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AT WORK IN EARNEST.
THE SENATE NAKFJ HATERIAI
PBOUREMS 131 ITS BCHIHE9S.
The ship Kuhaldy Bill Made the Ua
finished Baslnens Instead of ih
Spooner Philippine Heaaure The
DUcoMlon Opened by Mr. F rye
He Declares that the World Has
Entered Tpon a Fierce Commer
cial War.
WWhlng-ton, December 4. The pro
gramme of the Senate leaders for a bus
iness session was taken up in earnest
to-day and material progress wat
made. What Is popularly known as
the Bhlp Subsidy bill was made the
unfinished business of the Senate h
ateatd of the Spooner Philippine mej
ure, and the discussion of it was open-
by Mr. Frye, of Maine, chairman of the
Committee on Commerce, from wkic's
the measure was reported.
Mr. Allison presented the credentLVs
f Jonathan Prentiss Dolllver, who was
appointed to succeed the late Senator
John Henry Gear, of Iowa. Mr. Doi!!
Ver, escorted by Mr. Allison, presented
himself at the desk, where the oath cf
office was administered to him by pres
ident pro tern. Frye.
When the unfinished business .known
as the Spooner Philippine bill, was laid
before 'the Senate at 2 o'clock, Mr.
Frye, having previously yielded th
(ravel to Senator Gal linger, moved that
the Senate proceed to the consideration
of the Ship Subsidy bill.
Mr. Jones, of Arkansas, demand il thi
yeas and nays upon the morion, Jt pre
vailed 38 to 20.
Mr. Frye then addressed the Senats
He said that wtrh a boundle.-a ;-'-coast,
unparalleled and unapproacha
tle natural resources, shipbuiide ; s, ;he
equal of any In the world, the greatest
exports in the world, and every other
argument in our favor, the Unit 1
States had permitted its commercial
rivals to seize the pathways of cum- ;
merce and hold them practically to the i
exclusion of This country.
Lest year nf all the enormous ex
perta and imjM of the United States
only 9 per cent, wars carried in Ameri
can bottoms. Last year, Mr. Frye said,
the United States antd to fereign na
tion, principally Great Britain and
Germany. $60 90 a day for doing car- j
eying trade wark for this country.
"The world," Mr. Frye declared, "has '
enterM upon a fieroe commercial war
and i In to be a long and strenuou.
oanflot. Each nation is seeking the
adva-ntaga of its rival in 'this conflict
and is pressing forward to gain that
advantage. Moat of rhe foreign nations i
arc looking for eommercial advantage !
Ki thn Eaet. Russia. France, Great ;
rtnux Italy and Germany are paying
an aggregate of (5,000,000 per year in j
subsidies for the carrying ships of the
iCnatorn trade."
He pointed out that under present
eondithync It costs the United States
from 49 to I per cent, more, principally
In wages and food, to operate ite hlps
than tt costs Great Britain and about
80 per cent, more than it costs Nor
way, and yet the Ur ited States is
forced to compete under such a handl
pap with, the encouraged and protected
ships of foreign countries. He main
tained that export bounties were im
practicable, and that in the matter of
fMsoriminating duties the United States
would encounter no less than thirty
one different treaties. These would
have to be abrogated if discriminating
duties are enforced. The abrogation of
these treaties would be an offense to
every nation Involved. Hia figures in
dicated that ships of Great Britain had
an advantage of from $4.50 to $5 per
grass ton over American ships In the
expense of construction and operation.
Mr. Frye explained how the subsidy
payment was regulated.
Mr. Clay, of Georgia, asked if it were
not true that a twenty-one knot ship
would not draw under the bill $304,000
a year.
Mr. Frye replied that the amount
flrawn by such a vessel would be about
$22,000 in excess of her coal consump
tion and handling. "But," persisted
Mr. Clay, "is not the gross amount of
the subsidy of the twenty-one knot ship
$304,000 per year under The bill."
Mr. Frye admitted that It was. "I
understand," said Mr. Clay, "that the
ten knot and twelve knot ships which
carry the agricultural products of the
country' do not receive more than one
third the subsidy of the fast passenger
vessels which carry no agricultural
products."
"And I was showing," responded Mr.
Frye, "that the low speed vessels were
the ones which received the actual ben
efits from the subsidy and not the fast
passenger ships."
The Senate at 3:5r p. m. held a brief
executive session, after which it ad
journed. PROCEEDINGS OF THE HOFSE.
nilKary Instructors in the Public
Schools of Such t itles as Adopt a
System of Military Instruction.
Washington, December 4. The ses
sion of the House to-day was brief. The
real work will begin to-morrow, when
the House will take up the considera
tion of the Army Reorganization bill,
which Mr. Hull, chairman of the Com
mittee on Military Affairs reported to
day. He explained the urgent neces
sity for immediate action.
The objection to the swearing in of
Mr. Connor, of Iowa, the successor of
Senator Dolliver, which was raised by
Mr. Bailey, of Texas, yesterday, was
removed to-day by the presentation of
a. new set of credentials from Governor
Bhaw, and he took the oath.
Three bills were passed under the
call of committees, the most important
being one to provide for the detail of
pot to exceed 100 retired army officers
and 300 non-commissioned officers as
military instructors in the public
schools of such cities as adopt a system
of military instruction. The others
were "to prevent the failure of mili
tary Justice" and to legalize an issue
of $250,000 of bonds by Pima county,
The resignation of Mr. Devries, of
California, Who is now a member of the
Board of General Appraisers, was laid
before the House.
The Speaker announced the appoint
ment of Mr. Davis, of Florida, as a
rov.TaTchauTr.aY.of '""he M!T"ary ATfkrrs"
Committee, reported the Army Reor
ganization bi!!. The volunteers uncles
the present law, he said, must be mus
tered out July 1st, aid every one must
feel the imperative need of providing
for a new army. He asked unanimous
consent that the i .11 be taken up tn
inorrow. Mr. Fu'zr- objected.
A resolution providing for mernorM
services in the HU of Rap reneo ratrent
on the occasion of the celebration of
the centennial anniversary of the
founding: of the Government at Wash
ing-ton December 12th was adopted.
At 1:25 p. m. the House adjourned
TIT E ROOT MILITARY BI it.
amended so n to t ore' (he Cases of
flfnernln Shrfter, I.ee and Wilson.
Washington, December 4. The bill
reported by the House Military Com
mittee to-day is the Root bill amended.
Mcrst of these changes have been re
ported. Two sections were added to the
Mil to-Tay, the ..y-i o which is meant
lo covtr the case cf General Shafter
and thS last of General Fitzhugh Lee
md James H. Wilson. These sections
ire:
41. Tiat the President Is hereby au
thorized to select from the retired list
of the n officer not above the
rank ftf Brigadier-General who may
have distinguished himself during the
war with Spain in command of a sep
arate army, and to appoint, by and
With the advice and consent of the
Benati, the officer who selected to be
Major -General, U. P. A., with the pay
nd allowances established by law for
office's of that grade on the retired
Hst.
42. That the President Is ahtuorlsed
to select from the Brigadier-Generals
rf vclunteers two volunteer officers
withcut regard to age, and appoint
them Brigadier-Generals, U. 8. A., for
the purpose of placing them upon the
retired list.
Otl'er amendments are: The increase
af the officers of artillery shall be In
proportion to the Increase of the num
Oer of men. The Adjutant-General
Bhal) have the rank of a Major-Gen-tral
during the active service of the
present incumbent, and thereafter the
rank of Brigadier-General. The ag"
limit for appointn e:it to staff positions
Is stricken out. The Surgeon-C: ?ra'
is authorized in emergencies to appoin
is many contract surgeons as may b
accessary.
TO AHVAMi: FREIGHT BATES
Sn BDnminnn Coal to Tidewater Ten
Per ( rnf.on April 1st, 1901.
Philadelphia, Pa., December 4. The
Record to-morrow w ill tay: "Probably no
more apparent evidence of the interest?
eeured by the Pennsylvania railroad In
the Baltimore and Ol io. Chesapeake and
Ohio and Norfolk and Western railroad.-:,
and what it signifies, both in making and
maintaining of rates is the fact that it if
the purpose to advance the Tidewater
freight rater on 1 ituminous coal ten pel
cent, c n Airil 1 . 1CC-1.
The Pennsylvania, Baltimore and Ohio.
Chesapeake and Ohio and Norfolk and
Western railroads, control the entire out
put of bituminous coal to Tidewater, and
the i.armonious relations existing between
them by reason of the interests had in
each by the Pennsylvania railroad, per
mits of a conceit of action In advancing
freight rates, especially on bitumlnom
coal and the n aintenance of such ad
vance that under other circumstance?
was scarcely possible. For several days
rumors of a contemplated advance in bi
tuminous coal freight rates at the begin
ning of the bituminous year, April 1, 1901
have been current, and these were cor.
firmed ny a Pennsylvania railroad officii
yesterday (to-day). He admitted that at
advance of ten per cent, over presen
rates had been practically agreed upon
The bituminous freight rates to Tide
water now in ffect, and which It Is pro
posed to advance ten per cent, axe as fol
lows:
"From Clearfield region to Port i-Jber
ty, $1.35; to South Amhoy, Fort Reading
Elizabeth, $1.20; to Philadelphia, $1; t
Baltimore, 93 cents; from the Cumberlam
region to the above points, $1.50, $1.4;
$1.15 and $1 res; eetively; from the Wes
Virginia fields. $1.00, $1.53. $1.25, J1.1S
from Chesapeake ard Ohio points to New
port News. $1.15. and frem the Norfoli
and Western fields to Norfolk, $1.15.
"Supply and demand and the fact thn
the bituminous ten! producers have ad
vanced the price cf ih..t commodity ar
assigned as among the reasons for th
proposed advance i:: the reight rates. P.i
luminous shippers contend that the pre.-"
ent freight ratis are higher than t..c
have been for years, and that the trad
Is in no oor.riiticr. tt: admit of a slid fur
ther increase in fn iv :
LOSS OF THIS CI.
SER YOSEMITl
Manila, Pecnrber 4. Two members
Df the crew of t!.e United States auxil
lary cruiser Y Semite, which recently
foundered during a yphocn, which I f
3uam November Loth with seventy
five marines whe had been transferred
to Cavite fr m Cu;.:. The men ari
Fohn Barry, a car; enter, and Henrj
2olligan, a hospital a; ;rr"ntice. A boom
Ifty feet long and a fo t thick, which
nas rigged over the V Semite's stern
mapped off when attempts wore mad
;o steer with it. Meantime what va.
eft of the pro i li r was almost cut ol
the water and the steamer was con
stantly settling 1' w r by the head. N
rogress was p ssible and all on boaro
thought their last moments had come
The discipline i n 1 ard was good.
After the Y s mil ;.ad drifted shore
ard from her anchorage she pound.'..
n a reef. The wind shifted with ex
treme suddenness rr.d terrific fury and
carried the vessel out tnrough such a
larrow outlet in the harbor that no one
understood how sin got through. It wat
e'ry dark and thi k. Attempts of the
United States ccllIerJustin to tow the
cruiser jvere useless and the Yosemitt
would inevitably had sunk. The two
men said the ht le In the bottom was so'
big that the cruiser :: - have sunk n
matter what had vt ae.
A STEAMER BROKEN DOWN.
Halifax. N. S., December 4. The
Allen Line steamer Parisian, due to
d?y is reported by a pilot boat to be
broken down off Sambra. The pilot boat
has just come up the harbor with the
Intelligence. A fierce gale is blowing
Jong the whole Atlantic coast.
Birmingham. Ala., November 27. R
H. Collins, a prominent young farmer
Itving in the country near Opelika, Ala.,
killed a white man named Lou Whit
man, who was working on his place,
yesterday The killing waa the result of
a dispute about the crop.
WAR TALK IN FRANCE
6EX. MFRC'IEB C rs A HF.XSA
TIOX raintlOl BE.1ATB.
The Genrrnl Point Out the Fee tey
Whlrh England t onld be Invaded
nml DemBni'm ti Plnni for Jlobtli
cnlion of the Army, the
Method for (he Rnpld fmbnrka
tiou and Deborkittlon and Claim
that France Is Kumrrirally Fqal
at Certain Point':.
Ptiris, December 4. General Mercler
causfj a dep sensation in the Senate
to-day during the debate on the naval
bill b7 pointing out the ease by which
England could be Invaded. He demand
ed that the government introduce Into
the plans for mobilization of the army
end the navy metln ds for the rapid em
barkation and debarkation of an ex
peditionary corps. The president, M.
Falliere?. intervf m-rt. d-claring thai
such proposals were out of order.
"In view of the possibility of war
with Grrat Britain, the use of the army
la net sufficiently taken into account.
The times are not the same as they
were a hundred years ago. Steam, the
navy, the telegraph .ir. l the railroad
have rendered th hlr-m of the In
vasion of England r:- i h easier of so
lution. Moreover, England herself is no
longer the same. The Transvaal war
has shown that the British army, al
though brave, !; not equal to the task
which England expected it to perform.
The Britirh navy is powerful; but It
has many coarts to defend.
"France, thereore, is numerically
England's equal at rorta n points and is
even her superior, in the instruments of
destruction. History furnishes many In
stances of mutiny in the English navy
at the moment of battle. A landing In
England Is, therefore, not beyond
realization.
"This is not only my opinio, but that
also of high naval efllcera. The Rritlsh
Premier recently caressed significant
fears: rnd. if the principle of landing
Is admitted, tha practical means cf
exi-eutl' n may b discussed.
"I venture to think that the work I
prep-re while err: landing an army
corps could sei ve ?s a basis for such a
project, which would not be expen
sive." At this point protests were ra:sed and
M. Fallieres asked General Mercier not
to enter into the details f the scheme.
General Mercier replied that the
scheme c uld be "held over the head of
England like the rword of Damocles"
and he proposrd a resolution that the
Senate si., uld inv'ie th? government to
complete immediately preparations for
the mobilization of th -vmy and navy
by preparing everything necessary to
embark and disembark p? rapidly as
possible an expeditionary corps.
Protests were ra'red from various
benches and M. de Lanetsan, Minister
of Marine, followed the president's rul
ing that the motion was out of order in
the presi nt r bate by declaring, amid
cheers, that the government could not
possibly accept it.
ESCAPED FROM A!V A SY 1,1" 31.
.Tohn Armstrong Chanler, Former
IIiiKb;iiil of Amcllo Biro, Slip
Away from Ploominudnlc Asylum.
New York, December 4. John Arm
strong Chanler, former husband of
Amelie Rives Chanler, cousin of Rep
resentative William Astor Chanler and
great grandson of the original John
Jacob Astor, who has been confined In
Bloomingdale Asylum, at White Plains,
has escaped and Is supposed to be wan
dering about the country in West
Chester county.
Mr. Chanler has been confined in
Bloomingdale Asylum for two years. As
he was tractable and subservient to
the rules of the institution, he has been
allowed certain liberty, w hich two days
ago he took advantage of to walk out
of the gates. Since that time he has
not been seen. As soon as his escape
was discovered attendants at the insti
tution started to search for him, but he
had left no trace. Mr. Chanler had the
free run of the grounds and could come
and go at will, as he was looked upon
as a harmless patient. Mr. Chanler Is
i millionaire and had a private room in
the institution.
Dr. Lyon, the superintendent of the
institution, said to-day that a careful
search was being nutde for the missing
man and that he had no doubt hut that
he would be found within twenty-four
hours.
INJURED IN A RIOT.
Latrobe. Pa.. December 4. A riot occur
red here to-day nt the works of the Bes
semer Coal and Coke Company. Three
deputy sheriffs were injured, and as re
sult the borough is full of strikers. Three
deputies were badly bruised. Deputy A.
K. Baker, ribs broken; Deputy Davis
Detrick, badly bruised, and Deputy Lo
gan, badly bruised. A mob cf 500 excited
miners, who are striking, came to the
works last night, hooting and jeering and
proceeded to camp 4here. Fighting be
came furious. Ten of the leaders were
arrested.
EXPENSES Of THE PARIS EXPO
SITION. Washington, December 4. Commis
sioner Peck's reports of the expendi
tures of the Paris commission for the
year ending November 15, 1900. was sent
to the Senate to-day. The total amount
expended was $939,465. The items were:
Experts' salaries, $147,604; buildings,
$191,427; jury, $53,778; clerks' salaries,
$63,145; general employees' salaries,
$49,965; guards, $34,951; travelling ex
penses, $52,530.
THE ARMY REORGANIZATION.
Washington, December 4. Repre
sentative Hull, chairman of the Com
mittee on Military Affairs, has intro
duced a resolution for a special order
for the consideration of the Army Reor
ganization bill to-morrow immediately
after the reading of the journal, and
providing for a vote after three hour'
debate on each side.
INSTANTLY Ki-LED.
Selma. Ala.. December 4. At Wheeler's
store, a small settlement in Lowndes
county. George Wheeler, shot and inatant
lv killed A. Waldrep snd Calvin Harris,
both white men. iValdrop had been farm
ing on shares for Wheeler, and had a dis
pute over money matters.
CHINESE OUTRAGED.
BISTCBBAXCK IX TUB IXTF.niort
or cni. a (omixi k.
Chlnee Brgnlar Take np a Pt.
tten nt Bnnc Ckew-lhe Allied
Troop Proceeding-Three Inntfffa
nen nf the naasrr at Tl 3!iitr
I
Twenty-Three Boxer Ixr
ented German Lose Tn-nij
Killed In a riffht With Bezer.
Berlin, December 4 A ai-pat-h from
Field Marshal Count Von Walrtersee
flated Pekln. December 8d. says a con
siderable force of Chinese regulars has
taken up a position at Bang Chou. ninety
five kilometres southward of Tien Tsin,
and that two detachments of treops from
Tien Ttin, commanded by Colonel Lohrs
;he!dt and Major Falkenhayn, are pro
ceeding against these Chinese.
! Dr. Mumm Von Fci. w.irfxensteln, the
German Minister to China, caMe that he
has received a conciliatory dispatch from
Yuan Shi Kal (the military covernor af
tha province cf Shang Tung), assuming
full responsibility t r the safety of Blshon
Anzer, -who is abc:t to proceed to Tel
Nan Fu, toeor.frr with V an Shi Kai.
London, Deccrol -i 4. A s; roial dispatch
from Nakow Pats, : l November SBth,
I says the Kalian c : . a was 1nefTo
j tive, the Chines" evad'rg all attempt
; to enpafe tl rim ' c : - en route were
j occupied uropi .d me tolls of
! ek.ins and silver wcr d. The cavalry
captured the Vac; a . the retreating
Chinese forre ai Lwa Pu. killed
thirty of its t . f eeured ,
taels.
Three Mar.il.i i: s. v ' r- w re Instipatore
Of the massacre.-, t f : ts at Tsl Minn,
nd twenty-lhrer Boxers, were executed,
but the Germans .-,-: ally ignored V
flences cf r.v-! f : ii:n activity.
Tiiere nr- v . , ms it '.irhaneee in
the Interior. wbTe. - dispatch adda, a
bad impresir:. ;.f s 'jf u.ade by tha ea
eessive withdrawal cf rorein troops and
Ihe complacent r cf the allies. The mia
llonaries aniic'pr. :? a recrudescence ot tb
BUtraRrs.
United States rebsndoe Chcate had a
long- conversation tc day with Seefetary
of State for Foreign Affairs, the Marquis
Of Lansdowre. in which the proposed al
ternatives ai : an.Lncin nts in Secretary
Hay's recent jiO- : i J the notes of tha
Dther pevvtrs were fuily discussed. Noth
ing deflr.i e was air.v 1 at. Lord bans
3owne showed the most friendly spirit.
Mr. Che ate Is r.: tifyii g Secretary Hay ot
Lord Larsdowne's views. Further consul
tation v. ill folic w shortly.
Shanghai, December 4. The Van? Tse
Viceroys, who aie masters of the situa
tion, gave Vice Admiral Seymour satis
factory assurances of their future policy,
n the occasion of his r cent visit to these
officials.
Tien Tsin, December 3. Tang Wen
Huaan, the author f the outrages upon
the Pao Ting Fu missionaries, arrived to
3ay and was paraded through the Victo
ria road in a eart under a strong German
gruard, previous to being handed over tc
the provisional government for decapita
tion. Shanghai, December 4. It is reported ir
Tien Tsin thf.t the Gem ;ms lost twenty
killed and many wounded west of Pac
Ting Fu, where they were attacked b
twenty-live hundred Eoxcrs.
Shanghai, December 4. An imperial
tdict deprives General Tung Fu Hsiang
f his rank and titles, but permits hirr.
retain command of the troops. He
las been ordered to disband five thou
land men and to withdraw to the pro
flnce of Kan Su with the remainder.
The edict deprecates his ignorance and
roughness in dealing with foreign af
fairs, but it is not regarded as a serious
mport.
"The Traids" are said to be getting
fresh supplies of ammunition and t
Dacco and preparing outbreaks in the
provinces of Kwang and Tung Kwang
51. Papers express the belief that the
;ourt is preparing to return to Pekln,
Whither orders have been issued to send
the rice tribute, instead of sending it to
Sian Fu.
London, December 5. Native news
paper representatives, says the Shang
hai correspondent i f the Times, that
:he court has decided to issue an edict
)rderii-r the decapitation of Prin
Iuan and General Tung Fu Hsiang.
Dr. Morrison, wiring to the 'rimes
Monday from Pekin, says:
"Evidence has been produced prov'nc
that Captain Watts Jones was murder
id after four days in human toit .t
iight marches beyond Kalgan.
"The statement tha! the usti rr.s i -
?nue is Derng remitted to Man i r .
irroneous. e
to the Court has
t! e p
im
lilver cent. ibuticr.s to the Central G
rnment.
THE MINISTERS STILL. UNA LI
AGREE.
Pekin, December 4. As was e?:
the meeting of the foreign envoys
did net result in rny d--!'n::i-- con
owing to the fact that net all
governments l ave notified theii
tatives as to tie 1 rm of the pr. .:,
note to the Chinese plenipotentiary
Conger, the United States Mb i-n
after the
desire of
meeting:
.all to ai r
p are n t iy i I i.
ve at a sati fa.-
conclusion. I believe
will be the last, i ut
until every Minister
instructions covering
Personally. 1 am :. :
suits of the proc . ;:.t
tae r.ext n.e.
will ne t be ci
ts : ee :ve i d -:.
all con" ing'v.c
smd with the
.- ;o-:..y.""
WANTS THE LAW APPLIED TO
THE ARMY.
Washington, De en b -r 1. The re- ri
of General J. C. Breckinridge, ins; ec-tor-general
cf the at my. earnestly rec
ommends the benefits cf the law of
March 3, 1S99. rr vidirg f r th retire
ment of officers of the navy, under n r
tain conditions, with the rank and ?aj
of the next highei ::.. le be extended
to include ofTic is of the army. He
also touches n tie disadvantages im
posed by inferior rank .n the army, e.r.
ing. as an instance, the China cam
paign, when General Chaffee, a Junior
among the International commanders,
was advanced from a Itrigadier to a
Major-Gentral t" give him the rank
requisite to his sra us as commander-in-chief
of the United States forces in
China. In regard to the question cf
reorganizing the standing army, the
General suggests a standard of two
soldiers per every K'OO of population.
GEORGIA'S COTTON ACREAGE.
Atlanta, Ga.. December 4. Commis
sioner of Agriculture Stevens, who return
4 ?o-from a trio over the Staa. Jiaitl
gen. waihington
'asfho nSJr-t mm TVhlrh ti Cltireasf
f l'lety Hill 11 ifa mtrtolia Loom.
Aftr he had helped the plates and
vetoed the baby's proposition to sit
with both feet cn the table after kiek
inf orer the reftee pot. this patriotic
citlien of Pie-7 Hill thought it tre
proper time to discuss Washington f:
the childrn's heueflt. He first told
the hatchet fable to the smaller ones
and came out strong on the mornl
"'But that is denied.'" Interrupted
tha elder daughter, wh-. is w ar::.R c.:
first long drees ibis winter He
lashed an awful frown upon hv and
meant to hurry along that the subllmt
faith of the "kids'" mlg!.t not be :tn
paired by this hcrtsr. but the daugh
ter had no idea of bfins suppressed.
"And I just read the nthei day,"
she went on, "that he had a hortiblj
Tlolent temper. It was som- thing
frightful Then he got to going
Baby's attempt to ewallcw a dessert
poon made n welcome tt: erniption,
nd the father branch-d off the- fare
well sddress It wr.s one of the most
beautiful, eotil stirrii - r.,.d Impres
sive things in the Eng ih languagn
It was superb
"But I just read in a January m-rsa
rine Wafhington did nu write It f
all. The author"
I "Go to your room, young lady. You
sceptics would h?.v Interrupted tt
Sermon on th- Mount. Bacon wrote
Rhakespraro. Uaif the authors have
been plagiarises. Th" Bible If sot au
thentic. Nothing i. real, not even tha
loothache. 1 he world's going craty. I
ay that Washington nert r told a He.
He wrote lbs own speeches. He was
first in peace, first In war and first In
the hearts of hu- -ottntrymen Catch
I that baby!"
But it waa ton l.Te. The patriotic
little chap, In hi? excitement hsrt
; Kicked himself ore' backward, a thow
J r of dishes sub me ged him, and the
; subject of Was i:rte :i was, by tacit
; ronsent, put over f.r a y ar. Detroit
i Free Press
It n. t lit 1) .
He I say, I've cot 'i bit r;f coal or
lomething in my eyp.
She Dearest! If it is c; ;el do be
sareful. Remember ro.il is (5.25 a tou!
W HllriK T. si inioay.
"How do you like your new type
sriter?" inquired the agent.
"It's grand." was the immediate re
ply. "I wonder how I ever got along
without it."
"Well, would you mind giving me a
tittle testimonial to that effect?"
he rolled up his sleeves and in an In
credibly short time pounded out this:
"After Using the amtomating Bac
action a type writ, er for thre
emcnths and Over. I unhessttatting
ly pronounce It pronoce if to be al ev
en more than the Manufacturs Cliaim?
for It During the time been in posses
sion e i. th ree month si id has more
than paid for itself in the saving of au
dlabor. John Gibbs."
"There you are, sir."
"Thanks," said the agent, and most
quickly went away.
THE W. C. T. U. CONVENTION.
Washington. December 4. The Woman's
Christian Temperance Union Convention
in session here to-day adopted resolutions
against the army canteen .and prepared
a petition to the President, another to
Congress, and identical petitions to all of
the great powers against the vale of fire
arms and the Import a tl ti of lkp.ior and
opium Into the Philippine Islands, or tb
island possessions of the ether powers ad
dressed. The petition to the President
pointed out that it has been tho policy
of America to forbid the s.ib- of intoxi
cants to the Indian trib' s, and that Eng
land, who had the greatest ex pe-rb-nce
among all of the colonising powers of the
world, had been forced to adopt a prohibi
tion policy in her colonics in Africa and
elsewhere. The convention therefore avks
that the President either through the
War Department or the Philippine Com
mission, shall extend the prohibition la
of the Indian territory to as to take
the Philippine Islai.ds.
A petition te tit Frat- nry the raft
heat ion of the pending troaty for the pro
tection of Central Africa :.c,:;iivt intoxi
cants. A petition also was drawn up to
Great Britain. Prance, S;ain. Holland,
BeUdnm, Sweden. Norway Denmark.
Hungary. Greece. Russia, Turk:.. Persia,
and Japan, asking for an international
treaty that will forbid the sale "f intoxi
cants, opium and fire-arms in all Islands
and other r pions inhahued c hiefly by
aloriginal tribes.
Mrs. Emily B. Martin, of New Tork.
made a report on efforta to secure purltj
in literature and art. Mi.-s Wat's, pros'
dent of the W. C. T. U. of Prazil, spokt
on the work of that country Bishop Hart,
sell, of Africa, spoke In support of Cor
presslonal petitions tfcfct intoxicants t
kept out of Africa. He satd President M'
Kinley had informed him he would glad
see seme treaty consummated between afl
nations to control th us.- of intoxicants
To-nipht was "T" night, and Mrs. Oarj
Parish, of Illinois, national secretary, pr.
sided.
LIEUTENANT HALL'S CONDITION.
New York. December 4 Physicians
ittending Lieutenant-Commander Rey
nolds T. Hall, whose skull was frac
tured by a falling beam at the navy
yard here yesterday, are more hopeful
o-day of the patient's recovery.
ANOTHER FREAK. 1
(Baltimore American.)
".Tou never loved me," exclaimed the
A at IIoom K WltrXI
rh nihssnet Oliver Seanaft Rrrnk.
las Pleeennn ihtCMMsf lev
nney 11m irtw i iiu
Brerbr Rnnj.
Now Tork. December 4. Stae tiie
Pchofleld. a three-masted nrh-Hier.
bound from Norfolk, Va.. to Nw Tek.
pounding Xn nieces n the const near
Lnvalette City, N J Bhe drove ashore
ibout 3 c'rkek this afterrvaan and I ee
fw, cenaitrting of e-ai.ia and sis
sren. wer.- reecued by members of hf-
arlng statb :i No ne-;ted bf t.
Xher BtnUonn , ho err.pi.ieJ tSe
M-eeees buejr In ere.-tir.g the rf"-Ue
The Fe-TmCeld when r.rl seen eu
lenvoring to work oul Into deep water
n the teeth f - alaty mile gala Bhe
aas labxrlnK badly. Every effort only
a-orked the schooner further in sr. re.
The life-eaTers ran oul their gun si 1
baubd X along ,(e i ea h iv ttie
a-hM ner worked sic alj in hora AI 4
i thouaand f. -t outside K.e outer bar.
is nearly as could 'een f n m wh .ae.
h anchors irf lei gn ne was lost
an a minute and the nther did bti! ta
retsr-i the shoreward pro r rem f e
ressel. Even : ' ranvaaa n
taken In or h awa) an.l the
a hoor.er w . :, wr.fk ehore-
aard Hf:fn nlnutes n:er the n
b.etrs lvere let j-" the e t. rer KM II
'.he -uter breaker line n: .1 dtnimed iirP
.m anchor cable parted It was fortu
nate foe !.e crea : at i, e.k place,
tm u"ten the la si res-ttalnt went the
vessel shot B. rcnard rapidly Tii
uttr bar did not 1 1 h i f. r a mlnutw
and si
tween
ted li ' l ! dee
lh
Hih. i'nm
twenty feet high acre i I in over 1 1 e
bar, and ihe Bchcfle lifted ti i.nt
..f
I
of
these and eri le 1
broadside n and
from shore.
a i n
i i
s She dre
mded tlQ t
It took se eral tr la
a-eTs gun Lefer a .
the d-ck ef the
eut taut, and the rew
ney to shore Th
aaa the steward. "a j
f the schooner, sti ei h
S vClh the life-
ne uas put over
nei arxl baul-1
Im k in the our-
man to couis
tain A Bpragun,
led the W rk
aiKl bv t i . . had all tl.f e . ufa
and came tilmsif '.ti be liie-r-hs buoy.
Within ta-o hoeus the hulk br.n t
pound on the twh She Is rapidly gv
fcng to pieces and the bearh Is strewn
with ttie lumtier '.:.h formed tier
argo. This evenlne she Is less than a
hundred feet from tl f ie re line. Very
tittle will be left of bf r by morning.
A TEkRII'it ixri.osiex.
Eltfht ytm Killed and Twenty Olkem
Injured, nnuy of rben Nerloiiwly.
Sacramento, Cal., December 4. A
ork train, carrying it crew of be
tween twenty-five and thirty track re
pairers, bucked Into a fr T.ht train
few minutes casi ( Bui .am, on th
Southern Pacific road to-day, and In
the wreck which followed eight men
were kill d and twenty more Injured,
many of t hem seri u y.
From the meagre reports received It
appears that the fr irbi train had the
riiht of way iit. l running at full
Ipeed in order p. rr.eel and pass an
Dther freight al Fulzam The work
train should have been on a siding and
aas making for li ;it ;i n rate if
ipeed when it collided with the fr latht
A heavy fog wan pr vailing and It was
possible to disci rn i bjects for orily a
hort distance, so th !, k of tl.e col
liding trains was terrific. All tie
pasualties ar-- reported t" be among
the men of the working rrews, as tie
engineers and firemen Jumped and
naved themselves Ov i 200 feel of track
was torn up and the cars were smash
ed and r-lb-d up f n a h otiier In every
conceivable shape.
ttt i rm siu 1 1 iim n iii: iMox
01 Ike Cnn Teas lan of Fniih The ( om
miitee Dlaenanea tli' Wniir.
Washington, December 4. -The commit
tee of clergymen and laymen appointed
by the last General Assembly ef the Pres
byterian Church to make recom m e nda -tlon
to the next General Assembly, nuich
meets in May. on the question of whether
there shall be a revision of the confession
Df faith, assentl.l' d h r.- to-night
nil! continue in session to-morrow
and
tint it
their work ts oomph I d
Tlie R v Ir. S. W. Dai i of Philadel
phia, the only absent member of the com
mlttee j.s in Europe. Dr. William Henry
Polaris, of Philadelphia, the -tat-i clerll
f the General Assembly Is acting ate th
secretary of tl.'- rontuilttei
Dr. Roberta laid before ihe rommlttetj
a tabulation showing r.'.e vote of Ike
Presbyteries on 1 1 . - rruestlons submit i'd
ty the General Assembly's Committee on
Revision It made the following showing:
pr.r revision cf the c nf slon, 41 Presby
teries, i'or an explanatory tatement, i".
For a supplemental statement of do. trim
it. lor a revision and a supplement l
statement doctrine, 14 For a subs'
rre.-d. 13. Forty-five Presbyteries voted ia
lismi-'s the whole subject, whii.- fort)
thre bodl s in this and foreign landa
made no response. Some other votes r
cast for Individual modlflcatlons. Tic- to
tal numher of bodies reporting h.t--pa
ted 232.
No definite action was tak'n by Mi
committee to-niKfit. Three, hours neC4
si-nt in discussion of the results sbown
by the responses received by the commit
tee and in an exchange of views as t:
the- recommendation to he made to the
General Assembly. This may be deter
mined on to-morrow, to which time th
committee adjourned
MKINLEY'S COOLNESS TOWARD
GERMAN Y.
Berlin. December 4. Many of the pa
pers be-lieve they detect in th Pie.:
dent's rnessajfe a cooler tone tuwar
Germany than towi rd Kngiand a.
France. Th- V ssissiche Zeitung say
The tone in which President ftfcK
!ey sjK-aks of th relations of the Unit-r-'tates
and Germany is strikingly coo
It Is not to be Ignored that Ameriea'
relations with France and Great Rrlt
sin are expressly declared to be friend
ly, while, in speaking of her relations
with Germany, the President only says!
that good will prevails. Such a diffe r-'
pnee cannot be without design." TI -Berliner
Neuest Naohrlehten. LokalJ
Anzeiger, and others speak similarly
OVATIONS TO KRL'GER FOR
BIDDEN. Cologne.December 4. An Anglophobe
demonstration took place to-day in
front of the British consulate here.
Mounted police dispersed the rioters
and arretted the leaders. Serenades and