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C m i n t n *1 K i r r o i - h c o t * i m h . i - ' j v i ; c i r x - i d . V O L . V . A F A M I L Y N K \V m * A l* F .R O F I.O< A l , A A l » O K N K R A L I N T R L L I O K M K. FREEPORT, N. Y,. FRIDAY. JANUARY 5. 1900. T I1E S : ei.SO TEABLT 1* A l T A M N O . 10 * « rB O F E M I O N A L . STATE NEWS. • Greater New York • D a n t e d F a r l o r s, 10R6ENECK(R t SKIDMORE. OOR. FULTON AND GOLD 8T8., B rooklyn, N . Y. M a C T M t k . C M f C r o w * .. Oef« rillinss O t h e r rilling. S i .O l up. S£.00 up. SI-00 up S .50 up FULTON AND GOU j STREETS, Opp. L omct *. BROOKLYN, N. V. W . J . S T E E L E , M. D .. PHrSICIAJi' and SURGXOX BALO W IN U , L. 1. Offle* hour.: { RC? L h i I-. M. Office. Harrison Avenue Booth Shore Telephoue (-all. linldwinb 1J. Even the mints ore making more money to-day than ever before. This is their specialty. Why so many Englishm en persist tn using the name, of “ E n g land\ for “ Great B ritain” ia one of the things which no ono can Hud out. BREA T H OF W IN T E R . Ftirpltse In S tate T r e a s u r y . Theannual rep o r ts of tb e tw o financial officers of tb e S tate, th e C o n tr o ller an d S t a te T r e a s u r e r , show th a t on O c tober 1, 1898, t h e r e w a s a balance In th e T r e a s u r y of tS,978,804.48. T h e to t a l re c e ip t i from oil so u rces d u r in g th e fiscal y e a r en d in g H e p tem b e r 80, 1899, w e re 125,837,136.92, m a k in g n t o ta l of iW e lp ts an d balan c e s of $29,810,941.37. T b e pay m e n ts fo r all p u r poses am o u n ted to $25,806,126.63. leaving a b a lan c e fu th e T r e a s u r y of 14.504,814.74. T h is a m o u n t Is d istrib u te d am o n g the c a n a l , school, gen e r a l, tru s t an d m iscel lan e o u s funds, th e g r e a t e r p a r t of It being In tb e g e n e r a l an d can a l funds. In the co r p o r a ti o n T a x b u r e a u of th e C o n tr o l le r ’s office d u r in g th e p a s t fiscal y e a r po\tlo” , eCdl<,|bV0o” iIilnlMt*o,n \tu.rajf I The smoke nnim n e e repreeents » ! the sum of $2,741,318.05, an Increase ! | oa8 0 f twenty o f thirty m i l l i o n dollars I x ty over th e p r e c e d ing y e a r of 6214,071. . . . , ,. i The amount of money received from the | p o r a n n u m in L o u d o n a l o u e , sa y s the ! ,tlon o f I r a n e f e r . of e s ta t e s am o u n ted | B u i l d e r , „ n ,l n u o u o c a u e s t i m a t o th e | f;> D o w n from t h e N o rth comes U llerl Dow n w ith t h e n o r th w ind, he, R u d d y and c le a r of color. S torm s on th e speeding skee, F locking t h e fowl before him. P lu n g e t h r o u g h his d rifts th e deer S tu r d y an d hale adore him : O n ly th e w e a k lings fear. H o a rfro s t and rim e his b r e a th in g . Ice-azu» J g li n ts his eyes; A jack rabbit sausage factory if to be started in Kansas in order to u til ize the heavy mid yearly increasing crop of thin festive c reature. S teel on th e lee fine ringing. R e n J fn g th e tasseled bouirh. W recking w ith shout am i s in g in g — H o d , yea, and Boy art thou! T h i n e Is th e snow -bent ra f t e il T h in e Is th e hooded byre! T h in e are t h e dan c e and lau g h ter! Thins I p the roaring nrr' How till your branches sp lin ter, F o rests! He rules again. W elcom e ttie B reath of W inter! M a k e r of stalw a r t m en. — A r th u r O u lterm a n , In th th e C riterio 1 THE NEWS THAT DIDN'T COME. Diverting ta x a tio n o f tr a n s f e r s of e s t a t e s a m o u n te d to ab o u t $2,191,612.24, an in c rease over th a t of th e previous y e a r of 6197,402. and h u m a n s u f f e r i u g it e n t a i l s b y s h u t t i n g ,M.To:1?c%.1;^ro„r*x\:p. r ^ v r^ au,. .,y ex isten c e of th e s t a t u t e c r e a ti n g th is r t h e pastpast fiscaliscal y e a r th e r e P r o d l c a m e n t of a C u b a S p a n i s h G a n i- pended of $5,062,69- f y e a r for ed u c a tio n a l purpo und for th e o ses t h e sum cu p p o r t of ^ G E O R G E A . M O T T , LAWYER, B$ C e e r t 8 l MB o r o u g li o f B rooklyn.N . Y. City B w ldem e e , L y n b ro e k , Q n eene Co., N. Y. Telephone, '*51 Lynbrook.” “ 3mGA B rooklyn.’* 194 28, mi h o s p itals, asylum s , refo r m a to r ies, houses of refuge, so ld iers’ am i sa il o r s ’ hom e s , etc., t h e sum of 66,590,620.33. T h e Lcgls- | la’u r e of 1899 fixed a tax ra t e of 2 49-100 | m ills, w h ich w as divided as follow s: F o r p r e s e n t v a lu a tio n of tax a b le p r o p e r ty of | Guam appears to have the S ta te of $5,076,396,824. th i s tax . a t th e , above r a te , will yield $12,640,228.09, w h ich rep r e s e n ts th e am o u n t w h ich will be levied ' oy d ire c t ta x a t io n ag a in s t tb e assessable p r o p e r ty of th e S tate th r o u g h th e vario u s I <ocal t a x i n g agencies. poisoning the air. Three bundled echool children ot > Guam have struck and refuse to at tend school unless they are supplied with American teachers and taught j population of j appears to have b een boru with ' a number of American characteristics, ] and will undoubtedly make good citi % $ N spite of the ' early in March ami here it was late in n y T . M D I E t T A I D E . tty, d s E. A. DORLON, .BOJfpED AUCTIONEER O d d F e llo w s ' Block, F e lt o n Street, near Church, JOHN P. WRIGHT, GENERAL AUCTIONEER, FREEPORT, L. I. IA 1 ^ BankorRockville Centre Villa** Avenue, ROCKVILLE CENTRE, L. I. SAMUEL F. PH ILLIPS, PrcsM cnl. THOMAS O. KNIOIIT. Vlri- Prralrt.nt. HIRAM K SMITH, (.•ashler. BOARD OP DIRECTORS: Bobert A. Davison, Thomas (i. Knight, fobs Vincent. Hiram li Bmilh. Olontworth I). Combe*. Wealey 11. Smith. AesUn Jayne. Charle* L. Wallace, Cherlee w. Have*, Aunt in Cornwell, ■nmiel F. Phillip*, Nolwm If. Smith, John W. DeMoU, John T. Davleon, OUrer Dnvtgm^ _ Kdwanl T. Thureto nil ton W. Pesraoll. We do » General Bunking Bneinos* of Deposit and Discount. Intenet Paid on Special Deposits. Drafts Issued on England and the C o n t i n e n t Tour Patronage Solicited. Banking Hours—0 A. M. to 3 P. M.; Saturday, 9 A. M. to 12 M. Discount Days—Tuesdays nml F r i days, 9 A. M. N e w C o r p o r a t i o n * o f 189 9 . | D u r i n g tb e y e a r 1899 1690 sto c k com - ! pnnles w e re in c o r p o r a ted w ith th e fiecre* j tary of S tate, an lu c r e a ie of 155 over th e p reced in g year. T h e s e c o r p o r a tio n s had a to ta l c a p ital of $194,240,995, a d e c rease Compared w ith t b e p r e c e d ing y e a r of $22,- FREEPORT. j 821,065. T h is decrease Is du e to th e fact :h a t In 1398 th e In te r n a ti o n a l P a p e r ! C o m p a n y w ith a cap ital of $45,000,000 I w as form e d , and th a t last y e a r no I co r p o r a tio n w ith so larg e n cap ital w as o rganized In t h is S tate. D u r i n g th e y e a r , | 207 c o r p o r a tio n s increased th e i r ca p ita l j stock, w h ic h w as fifty-nine m o re th a n fo r j th e p r e c e d in g year. T h e to t a l of th e In- | crease* of c a p ital wits 6167,445,380, w h ich ivas $39,921,330 m o re th in t h e to t a l of s u c h tier c a s e s for th e preceding year. T h e new so r p o r a tlo n s an d those w h ich Increased .h e ir ca p i ta l sto c k paid t o th e S ta te last year as an o r g a n izatio n ta x $452,107, an increase o v e r th e p r e c e d ing y e a r $85,126. G e n e ral Andrew*** S u c c e s s o r . T h e G o v e r n o r has a p p o in ted Colonel F»d- w a rd M o rris IIofTnian of E lm ira, low In sp e c to r of sm a ll arm s and e q u ip m e n ts in the N a tio n a l G u a rd , to bo A d ju tan t- G e n eral, to succeed Avery D . A n d rew s, r e signed. T h e ran k given fs th a t of B rlgu- H e r-G e n e r.iJ, a ran k th a t G e n e r a l Hoffm an once held u n d e r G o v e r n o r B lack. His reccrd Is ns follow s: P r iv a t e C o m p a n y D , I Ouo H u n d red an d T e n th B a ttalio n , O e to- ! ber 1, 1874; Second L ie u t e n a n t, A p ril 7, | 1877; F irst L i e u ten a n t, T h irtie th S e p a r a te C o m p a n y , N o v e m b er 29, 1881; L ieu te n a n t- C o lonel an d A s s is tant A d ju tan t- G e n e ral, S e v e n th B rigade, D e c e m b e r 6, 1884; Supor- uum e ry, A u g u s t 5.1886; F ir s t L ie u t e n a n t, j T h ir tieth S e p a r a te C o m p a n y , May 11, 1887; C a p tain, S e p tem b e r 4.1890; I n s p e c to r-G e n - | era I, S ta te of New York, D e c e m b e r 31, 1896; reap p o in ted J a n u a r y 1, 1897. w ith <rlg- j Inal r a n k ; ap p o in ted In s p e c to r of Sm all | Vrms, eUi., J a n u a r y 1, 1899. S tate C a re o f C o n sum p tive*. ! A co m m ltteee of th e S t a t e B o a rd of i C h a r ities ban p rep a red for t h a t body a re- ! p o r t on th e possibility of th e estubllsh- j m e n t of public h o s p itals for t h e tre a tm e n t of p u lm o n a r y consum p tion. It recom m e n d s th a t a system of local in s t it u t io n s be estab lish e d , w ith one o r m o re S ta te in- j -dilutions, w h ich I per cap ita each pa tie; mice wit 1th on e o r m o re S ta te in - shall be m a in tain e d by n tax on th e locality from w h ich u t com e s. This plan is in varl • 9 w ith th a t o u tlined In th e bill w h ich Introduced In th e L e g islatu r e last w in ter, a t th e req u e s t of th e S ta te M edloal As sociation. T h e com m ittee is com p o sed of W. 1'utunm , of Buffalo; E. V. S tod- il S tephen S m ith, of H a rvey W. Pu dard , of Rochi New York T o l> f »tr o y l>lmm*e<l C a t t l e . --------- * --------------- ------------ T h e L e g islative co m m ittee w h ich w as np- . - -- — • — j p o inted by th e L e g islatu re last w in ter to In- THEFREEPORTBANK .. CAPITAL, $30,000. n i l STREET, FREEPORT, L. I. JO H N J. RANDALL, P m t d r n t . OHAUNCET T. SPRAGUE, Vice PrctU e n t. W ILLIAM 8. HALL. C'whler. BOARD OP DIREOTORSt w h o lesale sla u g h t e r of c a t t l e will be advised, It Is s a id, but It In likely to favor a law sim ilar lo t h a t prevailing* In P e n n sylvania, w h ich provides for Inspection of t herd a t th e r e q u e s t of Its ow n e r. If th e a r e found to bo diseased th e y Ittoyed by the S tate, an d an In- nlty paid In som e cases, o r th e anim a ls be Isolate 1 a n d used for breed in g pur- Chamieey T. Sprngu* W illiam G. Miller, Jehn J . Randall, Im lih Cox. William E. Golder, D. W esley Pino, WslUee H. Cornw e ll, George W allace, rhomae D, Sm ith, Coles Pettit. A e g iui Imml*. H a rvey B. Sm ith, Chari* L. Wallace, George M. Randall William 8. Hall. T h e S tate'* C h a il a b l i W o rk. T h e a n n u a l rep o r t of th e S l a t e B o ard of C h a rities show s th a t th e num b e r of S ta t e beneficiaries of ch a r itab le In s titu tio n s on | O c tober 1, 1899, WM 71,261, w h ile those re ceiving o u t d o o r relief and living m a inly ut th e ir hom e s a g g r e g a ted m o re th a n tw o figures are ng. T h e vulus H u ttons a g g r e g a tes $111,000,000. t h e ir receipts am o u n ted to ab o u t $25,000,000, ninl th e ir e x p e n d itu r e s to m o re t h a n 622,000,000. P a id S 1 13 F o r llo n n i ll n g D e e r. T h e F ish e r ies, G a m e and F o rest Control*- Ion h a s proceedings un nd d e r w ay t o recover h e ir Itom »s n g g re g u ti nllllou. In c lu d e d (ln m a n y d u p lic a te s In con of t h e p r o p e r ty of these I: ___________ jit h a s proceeding s u j nennltics f o r s e v e ral violations of th e gam e Open, e x cept legal Itolklaj *. from® a. m. to M any of th e s e v io lations occurred 8 p . n i . O ilers facilities and inducement* in 1 In t h e open season,, and grew o u t of th •vary departm e n t oaual to tho** o f e ither tho ; m# thoda ompl New York or Brooklyn Bank* oH T ruat Com- paale*. a n d every aeconunodation as far ns is eo a itateat w ith conservative m anagem eni. en seaso n an d gre w o u t o f t h e em p lo y e d in tak in g gam e . One case w as se ttle d recently by Leon n r I Phluney, of M inerva, w ho w as d e tected houn d in g d e e r in th e Keene Valley, and, ra th e r th h a n have hi* case go in to co Draft* taeaed en all pai Dow a geaeral banking business Accounts oi«orporat ions, routpanie*. socle- tiee, ele., *oliclted. Satire *U » factlon guarantct*<l Inquiries will receive prom p t attention and be cheer full* answ ered Job Printing At This Office. h e r t a n hav e h is ca se Id over to th e S tate $11.3. M an an d W o m a n K illed by i G e o rge W ebber, forty ye agil d a lcn a Welue f D e p e w , i i few days Mag •o ld , an d g h t. re t u r n e d to th e i r hom o s th e follow ing tn o ruing a s e a r c h was m a d e fo r them . The I m a n g led bodies c t both w ere found near i th e Now York C e n tral sta tio n at G rim es- I vllle. It w as evident th a t th e y had been J stru c k by a tra i n w hile w a lking on th e P r u s s i a C a lls H u n t in g Iiu m o r a K j T h e latest a d m in istrativ e m e a s u r e ' ag a in s t P r u s s ian public teach e r s 1* au or- , d e r f o r b idding them to go h u n t i n g , on th e : g r o u n d t h a t It Is au Im m o ral pastim e . It looks queer to see in tbe New York papers' an advertisem ent of a tourist agency inviting tbe public to contract for u trip to Kbartoum , yet tbe queerness only serves to bring home to ns more vividly the wonders that tbe English, under Kitchener, have wrought in tbe Nile Valley within a few months: Khartoum , instead ol a place of m u rder, fan at ism and tor hire, the destination of Cook’s tourists! Well, well! Events move fast these Trading names and sentences is a practice is Pennsylvania prisons, ac cording to the Philadelphia Press It is known by the officials of the prisons and of the courts, but a waj to prevent it has yet to be devised. A p risoner sentenced to a short term of imprisonm ent changes places with a long-term one. Of course the short term man must agree to the proposi tion and carry out to the letter his part of the deception. This he does for a money consideration. O p p o r tunity for this deception is afforded in the way in which convicts are r e ceived at the prisons. They go there in groups, under the care of a tip- staff, who seldom knows them. The dockets of conviction do not identify them, and when they are lined up bo fore the warden it is a simple matter for one prisoner to answer to the name of another. To prevent any thing of the kind occurring prison officials say that a photograph of each prisoner, together with his name nml description, should be furnished to the warden and the prisoner should bo identified at the time he e n te rs the prison. _____________________ A M assachusetts correspondent the Country Gentleman suggests that farmers might reasonably ask the sportsmen to share with them the proceeds of the hunt, and the editor advises a money consideration rather than a share of the game. This is, to an extent, the custom of the South, where shooting p rivileges are reserved for visiting sportsmen, who in return pay the taxes on the laud. Forest and Stream would encourage this sys tem. “ From the present widely p r e vailing conditions of u tter disregard of the landowner's rights by the visiting—that is to say, the invading and trespassing —gunner, to such a common recognition of the rights of others as shall make payment for shooting p rivileges obligatory, is a far cry ,” it says; “ b u t the new order of things would be for the true interest of the sportsman. The more fully the privilege of shorting is regarded as a privilege, and the more common ly the recognition is insisted upon, so much the more game will there be for the decent sportsm a n , and s<> much the less for the rowdy. W hen these conditions shall prevail the problem of a game supply will in large meas ure have bicn solved. ' The Canadian papers, taking a long look ahead, arc discussing the time when the Dutch language will be spoken no longer in South Africa. This discussion has attracted the at teution of the French newspapers in the Province of Quebec, and they are asking if the English-Canadians pro pose to abolish French in New France. Those who know Jacques Bonhoinme, and who are familiar with hi* simplic ity. his honesty, and the purity of his home life, will regret any change that makes a different man of him, says the Atlanta Constitution. He will re main the same, but his cl.ildr.iu will change, and this change will be a 2 com pa 11 led by the gradual extiuctioi of the French language m Canada Great changes have taken place dnv ing the past t»i>ntv year*. Th nsan.V 1 maoeRei! to takv with it all it could iu the way of provisions and drink the garrison at Baraooa had be come very much depressed. For over four months the live h u n d red of them had been holdiLg the place for the Boy King. At first it was pleasant enough. The inhabitants of the little Cuban sea-port were all in tensely loyal—hang the bandit rebels I — iu the presence of the bright uni forms from Havana. There were cool breezes from the Atlantic and there was a square meal every day. There were shops, and there were pretty, d a rkeyed girls. No bothersome M auser bullets came speeding their way to ripple the placidity. No night alarms came out of the darkness, tum bling the garrison out of bed to be shot at by uuseeu foes, as happened every other nigh! to their fellows in other out-Cuban towns hold by the Spanish soldiery. “ T he insurrection is over,” re marked the Com mandant one day to his lieutenant. “ We shall soon be going hom e.” “ I t ’s not so bad here,” replied the lieutenant, musingly. He had found wherewith to solace him for his exile. Gradually, as spring approached, there came a change. It was not de fined, but the Commandant realized that something had come over the upirit of garrison existence at Bara- coa. He hoard from Havana that a Yankee warship had been destroyed in the harbor. He got no details. The authorities at Havana were too busy to bother about the little garri son away down at Baraooa. From the little coasting vessel that came occasionally into Baracoa the garri son heard all m anner of vague rumors. The Com mandant and his officers discussed with some interest the chances of a war with the United States. But they did not, attach much importance to it. One of the younger officers summed up the situation by remarking that the Yankees were jommereial pigs who would he more likely to shoot them selves than the snemy if they attem p ted to handle a gun. The Commandant would not ieny that Yankees were commercial pigs, but he had a rather restless feeling that there were a great many )f them. In the rank and file it was Ngreed unanim o u sly that if the Cap- taiu-Goueral at Havana would only »end a ship to Baracoa His M ajesty's faithful garrison there could sail to !he United S tates—wherever that pig- land w a s —and take the place by as sault. Then the subject was dis- iiissed for the more important ono )f the dark-eyed girls. As the spring days lengthened, the fragile feeling of unrest that had come Dver the Com mandant increased. There was evidently something going tvrtmg in Baracoa. He was not at all so c e rtain of the loyalty of the inhab itants as ho had been at first. He saw little groups in the streets, that melted away as his officers approached. Ho heard w h isperings and thought he detected an air of unfriendliness. Sometimes ho even felt that he was being laughed at; then he chided himself for a suspicious old man aud decided that his long exile from S pain hud made him childish. Then as he walked through the town it suddenly struck him that the population was dwindling iu nu explicable fashion. It secured, too, an unusually large number of shops were closed, and some of the houses had a d e serted ap pearance. The Commandant went back to bis little office, aud sat down to think. It added sharply to his uneasiness when he recalled Hint it was a very long time since he had heard from either Havana nr Santiago. The last m es sages ho ha<l sent had been unan swered. This had not worried him before, partly because he was very much used to Spanish official delay, and partly because his messages had not been im p o rtant. But now he wrote a perem p tory demand which was c h eerfully ticked off in the little tin-roofed telegraph office. A few days later the Commandant, againg depressed by indefinable sus picious, summoned his officers and as1' .-'l sternly if the order against in habit atits leaving the town was being strictly onfoicetL W ith one voice they answered tnat it was. As a m at ter of fa«'t it had not been enforced at at all. The people had all been so very, very loyal and the dark-eyed girls so kind. B u t—Caramba!—now measures would be taken without de- It was too late. Almost dazed, tbe Commandant found that he was gar risoning a virtually deserted town. The population had melted away as if by magic. And. worst of all, it had May, ho had a feeling of living iu bye-gone age. What might have h a p pened iu those three months! What had happened? Had there been war? And he down here at this end of the world, guarding a cemetery of d e serted streets that a pparently even the ragged Cuban rebels did not want! He dream ed of Madrid, and awoke to I doubt if there ever had been such a j city. There was no means of transporta tion for the garrison by sea, and the Commandant thought seriously of the desperate expedient of taking his whole force overland to Guantanam o . He would be false to his trust, but at least he would discover if the world still moved. That very n ight, however, the d e a th like stillness of the deserted town was broken by the crackle of m u sketry. Ttie garrison welcomed it with joy born of long-enforced inaction. The w h istling of the bullets seemed posi tively cheerful to the long-suffering Commandant, and his fighting spirit arose. The Cubans, for such the gar rison knew the attackers to be from the shrill cries that came out of the gloom, made no determ ined assault, and after keeping np a brisk fire for a few hours, melted away into the dark ness of the jungle. The Spaniards had recognized occasionally the voices of some of their former Vety dear and very loyal friends, the inhabitants of Baracoa. Three of the garrison had been killed, aud several wounded, but the Spaniards were in better spirits than they had been for weeks. The spell of isolation was broken. The Commandant cheerfully estimated that he could hojd the place for a long Days wont by into weeks again and still the garrison guarded its trust, still w ithout the slightest intim a tion of the doings of the great world o u t side. Sorties were met effectually by a raiu of Mausers. The Cubans evi dently were in force, and they silently and gradually surrounded the town on three sides. The Commandant could not bring on a pitched battle, even if he wanted to do so, hud ho grew annoyed that the Cubans did not try to rush the place. It seemed that m ankind was conspiring to keep him in what amounted to solitary confine m ent the rest of his life. The yearn ing for news became unsupportabie. “ L ieutenant,” said the Comman dant, “ take a flag of truce out to those beggars, and (swallowing large q u a n tities of Castilian pride) give their commander my most distinguished consideration as a worthy brother-iu- arms a n d ask him to lend me a new s paper. If he hasn’t got one, find out som ething anyway.” The L ieutenant went on his mission aud was considerably puzzled by the attitude of the Cuban officers. If he had been conversant with Yankee slang, he would have said that they appeared to have something up their sleeves. They were not unfriendly, and their commander indeed chuckled constantly while the Spanish officer was going through his negotiations for the loan of a newspaper. Efforts to induce him to talk, resulted only in vague intim ations that some trem e n d ous events had been and were occur ring. The Lieutenant was forced to go back with the message that if the Spanish Commandant would kindly give up the vain (although Very brave) attem p t to defend Baracoa, aud su r render the garrison, he would have all the news he wanted to digest for a month. The next day the Commandant pro posed an armistice, which was cheer fully agreed to, ami Cubans and Spaniards fraternized pleasantly, swapping cigarettes aud drinks; but not all the blandishments of the Spaniards could extract a word of news. “ No surrender, no news,” was the watchword, and the garrison re tired sadly behind their earthworks and waited patiently for the Mausers to begin to bark again. In these straita they came to the Commandant, a young non-commis sioned officer, with a proposition. He had discovered a tiny embarcacion ehata, dism antled, half buried in the Guantanamo harbor echoed with the clash jpf the great electric alarm gongs on the American ships, as the crews swiftly beat to q u a rters. There was no time for anybody to wonder what it could mean, but it was certain that the Spanish ship or ships, whatever or how many they m ight be, would find a warm reception in the sunlit uurippled waters of Guantanam o Bay. Then suddenly, as every nerve was on tension, there came calmly r o u n d ing Point do Barloveuta from behind scls, a tiny nondescript craft with the red and yellow ensign of the Boy King proudly tlyiug from her mast- A great wave of laughter engulfed the American fleet a* tho little sloop kept on her way iu the light breeze, apparently nil unconscious that she was sailing into the m uzzles of enough hostile gnus to destroy Cervera’s squadron. “ Go get him, P r a tt ,” said Captain McCalla of the M arblehead, the Com mandant of the station, turning to the ensign at his elbow . In a moment one of the M a rblehead's launches was cutting the water in the direction of the stranger. The sloop still kept on while two thousand men watched her. “ She's going to raiu the Oregon,” chuckled a jackie on the Texas. The ensign on the M arblehead's launch thought it was time to act. This might he some new kind of au infernal machine. Bang! went the one-pounder from the launch, aud a shot whizzed across the 8ldr0p‘,s bows. Even then the Spanish flag stayed up, but the sail came down on the run. The sloop’s occupants had rightly con cluded that somebody desired them to stop. *• The chipper young ensign climbed aboard his prize and found live of the most dazed men that it had over been his fortune to see. They were so stupefied that they oven forgot their Spanish loquacity. The American of ficer could make nothing of them, even when reinforced by two news paper correspondents who, climbing aboard, demanded the Spaniard’s names, pedigrees and intentions. In a few minutes the Cuban Colonel La- borde, McCalla’s interpreter, came alongside, and ut the sound of their native tongue the Spaniards broke out into a torrent of speech. Slowly the story was developed. “ Come to the M arblehead, and you GO?. ROOSEVELT'S ANNEAL MESSAGE THE NEWS EPITOMIZED. Tllli SAMI A H I SCHOOL’ A lbany (S p e c ial).—The S t a ts L e g isla tu r e of 1900 m e t nt noon We tnesdav. T h e chief business w as th e reading of t h e G o v e r n o r ’s m e s s a g e . This was a docum ent] M betw e e n 15.003 an d 13.090 w o rds. The m e s sage Is, in p a r t , a* follows: To th e L e g isla t u r e of the S ta te of New It Is a very g e n u i n e pi e n s u re t o c o n g r a t ulate t h e L e g i s l a t u r e upon th e su b s t a n t i a l turn of a c h iev e m e n t In legislation and ad m in istratio n uf t h e past year. L a w s o f th e u tm o s t u s e f u ln e s s to ttie com m u n ity have been en a c te d , an d th e r e has been a steady b e tterm e n t th r o u g h o u t the year in the hods au d re s u lt s of th e ad m ln lstratlo u e m i n e n t, jv e rn no or r t h A fter lullin g of the tw o questions iT a s h l n c l o n Item * . A ttorney-G e n e ral G r i g g s d e c id e d th a t 1 he evidence taken by tb e In t e r s t a t e C o m m e rce Com m ission relativ e to th e classlfl- H o n of freights did not w a r r a in th e Official Class!lflcatlou • th e A n ti-T ru s t la freights d id n o t w a r r a t legal u v n e u r e s against th e Official C las s C o m m ittee unde r of th e gov* T h e G o v e r th e n takes up th e canal m a tter. A f te r lullin g of th e tw o question s In tills co n n e c tio n , viz., th e ad m ln tetru tlo u c f th e can a ls an d th e general canal policy i f th e S ta te in th e future, lie review s tlm Work done to w a r d solving th e problem s and goes ou to say: Very g r a v e a c c u s a tio n s bad been m a d e ag a in s t th e fo r m e r canal m a n a g e m e n t; accu s a tio n s w h ich varied from charges ot m e re Inefficiency and bad ju d g m e n t to rh u r g e s of w h o lesale personal corru p tio n , crim inal In Its c h a r a c ter. Ho d e tails th e stops taken In the canal In v e s tigation a n d rem a rks: T h e delin quency show i ju s tified public Indignation; |*ut It did not afford ground for crim inal | r o s e c u tlo n . T h e re Is, p ro b a b ly , he sa j s , no law- for of high sta n d i n g In th e S tate who, after .-tudying th e re p o r t of c o u n sel in th i s case and th e testim o n y tak e n by th e In v e s t i g a t ing C o m m ission, w o u ld d isagree w ith them rs to th e im p r a c ticab ility of a successful U n d e r such osecutlon. clrcum s tau th o r o u g h change s c h an shall have news,’ adventurers.—Nt said Laborde to the w York S u l . BRITISH SO L D IE R S A T PLAY. There is one thing—uot a new thing —to be noticed about the B ritish sol diers iu South Africa which bodes ill for the Boers. It is that Tommy Atkins takes his luck in the field with the same matter-of-fact ease which in other times lias made the British sol dier seem unbeatable by any save of his own blood aud bone. His gen erals may walk into am b u sh and get him jolly well peppered with Mauser lead pencils, but lie keeps his appe tite and spirits and indulges iu his sports, no m atter where be is or what Com Paul is doing to him. W hether it is iu Ladysm ith, Kim berley or Mafeking, the B ritisher’s chief concern when he is not rushing out to a fight is that when off duty he may indulge in the same pastimes which would fill his 'chunky twelve- stone body with joy ou the green ot his homo village or in the fields of his squire. The sous of most other races lie behind siege walls with strained faces, tense nerves and beating hearts while they expect new strife and peril at every second. British beggar hies him self to a com fortable corner behind the battle ments, where he may' out cards ot shake the dice pot; between “ scraps’ he plays his polo, golf and football just as he does at home, while shells i j'** J are dropping around him , and Irish, ■ Sav Scotch or English, he thinks he is the I ‘bai luckiest soul ou earth to he what he is and as he is. It is so now in South Africa. II was so in Spain when, waiting behind their intrenchm e n ts for Napoleon tn come and eat them, the B ritish sol diers chased their foxes s e n t for from home, ran foot races, w restled and played their games. It was so when they followed M arlborough to meet the great Louis, taking along with them their spurring gamecocks and fighting dogs. It was so when Charlet watched Cromwell and the Kiugkiller'i “ Ironsides\ chased the Loyalists only then both sides by turns fought I tie m e thods a n d m iim igem e u t. T h is e h n n g t lilts been m a ile. v'1 Ou th e su b ject of tax a tio n tho G o v e rnor I'Oints out t b e nee<l of n th o r o u g h ch a n g e In o u r ta x laws, nm l says: I call y o u r a t t e n t i o n to the fact th a t the b u r d e n of tax a tio n Is local, not S ato. In th e la r g e c ities th e heavy local charges aio m a inly duo t o th e action of th e local i u tImrltivH them s e lves. For th is th e local i u th o r l t le s a r e , of course, responsible. Cut tomtit lines t a x a t io n Is a d d e d to by loglsla- live en a c tm e n t. Tim fran c h ise tax law Is fram e d w ith the la t e n t of se c u r in g exact and equal ju s tice no m o re, no less. But it Is Intended that p r o p e r ty w h ich derives Its value from th# rra u t of a priv ileg e by th e public, s h a ll b# taxed p ro p o r tio n a t e ly to th e value of th# privilege g r a n t e d . In enforcing th is m uch t a c t , patien c e , 1 le n t will be needed. U n d e r tlie c a p t i o n of ‘T h e S tate and I'ubllc U tilities” G o v e rnor Roosevelt says, lite r show ing t h a t tho S tate will have to i c t in Its c o l i e ‘tivo cajSiicIty on certain m a tters-w h lcli a r e gen e rally looked upon ns affecting p r iv a te citizens only: On ono point t h e r e m u st be no s tep back w a rd. T h e re Is it consensus of opinion Mint New Y ork m u s t own its own wiitet r-upply. Any legislatio n p e rm itting p r i vate ow n e rship s h o u ld be annulled. Tho G o v e r n o r refers to th e tru s t s and c a u tio n s ag a in s t r e c k less legislation ns r e g a r d s such com b inations, and thinks Unit m a n y a n t i - t r u s t law s linvo failed because lc was not recognized i h a t m u ch of w h a t they th o u g h t to do aw a y with Is in c idental to m o d e rn In d u s t r i a l c o n d itions. He I n s is ts th a t : T h e llrst essential I* know ledge of th e facts, publicity. Much can bo d o n e at onco by am e n d m e n t of the co r p o r a tio n law s s o as to provide for such publicity ns will not w ork Injustice as be- I ween business r iv a ls. Ills c inclusion Is t h a t th e S tate fo r the of th e public should exorcise rk ln g s of g r e a t corp o ratio n s ju s t as w dcno w ith ban k s ; and w h e rever 1 p rotection th e rig h t t Honal G u a r d , or But your b l o o m i n g | It is very m u c h to b< uhl be t a k e n t ex a m in e thoro u g h ly a c a t co rp o ratio n s ju s t a s h ba n k s ; an d w h e rev e r th e ho p u b lic dem a n d It, It s h o u ld publish th e re s u l ts of Its ex a m ination. T h e n , If th e r e nru In o rd in a te profits, c o m p e tition o r public s e n tim e n t will g ive t h e pub lic t h e benefit In low ered prices; and H not, th e pow e r of ta x a tio n rem a ins. Home s p a c e Is devoted to the question of labor. T h e G o v e r n o r s a y s Hie L ight-H o u r law Is w o rking i6elI as u whole, Mini he a d vocates cool j u d g m e n t in tabor legislation. Vhe Board of .M ediation an d A rbitration lias been a success, nm l he thinks it would |m well to en a c t leg islation w h ich w o u ld •ompnl p a r ties t o labor disputes to notify i he B o ard of I m p e n d ing tro u b le o r o f s tr ik e s sad lockouts. Muon sp a c e is devoted to th e Nn- G u n r d , o f which lie says: li t o be wished th a t means i to provide th e most am p le j facilities for rllle p r a c tice. T h e U n ited ritutes m u s t dep e n d upon its citizen sol I llery iu t h e ad v e n t of n great w ar. N a v a l M ilitia m a k e a p a r ticu lar service. T h e y d th ei way tlv heir din b al M ilitia receive rk. and played their game* and loved theii sports betwixt their bloody battles. He urges the repeal of the Hortc long » h .be Brilinbvr g o c to wa, | ^ “’. { L U . ^ n ^ L way th e y II t h a t tho most practical In laracter. R e g a r d in g fo r e s ts und fisheries and gam e , th e G o v e r n o r says: T h e S ta t e sh o u ld not perm it w ithin It* lim its facto ries to m a k e bird skins ot bird le a th e r s in to a r ticles of ornam e n t ot w e a ring ap p a r e l. O rdinary bird*, and especially song b ir d s , should be rigidly p ro tected . G a m e birds should never be shot to a g r e a te r ex ten t th a n will offset th e n a t u r a l ra te of Increase. All spring shooting should be prohibited and effort* m ade by co rresp o n d e n c e with th e neigh- bor-ng H tatea to se c u r e Its prohibition wit liln t b e l r borders. T h e G o v e rnor t h i n k s th a t the subject of forest preserv a tio n is of th e u tm o s t im po r tan c e to th e S tate. T h e A d irondack* and C a ts k ills sho u ld be great parks kept In p e r r e t u l t y fo r t h e benefit and enjoym e n t of our people. M u ch has been done of late years to w a r d s t h e i r preservation, but very m u c h rem a in s t o be done. He urges th e rep e a l of the H o rton Box- equally prepared for killing or play ment of the vagrancy law ing, aud with as keen an appetite for i separate prison for the conf emned prisoner as keen au appetite for the one or the other as it may chance, he will be desperately hard to beat.— New York Sun. and, and like a sieve as to her hull, j the rail when they pass. F l s l i K n o w T h e i r K r o f t e r s . Many of tbe lisb in tbe Aquarium iu New York City have learned to kuow their keepers aud will crowd to they pas*. Some of 1 am a farmer kx.itc j near Stony Brook, one of the most malarious districts in this State, and was bothered with malaria for years, at times to I could not work, and was always very co slip tied as well. For years I had malaria so had in the spritte. whi ;i engaged in plowing, that I could do nothing but shake, t must have taken about a barrel of quinine pills besides dozens of other remedies, but never obtained any permanent benefit. La>t (.ill, i i p \v h tint •. I h id a most seuous attacR of chills and then commenced to take K.pans Tabules, upon a friend's advice, and the fust box made me all right and I have never been without them since. I take one Tabule each morning and night and sometimes when I feel moreXhan usually exhausted I take three in a day. They have kept my stomach sweet, tnv bowels regular and I have not had the le..si t#uch of malaria nor s V. tf.ng head che since I commenced using them.' I know aho that I sh < p better and wake up Titore refreshed than lot merlv. I don't know it • v many complaints Ripans Tabules will help, but I do know tliev will >.ure any one in the Condition I was and 1 would not be without them at any price. I honestly consider Iheirt the vhe.tpest-pruvd medicine in the world, as they are also the most bvnelicul and the most convenient to take. I am twenty-seven yeais of age and have worked hard all mv life, the Same as most farmcs, both earlv and late and in all kinds ol weather, end l have never enjoyed such good health i-. I have since last fall; in fict. my neighbors have all remarked my i n 'roved condition and have said,- “ Say. John, what are you doing to loo . so healthy ? \ of French-i ’auatliaus com\ t > tht States every year. They stay awhilt *n«l then they g > back, perhaps, bn1 they carry new ways, new ideas, an # new language with them, au l tint uew language has sucti a grip about il that it w ill gradually take the vlner of French. \!t thi? will n t hnj pt n in a year, nor iu many year*, but it t happening every day iu the year, anti in the course of time English w ill takf the place of French, not only in New France, but will root out other les? flexible an! fluent language- iu a! parts of the world. His idea was to try to make the crazy craft seaworthy, and with three or four men round Cape May si and moke Guantanamo, bringing back with him, if not aid and comfort, at least news. The Commandant jumped voice at the idea. On the morning of Friday, .Tune 17, 1 *98, th w e were lying at anchor in j the calm waters of the outer G n atana ! mo Bay the United States battleship j (first class) Oregon; the United States battleship (second class) Texas, the , U n ited States cruiser M a rblehead; the U n ited States cruiser (converted) St. Paul; the United States gunboats Dolphin aud Suwanee; the United States armed colliers Sterling and Scinde, and the United States dyua mite cruiser Vesuvius. The Ter.as, Suwanee. Marblehead and Dolphin had been having a little early m orn ing recreation in knocking to pieces the fortifications at Hicaca! Point and Hospital Cay. aud the jackie* were it su g g e s ts a lloom ent and sep a r a te prison f< execution of coud T h e G o v e r n o r recom m e n d s the repeal < nil acts givin g D istrict-A tto r n e y s transfei tax a s s ista n ts, for t h e reason th a t th e a s sistan ts do l i tt l e o r n o th in g to earn the com p e n s a tio n th e r e i n allow ed, and th a t th e i r em p loym e n t Is t h e r e fo r e n u seless ex p e n d itu r e of public m o n e y . At l^nst $100,• UOO s h o u ld be saved to tb e S late annually by properly c u r t a i l i n g th e expenditures payable from th is ta x . Two im p o r tan t p a r a g r a p h * of th e m e s sage are us follow* I recom m e n d Mint t h e G o v e rnor be em pow e red t o a p p o in t n com m ission to deal w ith th e qu e s tio n of rem o d e lling th e New York c h a r t e r In o r d e r to rem e d y th e de- m a d e evident by it* w o rkings during | t h e last 1 p a ssed nt once p r o h ib itin g th e paym e n t by m n t i i any can d id a te fo r ju d icial office, directly T h e fish lie* in s i d e ! o r in d ir e c tly , ot assessm e n t* or contrlbu- tw o y e a rs. her r e c o m m e n d th a t legislation be r cam p a ign ex- Baracoa was fairly well defended, and the Commandant and his men sat themselves down to await tho attack which they knew would come. For davs nothing happened, ami the Span iards occupied them selves iu throwing taking the e a s e fallowing duty well 1 done. High upon Fisherm an s Point T lir G irl W Ifli th r H a m m e r . I A b a r n m A r o o s to o k h a * long | g o n e u r i s h i n g l e d b e c a u s e th e Y a rm e i | w h o .»w n ed it w a s to o in f ir m to c l i m b I to th e ro o f , w h i l e o n e of hi* s o n w h a 1 ! g o n e to th e w a r in th e Philippines a n d th e v t h e t to th e * Klondike Th< | o ther day, however, the farmer s only daughter came home from the normal school and (shingled t he barn as w ell a any man in town could have done, and she didn’t once pound her fingers with the hammer, either. — Bangor ! M e.) New*. up breast works. The Commandant telegraphed urgently to Santiago that he was besieged. There had been no sign of it but he knew that it was true. Nti answer came. Nothing came— that wa* the worst o f it. Finally, in desperation, the Commandant sent out a recount.itenug party of twenty men. and w sited anxiously. tf*,would have been pleased to hear the sound of fir ing. even if he knew that each and every one of his scouting party was being killed. No sound came back to him. Neither did any one «•[ the rv- connoitermg party the Star* and Stripes floated lazily over the force of marines occupying >peak;ng gartrenomically Camp McCalla, the first scene of j Mail and Express. American warfare on Cuban soil. The | ------------------------- lurking Spanish bushwhackers had been pretty well driven out of the underbrush, and all was c a lm . The a i g u a l boy on the bridge of the M arblehead suddenly turned to the officer uf the deck and said “ Camp McCalla calling u*. sir ” “ Acknowledge.” said the officer, indifferently Messages were passing back and forth from the camp on the them will take food from no other persons. A few of them cat from one of the keeper’s hands. Among these are the trunk fish, so c alled because they are inside. The animal swims about incased in a stout, bony box, as impervious to a ttacks as tho skin of a politician. It has no neck and no dis tinct backbone. The fish lies inside I or Indirectly, ol its bony armor and a glance up its ‘ ttou* to political parties bugle-like snout into its interior is i pens©*. U h . I,*,,, for .he h tale men. .hat flesh is r. delicate pink. I he natives i pe h II owci I to lag; It should be so directed of Bermuda like it very much, and as to be in the special Interest of th© tiller they make no bones of its cousin, the \ ef_Ui© cowfish. They roast them both on hot stones iu their own dripping pans, so to speak, and serve them with a mallet. The trunk fish is really more tho shape of a satchel. His tail pro jects like a rudder, and he merely steers with it, sculling along with his stubby tins an I big. bony sides like a man-of-war propelled by p a d d le s. The cowfish has the same peculiarities, but is equipped also with a set of hi»rns. The unwary m o n ster of the deep that engulfs either animal is as sured of a bad quarter of an hour. New York A C e u ip r e h v n e lv * T «»»•». A short time ago the Italian colony in New York City gave n banquet to Marconi, the famous inventor The forma! toasts were given and answered at Marconi bad For three weeks the garrison waited bill to th# commander ou the Marble in d reary solitude Not a vessel :ame in head all day. to Baracoa. and the Spaniards scanned The figure of the signal-man at the the watt-rs in vain for a sail. <>ne camp stood out sharply silhouetted day. far out ou the hor zon, the Com against the morning sky. The white mandant made out t he *moke *ud fun- flag fluttered violently, nets of a procession of mighty craft, ring east war 1, that he knew to warehip* The sense of isolation he gan to be almost unendurable. As be recalled m at he bad hot heart! one world from the outside world since The M a rblehead’s signal boy gasped. “ What do they say? said the uffi cer. sharply turning. He had not watched the signal. “ S p — S p a n i s h sh i p s i r ! ” b e s t a m m e r e d . with customary eloq It was poin made one of the great inventions of the century, and had won everlasting fame. Then the chairman said, amid perfect silence “ Only through self-sacrifice and love of his mother did our distin guished compatriot obtain tbe educa tion and the advantages which enabled him to accomplish the feats which have made bin: immortal. Fellow- Low-countrymen. I have the honor to propose as your toast, ‘Here * to the M other of tbe Father of Wirelees approaching. Telegraphy.\ ” —Philadelphia Satur- , d a y Evening P js I. t p a r ti c u l a r ly c a lls th© a tten tio n of th© L e g islatu r e t o th© P a n -A m e rican E x p o s i tio n . T h is E x p o s itio n will b© a source of th e u tm o s t prid e to t h e whole S tate, aud all OU? Oltlsaos should feel an active con cern In m a k in g It a g r e a t e r succes* th a n a n y th in g of Its kind ev e r held ou this co n tin e n t —second only t o tu e great natio n a l 'j’h* G o v e rnor concludes- 1 a g a in call th e a t te n ti o n of th e Leglsla- . ‘ur© of tb * u n d e s ir a b ility of cum b e ring o u r s t a t u t e books w ith a m ass of needless legislation. Of eour«*. a n y legislation t h a t is s lipped th r o u g h mi hm to evade public n o lh 'e I* noxio u s ; b u t aside from this th e m e re fact of hav in g ou tho sta t u t e books a larg e n u m b e r r>f law* w h ich, th o u g h not h a rm fu l, a r e <>f no p a r t ic u la r l»enefH, Is also u n d e s irable. It is g r e a tly to be de- hired th a t som e plan for lim iting private leg islation sh o u ld i»** adopted; a bill with th is purp o s e w a s in tr o d u c e d last year. I also ag a in call th e atten tio n of th© Leg- Islatu r e to th e need of econom y . T h e re are m a n y o b jects ex •ellent In them selves upon w h ic h th e HI a te could w ith ndvsn* ta g e »pend m o n e y , were It not for th* stead y ten d e n c y to lucr©a«e expense b e yond th e lim it t h a t cun be afforded by th e tax p a y e r s . TuxcDCBS H oob S vxlt . H u e to E a l i n g II*w M eal*. D r Leldy, of P h ilad e lp h ia, who, u n d e t tb e d ir e c tio n of P r o fesso r Ylrcbxw , ha# been In v e s tig a tin g .linens©* caused by il p a rasite* in food, finds th a t para- r m o re com m on In U n ited State*. He ilen c e of each die- eases in G e rm a n y is due habit of ea t ing g u n c o o k e d tlou th r o u g h th e p a r a s i te crystlvi cellulose, w h ich is Incu r a b le, le m u ch freq u e n t .h e r e t h a n iu t b e T n l t e d Slat sral OU*. at M a n ila, cabled th e W a r ^JU N 'trtm e n t t h a t F irst L ie u te n a n t E d w a r d T a y lo r , Tw e lfth In f a n t r y , wa* as ru n o v e r by a y lo r . T w e lfth I n f a n t r y , w r u n -i l r a in crossing th e Aguo R iver n e a r tlsta . and died In a few hour*. B by In s p e c to r - O e u e r n l B r e c k in r id g e ha* p r e pared the t e t t ot a bill for th e p r o p o s e d In- rease of th e In s p e c to r - G e n e r a l’s d e p a r t m e n t. T h e Mil provides t h a t th e n u m b e r of In s p e c to r s - G e n e tel shall be In c r e a s e d from u iueteen to tw e n ty-five officet*. It m a y be decided to Increase th e num b e r \ f t r o o p s In A laska on th« g r o u n d th a t th e c o n s ta n tl y Increasing p o p u latio n dem a u d * a d d i t i o n a l protection. Ju l i u s II. McAfee, a p a g e in t h e H o u s e of R e p r e s e n tativ e s . Is c h a r g e d w ith th© la r ceny of $500 ; from C o n g r e s s m a n S tevens an d a n o t h e r m e m b e r of C o n g ress. T h e P r e s ident has app r o v e d th e r e t i r e m e n t from active service of C a p tain E d w in W h ite. V. 8. N. C a p tain W h ite h a s been In th© service since N o v e m b e r 29, 1861. H is Inst com m a n d w s s th© P h ilad e lp h ia, w h ich w a s on th e Pacific coast d u r i n g th e w a r w ith S p a in. S m a llpox am o n g th e In d ian s In t h e I n d ian T e r r i to r y an d at Crow C reek A g e n c y , In S o u th D ak k o ta,a andnd o tt hh ee r re s e r v a t i o n s w ith w h ich to sta D a o t , a o r 1 h a s assum e d serious phases. C o n g r e s s w ill he ask e d for an a p p r o p r i a t i o n of $50,000 imp o u t th e epidem ic. O u r A d o p te d Island*. L ife alo n g th e c o a s ts of th e p r o v in c e s ot C a g a y a n and N o rth and South Ilo c o s , V. I., is re s u m i n g n o rm a l co n d itio n s . T h e A m e rican troops occupy th e Im p o r ta n t tow n s an d p a tr o l th e c o u n tr y road*. Six m en of th e sig n a l co r p s w e r e a t tack e d ut T a levera, n e a r T a r l a e , P. I., by tw o h u n d r e d In s u r g e n ts, an d fo u r a r e m issin g . Colonel W e ssels's c a v a lr y , w h ile sc o u ti n g In t h e vicin ity of T r in i d a d , fo u n d ev i d e n c e of F ilip in o soldiers being In th a t v ic i n it y , but It wa.-t Im p o ssible to b il n g ab o u t a u e n g a g e m e n t. T h e Increase In th e g a r r iso n of N a m a c - p a c a n , P. L. ag a in s t n th r e a t e n e d In s u r g e n t a tt a c k averted trouble. T h e C o u n c il of H o n o lulu. H a w a ii, has a p p r o p r i a te d $25,000 to fight th e p lag u e . A seven d a y s ' q u a r a n tin e h a s been e s t a b lished for nil vessels leaving th e p o r t. B rig a d ier-G e n e r a l Sam u e l B. M. Y o u n g h a s been ap p o inted Mill ta r y - G o v e r n o r of th e provinces of n o r th w e s tern L u z o n , w ith h e a d q u a r te r s at Vlgan. F o u r men were killed an d se v e r a l o th e r s In ju red by a b a llet explosion one m ile w e s t of E lizab e th to w n . Penn. T h e y w e re e m ployes of K eller A Crosson, ra il r o a d c o n tra c t o r s . F ir e com p letely g u t t e d th e b u ild in g s e x ten d i n g from Nu. 216 to 222 M o n roe s t r e e t , badly d a m a g e d th e building a t Noe. 212 an d 214 M o n roe stre e t, C h icago, ca u s e d a loss a g g r e g a t in g about $1,000,000 an d re su l te d in th e Injury of nine firem e n , tw o of th e m seriously. F o r m e r C o n g ressm a n M ichael G riffin, b e n d of th e S tate T a x C o m m ission, d ied su d d e n ly of apoplexy iu his office a t E a u C lnlre, Wls. Jo h n H o u g h , th e slay e r of H u r r y Chad* w ick, w a s sentenced to Im p r is o n m e n t foK life by J u d g e R a lph W h e e ler, a t Middle* to w n , C o n n . F o u r m e n have been frozen to d e a t h In S o u th C a r o lin a w ithin ten days, tw o w h ites und tw o negroes. T h e public s c h o o ls of R e a d ing, P e n n ., a r e so cro w d e d t h a t th e B o a rd has had t o lease p r iv a t e houses t o acco m m o d a te th e o v e r flow of pupils. S a m u e l Wall aud A lbert W. B a rnes, both ot A k ron, O h io, lie In t h e sam e g r a v e . Th* m e n b a d been lifelong ch u m s an d business a s s o c iates. B o th died on th e sam e day. U n ited so long Iu life, tb e lr fam ilies d e term i n e d not to se p a r a t e them In d e a t h . 8o th e y He iu t h e one grave. T h e Rev. Sylvester M alone, r e c to r of Ste. P e ter Had P a u l ’s C h u rch, In B rooklyn, died from p n e u m o n ia an d u com p licatio n of diseases. Tl B razuell m ining nccidt vllle, P e n n ., is tw e n ty . A lderm a n G e o rge H ill, of M ilw a u k e e , W ls., co m m Itte l suicide at his hom e by sh o o tin g him s e lf th r o u g h th e head. H e wus th i r ty - t w o years old au d m a r r ied . A rticles of Incorporation of th e P a n a m a C a n a l C o m p a n y of A m erica have been filed In T r e n t o n , N. J . T h e c a p ital s tock of t h e c o m p a n y Is *30,000,000. U n cle\' P e te r S u r p r is e , of P l e a s a n t G rove, I n d ., has ju s t celeb rated Ills 107th b i r th d a y . He Is hale an d h e a r t y . H e n e v e r lias been sick an d never has been p h o t o g r a p h e d . H o w a r d , Will and C h a rles P u g h , a g e d nine, tw e lve am i f o u r teen years, re s p e c t ively, sons of M adison P u g h , of t h e so u t h - urn p a r t of Cabell C o u n ty, W. Va., a r e dead from th e effects of poison at a C h rist m a s d in n e r . T h e lau n c h in g of th e to r p e d o boat St n e k to n to o k place at th e T r ig g s h i p y a r d at R ichm o n d , Va.. in th e presence of a l a r g e h r ls teued by M iss K a t e I.NTEfiNATIONAL LESSON COMMCNrS FOR JANUARY 7. riib |e c t: Tim Itlrlli of Jesit# , L a k e tl., |« Itt—UoMcet le a l : M a tt. I., v r y V e r s e * . R - l l —V o m i u e e t a r g « m i tfc# '' ' Ha#** I e**(»u. iNTRonwTio’t.- -Six m o n th s pass straw .'va M ter t h e b ir th of J o h n , t h e f o reru n n e r , a e i t mu come© th e b ir th of Je s u s , th e ||$S* slab, th e most im p o r t a n t event In th $ world’s hM o ry , O a r lessou begin* with %rv;.’ m a jesty as It r e f e r s t o th e Rm p o rog A u g u s tus, “ a t w h o se feet lay th e whole know n w o rld, an d to w h o so oom m a e S ’ o l*dlence w as r e n d e r e d In every co u e ir y * j and city, and v illag e .” It th e n d t e r s i n s to tell of th e obscu r e b i r t h of nu ta f a u t . In or.© v f tb e mo©t ob*vtiie tow n s , In «n afe* mu re ptovlnce; b u t It rise* again ta t $ Y n •’•©•te r m a jesty n* It d e s c r ib e s tb e e e l t l * 1 le of heavenly v b l t a n t a w h o SOOi 10glorye andnd g rre e aa lnea#tnea# off thehe e bb MM .. 1. “ I n th o s e d a y s .” T h a t la *\ tim e J o h n th o B n p tU t w a s b o r n __ event* took p lace ns le i a t e d In the nva* . ^ ceding ch a p ter e r. . \C m s a r Augustas.\ The t tid e of heaven ly v k l t a n t a w h o ao e o tf u J # th g lory a g o t e T h a t la about the w as born and the p iec e n s telated In tli c h a p t \ C ro s a r A u g u s tas, first of th e R o m a n em p e ror*. MAll the If] w o rld.\ All of t h e R o m a n world. At that . •' 3 ! tim e tho Rom an em p ire extended further •'>3 than over before, o r th a n It has sine#, end w as called \ t h o empire of the wholehuvtfc.\- ” Taxed.” E n rolled, o r registered, prolMthif ^ w ith a view to tax in g . J 2. \ F i r s t m a d e .\ It teems there weN r “ tw o enrollm e n ts . \C y r e n lu s .\ p r Q»tr* loins. T h e re Is a ch r o n o lo g ical dlffionUy *353 irlulus w as Governor of Syria la here. Q u Irlulu s w as Go A. I). 6. ten years la t e r th a n this, and at th a t tim e he took a c e n s u s to which I t. Luke refers iu A cta 5: 37. Many explana© ous have been s u g g e s ted . The most satis* ta factory ex p H u a tlo u of th e m a ttei be t h a t Q u lrinlua w a s tw ice Governor ot Syria, In B. C. 4, as w ell a* In A. I). $, This seems to be a w e ll esta b l ish e d fact. 3. \ I n t o Ida ow n clt'i o Id* o w n c i t y , \ The Rotaas Htom whs to en r o l p e r s o n s a t the plane ot sldtitice, but tb e Jew ish cu s to m required ' otroeut to ta k e p lace la the aatlte F r o m O e lllw te t k . «\l r e g io n o l M h l e h e e . W h e r e D a v id was fa m uch m o re el \C ity of Davl 5. “ W ith M* her presence was o b l ig a to r y or volttotar/, H hut It is obvious th a t , a f t e r whet sue had -i suffered (M a tt. 1:19), sh e ch o s e to Qling to tho presence an t p r o te c tio n of Her hus hand. “ E spoueed w ife.\ B e t te r , \who wai od to him /* Augustus was but an In s tru m e n t In th e h a n d of Protl* dence to fulfill th o p r o p h e c y of lltfufc 3 (chap. 5:2) w ith resp e c t to th e blrth-ptsOU 1 7. \H e r first-born s o n > T h a t e x o i l l ^ l > *ud glorious person, w ho w a s th e f lr s M toni of every cre a tu r e , an d th e h e ir of all , things; whom alt th e first-b o rn Iu the Old T e s tam e n t prefig u red ; w h o m tbe angels adore (H e b . 1 6 ) ; an d In w h o m those that believe becom e th e first-b o r n an d the first- fru its of G o d ’s cre a t u r e s . \ I n a roan r # r /* vg P robably som e envo o r g r o t t o used for sh e ltering c a ttle , a 11 (l p e r h a p s belonging ^ to th e s a m e sh e p h e r d s to w h o m th e \glad -(3 tidin g s \ were first b r o u g h t. \God and m a n ; t h e old an d now c o v e n a n ts; heaves and ea r th , m e e t in a m a n g e r .\ The only parson who had th e p r iv ileg e of OhocelBg III* b ir th p lace chose to be born In a M e a ger. \T h e In n .\ \A sq u a r e erection, open inside, w h e re tra v e l e r s p u t up, end '-A w hose r e a r portio n s w ere used a s stables.\ ----- ^ 8. \S a m e c o u n t r y .\ N e a r, probably lot a mile aw a y . \S h e p h e r d # .’* It was. very * . . b rM and DUvld, proper th a t th e announce) m ade to s h e p h e r d s . A b raham an d DAuld, to whom th e prom ise of th e Messiah was first m a d e , w o re shep e p h e rd d s , e n d bow th e first m a d e , w o re s h h e r s , Chief s h e p h e r d Is a b o u t to appear 1 ______ shepherds a r e th e first to receiv e the gin! nows. \In th e field .\ T h e y uodoubtedli had ten ts o r booths u n d e r which the *w \K e e p ln *h ?rS I oth* unc _ _______ _ d elt. \ K e e p in g W a t c .. ., b y night” O r \keeping u l g h t w a t c h e s .\ T h e y watched by tu r n s , ag a in s t w ild b e a s ts an d rohhnrs. The fact th a t , th e sh e p h e r d s were In the fields afford* nu g r o u n d fo r concluding th a t th e n a tiv ity could uot have taken place Iu th e w inter. T h e average tempera- ‘ t h ir e ut Jeru s a lem fo r five years waf, la ^ Decem b e r, f if ty-four degrees. Dece m b e r, f if ty-fo u r degri 9. \A n g e l.\ D ivine m e s s e n g e r . \Game upon th e m .\ Hfood o v e r th e m . \G lory of th e L o rd .\ T h a t ex tre r e m e sp len d o r l a Ing to r rd .\ T h a t e x t m e s | D e ity Is rep r e s e n t e d as appear* 1. a n d som e tim e s c a lled the She- chlunli—n» ap p e a r a u c o freq u e n tly attend ed . a* in this case, by u c o m p a n y o f angels. It i* likely th a t th e an g e l ap p e a r e d In the air at s o m e l i ttle dista ista th a t from 1 Lord shorn iw d . 8 lie ic k t o n , S to c k to n , bout to th an d d a u g i* Hbubrlck. F o r e ig n . T h e B r itish sailing vessel Em ily L loyd has been w recked near C h e r b o u rg. T h e c a p t a in and tw e lve of her crew w e re d r o w n e d . T h e F r e n c h steam e r Ht. Je a n has been sunk n e a r B rest. Seven of her crew w e re lost. A d i s p a tc h received at Rom e from Mas sosvah say s an A b y s s inian arm y of 10,000 m en sen t n o r th to subduo tho T lg r e rebels has reach e d th a t province, an d th a t R i s M a k o n n e n , th e G o v e rnor of T lgre, has e s ta b l ish e d hts r e s idence at E n d a m o e n l. D e p u tie s rep r e s e n tin g a g r i c u l t u r a l an d In d u s t r i a l c o n s titu e n c ies In F r a n c e a r e o p posin g th e ratificatio n of th e F ranco- A m e rican tre a ty . I tie d n c e ab o v e them7 a id J th e r a y s of th e glory of the und ab o u t th e m , ae the rays ',:A of light are p r o jected from th e sun. \Sort a f r a id .\ \T e rrified w ith th e appearance uf sn glorious n b e in g .\ T h e r e Is ao proof ' ll here t h a t th e sh e p h e r d s were morally Im- •**>] pure und afraid th a t d iv in e Justice w a r • > ! about to bn m e ted o u t to th e m . Even holy > mon .trem b le when th e y com e la oontncf .§$ w ith tho su p e r n a t u r a l . 10. \G o o d tid in g * .\ \The literal meal ing of G o s p e l.\ 1 am com e t o declare tilt loving-kindness of tho L o r d . My m teagl’ will cause great joy. It Is a message to you (Jew s ) first, and it also reach e s t o \all Ibt people,\ R. V. To t h e w h o le human raw# Sue, Gen. 12:3; M u lt. 28:19; L u k e 2:98*98: l i lt;, 47; Col. 1:21 2.1. 11. \ I s b u r n .\ / I s a . 9:6; Jo h n 1:14 1 $ * D a v id's g r e a t e r Hon begins his earthly r* career In his n n c e s lo r ’a hom e . Noveu bun Ired years before, n p r o p h e t ha«LttfcedlCtei) ’ - - Mi© M essiah's b ir th nt lietb leh e m ; Mic. 6. J.” \A H a v lor.\ (1) A d e liv e r e r . (9) IT restorer. (3) A p r e s e rv e r. Mali. 1:11 \N o t .shall bo a H u v lor.but 'born a S avior/ ^ \C h r ist.\ Tim A n o inted O n e . Christ ll th e G reek w o rd c o r r e s p o n d in g to the Ha* brow w o rd Mussiith. In auoleut times pro pilots, priests an d k in g s w e re anointed w ith oil when set a p a r t to their snored w o rk. \C h rist w as a n o in ted for these holy offices, w h ich we m a y share with Him by His an o in tin g tie w ith th# Holy 1 \C h r ist Is sufficiently qualified to th e s e unspeakably Important ofloi because l i e Is \T h e L o y d .\ God, have c a u sed 1 signign untoto themhem .. Anyuy fe a r nss too wbehSiMT Dutyhey m ayy app p r o a c h thh e new-born King offerffer Himim t b e lrr h o m age g e Is d i s p e ll# ! by Intimntim a tionion off I l lsis lowow lyy eondltloo,ondition, wl tb e l r carnal view* o f the netoreof Hie kl Tho G reek Gove till to t h e Leglslutl len t w ill p r e s e n t a A ssem b ly p r o v iding mu ilzetlon of th e w h o le u n d e r com m a n d of th e Crow n P r in c e w ill be su g g e s ted t h a t a foreign Gent pro b a b ly a G e r m a n —be a s k e d to r e o r g th e arm y . T b e In d i a n C o n g ress has d e c lared Its d issa tisfa c t i o n w ith tb e cu r ren c y m e a s u res of th e G o v e rnm e n t, alleg in g th a t th e s e have t b e effect o f d e p r e c iatin g tb e valu e of th e sav in g s of th e m a sses, v irtu a l l y e n h a n c in g re n ts aud Indebtedness an d In ju r - loudly affectin g m a n u factu res. T h e W a g n e r T h e a tr e at B a y r e u th h a s been p r o n o u n c e d un s a f e an d Its use n e x t su m m e r forblddeu. A la r g e num b e r of A m e ricans a r e eald to be finding tb e l r way Into th* v a r io u s v o lu n teer reg im e n ts being r a ised In C ape C o lony. T h e p u b lic revenue of G r e a t B r ttalu for th e n in e m o n th* ended w ith D e c e m b e r reach e d $413,885,240, as ag a in s t $391,702,- 340 fo r t h e corresponding period of 1896. P r in c e A r*fiberg,recently co u r t- m a r t i a le d In G e rm a n H o u thw sst A frica for k illin g a su b o r d i n a t e w ithout p r o v o c a tion an d fiendishly to r t u r i n g hie v ictim w h ile d y in g , an d w h o was ordered lo B e rlin fo r s e n ten c e w ill, il is said, have a new t r i a l . sign.\ T h e very thing that would hav© c a u se d th e m to d o u b t w a s made Ihe s un t A fua r n t w t m a a p r o a c h t e new -born King and o H t b e l h o m a Is dispell#! by lb# I a t o H l l c while th e i r carn a l view * o f t h e nature of His Meg- ' dom arc th e reb y co u n te r a c t e d . 13. \A m u l t i tu d e .\ They deeeesded I# honor th e P r in c e of P e a c e . \Henveely h o s t.\ T h e arm y of an g e ls whleb Is repre sented as s u r r o u id ln g th e th r o b # of God* tic© 1 K ings 22:19. Pen. 108:20,91; 148:8. 14. \G lory — In th e highest.\ Christ Is e h ighest g lo ry of God. \O n ea at r t h peaee/j __ j th e h ighe s t g lo r y o f Go d . \ O n e | Peace to m a n ; peace w ith Ood; pees 1 conscience. \G o o d w i l l .\ Ood h a s s t 111* g o o d will by s e n d in g th e M essiah. 15. \L e t us now g o .” T h e r e Is bo IL b # to lose. L e t 11* g o now . \ T h i s Is the lan g u a g e of obedience, d e * lr lug to receive s$- ranee and stre n g t h , \ by s e e i n g f o r thee- ‘this th in g wl h ich I* come to p e a s / ' ...................... * aid thrill * T b e I t B lia i Cabinet grl New Y e a r’s Dey to all p< po litical offence*. B o e rs an d Kaffirs Shave fo u g h t on tb e w e s tern b o r d e r of tb e T r a n s v a a l , th e n a tive* b e ing d e feated a f te r h e a v y fig h tin g , in w h ich t h e Boer# loet th r e e men.< It 1* rep o r ted from L a d y s m ith th a t len e r a l Whit©’* position Is becom ing un- o m f o r tab le a t L a d y s m ith ow ing to tbe eased effectiveness of th e B o e r tors*. • big S o u th A m erican H a m b u r g L ine n th Ip Pelota* lies on th * rock# off renew*. E n g land, half b u r le e d by anim a l p a r a •Itlcal disease* are G t-rm any th a n In th© ©xplalne t h a t th e prev a le n c e 1 G e rm a n y is du e to tb e p o p u lar e a t 'n u n c o o k e d m e a t*. Infeo- tio l f In N ew Z e a lan d . G o lf bae been In tr o d u c e d Into New Zea- | land. T h e Maori m en and women hav* tak e n to th e game and are showing re- | markable skill a t 11. * _______ | In c r e a s e d e f f e c ti v e s T h e D u n g e n e ii* . E n g lan d , ha lf b u r l d by th e w a v e s th a t sw e ep over her. All of th e p a s s e n g e r s ou th e P e lo tes, sev e ral h u n dred la num b e r, have be«u saved. T b e vessel will be a to tal lo**. N ine m e m b e rs of th e fam ily of a w e a lthy lan d e d p r o p r ie t o r nam e d K >wal*kl, n e a r K a llerb, P o lan d , have been killed by ro b ber* a f t e r being f r ig h tf u lly to r tu r e d . A s c o r e of live* were lost in m a r in e d i s aster* alo n g th e E n g l H u U h a u o s l. T b e P r iv y Connell held a m e e ting *«, W indsor C a s tle, E n g land, at w h ic h y u e e n V ictoria proclaim e d a w a rning to all B r itish selves \th is th in g w ----- -- --- --------- -- ------- 16. \W ith h a s t e .\ Filled and thrilled w ith holy jo y they could not linger* \And fou n d .” \It le probable that by eomenBl* < sting tbelr experience* to each other thelf faith wse greatly strengthened.\ THOUSANDS KILLED BY TIDAL WAV#.' Dwell, of l b . Terrible Lw. •* U * M lb . I .l .a d ef O wwb . Hell adrlcu received al See TreeekHI '•./ from Oblna *lve the Hret delelleellSe4k- Mter caused by a tldel wave whleb ewept -3 aver Ceram, one of tbe Moleee* IrUade be- (ween Borneo and Hew Oulnee, o n 'Mevim . - bar 2. Three advleee ebow that I.NS (tee*. ’ »le were deal roved Ob Oarem btoae, wbM ihe earthquake, of November . book tbe - < Japan eoaet and the labde edji On tbe nlffbt of November I of Ceram were awakesed ed by • earthquake that moved from it ___ tooth. All fled from tbelr boa see te lb# pnblle enneree. A few hours Inter.H mm reported Ibet tbe water wee rising lb tbe bay of Ambonle. Tbe sea same forenrd le tbe shape of a huge tidal wave g e e forced water Into the bey antranee, # rams op flfty feet over Ihe lowlende At feuboly and Bemaeoeroa on tbe bef I N wave swept over tbe tope of tree* tbfkty feet bl*b. Dot of nearly U N * lahabMetl* only forty escaped. The whole coast for miles wa* Irene-, formed. Every few rods were great beeps of .tones end booldere that bed hew w ashed up from the eon, eheagtog tbe entire topography of tbeeoentry. Tbe et; set number of killed along tbe ooest wW never be known, en le tneey anew tee bodlee are burled yards seder the ae* around. NO MORE WILD WEST SHOWS. 1 The Oeveroaeent Will Met r e n a l I ledleeB te Be V*e4 I n T h a t Way. A new departure In the policy of the De- •artment of the let*rter si Waehtngfa if. * the i bbi H s awaken hy n 18 — a m ^ t n m n n e t t t* aug* F ree s t a t e < •reh a n d les tb e r fi The bu bonl© pi ago© ha* ap p e a r e d a t S o u tneo, t h e cap ital of tb e F r e n c h pen a l uoluuy of New C aledonia. T h e r e a r e fou Sew C a ledonia . T h e r e a r e , a n d cue disease le s p rendli *tween Germany, On ugal under which tbe 1 real e n d P o r tu g a l under which t h e tw o fo rm e r P o w e rs w ill becom e p ro p r ieto rs of nil tb e Africae end Astute poeeeneloni of tbe last- named reentry. . em p h a sised by tb e unequivocal teteMk whleb nave m e t all re c e n t re q neats lee loans of In d ian s f a r eihlbtltoe psrpeeee. C o m m issioner of In d i a n Anal*, J ig * ' said: \T h e r e will be no more Indian* pern m in e d to leave t b e l r r e s e r v a t i o n s ler WIN W est esbIM iloa purposes. Tbby enaeet secure l b s coneeet of tbe Indian Snrnn* for tb e l r e i b l b i t l o a s nave It be along the lines o t show ing the progress al Indian *d™WUd*WeH diene, n**r ol whom would etvWne# ways hat far the
