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r CAUCASIAN. VOL. XVIII. RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 11, 1900. NO. f. i I n .i OFEICERS REWARDED How the Naval Heroes are to be Honored. GIVING OF MEDALS PREFERRtD. KiKht of the Captains Who Were In the Santiago Kettle Detail the Incl- j dents to the President and Secretary i of War. Washington, I). C, Special. The President haj again taken up the ques tion cf rewarding tlie naval officers who participated in the destruction cf Cervera's fleet, off Santiago, end his f.nal conclusions will b-; embodied shortly in recommendations to Con gress, cither in the form of a renewal cf the advancement of Roar Admiral Fampacn and the officers unhr him by numbers, w'th perhaps some modifi cations the scheme which the Sen:uc lefused to ratify latt Epring accord ing to some other method. The Secretary of the navy, in his re port, recommended a-, an iiltta-native proposition, legislation on the lino of the bill introduced la-t spring, whica which provides for three classes of' medals one for thj conspicuous con duct In war, cr.e for extraordinary he roism and on? for general meritorious nervier the fir.-t to carry with it a percentage of increase of pay, based upon the rank of the recipient and cal culated to take tho place of the in rreu:;p, which would be tlv; usult of promotion were that form of reward continued. Kit her method would con template in adiiitori the thanks of Con gress to the commander-in-chief of the North Atlantic squadron and the offi- j errs and men under h's command as j they were given to th.i commander-in- cliH.f of the Asiatl-; squadron and the officers ami men trader hia command. ' There also has buen n suggestion for j the creation ot the grade of vice ad- mlral for the benefit, of Rear Admirals j uio Mmp.-on and faehley controversy, j the reward of ail tho cubordinate of- i fleers in the North Atlantic squadron I ,,.. ,, i i. i i .. , . ... iivru uiut r.ril KJ IIHS 11IUU a.IlU L Is the urgent desire of both the Piesi dent and Secretary Long that justice be done them and tint they obtain the rewards which they have; earned. Preliminary to a decision upon his :ourse or action, the President and Sec retary Long had a consultation with tight of the Santiago captains at the White House. The naval officers pres ent were Chadwiek. of the New York; Cook, cf tho Brooklyn; Clark, of the Oregon; Philip, (now rear admiral), ct the Texas; Evan?, of the Iowa; Hig jinsun (now re3r admiral), of the Mas achusetts; Felger, of the New Orleans, ml Lieutenant Commander Waln wrlght. of the Gloucester. Rear Ad miral Sampson was not present. Thee ?om man-ding officers were especially Invited by the Present who desired to hear from their own lips the story of the battle of Santiago, the general movements and difficulties of the cam paign including the cruise of the flying squadron in search of Cervera's fleet. jikI thr-ir own ides as to the method f conferring rewards. For almost two hours the captains talked with the President, who manifested keen in terest in their personal accounts of the stirring events off tho south coist of Cuba. Some cf the controverted ques tions were gene Into at length. Tho concensus of opinion of the naval officers as developed at the con ference, seemed to favor the method of reward recommended by Secretary Long conferring of medals which would carry with them a percentage cf Increase of pay. In lieu of advancement by numbers. This would compensate for actual promotion, both by giving increased pay end by giving to the re clplents distinction which woull mark them for future service. At the same time in some cases it would work hard -ship; as. for Instance, in the case cf Oaptain Clark. Despite his heroic ser vice in bringing the Oregon around the Horn In such marvelous style, and the gallant service of the Oregon-in the Santiago fight. Captain Clark to- day is two numbers below hl3 position at the opening cf the war. This U tue to the advancement of the Manila captains. Both Dane For. Chattanooga, Tenn., Special. As a result of a family feud, Jerome Hen son and Thomas Jones, both of Walker county? Ga., engaged in a quarrel at Cedar Grove. Jone-4 knocked Henson clown with a weight, crushing his skull. Hvnsan managed to rise, get his pis tol and followed Jones, overtaking him as bo waj enteiii.g U store. Henson emptied tho contents of his p'rtol into Jones' body, the latter falling dead. Door Shut Aga'nst Robert;. Washington, D. C, Special. The re port of the committee of the House ot Representatives, which 13 invest'gat ing the case cf Mr. Roberts, of Utah, will be made soon after Conrjress re assembles, and there is roa-on to be lieve the majority report will recom mend that Roberts be excluded from the House, and that he be not per mitted, under his credentials to ex tivlie auy pi'lma facie rights of bein;; sworn .'n. Whether the report will ba unanlmoud is open to doubt, as thrca of the members of the committee ara ! scnted their stockholders with aa ac ot counted on as positively favorable j t.epUbie New Year's gift in the form iu iur luut-v liniiLuiKu, aiiu uim uinjr rsult in the submission of a minority leport. Not n Gmdid&te. Washington, D. C, Special Senator Allen, of Nebraska, in an Interview, authorized an absolute denial of the ' reports that he was to b3 a candidate for the Presidency on part of the fu eion forces. He saild: "I would not accept the nomination if it were unan imously tendered me. Mr. Bryan un doubtedly will be the candidate of the Democratic, Populist and free silver parties for tho Presidency. Nebraska will give h'im a united, active delega tion to all three of the conventions." $70,000 Fire in Richmond. Richmond. Va.. Special.-What threatened to be a very disastrous firo broke out early Monday morning in the fl-. big Main street building, used as gen rral offices by the Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad,, and which eovcra ths site cf the old Spotswood Hotel, which was luirnoil xi-ifh rrvnfilrip.rnhla r.t lif.l I Cb.rlstm.33 evening, 1870. The firemen were terribly handicapped by frozen plug.. and the net-work of wires In front and around the building, but managed to confine, the flames to the upper stor!e3. The loss on th building is about I70.COO; fully insured. TO MEET THE I8TH. 4 Call For the Populist State Com mitter, The Populist Sta.o Kxecuth'o C'orn nittee will meet in Raleigh Thursday, January 18. The call for the meeting was issued Wednesday by Dr. Cyrus Thompson, ;he chairman of the State committee. t this meeting a call will be l3sued for tho Pnrmlict Sitata winvontlnti hi(;h will be held about the time of .he Republican State convention. It was stated by Populists who ?laim to be in touch with the "party :hat a declaration would be made in apposition to the Constitutional Am jndment. The Populist State executive com mittee 13 composed of the following members: Central Committee J. B. Schulken, Whlteville; J. B. Lloyd, Tarboro; Z. T, Garrett, Henderson; M. H. II. Caldwell, Concord; Hal W. Ayer, Ral eigh; E. A. Moye, Greenville. First District-Harry Skinner, Green ville; Theo. White, Hertford. Second Di-trict J. TV B. Hoover, Oxford; R. B. Kinsey, La Grange. Third District V. J. McArthur, Lis sa; K. M. Cole, Carthage. Fourth District S. Otho Voung3ville; James Amos, son. Fifth District W. O. Wilson, Hender- Straford, i Ureensboro; A. S. Peace, Oxford. Sixth District S. A. Edmund, Lum berton; J. Z. Greea, Marshville. Seventh District J. II . Sherrill, Ca- tawba; John A. Sims, Concord. ! Eighth District R. A. Cobb, Mor j ;anton; J. Y. Hamrick, Dellinger. I Ninth District George E. Boggs, VVayreaville; A jrfordton. D. K. Wallace, Ruth- State News Notes. Chairman Holden, cf the Republi ?an State executive committee, says his party will contest the constituticn- ality cf the amendment to be voted luon next August, after the election. . . , , , , it Is also learned that the committee has decided to bring suit at once to test the election law, adopted by tha at legislature, and tha.t application will be made for aa injunction re straining the election board from car j rying out the provisions of the law in I calling and holding the amendment election. Helton is to be supplied j .vith the necessary funds for prosccat i ing the case. ! The losses at the burning of the : Sergeant Manufacturing Company's ; plant in Greensboro by Monday's fire I as far as the company is able to see I '.ire about a3 follows: Patterson, $12,- 300; machinery and building,, $13,C3i ixtures. etc., $10,000; a total of $35,030. One building is left standing, and of S course the ground is there, the two ; beting estimated at $10,000, so that the iloss is $25,000 with $4,000 insurance. ; Twenty-seven machinists are thrown j out of employment, many of whom , have been with the company since it i was started. ! Two weeks ago Mr. Eugeae G. Pen j r.y left his home at Six Forks, Wake j county, saying that ho was going to i Durham to spend three or four day3. j He came to Raleigh end nothing iris i been heard of bim since. Friends in ; Durham report that they have not seen i him. Mr. Penny is from one of the j best families in t'ae county md has a j good farm of over 200 acres. His af ; fairs seem to bo in good shape. He ' left a wife and four child-tii, who j were faithful and devoted. Mr. Penny : was a leading candidate for the Popu ; list nomination for county treasurer I in the last campaign. 'I here is r.o I prcof of any reason whatever far his Jeparture, and it is hoped that his ab ; sence will soon be explained by his rc j turn. Ralet'.gh Times-Visitor. 1 The Rcpubliczn convention Is to be held in Raleigh May 2d. Anthony Seawood, colored, 102 years j eld, and Betsy Edwards, colored, 2! ! years old, both cf Smith Creek town i ship, Warren county were rutted in marriage cn the 24th of December. ! There is no dou'.t about Se a rood being 1 102 years old, and he is active and (an j do a good day's work now. It 13 said j b.: his neighbors that he era sot out j as much tobacco 33 any ordinary ! young man. ; There will be a considerable in i crease in the number of students at the i Agricultural and Mechanical College j during the present term. An excellent I selection of an assistant professor of ' rh em is try is made in tha election ol W. A. Syme. j Governor Russell orders r, special ; term of the Rutherford civil court February 5th, Judge Robinson; ana' a I special term of Guiiford court, civil, ' Februay 5th, Judge Hoke. The Ststesville cotton miils pre- of a five per cent, dividend. This makes 9 per cent, during the year. The coldest weather ever known at Raleigh in December was that of Sun day morning, when the thermometer stood at 9 above zero. Up tr that time the lowest temperature on record was 10 oa December 29, 1894. I The Raleiigh Savings Bank has de- :lared a semi-annual dividend of G per rent. The stock cf an Institution that yields a 12 per cent, dividend to holders is a valuable investment. Recently a largo batch of stock realised $240 a iharcfcr the owner. The Salem Iron Works, with Con- stantlne A. Heg2, Walter T. Spaugh I nnrl Walter T T-Ton-n -ill rsf nr. V . ni T," " - "l" cwn. ui ; $50,000, with the privilege to ir crease to $200,000, has been granted artices of ; lTmnTTr-iHrin tr r at v t v v.nra Vi-.- V. n , Secrtary of state. The business to 1e j done by thi? corporatioa is: To manu facture, make, construct, build, repair, buy, sell, operate and use all kinds of machinery, and mechanism of every aharacter; also all appliance?, vehicles, arrlage. etc., used in the arts; also o equip, maintain and repair, macon ry, bridges, viaducts, tramways, resi dences and other buildings. HAD HOT TIMES. Men Crowded Around The Engines Clamoring For Water. BRITISH SUFFER WITH THIST. Descriptions Showing The Fearful Suffering The British Are Undergo ing in the Transvaal. London, by Cable. "The men were crowding around the engines in line, offering the drivers fabulous prices for a cup of water," write3 the Globe cor respondent, describing the close of the battle at Enslain, "but it was useless The drivers had been threatened with court-martial if they supplied any, as there was great difficulty in keeping a sufficient supply for the engines. I saw one soldier lying flat on the line under an engine, catching a few drops in his mouth from a steam pipe." Such extracts as this from the mail ed descriptions of the fighting in South Africa give some faint idea of the con ditions under which it is being carried on. Belated as these letters are, by the time they appaar in English papers they throw much-needed .ligbt upon the campaign so barrenly reported over the censored cables. The heat that drove British soldiers to drink gratefully from the exhaust pipe of an engine after seven hours fighting at Enslain, where they lost 179 killed and wounded, has proved a serious fac tor in the care of the wounded. Sur geon Makins, formerly of St. Thomas Hospital, writeB from the field hospital at Orange river: "During an eight days' stay some COD wounded men have passed through the hands of the Royal Army Medic3l corps here. In one night alone 300 pa tients arrived from the fight at Modder river. Yesterday the thermometer reg istered 125 degrees Fahrenheit in some of the tents. The journey from here to the base hospital takes 28 hours and emphasizes the difficulty due to the im mense length of line of communica tion. The doings of the beseiged at Ladysmith have been fully described by i-ecent letters. If the Boers con tinue to so closely hem in and contin uously bombard White's force, the be seiged promise to become full-fledged cave dwellers, for according to the Daily News correspondent at Lady smith, the prevalent tendency there is to burrow. "Some people," writes the authority, "having spent much time and patient labor in making burrows for them selves, find life there so intolerably monotonous that they prefer to take the chances above ground. Others pass whole days with wives and fam ilies, or in solitary misery where there is not light enough to read or work, scarcely Showing a head outside from sunrise to sunset. They may be sesn trooping away frojn fragile tin-roofed houses half an hour before daybreak, carrying children in their arms, or a cat, or monkey, or mongoose, or a cage of pet birds, and they come back sim ilarly laden when the night gets too dim for gunners to go on shooting. Theo-e would be a touch of humor in all this, if it were not so deeply pathetic in its close association with possible tragedies. On never knows where or at what hour a stray shot or splinter will fall, and it is pitiful sometimes to hear cries for "dolly" from a prattling mite who may herself be fatherless cr motherless tomorrow. We think as little as possible of such things, put ting them from us with the light com ment that they happen daily elsewhere than in . beseiged towns, making the best we can of a melancholy situation."- Mineral O ilpu'gror 1899. New York, Special. The United States Engineering and Mining Jour nal, in its annual statistical number, ; says that the preliminary statement of mineral production in the United States in 1899, shows that the total production of metals in the United States for that year v.3s valued at thz place of production at $413,738,414, as compared wit? $314,255,020 in 1S98. Wants $100,000. j Chicago. Special. Miss Etta Thomas a niece of General Joe Wheeler, has be gun suit in the superior court against Wm. H. Fahrney, a prominent West Side society man, asking $100,000 dam ages for alleged breach of promise to marry. It is alleged that Fahrney, who la treasurer of a large patent medicine manufactory, and reputed to be weal thy, has been engaged to Miss Thomas for over five years but thrt recently he broke off 'the engagement on the ground that his parents desired him to marry another woman. , Lily White Ticket. New Orleans, Special. At a confer ence of Republican leaders of the par ty (sugar planters' branch) at the St. Charles; it was resolved to put out a straight Lily White Republican ticket. If the sentiment expressed can be d? pended upon, Wr. Thomas J. Wood ward, of this city, will be nominated for governor. The Lily White State central committee met in,the St. Char, les hotel fcr the purpose of calling a State convention. Sunltary Effort SuccssfuL Washington, D. C, Special. The secretary of the navy has received a re- j port from Captain Leary, Governor or tiuam, recording uis acuieveuieuia iu the matter of civiliizing the i"tives and cleaning up the island. The re port shows that he has been quite suc cessful. Captain Leary. says there have been three deaths and there arr ether cases of sickness, but every pos t'blo care and attention are gives 4CiiSm, and all precautions are bs n. taken to improve the sanitary condi tion of the station. E AAA A V VUU wvLliiNDAR 1900 JANUARY. 5 Al T W T F S .... 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 FEBRUARY. ' I 2 4 5 6 7 8 0 11 12 13 14 15 16 18 19 20 21 22 23 25 26 27 28 MARCH. .... 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 ....i 1 APRIL. 1 2j 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 1 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30! :.. :::: :::: MAY. 1 2 3 41 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 f 26 27 28 29 30 31 r.... JUNE. 2 9 16 23 30 1 WHITE MAN PAYS PENALTY. Tied to a Tres and Shot at Newport News, Va. Newport News, Va., Special. The death of Win. W. Watts at the hands of a mob between the hours of 4 and 5 o'clock Friday morning marks the first sitting of Judge Lynch In Newport New3. Hi3 taking off signalizes the in itial execution of a white man for rape in Virginia legally or otherwise. The crime that invoked mob vengeanco was peculiarly atrocious, being quick ened by the basest ingratitude. Tha victim cf the wretch upon whom jus tice was so speedily visited was the be-nef actress of her assailant, having fed him, a stranger at her door, when he fir?t appeared begging for charity three weeks ago, after reaching liere 1 3 4 5 6 7 8 10 11 12 13 14 15 17 18 19 20 21 22 24 25 26 27 23 29 penniless from Lynchburg, where his ) machine ehep building. The damag; father is a policeman. Watts was 28 to the last two was slight, as was that years old, unmarried, a professional to Davenport's warehouse, in the vi gambler and comes of a respectable cillity b'Jt Kingan and Company sub family with extensive relationship f-cred. a I0.33 ,cf some $30 000. fully in . v ,l . sured. Tne loss on the tobacco in tho throughout the State. .Merchants and Planters' Warehouse is Waifing For Coal. Norfolk, Va., Special. Despite tho heavy increase in shipments of -Pocahontas coal to this port, consequent upon increased provision cif cars by the Norfolk and Western Railroau Company, the demand cannot be sup plied. There are now nearly 75 ves sels here awaiting cargoes, and it will be weeks before their bunkers are all filled. No trouble has been experienc ed in supplying Uhe local demand, but foreign ci'ders have so multiplied, part ly because cf a reduction of 25 cent3 per ton in price cf bunker coal, that they cannot be filled promptly. : Un.isti Oa.n no (around. , London, by Cable. No decisive op- ', eration is reported from South Afiica, military operation being confined to points of subsidiary importance. In the central theater of op&ratjons, the British apparently have secured no substantial gains. The only dispatch of dramatic interest is the narrative of useless gallantry at the sortie from Mafeking, where the storrrrers threw themselves hopelessly against a strong ly defended Boer work. Dr. Hammond Dead. Washington, D. C, Special. Dr. Wil liam Hammond, former surgeon gen eral ci! the army, died here Friday night. Dr. Hammond conducted a sanitarium here for soma years. lit-. had a notable and somewhat checkered career. He was cn the retired list at the time of his death. At one time he lost his position in the army, but was restored after a hard fight. To Pay in Full." All Depostors wll be paid in Full New York. Special. The trustees of the New York Produce Exchange Trust Company have m3de all arrangements for the resumption of business next Wednesday. General Samuel Thomas, vice president of the reorganized" com pany, authorizes the statement that when the dorrs open again every de positor wiho may desire his money will be paid in full. Ho adds that lu 13 unable to say at this time just what new interests will enter the beard of trustees at the annual meeting, which will be 'held the day the company re sumes business. Gold Shipments. New York, Special. Gold) to the amount of $4,250,000 was taken frcm the sub-Treasury and trae vaults or the clearing house Friday. Announce ments c! shipments to Europe were made as follows: Lazard Freres, $1, 000,000; Heidelbach, Ickelhoimer and Company, $1,000,000; Goldman, Sachs and Co., $1,000,000; Baring, Magoun and Co., $500,000. Merely His Opinion. Mr. SkinnFlint, Sr. No, sir; I will not add another penny to your allow ance. You do not seem to appreciate the value of money. 1 would have yoii f understand, sir, that "money makes ) the mare go." j His Son (sulkily Judging from the amount you give me you must think I'm running an automobile. Harper's Eazar. A bill has been presented to the S:i ute of Brazil a-athcrizsnT , wcnicu vo practice the learned professions. .: " j m JULY. M W 1 8 15 22 29 2 9 16 23 30 3 10 17 24 31 4 11 18 25 5 12 19 26 6 13 20 27 AUGUST. 3 10 5 6 7 17 12 13 14 24 19 20 21 .... 26 27 28 1 8 15 22 29 2 9 16 23 30 3 10 17 24 31 SEPTEMBER. I 2 3 4 5 67 9 10 11 12 13 14 16 17 18 19 20 21 23 24 25 28 27 28 30 29 OCTOBER. .... 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 S 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 . i .. .;;; NOVEMBER. . . . . ! j 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 j 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 1 26 27 28 29 30 . . . DECEMBER. .1. Ij 15 22 : 29 2 9 16 23 3 10 17 24 4 11 18 5 5 6 12 j 13 19 j 20 26! 27 7 14 21 23 30 i 31 Big Fire in Rxhmond. Richmond, Va., Speoial. Richmond suffered Friday evening the severest fire loss It has known for years. About 3 o'clock fire broke out in the Mer chants and Planters' Tobacco Ware house, at Fifteentlh and Cary streets, and which covered about a third of a blcck. In it were stored seme 3,600 hogiCaeads of tobacco, 2,600 o which belonge'd to the American Tobacco Company, and the rest to various par ties residing here and elsewhere. In an incredibly short space of time the interior of the building was a roaring furnace, and hope of saving the struc ture cr any of its contents was idle. The destruction was complete. The flames spread across Fifteenth street to Kingan's cold storage plant, across Cary to Garter and Ryland's commis- ion house, and rearward to a vacant about $300,000. Hae building was fully insured. Total estimated loss, $400, 000; insurance, $350,000. Against Quay. Washington, D. C, Special. The Senate committee on privileges and elections has decided to make an ad verse report upon the resolution to seat Senator Quay. The resolution is as follows: "Resolved, that Matthew S. Quay be admitted as a Senator from the State of Pennsylvania in accord ance with his appointment, made on April 21, 1899, by the governor cf said State." The members of the commit- tee voting for t'as resolution were genators Chandler, Hoar and McComas and those opposing were Senators Burrows, Caffery, Pettus and Harris. Senators Turiey and Pptehard were paired, the latter for and the fcrmer against, the resoluton. Bri.fs The French government ha3 cabled the ccmaaandant of the naval squadron in (lae Atlantic, to proceed imme diately to Santo Domingo, to enforce the collection of the Boise Mare-Cacco-velli claim of 280,000 francs. Four quarrymen, on. the Tennessea Central Railroad, near Rockwood, at tempted to thaw out a stick of dyna mite. The dynamite exploded and one man, a negro, named Jcs. Gieason, wa3 killed and three others fatally injured, two of them dying two hours after the accident. The breweries of Milwaukee and Chi cago made during the past year 643,800 barrels oi beer at a not profit of $73.34-2, against $199,374 for previous year. The Philadelphia Furnace, at Flor ence., made the first cast of iron, 21 hours after the fires were lighted in the big plant. The Philadelphia has been idle for seven years and ha3 been re paired at a cost of $50,000. A rps-cial dispatch from Rsnsburg says Major Harvey, cf the Hussars, was killed, and Major Alexander woun ded, wfcila the Hussars were pui-suing the retreating Beers after the attack cn the Lritish left on January 4th, near Colesburg. Lieutenant Gibson, of tht Inn li killings, was among the wounded There's tco much ice 2t Stettin t permit the launching of the new Hamburg-American Line steamer Doutsch land. A Severe Summary '"It's wonderful.'' said the man with the solemn air of erudition, "what a difference a slight matter will make in the world's estimate of a man." "It isn't so in literature." was the answer. "A man must have merit there" "Not necessarily. If he gets his Spelling wrong that's plain ignorance. But if he gets his facts and logic all twisted--t hat's plain originality." Baby Was Justified, . Teasing Friend What makes that new baby at your house cry so much. Tommy? Tommy, indignautly It lon"t cry so very much, and anyway, if all your teeth were out, and your hair off. and your legs so weak you couldn't stand on them, I guess you'd feel like crying yourself. New Orleans Times-Deuio-crat. Mexico's pr.r ss . fl-mbcr in ' tt.bcr w.rc ovr .lo cz. lUi.c .. what they were in September, jSo3. PLAGUE IN THE PHILIPPINES. Report That It Has Been Discovered In the Walled City. Manila. By Cable. The ieilta oSl ert have found a native with all the symptoms of baton ie plague, in a hou e In the walled city, where two suspicions deaths have occurred. The pitieat has been isolated and every precaution his been taken to prevent a spread of tin disease. Washington, D. C, Spec! il. The War Department Is taking ttepa o prevent the Introduction of the plague la the Philippines, and Secretary Root has called into consultation Surgeon General Wyman. of the Marine Hospi tal Service, to discuss the establish ment of a quarantine system for the Islands. It was decided that the War Department should edep-t towards tha Philippines a policy like that It par sued towards Cuba in the matter cf th? protection of health, namely, confide the maintenance of a quarantine sys tem to the Marine Hospital Service. General Wyman has no confirmation of the report that threj suspected case3 of bubonic plague have been discov ered -within the walled city of Manlti, out no attempt Is made to conceal the gravity of the situation should th? re port prove true. Still, it 13 said, a few sporadic cases need not necessarily re sult In an epidemic In the islands. Sur geon General Wyman says the di.-eas? no longer creates the dread It once did, because it has been demonstrated that it can be handled by modern scien tific work. It has been stamped cut of Alexandria, Egypt, Kobe, Japan, and Vienna, Austria. The methods o? fighting it are the same used against smallpox, isolation disinfection and sanitation. The greatest danger is due to its possible introduction into new localities through ambulance or walk ing cases, which defy the surveillance of the authorities. One feature of the disease which is gratiying to the au thorities in view cf the possible cat break of an epidemic in the Philippiars is the fact that its history ehow3 that it does not attack Europeans a? readily as natives. 5cant iews r-rom I ront. London, By Cable There is a com- nlete absence cf anything new from the seat of war. The report of the t, ... c i. . Boer attack upen Mclteno is not y:t confirmed. Apparently French holds nothing within five miles c! Colesburg Junction. His request for re-enferc?- ffiMts rtirnpi, anv nrpspnt hnn- thit b will te able to seize one cf the cross ings of the Orange river. It i-s probable that when Lord Roberts arrives Gen eral French will be ordered to quit h'13 present unsupported position and to concentrate his command at De Aar. or Orange river. As The Daily Tele graph says, General French "seems to be in the position of a man having a tigecat in a trap r.nd unable to kill it for want of a stick." A dispatch frcm Dover Farm anncuncrs thst Lieutenant Colonel Pitcher has return? there sa!e- ly rrom uougias. bince uamminaar'. General Jouhert's return to the frcnt the cannonading of Ladysmith by the . . .. ' Boors has been much live, icr. Since December 28th and 29th four fh Is killed one officer ad 13 men and wounded 13 officers and 11 men. BrLfs. The three-masted schooner Eva D. Rose, from Norfolk for Camden. N. J., laden with pig iron, is ashore at Co'd Springs harbor .near Capt May. N. J. Life savers have gone to her asittance. Dr. Von Bioon, the Russian writer, announces that the proposed Russian war exhihlt at the Paris Exprsltl--n will be omitted upan the Czar's order. General Ccrbin. chairman of the flief committee, announces. T;Ti-trTi Tcl tht tho snWriTMon in tho l.ivrnn fund, received up to noon Frllay, amount to $39,263.35. Amendments to Finance Bill. Washington, D. C, Special. The Re publican members of Senate finance committee authorized Senator Aldri.h to present amendments to the financljl bill, which he offered in the Srnate. i One cf them fixes the sold reserve at $150,000,000, instrad cf $100,000,000 as in the bill itself. The other amendments are for the purpose cf making more clear the intention of the measure. Will Re Rradlf v i in hour and every day turn a summer Frankfort, Ky., Special. Ex-Govera- lault 25.000 miles round and don't or W. O. Bradley will be the Repabli- 'n0.w u-' and J" aon'1 re If you , . . . don L The Creator is your engineer can nominee for Senator. Congressman and nTkK T05Jr tra,n w:tno, a ryng Vincent Boering had made a quiet can- vass for the nomination, but ex-Oorern- or Bradley is the choice of a sufficient number of the Republican members to make his nomination practically cer tain, now that the Republican anti Goebel coalition on General P. Wat Hardin has failed. Bradley is being tup ported by both Governor Taylor and Senator Deboe. Bryan Interested. Lincoln, Neb., Special. CoL William J. Bryan returned to Lincoln, Wednes day after an absence of six weeks. He found a number of leading Democrats frcm other States .awaiting him. anl conferred with them in an informal way. Mr. Bryan will remain in Lincoln A until Saturday. He i3 itereeted in the meeting of the fusion State central committeees, Friday, and is to responi to a toast Friday at the banquet cf the Nebraska Traveling Men's club. He wiil leave for New York early Saturday. Two Commanders Dead. Washington, D. C, Special. The Navy Department has been advised by a cable message from Admiral Watson cf the death of Commander Jamea W. Carlin. on board the Culgoa. from an attack of peritcnitis. He waa on his way to the naval hospital at Yokohoma for treatment when he died on December 30th, last. The message also reported the death of Captain G. I. Ingate. of the marine corp3, tt Guam, where " t was stationed on December 21. h . . 'death followed, a turs-tiu t-raUoa. ARP DISCUSSES TIME Hie Fibres "If 00" Look Strang to The Philosopher. WEY SHOW TIME IS FLYING FAST Anl Soon Will Come Ltcrnlty Tne Century Question Thinks It Is about Settled. If a man can doJse around the 20th :entury question It is a fitting ti-ne for him to con.ider the shrinkage of time jince he was a boy. and to ponder upon the reason why the years grow shorter and shorter as he grows older and wis fr, and -haw the period 1 surely com ing when there will be do years or months and time will be no more. According to scripture this thing call ed time U a perishable elastic com pressible creation adapted to man lu his state of probation and not at all accessary to the creator who said "be fore the wcrld was made I am." God always speaks of himself n the present tense, "I am." He is one eternal now without beginning of years or end of j days. We can net comprehend this, but aa we near the gial we can alrao t j :atch a glimp.-e of its pass bllity. Thit i time is compressible and cdastic all of j as have experierced for 60.2e:iras the j hours seem very lorg and sometimes j very t'hjrt. In our dreams we ecnie i times condense hours and days cf ! events in a few delirious moments. I aevcr rha'.l forj,ct the anxiety and ag ony of a long effort to keep my broth er from fighting a duel and how 1 heln- ' ed to write all the correspondence be j twoen him and his adversary and how i at the last the duel could nc: be avoid ed and how I carefully selected and loaded hi3 pistol and measured off the distance and then in ad? another effort j to pacify anl adjust and prevent the ; duel, but all in vain and he Mood to ; the mark and fired and Ml. The re j port of a gun thst wa ficred back of 1 our house at a squirrel awakened me ( and it was this report that condensed j all the long train of thought and ; events Into a mompnts space. My wife j as sitting by my bedside with htr . band upon iuy feverish b:ow and de- - dared that I had not been asl cp more ! tban a minute and yet I remembered "ne ar;d Aord, t,f ,!,at J"- pondence, and waen I recovered from ; my fevrr coul(, reji(.3t it The tJme oI , hours was condensed into moment, Just so those who were thouaht to !e : drowned and resuscitated tell in that a Panorama cf their whole life came before them 83 they I..st consciousness I Every word and thought : nd deed and every sceue they had witnessed from i their childhood was as vivid and real ' as if it were just transpiring. Ther- ! can be no doubt about this experience of many persons. It is weil confirmed, i Wc are just on the veige of knowing i w"e will know wacn v.e put off Ui'.h I mortal coil and our souls are released j wonderful things and my faith id that I and free. We have implanted within j us a spark cf divinity, but only a l spark. But, alas, how II i tie we do know and how utterly Lelplers we are. 'e know j not whence we come, nor whither we ! are ecinS- We can not maks one hair ! r b,3.ek- We e-n nol r ;hat mysterious pswir we raise our (hands or move our feet cr wlak our eyelashes. We can not add a day or 1 an "hour to our lives nor foresee the ac- I cldents that may befall us as we move to and fro on the land or eea. We can not escap' the pestilence that walketh at noondii ncr make ourselves secure against fire and flood and famine, j What pitiful creatures we are, and yet we see everywhere around us young , me3 who arc corced an,, prouil a j thcir mao,! cr tneir money and we ! see young girls who are va'.n of helr beauty or their dress when they played no part in the formation cf the one or the earning of the other. - A beautiful j woman Is close kin to the angel, and ? be should be thankful that God made ber E:. b"t she has no excuse in the j WOT,J for beinS vain. Humility is hfr ' lovlle3t ornament. Aa for these con- j ceited and haughty young men who svrui arounu in nne eiot.ies mat tney never earned cr that they got by short cuts or dishonorable mean.', they ex cite only pity or contempt When we Icok upon ihem we can but exclaim ! D3-vid- "Lor("- hat ' man that I lou rt mindful cf him?" Young men ! ay ,aon 1 on numI'lc yourselves un- uer e migniy nana or ood who made j TOU? ou have not v remote?t Uea who you are today, and you don't care If you fcavn't. You have travelled 300.000.000 of miles since the last ytf J3d got back to the same place yot nuntu iruin. iou travel iu.uvy mile j cr a collision ard you never thiak of or tb3nk "'m- . You Bcm think you are doing it. ! But about 150 roars urn 'l rrirtrt- lom got th divisions of time settled lown upon the present ba.-Is and I hepe it will stick. We do not know that the Saviour was bcrn 1S09 years ago last Christmas, but that is as near as can be arrcsinr.ated. and K Is rear enough for a'i Christians to oberTe and be thankful for. 1900. There is a meaning la those 'sure. Every time thT are wriU' cn a If.t.-rjead or a lelger or a bank note cr thee or hotel regUUc or pr!n?c-1 cn ate wpaper they man tomeia'ng. The pens of Christians and infidels and Jews and gentiles are ail writing k visible ard indeli ble no on the paper. Every moment of time it is be'.Eg written all over the tzrld and every mark establishes a fact a grcst fa ctthat 1?9 yea ?go there was a c'r-i a. rotable birth, and old father Time suddenly stopped the dd calendar and began, a new count aal called it Ano Domini. What a won derful event it tnut have been tha .oced the record or tne agrs arO start ed time on a new cycle. How In the world did it happen? The Greeks had their calendar ad th? -Romans bad theirs and the Jews tad cne that was banded down by Mose?. Te Creeks had th olyhpi,'is ?.nd the Romans ine birth of their anci'nt city, and the Mo hammedans the flight cf Mahomet, but all were overshadowed avi Mill ara by the one ret up by a handful cf friendless Christians. What a won derful thing Is this da-te, the? four !rrpl fijTirs. We wrt the every ("ay nd re-d t'n ever-e-e. TreT let u? "1 nord t wv?t ' ry mean n"d n ve Til Ara. la At lanta Constitution. mOCCEOCT TH CCUXTtY. Ta Scat a. The South Warrior" coal eotrpaay. lth a capital or fSO.OOo tu ortaais4 at Moatfomery. Ala, Friday by U&a Uoj PoSUk and associate, tor th par pose of developing North Alabama mineral lands. 8. Rotnaa v( 4ctt4 president and A. S. Know let scra tary. Th battleship Texas, bearias th bodies of seamen who perished la th Mala disaster at Havana harbor ta im. has arrivd at Newport News. Th "West Coast Naval Store Cosb paay. with a paid op capital of 000. wiU befta busioef afT.aipa. Fla . with th ww year. Th compter sua been doing boaioess at Peasscol. Th concern Is official and backd by tcvsm of th best known business mea ot Forida and lower Georgia. Th stochholdors of th (er!Jlia. Misa Cottoa Mills. haT advanced th wages of all employee Ave per ceat. At Eustla. Fla.. the build I aj oae4 and occupied by the Hill Printing Com pany, publishers of the Eustis Lit Region, was totally destroyed by fir Saturday. Loss f 10.000. The Republican State Central Com mittee of Georgia decided to holi th next Stat convention in Atlanta. March 7th. 1900. to choose delegates to the National Republican contention. Right Ber. II. M. Jackson. R IX. Bishop Coadjutor f the Otocet of Alabama (Episcopal) has forardtl his resignation to the presiding uithop. Rer. Dr. Clark, of Rhode Island. Former Congressman Clover. a Farmers Alliance leader, committed suicide at his home near Itoug'as. Dul ler county. Kansas, by shouting him self. Despondency resulting from sJck ness and buslnets resulting irom :lck caue. The building owned and occupied by the Hill Printing Company, publishers of The Eustls Iake Region, at East is. Fla., was totally destroyed by tr Saturday morning. Loss 110.000. The North. Four more bodies have been taken from the wrecked mine near Browns vllle. Pa., making a total of It victims. Four men wer killed and several others Injured by a boiler xplost-ra one mil wt of Ellzabftbtowa. Pa.. The boiler was used to drive a steam drill and th explosion occurred Just as the engineer turned oa tie teim. ! was decapitated his head anl body being found 40 yards apart. The bituminous coal mlntrs in til Altocaa. Pa., section, met In conven tion at Portage, and ordered a strike on January 1. About 1.000 men at thw Portage. Puritan and near-by eolllerian are Involved. Sessions were also neld at Birnesboro and Patton. at which points the miners also voted a striV for the iarreaae demanded at th re cent Clearfield convention. Fire Chief Croker. of New York, estimates the loss of Friday night' fire, whith destroyed the wall paper factory of Wm. Campbell and Co.. at $750,000. Between 350 and 409 em ployes are thrown out of work. , Fore. The official Pretoria account of th battle of CoW.o. Natal, state that the Boer Ions' there was only 30 men. General Duller Is waiting for Im proved artillery before beg nnlng an other advance on Natal. Christmas gatherings of royal per sons and their children and grand children were held at Windsor. Eng land, and Potsdam. Germany. A preliminary convention baa been signed for extending to Bagdad th German railroad In Asia Minor. A strike of racers has begun at SL Etiena, France, which. It Is feared, will spread to larger proportions. General Young has bo-11 appointed Military Governor of Northwestern Luzon, with headquarters at Vlgan. The Sixteenth Infantry will nrrison Aparrl and other towns In the Prorlnc of Cagayan, Luzon. Army officers who have receatiy re turned from Manila declare that Gen. Otis' policy in the Philippines la a dis mal failure, and that the Filipinos will not be pacified aa long aa he la retain ed In command. Governor-General Wood, of Cuba, will begin reforms In th roads, th school system and th judiciary of th Island. Great BriUIn la seeking to get th United State to join ber In a request to the French government to defla th boundary of Liberia. The French government will submit to the Chamber of Deputies a bill pro viding $21,000,000 a year for Improving th navy. American manufacturer arc increas ing their export to Russia. Th agricultural machinery trad La prac tically controlled by them. The Chicago Lumber and Coal Com pany of St. Louis, Mo., will open a branch, bouse In Jacksonville, 11a.. and erect a new aaw mill In the tt capable of turning out thirty six mil lion feet of lumber per year. Th capital ctock of the company will t increased from $75 DO to $1,000,000. and a mill will be erected In South Georgia also. Miscellaneous An earthquake la California dam aged several small town and shook up Los Angeles and San Diego. General Buller ha been reinored br 8.000 troop In NataL Boer defeated Kaffirs after a heavy fight near Derderpoort, TransvaaL Almost 2.000.000 persons ara receiv ing famine relief In la 2 '.a. General Ludlow save a dinner In Havana, in honor ot Genera Wool, ax which the fotur of Cuba waa dis cussed. Governor General Davis, of Puerto Rico, will start from San Joan for Washington to-day to consult with Secretary Root. A Manila ditpatcn says that Fill pi io j soldiers are returning to th towns rot ) occupied by American troops anl ter rorizing native who show sympathy rith th United States. Strong efforts wll b mad 7 th friend of th Panama anal project t secure government aid for th canal at this session of Congress. The prograsnn of th President's v Tear reception settles th qoes- j a. p.-ecelAe at official reen -oil. lh army In giva preoadaac crer Can zxrj. l if 1 1