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ESTABLISHED 1884
WORRIED H
_ ILOILO,
Government Does Not Like
the Situation There,
DEW MUCH 01 LUCK,
, Lacks Like the -
nsurgents May Make Ail Manner
of Mischief.
3. > 'AwHa ted
Washington, Oc. 28.—TTbere is « Kind
al anxiety tn official circles here-over
the nreni events at Hollo. Two <wffn ial
'lisptfitches har.e been ewived at the state
and 'war departments, bat It Is impossible
to gather from them ary accurate Jtnowl
edge as to tfce condition there. It is not
even possible to learn whether th*e insur
gents or American forces have taken the
place.
This morning United States Consul
i'ratt, at 'Singapore, cabled the state de
pa rtment.*
‘•Hollo taken 24th. Spanish fiol to Hor
.iOfcO.” t
I liis threw the officials into deeper
doubt than before. The American expel
I diiion wnleh left Manila to go to Iloilo—
-2.000. troops and th- warships Baltimore
%. .aid ( alia®—would scarcely haw had time
it is said, to have reached Iloilo by the
24th, so the Inference is that 'the insur
gents are In possession. Color is lent to
this belief by the fact that it wkis reported
in one telgram that the Spanirds had re
treated to a strongly fortified town on the
island .of Mindanao. This does not agree
with Consul Pratt’s statement that they
lb d to Borneo. The north coast is a British
possession, but it is believed that the eon
mi is In error on this point, which might
easily be the case in view of the d’stance
from his post to Iloilo. The fact that the
Spaniards have retreated at all is also
construed as .in indication that the town
has been abandoned to the insurgents, for
it is believed Colonel Rios, the Spanish
commander, would have cheerfully sur
rendered to tlie American forces, with a
view to securing safety for nis men and
the ultimate return to Spain by the Amer
ican government according io the terms
o' the .treaty.
Tiie officials at the war department still
decline to make public General Otis’ tele
gram of y< st< . day. but there is no doubt
he is meeting with great difficulty Jn his
* <ifoi: to secure the releast of the Spanish
prisoners held by the Filipinos. It begins
>•» to app. ,ir clearly that a eimeJderable ele
ment among the Filipino leaders—prob
ably the majority—are disposed to use
these unfortunate prisoners as a basis for
negotiations with the United States gov
ernment, making their release conditional
upon certain more or less important con
cessions demanded by them. It is not yet
a foregone conclusion that terms can *be
arranged by private conferences in Ma
nila to secure the release of these men.
hut the United States government, being
now pledged by treaty to free them, if
!»• a "eful negotiations fall. General Otis
has been instructed on this point, and
the war department has confidence in his
experience and sound judgment, and. be
lli veing th;... from bis presence on the
«■ ‘ene he is better capable of dealing with
the situation, that officials here have con
fined themselves to a statement of what
must be done toward securing the pris
oners, leaving it to General Otis to devise
ways ;.nd means < f carrying cut the plans.
Just before noon another dispatch came
from Otis that at once confirms the fears
of the officials at the war department as
to what has taken place at Iloilo. It ap
f p< ars that the American forces had ar
rived too late on the scene and the insur
g< nts added to the difficulty of the prob
lems already presented by hoisting their
flag over the city which they have been
besieging for months. The news contain
ed the following message:
“Manila. Dee. 2’.—Aujutont General,
Washington: Sent Colonel Potter on fast
vessel to Iloilo on the 24th to communicate
with the Spanish General Rios: latter
evacuated on evening of 24th and Potter
was thirtynine hours late: insurgents took
possession city on 24th add Potter found
Aguinaldo’s flag flying. Cannot now re
port probable results. Will not hear from
them for four days, as there is no cable
communications. The Spanish forces have
evacuated all stations in the southern
islands except Zambaonga and Mindanao,
by orders, they say, from Madrid.
“(Signed Otis.”
The evacuation by the Spaniards of all
Philippine ports, although doubtless in
spired bv the desire to secure their safety
by concentration, undoubtedly has done
much to complicate the problem already
presented to the war department of ex
tending the military jurisdiction of the
United States over the islands. It will now
be necessary to expedite the execution of
the original plans and it may fully be ex
pected within a week that important
‘ ivemts will have happemd in the Philip
. jXmes. It is presumed Otis will demand
* w| surrender of Iloilo and this demand
i n 4 &l ouce raise the issue between iii-
Ew: Lents and our government as to ’he
\siou of the island.
THE MACON NEWS.
AUTO TRUCKS.
Compt*ss®d Air Vehicles to Supercede
Horses In New York.
By A.iso-mtrd Press.
New York, be-. The Herald -?y«:
The New York Auto Truck Company,
i with a capital of $1,000,000, has been in
corporated. With this capital it is proposed
; to pir.ee auto trucks operated by compres
sed air in the streets of the city.
At present the oirly persons whose
naaneis ar*- made public in connection with
:hJ« scheme are James H. Hoadley and
H.-my E. Knight.
Mr. Hoadley is president of the com
j pressed Air Power Company. Mr. Hoad-
I ley ami Mr. Knight obtained their inter
i <ests in compressed air moiors some years
ago and William C. Whitney became in
> terested in their company. Their motors
have recently been adopted by the Metro
politan Traction Company for use on the
Twenty-eighth and Twenty-ninth street
I cross town line and will soon be in oper
! ation. Joseph Leiter recently acquired a
controlling interest in the foreign rights
i of the Hoadley-Knight patents In an in
terview Mr. Leiter spoke guardedly of his
■ plans for placing auto motors in London
1 and other foreign cities, but said that it
I was merely a matter of time when all
great cities would be compelled to adopt
some form or motor in plaoe of hotses.
j Mr. Hoadley declined to state whether
i the capitalists back of the New York Au
to Truck Company were Air. Leiter and
I Mr. Whitney, or tell who they were. He
: said that rhe organization of the company
is not yet. completed and that until it is.
the names of the officers or directors will
not be wade public. Os the plane of rhe
company he also spoke guardedly.
' “We have built auto tracks,” said,
] “and used them at our works in Massa
' chusetts. We can haul a load of 8-tons
twenty-five miles without replenishing the
air. It is easi.tr for our trucks to move
eight tons than for three hoises to haul
( six tons on an ordinary street. On weft
as'phajJ horses are almost helpless and
with the substituting of the asphalt ifm*
paving streets one’s horses must go.
From a sanitary stand point and in the
matter of cleanliness it would make a
great difference in the city if the 150,000
to 100.000 horses in its streets were done
a'way with. Our trucks will take up less
room and will move much faster than an
ordinary team and they are under jsuch
1 Perfect control that there is 'less danger
| to life and limb than horses.
Electricity cannot be used for trucks
designed to carry heavy loads, owin<g to
| the weight of the storage battery that
would be w<iuired. It. does well for itiabs
and light delivery wagons, but trucking
is another matter. If we had our tnucks
i in the city when that last snow storm fell
we .could have removed it in sevcniy-.rwo
hours at the .outside.
I An attempt is to be made to absorb the
I pricipal trucking interests in the city anl
to gradually replace horse drays wilt .-au
j to trucks without,antagonizing the present
j oV ners. The plan proposed is similar to
that followed in organization trusts. Sep
a? ale interests are to be purchased and
truck drivers are to become motormen. If
this plan does no: work there will be a
1 fight between the old methods and the
1 new.
DEWEY’S
GREAT NEED
Navy Department Finds it
Difficult to Give Him Aid.
Bv Associated Pnese.
New York. Dec.. 28 —A dispattch to the
Tiibune from Washington says:
The energy with which the navy de
partment is strengxhening its forces on the
1 Pacific Ocean is further emphasized by its
decision to send four hundred enlisted
men as quickly as possible across the con
tinent to San Francisco to be taken by the
next mail steamer to Hong Kong. This
action was taken in response to a requisi
tion from Admiral Dewey to send him
! men to take charge of the captured cruis
ers Don Juan de Austria. Isla de Cuba and
Isla de Luzon, the two latter vessels being
1 now in dock at Hong Kong while the first
is being repaired at Cavite. In the battle
of Manila the vessels above mentianed
were sunk, their Spanish crews aggrega
ted 531 officei* and men their comple
ments being distributed as follows:
Don Juan de Austria 28 officers. 179
men: Isla Le Cuba and Isla de Luzon, each
.31 officers and 156 men. It is believed by
Admiral Dewqj- that he can reduce these
' crews by nearly one half without destroy
ing the efficiency of the vessels for the
purpose of cruising and guard duty in the
Philippine group.
The personnel resources of the navy will
be severely taxed in sending these men to
* the Pacific just now on account of the
statutory rmi tat ions on the number of
men allowed in the service. The present
peace establishment provides only 12.750
men but in the war under special tempo
; rary authority the total naval strength
;ros< to nearly 22.000. This figure will be
i reduced this week to 19.000 but below this
I it is considered unsafe to go and an ap
; peal will be made to congres as soon as
j it reassembles to authorize the dspart
j ment to retain in the service for a few
i terms of three years of all of these men
who enlisted for the war and who desire
Ho remain for’the longer period. Several
) :housand applications from these short
time men have already been received at
the navy department and confidence ms ex-
■ pressed that no difficulty will be encoun
‘ tered in securing enough good men for the
vessels which must necessarily be kept in
commission if congress will give the re
. quisite authority.
The naval authorities expect to hear of
' the arrival of the Buffalo at Port Said to
morrow with her 400 men destined for
Dewey’s ship* to take the places of those
whose terms of enlistment have long ago
.expired and who are anxious to come home
i to re-enlist on the Atlantic coast after a
brief holiday. The Buffalo is to be coaled
at Port Said and will not s op again until
she reaches Hong Kong next month,
i Reports received from Norfolk indicate
that the Yosemke which will follow the
Buffalo with 4(<o sailors and one hundred
marines will get away within two weeks.
M>-t of the marines will be landed at
, Guam to held that, island until the army
' arranges to supply the garrison.
MACON NEWS WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 28 1898.
WiO SME
Stability of the Government
Not Endangered.
PRESIDENT DRAPER’S VIEI
Much Depends Upon the Standard
of Education Adopted in the
Public Schools.
By Associated Preea.
i SL JPaul, Dec. 28. —‘Put the schools on
a business and pedagogical standard, train
the children jnto life, not <oui of it, and
then the public schools will make much for
good citizenship.”
this sentence may be summed up the
I address delivered before the Minnesota
Educational Association .by Dr. Andrew S.
Draper, president of the University of II
: litnois. Dr. Draper's subject was “The
jiyblie schools an.i citizenship.’
“On the public school system,” Dr. Dra
jier said, “depended tro a great extent the
• security of oar citize'nship. The best pos-
■ sible qualities are necessary to the state
: and to secure them the state has arranged
this wonderful system of schools and
i makes education compulsory.
“The American people are able to gov
; ern themselves and the schools will do
I their share in making good citizens if the
1 people will support them. The country is
noi anarchistic and the great experiment
j of a Democratic government is fas-t near-
I ing the point where it may be said to be
' sucesscful.
| “The country is not afraid of the man on
i hrorseback,” he said, “or of his more pop
' ulara and mote powerful brother, the man
on the bridge of a battleship. The Amer
: lean people need not worry themse-lves
j about the stability of the government. It
j has a great problem before it just now,
j 'the greatest it has ever had, but it does
' not. endanger its stability.”
I
TONS OF OPIUM.
Largest Consignment TEver Entered In an
American Port.
' By Associated Press.
San Francisco,- Dec.' 28. —The steamer
China, just arrived from the Orient, - car
ried the largest co'neignment of opium ever
entered at thi* port. Ther u were 660 eases
of the drug, valued at $500,000. The total
weight of the opium is 27,000 pounds and
the duty on it amounts to $152,360 at $6
per pound.
RAILROAD EXTENSION.
Line From Fort Worth to Dallas tn Tex
as.
/
By Associated Prtiss.
I Walas, Texas, Dec. 28.—At a meeting of
the .stockholders of the Dallas Termln.-.l and
Union Depot Company, it was decide i to
I apply to the secretary of state for permis
sion to arm nd The company'.-: char - r in or
i!«;i t e? tend the road to Fort Worth and
' to change the company’* name to tne Dal
las, Ft. Worth and Gulf Railwiy Company.
The stockholders also decided to cancel
the 6 per cent bonds already au iioriz d,
but of .which only SBO,OOO .vor h have been
issued and issue in their suad SI,OOO 000
i worth o f 5 per cent bonds, rhe mcncy de
: rived t.cm the sale of tn? bonds is to be
ueed in building the lins from Dallas to
Ft. Worth, thirty- two miles, to be known
as the western division.
■WHAT CORBIN ’
C PLANNED.
Shafter to Force Santiago
Harbor With an Armv
Transport.
By Associated Press.
New York. Dae. 28. —Tfie Tiijigs say*:
The dispatch from Washington which
brought to light one sent by Adjutant Gen
eral Corbin to General Shafter soon after
the battle of El Caney, setting furth a plan
for entering the Santiago harbo:- with an
army transport, is confirmed by General
Shafter.
The plan was to take a transport to do
the work. The armor intended to shield
j the vitals of this engine of destruction
I from the effect of Spanish shells was to
: be baled hay. General Shafter was instruc
' ted to secure a competent pilot, attach an
i anchor to a tow line and if possible grap-
■ pie the torpedo cable and call for volun
| teers from the army and then run into the
j harbor, thu* making away for the navy.
Genral Shaftr said last night:
“Yes. the cablegrom was received by
me on July 6th. and I took some steps to
ward ca r rying it out. I instructed, my
chief quartermaster to look over the list
I of transports with a view of selecting a
vessel suitable for the work. I also ar
i ranged with a competent pilot, T. Fair
cloth. undertake the job of steering the
vessel through the channel, and even went
so far as to settle upon the price to be
i paid for his services. But before any oth
er movement in the matter was decided
upon 1 became convinced that rhe Span
iards would surrender in a day or two,
and I thought it unnecessary to make
i what I regarded then as a very hazardous
attempt to put a vessel through the chan
nel. Had I not felt sure at the time that
The Spanish.army would surrender within
a day or two. I would .-vrta.nly have car
ried out the scheme prepared by Adjutant
General Corbin.
SERIES £ DUELS
Hungarian Seconds'fake up
the Case of Principals.
PISTOLS AHO SUOIOS USED
Nobody Killed as Yet, But There
are Four More Duels to be
Fought.
By Associated Press.
Buda Pest. Dee. 2S.—The first cf six duels
arranged between Honranski, member ot
the lower house of diet, and his seconds,
and the seconds of Baron Banffy, the Hun
garian premier, growing out of a dispute,
still unsettled between the two principals,
took place today between Baron Fejervary,
minister of the national defense, and
Co-ont Karkolay, Pistole were used but the
encounter was bloodless. Fejervary missel
his opponent and the pistol of Karkolay
missed fire. Hannffy's second. G.-jari. ana
I Umansky's second, Szmore, fought a duel.
Swords wet* med. In the first epcoimter
S'/.niute was cut on the hea-i After th*
wound v as bound up the du l was rehum
el th! Szniore was again sever iy wound
ed in the head. The second* then stopped
■ the fighting and a reconciliation followed.
DRUG HOUSE DESTROYED.
| 4
I
A Traffic Fire This Morning in Al
liance.
1
By Associated Press.
Alliance, 0., Dec. 28 —A fire broke out
i shortly after midnight causing a loss of
SIOO,OOO. The blaze origin’aied in Patrthcs.’
shoe store. A fierce gale was blowing. The
; A't'vell block, occupied by the Cassidy
Drug Chemical Company, caught fire, and
■ exploding drungfc and chenJ.icals threw
burning flucids in all directions. During
' the fire several persons were injuied. Fire
l man Robert 'Greene was overcome by the
I smoke and heat and is in a serious condi
tion. Fireman Webb and PoHoeman Os
wald were also badly injured.
A MISSOURI REGIMENT.
Will Ibe Mustered Out Not Later Than
February.
By Associated Press.
"Washington, Dec. 28 —Congressman
Cochran, of Missouri, accompanied by
Messrs. Dockery, Cowherd and Bodin,
called on the president and secretary and
the adjutant general this morning to re
quest that the Fourth Missouri be includ
ed in the 50,000 volunteers to be mustered
out in the near future. The secretary of
■ war promised unconditionally the regiment
should be included and expected to secure
the release of the men not later man Feb
ruary L
American Troops Busy Deal
ing With Disorderly
Characters.
By Associated Press.
Havana, Dec. 28 —Patrols of American
troops made thirty arrests for misdemean
ors last night and turned the culprits over
to the civil authorities. Two of the men
arrested for the Vegas Bomba affair are
Spanish marine*. They surrendered to the
Spanish authorities. Fifty United States
soldiers were»arrested for being in the city
without leave. They wer sent to camps for
punishment. A deoutation of Cuban resi
dents called on General Brooks with the
intention of bringing to notice certain
matters which they would like done, and
io press upon General Ludlow’s attention
questions relating to the police and fire
departments. schools, sanitation and
street paving.
The supply shin Comal has arrived
here and she left 200 tons of rations at
Matanzas and tlie remainder of the cargo
at Sagua la Grande. Among the applicants
for positions on the police force here .are
Colonel Moulton, of the Second Illinois
regiment and Mr. McCullough, formerly
superintendent of police in New York city
who will have charge of the organization
of the police department and will discover
many thieves and criminals. One appli
cant offered indirectly the sum of 500 cen
times for an appointment on the force.
The Spanish transport Munchon sailed
for Cadiz today with 2,400 Spanish troops
on board.
CZAR’S COUSIN.
He Praises the Achievements of the Amer
icans in the Philippines.
By Associated Press.
San Francisco, Dec. 28 —The Grand Duke
Cyril Vladimirovitch of Russia, first cousin
of the Czar, is the guest of the Palace
Hotel en route to St. Petersburg. The
Prince has ben stationed in China during
the year past engaged in naval duty. Al
though not definitely announced there Is no
doubt the Prince carries to the Czar full
reports upon the conditions now existing
in China with reference to the operations
of the powers of the world. For several
years Russia has maintained a powerful
fleet in the orient and for nearly two years
the Prince has been studying the situa
tion. The Prince visited Manila. He speaks
in the highest terms of the achievements
of the American forces.
GLANDERS IN THE CAVALRY.
Horses of One of the Regiments in Savan
nah Affected.
Savannah. Ga.. Fee. 28 —A report has
been made to General Douglass that glan- 1
ders had bteken out among the s*.ojk of
the First Maine i far try. This is a serious
malady among horses and mules, and it is
the wish of the officer* of the corp* t’~a:
it be confined to the stock now . 1
with it. if possible. General Douglass his
issued an. order :ha: the stock be ke.
apart from the ethers as much as possible,
so that ther will be no spread of t’-e dis
ease. The Seventh *had a great deal
of troub* with this disease in J i?k«on
ville.
REAL ESTATE IN AMERICUS.
Some Large Sales of Property in That
Town.
Americus Ga., Dec. 28—The brick ware
house and storehouse of the Sumter County
Alliance was *old this morning to the pres
ent lessees, Oliver, 'Harper & Childers, for
$6,000. this being the largest sale of real
ity here in some time. The Windsor Hotel,
costing $041,000, will be sold under fore
closure of mortgage next Tuesday.
ONLY 51 SUNDAYS.
English Clergyman Holds that 1898 Was
One Short.
London. Dec. 28.—The Rev. Forbes Phil-
F>ns. vicar of. Gorlesron. 'has decided that
in 1898 there were only 51 Sundays, ec
clesiastically speaking. He says the fact
that Christmas falls the first day of the
week take* away ins religious character,
and he therefore advised his parishioners
to stay at home and enjoy themselves with
games and other amusements, as they
would had Christmas fallen on any other
day of the week. The clergyman based
his action on the fact that the Church of
England prayer book contains no provis
ion of Sunday services when Christmas
falls on that day. The announcement has
created something of a sensation, simply
because just now the whole country is
very sensitive about everything relating
to the State church.
LEPROSY IN OHIO.
Two Cases Have Been Discovered at New
Lexington.
Columbus. 0., Dec. 28.—Dr. Charles O.
Picbst, secretary of the stare board of
health, has investigated two reported cases
of leprosy at New Lexington. Perry coun
ty. He has found the cases to be fully
developed leprosy. The lepers are Hattie
Garry, aged 22, and her little sister, Han
nah 12 years old. For a dozen years Mrs.
Garry, a soldier's widow, has managed *to
conceal from her neighbors her childrens’
affliction. Finally. forced by straitened
circumstances, she told the story to tfye
county authorities.
The two girl's will be isolated in a cabin
to be built among the bilks outside the
town limits. In this cabin, which will be
■Ohio’s leper settlement, the mother will
care for her daughters, while food and
clothing will be furnished by the county.
These cases are hereditary. The father of
the girls contracted the disease in the
south while a soldier in the civil war.
Symptoms of leprosy did not develop until’
after the father’s death. For the last few
years the girls have rarely left their
mother's cottage, and then usually after
dark.
The elder girl, Hattie, has the disease
in an advanced stage.
NEBRASKA’S FIGHT
Over a Senator to Fill Senator Alien’s
Place.
Lincoln, Dec. 28.—Although the session
of rhe legislature will open within the
next ten days, interest in the fight over
the speakership and other remv.nerat l ive
places has been overshadowed by the bat
tle for the senatorship. The two hading
candidates are D.» E. Thompson. Lincoln's
richest man, an insurance and lighting
company magnate, and Judge Hayward,
the defeated candidate for governor. There
are hall' a dozen other active candidates
and about fifteen dark horses. Lincoln
has two other candidates. Judge Field and
Judge Lambertson, the latter an assistant
secretary of the treasury under Harrison.
State Senator Murphy, of Beatrice, ex-
Congressman Hainer, of Aurora, ex-Con
gresman Andrews, of Hastings, and ex-
Lieutenant Governor Majors, of Peru,
form the list of active aspirants.
Shrewd politicians believe that Thomp
son wil be senator or will name the man
who will run. In either event a factional'
fight is likely. No caucus will be held.
In fact, Nebraska Republicans have gen
erally fought shy of a senatorial caucus,
and this means a long drawn out battle.
Some of the Populists have suggested as
a good way make Republican victory im
possible in the state in future that they
vote for seme unpopular Republican who
can get seven votes from his own party,
but there is little likelihood of that. There
are no independent Republicans in the
legislature, and there ik no possibility of
any friend of silver being elected, but
A'llen wil get every one of the sixty fusion
votes is believed.
COURTED BY MAIL.
Young Laly of Carrolton Wins a Hus
band.
Carrollton, Ga., Dec. 28— Mis* Mary
Russell, daughter of Mr. J. C. Russell, of
this place, left for Jennings, La., today,
where she goes to be married to Mr. A. E.
Damon, of that 'town, whom she has never
seen. The courtship was carried on
through correspondence.
BRICK MAKERS.
In Session in Pittsburg to Form a National
Association.
By Associated Press.
Pittsburg. Dec. 28. —A meeting of Jm
pervious face brick manufacturers of the
country is being held here today to form
a national association for the mutual pro
tection. Representatives from twenty-one
plants are in attendance. Delegates denj r
an intention to form a trust, the object
being to maintain prices and to arrange
better terms with pavers.
PRICE FiVS CEF.TS
CHEMICAL PLANT
OESIfffIED.
Enormous Loss by Fire at
Enslev City.
NO INSUBiKCE ON WORKS
Two Men Lose Their Lives Trying
to Save the Company’s
Property.
' By Associated Press.
I Birmingham, Ala., Dec. 28. —Between- 1
and 2 o’clock this morning the night
j watchman of the Semet Solvay Company's
i bi-product plant at Ensley City discovered
j a fire raging in the oil house. An alarm
‘ was sounded, but the flames spread rap
! idly and soon the main building and chem
ical works were burned. One hundred and
twenty-five coke ovens escaped destruc
tion, but the principal buildings of the
Piant were destroyed, causing a loss of
$2(10.000. There was no insurance.
Otto Aust, one of the workmen, who
i had gone up on a high trestle between the
1 coke ovens and the main plant to connect
! the water hose, lost his life. Clarence
Rust, another employe, was badly burned.
. The plant cost half a million dollars and
began operation last summer. The own
s ers reside in Syracuse, N. Y.
TEN ON ONE WIRE.
Apparatus to Have a Test With Baltimore
aid Pittsburg.
Baltimore. Dec. 28. —-‘Professor Henry T.
Rowland, of Johns Hopkins University,
will test his multiplex telegraph apparatus
■ this week, endeavoring to send four men
l saees on one wire simultaneously to Pitts
burg and to receive at the same time here
i four messages from that city.
The instrument may be called a printing
telegraph instrument. It enables several*
messages to be sent and received at the
same time from the same or separate
i points over the same wire; it renders
“wire-tapping” an impossibility and is not
affected by the weather.
Sending instruments are fitted with key
boards,’ like type writers. Their number
! is the same as that of the messages that
it may be desirable to send simultaneously
Eightis the regular number of messages
that, the instrument is designed to handle
. at once, but ten could be taken without
inconvenience. Each keyboard must have
an operator.
At the receiving station the Rowland
receiver performs Its work without human
aid. The eight messages are automatic
ally separated and distributed to six in
struments. These print out the messages
as fast as received.
At present Dr. Rowland's instruments
are fitted to print on ribbons or paper,
such as those used in the familiar “tick
er," but his perfected machine, will print
the messages on sheets of paper of any
di -Liable size or shape. Hitherto there
never been a successful attempt to attain
this result.
The only attention necewary at the re-
I ceiving station is to supply the instrument
with paper and take away the printed
sheets. It would seem as though the eight
dispatches switched on to a single wire
would produce hopeless confusion, but one
of the devices of Professor Rowland’s in
strument adjusts the words in such away
that the separate letters of the respective
messages cannot start on the main wire
* out of regular turn.
KEELY MOTOR’S FUTURE.
T. B. Kinraid to Work a Year On the In
vention Without Pay.
Boston. Mass., Dec. 28 —Charles S. Hill,
of this city, attorney for the widow of
John W. Keely of motor fame and a friend
of the inventor, says unhesitatingly that
there is no reason to believe that Keely’s
secret was left behind. He further says:
“Mrs. Keely has deemed It wise to place
all material and data In the hands of Mr.
T. B. (Kinraid, of Jamiaca Plain. Mr. Kin
raid, as is well known, enjoyed Mr. Keely’s
confidence throughout the latter years of
his life, and upon his deathbed it was Mr.
Keely’s request that Mr. Kinraid should
take upon himself the task of completing
hi* work.
“Mr. Kinraid ha® a large laboratory and
a mechanical workshop. Tt is Mrs. Keely’s
intention to have Mr. Kinraid give his en
tire time toward the completion of a prac
tical engine after her husband’s ideas, if
such a machine Is possible. Until M'\
Kinraid shall have produced such a nr i •-
; tical engine capable of being patented and
demonstrated its value before a disinter
i ested committee, he will make no request
I or demand upon the company for recon)-
i pense.
“If at the end of one year he is con
vinced that there Is absolutely nothing that
will lead to a practical machine, he will
abandon his attempts. On the other hand,
should it be found that there were clues
enough to lead to the construction of such
an engine, It would then be pushed rapidly
| forward to the patenable stage, and at that
1 time a further agreement will be reached
between the Keely estate and all other
parties interested.”
Mr. Kinraid, unlike Mr. Keely, will
make no promises that any machine or
engine will be completed at any given time
or even that one will be completed at all.
CHIEF JUSTICE SIMMONS.
11l With the Grip at His Residence In At
lanta.
A message was received from Atlanta
this morning to the effect that Chief Jus
; tice Simmons of the Supreme court is se
riously ill from an attack of the grip.
| borne days ago the justice was taken sick
at his home in Crawford county, but had
apparently recovered. He has now been
j seized by the prevailing malady.