Government-would be a thing of'the
past were his name to become public '
property, and for that reason alone it " E
is thought that in all probability his
testimony was altogether too frank
and candid to be .made part of any oili-
cial document, or- at least any docu-
ment intended for public research. The
standing of this man has since been
privately looked-jute, cxl austi 'cly and ,1:
well, with‘ the result that it has been - ..
absolutely established that-he is a. loy- ' '
a1 Espano‘s,a deliberate and pronounced
enemy of the Cuban and his‘causegan, . 1"
Officeholder of many years';sta11ding,
and, above all, a. trusted citizen of Ha:
vana, who appeared as a voluntary wit; ..
‘ness and who had no sinister motive
for testifying as he did. She 11d there .
be a. court-martial, with Captain sags- .'_
bee as the victim, which is entirely im-
probable, this" witness may be asked to
repeat his statements. .
1 An Insane Woman's Suicide. a
Willimantic, Conn, Marcii- 3-—Ml‘S-'<:
Walter Morrison, aged 50 years, wife of
Walter Morrison, the Secretary of the
Atw’ood- Morrison Ilia-chine Company, 7
committed suicide yesterday by -sl_1'o_ot- . ,
Mrs. Mbrrison has b“ en ' I
Norwalk Chronicler