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C o t i n t n I t e b i e t o . A F A M I L Y N E W S P A P E R O F I.O V A L A M l G E N E R A L I N T E l . I . H i K N t E. FREEPORT, X. V.. FRIDAY, F a i r f a x , Y a . , ment of every article lie detailed Mate- possessed down to the calves and sheep. His gton in the State Depart- that W ashington was very ra c e s a r e tilin g a b o u t a c c o u n t s tlnit there was almost always a deficiency at the end of the year which he could CAPITAL, $30,000. Main Street, - Freeport, L. I. J O B * J. RANDALL, Pmideot. OBAUMCIY T. SPRAGUE, Vke-Phwtdent WILLIAM 8. HALL, Caahler. tARD OF D1RRCTORS. ChaunceyT. Rpraene. „ Wlltiam O. Miller, L Goktar. D. W e s le y I>lne. ,1. Cornwell, Geonte wsllnoe, p. Smith. Coles Pettit. „ fmmle, Harvey II. Hmlth. r a t - ^ m . to •to to --------- — -sr the . __ ike or Trust Coe every accomodation as tor an w rttli eoneerraU vs manajtemeaL * tbe rate of three per rent paid ee !• three months or more. omeratlona. Ep persons! estate was then put down at S532.000, and tbia included a vast amount of tobacco, large numbers of cattle, sheep and horses, nearly all of he willed to his wife, accpunt books which are kept at Washiuj ment show careful about keeping a recor penditnres. He put down every- ng, and among other items you seo his losses at cards and at the horse frequent. The curious not account for. This made no dif ference, however, with his starting the new year with a fresh account, for one item at this time is as follows: “ By cash, either lost, stolen or neg lected to charge, 144 pounds, 8 shil lings and 11 pence.” In other words, he was short that year over #700. Through bis letters now owned by the Government you see here and there correspondence which shows that he was very hard up at times. In 1785 he wrote that he could get no wheat on credit, and that he had no cash to pay for it. Three years later he urges a man to pay the #1000 which ho owes him, and says ho has put oft' the sheriff three times already, and that he needs this money to pay his tuxes. He was not afraid to dun his debtors, and he is said to have been one of tho shrew d e st dealers among the planters of his time. From the above it will be seen that W ashington had by no means an es life. Ho had many troubles outsiide of those connected with his estate. THE SABBATH SCHOOL' INTERNATIONAL LESSON COMMENTS FOR FEBRUARY 19. FILIPINOS ROUTED. Lepson T e x t: \C h r i s t F e e d in g Vive T h o u . | •nod,** J o h n v l.t 1 -14—G u lden Text- J o h n vl., 33—C o m m e n tary on t h e D a y ’P I Lepjion l»y th e l»ev. I>. M. S tearns. I 1,2. \A g r ^ a t m u ltitu d e follow ed Him tie- 1 cause th e y saw H is m iracles w h ich He did , i on them th a t w ere diseased ,\ T h e tru e ! disciples follow e d Him because th e y he- j ; lieved H im to be t h e M essiah. Isra e l ’s do- j an d K ing, but th e m a jority «-f pe< u t y i a Him; th e y only siv American Soldiers Capture Ca-1 loocan and Put Aguinaldo’s j Followers to Flight. ; ' ** bail many trouble , ou t.l asy — receive prompt attendee, %eA lly answered. r m o r s c e e i o M e u .T.D. Carman,: * SURGEON j * .:P e n tist. Stmt, Freeport. OFFICE h o u r s : O J U W . t e 6 p . m . • Greater New York • D e n t a l P a r l o r s , WMCMCIIR I (KI0S0RE. OOB. FULTON AND GOLD 8T8., Brooklyn, N. Y. E e ! rUM OM AND OOIJ) STREETS, O f f . Lou r s , B r o o k ly n , N . V. . WILOUR F. TREOW E L L , J OOUN1ELOR-AT-LAW. . 100 BaoMea Oteeet. B r s s k lja. N. T. Too R l f *S HSU. Freeport, U I . , Eeenlnge sad Seturdare. F R A N C I S S . T A Y L O R , L A W Y E R . COENER MAIN AND PULTON ST A . __________ — peleeS. 1- L K . V . B A L D W I N . BANJO SO L O IS T .^ C e e e e rt E o s o « e m s e u a t Low Raton A M w . W ISPSTU 0 o r FEttPOET. B VEIN KM CARDS. JAMES PALMER. REAL ESTATE AGENT, PATCHO QUE, L I. • s o s s s a e a tod r e w a eepnee. . o. e. aeeesee. oes ee*. E. A. DORLON, EONOEO AUCTIONEER, se e rtwears' si.se*. seatee o r., as*a chvscm . PEEEPORY, E . S . RANDALL, AroDMooL OMsssee. Ereel l y ev»., *nSM*t*M. epp. Wellree* Beset. PieapsrV L. L U s e s ssEEDssttkottsos presen t lee ell cleaaee o f E o tU taoa CHARLES L. SEAMAN. Carpenter **» Builder, PWECPONT, V I. B E t B O l s e o b o s r f o n y c i p p o . Cootncle tiekeo. W rltirlxV ei I J n l c i f a l l z e t l \ L n s t F ’ l e t u r e . ' * Hitherto Unpublished ^Traditions Frank G. Carpenter. Gathered ag up in Mount Vernon and not realize that it which hi it took a big leg to till them. He wan a man of muscle. D u ring bis service in the army he weighed 200 pounds, a n d was so strong that he could lift bin tent with one hand, although it usually required the Itrength of two men to place it on the mp wagon, writes Mr. Carpenter. I ean, of course, when it was folded se. Up and wrapped around the poles. W ashington could hold a m usket with one hand and tire it. He was a good shot and e good ewordamau. The pic tures of the father of our country make you think that W ashington was a brunette. His face is dark and som bre. The truth is, he had a skin like an Irish baby, and his hair was almost red. He bad a broad chest, hut not a full one. Hia voice was not strong, and dur ing hie last days he had a hacking congh. His eyes were cold gray, and it is ssid that he seldom smiled, al though there is reason to believe that he had considerable humor a bout him. His nose was prominent. He was par ticular es to his appearance and fas tidious in dress. He wore plain clothes and always kept himself well shaven, acting as his ow n barber. During the latter part of his life he wore false teeth. His teeth did not tit well and pushed out his lower lip. kingtnn was Hee badad a quickuick temper,emper, but as l and pm W ashington w an eminently fair an. H b a q t a rule he kept it under control, times, however, it got the best, of bun. This was the ease once in Alexandria. One of the county officers told Mr. Carpenter the story as they stood on the second floor of the m arket-house in Alexandria and looked down at the open court within it,which is now tilled with hundreds of booths where the farmers bring their products for sale i m arket do ye. “ I t was on that spat, 6I016K I GILSOI RATIO!, C A RK NTER5 AND BUILDERS. FREEPORT, L. L ■Bates seeealty eeeplHed U m REVIEW WJILDINO w are p r e p a m l to Uhke mm tracts fqr Am class work. . , ▼ttgswSME. 187 Oeesepwev. 1 fy fc iu 4 Biflta s fiteenl Contractors, I S BaEforE A v o m o , BROOKLYN N. V. M m t e Drio at FREEPORT, L. I, tks ™ t 2 L S t 3 MART W ARRINGTON. re p icture of 1 iugtvn ss a young girl.) Abington was knocked down eer, “ W tohi by Li on tenant Payne. Psyne was VMUusuate eve tiee L e g irv la t u ie agaitiA t Fairfax of Alexandria. W ashington some of tbe troops who were stationed at Alexandria rushed in and would THE REAL GEORGE WASHINGTON 1 v\ ----------- ¥ b y LEX A N D R IA .V a., is full of unpub lished traditions of George W ashiug- tou. Mount Ver non is only nine miles from Alex andria, and W a sh ington got the most cf his supplies at the latter town. He came thereto vote, and until a few years ago the little office in which he did business there still stood. It was at Alexandria th a t W ashington m et General Braddock, and with him start ed out on that disastrous campaign. Hie last review of troops were made from the steps of an Alexandria hotel about a year before hia death. From the traditions of Alexandria, and from many other sources, Frank G. Carpenter has tried to make up in hia m ind's eye a picture of George W ashington as he really was. Ho was exceedingly tall, and when y o u n g quite slender. He had enormous hands and feet. His boots were No. 13, and bis ordinary walking shoes No. 12. No one can look at the silk stockings ing politicians have to-day and he was accused of all kinds of crimes and misdemeanors. The Philadelphia Aurora charged him with having com mitted m u rder during his campaign with Braddock. Griswold, in his R e publican court, states that an attem p t was made to poison W ashington when he was President. When his birthday was first cele brated, in 17H3, there was a g reat deal of criticism on the p a rt of his enemies, and the Aurora, one of the opposition newspapers of Philadelphia, pub lished long poems describing him as the worst of men. The House of Representatives was asked to adjourn for half an hour on February 22, 1796, to pay its respects to President W ashington on the occasion of his birthday. This practice had been in vogue since W ashington was first in augurated. Tho House, however, re- have made short work of Payne had i fused to adjourn, on the ground that W ashington not p revented them. He ; it was the duty of Congress to attend W ashington not p revented them , tie pointed to his black eye and told them that this was a personal m atter, and that he knew how to handle it. Every one thought that this meant a duel. “The next day Payne got a note from W ashington asking him to eorae to tho hotel. He expected a duel, but went. W ashington, however, was in an amicable mood. He felt that he had been in the wrong, and said: 'Mr. Payne, I was wrong yesterday, hut if you have had sufficient satisfaction, let ns be friends.’ There wul a de canter of wine and two glasses :y o to legislative bus ness and not to pay foolish compliments. When W ashington delivered his farewell address he was reviled by the opposite party. N o twithstanding all this, thccharac- ter of W ashington shines brighter to day than ever before. With his little weaknesses, which historians havo done their best to hide, ho is, taking him altogether, perhaps the greatest American our country has ever pro duced, and the false charges against the I him were but drops of moisture on MONUMENT OF WASHINGTON AT I'll 11. A I'K I.P H I A. table, which W ashington had ordered to smooth over the quarrel. The two drank together and became such strong friends after that that Payne was one of the pallbearers at W ashington's funeral. Everyone d rank in the dav s of Wash- ton, and the father of his country privi always had wines upon his table. I | lm,l n it the mirror of his fame, which time has long since washed away. A lie o r g p W a e h l n s l e n F l a il S t o r y . When the Revolutionary War closed W ashington had plenty of land, hut little money. He had exhausted his rivals fortune during the war, and he ___ to borrow enough to take him to have nowhere seen it stated that he New- York to lie inaugurated ns Presi- ever drank to excess, 1 dent. The result was ho was quite George W ashington was simple in 1 earefnl of his expenses, and would nut his tastes, and during his youth lie tolerate extravagance. An instance of was an enormous enter, but was not this kind occurred one day when be particular as to what he had. Ho found the tirst shad of the season oh wanted plain food and plenty oi it. | illa The President was very During his later years he ate very l i t - .................... tie. His breakfast at Mount Vernon w o rkiug m a n who could he: n th e y w ere nick or fce-jl thoi . He had crossed tn e hoi Si WARSHIPS OPEN BATTLE. w h e n h u n g r y . H e ha d crosse d th e nea. | p e rh a p s to be m o re alou« w ith H is F a th e r , ! fo r Ho whf so m isunderstood by m e n , even j by His discip les, b u t H is F a t h e r u n d e r s to o d j Him p e r f e c tly . T h e m u ltitu d e s , how o v e w o u ld not let Him a lo n e , t h e ir need* wei so m a n y an d He was so able t o m e et then B, 4. “ Ami Je s u s w ent up into a m o m ta in , anil t h e r e H e sat wil ith His disciple r to God. m a is slain viirapnel Dealt Death and Ruin to the ' W p / Enemy's Forces. a ln , an d t h e r e H e s a t w and th e P a s s o v e r, a feast of th e Jew s , was n ig h .\ Tho P a s s o v e r w as ft fenst of th e L o rd, b u t it had becom e ft m e re feast th e Jew s , an y t h in g hut an hon o r To Him all w a s very real: t h e an in by H is own b a n d to provide ecats of skim for Adam an d E v e (G e n . til., 21); tk e lam b s by whoso blood th e firstborn w ere saved in E g y p t; t h e s a c rifice H e was soon to offer of j H im s e lf—all w e re to Him very, v e ry real, but to them a religious cerem o n y , a w e a ry 6. “ W hen Je s u s th e n lifted u p H is eyes and eaw a g r e a t com p a n y com e un to Him He s a id u n to P h ilip, W lmncd shall we buy bread, t h a t t h e s e m a y eat?\ lie w as full of com p a s s ion for th e m u ltitu d e s , who w ere as s h e e p w ithout a shepherd. As to th e ir s p iritu a l condition, th e i r teach e r s , th e scribes an d P h a risees, w o u ld n e ith e r e n te r th e k ingdom them s e lves nor suffer o th e r s t o en ter. W h a tever religious rites th e y p e rfo rm e d t h e object w as to be seen of m en ( M a th , xxlll., 5. 13). 6. \A n d t h is H e said to prove him , for He H im self knew w h a t He w o u ld d o .\ M an’s t h o u g h t s and w a y s are very earth ly . T h e L o rd needs none of them . H is an* as far above ou r s as heaven is h ig h e r th a n th e e a r t h (Isa . lv.. D). He inten d s to fill th is ea r th w ith H is glory, and Ho know s Just bow H e w ill do it. It w as all plain to Him from th o beginning. H e will c o m p lete H is body, t h e ch u r c h , He will make- Israel I r ig h te o u s . H e will s u b d u e i H imm self,elf, ann dd Ho willill letet us C a loocan W a s th e StvongeFt R e b e l P o s i tio n In th e I r I mik I o f Luzon and A g u ln- nl<lo H a d tim b e r e d th e F lo w e r of H ie A rm y T h e r e —T h e F la r e W an S h e lled F r o m Two of D e w e y 's Ship* an d F rom I.a n d —T h e n th e T roops A d v a n c e d W ith a R u s h an d th e R e b e ls T o o k to F l i g h t —O u r Loese* W e re S light, B u t th e Fneniy Suffered H e a v ily. M an ila . P h ilippine Islands (By C a b le).— k n o ttier victory has been gained by tho km e r ican troops, a n d th e tow n of C a loocan, vhloh w a s undoubtedly th e s tr o n g e s t rebe. position in tho island of Luzon, is ours The place was not won w ithout a stru g g le, ig u i u n l d o has been doing e v e r y th in g in lis pow e r to draw su p p o r ters to his h a u le r In o r d e r t h a t he m ight atte m p t to re- riev e th o d isaster th a t befell his forces vhen th e y attack e d th e A m e ricans and to W ashixotok , D . C. (S p e c ia l ) . —S e c retary L o n g ’s answ e r to th e reso lu tio n of th e Sen ate of J a n u a r y 23, ask in g for t h e facta and records on w h ich th e ad v a n c e m e n t of Ad* m intis Sam p son an d Schley an d o t h e r offi cers w ere m a d e for th e i r services in the war w ith Spain is a very In t e r e s tin g com m u n ication. It c o n tain s few com m e n ts. T h e S e c retary 's le t t e r is m a d e u p alm o st entirely of a sta t e m e n t based on th e nftl- vlal records of th e cam p a ign in th e West Indies, show ing th e m o v e m e n ts of th e j vessels un d e r th e com m a n d of Sam p son , nnd^ Schley, w ith p a r tic u l a r reference to S c h 'e y ’a * w ithdraw a l from Santiago. I a f ter th e Spanish fleet had entered th e h a rbor. It is show n th a t d e spite Schley,« statem e n t th a t he was obliged to go to Key W est for coal, lie had enough coal left to m a in tain th e S a n tiago blockade u n til su p p lies arriv e d . A ttention ailed t o t h e ‘ Engineer Tom Darby, of tbe Port I trrfti id MonMcello Railroad, |ias. perhape.htoS . orei livelyively racesaces withith wildild deereer I be* hM y l r w w d I h a s bM of his brethren. A few days ago ^ »d thehe mostost excitingi race in nil hie i eurred t m o perience. While perienee. While th e tflain was le the.1 _ vtetnltv of Roae’s Point a tine buck ateppe4 . ■ unon the track from the wild e r n e * whtoli - ' lines the road on e ither side and watebe4 train ns it approached. It stampei He -f and wiggle^ Its tall until the trait wet j j tin fifty fefet df It. and then skipped - j y down the trark. Darby put o t til m andnd thehe deerto increasedncreased liets pace. PPt th a t up given th e r e w a s n o th in g to p r e v e n t th e cape of tho Spanish fleet. It is p o inted i also t h a t no signals w e re s e n t hv Schlev O tis, and at half past I n flag was floating I a p p e a ran c e w as greet I c h e e ring by th e troops. SIGNAL MEN IN DEMAND. j A New t ’orps to Be O rganized F rom V o lunteers t„ th e F liillp p lu e s . ! W ashington , D. C. (S p e c ial).—O w ing to I th e pressing need for ad d itio n a l signal corps men iu th e P h ilippines an d th e J ” A cuity of g e ttin g rein fo r c e m e n ts th e r e fi th e U n ited S tates, it has been dir- A cuity of g e ttin g re in fo r c e m e n ts th e r e fro m t h e U n ite d S tate s , it h a s bee n decided by th e W ar D e p a r tm e n t to s t r e n g th e n t h e corps now in th e islands by th o a d d itiom n of one com p a n y of six ty m e n . re c r u ite d from volunteers tu_ th e forces nowow statatio t i cn VThe1U officered by th e 1 officersfficers thh aa tt thoh of on e fro m th e ------------ _ — . ------ n s e d th e re. The c o m p a n y will bo recru ited from th e best m en ob tain a b le in t h e rer- m issione d o t t e com p a n y raauders are w illing to spare. The com p a n y will be divided in to b a tch e s of tw e n ty m e n , w h o w ill be d i s tr ib u te d am o n g tb e com p a n ies a lr e a d y o r g a n ized th e re, m a k ing a leaven of forty old m en to H i s a 1 w ith H im in H is 1ingdom w l u be p a r tn e r s , h H im in H is k an d In all th in g s ten d in g to it, b u t He needs no sugg e s tio n s from us as to bow it s h a ll be done. 7. “ P h ilip answ e r e d Him, Two h u n d red p e n n y w o rth of bread is not s u fficient for j them th a t every one of them .m a y ta k e a I little .\ T h e refo re th e m a tte r of feeding j th e m w as w h o lly out of th e question, th e j m o n ey necessary w as not to be had, an d if | th e y h a d th o m o n ey w h e re w as th e b r e a d { to be found? 8o to P h ilip 's m ind th e idea w as s im p ly prep o s tero u s . lie did not know bis L o rd, nor did be know Him even Up to th e n ig h t b e fore He was cruel lied ( J o h n j 8, 9. “ O n e of H is disciples, A n d rew , S i m o n P e t e r ’s b r o th e r , salth un to H iuif T h e re is a lad here w h ich hath five barley loaves an d tw o sm a ll Ashes, but w h a t a r e they am o n g so m a n y ? \ We loojc a round and And t h a t we havo ju s t so m u c h , j u s t tin) veriest t r lile of w h a t is necessary for the w o rk, so l i tt le t h a t it is not W orth c o n s id ering, an d so we, like A n d rew , feel th a t it iH folly to th i n k of it. T h e s e thing* nre w r itten for o u r In s tr u c tio n . May wo learn from th e m an d fro m .o t h e r S c rip tu r e s to have f a ith i n G o d , to dwell w ith th e King for H is w o rk (I Chron. iv., 23). su r e th a t w h a t th e K ing purposes He is able to carry ou t. All p o w e r in Soaven and on e a r t h is 10. “ A n d Je s u s said, M ake th e m e n sit dow n . Now, t h e r e was m u c h grass in tho place. So th e m e n sa t dow n , in n u m b e r ab o u t 5000 :gestious, encourag- ro now ended. T h e ta k e s th e m a ttei w o rk. Hi' is th just w h a t in hand ad begins to l finisher of H e is th o a u th o r an d every good w o rk. He is th e only ('re n t e r , th e only R e d e e m e r, th e r e is none b u t H«\ an d none lik e Him. Ho s a y s , I will work, an d w ho shall let it o r tu r n it back? (Isa. xllll., 13). All th e disciples have now to do is sim p ly to w a tch Him an d obey His orders. He fed m illions for forty years, lie gave th e m flesh to tho full w ith o u t kill ing a sin g le ox o r sheep, 11. \A n d Je s u s took th e loaves, and had given th a n k s H e d istrib u ted w h e n He ha d give n t h a t to th e disciples, an d t h e th a t w ere set do disci pi d 11kew hes, as m u c h as they g h t have rain e d bread from heaver ise cf the :>uld.\ He m ig h t hav e He did in th e w ilderness, b u t He took w h a t w as a t hand, an l looking to Hi.* F a th e r t h a t H e might, w o rk He m u ltiplied t H o might, w o rk H e m u ltiplie d it, ns H e d id th e oil and m eal fo r the p r o p h e t an d th o s e w ith whom Ho lodged, and th e oil for th e widow th a t h e r debt m ight be p a id (I K ings xi., 14; II King.? iv_ 12. \W h e n tLey w ere tilled. H e sa id u n to H is discip les, G a th e r up th o frag m e n ts th a t rem a in th a t no th in g be lo s t.\ W hile H o provides a b u n d a n tly He Will have n o t h ing w a s ted. F illed and overflow ing but all to H is glo r y , and th a t m a n y m a y be benefited. An ab u n d a n c e of w ine a t the feast In C a n a an d m u c h over, an a b u n dan c e to eat on th is occasion and m u c h to sp a r e , b u t n o th in g w a sted, n o th in g lost. W h a tever H e gives us is th a t Ho m ay be glorified. H o w sad w h e n H e has to say \ t h e God in w h o s e band th y b r e a th is and w h o se a r e all th y w ays hast tho u not g lorified\ (D a n . \\, 23). When He p e r ceives in us a r e a l desire to g lorify Him, we shall be a b u n d a n tly tilled. 13. \T h e r e f o r e th e y g a th e r e d th e m to g e th e r a n d Ailed tw e lve baskets w ith the frag m e n ts of th o live barley loaves w h ic h rem a ined o v e r and above u n to th e m th a t had eate n .\ People filled and baskets tilled, and H e did it nil w ithout an y help from m a n . How w o n d e rfully He used the lad an d his loaves. Years a g o I prayed that I m ight bo like ont? of those loaves, fully in H is hands, t o he blessed and broken, and as I go from city to city, from day to dav an d from w eek to week. 1 thin k how w o n derfully H e h a s a n s w e red my prayer. 14. \T h e n th o s e men, when th e y had seen tho m iracle t h a t Jesu s did. said. T h is is of a t r u t h t h a t p r o p h e t t h a t should com e in t\ th e w o rld .\ So they w o u ld ta k e Him by force an d m a k e HIm a king, but He. having sent H is discip les aw a y hy boat, dep a rted alone to a m o u n tain . The w ind blew, the sea rose, and* He did not com e u n til the m o rning w a tch. T h e n He c a m e w a lking oi th e sea. an d a s soon as they received Hht. Into th e sh ip sh e was at tlie laud. The people still so u g h t Him , but only because Ho bad fed th e m . —Lesson H e lper. STATISTICS OF OUR RAILWAYS. From su m m a r ies which ap p e a r in th e te n th s t a tistic a l rep o r t of th e In t e r - S ta t e C o m m erce C o m m ission, p rep a red by its sta tistle a n , it is show n th a t on Ju n e 30, 1897. th e t o t a l railw a y m ileage In th e U n ited S tates w as 184,428 m iles, and th e num b e r of railw a y co r p o r a tio n s was 1987. The num b e r of m e n em p loyed hy tb e railw a y s in th e U n ited S ta te s at th a t tim e was 823,- 47G, a n d th e am o u n t of railw a y cap ital o u t stan d in g w as i 10,635,008,074. w h M i a ssigned utt a m ileage basis show s a c a p ital of $53,029 per m ile of line, T h e p relim in a r y report a th e incom e account of railwailw a y s iu th e U n ited State* for t h e yefti by th e sla t I senta concisely th e of th e ratiw u r a y s en d in g Ju n e 30, 1898, p r e p a n th e com m ission, pr co m mis resu lts of th e o p e r a tions of th e railw a y s for th e last fiscal ance repo o rt t includes th e fond of fish, and when the shad was , brought into the dining loom his nos- was of corn cakes, honey e n d tea, with tr,l, „,|ated as the savors odor struck possibly an egg, and after that he ate them, and he asked til dinner. He kept, hoxv- i year. T h is advanc e re p r 1 r e tu r n s of 720 lines, represen tin g an - | ate.! m ileage on J u n e 80, 1 vi*., of i s l ,333.(12 I m iles, o r of ninety-seven p«r -'eut. of th e I op e rated m ileage in tlie l nit*'! S tates. T h e to t a l gro s s e truing* of Cie m lleag-1 ; rep resen ted w e re >•1.238,52.1..KQ fur th \ ye.ir ! ending J u n e 30. 189*'. T h e d istrib u tio n of j th e s e ea r n in g s .sir -w>that r : <2.■* ».:.7-J we re ted t\ r in.. 65,111. T h e o p e ratin a tin g ex p e a s — V c .e ail ways ays d u r in g t h e year wer»* *811,241 45s. A P H I L I P P I N E VILLAGE. 'T y p e of those su rro u n d in g M a n ila w h ic h have boon c a p tu r e d by A m e rican sold iers.) recover tho prestige th a t he has lost :h r o u g h defeat. The rebels bad reg a in e d some of th e ir courage and for th r o e h o u rs hey held t h e ir position. T h e n th e y could uo lo n g e r , s tan d th e A m e rican lire and abandoned th e i r fortifications. C a loocan, w h ic h is about tw e lve m iles no r th of M a n ila, is so s itu a te d th a t it is w ithin easy range of th e guns of w a rships. There is no high g round, th e tow n being te p a r a t e d from th e Bay of M anila by u w ide d r e t c h of m a rsh. Tho plan for the halfalf pastast thhe er re ef fo or re Th o p la n f o r th e a tta c k on th e place pro- hied th a t the w a rships should open th e all. At h p 2 o’clock on F r id a y ....jvnoon, t , th e m o n itor M o u ... nock an d th e gunboat C o n c o rd, w h ich had been o r d e red up th e bay by A d m iral D ewey, opened Are on tho tow n . T h e ir ■•hells w e n t tru e an d m u c h dam a g e was done, in addition to m a k ing th e rebels very uncom fortable. At tho sam e tim e th a t th e w a rships be- zan shelling, tho S ixth A rtillery an d th e U tah B a ttery opened Are on th o rebel in- rnn e h m e n ts on the landw a rd sides of th e tow n . T h e artille r y am i th e • w a rsh ip s pounded aw a y u n til 4 o ’c lock, w h e n orders w ere given for G e n e ral H a r riso n G. O tis’s brig a d e , except th e P e n n s y l vania R e g im e n t w h ic h w as hold as a reserve, to move on th e enem y ’s w o rks. T h e m en had been im p a tien tly w a iting for th e order, an d as th e w o rd w as passed dow n tb e line they responded w ith cheers. T h e m o v e m e n t was m a d e iu th e follow ing or- ler from left to right: T w e n tieth K a n s a s in t a n try . F irst M o n tana I n f a n t r y and T h ird A rtillery, th e T w e n tieth K a n s a s and th e First M o n tana being s u p p o r te d by tho F ir s t Idaho In f a n try and th e Third A rtillery by the F o u r t h Cavalry, T h e Fillpl throw n T ho Filip in o s w ere aw a itin g th e ad v a n c e th e tro o p s , an d as t h e A m e ricans began m o v e forw a rd th e rebels s t a r t e d a r a t tlin g Are, w h ich m a d e considerable noise but did no groat dam a g e . T b e A m e ricans d e c lined to answ e r, but pressed steu d ly forw a r d . T h e y m a rched th r o u g h th e w o o d s an d ban a n a groves from tho left, but on. th e rig h t th e ro u t e w a s m a inly th r o u g h paddy Acids, w h ic h afforded no p ro tectio n from t h e rebel Are. • Not a single stop w as m a d e u n til th e y reached th e intrenohm e n ts from w h ich m o st of th e natives h a s tily scram b led as rho A m e ricans drew near. T h e rebels tried to m a k e t h e ir way to th e sh e lt e r afforded by th e tow n , but scores of them failed to reach t h e i r goal, being stopped by A m e ri can bullets. a t tills tim e tho Filipinos w ere ..........in t o w o rse confusion by th e dis- vory th a t they had been flanked. • A m p a n y o f First M o n tana In f a n t r y , u n d e r m m a n d of M ajor J. F r a n k lin Bell, C hief of th e B u r e a u of M ilitary In fo r m a tio n , w h o se s e rvices here have been Invaluable, bad vo lu n teered to execute th e flank m o v e m ent . an d m o v ing off to tb e east had, w ithout being detected, a r r i v e d on th e enem y ’s flank back in th e tow n . T h e n a tives saw they wore trap p e d , and s c a t t e r ing. lied like s h e ep, m a n y of them d r o p ping th e ir w e apons in t h e ir an x iety to os- Tho A m e ricans had jum p e d tho tren c h e s , and, yelling and cheering, w e re in full u r s n i t. It was s im p ly a ro u t, and proved th a t, even w ith th e aid of artificial d e fences, th e Filipinos are uo m a tch for th e A m e ricans who a re fighting them . As t h t T w e n tieth K a n sas and F ir s t M o n tan a regim e n ts en tered th e tow n from tho South, som e of tho fleeing nativ e s sot Are t\ th e hu ts, whose roofs are m a d e of nlpa grass, th in k in g to sta r t a blaze w h ich w o u ld destro y th e place. In th is th e y w ere disap p o in ted , how e v e r, as th e A m e ricans e x t in g u ish e d th e fires. T h e losses of th e A m e ricans w ere alight, but th«* enem y suffered heavily both iu killed an d w o u n d e d . Most of th e casual- . th e F ilipinos w ere caused by sh r QUESADA’S TALK WITH GOMEZ. B o th T h in k T h a t O u r $3,000,000 U I i m i f - tivivnt For C u b a n T roops. H avana , C u b a (By C a b le).—S e n o r G o n zalez do Q u e s a d a , iu nu Interview a few days ago, said t h a t G e n e ral Gomez an d he co n s ider th e *3,000,000 th e U n ited S ta te s G o v e rnm e n t effetw to pay to th e C u b a n tro o p s Insufficient t o cover th e w h o le case, b u t a good w o rkiug basis to begin w ith. A m o v e m e n t has been s t a r t e d w h ich will resu lt iu th e ap p o intm e n t of a co m m ittee to rep o rt to th e C u b a n A ssem b ly th e best, m e thod of raisin g a loan of from 17,000.000 to $9,000.000 on tho g u a r a n t e e of th e cu s tom s , and of o b taining tho co -o p e r a tio n of th e Am erican a u th o r ities. TRANCE VICTIM BURIED ALIVE. S h o c k in g D iscovery W h e n M r. K lgley’• Body W a s E x h u m e d F o r a n A u topsy. N orth T onawanda , N. Y. (S p e c ial).—Tho body of Jam e s Rigley w as exhum e d a few days a g o from th e village cem e tery of P e n dleto n , for th e purpose of m a k lug an nu- wlth Cervera’s ships, except th a t the ene my’s fleet was escaping, \Cease firing.1' congratulation* to the other shins nnd \Oregon well done.\ No commanding of ficer was directed by Schley in the fight. Sampson's previous directions being car ried out. I Secretary Long, savs also that his \ re prehensible oonduct,\ his “ unsteadiness in purpose end in push and his failure to obey orders\ did not not meet the approval of the President and the departm ent. ANARCHY EXISTS IN SAMOA. G e r m a n y D o e s N o t U p h o l d H e r r R o i o 'a P r o t e s t A g a i n s t J u s t i c e C h a m b e r s . A u c k l a n d , New Zealand (By Cable).— Herr Rose, the German Consul at Apia. Samoa, received instructions from Berlin a few days ago to notify Chief Justice Cham bers tliat the Gorman Government did not support his (H err Rose’s) protest against Mr. Chambers’s action. Herr Rose carried out bis instructions, and tbe British and Americans are much pleased. Pending the decision of Great Britain, the United States and Germany on tho questions that have arisen. M ataafa’s government is in nominal control of affairs in Apia, but anarchy prevails. There is great anxletv among the inhabitants. The supporters of Mataafa try frequently and successfully to terrorize native British subjects and the native servants of the English. The officers and crew of the British war ship Porpoise were boycotted for a time bv the Mataafans, and it is alleged that this was done a t tbe instigation of Dr. Raffel. The sentries of M ataafa prevented the na tives from going off to the warship In their canoes with supplies. Mr. Maxse. the Brit ish Consul, demanded an apology from the Mataafan chiefs because of this and his demand was complied with. Malietoa Tanu and Tamasseo are still aboard the Porpoise, which lately made a cruise among the islands. Quiet pre vailed everywhere on the islands. The in habitants of Tutulla are all in favor of Malietoa as King, but in Savail opinion is divided between Malietoa and Mataafa, and eaet} is strongly supported. OUR PHILIPPINE POLICY: T h e S e n a t e D e c l a r e s T h a t P e r m a n e n t A n n e x a t i o n ! b N o t C o n t e m p l a t e d . W a h h in o t o n , D. C. (Special).—The u nani mous consent agreement reached by the Senate Saturday to vote Tuesday afternoon on the resolution of Mr. McEnery (Pom., La.), declaring a policy of this Govern ment in tho Philippines was not vacated. In accord with that agreem ent, the vote was taken on tho resolution at 2.30 on Tues day and it was adopted, 26 to 22. The resolution is as follows: \That by the ratification of th e treaty of peace with Spain it is not Intended to in corporate the Inhabitants of tbe Philippine Islands into citizenship of tho United States, nor is it intended to permanently annex said Islands as an integral part of the territory of the United States, but it is tbe Intention of the United States to establish on said islands a Government suitable to the wants and conditions of the inhabitants of said islands, to prepare them for local self-government, and indue time to make such disposition of said isl ands as will best promote tho interests of the citizens of the United States nnd the inhabitants of said islands.\ The voting was preceded by a debate of ♦ hree and a half hours. MAY BE ANDREE’S BODY. Ill* R e m a i n s a n d B a l l o o n C o r d a g e R e p o r t e d D i s c o v e r e d In N o r t h S i b e r i a . K rasnoyarsk , Siberia (By Cable).—A gold-mine owner here named Monastyrs- chln bus received a letter saying that a tribe of Tunguses, inhabltatlng tbe Timur Peninsula, North Siberia, recently in form e d the Russian Police Chief of the dis trict that on January 7 last, between Kemo and P it, iu the Province of Yeniseisk, they found a cabin constructed of cloth and cordage apparently belonging to a balloon. (.’lose by were tho bodies of three men, tho head of one being badly crushed. A round them were a num b er of Instru m e n ts, the uses of which were not under stood by the 'funguses. The Police Chief has started for the spot to investigate, as it Is believed that the bodies are those of the aeronaut Herr An dree and his companions. Tho balloon Eagle, with Professor Au- Jrwe and two companions, Stlndeherg and kel, in tho car, left D ane's Island The diggers f o u n d t h a t th e glass co v e r ing of tho coflln had been broken, an d th e dead m a n ’s featu r e s w ere horribly d i s to r te d and s p r inkled w ith h lo o i. T h is and tiie positions of th e hands a n d feet show e d th a t Rigley had been burle i a live. Several ■ p h y s icians who saw th e corpse d e c lared th a t w h at had been s u p p o s e d to be d e a t h ; was only u trance. No one w o u ld m a k e ; an y estim a te as to how long afte r his In- \ to r m e n t the victim of th e g h a s tly m ist h a d revived and attem p ted t » break fr tk e tom b . F rakel, in tho car, left D a n e’s Islan d ot the Hpltzbergon group, on July 11, 1397, in an attem p t to cross the north polar point. No definite news of the aeronauts has been ived beyond the message attached to rrier pigeon found by the whaling ship a carrier pigeon found Falken, which arrived September 2. The message read: \Ju l y 13, 12.30 p. ro. Latitude 82.02 north longitude 12.05 east. Good voyage east ward. All well.\ PLAYED DOCTOR; KILLED THE TWINS- Rigley succum b e d afte r a sho rt a t t a c k of th e grip. h r . M o n terey, his fam ily p h y sician, had no doubt of his d e a th , and he w as s bu ’ • la v on v 'Tact,SM'l-Uat thai policiesolicies | w a h u rle d tb e S a tu r d a y p r e c e d ing th e ! d a y on w h ic h th e body w as exhum e d . T h e i rfd be hold several life in s u r a n c e | I p led to th e d isin term e n t. In o r d e r | autopsy m ight show th e ex a c t \ tics to t h e F ilipino s w ere cause d by s h r a p nel. t h e cream ing and effectiveness of w h ich caused terro r am o n g th e natives. A fter th e A m ericans w ere in possession D entils F rom tho IMiigu* iu B o m b a y . T h e re were 1600 death s from th e plague u Bom b ay. I n d ia, d u r in g th e p a s t week. B u rnttng of a R e s e rvoir. T h e r e s e rv o ir at the Big D ipper mine, in th e Iow a Hill m ining d istrict, near A u b u rn. Cal., hurst a few days ago and tho w a ter carried aw a y th e e n tire m ill, b lacksm ith strop an d drying-house. F w h ite m a n . Joseph I. The loss of tho luese and iH is above earn in g s from o p e r .itI >.: a 765.111. T h e o p e r g ra ilw d u r i n g t h e ye a r T b e net e a r n in g s for th possibly no more unti friends with him. As the years went on W ashington's lands increased in value, and when he died he was one of tne richest men of his time. He owned lands and stock and slaves, and his estates amounted to thousands of acres. He had houses in Alexandria and property tu i The .)i ; He bad valuable lands ^ e ternlr. if*\ supported Fairfax, and when he met ( and au advertisem ent in a Baltimore ! And so tue i 1 fish wa« taken fron Psyne here he mede e lem e rk the! peper of 1773 states that he had 20,- the room, to be devoured h r the set PaynePsyne consideredon an insult, and Payne I 000 acres of land for sale on the Ohm vsn;6 Washington, near the present site of Pittsburg. How es throughout his life a money maker, and I was told at Alexandria that when he was a day ami upward f o r tjjp put his surplus money i and au advertisem en t in a “ W h a t fish is th a t'•,,, \A s h a d , ’* * rep lied th e s t e w a r d , e x c i t e d l y ; \ a v e r y fin e sh a d . 1 k n e w y o u r e x c e l l e n c y w a s e x t r a v a g a n t l y lo u d o f th i s fish , a n d w a s so fo r t u n a t e as to p r o c u r e th i s o n e in th e m a r k e t . It w a s th e o n l y o n e , s i r . a n d th e first of th e s e a s o n . ” “ Hut tbe price, man? The price? ice? ’ demanded W ashington, je law iu 1893 lug num b e r of casualties, few e r em p loyes killed, and 4062 few e r in- ; jurt*<i d u r in g t be year ending Ju n e 30. 18*<7. ttian d u r in g period 1,1 l\*''*. 1’be^e results have been largely due autom a tl'* : ••r- Mid t :ier - a -I v aj p l i a *« Im o e rattve f v t h e a t kille d . Tb e . Joss of tb v min *20,000. Thu Big D ipper is one of th e rico e s t gravel m ines in (. a lifornia. U t-rm a ii'# I n s tig a ted M etaw fa’s A ttack. M ail advices received at San F rancisco. Cal., from Sam or confirm previous rep o r ts th a t M a taafa > attack wu* in s tig a ted aifd .i-M -t'' 1 by G erm ans. rro i i i in e n t I'eoplc. W illiam A (Hark, t h e new S e n a to r fr mi M • n tana. was \ n e e a clock m a k e r. Jo h n If. R o c k e feller m a d e *\>.000 o n e day recently by the advance .,f S tan d a r d Oil be-m rlties. S e n a to r Kyle, it S o u th Dak-ota. tb u s ia s t \U B\bby B u rn-, celeb r a tio n s held in honor ot the e Scotch * B u s k in * sixty-four book* bring him sn *20.000 a year Sw inburne, who very little, m akes *5000 a Mrs. B enjamin in H a rrison will accom p a n y x-P resident g A Me**Mge F rom th e Prew tdent. j T h e President sent a m e s s a g e to Con- gross, W a s h ington, a few days ago, culling atte n tio n to the urg e n t necessity for th e constru c tio n \f a cable across th e Pacific O cean. It did not m a k e uiu m cudntlun • •aide shall be secured, th lie m a in po 1 ing th a t it is im p e ratively necessary t h a t a I c a b le should be laid now. ke any specific reo- >} m o de by w h ich the , t e m a in p o int be- Throe-year-old Jam es Edward, son of Mrs. Mary Hughe*, colored, of Beading, Penn., has taken a deep interest In his tw in brothers because they were sick. When the mother was away from the house for a few minutes Jim climbed to the cup board and took down two vials. One con tained laudanum, the other arsenic. He took a little of each, mixed them in bis toy tin box, and gave the twin boys some. When Mrs. Hughe* came In she saw that the mouths of the twins were soiled and sm elled the laudanum. She called a doctor, but it was too late. The children died soon after. Jimmie sny* he thought tbe tnedl- niue “ would be dood for do little tlds.\ A. C . M c C lu r g A C o . B u r n e d O u t. The bouse of A. C. McClurg A Co., tbi book publishers, of Chloaga, III., was de stroyed by fire. The loss 1* *640,000. The stock included many priceless lit tded m a n y priceless literary res. On th e ground floor was the aud S inners' Corner,\ holding a gathered from tbe old books stalls of >ooks stal l a t *80.0 P r e s id e n t att F r iday afteri k is an id attend* n o r of tb i T!7 “ T hree — three — three dollars,’' stammered tbe steward. “ Take it away' Take it A lltg M * e l M s s l l F o r B o s t o n . B e thlehem lio n C o m ; .my. at S o u th . P e n n ., has com p leted th e larg- tafi ever m a d e . It Is for ttie te t f r ^ a d and will be driven hy t-000 li'irse-pow u r engine. Tbe com p a n y rk on eleven o th e r sim ilar t< .M ■ - n e levated \ rL-ad an 1 rs . B enjam her h u s b a n d when th e ex- abroad th is spring in th e i, V e n e z u e lan ('om m i| year by hi# t K >' u r c rests N ichola- Heuu, w h o was i« an arm y su r g e .u d u r in g t , holds th e ••hair of p n e t b i-* U n iversity of C h icago. u .-kiri.au iu l afc-1 it away laKO it a way ’ boy he got 5 > a said Washington. “ It shall never he ms surveying, j *aid that my table sets such an ex into lands, ample >f luxury and extravagance' Baltimore Au• i so tu e fish was taken from for th** M c tropt any. . f New York City. The shaft is twenty even f v t ten Inches li»bg. largest dfim* *r. thirty-seven inches; dia birtv-four leehe* ction Com- t C a l i f o r n i a H e r m i t Dea<J. su r g e r y a t tn e U n iversity of S e n a to r Mark H a n n a w e a rs a s a w a tch .•barm a gold nugget w h ich is w o rth sev eral h u n d r e d dollars. It i* one pf th e larg e s t o v e r t a k e n from t h e K lon lik * re- T h e Xlabama L e g islature ha* passed a resod lu ti on re ec 1 > mnnuding_tb* appointm e n t f G e n e ral A n e e ier to be M s jo r - u e u e r a i in P resid e n t Signs 1‘e a r r T r e a ty . T h e tre a t y of peace was signed by th e a W a shington at 2.35 o'clock e rn o o n . \ F a m ily of N,s Frozen to D e a th . Jo h n Ftcbsler and his fam ily, eonsietlng j of a wife and four hildreu, were found , dead in th e ir home, seven mile* east of W akefield, Mich., a few days ago, by ! neighbors who had callled on them to In- v e - ligate, the Fi-'hlers not having been -fe n about for several day*. T h e fam ily j froze to death . ’ F ichsler w a s a m iner, but | had but been em p loyed for n e a r ly a an d th e fam ily bad been j n fw o r cij stance* lor m any m o n ths. I'oieoii* III* T w in B rother*. Jam e s Hughe* a young son of Mr*. M ary G. Hughe*, f R e a d ing, P e n n ., gave his tw in baby b rothers poison n few dayr «g - in m istake fur m e d icine and bo th died. U*h T r i b u t e to Y a n k e e S a l lo r e . T h e C o m m ittee of Lloyds, in London ha. I b e stuw e d s liver m edal* upon C a p tain Wa: k in s .4 ,Jhn B radshaw . H r-’ officer and J;, j H. Webb, fourth officer of tuu Am. 1 line steam e r Parle, aud has a w a r d e d t t m e d a ls t o th e eight sailor* of tb e P a r is . lot year, | ’cum- 1 *'• Will Not Give Up Gibraltar. The report that It la proposed by the British Government to exchange Gibraltar ' hnain » possessions in North Africa I* losltlvely denied in London. Engine Carrying Ten Wen Jumps tbe Track A locomotive on tbe South Carolina and Georgia Railroad was wrecked ten miles from Charleston, 8. C., a few days ago and two men were killed. Bevwn others were injured. While the engine was running twenty miles au hour the rails spread and engine wa» ditched. The dead are M. Jack sou, lineman, Atlanta, Ga., and ed Forbes, lineman, Ypsllantl, Mich. M ies G o u l d T h a n k e d . hecretary of War Alger called upon Mis* Helen Gould in New York City, aud thanked her for her service* to tbe soldier* during e knocked him down. The story went I Hirer. H u will, which is now kept like lightning through the town that | a bout twenty miles from W ashington Colossi Washington was The phonograph was invented by k illed, and j in the rafe of the old courthouse at * Edison m 1877. I* nerved rito r y Yoluc- nnd l»hd a . his r a n c h n-»ur Salinas, < th e F irst W a s h ington T r* t h r o u g h o u t th e Civil Wai •tension of *17 a m« n th . H* wu* eig h ty years old an d lived th e life of a herm it w ith th i r t y c a ts an 1 six dog-, who shored e d a te at his tao le w ith him . u tio n r o m m t th e re g u l a r arm y sh a ll occu r r C a rnegie has offered to don: a lib r a r y b u i l d i n g a t 8 t -avtrig th e crew, m en. uf th e Brit: 1 o n D e c e m b e r27 1, a warded bronz ? consisting of t wenty-r w . V in d o b a in i m id-A tlantic. fioe.ooo !«>r a library building at iiygc. liellefonte. Penn., provided t ite will appropriate glO.OUO annually i • maintenance of the library. G e r m a n A r m v J n r r e a a * . The B u d g e t Com m ittee of th e R e ichstag, B e rlih, G e rm a n y , agreed to in c r e a s e tu e stre n g t h of th e G erm an a r tillery by sixty. i nine n w itz»r b a tteries, a n d als-aty iuci I th e stre n g th uf tn e lo o t- a rtillery ; e a t h is ta o ie w ith F a t h e r a n d 81s C h i l d r e n M u r n e j ^ o D e a t h . hilus Jon e s and hi* six ch ild r e n were burned to d e a th In t h e i r hom e on t h e R ich ardson and May p la n t a tio n a t C o rner Htoue, Ark., a few night* ago. T h e uouse aud It* co n tents Were d e s tro y e d an d none of it* inm ate* escaped. Jo u e a ' Wife was aw a y from hom e fo r th e n i g h t and es- Tent* Blown Down In Lee's Camp. D u rin g u severe w indstorm a few night* ago 300 t e n t s in th e cam p of M a jor-G e n e ral Pttxhugh Lee, near H a v a n a . C u b a , were blown dow n . T o e eonseq je n c e wa* m a t 1100 eoidltp* w ere tem p o ral tiy d e p r iv e d of steam a t n r I I pace. Fttl. a good mile the race was continued, At one time. Darby avers, the train w*» *e close to the deer that had he been oe tbe cowcatcher ho could easily have touched it. The deer Increased Its speed, and thee attem p ted to jum p the wire feace, but III doing so caught Its forefeet In the wtree and turned a complete som ersault. It was stunned for a few seconds, and the* jumped into a lake close by the track aud swam for the opposite shore. Report of the Canal Contracts. The report on the condition of the canal contracts sent to the Senate in response to the communication asking for theeetimattl for finishing the present contracts was pre sented to the Senate a t Albany. It declares, that It will take *3.780,316 to pay for all the work contracted for a t present over the *9,000.000 appropriated. Not a word lesatd about how much it will take to complete the’entire canal Improvement. The flffurto show: Paid on account of contracts. *7.» 238,795.09; am ount retained. *684,161.58* available for eontracts awarded, 87,981,\ 957.66. Amounts paid other than to con tractors ns follows: For advertising, 888 ,« :*|L I F o r advertisin g , I inspection, *180.501.36; dleint *6,482.48; miscellaneous itei * V j tractoi tants, *6,482.48; miscellaneous Items, *824.44. engineering, *820,000; total, 81,* 099.831.99. Total of all payments made ot due. *9,032 489.65; deficit. *32.499.65. Esti mated amount required to finish all con tracts, *12,410,326.46. Total amount re quired to complete award contracts, 88,- 780,910.11, R e p a r t on Forest Freservation. The special committee of the last Legls* lature appointed to investigate the Forest Preserve has presented its report to tho Assembly at Albany. The roost Import n et recommendation is In accord with the Oov-v ernor's policy in reducing the number ol Slate’ commissions. The committee de clare* tbe Adirondack Survey useless, the purchase of the Adirondack Park having relieved It of all Its duties. The report., -ots forth th a t the State Engineer and Surveyor ha* done all the work for the 4 Forest Preserve Board in Its purchases of . ■% lands, and is able to perform all the detlen 1 of tho Adirondack Survey. The commit- J tee believes the state should buy every acre of land obtainable, both in the Adit- '*3 ondacks and in the Catskills, fpr the pres- ervatlon of the water supply o f New York 'to City, which the committee believes to 111 ^ danger of serious depletion within a few The State at th e Exposition. Senator G. A. Davis has Introduced la the Senate a t Albany the Pan-Amertoaa Ex position Appropriation bill authortalag Ihp Governor to appoint six General Manager* ..v^Tj of tho exposition, to provide a building for *'* State headquarters, and an exhibit of th t ;'M commercial, agricultural,' industrial, mill- * ■«! tary, naval, artistic aud other interests ol k the State. . ^ The Governor shall also appoint a Board of District Commissioners for each of the eight judicial districts ot the State to aid the General Managers to secure n full ex hibit. The Governor shall also appoint • chief executive officer of the Board ol Man agers at a salary cf *3500 a year, and • secretary a t a salary of 82000, the salnriet not to be paid for more than two years. Members of all boards a re to serve without compensation. The act makes an appco- tig prlatluu of *500,000. A J a il Romance* Jennie Horton occupies a cell to th* Wellsboro Jail etiarged with aiding two J j desperate characters to escape jail. Miss ' % Horton was employed In the Kitchen of the ^ jail and carried the food to the —* -------- jail an d carried th e food to tb e prisoners. In this manner she metet Harry Grover,rover, who was wanted in Elmf and was awaitling m Harry G i lira for horse stealing and was aw aiti a requisition. He pro* vailed upon the girl to aid in his tseupt, promising to watt on the outskirts of Ike *1 village and they would go to a minister ' \ft; and be married. She sm uggled a saw Into ^ his cell, and be, with a prisoner of the name of Blxby, escaped, after knocking down Turnkey Addison and robbing htei of his keys. Grover waited for the nlfi, as he had promised, which so delnyednl* that he was captured shortly a fter hia es cape. Tho girl confessed aud now ooon» pics a coll iu the jail. For Hotel Keepers’ Benefit. Senator Ellsberg Introduced In the Sen* -39 ate at Albany by request an amendment -tij to the Haines Excise law. It permits fine* >to dav selling to a limited extent and given hotel keepers privileges which ordinary saloons do not possess. The bill was In-. trod need In the Assembly by Mr Adtor. Best au rant licences arc fixed at 9160 t i >] cities of 1,500,000 population. The hoars for soiling liquor on Sunday are confined to between A o ’clock p. in. and 11 o'elosl look p. in. an d It p. ro,. and on o ther day*it Is prohibited he* t ween 1 aud 6 o ’clock in the morning. On any other day a person who orders h I iu a hotel p a y drink at any hour. A Deficiency of B tI S.OOO. Harry Bender, Huperlntendent of Pehlld Buildings, has pro* anted to tbs Commie* , siouers of Public Buildings and the PI m m s and Ways and Means Committee of tbe As sembly at Albany a statement that 8 ttl,* 000 will bo needed to complete the ysnv’fl work ending October 1, 1899. The appro priation made last year for BupertntesM l Easton was supposed to last until thfil time, and as there is only 98000 In the Utoto* ury, *213,000 is regarded as a deflcleney. Mr. Eauton says the deflcleney was SSPSOi by alterations to suit tbe enlarged Assem bly and Senate, and that the expenditures were approved by tbe commission. The State’s Crop Report. The following special report as to th* condition ot the wheat crop In this State has been sent to the Weather Buresu Si Washington: Weather moat favorable tol wheat until last of December; during Janu ary ground was bare part of the time, with frequent freezing and thawing, casMsg considerable damage in places and toms heaving; notwithstanding the tnauffleleut protection by snow, condition of wheat afl close of mouth was generally goo'd, many sections reporting It excellent, with a good stand and vigorous as to top and root. Koormoue Crop o f Ice. The largest ice crep ever harvested Is the Hudson River has bees placed Uhdm cover. Every bouse Is fully stocked, and besides many stacks aggregating sheet 150,000 tons uas been put un. The total tonnage Is estim ated at more than 4*909489. This toe has been stored at a minimum#oet of from tun to twelve cents a ton, owing to extremely favorable weather. Kx-Soldier K illed In a Sawmill. William Mace, tw enty-four years old* we * killed » few day. ego at Mettles while working In a sewmlll. A idea, of tteh w win thrown from one of tb . eewe, aM y t .truck him In t h . atoihecb. Meet wee ea t I of the 6 rat men to volunteer let Bdtife V i Henrlce In Cube when th . Twestjr-hlsth j he|ierat« tiooifmey w u formed. To U e u e t Mention MeheeU. The Aaeembly e t Albeoy e few deye ege hy e vlV. voce vote |>ueod th e Treleee r e .' elution r.(|Ueetlng * tleg the New York Kept* Bi h ll **» * city charter of Dunkirk has M i l ulntlun requ th e New York hepr .Hut.tlvee tu L'onerw* to oppose the rest- .5 lug of Brigham H. Hobart*, the Utah poly- f All Around the Steta. WV.^j Beth 1. to be heated and lighted by hat* The city c h a rte r of D intended »o that the Coi Little double are entertained la ' field that the partially coaetraetad then abaudoaed railway btfweea Bar- N ceioaa aud Mayrllle will he completed he- ,* fore nett eummer cloe«*. I While walking on tbe LakgHhee. Balt, way traeke between Irving and gilest Creak Paaqsale tiroglU, aa Itaitas, waa etru-k hy a train and laetantly killed. _B ■» widow end live ehlldrao are I A Philadelphia eompaay had large order with a Head lag tree ' the maaufaetar# at moaqatte k Phlh the < Tbe monthly stateeei the Mint. I m u M at total oolaage at the e l a t e af tie r.s.'M -sn.^ssess 0 2 *00: ela o r eotae M I .M . 1*6. W j
