MILES’ PLANE REJECTEE
Troops Will Not ——Be Quartered 1n
“Northern City B1111d1ngs. .
GOING TO SOUTHERN CAMPS
During the Absence of the Secretary
Miles Got the Assistant Secretary to
Make anulrlcs Regarding Accom-
modations in Big Northern Cities.
Alger Rejected the Proposition.
VVashington,D ..,C Oct. 4.—Secretary
'Alger rejected, in a firm manner, the
proposition advanced by General Miles
r taking care of the volunteers dur-
ing the winter. Genera-l Miles believes
that the troops should be quartered in
permanent buildings during the cold ,
period and is violently oppowd to send-
ing them to Southern camps to pass the
time in tents. When Secretary Alger
nt to his home in Detroit a couple
v? weeks ago Genera] Miles busied
himself with a plan for housing the
troops in the North He suggested to
Acting Secretary Meiklejohn that in-
quiries be made in the big Northern
cities to see at what cost a number of
large buildings, sufficient to accom-
modate the entire volunteer A-rmy un-
til next wring could be rented. Mr.
Meiklejohn was persuaded that the
scheme was a good one and the Quar-
termaster General was accordingly di-
rected to investigate the matter. Tele-
ams were sent to New York, Brook-
n, Buffalo, Bostbn and a number of
other cities to see what buildings were
available. It is not known how far the
matter went, but from what happened
yesterday it was shown that Secretary
'Alger was not only entirely ignorant of
General Miles’ proposition, but also
disaproaved of it.
A delegation of citizens-from Cincin—
nati called on the Secretary this morn-
ing and endeavored to have him select
one of the suburbs ‘of that city as a
camp site for the troops over winter.
During the winter it was brought out
that Cincinnati was one of the places
inspected by the Quartermaster’s De—
partment, while on the hunt for build-
ings to rent. The delegation secured a
copy of the report on Cincinnati, which
was read by Colonel Martin of the
Quartermaster’s Department. As Col.
Martin started to point out the advant-
ages of Cincinnati as a camp site, Sec-
retary Alger interrupted him with an
inquiry of where the information came
from.
“It was collected by our tpartment,"
said Colonel Martin, “for the purpose
of seeing what cities could furnish big
buildings that could be rented.”
Secretary Alger pricked up his ears
at this, and demanded sharply:
“By Whose authority was this done?”
"By the orders of the Acting Secre-
tary of War,” r'epli'ed Colonel Martin,
who then explained the plan of Gen-
eral Miles to send the volunteers in the
largest cities of their respective states,
to be housed in buildings until the
spring.
“What places have you inspected?”
inquir the Secretary.
Colon Martin named’ Cincinnati,
Brooklyn, New York, Philadelphia,
Buffalo and a number of other cities.
Secretary Alger clearly showed his
displeasure.
“This is a nice plan,” he explained,
.“for if it were carried out we might
just as well furlough all the men at
once. We would have a nice army if
We should attempt to do this. ”
On hearing What Secretary Alger had
to say of figural Miles’ Scheme, Army
ofilcers i diately abandoned the
idea of (1113. erlng soldiers in the big
cities, and it is now certain that the
men will be kept in small camps during
the coming winter.
Bryan Leaves Washington.
Washington, Oct. 4.—Col. Williams
Jennings Bryan of. the 3d Nebraska
.‘Volunteer Infantry, who has been in
Washington for ten days, left for Hot
Springs, N. C, yesterday, accompanied
by Mrs. Bryan. After a brief stay
there Bryan will rejoin his regiment at
Jacksonville.
His original ten-day leave,~on which
he came to Washington to spend, with
- Gov. Holcomb, for the discharge of the
sick soldiers of his regiment, has been
extended to permit him to avail him~
self of the healing qualities of the wa-
ters at Hot Springs.
Reports Spanish Victory.
Madrid, Oct. 4.—Gen. Rios, Governor—
General of the Philippines, cables that
the town of Bugason has surrendered
to the Spanish, the insurgents fleeing,
leaving twenty-seven dead and a
quantity of guns and ammunition. The
inhabitants of the Visayas, he says,
are evidently disinclined to rebellion.
Gen. Blanco cables that he is arrang-
ing to catch the insurgents between
two fires. The insurgents attempted
to make a landing at Tarlac, but were
reputed by the Spanish with heavy
loss.
Anti-Anarchist llIovement.
London, Oct. 4.—A despatch to the
Central News from Rome says that
the interchanges of opinion amang the
Powers in regard to international
neasures against Anarchists have re-
sulted in expressions favorable to such
action, all of the Powers agreeing to
the proposal.
An international conference will ac-
cordingly be summoned to meet in
Rome to discuss the steps to be taken
In the matter of common anti-Anarch-
istic action.
Decision on Banking Law Provision).
Albany, Oct. 4.—Attorney-General
Hancock has written an opinion declar-
‘ ing that the provision of the banking
law that a trust company shall not
make loans directly or indirectly to
any of its creditors, officers or stock-
hé‘lders, prohibits such a loan it a
trust company to any firm or corpor-
ation in which any director, officer 01
stockholder of the trust company is in-
terested.
The Fire on the Alexander.
Norfolk, Va., Oct. 4.—The fire in the
coal cargo, of the collier Alexander is
under c'ontrol. About 2, 000 tons of coal
are ruined. Assistant Secretary Allen,
who was here, to- day ordered an inves- ,
tigation into the cause of the fire.
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ARREST OF SE NATOR-QUAY.
(N11013:! Conformation of the Reported
-.— Issue of Warrants
Philadelphia, Oct. 4.—Oflicial con-
firmation was given yesterday to the
rumors which have been in circulation
that warrants have been issued for the
arrest of' United States Senator M. S.
Quay and others prominent in state
politics, charging minuse of» state
funds.
Distrbt Attorney Graham said that
warrants has been issued charging
United States Senator Quay; his son,
Richard S. Quay; ex-State Treasurer
Benjamin J. Haywood, and Charles
B. McKee, with conspiracy with the
late John S. Hopkins, formerly cashier
of the People’s Bank, to make use of
the state’s funds in stock speculation.
The afiidavit upon which the war-
rants were sworn out was made by De-
tective Meyers who is an attache of the
District Attorney’s office. .
Hopkins, who is named in the affi-
davit, committed suicide in March last,
and an examination of the bank’s con—
dition then made showed that the
bank’s assets were impaired. The bank
at once went into liquidation, and
Presidem James McManos agreed per-
sonally to protect all creditors. .
At that time the deposit of state
funds amounted to $605,000,. which
amount has since been’ paid into the
state treasury by Mr. McManos.
AMERICAN PORK IN GERMANY.
A Discovery That it Has Entered Wit];-
. out Certificates. 1
Berlin, Oct. 4.—An important revela-
tion regarding'American pork has been
made by the German government,
which anounced in the semi-official
press that it has received information
showing that American pork has enter-
ed Germany Without a certificate. In—
Quiry made at the United States em-
bassy confirms the report that the dis—
covery has been made. Thousands of
tons of American pork have been im-
ported through a number of custom
houses, for years past, without certi-
ficates. The German government was
ignorant of the fact, and denied its
accuracy until overwhelming evidence
was obtained and submitted by the em-
bassy’s scientific attache, Mr. Stiles.
The embassy has requested e Foreign
Office to instruct the oust" houses
to insist in every case upon a certifi—
cate. '
No American firm is implicated in
these importations, which explains the
alleged discoveries of trichi'nae in
American pork. German dealers in
American pork offered in July last :1
reward of a thousand marks for a case
of human trichinosis due to American
pork, and three months have passed
withopt anybody’s claiming the money.
Funeral of Dr. Hall.
Rev. Dr. John Hall, late pastor of the
Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church,
will be held at the church this after-
noon at 3 o’clock. Arrangements have
been approved by Mrs. Hall, who ar-
rived with the body from Ireland (in
Saturday. The body will rest in the
plain oak coffin in which it was
brought from Ireland, and will be
placed in front of the pulpit until time
for the service. The only ornament on
the coffin is a brass plate, on which is
inscribed: “John Hall, died September
17, 1898.”
There will be no demonstration,
whatever, and no flowers will be ac—
cepted. No special music has been pre-
pared for the ceremony. The slngirfg
will be done by the congregation, such
as is customary at all church services.
Bev. Wallace Radcliffe, moderator of
the General Assembly, and Rev. W11-
liam M. Paxton, of Princeton Theolog-
ical Seminary,,assited by Rev. Hugh
Pritchard, pastor of the King Street
Mission, and Rev. 1. H. Polhemus, pas-
tor of the Sixty-third Street Mission of
the Fifth Avenue Church, will conduct
the service.
Dr. Paxton, a lifelong friend of .Dr.
Hall, who took part in his installation
as pastor in 1867, and also in the cere—
monies attending the opening of the
present church in ’75, will deliver the
principal address.
Floods in Georgia
Huxley, Ga., Oct 4.—Brunswick and
its vicinity are flooded and inundated
aged, and there has been loss of prop-
erty worth half a million. The list of
dead is now small, but is increasing.
Three thousand persons have sought
refuage on the hills from the rising
waters.
Thirty blocks in ‘the heart of the city
were under six feet of water for twelve
hours.
This is the greatest flood since the
Sea Island affair. A man arriving here
last night passed through seventy
miles of wrecked country.
Pro Senor Commits Suicide.
ew Haven, Conn., Oct. 4.—Henry J.
ermott, aged tWenty-five, a stu-
dent of the Sheffield Scientific School.
class of ’96, and assitant professor in
chemistry at- the College of Physicians
and Surgeons, New York City, commit~
ted suicide yesterday by taking poison.
Despondency from ill health is suppos-
ed to have been the cause.
To Avoid Collisions.
Berlin, Oct. 4.—As a result of repre-
sentations made by the Hamburg—
American Steamship Line, the Ger-
.man Foreign Office intends to' invite
the, governments of the maritime na—
tions to come to an agreement to legal-
ly compel steamers to follow transat-
lantic lane routes, in order to avoid
collision.
_Henry George Declines.
night declined the nomination for Gov-
ernor on the ticket placed in the field
by the Chicago platform Democvrats,
and athe committee having authority
to fill vacancies nominated Henry M.
McDonald of the County of New York
for the place.
Gold from the Klondike.
Vancouver, B. C., Oct. 4.—The steam-
er Fastnet has arrived from Skaguay
with half a million in dust and with
news that a million more was on the
way. There will be but one more boat
from DaVvson, the Columbia, which will
bring down a‘ large amount of treas-
ure.
' business.
,hastening the, proceedings.
New York, Oct. 4.—The funeral of ‘
a thousand houses and stores are dam- ’
New York, Oct. 4.—Henry George last.
GEN. 1111qu IN PARIS
CITY ' SEES STORMY TIMES
The Peace Commission Holds a Jami
Meeting.
Devoted to.
~ Details. Beoep‘on by President Faure.
Paris, Oct. L—The American Peace
Commissioners yesterday, after being
The Proceedings Largely
Arranging Preliminary
closeted for more thanan hour with-
Gen. Merritt, who is in excellent health
and splrits after his long journey, met
their Spanish collegues in conference
in the afternoon at two o’clock.
The day’s proceedings, likevthose of
Saturday, were devoted to formalities
and details and to arranging in a way
satisfactory to both commissions the
most satisfactory way of conducting
So far. thelmethod of carry-
ing on deliberations without having
any presiding officer or chairman has
worked very smoothly, affairs being
discussed in a ooncersational way, as
frhnds might talk over their after-
dinner coffee. The interpreters, how-
ever, have a very busy time of it.
The plan of work directed to be pre-
pared by the secretaries has not been
perfected, as the Secretary of the
Spanish Commission did not arrive
here until yesterday.
At the second meeting of the Spanish
and American Peace Commissioners,
held yesterday, certain propositions
were laid before the joint Commission
which, it was agreed, should be discus~
sed by each Commission seperately.
This action was taken with a view of
The next
meeting of the Commissionswillbeheld
on F1 iday next.
While it is the general impzession
tha—t the meeting was again devoted
to preliminaries and that the adjourn-
ment to Friday was taken only to en'-
able the secretaries to draw up a
schedule of work, the representative of
The Assaciated Press. learns that the
session was highly important, and that
the Americans made a demand of such
a character that the Spaniards found it
necessary to ask for an adjournment in
order to enable them to cousulst the
Government at Madrid.
It is believed that the question con-
cerns the Philippines, and it is known
that the Americans are highly pleased.
at having so soon reached What they
consider a very important phase of the
negotiations. They regard the‘two ses-
sions thus far held as satisfactory to
America. A member of the Commis-
sion expressed the belief that the work
would be completed within a month.
The American Commissioners will be
received by. President Faure at five
o’clock this afternoon.
Stormy Scenes.
Paris, Oct. 4.—Revisionists and anti-
revisionists seem to be spoiling for a.
fight. Captain Dreyfus, whether guilty'
or innocent, has certainly caused aver-
itable cyclone of passion to be let loose.
Paris was ina turmoil all day Sun-
day. Crowds, .scuffles, uproar and ar-
rests formed the programme. At this
moment the mounted Republican
Guard is patrolling certain parts of the
'city, and all of the police force is on the
alert.
About a score of persons are safl to
have been seriously wounded in the
various free fights that have broken
the monotony of the Parisian Sunday.
In one quarter alone over forty arrests
have been made. Of these thirteen have
been kept and the others liberated.
Among the latter is M. Francis de
Pressense, one of the first authorities
on foreign politics in Frances and a
leader writer of the Temps. With him
were arrested M. Ernest Vaughan, di-
rector of the Aurore, and M. Morhardt,
another of the Temps’ editorial staff.
All three were to have addressed a
meeting in favor of revision in the
Dreyfus case. This manifestation was
announced to be held in Salle Wagram.
ON THE DIAMOND
Games Played Yesterday
At Philadelphia:
7 RH. E.
New York... 20000 00111—3 6 1
Philadelpria 0 0 0 00 00 0 0—0 5 1
Batteries—Seymour and Warner; Mc—
Farland and Donohue.
At Brooklyn:
P». H. E
Washington ....1 0 0 0 0 7 1 0—9 11 5
Brooklyn ....... O 0 4 0 0 00—9 3
2
Batteries—McGuire and Killen; Smith
and McKennfig,
At Boston: '
R.H.E.
”Boston ..120631*—12 16 9
Baltimore ..2 0 4 4 0 0 0—10 8 4
*Darkness.
Batteries—Bergen and Willis; Rob-
ison and Maul.
At Cincinnati (First Game):
ELI-LE.
St. Louis .....0000‘00000—0 5 3
Cincinnati 00 0 0 0 5 2 *—8 11 0
Batteries—Sudhofi and Sugden; Dam-
man and Ward.
At Cincinnati (Second Game):
3.11.13.
St. Louis ......1 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0—5 13 1
Cincinnati ..1 4 0 0 0 0 2 0 *—7 12 2
Batteries — Taylor and Clements;
Hawley and Peitz.
At Chicago (First Game):
‘ R.H.E.
Louisville ..0 0 000 0 0 1 0 00—1 6 2
Clicago...00000100,001—292
Batteries — McGee
Griffin and Donahue.
At Chicago (Second Game):
and Kittridge;
R.H.E.
Louisville ........ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0—0 8 3 ‘
Chicago’ .. ..1 1 0 0 0 1 0*—3 8 2
Batteries—Cunningham and Powers;
Callahan and Nichols.
How the Clubs Stand.
Clubs W. L. Pc.
Boston ............. 95 45' .679
Baltimore 91. 48’ .655
Cincinnati . .. 83 58 .603
Cleveland 77 61 .558
Chicago ............ 78 64 .549
New York . 72 68 .514
Philadelphia ....... 69 67 .507
Pittsburg ........... 68 72 .486
Louisville . 64 75 .460
Brooklyn ........... 51 3 .381
washington 48 92 . .343.
St. Louis 26 . 103 .259
1113111an 14311 1N o GIAZ ETTE
A LUCKY ACCIDENTc.
now Sir Henry Bessemer Discovered EIC.
Ilamnus Process.
It is refreshing, in considering the
notable achievements of great inven-
tOrs, to happen upon an occasional in-
stance where fortune has not only
smiled on, but has well rewarded
genius. It is for too often the case
that the successful inventor closes his
life in poverty and distress and leaves
to others the harvest of substantial
benefits which’in justice should have
been his. Sir Henry Bessemer was a
marked exception to this class. While
Bessemer did not invent steel, he dis-
covered a. process for its manufacture
that has revolutionized the iron and
steel working industry of the entire
world. Up till the time when his ex-
Periments Were crowned with success,
the making of steel was a very slow,
and, consequently, a very laborious
process, and steel had a comparatively
restricted application in the industrial
arts.
In a measure the discovery of Bes-
semer’s process was accidental. To
begin with, he had no knowledge of
chemistry and metallurgy when he
first set about his investigation to turn
iron into steel. But he visited many
places where iron was wrought and
he kept his eyes open. He saw that
in the .slow process of “puddling” the
particles of molten metal were grad~
ually brought into contact with the
air and that this seemed to, in time,
produce a fair quantity of steel. Had
be known the chemistry which was
at work during puddling, Bessemer
steel undoubtedly would have been
made some years sooner than it was -
But he only saw the mechanical part
of the operation. He knew that it
was a great deal easier to stir air
than it was to stir iron, and it was
while recovering from a severe illness
that the idea came to him of blowing
air through the melted iron. As he
lay in bed the breezes from an open
Window fanned his cheek, and this
turned his thoughts in another direc-
tion, which proved to be the begin-
ning of the problem’s solution.
As soon as he was sufficiently re
covered to resume his investigations
he set about making‘a retort in
which he could test his new idea. . It
was so constructed that a blast of
cold air was forced into the bottom
so that it would pass through the
melted iron in the upper partof the
retort. The day for the test arrived,
and Henry Bessemei was naturally
not the least excited of the group that
gatl1e1ed mound the new contrivance.
When the pig iion was melted the
blast of air was turned in to prevent
the metal filling the holes through
which the air entered. Then the
metal was
changing hole by an attendant sicker.
'A tremendous commotion immediately
took place within the vessel. “The
molten iron,” to quote one present,
“bounded frOm side- to side; a violent
ebullition was heard going on inside,
while a vehement violent flame, ac-
companied with dazzling sparks, burst
from the throat of the cupola, from
which the slang was also thrown in
large foam like masses. A cast iron
plate of the kind used to cover holes
in the pavement, that had been sus-
pended over the mouth of the vessel,
dissolved to a'gleaming mist, together
with half a dozen yards of the chain
by which it hung.”
It is not surprising that such an un.
usual sight should have frightened not
only the men, but the daring experi-
menter. Bessemer thought he saw
in this terrific demonstration of two
prime elements the complete failure
of his plans. He wanted to shut off
the air before the charge of iron was
spoiled or the furnace burned, but the
stopcock regulating the supply was so
close to the retort that no one dare
go near it. This proved fortunate,
for soon the commotion within the
retort subsided, the fury of decarboni-
zation had expended itself, and the
product was run off. The result was
not quite satisfactory. The product
was, for the most part, burnt iron,
but Bessemer saw enough; in the ex~
periment to encourage him in' making
a second trial: and the product fmm
this proved to be malleable iron.
"By further experiment it was found
that by interrupting the process be-
fore the decarbonization of the iron
was complete the product was unmis-
takably steel, which, when tried, prov-
ed to be of very good quality. Here
was a discovery of immense import
ance. If malleable iron and steel
could be produced direct from pig iron
by a process so rapid and simple, it
could not fail before long to effect an
entire revolution in the iron trade.
And such it actually did many years
before Bessemer closed his long and
successful career—Chicago Post.
The A71. of Reading the Hands.
The left hand is passive and the
right hand is active, :1 palmist tells
us. When you see a person’s left
hand with excellent lines. and then ex-
amine the right and find there are
none of them there, you may be sure
that that person had talent and abil-
ity, but neglected to make use of them.
When the conditions ale reversed.
then the peison has made his or her
own character. I can tell a. gieat
deal about a person by the general
feeling of the hand. The harder a
hand is the less susceptible a person
is to outside influences, the less feel-
ing a person is apt to have. A soft
hand is apt'to be the hand of a per—
son of great susceptibility. A fat,
flabby hand shows indolence, and a
white, soft, puffy hand belongs to a
sensuous, selfish person. A person
.1111 hard, dry hands is not usually
affectionate. Active mentality will
sometimes make a hard hand. There
is more character in the thumb than
in any other part of the hand. Of
course, one feature of a hand cannot
be taken as conclusive evidence of the
trait it is supposed to indiCate, for it‘
, may be modified by many others. ~'
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