The Fort Wayne Sentinel from Fort Wayne, Indiana • Page 7

THE FORT WAYNS SENTINEL, WEDNESDAY. MAY 2, 1900. a Sad blood and Indigestion ar dead' ly enemies to good health. Burdock 31ood Bitters destroy them. A little Ufa may he mcrlflced to a sudden attack of croup, It you don't have Dr.

Thomas' Eclectrlc011 on hand (or the emergency. "Neglected colds make fat giave yaids." Dr. Wood's Noi wny pine Syrup helps men and women to a happy, vigorous old age Terrible plagues, those Itching, pesteilng diseases of the skin, put an end to misery. Doan's Ointment cures At any drug store BEST INJISTORY. 1AXE SHOES AND NJCXEL PLATE EARNINGS WAY UP.

were in the city a short time this morning, en route home from Pitts' I bttrg, where, they Wei's attending; meeting of Pennsylvania officials. They traveled in Mr. Hughart'a spec il car Lawn SHOPMEN SEEKING FAVORS THREE IN THE RACE FOE ADVISORY BOAED. RAILWAY OFFICIALS HERE MESSES HUOHAET AND SHELBY EN ROUTE HOME. When it comes to LAWN MOWERS We are strictly In It Tbe New Quaker City, Low and High Wheel.

Continental, Oak Lawn. BUN EASY. They are all reliable and fully warranted. F. M.

SMITH Phone, 204. 22 Calhoun St I Geo. Abdon Sanitary Plumbing, Steam and Gas Fitting. ELXCTEIC WIRING, MWXB AOK AND BEER PUKI WORK. No.

I VV. Columbia St. Cleveland, 0 May 2, The annual meeting of the stockholder of the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern inllroad company was held hue today The leport of the directois ot the company for the year ending December 31, 1899, ahowe the fjiOBS earnings to have been $23,013,940, an increase of $2,860,263, or 13 70 per cent over the pieceding year The rreight earnings amounted to passenger, 84,840,120, mails, express, $2,640,127 The operating expenses, lnoluding all taxes and hetteiraents for the year, v.eie $15,832,143, or 67 05 per cell' of the earnings, an lnciease ovei 1898 of $1,904,125) net earnings, $7,781,801, an lnciease of $956,137, or 14 01 per cent The fieight traffic of the road for the year was the laigest evei recoided Accoiding to the piovislon made for the refunding of bonds of the company, beailng a higher rate of interest, up to the close of this year $27,341,000 of the seveial issues of old 7 per cent bonds outstanding on June 1, 1897, hav been exchanged for the new 3'a per cent gold bonds These exchanges include the balance of the Buffalo and Erie bonds, $1,829,000, and the Lake Shore lailway divldent bonds. $989,500, which matured on April 1, 1898, and April 1, 1899, respectively As a consequence, the securities al leady exchanged have Increased the item of funded debt $4,046,000 and the annual Interest charge is reduced $815,325 The stockholders re elected the fol lowing directors. To serve thiee years, William Vanderbllt, Samuel Barger, Hamilton McK Twombley, of New York, and Charles M.

Seed, of Erie. To serve two years, to fill the unexpired term of the late Cornelius Vanderbllt, Seward Webb, of New York CANDIDATES COMINO OUT. The campaign for favors from the members of the Pennsylvania Voluntary Relief association has opened and three aspirants for a position on the advisory board have already announced their desires In that direction They are O. Olds, the present incumbent; C. Tlerney, stationary engineer, and Eichard Cloud, car builder, all of tbe shop department.

There may be other candidates, but so far none have announced themselves FAST FEEIOHT RUN. A special telegram to the Cincinnati Enquire, sent fiom Mansfield, tells of a fast run on the eastern division of the Pittsburg, Fort Wayne and Chicago toad The telegram reads as follows "Extra Pennsylvania fieight No 302 made a record between Mansfield and Allegheny yesterday It was a solid stock train of 31 cars, and left here at 8 20 a and arrived at Allegheny, a dls tsnee of 175 miles, nt 1 30 Including all stops, the train averaged 35 miles an hour It was the fastest freight lun cci undo ovei the division DROPPED AN ENOINE CREW The Nickel Plate has taken off one of its switching engines aud ciews, there being no futthei need for its services at present. Engineer Davis and Fiieman Litchfield, who had charge of the engine, have Ukrn theii places in the thiough fieight service, the former being assigned to engine 29 and the latter to engine 20 No 201 the engine Just taken out of the yard service, will also go into the fieight seivice It was only in the yaids duiing the buFy sennon UNIQUE! UNHEARD OF1 The Travelers' Insurance company of Hartford, Conn the strongest Accident Co. IN THE WOELD, is now offering the most attractive accident policy ever thought of in the history of Accident Insurance. Call at my office, 33 East Berry street, and get a policy.

No advance in rates K. M'CEACKEN, Agent. New Telephone No. 222 POLITICAL ANNOUNCEMENTS. JOINT SENATOR.

I hereby announce that I will be a candidate for Joint senator to represent the senatorial district of All.n and Adams counties in the next Indiana senate, subject to ths decision of tbe democratic convention to bs held in Deoatur May 22d. STEPHEN FLEMING. A Hattersly Son. PLUMBERS, STEAM AND 3AS FITTERS. 48 B.

MAIN STRUT, Fort Wayne, Ind. THE NICKEL PLATE'S SHOWING Cleveland, May 2 The leport of the New York, Chicago and St Louis (Nickel Plate) railroad for the year ending December 31, 1890, as submitted to the stockholder at their annual meeting here today, shows gross earnings of $6,919 985, the largest in the history of tbe road This is an increase of $528,503, or 8 27 per cent, over the earnings of the preceding year The total expenses, including taxes and teimi nals, were $5,717,451, and the net earnings $1,202,533 The only change made in the dl rectory was that of Emlen Roosevelt, who was elected to suoceed the late Cornelius Vandeibllt Out of a total of 300 000 shaies 232,000 weie voted INDUSTBIAL NOTES THOMPSON'S TOUES Col Thompson has issued the preliminary announcement for the second annual "Wabash Mexico Tour," which will take place in February and March, 1901. Accompanying the announcement is a condensed itinerary covering the tour from the stait to the arrival home Even at this early date there has been space reserved for five and numerous other inquiries concerning rates, itinerary, etc are at hand, indicating an unusual interest In the tour This tour is referred to as "Thompson's Tour," in honor of the genial, colonel whose efforts made such a success of the tour last winter RAILWAY OFFICIALS HEBE General Manager Hughart ind Tieasurer Shelby, of the. Grand Eaptds and Indiana road, Noonan and II Wilson have taken positions at the Ken Mm ray uoiks Wright tho turntable man at the Fittsburg round house, is sick and off duty Nickel Plate Engineer Ed Wolf and Fireman Godfrey aie taking a few days' lest Bobay and Fankhauser, caS penteis at the east car shops, have gone to Chicago. The Fort Wayne Electric company this morning sent a forty light an: dynamo to Hlnton, W.

Va E. L. Sprouse, a machinist of this city, lias gone to Peiu to work In the Wabash shops permanently Frank Hosier has moved to this city fiom Huntington and taken a position in the WabaBh shops WsSter Mechanic Fitzpatrlck and Herman Stanley Borhek went to Chicago this morning on railway business The Noithein Pacific is expending a ln'ge amount of money erecting grain elevators and warehouses at lacuma and Seattle. After an illness of two weeks, Babcock, a Nickel Plate car inspec tor, has retumed to his duties in tbe Nickel Plate yards Machinist Bennigan, of the P'ttsburg shops, was the vlct of an accident yesterday which w'll die able him for awhile Arrangements have been effected for a cheap excursion to Toledo on May 20, ths date of the opening of the Casino near that city Olds has just returned from Cleveland, where he attended the qumttrly meeting of the Pennsylvania Voluntary Relief association With Engineer Frank Lewis as chapel on, Firemen Somers, Iiwin, Charles Bates and 0 Bates are at Atwood today fishing A hay blockade has again occuned and the New Yoik Central has instructed its connecting lines to ship no more until the blockade has been bioken A Stege, Bloom, II Koorsen, Leach, Meyers, A Huber and Dennis Collins, of the Pittsburg planing mills, are taking a day or two for recreation Schmidt, the sweeper at the Pittsburg planing mills, is sick and unable to work maker at ths samej nfe, Is off duty, probably for the seme, reason. W.

Jehner, who recently took a position ss brakeman on the Nickel Plate, has gone to Toledo to prepare to move his family from that city to Fort Wayne, The Chicago, Burlington and Quincy has put into service between St. Louis and Portland eleven entirely new trains oi" ths most elegant and substantial build. The Ohio Southern road has aban doned the express business, after a yeai's trial and the United States Expicsj company has resumed business on that line. The Pennsylvania, in connection with the Vandalia, Is considering the cutting off of another hour on the tlitfe schedule of two of its trains between St Louis and New York. The contract has been left for the roustiuction cf the new union passenger station at Richmond Va The lie station will be used by the Chesapeake and Ohio and Seaboard All Line Biakemen H.

EiCe and Stephen are taking a lay off and Brakemen S. Barlow and Bitt ner have reported for duty after a abort lest They are Nickel Plate employes Clerk Theodoie Dobler of the Pltts bmg lound house, left this morning loi Racine, Wis with his aged father The elder Dobler was line visit ing his son, when he was taken 111 end decided to return to his hone fnd Theodore accompanied him Bids weie opened Tuesday afternoon in the office of Aichitect Stock for the work on a new tesidence to be elected for William Hanson, a machinist in tbe Bass foundry The house will be erected on Liberty street and will cost about $1,300 Adam Imbody, formerly a tuner for the Packard company and later a resident of Grand Eaplds le turned to Fort Wayne today and will remain a peimanent resident of this city Mr Imbody has taken a position with tbe Diether Lumber com pany Mrs Souter wife of the well known Giand Rnplds engineei and her son Geoige, anived in the city today to visit her patents Mr Souter is now running an engine on the north end of the Grand Rapids road and resides in Petoskey He formerly lived in this city It is learned from a rellible souice 'hit Mr Jchn P. Green fust vice piesidenl of the Pennsylvania, has assumed the management of the financial end regarding the absoip tlon of the Western New Yoik and Pennsylvania, and will have direct charge of tho reorganisation of the smaller company Clarence Irwin, chief cleik to General Superintendent Peck, of t.ie St Louis, lion Mountain and Southern, has tendered his resignation in oi del to go into the railway supply business with Colons Joaquin Choctaw M.ller, of St Louis. He will be succeeded by Pyeatt, private toctetmy to Geneial Supeilntendent Peck Engineer Hayes, whose lit was despahed of a few weeks a jo, has made a wondeiful piogies toward r.coveiy and is now conflicted out of danger of relapse lie will be able to resume his placo in the cab again in a few weeks if the pies ent rate of impiovement con'mues This will be news to a large i uiubei of friends Content injuries seem to be more serious than nt first expected Di Bulson, who is attending the un foitunate fellow, is not so confident that the sight of the wounded eye can be saved as he was a day oi two ago, though he will tnake an effort in that direction A Contant, the father of the Injured man, feels confident, holvci that his boy will be pei mi I ted to ictain his sight unim paired couiinissionei of the Central Passcngei association, has Dffcied a reward of $500 for information resulting In the arrest and con viction of any one using counteifeit stamps for the puipose of validating retain portions of excursion tickets which w.U be sold at reduced rates for a number of important conventions to be held in Chicago, Cincinnati, St Louis and other cities, at Intervals from May 1 to Septembei 30 The fieight handlers at the Wa bash warehouse had occasion this morning to move a large bale of wool, which had been laying in the building seveial months, awaiting a filled with rats, front ths tiny hairless specimen to ths half grown The men caught; and put twin' ty flv. of th rats in a' barrel and then placed the warehouse cat in with them.

After killing eight or ten of the rats, ths cat made pets of the balance and allowed them to lun over and about her without offering to injure them. Lewis E. Horner, of the Wabash freight house, left ycsteiday for Springfield, 111 William Murray this morning became an appi entice in tbe Wabash machine shops He is a son of David Murray, the blacksmith, at those shops Zwick, an employe In the Pittsburg blackamith shop, will be off duty seveial days nursing some pretty sole fingers Yesterday be was pushing a hand cait, when his light hand got between the cart and a car and two of the fingers weie scraped in a bid way The east' in division of the Lake Shoie toad was merged with the Toledo division yesterday, with Dickeison, piesent master mechanic of the Noiualk Bhop, as hiaster mechanic Master Mechanic Albert A Biadeen, el the eistern division, wit) 4etne nic expects to take lois lest after hnty yeirs of active wcik as a lauioanei He has been maste mechanic at Cleveland since 1811 Mr Dickei sen will be succeeded the Norwink shop by a Ml Grain undei the title of assistant master nichai ic END OF THE COFERENCE New Yoik, May 2 Theie was a geneial exodus today of tho delegates and visitors to the ecumenical confer ence, which was b) ought to a close last night Many of the missionaries who came fiom far coun tiles have gone to visit fiiends before departing for theii posts and at Carnegie hall today only a few called to get their mall befoie leaving A stiff of clerks is at work le addressing 15 000 letteis which the confeicnc: postofnee contains, and winding up the mass of work on hand A large number of these letters will be sent to the dead letter office, owing to the failure of delegates to leave dir tions for forwarding The $45,000 needed for the ecumenical conference has been piactlcally raised It was announced today that seveial additional subset Iptlons to the India fam ine fund have been iccelved making the total over $2,000 DOWN THE, CANAL 'im I ADMIRAL DEWEY CRUISES ON CHICAGO'S BIG DITCH. HE LED A SMALL SQUADRON TEEADINO QUARTER DECK OF OYSTER PIRATE CHASER COMMENTS CN WATERWAY LAST DAY OF CELEBRATION IN CHICAGO KILLED IN A STREET FIGHT Philadelphia May 2 Duiing a street fight eaily today Hugh Callahan aged 29 yeais, was shot in the forehead by David McGovern, aged 31 years He died at a hospital an hour after his admission McGovern was anested and committed for tiial NOTICE The Hackuien's union have adopted a new schedule fiom the fltst day of May The pi ice for funerals and weddings on week days Is $3 50, Sundays, $4 00 HACKMEN UNION BRADLEY, Sec 2 3t WINDOW DISPLAY. An Attractive Lot of Lion Coffee Piemlums in Meyer Bros Co 's Window.

Wo frequently hear the claim "something given for nothing," but do not often see an actual demonstration of the principle, like the display of Lion Coffee premiums now on exhibition in Meyer Bros St, Co 's window Here are many valuable aitlclcs, all given fiee for the lion heads, cut from Lion Coffee wrappers These are not cheap articles, but comprise clocks, umbrellas, watches, gold lings and jewelry, besides many things useful andornamental in the household, or will be enjoyed by the children Lion Coffee fully deserves the popularity which it has gained, because of its superior strength and flavor BASE BALL TOMORROW. Toledo vs called at 3 30 Fort Wayne Game 30 3t Chicago, "May 2 The Chicago celebration in honor of Admiral Dewey pinctlcolly came to close today with an exclusion by the admirnl and members of the general committee of the Dewey celebiatton down the Chicago diainage canal as far as the con ti oiling gates at Locjtpoit The whole trip from Chicago to Lockport was not taken by boat because of the delay in tho cioitdcd channel of the Chicago liver, but at 10 o'clock the admirnl and piity took a special train ovei the Santa Fe to McCook A crowd of seveial thousand had gathered at the Folk stieet station, anu as iae sumiiai uuguicu nuiu jus cairiage and walked bilskly down the long p'ntfoira to the train shed, he was given a noisy welcome At McCook Admlial Dewey and his escoit boatded the yacht Hinda, which formerly was nn oyster pirate chaser on Chesipeake bay, other members of tbo large party going on boaid the pleasure boat I Weston, the launches Diamond EiiccBon John Hopkins and Delawnie and the tug Robeit Dmke About 10 30 the little fleet headed by the Hinda Btaited down the canal foi Lockpoit Aftei luncheon Ad hilinl Dewey went forwaid and showed keen Interest In the canal, commenting several times on its immense possibilities Shortly after 12 o'clock the paity reached Lock port Heie nn enthusiastic welcome was given the admiral by a large crowd gathered along the banks of the canal and at the controlling woiks, and the small police force had considerable difficulty in clearing a passage As the admiral stepped off the Hinda. a battery on shore boomed out a salute of seventeen guns and a new flag, the dark blue and four stais of the admiral, was run up a flag pole near the engine house In charge of Chief Engineer Ran dolph, of the drainage board, Admlial Dewey then Inspected the Immense beat trap dam, tbe largest of its kind In the world, and the four con ti oiling gates, spending some time In watching the operations of tl dam which was raised and low eied seveial times for him Shortly befoie 1 o'clock the paity again boarded the yachts and steamed up the canal to Romeo, wheie a special train was taken for the city Mis Dewey was enteitained this afternoon nt a luncheon given hy Mis Biyan Lathiopc This evening at 6 clock the admiral and Mrs Dewey will attend a dinner and reception given in their honor at the Chicago Athletic club, and Inter in the evening will attend the reception and ball of the Seventh regiment Illinois National Guard DIED IN CHICAGO. Fi lends in this city have Jusit ho4! advised of the death of Master Archil McCsnn, ths little son of Mr, aily Mrs. L.

0, McCann, which occurred Fildny at th family home tit phi' cago. Tho lad wa eleven years of and his death ts due to ty phmd lever, Ths father is travel ing haletman for T. Bowser and formerly lived in Fort Wajrnr occupying a residence on Columbia) nvenuc. His daughter, Miss was an operator In ths ofScs of iha Home Telephone company. CASTOR 1 A lor Infants and Children.

The Kind Yea Rave Always Boagbt Bears the Signature of AN OUTINO AT THE OCEAN, Seashore Excursion Via Pennsylvania Lines Will be Run August 9th. The nrni.nl low rate excursion to, (he seashore will be run via ths Pens sylvaula lines Thursday, August Oth. On that date leduced fare tickets will le sold to Atlantic City, Cape May, Anglesea, Avalon. Holly Reach, Oce in City, Sen Isle City, Wild wood. New Jeisey, Rehobotb, Del.

and Ocean Citv, Md The round trip front Foit Wayne will be $14 50 ti either of the ten resoits mentioned, which the most popular summer hi vens along the Atlantic coast. No moie e.ijoyable vacation outing can be planned than a visit to ths srishoie in mid summer. Arrangements may be made for participating in the pleisuies offered by this excursion by communicating with Mr, I Rocs, Ticket Agent aZB m2 5,0,12,10 BASE BALL TOMORROW. Toledo vs Fort Wayne. Gams called at 3 30 30 3t xxvs STrrnra.

Spring l'n. now in at O. Schmidt's, Merchant Tailor, 67 'X. Barry street. Phone BIO.

tT tf 50c i Rome Citv And VIV Return SUNDAY 6:45 a. in. ALCOHOL'S ONLY USE Germany has a new law punishing Bennett, pattern claimant, and they found it llteially the theft of electrical energy I 1 Htllis believes that alcohol should never be given in lingeiing disoisei noi in convalescence from acute diseases if it luitates or upsets the stomach Alcohol should never be taken aftei eating It cannot aid digestion and so must ictard it by its weight and bulk Further, it precipitates the digestive ferments. coagulates the albuminoids, and often completely anests the digestive process The amount to be consumed varies with the individual and the eticumetances Alcohol is a form of food nheady digested, but it is not adipted to the normal wants of the body and Is Indicated only nt a time and under conditions which endoi the digestion and assimilation of other foods impossible Medical Record Office 'phone 201. Residence 1047,.

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Zimmerly Plumbing, Steam and Gas Fitting, Electric Wiring. OAS AND ELECTRIC FIXTXTllES. No. 141 Calhoun Street. 'Phons 207.

Pine Clothing Sacrificed. Trying to make a profit on the goods while closing out a great stock of clothing is not the Sam, Pete Max way. The only piofit to us is to sell quickly antf r11 1 1 a1 1 I V. i 1 1 it TT XT 1 that takes low prices. Sales have been larger than we dared hope for, and prices are lower than anyone expected.

Have you, seen 'em. No ad. so convincing as the price tags and the superb clothing to which the tags are attached. CALflOUN C'AAf DFTli? lf GOING OUT OF 58ck32UN CTDRRT AJJTiV M. JL JL 4 JL AATTJlv sC UMUIMLi;" OIKGDl.

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