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1
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1 :r :i 'ii
PRICE 5 ( J
i0.
2,
K3M '
ihe
toi
ft
-T.VTD. -- - ; .
c: :rch83 of .Raleigli
' '- i toniglit in the
they hav five
.. - "X city. Gover-
-cretary-; of State
- at t he-m : groes' eman
a ti : n . jz al t'imore -will
xl cf chickens to' the
-ry : ho vr. John R.
--tl ; th oath of office as
I agriculture.:
REPDDIA1I0N OF B011DS.
BY COUNTIES . R AT SI KG A STOKM
- OP AKbRY COMMENT. .
4VIKGIN
m r
Uorernor Ty
Uress Iltf Favors
qA.s KBw.oovoB.j eyeuis If THE FkC EAST;!'
monthsrwacted in concert ani with a
central adrnmstrdtion. "-Visits tnade by1 .
the poIiceto'ther atxJdes jf tne persons
arrested 'haVe .resulted jlh the' discovery
or arsen&is of revolvers, daggers, 'blud
geons knuckle-dusters, "hammers affix
ed to bamboo canes and leaden jballs at-"
.tached to wire:. . ' j . ' ' .
- The ahhual wild scene of dexyauchery
welcomed the new year in! Lohdon. A,
usuai, the (precincts of St. Paulas cathe
dral were-; the centre of ' attraction!,
Ahout 23,000 people assembled there.
The majority of those present iwere
com'poseii of "West End -duds, deml
3ncandains and jail birds, ; mostly in a.
vdrtmkei otidition. .There :wa4 a scene
of the wiluest orgie and licentioasness,
swearing-, etc. Ugiy, rushes were fre
quent and ( the thieves reaped a rich
harves L : Th e .police ' j were uinabl e ; t o
cope, with the mob: : -;T . -.
There is isome reason to hel eve that
France and Great Britain: have about
reached an - agreement on : the subject
of "West . Africa, by which; the Bagoff
Hinterland r-WTil tbe defined bylprolong--ing;
it northward to the! Ni'g,er,.jthe
the. presemt Lagos-Tahomey! frontier.!
Prance would thus - secure i Say . and j
a-bout 100 kilometres on the right bank,
of 1 tihe river, and G reat Britain would
toave. Bous,sa and Nikki restored; to her
and 'te "confirmed in the possession of;
other claimed points.- - i, ?
Elects J FiDaTi.l- JMtomr fur KO .DEFINITE - INFORMATION T
.he ,Fple anO Economy JnState Fiaaa, . BE ASCEItTAlNCEt
TO
1
3
if
OMD3TIC. J z
-:n (Conn.) cutlery' firm
es 5 per cent.--Ma.yo
yesterday inducted into
-"ne the! mayor of the
' the world.--MrT '
:-v4E3T6axs, on
't exico. --Governor -5rina.
was inaugu
v ir !his address, among
r'frfei strit' laws.
tlnnt ,rt'llvaai re-
n; ? oveentMhat
(redut taxes on personal
ic;vth. itionof the hum-,
story v ; a reduction
.nericafic SisposJ there, is a
m-Vin i.h'as. lieu
uoa . at WashiTv
Buncombe Connty Brings Solt to InvMi
- 1 , a . 7
date an Issue oi s$y,iwu
val Keserves-r.w lear'. at the Ppiral
-Orant'. Low Estimate Russell'. Tol
lowing-Butler Denies Bumora as to Fa-sion-Onr
State Xeads In Somber ot Mew
.Factories , ' .;-('..."..
' ' Messenger. Bureau,
t ' Raleigh, N. C.', January 1. .
"Buncombe county how ..brings suit" to
test the validity of $98,000'.of -bonds issued
to i theV Asheville and Spartanburg xail-roaa-'-
The holders of. these are innocent
persons, as aret- vhose; of : i the Stanly
v,f ivnnn nf ; hnnda. lately aeciarea
CUUULJ Vvvi w . ; , - ; .
invalid hv he sunreme court. . The, rep.
atnHrin "rf vrnfl5i is raising a.nrtor
angry comment and it Is urged UpS
damaging the credit' of the' st 7 ,
nas e"15 73xford.case
it ;was the decision In, t . ? ;
which , opened the' ddor ' -
' io ,.?mad&.that the
ilie pa.d and
1
bf
'-nay IJook
rt--artiala.tf:
-poned;-
u T't'Tne new- supe
that
, credit.
tiRIewboornej
.to its
Xtendent,
5 Rlchia
guratid:
ernor !
of thel
The hjft
of ladii
were v
ernor aji .
half dosfri
ed , frorri
capitol
ft
rm
44
ond, "Vai January 1
-The jnau-
u- 1
n -or"ioni j:. ioge uyier as, gov-i , v s , r"ir .-.. r -t
Virginia"1 took -place In the hall , nd Foreica.Dfllccs Iatnb-
ouse of delegates at noon, today, j t...A.:
auv ui rou cii uaiiuu aiurs iiiunt
. ' .. . :
to ICasland than the Chinese Hints of a
rope. :'r,':t:i-- t
was
crowded, a large number -i
being presentr The - cerenioniea r
The. incominer . crov- 1
Alllaii(ri
,y simple.. ,:rne. incoming . gov-
lieiitenant erovernor' and" soma
of their friends were'escbrt-.; iwngntea py 'l'ne Associates Tessj
the executive mansioh to the fonaonf January l line ingenuity
.uilding. by -Company F, First displayed in manufacturing- wews from
Virginia Iregijnent Governor - O'Ferrall the.far east is remarkable.! (Five-sixths
jnet the
yvom, ar
rty-in the executive reception. of the stateirfents can h safely labeUed
wih . the governor-olect, head-
'ed ith A rr?f Acclnri t r the hall r t tha Vimica i
wgere thl tw.o branches of the general ! i"ci&uiuv.co mc a, yuixi. tus o-
lad gathered.. Prayer was jof- ; ters and the - German stiiream of. con
iev.i Dr. Moses D.Hoge and f ' .n. .. ' ir - U
fas I administered to the new ct!rtS communicationa in the semi-
Judge -R.: H. Card well, of the official stress shows Uhey do not know
-I Governor Echols was also ; there An oot they are standing.
y 'Judge Cardwell. The hew-trance is apparently , in the dark.
assenYbly
f ered - by
the -oath
governor
supreme.
- Lieu ten
worn ;in
governor
dress. : In
Gues3 Work."The ) British and (Rus-
ub-
1 , .. Vrea'Sf a. f;- There- were more murders
k i i s --' 'r?. . "nnrin)-Jj: .rrmi(r- than in
..... y ---, , . .
f naval
- -
ost
in ane state r
in any..- others
reserve''at 'Southport, -comJ
lAo-iniMr-i" f entiref' of pilots, will be one or.t
- nro-n 1 7VtH 1 pf f ail. '
during December
J- ,.t.- i ek. i month of tne yea:
f.UKaLOei-at t, T Is 'lta vlaor tlio Torliritinnon thp
,irden.tht. bicycle rate- iojnlng revenue- collector of ,'thfsj dis
,;'vnd Taylore wds ,wit- - u"7Jl;foing -to make' a -great effort 'to-
ople;" the- former won; r1' n " " 1 uhder his :; jurlsdic-
i-The iled Cross will I': rjSfrifH1?-! tteayoknock
out civil. serylcevv-'
---vt-:
IS in iN w.xuror re- jt Ttsems rth&t- thU.a7i Av
atia'xs.for! the C4iMns:oipas3es by - the railways, dnnless' perhaps
Cnsiandi mills decide loir some one .makes attest case and lets-the
operators 'Otost mills
the cut : 1 a fight may
.nl f o r d.- The demo-
legiEiature will "or-
courts ;.decide whether, such 'passes are
; forbidden. : ': "s ; :. :i' ir .. '
The new year came in clear and cold
'Thef piblicAbuidings - were ;, .nearly 4 - alt
closed.' A - few cIpt-Tc rf. wpt:p in f i wnrU rW.ro-
rte democrats ard ip . and thereCThere";wa,l but" Mttlei:recelv-"
blicans c the house i ing. There was no reception at, the exee-
fox ,:IcKissori and ..upve mansion. It -is said not: to te the-
Xx5J I : z - " - i? iL s saiu. inai . me jjecemoer rer
XsriTaezzimg v ; f express; ; "public lands were larger than
psr, c Ga., ; is ; captured j otner month of the, .. year.. Day .
1 1
sfcf;j -wheat' -
ien delivered his inaugural ad-
is address. the incominsr kov-
ernor -dectred; in favor of retrenchment
and .refortn;- and favored fewer officers
rather thdnthe cuttirrfr ii
One of Jth; most salient features of frim
address was that part devoted to the
honest elections Question. On that nrvint
he. said: ' - . , . .
., "Virginia would set a noble example to
Uier: sister states of this unionv-and be
worthy, of. a leader's place in thev future,
which she so grandly held in the riast '
if she' would forever set the seal "of her.
ndemnation moon the affronterv ofi
e 'who "-would , debauch the nsnnlp.'s
while the mikado (has dissolved the
Japanese diet in ordey that opinions
should not be? expressed In w the cir
cumstances 4t is no ; strange that ac
curate infofmatloh is difficult to. secure.
The known, facts1' -wholly corroborate
the statements 'ca!bled I t'fte "Assooiated
Press ' on 'Saturday lask that Great
Britain Jj5iparefully watching the siti
THE CUBAN MINISTRY.
ofcc"
graves?
taking, ii?
off this h
lict. ir
ation, 'bldfnghelr time andj will certain-
aim -yciveiji meii: . will', .uy Llie ; - - c .
ause 1 or mc-nev and tnfi tmwp.r . -viusi ai tuc: pi ;mv
uviivj. Ji u lira LilQ
i seir tne exacting uutiea T V ------- -- : " "T-f1
inn - T : fool I r -papers in regara to une tar east, was at
least; premature andlthat Jthe "members
ent' 'It w?ls
. .pointed out in that dis-patcgi that in well
I would feel dere
1 "' the - very begin-the-
legislature! 'of
i;.h me in mak
the ,penal code a's
nfFondnra ' .
cLared that it was .''a-buf ,,de7
the-statement -is almost MaXV. " sltl
ning .11 l YliriTNa-v
ing offences of.th:v
learly.-,witin"'
P -
cf the government were'vidently sin-,
cere indisciaiming. the leap! iarrri' fj
- This view, of the case I ws practically '
relterateof by The Daily Graphic on FlC
day, ' whibhasiserted t'biat: there was
every reason to ibelieve J the, Russians
would adhere to their.piep,ge to evacu-
i- - " v i . --...Ii. '. . : . . -. . . - 4.i - '
;iavared Vnt?e7whSx X atert cAr
-admitted fact that thrbuah twX- r, and that, therefore; there were iho
lahd.'i anl flmnn!? the riar?ia"' fRiJw'taii. in"da -for ' riom rvi a.1 n t I Mip ;'.narf'i Lf.
fttot-s. The Tush aijS9t6 receive, there on ? this day and "not "enoughi to meet the- tax-burfJenrMOv. Britain:-jThe vl Dily GrapMe
'4.u "ai'xn is. so-great r k:ira i'x7v-i M: i "r" t1"116111 ?MHQMr-Vt intend out -that . the British
ltries of
in any
before
Take the Oath of - Office and the. Autono
mist ' Government is Inaugurated--;
Blanco's Special Courtesy to Consul
-i General Iee. , 'i.-v vj ;::'r:- ;-'.:.. j
Havana, January l.--Many people as
sembled at the palace today to witness
the swearing in of Senor Rafaef Montero,
marquis bfj Montero, Senor ! Francisco
Seayas: and Senbr Laurjhc-:: Rodriguez,
as - secre taries of the provisional govern
ment
Marshal iBlanco,- the captahV general
escorted "5q a n'umher." of i high Spanish
. ii
the throne1
officials, thfe consular corps.vajmy and
lnavy ' officers, politicians; etc.," jreached
oC'--r the first time in t.yesterciay tneireipts were over $200 and
iF-esterdav v " - 9 ':-lour airor, nearly : all :of Uhis land
"vo.T - i '-.t.-; aas Deen enterea Derore:
1 ' . '. S. " is quite -Jjrobahie that the ' next ses
elk while entering. the. j sion of -the Korth Carolina -Teachers' " As
iiies BinKs ana nveof - semDiy-,, win be herd at "Asheville. -
Thff
The appointments 14, teachers" of Georgia, South Carolina and
j. ennessee are invited to attend and-that
listry are confirmed by
ine t.- The Pope :yes--
;i the sixtieth- anniver-'.
ebrationrof sn-ass;" he re
egant presents, among
14 cross from the" United j
riimor ithat'tPrine is-
o fficia H yUd e n i ed . -
arinthia, ' Wilmington,
; as had her machinery'
i jn o deiini te new3 can
"ifion in the far east;
' Ki imere ,gu ess .work ;
l;n;lish foreign" -offices"!
rar-y ceems Xiot to
J 5t.aadsr the mlkado-
Ldiet to';- prevent ex-
-Engiand r ls - no w I
I Korean affairs than .
ara hints , qf Japan
r?lTiali tion "?i th China
V, r oJlanco ! isrfUe-j'fl . de-H
ChjBaiuargo : ;on exporta
Us'sWejrf: aHaVanai
Sugi"? ' with. " acebtmtst
iur -.'Cuhariv general
.rn inre-i and taken to;
Pierugh Birceloma on;
1 -4At lperorWu
yesterday f he madei
. (VrpAn.'hIp' ' t..- Mm later
at his residence later f
point for
11
ffeuarVW)ry!
Ron .apaity ot-
JO-pperton 1 siaJid -ity , a ,
M reportedlter an inK
tFan -i Francasrax- as
Jiciti ieon;firmarilion.
" !" "th'ei. .Mexican. ; ne--
JtcTiih haa t aicen.
ieitntf andthat: wi: ar
r.. 'e - soverei'sniity .j P1,
f "Warship was v sent;
(SW laim.rhede-"--
th!as nothing',at ..-all
lOIi
of
t is not distui'bed
of
feet-- : : ; v.-..
kvpmnd.- president
I soul d Toibacco -
shot" makes a psHwe:
ifdr the sale.of the
Rt: V'3 plant- to the
Cairov sayVi;t!n'e
.strlci
pSSil
filing
will 1 be the most;, convenient
thfinV all. 1.
'H. Lt. Grant makes the hlain , nsspt-tinri
that.' only -one. republican in 1,000 in the
state endorses . Governor Russell's admin
istration Grant Is.: on -the" state .republi
can committee -'and ought tol know. " f
-Senator- Butler declares that, as yet ho
fusion of tpopulistsi and republicans is
agreed on This is I in conflict with- the
news . from Washington last Jweek. It!
must be that the Butler wing -ofthe pop
lists is holding alooft waiting to'seeVhat
terms the republicans offer. ; The va?nti'
Butler populists are regarded as having
already made a deal with the republi
cans for this year. Their leaders are now
-holding them-up to this. -
North Carolina remains at. .the head of
alb the; states So far-as the Ihumber of
new. mills in 1897. and the additions to old
mills are concerned. t i.
The statement .vas made -f that Mrs,
.Bersis F. Chase, tfN"ew HamDshire. had
the flag of the Fourth TSTorth ' Carolina
regiment, . - captured 4t v-Shaxpshtirg. jSt
ssary j principle, bt how: it was pgw W dld1 not regai tme;occua
utcu ua a uiLue wirn f n evrr-- rmn. n i...' . 1 -
decreasing, value of taxable' pnoperty urii ' " Y ? l
der- our present financiat system; ' 'lie $becauke Bntiahiri-
could not teU. "Therefore' T htf added -!.. teFefK?i terfed. Both h
earhestly hope ' that Virginia's voice will . foreign omc35, W admiiality, ac
be spoken by. the legislature in .no uhcer- ' C031? to iGraphle were
tain sound, asking from" the federal-gov- r agred-mi-tlus lpo5SsC" L f --'
" T , .vvw.uivi. iu uic icai IICCU3- ui -i f rviaviitiy, auurt
the1
people in demanding, a' better and-MithA ,nhiIeo..iA:!,n;
more healthful mnnA-c irm-it,- . , tion as inore : interest
. , .7 T " vj.,"-'vvhi. --!. TD:aS a it-.'-J.i-
uoucmng taxations he, favored vta-rwrniics , -ej,ai.cuii .ctL L;xie.vieent
ciifor. ri- . j . i j-r - ? zliil.acHn.nc? m& Trf " ' ! A mWn i
.measures to get-at Personal nrnn.tv
. ' At " the Conclusion of Governor Tyler's
address, calls 'were made for Senator
Daniel, who gracefully excused himself
from speaking. '-rvT: - "
-Tonight Governdr 'andJsTyier' held
a. reception : at ! the-eutivenansion.
; The affair 'was a most briliiefnt one. All
I the military officers in the city? members
of the general assembly and "hundreds pf
Richmond's citizens with the lady mem
bers 'of their' families, called., , -
CV-v:I-ies-
Vv"1
GERAHY TO HOLD KIAO GHOD
IS XHFJ.OPINION OF ONE IN THIS
EMPEKOK'S CONFipiSSOJEMSV
A Most Important and Talutble Poese-
' sloa The forts to l'yaTljioronslfc-;.'
Repair and Surronudlng Coqnkry Jlra '
. proved Uiiderstandlug ai'to FrMfte utd
vjEneiand 'llelplns Ibemoclns 'alio t ; '
'Chinese Teri ltory American -. c!p .:
Tocity Ngotlatlons. r !J 1 " V ::
(Copyrighted tey Associated Ptresa.y ; i :
I 'Berlin, January 1.- Bishop Ahzer,
SouCb - eaiaaJTungr. ;Chlna, dined.- wit3i -u:,
the emperor and 'empress atthe rx&m i
palace, or Tuesday. Baron Von Bue'
low, the minister for foreign offairai.
and Ocnint". Von lieyder, the new xnin
is ter of Japan, were-present. On th& ; s
folloiwlng: day the oorresipondent' of tb& l
Associated - Presa had an interview , 1
with tlie 'bishop, to . who'hsrewd ad-
Vice and detailed information regard-
ing the "wlioTe province Of Shan-Tutng-
in which Kiao-Chou Is situated, the '
German 'gwernsment owes much. Bisb
pp Anzer - gave an intereisting actebunt
iof: tCie, oociirances ".cf the" previous eve-
n'ing andof Uhe 'audience he was tac
oorded by the emperor in Novemljer
and also -told of his audience with tha
pope ;' a -fortnight ago. - 1 i- A -s : rv
f The ibishop, who "has been thirty-four r
years irir China, and fwho-is about -tor'
turn-saM: . ; s; ; ;' ;;v
- j. iiiuau. civ vac xvcu xwa-vrvv : xvcJv
'he emperor displayed regarding CMna,
its resourccvs and government.; EJvery
jquest ior :t he dmperp r asked was pioint-
there is -no doubt Germany means
ed.
Ohou, principallyecause'?h'e
or Salisbury; sees n the aUip.pt
j. taicxjeavy irown, tne liriusn. sup
; fctTAAVACAAJ. Ui IXUITOH 113 LVI1M it linj iii" SCW 1
riotis -scheme to overtur.nf J Sir 'tRoberfvUj
Hatt.- vthe Rr'itifi'K" -i.'.ilrpoisn.rP-'f fehf v
"Chinese imperial- maritime " customs
-which -has apparently ...beeji nipped! in
: the bud. The cabinet's eitene wpuld
I he short ;if it permitted RtisMia to coerce
j the TsUn-Iii-Yamen (Chinese, j foreign
IT IS NOV:GriEATKIl NEW vnp ir office) in io dismissing th
' : - -l- - :' " - " . ; J j of the' Chinese customs. 1
t. J -It is not-known yet whatl
ritisih head
r the Brit
Mitor Van Wrr.kli tTW .n- '
M.rf government will j approve of the-ar
. : World. , ;
' 'New :Ycrk
turns out tn-at it -was cfDtred atPhan.
cellorseville, "rherethe, color-bearer -and
twenty-five .men of r that . regiment Vwere
flanked and captured.- It ! was at. one! time
denied "that - the Four th had ever lost its
colors. -r ., . .;-.'" v--,-:--.-i - r ;J
It is quite .plainly hiifted that it is the
purpose of the- heW I railway commission-
ers. to oust H. C. Brown,-the veteran and
:very efficient:, clerk- to the board, and
put in his place Senator Sharpe, of Ire
dell, last 'week 'made : assistaht ; clerk.;
Browh is a democrat and Sharpe. a re
publican, -'. V''.;:-;' v.!---
.r Richard Baker, of Wilson county,
-was sent home from" ihe asylum here i!o-
day,- ouredi.. " -: - ' '
rsStrk.: Pleasant Ridge, O., says : ;
"After tAyo doctors j gave up my boy to
dle,"I saved 'him from group 'by rising
One Minu te . Cough ' Cure.' "It- is the
Quickest and most certain remedy for
xughst colds and all 'throat a lung
troubles R.lvR. Bellamy , If . - , v
vv ;V; Mr; Bryan at Austin.
'Austin, Texas," January 1. W. J.
B ryan' and wif e, - accompah led by ex -Governor
Crittenden of Missouri' ' ar
rived - here after ' anidnijght jlast night
and ioday vere tendered a reception at
the home 'of x-Governor Hogg About
2,500 people attended.Mr. Bryan autjior
ized tihe statement by the Associated
Press ' today that Ihe would j not make
any statements qn 'his. Mexican trip
until . 'he reached '.Lincoln, -when he
rwouid give the "public his" views in de
tail. 'He, however,- expressed himself
as delighted with the country and -the
people. vMr. Bryan v and '-the mem-bers
-aejno4!rJvea t.-abcijrding tojal
. caMe'esipatc
JanHiary L 'New York McDeavy Brown -arid" Ml iAlexieff, mi
today became the' second city the Russian agent, in KoreaJwill work the
Awii' -.-i.v, xiri a ;, rT; , Korean; customs togetHeii ; The British
world,! with Robert .A. -Van "Wydk as ;n,aa nrr,.t, 1
y'limiayof. . (At; the4r.'Cty -1V a-4 large trtrabtnl so" the; w4r sfiibs ! ; :of :Grea
.'w.i.!a;fcifred'' eairjjy to, fitness- the 'Britain -which ;, are at prSesent off Cheb
induction of the new mayor .Mayor .,iMipo,",e :i. ;ff"W",.- W
- give moralsupport io Mlj ?Bro wn, wil
Strong- transacted afeHv las't -mkttfir ;
of routine. Nearly aM the oQd (m-ehi- ! 1 It -is Jby hp - means ' fclar that
ibers of" Mayor Strong cabinet diroo- -Britisl1 interests are surpi threatened
. , ., at the present moment.1 I and she can
pe-d m to say giood;bye. floral pieces ohablv well afford toi await the
-Ivere strewn in -every direction.'' A tigeri spring, when, unless! thel normal condi
m yeaow ana ioiacK ammortel'les. rest- ; vtions -a
ing in a bed of roses, was one of th undoubtedly take tensl4 hwfwsarv
.most no Diceaoie aecorations. : , - protect her-interests-and ire-establish
vAt 11:50 O'clock, Mr-Va ' '
iertu. une. uiiice. -nei vwiaa greeted bv - 'me spectator pu blishes
U !J oLiws, uun a-na vv.urster, , ffM'W'J k rtu uisilto's return.
xiitr iu-ui Jiirii uuauru-swine TimeraniQ.r v..-
(11.11
-.wifl,
y to
room at 9 o'clock' a. v m.. A
VewJBible was open on a table and upon
it 'thje secretaries took the loath of 'jfideli
ty to tne -queen, tne monarcny anatne
Jsn-anisn- Kwernmeiiu vxaciux . i isuu
"hands. 6n the Bible -and kneeling. as, they
repeated vthe words required. r'
v Senor Galvez, president 0f the cahinet,
was- first svforn in and then the bath 'Was
administered Ho the othjers.' To Marshal
"Blanco's- inquiry ."Dytful swear fidelir
ty to "Spain; . theeei and -Spanish in--.stitutroi?.'
,aU5aied : : M WIe do..'.' . j
m Marshal-Bianco then addressedrthe off i-
secrajted: ;hy theC oath just takeri,
autonohious government of Cuba is.'
ow established in accordance witiwne
proyal jdecrefe of bvember27,-1S97 -Your
names and the places you ocupyMn rthe
poli tidal parties to which y.ou belong are.
mple guarantees -of; the liberal policy
H-H me ! ko veriiiiieii i epLs tut; new
e to ; adopt. The ncyir government
inspired by high, conciliatory,
just-' motives. livas your
the necessities of the is-
eciaHy economic juestToh-
ee-and; the -veliare-of
h. propaganda we,can
ononiy and against
although
.a'hd
vdy
. CubaC"
assist ,fhje
. i. . . - ' n wrtTTTCkTT KJ T1.I1 -1.1 11 a -r - .
tne img crcwa oir. omce-noid.ersnl ex- ! l" " A"irin i- flriHitiff thelGhtaesfe
office-hyid.eVs TnrJiPt ,v.u,.i ! officers JPeteinlft ttWUansixnev ' .
. iA i army,,der .proposal w --
f postponement i!if the payment of the
1 war indemnity, - as possibly f oreshad-
t'hem. 'About' one- xatmiite-i ibetfore 12
o'clock, Maypr Strongs saM r "v.Tv'1 ;-
-iMr-Van Wyek, the people of,, mis l inrt-Tananes alliance. The
new cFt- made up of --fiiboroji-Kr dd lthjat ist convinced j the
and 3,500,000 .people, nave oecraeia tnax ; v.,, Ttn thinks that securing per-
you hooiTd be the firsTt may or and de
scend from'your' positkm ' as judge to
the- rowt A
never ! jus-45X5
pretext i whaK,rv'
; V 'MayGod JiJO
tune which J .sifivXQ
- pany, y-ur- inf. lulft
thornyrmissiQj?,--S6J
res tore r tor" tnis -mwN
mucn nesriMJi
ing ' oat jiurhsvvw '
with hearts -iiaH-;j
tutions? JuOngVtAy
Cuba !T !'Arays Snarila
.M.fter thf1c6nclusion of
all nresenti attended, tho cel
mass biy the pishop-ki- ttieVchapel
nalaceJ All'-Tireseht"knelt - jflown
elevation "o't the host excepting, theBi
isn and tnevierman consuis.u -.. - "
When -bisaing good-oye to tnejcoasuiar
cdrpSjkMarshal . Blanco, took both '.of Gen-;
eral Fitzhugh' I's -hands., r He: C shook,
them" warmly, paying OnvtoroketEnfelish;
:'T thank' you," .a . dislinctlori which, the
.captain general did not bestowtupQn any
of; I in ui l I ri ' ' V
n convieteTT--fcV- -v.ouiio, -waovflad
fahtf. messaees C9l4,"on crimes, v : 5
exchanged; during the. dEsatuiation were
Sagasta,-nrsmier ; of . Spain.feen Senor
Blanco. fri . i't r: ' .; - ; v ; -"arshal -
The new secretaries haver expit
thnnls to: Dr: Congosto. the secretai;
general pfnCuba! setting forth thatltjs
due to his :?onstaint activity that the pro-.
Visional government was established , to
day. 'For two" months. Dr. Congb&to, who
was formally consul at Philadelphia, has
hardly slept two nours a-aay, which
iy ,
.care
ItO -keep KiaOT.Chou and its cb-ntisuous
'territory, andi if the, right. mccrsures v
are taken it iil prove a iost valualble
possession, , ee n m'ore f valuable. . thani
.pHDong 'Kong, I'lbecausT. .its1 - "mhieral ?
jweialtlh; coal i.n'd liron, although need
ling ' a 'large amount of - capi tan to de-;
K'elop- it,, is ailmost "inexhaustlible."
jfeperlhoTd the biEH'cp .43hat' ;
'"'stepswerev-dier. way ' to give . sx
through admiisttion to the territory :
.and to;: rapidly 'develop - the tiaturai:r'
comimercial a-3 vaftages of -Kiao-Cfaoii..
-Relative .to'hi audience with t-he
ptDpeBishpp-'jjA'hzerrsaid that jfhiws holl
mess ''hig'My approved the energy
shown, by-j G-eibmany iri the gigantic
task of opening China and ; preparing,
her ' for- the 'blessings of Christ1ian.ity; ,;
land civilization
:-.TJ.pisip?len:t. of the Assoca)toct
r Press . learn'S ithiat Germany, in .tho
spring, will "commence' dm proving tlh'e
hair'br of I Kiao-Chou, "an'd wilt ban
struct d!ocks and wharves and strength
en the. forts
nance-of liarj
quantity yf - .'lilitaryusupplies', will -:ibe :. I -V-
sent to CJhinia. - Some of the best
till&ry and eingineer offioers -.'he-ve vol "
unteierjed to go to Kiao-Chou. '
In oncialr birdies it is not (believed: V
t'hatGreat Bptain'or any othel power
wi'H in terfere.j : wi t'h Germany's plans. Ifc
state'd tha the entente with Russia;
ind' France is pertfected and - that
Fracewili on 'force- China to grant .
er;t wmpensa?Uton)S on iner ' .
rn "iroptienv : -t " ; - r r '
'also learned' frtmi an exoeTlentt
A I- Jill . 2 J .
luiuer ivutsia-, teriiiariy or
ace oWtiacTes in Great
1-f .isCie feelsv inclined to :
Resent cp-portirnity. of
r nnslt ijon in
of Ch'ir- frkra
.-v.':'-.-.
sfHce. formallyr
w negxa -
e .United.
-Is
'- . x?
materially . Krupp ord
e .calibre -has leen oirier-
ed, . . and durih'g ' the: -twinter a ;
earter nave . no
. x! '- ' I. i: . 1 !
v X. good rdr-r
tfiv y accom"
1o5v "Sn
Tv NJ her furjh
?k-"vjei ix
h a iml.!S'oX VT
X
-denies
tions 'bet
States
pressed, "that
eyentUally resul
tages,' althoutr-n
- A 1 ; - . ... j
mtr.parc or Americ
sandjng;,:.;- if
IF0.
fig-
If. ,
"iteaa:
( I petuai control OT.iaeuivc. ---I greatly surprised - everybody , here, as
iVniii, rti a i ffr ' of ' China iare within -nis ti v,i ffioiaia wnri? ; sparcelv three
assume : the posii tion of magfistrate. My 1TVrttpr ana-. if japan's offer is accepted, I four hours daily. For this constant
impression is Hha't .' fhis old city in -jjur0,pe. accordihg to the writer Jin The I activity and the final success It has met
Whifth vou andrl have lived for ahout v, - ris v: iw ' Wiat n -."for i she has I -withi. Dr. Cc-ngostohas been most cor-
-liiw sii-v-Aii'.? .viruiisuct vA c-cuxis luis . . ftt thp means to maKe tae eu"i u aav
city crj... r ato .-.a-vi'ia tuai.- rra.-twj.!; essary to
awayvi wtill ' contribute ' $3,000,000,000 peoiles."
. rocniots fld- nledein? loyalty.-- to . tne
crown. Alii Is quiet here. , - -
Prince RJs
correspiltcU V"
one remarK tr iyxin' vKfiv
Bismarck is deaGT-vQ of e-ixPex:te;
for months, ihe evtougw .
great- shock. : ft is the so:as
versation" in the -hotels and".1. .
The last report received by The 'wsv?
ciated Press regarding the healtlvrf '
Th-inr -Ri-s.ma!rck was, contained inScV. Vl
iworbh ;of property, to the new city of ij Tne ; financial .barometer ,does not
Which you will he mayor; $230,000,000 1 ehow any decided trepidation.; ; Consols
banking -stock and $1,000,000,000 of de- 1 rA imnrovinff. 'There i HoL the slight-
;nvi- nntiirAsttiiatpi hv all : concernea.
tr I The first Vesolution adopted by the new I disiatch ;froni Berlin-dated Becember J
conquer uuim "T I cabiiietvvafeito send' a cables mesge to t 29th; it reads as follows: "It :Js?s- .
' : 1J x Lt the queen Regent of fvK1 thXl Uerted that, owing to his insomnia,-tl-
l' ro aa. t, r m v have
iiii - V-2T
fAg) .v-Auarv
flc 'i ':alism to c
Ir
t " . .JIB
' I LJbn iri his New Year's reception this
Evening and leave .tonight for Musk-
ogee, - irrcuan xerntory, t -wnere? j ivir.
Bryan will "step a. day orjtwoVheiWe
going home- :V. .-.' - v.- V-A' V Av:;-
Hart's Emulsion of Cod Liver v Oil
with Creasote and the Hypophdshites
If faithfully used,; is a specific in the
treatment of weak lungs, Consumption
Bronchitis, etc. - Treading physicians re
commend it. ; Sold by J. C. Shepard, It.
IX. Hardin and II.; L: Fentress. ,
,-. indignities General Blver. .
Barcelona-; January l.-Gensrtal Ruis
ITi vera, khe -ihsurgen t leader wiho was
xsap'tured, badly j wounded, tre ' the
province of Pinar led Rio, y the Sparw
Ss'h troops under General l Yelas, brT
Miardh WVh? 1897, and w wasr con?
dieraned. to death and his sentence mod
ifled has arrived here,, and .. was con
ducted on foot and in chains, to Mont
juidh fortress ."between lines of soldiers
and mottn'ted igdannd.KfGetieral -R1-vera
iwas "calm, fbut ,;lhei protested
against being chained. : oxme.wtas al
lowed to speak-'to 'hinx. There, was a
big crowd oppeopie in the vicinity tout
. . . . . in i
there were . no aemonst rations,
Iposits. Arid. you will vtake charge , of iUst sign of the -selling which always
this little borough along with tne otn- j fnarks real clouds on tire political uvu -ers,
and you Will always feel, -1 kncnw,. f ;on nd there are signs f reaction ;in
that it is the -brightest little jewel 5n " the long-continued depreciation in land,
the cluster of 'five. r Tou;AiavspjV:i)eeai U'Fairins are. selling . ahd, renting n)re
chosen-to ie mayor cf. one of the if freely and at higher prices. The Jm-
largest cities in theTWorls I oohigratu- j provement Is attriibjfiteu to the riseuin
Knsh of Cotton to Japan.
medical attendants, of Prince Bismarck:
have adyised hlm to abstain from au
work and excitement for some weem-
to' come. Dr. Schweninger 'oeiieT xi .
San Francisco, January I fhW. nossib'ility of v a cure,- but not
triafc activity 01 ja.v" - rrf i - - - ii
it .: . : a A - tv a. Ka I T-a TVin iiTT t? 1
ffU,LSc: 'rdisnltcto-fromBernn Demrmtt
MWt. steamshio Companies.-There is said: "The, Hamburger NachrichtenT
now so much cotton from. Texas in San J denies that 'Prince Bismarck's gout is:
Waiting snipmeni. ior tne yAA- h .... and says he cannot v waiic ac:
-&.nin.r.ann. JpcilHnP'-srilTVTneni. IOf Uie KJkl- I . .a .i, y.Va
. : T T- - - : " .w, . . - 4- - j. iHV.& 1 -A' a a(iv.v3v.y . . - o 7 j I DBlier ail-U. Cjjrjx
late you and welcome you as mayor of f the price of wheat,, ana paruy . w i ent that heavy smpment or nour ues- pp-n . and isi' unable to read or answer
Greater -New York.'U I ? !; ; . cheapness of -money. capitausis are i tined for :the' same mar carmomu , - r erids. , jjetters."-';-The former fchan-
Mayor Van Wyck, in reply, said
. ."'The" people jhavej chosen me ljtoj he
mayor. I : received '; the oflpL-ce from
and to them-i I iwill answer.' ,v f '".Sv
Then, after a great shaking of hands,
ths ceremony was completed and the
administratd'on of Mayox.Strong-was a
,thing of the past. .' - ' - .
v !A good contingent of Brooklyniites ac
coimpanled B. - S Color wfhen he took
charge of- the .comptroller's office.' Mr.
Color announced seyeraV'minor appoint-
t intents and got through 'the ce rernony
OI iriOXlCClon w i m u l tie arui.
- . . . : . -v-
When a man - is ; suffering- wltn an
aching , head, .a sluggish. body,- when
hi' s muscles are lax and lazyK his-'brain
du ll, and "his stomach disdaining- food,
ne will, if Wise, heed . these warnings
and .resort to the" right remedy, before,
it is too late - "Parker's - Sarsaparilla
the ".King of Blood Purifiers" makes
the apspetite keen and hearty invigo
rates t-he liver purifies the blood ; and
fills it wdth the life-giving elements of
the food. It Is a wonderful Wood
maker and" flesh, builder. Sold toy J. C
Shepard, J. ;H. Hardin nd H I Fen
trissu . " - r. t k
.lad even of the oeggany wic oi
yielded by land investments. ( J j. '
1 The New Year honor list i3 weak and
decidedly partisan. I V attracted ; .ttle
interest from the public,-outside of the
Knighting-of Mr. Thomas J. Ldpton the
(millionaire provision 5 merchant whose
knightage establishes the. t. fact that
titles are purchasable, for the honor be
stowed upon him was, of course, due
to his gift of. 25.000 t($125,000). to (the
Princess of "VVales jubilee fund for f eed
in? the outcast poor of London. i
The? Paris) police, during the coupe
of -the weea, secured another of the
organized -gangs, of murderers and rob
bers which have "terrorised the suburbs
of the .French capital! for months past.
The-? new arrest auimiber thirty-three
:and : the oldest prisoner is only 21 years
of age, --Within -; three, months the
bodies of fifty-.three murdered persons
hvA thoen found in a. small section of
iRoo aWd is believed most
of the murders are traceable to thi3
g-ang. There have been - innumerable
murderous attacks end robberies in the
streets and the police! are satisfied that
all of -the ; gangs, a jmimber .of : uch
v-., T, m-Mt within the past ix
stpn'TTi fr sbace. The Quantity of cotton-
at present in the warehouses ana in cars
on ihis side and across thejbay amounts
to li,000 bales. , ! . I
n s vr Sfhwprin. vice presidsar ana
-general - manager of - the !Pa6ificMail
Steamship' Company,- says it is , a fact
that ' flourf, shipment have been -delayed
hv TMsnn of the .demand -I for" space to
.arii-v Votton; hut he fancies that the
cellor is described as 'being very irater
at the statement that his neaitn is sat-
lafa?tf.rv.:anu IS uuulcu da oajfmtj. .
the gentleman -who wrote that were ir '
my place.-ne vvouiu we wc . &.
Mao v4-whit a satisfactory condi
TTiftntMinr. January i.iiw
delay is only 'temporary: His recent visit iharPrince Bismarck died today isun-
to the Otient. ana tne, ODservations ne
made there convinced him that Shanghai
.waa takmkii the lead in the manufactuxe
of cotton :goods. - I
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report
; The Prince, toaay receive
..nrsnnai visits: Callers left tSieirt -
cards. .;;:j ' ;;;-' '-;. - -
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Th Ted Cross Ask Aid for the CubaM
v .Washinirton'. January l.-RAfter oon-
suliaiiion if with the state department of
ficials, the Red Cross'Kas arranged 4o
otfdn, Ihcafla'uartersSni (New York for the
TcferAion i and . . forwarding bo Havana
of contributions for the benefit of the.
auraereu .peu I rreTinz Cubans. Miss Barton will oe
small section or k nrid sth mav find it neces
Jao-r-v. ero to Havana to arrange - for
-opera'ton with Consul General Lee.
me iiinyte Cough Cure cures qulck-
T ii rrbat what-you want. n. i. .jei-
TtieTiniShtbley -Marriage
?Taw YorkJ! January 1. Professor Alex
ander Melville Bell, the . disttngttisnea .
Scotch scientist and father Of A. ora
ham Bell.' the inventor of the telephone. ,
and Mrs, H.jiG. Shlbley; oi vioronic,
married atlhe-rarK avuc .uuim.
today. vS v-;: - "."v :-'i;::.l.
T A Perkins. : of Antiquity, wa
for thirty years needlessly tortured trjr
physicians-for the cure or wzrara. aio
urajvi. nil Icklv cured by using DeWftr
Witch Hazel Salve, th famous beaiHns'
salve forpjles and skin diseases.
Bellamy. !
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