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A CAUCASIAN. H 1 4 vol. xvnr. RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1899. NO. 3. CO TO SLEEP, LITTLE FELLOWS I w f.1 tTi Chrlitma fill lira mowlntf. or t lie f;tirl.tms M.ir.(ire trltflit, fi toj.l.-Hf, little fel lr,yu to )(! For Bnntit Clam U .'-XT' ..'l.l... I.. IMIIIIJ-J IU f.. 'Vx. li-nvy naolr of 'KLY;-XY,''tf'l "), '! n fronty I Kh ,',',r', ' whit, uiiiii-ci? Y- r"l '''I'. ",tl, If,- if-wj to ale-jI Vi'lien ('Irl.tn:nn win! ro Mnglng r u'nl tl.ti i-i.iiiny with d' h'lit, in t'l Cift'ji, litll.t fflluW! K' lo -t,,r! It you walit ami y.n llio c!)liUy Oil, v.:i kuo.v it't-r't rU-tit! ViU will I't-viT " niil coming dowa ic In llio ll.-.lt, (, u Ice)', littiH i?llofr:i go to sleep! Oi.f", Uo wn'.-eful 1'ttlo fellows, cn a Mimvy I I rl-1 ina ef, (Coi to J', llttlti fallows Rf to nleort) Kt-ft ll;f.r 1.- t. hi iK'titii HiH cover tut 'I Wi f tllll J lllll iif-liflitlVC Aii'l !-'iUit.:v tiaiiH li,r"it 'em uud he loft 'fill li.l li to tlf VP, io to Mleci, lllllt) Ull'.nvs go to ilnpp! For .Suit; Is funny, nai Is eay i- tl !. t awny f ; tn Kli'i'p, li! I In fi-IIoMM, ff.) to steepl Ju t H Koo'l nllit to motlirr wiinn sbo's k iii. Hi.' .r:iyf r 4 yoi ruy. An I you'll Ihul your lj-U Intf brimming , wlu-'i ou v.al." nt hr.-ali o' tiny, (i to .ili't ji, iittl" IHlows i to bieuj.J n Aunt Doboralis Surpriso. (Tj A V.girls, hnvoyoti henrd C," VP-' v t Lo Jirws? It's too 't: M fuutiy for anything!" -, . . 4 uuuy iui uiiji -?v'.-;r. ' Jtaet Deri J 'tyi : runniu; up to Tt.r!2J gron p around t jeriiy came the littlu ithepchool liouso steps, with her fiuv full of la'i'shter nnd mystery. "Whfit's tli nows?" "Tt'il un about it!" "(io t.u, (Jruee!" The girls crowded around hei eai'ovly. "Why, Aunt Deborah Thorpe is go iu;? to five a ('liiiatnm party." "Vuu're fooling!" crieil half n dozen voicps. "Oh, but sho is, truly," cried Oraoe. "I've f;ot toy invitation, aud she wanted mo to ask the rest of you hero's the list." Hho waved a paper aloft and then bean to read the names upon if. livery p;irl there was iuvited, and a buzz of pleaded comment went around ui toon as tho reading was fin ished. "Hut I l.avrn't told you the fun nient. part of it," began Grace again. "We're each one of us to bring her a lUviNtuias prccent. J)nl you ever hoar of puch a thing? Funcy her not Icnviiipr that for ns to decide!" i Thoy all laughed at this, but the laugh was a good-natured one. Every body respected Aunt Deborah. They joked about her peculiarities and her "tightness," but, for all that, the fanners and villagers of the thrifty New England community admired those qualities which had produced one of the finest farms iu the whole county, and its owner was known to bo kind-hearted, as well as to possess plenty of good, sound, practical sense, which appealed to all;whilonot a man iu tho neighborhood was better posted in the affairs of tho country at large. The girls went on discussing the party with eager comments, talking over the presents which were to be bought aud wondering what other odd freak would bo developed before the cventfnl night. It was Thursday now, aud Monday was Christmas. 1 "Maybe she'll change her mind," suggested Dany; "though I guess she isn't given to that." "No," said a sweet-lookinjr girl, who had not spoken before. "Aunt Deborah always docs ns she agrees." 1 "That's so, Molly," cried Grace, while theie wrro several exclamatioas of asseut. "Wheu sho makes up her mind it stays made up for good and all. lint how in the world did you pet so well acquainted with her? I'm at ways a little afraid of her." Molly smiled wistfully. I "I don't know," sho said. "It just teemed natural, that's all." 1 The tears ciaio into her eyes, and V-A VkAXI 1 STIE TOOK CP THE CABD. 4 he turned and went in hurriedly. Her father had died only a few months before, and sho could scarcely remem ber her mother at. all; so Aunt De borah's interest iu her had been com forting. "The girls were quiet for a minute: then Daisy said, in a low voice: "I don't see how Molly Andrews can get her anything, and she'll never go a step if she can't." There were sympathetic murmurs all around, for Molly was a favorite. "I wish we could help her," said Dorothy, voicing the general thought. "But we can't," sighed Maude. "You know how proud she is. She'd rather stay away than have us do any thing about it." "Well, Mrs. Barton won't give her a cent to buy a present with we all know that," said Grace. "Oh, don't you remember Molly earned $2 getting names for that mag azine?" put in Maude. "She told me she was going to save it toward mueio lesrons her heart is just set on music. yoq know and, with all her talent, it is a iihr.me she can't do anything about it. But it's just like her to go and spend every cent cf that inoney on a present ior Aunt ueuoriu" "TUfa to." Wi too fcadr r the bravest girl I ever knew, (aid Grace. "How many of ns would work for our board nod go to acLcol and wear cat old c'cthes aad everything, as she does?" "But you never think of the clothes," said Daisy, "No, bat she docs," said Maude. Nothing but the party wan talked aboat for the remainder of the week, aud cn Saturday twenty boys end girls were tuny selecting C'lts for Annt Deborah. AH the boys and girls, with the ex ception of Molly Andrews, belonged to well-to-do families. Molly's father had been one of the wealthiest men iu the villagu until a year before, when he had failed in business aud taken every cent of Lis propeity to pay Im debts. Bince his death Molly had been living with Mrs. liarton, workiup; for her board and goiu;to school, and every cent that she had beea saving toward the rtmsio lessons, but ehe never said a word about it, and none of the girls dared mention it to her. Christmas night was beautiful and clear, with a great full moon and sharp, healthful air, and ths pcrty of boys and girls that came trooping up to the door of the big farmhouse wero rosy-cheeked and bright-eyed and as merry as need be. Aunt Deborah welcomed them cordially and they soon felt quite at home. In the fitting room a table had been spread out for the reception of the gifts, which Grace and Maud arranged tastefully. Then Aunt Deborah ex amined them with great care, noting critically each name and giving atten tion to each piece as though she were one of the judges at a county fair, as, indeed, she often had been. But when the came to the souvenir spoon some of tho girls thought she made up the little sneeze which gave her an ex cuso for using her handkerchief. Any way, sho took tho spoon up again the last of all and held it in her hand while she cleared her throat twice before sho tried to speak. t LsiteTv to V , l 'l . W Kite Ml .1 "... her Ufa was not very comfortabla. ! Her Nearest dream had alwoya been i fmMiMW, . to cultivate her musical talent, but mW''MmM that dream seemed hopeless enough WM.:I tMw&M bhe bought a pretty stiver souventr fMfei spoon lor Auni ieuorau. ana 11 toos v-M',i n -ns'XtZiX 2 mm m O xx "Po .l S'biit Aiecpcr,. W9 dre&.ned ef &. r in. ke burble CAtt? ra ir.t "My young friends," said Aunt Deborah, slowly, "I am well aware that you think l have done a rather strange thing in asking you to bring these presents, but I had an object in it which I am not going to explain to any one. I am very much pleased with the gifts, however, and I thank you for them. Now if you will step across the hall with mo you will find your own presents waiting for you, and a little surprise besides, wnicn, 1 think, will please you all." They had noticed the closea door of the "best room," but had thought it only one of Aunt Deborah's peculiar ities. They trooped alter her, won dering and excited, with little whis pered guesses and queries which no one could answer, and when they had crossed the threshold they all stopped for a moment with exclamations of delight. "Who would have believed it? ' whispered Grace. "It a just like fairyland, Maude whispered back. It was very pretty, indeed. I ho parlor was decorated with holly and mistletoe and branches 01 evergreen, and in one corner was a great Christ mas tree, sparkling with candles and loaded with presents. In the op posite eorner stood a haudsome new piano. They stood and stared until Aunt Deborah's voice called them for ward, and then they surged over to the tree to hunt np their guts The tree was eoon cleared, and every one in the room, with a eingle exception, had found a present. Molly stood on the edge of the crowd with a pale face and lips that quivered in spite of her efforts at self-control, while Frank was beside her, looking indignant and unhappy. Everybody noticed, and sympathetic glances went around. But all at once Aunt De borah spoke again. "If you will raise the lid of the piano, Molly, yoa will find your name there." The girl's hands trembled so that Frank had to help her. She took up the card and read it, her face flushing and paling, and looked around help lessly at the surprised and delighted faces. Then she turned and threw her arms around Aunt Deborah's neok without a word. After a little appreciative hush they all crowded around her with eager congratula tions, but Annt Deborah waved them back. . "Wait a minute.," she said, laugh ing, although there was a tremble iu her voice, "Molly doesn't know it herself, but I am sure she is coming to live with me. I've decided that I need her, and T want to hear that piano. She shall take lessons, and you will all be welcome to come and " fil W 1 1 l ( v J), eajoy th musio wbeomr you Uk,"hwp. 1 3"' fits cut chibly, aud HOW tatT Outiriiil Th rM of tht mclna va m feaat was a triumph ol New EnglanJ ; ski!!. . I CHRISTMAS IN THE DEPTHS. S Cniqua C!bnttion II I.! Ik il i Halt SIinM. From bleak St. Bernard to blossom ing Salzburg is about three hundred miles, bat aroand ona is perpetaalt wintA ;th ot I the fring-s of the contiuaiug raant'e I eer near at ha-.d: while in the mmos J of the other it nnen lia eumnxer. At I Christmastide 100 degrees of tempe; ature separate the two, and while the boundless snow covered hills of one glisten in the broadest diffused and brightest light kuown to earth, the contracted crystal walls of the other cntisTMAH sALznrna salt mines. scintillate under the feeble rays from restricted lantern3. Thirty degrees below zero is a fre nuent temperature at the hospitable Monastery of St. Bernard on Christ inas Day. There is seldom a traveller over the famous pa33 of the Penine chain of Alps in that season, but there is never a Christmas eve or Christmas Day that visitors do not join with the two score monks of the Augustinian order in the mass of their church aud in the joys of the feast. Then in the salt mines, miles away and thousands of feet below, are all of these things, for in the vaulted chambers, amid massive pillars of salt, is a population of human beings, not only miners who work one thousand feet under ground, but a permanent population living in homes along streets hewn out of mountain masses of crystal that glistens under the arti ficial light necessary in these depths. tke' (TKn5tr,a bsH 11 t 1 ii - . v . Kcwerla 13 pra.virt3;-. s Md . t;ii5 15 wKit tKe beli are syr.gi t We &re Ihe'Voiceg ef v'ecls. imJ -SaS-. We ire tke teiciue? ef brobket bnsjftt-. .Cl.l v ; .- . r -J gAiea e R nvyst'C.! nera. iVc Are tke brAyer.j ef-tke WA.KlerIicj MAaj, r 6a yiA-R deertg All level a.Rd loie-, , 'We .re hc (haruj ef Jude-xa gjjke bkcrcl-, ris We .re tke rvete tkt from HeaLei were fc!0 TroRtke go'deii tKre.t of a Anse! krij "VrRca tke (Jkrit vA.3-brk. " .". '"We rc tke tcrd- cf anef ap cf srrew f Ve Are tke e(kse of Ycrc!, bAia.j Ve Are Jubilft-rvt v'ei(e ef tajjwr'e-w- . Uv Pe(c en Ctk? let Tky gosd will rc Q)9 cur UbA trexk ri!eiCe ea (rhscw-'-JS "wra,, ' - Wk.ikc ivi5t borv ' Many of thia population seldom see the light of day. . They are there from Christmas to Christmas, in the miles and miles of galleries that extend un der the Carpathians and Alps gal leries of. different levels, ascending aud descending, crossing each other at various angles and reaching far under the overlying salt, rock and earth. This subterranean population is a happy one, as happy at he one in the sunshine at the many inchs of the great salt pits. There are joy and sorrow there, births, deaths and mar riages. Holidays are celebrated tneie, and among the greatest of these is Christmas. Iu the narrow salt bound galleries the petitioned Christ child walks bearing precious guts; there enters the welcome St. Nicholas, and he is followed by dreaded hobgoblins, who frighten refractory children into good behavior. On Christmas Eve and Christmas Day the echoes of the rock ribbed caverns are awakened by the children's voices. The song, the merry langh, the joyous shout in childish games and sports, are heard. There are music and the dance, feasting and merry making, the brilliantly lighted and decorated gift bearing tree that illumines diamondlike crystals that gather up the light, divide it into pris matic beauty and cast it back again. Tli First Celebration of Cliristmai. Christmas was first celebrated in the year 98, but it was forty years later before it was officially adopted as a Christmas festival; nor wa3 it until about the fifth century that the day of its celebration became permanently fixed on the twenty-fifth of December. Up to that time it had been irregularly observed at varions times of the year in December, in April, and in May, but most frequent ly in January. Ladies' Home Jour nal. A Trap For St. Nick. Young Mechanic-- "Ter seeitVa niuM vtu tm uuwu a ruv, bai whon h climbs back fc o.n't U r V.'.'J fTrrr7. iiii t TilE LXPEEIME.N7 FARSl. Tir. Massey Thinks it Sfcould be la EJsecombe. , Prof. W. F. Mousey, ot jb9 A. and K. College, baa returccl to Raleigh "rem the eastern part ot tke Stotfl, . v . -.u ere has Itson with IYof. B. W. ne, SUt Caem;st, jclecttn a lace for an experiment far 02. Thcy examined a numbw of places. ut no site has yet been deaaHely ches :n. Prot. Massey thinka, howtver. that '.he farm will be located in E.iecom!e county, on the Plymouth ra!lrcad, near Oarietoe. about nine m!ks from Tar boro. He left Prcf. Kiljore there naking a closer and more thorough el imination of the coll. "Tho farmers in that section," con tinued Prcf. Massey, "are just e&lains noney. t They arc making i ou truth, principally lettuce and potatoes. The '.ettuce they are raising is very .Ine in deed and they are get tin 3 good pries rcT it. it only takes u fccad3 to ma'te barrel of it and th?y get $5 a biml. Some of them raise it under g'.a?s and ome of them under canvas?. It cn b?st be raised under glass, but most ot them use canvass, that to'.ng i?ss ex pensive than gla-8. One man t'aerenaa three and a halt acres of lettuce un.lor sauvass; another Ins three acres and aiany others haave srr.'ler amounts. "A man named Dawson near Ccnetot aot only lias a large acreage-in lettueo, hut he also has cn haad 1,300 barrels Df second crop Irish potatoes which are very fine for sa?d. Then he has cabbage and other truck, on all cf which he makes money. "He told me that this past season, In addition to his agricultural products he fattened 600 fine cattle for beef. He is now buying up all the beeves he can get. His case is the case of many c th ers in this section cn a smaller scale. These people are making money and it will not be long before tbey will b-3 making much more than thay are now, for theirs is a great section and it is rapidly developing." State Newsfsotes. The Spring Vale Cotton Hill plant will be moved from Maine to Hickory, N. C. There are seven thousand spin dles, capitalized at $175,000. Hickory people will build the mill and own most Of the stock. The Southern Railway has about de cided to build a track from Wilson's Mills out to the Wilson iron mine, in Johnston coimty, to facilitate the ship ment of ore. The track will be two miles long. The mine has been examined by ex perts, including the State Geologist, and all pronounce it a Gne iron de posit. In fact it is sail to contain about 60 per cent, pure Iron. ine mine is owned by Mr. James Wilson and he is hard at work taking out the ore. He is hindered in the work, however, by the fact that he has to haul the ore two miles in wagons to the railroad. It is sent to the furn ace at Greensboro. The Smlthfield Dispensary on De cember 1st had cleared $1,130 profits since it commenced business on July 1st. On the whole this institution has been very successful SmithSeld Her ald. A company composed of Northern gentlemen the same company that is operating at-the Narrows is negotiat ing for the purchasing of the masnili cent Gra'Ssy Islands water power, s,aya the Wadesbcro Messenger. The saw mill and wood shop of Mr. W. C. Michael at Gilisanville, burned Friday night between eleven and 12 o'clock, resulting In a less of about four thousand dollars, partially covered by insurance. Several thousand feet ol dry (umber were consumed. Nothin: i3 known as to the origin of the fire The December, Bulletin of the Depart ment of Agriculture is now being pre pared. It will be issued from the press the latter part cf this wee a. It is devoted to no special subject, as were the Bulletins for October and Novem ber. It will have a number of articles of interest to farmers generally. , Many of the students of the various school3 here are already going hone for the Christmas holidays. J. T. Couch, of Durham, father and administrator of Linwood Couch, has instituted suit for $20,000 against the North Carolina Railroad. Linwood Couch, who w3 in the employ of the railroad company, was killed at Funs ton, a station between Durham and University, on September .13th. He was a brakeman, and while chaining a car, whose drawhead had pul'od 6ut. was crushed to death. It is claimed by the plaintiff that his son's death was caused -by -negligence of the com pany. The suit has just beea entered in Orange county, and wili come i:p at the next term of court. The 10-year-old child of Mr. John F. beeper, bitten by a mad do?, died in great agony on Friday. Dyramite on TracV. Concord. N. C Special. Saturday morninsr as Mr. John Moore, of thi3 pLace, was walking along the railroad track just above the Buffalo Mill, h i found two sticks a" dynamite, pinned and capped, faster.ed to ore of the rails, so that it wuuic have been ex ploded by a train passing o rer it. It is to be hoped that tha vHUaa who placed it there will soon be pointei out and receive the full penalty, of the law foir the dastardly act. The State applied for a re-hearing of the railroad tax case and Judge Simcn ton first set December l&th as the time of hearing the argument H i has now postponed the hearing uniil December 27th.- Some folk3 believe that since the supreme court held that the legis lature did give the Corporation: Com mission authority to assess the rail- reads for taxation. Judge ' Sintcrntoa may chacge his deoisloa. ' Two ctgrosi are haa4 tcr aurdw WE LOOK BACKWARD. Anniversary cf ltc Death of Wash ington Celebrated. SERVICES HELD AT THE TOMB. Masonic Fraternity la Charge of the Ceremonies -The President Deliver a The Adrfrcs5. Washington. D. C, Special. Im pressive i Masonic ceremonies were eonudcled L-cth st the old vault and che present tomb of Washington ot MU Vernon ?fhursday In cemewmoratioa of the death of Washington. Prudent Mc Kir ley and" members of the cabinet left early irr the morning for Mt. Vernon aad proceeded direct t the mansion. The proeefcsion in con- ncction with the ceremonies moved bv way of the mansion, where the Presi dent reviewed the columo. The line of the funeral procession of one hun dred years ago was followed. On ar riving at the eld vault the Grand Mas ter of Colorado made an address from a platform, after which the procession formed and proceeded to th? present tomb. After the ceremonies at the present tomb the procesion again formed and proceeded to the manslou, where' Pres ident McKinley made an address, af ter an introduction by the Grand Mas ter of Virginia. At Fort Washington a gun was fired every half hour ending at sunset. As the procession moved into tha Mt. Ver non grounds a battery of artillery fir ed twenty-one guns. President McKinley's address at the Washington mansion, Mt. Vernon, was in part a3 follows: "We have just participated In ser vices commemorative of the one hun dredth anniversary of the death ot Washington. "His fair fame, secured in its im mortality, shall shine in countless ag:s with undiminished lustre. "He selected the site for the capital of the republic; he founded and gave it the name of Federal City, but the commission substituted the name of Waiihington as more fitting. More than seventy millions of people acknowl edge allegiance to the flag which h made triumphant. The nation is hi3 best eulogist and his noblest monu ment. "While strong with his own genera tion, he is stronger even in the judg ment of generations which have fol lowed. In dealing with our vast-responsibilities we turn to him. We summon his precepts that we may keep his pledges to maintain justice, law, education, morality, civil and re ligious liberty in every part of cfur country, new as well as. eld." n..n nI Buller Defeated, - -1 London, by Cable. General Culler was attempting to cross the Tugela river, but finding it impossible to effect his object, ha ordered a retirement in order to avoid greater losses. He left eleven guns behind. The following I in part the text of General Buller's dis patch announcing his reverse: "Buller to Lansdown, Chievely Camp. Dec. 15, G.20 p. m. 'I regret to report a serious reverse. I moved in full strength from our camp near Chievely at 4 o'clock thla morning. There are two fordab'e places in the Tugela river, and it was my intention to force a passage through at one of them. They are about two miles apart My intention was to force one or the other with ou brigade suppor ted by a central brigade. General Hart wa3 to attack the left drift, General Hildyard the right road and Genetal Lyttleton was to take the center and to support either. Early in the day I saw that General Hart would not be able to force a passage. I directed him to withdraw. He had. however, attacked with great gallan ry and his leading battalion, the Con naught Rangers, I fear, suffered a great deal. Col. I. G. Brooke was seriously. wounded. Suicide of Henry Landis. Baltimore, Md., Special. Henry C. Landis, secretary of the Baltimore board of trade, and one of the most prominent insurance men of the city, committed suiside Friday at the Union Protestant Infirmary, during a. tempo rary aberration of mind, induced by melancholia. He jumped from a win dow to the pavement and was instant ly killed. Debate Closed. Washington, D. C, Special. The closing day of the general debate oa the financial biU proved to be one of exceptional interest At the outset a sharp personal colloquy occurred be tween Representatives Wheeler and Berry, of Kentucky, over the recent Kentucky election and the charges growing out of it. Considerable feel ing was shown. Later in the dy, Mr. Bailey, of Texas, until recently the Democratic floor -leader, received close attention in an hour's speech vigor ously presenting the Democratic view and eulogizing the time-honored and undying Democratic organization. To Succeed Black Diamond. Knoxville, Tenn., Special. The Ohio, Tennessee and Carolina Railroad has been organized hereto supplant the scheme of Colonel Albert A. Boone to build the Black Diamond Railroad from Columbus, O., tr Port Royal, S. C. A failure to make a satisfactory deal for the franchises of the Black Diamond Railroad ia Tcanessoe I-vi General Wm. W Kirkby, acting as the agent for English syndicate, to trgaa- ize this new company. a.ooo British Out of Action. Pretoria, , By Cable. The following official announcement has been made: General Cronje reports that Thursday there was desultory fighting until C o'clock, when heavy cannon fire was resumed: "The Scandinavians storm ed a difficult position, but it became untenable, and they suffered severely. I was unable to send help. The Bri tish were in overwhelming force, bat must itv had at Isast 2.000 mro put out cf isttojb tUbr is kiUei or wona- CIS MGTT TO A SEAT. The Quay Cac Developed teporUst FVsta.xj. "WMhlactoa. D. C. Spef-.aL An 1s rc&'Jruioa f t: r&fau former Senator Quay, of IVcprylraali. tu a Mt ra the Vcjit l-y srpdaiaet tie Governor of lVnylva?tli. vat begun Saturday by the coma.lOce a privilege and rlecUona. Th heulug was purely a le?al arxncieat ca tiro tight cf the ivaiiD jt la the elrcy instAL.cc which arose la the cat of Mr. Quay. Hon. John P. Elkla. At torney General of iTesasrivanlv. p poared for the Ooniaicn- eitt ef IVnssylTi.nia, tad former &naur Ud munds fcr those who renaeMtrate-l against the asatfer of Mr. Quay. ilr. Edmund bis as coiijaiors llzctptoa I Carsoa and Gors WhartD Per per. W. J. Iirennan. ea aitwrvr of Pittsburz. was leadlne counsel for the Democratic member of the Pennsyl vania legislature. Mr. HlkLi contend ed that a sovere!gn Sute wn a; all times entitled to fuller reprrientaUon in the Senate according to th fplrlt and lettpr cf ths constitution. Tb failure of the legislature t perform its duty ought not and could not operite lo the State's disidvantage In th Senate. The true position. In his opinion, was that the governor en joyed the full powir to fill any va cancy that might occur in tho State's .,WUti.uu -ajr -a.t evfr- V.hcn Attorney Carsoa began his ar- gument Senator Penrose, of Pcnnsyl vania, interrupted by asking: "Do yea appear here as tho paid attnrnc7 of John Wanamaker?" Mr. Carson denied that he appeared in the pay of any one. i Former Senator Edmunds then seized j the opportunity to disclaim for hirrelf in the case. "My only relations Mr. Wanamaker." said he. "ara that hat I 1 sometimes buy tinware at hi rsub- j lishment." . j Mr. Carson presented an elnborat legal and ccnstltutional argument against the seating of Mr. Quay. It 3 doubted the desirability of accoruinj to the State executive such ?.uthority. Former Senator Edmunds declared that the appointive authority was beln? constantly trenched upon by th execu tive power, not only of the State i. but of the nation Itself. Th? Ircsidtnt was exercisiag such power by making recefs appointments of men who pre viously had been rejected by thi Sen ate. This he regarded as -dmgerous and urged the Senate to take a firm stand against 6uch usurpation o' power proiecxion m iiseu. jkt. jjt niitKnrl'v rnnforrml nnnn A envi n or to fill a vacancy in the State a repre sentation. In rebuttal,. Attorney General ljlk'a , cited a position taken by Mr. Edmunds 1 la tJie Senate in 1879. upholding a gov ernor.R hl to uppatntrW Mr Edmund3 replied the cases wer totally different Mr. Elkia conclude that the Judgment of the government aa to the necessity for calling en extra scv sion ot aVgislature which nil failed to elect a Senator was flna una con clusive in the premises. Cutting Down the Grades. The work of cutting down the grades on the Chicago division of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad will bei begun at once and most of the heavy work will have been completed by spring. The general plan of Balti more and Ohio grade improvements contemplates an IS foot maximum grade from Chicago to Baltimore, ex cept over the mountains where help ing engines have to be usd. The Chicago division work Include reductions betweea Tiffin. O.. and Attica, where a 23 foot grade will be reduced to IS feet for a distance of 16 miles, the heaviest cut being at Republic. About 350.000 cubic yards will be excavated. Lcras and Co, of Chicago have the contract These reductions will cost about $300,000. but will allow an increase of nearly SO per cent In train loading when they are completed. Against Politics. At Detroit, Mich., a resolution recom mending members of labor bodies to use their election ballots independently of the predominating political parties was adopted by the American Fedf-ra-tion of Labor. Among the other so lutions adopted was one asking the introduction of bills in Southern legJe latmres by enactment of which convict labor would no longer be subject ta lease. Beiigerent Rights. Washington, D. C, Special. Repre semtatlve Sulzer, of New York, has in troduced a joint resolution declarta, that a State of war exists in Souta Africa and according belligerent rights to the Transvaal government It closes with the following paragraph: "Th Congress of the United States protects and remonstrates against the barbar ous manner in which the war has bee conducted by Great Britain, and the President is hereby authorized to lake such steps as may ba expedient, in Li? judgment, to secure an observance ot the laws of war as recognized by all civilized nations, and bring about aa honorable peace." . Philadelphia's Scheme. Philadelphia. Pa.. Special. The ! membra rit thA citizen s committee whose efforts resulted In the 82lectl.it. of this city for the national Republi can conveation have started a move ment to have the Republican national committee make this city it? head quarters. It is said that they are en gaged ia carrying out a design wh'ch had been matured among the hundred and mere members of the commltte while la Washington. A Free Trip Home. Washington. D. C, Special. Instruc tions have been cabled to General Otla to contract with the Caballos Trans. portation . Company for returning to Spain 4,000 additional Spanish prlsoa- ecs recently released by the Firpino L- surgents. This Is in accordance with the terms of the peace treaty with Spain, agreeing to send home all Span ish soldiers heid captive by the Insur gs&ta. There is $550,000 atUl &viilitl for thli pwpoaw. WAS TURNED DOWN. flr. Roberts Asiei TUI Tke Trul U StJfpl HIS PU.YGAflY FILLY ESTACLISCE0 Th Keaaona I poo Wkkli Ik Krqawat Was lUacd. W ere mat Sftklcat U tho Opinion of Mr.Ti lor. aih!n;:rn. Ii. r frUl. Tat toa. niftre Cf t Hccecf nprrcu- m mf,'vu "-'"ttltac Oe c 1 LL tV.c! n- r-BJ I 'oor at 109 UfslcrxUr. ta bg:n the cxarjUudan f intact. A large i 1 VmlxT cf fpvtlator wte o hand. ' i.t:r a crru'xr of Ulk. v.r. i ;: - " 11 r w while fiaakta Mm aaa th drlc?.v:i.in tf tnw Rpt. U.-. i::tt. J?r. Shror.Vr asd cOr. " fco ar bre to l!mt the ei axalnU ie Tub ta3ilr--!4L Wbra Chair :naa Taylor, of Ohlt. -idt4 the eoa m!tte to rIer i vbit wit- r-ejic woull tuarJ. Mr. llobrtt eroe and kai4: "l retwn:Uullv to Informed a ta ray atatat beffiic ttl corcmPic-c. m I rrgarll as a raem Ir cf th HoUke of lUprwnUUtr: If you answer thi yucrtioa la the af r.rmtlve. then I k that the commit ie cjnflr ttr: to th ctn!dcr:irta 'f my election, the returns upon whica 1 wa c letter?, and the qualHi tlo of n member of tVa re a dnnJ la the Cjnslltuticu of the l u.'cd Stoa. !f '! .:nmltte (.hall find Hat ray elec- tlon is beonl quealon tia I a Jt ILat I b- pi-rmittM to tale the oaih of of fice; ai this u the only csa.t.tulloml p3er Hhich the Iloutc or tl.U co:o nl:tw can errle ovir me until 1 am sworn in. If the corr.ru ttte ahall i-uwrr 'Xo. to this Inquiry, thn it has io jurisdiction whatever over rn. at tho Constitution glvee t3 the Houe power over Its numbers oLly. i.nd I ask that the nx-eedinj;., be fare the committee be dliccnllnued." Mr. Taylor responded that all of Mr. Roberta rlghta had been looked afur pud protected, and at the ery thres hold of the inquiry xhere wah do prop er que-iticn which had not been raised. Charles Austin Owen, f Salt Lake City, was then called. The mitaens tain thvt the general reputation of thi ftatua of Huberts and Dr. Maggie C. Shipp Ilcberts wu that tbey maintain ed the relation of husband and wife. Mr. McCwen. of the Philadelphia No:th American, was examined aa to a recent Interview with Roberta signed .(f?: i ' 10 spoke of his wives, referring to them as "good and true women toward whom obligations had been Incurred prior to enactment f the polygamy i Captala EllftS II Paraoae, of the lartertnajter's department. United states Volunteers, testified to an Inci dent occurring la ISO 8. while he was ia Salt Iake City. About 8 a. ra. eoaae one afckcd him to call up on his tele phone Dr. Maggie Shlnp Roberta. Oa going to the irirpaoae ana cJ15ng wp i the house, a man' voice antwered. -Who la thisr Captala Parsooa ak- ed over the telephone. "II. H. Rob- ' w" ,b "V1- CapUIa Paraoa. testified. On croaa-examlnatla Rob- iTts afcked: Rev. Dr. I Jiff, a Mrthodirt mlasloa rj of Ttab. testified that the general reputation aa to the ttatus of Celia Dibble Roberta waa that ah 9 was the plural wire or Btlgham II. Roberta. Oa crois-exaniinal.on Mr. Roberta aougHt to ehow that Dr. Hi a was hostile to tho Mormons, the wltncaa aviating that hla hoaiility wa to the polygamous fea ture of Mormociam. Rev. G. W. Marti a. a Presbyterian minister of Mantl. Utah, testified aa to the reputitloa of the polygamous status cf Celia Dibble Roberta toward Brigham II. Robetta. He taw state ments to this effect In the Salt Lake City newspapers and heard ot no deni als. The polygamous flatus of Mr. Roberts was a matter of common re pute. It was also reputed that twin had been born to Celia Dibble Roberta, la tie course of the hearing Mr. Tar- lor stale! to Roberta that tba latter' demurrer had been overruled, all ques tions being taken into conaldeatioa for determination later. Pritchard for Vice-President. "Washington, p. C. Special. Sena tor Pritchard will be propose' as a Vice-Presldenaltl candidate by the Na tional League of Republican Clubt. which held Its meeting here. A con certed movement has been Inaugura ted and pledges of support have been made by many States, especially throughout the South. , Corner on Cheap Cigars. Tampi, Fla, Special The Cubin Amerlcan Manufacturing Company, of this city, through iu president. If. M. Myers, has purchased the Keys-Baker cigar rolling machine at Binghama ton, X. Y., together with all the rights to the $ machine, aad also a large cheroot Manufacturing company, which owned a portion cf the rights. This practically gives the company control ot the cheap cigar output ot the country, for without the Keys Baker machine, other concerns will be unable to compete with It The Co-ban-American Company will probably locate Its factory for the cheap cigar business in New York. The Navy's Share of the Glory. "Washington. D. C-, Special. The na val account of the operations of the ahips In Luzon I contained la a cable gram from Admiral Wateoa at Carite, which reads as follows: "Cavite. Dec 15. Bar well reports that the Wheeling landed a naval force and a detachment of troops, Kalaer commanding, sixteen miles north of Laloog. northwest of Luzon, and at tacked the city, releasing 1,500 Span iards. I am boldng at the request of General Young. No casualties. " WATEON.- News Items. The executive committee of the Pro hibition party has decided to hold the national convention la Chicago on June 27, 1900. The Halted Mine Workers, of Ala bama, have declared aa opea war oa the Knights of Labor, and a resolution recommending that the district crgaal zation do all ia its power to overthrow ted eradicate the Heights of labor In Alabama, will he adopted by the sac loo of the annual coareaUos ef IHae TEE NATIQXAL LAW tU!T3. tVslCfm la fHUej Trms Car U Day. TtoWawt. KU rr-Tle neai cf ta ! ate a Uut aal WftMa mt roetlte atk ra trmaeal4. ferret a DrAt it: . ta. tka t vrat eavrativa atam. At S.St ta Scmau rav4 lataa M 1 vpra ralca. A awe waa araaaa li frota tie o aaaoseiaaj IM 4ata ( ftrprwatailte aaaI Clair, ef UndrUaa. Mr. McEawrr. of Uwl laaa. Srr4 U ! reeolvUaa at rrgrH valrfc were 49t4. aa4 taa. at I: II iv. ta, la aUaate aa a fartWr aaax of repcrt Iar4. f Clcath Ir At narlarttm ( Cigath Iy At Uta trljrtm of u,, ocm hlru. Ua ffMvlvUe ttrI by air. rmitrrw. nrttlag w tfclMi t. a... a t, Gnrl aicrrUta, la lommmtWt wtit v av w,i iuu mialag lrVt. aa4 Orrtl& U aW- j all order a4 lstaraatva la ate poa- niiiy a u r 1 3 uman u tw -muhm beai'.rg epoa the av)et. a laid before ta feaate. A llrely lilt ocrtirred betaeea Merar Claaer oaf PHtigrew. after walch the raolaUoa was referred to It cnamllte aa aalt ttary atalrt. Math luy. fVraator Uatltaget. rhalraaa of tit CoumlUe o Iva s'.oaa. abn tied to the rVat a report and tUtnifnt 09 the uboC cf arad lcg the fwattira lia ra at to asaaa tbrm et:f.ra aad lr.te.ngtU. f4l to rtaMla trl-rt jhle r.-traaBidev tl-ot bctwn the t'ailv4 Stataa. Hawaii aal the l"h!l.i:ar trat lairt1arJ. Th reUrUfO effered bf Mr. !: rew at ;a wlattrg tb Cf vf I'hlllpplce P.'publ by Aaacncfa ra ftl of r. west vr. Object ioa b Irg mad to roa iteration of the onlf t j bi I i ti. calrc4ar. (to rertore t teP s original rlatua a5 t pranntlo-t fflrer ! of tae nary aad maritie corpt totleg ! temieri ty retw-a of the ad-r-sseat : of fiber off r-r. the Heaa proeda4 i to the ca',deratica of eaeratite bual- ! Tcath Dar. The road:tf appolat t d by the Iput4iaa factorial rau to to arrange the rrtabrrb f fVn- ate rommitU'e made : teport to the caucus anj the report adopt4 without mod:nrt n. Th Detcorratla membership of the committee haa ot been completed ty their committee. TL Republican 1 ncrea.se i their rep rewentat'oa oa the alateea ptlarpt! rvmmtttee. the tnlaoritf rcprtwe B ta il n tclng corrrepotic'lngly reduced. Mr. Idre Is aaticaej la rhalrraaa ship of tho PMlJpp'.ae cotamUle. Mr. Pla'.t. of Ckmarttlcut, Ukee the rbalrtnanh;p of lb commltu 01 if laliona with Cuha. On Ibe Pacific lal- ! c.rniaa M7 ?YluhVd uie. tU aads committee Mr. Poraker 1 to be rhalrmacahlp of the Patents ratamlt I tee. The resolution offered laat Tue i day by Mr. PctUgrew calling for lfor mat Ion from the Secretary of the Nat? ! aa to the Am erica a war veael aaiut j leg ib flag of tb PallipplM republic i la the Ray of Manila waa taaea a 9. Mr. PHtlgrew caplalced Lis motive t' I offering the reeolutioa. i Eleventh Day-Mr. TlUrora bad ! patawd a resolution calling vptra tba Kxretary of war to anbroit a aarvry and etlraaie of eat f'r the Iraprovo mest of the Great Pee Dm rlrtr. S-uta Carolina, brltreea Cberaw aad tht WU mlngtoa. Ouluabba aad Ataguata rail road bridge. The He&aie at L20 p. nu adjovrael until Monday. Tba tfonae. FUth Day Peofllrg the report ef the Roberta Committee, and th re ntttee oa the currency reform bill The lieu adjourn 4 after a aeaaloa cf short duration. fieve&th Day. The featare of the opening day of tb debate oa th cur rency till la the Hoafte. waa th speech of Mr. Dolliver. of Iowa. It was char axterlrad by all the wit and eloeweace for which th Iowa I noted, and a 14 the members without regari to party for over aa hoar. Eighth Day. Ther waa each great Interest la the currency debate that tbre tight aesaloa were order. The oaly feature of the day's mioi was the currency debate. Ninth Day. There were eight aal a halt hours of talk on the flaaarlal fl!I la the house. Th principal fatara of the acatioa wera the Utro4rte of Representative Cnahmaa. of Wash lngtoa. aa aa humorous speaker, aad an elaborate review of tba pw)d.ag bU by RpreaentaUv Hill, f Con necticut A resolution was agreed tn fixing the period of the hollJir rwoea from December 20 to January 2. Tenth Dai. Debate on the flaaarlt! b'H in the hcaae was the mot later eating ao far. Mr. Sibley, for aerie a shining light ta the free sUv ranks. ier'Ared otmscir w:ta 3ao atapao ment to both cides. Eleventh Dad. The day's debate on the financial bill proved to he the oa of exceptional latere. At the out ret a sharp personal collaqiy occurred between Reoretectatlres Whet'er and Jcrry of Kntrxky. over tht raeent Kentucky elertloa a-nd .the chtrgee rrowlag out It Considerable f-el-lag was thowa. At & o'clock the bouse reetssed ua tll 8 p. m. . At the evealag aeasion Mr. Clay (Dcra.) cf New York annoiracd his la tention to vote for the flaaarlal. MIL. Others who spoke for th till were Messrs. Sallaway. New liaspeblrt; Blagbxxa. Pennsylvania: MaJJ. llary tand. aad Minor. Wlacoasin. Those who spoke against h VJ1 wre Robiasoa of Neraaca; taonaa. North Carolina: XJoyl. Miaaocrl: 8nodgraaa. Teoaetree; Rocker. fSls aoarl; Robb. Miaaouri; Davos arr, PennaylvaaJa; Lamb. VlrgJala: Cald well. iUInols: Strpheoa. Texas, Cor don. Oblo. and NevfUa, Nebraska. At 10:15 the bouse adjourned. York (Peaa.) special Bsltlsaore San: By request of Mayor Celae th drug gists have stopped th sal of opinaa and morphine, except epos the pre scription cf repatabl physicsana, la consequence the large camber of peo ple ta this place who have bees Being -quantities of morpiine. mostly by ta Jection. are In a atate of consternation, and many have sought acientiae medi cal treatment. Other victims of the drag have seat to other places for It, while eoaae ar using headache pew-, ders aa a substitute. One York g&yeS-' clan la treating, ftxteen The atrongeat sentiment of the Turk is bis revert ace tar bis tsctr. Us always atsads la bar m:;-.n crtu laviufl ta Ht Cjsu- t trz"rm t) rn no cri - v ; . ,