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T H E L O N G IS L A N D F A R M E R , JA M A I C A . O C T O B E R 15, 1901. A M E R IC A N L O C O M O T IV E S . te n m n d F o r Tljesu E n c o n r n g in g l y IIris k th e W o r l d O v e r . P h ita u d p lra . Oct. 14 .—T h e superiori ty o f A m e rican bu lli locom o tives ami ra i l w a y s is being i-eeognizt'd through out the w o rld. P h iladelphia has se cured a n u m b e r o f orders, the m o st r e cent bomu' a contract given the B a ld w in Locom o tive w o r k s by the United ra il w a y s o f H a v a n a fo r four large lo com o tives. A n o ther P h iladelphia firm , the Du- tilh-Snm n , M c M illan & Co., h a s been given an aw a r d for the constitution o f an eleetrii al traction system in the southern part o f E u g lan d . T h e line is to esten d from Southend-on Sea, a prom inent seaside' resort about tw e n ty m iles south o f London, through Shoe- b u r j u t .'.s a m i R o c k f o r d to R a y l e i g h , a distance of about twenty miles. A con tract has also been given the same company for the establishment of an electric lighting system in Southend-ou- Bea. A contract valued a t §700,000 has been aw a r d e d another Philadelphia firm fo r the construction o f a m u n ici p a l electric traction system in B o u rn e m o u th, a seaside resort in southern England. The award specifies the es tablishment of an overhead trolley aud an underground conduit system. All the machinery will be purchased in this country. T h e R o g e r s Locom o tive com p a n y ot Paterson . X . J . , h a s been allotted a con tract b y the Chilean state ra ilw a y fo r fu r n ish in g them w ith eight locomo tives. T h e m a c h ine shops o f the N e w Z e a lan d state ra ilw a y s at A u c k lan d have placed co n t r a c t s on the A m e rican m a r kets fo r su p p lyin g them w ith various Y a n k e e labor sav in g devices. Leading C incinnati firm s h a v e been given tw o o f these m a c h ine aw a r d s . Fourteen locom o tives are being built b y the A m e r ican Locom o tive com p any fo r the C a p e governm e n t railroad of South A f r ica , la order to supply the h e a v y foreign and dom e stic dem and fo r locom o tives th is com p a n y lias a u thorized the expenditure o f §L250,ono to enlarge th e cap a c ity o f several o f its factories. T h e com p a n y form e rly had an output o f 1.200 locom o tives an n u a l ly. T h is w a s found inadequate lo meet th e dem a n d s, and the new f llow a n ce w ill br'.ng the output up to 2,t0'> annu ally. AWAY T O T H E M O U N T A IN S . H a h a r L ik e ly to Do Some F i g h t i n g F r o m a Safe R e t r e a t . Manila, Oct. 14.—The military au thorities have received word that Gen eral Miguel Malvar, tlie insurgent lead er, is believed to have left the province of Batangas, Luzon, and to lie planning an operation in the province of Bula- can. where insurgent conscription has been progressing recently. Tlie coun try there is mountainous and well adapttd to guerrilla warfare. Cap min Pi n-her practically has stamped out tlie insurrection in the is land Of Mindoro. The police force at Banan, province of Batangas, has been disarmed, and the chief of police and several others have been placed under arrest on the charge of belonging to an insurgent so ciety and using their offices to obtain inform a tion fo r the insurgents. Major Braganza, the insurgent officer who ordered the execution of 103 Span ish prisoners and personally superin tended the carrying out of the order, has been sentenced to be hanged. A b u n d a n t W h e a t C r o p s . Washington, Oct. i-L—The depart ment of agriculture announces that the three most Important estimates of the world’s wheat crop of 1901 so far made agree that the crop is larger than that of either of the two preceding years. The official Hungarian estimate says the crop exceeds last year’s by 2u0,- SSI.UOO bushels of sixty pounds, or by 212.420.000 Winchester bushels. Ac cording to Berbohm, the excess over last year’s crop is 2oo,2oo,000 bushels of sixty pounds, and according to the Bulletin des Hailes the excess is 113,- 777.000 Winchester bushels. The prin cipal increase is credited to the United Scutes, C a n a d a and In d ia. S e t t l e m e n t o f b a r g e E s t a t e . Middletown, N. Y., Oct. 14.—Final settlement of the estate of the late -George t ! Clark of this city, grandfa ther of Roland B. Molineux, is about to he made by Surrogate Howell. Clark made bequests to several benevolent and religious institutions, including-the Presbyterian board of foreign missions, the Presbyterian board of home mis sions, the Five Points House of Indus try, New York, and Clark’s Memorial Presbyterian church a t Danbury, N. Y. Mr. Clark was a firm believer in his grandson’s innocence and final acquit tal. B e l l e I s l e S t r a i t B l o c k i n g lTp . St. John’s, N. 1-2. Oct. 14.—The Dan ish bark Elans, from Hudson bay, re ports many icebergs off the strait of Belle Isle, imperiling navigation. She also reports passing the Beaver liner Lake Simeoe, from Montreal Oct. 3 for Liverpool, not under steam and ap parently with disabled machinery. The Hans reports exceptional quantities of lee along the Labrador coast, threaten ing an early closing of navigation of the strait of Belle Isle. C h i n e s e F u r n i s h B o n d . Peking, Oct. 14.— The Chinese pleni potentiaries have performed their last official act and forwarded to the Span ish minister, who is the doyen of the diplomatic corps, a bond for the indem nity of 450,OUO,UOO taels. A $70,000 F i r e . Baltimore, Oct. 14.-A fire occurred ' in the notion house of John A. Horner & Co., 254 West Baltimore street, and • tiinvtd a Ios§ of §70,000, covered by in surance. The origin of the fire is un known. in VIEWED BY STERNBERG Surgeon General’s Observations on Tour of the Philippines. HEALTH CONDITIONS AEE HOOD. H e W a s P l e a s e d W i t h W h a t H e S a w I n th e H o s p i t a l s I n M a n i l a a n d E l s e w h e r e I n t h e A r c h i p e l a g o . V a r i o u s Im p r o v e m e n t s I n t h e S e r v ic e A r e S u g g e s t e d . Surgeon General Sternberg has re sumed his duties at the war depart ment after an absence of several mouths profitably spent in an inspec tion of tlie medical department of the army in tlie Philippines, says the Washington Post. Referring to his observations iu the Philippines, he said: “Of course I directed my attention almost entirely to the affairs of the medical department. I found the health conditions very satisfactory. I was very m u ch surprised to find that in the lowlands which are devoted to rice culture there is comparatively lit tle malarial fever. Similar localities in our own southern states are very much more unhealthful. If the paddy fields along the line of the Dagupan railroad wore in Louisiana or South Carolina, there is no doubt that it would oe almost impossible for white men to live In their immediate vicinity on account of the severe forms of malarial fever whieh would undoubted ly prevail in such localities. Malarial ft vers are somewhat more prevalent at higher levels, but the summits of the mountain ranges a r e , as a rule, quite healthful. “Typhoid fever is not so prevalent as it is in most parts of the United States, and the mortality from that disease in the Philippines has been much less than it was in our camps iu the United States during the Spanish-American war. Dysentery is tlie most seriott\ disease with which we have to contend, but when the troojis are supplied with pure water and not exposed to the hardships attending a ‘hike’ this dis ease does not prevail. No doubt as con ditions liceuiiie more favorable and the troops are provided with suitable bar racks the morraliiy from this disease will he ' cry much rc-luccd. Pulmonary consumption is quite prevalent in the Philippines, and a considerable number of eases have de\•doped among our own soldiers. Tin so cases are at once sent to tlie United Suites and ax-e treat ed in our sanitarium at Fort Bayard, X. M. The plague continues to prevail to some extent in Manila, victims being mostly Chinese or natives. At the time I left Manila but three cases had oc curred among our soldiers. I do not an ticipate any extension of the disease among mu* troops. “I found the supply depot loaded with supplies and the hosjiitals in ex- ctllent eoinlitii u. Certainly no troops of any e o i m i r y or in any part of tin- world h a v e e v e r b e e n so liberally su p plied with everything necessary for the treatment and tare of the sick. Tin- f u n a l e n u r s e s a r e d o i n g e x c e l l e n t work, ami all with whom I i-oiiver.-vd were c o n t e n t e d a n d d e s i r o u s of remain ing in the service. Our volunteer medi cal officers, whose employment was au thorized by tlie army reorganization act, are selected men, all of whom have liad previous experience in the service. As a rule they are well qualified pro fessionally and are attentive 'to their duties. The hospitals, which were built by the Spaniards and whieh we notv occupy, are well located and well adapted to the climate. They have been i nc in good sanitary condition aud are iu every way satisfactory. At many places we have been obliged to make use of convents, barracks or private houses. Money has been appropriated for putting these buildings in the best possible sanitary condition, and, as a whole, they furnish satisfactory ae- commodations for the sick. “The convalescent hospital at Corre- gidor island is well located and will probably lie enlarged. It had been my Intention to visit Benguet for the pur p o s e of ascertaining whether it was a suitable locality for the establishment of a convalescent hospital, but I found it impracticable to go there during the time I was in Manila, as the-Dagupan railroad had been washed away and the mountain trails were reported prac tically impassable during the rainy season. The Philippine commission is now building a ruad to the Benguet re gion and hopes to have it completed within live or six months. The ques tion of locating a sanitarium in that mountain district, which no doubt pos sesses a cool and invigorating climate, cannot be determined until the project ed road is completed. We have given up one hospital in Manila aud will probably do the same with, th* Santa Maeeo hospital after awhile. Consider able was done toward reorganizing the hospital system on an economical basis while I was in the Philippines, but that -matter has already been published.” O n e o f M o r g a n ’s S o u v e n i r s . Every time J. Pierpont Morgan goes abroad he makes it a paint to acquire a number of valuable souvenirs of the trip. Recently, besides a number of rare paintings, he purchased for him self a Persian rug, probably tlie rarest of its kind in existence. The rug meas ures 10 feet 6 inehes by 10 feet, was made of Persian silk in Tabriz, Persia, and was woven by Mohammedan friars 150 years ago for a shah. It took six teen years to weave the rug. Stopped Off to M a t e a M illion. Ex-Governor Hogg of Texas fays that about a year ago, while on his way to New York, he stopped off at Beau mont, and, having made a million or so IM-re, he will now resume fhr? journey to New York. _ FRANCE’S W HEAT SHORTAGE A n A m e r i c a n C o n s u l W r i t e * o f I t s E f f e c t o n O u r M a r k e t . * Them well Hayes, united States con sul at Rouen, France, sends the follow ing to tlie state department a t Wash ington: France is disturbed at present over a deficient wheat harvest, a deficiency all the worse as the grain is very in ferior iu quality. Wheat has risen 2.50 francs (48 cents) pee 100 kilograms (220.40 pouuds), and the price of a quartern loaf of broad has already ad- \aueed from 05 centimes (12.5 cents) to 70 centimes (13.5 cents). The anr.nal consumption of France, including seed wheat, is 122,000,000 hectoliters (340,230;000 bushels). Sub- straeting from this the 10,000,000 hec toliters (28,380,000 bushels) now in re serve, leaves 112,000,000 hectoliters (317,850,000 bushels) necessary be tween now and this time next year. Within the last decennial period three years have been especially defi cient—1S93 yielded only 97,000,000 hec toliters (275,2.8(5,000 bushels), 1897 87,- 000,000 hectoliters (24(3,906,000 bushels) and 1900 109 , 000,000 hectoliters (309,- 342,000 bushels). This constantly recur ring dt fici* is as logical as chronologic al. The varying uood of nature is not the only cause. Tl.< increased develop ment o f maniifac-ttuing, the flocking of the peasants to the town and city In dustries, the partial belief that the country can ouy wheat cheaper than it can raise it, the greater profits gained from growing beets for sugar and alco hol, the replacing where possible of wheat fields by vineyards—these are the processes that will some day perhaps , allow the profitable Introduction of American wheat if not flour all over France. 80 strongly organized is the French milling industry that the importation of flour presents a serious difficulty. L’Assoeiation Xationale de la Meunerie Francaise was. founded in ISS'3, with headquarters at Paris, and at present it numbers between 3,000 and 4,000 members. 80 great is tbe capital in vested in mills and so strenuous are the efforts of this alliance against for eign competition that since the 27th of February, 1834, the tariff on flour has tieen about double that on wheat, whieh condition enables the French to import wheat, grind it and sell it cheaper than imported flour. While Paris and a few of the larger cities consume American flour, this giant in ternal organization, the excessive duty and Ilmsinn, Hungarian and other competition preVent the possibility of any general introduction thereof. Tlie prompt 1 1 for American wheat grows continually better. Against its Importation there is no prejudice on the part of the mill owners. The resi due of tlie wheat is in demand for do mestic animals, and the grinding of it gives employment not only to the mills, but to tlie many poor people w h o w o u ld go without work if flour were imported instead. GETS AMERICAN BRIDE. A 11 ito mi e »in e is t T h a t a n Engtltsli B ar- onet Is to Marry a Louisville Belle. Louisville is again to figure in an international marriage, the third time within a period of little more than, a year. The marriage of Miss Patti Burnley Ellison to Six Charles Henry Augustus Frederick Lockhait Ross will add the name of a third Louisville girl to the recent list of titltd Ameri cans in Europe, Miss Grace Carr hav ing married Lord Newtorough and Mis;; Lillian Langham having married Baron von Sternberg of Germany. The engagement of Miss Ellison and Sir Charles Ross is now announced. Miss- Ellison is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Ellison and Las a most distinguished Revolutionary an cestry. She is the great-granddaugh ter of General Charles Scott, the third governor of Kentucky, who was gen eral on Washington’s staff. In addi tion to being a girl of most charming address, Miss Ellison is an accomplish ed musician. She has enjoyed every advantage that education, and travel can give, and it was while in London last winter that she met Sir Charles. Sir Charles Ross is a baronet of Nova Scotia and is the ninth to hold that title, which was created in. 1672, and to which he succeeded In 1883. He was a lieutenant of the Third bat talion, Seaforth highlanders, until 1894, and after recently volunteering for South Africa he received a com mission as major. He fitted out his own battery and only returned from South Africa a year ago. Ediaon’ai S h o r t h a n d G r e e tin g . Thomas A. Edison, as is known, is very deaf, says the New York Times. Perhaps owing to this or possibly to a playful pleasantry he has invented a sort of shorthand speech, among which is his greeting to the older bands in his shop and laboratory. When he sees ope of these men, “Boo!” says Mr. Edison. That expression has come to mean good morning or good afternoon or good night. The laboratory men have picked up the peculiar greeting so that when the “I. oss” appears in the morning he Is greeted in his own shorthand speech. It is therefore “Boo, Mr. Edison,” to the wonder and bewilderment of the uninitiated visitor. H a d No U s e F o r C a r*. Because he never rode in a street ear or railroad train In his sixty-eight years David Boland walked all the way from Chicago to Wilkesbarre, Pa., to visit the friends he had not seen for thirty years. It took him twenty-five days to make the journey, and he says he can walk back in eighteen. “I never had no use for railroad trains or street ears,” he said. “TEey kill too many people.” WHO GOT FIRST NEWS? Claims to B e 121 Years Old. Mrs. Helen George of Irwin town ship, near Sharon, Pa., claims to be the oldest woman in America. Mrs. George held a birthday anniversary the other day, and those present say that she was 121 years old. Of her nine chil dren three survive. The oldest, Mrs. Helen Jennings, is ninety-nine years old, William George of Emlington, Pa., eighty and Henry George of- Plumer seventy-four. Mrs. George says she was bom in England In 1780. THE MISSOURI’S VAGARIES. Heroic Care For Corn*. Thomas Oldham, -aged sixty, an ec centric character of West Independ ence, O., was found In a field with hisj leg burned to a crisp. The man is mild-! ly insane and has been troubled with corns on his left foot. Ill his effort to rid himself of the trouble he made his foot sore and then rubbed parts green on the raw flesh. He also robbed in sand. Not content with that, he built a fire of fagots and placed foot and leg to i t RAISING GARDEN TRUCK Growth of an Important Agri cultural Industry. SUPPLYING THE LAEGE CITIES. P r o f it* to B e O b t a i n e d F r o m S m a ll E s tn lilix lim e n lK — N e w E n g l a n d , N e w J e r s e y a n d L o n s I s l a n d tb e P r i n c i p a l T r a c k F a r m i n g ; S e c tio n s . In t e r e s t i n g - F a c t s F r o m A g r i c u l t u r a l B u l l e t i n . In a bulletin recently issued by the agricultural department at Washing ton interesting information is given re garding the truck growing industry. The N e w E n g lan d d istrict em b races all the New England states, whose crops supply Boston and other New England cities with late summer vege tables. This division contains the smallest area devoted to the garden truck industry of any of the districts of the coast country, and its average individual farms are vex-y much small er than those found in other sections. The growing of vegetables under glass is carried on extensively around Bos ton and Providence, R. I., and it is owing to this fact that the raising of crops is so mnch more expensive in New England than in other sections of the country. These hothouse vegeta bles are marketed in Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Wash ington and Chicago, where they find a ready market and command very high prices. Notwithstanding the nec essarily heavy expenses incurred in carrying on this particular branch of the garden truck industry the profits are probably larger than those receiv ed in any other part of the country, with the possible exception of a few individual cases in Florida, where vegetables are produced in the open fields in midwinter and command near ly as high prices as those grown under glass and by the more expensive meth ods of New England. Boston is the center of the largest greenhouse vegetable industry in the United States. Within a radius of twenty-five miles of that city may be found over 200 acres of land under glass devoted almost exclusively to the growing of vegetables. Lettuce, cu cumbers, radishes, parsley, spinach, to matoes, beets am! parsnips are the principal crops grown. In many in stances four crops are grown annually, and, although naturally the demand for these xegetabl.es is greater in win ter than in summer, their excellent and unvarying quality make them eagerly sought after by botb the rich and those of epicurean tastes, and they can therefore be profitably grown during all seasons of the year. The wages of the men employed vary. Ordinai-y hands receive about §40 a montli, while men of more experience are paid from §45 to §60. An over seer or superintendent of a large plant will often receive a salary as high as from §2,000 to §2,500 annually. An average modern greenhouse is about 250 by 40 feet square and costs §3,000 to build. Two experienced men can properly eare for the cultivation of vegetables in such a house, and the net profits for a single year have run as high as 100 per cent on the money invested, while 50 per cent is consid ered a low estimate for average yearly profits. The latest and most improved meth ods are always employed by these New England greenhouse truck farmers. Ev ery device known to insure the pro duction of perfect plants is used. In some instances all surface soil to the depth of three 01 * four inehes is thor oughly sterilized before being placed in the greenhouses. * The New York and Philadelphia dis trict embraces New Jersey, Pennsyl vania and the more southeastex-ly sec tion of New York state, including Long Island, and contributes to all of the leading markets in these states. The season in this region is about two weeks earlier tban that of the New England district and probably four weeks behind Norfolk, and that portion of its area which is devoted ex clusively to .truck growing is much larger than in any of the other coast regions. Its season is a comparatively short one, b u t all the standard varieties of vegetables are grown, and they are' of excellent quality. The western end of Long Island is so thickly occupied by this industry that it virtually presents to the eye the appearance of one great truck farm, and tbe vast output from this section Is almost entirely consumed by the mil lions of people located within a few miles of the base of supply. In this New York and Philadelphia district are located numerous large cities which not only supply a market for garden truek of local production, but which draw enormously upon the southern districts for both fruits and vegetables. New York city is probably the greatest market in the United States for the trucking districts of the south. Vegetables commonly known as greens, such as kale, spinach sprouts and lettuce, begin to arrive early in De cember, and a s this is close to the time that the supply from northern truek farms Is exhausted it virtually insures New*York a supply of these vegetables the year round. Florida begins to ship strawberries in February, and in March beans, peas, asparagus, cabbages, po tatoes, cucumbers and tomatoes begin to move northward. By the latter part of April or the early part of May the supply has become so plentiful that people of moderate means are able to enjoy many of the varieties of vegeta bles grown on the southern farms, while a few decades ago the wealthiest citizens were unable to procure a sin gle vegetable out of season. MAUDE ADAMS’ NEW PLAY. S h e M a k e * a D e c i d e d H i t I n B a r r ie** P r o d u c t i o n , If the verdict of a Toledo audience Is to be trusted, Maude Adams has scored a decided success in her new play, “Quality Street,” which received its first presentation at the Valentine the ater in that city. The play is a picture of English fife late in the eighteenth century. Mis* Adams was well received on her en trance, and the growth of sympathy -with her work resulted in several cur tain calls a t the end of the first act. Barrie has given the play the touches that mark his Scotch tales and which Miss Adams interprets feelingly. The piece is a comedy in four acts, whose action takes place in the period just preceding and during the first nine y e a r s o f the N a p o leonic w a r s . The name “Quality Street”' comes from the avenue of a quaint little Eng lish town in which the heroine and her sister make their home. They are the Misses Throssells, Phoebe (Maude Ad- UAT7DE ADAMS. ams) and Susan, possessing a small property invested for them by Valen tine Bvown. They are carefully guard ed bj maiden relatives living in the same town, but despite the guardians Phoebe falls in love with Brown. The elder sister shares the hope th a t Brown is mutually inspired and gives her sister the wedding gown whieh she had prepared for her own marriage, whieh never took place. Phoebe dresses herself in the gown on the evening she expects Brown, hoping that he will tell her his love story. Instead he informs her that he is going to the war and bids her a rather foi’mal goodby. During his absence of nine years Phoebe hears from him only occasion ally in rather businesslike letters. The investments of their money have prov ed unfortunate, and the girls are driven to si a rt a private school. Phoebe, “of the ringlets,” hides her pretty hair un der a schoolma’am’s cap and studiously cultivates the prim manner and hide ous gowns of an old maid. Brown returns and is shocked by the change the years have made, hurting tbe maiden very much by his frank comments. The three are to go to a ball in tbe evening, but Phoebe says she will not go. Then she lets down her hair, puts on the old wedding gown and in every way accentuates her charms. When Brown comes, the girl is introduced as a niece, Miss Livvey. She Is the belle of the ball, and in a quiet moment Brown tells her how he loved her aunt Phoebe and how much the niece resembles the aunt.* The story brings about the happy finale of the. play. W e n t T h e r e O n c e . “Whenever I hear Seth Low spoken of as a mayoralty candidate,” said a New Yoi-k lawyer to The Times report er, “I always recall an incident of his school days. It was commencement night of the Brooklyn Polytechnic in the Brooklyn Academy of Music, and Seth had just been graduated at the head of his class, taking the valedicto ry. He was a good speaker as a boy, and all Brooklyn heights was proud of him. After the exercises in the big au ditorium were over he came out of the stage door and stood looking up and down the street for a moment before Joining his family. An old .man came by and glanced euriousj, a t the lighted building and the crowd coming out of it. Then he stepped up to the yeuth who is now president of Columbia. “ ‘My boy,’ he said, ‘do you go to the Polytechnic?’ “Young Seth drew himself up very proudly. T did once,’ he answered.” S h e W e p t , b u t G o t D a m a g e s . Miss Hannah Mayes, a beautiful brunette of thirty years, was given judgment ifi the Knox circuit court a t Vincennes, Ind., against A. G. Jordan, postmaster and a wealthy merchant of Decker, for §10,000. Four years ago Jordan began paying attention to Miss Mayes, and until about eight months ago his love never diminished. Then, it is claimed, he jilted her without warn ing and married Miss IJearl Elliott, a schoolteacher. Miss - Mayes filed a breach of promise suit for §25,000 which resulted in a verdict for $10,000. During the progress of the trial Miss Mayes broke down and sobbed bitterly. Her uncle, who was in the courtroom, clinched his fist and made for Jordan, but friends prevented a collision. B i s m a r c k ’s W o n d e r f u l M e m o r y . Otto Schultze, a stenographer, writes in the Brandenburg Sekulhlatt that Bismarck had a wonderful memory. “When he had delivered a two hours* speech and looked over our shorthand reports the next day, he remembered every expression he had used exactly and did not forget them for years.” The novelist Spielhagen once told Schultze that he could recall vividly every one of the thousands of person# he had met in his life ahd every word spoken by casual acquaintances, to gether with their gestures and the cut of their hair and clothes. Information as to Cervera’s Fleet at Santiago. A NEW 00NTE0VEBSY STABTED, t G r o w s O u t o f E v i d e n c e S u b m i t t e d B e f o r e t b e S c h le y C o u r t o t I n q u i r y . A d m i r a l C r o w n * n » h ie ld a n d G e n e r a l G r e e l y a t O d d s A b o u t D is p a t c h e s l l r g a r d i n g th e A r r i v a l o f t h e S p a n i s h S h ip s . Captain F. E. Chadwick’s testimony before the Schley court, Bays the Washington correspondent of the New York Times, invites a few words about a controversy that is bound to arise pretty soon between Brigadier General Greely, chief signal officer of the Unit ed States army, and Rear Admiral Crowninshield touching the receipt on May 19, 1898, of the information that Cervera’s fleet had arrived in Santiago harbor. It may be that Captain Chad wick know s the story, but p o s s ibly he did not get it from Admiral Crownin shield. When Genewl Greely objected in the fall of 1S9S to the statement by Sena tor Lodge in his history of the war with Spain that Cervera’s presence in Santiago harbor had been discovered by the “press boats,” the general went on to say that that fact had been as certained by Colonel Allen of the sig nal corps on duty at Key West, and that he, General Greely, personally first informed the president and the secretary of the navy. He had taken his dispatch to the White House im mediately after it had reached him and personally delivered it to the president. These facts or assertions were incorporated in General Greely’s report for 1898. But Rear Admiral Crowninshield has another story to tell, which crosses the account of General Greely. His version of the matter is that the Western Union Telegraph company, through persons in Cuba, gained the informa tion of the arrival of Cervera at San tiago promptly upon that arrival. The dispatches sent by Cervera to Spain were intercepted and made known to the Western Union manager at Key West, who swiftly forwarded the news to New York. It was seen to be of the highest importance and was hurried to Washington, to be carried by the man ager there to the navy department. Rear Admiral Crowninshield person ally took the news to the White House and showed it to the president, arriv ing thex-e about 4:30 in the afternoon, Cervex-a having arrived early on that day. General Greely’s visit with sub stantially the same dispatches was made some time after 9 in the evening, accounts differing and some fixing the hour of his a r r iv a l a s late a s 11. Those who have challenged the correctness of General Greely’s story insist that he did not know of the sources of the val uable information until long after and that the persons who supplied it were not in his pay until after this incident It is admitted by naval officers who were then 011 duty at the department that the correctness of the news was doubted, but that later, when Sampson communicated with Schley on the sub ject, he referred to the fact that the department had been informed every day, from tlie 19th to the 25th, that Cervera was at Santiago. In view of the controversy that is found to exist between Admiral Crowninshield and General Greely, Schley’s friends in Washington wonder why the gain of five or six hours was not made uco of sooner to advise Schley of what the department knew. F a m o u s Old Meeting; Honae. In the center of York, Pa., stands the famous Friends’ Meeting House. One hundred and thirty years ago it had 2Q0 members, and until half a century ago it kept that number. Today there are but three members of the society left. The others have died off. It sits upon a high elevation and is surround ed by a sealed board fence, shut out from view. The ground was- donated to the Society of Friends in 1765 by Nathan Hussy. The structure was built in parts. The eastern half was erected in 1776 and the western half added a few years later. The bricks used were brought from England as ballast and are seemingly in as good condition at this time as when cemented together and built into the shape of the struc ture they now exhibit. The three mem bers of the society that still worship at the old meeting house are E. J. Cbal- fant, Mrs. E, J. Lyons and Jonathan Jessop. N e a t P r o b l e m I n M a t h e m a t i c s . Peter Gergen of Milwaukee left an estate of §3,500 to be divided among his widow and eight children. The lat- tex‘’s allotment is in the following lan guage* “Mary to receive for her share $200 more than the other children, Nicholas to receive §50 less than the other children, John to receive §70 less than the other children, Anna to re ceive $30 less than the other children, Joseph, Peter, Gabriel and Frank to re ceive equal shares, whieh shall he $200 less than Mary, §50 m o r e than Nicho las, §70 more than John and §30 more than Anna.” f h e “ BI k Muddy” C h a n g in g It* C o u r s e to tlie E a * t. The Missouri river lias started east again, writes an Omaha correspondent. With one of its sudden periodical changes it has attacked the Iowa hank and, just north of Ornalia, iu making Nebraska soil with great rapidity. Fif ty years ago the river was headed north. Twenty-two years later It took it into its head that the south presented, greater attractions, but in recent years it has favored the east with its distin guished consideration. So far there has been no uprising on the part of the people of Iowa to stay its progress, but its maneuverings have added greatly to the Income of Omaha lawyers. The cases, quarrels over the right of accre tions, are now before the superior court. T h e fa c t th a t there is no other river in the United States which exhibits va garies and indulges in such meander- ings as the Missouri sets a t naught the ordinary rules of law to apportionment of accretions and puzzles the courts as to proper distribution. In some in stances the shore lines of property have received additions to the extent of 400 to 800 feet, a fine ift of property to fight over, especially w h e n som e squatter comes along and builds his shanty, claiming the right to it as gov ernment land. It all depends, too, upon the basis of measurement from the me ander line on the old survey line whether the accretions are upon one plot of land or another. The whole trouble lies in the fact that the Missouri courses through a valley of the substratum soil which, as a result of tlie deposit of distant centuries, is largely of quicksand. The current is far above the average in ra pidity, and by reason of the snows on the mountains there are two rises, in April and June of each year. The large volume of water coming down at these times has great and rapid action upon the bank. Where there is a deposit of solid soil above the quicksand the washing out of the latter often causes a simultaneous falling of great stretch es of the river bank, in some instances below St. Joseph and Atchison eating up railroad tracks as it did before the railroad managers became wiser. Where the law becomes confused is that the laud thus taken from one side is not deposited directly upon the oppo site bank, and no engineer can, ir- fact, tell where the fallen earth goes to. All that is known is that there is a gradual filling on the other side. Once in awhile, as in 1877, the river seeks an entirely new channel, leaving large areas of land available for occupancy, and it is generally over these accretions that the larger lawsuits occur. A VANDERBILT ACCUSED. sa i d to H a v e V i o l a t e d A l i e n C o n t r a c t L a b or Law. F. Flaxington Hai-ker, a well known English musician, has arrived at Bilt- more, N. C. He will at once succeed Caryle Flume as organist and choir director of All Souls', Mr. George W. Vanderbilt’s half million dollar church, at Biltmore. In engaging Mr. Harker Mr. Vander bilt learned that there are some things that a man cannot do without difficul ty, even when he has millions at his back. Some persons, presumably liv ing in New York, strongly opposed Mr. Vanderbilt in his efforts to bring Mr. Harker to this country. They hold that Mr. Vanderbilt cannot bring an organist here from abroad under con tract, and the efforts to prevent his doing so were carried as far as possi ble. The servants of the estate were approached by secret agents with the iQew <>£ learning the name of the organ ist and the time of his arrival, iu tho hope of being able to interfere. \ The Rev. Dr. R. R. Swope, rector of All Souls’ church, was asked some time ago by letter to tell what he knew of the matter, but it is understood that he paid no attention to the request. The fact that Mr. Vanderbilt contem plated the importation of an’ organist is said to have been brought to the a t tention of the Immigration bureau at Washington some time ago. Found. R hym e F o r R o o f e r e l l . A Philadelphia poet, irritated by somebody’s declaration that President Roosevelt was unusually fortunate in that no rhyme for his name could be found, has proudly accepted the im plied challenge and, after earnest ef fort, has produced the following ode; Down the W hite House steps he came, Nor could he speak the “ blues” he felt. The place he sought he did n o t get; “ Turned down” by Teddy Roosevelt. Of this the Philadelphia bard exult antly says that it proves “the poets are not to be put out of business even by our strenuous Teddy.” “ The Golden Poppy.” Professor Fmory E. Smith of Stan ford university, president of the Cali fornia Floral society, is preparing a finely illustrated book, “The Golden Poppy,” which is designed to cover the history, poetry, botany and litera ture of the flower which represents California, He asks that any one for ward to him at Palo Alto, Cal., excep tionally good photographs or legends, poems, Indian names or prose quota tions concerning the poppy, so that the collection may be as complete as possible.
